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Please pray with me again before we get going.
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Father,
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Father,
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Father,
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Father,
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Father,
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Father,
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just glorified tonight in every single person that is here.
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And Father,
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for those that are here that do not know you,
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that are not following you,
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whose life is not reflecting yours,
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and who are spurning the grace of God,
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who are cheapening the salvation they have received,
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God,
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I pray that you would just convict us,
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and you would give us grace,
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Lord Jesus,
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to be free from these things,
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and to glorify you as you are worthy to be glorified,
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and to worship you as you are worthy to be worshipped,
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and to just enjoy you as you are worthy to be enjoyed.
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God,
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you are the greatest thing that anyone can have,
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and I just pray that you would help me to communicate that tonight,
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for your glory,
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Lord.
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Amen.
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About a year and a half ago,
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a friend of mine was really going through some difficult things,
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and some things that happened in his life that led to depression for him,
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and just a lot of discouragement.
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Some serious affliction had taken place,
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and just a series of events that really kind of subverted his joy.
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And this person,
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while he was very much affected by it,
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was a lover of Christ,
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and he was a Christian,
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and he would often,
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I would often find him praying and appealing to God,
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and he was groaning,
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he was mourning,
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he was sorrowful,
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he was in pain,
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but he was loving Christ,
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he was going to Christ,
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because that's what he knew was going to be the answer for him.
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During that time,
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he would say things like,
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I only have a friend in Jesus,
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he's the only one that I can go to,
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he's the only one that I can find peace from,
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he's the only one that can content my heart,
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and if I'm not praying to him,
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if I'm not with him,
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then I'm just depressed.
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I once asked him as well,
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what do you pray for?
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What is it that you pray for?
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And he said to me,
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I pray this,
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Lord,
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may my circumstances
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not affect my relationship with Christ,
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but may my relationship with Christ
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affect my circumstances.
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I thought that was
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a really, really good word,
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it was a good prayer.
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It meant a lot to him,
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and it meant a lot to me.
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But essentially,
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what he was saying was
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he wanted the joy of his Lord
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to overcome the joy,
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or to overcome the sorrow of his flesh.
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Right?
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The joy that he had in Christ
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to overcome the sorrow
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that he felt in his flesh.
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And during this time,
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he had a keen sense of awareness
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for the salvation
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that he had received in Christ.
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He was very much aware of it.
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He would often quote this verse in John 16,
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These things I have spoken to you,
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this is Jesus speaking,
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that in me you may have peace.
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In the world you have tribulation.
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But take courage,
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I have overcome the world.
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It was a long time before
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my friend's situation improved.
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But as time passed,
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his heart did grow stronger
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as God unveiled more and more
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of the glory of that salvation
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that he had received.
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That salvation,
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that ransoming work of Christ
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in which he took on flesh,
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he took on all the devil's temptations,
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he took on the cross,
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and he took on finally death.
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That work that God did,
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our salvation,
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was the means by which God
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redeemed us for himself
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and for his glory forever.
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When a man or woman
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gains a real interest
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in the real gospel,
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the real gospel,
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the tangible, felt, real gospel,
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with true faith and tastes
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of those delectable truths
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and experiences
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that effective power
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to heal a broken heart,
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to soothe an inflamed conscience,
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to bring rest to a wearied soul,
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to cleanse the filthy sinner,
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to quench the thirst of the sojourner,
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to strengthen the sick,
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to enrich the poor,
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to find the lost,
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to free the slave.
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When you taste of this gospel,
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there's nothing less
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that you can do
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but totally surrender to God
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who is that gospel.
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Who is that good news
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in loving obedience
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and worship?
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Some of you are characterized
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by what I just said.
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Some of you,
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all of you,
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if you're a Christian,
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are sojourners
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who are thirsting,
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sojourners who need food,
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who need sustenance
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for the journey.
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Some of you are sick
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because of sin.
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Some of you are poor
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because of a lack of faith.
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This gospel can change you.
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It can renew you.
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It can restore you.
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And I pray that it does that tonight.
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Let me say this statement.
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The freest man in the whole world
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is the one who's enslaved
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to the greatest master.
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The freest man
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is the one who's enslaved
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to the greatest master.
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Everyone is enslaved to someone
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or something.
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Everyone.
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I don't care what they say.
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I don't care if they're an atheist
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or what.
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They're enslaved to something,
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to an idea,
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to their flesh,
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to whatever they may be
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following after
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and serving.
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Philippians says
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that your God
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is your appetite.
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Many people are like that.
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The freest man
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is the one who's enslaved
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to the greatest master.
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I want to tell you
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about my master
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and what he's done tonight.
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Number one,
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he redeemed me.
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He redeemed me.
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You cannot rightly understand
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the word ransomed
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until you have an understanding
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of the word redeemed.
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For Jesus is our redeemer,
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but he is also our ransom.
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He redeemed us,
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but he also paid the price
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with himself
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for that redemption.
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It's kind of a paradox,
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but it's not.
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Jerry Bridges said this.
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Listen to this.
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This is a good definition.
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To redeem
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is to buy back
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or secure
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the release of
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someone from slavery
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or from captivity
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by the payment of a ransom.
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Redemption, then,
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is the action
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to secure release
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and the ransom
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is the price paid
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to effect that action.
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Does that make sense?
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So you've got a redemption,
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which is the buying back
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of something
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or someone,
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and then a ransom
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is the price you pay
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to actually do that.
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Bound up in the person
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of Jesus Christ
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is the unique ability
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to be both redeemer
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and yet to pay
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for the redemption
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with his own body
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and with his own blood.
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We were enslaved
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as sinners
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to sin
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and as humans
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to Satan.
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Okay?
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This is a way
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that I'm going to try
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to describe to you
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what exactly
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you were enslaved to
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before you were ransomed
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or redeemed from Christ
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if you have been.
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Again, I'm going to say this.
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We were enslaved
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as sinners
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to sin
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but as humans
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to Satan.
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It's kind of a tricky thought
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but
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because it's kind of like
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splitting hairs.
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It's almost one and the same
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but there's some differences.
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Sin
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Okay?
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This is the difference.
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Sin ruled over
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our interior.
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Our insides.
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Our desires.
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Our personality.
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Was all infected
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completely by sin.
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Totally and completely
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affected by sin.
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On the other hand
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Satan ruled our exterior.
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Or rules your exterior.
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Your flesh.
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Your outer man.
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By provoking you
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to bad deeds.
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Kind of like
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poking you.
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Kind of like
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a doctor
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who may take one of those
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tomahawk looking things
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and hit you in the kneecap
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and make you
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kick forward.
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That's
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kind of in a sense
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what Satan does.
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He pokes.
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He pricks.
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He doesn't exactly
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possess you
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especially if you're a believer
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he doesn't possess you
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but he provokes you.
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So he works on the external
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side of things.
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For evidence of this
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biblically
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you can look at Matthew 4.
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That's
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when Jesus was tempted
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himself.
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And you see a lot of
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those kind of examples.
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To use another analogy
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envision a prison
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a prison cell
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and you in that prison cell.
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Okay.
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So you got the walls
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you got the concrete
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you got everything
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in the prison cell.
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The actual thing
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that you are incarcerated
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by is the cell.
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Okay.
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It's the
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again
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the walls
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the iron bars
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this is representative
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of sin.
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You are incarcerated
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by sin.
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You are enslaved
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to sin
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but at the same time
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every once in a while
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you are attended to
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by a jail keeper.
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Okay.
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Who brings you food
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and brings you water
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and sustains you
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in your poor position.
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And that is representative
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of Satan.
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So you're incarcerated
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by sin
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but you're attended to
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by Satan.
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He keeps you
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in that position.
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He keeps you alive.
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He keeps you doing
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his bidding.
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You are also
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his prisoner
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but he is not
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your captor.
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And therefore
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the price
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of your release
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from that prison cell
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or the blood
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of our beloved
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Jesus Christ
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was not paid
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to Satan.
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Okay.
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When you were ransomed
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when God
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made himself
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a ransom
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for you
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it wasn't
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to pay off
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Satan
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to free you.
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He wasn't
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your captor.
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He was just
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the simple
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jail keeper.
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But that price
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was paid
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to God
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who could be
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seen as the
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warden
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in this scenario.
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Does that make sense?
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The cell
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and the jail
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keeper
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and the warden.
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That make sense?
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Now that's not to say
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that God
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has made you
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a sinner
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or that God
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has enslaved you
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into sin
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but that he is
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the ruler
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he is the judge
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he is the warden
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over all matters
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in the spiritual realm.
