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So<00:11:19.519><c> sin</c><00:11:19.659><c> had</c><00:11:19.940><c> no</c><00:11:20.519><c> effect,</c><00:11:20.740><c> no</c><00:11:21.019><c> effect</c><00:11:21.240><c> on</c><00:11:21.399><c> their</c><00:11:21.620><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:11:22.600><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:11:23.379><c> what</c><00:11:23.539><c> they</c><00:11:23.759><c> were</c><00:11:23.919><c> promoting.</c>

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Of<00:11:26.340><c> course,</c><00:11:27.399><c> John</c><00:11:27.679><c> then</c><00:11:28.019><c> says,</c><00:11:28.279><c> you</c><00:11:28.419><c> know,</c><00:11:28.539><c> there's</c><00:11:28.720><c> no</c><00:11:28.960><c> sin</c>

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in<00:11:29.460><c> God</c><00:11:29.799><c> and</c><00:11:30.120><c> in</c><00:11:30.320><c> his</c><00:11:30.460><c> son,</c><00:11:30.919><c> right?</c>

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Be<00:11:31.299><c> holy,</c><00:11:31.720><c> for</c><00:11:31.899><c> I</c><00:11:32.139><c> am</c><00:11:32.279><c> holy.</c>

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Whosoever<00:11:34.960><c> abideth</c><00:11:35.460><c> in</c><00:11:35.720><c> him,</c><00:11:35.960><c> sinneth</c><00:11:36.279><c> not.</c>

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You<00:11:36.759><c> remain</c><00:11:37.220><c> in</c><00:11:37.379><c> the</c><00:11:37.679><c> truth,</c><00:11:38.240><c> in</c><00:11:38.679><c> the</c><00:11:39.000><c> relationship.</c>

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Those<00:11:41.100><c> that</c><00:11:41.419><c> do,</c><00:11:41.559><c> we</c><00:11:41.720><c> don't</c><00:11:41.940><c> practice</c><00:11:42.559><c> sin.</c>

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We<00:11:43.720><c> don't</c><00:11:44.039><c> disregard</c><00:11:44.779><c> the</c><00:11:45.080><c> law,</c><00:11:45.279><c> but</c><00:11:45.419><c> we</c><00:11:45.600><c> have</c><00:11:45.759><c> respect</c><00:11:46.240><c> for</c>

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the<00:11:46.679><c> Word.</c>

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He<00:11:49.659><c> that</c><00:11:49.840><c> committeth</c><00:11:50.299><c> sin</c><00:11:50.419><c> is</c><00:11:50.559><c> of</c><00:11:50.779><c> the</c><00:11:50.960><c> devil,</c><00:11:51.240><c> like</c><00:11:51.419><c> the</c>

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serpent<00:11:52.019><c> thinker.</c>

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The<00:11:53.059><c> conflict</c><00:11:53.500><c> of</c><00:11:53.779><c> the</c><00:11:54.000><c> ages</c><00:11:54.279><c> between</c><00:11:55.340><c> the</c><00:11:56.200><c> woman's</c><00:11:56.679><c> seed</c><00:11:56.840><c> and</c>

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the<00:11:57.259><c> seed</c><00:11:57.379><c> of</c><00:11:57.559><c> the</c><00:11:57.740><c> serpent.</c>

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It's<00:11:58.440><c> been</c><00:11:58.700><c> going</c><00:11:58.940><c> on</c><00:11:59.360><c> forever.</c>

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Born<00:12:01.600><c> of</c><00:12:01.860><c> God,</c><00:12:02.759><c> born</c><00:12:03.200><c> by</c><00:12:03.500><c> the</c><00:12:03.779><c> Word,</c><00:12:05.059><c> does</c><00:12:05.259><c> not</c><00:12:05.600><c> commit</c><00:12:05.940><c> sin.</c>

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Right<00:12:06.399><c> in</c><00:12:06.559><c> us,</c><00:12:06.779><c> we</c><00:12:07.000><c> have</c><00:12:07.360><c> the</c><00:12:07.620><c> seed</c><00:12:07.759><c> of</c><00:12:08.000><c> the</c><00:12:08.179><c> woman.</c>

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So<00:12:09.700><c> we</c><00:12:09.940><c> have</c><00:12:10.100><c> a</c><00:12:10.320><c> battle,</c><00:12:11.419><c> right?</c>

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The<00:12:12.120><c> natural</c><00:12:12.500><c> man</c><00:12:12.919><c> doesn't</c><00:12:13.240><c> have</c><00:12:13.480><c> the</c><00:12:13.740><c> battle,</c><00:12:14.759><c> because</c><00:12:14.980><c> he's</c>

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only<00:12:15.559><c> the</c><00:12:15.820><c> serpent</c><00:12:16.159><c> thinker.</c>

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But<00:12:17.639><c> we</c><00:12:18.220><c> have</c><00:12:18.600><c> said,</c><00:12:18.879><c> now</c><00:12:19.039><c> we've</c><00:12:19.279><c> got</c><00:12:19.379><c> the</c><00:12:19.580><c> Word</c><00:12:19.799><c> of</c><00:12:19.980><c> God</c><00:12:20.259><c> in</c><00:12:20.399><c> us.</c>

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So<00:12:21.379><c> now</c><00:12:21.600><c> we've</c><00:12:21.820><c> got</c><00:12:21.940><c> the</c><00:12:22.220><c> struggle</c><00:12:22.480><c> in</c><00:12:22.700><c> the</c><00:12:22.919><c> mind,</c><00:12:23.980><c> right?</c>

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Do<00:12:24.620><c> the</c><00:12:24.759><c> things</c><00:12:24.940><c> of</c><00:12:25.159><c> the</c><00:12:25.379><c> flesh</c><00:12:25.740><c> or</c><00:12:25.980><c> the</c><00:12:26.120><c> will</c><00:12:26.220><c> of</c><00:12:26.500><c> God?</c>

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And<00:12:27.860><c> that's</c><00:12:28.179><c> a</c><00:12:28.320><c> struggle</c><00:12:28.779><c> until</c><00:12:29.240><c> we're</c><00:12:29.580><c> changed</c><00:12:30.080><c> or</c><00:12:30.539><c> until</c><00:12:30.759><c> we</c><00:12:30.960><c> die.</c>

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He<00:12:34.340><c> then</c><00:12:34.600><c> says,</c><00:12:34.820><c> if</c><00:12:34.899><c> you</c><00:12:35.100><c> see</c><00:12:35.299><c> a</c><00:12:35.500><c> brother</c><00:12:35.940><c> commit</c><00:12:36.580><c> a</c><00:12:36.879><c> sin</c><00:12:37.100><c> that</c>

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does<00:12:37.639><c> not</c><00:12:37.919><c> lead</c><00:12:38.159><c> unto</c><00:12:38.379><c> death,</c><00:12:38.679><c> you</c><00:12:38.820><c> should</c><00:12:39.039><c> pray.</c>

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So<00:12:40.659><c> those</c><00:12:40.879><c> are</c><00:12:41.100><c> the</c><00:12:41.240><c> sins</c><00:12:42.019><c> out</c><00:12:42.860><c> of</c><00:12:43.120><c> weakness,</c><00:12:43.659><c> right?</c>

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The<00:12:44.019><c> weakness</c><00:12:44.340><c> of</c><00:12:44.580><c> the</c><00:12:44.840><c> flesh.</c>

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We<00:12:46.120><c> come</c><00:12:46.419><c> here</c><00:12:47.000><c> because</c><00:12:47.419><c> we</c><00:12:47.639><c> are</c><00:12:47.799><c> weak</c><00:12:47.980><c> of</c><00:12:48.159><c> the</c><00:12:48.360><c> flesh.</c>

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We<00:12:48.779><c> seek</c><00:12:49.279><c> that</c><00:12:49.759><c> forgiveness.</c>

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We<00:12:50.460><c> pray</c><00:12:51.019><c> here</c><00:12:51.740><c> for</c><00:12:52.179><c> the</c><00:12:52.279><c> forgiveness</c><00:12:52.659><c> of</c><00:12:53.019><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:12:54.399><c> if</c><00:12:54.480><c> you've</c><00:12:54.740><c> got</c><00:12:54.960><c> a</c><00:12:55.419><c> close</c><00:12:55.759><c> relationship</c><00:12:56.480><c> with</c><00:12:56.679><c> a</c><00:12:56.840><c> brother</c>

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or<00:12:57.159><c> sister</c><00:12:57.440><c> and</c><00:12:57.559><c> they</c><00:12:57.779><c> confess</c><00:12:58.279><c> to</c><00:12:58.559><c> you,</c>

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I'm<00:12:59.580><c> really</c><00:13:00.559><c> struggling</c><00:13:01.159><c> with</c><00:13:01.980><c> this</c><00:13:02.480><c> particular</c><00:13:03.100><c> sin.</c>

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We<00:13:04.700><c> pray</c><00:13:05.139><c> for</c><00:13:05.419><c> them.</c>

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And<00:13:06.580><c> we</c><00:13:06.659><c> should</c><00:13:06.820><c> understand</c><00:13:07.279><c> the</c><00:13:07.539><c> flesh.</c>

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There<00:13:08.820><c> aren't</c><00:13:09.019><c> many</c><00:13:09.240><c> Christian</c><00:13:09.620><c> faiths</c><00:13:10.000><c> that</c><00:13:10.240><c> understand,</c>

