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raised</c><00:36:17.230><c> up</c><00:36:17.710><c> can</c><00:36:17.989><c> now</c> 00:36:18.289 --> 00:36:20.969 walk<00:36:18.530><c> in</c><00:36:18.650><c> a</c><00:36:18.730><c> new</c><00:36:18.889><c> life,</c><00:36:19.489><c> and</c><00:36:19.630><c> he</c><00:36:19.929><c> should</c><00:36:20.250><c> be</c> 00:36:20.969 --> 00:36:24.409 free<00:36:21.269><c> from</c><00:36:21.449><c> the</c><00:36:21.650><c> principles</c><00:36:21.969><c> of</c><00:36:22.170><c> sin.</c><00:36:22.769><c> All</c><00:36:22.989><c> of</c><00:36:23.110><c> his</c><00:36:23.230><c> life</c><00:36:23.429><c> should</c><00:36:23.590><c> be</c><00:36:23.789><c> devoted</c> 00:36:24.409 --> 00:36:27.889 toward<00:36:24.989><c> serving</c><00:36:25.469><c> God</c><00:36:25.889><c> rather</c><00:36:26.309><c> than</c><00:36:26.769><c> serving</c><00:36:27.150><c> his</c><00:36:27.289><c> own</c><00:36:27.590><c> nature</c> 00:36:27.889 --> 00:36:30.030 and<00:36:28.130><c> his</c><00:36:28.250><c> own</c><00:36:28.670><c> inclinations.</c> 00:36:31.989 --> 00:36:35.809 In<00:36:32.250><c> verse</c><00:36:32.590><c> 11</c><00:36:33.070><c> of</c><00:36:33.210><c> chapter</c><00:36:33.610><c> 6,</c><00:36:34.349><c> likewise</c><00:36:34.889><c> Paul</c><00:36:35.349><c> says,</c> 00:36:36.170 --> 00:36:39.829 reckon<00:36:36.369><c> ye</c><00:36:36.630><c> also</c><00:36:37.010><c> yourselves</c><00:36:37.530><c> to</c><00:36:37.750><c> be</c><00:36:37.989><c> dead</c><00:36:38.369><c> indeed</c><00:36:38.989><c> unto</c><00:36:39.369><c> sin.</c> 00:36:40.250 --> 00:36:42.190 See,<00:36:40.690><c> reckon</c><00:36:40.929><c> yourselves</c><00:36:41.289><c> to</c><00:36:41.449><c> be</c><00:36:41.530><c> dead</c><00:36:41.750><c> to</c><00:36:42.010><c> sin,</c> 00:36:42.190 --> 00:36:45.949 even<00:36:42.489><c> now</c><00:36:42.809><c> while</c><00:36:43.030><c> you're</c><00:36:43.170><c> alive,</c><00:36:43.610><c> even</c><00:36:43.789><c> now</c><00:36:44.190><c> while</c><00:36:44.469><c> sins</c><00:36:44.829><c> impulses</c><00:36:45.750><c> are</c> 00:36:45.949 --> 00:36:47.789 pulling<00:36:46.269><c> upon</c><00:36:46.829><c> you</c><00:36:46.969><c> to</c><00:36:47.130><c> pull</c><00:36:47.409><c> you</c><00:36:47.610><c> away</c> 00:36:47.789 --> 00:36:51.210 from<00:36:47.949><c> the</c><00:36:48.050><c> path</c><00:36:48.269><c> of</c><00:36:48.449><c> life.</c><00:36:49.110><c> Reckon</c><00:36:49.449><c> yourselves.</c><00:36:50.230><c> Consider</c><00:36:50.610><c> yourselves</c><00:36:51.070><c> to</c> 00:36:51.210 --> 00:36:53.469 be<00:36:51.469><c> dead</c><00:36:51.730><c> to</c><00:36:52.010><c> sin.</c><00:36:52.510><c> Put</c><00:36:52.710><c> the</c><00:36:52.929><c> sin</c><00:36:53.070><c> behind</c> 00:36:53.469 --> 00:36:56.289 you.