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Okay.
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And you must
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directly consult
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with him
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if you wish
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to be free.
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So God
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being holy
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and just
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cannot excuse
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a single
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transgression
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he won't
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do it.
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It's against
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his nature.
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It's against
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the idea
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of being just.
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All sins
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have to be
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accounted for.
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All debts
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have to be
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paid.
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Therefore
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we learn
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from Galatians
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3.13
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precisely what
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it is
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that we've
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been ransomed
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from
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or redeemed
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from.
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It says this.
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Turn there
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if you want
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to.
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Galatians 3.13
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This is a good
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passage to go
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back to
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as you're
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envisioning
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or thinking
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about this.
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Everything's
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got to be
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paid for.
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Every sin.
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Every infraction
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of the law.
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So Galatians
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3.13
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says this.
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Christ
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redeemed us
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from the curse
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of the law
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by becoming
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a curse
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for us.
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Christ
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redeemed us
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from the curse
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of the law
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by becoming
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a curse
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for us.
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So what is
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the curse
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of the law?
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Because that's
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what obviously
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we've been
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redeemed from.
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Simply put
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the curse
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of the law
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is that
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perfect
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zero sin
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standard
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that God
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has
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for all
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people.
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Perfect
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standard
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that cannot
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be broken.
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If you
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wish to
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appease a
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perfectly
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holy
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and just
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God
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you have
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to keep
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that standard
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completely
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without any
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infraction.
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And have
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you fallen
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short of
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this?
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Have I
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fallen
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short of
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this?
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A trillion
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times over
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you have.
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Ten times
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a thousand
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times a
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day.
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We all
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do.
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And yet
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some of us
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are still
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trusting in
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our goodness
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and in
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our faithfulness
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to God
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and in
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our good
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deeds
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as a
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means of
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entering
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into heaven.
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Somehow
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we think
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and people
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have been
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deceived
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that maybe
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you're
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around
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think
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that by
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being good
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enough
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or earning
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God's favor
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through the
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things that
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I do
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that are
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good
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that God
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is going
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to accept
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us on the
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last day
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of judgment.
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When he
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looks at
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our life
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and he
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says
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although
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you've
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made all
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of these
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sins
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against me
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although
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you've
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hated me
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in this
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way
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yet I'm
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going to
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forgive you
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because
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you did
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this.
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Serial
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killers have
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done good
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things in
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their life.
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We don't
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let them
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off the
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hook
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though.
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You're
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dead wrong
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if you
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think that.
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God
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so not
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one human
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being can
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ever do
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enough to
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achieve the
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righteousness
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that God
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requires.
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If somehow
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we could
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combine
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Mother Teresa
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Gandhi
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and the
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Apostle Paul
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into one
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person
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one super
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human
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good person
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and then
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give them a
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thousand lives
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to live
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to do all
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the good
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deeds they
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want to
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do
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they would
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still fall
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short
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of that
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standard.
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One
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thing
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one
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thing
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made them
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fall short
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of that
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standard
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and they
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would still
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go to
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hell.
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That
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super
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human good
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person
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would go
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to hell.
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So it's
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an impossible
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thing for us
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to achieve
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it on our
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own.
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Impossible.
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Jesus said
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himself in
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Matthew 5
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48
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you are to
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be perfect
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as your
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heavenly
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father is
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perfect.
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Paul said
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in Galatians
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3 just
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three verses
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before this
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one.
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All who
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rely on
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observing the
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law are
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under a
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curse.
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So the
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people that
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put their
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trust in
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observing the
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law and
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doing the
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things of
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law,
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they're under
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the curse.
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For as
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it is
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written,
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cursed is
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everyone who
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does not
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continue to
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do everything
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written in
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the book
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of the
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law.
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James also
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says this
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in the
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New Testament.
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Whoever
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keeps the
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whole law
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and yet
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stumbles at
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one point
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has become
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guilty of
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all.
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So you
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can't trust
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in that.
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I talked
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to a guy
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today,
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I just
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met him
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sitting on
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a bench
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near the
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drill field
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and I
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said,
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hey man,
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how did you
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become a
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Christian?
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Or when
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did you
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become a
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Christian?
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He said,
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I've
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always been a
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Christian.
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I grew
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up in a
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Christian
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home.
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And I
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just,
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you know,
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it was
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baffled.
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I mean,
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again,
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so many
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people are
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like that.
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They don't
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understand that
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you aren't a
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Christian because
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you grew up in a
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Christian home.
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You're a
14:47
Christian because
14:48
you submit to
14:49
the lordship of
14:49
Christ.
14:50
Christ.
14:51
Because you
14:52
love Jesus.
14:53
Because you
14:54
hate sin.
14:55
Because his
14:55
spirit's inside
14:56
of you.
14:58
You're not a
14:58
Christian because
14:59
you grew up in
14:59
it.
14:59
Because you
15:00
were indoctrinated
15:01
with it.
15:01
Because you
15:02
have been
15:03
baptized.
15:04
None of
15:05
those things
15:05
save.
15:08
Our
15:08
redemption
15:09
then,
15:10
so this
15:11
truth that
15:11
we're speaking
15:12
of right
15:12
now,
15:12
this redemption
15:13
truth,
15:13
is the
15:16
rock upon
15:16
which we
15:17
stand as
15:18
Christians.
15:19
It is the
15:20
deed that we
15:21
hold when we
15:21
die and we
15:22
go to heaven
15:23
and we say,
15:24
look here,
15:24
angels,
15:25
this is my
15:25
deed to the
15:26
property that I
15:26
have in heaven.
15:28
This is my
15:29
right to it.
15:31
I have
15:31
ownership of
15:32
property in
15:32
heaven.
15:34
Redemption is
15:35
that deed.
15:38
It's an
15:38
engagement ring
15:39
we wear to
15:40
signify our
15:40
union with
15:41
Christ.
15:41
It's the
15:42
wedding clothes
15:42
we dress
15:43
ourselves with
15:43
for acceptance
15:44
into the
15:44
wedding feast.
15:47
There is
15:47
not a
15:47
greater truth
15:48
in the
15:48
world than
15:49
this.
15:51
How are
15:52
you
15:52
redeemed?
15:54
Go back
15:54
to your
15:55
verse.
15:56
Galatians
15:56
3.13
15:57
It says,
15:57
Christ
15:57
redeemed us
15:58
from the
15:58
curse of
15:58
the law.
16:00
How?
16:00
By becoming
16:01
a curse
16:02
for us.
16:04
This is the
16:05
whole essence
16:05
of redemption
16:06
and the
16:07
whole essence
16:07
of being
16:07
ransomed.
16:08
Christ
16:09
became a
16:10
curse for
16:11
you in
16:11
your place.
16:13
He was
16:17
treated as
16:17
if the
16:18
curse
16:18
applied to
16:19
Him so
16:20
that the
16:21
curse might
16:21
not any
16:22
longer apply
16:22
to you.
16:26
He died
16:27
in your
16:27
place.
16:29
That
16:29
scripture that
16:30
Melissa read
16:30
earlier just a
16:31
second ago,
16:31
turn to 2 Corinthians
16:32
again.
16:34
Read this
16:34
slowly.
16:35
Read this
16:36
in faith.
16:37
God made
16:43
Him,
16:43
who's that?
16:44
Jesus,
16:45
who knew
16:47
no sin,
16:49
to be
16:49
sin on
16:50
our behalf
16:51
that we
16:53
might become
16:54
the righteousness
16:54
of God
16:56
in Him.
16:59
He made
17:00
Jesus Christ
17:01
incarnate
17:02
to become
17:04
sin for
17:04
you.
17:04
think about
17:08
that.
17:09
To become
17:10
sin for
17:10
you.
17:12
To become
17:13
sin for
17:13
you.
17:14
To take
17:14
your sin
17:15
on Himself.
17:19
And I'm
17:19
the same way
17:20
as you are
17:20
right now
17:21
looking at
17:21
me with
17:21
no tears
17:22
in your
17:22
eyes.
17:24
And no
17:25
fear.
17:26
And no
17:27
love.
17:29
We're so
17:30
weakened to
17:30
it.
17:30
We're so
17:31
dead to
17:31
it.
17:32
We've
17:32
heard it
17:32
so many
17:32
times.
17:33
And we
17:33
don't
17:33
think about
17:34
it.
17:34
We don't
17:34
meditate
17:35
on it.
17:35
We don't
17:35
read the
17:35
scriptures
17:36
to gain
17:37
more of
17:37
it,
17:37
to get
17:37
a grasp
17:38
of it.