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as<00:13:11.019><c> we'll</c><00:13:11.320><c> see,</c><00:13:12.080><c> the</c><00:13:12.360><c> flesh</c><00:13:12.600><c> like</c><00:13:12.879><c> we</c><00:13:13.120><c> do.</c>

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So<00:13:14.620><c> what</c><00:13:14.779><c> we</c><00:13:14.960><c> shouldn't</c><00:13:15.120><c> say</c><00:13:15.320><c> to</c><00:13:15.460><c> that</c><00:13:15.659><c> brother</c><00:13:15.899><c> or</c><00:13:16.019><c> sister</c>

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who<00:13:16.440><c> confesses,</c>

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really,<00:13:17.639><c> I</c><00:13:17.860><c> don't</c><00:13:18.059><c> struggle</c><00:13:18.340><c> with</c><00:13:18.559><c> that.</c>

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No,<00:13:20.019><c> we</c><00:13:20.320><c> all</c><00:13:20.600><c> struggle</c><00:13:21.200><c> with</c><00:13:21.679><c> sin.</c>

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It's<00:13:22.419><c> a</c><00:13:22.539><c> battle.</c>

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And<00:13:24.679><c> then</c><00:13:24.840><c> he</c><00:13:24.879><c> says,</c><00:13:25.220><c> however,</c><00:13:25.879><c> if</c><00:13:26.039><c> you</c><00:13:26.159><c> see</c><00:13:26.279><c> that</c><00:13:26.539><c> brother</c><00:13:26.700><c> commit</c><00:13:27.000><c> a</c>

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sin,<00:13:27.659><c> a</c><00:13:27.940><c> sin</c><00:13:28.039><c> unto</c><00:13:28.360><c> death,</c>

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the<00:13:30.720><c> practice</c><00:13:31.200><c> of</c><00:13:31.519><c> rebellious</c><00:13:32.019><c> sin,</c><00:13:32.679><c> those</c><00:13:33.279><c> that</c><00:13:33.639><c> were</c><00:13:33.779><c> in</c><00:13:33.860><c> the</c><00:13:34.059><c> Ecclesia</c><00:13:34.340><c> that</c><00:13:34.620><c> John</c><00:13:34.879><c> says</c><00:13:35.100><c> went</c><00:13:35.379><c> out</c><00:13:35.759><c> from</c><00:13:35.980><c> us</c>

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because<00:13:37.059><c> they</c><00:13:37.240><c> were</c><00:13:37.440><c> never</c><00:13:37.700><c> of</c><00:13:37.899><c> us,</c><00:13:39.600><c> he</c><00:13:39.799><c> says</c><00:13:39.899><c> you</c><00:13:40.019><c> don't</c><00:13:40.240><c> pray</c>

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for<00:13:40.639><c> them.</c>

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We<00:13:42.220><c> don't</c><00:13:42.460><c> pray</c><00:13:42.759><c> for</c><00:13:43.000><c> forgiveness,</c><00:13:43.360><c> but</c><00:13:43.519><c> we</c><00:13:43.740><c> pray</c><00:13:44.000><c> for</c><00:13:44.559><c> them</c>

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for<00:13:45.179><c> repentance,</c>

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that<00:13:46.600><c> they'll</c><00:13:46.899><c> see</c><00:13:47.320><c> the</c><00:13:47.659><c> error</c><00:13:47.799><c> of</c><00:13:48.059><c> their</c><00:13:48.320><c> way</c><00:13:49.039><c> and</c><00:13:49.700><c> come</c><00:13:49.940><c> back.</c>

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Then<00:13:57.259><c> he</c><00:13:57.340><c> gives</c><00:13:57.500><c> us</c><00:13:57.779><c> the</c><00:13:58.200><c> example</c><00:13:58.620><c> of</c><00:13:58.899><c> Cain</c><00:13:59.120><c> and</c><00:13:59.440><c> Abel.</c>

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The<00:14:00.940><c> rebellious</c><00:14:01.519><c> Cain,</c><00:14:01.980><c> unrepentant,</c><00:14:02.620><c> had</c><00:14:02.779><c> the</c><00:14:03.000><c> chance</c><00:14:03.460><c> to</c>

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repent<00:14:04.259><c> and</c><00:14:04.820><c> no</c><00:14:05.159><c> interest.</c>

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He<00:14:07.120><c> was</c><00:14:07.360><c> a</c><00:14:07.580><c> practicer</c><00:14:08.039><c> of</c><00:14:08.340><c> sin</c><00:14:08.539><c> while</c><00:14:08.860><c> his</c><00:14:09.139><c> brother</c><00:14:09.740><c> practiced</c><00:14:10.519><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:14:11.559><c> it</c><00:14:11.620><c> says</c><00:14:11.940><c> in</c><00:14:12.179><c> John</c><00:14:12.480><c> 3</c><00:14:12.840><c>.12,</c><00:14:14.059><c> why</c><00:14:14.379><c> did</c><00:14:14.600><c> he</c><00:14:14.740><c> kill</c><00:14:15.019><c> Abel?</c>

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Well,<00:14:15.779><c> his</c><00:14:16.019><c> own</c><00:14:16.340><c> works</c><00:14:16.659><c> were</c><00:14:16.899><c> evil</c><00:14:17.340><c> and</c><00:14:17.639><c> his</c><00:14:18.019><c> brothers</c><00:14:18.320><c> were</c><00:14:18.659><c> righteous.</c>

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It's<00:14:19.460><c> just</c><00:14:19.679><c> like</c><00:14:19.980><c> Jesus</c><00:14:20.379><c> and</c><00:14:20.620><c> the</c><00:14:20.820><c> Pharisees.</c>

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The<00:14:22.039><c> light</c><00:14:22.200><c> came</c><00:14:22.519><c> and</c><00:14:22.879><c> exposed</c><00:14:23.360><c> the</c><00:14:23.700><c> darkness</c><00:14:24.059><c> in</c><00:14:24.360><c> them,</c><00:14:24.840><c> and</c>

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they<00:14:25.679><c> don't</c><00:14:25.919><c> like</c><00:14:26.120><c> it.</c>

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And<00:14:27.120><c> so</c><00:14:27.360><c> they</c><00:14:27.659><c> killed</c><00:14:27.940><c> him.</c>

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And<00:14:29.919><c> the</c><00:14:30.100><c> flesh</c><00:14:30.179><c> doesn't</c><00:14:30.460><c> like</c><00:14:30.679><c> that.</c>

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Birds<00:14:31.820><c> of</c><00:14:32.019><c> a</c><00:14:32.179><c> feather</c><00:14:32.360><c> flock</c><00:14:32.620><c> together.</c>

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If<00:14:33.879><c> we're</c><00:14:34.100><c> not</c><00:14:34.539><c> agreeing</c><00:14:34.960><c> with</c><00:14:35.200><c> the</c><00:14:35.460><c> world</c><00:14:35.779><c> and</c><00:14:35.960><c> the</c><00:14:36.159><c> way</c><00:14:36.460><c> that</c>

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they<00:14:37.000><c> act,</c><00:14:37.980><c> they're</c><00:14:38.340><c> not</c><00:14:38.500><c> going</c><00:14:38.639><c> to</c><00:14:38.779><c> like</c><00:14:38.919><c> us.</c>

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We<00:14:39.919><c> should</c><00:14:40.519><c> stand</c><00:14:41.039><c> out.</c>

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So<00:14:45.559><c> what</c><00:14:45.759><c> John</c><00:14:45.879><c> is</c><00:14:46.019><c> telling</c><00:14:46.139><c> them,</c><00:14:46.299><c> hey,</c><00:14:46.639><c> moral</c><00:14:47.059><c> behavior</c><00:14:47.840><c> matters.</c>

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He<00:14:53.139><c> says</c><00:14:53.440><c> in</c><00:14:54.399><c> chapter</c><00:14:55.100><c> 1</c><00:14:55.320><c> verse</c><00:14:55.659><c> 8,</c><00:14:55.840><c> if</c><00:14:55.980><c> we</c><00:14:56.360><c> say</c><00:14:57.039><c> that</c><00:14:57.419><c> we</c><00:14:57.620><c> have</c>

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no<00:14:58.220><c> sin,</c><00:14:58.379><c> now</c><00:14:58.580><c> this</c><00:14:58.759><c> is</c><00:14:58.980><c> talking</c><00:14:59.299><c> about</c><00:14:59.639><c> sin</c><00:14:59.879><c> nature.</c>

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We<00:15:01.580><c> deceive</c><00:15:02.019><c> ourselves,</c><00:15:03.639><c> and</c><00:15:03.820><c> the</c><00:15:04.100><c> truth</c><00:15:04.740><c> is</c><00:15:05.379><c> not</c><00:15:05.600><c> in</c><00:15:05.779><c> us,</c><00:15:07.159><c> as</c>

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we're<00:15:07.500><c> going</c><00:15:07.600><c> to</c><00:15:07.720><c> see</c><00:15:07.840><c> in</c><00:15:07.940><c> a</c><00:15:08.080><c> minute.</c>

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If<00:15:08.279><c> you</c><00:15:09.000><c> didn't</c><00:15:09.259><c> think</c><00:15:09.519><c> there</c><00:15:09.720><c> was</c><00:15:09.940><c> sin</c><00:15:10.139><c> nature,</c><00:15:12.120><c> then</c><00:15:12.620><c> there</c>