<00:36:53.929><c> Live</c><00:36:54.170><c> no</c><00:36:54.449><c> more</c><00:36:54.650><c> a</c><00:36:54.789><c> life</c><00:36:54.989><c> that's</c><00:36:55.269><c> devoted</c><00:36:55.590><c> at</c><00:36:55.809><c> all</c><00:36:55.969><c> to</c><00:36:56.110><c> the</c> 00:36:56.289 --> 00:36:59.309 principles<00:36:56.610><c> of</c><00:36:56.909><c> sin,</c><00:36:57.610><c> but</c><00:36:57.809><c> rather</c><00:36:58.289><c> live</c><00:36:58.730><c> a</c><00:36:58.909><c> life</c> 00:36:59.309 --> 00:37:08.010 devoted<00:36:59.889><c> to</c><00:37:00.469><c> Jesus</c><00:37:00.909><c> Christ,</c><00:37:01.849><c> our</c><00:37:02.050><c> Lord.</c><00:37:04.750><c> This</c><00:37:05.309><c> is</c><00:37:05.849><c> the</c><00:37:06.070><c> resurrection</c><00:37:06.610><c> of</c><00:37:06.889><c> which</c><00:37:07.050><c> Paul</c><00:37:07.289><c> is</c><00:37:07.550><c> speaking</c> 00:37:08.010 --> 00:37:12.309 in<00:37:08.449><c> Romans</c><00:37:08.929><c> chapter</c><00:37:09.449><c> 6.</c><00:37:10.190><c> There</c><00:37:10.250><c> is</c><00:37:10.570><c> implicit</c><00:37:10.949><c> certainly</c><00:37:11.389><c> a</c><00:37:11.550><c> looking</c><00:37:11.750><c> forward</c><00:37:12.130><c> to</c> 00:37:12.309 --> 00:37:13.329 the<00:37:12.449><c> literal</c><00:37:12.750><c> resurrection,</c> 00:37:13.610 --> 00:37:16.670 but<00:37:13.730><c> he</c><00:37:13.849><c> wants</c><00:37:14.050><c> to</c><00:37:14.369><c> emphasize</c><00:37:14.949><c> the</c><00:37:15.510><c> spiritual</c><00:37:16.050><c> resurrection</c> 00:37:16.670 --> 00:37:19.090 of<00:37:16.929><c> believers</c><00:37:17.389><c> as</c><00:37:18.010><c> they</c><00:37:18.210><c> are</c><00:37:18.530><c> baptized</c> 00:37:19.090 --> 00:37:29.110 and<00:37:19.349><c> begin</c><00:37:19.610><c> a</c><00:37:19.769><c> new</c><00:37:19.909><c> life.</c><00:37:26.210><c> Now,</c><00:37:27.309><c> we've</c><00:37:27.570><c> talked</c><00:37:27.809><c> about</c><00:37:28.150><c> theory.</c> 00:37:29.309 --> 00:37:32.210 We<00:37:29.690><c> now</c><00:37:29.949><c> come</c><00:37:30.230><c> to</c><00:37:30.650><c> a</c><00:37:30.690><c> very</c><00:37:31.010><c> important</c><00:37:31.369><c> matter.</c> 00:37:34.650 --> 00:37:38.809 The<00:37:35.170><c> reality,</c><00:37:36.130><c> the</c><00:37:36.349><c> practical</c><00:37:36.929><c> nature</c><00:37:37.429><c> of</c><00:37:37.829><c> what</c><00:37:38.030><c> it</c><00:37:38.130><c> means</c><00:37:38.510><c> to</c> 00:37:38.809 --> 00:37:41.829 have<00:37:39.070><c> a</c><00:37:39.369><c> mind</c><00:37:39.989><c> inclined</c><00:37:40.929><c> toward</c><00:37:41.329><c> the</c><00:37:41.469><c> Spirit.</c> 00:37:42.170 --> 00:37:45.269 This<00:37:42.309><c> is</c><00:37:42.489><c> the</c><00:37:42.530><c> great</c><00:37:42.750><c> question.</c><00:37:43.590><c> I'm</c><00:37:43.690><c> sure</c><00:37:43.869><c> we're</c><00:37:44.070><c> all</c><00:37:44.250><c> thinking</c><00:37:44.710><c> this</c> 00:37:45.269 --> 00:37:46.289 sounds<00:37:45.590><c> good</c><00:37:45.809><c> in</c><00:37:46.090><c> theory,</c> 00:37:46.389 --> 00:37:48.829 but<00:37:46.449><c> what</c><00:37:46.610><c> does</c><00:37:46.809><c> it</c><00:37:46.929><c> mean?