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Open<00:10:29.799><c> your</c><00:10:30.059><c> eyes,</c><00:10:30.320><c> look</c><00:10:30.539><c> out</c><00:10:30.740><c> there</c><00:10:30.879><c> and</c><00:10:30.980><c> see</c><00:10:31.139><c> what</c><00:10:31.299><c> you</c><00:10:31.460><c> can</c><00:10:31.700><c> see.</c>

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you<00:11:08.159><c> read</c><00:11:08.340><c> over</c><00:11:08.519><c> it</c><00:11:08.659><c> as</c><00:11:08.779><c> quickly</c><00:11:09.000><c> as</c><00:11:09.159><c> you</c><00:11:09.320><c> can</c><00:11:09.460><c> because</c><00:11:09.779><c> you</c><00:11:10.159><c> just</c><00:11:10.379><c> don't</c><00:11:10.559><c> want</c><00:11:10.740><c> those</c><00:11:11.000><c> things</c><00:11:11.200><c> to</c>

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go<00:11:11.460><c> into</c><00:11:11.620><c> your</c><00:11:11.820><c> mind.</c>

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Just<00:12:00.019><c> notice</c><00:12:00.360><c> them,</c><00:12:00.740><c> for</c><00:12:00.759><c> example,</c><00:12:01.700><c> verse</c><00:12:01.799><c> 24.</c>

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Wherefore<00:12:04.340><c> God</c><00:12:04.639><c> also</c><00:12:05.200><c> gave</c><00:12:05.440><c> them</c><00:12:05.620><c> up</c><00:12:05.799><c> to</c><00:12:05.980><c> uncleanness.</c>

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Verse<00:12:09.899><c> 26.</c>

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Now,<00:12:26.000><c> notice</c><00:12:26.299><c> the</c><00:12:26.519><c> series</c><00:12:26.899><c> of</c><00:12:27.399><c> steps</c><00:12:27.639><c> of</c><00:12:27.879><c> decline.</c>

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Now,<00:12:40.700><c> one</c><00:12:40.899><c> thing</c><00:12:41.039><c> I</c><00:12:41.220><c> don't</c><00:12:41.419><c> want</c><00:12:41.580><c> us</c><00:12:41.740><c> to</c><00:12:41.840><c> do</c><00:12:41.899><c> at</c><00:12:42.059><c> any</c><00:12:42.279><c> stage</c><00:12:42.500><c> is</c>

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It's<00:12:55.259><c> a</c><00:12:55.360><c> bit</c><00:12:55.500><c> like</c><00:12:56.100><c> John</c><00:12:56.419><c> saying</c><00:12:56.679><c> in</c><00:12:56.799><c> his</c><00:12:57.039><c> epistle,</c>

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to<00:12:58.419><c> hate</c><00:12:58.720><c> your</c><00:12:58.940><c> brother</c><00:12:59.100><c> is</c><00:12:59.299><c> as</c><00:12:59.500><c> bad</c><00:12:59.659><c> as</c><00:13:00.139><c> to</c><00:13:00.360><c> murder</c><00:13:00.600><c> him.</c>

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We're<00:13:02.139><c> not</c><00:13:02.299><c> murderers.</c>

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I<00:13:03.200><c> don't</c><00:13:03.399><c> think</c><00:13:03.480><c> any</c><00:13:03.659><c> of</c><00:13:03.700><c> us</c><00:13:03.860><c> here</c><00:13:03.960><c> would</c><00:13:04.059><c> have</c><00:13:04.200><c> ever</c><00:13:04.379><c> murdered</c>

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him,<00:13:04.879><c> aren't</c><00:13:04.919><c> we?</c>

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I'm<00:13:05.759><c> certain</c><00:13:06.059><c> that's</c><00:13:06.440><c> not</c><00:13:06.620><c> the</c><00:13:06.759><c> case.</c>

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But<00:13:08.940><c> maybe</c><00:13:09.379><c> there's</c><00:13:09.659><c> been</c><00:13:09.860><c> times</c><00:13:10.279><c> when</c><00:13:10.620><c> we've</c><00:13:11.240><c> had</c><00:13:11.399><c> a</c><00:13:11.559><c> feeling</c>

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John<00:13:13.879><c> says,</c><00:13:14.659><c> and</c><00:13:14.820><c> of</c><00:13:14.980><c> course,</c><00:13:15.299><c> it's</c><00:13:15.500><c> classic</c><00:13:15.799><c> John.</c>

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John<00:13:16.779><c> talks</c><00:13:17.080><c> in</c><00:13:17.299><c> absolute</c><00:13:17.679><c> terms.</c>

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You're<00:13:18.519><c> either</c><00:13:18.740><c> in</c><00:13:19.000><c> light</c><00:13:19.100><c> or</c><00:13:19.259><c> darkness,</c><00:13:19.799><c> life</c><00:13:20.019><c> or</c><00:13:20.220><c> death.</c>

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You<00:13:20.659><c> either</c><00:13:20.879><c> hate</c><00:13:21.120><c> or</c><00:13:21.240><c> you</c><00:13:21.419><c> love.</c>

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It's<00:13:22.000><c> all</c><00:13:22.200><c> absolutes.</c>

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And<00:13:23.000><c> at</c><00:13:23.279><c> the</c><00:13:23.519><c> judgment</c><00:13:23.860><c> seat,</c><00:13:24.139><c> things</c><00:13:24.340><c> will</c><00:13:24.539><c> be</c><00:13:24.720><c> seen</c><00:13:24.799><c> to</c><00:13:24.940><c> be</c><00:13:25.139><c> absolute.</c>

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So<00:13:26.779><c> how</c><00:13:27.100><c> many</c><00:13:27.299><c> of</c><00:13:27.460><c> us</c><00:13:27.600><c> here</c><00:13:27.840><c> have</c><00:13:28.019><c> got</c><00:13:28.240><c> a</c><00:13:28.440><c> depraved</c><00:13:29.039><c> mind?</c>

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I<00:13:31.379><c> would</c><00:13:31.659><c> think</c><00:13:31.840><c> that</c><00:13:32.059><c> none</c><00:13:32.179><c> of</c><00:13:32.340><c> us</c><00:13:32.480><c> have.</c>

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We<00:13:33.460><c> don't</c><00:13:33.720><c> always</c><00:13:34.100><c> put</c><00:13:34.360><c> the</c><00:13:34.559><c> right</c><00:13:34.740><c> things</c><00:13:35.000><c> in,</c>

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and<00:13:36.379><c> the</c><00:13:36.860><c> right</c><00:13:37.000><c> things</c><00:13:37.179><c> don't</c><00:13:37.379><c> always</c><00:13:37.620><c> come</c><00:13:37.840><c> out.</c>

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But<00:13:38.759><c> if</c><00:13:38.940><c> we</c><00:13:39.159><c> were</c><00:13:39.299><c> living</c><00:13:39.879><c> totally</c><00:13:40.480><c> under</c><00:13:40.720><c> the</c><00:13:40.899><c> domination</c><00:13:41.259><c> of</c>

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that<00:13:41.659><c> carnal</c><00:13:41.879><c> mind,</c>

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we<00:13:42.179><c> wouldn't</c><00:13:42.360><c> be</c><00:13:42.559><c> here</c><00:13:42.679><c> this</c><00:13:42.899><c> morning.</c>

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We<00:13:43.840><c> wouldn't</c><00:13:44.000><c> be</c><00:13:44.259><c> here,</c><00:13:44.580><c> really.</c>

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But<00:13:46.240><c> where</c><00:13:46.559><c> did</c><00:13:46.720><c> it</c><00:13:46.960><c> start?</c>

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Well,<00:13:48.340><c> it</c><00:13:48.580><c> started,</c><00:13:48.840><c> you</c><00:13:49.100><c> see,</c><00:13:50.220><c> in</c><00:13:50.379><c> verse</c><00:13:50.580><c> 21.</c>

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Because<00:13:53.120><c> that</c><00:13:53.519><c> when</c><00:13:53.860><c> they</c><00:13:54.240><c> knew</c><00:13:54.500><c> God,</c><00:13:56.000><c> they</c><00:13:56.279><c> glorified</c><00:13:56.980><c> him</c>

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not<00:13:57.440><c> as</c><00:13:57.679><c> God,</c>

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neither<00:13:59.759><c> were</c><00:14:00.360><c> thankful.</c>

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Ah,<00:14:02.600><c> there's</c><00:14:03.059><c> the</c><00:14:03.279><c> start.</c>

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A<00:14:04.940><c> lack</c><00:14:05.100><c> of</c><00:14:05.620><c> thankfulness</c><00:14:06.840><c> says,</c><00:14:08.759><c> I</c><00:14:08.759><c> want</c><00:14:08.980><c> more.</c>

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And<00:14:10.980><c> when</c><00:14:11.120><c> I</c><00:14:11.440><c> say</c><00:14:11.600><c> I</c><00:14:11.820><c> want</c><00:14:12.080><c> more,</c><00:14:13.179><c> and</c><00:14:13.379><c> again,</c><00:14:13.620><c> and</c><00:14:13.759><c> we</c><00:14:13.860><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:14.039><c> dare</c><00:14:14.259><c> turn</c><00:14:14.480><c> to</c><00:14:14.639><c> Ephesians,</c>

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because<00:14:15.179><c> we'll</c><00:14:15.399><c> get</c><00:14:15.559><c> stuck</c><00:14:15.700><c> there</c><00:14:15.840><c> for</c><00:14:16.000><c> too</c><00:14:16.200><c> long.</c>

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But<00:14:16.940><c> once</c><00:14:17.179><c> in</c><00:14:17.360><c> Ephesians,</c><00:14:18.259><c> Paul</c><00:14:18.580><c> says,</c><00:14:19.740><c> the</c><00:14:19.919><c> covetous</c><00:14:20.340><c> man</c><00:14:20.559><c> is</c>

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an<00:14:20.919><c> idolater.</c>

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So<00:14:22.480><c> starting</c><00:14:22.779><c> with</c><00:14:23.000><c> a</c><00:14:23.120><c> lack</c><00:14:23.259><c> of</c><00:14:23.559><c> thankfulness,</c><00:14:24.379><c> we</c><00:14:24.519><c> become</c><00:14:24.840><c> covetous.</c>

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And<00:14:26.179><c> if</c><00:14:26.299><c> God</c><00:14:26.500><c> says,</c><00:14:26.820><c> all</c><00:14:26.919><c> right,</c><00:14:27.059><c> I'll</c><00:14:27.299><c> give</c><00:14:27.480><c> you</c><00:14:27.639><c> up</c><00:14:27.759><c> and</c><00:14:27.899><c> let</c>

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you<00:14:28.179><c> go</c><00:14:28.360><c> your</c><00:14:28.600><c> own</c><00:14:28.740><c> way</c>

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for<00:14:29.179><c> a</c><00:14:29.279><c> while,</c><00:14:30.399><c> that</c><00:14:30.919><c> thanklessness,</c><00:14:32.279><c> that</c><00:14:32.500><c> covetousness,</c>

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will<00:14:34.259><c> degenerate</c><00:14:34.840><c> into</c><00:14:35.080><c> uncleanness,</c><00:14:36.580><c> devile</c><00:14:36.860><c> affection</c><00:14:37.340><c> to</c>

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a<00:14:37.919><c> depraved</c><00:14:38.320><c> mind.</c>

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So<00:14:38.899><c> here's</c><00:14:39.100><c> the</c><00:14:39.320><c> challenge,</c><00:14:39.779><c> brethren</c><00:14:39.899><c> and</c><00:14:40.159><c> sisters.</c>

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Are<00:14:42.740><c> we</c><00:14:43.080><c> thankful</c><00:14:43.440><c> for</c><00:14:43.679><c> everything</c><00:14:43.980><c> we've</c><00:14:44.220><c> got</c><00:14:44.320><c> in</c><00:14:44.539><c> life?</c>

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You<00:14:45.740><c> might</c><00:14:45.960><c> remember</c><00:14:46.299><c> yesterday</c><00:14:46.720><c> morning,</c><00:14:47.059><c> we</c><00:14:47.179><c> put</c><00:14:47.379><c> up</c><00:14:47.620><c> the</c><00:14:48.240><c> introductions</c>

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that<00:14:49.000><c> the</c><00:14:49.159><c> apostle</c><00:14:49.460><c> Paul</c><00:14:49.799><c> uses</c><00:14:50.279><c> and</c><00:14:50.919><c> mentioned</c><00:14:51.220><c> that</c><00:14:51.379><c> in</c>

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every<00:14:51.779><c> ecclesia,</c>

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with<00:14:52.519><c> except</c><00:14:52.879><c> perhaps</c><00:14:53.299><c> Galatia,</c><00:14:54.980><c> he</c><00:14:55.179><c> said</c><00:14:55.320><c> he</c><00:14:55.620><c> thanked</c><00:14:55.879><c> God</c>

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for<00:14:57.080><c> his</c><00:14:57.259><c> brethren</c><00:14:57.519><c> and</c><00:14:57.740><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:14:58.720><c> thanked</c><00:14:58.919><c> God</c><00:14:59.120><c> for</c><00:14:59.279><c> the</c><00:14:59.519><c> faith</c><00:14:59.740><c> that</c><00:14:59.919><c> he</c><00:15:00.080><c> saw</c><00:15:00.259><c> there.</c>

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He<00:15:01.220><c> thanked</c><00:15:01.500><c> God,</c><00:15:01.919><c> yes,</c><00:15:02.179><c> even</c><00:15:02.460><c> in</c><00:15:02.679><c> Corinth,</c><00:15:03.600><c> for</c><00:15:03.740><c> the</c><00:15:03.919><c> brethren</c><00:15:04.120><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:15:04.580><c> there,</c>

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despite<00:15:05.460><c> all</c><00:15:05.639><c> the</c><00:15:05.840><c> problems.</c>

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Are<00:15:06.879><c> we</c><00:15:07.279><c> thankful</c><00:15:07.620><c> to</c><00:15:07.879><c> God</c><00:15:08.500><c> for</c><00:15:09.399><c> not</c><00:15:09.700><c> just</c><00:15:10.039><c> providing</c><00:15:10.399><c> his</c><00:15:10.740><c> son,</c>

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but<00:15:11.840><c> providing</c><00:15:12.379><c> for</c><00:15:12.639><c> brethren</c><00:15:12.899><c> and</c><00:15:13.139><c> sisters</c><00:15:13.399><c> of</c><00:15:13.600><c> his</c><00:15:13.840><c> son</c><00:15:14.200><c> that</c><00:15:14.639><c> we</c>

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might<00:15:15.059><c> meet</c><00:15:15.299><c> with,</c>

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that<00:15:16.519><c> we</c><00:15:16.759><c> might</c><00:15:17.379><c> sharpen</c><00:15:18.000><c> our</c><00:15:18.600><c> intellect,</c>

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sharpen<00:15:20.039><c> our</c><00:15:20.440><c> spirituality</c><00:15:21.059><c> as</c><00:15:21.539><c> iron</c><00:15:21.860><c> sharpeneth</c><00:15:22.419><c> iron.</c>

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And<00:15:23.679><c> of</c><00:15:23.860><c> course,</c><00:15:24.379><c> you</c><00:15:24.500><c> know,</c><00:15:24.600><c> if</c><00:15:24.720><c> you're</c><00:15:24.840><c> going</c><00:15:24.960><c> to</c><00:15:25.039><c> get</c><00:15:25.120><c> two</c>

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pieces<00:15:25.539><c> of</c><00:15:25.740><c> iron</c>

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and<00:15:26.039><c> rub</c><00:15:26.159><c> them</c><00:15:26.279><c> together,</c><00:15:26.960><c> if</c><00:15:27.080><c> we</c><00:15:27.279><c> might</c><00:15:27.460><c> impute</c><00:15:27.779><c> feelings</c><00:15:28.179><c> to</c>

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those<00:15:28.600><c> two</c><00:15:28.820><c> pieces</c><00:15:29.039><c> of</c><00:15:29.259><c> iron,</c>

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I<00:15:29.820><c> guess</c><00:15:29.960><c> it</c><00:15:30.179><c> hurt</c><00:15:30.279><c> them.</c>

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The<00:15:32.460><c> fact</c><00:15:32.600><c> of</c><00:15:32.740><c> the</c><00:15:32.840><c> matter</c><00:15:33.000><c> is</c><00:15:33.340><c> that</c><00:15:33.639><c> character</c><00:15:33.899><c> development</c>

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is<00:15:34.500><c> not</c><00:15:34.639><c> an</c><00:15:34.799><c> easy</c><00:15:35.019><c> process.</c>

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None<00:15:37.480><c> of</c><00:15:37.600><c> us</c><00:15:37.700><c> can</c><00:15:37.879><c> go</c><00:15:38.100><c> away</c><00:15:38.379><c> and</c><00:15:38.580><c> live</c><00:15:38.759><c> to</c><00:15:39.019><c> ourselves.</c>

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Well,<00:15:40.360><c> just</c><00:15:40.600><c> imagine</c><00:15:40.940><c> we</c><00:15:41.059><c> could</c><00:15:41.259><c> spend</c><00:15:41.440><c> the</c><00:15:41.580><c> rest</c><00:15:41.759><c> of</c><00:15:41.919><c> this</c>

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talk<00:15:42.279><c> just</c><00:15:42.580><c> thinking</c><00:15:42.820><c> about</c><00:15:43.100><c> that.</c>

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It<00:15:44.480><c> all</c><00:15:44.840><c> starts</c><00:15:45.240><c> with</c><00:15:45.600><c> a</c><00:15:45.840><c> lack</c><00:15:46.059><c> of</c><00:15:46.559><c> thankfulness</c>

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and<00:15:48.139><c> a</c><00:15:48.320><c> lack</c><00:15:48.519><c> of</c><00:15:48.840><c> thankfulness</c><00:15:49.379><c> ended</c><00:15:49.679><c> up</c><00:15:50.139><c> with</c><00:15:50.360><c> a</c><00:15:50.500><c> depraved</c><00:15:50.960><c> mind.</c>

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If<00:15:56.460><c> we</c><00:15:56.799><c> want</c><00:15:56.960><c> the</c><00:15:57.220><c> kingdom,</c><00:15:57.500><c> we</c><00:15:57.639><c> will</c><00:15:57.799><c> get</c><00:15:57.960><c> the</c><00:15:58.179><c> kingdom.</c>

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If<00:15:58.960><c> we</c><00:15:59.200><c> want</c><00:15:59.299><c> the</c><00:15:59.559><c> kingdom</c><00:15:59.879><c> for</c><00:16:00.120><c> the</c><00:16:00.379><c> right</c><00:16:00.620><c> reasons</c><00:16:01.059><c> that</c><00:16:01.379><c> we</c>

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want<00:16:01.679><c> to</c><00:16:01.840><c> see</c><00:16:01.980><c> God's</c><00:16:02.519><c> glory</c>

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in<00:16:02.919><c> the</c><00:16:03.100><c> earth,</c><00:16:04.059><c> God</c><00:16:04.320><c> will</c><00:16:04.519><c> give</c><00:16:04.659><c> it</c><00:16:04.820><c> to</c><00:16:04.919><c> us.</c>

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And<00:16:05.240><c> it</c><00:16:05.340><c> is</c><00:16:05.559><c> his</c><00:16:05.860><c> pleasure</c><00:16:06.220><c> to</c><00:16:06.799><c> give</c><00:16:06.879><c> it</c><00:16:07.039><c> to</c><00:16:07.200><c> us.</c>

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But<00:16:08.240><c> if</c><00:16:08.440><c> we</c><00:16:08.600><c> say,</c><00:16:09.320><c> well,</c><00:16:09.620><c> yes,</c><00:16:09.879><c> I</c><00:16:09.980><c> want</c><00:16:10.059><c> to</c><00:16:10.200><c> be</c><00:16:10.419><c> saved.</c>

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Remember<00:16:11.440><c> yesterday's</c><00:16:12.080><c> story.</c>

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I<00:16:12.840><c> want</c><00:16:12.980><c> to</c><00:16:13.100><c> be</c><00:16:13.299><c> saved</c><00:16:13.559><c> and</c><00:16:13.700><c> I</c><00:16:13.860><c> want</c><00:16:13.980><c> to</c><00:16:14.080><c> be</c><00:16:14.159><c> in</c><00:16:14.279><c> the</c><00:16:14.419><c> kingdom</c><00:16:14.580><c> and</c><00:16:14.700><c> I</c>

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want<00:16:15.120><c> and</c><00:16:15.259><c> I</c><00:16:15.500><c> want</c><00:16:15.620><c> and</c><00:16:15.740><c> I</c><00:16:15.940><c> want</c>

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and<00:16:16.220><c> I</c><00:16:16.460><c> want.</c>

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Well,<00:16:17.480><c> what</c><00:16:17.600><c> we're</c><00:16:17.799><c> really</c><00:16:18.080><c> saying</c><00:16:18.240><c> is</c><00:16:18.399><c> I</c><00:16:18.500><c> want</c><00:16:18.600><c> the</c><00:16:18.740><c> best</c><00:16:18.960><c> of</c>

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both<00:16:19.340><c> worlds.</c>

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Well,<00:16:21.500><c> let's</c><00:16:21.840><c> move</c><00:16:22.059><c> on</c><00:16:22.279><c> because</c><00:16:22.519><c> we</c><00:16:23.039><c> have</c><00:16:23.200><c> the</c><00:16:23.399><c> potential</c><00:16:23.679><c> to</c>

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run<00:16:23.960><c> out</c><00:16:24.139><c> of</c><00:16:24.279><c> time</c><00:16:24.480><c> this</c><00:16:24.720><c> morning.</c>

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There<00:16:25.840><c> we</c><00:16:26.059><c> have</c><00:16:26.179><c> it</c><00:16:26.340><c> in</c><00:16:26.460><c> Romans</c><00:16:26.720><c> eight.</c>

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Sorry,<00:16:28.059><c> Romans</c><00:16:28.059><c> verse</c><00:16:28.700><c> Romans</c><00:16:29.340><c> chapter</c><00:16:29.899><c> one,</c><00:16:30.460><c> verses</c><00:16:30.779><c> 18</c><00:16:31.299><c> to</c><00:16:31.539><c> 32,</c>

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that<00:16:33.200><c> man</c><00:16:33.639><c> left</c><00:16:34.139><c> to</c><00:16:34.399><c> himself</c><00:16:35.080><c> will</c><00:16:36.080><c> just</c><00:16:36.440><c> degenerate.</c>

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And<00:16:37.580><c> there</c><00:16:37.720><c> is</c><00:16:37.919><c> no</c><00:16:38.100><c> limit</c><00:16:38.279><c> to</c><00:16:38.500><c> the</c><00:16:38.639><c> depths</c><00:16:39.039><c> to</c><00:16:39.460><c> which</c><00:16:39.580><c> he</c><00:16:39.740><c> will</c><00:16:39.879><c> degenerate.</c>

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So<00:16:41.100><c> already</c><00:16:41.840><c> in</c><00:16:42.480><c> this</c><00:16:42.720><c> section</c><00:16:42.960><c> that</c><00:16:43.080><c> we</c><00:16:43.240><c> would</c><00:16:43.440><c> call</c><00:16:43.559><c> the</c>

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expository<00:16:44.379><c> section,</c>

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we've<00:16:45.220><c> got</c><00:16:45.340><c> a</c><00:16:45.559><c> word</c><00:16:45.820><c> of</c><00:16:46.279><c> warning.</c>

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And<00:16:47.799><c> the</c><00:16:47.980><c> word</c><00:16:48.080><c> of</c><00:16:48.320><c> warning,</c><00:16:48.639><c> if</c><00:16:48.700><c> Paul</c><00:16:48.919><c> was</c><00:16:49.159><c> here</c><00:16:49.320><c> today,</c><00:16:50.159><c> would</c><00:16:50.259><c> come</c>

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over<00:16:50.679><c> much</c><00:16:50.960><c> more</c><00:16:51.259><c> strongly</c>

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that<00:16:51.620><c> I'm</c><00:16:51.840><c> giving</c><00:16:52.100><c> you</c><00:16:52.659><c> because</c><00:16:53.240><c> we've</c><00:16:53.620><c> got</c><00:16:53.759><c> used</c><00:16:53.940><c> to</c><00:16:54.100><c> that</c>

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world<00:16:54.460><c> out</c><00:16:54.740><c> there.</c>

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We're<00:16:56.019><c> up</c><00:16:56.179><c> here</c><00:16:56.299><c> on</c><00:16:56.419><c> the</c><00:16:56.580><c> mountain.</c>

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We<00:16:57.759><c> drive</c><00:16:57.919><c> down</c><00:16:58.139><c> into</c><00:16:58.320><c> Vernon.</c>

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Vernon's<00:16:59.740><c> a</c><00:16:59.860><c> very</c><00:17:00.120><c> tame</c><00:17:00.360><c> city,</c><00:17:00.840><c> I</c><00:17:00.840><c> imagine.</c>

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But,<00:17:01.879><c> you</c><00:17:02.159><c> know,</c><00:17:02.320><c> it's</c><00:17:02.539><c> got</c><00:17:02.740><c> all</c><00:17:03.259><c> the</c><00:17:03.539><c> advertisements</c><00:17:03.879><c> that</c>

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other<00:17:04.660><c> cities</c><00:17:04.900><c> would</c><00:17:05.160><c> have.</c>

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And<00:17:06.220><c> the</c><00:17:06.480><c> first</c><00:17:06.680><c> thing</c><00:17:06.839><c> we're</c><00:17:07.039><c> going</c><00:17:07.119><c> to</c><00:17:07.299><c> see,</c><00:17:07.980><c> virtually</c>

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every<00:17:08.619><c> advertisement</c><00:17:09.000><c> we're</c><00:17:09.200><c> going</c>

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to<00:17:09.519><c> see</c><00:17:09.680><c> is</c><00:17:09.980><c> going</c><00:17:10.180><c> to</c><00:17:10.359><c> tell</c><00:17:10.460><c> us</c><00:17:10.680><c> either</c><00:17:11.019><c> directly</c><00:17:11.359><c> or</c><00:17:11.599><c> indirectly,</c><00:17:12.920><c> be</c><00:17:13.019><c> dissatisfied.</c>

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You<00:17:14.799><c> need</c><00:17:15.019><c> a</c><00:17:15.220><c> new</c><00:17:15.359><c> one</c><00:17:15.539><c> of</c><00:17:15.740><c> these.</c>

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You<00:17:16.339><c> need</c><00:17:16.539><c> a</c><00:17:16.740><c> bigger</c><00:17:16.880><c> one</c><00:17:17.079><c> of</c><00:17:17.279><c> those.</c>

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You<00:17:18.420><c> need</c><00:17:18.640><c> a</c><00:17:18.839><c> longer</c><00:17:19.119><c> holiday</c><00:17:19.559><c> next</c><00:17:19.920><c> time.</c>

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You<00:17:21.099><c> owe</c><00:17:21.279><c> it</c><00:17:21.539><c> to</c><00:17:21.759><c> yourself,</c><00:17:22.579><c> our</c><00:17:22.720><c> words.</c>

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Get<00:17:24.480><c> this</c><00:17:24.819><c> for</c><00:17:25.019><c> the</c><00:17:25.200><c> most</c><00:17:25.440><c> important</c><00:17:25.940><c> person</c><00:17:26.339><c> in</c><00:17:26.519><c> your</c><00:17:26.740><c> life.</c>

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And<00:17:27.619><c> every</c><00:17:28.160><c> one</c><00:17:28.299><c> of</c><00:17:28.400><c> those</c><00:17:28.640><c> things</c><00:17:28.900><c> is</c><00:17:29.119><c> self</c><00:17:29.359><c>-centred.</c>

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I'm<00:17:31.259><c> sorry</c><00:17:31.420><c> if</c><00:17:31.559><c> we've</c><00:17:31.759><c> got</c><00:17:31.960><c> salesmen</c><00:17:32.359><c> here,</c><00:17:32.559><c> but,</c><00:17:32.759><c> you</c><00:17:32.920><c> know,</c>

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the<00:17:33.599><c> whole</c>

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of<00:17:33.940><c> the</c><00:17:34.160><c> advertising</c><00:17:34.539><c> world</c><00:17:34.799><c> is</c><00:17:35.039><c> based</c><00:17:35.240><c> upon</c><00:17:35.519><c> creating</c><00:17:35.900><c> dissatisfaction.</c>

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If<00:17:37.799><c> people</c><00:17:38.119><c> weren't</c><00:17:38.380><c> dissatisfied,</c><00:17:39.099><c> well,</c><00:17:39.200><c> they</c><00:17:39.319><c> would</c><00:17:39.539><c> stick</c><00:17:39.759><c> with</c>

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the<00:17:40.519><c> automobile,</c><00:17:41.519><c> car,</c>

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house,<00:17:43.599><c> or</c><00:17:43.940><c> whatever,</c><00:17:44.779><c> and</c><00:17:44.980><c> dare</c><00:17:45.160><c> I</c><00:17:45.380><c> add</c><00:17:45.539><c> it,</c><00:17:46.539><c> wife</c><00:17:47.000><c> and</c><00:17:47.759><c> husband,</c><00:17:48.940><c> and</c>

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those<00:17:49.180><c> sorts</c><00:17:49.400><c> of</c><00:17:49.559><c> things.</c>

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There's<00:17:50.579><c> a</c><00:17:50.799><c> world</c><00:17:51.019><c> out</c><00:17:51.359><c> there</c><00:17:51.839><c> which</c><00:17:52.319><c> says,</c><00:17:53.099><c> I'm</c><00:17:53.220><c> dissatisfied.</c>

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I<00:17:54.299><c> want</c><00:17:54.559><c> more,</c><00:17:54.960><c> I</c><00:17:55.140><c> want</c><00:17:55.420><c> more,</c><00:17:55.799><c> I</c><00:17:55.940><c> want</c><00:17:56.160><c> more.</c>

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The<00:17:57.259><c> union</c><00:17:57.839><c> movement</c><00:17:58.180><c> is</c><00:17:58.420><c> based</c><00:17:58.619><c> upon</c><00:17:58.859><c> that.</c>

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If<00:18:00.059><c> the</c><00:18:00.359><c> employers,</c><00:18:01.359><c> if</c><00:18:01.559><c> the</c><00:18:01.779><c> employees</c><00:18:02.039><c> were</c><00:18:02.259><c> satisfied</c><00:18:02.700><c> with</c><00:18:02.880><c> the</c><00:18:03.119><c> employers,</c>

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well,<00:18:04.359><c> the</c><00:18:04.539><c> union</c><00:18:04.900><c> delegates</c><00:18:05.220><c> would</c><00:18:05.420><c> lose</c><00:18:05.599><c> their</c><00:18:05.839><c> job.</c>

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So<00:18:06.599><c> we</c><00:18:06.759><c> are</c><00:18:07.000><c> living</c><00:18:07.200><c> in</c><00:18:07.359><c> an</c><00:18:07.539><c> environment</c><00:18:07.880><c> more</c><00:18:08.140><c> than</c><00:18:08.259><c> ever</c><00:18:08.539><c> before</c>