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is<00:15:12.980><c> no</c><00:15:13.159><c> truth</c><00:15:13.399><c> in</c><00:15:13.620><c> you.</c>

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If<00:15:14.460><c> someone</c><00:15:14.659><c> said,</c><00:15:14.840><c> I</c><00:15:15.080><c> don't</c><00:15:15.240><c> really</c><00:15:15.539><c> believe</c><00:15:15.720><c> in</c><00:15:15.960><c> sin</c><00:15:16.100><c> nature,</c><00:15:16.860><c> I</c><00:15:17.019><c> don't</c><00:15:17.100><c> believe</c><00:15:17.379><c> in</c>

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sin,<00:15:18.039><c> you</c><00:15:18.159><c> would</c><00:15:18.419><c> say,</c>

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now<00:15:19.240><c> clearly</c><00:15:19.460><c> there's</c><00:15:19.740><c> no</c><00:15:19.940><c> truth</c><00:15:20.120><c> in</c><00:15:20.259><c> them</c><00:15:20.320><c> because</c><00:15:20.500><c> they've</c>

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never<00:15:20.919><c> cracked</c><00:15:21.179><c> a</c><00:15:21.360><c> Bible</c><00:15:21.620><c> open.</c>

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We're<00:15:23.419><c> quite</c><00:15:23.700><c> familiar</c><00:15:24.500><c> with</c><00:15:25.379><c> what</c><00:15:25.639><c> the</c><00:15:25.899><c> flesh</c><00:15:26.100><c> is</c><00:15:26.379><c> like.</c>

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So<00:15:28.480><c> self</c><00:15:28.679><c>-deception,</c><00:15:29.240><c> not</c><00:15:29.519><c> believing</c><00:15:29.919><c> the</c><00:15:30.259><c> evil</c><00:15:30.720><c> tendencies</c>

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of<00:15:31.639><c> the</c><00:15:31.879><c> flesh,</c>

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but<00:15:32.259><c> rather</c><00:15:32.679><c> this</c><00:15:33.059><c> inner</c><00:15:33.360><c> goodness</c><00:15:33.740><c> of</c><00:15:34.059><c> man,</c><00:15:35.340><c> which</c><00:15:35.519><c> many</c><00:15:35.820><c> promote.</c>

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For<00:15:38.659><c> as</c><00:15:38.779><c> by</c><00:15:39.100><c> one</c><00:15:39.340><c> man's</c><00:15:39.840><c> disobedience,</c><00:15:40.659><c> many</c><00:15:40.919><c> were</c><00:15:41.179><c> made</c><00:15:41.500><c> sinners.</c>

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Through<00:15:42.399><c> Adam,</c><00:15:43.799><c> we</c><00:15:43.919><c> all</c><00:15:44.120><c> have</c><00:15:44.320><c> that</c><00:15:44.539><c> propensity</c><00:15:45.139><c> to</c><00:15:45.480><c> sin.</c>

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So<00:15:46.659><c> by</c><00:15:46.879><c> the</c><00:15:47.139><c> obedience</c><00:15:47.620><c> of</c><00:15:47.960><c> one</c><00:15:48.159><c> shall</c><00:15:48.460><c> many</c><00:15:48.840><c> be</c><00:15:49.159><c> made</c><00:15:49.379><c> righteous.</c>

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Of<00:15:50.200><c> course,</c><00:15:51.159><c> through</c><00:15:51.379><c> Christ,</c><00:15:51.899><c> through</c><00:15:52.000><c> our</c><00:15:52.179><c> faith</c><00:15:52.379><c> in</c><00:15:52.580><c> Christ,</c><00:15:52.879><c> through</c><00:15:53.080><c> his</c><00:15:53.320><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:15:56.120><c> I</c><00:15:56.179><c> remember</c><00:15:56.460><c> someone</c><00:15:56.820><c> said</c><00:15:57.019><c> to</c><00:15:57.179><c> me</c><00:15:57.299><c> once,</c><00:15:58.299><c> well,</c><00:15:58.460><c> it's</c>

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not<00:15:58.779><c> really</c><00:15:59.059><c> fair.</c>

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Adam<00:15:59.919><c> screwed</c><00:16:00.279><c> it</c><00:16:00.480><c> all</c><00:16:00.639><c> up.</c>

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And<00:16:02.059><c> I</c><00:16:02.220><c> said,</c><00:16:02.440><c> well,</c><00:16:02.679><c> yeah,</c><00:16:02.779><c> we've</c><00:16:03.080><c> inherited</c><00:16:03.419><c> that</c><00:16:03.700><c> from</c><00:16:03.960><c> Adam.</c>

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However,<00:16:06.399><c> through</c><00:16:06.600><c> no</c><00:16:06.980><c> righteousness</c><00:16:07.580><c> of</c><00:16:08.039><c> our</c><00:16:08.360><c> own,</c><00:16:09.340><c> but</c><00:16:09.460><c> through</c><00:16:09.740><c> Christ,</c><00:16:10.440><c> we</c>

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can<00:16:10.799><c> be</c><00:16:11.120><c> saved.</c>

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And<00:16:14.480><c> of</c><00:16:14.620><c> course,</c><00:16:14.799><c> we</c><00:16:14.820><c> know</c><00:16:15.019><c> this</c><00:16:15.279><c> passage</c><00:16:16.779><c> of</c><00:16:17.059><c> Paul,</c><00:16:17.600><c> right?</c>

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Sin<00:16:17.879><c> that</c><00:16:18.159><c> dwelleth</c><00:16:18.519><c> in</c><00:16:18.659><c> me,</c><00:16:18.840><c> for</c><00:16:19.000><c> I</c><00:16:19.200><c> know</c><00:16:19.679><c> what</c><00:16:20.100><c> is</c><00:16:20.399><c> in</c><00:16:20.519><c> me.</c>

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In<00:16:20.860><c> my</c><00:16:21.220><c> flesh</c><00:16:21.659><c> dwelleth</c><00:16:22.379><c> no</c><00:16:22.639><c> good</c><00:16:22.919><c> thing.</c>

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For<00:16:24.240><c> the</c><00:16:24.399><c> good</c><00:16:24.519><c> that</c><00:16:24.720><c> I</c><00:16:24.919><c> would,</c><00:16:25.279><c> I</c><00:16:25.340><c> do</c><00:16:25.539><c> not.</c>

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But<00:16:26.019><c> the</c><00:16:26.320><c> evil</c><00:16:26.919><c> which</c><00:16:27.480><c> I</c><00:16:27.759><c> would</c><00:16:27.899><c> not,</c><00:16:28.179><c> that</c><00:16:28.399><c> I</c><00:16:28.659><c> do.</c>

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O<00:16:29.600><c> wretched</c><00:16:29.960><c> man,</c><00:16:31.179><c> that</c><00:16:31.320><c> I</c><00:16:31.700><c> am.</c>

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For<00:16:35.519><c> we</c><00:16:35.700><c> are</c><00:16:35.940><c> one</c><00:16:36.279><c> with</c><00:16:36.639><c> Christ</c><00:16:36.919><c> because</c><00:16:37.200><c> we</c><00:16:37.559><c> identify</c><00:16:38.379><c> with</c>

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what<00:16:39.320><c> he</c><00:16:39.500><c> did</c><00:16:39.620><c> in</c><00:16:39.899><c> crucifying</c><00:16:40.639><c> the</c><00:16:41.039><c> flesh,</c><00:16:42.019><c> thus</c><00:16:42.220><c> forgiven.</c>

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We<00:16:43.159><c> examine</c><00:16:43.779><c> ourselves,</c><00:16:45.159><c> acknowledge</c><00:16:45.620><c> our</c><00:16:45.980><c> sins,</c><00:16:46.259><c> and</c><00:16:46.600><c> confess</c><00:16:47.019><c> them</c>

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before<00:16:48.379><c> God.</c>

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Examining<00:16:50.820><c> ourselves.</c>

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It's<00:16:51.860><c> important,</c><00:16:52.399><c> right?</c>

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Have<00:16:52.480><c> you</c><00:16:52.539><c> ever,</c><00:16:53.019><c> when</c><00:16:53.139><c> was</c><00:16:53.259><c> the</c><00:16:53.340><c> last</c><00:16:53.519><c> time</c><00:16:53.659><c> you</c><00:16:53.740><c> read</c><00:16:53.919><c> the</c><00:16:54.139><c> commandments</c><00:16:54.539><c> of</c><00:16:54.759><c> Christ?</c>

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Yeah,<00:16:57.019><c> I</c><00:16:57.120><c> remember</c><00:16:57.279><c> I</c><00:16:57.600><c> read</c><00:16:57.860><c> them</c><00:16:58.080><c> like</c><00:16:58.600><c> a</c><00:16:58.740><c> couple</c><00:16:58.919><c> of</c><00:16:59.059><c> months</c>

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ago,<00:16:59.500><c> and</c><00:16:59.659><c> it</c><00:16:59.720><c> had</c><00:16:59.779><c> been</c><00:16:59.980><c> a</c><00:17:00.159><c> while.</c>

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You<00:17:01.279><c> want</c><00:17:01.399><c> to</c><00:17:01.519><c> be</c><00:17:01.700><c> humbled?</c>