</c><00:37:47.449><c> How</c><00:37:47.610><c> do</c><00:37:47.769><c> we</c><00:37:47.829><c> go</c><00:37:48.030><c> about</c><00:37:48.309><c> achieving</c> 00:37:48.829 --> 00:37:50.630 the<00:37:49.349><c> mind</c><00:37:49.530><c> of</c><00:37:49.710><c> the</c><00:37:49.869><c> Spirit?</c> 00:37:50.730 --> 00:37:53.909 The<00:37:51.050><c> way</c><00:37:51.329><c> in</c><00:37:51.469><c> which</c><00:37:51.610><c> we</c><00:37:51.829><c> achieve</c><00:37:52.090><c> the</c><00:37:52.289><c> mind</c><00:37:52.489><c> of</c><00:37:52.630><c> the</c><00:37:52.809><c> Spirit</c><00:37:53.130><c> is</c> 00:37:53.909 --> 00:37:56.050 not<00:37:54.530><c> simply</c><00:37:55.190><c> to</c><00:37:55.650><c> understand</c> 00:37:56.050 --> 00:37:59.510 first<00:37:56.349><c> principles</c><00:37:56.710><c> doctrines.</c><00:37:57.550><c> We</c><00:37:57.730><c> can</c><00:37:57.969><c> become</c><00:37:58.289><c> theoretically</c><00:37:58.889><c> a</c><00:37:59.070><c> wonderful</c> 00:37:59.510 --> 00:38:00.449 student<00:37:59.829><c> of</c><00:37:59.989><c> the</c><00:38:00.150><c> Bible.</c> 00:38:00.449 --> 00:38:06.869 We<00:38:00.869><c> can</c><00:38:01.090><c> understand</c><00:38:01.590><c> prophecy.</c><00:38:03.250><c> We</c><00:38:03.550><c> could</c><00:38:03.849><c> possibly</c><00:38:04.210><c> even</c><00:38:04.650><c> guess</c><00:38:04.969><c> the</c><00:38:05.530><c> time</c><00:38:05.789><c> and</c><00:38:05.949><c> the</c><00:38:06.150><c> place</c><00:38:06.309><c> of</c><00:38:06.550><c> Christ's</c> 00:38:06.869 --> 00:38:09.690 return<00:38:07.190><c> and</c><00:38:07.389><c> precisely</c><00:38:07.949><c> the</c><00:38:08.469><c> order</c><00:38:08.750><c> of</c><00:38:08.989><c> events</c><00:38:09.250><c> that</c><00:38:09.409><c> he</c><00:38:09.510><c> will</c> 00:38:09.690 --> 00:38:11.090 do<00:38:09.909><c> things</c><00:38:10.190><c> when</c><00:38:10.329><c> he</c><00:38:10.469><c> does</c><00:38:10.789><c> come.</c> 00:38:11.250 --> 00:38:15.090 But<00:38:11.389><c> if</c><00:38:11.530><c> we</c><00:38:11.710><c> haven't</c><00:38:11.949><c> prepared</c><00:38:12.329><c> our</c><00:38:12.590><c> minds</c><00:38:13.050><c> to</c><00:38:14.010><c> be</c><00:38:14.530><c> spiritual</c> 00:38:15.090 --> 00:38:16.409 beings<00:38:15.429><c> when</c><00:38:15.630><c> Christ</c><00:38:15.969><c> returns,</c> 00:38:16.769 --> 00:38:19.190 all<00:38:16.889><c> of</c><00:38:17.070><c> that</c><00:38:17.469><c> theoretical</c><00:38:18.050><c> knowledge</c><00:38:18.429><c> will</c><00:38:18.610><c> be</c><00:38:18.789><c> perfectly</c> 00:38:19.190 --> 00:38:20.170 meaningless<00:38:19.650><c> to</c><00:38:19.849><c> us.