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in<00:18:09.299><c> which</c><00:18:09.579><c> dissatisfaction</c><00:18:10.559><c> is</c><00:18:10.740><c> the</c><00:18:10.920><c> order</c><00:18:11.079><c> of</c><00:18:11.220><c> the</c><00:18:11.380><c> day.</c>

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Brethren<00:18:13.180><c> and</c><00:18:13.440><c> sisters,</c><00:18:13.619><c> we've</c><00:18:13.980><c> got</c><00:18:14.160><c> to</c><00:18:14.400><c> learn</c><00:18:14.579><c> to</c><00:18:14.799><c> be</c><00:18:15.160><c> thankful</c><00:18:15.720><c> for</c><00:18:16.640><c> what</c><00:18:16.880><c> God</c><00:18:17.119><c> has</c><00:18:17.380><c> done</c><00:18:17.579><c> for</c><00:18:17.779><c> us</c>

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because,<00:18:19.180><c> you</c><00:18:19.220><c> see,</c><00:18:20.079><c> man</c><00:18:20.319><c> left</c><00:18:20.519><c> to</c><00:18:20.680><c> himself</c><00:18:21.000><c> has</c><00:18:21.299><c> failed</c><00:18:21.460><c> to</c>

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attain<00:18:21.920><c> to</c><00:18:22.099><c> the</c><00:18:22.220><c> righteousness</c><00:18:22.579><c> of</c><00:18:22.920><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:23.660><c> Paul</c><00:18:23.960><c> points</c><00:18:24.299><c> out</c><00:18:24.619><c> there</c><00:18:24.900><c> the</c><00:18:25.220><c> way</c><00:18:25.400><c> in</c><00:18:25.579><c> which</c><00:18:25.859><c> the</c><00:18:27.059><c> gentiles</c><00:18:27.900><c> had</c>

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manifested<00:18:29.000><c> that.</c>

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So<00:18:30.220><c> then</c><00:18:30.579><c> he</c><00:18:31.079><c> comes</c><00:18:31.400><c> back</c><00:18:31.640><c> to</c><00:18:31.819><c> the</c><00:18:31.940><c> conclusion</c><00:18:32.420><c> of</c><00:18:32.619><c> that</c><00:18:32.920><c> sentence.</c>

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In<00:18:34.160><c> verse</c><00:18:34.420><c> 32,</c><00:18:34.940><c> he</c><00:18:35.140><c> concludes</c><00:18:35.500><c> the</c><00:18:35.740><c> sentence</c><00:18:36.059><c> he</c><00:18:36.359><c> started</c><00:18:36.539><c> in</c>

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verse<00:18:37.019><c> 18</c><00:18:37.519><c> by</c><00:18:38.400><c> saying,</c>

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who,<00:18:39.740><c> knowing</c><00:18:40.160><c> the</c><00:18:40.539><c> judgment</c><00:18:40.859><c> of</c><00:18:41.059><c> God,</c><00:18:42.079><c> that</c><00:18:42.160><c> they</c><00:18:42.460><c> which</c><00:18:42.680><c> commit</c><00:18:43.000><c> such</c><00:18:43.279><c> things</c><00:18:43.599><c> are</c>

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worthy<00:18:44.180><c> of</c><00:18:44.400><c> death,</c>

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not<00:18:45.119><c> only</c><00:18:45.359><c> do</c><00:18:45.579><c> the</c><00:18:45.799><c> same,</c><00:18:45.980><c> but</c><00:18:46.059><c> have</c><00:18:46.279><c> pleasure</c><00:18:46.539><c> in</c><00:18:46.640><c> them</c><00:18:46.839><c> that</c>

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do<00:18:47.200><c> them.</c>

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We<00:18:48.160><c> may</c><00:18:48.359><c> get</c><00:18:48.519><c> an</c><00:18:48.680><c> opportunity</c><00:18:49.180><c> in</c><00:18:49.359><c> some</c><00:18:49.539><c> of</c><00:18:49.680><c> our</c><00:18:49.859><c> studies</c><00:18:50.099><c> to</c><00:18:50.319><c> have</c><00:18:50.460><c> a</c>

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talk<00:18:50.759><c> about</c><00:18:50.960><c> the</c><00:18:51.240><c> judgment</c><00:18:51.500><c> seat.</c>

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It's<00:18:54.920><c> not</c><00:18:55.140><c> just</c><00:18:55.380><c> to</c><00:18:55.539><c> say</c><00:18:55.759><c> these</c><00:18:56.119><c> are</c><00:18:56.339><c> saved</c><00:18:56.619><c> and</c><00:18:56.799><c> these</c><00:18:56.980><c> are</c>

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out<00:19:01.079><c> in</c><00:19:01.200><c> Romans</c><00:19:01.440><c> 14,</c>

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which,<00:19:03.039><c> of</c><00:19:03.059><c> course,</c><00:19:03.180><c> is</c><00:19:03.420><c> beyond</c><00:19:03.680><c> the</c><00:19:03.859><c> limit</c><00:19:04.019><c> that</c><00:19:04.160><c> we're</c><00:19:04.279><c> looking</c><00:19:04.500><c> at</c>

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this<00:19:04.900><c> week,</c>

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that<00:19:06.559><c> every</c><00:19:07.099><c> knee</c><00:19:07.279><c> might</c><00:19:07.599><c> bow</c><00:19:07.900><c> and</c><00:19:09.220><c> every</c><00:19:09.920><c> tongue</c><00:19:10.279><c> might</c><00:19:10.640><c> confess</c><00:19:11.180><c> to</c><00:19:11.460><c> God.</c>

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Yes,<00:19:12.980><c> every</c><00:19:13.559><c> tongue</c><00:19:14.140><c> standing</c><00:19:14.759><c> there</c><00:19:14.980><c> at</c><00:19:15.140><c> the</c><00:19:15.319><c> judgment</c><00:19:15.599><c> seat</c>

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will<00:19:16.019><c> confess</c><00:19:16.279><c> that</c><00:19:16.500><c> God</c><00:19:16.660><c> is</c><00:19:16.900><c> right.</c>

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Even<00:19:18.619><c> those</c><00:19:19.059><c> who</c><00:19:19.279><c> are</c><00:19:19.519><c> rejected</c><00:19:20.140><c> will</c><00:19:21.440><c> be</c><00:19:21.779><c> forced</c><00:19:22.059><c> by</c><00:19:22.579><c> argument</c><00:19:23.000><c> itself</c>

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to<00:19:24.059><c> acknowledge</c><00:19:24.460><c> out</c><00:19:24.619><c> of</c><00:19:24.720><c> their</c><00:19:24.920><c> own</c><00:19:25.119><c> mouth,</c><00:19:25.799><c> God</c><00:19:26.200><c> is</c><00:19:26.779><c> right.</c>

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That's<00:19:28.559><c> what</c><00:19:28.700><c> it's</c><00:19:28.880><c> all</c><00:19:29.059><c> about.</c>

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So<00:19:30.380><c> knowing</c><00:19:30.660><c> the</c><00:19:30.920><c> judgments</c><00:19:31.220><c> of</c><00:19:31.460><c> God,</c><00:19:32.559><c> they</c><00:19:32.720><c> which</c><00:19:32.940><c> commit</c><00:19:33.240><c> such</c><00:19:33.500><c> things</c><00:19:33.759><c> are</c><00:19:34.000><c> worthy</c><00:19:34.259><c> of</c><00:19:34.480><c> death,</c>

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not<00:19:35.279><c> only</c><00:19:35.480><c> do</c><00:19:35.720><c> the</c><00:19:35.920><c> same,</c><00:19:36.119><c> but</c><00:19:36.200><c> have</c><00:19:36.420><c> pleasure</c><00:19:36.700><c> in</c><00:19:36.759><c> them</c><00:19:36.980><c> that</c>

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do<00:19:37.279><c> them,</c><00:19:37.680><c> they</c><00:19:38.000><c> deserve</c><00:19:38.480><c> everything</c><00:19:38.920><c> they</c><00:19:39.299><c> get.</c>

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And<00:19:41.059><c> so</c><00:19:41.299><c> we</c><00:19:41.799><c> need</c><00:19:42.039><c> to</c><00:19:42.220><c> realise</c><00:19:42.539><c> that,</c><00:19:42.859><c> we</c><00:19:42.960><c> brethren</c><00:19:43.200><c> and</c><00:19:43.440><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:19:44.000><c> it's</c><00:19:44.579><c> the</c><00:19:44.819><c> righteousness</c><00:19:45.339><c> of</c><00:19:45.700><c> God</c><00:19:45.980><c> that</c><00:19:46.180><c> it's</c><00:19:46.500><c> all</c><00:19:46.819><c> about.</c>

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And<00:19:48.200><c> the</c><00:19:48.500><c> judgment</c><00:19:48.799><c> seat,</c><00:19:49.140><c> first</c><00:19:49.420><c> and</c><00:19:49.660><c> foremost,</c><00:19:50.480><c> and</c><00:19:50.579><c> I</c><00:19:50.680><c> know</c>

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this<00:19:50.980><c> sounds</c><00:19:51.140><c> rather</c><00:19:51.500><c> clinical</c><00:19:51.859><c> and</c><00:19:52.079><c> mechanical,</c>

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but<00:19:52.559><c> it's</c><00:19:52.859><c> true,</c><00:19:53.500><c> first</c><00:19:53.880><c> and</c><00:19:54.099><c> foremost</c><00:19:54.380><c> will</c><00:19:54.559><c> be</c><00:19:54.660><c> to</c><00:19:54.859><c> declare</c>

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the<00:19:55.279><c> righteousness</c><00:19:55.599><c> of</c><00:19:55.839><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:58.019><c> of</c><00:19:58.200><c> course,</c><00:19:58.319><c> there's</c><00:19:58.480><c> that</c><00:19:58.759><c> parable</c><00:19:59.059><c> in</c><00:19:59.240><c> Matthew</c><00:19:59.539><c> 25</c><00:20:00.319><c> so</c>

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beautifully<00:20:01.099><c> expresses</c><00:20:01.579><c> the</c><00:20:01.819><c> latter</c><00:20:01.980><c> part</c><00:20:02.279><c> of</c><00:20:02.400><c> it.</c>

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Those<00:20:03.400><c> who</c><00:20:03.660><c> have</c><00:20:03.859><c> been</c><00:20:04.079><c> living</c><00:20:04.259><c> the</c><00:20:04.539><c> truth,</c><00:20:04.779><c> it's</c><00:20:05.220><c> become</c><00:20:05.440><c> so</c>

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much<00:20:06.000><c> part</c><00:20:06.259><c> of</c><00:20:06.460><c> them</c><00:20:06.779><c> that</c><00:20:07.460><c> the</c><00:20:07.619><c> Lord</c><00:20:07.759><c> will</c><00:20:08.000><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:20:08.539><c> it's</c><00:20:08.799><c> because</c><00:20:09.039><c> you</c><00:20:09.259><c> visited</c><00:20:09.539><c> me</c><00:20:09.759><c> when</c><00:20:09.839><c> I</c><00:20:10.000><c> was</c><00:20:10.119><c> in</c><00:20:10.359><c> prison</c><00:20:10.680><c> and</c>

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you<00:20:11.380><c> gave</c><00:20:11.559><c> water</c><00:20:11.900><c> and</c><00:20:12.059><c> you</c><00:20:12.240><c> gave</c><00:20:12.480><c> sustenance.</c>

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And<00:20:13.059><c> I'd</c><00:20:13.319><c> say,</c><00:20:14.259><c> I</c><00:20:14.279><c> don't</c><00:20:14.440><c> remember</c><00:20:14.779><c> doing</c><00:20:15.079><c> it.</c><00:20:16.059><c> When</c><00:20:16.220><c> did</c><00:20:16.359><c> I</c><00:20:16.500><c> do</c><00:20:16.619><c> it?</c>

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It<00:20:17.380><c> became</c><00:20:17.740><c> so</c><00:20:18.079><c> much</c><00:20:18.359><c> part</c><00:20:18.619><c> of</c><00:20:18.779><c> them</c><00:20:18.920><c> that</c><00:20:19.240><c> their</c><00:20:19.500><c> life</c><00:20:19.680><c> was</c><00:20:19.920><c> so</c><00:20:20.200><c> outgoing.</c>

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We<00:20:21.380><c> did</c><00:20:21.559><c> it</c><00:20:21.660><c> for</c><00:20:21.839><c> this</c><00:20:22.079><c> person,</c><00:20:22.400><c> that</c><00:20:22.619><c> person</c><00:20:22.920><c> and</c><00:20:23.039><c> the</c><00:20:23.200><c> other</c><00:20:23.359><c> person.</c>

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And<00:20:25.000><c> so</c><00:20:25.200><c> busy</c><00:20:25.500><c> doing</c><00:20:25.819><c> that</c><00:20:26.099><c> with</c><00:20:26.240><c> the</c><00:20:26.420><c> right</c><00:20:26.599><c> motives,</c><00:20:27.180><c> we</c><00:20:27.339><c> didn't</c><00:20:27.500><c> have</c><00:20:27.680><c> time</c><00:20:27.880><c> to</c>

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stop<00:20:28.200><c> and</c><00:20:28.400><c> think</c><00:20:28.539><c> about</c><00:20:28.759><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:20:30.339><c> so</c><00:20:30.460><c> it</c><00:20:30.559><c> is</c><00:20:30.680><c> with</c><00:20:31.319><c> the</c><00:20:31.400><c> Lord</c><00:20:31.599><c> Jesus</c><00:20:32.059><c> Christ.</c>

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Well,<00:20:33.019><c> we</c><00:20:33.180><c> must</c><00:20:33.539><c> unfortunately</c><00:20:34.220><c> move</c><00:20:34.519><c> on.</c>

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But<00:20:36.619><c> in</c><00:20:37.079><c> so</c><00:20:37.279><c> doing,</c><00:20:37.980><c> just</c><00:20:38.279><c> a</c><00:20:38.599><c> quick</c><00:20:38.839><c> overview</c><00:20:39.579><c> now</c><00:20:40.160><c> and</c><00:20:40.500><c> essentially</c><00:20:40.880><c> just</c>

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to<00:20:42.900><c> complete</c><00:20:43.359><c> that</c><00:20:43.680><c> first</c><00:20:43.940><c> section</c><00:20:44.319><c> and</c><00:20:44.900><c> then</c><00:20:45.140><c> move</c><00:20:45.339><c> on</c><00:20:45.599><c> to</c>

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and<00:20:47.839><c> very</c><00:20:48.079><c> positive</c><00:20:48.640><c> session</c><00:20:48.960><c> section</c><00:20:49.539><c> of</c><00:20:50.140><c> how</c><00:20:50.420><c> God's</c><00:20:50.980><c> righteousness</c><00:20:51.359><c> was</c><00:20:51.700><c> revealed</c><00:20:51.980><c> in</c>

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his<00:20:52.359><c> son.</c>

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So<00:20:53.519><c> an</c><00:20:53.920><c> overview</c><00:20:54.279><c> of</c><00:20:54.500><c> Chapter</c><00:20:54.700><c> two,</c><00:20:55.039><c> verses</c><00:20:55.240><c> one</c><00:20:55.500><c> to</c><00:20:55.640><c> 16</c><00:20:56.059><c> could</c>

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go<00:20:56.500><c> something</c><00:20:56.799><c> like</c><00:20:57.099><c> this.</c>

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We<00:20:58.079><c> could</c><00:20:58.299><c> entitle</c><00:20:58.759><c> it</c><00:20:58.900><c> the</c><00:20:59.079><c> ground</c><00:20:59.400><c> of</c><00:20:59.619><c> God's</c><00:21:00.019><c> judgment.</c>

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The<00:21:01.900><c> believing</c><00:21:02.279><c> world</c><00:21:02.619><c> are</c><00:21:02.819><c> under</c><00:21:03.000><c> the</c><00:21:03.240><c> same</c><00:21:03.500><c> shadow</c><00:21:03.779><c> of</c><00:21:04.119><c> condemnation</c><00:21:04.779><c> as</c>

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the<00:21:05.480><c> unbelieving</c><00:21:05.960><c> gentile</c><00:21:06.599><c> world.</c>

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If<00:21:07.500><c> they</c><00:21:07.700><c> do</c><00:21:07.900><c> not</c><00:21:08.160><c> believe</c><00:21:08.619><c> by</c><00:21:09.160><c> the</c><00:21:09.400><c> faith</c><00:21:09.599><c> they</c><00:21:09.940><c> claim</c><00:21:10.119><c> to</c><00:21:10.359><c> espouse,</c>

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and<00:21:11.640><c> this</c><00:21:11.880><c> applies</c><00:21:12.380><c> equally</c><00:21:13.119><c> to</c><00:21:13.740><c> Jews</c><00:21:14.140><c> and</c><00:21:14.779><c> gentiles.</c>

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We<00:21:16.099><c> don't</c><00:21:16.259><c> want</c><00:21:16.359><c> to</c><00:21:16.480><c> say</c><00:21:16.559><c> much</c><00:21:16.799><c> about</c><00:21:17.079><c> that.</c>

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This<00:21:17.819><c> is</c><00:21:18.079><c> part</c><00:21:18.359><c> of</c><00:21:18.519><c> that</c><00:21:19.599><c> section</c><00:21:19.880><c> in</c><00:21:20.079><c> the</c><00:21:20.200><c> epistle</c><00:21:20.500><c> where</c>

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Paul<00:21:21.039><c> does</c><00:21:21.339><c> say,</c>

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now<00:21:21.799><c> you</c><00:21:21.980><c> Jews</c><00:21:22.319><c> over</c><00:21:22.599><c> there,</c><00:21:23.619><c> you</c><00:21:23.740><c> think</c><00:21:23.900><c> you're</c><00:21:24.059><c> better</c><00:21:24.220><c> than</c>

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You're<00:21:25.839><c> no</c><00:21:26.000><c> better</c><00:21:26.220><c> than</c><00:21:26.460><c> them.</c><00:21:26.960><c> In</c><00:21:27.119><c> fact,</c><00:21:27.299><c> you're</c><00:21:27.460><c> even</c><00:21:27.720><c> worse</c><00:21:27.900><c> than</c><00:21:28.119><c> them</c>

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because<00:21:29.460><c> you</c><00:21:29.700><c> have</c><00:21:29.900><c> received</c><00:21:30.240><c> God's</c><00:21:30.660><c> Lord.</c>

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It<00:21:31.160><c> makes</c><00:21:31.359><c> you</c><00:21:31.579><c> even</c><00:21:31.900><c> more,</c><00:21:32.359><c> if</c><00:21:32.500><c> you</c><00:21:32.680><c> like</c><00:21:32.819><c> to</c><00:21:33.000><c> use</c><00:21:33.119><c> that</c><00:21:33.380><c> word,</c><00:21:34.000><c> responsible.</c>

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Verses<00:21:35.640><c> 17</c><00:21:36.059><c> to</c><00:21:36.220><c> 29,</c><00:21:36.779><c> he</c><00:21:37.059><c> now</c><00:21:37.319><c> particularly</c><00:21:37.960><c> addresses</c><00:21:38.420><c> the</c><00:21:38.720><c> Jews.</c>

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The<00:21:39.839><c> fact</c><00:21:40.099><c> that</c><00:21:40.299><c> God</c><00:21:40.500><c> had</c><00:21:40.759><c> given</c><00:21:40.920><c> the</c><00:21:41.180><c> Jews</c><00:21:41.380><c> a</c><00:21:41.740><c> law</c><00:21:41.920><c> is</c><00:21:42.240><c> regarded</c><00:21:42.640><c> by</c><00:21:42.920><c> them</c>

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as<00:21:43.240><c> a</c><00:21:43.359><c> mark</c><00:21:43.500><c> of</c><00:21:43.799><c> favour.</c>

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However,<00:21:45.900><c> the</c><00:21:46.019><c> fact</c><00:21:46.299><c> of</c><00:21:46.660><c> receiving</c><00:21:47.200><c> the</c><00:21:47.460><c> law</c><00:21:47.819><c> is</c><00:21:48.519><c> not</c><00:21:48.779><c> in</c><00:21:48.880><c> itself</c><00:21:49.380><c> ground</c><00:21:49.819><c> for</c><00:21:50.119><c> satisfaction.</c>

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And<00:21:51.660><c> here</c><00:21:51.839><c> comes</c><00:21:52.039><c> a</c><00:21:52.240><c> very</c><00:21:52.480><c> good</c><00:21:52.720><c> quotable</c><00:21:53.640><c> Bible</c><00:21:54.400><c> slash</c>

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Christadelphian<00:21:56.019><c> quote,</c>

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greater<00:21:57.799><c> privilege</c><00:21:58.359><c> brings</c><00:21:59.220><c> greater</c><00:22:00.099><c> responsibility.</c>

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Brethren<00:22:02.259><c> and</c><00:22:02.559><c> sisters</c><00:22:02.759><c> who</c><00:22:03.039><c> have</c><00:22:03.200><c> the</c><00:22:03.440><c> privilege</c><00:22:03.740><c> of</c><00:22:03.920><c> going</c>

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to<00:22:04.279><c> a</c><00:22:04.400><c> Bible</c><00:22:04.660><c> school</c>

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have<00:22:05.680><c> a</c><00:22:05.880><c> greater</c><00:22:06.160><c> responsibility</c><00:22:06.859><c> to</c><00:22:07.019><c> go</c><00:22:07.279><c> back</c><00:22:07.660><c> and</c><00:22:08.079><c> to</c><00:22:08.319><c> convey</c><00:22:08.519><c> that</c>

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message<00:22:09.220><c> in</c><00:22:09.859><c> thought</c>

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and<00:22:11.039><c> in</c><00:22:11.319><c> word</c><00:22:11.660><c> and</c><00:22:12.400><c> indeed</c><00:22:12.859><c> to</c><00:22:13.339><c> others</c><00:22:13.579><c> as</c><00:22:13.859><c> well.</c>

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Nationally<00:22:15.579><c> speaking,</c><00:22:16.299><c> the</c><00:22:16.420><c> Jew</c><00:22:16.500><c> had</c><00:22:16.700><c> a</c><00:22:16.839><c> greater</c><00:22:17.039><c> privilege.</c>

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The<00:22:18.220><c> Jew</c><00:22:18.380><c> therefore</c><00:22:18.759><c> had</c><00:22:19.059><c> a</c><00:22:19.519><c> greater</c><00:22:20.160><c> responsibility.</c>

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In<00:22:22.519><c> chapter</c><00:22:22.859><c> three</c><00:22:23.180><c> then</c><00:22:23.440><c> and</c><00:22:23.579><c> verses</c><00:22:23.880><c> one</c><00:22:24.220><c> to</c><00:22:24.380><c> eight,</c>

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we<00:22:25.119><c> have</c><00:22:25.279><c> that</c><00:22:25.579><c> series,</c><00:22:25.859><c> as</c><00:22:26.039><c> I</c><00:22:26.220><c> mentioned,</c><00:22:26.960><c> of</c><00:22:27.160><c> four</c><00:22:27.519><c> questions</c><00:22:28.079><c> and</c><00:22:28.440><c> answers.</c>

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I<00:22:29.839><c> won't</c><00:22:30.059><c> go</c><00:22:30.339><c> through</c><00:22:30.559><c> those.</c>

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They<00:22:31.599><c> will,</c><00:22:31.839><c> if</c><00:22:31.980><c> we</c><00:22:32.140><c> do</c><00:22:32.259><c> with</c><00:22:32.400><c> them</c><00:22:32.559><c> too</c><00:22:32.839><c> quickly,</c><00:22:33.400><c> only</c><00:22:33.740><c> cause</c><00:22:34.019><c> confusion.</c>

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But<00:22:35.279><c> effectively,</c><00:22:35.960><c> it's</c><00:22:36.079><c> like</c><00:22:36.380><c> this.</c>

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Verse<00:22:37.640><c> one</c><00:22:37.859><c> of</c><00:22:38.039><c> chapter</c><00:22:38.299><c> three</c><00:22:38.640><c> is</c><00:22:38.839><c> a</c><00:22:39.000><c> question.</c>

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What<00:22:40.099><c> advantage</c><00:22:40.500><c> has</c><00:22:40.740><c> the</c><00:22:40.920><c> Jew?</c>

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Verse<00:22:42.000><c> two</c><00:22:42.359><c> is</c><00:22:42.599><c> Paul's</c><00:22:43.119><c> answer.</c>

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Verse<00:22:44.319><c> three</c><00:22:44.599><c> is</c><00:22:44.799><c> the</c><00:22:44.940><c> next</c><00:22:45.160><c> question.</c>

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What<00:22:45.700><c> if</c><00:22:45.839><c> some</c><00:22:46.019><c> did</c><00:22:46.220><c> not</c><00:22:46.440><c> believe?</c>

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Should<00:22:46.839><c> they,</c><00:22:47.119><c> shall</c><00:22:47.579><c> their</c><00:22:47.799><c> unbelief</c><00:22:48.180><c> make</c><00:22:48.400><c> the</c><00:22:48.599><c> faith</c><00:22:48.759><c> of</c>

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God<00:22:49.079><c> without</c><00:22:49.359><c> effect?</c>

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Verse<00:22:50.700><c> four</c><00:22:51.059><c> is</c><00:22:51.380><c> Paul's</c><00:22:51.940><c> answer,</c><00:22:52.700><c> including</c><00:22:53.140><c> a</c><00:22:53.420><c> quote</c><00:22:53.539><c> from</c>

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Psalm<00:22:54.079><c> 51,</c>

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which<00:22:55.279><c> we</c><00:22:55.460><c> will</c><00:22:55.579><c> pick</c><00:22:55.740><c> up</c><00:22:55.940><c> tomorrow,</c><00:22:56.339><c> God</c><00:22:56.559><c> willing.</c>

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Verse<00:22:58.099><c> five,</c><00:22:59.059><c> the</c><00:22:59.279><c> next</c><00:22:59.539><c> question.</c>

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Verse<00:23:01.160><c> six,</c><00:23:02.099><c> Paul's</c><00:23:02.579><c> answer.</c>

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And<00:23:03.980><c> verse</c><00:23:04.279><c> seven,</c><00:23:05.279><c> the</c><00:23:05.279><c> final</c><00:23:05.700><c> question.</c>

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If<00:23:06.759><c> the</c><00:23:07.059><c> truth</c><00:23:07.220><c> of</c><00:23:07.460><c> God</c><00:23:08.240><c> has</c><00:23:08.559><c> more</c><00:23:08.880><c> abounded</c><00:23:09.319><c> through</c><00:23:09.900><c> my</c><00:23:10.380><c> lie</c>

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under<00:23:11.519><c> his</c><00:23:11.819><c> glory,</c>

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why<00:23:13.099><c> yet</c><00:23:13.359><c> am</c><00:23:13.559><c> I</c><00:23:13.740><c> also</c><00:23:14.200><c> judged</c><00:23:14.680><c> as</c><00:23:15.220><c> a</c><00:23:15.339><c> sinner?</c>

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And<00:23:16.579><c> not</c><00:23:16.839><c> rather,</c><00:23:17.420><c> as</c><00:23:17.619><c> we</c><00:23:17.759><c> be</c><00:23:17.920><c> slanderously</c><00:23:18.539><c> reported</c>

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and<00:23:19.619><c> as</c><00:23:19.759><c> some</c><00:23:19.960><c> affirm</c><00:23:20.240><c> that</c><00:23:20.400><c> we</c><00:23:20.740><c> say,</c><00:23:21.420><c> let</c><00:23:21.559><c> us</c><00:23:21.740><c> do</c><00:23:21.960><c> evil</c><00:23:22.220><c> that</c>

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good<00:23:22.619><c> may</c><00:23:22.920><c> come.</c>

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Question,<00:23:24.859><c> you</c><00:23:24.980><c> know</c><00:23:25.019><c> what</c><00:23:25.140><c> they're</c><00:23:25.460><c> saying</c><00:23:25.640><c> is,</c>

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and<00:23:26.460><c> we'll</c><00:23:26.660><c> come</c><00:23:26.799><c> across</c><00:23:27.019><c> this</c><00:23:27.240><c> in</c><00:23:27.400><c> Romans</c><00:23:27.660><c> six</c>

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because<00:23:28.660><c> the</c><00:23:28.779><c> opening</c><00:23:29.019><c> of</c><00:23:29.220><c> Romans</c><00:23:29.460><c> six</c><00:23:29.680><c> says,</c>

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shall<00:23:30.400><c> we</c><00:23:30.640><c> continue</c><00:23:31.039><c> in</c><00:23:31.299><c> sin</c><00:23:31.400><c> that</c><00:23:31.599><c> grace</c><00:23:31.819><c> may</c><00:23:32.039><c> abound?</c>

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And<00:23:33.619><c> that's</c><00:23:33.740><c> what</c><00:23:33.859><c> they</c><00:23:34.019><c> were</c><00:23:34.140><c> saying.</c>

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They<00:23:35.240><c> were</c><00:23:35.420><c> saying,</c><00:23:35.640><c> you,</c><00:23:36.099><c> Paul,</c><00:23:36.220><c> are</c><00:23:36.539><c> telling</c><00:23:36.740><c> us</c><00:23:37.220><c> that</c><00:23:37.500><c> for</c>

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every<00:23:38.359><c> sin,</c>

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God's<00:23:39.940><c> grace</c><00:23:40.220><c> can</c><00:23:40.460><c> be</c><00:23:40.680><c> greater</c><00:23:40.940><c> and</c><00:23:41.200><c> cover</c><00:23:41.400><c> it.</c>

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Well,<00:23:42.819><c> Paul,</c><00:23:43.619><c> the</c><00:23:43.720><c> logical</c><00:23:44.140><c> answer</c><00:23:44.460><c> is,</c><00:23:45.500><c> let's</c><00:23:45.799><c> live</c><00:23:45.960><c> a</c><00:23:46.119><c> life</c>

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of<00:23:46.519><c> sin</c>

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and<00:23:47.400><c> then</c><00:23:47.619><c> God's</c><00:23:48.079><c> grace</c><00:23:48.259><c> might</c><00:23:48.480><c> abound.</c>

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That's<00:23:49.339><c> Romans</c><00:23:49.599><c> six,</c><00:23:50.019><c> verse</c><00:23:50.180><c> one.</c>

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But<00:23:50.799><c> it's</c><00:23:51.019><c> the</c><00:23:51.180><c> same</c><00:23:51.400><c> thing</c><00:23:51.599><c> here.</c>

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He<00:23:52.480><c> says,</c><00:23:52.839><c> you</c><00:23:53.039><c> are</c><00:23:53.359><c> accusing</c><00:23:53.740><c> me</c><00:23:54.319><c> of</c><00:23:54.640><c> saying,</c>