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Read<00:17:03.179><c> those</c><00:17:03.460><c> commandments,</c><00:17:04.160><c> right?</c>

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Confession<00:17:08.359><c> of</c><00:17:08.599><c> sins</c><00:17:08.720><c> vital</c><00:17:09.319><c> for</c><00:17:10.220><c> forgiveness.</c>

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If<00:17:13.240><c> we</c><00:17:13.559><c> say</c><00:17:13.940><c> we</c><00:17:14.259><c> have</c><00:17:14.500><c> not</c><00:17:14.880><c> sinned,</c><00:17:16.039><c> now</c><00:17:16.160><c> this</c><00:17:16.380><c> is</c><00:17:16.680><c> personal</c><00:17:17.099><c> sins.</c>

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We<00:17:18.740><c> make</c><00:17:18.920><c> him</c><00:17:19.119><c> a</c><00:17:19.400><c> liar,</c><00:17:19.799><c> right?</c>

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God<00:17:20.660><c> so</c><00:17:20.980><c> loved</c><00:17:21.180><c> the</c><00:17:21.440><c> world</c><00:17:22.180><c> that</c><00:17:22.700><c> he</c><00:17:22.819><c> gave</c><00:17:23.039><c> his</c><00:17:23.259><c> only</c><00:17:23.579><c> begotten</c><00:17:24.039><c> Son.</c>

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He<00:17:24.460><c> came</c><00:17:25.279><c> for</c><00:17:25.940><c> forgiveness</c><00:17:26.339><c> of</c><00:17:26.720><c> sins.</c>

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So<00:17:27.680><c> we're</c><00:17:27.880><c> calling</c><00:17:28.000><c> God</c><00:17:28.359><c> a</c><00:17:28.559><c> liar</c><00:17:28.740><c> if</c><00:17:28.960><c> we</c><00:17:29.099><c> say,</c><00:17:29.279><c> you</c><00:17:29.579><c> know,</c><00:17:29.680><c> I</c>

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don't<00:17:29.980><c> really</c><00:17:30.259><c> have</c><00:17:30.400><c> any</c><00:17:30.660><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:17:31.980><c> you'll</c><00:17:32.160><c> be</c><00:17:32.319><c> surprised</c><00:17:32.759><c> how</c><00:17:32.940><c> many</c><00:17:33.180><c> people</c><00:17:33.960><c> believe</c><00:17:34.500><c> that.</c>

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And<00:17:37.259><c> again,</c><00:17:37.880><c> the</c><00:17:38.039><c> word</c><00:17:38.259><c> is</c><00:17:38.519><c> not</c><00:17:38.680><c> in</c><00:17:38.859><c> us,</c><00:17:39.599><c> right?</c>

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If<00:17:40.140><c> someone</c><00:17:40.339><c> says</c><00:17:40.539><c> I</c><00:17:40.700><c> have</c><00:17:40.940><c> no</c><00:17:41.220><c> sin,</c><00:17:42.140><c> they've</c><00:17:42.339><c> never</c><00:17:42.599><c> cracked</c>

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the<00:17:43.039><c> Bible.</c>

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But<00:17:46.319><c> we</c><00:17:46.500><c> know</c><00:17:46.660><c> what</c><00:17:46.819><c> the</c><00:17:47.000><c> nature</c><00:17:47.420><c> of</c><00:17:48.099><c> man</c><00:17:48.279><c> is.</c>

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We<00:17:48.940><c> know</c><00:17:50.200><c> these</c><00:17:50.480><c> passages.</c>

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The<00:17:51.660><c> imagination</c><00:17:52.119><c> of</c><00:17:52.339><c> the</c><00:17:52.460><c> heart</c><00:17:52.680><c> of</c><00:17:52.839><c> man,</c><00:17:53.019><c> evil</c><00:17:53.380><c> from</c><00:17:53.599><c> his</c><00:17:53.859><c> youth.</c>

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The<00:17:54.720><c> heart</c><00:17:54.839><c> is</c><00:17:55.079><c> deceitful</c><00:17:55.640><c> among</c><00:17:55.880><c> all</c><00:17:56.279><c> things,</c><00:17:56.720><c> desperately</c><00:17:57.039><c> wicked.</c>

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For<00:17:58.940><c> within,</c><00:17:59.559><c> out</c><00:17:59.740><c> of</c><00:17:59.819><c> the</c><00:17:59.960><c> heart</c><00:18:00.119><c> of</c><00:18:00.319><c> man,</c><00:18:00.680><c> proceed</c><00:18:01.000><c> evil</c>

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thoughts,<00:18:01.839><c> adulteries,</c><00:18:03.259><c> murders,</c><00:18:03.779><c> covetousness,</c><00:18:05.079><c> pride.</c>

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All<00:18:05.819><c> these</c><00:18:06.680><c> evil</c><00:18:07.119><c> things</c><00:18:07.519><c> come</c><00:18:07.799><c> from</c><00:18:08.119><c> within</c><00:18:08.420><c> the</c><00:18:08.640><c> man.</c>

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Proverbs<00:18:12.000><c> says,</c><00:18:12.279><c> he</c><00:18:12.480><c> that</c><00:18:12.740><c> covereth</c><00:18:13.240><c> his</c><00:18:13.539><c> sins</c><00:18:13.880><c> shall</c><00:18:14.200><c> not</c><00:18:14.440><c> prosper.</c>

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But<00:18:15.799><c> whosoever</c><00:18:16.480><c> confesses</c><00:18:17.279><c> and</c><00:18:17.500><c> forsakes</c><00:18:18.059><c> them</c><00:18:18.299><c> shall</c><00:18:18.720><c> have</c>

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mercy,<00:18:19.880><c> right?</c>

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The<00:18:20.359><c> covering</c><00:18:20.640><c> of</c><00:18:21.000><c> our</c><00:18:21.279><c> sins,</c><00:18:21.619><c> the</c><00:18:21.940><c> denial</c><00:18:22.519><c> of</c><00:18:23.400><c> our</c><00:18:23.640><c> sins,</c><00:18:23.799><c> right?</c>

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It<00:18:24.039><c> didn't</c><00:18:24.160><c> work</c><00:18:24.380><c> in</c><00:18:24.500><c> the</c><00:18:24.680><c> garden</c><00:18:24.859><c> with</c><00:18:25.099><c> Adam</c><00:18:25.319><c> and</c><00:18:25.500><c> Eve</c><00:18:25.559><c> when</c>

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they<00:18:25.880><c> tried</c><00:18:26.059><c> to</c><00:18:26.279><c> cover</c><00:18:26.400><c> their</c><00:18:26.720><c> sins,</c><00:18:27.660><c> right?</c>

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God<00:18:28.480><c> knows.</c>

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So<00:18:31.059><c> there's</c><00:18:31.299><c> no</c><00:18:31.680><c> sense</c><00:18:31.980><c> in</c><00:18:32.279><c> trying</c><00:18:32.480><c> to</c><00:18:32.819><c> hide</c><00:18:32.960><c> it</c><00:18:33.180><c> from</c><00:18:33.359><c> him,</c><00:18:34.079><c> right?</c>

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We<00:18:35.079><c> confess</c><00:18:35.500><c> for</c><00:18:35.700><c> our</c><00:18:35.940><c> own</c><00:18:36.180><c> benefit.</c>

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Fellowship<00:18:39.380><c> with</c><00:18:39.539><c> God</c><00:18:39.740><c> depends</c><00:18:40.119><c> on</c><00:18:40.319><c> our</c><00:18:40.640><c> acknowledgement</c><00:18:41.180><c> of</c>

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our<00:18:41.799><c> sin</c><00:18:42.039><c>-prone</c><00:18:42.160><c> nature</c><00:18:42.500><c> and</c><00:18:42.859><c> trusting</c>

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that<00:18:44.299><c> in</c><00:18:44.480><c> the</c><00:18:44.779><c> sacrifice</c><00:18:45.279><c> of</c><00:18:45.480><c> his</c><00:18:45.759><c> son,</c><00:18:46.700><c> God</c><00:18:47.039><c> will</c><00:18:47.359><c> forgive</c><00:18:47.599><c> us</c>

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our<00:18:48.119><c> sins,</c><00:18:48.359><c> right?</c>

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Whenever,<00:18:49.119><c> you</c><00:18:49.380><c> know,</c><00:18:49.480><c> when</c><00:18:49.680><c> we're</c><00:18:49.960><c> struggling</c><00:18:50.339><c> with</c><00:18:50.700><c> sin,</c>

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sometimes<00:18:51.319><c> we're</c><00:18:51.599><c> like,</c><00:18:52.539><c> can't</c><00:18:52.920><c> be</c><00:18:53.119><c> done.</c>

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Or<00:18:54.319><c> you</c><00:18:54.460><c> hear</c><00:18:54.599><c> someone</c><00:18:54.900><c> say,</c><00:18:55.680><c> if</c><00:18:55.700><c> not</c><00:18:55.900><c> the</c><00:18:56.059><c> sins</c><00:18:56.220><c> I've</c><00:18:56.500><c> committed,</c><00:18:57.279><c> I</c><00:18:57.480><c> can</c>

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never<00:18:57.920><c> have</c><00:18:58.240><c> forgiveness,</c><00:18:58.740><c> right?</c>