</c> 00:38:20.670 --> 00:38:26.309 The<00:38:20.849><c> mind</c><00:38:21.130><c> of</c><00:38:21.269><c> the</c><00:38:21.449><c> Spirit</c><00:38:21.670><c> comes</c><00:38:22.110><c> from</c><00:38:22.550><c> a</c><00:38:23.010><c> contemplation,</c><00:38:24.730><c> firstly,</c><00:38:25.710><c> and</c><00:38:25.949><c> a</c> 00:38:26.309 --> 00:38:27.070 following<00:38:26.590><c> after,</c> 00:38:27.070 --> 00:38:31.130 actively<00:38:27.929><c> striving</c><00:38:28.630><c> toward</c><00:38:28.989><c> that</c><00:38:29.269><c> ideal,</c><00:38:29.630><c> secondly,</c><00:38:30.789><c> of</c><00:38:30.949><c> the</c> 00:38:31.130 --> 00:38:33.369 character<00:38:31.429><c> of</c><00:38:31.670><c> Christ.</c><00:38:32.449><c> We</c><00:38:32.630><c> look</c><00:38:32.849><c> at</c><00:38:33.010><c> Christ.</c> 00:38:33.429 --> 00:38:36.329 We<00:38:33.550><c> look</c><00:38:33.750><c> at</c><00:38:33.889><c> the</c><00:38:34.030><c> man.</c><00:38:34.269><c> We</c><00:38:34.389><c> understand</c><00:38:34.929><c> what</c><00:38:35.369><c> he</c><00:38:35.550><c> did,</c><00:38:36.130><c> what</c> 00:38:36.329 --> 00:38:39.130 he<00:38:36.670><c> thought,</c><00:38:37.449><c> how</c><00:38:37.730><c> he</c><00:38:37.949><c> acted</c><00:38:38.269><c> toward</c><00:38:38.510><c> his</c><00:38:38.769><c> brethren.</c> 00:38:39.570 --> 00:38:42.690 And<00:38:39.829><c> as</c><00:38:40.090><c> we</c><00:38:40.469><c> seek</c><00:38:40.650><c> to</c><00:38:40.949><c> reproduce</c><00:38:41.349><c> that</c><00:38:41.650><c> life</c><00:38:41.929><c> in</c><00:38:42.150><c> ourselves,</c> 00:38:43.070 --> 00:38:44.630 striving<00:38:43.449><c> and</c><00:38:43.730><c> praying</c><00:38:44.110><c> in</c><00:38:44.369><c> that</c> 00:38:44.630 --> 00:38:48.789 striving<00:38:45.070><c> toward</c><00:38:45.550><c> that</c><00:38:45.869><c> ideal,</c><00:38:46.590><c> then</c><00:38:46.829><c> we</c><00:38:47.050><c> begin</c><00:38:47.289><c> to</c><00:38:47.590><c> reproduce</c><00:38:48.130><c> the</c><00:38:48.590><c> mind</c> 00:38:48.789 --> 00:38:49.429 of<00:38:48.929><c> the</c><00:38:49.130><c> Spirit.</c> 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others</c><00:42:35.010><c> and</c> 00:42:35.210 --> 00:42:37.030 help<00:42:35.429><c> them</c><00:42:35.809><c> on</c><00:42:35.989><c> the</c><00:42:36.130><c> way</c><00:42:36.289><c> toward</c><00:42:36.510><c> the</c><00:42:36.730><c> kingdom.</c> 00:42:37.510 --> 00:42:41.250 Love<00:42:37.829><c> is</c><00:42:38.070><c> a</c><00:42:38.269><c> transformation</c><00:42:38.829><c> of</c><00:42:39.190><c> mind.</c><00:42:40.050><c> Love</c><00:42:40.369><c> is</c><00:42:40.690><c> a</c><00:42:40.849><c> newness</c> 00:42:41.250 --> 00:42:42.349 of<00:42:41.570><c> life.</c> 00:42:46.389 --> 00:42:50.889 Joy<00:42:46.989><c> is</c><00:42:47.590><c> not</c><00:42:47.909><c> a</c><00:42:48.230><c> brief,</c><00:42:49.230><c> spontaneous</c><00:42:49.510><c> pleasure</c><00:42:49.929><c> with</c><00:42:50.090><c> something</c><00:42:50.389><c> that</c><00:42:50.650><c> is</c> 00:42:50.889 --> 00:42:52.989 good.