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let<00:23:55.299><c> us</c><00:23:55.579><c> do</c><00:23:55.859><c> evil</c><00:23:56.339><c> that</c><00:23:57.259><c> good</c><00:23:57.440><c> might</c><00:23:57.740><c> come.</c>

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That's<00:23:59.339><c> your</c><00:23:59.539><c> reasoning,</c><00:24:00.180><c> Paul.</c>

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That's<00:24:01.160><c> a</c><00:24:01.299><c> reasoning</c><00:24:01.539><c> based</c><00:24:01.880><c> upon</c><00:24:02.140><c> this</c><00:24:02.440><c> thing</c><00:24:02.579><c> you're</c><00:24:02.839><c> calling</c><00:24:03.059><c> grace,</c><00:24:03.599><c> Paul.</c>

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We<00:24:04.299><c> don't</c><00:24:04.480><c> understand</c><00:24:05.039><c> this</c><00:24:05.259><c> grace.</c>

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Law,<00:24:06.140><c> oh,</c><00:24:06.519><c> yes,</c><00:24:06.640><c> we</c><00:24:06.779><c> understand</c><00:24:07.160><c> law.</c>

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But<00:24:09.039><c> this</c><00:24:09.380><c> must</c><00:24:09.559><c> be</c><00:24:09.779><c> nonsense.</c>

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You're<00:24:10.819><c> telling</c><00:24:11.059><c> us</c><00:24:11.259><c> all</c><00:24:11.460><c> we've</c><00:24:11.700><c> got</c><00:24:11.779><c> to</c><00:24:11.859><c> do</c><00:24:11.960><c> is</c><00:24:12.119><c> to</c><00:24:12.400><c> believe.</c>

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And<00:24:13.440><c> in</c><00:24:13.700><c> believing</c><00:24:13.980><c> we</c><00:24:14.240><c> are</c><00:24:14.500><c> somehow</c><00:24:14.920><c> or</c><00:24:15.119><c> other,</c>

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and<00:24:15.440><c> this</c><00:24:16.079><c> is</c><00:24:16.299><c> the</c><00:24:16.420><c> hypothetical</c><00:24:16.900><c> Jew,</c><00:24:17.579><c> we</c><00:24:17.700><c> are</c><00:24:17.960><c> declaring</c>

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God<00:24:18.640><c> right,</c>

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acknowledging<00:24:20.460><c> God's</c><00:24:21.019><c> righteousness,</c><00:24:21.519><c> and</c><00:24:21.900><c> he'll</c><00:24:22.240><c> extend</c>

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grace<00:24:22.839><c> to</c><00:24:23.099><c> us.</c>

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Well,<00:24:24.759><c> Paul,</c><00:24:25.440><c> let's</c><00:24:25.720><c> live</c><00:24:25.859><c> a</c><00:24:25.980><c> life</c><00:24:26.140><c> of</c><00:24:26.380><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:24:27.859><c> what</c><00:24:27.960><c> does</c><00:24:28.119><c> Paul</c><00:24:28.319><c> say</c><00:24:28.519><c> to</c><00:24:28.680><c> that?</c>

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The<00:24:30.339><c> last</c><00:24:30.700><c> four</c><00:24:31.039><c> words,</c><00:24:32.059><c> their</c><00:24:32.259><c> damnation</c><00:24:33.059><c> is</c><00:24:33.700><c> just.</c>

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They<00:24:34.640><c> deserve</c><00:24:34.920><c> what</c><00:24:35.039><c> they're</c><00:24:35.220><c> going</c><00:24:35.339><c> to</c><00:24:35.480><c> get.</c>

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Now,<00:24:36.740><c> effectively,</c><00:24:37.299><c> then,</c><00:24:37.380><c> he's</c><00:24:37.700><c> just</c><00:24:37.920><c> about</c><00:24:38.420><c> dispensed</c><00:24:39.019><c> with</c><00:24:39.200><c> this</c><00:24:39.380><c> subject</c><00:24:39.759><c> of</c>

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man's<00:24:41.079><c> failure.</c>

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There<00:24:41.619><c> is</c><00:24:41.819><c> our</c><00:24:42.039><c> title</c><00:24:42.200><c> at</c><00:24:42.400><c> the</c><00:24:42.559><c> top,</c><00:24:43.039><c> to</c><00:24:43.259><c> attain</c><00:24:43.539><c> to</c><00:24:43.740><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:24:45.420><c> so</c><00:24:45.640><c> from</c><00:24:45.880><c> verse</c><00:24:46.180><c> nine</c><00:24:46.500><c> to</c><00:24:46.720><c> 20,</c><00:24:47.599><c> he</c><00:24:47.740><c> then</c><00:24:48.019><c> brings</c><00:24:48.319><c> before</c>

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us<00:24:49.380><c> the</c><00:24:49.660><c> witness</c><00:24:50.019><c> of</c><00:24:50.279><c> scripture.</c>

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Could<00:24:51.599><c> it</c><00:24:51.859><c> rightly</c><00:24:52.039><c> be</c><00:24:52.299><c> said</c><00:24:52.440><c> that</c><00:24:52.680><c> Jews</c><00:24:52.859><c> are</c><00:24:53.059><c> better</c><00:24:53.319><c> than</c><00:24:53.539><c> Gentiles?</c>

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No,<00:24:55.759><c> for</c><00:24:55.900><c> we</c><00:24:56.079><c> have</c><00:24:56.259><c> already</c><00:24:56.660><c> charged</c><00:24:57.079><c> that</c><00:24:57.339><c> both</c><00:24:57.640><c> Jews</c><00:24:57.839><c> and</c>

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Gentiles<00:24:58.799><c> are</c><00:24:59.279><c> all</c><00:24:59.539><c> under</c><00:24:59.880><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:25:01.259><c> so</c><00:25:01.400><c> the</c><00:25:01.599><c> quotations</c><00:25:02.240><c> from</c><00:25:02.680><c> Psalms</c><00:25:03.220><c> and</c><00:25:03.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:04.099><c> show</c><00:25:04.819><c> that</c><00:25:05.279><c> none</c><00:25:05.880><c> are</c><00:25:06.640><c> righteous.</c>

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All<00:25:08.339><c> are</c><00:25:08.960><c> gone</c><00:25:09.440><c> out</c><00:25:10.019><c> of</c><00:25:10.480><c> the</c><00:25:10.720><c> way.</c>

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And<00:25:12.259><c> so</c><00:25:12.420><c> that</c><00:25:12.640><c> brings</c><00:25:12.859><c> us</c><00:25:13.140><c> down</c><00:25:13.400><c> then</c><00:25:13.720><c> to</c><00:25:14.700><c> the</c><00:25:14.880><c> Romans,</c><00:25:15.440><c> chapter</c><00:25:15.740><c> three.</c>

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And<00:25:17.119><c> verse</c><00:25:17.339><c> 20,</c><00:25:17.680><c> of</c><00:25:17.900><c> course,</c><00:25:18.420><c> was</c><00:25:18.660><c> the</c><00:25:18.960><c> concluding</c><00:25:19.440><c> verse.</c>

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Let's<00:25:20.220><c> just</c><00:25:20.640><c> read</c><00:25:20.960><c> verse</c><00:25:21.220><c> 20</c><00:25:21.779><c> and</c><00:25:22.039><c> notice</c><00:25:22.420><c> now</c><00:25:22.759><c> how</c><00:25:23.000><c> verse</c><00:25:23.259><c> 21</c>

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obviously<00:25:24.779><c> becomes</c><00:25:25.339><c> the</c><00:25:25.819><c> beginning</c><00:25:26.099><c> of</c><00:25:26.359><c> this</c><00:25:26.740><c> second</c><00:25:27.160><c> section.</c>

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So<00:25:28.579><c> going</c><00:25:28.920><c> back,</c><00:25:29.500><c> first</c><00:25:29.579><c> of</c><00:25:29.740><c> all,</c><00:25:29.839><c> to</c><00:25:30.000><c> our</c><00:25:30.220><c> general</c><00:25:30.579><c> chart,</c><00:25:30.980><c> just</c><00:25:31.099><c> so</c>

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.539
we<00:25:31.339><c> can</c><00:25:31.500><c> see</c><00:25:31.660><c> where</c><00:25:31.819><c> we</c><00:25:32.059><c> are.</c>

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We<00:25:33.119><c> have</c><00:25:33.319><c> this</c><00:25:33.559><c> morning,</c><00:25:33.880><c> then,</c><00:25:34.599><c> covered</c><00:25:34.740><c> chapter</c><00:25:35.079><c> one,</c><00:25:35.440><c> verse</c><00:25:35.640><c> 18</c>

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to<00:25:36.220><c> chapter</c><00:25:36.519><c> three,</c><00:25:36.799><c> verse</c><00:25:37.019><c> 20.</c>

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We<00:25:38.700><c> are</c><00:25:38.880><c> now</c><00:25:39.079><c> going</c><00:25:39.259><c> to</c><00:25:39.480><c> commence</c><00:25:39.680><c> a</c><00:25:39.920><c> section</c><00:25:40.140><c> which</c><00:25:40.339><c> is</c><00:25:40.539><c> going</c>

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to<00:25:40.819><c> take</c><00:25:40.960><c> the</c><00:25:41.160><c> remainder</c><00:25:41.460><c> of</c><00:25:41.680><c> today</c>

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and<00:25:43.019><c> of</c><00:25:43.240><c> tomorrow</c><00:25:43.660><c> and</c><00:25:44.279><c> of</c><00:25:44.519><c> the</c><00:25:44.680><c> following</c><00:25:44.940><c> day,</c>

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a<00:25:46.339><c> section</c><00:25:46.559><c> which</c><00:25:46.839><c> Brother</c><00:25:47.000><c> Carter</c><00:25:47.339><c> in</c><00:25:47.519><c> his</c><00:25:47.799><c> book,</c><00:25:48.039><c> The</c><00:25:48.099><c> Letter</c><00:25:48.279><c> to</c>

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the<00:25:48.640><c> Romans,</c><00:25:49.099><c> says,</c>

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that<00:25:49.859><c> the</c><00:25:50.480><c> first</c><00:25:51.059><c> part</c><00:25:51.400><c> of</c><00:25:51.640><c> this</c><00:25:51.880><c> section,</c><00:25:52.500><c> let's</c><00:25:52.720><c> put</c><00:25:52.880><c> up</c><00:25:53.039><c> a</c><00:25:53.200><c> transparency,</c>

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which<00:25:54.339><c> breaks</c><00:25:54.839><c> down</c><00:25:55.180><c> now</c><00:25:55.579><c> this</c><00:25:55.920><c> section,</c><00:25:56.359><c> 321</c><00:25:56.900><c> to</c><00:25:57.079><c> 521.</c>

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He<00:25:58.720><c> points</c><00:25:58.980><c> out</c><00:25:59.220><c> to</c><00:25:59.420><c> us</c><00:26:00.460><c> that</c><00:26:00.740><c> in</c><00:26:00.960><c> the</c><00:26:01.319><c> first</c><00:26:01.839><c> and</c><00:26:02.700><c> the</c><00:26:03.000><c> last</c><00:26:03.299><c> parts</c><00:26:03.660><c> of</c>

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that<00:26:04.119><c> section,</c>

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we<00:26:05.099><c> have</c><00:26:05.339><c> what</c><00:26:05.500><c> is</c><00:26:05.819><c> possibly</c><00:26:06.380><c> one</c><00:26:06.819><c> of</c><00:26:06.960><c> the</c><00:26:07.160><c> best</c><00:26:07.799><c> expositions</c>

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of<00:26:08.940><c> the</c><00:26:09.180><c> atonement</c><00:26:09.819><c> found</c><00:26:10.180><c> in</c><00:26:10.359><c> the</c><00:26:10.519><c> Bible.</c>

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And<00:26:11.460><c> it's</c><00:26:11.640><c> not</c><00:26:11.900><c> just</c><00:26:12.200><c> exposition,</c><00:26:13.059><c> it's</c><00:26:13.460><c> very,</c><00:26:13.720><c> very</c>

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powerful<00:26:14.519><c> exhortation.</c>

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So<00:26:15.880><c> this</c><00:26:16.099><c> morning,</c><00:26:16.640><c> we</c><00:26:16.640><c> want</c><00:26:16.859><c> to</c><00:26:17.039><c> just</c><00:26:17.279><c> deal</c><00:26:17.480><c> with</c><00:26:18.039><c> chapter</c><00:26:18.359><c> three,</c><00:26:18.819><c> verses</c><00:26:19.079><c> 21</c>

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to<00:26:19.779><c> 31,</c>

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as<00:26:21.200><c> best</c><00:26:21.480><c> as</c><00:26:21.680><c> we</c><00:26:21.920><c> can</c><00:26:22.160><c> in</c><00:26:22.400><c> the</c><00:26:22.579><c> time</c><00:26:22.720><c> we've</c><00:26:23.000><c> got.</c>

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If<00:26:23.660><c> we</c><00:26:23.880><c> don't</c><00:26:24.059><c> quite</c><00:26:24.279><c> get</c><00:26:24.500><c> through</c><00:26:24.680><c> it,</c><00:26:24.980><c> it'll</c><00:26:25.240><c> carry</c><00:26:25.559><c> over</c><00:26:25.759><c> till</c><00:26:25.960><c> tomorrow,</c><00:26:26.299><c> but</c><00:26:26.460><c> we'll</c><00:26:26.700><c> see</c><00:26:26.940><c> how</c><00:26:27.160><c> we</c>

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get<00:26:27.559><c> on.</c>

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So<00:26:29.039><c> notice</c><00:26:29.359><c> then</c><00:26:29.619><c> verse</c><00:26:29.960><c> 20</c><00:26:30.420><c> says,</c>

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Therefore<00:26:32.559><c> by</c><00:26:33.200><c> works</c><00:26:33.799><c> of</c><00:26:34.420><c> law,</c>

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and<00:26:36.039><c> by</c><00:26:36.240><c> the</c><00:26:36.359><c> way,</c><00:26:36.640><c> in</c><00:26:36.839><c> some</c><00:26:37.059><c> places</c><00:26:37.339><c> it's</c><00:26:37.680><c> the</c><00:26:37.940><c> law</c><00:26:38.279><c> and</c><00:26:38.980><c> some</c>

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places<00:26:39.740><c> it's</c><00:26:40.160><c> just</c><00:26:40.460><c> law.</c>

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What<00:26:41.359><c> Paul</c><00:26:41.640><c> is</c><00:26:41.900><c> telling</c><00:26:42.099><c> us</c><00:26:42.460><c> is</c><00:26:42.720><c> that</c><00:26:43.240><c> we're</c><00:26:43.519><c> never</c><00:26:43.720><c> going</c><00:26:43.900><c> to</c>

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:47.000
be<00:26:44.240><c> justified</c><00:26:44.759><c> by</c><00:26:45.039><c> obedience</c><00:26:45.400><c> to</c><00:26:45.759><c> any</c><00:26:46.140><c> law,</c>

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because<00:26:47.579><c> the</c><00:26:47.859><c> moment</c><00:26:48.200><c> you</c><00:26:48.440><c> say,</c><00:26:48.819><c> well,</c><00:26:48.819><c> there</c><00:26:49.079><c> is</c><00:26:49.279><c> a</c><00:26:49.460><c> law</c><00:26:49.859><c> and</c>

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I<00:26:50.799><c> have</c><00:26:50.980><c> obeyed</c><00:26:51.319><c> it,</c>

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it<00:26:52.559><c> effectively</c><00:26:52.980><c> puts</c><00:26:53.279><c> God</c><00:26:53.519><c> under</c><00:26:53.779><c> an</c><00:26:53.960><c> obligation.</c>

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God<00:26:55.759><c> owes</c><00:26:56.119><c> us</c><00:26:56.420><c> something.</c>

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God<00:26:57.559><c> has</c><00:26:57.779><c> to</c><00:26:57.980><c> pay</c><00:26:58.119><c> us</c><00:26:58.400><c> a</c><00:26:58.559><c> wage.</c>

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And<00:26:59.599><c> we</c><00:26:59.720><c> all</c><00:26:59.900><c> know</c><00:27:00.039><c> the</c><00:27:00.220><c> words</c><00:27:00.380><c> of</c><00:27:00.559><c> Romans</c><00:27:00.819><c> 6.</c>

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The<00:27:02.700><c> only</c><00:27:02.980><c> wage</c><00:27:03.220><c> that</c><00:27:03.400><c> we</c><00:27:03.519><c> get</c><00:27:03.680><c> paid</c><00:27:04.039><c> is</c><00:27:05.119><c> the</c><00:27:05.319><c> wage</c><00:27:05.539><c> from</c><00:27:06.240><c> slave</c>

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owner<00:27:07.440><c> sin.</c>

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He<00:27:08.599><c> pays</c><00:27:08.819><c> you</c><00:27:09.059><c> a</c><00:27:09.160><c> wage,</c><00:27:09.440><c> that's</c><00:27:09.779><c> death.</c>

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But<00:27:11.619><c> slave</c><00:27:12.039><c> owner</c><00:27:12.299><c> righteousness</c><00:27:12.880><c> gives</c><00:27:13.200><c> us</c><00:27:13.440><c> a</c><00:27:13.539><c> gift.</c>

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The<00:27:14.559><c> gift</c><00:27:14.759><c> of</c><00:27:14.940><c> God</c><00:27:15.059><c> is</c><00:27:15.240><c> eternal</c><00:27:15.559><c> life.</c>

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So<00:27:16.400><c> through</c><00:27:16.799><c> here,</c><00:27:17.059><c> and</c><00:27:17.220><c> it's</c><00:27:17.380><c> not</c><00:27:17.539><c> a</c><00:27:17.660><c> bad</c><00:27:17.819><c> exercise</c><00:27:18.299><c> to</c><00:27:18.500><c> go</c><00:27:18.759><c> through,</c>

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:22.480
and<00:27:19.579><c> note</c><00:27:19.759><c> when</c><00:27:19.980><c> he</c><00:27:20.160><c> is</c><00:27:20.279><c> talking</c><00:27:20.579><c> about</c><00:27:21.160><c> law,</c><00:27:21.900><c> just</c><00:27:22.180><c> meaning</c>

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any<00:27:22.799><c> law,</c>

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as<00:27:24.140><c> distinct</c><00:27:24.440><c> from</c><00:27:24.900><c> the</c><00:27:25.259><c> law,</c><00:27:26.140><c> where</c><00:27:26.299><c> he</c><00:27:26.559><c> means</c><00:27:26.799><c> the</c><00:27:27.000><c> law</c><00:27:27.119><c> of</c><00:27:27.319><c> Moses.</c>

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Having<00:27:28.480><c> mentioned</c><00:27:28.779><c> that,</c><00:27:29.240><c> we're</c><00:27:29.420><c> not</c><00:27:29.599><c> going</c><00:27:29.740><c> to</c><00:27:29.880><c> make</c><00:27:30.000><c> any</c><00:27:30.240><c> great</c><00:27:30.480><c> point</c><00:27:30.700><c> out</c><00:27:30.880><c> of</c><00:27:30.960><c> it.</c>

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But<00:27:31.700><c> I</c><00:27:31.819><c> did</c><00:27:32.019><c> note</c><00:27:32.259><c> that</c><00:27:32.460><c> in</c><00:27:32.599><c> verse</c><00:27:32.819><c> 20,</c><00:27:33.579><c> he's</c><00:27:33.839><c> just</c><00:27:34.079><c> talking</c><00:27:34.339><c> about</c><00:27:34.680><c> law</c><00:27:35.019><c> in</c><00:27:35.359><c> general.</c>

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Therefore,<00:27:36.619><c> by</c><00:27:36.619><c> works</c><00:27:37.019><c> of</c><00:27:37.339><c> law,</c><00:27:38.299><c> there</c><00:27:38.400><c> shall</c><00:27:38.579><c> no</c><00:27:38.960><c> flesh</c><00:27:39.200><c> be</c>

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righteous<00:27:40.019><c>-ified,</c>

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righteous<00:27:41.859><c>-ified,</c><00:27:42.279><c> happy</c><00:27:42.500><c> with</c><00:27:42.700><c> that,</c><00:27:43.339><c> in</c><00:27:43.579><c> his</c><00:27:43.839><c> sight,</c><00:27:44.799><c> for</c>

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by<00:27:45.500><c> law</c><00:27:45.859><c> is</c><00:27:46.380><c> the</c><00:27:46.579><c> knowledge</c><00:27:46.900><c> of</c><00:27:47.200><c> sin.</c>

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So<00:27:47.960><c> the</c><00:27:48.240><c> law</c><00:27:48.400><c> is</c><00:27:48.559><c> very</c><00:27:48.839><c> valuable.</c>

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And<00:27:50.180><c> when</c><00:27:50.279><c> we</c><00:27:50.380><c> get</c><00:27:50.539><c> to</c><00:27:50.720><c> Romans</c><00:27:50.960><c> 7,</c><00:27:51.380><c> he'll</c><00:27:51.480><c> say,</c><00:27:51.779><c> now,</c><00:27:51.839><c> let's</c>

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not<00:27:52.940><c> just</c><00:27:53.359><c> throw</c><00:27:53.559><c> this</c><00:27:53.839><c> law</c><00:27:53.980><c> out.</c>

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The<00:27:54.839><c> law</c><00:27:54.960><c> was</c><00:27:55.160><c> holy,</c><00:27:55.539><c> just,</c><00:27:55.839><c> and</c><00:27:56.000><c> good.</c>

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It<00:27:57.140><c> was</c><00:27:57.299><c> the</c><00:27:57.519><c> very,</c><00:27:57.900><c> very</c><00:27:58.160><c> best</c><00:27:58.519><c> teacher</c><00:27:58.940><c> that</c><00:27:59.119><c> God</c><00:27:59.319><c> could</c>

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give<00:27:59.700><c> those</c><00:28:00.000><c> people.</c>

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But<00:28:01.900><c> what</c><00:28:02.019><c> it</c><00:28:02.119><c> was</c><00:28:02.279><c> teaching</c><00:28:02.599><c> them</c><00:28:02.819><c> was,</c><00:28:03.940><c> you've</c><00:28:04.099><c> been</c><00:28:04.279><c> in</c><00:28:04.500><c> Egypt.</c>

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Two<00:28:05.559><c> or</c><00:28:05.660><c> three</c><00:28:05.920><c> hundred</c><00:28:06.079><c> years.</c>

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You've<00:28:07.559><c> lived</c><00:28:07.680><c> in</c><00:28:07.859><c> the</c><00:28:07.960><c> land</c><00:28:08.160><c> of</c><00:28:08.319><c> sin</c><00:28:08.440><c> and</c><00:28:08.660><c> death.</c>

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:10.779
God<00:28:09.359><c> has</c><00:28:09.660><c> now</c><00:28:09.880><c> delivered</c><00:28:10.160><c> you</c><00:28:10.359><c> out</c><00:28:10.539><c> of</c><00:28:10.700><c> there.</c>

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But<00:28:11.119><c> we've</c><00:28:11.440><c> got</c><00:28:11.559><c> to</c><00:28:11.700><c> get</c><00:28:11.900><c> Egypt</c><00:28:12.339><c> out</c><00:28:12.700><c> of</c><00:28:12.900><c> you.</c>

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As<00:28:14.660><c> it's</c><00:28:14.880><c> often</c><00:28:15.019><c> been</c><00:28:15.299><c> said,</c><00:28:15.579><c> it</c><00:28:15.579><c> was</c><00:28:15.880><c> very</c><00:28:16.259><c> easy</c><00:28:16.599><c> to</c><00:28:16.880><c> get</c><00:28:17.259><c> Israel</c><00:28:17.740><c> out</c>

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of<00:28:18.200><c> Egypt.</c>

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It<00:28:19.380><c> was</c><00:28:19.559><c> much</c><00:28:19.819><c> more</c><00:28:20.079><c> difficult</c><00:28:20.480><c> to</c><00:28:20.720><c> get</c><00:28:20.900><c> Egypt</c><00:28:21.519><c> out</c><00:28:22.160><c> of</c><00:28:22.359><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:28:23.819><c> so</c><00:28:23.980><c> they</c><00:28:24.160><c> had</c><00:28:24.359><c> to</c><00:28:24.539><c> be</c><00:28:24.779><c> taught</c><00:28:24.980><c> what</c><00:28:25.380><c> sin</c><00:28:25.640><c> was.</c>

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:30.440
And<00:28:26.720><c> the</c><00:28:27.019><c> preeminent</c><00:28:27.500><c> feature</c><00:28:27.859><c> of</c><00:28:28.160><c> the</c><00:28:28.359><c> law</c><00:28:28.539><c> was,</c><00:28:29.420><c> you're</c><00:28:29.619><c> a</c><00:28:29.759><c> sinner,</c><00:28:30.079><c> you're</c><00:28:30.299><c> a</c>

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.759
sinner,<00:28:30.700><c> you're</c><00:28:30.920><c> a</c><00:28:31.059><c> sinner.</c>

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:34.420
And<00:28:32.059><c> it</c><00:28:32.119><c> was</c><00:28:32.299><c> done</c><00:28:32.420><c> in</c><00:28:32.579><c> all</c><00:28:32.799><c> sorts</c><00:28:33.099><c> of</c><00:28:33.299><c> ways,</c><00:28:33.640><c> ceremonial</c><00:28:34.200><c> things.</c>

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:36.660
You<00:28:34.579><c> touched</c><00:28:34.799><c> a</c><00:28:34.980><c> dead</c><00:28:35.160><c> body</c><00:28:35.440><c> and</c><00:28:35.579><c> you</c><00:28:35.779><c> became</c><00:28:36.019><c> defiled.</c>

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:42.000
All<00:28:37.180><c> of</c><00:28:37.339><c> those</c><00:28:37.500><c> sorts</c><00:28:37.779><c> of</c><00:28:37.960><c> things,</c><00:28:38.519><c> things</c><00:28:38.880><c> in</c><00:28:39.180><c> many</c><00:28:39.380><c> cases</c><00:28:39.720><c> that</c><00:28:39.980><c> weren't</c><00:28:40.160><c> really</c><00:28:40.619><c> sin</c><00:28:40.759><c> in</c><00:28:40.940><c> themselves.</c>

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:45.400
Issues<00:28:42.420><c> from</c><00:28:42.619><c> the</c><00:28:42.799><c> body</c><00:28:43.019><c> became</c><00:28:43.519><c> a</c><00:28:44.059><c> symbol</c><00:28:44.380><c> of</c><00:28:44.660><c> something</c><00:28:45.000><c> of</c>

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:46.519
which<00:28:45.500><c> was</c><00:28:45.759><c> defilement.</c>

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:49.779
So<00:28:47.160><c> the</c><00:28:47.380><c> law</c><00:28:47.539><c> was</c><00:28:47.839><c> good</c><00:28:48.059><c> when</c><00:28:48.339><c> seen</c><00:28:48.519><c> to</c><00:28:48.700><c> be</c><00:28:48.819><c> a</c><00:28:48.980><c> teacher.</c>

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:53.480
Now<00:28:50.759><c> we</c><00:28:51.000><c> come</c><00:28:51.180><c> to</c><00:28:51.359><c> verse</c><00:28:51.579><c> 21,</c><00:28:52.039><c> and</c><00:28:52.299><c> I</c><00:28:52.519><c> really</c><00:28:52.700><c> wanted</c><00:28:52.859><c> to</c><00:28:53.119><c> say</c>

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:56.019
the<00:28:54.140><c> first</c><00:28:54.440><c> verse</c><00:28:54.660><c> is</c><00:28:54.880><c> the</c><00:28:55.079><c> important</c><00:28:55.619><c> verse.</c>

00:28:56.019 --> 00:29:05.400
But,<00:28:57.980><c> but</c><00:28:58.299><c> now,</c><00:29:00.059><c> but</c><00:29:00.279><c> now</c><00:29:00.980><c> a</c><00:29:02.299><c> righteousness</c><00:29:02.940><c> of</c><00:29:03.359><c> God</c><00:29:03.980><c> without</c>

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:08.559
law,<00:29:05.740><c> outside</c><00:29:06.220><c> of</c><00:29:06.440><c> law,</c><00:29:07.279><c> is</c><00:29:07.420><c> manifested.</c>

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:12.380
Oh,<00:29:08.980><c> it's</c><00:29:09.420><c> witnessed</c><00:29:10.000><c> by</c><00:29:11.000><c> the</c><00:29:11.160><c> law</c><00:29:11.279><c> and</c><00:29:11.420><c> the</c><00:29:11.619><c> prophets.</c>

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:14.460
The<00:29:12.559><c> law</c><00:29:12.680><c> and</c><00:29:12.839><c> the</c><00:29:13.119><c> prophets</c><00:29:13.299><c> are</c><00:29:13.500><c> very</c><00:29:13.759><c> valuable</c><00:29:14.160><c> witness.</c>

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.920
We're<00:29:14.839><c> not</c><00:29:14.980><c> like</c><00:29:15.220><c> the</c><00:29:15.440><c> churches</c><00:29:15.720><c> out</c><00:29:16.000><c> there</c><00:29:16.160><c> which</c><00:29:16.539><c> virtually</c>

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:18.319
throw<00:29:17.220><c> the</c><00:29:17.420><c> Old</c><00:29:17.599><c> Testament</c><00:29:17.960><c> away.</c>

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:21.500
We<00:29:18.819><c> can</c><00:29:19.039><c> learn</c><00:29:19.259><c> a</c><00:29:19.519><c> lot</c><00:29:19.680><c> from</c><00:29:19.900><c> the</c><00:29:20.099><c> Old</c><00:29:20.299><c> Testament.</c>

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:28.119
I<00:29:22.039><c> might</c><00:29:22.140><c> be,</c><00:29:22.440><c> I</c><00:29:22.579><c> just</c><00:29:22.980><c> put</c><00:29:23.160><c> in</c><00:29:23.339><c> another</c><00:29:23.519><c> little</c><00:29:24.460><c> thinkable</c><00:29:25.059><c> quote</c><00:29:25.420><c> for</c><00:29:26.160><c> those</c><00:29:26.500><c> who</c><00:29:26.900><c> see</c><00:29:27.140><c> the</c><00:29:27.400><c> significance</c><00:29:27.720><c> of</c><00:29:27.960><c> it.</c>

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:31.759
Fine.<00:29:28.480><c> For</c><00:29:28.579><c> those</c><00:29:28.839><c> who</c><00:29:29.200><c> perhaps</c><00:29:29.420><c> don't</c><00:29:29.559><c> see</c><00:29:29.759><c> the</c><00:29:29.920><c> significance,</c><00:29:30.519><c> don't</c><00:29:31.220><c> worry</c>

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.640
about<00:29:32.140><c> it.</c>

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The<00:29:33.339><c> fact</c><00:29:33.599><c> of</c><00:29:33.880><c> the</c><00:29:34.019><c> matter</c><00:29:34.240><c> is</c><00:29:34.980><c> that</c><00:29:36.380><c> the</c><00:29:38.160><c> law</c><00:29:38.440><c> was</c><00:29:39.059><c> a</c><00:29:39.240><c> shadow.</c>