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And<00:18:59.380><c> what</c><00:18:59.500><c> we're</c><00:18:59.740><c> saying</c><00:19:00.000><c> is</c><00:19:00.359><c> the</c><00:19:00.680><c> sacrifice</c><00:19:01.240><c> of</c><00:19:01.420><c> Christ</c><00:19:01.640><c> wasn't</c><00:19:02.059><c> good</c><00:19:02.339><c> enough.</c>

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God's<00:19:03.640><c> going</c><00:19:03.740><c> to</c><00:19:03.839><c> have</c><00:19:03.980><c> to,</c><00:19:04.279><c> of</c><00:19:04.440><c> course,</c><00:19:04.839><c> that's</c><00:19:05.799><c> not</c><00:19:06.039><c> correct.</c>

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It's<00:19:06.759><c> foolish</c><00:19:07.099><c> talk.</c>

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Confessing<00:19:10.900><c> our</c><00:19:11.119><c> sins,</c><00:19:12.019><c> right?</c>

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It's<00:19:12.920><c> for</c><00:19:13.119><c> our</c><00:19:13.380><c> benefit,</c><00:19:13.759><c> right?</c>

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It<00:19:14.140><c> brings</c><00:19:14.539><c> them</c><00:19:14.799><c> to</c><00:19:15.039><c> our</c><00:19:15.279><c> attention</c><00:19:15.759><c> to</c><00:19:17.119><c> promote</c><00:19:17.519><c> change.</c>

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We<00:19:19.079><c> appreciate</c><00:19:19.940><c> the</c><00:19:20.299><c> forgiveness</c><00:19:20.720><c> that's</c><00:19:21.059><c> made</c><00:19:21.279><c> available</c>

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to<00:19:22.119><c> us</c><00:19:22.599><c> in</c><00:19:23.000><c> the</c><00:19:23.259><c> sacrifice</c><00:19:23.779><c> of</c><00:19:24.000><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:19:24.359><c> we</c><00:19:24.460><c> look</c><00:19:24.599><c> at</c><00:19:24.700><c> his</c><00:19:24.940><c> life,</c><00:19:25.200><c> who</c><00:19:25.339><c> never</c><00:19:25.660><c> sinned,</c><00:19:26.019><c> and</c><00:19:26.220><c> we</c><00:19:26.380><c> marvel.</c>

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So<00:19:28.579><c> it's</c><00:19:28.799><c> for</c><00:19:28.980><c> our</c><00:19:29.299><c> benefit.</c>

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But<00:19:29.839><c> yet,</c><00:19:30.539><c> and</c><00:19:30.700><c> it's</c><00:19:30.920><c> simple,</c><00:19:31.779><c> right?</c>

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You<00:19:31.980><c> can</c><00:19:32.119><c> just</c><00:19:32.259><c> do</c><00:19:32.380><c> it</c><00:19:32.500><c> in</c><00:19:32.660><c> your</c><00:19:32.819><c> house,</c><00:19:33.420><c> in</c><00:19:33.640><c> a</c><00:19:33.779><c> room,</c><00:19:34.119><c> quietly.</c>

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Confess<00:19:36.299><c> your</c><00:19:36.740><c> sins</c><00:19:37.279><c> to</c><00:19:37.880><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:39.640><c> yet,</c><00:19:39.779><c> sometimes</c><00:19:40.319><c> it's</c><00:19:40.660><c> difficult.</c>

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It's<00:19:44.000><c> difficult</c><00:19:44.460><c> when</c><00:19:44.960><c> I</c><00:19:46.160><c> just</c><00:19:46.400><c> prayed</c><00:19:46.640><c> for</c><00:19:46.940><c> forgiveness</c><00:19:47.339><c> for</c>

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a<00:19:47.819><c> sin</c><00:19:48.079><c> that</c><00:19:49.259><c> I</c><00:19:49.460><c> had</c><00:19:49.660><c> prayed</c><00:19:49.799><c> for</c><00:19:50.079><c> three</c><00:19:50.339><c> days</c><00:19:50.680><c> ago.</c>

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The<00:19:52.099><c> same</c><00:19:52.319><c> one</c><00:19:52.759><c> that</c><00:19:53.559><c> I</c><00:19:53.740><c> had</c><00:19:53.900><c> prayed</c><00:19:54.000><c> for</c><00:19:54.220><c> the</c><00:19:54.359><c> week</c><00:19:54.539><c> prior,</c><00:19:56.019><c> and</c><00:19:56.220><c> two</c><00:19:56.319><c> weeks</c><00:19:56.579><c> prior</c><00:19:56.859><c> to</c><00:19:57.059><c> that,</c>

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and<00:19:57.400><c> two</c><00:19:57.579><c> months</c><00:19:57.799><c> prior</c><00:19:58.119><c> to</c><00:19:58.319><c> that,</c><00:19:58.519><c> and</c><00:19:58.740><c> last</c><00:19:59.099><c> year</c><00:19:59.440><c> and</c><00:19:59.619><c> the</c>

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year<00:19:59.880><c> before.</c>

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It's<00:20:01.059><c> that</c><00:20:01.319><c> same</c><00:20:01.759><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:20:03.279><c> sometimes</c><00:20:03.799><c> we're</c><00:20:04.079><c> like,</c><00:20:05.920><c> I</c><00:20:06.220><c> can't</c><00:20:06.599><c> just</c><00:20:06.819><c> do</c><00:20:06.960><c> it.</c>

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I<00:20:07.099><c> can't</c><00:20:07.440><c> pray</c><00:20:07.599><c> for</c><00:20:07.740><c> it</c><00:20:07.880><c> again.</c>

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And<00:20:09.119><c> so</c><00:20:09.240><c> maybe</c><00:20:09.759><c> we</c><00:20:10.000><c> ignore</c><00:20:10.420><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:11.240><c> we</c><00:20:11.480><c> don't</c><00:20:13.220><c> confess</c><00:20:14.019><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:15.700><c> we</c><00:20:15.799><c> just</c><00:20:16.079><c> kind</c><00:20:16.259><c> of</c><00:20:16.740><c> forget</c><00:20:16.960><c> about</c><00:20:17.299><c> it.</c>

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So<00:20:19.440><c> this</c><00:20:19.700><c> is</c><00:20:19.940><c> a</c><00:20:20.200><c> verse</c><00:20:20.500><c> that</c><00:20:20.819><c> I</c><00:20:21.059><c> like.</c>

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It<00:20:22.140><c> is</c><00:20:22.619><c> one</c><00:20:24.200><c> of</c><00:20:24.460><c> my</c><00:20:24.660><c> never</c><00:20:25.099><c> give</c><00:20:25.359><c> up</c><00:20:26.079><c> verses.</c>

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The<00:20:29.839><c> steadfast</c><00:20:30.539><c> love</c><00:20:30.900><c> of</c><00:20:31.099><c> the</c><00:20:31.319><c> Lord</c><00:20:31.539><c> never</c><00:20:32.000><c> ceases.</c>

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His<00:20:33.599><c> mercies</c><00:20:34.119><c> never</c><00:20:34.539><c> come</c><00:20:34.859><c> to</c><00:20:35.119><c> an</c><00:20:35.319><c> end.</c>

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They<00:20:36.900><c> are</c><00:20:37.119><c> new</c><00:20:37.400><c> every</c><00:20:38.079><c> morning.</c>

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Great<00:20:40.000><c> is</c><00:20:40.240><c> thy</c><00:20:40.460><c> faithfulness.</c>

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New<00:20:42.180><c> every</c><00:20:42.900><c> morning.</c>

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Every<00:20:44.119><c> day</c><00:20:44.400><c> is</c><00:20:44.599><c> a</c><00:20:44.640><c> new</c><00:20:44.920><c> start.</c>

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I<00:20:46.940><c> really</c><00:20:47.160><c> dropped</c><00:20:47.440><c> the</c><00:20:47.640><c> ball</c><00:20:47.859><c> yesterday.</c>

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I<00:20:49.960><c> was</c><00:20:50.240><c> self</c><00:20:50.619><c>-centered</c><00:20:50.900><c> in</c><00:20:51.180><c> my</c><00:20:51.440><c> thinking.</c>

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I<00:20:53.079><c> certainly</c><00:20:53.400><c> wasn't</c><00:20:53.740><c> thinking</c><00:20:54.099><c> of</c><00:20:54.319><c> heavenly</c><00:20:54.680><c> things.</c>

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But<00:20:57.420><c> I</c><00:20:57.519><c> got</c><00:20:57.680><c> a</c><00:20:57.859><c> new</c><00:20:58.039><c> day.</c>

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For<00:21:00.059><c> those</c><00:21:00.539><c> who</c><00:21:00.859><c> seek</c><00:21:01.059><c> to</c><00:21:01.299><c> know</c><00:21:01.480><c> him,</c><00:21:01.920><c> for</c><00:21:02.079><c> those</c><00:21:02.339><c> who</c><00:21:02.519><c> have</c><00:21:02.700><c> put</c><00:21:02.900><c> on</c>

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his<00:21:03.480><c> son,</c>

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for<00:21:04.680><c> the</c><00:21:04.880><c> true</c><00:21:05.079><c> believers,</c><00:21:06.940><c> mercy</c><00:21:07.319><c> is</c><00:21:07.700><c> new</c><00:21:08.240><c> every</c><00:21:08.920><c> day.</c>