<00:42:51.610><c> It</c><00:42:51.650><c> isn't</c><00:42:52.130><c> 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under</c><00:44:11.650><c> the</c><00:44:11.849><c> care</c> 00:44:12.010 --> 00:44:15.550 of<00:44:12.250><c> God,</c><00:44:12.789><c> that</c><00:44:12.909><c> we're</c><00:44:13.050><c> being</c><00:44:13.309><c> led</c><00:44:13.570><c> on</c><00:44:13.809><c> by</c><00:44:13.989><c> his</c><00:44:14.250><c> providence</c><00:44:14.929><c> toward</c><00:44:15.250><c> his</c> 00:44:15.550 --> 00:44:17.610 kingdom.<00:44:16.590><c> Scriptural</c><00:44:17.010><c> joy,</c><00:44:17.309><c> therefore,</c> 00:44:17.829 --> 00:44:21.429 completely<00:44:18.150><c> rules</c><00:44:18.489><c> out</c><00:44:19.110><c> complaining</c><00:44:19.670><c> and</c><00:44:20.289><c> worry</c><00:44:20.630><c> and</c><00:44:21.150><c> self</c> 00:44:21.429 --> 00:44:25.329 -pity.<00:44:22.909><c> Scriptural</c><00:44:23.389><c> joy</c><00:44:23.670><c> is</c><00:44:23.869><c> very</c><00:44:24.070><c> much</c><00:44:24.269><c> akin</c><00:44:24.570><c> to</c> 00:44:25.389 --> 00:44:30.329 peace.<00:44:26.690><c> This</c><00:44:27.070><c> peace</c><00:44:27.369><c> is</c><00:44:27.550><c> not</c><00:44:27.789><c> outward,</c><00:44:28.309><c> but</c><00:44:28.849><c> inner</c><00:44:29.230><c> peace.</c> 00:44:30.730 --> 00:44:34.190 Perfect<00:44:31.110><c> peace</c><00:44:31.510><c> have</c><00:44:31.750><c> they</c><00:44:32.070><c> who</c><00:44:32.389><c> love</c><00:44:32.809><c> God's</c><00:44:33.269><c> law,</c> 00:44:34.349 --> 00:44:39.110 and<00:44:34.429><c> nothing</c><00:44:34.750><c> can</c><00:44:35.010><c> offend</c><00:44:35.289><c> them.</c><00:44:37.070><c> My</c><00:44:37.510><c> peace,</c><00:44:37.849><c> said</c><00:44:38.070><c> Jesus,</c><00:44:38.789><c> I</c> 00:44:39.110 --> 00:44:40.650 live<00:44:39.289><c> with</c><00:44:39.570><c> you.</c><00:44:39.829><c> I</c><00:44:39.909><c> leave</c><00:44:40.170><c> with</c><00:44:40.409><c> you.</c> 00:44:40.889 --> 00:44:44.269 And<00:44:41.070><c> this</c><00:44:41.230><c> was</c><00:44:41.449><c> a</c><00:44:41.590><c> peace</c><00:44:41.710><c> that</c><00:44:41.869><c> was</c><00:44:42.050><c> in</c><00:44:42.210><c> the</c><00:44:42.250><c> midst</c><00:44:42.429><c> of</c><00:44:42.670><c> turmoil,</c><00:44:43.510><c> of</c><00:44:43.710><c> trial,</c><00:44:44.130><c> of</c> 00:44:44.269 --> 00:44:45.090 impending<00:44:44.590><c> death.</c><00:44:44.869><c> And</c><00:44:45.010><c> yet</c> 00:44:45.090 --> 00:44:48.309 he<00:44:45.210><c> felt</c><00:44:45.489><c> a</c><00:44:45.710><c> peace</c><00:44:45.949><c> because</c><00:44:46.489><c> he</c><00:44:46.690><c> had</c><00:44:46.929><c> cast</c><00:44:47.110><c> himself</c><00:44:47.730><c> perfectly</c> 00:44:48.309 --> 00:44:50.570 upon<00:44:48.630><c> God,</c><00:44:48.969><c> and</c><00:44:49.130><c> he</c><00:44:49.309><c> trusted</c><00:44:49.690><c> in</c><00:44:50.230><c> whatever</c> 00:44:50.570 --> 00:44:55.670 God<00:44:50.929><c> would</c><00:44:51.070><c> 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