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:42.279
Christ<00:29:40.799><c> was</c><00:29:41.039><c> the</c><00:29:41.259><c> substance.</c>

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:45.799
The<00:29:43.859><c> substance</c><00:29:44.259><c> is</c><00:29:44.579><c> three</c><00:29:44.779><c>-dimensional.</c>

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:49.279
A<00:29:46.920><c> shadow</c><00:29:47.160><c> is</c><00:29:47.519><c> only</c><00:29:48.119><c> two</c><00:29:48.380><c>-dimensional.</c>

00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:52.359
We<00:29:49.920><c> need</c><00:29:50.180><c> to</c><00:29:50.339><c> be</c><00:29:50.420><c> very</c><00:29:50.819><c> careful</c><00:29:51.119><c> when</c><00:29:51.279><c> we</c><00:29:51.440><c> go</c><00:29:51.640><c> back</c><00:29:51.839><c> to</c><00:29:52.000><c> the</c><00:29:52.140><c> law</c>

00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:54.960
and<00:29:52.980><c> look</c><00:29:53.160><c> at</c><00:29:53.359><c> something</c><00:29:53.599><c> which</c><00:29:53.819><c> is</c><00:29:54.000><c> only</c><00:29:54.279><c> two</c><00:29:54.519><c>-dimensional</c>

00:29:54.960 --> 00:30:00.099
and<00:29:55.759><c> try</c><00:29:56.019><c> to</c><00:29:56.319><c> construct</c><00:29:56.900><c> from</c><00:29:57.200><c> that</c><00:29:57.940><c> a</c><00:29:58.380><c> totally</c><00:29:58.740><c> accurate</c><00:29:59.259><c> picture</c><00:29:59.680><c> of</c>

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:01.440
the<00:30:00.279><c> three</c><00:30:00.480><c>-dimensional.</c>

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:03.539
Well,<00:30:02.140><c> what</c><00:30:02.259><c> do</c><00:30:02.380><c> I</c><00:30:02.519><c> mean</c><00:30:02.640><c> in</c><00:30:02.859><c> simple</c><00:30:03.119><c> terms?</c>

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:07.279
What<00:30:04.039><c> I</c><00:30:04.220><c> mean</c><00:30:04.359><c> is</c><00:30:04.539><c> there's</c><00:30:04.799><c> very</c><00:30:05.119><c> many</c><00:30:05.420><c> valuable</c><00:30:05.980><c> types</c><00:30:06.579><c> under</c>

00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.180
the<00:30:07.440><c> law</c><00:30:07.539><c> of</c><00:30:07.779><c> Moses.</c>

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:13.359
But<00:30:08.779><c> be</c><00:30:08.980><c> very</c><00:30:09.440><c> careful</c><00:30:09.940><c> when</c><00:30:10.420><c> we</c><00:30:10.660><c> try</c><00:30:10.799><c> to</c><00:30:11.000><c> build</c><00:30:11.200><c> doctrine</c><00:30:11.740><c> from</c><00:30:12.240><c> the</c><00:30:12.579><c> type.</c>

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:16.880
Once<00:30:14.279><c> we've</c><00:30:14.599><c> seen</c><00:30:14.759><c> the</c><00:30:14.980><c> substance,</c><00:30:15.359><c> which</c><00:30:15.559><c> is</c><00:30:15.779><c> Christ,</c><00:30:16.640><c> and</c>

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:18.099
then<00:30:17.059><c> we</c><00:30:17.180><c> look</c><00:30:17.279><c> at</c><00:30:17.400><c> the</c><00:30:17.579><c> shadow,</c><00:30:17.880><c> we</c><00:30:17.960><c> say,</c>

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:19.960
Oh,<00:30:18.559><c> isn't</c><00:30:18.799><c> that</c><00:30:19.039><c> wonderful?</c>

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:22.700
Because<00:30:20.319><c> in</c><00:30:20.559><c> that</c><00:30:20.799><c> shadow,</c><00:30:21.140><c> I</c><00:30:21.359><c> see</c><00:30:21.519><c> a</c><00:30:21.680><c> number</c><00:30:21.940><c> of</c><00:30:22.200><c> features</c><00:30:22.440><c> of</c>

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:24.579
Christ,<00:30:23.140><c> but</c><00:30:23.299><c> we</c><00:30:23.559><c> don't</c><00:30:23.779><c> see</c><00:30:23.960><c> the</c><00:30:24.140><c> whole</c><00:30:24.339><c> thing.</c>

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:26.779
We've<00:30:25.019><c> got</c><00:30:25.099><c> to</c><00:30:25.200><c> put</c><00:30:25.299><c> a</c><00:30:25.480><c> whole</c><00:30:25.680><c> lot</c><00:30:25.799><c> of</c><00:30:26.000><c> different</c><00:30:26.180><c> things</c><00:30:26.380><c> together.</c>

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:30.200
And<00:30:27.380><c> there</c><00:30:27.660><c> are</c><00:30:27.880><c> people,</c><00:30:28.880><c> basically</c><00:30:29.339><c> I'm</c><00:30:29.660><c> thinking</c><00:30:29.920><c> perhaps</c>

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.640
of<00:30:30.440><c> another</c><00:30:30.660><c> fellowship,</c>

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:36.339
who<00:30:32.059><c> spend</c><00:30:32.240><c> a</c><00:30:32.460><c> lot</c><00:30:32.660><c> of</c><00:30:32.940><c> time</c><00:30:33.160><c> studying</c><00:30:33.579><c> types</c><00:30:34.319><c> and</c><00:30:35.160><c> from</c><00:30:35.559><c> the</c><00:30:35.900><c> types,</c>

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:39.920
then<00:30:37.000><c> build</c><00:30:37.299><c> their</c><00:30:37.619><c> understanding</c><00:30:38.099><c> of</c><00:30:38.299><c> the</c><00:30:38.440><c> doctrine</c><00:30:38.660><c> of</c><00:30:38.819><c> the</c><00:30:39.000><c> atonement.</c>

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:42.779
Those<00:30:40.859><c> of</c><00:30:41.039><c> you</c><00:30:41.180><c> who</c><00:30:41.400><c> perhaps</c><00:30:41.579><c> become</c><00:30:41.920><c> involved</c><00:30:42.279><c> with</c><00:30:42.460><c> some</c><00:30:42.640><c> of</c>

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:44.299
those<00:30:42.980><c> things</c><00:30:43.240><c> might</c><00:30:43.619><c> know</c><00:30:43.740><c> what</c><00:30:43.880><c> I'm</c><00:30:44.099><c> saying.</c>

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:46.220
The<00:30:44.660><c> rest</c><00:30:44.880><c> of</c><00:30:45.019><c> you</c><00:30:45.079><c> might</c><00:30:45.240><c> say,</c><00:30:45.440><c> well,</c><00:30:45.579><c> I'll</c><00:30:45.759><c> tuck</c><00:30:45.859><c> that</c><00:30:46.039><c> away</c>

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:48.619
and<00:30:46.339><c> maybe</c><00:30:46.619><c> it'll</c><00:30:46.920><c> mean</c><00:30:47.119><c> something</c><00:30:47.339><c> to</c><00:30:47.480><c> me</c><00:30:47.599><c> one</c><00:30:47.819><c> day.</c>

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:52.779
So<00:30:48.740><c> the</c><00:30:48.940><c> law</c><00:30:49.180><c> is</c><00:30:49.400><c> extremely</c><00:30:49.880><c> valuable,</c><00:30:50.960><c> but</c><00:30:51.039><c> it</c><00:30:51.220><c> was</c><00:30:51.519><c> only</c><00:30:51.900><c> ever</c><00:30:52.299><c> a</c>

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:54.079
shadowy<00:30:53.500><c> institution.</c>

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:57.759
Therefore,<00:30:54.900><c> be</c><00:30:55.119><c> very</c><00:30:55.519><c> careful</c><00:30:56.059><c> how</c><00:30:56.440><c> when</c><00:30:56.579><c> we</c><00:30:56.779><c> go</c><00:30:56.920><c> from</c><00:30:57.160><c> the</c><00:30:57.400><c> shadow</c><00:30:57.579><c> to</c>

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.920
the<00:30:57.960><c> substance,</c>

00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:03.099
that<00:30:59.079><c> we</c><00:30:59.240><c> don't</c><00:30:59.460><c> start</c><00:30:59.920><c> to</c><00:31:00.180><c> see</c><00:31:00.319><c> things</c><00:31:00.579><c> in</c><00:31:00.779><c> the</c><00:31:01.000><c> substance</c><00:31:01.480><c> that</c><00:31:02.039><c> weren't</c><00:31:02.259><c> really</c><00:31:02.740><c> there</c><00:31:02.940><c> in</c>

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:04.059
the<00:31:03.259><c> shadow.</c>

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.779
But<00:31:04.539><c> now</c><00:31:04.740><c> we're</c><00:31:04.859><c> looking</c><00:31:05.039><c> at</c><00:31:05.200><c> the</c><00:31:05.380><c> substance.</c>

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:07.900
And<00:31:06.099><c> of</c><00:31:06.240><c> course,</c><00:31:06.539><c> you</c><00:31:06.740><c> would</c><00:31:06.920><c> probably</c><00:31:07.099><c> pick</c><00:31:07.339><c> up,</c><00:31:07.500><c> I'm</c><00:31:07.660><c> almost</c>

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:10.640
using<00:31:08.259><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:08.819><c> type</c><00:31:09.720><c> expressions</c><00:31:10.279><c> there.</c>

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:13.940
So<00:31:11.319><c> the</c><00:31:11.539><c> law</c><00:31:11.759><c> was</c><00:31:12.019><c> very</c><00:31:12.319><c> valuable,</c><00:31:12.859><c> very</c><00:31:13.200><c> valuable</c><00:31:13.599><c> indeed.</c>

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:17.119
And<00:31:14.099><c> it</c><00:31:14.160><c> was</c><00:31:14.400><c> a</c><00:31:14.519><c> witness,</c><00:31:15.400><c> together</c><00:31:15.799><c> with</c><00:31:15.940><c> the</c><00:31:16.180><c> prophets,</c><00:31:16.900><c> of</c>

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:18.480
the<00:31:17.380><c> righteousness</c><00:31:17.759><c> of</c><00:31:18.099><c> God,</c>

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:21.759
which<00:31:18.960><c> is</c><00:31:19.180><c> now</c><00:31:19.319><c> to</c><00:31:19.460><c> be</c><00:31:19.640><c> revealed</c><00:31:19.920><c> in</c><00:31:20.099><c> the</c><00:31:20.200><c> Lord</c><00:31:20.359><c> Jesus</c><00:31:20.759><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:26.079
I'm<00:31:22.740><c> going</c><00:31:22.819><c> to</c><00:31:23.039><c> spend</c><00:31:23.279><c> the</c><00:31:23.660><c> rest</c><00:31:23.859><c> of</c><00:31:24.039><c> this</c><00:31:24.259><c> session</c><00:31:24.680><c> just</c><00:31:25.400><c> dealing</c><00:31:25.680><c> with</c>

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a<00:31:26.460><c> transparency,</c>

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:34.480
which<00:31:27.920><c> I</c><00:31:28.460><c> have</c><00:31:29.799><c> entitled</c><00:31:30.900><c> Atonement</c><00:31:32.880><c> or</c><00:31:33.180><c> Reconciliation.</c>

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:37.119
Well,<00:31:35.400><c> you</c><00:31:35.400><c> know,</c><00:31:35.680><c> as</c><00:31:35.819><c> soon</c><00:31:35.940><c> as</c><00:31:36.059><c> someone</c><00:31:36.319><c> says</c><00:31:36.599><c> atonement,</c>

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:40.440
ears<00:31:37.500><c> prick</c><00:31:37.720><c> up,</c><00:31:38.099><c> antennas</c><00:31:38.440><c> start</c><00:31:38.720><c> waving</c><00:31:39.079><c> around,</c><00:31:39.480><c> and</c><00:31:39.720><c> we</c>

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.799
think,<00:31:40.920><c> ah,</c><00:31:41.420><c> controversy.</c>

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:44.460
Brother<00:31:42.460><c> and</c><00:31:42.640><c> sisters,</c><00:31:43.140><c> I</c><00:31:43.140><c> think</c><00:31:43.319><c> it's</c><00:31:43.640><c> extremely</c><00:31:44.039><c> simple.</c>

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:46.400
Romans<00:31:44.920><c> 3</c><00:31:45.220><c> is</c><00:31:45.519><c> extremely</c><00:31:45.880><c> helpful.</c>

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:53.200
But<00:31:46.940><c> I</c><00:31:47.019><c> want</c><00:31:47.140><c> to</c><00:31:47.279><c> go</c><00:31:47.480><c> through</c><00:31:48.019><c> and</c><00:31:48.380><c> just</c><00:31:48.880><c> set</c><00:31:49.019><c> out</c><00:31:49.259><c> step</c><00:31:49.480><c> by</c><00:31:49.759><c> step</c><00:31:50.500><c> something</c><00:31:51.019><c> that</c><00:31:51.519><c> I</c><00:31:51.779><c> would</c><00:31:51.940><c> aim</c><00:31:52.119><c> at</c><00:31:52.599><c> a</c><00:31:52.799><c> person,</c>

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:57.680
a<00:31:53.460><c> young</c><00:31:53.660><c> person</c><00:31:54.000><c> who</c><00:31:54.200><c> says,</c><00:31:54.859><c> I</c><00:31:54.960><c> have</c><00:31:55.140><c> a</c><00:31:55.259><c> very</c><00:31:55.599><c> superficial</c><00:31:56.160><c> understanding</c><00:31:56.759><c> of</c><00:31:56.759><c> this.</c>

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:59.759
Some<00:31:58.259><c> of</c><00:31:58.420><c> you</c><00:31:58.500><c> might</c><00:31:58.700><c> say,</c><00:31:58.880><c> oh,</c><00:31:59.059><c> but</c><00:31:59.180><c> you</c><00:31:59.359><c> could</c><00:31:59.460><c> have</c><00:31:59.619><c> added</c>

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:01.200
in<00:32:00.000><c> this</c><00:32:00.140><c> and</c><00:32:00.240><c> you</c><00:32:00.380><c> could</c><00:32:00.519><c> have</c><00:32:00.700><c> added</c><00:32:00.859><c> in</c><00:32:01.079><c> that</c>

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:02.640
and<00:32:01.299><c> you</c><00:32:01.400><c> could</c><00:32:01.539><c> have</c><00:32:01.680><c> added</c><00:32:01.819><c> in</c><00:32:02.099><c> something</c><00:32:02.339><c> else.</c>

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:04.160
Well,<00:32:03.359><c> maybe</c><00:32:03.680><c> that's</c><00:32:03.920><c> true.</c>

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.059
Maybe<00:32:04.480><c> it's</c><00:32:04.740><c> not</c><00:32:04.900><c> true.</c>

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:06.339
And<00:32:05.200><c> we're</c><00:32:05.319><c> not</c><00:32:05.519><c> concerned</c><00:32:05.839><c> with</c><00:32:06.059><c> that.</c>

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:09.539
But<00:32:06.880><c> I</c><00:32:07.019><c> want</c><00:32:07.079><c> to</c><00:32:07.240><c> set</c><00:32:07.380><c> out</c><00:32:07.579><c> here</c><00:32:07.839><c> what</c><00:32:08.019><c> I</c><00:32:08.240><c> think</c><00:32:08.359><c> is</c><00:32:08.619><c> really</c><00:32:09.019><c> a</c>

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:11.480
particularly<00:32:10.059><c> simple</c><00:32:10.740><c> approach</c><00:32:11.119><c> to</c><00:32:11.339><c> it.</c>

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:15.240
And<00:32:11.680><c> you'll</c><00:32:12.000><c> see</c><00:32:12.400><c> how</c><00:32:12.700><c> it's</c><00:32:13.000><c> all</c><00:32:13.200><c> based</c><00:32:13.539><c> here</c><00:32:13.819><c> on</c><00:32:14.259><c> Romans</c><00:32:14.619><c> 3.</c>

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:19.059
And<00:32:15.940><c> the</c><00:32:16.140><c> focus</c><00:32:16.440><c> of</c><00:32:16.579><c> it,</c><00:32:16.759><c> of</c><00:32:16.839><c> course,</c><00:32:17.539><c> is</c><00:32:18.019><c> the</c><00:32:18.500><c> righteousness</c>

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:20.839
of<00:32:20.000><c> God.</c>

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.700
So<00:32:21.500><c> here</c><00:32:21.660><c> it</c><00:32:21.839><c> comes.</c>

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:27.240
The<00:32:23.779><c> word</c><00:32:24.200><c> atonement,</c><00:32:24.839><c> as</c><00:32:25.079><c> it</c><00:32:25.319><c> occurs</c><00:32:25.619><c> in</c><00:32:25.859><c> the</c><00:32:25.980><c> New</c><00:32:26.140><c> Testament,</c>

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:29.579
occurs,<00:32:28.420><c> of</c><00:32:28.640><c> course,</c><00:32:28.940><c> in</c><00:32:29.220><c> Romans.</c>

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:32.059
It's<00:32:29.920><c> in</c><00:32:30.059><c> Romans</c><00:32:30.299><c> chapter</c><00:32:30.819><c> 5</c><00:32:31.440><c> and</c><00:32:31.539><c> verse</c><00:32:31.759><c> 11.</c>

00:32:32.099 --> 00:32:33.259
So<00:32:32.299><c> don't</c><00:32:32.500><c> turn</c><00:32:32.680><c> to</c><00:32:32.759><c> it</c><00:32:32.859><c> at</c><00:32:33.000><c> the</c><00:32:33.119><c> moment.</c>

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.660
That's<00:32:33.980><c> another</c><00:32:34.220><c> day's.</c>

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:37.500
It<00:32:35.319><c> really</c><00:32:35.619><c> means</c><00:32:36.039><c> reconciliation.</c>

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:40.680
In<00:32:38.039><c> the</c><00:32:38.259><c> Old</c><00:32:38.539><c> Testament,</c><00:32:39.019><c> it's</c><00:32:39.519><c> usually</c><00:32:39.880><c> a</c><00:32:40.079><c> word</c><00:32:40.200><c> which</c><00:32:40.420><c> means</c>

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.680
a<00:32:40.920><c> covering.</c>

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:44.380
And<00:32:42.019><c> of</c><00:32:42.220><c> course,</c><00:32:42.400><c> it's</c><00:32:42.640><c> back</c><00:32:42.819><c> in</c><00:32:42.980><c> that</c><00:32:43.279><c> shadowy</c><00:32:43.799><c> institution,</c>

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:49.980
in<00:32:44.900><c> which</c><00:32:45.099><c> by</c><00:32:45.640><c> various</c><00:32:46.079><c> figures,</c><00:32:47.140><c> there</c><00:32:47.480><c> was</c><00:32:47.759><c> a</c><00:32:48.099><c> covering</c><00:32:48.460><c> of</c><00:32:49.160><c> sin.</c>

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:53.480
An<00:32:50.940><c> atonement</c><00:32:51.339><c> for</c><00:32:51.559><c> this,</c><00:32:51.819><c> an</c><00:32:51.960><c> atonement</c><00:32:52.359><c> for</c><00:32:52.579><c> that,</c><00:32:52.779><c> an</c><00:32:52.960><c> atonement</c><00:32:53.240><c> for</c>

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.039
something<00:32:53.740><c> else,</c>

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:58.019
as<00:32:54.599><c> part</c><00:32:54.819><c> of</c><00:32:54.960><c> that</c><00:32:55.180><c> shadowy</c><00:32:55.740><c> institution,</c><00:32:56.819><c> showed</c><00:32:56.940><c> us</c><00:32:57.220><c> certain</c><00:32:57.559><c> facets</c>

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:59.259
of<00:32:58.579><c> the</c><00:32:58.839><c> work</c>

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:01.339
to<00:32:59.599><c> be</c><00:32:59.799><c> accomplished</c><00:33:00.140><c> in</c><00:33:00.299><c> the</c><00:33:00.420><c> Lord</c><00:33:00.579><c> Jesus</c><00:33:00.980><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:03.740
So<00:33:01.960><c> we've</c><00:33:02.359><c> started</c><00:33:02.539><c> off</c><00:33:02.799><c> with</c><00:33:02.980><c> the</c><00:33:03.160><c> first</c><00:33:03.339><c> question.</c>

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:08.460
Why<00:33:04.400><c> does</c><00:33:05.000><c> man</c><00:33:05.440><c> need</c><00:33:05.980><c> reconciliation</c><00:33:06.980><c> to</c><00:33:07.559><c> God?</c>

00:33:08.900 --> 00:33:11.039
And<00:33:08.920><c> the</c><00:33:09.019><c> answer</c><00:33:09.299><c> is</c><00:33:09.539><c> because</c><00:33:09.799><c> of</c><00:33:10.059><c> sin.</c>

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:15.000
OK,<00:33:13.940><c> right,</c><00:33:14.220><c> get</c><00:33:14.339><c> on</c><00:33:14.440><c> with</c><00:33:14.539><c> the</c><00:33:14.640><c> next</c><00:33:14.819><c> one.</c>

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:16.779
Well,<00:33:15.339><c> actually,</c><00:33:15.579><c> the</c><00:33:15.680><c> next</c><00:33:15.859><c> question</c><00:33:16.099><c> is</c><00:33:16.240><c> going</c><00:33:16.359><c> to</c><00:33:16.460><c> be</c><00:33:16.559><c> just</c>

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.180
as<00:33:17.000><c> easy.</c>

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:20.440
But<00:33:17.440><c> just</c><00:33:17.680><c> before</c><00:33:17.900><c> we</c><00:33:18.140><c> do,</c><00:33:18.559><c> just</c><00:33:18.819><c> note</c><00:33:18.960><c> the</c><00:33:19.200><c> reference</c><00:33:19.539><c> there.</c>

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:26.160
Romans<00:33:20.660><c> chapter</c><00:33:21.019><c> 3,</c><00:33:21.380><c> verse</c><00:33:21.660><c> 10</c><00:33:22.039><c> says,</c><00:33:24.640><c> as</c><00:33:24.640><c> it</c><00:33:24.960><c> is</c><00:33:25.200><c> written,</c>

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:29.480
there<00:33:26.619><c> is</c><00:33:26.940><c> none</c><00:33:27.319><c> righteous,</c><00:33:28.240><c> no</c><00:33:28.400><c> not</c><00:33:28.700><c> one.</c>

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:31.480
Now,<00:33:30.039><c> OK,</c><00:33:30.359><c> we're</c><00:33:30.539><c> all</c><00:33:30.819><c> happy</c><00:33:31.039><c> with</c><00:33:31.240><c> that.</c>

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:34.380
Not<00:33:32.099><c> happy,</c><00:33:32.740><c> not</c><00:33:32.880><c> happy</c><00:33:33.119><c> in</c><00:33:33.259><c> the</c><00:33:33.400><c> sense</c><00:33:33.559><c> that</c><00:33:33.680><c> we're</c><00:33:33.819><c> not</c><00:33:33.980><c> righteous,</c>

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:37.920
but<00:33:34.819><c> happy</c><00:33:35.079><c> that</c><00:33:35.240><c> we</c><00:33:35.359><c> can</c><00:33:35.599><c> understand</c><00:33:36.019><c> and</c><00:33:36.299><c> say,</c><00:33:37.220><c> yes,</c><00:33:37.339><c> I</c><00:33:37.640><c> agree.</c>

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:41.380
I<00:33:38.599><c> agree,</c><00:33:39.019><c> left</c><00:33:39.180><c> to</c><00:33:39.420><c> myself,</c><00:33:40.359><c> I'm</c><00:33:40.539><c> hopeless.</c>

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:45.019
But<00:33:41.900><c> look</c><00:33:42.099><c> also</c><00:33:42.500><c> at</c><00:33:42.819><c> verse</c><00:33:43.180><c> 23.</c>

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:50.779
For<00:33:45.940><c> all</c><00:33:46.420><c> have</c><00:33:46.779><c> sinned</c><00:33:47.980><c> and</c><00:33:48.380><c> come</c><00:33:48.619><c> short</c><00:33:48.980><c> of</c><00:33:49.240><c> the</c><00:33:49.480><c> glory</c><00:33:49.779><c> of</c><00:33:50.039><c> God.</c>

00:33:50.880 --> 00:33:52.960
Some<00:33:51.180><c> of</c><00:33:51.339><c> you</c><00:33:51.480><c> may</c><00:33:51.660><c> have</c><00:33:52.019><c> heard</c><00:33:52.099><c> me</c><00:33:52.319><c> say</c><00:33:52.440><c> this</c><00:33:52.660><c> before,</c>

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:55.680
because<00:33:53.160><c> it</c><00:33:53.339><c> just</c><00:33:53.579><c> seems</c><00:33:53.740><c> that</c><00:33:53.940><c> each</c><00:33:54.140><c> time</c><00:33:54.279><c> I</c><00:33:54.500><c> come</c><00:33:54.740><c> to</c><00:33:55.519><c> the</c>

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.259
silver<00:33:55.920><c> star,</c>

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:58.440
it<00:33:56.759><c> seems</c><00:33:56.960><c> to</c><00:33:57.059><c> be</c><00:33:57.200><c> some</c><00:33:57.460><c> variation</c><00:33:57.960><c> on</c><00:33:58.220><c> Romans.</c>

00:33:58.460 --> 00:34:00.039
I<00:33:58.599><c> don't</c><00:33:58.740><c> know</c><00:33:58.839><c> how</c><00:33:58.940><c> it</c><00:33:59.079><c> works</c><00:33:59.319><c> this</c><00:33:59.799><c> way.</c>

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:02.099
This<00:34:00.339><c> time</c><00:34:00.559><c> it</c><00:34:00.700><c> seems</c><00:34:00.920><c> to</c><00:34:01.059><c> be</c><00:34:01.200><c> legitimate.</c>

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:07.420
But<00:34:02.319><c> my</c><00:34:03.500><c> personal</c><00:34:04.240><c> opinion</c><00:34:04.980><c> is</c><00:34:05.779><c> that</c><00:34:06.200><c> that</c><00:34:06.599><c> is</c><00:34:06.839><c> perhaps</c>

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:10.679
the<00:34:07.900><c> best</c><00:34:08.219><c> definition</c><00:34:08.659><c> of</c><00:34:08.940><c> sin</c><00:34:09.099><c> that</c><00:34:09.219><c> we've</c><00:34:09.440><c> got</c><00:34:09.519><c> in</c><00:34:09.659><c> the</c><00:34:09.820><c> Bible.</c>

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:14.739
The<00:34:11.760><c> best</c><00:34:12.440><c> total</c><00:34:13.039><c> definition</c><00:34:13.559><c> of</c><00:34:13.820><c> sin.</c>

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:20.139
Sin<00:34:15.960><c> is</c><00:34:16.460><c> anything</c><00:34:16.880><c> that</c><00:34:17.119><c> comes</c><00:34:17.400><c> short</c><00:34:17.880><c> of</c><00:34:18.900><c> the</c><00:34:19.239><c> complete</c><00:34:19.440><c> manifestation</c>

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:21.840
of<00:34:20.340><c> the</c><00:34:20.480><c> glory</c><00:34:20.699><c> of</c><00:34:20.960><c> God.</c>

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:26.179
Brother<00:34:22.840><c> John</c><00:34:23.099><c> alluded</c><00:34:23.440><c> to</c><00:34:23.659><c> this</c><00:34:23.840><c> in</c><00:34:24.039><c> his</c><00:34:24.440><c> first</c><00:34:24.639><c> session</c><00:34:24.920><c> yesterday,</c>

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:29.039
when<00:34:26.639><c> he</c><00:34:26.900><c> pointed</c><00:34:27.079><c> out</c><00:34:27.340><c> that</c><00:34:27.519><c> the</c><00:34:27.760><c> sin</c><00:34:27.920><c> offering</c><00:34:28.260><c> under</c><00:34:28.539><c> the</c><00:34:28.739><c> law</c>

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:34.559
was<00:34:29.619><c> only</c><00:34:30.019><c> for</c><00:34:30.260><c> sins</c><00:34:30.440><c> of</c><00:34:30.739><c> ignorance,</c><00:34:32.239><c> rashness,</c><00:34:33.420><c> hastiness,</c>

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:37.739
premeditated<00:34:35.760><c> sin</c><00:34:36.019><c> such</c><00:34:36.320><c> as</c><00:34:36.500><c> adultery,</c><00:34:36.920><c> murder,</c><00:34:37.380><c> et</c><00:34:37.420><c> cetera.</c>

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:39.920
There<00:34:38.059><c> was</c><00:34:38.260><c> no</c><00:34:38.460><c> provision</c><00:34:38.780><c> under</c><00:34:39.039><c> the</c><00:34:39.199><c> law</c><00:34:39.340><c> for</c><00:34:39.599><c> forgiveness</c>

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.880
of<00:34:40.159><c> that.</c>

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.900
And<00:34:41.059><c> as</c><00:34:41.179><c> Brother</c><00:34:41.400><c> Robert</c><00:34:41.639><c> says</c><00:34:41.860><c> so</c><00:34:42.139><c> powerfully</c><00:34:42.480><c> in</c><00:34:42.639><c> the</c><00:34:42.780><c> law</c>

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.980
of<00:34:43.119><c> Moses,</c>

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:47.519
a<00:34:44.719><c> need</c><00:34:44.960><c> for</c><00:34:45.179><c> a</c><00:34:45.400><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:45.840><c> for</c><00:34:46.099><c> a</c><00:34:46.179><c> sin</c><00:34:46.260><c> of</c><00:34:46.559><c> ignorance?</c>

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.940
That<00:34:48.440><c> doesn't</c><00:34:48.719><c> seem</c><00:34:48.940><c> right.</c>

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:52.280
And<00:34:50.699><c> he</c><00:34:50.880><c> says,</c><00:34:51.179><c> well,</c><00:34:51.340><c> it's</c><00:34:51.519><c> like</c><00:34:51.800><c> this.</c>

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:56.239
He<00:34:52.739><c> says,</c><00:34:53.059><c> a</c><00:34:53.260><c> false</c><00:34:53.539><c> position</c><00:34:54.219><c> is</c><00:34:55.340><c> a</c><00:34:55.519><c> false</c><00:34:55.780><c> position,</c>

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:58.119
whether<00:34:56.480><c> you</c><00:34:56.679><c> know</c><00:34:56.840><c> it</c><00:34:56.940><c> or</c><00:34:57.119><c> not.</c>

00:34:58.460 --> 00:35:01.260
He<00:34:58.940><c> says,</c><00:34:59.519><c> God</c><00:34:59.539><c> may</c><00:34:59.820><c> view</c><00:35:00.000><c> it</c><00:35:00.239><c> differently,</c>