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My<00:21:11.680><c> other</c><00:21:12.019><c> one</c><00:21:12.200><c> is</c><00:21:13.180><c> when</c><00:21:13.720><c> Jesus</c><00:21:14.180><c> says,</c><00:21:15.619><c> you</c><00:21:15.640><c> eat</c><00:21:15.900><c> of</c><00:21:16.019><c> my</c><00:21:16.299><c> flesh</c>

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and<00:21:16.740><c> drink</c><00:21:16.960><c> of</c><00:21:17.140><c> my</c><00:21:17.339><c> blood,</c>

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and<00:21:17.839><c> then</c><00:21:17.920><c> a</c><00:21:18.019><c> bunch</c><00:21:18.180><c> of</c><00:21:18.299><c> people</c><00:21:18.500><c> walk</c><00:21:18.759><c> away</c><00:21:19.039><c> going,</c><00:21:19.380><c> what</c><00:21:19.579><c> is</c>

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he<00:21:19.980><c> talking</c><00:21:20.319><c> about?</c>

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And<00:21:21.480><c> he</c><00:21:21.680><c> turns</c><00:21:21.960><c> to</c><00:21:22.220><c> the</c><00:21:22.420><c> disciples.</c>

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And<00:21:23.960><c> he</c><00:21:24.079><c> says,</c><00:21:24.920><c> are</c><00:21:25.079><c> you</c><00:21:25.200><c> going</c><00:21:25.359><c> to</c><00:21:25.500><c> leave</c><00:21:25.660><c> too?</c>

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And<00:21:26.839><c> Peter</c><00:21:26.960><c> says,</c><00:21:28.259><c> where</c><00:21:28.440><c> am</c><00:21:28.559><c> I</c><00:21:28.619><c> going</c><00:21:28.700><c> to</c><00:21:28.859><c> go?</c>

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You've<00:21:30.460><c> got</c><00:21:30.759><c> eternal</c><00:21:31.200><c> life.</c>

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We<00:21:32.799><c> have</c><00:21:33.099><c> nowhere</c><00:21:33.339><c> else</c><00:21:33.619><c> to</c><00:21:33.859><c> go.</c>

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So<00:21:36.160><c> we</c><00:21:36.319><c> never</c><00:21:36.519><c> give</c><00:21:36.759><c> up.</c>

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Would<00:21:41.859><c> we</c><00:21:42.079><c> ever</c><00:21:42.420><c> say</c><00:21:43.200><c> we</c><00:21:43.980><c> have</c><00:21:44.200><c> not</c><00:21:44.539><c> sinned?</c>

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And<00:21:45.279><c> again,</c><00:21:45.500><c> sometimes</c><00:21:45.839><c> when</c><00:21:46.000><c> we</c><00:21:46.200><c> struggle</c><00:21:46.539><c> with</c><00:21:46.759><c> that</c><00:21:46.960><c> repeated</c><00:21:47.420><c> sin,</c>

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we<00:21:48.440><c> kind</c><00:21:48.700><c> of</c><00:21:48.839><c> want</c><00:21:48.940><c> to</c><00:21:49.140><c> push</c><00:21:49.299><c> it</c><00:21:49.480><c> out</c><00:21:49.640><c> of</c><00:21:49.779><c> our</c><00:21:50.000><c> minds.</c>

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And<00:21:51.460><c> maybe</c><00:21:51.660><c> we</c><00:21:51.859><c> don't</c><00:21:52.119><c> say</c><00:21:52.359><c> we</c><00:21:52.539><c> have</c><00:21:52.720><c> sinned.</c>

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Or<00:21:53.640><c> when</c><00:21:53.779><c> we're</c><00:21:54.079><c> influenced,</c><00:21:55.200><c> of</c><00:21:55.599><c> course,</c><00:21:55.740><c> by</c><00:21:55.920><c> the</c><00:21:56.140><c> world</c><00:21:56.380><c> around</c><00:21:56.759><c> us.</c>

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Humanism<00:21:58.839><c> dominates</c><00:21:59.359><c> the</c><00:21:59.640><c> world's</c><00:22:00.140><c> thinking.</c>

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There<00:22:01.720><c> are</c><00:22:01.940><c> no</c><00:22:02.180><c> absolute</c><00:22:02.619><c> truths.</c>

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So<00:22:03.200><c> guess</c><00:22:03.380><c> what?</c>

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There<00:22:03.759><c> are</c><00:22:04.019><c> no</c><00:22:04.339><c> absolute</c><00:22:05.019><c> errors.</c>

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And<00:22:06.519><c> that</c><00:22:06.680><c> would</c><00:22:06.960><c> result</c><00:22:07.440><c> in</c><00:22:07.799><c> no</c><00:22:08.440><c> sin.</c>

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So<00:22:09.680><c> we</c><00:22:09.740><c> don't</c><00:22:09.960><c> want</c><00:22:10.079><c> to</c><00:22:10.220><c> be</c><00:22:10.440><c> influenced.</c>

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It's<00:22:11.259><c> called</c><00:22:11.700><c> moral</c><00:22:12.420><c> relativism.</c>

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Taking<00:22:14.339><c> the</c><00:22:14.599><c> viewpoint</c><00:22:14.980><c> that</c><00:22:15.220><c> good</c><00:22:15.400><c> and</c><00:22:15.680><c> evil</c><00:22:16.059><c> are</c><00:22:16.619><c> not</c>

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objective<00:22:17.920><c> universal</c><00:22:18.839><c> truths,</c>

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like<00:22:20.079><c> they</c><00:22:20.259><c> are</c><00:22:20.339><c> in</c><00:22:20.500><c> the</c><00:22:20.680><c> scripture,</c>

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but<00:22:23.099><c> are</c><00:22:23.359><c> instead</c><00:22:23.619><c> shaped</c><00:22:23.900><c> by</c><00:22:24.180><c> culture,</c><00:22:25.039><c> historical</c>

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context,<00:22:26.279><c> personal</c><00:22:26.759><c> beliefs.</c>

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What<00:22:27.920><c> one</c><00:22:28.180><c> society</c><00:22:29.059><c> considers</c><00:22:29.759><c> evil,</c><00:22:30.980><c> the</c><00:22:31.140><c> other</c><00:22:31.319><c> may</c><00:22:31.660><c> consider</c><00:22:32.160><c> it</c><00:22:32.420><c> good.</c>

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So<00:22:35.099><c> of</c><00:22:35.160><c> course,</c><00:22:35.460><c> the</c><00:22:35.880><c> scriptures</c><00:22:36.220><c> have</c><00:22:36.480><c> been</c><00:22:36.660><c> taken</c><00:22:37.039><c> out</c><00:22:37.500><c> of</c>

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society<00:22:38.220><c> completely.</c>

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John<00:22:42.059><c> tells</c><00:22:42.400><c> them,</c><00:22:42.740><c> do</c><00:22:42.859><c> not</c><00:22:43.259><c> love</c><00:22:43.859><c> this</c><00:22:44.319><c> world.</c>

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Do<00:22:44.920><c> not</c><00:22:45.140><c> love</c><00:22:45.299><c> this</c><00:22:45.599><c> world,</c><00:22:46.140><c> the</c><00:22:46.160><c> political,</c><00:22:47.160><c> social,</c>

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religious<00:22:48.160><c> systems,</c>

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nor<00:22:49.339><c> the</c><00:22:49.599><c> things</c><00:22:49.759><c> it</c><00:22:50.000><c> offers</c><00:22:50.299><c> you.</c>

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For<00:22:51.240><c> when</c><00:22:51.500><c> you</c><00:22:51.779><c> love</c><00:22:51.960><c> the</c><00:22:52.279><c> world,</c><00:22:53.119><c> you</c><00:22:53.279><c> do</c><00:22:53.559><c> not</c><00:22:53.759><c> have</c><00:22:53.920><c> the</c><00:22:54.099><c> love</c>

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of<00:22:54.500><c> the</c><00:22:54.720><c> Father</c><00:22:55.059><c> in</c><00:22:55.339><c> you.</c>

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For<00:22:56.799><c> the</c><00:22:57.119><c> world</c><00:22:57.460><c> offers</c><00:22:57.839><c> only</c><00:22:58.319><c> a</c><00:22:58.740><c> craving</c><00:22:59.220><c> of</c><00:23:00.000><c> physical</c><00:23:00.480><c> pleasure,</c>

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a<00:23:01.380><c> craving</c><00:23:01.759><c> for</c><00:23:02.039><c> everything</c><00:23:02.359><c> we</c><00:23:02.740><c> see,</c>

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and<00:23:03.819><c> the</c><00:23:04.079><c> pride</c><00:23:04.440><c> in</c><00:23:04.660><c> our</c><00:23:04.940><c> achievements</c><00:23:05.500><c> and</c><00:23:05.940><c> possessions.</c>

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The<00:23:07.460><c> lust</c><00:23:07.660><c> of</c><00:23:07.839><c> the</c><00:23:08.000><c> eye,</c><00:23:08.160><c> the</c><00:23:08.240><c> lust</c><00:23:08.440><c> of</c><00:23:08.619><c> the</c><00:23:08.779><c> flesh,</c>

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the<00:23:09.079><c> pride</c><00:23:09.519><c> of</c><00:23:09.700><c> life.</c>