17:39
We should
17:40
all be
17:40
crying right
17:41
now.
17:42
With joy
17:43
for thankfulness
17:44
for what
17:44
Christ has
17:45
done.
17:46
But we
17:47
sit here
17:47
and we're
17:48
just
17:48
same story,
17:50
same story,
17:51
same thing.
17:53
Give me
17:53
something new.
17:56
Guys,
17:57
we have to
17:57
pray to
17:58
Christ.
17:59
We have to
17:59
pray to
18:00
Christ to
18:01
get this.
18:02
When you
18:03
start seeing
18:04
Him,
18:04
when you
18:04
start drawing
18:05
near to
18:05
Him in
18:05
prayer,
18:07
when you
18:07
start looking
18:08
at His
18:08
Word and
18:09
reading it
18:10
and cherishing
18:10
it as your
18:11
food for
18:12
your day,
18:13
I promise
18:16
you,
18:17
this will
18:17
become real
18:18
and felt.
18:20
And it won't
18:21
feel like a
18:21
dead faith
18:22
anymore.
18:22
It won't
18:23
feel like
18:23
dead works
18:24
anymore.
18:26
And the
18:26
songs you
18:27
sing will
18:27
feel enlivened
18:28
and real.
18:30
will.
18:33
This is
18:34
convicting.
18:34
It should
18:35
be.
18:39
That
18:39
holy God
18:40
who sits
18:41
above,
18:42
whose name
18:42
we should
18:43
never even
18:43
be able to
18:44
say,
18:45
because we're
18:46
sinners,
18:48
has seen
18:49
fit to send
18:49
His only
18:50
begotten
18:50
Son to
18:51
earth,
18:52
to become
18:53
like us
18:54
in all
18:54
things,
18:56
to die a
18:56
wretched
18:57
and a
18:57
horrible
18:58
and a
18:58
nasty
18:59
death,
19:00
to experience
19:01
that indescribable
19:02
thing that we
19:03
call separation
19:04
from the
19:04
Father.
19:06
We don't
19:06
know what
19:06
that is.
19:08
We can't
19:08
fathom that.
19:11
He experienced
19:11
that in our
19:12
stead,
19:13
so that,
19:15
so that,
19:18
we might
19:18
become the
19:18
righteousness
19:19
of God
19:20
in Him,
19:21
so that you
19:22
could be
19:22
seen as
19:23
holy on
19:24
the day
19:25
of judgment.
19:26
When you
19:26
come before
19:27
God,
19:28
He looks
19:30
at you,
19:31
He won't
19:32
see you,
19:33
He won't
19:34
see your
19:34
deadness to
19:35
His
19:35
redemption.
19:38
He will
19:39
see Christ
19:40
in that
19:41
union
19:41
that He
19:43
has
19:43
with the
19:44
Father.
19:45
It's called
19:46
imputation.
19:47
That's the
19:48
name for it.
19:49
And that
19:49
means that
19:50
we get
19:50
Christ,
19:51
and all
19:51
that that
19:51
means,
19:52
all that
19:52
Christ is,
19:53
all of
19:53
Him,
19:54
and our
19:55
beloved
19:55
Savior gets
19:56
us.
19:58
all our
19:59
sin,
19:59
all our
19:59
shame,
20:00
all our
20:00
guilt,
20:00
all our
20:01
pain,
20:01
misery,
20:02
punishment,
20:03
He got
20:03
all of
20:03
it.
20:05
Why,
20:05
you say?
20:05
Why?
20:06
Why did
20:06
Jesus get
20:07
this?
20:07
Why did
20:07
He want
20:08
this?
20:10
I guess
20:11
the answer
20:11
to that
20:11
question is
20:12
love,
20:13
which is
20:14
simply a
20:14
word that
20:15
doesn't
20:15
describe it
20:15
accurately.
20:17
That's the
20:17
best our
20:17
English language
20:18
can do.
20:19
God did
20:20
this because
20:20
He loves
20:21
us,
20:21
because He
20:22
cares for
20:23
us,
20:23
because it
20:24
gives Him
20:24
more glory to
20:25
do so,
20:25
and that's the
20:25
most loving
20:26
thing that He
20:26
can do.
20:27
He loves
20:29
us so
20:29
much,
20:31
and if He
20:31
loves us
20:32
that much,
20:32
He must
20:32
hate sin
20:33
that much.
20:36
I was
20:37
reading
20:37
something
20:38
today,
20:39
out of a
20:42
book about
20:46
the voice of
20:46
the martyrs.
20:47
this guy
20:49
named Richard
20:49
Wurmbron
20:50
back,
20:51
I don't
20:52
know what
20:52
it was
20:52
exactly,
20:53
but it
20:53
was back
20:54
during the
20:54
communist
20:54
regime that
20:55
was going
20:56
on in
20:56
Russia and
20:58
Romania and
20:58
all that
20:58
stuff.
20:59
The wall
21:00
hadn't fallen
21:01
down yet,
21:01
so he was
21:01
a missionary
21:02
kind of
21:03
underground in
21:04
Romania,
21:04
and he
21:04
suffered a
21:05
lot of
21:05
incredibly
21:06
horrible
21:06
things.
21:07
Then he
21:08
started,
21:08
when he
21:08
got out
21:09
of it,
21:09
he didn't
21:09
die,
21:09
he started
21:09
this thing
21:11
called
21:11
Voice of the
21:11
Martyrs,
21:13
and it's a
21:14
newsletter now
21:14
that they send
21:15
out,
21:15
and it's a
21:15
ministry.
21:17
Clay
21:17
subscribes to
21:18
him,
21:18
and he
21:18
gets all
21:18
these
21:18
magazines,
21:19
and these
21:19
updates,
21:20
and things,
21:20
and I was
21:20
reading through
21:21
this update
21:21
today.
21:25
I don't
21:25
exactly know
21:26
when this
21:26
happened,
21:27
but this
21:28
is a true
21:28
story about
21:32
a true
21:32
person and
21:33
his wife,
21:34
and what
21:35
they went
21:35
through,
21:36
and the
21:36
love that
21:37
they had
21:37
for Christ.
21:40
So,
21:41
somewhere near
21:43
the Roman
21:43
area,
21:44
I'm not
21:44
exactly sure,
21:45
it probably
21:45
was back
21:45
a while
21:46
back,
21:47
I'm not
21:47
sure,
21:47
but he
21:49
was arrested
21:50
for passing
21:51
out leaflets,
21:51
like gospel
21:52
tracts,
21:53
basically,
21:54
and they
21:55
were torturing
21:55
him,
21:56
and his
21:56
wife was
21:56
arrested
21:56
with him.
21:57
They were
21:57
torturing him
21:58
trying to
21:58
find out
21:59
where the
22:01
Bibles that
22:01
they had
22:02
were,
22:02
because they
22:02
knew they
22:03
had Bibles,
22:03
they knew they
22:03
had more
22:04
Christian
22:06
propaganda,
22:06
and they
22:07
were going
22:07
to try to
22:08
extinguish
22:08
that from
22:08
their land.
22:09
They hated
22:09
Christianity,
22:10
they hated
22:10
Christ.
22:11
So,
22:12
in order to
22:12
torture him,
22:12
they put out
22:13
his eyes
22:13
with coals,
22:15
hot coals.
22:17
Then,
22:18
they hung
22:18
him upside
22:19
down,
22:20
and tied a
22:21
chain around
22:22
his neck,
22:22
and a big
22:22
boulder to
22:23
that chain,
22:23
and he
22:23
just was
22:23
pulling on
22:24
his spinal
22:24
cord,
22:25
basically.
22:26
And they
22:26
gagged him,
22:27
and his
22:28
wife was
22:28
screaming at
22:29
him,
22:30
stop it,
22:31
stop it,
22:31
just tell
22:32
them where
22:32
it is,
22:32
just tell
22:32
them where
22:33
it is,
22:33
tell them
22:34
where the
22:34
Bibles are,
22:34
please,
22:35
I can't
22:35
deal with
22:35
this anymore,
22:37
I can't
22:37
take it
22:37
anymore.
22:39
They
22:40
finally
22:40
un-gagged
22:41
him.
22:42
He looks
22:43
at his
22:43
wife and
22:43
he says,
22:44
woman,
22:45
don't
22:47
ever
22:47
trade
22:50
your
22:52
love
22:52
for your
22:53
Savior,
22:54
for your
22:55
love
22:55
for me.
22:57
don't
22:58
ever
22:58
trade
22:59
that
22:59
love.
23:02
He
23:02
didn't
23:03
tell
23:03
them.