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:06.360
but<00:35:01.880><c> if</c><00:35:02.300><c> we</c><00:35:02.500><c> have</c><00:35:02.699><c> even</c><00:35:03.019><c> in</c><00:35:03.360><c> ignorance</c><00:35:03.900><c> come</c><00:35:04.739><c> short</c><00:35:05.179><c> of</c><00:35:05.519><c> God's</c><00:35:05.980><c> glory</c>

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:09.559
and<00:35:06.900><c> done</c><00:35:07.139><c> something</c><00:35:07.480><c> that</c><00:35:07.659><c> is</c><00:35:07.820><c> wrong,</c><00:35:08.139><c> it's</c><00:35:08.340><c> still</c><00:35:08.619><c> wrong.</c>

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.880
It's<00:35:09.920><c> a</c><00:35:10.079><c> false</c><00:35:10.300><c> position.</c>

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:13.260
And<00:35:11.519><c> a</c><00:35:11.719><c> false</c><00:35:11.920><c> position</c><00:35:12.360><c> is</c><00:35:12.539><c> a</c><00:35:12.699><c> false</c><00:35:12.900><c> position</c>

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.260
whether<00:35:13.480><c> we</c><00:35:13.679><c> know</c><00:35:13.800><c> it</c><00:35:13.900><c> or</c><00:35:14.019><c> not.</c>

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:17.260
Well,<00:35:14.780><c> doesn't</c><00:35:15.099><c> that</c><00:35:15.400><c> put</c><00:35:15.639><c> paid</c><00:35:15.880><c> to</c><00:35:16.079><c> the</c><00:35:16.239><c> idea</c><00:35:16.539><c> that</c><00:35:16.719><c> some</c><00:35:16.980><c> have</c>

00:35:17.260 --> 00:35:20.960
that<00:35:17.599><c> it's</c><00:35:17.800><c> possible</c><00:35:18.280><c> to</c><00:35:18.559><c> live</c><00:35:18.679><c> a</c><00:35:18.880><c> life</c><00:35:19.000><c> of</c><00:35:19.320><c> perfect</c><00:35:19.500><c> obedience</c><00:35:20.019><c> today?</c>

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:23.820
What<00:35:21.559><c> about</c><00:35:21.780><c> all</c><00:35:22.000><c> of</c><00:35:22.139><c> those</c><00:35:22.280><c> sins</c><00:35:22.519><c> of</c><00:35:22.820><c> ignorance?</c>

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:26.280
And<00:35:24.760><c> can</c><00:35:24.900><c> we</c><00:35:25.039><c> just</c><00:35:25.219><c> step</c><00:35:25.360><c> aside</c><00:35:25.719><c> for</c><00:35:25.900><c> a</c><00:35:26.000><c> moment?</c>

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:28.280
Brothers<00:35:26.760><c> and</c><00:35:26.940><c> sisters,</c><00:35:27.139><c> I</c><00:35:27.300><c> think</c><00:35:27.480><c> of</c><00:35:27.619><c> the</c><00:35:27.820><c> judgment</c><00:35:28.079><c> seat,</c>

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:30.480
that's<00:35:28.579><c> going</c><00:35:28.699><c> to</c><00:35:28.800><c> be</c><00:35:28.900><c> the</c><00:35:29.000><c> most</c><00:35:29.179><c> wonderful</c><00:35:29.579><c> thing.</c>

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:33.380
Because<00:35:30.780><c> all</c><00:35:31.079><c> of</c><00:35:31.199><c> us</c><00:35:31.320><c> try</c><00:35:31.539><c> to</c><00:35:31.739><c> examine</c><00:35:32.059><c> our</c><00:35:32.320><c> lives</c><00:35:32.559><c> now,</c><00:35:32.920><c> don't</c><00:35:33.139><c> we?</c>

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:35.719
And<00:35:33.739><c> we're</c><00:35:33.960><c> conscious</c><00:35:34.320><c> of</c><00:35:34.500><c> things</c><00:35:34.719><c> that</c><00:35:34.880><c> we're</c><00:35:35.039><c> doing</c><00:35:35.300><c> wrong,</c>

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:38.280
conscious<00:35:36.400><c> of</c><00:35:36.639><c> a</c><00:35:36.679><c> number</c><00:35:37.119><c> of</c><00:35:37.320><c> things</c><00:35:37.440><c> we</c><00:35:37.619><c> don't</c><00:35:37.840><c> do</c><00:35:38.059><c> right.</c>

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:41.280
But<00:35:38.679><c> I</c><00:35:38.980><c> think</c><00:35:39.079><c> there's</c><00:35:39.340><c> probably</c><00:35:39.519><c> a</c><00:35:39.820><c> great</c><00:35:40.000><c> big</c><00:35:40.320><c> void</c><00:35:40.539><c> over</c><00:35:40.920><c> here</c>

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:44.059
of<00:35:41.639><c> something</c><00:35:42.079><c> that</c><00:35:42.320><c> we</c><00:35:42.820><c> either</c><00:35:43.099><c> haven't</c><00:35:43.300><c> got</c><00:35:43.539><c> around</c><00:35:43.840><c> to</c>

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:47.340
or<00:35:44.400><c> haven't</c><00:35:44.659><c> had</c><00:35:44.880><c> time</c><00:35:45.199><c> to,</c><00:35:45.920><c> or</c><00:35:46.119><c> the</c><00:35:46.400><c> circumstances</c><00:35:46.940><c> of</c><00:35:47.179><c> life</c>

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:49.619
haven't<00:35:47.639><c> totally</c><00:35:48.039><c> brought</c><00:35:48.460><c> to</c><00:35:48.920><c> our</c><00:35:49.219><c> consciousness</c>

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:52.920
this<00:35:50.239><c> big</c><00:35:50.659><c> void</c><00:35:50.920><c> of</c><00:35:51.199><c> something</c><00:35:51.760><c> that</c><00:35:52.420><c> we</c><00:35:52.780><c> weren't</c>

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.480
aware<00:35:53.159><c> of</c><00:35:53.300><c> in</c><00:35:53.480><c> our</c><00:35:53.619><c> lives.</c>

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:56.880
And<00:35:54.659><c> therefore,</c><00:35:55.460><c> when</c><00:35:55.639><c> we</c><00:35:55.860><c> approach</c><00:35:56.139><c> the</c><00:35:56.380><c> judgment</c><00:35:56.699><c> seat,</c>

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:59.659
we<00:35:57.059><c> do</c><00:35:57.280><c> it</c><00:35:57.900><c> with</c><00:35:58.219><c> that</c><00:35:58.619><c> confidence</c><00:35:59.059><c> in</c><00:35:59.320><c> God</c>

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:02.219
that<00:36:00.099><c> the</c><00:36:00.380><c> judgment</c><00:36:00.699><c> seat</c><00:36:00.940><c> will</c><00:36:01.099><c> be</c><00:36:01.260><c> the</c><00:36:01.519><c> final</c><00:36:01.840><c> stage</c>

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:04.300
in<00:36:02.400><c> the</c><00:36:03.000><c> refinement</c><00:36:03.500><c> of</c><00:36:03.619><c> our</c><00:36:03.880><c> character.</c>

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:07.880
And<00:36:04.860><c> there</c><00:36:05.199><c> will</c><00:36:05.420><c> be</c><00:36:05.659><c> revealed</c><00:36:06.000><c> to</c><00:36:06.199><c> us</c><00:36:06.739><c> those</c><00:36:07.039><c> areas</c><00:36:07.360><c> of</c><00:36:07.559><c> our</c><00:36:07.719><c> lives</c>

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:10.880
that<00:36:08.059><c> we</c><00:36:08.239><c> never</c><00:36:08.699><c> totally</c><00:36:09.179><c> came</c><00:36:09.460><c> to</c><00:36:09.619><c> grips</c><00:36:09.760><c> with</c><00:36:09.980><c> now.</c>

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:14.639
So<00:36:12.079><c> for</c><00:36:12.559><c> that</c><00:36:12.800><c> reason,</c><00:36:13.340><c> I</c><00:36:13.480><c> think</c><00:36:13.659><c> that</c><00:36:13.840><c> this</c><00:36:14.039><c> verse</c><00:36:14.260><c> here,</c>

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:16.380
which<00:36:15.179><c> says</c><00:36:15.380><c> that</c><00:36:15.619><c> all</c><00:36:15.820><c> have</c><00:36:16.119><c> sinned</c>

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:18.440
and<00:36:16.539><c> come</c><00:36:16.739><c> short</c><00:36:16.980><c> of</c><00:36:17.119><c> the</c><00:36:17.260><c> glory</c><00:36:17.480><c> of</c><00:36:17.699><c> God,</c>

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:20.639
that<00:36:18.760><c> to</c><00:36:19.000><c> me</c><00:36:19.300><c> is</c><00:36:19.460><c> the</c><00:36:19.679><c> best</c><00:36:19.900><c> definition</c><00:36:20.320><c> of</c><00:36:20.539><c> sin</c>

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.400
we've<00:36:20.860><c> got</c><00:36:20.940><c> in</c><00:36:21.079><c> the</c><00:36:21.239><c> Bible.</c>

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:24.539
Anything<00:36:22.219><c> which</c><00:36:22.480><c> comes</c><00:36:22.719><c> short</c><00:36:22.960><c> of</c><00:36:23.099><c> the</c><00:36:23.260><c> glory</c><00:36:23.480><c> of</c><00:36:23.599><c> God,</c>

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:26.440
consciously<00:36:24.760><c> or</c><00:36:25.059><c> unconsciously.</c>

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:29.099
I<00:36:26.920><c> suppose</c><00:36:27.139><c> traditionally</c><00:36:27.699><c> the</c><00:36:27.980><c> verse</c><00:36:28.219><c> that</c><00:36:28.440><c> comes</c><00:36:28.659><c> to</c><00:36:28.920><c> mind</c>

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:31.780
when<00:36:29.320><c> someone</c><00:36:29.659><c> says,</c><00:36:30.340><c> how</c><00:36:30.360><c> do</c><00:36:30.500><c> you</c><00:36:30.619><c> define</c><00:36:30.920><c> sin?</c>

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:33.300
It's<00:36:32.320><c> the</c><00:36:32.460><c> first</c><00:36:32.699><c> epistle</c><00:36:32.960><c> of</c><00:36:33.159><c> John,</c>

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:35.760
which<00:36:33.559><c> says</c><00:36:33.699><c> sin</c><00:36:33.900><c> is</c><00:36:34.079><c> the</c><00:36:34.280><c> transgression</c><00:36:34.699><c> of</c><00:36:34.900><c> the</c><00:36:35.019><c> law.</c>

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:38.119
And<00:36:36.539><c> that</c><00:36:36.940><c> really</c><00:36:37.199><c> has</c><00:36:37.420><c> to</c><00:36:37.559><c> be</c><00:36:37.780><c> understood</c>

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:40.420
in<00:36:38.380><c> the</c><00:36:38.559><c> context</c><00:36:38.940><c> of</c><00:36:39.139><c> John's</c><00:36:39.519><c> epistle.</c>

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:44.639
In<00:36:40.619><c> fact,</c><00:36:40.880><c> most</c><00:36:41.119><c> translations</c><00:36:41.739><c> would</c><00:36:42.000><c> say</c><00:36:42.519><c> sin</c><00:36:43.019><c> is</c><00:36:43.619><c> lawlessness.</c>

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:47.900
And<00:36:45.340><c> in</c><00:36:45.579><c> John's</c><00:36:45.980><c> epistle,</c><00:36:46.840><c> John,</c><00:36:47.219><c> as</c><00:36:47.460><c> we've</c><00:36:47.739><c> said,</c>

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:49.599
talks<00:36:48.199><c> in</c><00:36:48.480><c> absolute</c><00:36:48.800><c> language</c><00:36:49.179><c> and</c><00:36:49.320><c> he</c><00:36:49.500><c> says,</c>

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:51.940
well,<00:36:49.820><c> there's</c><00:36:50.219><c> only</c><00:36:50.480><c> going</c><00:36:50.659><c> to</c><00:36:50.739><c> be</c><00:36:50.900><c> ultimately</c><00:36:51.239><c> two</c><00:36:51.500><c> people,</c>

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:55.480
the<00:36:52.519><c> child</c><00:36:52.880><c> of</c><00:36:53.099><c> God</c><00:36:53.480><c> who</c><00:36:54.239><c> doth</c><00:36:54.539><c> not</c><00:36:54.860><c> commit</c>

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:57.320
the<00:36:55.940><c> sin</c><00:36:56.059><c> of</c><00:36:56.300><c> lawlessness.</c>

00:36:58.219 --> 00:37:00.039
He<00:36:58.300><c> may</c><00:36:58.559><c> transgress,</c><00:36:59.119><c> but</c><00:36:59.260><c> he's</c><00:36:59.500><c> not</c><00:36:59.800><c> living</c>

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:01.440
in<00:37:00.219><c> a</c><00:37:00.380><c> state</c><00:37:00.480><c> of</c><00:37:00.820><c> lawlessness.</c>

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:03.739
He's<00:37:02.059><c> not</c><00:37:02.239><c> living</c><00:37:02.420><c> under</c><00:37:02.639><c> the</c><00:37:02.920><c> total</c><00:37:03.239><c> domination</c>

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:05.340
of<00:37:03.960><c> the</c><00:37:04.159><c> carnal</c><00:37:04.420><c> mind.</c>

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:08.280
The<00:37:05.599><c> carnal</c><00:37:05.860><c> mind</c><00:37:06.059><c> which</c><00:37:06.280><c> is</c><00:37:06.599><c> enmity</c><00:37:06.920><c> against</c><00:37:07.239><c> God</c>

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:10.519
is<00:37:08.920><c> not</c><00:37:09.260><c> subject</c><00:37:09.699><c> to</c><00:37:09.880><c> the</c><00:37:10.000><c> law</c><00:37:10.119><c> of</c><00:37:10.280><c> God.</c>

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:12.739
Neither<00:37:10.960><c> can</c><00:37:11.280><c> it</c><00:37:11.460><c> be</c><00:37:11.619><c> the</c><00:37:11.840><c> animal.</c>

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:14.079
We're<00:37:13.039><c> not</c><00:37:13.159><c> living</c><00:37:13.360><c> like</c><00:37:13.659><c> this.</c>

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:16.539
If<00:37:14.659><c> we</c><00:37:14.860><c> were,</c><00:37:15.019><c> we</c><00:37:15.099><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:15.300><c> be</c><00:37:15.500><c> here</c><00:37:15.619><c> today.</c>

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:19.260
But<00:37:17.480><c> the</c><00:37:17.920><c> child</c><00:37:18.219><c> of</c><00:37:18.380><c> the</c><00:37:18.599><c> diabolos</c>

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:21.239
is<00:37:19.760><c> the</c><00:37:19.880><c> one</c><00:37:20.039><c> who</c><00:37:20.139><c> is</c><00:37:20.340><c> committing</c><00:37:20.539><c> that</c><00:37:20.780><c> form</c><00:37:20.960><c> of</c><00:37:21.179><c> sin.</c>

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:23.000
So<00:37:21.539><c> I</c><00:37:21.780><c> just</c><00:37:22.019><c> mentioned</c><00:37:22.300><c> that</c><00:37:22.519><c> in</c><00:37:22.679><c> passing</c>

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:24.920
that<00:37:23.159><c> when</c><00:37:23.480><c> we</c><00:37:23.860><c> start</c><00:37:24.079><c> to</c><00:37:24.260><c> think</c><00:37:24.380><c> about</c><00:37:24.679><c> sin,</c>

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:27.460
don't<00:37:25.360><c> just</c><00:37:25.659><c> rush</c><00:37:25.900><c> straight</c><00:37:26.159><c> across</c><00:37:26.460><c> to</c><00:37:26.679><c> John.</c>

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:30.480
John's<00:37:28.039><c> definition</c><00:37:28.440><c> is</c><00:37:28.760><c> right</c><00:37:29.000><c> in</c><00:37:29.199><c> its</c><00:37:29.400><c> context.</c>

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:33.519
But<00:37:30.940><c> I</c><00:37:31.019><c> think</c><00:37:31.159><c> this</c><00:37:31.360><c> one</c><00:37:31.500><c> here</c><00:37:31.739><c> in</c><00:37:31.900><c> Romans</c><00:37:32.139><c> covers</c><00:37:32.500><c> everything.</c>

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:35.980
I<00:37:33.800><c> might,</c><00:37:33.800><c> you</c><00:37:34.780><c> know,</c><00:37:35.079><c> ask</c><00:37:35.219><c> you</c><00:37:35.340><c> to</c><00:37:35.500><c> think</c><00:37:35.639><c> about</c><00:37:35.840><c> that.</c>

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:37.400
Well,<00:37:36.119><c> I'm</c><00:37:36.260><c> asking</c><00:37:36.460><c> you</c><00:37:36.639><c> to</c><00:37:36.760><c> think</c><00:37:36.900><c> about</c><00:37:37.119><c> it,</c>

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:39.579
but<00:37:37.599><c> I'm</c><00:37:37.960><c> suggesting</c><00:37:38.380><c> that</c><00:37:38.559><c> you</c><00:37:38.699><c> might</c><00:37:38.920><c> like</c><00:37:39.119><c> to</c><00:37:39.300><c> come</c><00:37:39.420><c> back</c>

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:41.500
with<00:37:39.739><c> some</c><00:37:40.000><c> comments</c><00:37:40.239><c> on</c><00:37:40.400><c> it</c><00:37:40.639><c> afterwards.</c>

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:44.199
But<00:37:41.820><c> brethren</c><00:37:42.059><c> and</c><00:37:42.300><c> sisters,</c><00:37:42.940><c> it's</c><00:37:43.219><c> very</c><00:37:43.500><c> important</c><00:37:43.980><c> here</c>

00:37:44.199 --> 00:37:45.760
because<00:37:44.420><c> it's</c><00:37:44.679><c> going</c><00:37:44.820><c> to</c><00:37:44.960><c> make</c><00:37:45.059><c> us</c><00:37:45.360><c> realize</c>

00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:49.000
more<00:37:46.159><c> than</c><00:37:46.300><c> ever</c><00:37:46.639><c> before</c><00:37:47.179><c> how</c><00:37:48.039><c> much</c><00:37:48.260><c> we</c><00:37:48.480><c> need</c><00:37:48.659><c> the</c><00:37:48.860><c> work</c>

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:50.340
of<00:37:49.179><c> the</c><00:37:49.260><c> Lord</c><00:37:49.440><c> Jesus</c><00:37:49.840><c> Christ</c>

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:52.900
and<00:37:50.940><c> how</c><00:37:51.179><c> much</c><00:37:51.360><c> we</c><00:37:51.579><c> should</c><00:37:51.739><c> therefore</c><00:37:52.139><c> appreciate</c>

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:55.320
and<00:37:53.440><c> appreciates</c><00:37:53.960><c> the</c><00:37:54.179><c> understatement</c><00:37:54.679><c> of</c><00:37:54.860><c> the</c><00:37:55.019><c> year.</c>

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:58.119
How<00:37:55.760><c> much</c><00:37:55.980><c> we</c><00:37:56.239><c> appreciate</c><00:37:56.760><c> what</c><00:37:56.980><c> God</c><00:37:57.179><c> has</c><00:37:57.440><c> done</c><00:37:57.579><c> for</c><00:37:57.780><c> us</c>

00:37:58.119 --> 00:38:00.480
because<00:37:58.440><c> we've</c><00:37:58.840><c> all</c><00:37:59.039><c> come</c><00:37:59.280><c> short</c><00:37:59.519><c> of</c><00:37:59.679><c> the</c><00:37:59.860><c> glory</c><00:38:00.079><c> of</c><00:38:00.320><c> God.</c>

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:03.320
We<00:38:00.900><c> just</c><00:38:01.300><c> don't</c><00:38:01.579><c> deserve</c><00:38:01.900><c> to</c><00:38:02.079><c> be</c><00:38:02.179><c> in</c><00:38:02.300><c> the</c><00:38:02.460><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:06.699
So<00:38:04.519><c> perhaps</c><00:38:04.800><c> the</c><00:38:05.059><c> answer</c><00:38:05.320><c> wasn't</c><00:38:05.599><c> as</c><00:38:05.900><c> simple</c><00:38:06.099><c> as</c><00:38:06.260><c> we</c><00:38:06.480><c> thought.</c>

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:10.780
Why<00:38:07.320><c> does</c><00:38:07.539><c> man</c><00:38:07.760><c> need</c><00:38:08.019><c> reconciliation</c><00:38:08.699><c> to</c><00:38:08.960><c> God</c><00:38:09.199><c> because</c><00:38:09.760><c> of</c><00:38:10.059><c> sin?</c>

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:13.099
Well,<00:38:11.059><c> let's</c><00:38:11.260><c> just</c><00:38:11.480><c> remember</c><00:38:11.780><c> those</c><00:38:12.079><c> two</c><00:38:12.340><c> quotes</c><00:38:12.579><c> there.</c>

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:15.539
Romans<00:38:13.480><c> 3</c><00:38:13.820><c> verse</c><00:38:14.079><c> 10</c><00:38:14.460><c> and</c><00:38:14.659><c> verse</c><00:38:14.860><c> 23.</c>

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:18.539
But<00:38:16.059><c> anyway,</c><00:38:16.420><c> back</c><00:38:16.619><c> to</c><00:38:16.800><c> the</c><00:38:16.960><c> simplicity</c><00:38:17.400><c> of</c><00:38:17.619><c> it</c><00:38:17.739><c> all.</c>

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:20.360
It's<00:38:19.099><c> because</c><00:38:19.320><c> of</c><00:38:19.579><c> sin.</c>

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:24.380
Well,<00:38:21.219><c> how</c><00:38:21.659><c> has</c><00:38:22.019><c> God</c><00:38:22.300><c> reconciled</c><00:38:22.920><c> us</c><00:38:23.159><c> unto</c><00:38:23.340><c> himself?</c>

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:27.599
What's<00:38:25.039><c> the</c><00:38:25.179><c> simplest</c><00:38:25.539><c> possible</c><00:38:26.059><c> answer</c><00:38:26.280><c> you</c><00:38:26.400><c> could</c><00:38:26.599><c> think</c><00:38:26.800><c> of?</c>

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:29.380
By<00:38:28.039><c> Jesus</c><00:38:28.380><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:31.280
By<00:38:30.480><c> Jesus</c><00:38:30.860><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:33.019
Now,<00:38:31.760><c> there's</c><00:38:31.920><c> a</c><00:38:32.079><c> quote</c><00:38:32.179><c> here</c><00:38:32.440><c> in</c><00:38:32.639><c> Corinthians</c>

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:34.980
I'd<00:38:33.320><c> like</c><00:38:33.840><c> to</c><00:38:34.099><c> turn</c><00:38:34.360><c> to.</c>

00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:36.599
It's<00:38:35.420><c> taking</c><00:38:35.619><c> us</c><00:38:35.820><c> outside</c><00:38:36.159><c> of</c><00:38:36.420><c> Romans,</c>

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:38.300
but<00:38:37.019><c> that's</c><00:38:37.639><c> also</c><00:38:37.920><c> legitimate</c>

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:40.019
because<00:38:38.619><c> it's</c><00:38:38.880><c> Paul</c><00:38:39.000><c> the</c><00:38:39.199><c> teacher</c><00:38:39.420><c> we're</c><00:38:39.599><c> dealing</c><00:38:39.820><c> with.</c>

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:41.360
So<00:38:40.260><c> we</c><00:38:40.340><c> can</c><00:38:40.559><c> go</c><00:38:40.760><c> to</c><00:38:40.940><c> Corinthians.</c>

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:43.679
We<00:38:42.059><c> want</c><00:38:42.500><c> to</c><00:38:42.559><c> pick</c><00:38:42.719><c> up</c><00:38:42.900><c> a</c><00:38:42.940><c> couple</c><00:38:43.219><c> of</c><00:38:43.460><c> verses.</c>

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:46.099
Second<00:38:43.980><c> of</c><00:38:44.159><c> Corinthians</c><00:38:44.519><c> chapter</c><00:38:45.019><c> five.</c>

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:49.559
We<00:38:46.760><c> want</c><00:38:46.960><c> to</c><00:38:47.119><c> read</c><00:38:47.300><c> verses</c><00:38:47.639><c> 18</c><00:38:48.039><c> and</c><00:38:48.199><c> 19.</c>

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:52.000
And<00:38:49.880><c> then</c><00:38:50.159><c> we're</c><00:38:50.360><c> going</c><00:38:50.519><c> to</c><00:38:50.739><c> stop</c><00:38:51.000><c> there</c>

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:54.940
because,<00:38:53.340><c> God</c><00:38:53.639><c> willing,</c><00:38:54.239><c> we'll</c><00:38:54.420><c> come</c><00:38:54.659><c> back</c>

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:58.059
to<00:38:55.119><c> that</c><00:38:55.579><c> particular</c><00:38:56.079><c> section</c><00:38:56.559><c> right</c><00:38:57.099><c> at</c><00:38:57.300><c> the</c><00:38:57.360><c> end</c><00:38:57.519><c> of</c><00:38:57.679><c> the</c><00:38:57.820><c> talk.</c>

00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:00.960
Second<00:38:58.719><c> of</c><00:38:59.000><c> Corinthians</c><00:38:59.320><c> chapter</c><00:38:59.739><c> five,</c>

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:03.699
verses<00:39:01.480><c> 18</c><00:39:01.860><c> and</c><00:39:02.019><c> 19</c><00:39:02.500><c> draws</c><00:39:03.059><c> our</c><00:39:03.360><c> attention</c>

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:05.880
to<00:39:03.880><c> this</c><00:39:04.079><c> word</c><00:39:04.400><c> reconciliation.</c>

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:09.940
Second<00:39:07.280><c> of</c><00:39:07.500><c> Corinthians</c><00:39:07.820><c> five,</c><00:39:08.380><c> verse</c><00:39:08.800><c> 18.</c>

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:14.000
And<00:39:11.360><c> all</c><00:39:11.719><c> things</c><00:39:12.199><c> are</c><00:39:12.619><c> of</c><00:39:12.840><c> God</c>

00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:18.280
who<00:39:14.460><c> hath</c><00:39:14.820><c> reconciled</c><00:39:15.539><c> us</c><00:39:15.800><c> to</c><00:39:15.980><c> himself</c><00:39:16.380><c> by</c><00:39:16.699><c> Jesus</c><00:39:17.119><c> Christ</c>

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:22.280
and<00:39:18.639><c> hath</c><00:39:18.840><c> given</c><00:39:19.059><c> to</c><00:39:19.280><c> us</c><00:39:19.440><c> the</c><00:39:19.679><c> ministry</c><00:39:20.360><c> of</c><00:39:20.960><c> reconciliation.</c>

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:27.179
19,<00:39:23.940><c> to</c><00:39:24.159><c> wit</c><00:39:24.400><c> that</c><00:39:25.320><c> God</c><00:39:25.659><c> was</c><00:39:26.119><c> in</c><00:39:26.519><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:30.980
reconciling<00:39:28.880><c> the</c><00:39:29.159><c> world</c><00:39:29.400><c> unto</c><00:39:29.659><c> himself,</c>

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:35.820
not<00:39:31.780><c> imputing</c><00:39:32.760><c> their</c><00:39:33.320><c> trespasses</c><00:39:34.219><c> unto</c><00:39:34.679><c> them,</c>

00:39:35.769 --> 00:39:39.300
and<00:39:36.039><c> hath</c><00:39:36.340><c> committed</c><00:39:36.699><c> unto</c><00:39:36.940><c> us</c><00:39:37.539><c> the</c><00:39:37.880><c> word</c><00:39:38.159><c> of</c><00:39:38.500><c> reconciliation.</c>

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:41.739
Now<00:39:39.980><c> all</c><00:39:40.219><c> I</c><00:39:40.320><c> want</c><00:39:40.420><c> to</c><00:39:40.599><c> take</c><00:39:40.760><c> out</c><00:39:40.920><c> of</c><00:39:41.059><c> those</c><00:39:41.239><c> two</c><00:39:41.480><c> verses</c>

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:43.800
at<00:39:41.960><c> the</c><00:39:42.059><c> moment</c><00:39:42.280><c> is</c><00:39:42.820><c> that</c><00:39:43.179><c> it's</c><00:39:43.480><c> to</c><00:39:43.639><c> do</c>

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:46.800
with<00:39:44.079><c> God</c><00:39:44.539><c> reconciling</c><00:39:45.380><c> us</c><00:39:45.619><c> to</c><00:39:45.780><c> himself.</c>

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:51.699
And<00:39:47.199><c> he's</c><00:39:47.619><c> reconciling</c><00:39:48.119><c> us</c><00:39:48.380><c> to</c><00:39:48.559><c> himself</c><00:39:49.320><c> by</c><00:39:50.059><c> Jesus</c><00:39:50.699><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:55.000
We<00:39:52.179><c> read</c><00:39:52.320><c> it</c><00:39:52.500><c> there,</c><00:39:53.179><c> God</c><00:39:53.639><c> was</c><00:39:54.280><c> in</c><00:39:54.699><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:58.519
It's<00:39:55.539><c> a</c><00:39:55.659><c> work</c><00:39:55.780><c> of</c><00:39:56.019><c> God,</c><00:39:56.880><c> a</c><00:39:57.119><c> work</c><00:39:57.300><c> of</c><00:39:57.519><c> God</c><00:39:57.739><c> in</c><00:39:58.079><c> Christ</c>

00:39:58.519 --> 00:40:01.659
that<00:39:59.079><c> he</c><00:39:59.199><c> might</c><00:39:59.440><c> reconcile</c><00:40:00.019><c> us</c><00:40:00.380><c> unto</c><00:40:00.639><c> himself.</c>

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:04.619
So<00:40:02.320><c> question</c><00:40:02.739><c> one</c><00:40:02.980><c> said,</c><00:40:03.139><c> why</c><00:40:03.320><c> does</c><00:40:03.519><c> man</c><00:40:03.699><c> need</c><00:40:03.960><c> reconciliation?</c>

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:06.199
Because<00:40:05.039><c> of</c><00:40:05.239><c> sin.</c>

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:08.059
How<00:40:06.559><c> has</c><00:40:06.800><c> God</c><00:40:07.019><c> reconciled</c><00:40:07.599><c> us?</c>

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:09.840
By<00:40:08.500><c> Jesus</c><00:40:08.920><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:12.519
So<00:40:10.500><c> what's</c><00:40:10.739><c> the</c><00:40:10.860><c> next</c><00:40:11.019><c> question</c><00:40:11.360><c> going</c><00:40:11.579><c> to</c><00:40:11.760><c> be?</c>

00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:17.639
How<00:40:12.960><c> has</c><00:40:13.519><c> God</c><00:40:14.179><c> reconciled</c><00:40:15.019><c> us</c><00:40:15.519><c> by</c><00:40:16.139><c> Jesus</c><00:40:16.639><c> Christ?</c>

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:19.260
There<00:40:18.320><c> it</c><00:40:18.500><c> is.</c>