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These<00:23:10.720><c> are</c><00:23:10.940><c> not</c><00:23:11.160><c> from</c><00:23:11.400><c> the</c><00:23:11.619><c> Father,</c><00:23:11.920><c> but</c><00:23:12.039><c> of</c><00:23:12.220><c> the</c><00:23:12.460><c> world.</c>

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And<00:23:14.359><c> this</c><00:23:14.640><c> world</c><00:23:15.039><c> is</c><00:23:15.400><c> fading</c><00:23:15.680><c> away</c><00:23:16.259><c> along</c><00:23:16.700><c> with</c><00:23:17.059><c> everything</c>

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that<00:23:17.799><c> people</c><00:23:18.059><c> crave.</c>

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But<00:23:19.740><c> anyone</c><00:23:20.059><c> who</c><00:23:20.279><c> does</c><00:23:20.960><c> what</c><00:23:21.400><c> pleases</c><00:23:21.839><c> God</c><00:23:22.500><c> will</c><00:23:23.180><c> live</c><00:23:23.720><c> forever.</c>

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So<00:23:25.579><c> we</c><00:23:25.740><c> don't</c><00:23:26.079><c> love</c><00:23:26.539><c> the</c><00:23:26.819><c> world.</c>

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We<00:23:27.099><c> don't</c><00:23:27.299><c> want</c><00:23:27.400><c> to</c><00:23:27.539><c> be</c><00:23:27.880><c> influenced</c><00:23:28.519><c> by</c><00:23:28.839><c> the</c><00:23:29.079><c> world.</c>

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The<00:23:30.700><c> more</c><00:23:30.940><c> we</c><00:23:31.279><c> are,</c><00:23:32.119><c> the</c><00:23:32.299><c> closer</c><00:23:32.599><c> we're</c><00:23:32.819><c> going</c><00:23:32.960><c> to</c><00:23:33.099><c> get</c><00:23:33.420><c> to</c>

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complete<00:23:34.019><c> darkness.</c>

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Demos,<00:23:37.720><c> Paul</c><00:23:38.039><c> says,</c><00:23:38.579><c> was</c><00:23:39.200><c> a</c><00:23:39.359><c> faithful</c><00:23:39.940><c> laborer</c><00:23:40.839><c> in</c><00:23:40.980><c> the</c><00:23:41.220><c> truth.</c>

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He<00:23:43.099><c> says</c><00:23:43.279><c> he</c><00:23:43.480><c> has</c><00:23:43.759><c> forsaken</c><00:23:44.359><c> me,</c><00:23:45.259><c> having</c><00:23:45.460><c> loved</c><00:23:45.960><c> this</c><00:23:46.279><c> present</c><00:23:46.619><c> world.</c>

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He<00:23:48.039><c> loved</c><00:23:48.299><c> what</c><00:23:48.480><c> the</c><00:23:48.680><c> world</c><00:23:48.920><c> offered</c><00:23:49.200><c> more</c><00:23:49.599><c> than</c><00:23:49.779><c> a</c><00:23:50.059><c> relationship</c><00:23:50.599><c> with</c><00:23:50.819><c> Christ.</c>

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Where<00:23:52.799><c> was</c><00:23:53.000><c> his</c><00:23:53.299><c> mind</c><00:23:53.900><c> on</c><00:23:54.740><c> the</c><00:23:54.960><c> temporary</c><00:23:55.420><c> things,</c><00:23:55.779><c> the</c>

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temporary<00:23:56.519><c> pleasures?</c>

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It<00:23:57.720><c> was</c><00:23:57.920><c> the</c><00:23:58.180><c> opposite</c><00:23:58.460><c> for</c><00:23:58.700><c> Moses,</c><00:23:59.259><c> who</c><00:23:59.519><c> gave</c><00:23:59.819><c> up</c><00:24:00.079><c> sin</c><00:24:00.240><c> for</c><00:24:00.539><c> a</c><00:24:00.700><c> season.</c>

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So<00:24:03.240><c> we've</c><00:24:03.500><c> got</c><00:24:03.500><c> to</c><00:24:03.619><c> make</c><00:24:03.779><c> sure</c><00:24:04.059><c> that</c><00:24:04.359><c> that</c><00:24:04.460><c> can</c><00:24:04.640><c> happen</c><00:24:04.859><c> to</c><00:24:05.119><c> us.</c>

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So<00:24:10.059><c> this</c><00:24:10.279><c> is</c><00:24:10.519><c> a</c><00:24:10.680><c> poll</c><00:24:11.019><c> by</c><00:24:12.240><c> the</c><00:24:13.039><c> Barna</c><00:24:13.319><c> Group.</c>

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They<00:24:15.819><c> polled</c><00:24:16.059><c> American</c><00:24:16.539><c> religion.</c>

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Different<00:24:18.599><c> questions</c><00:24:19.039><c> and</c><00:24:19.259><c> stuff.</c>

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This<00:24:19.559><c> one</c><00:24:19.700><c> was</c><00:24:19.940><c> about</c><00:24:20.240><c> the</c><00:24:20.440><c> nature</c><00:24:20.660><c> of</c><00:24:20.900><c> man</c><00:24:21.119><c> and</c><00:24:21.440><c> sin.</c>

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Ninety<00:24:23.480><c>-five</c><00:24:23.680><c> percent</c><00:24:24.339><c> of</c><00:24:24.779><c> self</c><00:24:25.099><c>-identified</c><00:24:25.799><c> Christians</c><00:24:26.420><c> believe</c><00:24:26.900><c> sin</c><00:24:27.180><c> exists.</c>

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Of<00:24:28.480><c> course,</c><00:24:28.980><c> it</c><00:24:28.980><c> should</c><00:24:29.160><c> be</c><00:24:29.279><c> 100</c><00:24:29.579><c> percent,</c><00:24:29.880><c> but</c><00:24:30.019><c> 95</c><00:24:30.759><c> percent?</c>

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That's<00:24:31.599><c> not</c><00:24:31.680><c> too</c><00:24:31.900><c> bad.</c>

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Sixty<00:24:34.119><c> percent</c><00:24:34.400><c> believe</c><00:24:34.680><c> they</c><00:24:34.940><c> are</c><00:24:35.119><c> sinners.</c>

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So<00:24:37.900><c> I</c><00:24:37.940><c> was</c><00:24:38.160><c> going</c><00:24:38.279><c> to</c><00:24:38.359><c> put</c><00:24:38.539><c> up</c><00:24:38.720><c> something</c><00:24:39.019><c> that</c><00:24:39.299><c> said,</c><00:24:39.920><c> and</c><00:24:40.720><c> I've</c><00:24:40.880><c> done</c><00:24:40.980><c> it</c>

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in<00:24:41.259><c> the</c><00:24:41.420><c> past,</c>

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how<00:24:42.720><c> much</c><00:24:42.880><c> Bible</c><00:24:43.259><c> reading</c><00:24:43.880><c> goes</c><00:24:44.319><c> on</c><00:24:44.700><c> among</c><00:24:44.960><c> Christian</c><00:24:45.380><c> faiths</c>

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in<00:24:46.380><c> America,</c><00:24:46.880><c> and</c><00:24:47.099><c> it's</c><00:24:47.740><c> not</c><00:24:48.059><c> good.</c>

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But<00:24:48.799><c> there's</c><00:24:49.000><c> no</c><00:24:49.240><c> need.</c>

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When<00:24:50.140><c> only</c><00:24:50.400><c> 60</c><00:24:50.779><c> percent</c><00:24:51.140><c> say</c><00:24:51.319><c> they're</c><00:24:51.539><c> sinners,</c><00:24:52.859><c> 66</c><00:24:53.819><c> percent</c>

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believe<00:24:54.680><c> everyone</c><00:24:55.099><c> is</c><00:24:55.440><c> sinned.</c>

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But<00:24:56.940><c> 72</c><00:24:57.599><c> percent</c><00:24:58.059><c> believe</c><00:24:58.339><c> basically</c><00:24:59.440><c> man</c><00:25:00.140><c> is</c><00:25:00.380><c> good</c><00:25:00.579><c> at</c><00:25:00.839><c> heart.</c>

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You're<00:25:03.519><c> not</c><00:25:03.700><c> getting</c><00:25:03.859><c> that</c><00:25:04.059><c> from</c><00:25:04.259><c> the</c><00:25:04.460><c> Scriptures.</c>

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That's<00:25:06.220><c> for</c><00:25:06.400><c> sure.</c>

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Among<00:25:09.779><c> the</c><00:25:10.019><c> larger</c><00:25:10.319><c> population,</c><00:25:11.519><c> so</c><00:25:11.680><c> not</c><00:25:12.140><c> just</c><00:25:12.500><c> Christians,</c>

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52<00:25:14.200><c> percent</c><00:25:15.460><c> believe</c><00:25:15.799><c> everyone</c><00:25:16.339><c> has</c><00:25:16.740><c> sinned.</c>

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With<00:25:19.579><c> more</c><00:25:19.839><c> than</c><00:25:20.119><c> 70</c><00:25:20.519><c> percent</c><00:25:20.880><c> saying</c><00:25:21.200><c> people</c><00:25:21.579><c> should</c><00:25:21.880><c> not</c><00:25:22.059><c> be</c>

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characterized<00:25:23.099><c> as</c><00:25:23.400><c> sinners,</c>