23:03
It
23:03
strengthened
23:04
her.
23:04
They
23:04
took
23:05
her
23:05
in the
23:05
back
23:05
room
23:05
to
23:06
show
23:06
her
23:06
a
23:06
lesson.
23:07
They
23:07
tortured
23:07
her
23:07
for
23:08
hours
23:08
on end.
23:09
Finally,
23:09
they
23:09
crucified
23:10
them
23:10
both
23:11
together.
23:13
They
23:14
never
23:14
relinquished
23:14
that
23:15
news
23:15
of where
23:17
the
23:17
Bibles
23:17
were.
23:20
That's
23:21
faith.
23:22
That's
23:23
real
23:23
faith.
23:27
that's
23:27
when
23:28
somebody
23:28
gets
23:29
this
23:29
stuff
23:29
in
23:30
their
23:30
mind
23:30
and
23:31
they're
23:31
willing
23:31
to go
23:31
to
23:31
any
23:32
length
23:32
to
23:32
glorify
23:33
the
23:33
God
23:33
that
23:33
saved
23:34
them
23:34
from
23:34
it.
23:36
Doesn't
23:37
matter
23:37
what it
23:37
is.
23:38
Doesn't
23:38
matter
23:38
if it
23:38
costs
23:38
them
23:38
their
23:39
life.
23:39
Oh,
23:39
by the
23:39
way,
23:40
that
23:40
couple
23:40
was
23:41
married
23:41
two
23:41
weeks
23:42
prior
23:42
to
23:42
that.
23:44
Newlyweds.
23:45
we
23:50
are
23:50
elementary
23:52
Christians
23:53
here.
23:54
Okay?
23:56
We
23:57
get
23:57
Christ.
23:58
We
23:59
get
23:59
Christ.
24:00
He
24:00
got
24:01
our
24:01
sin,
24:02
our
24:02
shame.
24:03
We
24:03
get
24:03
him.
24:04
This
24:04
is the
24:05
idea
24:05
of being
24:05
ransomed.
24:07
What a
24:08
redemption.
24:09
What a
24:09
glorious
24:09
thing he's
24:10
done in
24:11
paying our
24:11
ransom with
24:11
his own
24:12
blood.
24:14
That
24:14
man had
24:14
to be
24:15
thinking
24:15
something
24:15
like,
24:16
my
24:17
Savior
24:17
suffered
24:18
so much
24:20
more than
24:20
I ever
24:20
did.
24:21
My
24:22
eyes are
24:22
put out.
24:23
My
24:24
spine's
24:24
all
24:24
screwed
24:25
up.
24:25
My
24:25
wife's
24:26
getting
24:26
tortured
24:26
in the
24:26
back
24:27
room.
24:27
I'm
24:27
going to
24:28
get
24:28
crucified
24:28
soon.
24:29
And
24:29
God
24:30
did
24:30
so
24:30
much
24:31
more
24:31
for
24:31
me
24:31
than
24:32
I
24:32
could
24:32
ever
24:32
pay
24:33
him
24:33
back.
24:34
He's
24:35
worthy
24:35
of our
24:35
worship.
24:37
He's
24:37
worthy
24:38
of you
24:38
waking
24:38
up in
24:39
the
24:39
morning
24:39
early
24:39
to be
24:40
with
24:40
him.
24:41
!
24:41
He's
24:41
worthy
24:44
of you
24:46
honoring
24:46
God
24:46
with
24:46
your
24:47
relationships.
24:50
He's
24:51
worthy
24:51
of
24:51
everything.
24:52
Your
24:52
money,
24:53
your
24:53
time,
24:53
your
24:53
possessions.
24:56
God
24:57
has
24:57
bought
24:57
you
24:57
with
24:58
his
24:58
blood.
24:58
You're
24:59
not
24:59
your
24:59
own.
25:00
You
25:00
belong
25:00
to
25:00
him.
25:05
Who
25:05
or what
25:06
could be
25:06
better
25:07
than
25:07
Christ?
25:10
What
25:10
could be
25:11
better
25:11
than
25:11
that?
25:11
If
25:14
you're
25:14
wandering,
25:15
don't
25:15
wander
25:15
anymore.
25:19
Turn
25:19
back to
25:19
him.
25:20
If
25:20
you're
25:20
still
25:20
in
25:21
your
25:21
sins,
25:21
if
25:22
you
25:22
don't
25:22
know
25:22
this
25:22
Christ,
25:25
if
25:25
this
25:25
isn't
25:25
a
25:25
Jesus
25:26
that
25:26
you
25:26
worship,
25:27
that
25:27
you
25:27
know,
25:30
repent.
25:31
Don't
25:31
wait another
25:32
moment.
25:35
Repent
25:35
of your
25:35
sins.
25:36
Trust
25:37
in
25:37
him.
25:37
He's
25:38
done
25:38
this
25:38
already
25:38
for
25:39
you.
25:39
This
25:39
work
25:40
is
25:40
complete.
25:41
If
25:43
you
25:43
have
25:43
him,
25:44
but
25:44
you
25:45
are
25:45
neglecting
25:45
him,
25:46
why
25:47
would
25:47
you?
25:49
For
25:49
what
25:50
other
25:50
thing?
25:52
He's
25:52
worthy to
25:53
lose your
25:53
spouse
25:54
over,
25:54
your
25:54
child
25:55
over,
25:56
your
25:56
life
25:56
over.
25:59
There's
25:59
a woman
25:59
on this
26:00
magazine
26:00
as well.
26:01
This
26:02
is
26:02
horrific.
26:03
This
26:03
woman,
26:04
she's
26:04
been
26:04
burned
26:05
from
26:05
head
26:05
to
26:05
toe.
26:06
I
26:06
don't
26:06
know
26:06
how
26:06
it
26:06
happened,
26:06
but
26:06
she's
26:07
in
26:07
there
26:07
smiling,
26:08
trying
26:08
to
26:08
raise
26:09
money
26:09
for
26:10
more
26:10
Bibles
26:12
to be
26:12
sent to
26:12
her
26:13
village
26:13
so she
26:13
can share
26:14
more.
26:15
I don't
26:15
know what
26:15
happened to
26:16
her.
26:17
These
26:17
incredible
26:18
stories,
26:19
they don't
26:19
care about
26:19
the way
26:20
they look.
26:24
We do.
26:26
We
26:26
shouldn't.
26:28
The
26:28
writer of
26:29
Hebrews says,
26:29
how can you
26:30
neglect so
26:31
great a
26:32
salvation?
26:33
How can you
26:34
neglect this?
26:35
this is
26:36
priceless.
26:40
Repent,
26:41
return,
26:42
and rejoice
26:43
in Christ.
26:44
Let
26:45
him be the
26:45
source of
26:45
your joy.
26:46
Let
26:46
him be the
26:46
source of
26:46
your happiness.
26:47
Let
26:47
him be the
26:48
source of
26:48
your
26:48
contentment.
26:50
Not
26:50
sex,
26:51
not
26:51
drink,
26:52
not a
26:54
career,
26:54
not money.
26:58
Number
26:58
two,
26:59
he freed
27:00
me.
27:01
He freed
27:02
me.
27:03
Turn to
27:03
Acts 13.
27:05
Acts 13,
27:16
beginning in
27:17
verse 38.
27:21
Therefore,
27:22
let it be
27:22
known to
27:23
you,
27:23
brethren,
27:24
that through
27:25
him,
27:25
that's
27:26
Jesus,
27:26
forgiveness
27:26
of sins
27:27
is proclaimed
27:28
to you.
27:30
And through
27:31
him,
27:31
everyone who
27:32
believes is
27:32
freed from
27:33
all things.
27:35
from which
27:35
you could
27:36
not be
27:36
freed through
27:37
the law
27:37
of Moses.
27:40
Through
27:40
him,
27:41
everyone who
27:42
believes,
27:42
believes,
27:43
believes,
27:44
is freed from
27:45
all things from
27:46
which you could
27:47
not be freed
27:47
through the law
27:48
of Moses.
27:51
Understand this
27:52
from the
27:52
outset of this
27:53
verse.
27:54
Believing in
27:55
the Bible is
27:55
synonymous with
27:56
obeying.
27:57
Okay,
27:58
believing means
27:59
obeying.
27:59
It doesn't mean
28:00
intellectual ascent
28:01
to some truth
28:01
about Jesus
28:02
Christ.
28:03
It means a
28:04
total and
28:05
complete
28:06
surrender
28:07
mentally,
28:08
physically,
28:09
and spiritually
28:10
to the
28:11
lordship of
28:12
Jesus Christ.