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:22.539
That<00:40:19.960><c> brings</c><00:40:20.219><c> us</c><00:40:20.480><c> now,</c><00:40:20.699><c> of</c><00:40:20.880><c> course,</c><00:40:21.239><c> back</c><00:40:21.460><c> to</c><00:40:21.679><c> Romans</c>

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:25.019
and<00:40:22.679><c> to</c><00:40:22.840><c> one</c><00:40:22.960><c> of</c><00:40:23.039><c> those</c><00:40:23.239><c> very,</c><00:40:23.579><c> very</c><00:40:23.940><c> important</c><00:40:24.519><c> verses,</c>

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:28.519
one<00:40:25.659><c> of</c><00:40:25.800><c> those</c><00:40:26.000><c> verses</c><00:40:26.320><c> which</c><00:40:26.579><c> the</c><00:40:26.800><c> King</c><00:40:26.980><c> James</c><00:40:27.320><c> Version</c>

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:30.400
hasn't<00:40:28.960><c> translated</c><00:40:29.420><c> as</c><00:40:29.699><c> well</c><00:40:29.820><c> as</c><00:40:29.940><c> it</c><00:40:30.119><c> might,</c>

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:32.420
but<00:40:30.980><c> Romans</c><00:40:31.320><c> chapter</c><00:40:31.719><c> three,</c>

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:36.800
and<00:40:32.780><c> we're</c><00:40:33.119><c> back</c><00:40:33.400><c> to</c><00:40:34.539><c> verse</c><00:40:35.219><c> 25.</c>

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:44.440
That<00:40:38.880><c> number</c><00:40:39.699><c> there</c><00:40:40.000><c> is</c><00:40:40.940><c> five,</c><00:40:41.739><c> Romans</c><00:40:42.019><c> chapter</c><00:40:42.579><c> three,</c><00:40:42.960><c> verse</c><00:40:43.239><c> 25.</c>

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:47.619
So<00:40:44.760><c> let's</c><00:40:45.179><c> just</c><00:40:45.539><c> get</c><00:40:45.760><c> the</c><00:40:46.139><c> run</c><00:40:46.340><c>-up</c><00:40:46.519><c> to</c><00:40:46.760><c> it.</c>

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:51.079
The<00:40:48.079><c> run</c><00:40:48.280><c>-up</c><00:40:48.480><c> to</c><00:40:48.639><c> it</c><00:40:48.880><c> is</c><00:40:49.179><c> this,</c><00:40:50.199><c> verse</c><00:40:50.400><c> 23,</c>

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:54.119
which<00:40:51.380><c> we've</c><00:40:51.639><c> just</c><00:40:51.900><c> read,</c><00:40:52.760><c> Romans</c><00:40:53.079><c> 3</c><00:40:53.480><c>.23.</c>

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:57.260
For<00:40:54.380><c> all</c><00:40:54.659><c> have</c><00:40:54.860><c> sinned</c><00:40:55.159><c> and</c><00:40:55.280><c> come</c><00:40:55.460><c> short</c><00:40:55.699><c> of</c><00:40:55.820><c> the</c><00:40:56.000><c> glory</c><00:40:56.239><c> of</c><00:40:56.440><c> God.</c>

00:40:57.340 --> 00:41:01.599
Being<00:40:57.900><c> righteous</c><00:40:58.679><c>-ified,</c><00:41:00.159><c> those</c><00:41:00.380><c> of</c><00:41:00.539><c> you</c><00:41:00.780><c> who</c><00:41:00.960><c> were</c><00:41:01.079><c> here</c><00:41:01.199><c> yesterday</c>

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:06.039
knew<00:41:01.860><c> that</c><00:41:01.980><c> I</c><00:41:02.039><c> was</c><00:41:02.280><c> going</c><00:41:02.420><c> to</c><00:41:03.079><c> try</c><00:41:03.239><c> and</c><00:41:03.380><c> make</c><00:41:04.480><c> it</c><00:41:04.840><c> sound</c><00:41:05.019><c> consistent.</c>

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:09.900
Being<00:41:06.280><c> accounted</c><00:41:06.800><c> righteous</c><00:41:07.659><c> freely</c><00:41:08.480><c> by</c><00:41:08.900><c> his</c><00:41:09.260><c> grace,</c>

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:12.380
oh,<00:41:10.480><c> the</c><00:41:10.619><c> Jew</c><00:41:10.760><c> found</c><00:41:11.000><c> that</c><00:41:11.179><c> hard</c><00:41:11.380><c> to</c><00:41:11.599><c> accept,</c><00:41:11.900><c> didn't</c><00:41:12.079><c> he?</c>

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:15.539
Through<00:41:13.059><c> the</c><00:41:13.320><c> redemption</c><00:41:13.679><c> that</c><00:41:13.900><c> is</c><00:41:14.099><c> in</c><00:41:14.340><c> Christ</c><00:41:14.579><c> Jesus,</c>

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:19.119
whom<00:41:15.940><c> God</c><00:41:16.280><c> has</c><00:41:16.619><c> set</c><00:41:16.880><c> forth</c><00:41:17.139><c> to</c><00:41:17.320><c> be</c><00:41:17.460><c> a</c><00:41:17.739><c> propitiation</c>

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:21.739
through<00:41:19.800><c> faith</c><00:41:20.260><c> in</c><00:41:20.539><c> his</c><00:41:20.780><c> blood,</c>

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:26.000
to<00:41:22.380><c> declare</c><00:41:23.000><c> his</c><00:41:24.139><c> God's</c><00:41:24.980><c> righteousness</c>

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:30.079
for<00:41:26.599><c> the</c><00:41:26.780><c> remission</c><00:41:27.239><c> of</c><00:41:27.760><c> sins</c><00:41:28.300><c> that</c><00:41:28.739><c> are</c><00:41:29.000><c> passed</c>

00:41:30.260 --> 00:41:32.239
through<00:41:30.599><c> the</c><00:41:30.940><c> forbearance</c><00:41:31.579><c> of</c><00:41:31.820><c> God,</c>

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:35.179
and<00:41:32.940><c> let's</c><00:41:33.079><c> read</c><00:41:33.280><c> verse</c><00:41:33.480><c> 26</c><00:41:33.960><c> while</c><00:41:34.179><c> we're</c><00:41:34.420><c> at</c><00:41:34.500><c> it,</c>

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:41.480
to<00:41:35.599><c> declare,</c><00:41:36.719><c> I</c><00:41:36.719><c> say,</c><00:41:37.119><c> at</c><00:41:37.480><c> this</c><00:41:37.800><c> time</c><00:41:38.239><c> his</c><00:41:39.079><c> God's</c><00:41:40.440><c> righteousness</c>

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:45.079
that<00:41:42.219><c> he,</c><00:41:42.699><c> God,</c><00:41:43.079><c> might</c><00:41:43.320><c> be</c><00:41:43.619><c> seen</c><00:41:43.760><c> to</c><00:41:43.960><c> be</c><00:41:44.159><c> right,</c>

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:50.579
and<00:41:46.260><c> the</c><00:41:46.940><c> righteous</c><00:41:47.420><c>-ifier</c><00:41:47.900><c> of</c><00:41:49.280><c> him</c><00:41:49.440><c> which</c><00:41:49.679><c> believeth</c><00:41:50.019><c> in</c><00:41:50.199><c> Jesus.</c>

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:52.420
Now,<00:41:51.079><c> it's</c><00:41:51.380><c> all</c><00:41:51.599><c> there,</c><00:41:51.760><c> brethren</c><00:41:52.019><c> and</c><00:41:52.219><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:56.219
and<00:41:52.900><c> note,</c><00:41:53.420><c> note,</c><00:41:54.039><c> note,</c><00:41:55.260><c> where's</c><00:41:55.639><c> the</c><00:41:55.820><c> focus?</c>

00:41:56.659 --> 00:41:58.980
The<00:41:57.119><c> focus</c><00:41:57.460><c> is</c><00:41:57.699><c> on</c><00:41:58.000><c> God.</c>

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:03.420
And<00:41:59.719><c> when</c><00:41:59.900><c> the</c><00:42:00.199><c> focus</c><00:42:00.539><c> is</c><00:42:00.780><c> on</c><00:42:00.960><c> God,</c><00:42:01.500><c> you</c><00:42:01.659><c> and</c><00:42:01.880><c> I</c><00:42:02.079><c> stand</c><00:42:02.380><c> to</c><00:42:02.579><c> benefit.</c>

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:06.159
It<00:42:03.639><c> is</c><00:42:03.920><c> true</c><00:42:04.179><c> that</c><00:42:04.380><c> Jesus</c><00:42:04.840><c> Christ</c><00:42:05.139><c> died</c><00:42:05.400><c> for</c><00:42:05.639><c> my</c><00:42:05.920><c> sins.</c>

00:42:06.300 --> 00:42:08.400
That<00:42:06.500><c> is</c><00:42:06.860><c> absolutely</c><00:42:07.340><c> true.</c>

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:10.360
It<00:42:08.699><c> is</c><00:42:09.019><c> absolutely</c><00:42:09.400><c> true</c><00:42:09.699><c> that</c><00:42:09.880><c> the</c><00:42:10.059><c> gospel</c>

00:42:10.360 --> 00:42:12.460
is<00:42:10.579><c> the</c><00:42:10.739><c> power</c><00:42:10.920><c> of</c><00:42:11.099><c> God</c><00:42:11.199><c> to</c><00:42:11.420><c> salvation.</c>

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:15.599
It<00:42:13.139><c> is</c><00:42:13.440><c> absolutely</c><00:42:13.800><c> true</c><00:42:14.119><c> that</c><00:42:14.320><c> he</c><00:42:14.519><c> that</c><00:42:14.760><c> believeth</c><00:42:15.000><c> in</c><00:42:15.079><c> his</c><00:42:15.219><c> baptized</c>

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shall<00:42:15.840><c> be</c><00:42:16.079><c> saved.</c>

00:42:17.599 --> 00:42:19.579
But<00:42:17.780><c> what</c><00:42:18.019><c> we're</c><00:42:18.260><c> saying</c><00:42:18.519><c> is</c><00:42:18.900><c> that</c><00:42:19.039><c> we've</c><00:42:19.239><c> got</c><00:42:19.320><c> to</c><00:42:19.440><c> see</c>

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:23.239
the<00:42:19.800><c> whole</c><00:42:20.000><c> picture,</c><00:42:20.960><c> and</c><00:42:21.079><c> the</c><00:42:21.199><c> whole</c><00:42:21.460><c> picture</c><00:42:21.780><c> is</c><00:42:22.099><c> that</c><00:42:22.519><c> God</c>

00:42:23.739 --> 00:42:26.860
is<00:42:24.219><c> calling</c><00:42:24.460><c> out</c><00:42:24.679><c> of</c><00:42:24.800><c> the</c><00:42:24.980><c> nations</c><00:42:25.219><c> of</c><00:42:25.420><c> people</c><00:42:25.679><c> for</c><00:42:26.059><c> his</c><00:42:26.420><c> name.</c>

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:28.960
He's<00:42:27.639><c> developing</c><00:42:27.980><c> a</c><00:42:28.199><c> divine</c><00:42:28.480><c> family.</c>

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:31.519
He<00:42:29.280><c> is</c><00:42:29.539><c> the</c><00:42:29.739><c> focus</c><00:42:30.079><c> of</c><00:42:30.239><c> that</c><00:42:30.460><c> family,</c>

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:33.840
and<00:42:31.739><c> when</c><00:42:31.980><c> all</c><00:42:32.260><c> of</c><00:42:32.420><c> our</c><00:42:32.579><c> thoughts</c><00:42:32.840><c> are</c><00:42:33.079><c> focused</c><00:42:33.460><c> on</c><00:42:33.619><c> him,</c>

00:42:34.059 --> 00:42:36.880
when<00:42:34.340><c> we</c><00:42:34.739><c> sin,</c><00:42:35.719><c> and</c><00:42:35.860><c> the</c><00:42:36.059><c> greatest</c><00:42:36.420><c> distress</c>

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:38.460
is<00:42:37.199><c> that</c><00:42:37.340><c> we've</c><00:42:37.599><c> marred</c><00:42:37.739><c> God's</c><00:42:38.079><c> glory,</c>

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:41.000
then<00:42:39.000><c> we're</c><00:42:39.300><c> starting</c><00:42:39.619><c> to</c><00:42:39.840><c> think</c><00:42:40.019><c> right.</c>

00:42:41.699 --> 00:42:43.719
When<00:42:41.880><c> we</c><00:42:42.159><c> are</c><00:42:42.179><c> saying</c><00:42:42.400><c> we</c><00:42:42.599><c> want</c><00:42:42.820><c> to</c><00:42:42.980><c> be</c><00:42:43.099><c> in</c><00:42:43.199><c> the</c><00:42:43.360><c> kingdom,</c>

00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:46.440
our<00:42:44.320><c> father</c><00:42:44.659><c> which</c><00:42:44.960><c> art</c><00:42:45.079><c> in</c><00:42:45.280><c> heaven,</c><00:42:45.500><c> hallowed</c><00:42:45.900><c> be</c><00:42:46.019><c> thy</c><00:42:46.199><c> name,</c>

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:50.780
thy<00:42:46.960><c> kingdom</c><00:42:47.400><c> come,</c><00:42:48.159><c> thy</c><00:42:48.539><c> will</c><00:42:48.860><c> be</c><00:42:49.079><c> done</c><00:42:49.239><c> upon</c><00:42:49.559><c> this</c><00:42:49.840><c> earth,</c>

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:54.900
and<00:42:51.519><c> at</c><00:42:51.659><c> all</c><00:42:51.960><c> thy,</c><00:42:52.679><c> thy,</c><00:42:53.280><c> thy,</c><00:42:54.199><c> then</c><00:42:54.420><c> we're</c><00:42:54.639><c> starting</c>

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:56.199
to<00:42:55.099><c> think</c><00:42:55.239><c> it</c><00:42:55.420><c> right.</c>

00:42:56.340 --> 00:43:00.099
So<00:42:56.619><c> God's</c><00:42:57.179><c> plan</c><00:42:57.400><c> of</c><00:42:57.699><c> reconciliation</c><00:42:58.400><c> is</c><00:42:58.760><c> not</c><00:42:59.079><c> so</c><00:42:59.539><c> much</c>

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:02.039
what's<00:43:00.840><c> in</c><00:43:00.960><c> it</c><00:43:01.119><c> for</c><00:43:01.260><c> me,</c>

00:43:02.199 --> 00:43:05.059
although<00:43:02.500><c> that's</c><00:43:02.880><c> obviously</c><00:43:03.300><c> got</c><00:43:03.440><c> to</c><00:43:03.559><c> be</c><00:43:03.639><c> part</c><00:43:03.820><c> of</c><00:43:04.000><c> the</c><00:43:04.119><c> story,</c>

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:09.719
but<00:43:05.320><c> it</c><00:43:05.539><c> is</c><00:43:05.880><c> what</c><00:43:06.260><c> can</c><00:43:06.659><c> I</c><00:43:07.000><c> do</c><00:43:07.539><c> to</c><00:43:07.980><c> identify</c><00:43:08.639><c> with</c><00:43:08.840><c> this</c><00:43:09.139><c> whole</c><00:43:09.400><c> plan</c>

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:12.599
which<00:43:10.159><c> is</c><00:43:10.360><c> there</c><00:43:10.480><c> to</c><00:43:10.780><c> elevate</c><00:43:11.599><c> God.</c>

00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:15.619
Elevate<00:43:13.159><c> God</c><00:43:13.440><c> now</c><00:43:13.719><c> in</c><00:43:13.940><c> measure</c><00:43:14.219><c> in</c><00:43:14.739><c> the</c><00:43:14.920><c> hearts</c><00:43:15.139><c> and</c><00:43:15.380><c> minds</c>

00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:18.340
of<00:43:15.840><c> a</c><00:43:15.940><c> limited</c><00:43:16.239><c> few</c><00:43:16.539><c> people</c><00:43:16.840><c> upon</c><00:43:17.059><c> the</c><00:43:17.239><c> face</c><00:43:17.400><c> of</c><00:43:17.579><c> this</c><00:43:17.780><c> earth,</c>

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:20.460
that<00:43:18.780><c> be</c><00:43:18.980><c> identified</c><00:43:19.559><c> with</c><00:43:19.780><c> that</c><00:43:20.039><c> great</c><00:43:20.239><c> work</c>

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:23.780
of<00:43:20.619><c> bringing</c><00:43:20.820><c> a</c><00:43:21.039><c> whole</c><00:43:21.280><c> world</c><00:43:21.900><c> into</c><00:43:22.260><c> subjection</c><00:43:22.739><c> to</c><00:43:22.940><c> God.</c>

00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:26.099
Well<00:43:23.980><c> it's</c><00:43:24.139><c> all</c><00:43:24.380><c> to</c><00:43:24.579><c> do</c><00:43:24.739><c> with</c><00:43:25.019><c> God's</c><00:43:25.619><c> righteousness.</c>

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:30.699
Now<00:43:26.760><c> how</c><00:43:27.039><c> then</c><00:43:27.639><c> has</c><00:43:28.139><c> God</c><00:43:28.420><c> reconciled</c><00:43:28.960><c> us</c><00:43:29.139><c> by</c><00:43:29.360><c> Jesus</c><00:43:29.760><c> Christ?</c>

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:33.980
The<00:43:30.940><c> answer</c><00:43:31.239><c> is</c><00:43:31.480><c> Jesus</c><00:43:31.960><c> Christ</c><00:43:32.320><c> is</c><00:43:32.539><c> the</c><00:43:32.760><c> meeting</c><00:43:32.960><c> place</c>

00:43:34.219 --> 00:43:37.679
between<00:43:34.780><c> God</c><00:43:35.079><c> and</c><00:43:35.280><c> man,</c><00:43:35.719><c> and</c><00:43:36.639><c> it's</c><00:43:36.900><c> really</c><00:43:37.280><c> embodied</c>

00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:40.739
as<00:43:37.880><c> most</c><00:43:38.159><c> of</c><00:43:38.280><c> us</c><00:43:38.400><c> would</c><00:43:38.639><c> know</c><00:43:38.800><c> in</c><00:43:39.039><c> that</c><00:43:39.260><c> word</c><00:43:39.480><c> propitiation.</c>

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:44.619
The<00:43:41.519><c> word</c><00:43:41.760><c> propitiation</c><00:43:42.679><c> there</c><00:43:43.219><c> is</c><00:43:44.219><c> the</c><00:43:44.440><c> word</c>

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:48.059
which<00:43:45.039><c> essentially</c><00:43:45.719><c> means</c><00:43:46.440><c> a</c><00:43:46.920><c> mercy</c><00:43:47.260><c> seat.</c>

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:50.880
I<00:43:48.300><c> think</c><00:43:48.460><c> we've</c><00:43:48.699><c> got</c><00:43:48.840><c> time</c><00:43:49.099><c> just</c><00:43:49.380><c> to</c><00:43:49.539><c> slip</c><00:43:49.659><c> back</c><00:43:49.900><c> to</c><00:43:50.099><c> Exodus</c><00:43:50.320><c> 25</c>

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:53.860
and<00:43:51.239><c> read</c><00:43:51.639><c> those</c><00:43:51.920><c> two</c><00:43:52.179><c> verses</c><00:43:52.440><c> we've</c><00:43:52.780><c> got</c><00:43:52.940><c> there,</c><00:43:53.179><c> verses</c><00:43:53.420><c> 21</c>

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:55.300
and<00:43:54.039><c> 22.</c>

00:43:56.099 --> 00:43:58.920
Exodus<00:43:56.300><c> 25</c><00:43:56.880><c> does</c><00:43:57.239><c> take</c><00:43:57.420><c> us</c><00:43:57.599><c> back</c><00:43:57.780><c> to</c><00:43:57.940><c> the</c><00:43:58.119><c> shadow,</c>

00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:01.559
but<00:43:59.400><c> the</c><00:43:59.639><c> shadow</c><00:43:59.880><c> here</c><00:44:00.199><c> is</c><00:44:00.420><c> what</c><00:44:00.639><c> Paul</c><00:44:00.860><c> is</c><00:44:01.119><c> drawing</c><00:44:01.300><c> on.</c>

00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:05.539
So<00:44:01.920><c> let's</c><00:44:02.139><c> go</c><00:44:02.360><c> back</c><00:44:02.559><c> and</c><00:44:02.760><c> see</c><00:44:03.119><c> when</c><00:44:03.480><c> Paul</c><00:44:04.219><c> gives</c><00:44:04.559><c> us</c><00:44:04.860><c> justification</c>

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:08.940
to<00:44:05.760><c> go</c><00:44:05.960><c> back</c><00:44:06.159><c> to</c><00:44:06.320><c> the</c><00:44:06.539><c> shadowy</c><00:44:06.980><c> institution,</c><00:44:07.500><c> read</c><00:44:07.679><c> what</c><00:44:07.860><c> it</c><00:44:08.079><c> says.</c>

00:44:09.099 --> 00:44:12.360
In<00:44:09.300><c> Exodus</c><00:44:09.599><c> 25,</c><00:44:10.360><c> verses</c><00:44:10.619><c> 21</c><00:44:11.039><c> and</c><00:44:11.320><c> 22,</c>

00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:15.000
we<00:44:12.800><c> have</c><00:44:13.079><c> reference</c><00:44:13.440><c> to</c><00:44:13.659><c> the</c><00:44:13.900><c> mercy</c><00:44:14.199><c> seat.</c>

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:20.119
Now<00:44:15.739><c> the</c><00:44:15.880><c> mercy</c><00:44:16.139><c> seat</c><00:44:16.360><c> of</c><00:44:16.559><c> course</c><00:44:16.820><c> was</c><00:44:17.079><c> that</c><00:44:18.559><c> part</c>

00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:22.400
of<00:44:20.360><c> the</c><00:44:21.139><c> furniture</c><00:44:21.539><c> in</c><00:44:21.699><c> the</c><00:44:21.880><c> tabernacle</c>

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:25.659
which<00:44:22.880><c> was</c><00:44:23.139><c> there</c><00:44:23.340><c> in</c><00:44:23.559><c> the</c><00:44:23.820><c> innermost</c><00:44:24.260><c> recesses</c>

00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:29.260
as<00:44:26.039><c> has</c><00:44:26.300><c> often</c><00:44:26.440><c> been</c><00:44:26.760><c> said,</c><00:44:27.559><c> one</c><00:44:27.840><c> man</c><00:44:28.239><c> out</c><00:44:28.440><c> of</c><00:44:28.619><c> one</c><00:44:28.840><c> family,</c>

00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:33.760
out<00:44:29.480><c> of</c><00:44:29.659><c> one</c><00:44:29.940><c> tribe,</c><00:44:30.320><c> out</c><00:44:30.500><c> of</c><00:44:30.659><c> one</c><00:44:30.900><c> nation</c><00:44:31.340><c> on</c><00:44:32.119><c> one</c><00:44:32.460><c> day</c><00:44:32.599><c> in</c><00:44:32.780><c> the</c><00:44:32.920><c> year,</c>

00:44:33.780 --> 00:44:36.099
and<00:44:34.000><c> then</c><00:44:34.139><c> under</c><00:44:34.400><c> very</c><00:44:34.780><c> specific</c><00:44:35.320><c> conditions</c>

00:44:36.099 --> 00:44:38.719
could<00:44:36.760><c> enter</c><00:44:37.099><c> into</c><00:44:37.360><c> the</c><00:44:37.599><c> most</c><00:44:37.840><c> holy</c><00:44:38.039><c> place</c>

00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:40.139
and<00:44:39.300><c> with</c><00:44:39.440><c> the</c><00:44:39.599><c> blood</c><00:44:39.699><c> of</c><00:44:39.940><c> animals</c>

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:42.460
he<00:44:40.340><c> could</c><00:44:40.599><c> sprinkle</c><00:44:40.980><c> that</c><00:44:41.260><c> mercy</c><00:44:41.599><c> seat.</c>

00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:46.920
And<00:44:43.219><c> what</c><00:44:43.480><c> happened</c><00:44:43.800><c> in</c><00:44:44.440><c> that</c><00:44:44.820><c> shadowy,</c><00:44:46.440><c> nationalistic</c>

00:44:46.920 --> 00:44:50.780
if<00:44:46.980><c> you</c><00:44:47.199><c> like,</c><00:44:48.099><c> constitutional</c><00:44:48.900><c> set</c><00:44:49.400><c> of</c><00:44:49.619><c> things?</c>

00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:54.380
Verse<00:44:51.039><c> 21</c><00:44:51.539><c> tells</c><00:44:51.880><c> us,</c><00:44:53.099><c> Exodus</c><00:44:53.360><c> 25,</c>

00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:58.519
thou<00:44:54.900><c> shalt</c><00:44:55.320><c> put</c><00:44:55.699><c> the</c><00:44:56.079><c> mercy</c><00:44:56.400><c> seat</c><00:44:56.820><c> above</c><00:44:57.219><c> upon</c><00:44:57.539><c> the</c><00:44:57.820><c> ark,</c>

00:44:58.559 --> 00:45:00.280
and<00:44:58.679><c> in</c><00:44:58.820><c> the</c><00:44:58.980><c> ark</c><00:44:59.139><c> thou</c><00:44:59.300><c> shalt</c><00:44:59.480><c> put</c><00:44:59.679><c> the</c><00:44:59.900><c> testimony</c>

00:45:00.280 --> 00:45:01.980
that<00:45:00.460><c> I</c><00:45:00.639><c> shall</c><00:45:00.800><c> give</c><00:45:01.019><c> thee,</c>

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:06.199
and<00:45:02.639><c> there</c><00:45:03.219><c> I</c><00:45:04.320><c> will</c><00:45:04.840><c> meet</c><00:45:05.260><c> with</c><00:45:05.840><c> thee.</c>

00:45:06.659 --> 00:45:08.199
There<00:45:07.000><c> I</c><00:45:07.239><c> will</c><00:45:07.420><c> meet</c><00:45:07.599><c> with</c><00:45:07.860><c> thee.</c>

00:45:08.619 --> 00:45:10.219
Under<00:45:08.860><c> that</c><00:45:09.199><c> shadowy</c><00:45:09.800><c> institution,</c>

00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:12.260
one<00:45:10.599><c> man</c><00:45:10.800><c> out</c><00:45:10.920><c> of</c><00:45:11.059><c> one</c><00:45:11.239><c> family,</c><00:45:11.619><c> out</c><00:45:11.699><c> of</c><00:45:11.840><c> one</c><00:45:12.079><c> tribe,</c>

00:45:12.280 --> 00:45:16.059
out<00:45:12.400><c> of</c><00:45:12.519><c> one</c><00:45:12.719><c> nation</c><00:45:12.960><c> on</c><00:45:13.159><c> one</c><00:45:13.380><c> day</c><00:45:13.500><c> in</c><00:45:13.639><c> the</c><00:45:13.780><c> year</c><00:45:14.340><c> could</c><00:45:14.800><c> go</c><00:45:15.059><c> in</c><00:45:15.260><c> there</c>

00:45:16.239 --> 00:45:17.840
and<00:45:16.519><c> God</c><00:45:16.780><c> would</c><00:45:17.000><c> meet</c><00:45:17.139><c> with</c><00:45:17.380><c> him</c>

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:21.539
and<00:45:18.360><c> then</c><00:45:18.760><c> only</c><00:45:19.599><c> in</c><00:45:20.599><c> a</c><00:45:20.800><c> typical</c><00:45:21.059><c> way.</c>

00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:23.860
What<00:45:22.199><c> do</c><00:45:22.400><c> you</c><00:45:22.400><c> think</c><00:45:22.559><c> that</c><00:45:22.820><c> taught</c><00:45:22.960><c> Israel?</c>

00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:27.239
It<00:45:24.199><c> taught</c><00:45:24.420><c> Israel</c><00:45:24.940><c> the</c><00:45:25.340><c> holiness</c><00:45:25.800><c> of</c><00:45:26.099><c> God.</c>

00:45:27.820 --> 00:45:30.800
I<00:45:27.840><c> am</c><00:45:28.119><c> holy,</c><00:45:29.320><c> be</c><00:45:29.619><c> ye</c><00:45:29.880><c> holy</c><00:45:30.159><c> as</c><00:45:30.380><c> I</c><00:45:30.500><c> am</c><00:45:30.619><c> holy.</c>

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:33.360
Brethren<00:45:31.280><c> and</c><00:45:31.440><c> sisters,</c><00:45:31.860><c> holiness</c><00:45:32.019><c> is</c><00:45:32.260><c> a</c><00:45:32.360><c> very</c><00:45:32.619><c> difficult</c><00:45:32.960><c> thing</c>

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:34.800
to<00:45:33.639><c> practice</c><00:45:33.900><c> today,</c><00:45:34.300><c> isn't</c><00:45:34.440><c> it?</c>

00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:37.980
We're<00:45:35.460><c> just</c><00:45:35.679><c> so</c><00:45:36.039><c> much</c><00:45:36.340><c> part</c><00:45:36.619><c> of</c><00:45:36.780><c> this</c><00:45:37.019><c> world.</c>

00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:41.579
It<00:45:38.460><c> is</c><00:45:38.739><c> just</c><00:45:39.019><c> so</c><00:45:39.420><c> easy</c><00:45:40.199><c> in</c><00:45:40.980><c> a</c><00:45:41.139><c> sense</c>

00:45:41.579 --> 00:45:43.880
to<00:45:42.280><c> approach</c><00:45:42.679><c> into</c><00:45:42.960><c> the</c><00:45:43.139><c> holiest</c><00:45:43.500><c> of</c><00:45:43.679><c> all</c>

00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:47.539
any<00:45:44.260><c> time</c><00:45:44.519><c> of</c><00:45:45.340><c> the</c><00:45:45.460><c> day</c><00:45:45.659><c> or</c><00:45:45.800><c> night</c><00:45:46.139><c> we</c><00:45:46.420><c> feel</c><00:45:46.599><c> like</c><00:45:46.800><c> doing</c><00:45:47.019><c> it.</c>

00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:49.539
We<00:45:47.679><c> don't</c><00:45:47.860><c> have</c><00:45:47.980><c> to</c><00:45:48.099><c> go</c><00:45:48.199><c> and</c><00:45:48.380><c> kill</c><00:45:48.500><c> an</c><00:45:48.719><c> animal.</c>

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:51.519
We<00:45:49.679><c> don't</c><00:45:49.880><c> even</c><00:45:50.179><c> have</c><00:45:50.340><c> to</c><00:45:50.500><c> assume</c><00:45:50.719><c> a</c><00:45:50.900><c> certain</c><00:45:51.079><c> posture.</c>

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:55.019
We<00:45:52.159><c> don't</c><00:45:52.380><c> have</c><00:45:52.579><c> to</c><00:45:52.699><c> put</c><00:45:52.840><c> on</c><00:45:53.280><c> certain</c><00:45:53.559><c> types</c><00:45:53.840><c> of</c><00:45:54.119><c> garments.</c>