28:14
When you
28:15
say,
28:15
I believe,
28:16
that means
28:16
you obey.
28:17
That means
28:18
I faithfully
28:18
trust in
28:19
Christ and
28:20
I will
28:20
follow him.
28:21
It does
28:21
not mean
28:22
you believe
28:22
in him or
28:22
that you
28:23
heard about
28:23
him and
28:23
that you
28:24
made a
28:24
profession
28:24
of him
28:25
when you
28:25
were seven
28:25
years old.
28:27
That is
28:27
not
28:27
believing.
28:28
Believing is
28:29
every day.
28:34
It's a big
28:35
difference,
28:35
believe me.
28:37
If you
28:37
don't believe
28:38
what I just
28:38
said,
28:39
turn to
28:39
John 3.36
28:40
and you
28:40
can see
28:40
that there.
28:41
I'm not
28:41
going to
28:41
go to it
28:42
right now,
28:42
but that's
28:43
a reference,
28:44
John 3.36.
28:45
So,
28:46
through Christ,
28:46
forgiveness of
28:47
sins is
28:47
offered as we
28:48
clearly see
28:49
stated in
28:49
our verse.
28:50
MacArthur
28:50
said,
28:51
referring to
28:51
the verse,
28:52
he said,
28:53
the atoning
28:53
death of
28:54
Jesus
28:54
completely
28:55
satisfied the
28:57
demands of
28:57
God's
28:58
law.
29:00
Making
29:00
forgiveness of
29:01
all sins
29:02
available to
29:02
all who
29:03
believe.
29:05
However,
29:05
this forgiveness
29:06
is accompanied
29:06
by a new
29:07
heart.
29:09
Okay?
29:09
With a new
29:10
heart comes
29:10
new desires
29:11
for new
29:11
things.
29:14
This is how
29:15
you know
29:15
you're saved.
29:17
This new
29:17
heart you
29:18
have,
29:18
that's been
29:19
given to
29:19
you,
29:19
it's a
29:19
spiritual
29:20
heart,
29:20
gives you
29:21
desires for
29:22
new
29:22
things.
29:27
If you
29:27
don't have
29:27
new desires,
29:28
you don't
29:28
have Christ.
29:30
And the
29:31
one thing
29:31
that is
29:32
primary in
29:33
terms of
29:33
what you
29:33
desire is
29:34
God's
29:35
glory.
29:36
You desire
29:37
to see
29:37
your Savior
29:38
who is
29:39
worthy as
29:39
we've already
29:40
determined,
29:41
glorified.
29:43
Glorified.
29:44
At any
29:45
cost to
29:46
yourself,
29:47
to your
29:48
family,
29:49
to your
29:49
friends,
29:50
to anything.
29:51
You want
29:52
to see
29:52
Jesus
29:52
glorified.
29:53
Freedom,
29:54
okay,
29:54
is found
29:55
in our
29:55
choices.
29:55
Freedom is
29:57
found in
29:57
your choices,
29:58
right?
29:59
We do
29:59
what we
29:59
want to
30:00
do.
30:00
And I
30:01
promise you,
30:01
you never
30:02
do what
30:02
you don't
30:02
want to
30:03
do.
30:05
You only
30:05
do what
30:05
you want
30:06
to do,
30:07
okay?
30:07
If you
30:08
get mugged
30:08
on the
30:08
street,
30:10
and the
30:10
guy points
30:10
a gun at
30:10
you and
30:11
he says,
30:11
give me
30:11
your money,
30:12
the only
30:13
reason why
30:14
you give
30:14
them your
30:14
money is
30:14
because you
30:14
don't want
30:15
to get
30:15
shot.
30:16
Or you
30:16
would rather
30:17
give them
30:17
your money
30:18
than you
30:18
would rather
30:18
get shot.
30:20
You only
30:20
do what
30:20
you want
30:21
to do,
30:21
all the
30:22
time.
30:23
No
30:23
exceptions.
30:24
You never
30:25
act contrary
30:25
to what
30:26
you want.
30:28
Sometimes
30:28
that means
30:29
wanting,
30:30
I don't
30:31
know,
30:31
to wake
30:31
up early
30:32
in the
30:32
morning
30:32
more than
30:33
you want
30:33
to sleep.
30:37
Therefore,
30:37
from God's
30:38
perspective,
30:39
which is the
30:39
only one that
30:39
matters,
30:41
a man is
30:42
in bondage
30:43
when he
30:44
cannot choose
30:45
to do
30:46
what he
30:47
originally was
30:47
created to
30:48
do,
30:50
a.k.a.
30:50
glorify God.
30:52
So you
30:53
are in
30:53
bondage
30:54
to your
30:54
sin when
30:55
you cannot
30:56
choose
30:57
freely
30:59
to do
31:01
what you
31:01
were created
31:02
to do,
31:02
which is
31:02
to glorify
31:03
God.
31:05
That's
31:06
the definition
31:07
of being
31:07
in bondage
31:08
to sin.
31:08
You can't
31:09
do what
31:10
God created
31:11
you to
31:11
originally do
31:12
to freely
31:13
do what
31:13
a Christian
31:14
only can
31:14
do,
31:14
which is
31:15
to glorify
31:15
God.
31:18
He is
31:19
imprisoned
31:19
by sin
31:20
to act
31:20
only according
31:21
to his
31:22
fallen
31:22
desires.
31:24
The sinner
31:25
constantly
31:25
throughout his
31:26
entire life
31:26
makes decisions
31:27
and choices
31:28
based on these
31:28
wicked desires
31:29
for wicked
31:30
things,
31:30
which never
31:31
result in the
31:32
things hoped
31:32
for,
31:33
like happiness,
31:35
like satisfaction,
31:36
like joy,
31:37
like contentment,
31:38
like lasting
31:39
pleasure,
31:39
like blessing.
31:40
It never
31:41
results in that.
31:41
Everything that
31:42
the sinner
31:42
experiences as
31:44
a result of
31:44
making these
31:45
fallen
31:45
decisions is
31:46
a fictitious
31:50
representative of
31:53
what God
31:53
really intended
31:54
that to be.
31:54
Only the
31:55
Christian,
31:56
only the
31:56
Christian can
31:57
experience true
31:58
joy,
31:58
true happiness,
31:59
true satisfaction,
32:00
true lasting
32:00
pleasure,
32:01
true contentment,
32:02
true blessing,
32:03
true thankfulness,
32:04
only the
32:05
Christian,
32:06
not the
32:07
sinner.
32:08
They get
32:08
fool's gold.
32:10
We get the
32:10
real thing.
32:10
You know this
32:16
is true,
32:16
don't you?
32:18
Those of you
32:19
that aren't
32:19
believers,
32:21
you know this
32:21
is true.
32:23
C.S. Lewis
32:24
said this,
32:25
if we find
32:26
ourselves with a
32:26
desire that
32:28
nothing in this
32:29
world can
32:29
satisfy,
32:31
the most
32:32
probable
32:33
explanation is
32:34
that we were
32:34
made for another
32:35
world.
32:39
You know it's
32:39
true.
32:40
You're not
32:41
satisfied.
32:44
The last
32:44
girl was good,
32:45
but you need
32:45
another one.
32:46
The last
32:47
drink was good,
32:47
but you need
32:48
another one.
32:49
That last
32:50
show was really
32:50
funny,
32:50
but you need
32:51
another one.
32:54
You're never
32:55
satisfied.
32:56
That means,
32:57
according to
32:57
logic,
32:59
maybe we were
32:59
created for
33:00
something other
33:00
than this
33:01
world.
33:05
The freedom
33:06
that I have
33:06
experienced in
33:07
Christ is a
33:08
freedom from
33:08
sin and from
33:09
death and from
33:10
hell.
33:10
and from
33:11
the devil,
33:12
but contained
33:13
within that
33:13
freedom is a
33:15
freedom from the
33:16
normal life,
33:18
is a freedom
33:19
from worldly
33:20
pleasure,
33:21
which is weak
33:22
in comparison
33:24
with godly
33:25
pleasure.
33:26
I've been
33:27
freed from
33:28
the common
33:28
man's joy.
33:30
I've been
33:31
freed from
33:32
the common
33:32
man's peace
33:33
and his love,
33:34
which is
33:35
inferior to
33:35
what I get
33:36
in Christ.
33:36
Christ.
33:38
And I've
33:39
been freed
33:40
to all
33:42
those godly
33:43
fruits,
33:44
which the
33:45
Spirit picks
33:46
from the
33:46
trees of
33:46
heaven and
33:47
brings to
33:48
God's
33:48
earthly
33:48
children.
33:51
It's
33:51
conferred to
33:52
you by the
33:52
Spirit of
33:53
God from
33:55
heaven.
33:56
You can't
33:57
get it
33:57
through earthly
33:58
means.
34:00
What are those
34:01
fruits?
34:01
love,
34:02
joy,
34:03
peace,
34:04
patience,
34:05
kindness,
34:06
gentleness,
34:07
self-control,
34:08
faithfulness.
34:11
Galatians 5
34:13
says,
34:14
against such
34:15
things there
34:16
is no law.
34:18
You've been
34:18
freed from
34:19
the law,
34:19
you've been
34:20
freed to
34:20
these things.
34:23
That's not
34:24
the motivation
34:24
for why you
34:26
come to
34:26
Christ.
34:26
You come to
34:27
Christ for
34:27
Christ.
34:30
But we've
34:30
been freed
34:31
from all
34:32
this lower
34:33
stuff to
34:35
Christ and
34:36
all these
34:36
higher things.
34:38
It's part of
34:39
our salvation.
34:40
God freed
34:41
you,
34:42
Christian.
34:43
He set you
34:43
free from the
34:44
ordinary to
34:44
enjoy the
34:45
bliss of the
34:46
extraordinary,
34:47
from the
34:47
natural to
34:47
the supernatural.
34:49
Is this
34:49
your experience?
34:52
Did you
34:53
experience this?
34:56
Believe me,
34:56
I've tasted.
34:58
I've tasted.
34:59
If you're a
35:00
Christian here,
35:00
you've tasted
35:01
in some
35:01
way that
35:02
peace that
35:03
surpasses all
35:04
comprehension,
35:05
that you
35:06
can't explain
35:06
with words,
35:07
that joy that
35:08
is lasting,
35:10
that contentment
35:11
in the midst
35:11
of the worst
35:12
situation that
35:13
only Christ
35:13
could confer to
35:14
somebody.
35:14
do you know
35:24
him or do you
35:24
just know
35:25
about him?
35:26
Do you
35:26
live in his
35:26
love?
35:27
Do you
35:27
seek for new
35:28
ways to
35:28
relinquish all
35:29
your formal
35:29
ways of sin?
35:30
Or do you
35:31
find that you
35:31
still love
35:32
sin?
35:35
Not one
35:36
sin can you
35:36
keep.
35:38
You must be
35:38
done with all
35:39
of them.
35:39
He freed you
35:44
for himself.
35:46
Okay?
35:47
God freed you
35:48
for himself.
35:49
Not for you.
35:51
Not for your
35:52
joy.
35:52
Not for your
35:52
blessing.
35:53
He freed you
35:53
for himself.
35:56
For himself.
35:58
Never forget
35:59
that.
35:59
For his glory.
36:00
For his own
36:00
purposes.
36:01
For his own
36:01
pleasure.
36:02
Not so that you
36:03
can cheapen his
36:04
grace by doing
36:04
whatever you want
36:05
and then thinking
36:05
that if you pray a
36:06
small little prayer
36:07
then God's going
36:07
to forgive you.
36:10
Or my buddies
36:11
are doing this
36:12
so then I'm
36:12
good too.
36:13
That's cheap
36:14
grace.
36:15
That's not
36:16
comprehending the
36:16
ransomed
36:17
sacrifice which
36:19
was Christ.
36:21
That's cheap
36:22
grace.
36:25
That's an
36:25
immature thought.
36:27
God's salvation
36:28
should so
36:29
overwhelm your
36:30
heart with love
36:31
and ecstasy
36:32
that all your
36:33
affections turn
36:34
their gaze toward
36:36
him.
36:37
And the
36:38
direction of
36:38
your life
36:38
takes a
36:39
180 degree
36:39
turn towards
36:40
him.
36:42
Towards him.
36:44
He saved you
36:45
for himself.
36:45
For his glory.
36:46
We benefit from
36:47
that.
36:47
We benefit from
36:48
that.
36:49
We get the
36:49
things I talked
36:50
about.
36:50
We get those
36:50
fruits from
36:51
heaven.
36:52
But it was
36:53
for God
36:54
that he saved
36:55
you.
36:58
God has set
36:59
me free by
37:00
breaking the
37:00
chains of sin.
37:01
By stripping
37:02
all the authority
37:03
that Satan had
37:03
in my life
37:03
away.
37:04
And then
37:07
he enabled
37:08
me by a
37:10
bloodied
37:10
mangled
37:11
Christ and
37:13
by his
37:13
spirit to
37:14
live for
37:14
him.
37:16
And my
37:17
joy is
37:17
found in
37:18
living for
37:18
God's
37:18
glory.
37:19
You get
37:20
that?
37:20
That's
37:21
incredible.
37:22
The way that
37:22
God has
37:23
ordained things
37:23
to be is
37:24
that we get
37:25
the most
37:25
satisfaction as
37:27
human beings
37:27
living in
37:29
these still
37:29
fallen bodies
37:30
by focusing
37:31
all of our
37:32
attention,
37:32
all of our
37:33
love,
37:33
all of our
37:33
money,
37:34
all of our
37:34
affections,
37:35
all of our
37:35
life on
37:36
Christ.
37:38
When you do
37:38
that,
37:39
you will
37:39
experience what
37:40
God said
37:40
or what
37:41
Jesus said
37:42
himself as
37:43
this is the
37:44
life that
37:45
is abundant.
37:47
This is the
37:48
life that is
37:48
full.
37:50
You want that
37:51
life?
37:53
Come after
37:54
me.
37:55
Be willing to
37:56
deny yourself.
37:57
Be willing to
37:58
take up your
37:58
cross.
37:59
every single
38:00
day.
38:01
Be willing to
38:01
follow after
38:02
me.
38:03
If it requires
38:04
your wife,
38:05
if it requires
38:06
your husband,
38:07
if it requires
38:07
your money,
38:08
it doesn't
38:08
matter because
38:09
Christ is more
38:11
valuable.
38:14
And even if
38:15
they die,
38:16
they get
38:17
Jesus anyway.
38:21
What can
38:21
mere man do
38:22
to me,
38:22
says the
38:23
psalmist.
38:23
What can
38:24
mere man do
38:25
to me?
38:26
I love that.
38:27
It's just so
38:28
bold.
38:28
If he's going
38:28
to boast,
38:29
he's going
38:29
to boast
38:29
in Christ.
38:32
Listen to
38:32
Paul's words.
38:35
But may
38:35
it never be
38:36
that I
38:36
should boast
38:36
except in
38:37
the cross
38:38
of our
38:38
Lord Jesus
38:38
Christ,
38:39
through which
38:40
the world
38:40
has been
38:41
crucified to
38:42
me and
38:42
I to
38:42
the world.
38:44
I love
38:44
that.
38:46
I'm not
38:46
going to
38:46
boast in
38:47
anything.
38:47
I'm going
38:47
to reduce
38:48
all of my
38:49
conversation
38:49
with you
38:50
to Jesus
38:50
Christ and
38:51
Him
38:51
crucified so
38:52
that He
38:52
can get
38:52
the glory
38:53
and I
38:53
can get
38:53
the joy.
38:55
I want
38:56
it.
38:56
I'm
38:58
not going
38:58
to let
38:58
you stand
38:58
in my
38:59
way.
38:59
I'm
38:59
not going
38:59
to let
38:59
peer
39:00
pressure,
39:01
social
39:01
construct
39:02
stand in
39:03
my way.
39:04
I want
39:05
Jesus.
39:06
He was
39:07
resolved.
39:09
The cost
39:10
of our
39:10
ransomed
39:10
was the
39:11
blood of
39:11
God.
39:15
You are
39:15
not your
39:15
own.
39:16
You are
39:17
still a
39:17
slave of
39:17
someone.
39:20
But as I
39:21
said earlier,
39:21
the freest
39:22
man is the
39:22
one who is
39:23
enslaved to
39:23
the greatest
39:24
master.
39:24
You are
39:29
a child of
39:29
God in
39:30
Christ.
39:30
You are
39:30
a friend.
39:31
You are
39:31
a bride.
39:32
You are
39:32
an heir.
39:33
But you
39:33
are also
39:33
a slave.
39:35
You are
39:36
a slave.
39:39
We must
39:40
know what
39:40
the Bible
39:40
means when
39:41
it says
39:41
that we
39:42
can be
39:42
free.
39:43
Because He
39:44
says,
39:44
you can
39:45
be free.