00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:59.059
We<00:45:55.760><c> can</c><00:45:56.019><c> have</c><00:45:56.300><c> access</c><00:45:57.019><c> to</c><00:45:57.699><c> God</c><00:45:57.980><c> through</c><00:45:58.260><c> that</c><00:45:58.519><c> mercy</c><00:45:58.780><c> seat</c>

00:45:59.059 --> 00:46:02.579
any<00:45:59.400><c> minute</c><00:45:59.619><c> of</c><00:45:59.800><c> any</c><00:46:00.000><c> day</c><00:46:00.280><c> and</c><00:46:00.760><c> that</c><00:46:01.039><c> unfortunately</c><00:46:01.780><c> I</c><00:46:02.139><c> think</c>

00:46:02.579 --> 00:46:06.380
because<00:46:03.079><c> it</c><00:46:03.519><c> seems</c><00:46:03.780><c> so</c><00:46:04.119><c> easy</c><00:46:05.000><c> causes</c><00:46:05.760><c> us</c><00:46:05.960><c> at</c><00:46:06.179><c> times</c>

00:46:06.380 --> 00:46:08.219
not<00:46:06.619><c> to</c><00:46:06.920><c> appreciate</c><00:46:07.260><c> the</c><00:46:07.519><c> holiness</c><00:46:07.800><c> of</c><00:46:08.059><c> God.</c>

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:11.039
God<00:46:08.579><c> is</c><00:46:08.880><c> just</c><00:46:09.260><c> as</c><00:46:09.559><c> demanding</c><00:46:09.880><c> today</c><00:46:10.199><c> as</c><00:46:10.320><c> he</c><00:46:10.480><c> ever</c><00:46:10.719><c> was.</c>

00:46:11.039 --> 00:46:14.980
Just<00:46:11.619><c> as</c><00:46:11.880><c> demanding,</c><00:46:12.699><c> just</c><00:46:13.139><c> as</c><00:46:13.460><c> demanding</c><00:46:13.840><c> as</c><00:46:14.280><c> he</c><00:46:14.480><c> ever</c><00:46:14.699><c> was.</c>

00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:18.780
But<00:46:15.380><c> there</c><00:46:15.860><c> he</c><00:46:16.800><c> says,</c><00:46:17.599><c> I</c><00:46:17.599><c> will</c><00:46:17.880><c> meet</c><00:46:18.119><c> with</c><00:46:18.440><c> thee</c>

00:46:18.780 --> 00:46:21.780
and<00:46:19.320><c> I</c><00:46:19.480><c> will</c><00:46:19.699><c> commune</c><00:46:20.059><c> with</c><00:46:20.280><c> thee</c><00:46:20.460><c> from</c><00:46:20.659><c> above</c><00:46:20.880><c> the</c><00:46:21.139><c> mercy</c><00:46:21.400><c> seat</c>

00:46:21.780 --> 00:46:24.019
from<00:46:22.340><c> between</c><00:46:22.679><c> the</c><00:46:22.920><c> two</c><00:46:23.119><c> cherubim</c>

00:46:24.019 --> 00:46:26.480
which<00:46:24.500><c> are</c><00:46:24.719><c> upon</c><00:46:24.940><c> the</c><00:46:25.400><c> ark</c><00:46:25.559><c> of</c><00:46:25.739><c> the</c><00:46:25.880><c> testimony</c>

00:46:26.480 --> 00:46:29.539
of<00:46:27.119><c> all</c><00:46:27.400><c> things</c><00:46:27.599><c> which</c><00:46:27.800><c> I</c><00:46:27.980><c> will</c><00:46:28.159><c> give</c><00:46:28.320><c> thee</c><00:46:28.880><c> in</c><00:46:29.059><c> commandment</c>

00:46:29.539 --> 00:46:31.139
under<00:46:29.659><c> the</c><00:46:29.860><c> children</c><00:46:30.059><c> of</c><00:46:30.219><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:31.820 --> 00:46:33.860
So<00:46:32.019><c> we</c><00:46:32.139><c> go</c><00:46:32.380><c> back</c><00:46:32.579><c> into</c><00:46:32.820><c> Romans</c><00:46:33.179><c> chapter</c><00:46:33.539><c> three</c>

00:46:33.860 --> 00:46:37.860
and<00:46:34.019><c> we</c><00:46:34.260><c> see</c><00:46:34.420><c> then</c><00:46:34.619><c> how</c><00:46:34.860><c> that</c><00:46:35.519><c> word</c><00:46:36.019><c> propitiation</c><00:46:36.880><c> there</c>

00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:39.900
which<00:46:38.159><c> really</c><00:46:38.619><c> means</c><00:46:39.039><c> mercy</c><00:46:39.460><c> seat</c>

00:46:39.900 --> 00:46:42.320
is<00:46:40.599><c> teaching</c><00:46:40.980><c> us</c><00:46:41.239><c> that</c><00:46:41.440><c> God</c><00:46:41.659><c> is</c><00:46:41.940><c> saying</c>

00:46:42.320 --> 00:46:45.880
I<00:46:43.059><c> am</c><00:46:43.539><c> prepared</c><00:46:43.980><c> to</c><00:46:44.559><c> meet</c><00:46:44.800><c> you.</c>

00:46:46.280 --> 00:46:48.619
I'm<00:46:46.599><c> prepared</c><00:46:46.880><c> to</c><00:46:47.159><c> meet</c><00:46:47.320><c> with</c><00:46:47.599><c> you</c>

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:52.920
and<00:46:49.059><c> of</c><00:46:49.260><c> course</c><00:46:49.579><c> it's</c><00:46:49.960><c> going</c><00:46:50.039><c> to</c><00:46:50.239><c> be</c><00:46:50.719><c> ultimately</c><00:46:51.539><c> reconciliation</c>

00:46:53.380 --> 00:46:57.500
on<00:46:53.780><c> the</c><00:46:54.000><c> basis</c><00:46:54.400><c> that</c><00:46:54.679><c> you</c><00:46:54.880><c> recognize</c><00:46:55.539><c> that</c><00:46:55.840><c> that</c><00:46:56.179><c> mercy</c><00:46:56.460><c> seat</c>

00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:59.980
the<00:46:58.000><c> Lord</c><00:46:58.239><c> Jesus</c><00:46:58.619><c> Christ</c><00:46:58.960><c> now</c>

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:04.599
is<00:47:00.400><c> where</c><00:47:00.900><c> my</c><00:47:01.719><c> righteousness</c><00:47:02.340><c> has</c><00:47:02.840><c> been</c><00:47:03.599><c> revealed.</c>

00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:07.019
Now<00:47:05.480><c> can</c><00:47:05.739><c> we</c><00:47:06.039><c> repeat</c><00:47:06.440><c> what</c><00:47:06.679><c> we</c><00:47:06.900><c> said</c>

00:47:07.019 --> 00:47:09.119
I<00:47:07.179><c> think</c><00:47:07.280><c> probably</c><00:47:07.719><c> two</c><00:47:07.940><c> or</c><00:47:08.039><c> three</c><00:47:08.280><c> times</c><00:47:08.559><c> yesterday.</c>

00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:13.039
We're<00:47:09.639><c> going</c><00:47:09.719><c> to</c><00:47:09.900><c> say</c><00:47:10.000><c> it</c><00:47:10.380><c> again</c><00:47:10.619><c> today</c><00:47:11.079><c> and</c><00:47:11.440><c> we'll</c><00:47:11.639><c> keep</c><00:47:11.900><c> saying</c><00:47:12.239><c> it.</c>

00:47:13.579 --> 00:47:15.320
When<00:47:13.760><c> we</c><00:47:14.019><c> come</c><00:47:14.219><c> to</c><00:47:14.420><c> consider</c><00:47:14.699><c> this</c><00:47:14.920><c> subject</c>

00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:18.199
it<00:47:15.719><c> is</c><00:47:16.099><c> extremely</c><00:47:16.659><c> simple</c>

00:47:18.940 --> 00:47:22.019
providing<00:47:19.539><c> we</c><00:47:20.139><c> keep</c><00:47:20.519><c> the</c><00:47:20.780><c> whole</c><00:47:21.000><c> picture</c><00:47:21.380><c> in</c><00:47:21.679><c> view.</c>

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:25.239
How<00:47:23.000><c> was</c><00:47:23.500><c> the</c><00:47:23.780><c> righteousness</c><00:47:24.219><c> of</c><00:47:24.539><c> God</c>

00:47:25.239 --> 00:47:27.820
revealed<00:47:25.900><c> in</c><00:47:26.099><c> the</c><00:47:26.199><c> Lord</c><00:47:26.380><c> Jesus</c><00:47:26.860><c> Christ?</c>

00:47:28.699 --> 00:47:32.039
Well<00:47:28.860><c> you</c><00:47:29.019><c> see</c><00:47:29.320><c> it's</c><00:47:29.880><c> almost</c><00:47:30.159><c> there</c><00:47:30.420><c> in</c><00:47:30.579><c> this</c><00:47:30.880><c> next</c><00:47:31.119><c> question.</c>

00:47:32.340 --> 00:47:35.059
How<00:47:32.639><c> is</c><00:47:32.900><c> Jesus</c><00:47:33.280><c> Christ</c><00:47:33.599><c> the</c><00:47:33.780><c> meeting</c><00:47:34.000><c> place?</c>

00:47:34.980 --> 00:47:38.400
Well<00:47:35.320><c> because</c><00:47:35.780><c> God's</c><00:47:36.400><c> righteousness</c><00:47:36.800><c> was</c><00:47:37.360><c> declared</c><00:47:37.719><c> in</c><00:47:37.900><c> him</c>

00:47:38.400 --> 00:47:41.139
in<00:47:38.860><c> Romans</c><00:47:39.139><c> chapter</c><00:47:39.440><c> three</c><00:47:39.699><c> verse</c><00:47:39.900><c> 26.</c>

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:44.119
The<00:47:41.719><c> next</c><00:47:42.099><c> few</c><00:47:42.460><c> points</c><00:47:42.940><c> that</c><00:47:43.619><c> are</c><00:47:43.739><c> going</c><00:47:43.840><c> to</c><00:47:43.920><c> come</c><00:47:44.039><c> up</c>

00:47:44.119 --> 00:47:46.280
in<00:47:44.260><c> the</c><00:47:44.539><c> transparency</c><00:47:45.179><c> are</c><00:47:45.800><c> going</c><00:47:45.980><c> to</c><00:47:46.179><c> say</c>

00:47:46.280 --> 00:47:48.699
well<00:47:46.659><c> how</c><00:47:47.019><c> was</c><00:47:47.239><c> God's</c><00:47:47.659><c> righteousness</c><00:47:48.019><c> declared</c><00:47:48.460><c> in</c><00:47:48.559><c> him?</c>

00:47:48.820 --> 00:47:51.760
But<00:47:48.940><c> let</c><00:47:49.099><c> me</c><00:47:49.280><c> spell</c><00:47:49.519><c> it</c><00:47:49.679><c> out</c><00:47:49.719><c> again</c><00:47:49.980><c> in</c><00:47:50.219><c> simple</c><00:47:50.440><c> terms.</c>

00:47:53.340 --> 00:47:55.380
God's<00:47:54.019><c> righteousness</c><00:47:54.500><c> was</c><00:47:54.960><c> declared</c>

00:47:55.380 --> 00:47:58.380
in<00:47:55.780><c> Christ's</c><00:47:56.500><c> life</c><00:47:56.739><c> of</c><00:47:57.059><c> perfect</c><00:47:57.280><c> obedience.</c>

00:47:59.340 --> 00:48:01.159
God's<00:47:59.900><c> righteousness</c><00:48:00.320><c> was</c><00:48:00.699><c> declared</c>

00:48:01.159 --> 00:48:02.860
in<00:48:01.460><c> the</c><00:48:01.599><c> death</c><00:48:01.780><c> of</c><00:48:01.980><c> Jesus</c><00:48:02.380><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:02.860 --> 00:48:05.599
It<00:48:03.179><c> says</c><00:48:03.500><c> here</c><00:48:03.699><c> by</c><00:48:03.900><c> faith</c><00:48:04.179><c> in</c><00:48:04.280><c> his</c><00:48:04.480><c> blood.</c>

00:48:06.239 --> 00:48:07.699
God's<00:48:06.579><c> righteousness</c><00:48:07.039><c> was</c><00:48:07.380><c> declared</c>

00:48:07.699 --> 00:48:10.260
in<00:48:07.900><c> the</c><00:48:08.099><c> resurrection</c><00:48:08.659><c> of</c><00:48:08.880><c> Jesus</c><00:48:09.300><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:10.300 --> 00:48:14.519
We<00:48:10.480><c> must</c><00:48:10.800><c> give</c><00:48:11.179><c> proper</c><00:48:11.619><c> emphasis</c><00:48:12.219><c> to</c><00:48:12.579><c> all</c><00:48:12.860><c> of</c><00:48:13.059><c> those</c><00:48:13.280><c> three</c><00:48:13.579><c> things.</c>

00:48:14.679 --> 00:48:18.840
If<00:48:14.820><c> we</c><00:48:15.239><c> overemphasize</c><00:48:16.239><c> anyone</c><00:48:16.760><c> to</c><00:48:17.519><c> the</c><00:48:17.900><c> exclusion</c><00:48:18.159><c> of</c><00:48:18.360><c> any</c><00:48:18.539><c> other</c>

00:48:18.840 --> 00:48:21.679
there<00:48:19.239><c> is</c><00:48:19.460><c> a</c><00:48:19.619><c> strong</c><00:48:19.960><c> possibility</c><00:48:20.539><c> we</c><00:48:20.739><c> will</c><00:48:20.940><c> get</c><00:48:21.199><c> astray</c>

00:48:21.679 --> 00:48:23.219
on<00:48:22.139><c> the</c><00:48:22.300><c> doctrine</c><00:48:22.519><c> of</c><00:48:22.739><c> detainment.</c>

00:48:23.519 --> 00:48:25.539
Talk<00:48:23.860><c> only</c><00:48:24.300><c> about</c><00:48:24.539><c> his</c><00:48:24.719><c> life</c><00:48:24.940><c> of</c><00:48:25.159><c> obedience</c>

00:48:25.539 --> 00:48:27.260
and<00:48:25.739><c> say</c><00:48:25.960><c> his</c><00:48:26.260><c> death</c><00:48:26.519><c> has</c><00:48:26.739><c> nothing</c><00:48:26.960><c> to</c><00:48:27.159><c> do</c>

00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:29.300
with<00:48:27.460><c> declaring</c><00:48:27.699><c> the</c><00:48:27.940><c> righteousness</c><00:48:28.260><c> of</c><00:48:28.500><c> God.</c>

00:48:29.380 --> 00:48:31.239
It's<00:48:29.519><c> clean</c><00:48:29.800><c> flesh,</c><00:48:30.440><c> it's</c><00:48:30.719><c> substitution.</c>

00:48:31.239 --> 00:48:34.039
You<00:48:31.739><c> might</c><00:48:31.940><c> just</c><00:48:32.179><c> as</c><00:48:32.280><c> well</c><00:48:32.380><c> be</c><00:48:32.579><c> out</c><00:48:32.719><c> in</c><00:48:32.860><c> the</c><00:48:33.019><c> churches.</c>

00:48:34.500 --> 00:48:36.840
If<00:48:34.579><c> all</c><00:48:34.780><c> you</c><00:48:34.880><c> can</c><00:48:35.039><c> think</c><00:48:35.219><c> about</c><00:48:35.400><c> is</c><00:48:35.619><c> Jesus</c><00:48:36.000><c> Christ</c><00:48:36.300><c> had</c><00:48:36.500><c> to</c><00:48:36.699><c> die,</c>

00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:39.139
had<00:48:37.039><c> to</c><00:48:37.239><c> die,</c><00:48:37.460><c> had</c><00:48:37.599><c> to</c><00:48:37.780><c> die,</c><00:48:37.900><c> had</c><00:48:38.079><c> to</c><00:48:38.280><c> die</c>

00:48:39.099 --> 00:48:40.760
and<00:48:39.320><c> his</c><00:48:39.579><c> resurrection</c><00:48:40.039><c> has</c><00:48:40.300><c> nothing</c><00:48:40.519><c> to</c><00:48:40.699><c> do</c>

00:48:40.760 --> 00:48:42.400
with<00:48:40.900><c> his</c><00:48:41.079><c> life</c><00:48:41.239><c> of</c><00:48:41.480><c> obedience,</c>

00:48:42.500 --> 00:48:43.800
you<00:48:42.639><c> head</c><00:48:42.739><c> off</c><00:48:42.900><c> in</c><00:48:43.039><c> the</c><00:48:43.159><c> other</c><00:48:43.340><c> direction,</c>

00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:46.980
the<00:48:44.300><c> doctrine</c><00:48:44.500><c> of</c><00:48:44.780><c> alienation</c><00:48:45.360><c> and</c><00:48:45.840><c> various</c><00:48:46.119><c> people's</c><00:48:46.659><c> names</c>

00:48:46.980 --> 00:48:49.840
historically<00:48:47.719><c> have</c><00:48:47.940><c> been</c><00:48:48.179><c> identified</c><00:48:48.679><c> with</c><00:48:48.920><c> that.</c>

00:48:50.400 --> 00:48:51.500
Both<00:48:50.619><c> of</c><00:48:50.840><c> those</c><00:48:51.119><c> doctrines,</c>

00:48:51.519 --> 00:48:53.000
although<00:48:51.679><c> they</c><00:48:51.880><c> go</c><00:48:52.039><c> off</c><00:48:52.159><c> in</c><00:48:52.260><c> opposite</c><00:48:52.579><c> directions</c>

00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:54.579
eventually<00:48:53.500><c> meet</c><00:48:53.780><c> up.</c>

00:48:55.320 --> 00:48:59.119
They<00:48:55.760><c> both</c><00:48:56.159><c> say</c><00:48:56.679><c> nothing</c><00:48:57.059><c> about</c><00:48:57.440><c> the</c><00:48:57.679><c> righteousness</c><00:48:58.019><c> of</c><00:48:58.340><c> God.</c>

00:48:59.539 --> 00:49:02.219
They<00:49:00.119><c> both</c><00:49:00.420><c> concentrate</c><00:49:00.960><c> on</c><00:49:01.099><c> the</c><00:49:01.320><c> flesh.</c>

00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:04.599
It's<00:49:02.960><c> got</c><00:49:03.039><c> to</c><00:49:03.179><c> be</c><00:49:03.260><c> God's</c><00:49:03.659><c> righteousness.</c>

00:49:04.960 --> 00:49:06.860
So<00:49:05.159><c> how</c><00:49:05.519><c> was</c><00:49:05.840><c> God's</c><00:49:06.360><c> righteousness</c>

00:49:06.860 --> 00:49:09.619
declared<00:49:07.860><c> in</c><00:49:08.019><c> the</c><00:49:08.139><c> Lord</c><00:49:08.320><c> Jesus</c><00:49:08.739><c> Christ?</c>

00:49:09.639 --> 00:49:10.960
Well,<00:49:09.940><c> it</c><00:49:10.000><c> was</c><00:49:10.199><c> as</c><00:49:10.400><c> simple</c><00:49:10.579><c> as</c><00:49:10.780><c> this</c>

00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:13.219
and<00:49:11.360><c> these</c><00:49:11.659><c> passages</c><00:49:12.059><c> that</c><00:49:12.260><c> we're</c><00:49:12.400><c> looking</c><00:49:12.639><c> at</c><00:49:12.880><c> here</c>

00:49:13.219 --> 00:49:15.900
are<00:49:13.619><c> simply</c><00:49:13.940><c> spelling</c><00:49:14.280><c> out</c><00:49:14.559><c> what</c><00:49:14.739><c> we</c><00:49:14.920><c> are</c><00:49:15.099><c> saying.</c>

00:49:16.639 --> 00:49:19.480
He<00:49:16.960><c> was,</c><00:49:17.420><c> to</c><00:49:17.679><c> use</c><00:49:17.860><c> the</c><00:49:18.039><c> language</c><00:49:18.400><c> of</c><00:49:18.619><c> John,</c>

00:49:19.559 --> 00:49:22.519
the<00:49:19.860><c> Word</c><00:49:20.639><c> made</c><00:49:21.460><c> flesh.</c>

00:49:22.840 --> 00:49:24.659
You<00:49:22.940><c> know,</c><00:49:23.199><c> John</c><00:49:23.500><c> chapter</c><00:49:23.780><c> one,</c><00:49:24.099><c> verse</c><00:49:24.300><c> one,</c>

00:49:24.800 --> 00:49:27.219
in<00:49:25.059><c> the</c><00:49:25.320><c> beginning</c><00:49:25.559><c> was</c><00:49:25.960><c> the</c><00:49:26.260><c> Word.</c>

00:49:27.619 --> 00:49:30.579
By<00:49:28.139><c> the</c><00:49:28.300><c> time</c><00:49:28.440><c> you</c><00:49:28.519><c> get</c><00:49:28.739><c> down</c><00:49:28.900><c> to</c><00:49:29.019><c> verse</c><00:49:29.219><c> 14,</c><00:49:29.739><c> we</c><00:49:29.840><c> read,</c>

00:49:30.760 --> 00:49:34.239
and<00:49:30.760><c> the</c><00:49:30.840><c> Word</c><00:49:31.360><c> was</c><00:49:32.119><c> made</c><00:49:32.460><c> flesh</c><00:49:32.780><c> and</c><00:49:33.079><c> dwelt</c><00:49:33.260><c> among</c><00:49:33.519><c> us</c>

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and<00:49:34.699><c> we</c><00:49:34.960><c> beheld</c><00:49:35.400><c> his</c><00:49:35.699><c> glory.</c>

00:49:37.059 --> 00:49:40.099
You<00:49:37.239><c> know,</c><00:49:37.519><c> the</c><00:49:37.900><c> righteousness</c><00:49:38.420><c> of</c><00:49:38.739><c> God</c><00:49:39.059><c> theme</c><00:49:39.360><c> from</c><00:49:39.619><c> Romans</c>

00:49:40.099 --> 00:49:44.099
is<00:49:40.780><c> tantamount</c><00:49:41.280><c> to</c><00:49:41.539><c> the</c><00:49:42.360><c> glory</c><00:49:42.860><c> of</c><00:49:43.139><c> God</c><00:49:43.340><c> theme</c><00:49:43.559><c> of</c><00:49:43.800><c> John.</c>

00:49:44.280 --> 00:49:46.260
John<00:49:44.519><c> talks</c><00:49:44.780><c> a</c><00:49:44.900><c> lot</c><00:49:45.000><c> about</c><00:49:45.219><c> glory.</c>

00:49:46.360 --> 00:49:47.679
Paul<00:49:46.440><c> talks</c><00:49:46.699><c> a</c><00:49:46.820><c> lot</c><00:49:46.940><c> about</c><00:49:47.199><c> righteousness,</c>

00:49:47.719 --> 00:49:49.739
but<00:49:48.159><c> they're</c><00:49:48.400><c> really</c><00:49:48.679><c> very</c><00:49:48.920><c> much</c><00:49:49.159><c> intertwined.</c>

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We<00:49:50.139><c> beheld</c><00:49:50.519><c> his</c><00:49:50.820><c> glory.</c>

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The<00:49:51.340><c> glory</c><00:49:51.559><c> is</c><00:49:51.719><c> of</c><00:49:51.820><c> the</c><00:49:51.980><c> only</c><00:49:52.159><c> begotten</c><00:49:52.539><c> of</c><00:49:52.699><c> the</c><00:49:52.900><c> Father,</c>

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full<00:49:53.960><c> of</c><00:49:54.159><c> grace</c><00:49:54.420><c> and</c><00:49:54.760><c> truth.</c>

00:49:55.670 --> 00:49:57.960
Now,<00:49:56.019><c> in</c><00:49:56.260><c> John</c><00:49:56.519><c> chapter</c><00:49:56.840><c> one</c><00:49:57.019><c> then</c><00:49:57.239><c> in</c><00:49:57.420><c> verse</c><00:49:57.579><c> 14,</c>

00:49:58.000 --> 00:50:02.059
of<00:49:58.179><c> course,</c><00:49:58.719><c> we</c><00:49:59.320><c> have</c><00:50:00.000><c> a</c><00:50:00.239><c> reference</c><00:50:00.440><c> to</c><00:50:00.659><c> this</c><00:50:00.800><c> and</c><00:50:00.960><c> let's,</c>

00:50:03.079 --> 00:50:04.800
well,<00:50:03.380><c> let's</c><00:50:03.719><c> anyway,</c>

00:50:05.900 --> 00:50:08.280
you<00:50:06.159><c> look</c><00:50:06.280><c> at</c><00:50:06.400><c> your</c><00:50:06.539><c> watch,</c><00:50:06.739><c> you'll</c><00:50:06.860><c> know</c><00:50:06.940><c> what</c><00:50:07.059><c> I</c><00:50:07.239><c> mean.</c>

00:50:08.300 --> 00:50:10.500
Let's<00:50:08.619><c> go</c><00:50:08.820><c> to</c><00:50:08.960><c> John</c><00:50:09.219><c> chapter</c><00:50:09.599><c> one</c>

00:50:11.579 --> 00:50:14.059
and<00:50:12.119><c> we</c><00:50:12.380><c> remember</c><00:50:12.619><c> the</c><00:50:12.900><c> incident,</c><00:50:13.260><c> don't</c><00:50:13.539><c> we,</c>

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where<00:50:14.719><c> the</c><00:50:15.039><c> Jewish</c><00:50:15.360><c> rulers</c><00:50:15.780><c> came</c><00:50:16.079><c> up</c><00:50:16.400><c> to</c><00:50:17.000><c> John</c><00:50:17.260><c> the</c><00:50:17.460><c> Baptist</c>

00:50:18.510 --> 00:50:23.059
and<00:50:18.780><c> they</c><00:50:19.059><c> said</c><00:50:19.239><c> to</c><00:50:19.460><c> him</c><00:50:20.320><c> in</c><00:50:21.460><c> verse</c><00:50:21.760><c> 19,</c>

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and<00:50:23.300><c> who</c><00:50:23.380><c> are</c><00:50:23.679><c> you?</c>

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And<00:50:25.000><c> he</c><00:50:25.139><c> said,</c><00:50:25.519><c> and</c><00:50:25.639><c> we'll</c><00:50:25.780><c> make</c><00:50:25.900><c> it</c><00:50:26.019><c> very</c><00:50:26.239><c> quick,</c>

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I'm<00:50:27.019><c> not</c><00:50:27.199><c> the</c><00:50:27.400><c> Christ,</c><00:50:28.460><c> I'm</c><00:50:28.579><c> not</c><00:50:28.800><c> Elijah,</c>

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I'm<00:50:29.920><c> not</c><00:50:30.139><c> the</c><00:50:30.300><c> prophet</c><00:50:30.500><c> like</c><00:50:30.780><c> unto</c><00:50:30.940><c> Moses.</c>

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And<00:50:32.820><c> they</c><00:50:33.019><c> said</c><00:50:33.239><c> to</c><00:50:33.420><c> him,</c><00:50:33.980><c> well,</c><00:50:34.119><c> if</c><00:50:34.219><c> you're</c><00:50:34.380><c> not</c><00:50:34.500><c> one</c><00:50:34.659><c> of</c>

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those<00:50:35.019><c> three,</c>

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who<00:50:35.420><c> are</c><00:50:35.599><c> you?</c>

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Because<00:50:36.400><c> that's</c><00:50:36.679><c> all</c><00:50:36.760><c> we</c><00:50:36.900><c> know</c><00:50:37.079><c> about.</c>

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And<00:50:38.199><c> he</c><00:50:38.260><c> says,</c><00:50:38.480><c> I'll</c><00:50:38.579><c> tell</c><00:50:38.699><c> you</c><00:50:38.780><c> what</c><00:50:38.940><c> I</c><00:50:39.099><c> am.</c>

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I'm<00:50:40.119><c> what</c><00:50:40.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:41.000><c> 40</c><00:50:41.360><c> says,</c>

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and<00:50:42.219><c> we</c><00:50:42.320><c> won't</c><00:50:42.420><c> go</c><00:50:42.659><c> back</c><00:50:42.840><c> to</c><00:50:42.960><c> it</c><00:50:43.139><c> today</c><00:50:43.380><c> anyway,</c>

00:50:44.380 --> 00:50:46.179
I<00:50:44.719><c> am</c><00:50:44.960><c> what</c><00:50:45.179><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:45.559><c> 40</c><00:50:45.900><c> says,</c>

00:50:46.239 --> 00:50:48.460
the<00:50:46.360><c> voice</c><00:50:46.579><c> of</c><00:50:46.780><c> one</c><00:50:46.960><c> crying</c><00:50:47.219><c> in</c><00:50:47.400><c> the</c><00:50:47.539><c> wilderness.</c>

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Prepare<00:50:49.239><c> ye</c><00:50:49.460><c> the</c><00:50:49.599><c> way</c><00:50:49.780><c> of</c><00:50:50.019><c> Yahweh.</c>

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Make<00:50:50.820><c> straight</c><00:50:51.119><c> in</c><00:50:51.280><c> the</c><00:50:51.380><c> desert</c><00:50:51.579><c> a</c><00:50:51.780><c> highway</c><00:50:52.059><c> for</c><00:50:52.300><c> our</c><00:50:52.500><c> God.</c>

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Every<00:50:53.239><c> valley</c><00:50:53.539><c> shall</c><00:50:53.719><c> be</c><00:50:53.980><c> exalted</c>

00:50:54.340 --> 00:50:56.139
and<00:50:54.519><c> every</c><00:50:54.739><c> mountain</c><00:50:55.079><c> and</c><00:50:55.300><c> hill</c><00:50:55.400><c> shall</c><00:50:55.559><c> be</c><00:50:55.699><c> made</c><00:50:55.940><c> low.</c>

00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:58.219
The<00:50:56.579><c> crooked</c><00:50:56.780><c> straight,</c><00:50:57.239><c> the</c><00:50:57.340><c> rough</c><00:50:57.519><c> places</c><00:50:57.900><c> plain</c>

00:50:58.219 --> 00:51:00.599
and<00:50:58.699><c> the</c><00:50:59.000><c> glory</c><00:50:59.360><c> of</c><00:50:59.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:59.860><c> shall</c><00:51:00.079><c> be</c><00:51:00.340><c> revealed</c>

00:51:00.599 --> 00:51:05.039
and<00:51:00.880><c> all</c><00:51:02.079><c> flesh</c><00:51:02.880><c> shall</c><00:51:03.599><c> see</c><00:51:03.780><c> it</c><00:51:04.019><c> together.</c>

00:51:05.420 --> 00:51:10.400
And<00:51:05.599><c> then</c><00:51:05.679><c> he</c><00:51:05.760><c> goes</c><00:51:06.000><c> on</c><00:51:06.280><c> to</c><00:51:06.579><c> say,</c><00:51:07.539><c> surely</c><00:51:08.059><c> the</c><00:51:09.059><c> people</c><00:51:09.260><c> is</c><00:51:09.539><c> grass.</c>