39:46
He says
39:47
that I
39:47
ransomed
39:48
you that
39:48
you might
39:48
be free.
39:49
It was
39:49
for freedom
39:49
that I
39:50
set you
39:50
free.
39:50
Galatians
39:50
5.1
39:51
says,
39:52
you can
39:53
be free
39:53
from what?
39:54
free.
39:55
For what?
39:59
Free in
40:00
Christ means
40:01
free for
40:02
Christ.
40:04
Free to
40:05
Christ.
40:06
Free to
40:07
love Him,
40:08
to live for
40:08
Him,
40:08
to bless
40:09
His name.
40:10
Free to
40:10
claim Him
40:11
on the
40:11
last day.
40:14
Free to
40:14
sing to
40:15
Him and
40:16
to think
40:16
kindly of
40:17
Him.
40:18
Free to
40:19
worship
40:19
Him.
40:23
That's what
40:23
your freedom
40:24
is for.
40:24
not so
40:27
you can
40:27
go
40:27
sin.
40:29
Not so
40:30
you can
40:30
cheapen
40:30
His
40:30
grace.
40:31
Not so
40:32
you can
40:32
feel
40:32
content
40:33
when
40:33
you're
40:33
on
40:33
your
40:33
death
40:33
bed.
40:38
Free in
40:39
Christ means
40:39
free for
40:40
Christ,
40:40
free to
40:41
Christ,
40:41
free to
40:41
love Him,
40:42
to live
40:42
for Him,
40:43
to bless
40:43
His name,
40:44
to claim
40:44
Him on
40:44
the last
40:45
day,
40:45
free to
40:45
sing to
40:46
Him,
40:46
to think
40:47
kindly of
40:48
Him,
40:49
to worship
40:49
Him.
40:51
You've been
40:51
set free for
40:52
that purpose.
40:52
these are
40:54
glorious
40:55
thoughts.
40:58
My last
40:58
point,
40:59
number
40:59
three,
41:02
I
41:02
enslaved
41:03
me.
41:04
I
41:05
enslaved
41:05
me.
41:07
It's a
41:07
strange way
41:08
of saying
41:08
that,
41:08
but
41:08
grammatically
41:10
incorrect,
41:11
but I
41:12
enslaved
41:13
me.
41:14
Turn to
41:15
Romans 6.18.
41:35
And
41:35
having been
41:36
freed from
41:36
sin,
41:38
you became
41:39
slaves of
41:39
righteousness.
41:40
having been
41:43
freed from
41:43
sin,
41:45
you became
41:45
slaves of
41:46
righteousness.
41:51
I want to
41:51
end with a
41:52
story.
41:55
This was
41:55
related to
41:56
me this
41:56
week as I
41:57
was studying.
42:00
I could
42:01
read it,
42:01
but I think
42:01
it would be
42:01
more effective
42:02
if I just
42:02
said it,
42:03
so I may
42:04
leave something
42:04
out.
42:06
Back in
42:07
the 1800s,
42:07
there was
42:08
an Englishman
42:08
who came
42:09
across the
42:10
seas to
42:12
California,
42:14
and he
42:15
made a
42:16
fortune in
42:17
the gold
42:17
fields.
42:20
And he
42:20
wanted to
42:20
go back to
42:21
live with
42:21
his own
42:21
people.
42:23
And so he
42:23
sent his
42:23
money back
42:24
to England
42:24
by check,
42:24
and then he
42:25
started his
42:25
train ride
42:27
down through
42:30
Kansas,
42:31
down through
42:31
Missouri,
42:32
down into
42:32
Mississippi,
42:33
and then
42:33
ended up in
42:33
New Orleans.
42:35
Okay?
42:36
During this
42:37
time,
42:38
slavery was
42:38
still very
42:39
prevalent.
42:41
And so
42:41
slaves were
42:42
being sold
42:42
at these
42:44
blocks,
42:45
put up for
42:46
sale,
42:46
basically.
42:49
And then
42:49
from New
42:50
Orleans,
42:50
this Englishman
42:50
was going to
42:51
ship to New
42:51
York and
42:52
then to
42:52
England.
42:55
So,
42:55
as most
42:56
tourists do
42:56
when they go
42:57
to New
42:57
Orleans during
42:57
this time,
42:58
they went
42:58
down to
42:59
the slave
42:59
market,
43:01
and when
43:02
he went
43:03
to the
43:03
market,
43:03
he saw a
43:03
lot of
43:04
men there
43:04
gathered
43:04
around,
43:05
and there
43:06
was this
43:07
one young
43:07
girl that
43:09
was up on
43:09
the block.
43:10
She was
43:11
being sold.
43:12
There was a
43:12
lot of heated
43:12
discussion and
43:14
fighting going
43:14
on amongst
43:15
these men,
43:16
these two
43:17
evil men in
43:18
particular,
43:19
that were bidding
43:20
for her quite
43:20
heatedly.
43:23
And then he
43:23
heard what
43:25
they said they
43:25
would do to
43:26
her if they
43:28
bought her.
43:30
And his
43:31
heart just
43:31
revolted against
43:32
the whole
43:33
swinish evil
43:34
thing.
43:35
And finally,
43:38
as the bidding
43:38
prices rose higher
43:39
and higher and
43:40
higher and
43:40
higher,
43:41
he went to
43:42
the auctioneer
43:42
and he
43:42
said,
43:43
I will put
43:44
up a bid
43:45
for twice
43:45
the amount
43:46
of the
43:47
last bid.
43:49
He said,
43:49
you got the
43:49
money?
43:50
He said,
43:50
I got the
43:50
money.
43:52
So,
43:53
sure enough,
43:54
he purchased
43:54
the slave,
43:56
got the bill
43:56
of sale,
43:57
wrote everything,
43:58
signed
43:58
everything,
43:59
went back to
44:00
the block to
44:00
take the woman
44:01
that he had
44:01
purchased.
44:02
And as she
44:03
came down one
44:04
step,
44:04
she was
44:05
about eye
44:06
level with
44:06
them,
44:06
she formed
44:08
in her
44:08
mouth a
44:09
bunch of
44:10
spit.
44:11
And when
44:12
she saw
44:12
him,
44:13
she spat
44:14
right in
44:14
his face
44:14
and she
44:15
said,
44:15
I hate
44:15
you.
44:16
I hate
44:17
you.
44:19
He didn't
44:19
say a word,
44:20
just took the
44:21
back of his hand
44:21
and wiped it
44:22
off,
44:23
took her by the
44:23
hand and
44:24
led her back
44:25
kind of into
44:26
the street.
44:30
He walked
44:30
down the street,
44:31
crossed the
44:31
intersection,
44:32
through the
44:32
mud,
44:33
down another
44:34
street,
44:35
until he
44:35
came to a
44:36
little office
44:36
building.
44:37
She couldn't
44:38
read,
44:38
she didn't
44:39
know what
44:40
it said,
44:40
didn't know
44:40
what the
44:40
office building
44:41
was.
44:42
He went
44:43
to the
44:43
desk,
44:43
he began
44:44
to speak
44:44
to the
44:44
clerk,
44:45
he began
44:46
to insist,
44:47
I promise
44:48
you this
44:48
is the
44:48
law,
44:48
this is
44:48
lawful,
44:49
I can
44:49
do this.
44:51
Finally,
44:51
the clerk
44:52
relented,
44:54
came back
44:55
and the
44:57
man gave
44:57
him some
44:58
money,
44:58
the English
44:58
man gave
44:58
him some
44:59
money,
45:00
and got a
45:00
paper.
45:01
He then
45:02
walked over
45:02
to the
45:03
woman,
45:03
who was
45:04
like a
45:04
beast,
45:05
ready to
45:05
spring on
45:05
her,
45:06
or spring
45:07
on him,
45:07
I should
45:07
say,
45:08
she was so
45:09
upset,
45:11
and he
45:12
stretched out
45:12
his hand
45:13
with the
45:13
paper and
45:13
he said,
45:14
here,
45:14
here are
45:15
your
45:15
manumission
45:16
papers,
45:17
you're free,
45:19
you're free.
45:22
She said,
45:22
I hate
45:23
you.
45:24
He said,
45:24
don't you
45:24
understand,
45:25
I just gave
45:25
you your
45:25
manumission
45:26
papers,
45:26
you're free,
45:28
you're free.
45:31
she kind
45:33
of drew
45:35
back and
45:35
was puzzled,
45:36
and she
45:36
said,
45:37
I don't
45:39
believe it,
45:40
you're
45:41
giving me
45:41
my
45:41
manumission
45:42
papers,
45:43
you just
45:44
spent twice
45:44
as much
45:45
as anybody
45:45
had ever
45:46
spent
45:46
before
45:47
at that
45:49
block,
45:49
and you
45:49
bought me
45:50
to set
45:52
me free.
45:54
He said,
45:54
yes,
45:55
that's why
45:55
I bought
45:55
you,
45:55
to set
45:55
you,
45:56
he said,
45:56
yes,
45:56
that's why
45:56
I bought
45:57
you,
45:57
to set
45:57
you free.
45:59
Tears
45:59
came up
46:00
into her
46:00
eyes,
46:00
that
46:01
hadn't
46:01
known
46:01
tears
46:01
in a
46:02
long
46:02
time.
46:04
She
46:04
got down
46:04
on her
46:04
hands
46:05
and her
46:05
knees,
46:07
she
46:07
grabbed
46:08
his
46:08
miner's
46:08
boots,
46:10
she
46:10
put her
46:10
cheek
46:11
down
46:11
to
46:11
the
46:11
toe
46:11
of
46:11
one
46:12
of
46:12
the
46:12
boots,
46:13
and she
46:14
began to
46:14
say to
46:15
him
46:15
through
46:15
the
46:15
sobbing
46:16
tears,
46:19
oh,
46:20
you
46:21
bought
46:21
me
46:22
to set
46:23
me
46:23
free.
46:24
You
46:25
bought
46:25
me
46:25
to set
46:26
me
46:26
free.
46:26
You
46:26
paid
46:26
more
46:26
than
46:26
anyone
46:27
has
46:27
ever
46:27
paid
46:27
but
46:28
just
46:28
for
46:29
me
46:29
to set
46:30
me
46:30
free.
46:30
And
46:32
then
46:33
through
46:33
her
46:33
tears,
46:33
she
46:34
looked
46:34
up
46:34
and
46:35
she
46:35
said,
46:37
oh,
46:37
sir,
46:38
all I
46:39
want in
46:39
life
46:40
is to
46:41
be your
46:41
slave.
46:44
You
46:44
bought
46:45
me
46:45
to set
46:46
me
46:46
free.
46:50
Friends,
46:51
the Lord
46:52
Jesus
46:52
Christ
46:52
bought
46:53
you
46:53
with
46:53
his
46:53
own
46:53
blood.
46:55
He
46:55
didn't
46:55
just
46:55
pay
46:56
twice
46:56
what
46:57
it
46:57
was
46:57
for
46:57
the
46:57
last
46:58
guy.
46:59
He
46:59
paid
47:00
eternities
47:00
for
47:03
you.
47:05
And
47:06
when you
47:06
understand
47:07
that,
47:08
when you
47:08
grasp
47:09
that,
47:11
then it
47:12
becomes
47:12
the joy
47:13
of your
47:13
life
47:13
to be
47:14
his
47:15
slave,
47:16
to love
47:17
him,
47:19
to serve
47:19
him,
47:21
to give
47:21
up anything
47:22
for him.
47:24
He
47:25
bought
47:25
you to
47:25
set
47:25
you
47:25
free.
47:26
you to
47:26
set you
47:25
free.
47:26
Christ,
47:35
all that
47:35
we
47:35
have
47:36
is
47:36
from
47:36
you.
47:38
Everything
47:39
we
47:39
own
47:40
is
47:40
from
47:40
you.
47:42
And
47:42
is
47:42
for
47:43
you.
47:46
God,
47:46
we
47:46
don't
47:47
own
47:48
anything.
47:51
The
47:51
way that
47:51
we
47:52
look
47:52
is
47:52
yours.
47:53
You
47:53
can
47:53
take
47:53
it
47:53
away.
47:54
Our
47:55
health
47:55
is
47:55
yours.
47:56
You
47:56
can
47:56
take
47:56
it
47:56
away.
47:57
Our
47:57
money,
47:58
our
47:58
time,
47:59
our
47:59
friends,
48:00
our
48:00
family,
48:00
everything
48:01
is
48:01
yours,
48:02
Jesus.
48:04
We
48:04
so
48:05
often
48:05
want
48:06
to
48:06
live
48:07
for
48:07
our
48:07
self.
48:09
We
48:09
get
48:10
consumed
48:11
with
48:11
our
48:11
own
48:12
little
48:12
life.
48:12
We
48:12
lose
48:13
perspective.
48:15
You
48:16
have
48:16
bought
48:16
us
48:17
with
48:17
your
48:17
own
48:18
blood,
48:18
the
48:18
blood
48:19
of
48:19
God.
48:21
There's
48:21
no
48:21
small
48:21
price.
48:24
to
48:24
set
48:24
us
48:25
free.
48:27
Please,
48:27
Jesus,
48:29
within
48:29
this
48:30
little
48:30
body
48:30
of
48:30
believers,
48:31
and if
48:31
there is
48:31
anyone
48:32
here that's
48:32
not a
48:32
believer,
48:33
please
48:33
break
48:34
them
48:34
in
48:34
half
48:35
and
48:37
make
48:37
them
48:37
whole
48:38
only
48:38
in
48:38
you.
48:39
But
48:40
amongst
48:40
us,
48:40
Lord,
48:41
please
48:41
just
48:41
incite
48:43
worship
48:44
tonight.
48:46
Give
48:46
us
48:47
thankful
48:47
hearts
48:48
that are
48:48
lasting
48:49
in our
48:50
devotion
48:50
to
48:51
Christ,
48:51
Lord.
48:51
Please
48:52
don't
48:52
allow us
48:52
to become
48:53
self-absorbed,
48:54
don't
48:54
allow us
48:54
to become
48:55
self-centered,
48:56
don't
48:56
allow us
48:56
to become
48:57
greedy
48:58
and selfish.
49:00
Give
49:01
us
49:01
humility,
49:03
give
49:03
us
49:04
thankfulness,
49:05
remind
49:06
us of
49:06
what
49:06
you've
49:06
done
49:07
for
49:07
us.
49:09
Father,
49:09
every
49:09
morning,
49:10
every
49:10
noon,
49:10
every
49:11
night,
49:11
we need
49:11
you,
49:12
Jesus.
49:12
And
49:13
apart
49:13
from
49:13
your
49:13
grace,
49:14
we
49:15
would
49:15
die
49:16
in
49:16
our
49:16
sins.
49:16
We
49:16
would
49:16
be
49:17
cast
49:17
into
49:18
eternal
49:18
hell
49:18
justifiably.
49:21
But
49:22
God,
49:22
even if
49:23
we
49:23
were never
49:26
even to
49:26
get heaven,
49:28
I pray
49:28
that we
49:28
would have
49:29
such
49:29
loving
49:32
hearts for
49:33
Christ that
49:33
we would
49:33
serve you
49:34
anyway.
49:35
We would
49:36
love you
49:36
anyway.
49:36
You're
49:37
worthy of
49:37
all of
49:37
our
49:37
worship.
49:39
And
49:39
may we
49:40
keep no
49:40
sins for
49:41
ourself.
49:43
May we
49:43
release all
49:44
of them
49:44
to you.
49:46
May we
49:47
completely
49:47
cast all
49:48
of our
49:48
cares on
49:48
you,
49:49
all of our
49:49
hopes on
49:50
you,
49:50
all of
49:50
our
49:51
dreams on
49:51
you.
49:51
May our
49:52
joy be
49:52
only in
49:53
you,
49:53
God.
49:55
Thank you
49:55
for
49:55
fellowship.
49:56
Thank you
49:56
for time
49:57
to study,
49:58
to prepare,
49:58
to preach.
49:59
Thank you
50:00
for our
50:03
manumission
50:04
papers.
50:07
God,
50:07
please have
50:08
mercy on
50:08
us.
50:09
We are
50:09
so small.
50:12
We are
50:12
so foolish.
50:15
God,
50:15
give us a
50:16
love for
50:16
Christ that
50:18
endures.
50:20
even if
50:20
coals were
50:21
gouged into
50:22
our eyes,
50:24
we were
50:24
crucified next
50:25
to our
50:25
two-week-old
50:26
bride.
50:28
God,
50:28
I pray that
50:29
we would
50:29
love you
50:29
nonetheless,
50:30
we would
50:30
serve you,
50:31
we would
50:31
say,
50:33
the lamb
50:34
that was
50:34
slain is
50:35
worthy
50:35
of his
50:38
reward.
50:43
God,
50:43
I love
50:44
you so
50:44
much.
50:46
In
50:47
your name
50:47
I pray.
50:48
Amen.
50:50
Thank you.