00:51:11.360 --> 00:51:14.219
The<00:51:11.500><c> grass</c><00:51:11.780><c> withereth,</c><00:51:12.840><c> the</c><00:51:13.039><c> fire</c><00:51:13.340><c> faded</c>

00:51:14.420 --> 00:51:16.599
because<00:51:14.699><c> the</c><00:51:14.960><c> glory</c><00:51:15.139><c> of</c><00:51:15.239><c> it</c><00:51:15.360><c> passes</c><00:51:15.679><c> away.</c>

00:51:16.679 --> 00:51:18.500
All<00:51:17.219><c> flesh</c><00:51:17.659><c> is</c><00:51:18.099><c> grass.</c>

00:51:18.500 --> 00:51:20.579
Was<00:51:18.940><c> Jesus</c><00:51:19.420><c> Christ</c><00:51:19.699><c> flesh?</c>

00:51:20.900 --> 00:51:23.639
Did<00:51:21.079><c> he</c><00:51:21.340><c> possess</c><00:51:21.820><c> all</c><00:51:22.239><c> the</c><00:51:22.420><c> propensities</c><00:51:23.079><c> of</c><00:51:23.239><c> the</c><00:51:23.440><c> flesh</c>

00:51:23.639 --> 00:51:24.920
like<00:51:23.880><c> we</c><00:51:24.139><c> do?</c>

00:51:25.519 --> 00:51:28.239
Yes,<00:51:26.539><c> well,</c><00:51:26.659><c> he</c><00:51:26.719><c> had</c><00:51:26.900><c> to</c><00:51:27.079><c> die.</c>

00:51:29.380 --> 00:51:31.559
If<00:51:29.559><c> God</c><00:51:29.760><c> had</c><00:51:29.940><c> made</c><00:51:30.139><c> an</c><00:51:30.420><c> exception,</c>

00:51:31.900 --> 00:51:35.699
God<00:51:32.260><c> would</c><00:51:32.579><c> not</c><00:51:32.800><c> have</c><00:51:33.039><c> been</c><00:51:34.019><c> true</c><00:51:34.360><c> to</c><00:51:34.519><c> his</c><00:51:34.659><c> own</c><00:51:34.860><c> word.</c>

00:51:35.760 --> 00:51:38.159
God<00:51:36.019><c> would</c><00:51:36.280><c> not</c><00:51:36.440><c> have</c><00:51:36.659><c> been</c><00:51:37.059><c> right.</c>

00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:39.840
Therefore,<00:51:38.860><c> to</c><00:51:38.960><c> put</c><00:51:39.119><c> it</c><00:51:39.219><c> the</c><00:51:39.420><c> other</c><00:51:39.619><c> way,</c>

00:51:40.139 --> 00:51:41.940
the<00:51:40.360><c> righteousness</c><00:51:40.840><c> of</c><00:51:41.119><c> God</c><00:51:41.360><c> was</c><00:51:41.599><c> declared</c>

00:51:41.940 --> 00:51:43.500
in<00:51:42.179><c> the</c><00:51:42.300><c> death</c><00:51:42.460><c> of</c><00:51:42.619><c> Jesus</c><00:51:43.019><c> Christ,</c>

00:51:43.719 --> 00:51:47.139
if<00:51:43.940><c> for</c><00:51:44.219><c> no</c><00:51:44.480><c> other</c><00:51:44.699><c> reason</c><00:51:45.179><c> than</c><00:51:45.579><c> the</c><00:51:45.800><c> fact</c><00:51:45.960><c> that</c><00:51:46.119><c> he</c><00:51:46.239><c> was</c><00:51:46.659><c> flesh,</c>

00:51:47.139 --> 00:51:49.420
that<00:51:47.619><c> is,</c><00:51:47.840><c> he</c><00:51:47.860><c> was</c><00:51:48.059><c> mortal.</c>

00:51:49.639 --> 00:51:51.519
Jesus<00:51:49.880><c> Christ</c><00:51:50.139><c> died</c><00:51:50.420><c> because</c><00:51:50.659><c> he</c><00:51:50.760><c> was</c><00:51:50.940><c> mortal</c>

00:51:51.519 --> 00:51:53.500
and<00:51:52.199><c> God</c><00:51:52.440><c> was</c><00:51:52.699><c> seen</c><00:51:52.820><c> to</c><00:51:52.980><c> be</c><00:51:53.119><c> right.</c>

00:51:53.780 --> 00:51:56.000
If<00:51:53.900><c> he'd</c><00:51:54.139><c> made</c><00:51:54.320><c> an</c><00:51:54.579><c> exception</c><00:51:54.860><c> to</c><00:51:55.099><c> that,</c>

00:51:56.079 --> 00:51:57.440
then<00:51:56.179><c> God</c><00:51:56.360><c> would</c><00:51:56.559><c> not</c><00:51:56.699><c> have</c><00:51:56.840><c> been</c><00:51:57.039><c> consistent</c>

00:51:57.440 --> 00:51:59.000
with<00:51:57.619><c> his</c><00:51:57.800><c> own</c><00:51:58.019><c> principles.</c>

00:51:59.659 --> 00:52:00.320
And<00:51:59.699><c> some</c><00:51:59.900><c> people</c><00:52:00.079><c> are</c><00:52:00.199><c> saying,</c>

00:52:00.500 --> 00:52:01.519
but<00:52:00.519><c> there's</c><00:52:00.840><c> more</c><00:52:01.019><c> to</c><00:52:01.139><c> it</c><00:52:01.219><c> than</c><00:52:01.400><c> that,</c>

00:52:01.559 --> 00:52:03.699
more<00:52:01.760><c> to</c><00:52:01.900><c> it</c><00:52:02.019><c> than</c><00:52:02.119><c> that,</c><00:52:02.280><c> more</c><00:52:02.500><c> to</c><00:52:02.599><c> it</c><00:52:02.739><c> than</c><00:52:02.800><c> that.</c>

00:52:03.800 --> 00:52:05.960
Well,<00:52:04.199><c> really</c><00:52:04.599><c> at</c><00:52:04.780><c> this</c><00:52:04.960><c> stage,</c><00:52:05.119><c> what</c><00:52:05.300><c> is</c><00:52:05.559><c> there</c>

00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:07.639
that's<00:52:06.739><c> more</c><00:52:06.900><c> to</c><00:52:07.000><c> it</c><00:52:07.139><c> than</c><00:52:07.300><c> that?</c>

00:52:08.039 --> 00:52:10.639
Jesus<00:52:08.440><c> Christ</c><00:52:08.780><c> died</c><00:52:09.039><c> because</c><00:52:09.340><c> he</c><00:52:09.480><c> was</c><00:52:09.699><c> flesh.</c>

00:52:10.800 --> 00:52:13.340
He<00:52:11.079><c> died</c><00:52:11.320><c> under</c><00:52:11.619><c> sin</c><00:52:11.760><c> once,</c><00:52:12.059><c> we're</c><00:52:12.340><c> told.</c>

00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:19.159
But<00:52:15.599><c> the</c><00:52:16.079><c> quote</c><00:52:16.280><c> in</c><00:52:16.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:52:17.280><c> concludes</c><00:52:17.860><c> by</c><00:52:18.199><c> saying,</c>

00:52:19.659 --> 00:52:22.739
but<00:52:19.659><c> the</c><00:52:20.460><c> word</c><00:52:20.699><c> of</c><00:52:20.860><c> our</c><00:52:21.079><c> God</c><00:52:21.300><c> shall</c><00:52:21.500><c> stand</c><00:52:21.739><c> forever.</c>

00:52:23.159 --> 00:52:24.960
And<00:52:23.260><c> it</c><00:52:23.320><c> was</c><00:52:23.480><c> John</c><00:52:23.679><c> that</c><00:52:23.820><c> had</c><00:52:23.980><c> picked</c><00:52:24.099><c> those</c><00:52:24.380><c> two</c><00:52:24.619><c> words</c><00:52:24.780><c> up</c>

00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:26.300
and<00:52:25.000><c> put</c><00:52:25.139><c> them</c><00:52:25.300><c> together.</c>

00:52:26.659 --> 00:52:28.639
As<00:52:26.980><c> flesh,</c><00:52:27.280><c> he</c><00:52:27.420><c> had</c><00:52:27.579><c> to</c><00:52:27.800><c> die.</c>

00:52:29.280 --> 00:52:32.179
But<00:52:29.400><c> as</c><00:52:29.760><c> that</c><00:52:30.099><c> word,</c><00:52:30.500><c> that</c><00:52:30.860><c> incorruptible</c><00:52:31.880><c> word,</c>

00:52:32.400 --> 00:52:35.420
you<00:52:32.539><c> see</c><00:52:32.699><c> our</c><00:52:32.900><c> quote</c><00:52:33.079><c> there,</c><00:52:33.320><c> 1</c><00:52:33.519><c> Peter</c><00:52:33.760><c> 1,</c><00:52:34.079><c> verses</c><00:52:34.340><c> 24</c><00:52:34.780><c> and</c><00:52:35.000><c> 25,</c>

00:52:35.460 --> 00:52:36.460
which<00:52:35.619><c> you</c><00:52:35.760><c> haven't</c><00:52:35.920><c> looked</c><00:52:36.139><c> up,</c>

00:52:36.659 --> 00:52:39.260
which<00:52:36.880><c> also</c><00:52:37.380><c> quotes</c><00:52:37.659><c> Isaiah</c><00:52:38.099><c> 40,</c>

00:52:39.340 --> 00:52:42.320
there<00:52:39.659><c> was,</c><00:52:40.039><c> by</c><00:52:40.400><c> a</c><00:52:40.619><c> figure,</c><00:52:41.280><c> something</c><00:52:41.659><c> in</c><00:52:41.880><c> that</c><00:52:42.139><c> grave</c>

00:52:42.320 --> 00:52:43.480
that<00:52:42.480><c> God</c><00:52:42.659><c> couldn't</c><00:52:42.940><c> leave</c><00:52:43.219><c> there.</c>

00:52:43.619 --> 00:52:47.340
I<00:52:43.739><c> say</c><00:52:43.940><c> by</c><00:52:44.179><c> a</c><00:52:44.320><c> figure,</c><00:52:45.400><c> it</c><00:52:45.519><c> was</c><00:52:45.739><c> an</c><00:52:45.980><c> incorruptible</c><00:52:46.559><c> seed.</c>

00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:48.880
It<00:52:47.619><c> was</c><00:52:47.780><c> part</c><00:52:48.039><c> of</c><00:52:48.219><c> God</c><00:52:48.400><c> himself.</c>

00:52:48.920 --> 00:52:50.699
It<00:52:49.059><c> was</c><00:52:49.280><c> his</c><00:52:49.639><c> word.</c>

00:52:51.820 --> 00:52:53.920
And<00:52:51.960><c> God</c><00:52:52.119><c> would</c><00:52:52.320><c> not</c><00:52:52.420><c> have</c><00:52:52.559><c> been</c><00:52:52.699><c> right</c>

00:52:54.079 --> 00:52:55.980
to<00:52:54.320><c> leave</c><00:52:54.519><c> that</c><00:52:54.760><c> man</c><00:52:54.880><c> in</c><00:52:55.019><c> the</c><00:52:55.179><c> grave.</c>

00:52:56.239 --> 00:52:58.719
So<00:52:56.440><c> how</c><00:52:56.719><c> wonderful</c><00:52:57.239><c> and</c><00:52:57.519><c> how</c><00:52:57.780><c> simple.</c>

00:52:58.800 --> 00:53:01.000
God's<00:52:59.280><c> righteousness</c><00:52:59.739><c> seen</c><00:53:00.039><c> in</c><00:53:00.280><c> the</c><00:53:00.519><c> only</c><00:53:00.780><c> man</c>

00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:03.119
who<00:53:01.179><c> lived</c><00:53:01.300><c> a</c><00:53:01.460><c> life</c><00:53:01.579><c> of</c><00:53:01.880><c> perfect</c><00:53:02.019><c> obedience.</c>

00:53:03.340 --> 00:53:04.940
But<00:53:03.519><c> that</c><00:53:03.699><c> man</c><00:53:03.820><c> was</c><00:53:04.059><c> flesh.</c>

00:53:05.199 --> 00:53:07.860
God's<00:53:05.679><c> righteousness</c><00:53:06.099><c> seen</c><00:53:06.559><c> in</c><00:53:06.920><c> the</c><00:53:07.019><c> death</c><00:53:07.159><c> of</c><00:53:07.380><c> that</c><00:53:07.579><c> man.</c>

00:53:08.199 --> 00:53:09.559
But<00:53:08.380><c> that</c><00:53:08.599><c> man</c><00:53:08.739><c> was</c><00:53:08.980><c> sinless.</c>

00:53:09.559 --> 00:53:14.179
God's<00:53:10.360><c> righteousness</c><00:53:10.860><c> seen</c><00:53:11.360><c> in</c><00:53:11.860><c> the</c><00:53:12.079><c> resurrection</c><00:53:12.619><c> of</c><00:53:13.059><c> that</c><00:53:13.260><c> man.</c>

00:53:14.900 --> 00:53:17.400
For<00:53:14.980><c> those</c><00:53:15.300><c> who've</c><00:53:15.639><c> been</c><00:53:15.820><c> worried</c><00:53:15.960><c> about</c><00:53:16.219><c> the</c><00:53:16.440><c> atonement,</c>

00:53:17.880 --> 00:53:19.380
that's<00:53:18.019><c> what</c><00:53:18.119><c> it's</c><00:53:18.300><c> all</c><00:53:18.460><c> about.</c>

00:53:20.159 --> 00:53:22.179
But<00:53:20.239><c> of</c><00:53:20.420><c> course,</c><00:53:20.699><c> we've</c><00:53:20.940><c> got</c><00:53:21.019><c> to</c><00:53:21.159><c> identify</c><00:53:21.619><c> with</c><00:53:21.840><c> that,</c>

00:53:22.300 --> 00:53:23.800
and<00:53:22.380><c> that's</c><00:53:22.619><c> another</c><00:53:22.800><c> subject</c><00:53:23.179><c> down</c><00:53:23.400><c> the</c><00:53:23.599><c> line.</c>

00:53:23.980 --> 00:53:26.260
But<00:53:24.119><c> that's</c><00:53:24.559><c> the</c><00:53:24.679><c> essence</c><00:53:24.880><c> of</c><00:53:25.079><c> the</c><00:53:25.260><c> atonement.</c>

00:53:26.619 --> 00:53:30.460
What<00:53:26.900><c> was</c><00:53:27.420><c> achieved</c><00:53:27.980><c> in</c><00:53:28.719><c> Christ's</c><00:53:29.179><c> death</c><00:53:29.280><c> and</c><00:53:29.519><c> resurrection?</c>

00:53:30.480 --> 00:53:32.360
I'm<00:53:30.579><c> just</c><00:53:30.739><c> going</c><00:53:30.880><c> to</c><00:53:31.039><c> simply</c><00:53:31.260><c> read</c><00:53:31.539><c> these</c><00:53:31.840><c> two</c><00:53:32.059><c> statements,</c>

00:53:32.380 --> 00:53:33.940
and<00:53:32.480><c> they</c><00:53:32.599><c> will</c><00:53:32.760><c> come</c><00:53:32.920><c> out</c><00:53:33.059><c> in</c><00:53:33.219><c> a</c><00:53:33.260><c> later</c><00:53:33.500><c> study.</c>

00:53:34.420 --> 00:53:36.519
Sin<00:53:34.619><c> was</c><00:53:34.880><c> condemned</c><00:53:35.219><c> in</c><00:53:35.400><c> the</c><00:53:35.579><c> flesh.</c>

00:53:37.239 --> 00:53:38.699
Romans<00:53:37.539><c> 8,</c><00:53:37.860><c> verse</c><00:53:38.019><c> three.</c>

00:53:38.699 --> 00:53:41.980
But<00:53:39.179><c> the</c><00:53:39.500><c> righteousness</c><00:53:39.940><c> of</c><00:53:40.139><c> God</c><00:53:40.320><c> was</c><00:53:40.559><c> declared.</c>

00:53:42.000 --> 00:53:44.260
Romans<00:53:42.219><c> 3,</c><00:53:42.619><c> verse</c><00:53:43.059><c> 26.</c>

00:53:44.599 --> 00:53:46.280
So<00:53:44.739><c> how</c><00:53:44.940><c> can</c><00:53:45.119><c> we</c><00:53:45.280><c> say</c><00:53:45.480><c> by</c><00:53:45.800><c> summary</c>

00:53:46.280 --> 00:53:48.199
that<00:53:46.940><c> we</c><00:53:47.119><c> might</c><00:53:47.300><c> benefit</c><00:53:47.659><c> from</c><00:53:47.900><c> this?</c>

00:53:48.619 --> 00:53:52.179
How<00:53:49.000><c> is</c><00:53:49.340><c> all</c><00:53:49.619><c> of</c><00:53:49.800><c> that</c><00:53:50.440><c> of</c><00:53:50.880><c> benefit</c><00:53:51.119><c> to</c><00:53:51.340><c> us?</c>

00:53:52.260 --> 00:53:54.159
And<00:53:52.440><c> to</c><00:53:52.639><c> conclude</c><00:53:52.940><c> our</c><00:53:53.199><c> session,</c><00:53:53.639><c> brethren</c><00:53:53.659><c> and</c><00:53:53.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:53:54.219 --> 00:53:56.159
I'd<00:53:54.440><c> simply</c><00:53:54.659><c> like</c><00:53:54.900><c> to</c><00:53:55.079><c> go</c><00:53:55.300><c> back</c><00:53:55.519><c> to</c><00:53:55.719><c> our</c><00:53:55.980><c> quote</c>

00:53:56.159 --> 00:53:58.719
in<00:53:56.500><c> 2</c><00:53:56.719><c> Corinthians,</c><00:53:57.320><c> chapter</c><00:53:57.659><c> five.</c>

00:53:59.119 --> 00:54:00.099
We're<00:53:59.280><c> showing</c><00:53:59.500><c> on</c><00:53:59.699><c> the</c><00:53:59.920><c> screen</c>

00:54:00.099 --> 00:54:02.019
there's<00:54:00.420><c> 2</c><00:54:00.559><c> Corinthians</c><00:54:01.039><c> 5,</c><00:54:01.460><c> verse</c><00:54:01.619><c> 21.</c>

00:54:02.059 --> 00:54:04.480
But<00:54:02.219><c> let's</c><00:54:02.500><c> go</c><00:54:02.760><c> back</c><00:54:03.199><c> and</c><00:54:03.719><c> read</c><00:54:03.980><c> the</c><00:54:04.239><c> verses</c>

00:54:04.480 --> 00:54:06.900
that<00:54:04.699><c> we</c><00:54:04.860><c> read</c><00:54:05.000><c> before</c><00:54:05.440><c> and</c><00:54:06.019><c> concluded</c><00:54:06.440><c> at</c><00:54:06.699><c> that.</c>

00:54:06.900 --> 00:54:09.340
And<00:54:07.400><c> I</c><00:54:07.639><c> think,</c><00:54:07.940><c> to</c><00:54:07.980><c> me,</c><00:54:08.219><c> this</c><00:54:08.300><c> is</c><00:54:08.440><c> one</c><00:54:08.599><c> of</c><00:54:08.659><c> the</c><00:54:08.739><c> most</c><00:54:08.900><c> beautiful</c>

00:54:09.340 --> 00:54:11.000
summaries<00:54:09.679><c> that</c><00:54:09.880><c> Paul</c><00:54:10.039><c> can</c><00:54:10.239><c> give</c><00:54:10.360><c> us</c>

00:54:11.000 --> 00:54:13.900
as<00:54:11.380><c> a</c><00:54:11.539><c> lead</c><00:54:11.760><c> in</c><00:54:12.019><c> to</c><00:54:12.599><c> what</c><00:54:12.920><c> we've</c><00:54:13.320><c> got</c><00:54:13.460><c> to</c><00:54:13.639><c> do</c>

00:54:13.900 --> 00:54:16.780
to<00:54:14.340><c> identify</c><00:54:14.840><c> with</c><00:54:15.079><c> this</c><00:54:15.300><c> great</c><00:54:15.539><c> work</c><00:54:15.739><c> of</c><00:54:15.940><c> God</c><00:54:16.179><c> in</c><00:54:16.460><c> Christ.</c>

00:54:17.159 --> 00:54:19.440
2<00:54:17.239><c> Corinthians,</c><00:54:18.000><c> chapter</c><00:54:18.320><c> five.</c>

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And<00:54:20.380><c> previously,</c><00:54:21.519><c> on</c><00:54:21.940><c> the</c><00:54:22.179><c> transparency</c><00:54:22.699><c> there,</c>

00:54:22.980 --> 00:54:25.800
and<00:54:23.059><c> hopefully</c><00:54:23.360><c> now</c><00:54:23.840><c> most</c><00:54:24.119><c> of</c><00:54:24.260><c> you</c><00:54:24.340><c> can</c><00:54:24.539><c> see</c><00:54:24.679><c> all</c><00:54:24.860><c> of</c><00:54:24.960><c> that.</c>

00:54:26.219 --> 00:54:29.039
You<00:54:26.260><c> can't,</c><00:54:26.599><c> obviously,</c><00:54:27.000><c> by</c><00:54:27.119><c> the</c><00:54:27.260><c> way,</c><00:54:28.460><c> you're</c><00:54:28.559><c> twisting</c><00:54:28.780><c> around,</c>

00:54:29.099 --> 00:54:30.159
so<00:54:29.179><c> we'll</c><00:54:29.300><c> put</c><00:54:29.400><c> it</c><00:54:29.559><c> back</c><00:54:29.679><c> up</c><00:54:29.880><c> again.</c>

00:54:30.539 --> 00:54:33.019
2<00:54:30.840><c> Corinthians</c><00:54:31.340><c> 5,</c><00:54:31.780><c> and</c><00:54:31.960><c> on</c><00:54:32.139><c> the</c><00:54:32.280><c> previous</c><00:54:32.559><c> occasion,</c>

00:54:33.039 --> 00:54:35.880
we<00:54:33.280><c> started</c><00:54:33.500><c> from</c><00:54:33.719><c> verse</c><00:54:33.980><c> 18,</c><00:54:34.340><c> so</c><00:54:34.480><c> let's</c><00:54:34.699><c> do</c><00:54:34.840><c> it</c><00:54:35.019><c> again.</c>

00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:38.679
2<00:54:36.559><c> Corinthians</c><00:54:37.059><c> 5,</c><00:54:37.539><c> verse</c><00:54:37.719><c> 18.</c>

00:54:39.400 --> 00:54:40.599
And<00:54:39.420><c> all</c><00:54:39.719><c> things</c><00:54:39.940><c> are</c><00:54:40.139><c> of</c><00:54:40.260><c> God,</c>

00:54:40.719 --> 00:54:44.139
who<00:54:40.780><c> hath</c><00:54:41.039><c> reconciled</c><00:54:41.659><c> us</c><00:54:41.880><c> to</c><00:54:42.000><c> himself</c><00:54:42.380><c> by</c><00:54:42.679><c> Jesus</c><00:54:43.099><c> Christ,</c>

00:54:44.179 --> 00:54:47.099
and<00:54:44.280><c> hath</c><00:54:44.420><c> given</c><00:54:44.619><c> to</c><00:54:44.820><c> us</c><00:54:44.980><c> the</c><00:54:45.159><c> ministry</c><00:54:45.539><c> of</c><00:54:45.820><c> reconciliation,</c>

00:54:47.420 --> 00:54:50.380
to<00:54:47.619><c> wit</c><00:54:47.760><c> that</c><00:54:48.199><c> God</c><00:54:48.719><c> was</c><00:54:49.039><c> in</c><00:54:49.320><c> Christ,</c>

00:54:50.400 --> 00:54:52.800
reconciling<00:54:51.000><c> the</c><00:54:51.199><c> world</c><00:54:51.400><c> unto</c><00:54:51.599><c> himself,</c>

00:54:53.039 --> 00:54:55.599
not<00:54:53.280><c> imputing,</c><00:54:53.800><c> that's</c><00:54:54.079><c> gonna</c><00:54:54.239><c> be</c><00:54:54.440><c> an</c><00:54:54.619><c> important</c><00:54:55.000><c> word</c><00:54:55.199><c> tomorrow</c>

00:54:55.599 --> 00:54:56.460
and<00:54:55.780><c> the</c><00:54:55.940><c> day</c><00:54:56.139><c> after,</c>

00:54:56.760 --> 00:54:59.619
not<00:54:57.059><c> imputing</c><00:54:57.599><c> their</c><00:54:57.900><c> trespasses</c><00:54:58.380><c> and</c><00:54:58.639><c> sins</c><00:54:58.860><c> unto</c><00:54:59.099><c> them,</c>

00:55:00.039 --> 00:55:02.980
and<00:55:00.219><c> hath</c><00:55:00.360><c> committed</c><00:55:00.659><c> unto</c><00:55:00.900><c> us</c><00:55:01.139><c> the</c><00:55:01.340><c> word</c><00:55:01.480><c> of</c><00:55:01.739><c> reconciliation.</c>

00:55:03.079 --> 00:55:05.940
Now<00:55:03.659><c> then</c><00:55:03.900><c> we</c><00:55:04.059><c> are</c><00:55:04.340><c> ambassadors</c><00:55:04.880><c> for</c><00:55:05.159><c> Christ,</c>

00:55:06.400 --> 00:55:08.579
as<00:55:06.440><c> though</c><00:55:06.719><c> God</c><00:55:07.000><c> did</c><00:55:07.300><c> beseech</c><00:55:07.659><c> you</c><00:55:07.840><c> by</c><00:55:08.099><c> us,</c>

00:55:09.079 --> 00:55:12.500
we<00:55:09.280><c> pray</c><00:55:09.500><c> you</c><00:55:09.719><c> in</c><00:55:09.960><c> Christ's</c><00:55:10.539><c> stead</c><00:55:10.699><c> be</c><00:55:11.000><c> ye</c><00:55:11.260><c> reconciled</c><00:55:11.719><c> to</c><00:55:11.820><c> God,</c>

00:55:12.980 --> 00:55:15.300
for<00:55:13.059><c> he</c><00:55:13.219><c> hath</c><00:55:13.380><c> made</c><00:55:13.579><c> him</c><00:55:13.800><c> to</c><00:55:14.000><c> be</c><00:55:14.179><c> sin</c><00:55:14.440><c> for</c><00:55:14.679><c> us,</c>

00:55:15.480 --> 00:55:17.179
who<00:55:15.639><c> knew</c><00:55:15.860><c> no</c><00:55:16.179><c> sin,</c>

00:55:17.440 --> 00:55:24.559
that<00:55:17.760><c> we</c><00:55:18.960><c> might</c><00:55:19.500><c> be</c><00:55:19.800><c> made</c><00:55:20.420><c> the</c><00:55:21.300><c> righteousness</c><00:55:21.860><c> of</c><00:55:22.219><c> God</c><00:55:22.719><c> in</c><00:55:24.039><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:55:25.380><c> that,</c><00:55:25.780><c> brethren</c><00:55:25.860><c> and</c><00:55:26.079><c> sisters,</c>

00:55:26.460 --> 00:55:28.079
is<00:55:26.719><c> the</c><00:55:26.880><c> essence</c><00:55:27.199><c> of</c><00:55:27.400><c> the</c><00:55:27.579><c> Atonement.</c>

00:55:28.460 --> 00:55:30.860
When<00:55:28.760><c> the</c><00:55:29.079><c> focus</c><00:55:29.539><c> is</c><00:55:30.019><c> on</c><00:55:30.300><c> God,</c>

00:55:30.860 --> 00:55:34.079
man<00:55:31.820><c> stands</c><00:55:32.199><c> to</c><00:55:32.400><c> be</c><00:55:32.539><c> the</c><00:55:32.860><c> beneficiary.</c>

00:55:34.420 --> 00:55:36.659
If<00:55:34.619><c> we</c><00:55:34.880><c> are</c><00:55:35.179><c> going</c><00:55:35.400><c> to</c><00:55:35.679><c> see</c><00:55:35.860><c> the</c><00:55:36.119><c> gospel</c>

00:55:36.659 --> 00:55:39.559
as<00:55:37.360><c> the</c><00:55:37.619><c> power</c><00:55:37.880><c> of</c><00:55:38.019><c> God</c><00:55:38.159><c> and</c><00:55:38.280><c> the</c><00:55:38.420><c> salvation,</c>

00:55:39.579 --> 00:55:41.380
then<00:55:39.699><c> we</c><00:55:39.840><c> must</c><00:55:40.199><c> come</c><00:55:40.460><c> to</c><00:55:40.760><c> understand,</c>

00:55:41.559 --> 00:55:45.019
and<00:55:42.199><c> in</c><00:55:42.380><c> all</c><00:55:42.500><c> its</c><00:55:42.699><c> simplicity</c><00:55:43.059><c> as</c><00:55:43.280><c> we</c><00:55:43.480><c> see</c><00:55:43.619><c> it</c><00:55:43.760><c> here</c><00:55:43.860><c> this</c><00:55:44.099><c> morning,</c>

00:55:45.079 --> 00:55:49.019
that<00:55:45.239><c> we</c><00:55:45.539><c> might,</c><00:55:46.659><c> through</c><00:55:46.860><c> the</c><00:55:47.219><c> identification</c><00:55:47.920><c> of</c><00:55:48.380><c> a</c><00:55:48.619><c> belief</c>

00:55:49.019 --> 00:55:53.199
and<00:55:49.639><c> a</c><00:55:49.840><c> baptism</c><00:55:50.420><c> into</c><00:55:51.000><c> the</c><00:55:51.119><c> name</c><00:55:51.260><c> of</c><00:55:51.460><c> the</c><00:55:51.539><c> Lord</c><00:55:51.739><c> Jesus</c><00:55:52.139><c> Christ,</c>

00:55:53.300 --> 00:55:55.380
and<00:55:53.440><c> an</c><00:55:53.599><c> endeavor</c><00:55:54.019><c> to</c><00:55:54.360><c> walk</c><00:55:54.519><c> a</c><00:55:54.659><c> way</c><00:55:54.860><c> of</c><00:55:55.119><c> life</c>

00:55:55.380 --> 00:55:57.219
which<00:55:55.920><c> reflects</c><00:55:56.260><c> the</c><00:55:56.500><c> glory</c><00:55:56.699><c> of</c><00:55:56.940><c> God,</c>

00:55:57.219 --> 00:56:00.960
that<00:55:57.780><c> we</c><00:55:58.019><c> might</c><00:55:58.280><c> be</c><00:55:58.579><c> made</c><00:55:59.019><c> the</c><00:55:59.440><c> righteousness</c><00:55:59.820><c> of</c><00:56:00.179><c> God</c>

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in<00:56:01.219><c> Jesus</c><00:56:01.579><c> Christ.</c>