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because<00:25:24.420><c> they're</c><00:25:24.700><c> basically</c><00:25:25.220><c> good</c><00:25:25.460><c> at</c><00:25:25.720><c> heart.</c>

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You<00:25:26.940><c> know,</c><00:25:27.019><c> don't</c><00:25:27.259><c> call</c><00:25:27.440><c> us</c><00:25:27.660><c> sinners.</c>

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We<00:25:28.240><c> don't</c><00:25:28.819><c> like</c><00:25:29.019><c> that</c><00:25:29.279><c> term.</c>

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Only<00:25:31.059><c> 52</c><00:25:31.680><c> percent.</c>

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Only<00:25:34.720><c> 14</c><00:25:35.180><c> percent</c><00:25:35.700><c> of</c><00:25:36.000><c> self</c><00:25:36.299><c>-described</c><00:25:36.819><c> Christians</c><00:25:37.299><c> hold</c><00:25:37.799><c> a</c>

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biblically<00:25:39.140><c> consistent</c><00:25:40.019><c> theology</c><00:25:40.900><c> of</c><00:25:41.460><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:25:43.440><c> by</c><00:25:43.660><c> believing</c><00:25:43.980><c> people</c><00:25:44.299><c> are</c><00:25:44.559><c> basically</c><00:25:44.960><c> good</c><00:25:45.200><c> at</c><00:25:45.460><c> heart,</c>

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the<00:25:46.579><c> overwhelming</c><00:25:47.079><c> majority</c><00:25:47.599><c> of</c><00:25:47.940><c> Americans,</c><00:25:48.380><c> 75</c><00:25:49.039><c> percent,</c>

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blur<00:25:50.039><c> the</c><00:25:50.500><c> seriousness</c><00:25:50.980><c> of</c><00:25:51.440><c> sin.</c>

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That's<00:25:51.980><c> true,</c><00:25:52.299><c> right?</c>

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I<00:25:52.900><c> don't</c><00:25:53.140><c> think</c><00:25:53.259><c> people</c><00:25:53.640><c> understand</c><00:25:54.799><c> even</c><00:25:55.740><c> the</c><00:25:56.079><c> sin</c><00:25:56.319><c>-death</c><00:25:56.579><c> relationship.</c>

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And<00:25:59.660><c> there's</c><00:25:59.819><c> certainly</c><00:26:00.099><c> diluted</c><00:26:00.799><c> sin</c><00:26:01.259><c> to</c><00:26:01.500><c> be</c><00:26:02.500><c> okay,</c><00:26:03.220><c> acceptable.</c>

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Again,<00:26:04.559><c> just</c><00:26:05.279><c> like</c><00:26:05.519><c> the</c><00:26:05.700><c> Gnostics</c><00:26:06.079><c> were</c><00:26:06.259><c> doing.</c>

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Taking<00:26:11.019><c> refuge</c><00:26:11.460><c> in</c><00:26:11.680><c> the</c><00:26:11.819><c> idea</c><00:26:12.160><c> that</c><00:26:12.420><c> other</c><00:26:12.680><c> people</c><00:26:13.140><c> have</c><00:26:13.460><c> a</c><00:26:13.700><c> sin</c><00:26:13.859><c> problem,</c><00:26:14.440><c> but</c><00:26:14.960><c> they</c><00:26:15.559><c> personally</c><00:26:16.099><c> do</c><00:26:16.420><c> not.</c>

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I<00:26:18.039><c> mean,</c><00:26:18.400><c> we're</c><00:26:18.940><c> good</c><00:26:19.099><c> at</c><00:26:19.299><c> that.</c>

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I'm<00:26:19.680><c> good</c><00:26:19.859><c> at</c><00:26:20.019><c> that.</c>

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I<00:26:20.299><c> can</c><00:26:20.519><c> pick</c><00:26:20.740><c> out</c><00:26:20.960><c> the</c><00:26:21.180><c> sin</c><00:26:21.279><c> in</c><00:26:21.599><c> all</c><00:26:21.779><c> of</c><00:26:21.960><c> you</c><00:26:22.200><c> guys</c><00:26:22.480><c> pretty</c><00:26:23.180><c> easy.</c>

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I<00:26:23.599><c> don't</c><00:26:23.759><c> want</c><00:26:23.880><c> to</c><00:26:24.059><c> examine</c><00:26:24.299><c> myself,</c><00:26:25.500><c> but</c><00:26:25.720><c> I'm</c><00:26:25.940><c> happy</c><00:26:26.240><c> to</c><00:26:27.000><c> take</c>

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:29.740
out<00:26:27.619><c> the</c><00:26:28.019><c> splinter</c><00:26:28.500><c> in</c><00:26:28.839><c> Paul's</c><00:26:29.299><c> eye,</c>

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:33.599
but<00:26:30.279><c> I'm</c><00:26:30.480><c> not</c><00:26:30.619><c> going</c><00:26:30.799><c> to</c><00:26:30.920><c> look</c><00:26:31.160><c> at</c><00:26:31.359><c> that</c><00:26:31.640><c> big</c><00:26:31.859><c> log</c><00:26:32.000><c> in</c><00:26:32.200><c> my</c><00:26:32.440><c> own</c><00:26:32.680><c> eye.</c>

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:33.940
Right?

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:36.940
So<00:26:34.119><c> we</c><00:26:34.859><c> can</c><00:26:35.059><c> do</c><00:26:35.339><c> that</c><00:26:35.619><c> at</c><00:26:35.940><c> times.</c>

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.140
Well,<00:26:37.740><c> that's</c><00:26:38.119><c> sin.</c>

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:40.539
It's<00:26:38.380><c> an</c><00:26:38.599><c> outdated</c><00:26:39.099><c> concept.</c>

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:45.420
These<00:26:42.460><c> are</c><00:26:42.740><c> harmful</c><00:26:43.240><c> strategies,</c><00:26:44.140><c> says</c><00:26:44.400><c> Barner.</c>

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:50.240
Parents,<00:26:46.740><c> pastors,</c><00:26:47.200><c> religious</c><00:26:47.599><c> influences</c><00:26:48.180><c> have</c><00:26:48.579><c> a</c><00:26:48.920><c> vital</c><00:26:49.279><c> responsibility</c>

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:54.359
to<00:26:50.559><c> keep</c><00:26:50.759><c> basic</c><00:26:51.220><c> biblical</c><00:26:51.680><c> truths</c><00:26:52.160><c> before</c><00:26:52.559><c> the</c><00:26:52.880><c> Christian</c><00:26:53.220><c> body,</c>

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:58.440
including<00:26:54.660><c> the</c><00:26:55.039><c> reality</c><00:26:55.480><c> of</c><00:26:55.880><c> sin</c><00:26:56.259><c> and</c><00:26:56.900><c> its</c><00:26:57.119><c> repercussions.</c>

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:01.380
And<00:26:59.539><c> again,</c><00:26:59.680><c> this</c><00:26:59.880><c> doesn't</c><00:27:00.119><c> get</c><00:27:00.440><c> promoted.</c>

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:05.859
I<00:27:04.200><c> know</c><00:27:04.299><c> I've</c><00:27:04.539><c> mentioned</c><00:27:04.740><c> it</c><00:27:04.980><c> before.</c>

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:09.559
Several<00:27:08.019><c> years</c><00:27:08.279><c> ago,</c><00:27:08.440><c> I</c><00:27:08.480><c> was</c><00:27:08.599><c> doing</c><00:27:08.720><c> a</c><00:27:08.960><c> study</c><00:27:09.099><c> on</c><00:27:09.339><c> something,</c>

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:11.519
and<00:27:09.839><c> I</c><00:27:10.319><c> was</c><00:27:10.500><c> reading</c><00:27:10.799><c> an</c><00:27:11.099><c> article,</c>

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:13.740
and<00:27:12.019><c> it</c><00:27:12.079><c> was</c><00:27:12.240><c> about</c><00:27:12.380><c> a</c><00:27:12.500><c> Christian</c><00:27:12.799><c> church,</c><00:27:13.140><c> and</c><00:27:13.259><c> they</c><00:27:13.460><c> said,</c>

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:16.079
we've<00:27:14.579><c> got</c><00:27:14.579><c> to</c><00:27:14.740><c> increase</c><00:27:15.099><c> membership.</c>

00:27:16.439 --> 00:27:19.799
So<00:27:16.879><c> they</c><00:27:17.319><c> hired</c><00:27:17.619><c> an</c><00:27:17.819><c> outside</c><00:27:18.279><c> group</c><00:27:18.839><c> with</c><00:27:19.380><c> this</c><00:27:19.599><c> goal.</c>

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:22.180
How<00:27:20.160><c> can</c><00:27:20.420><c> we</c><00:27:20.680><c> increase</c><00:27:21.079><c> membership?</c>

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:24.220
And<00:27:22.400><c> the</c><00:27:22.539><c> group</c><00:27:22.759><c> studied,</c><00:27:23.180><c> and</c><00:27:23.259><c> they</c><00:27:23.440><c> came</c><00:27:23.599><c> back,</c><00:27:23.839><c> and</c><00:27:23.940><c> they</c><00:27:24.140><c> said,</c>

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:27.900
you<00:27:24.380><c> can't</c><00:27:24.680><c> talk</c><00:27:24.960><c> about</c><00:27:25.319><c> sin,</c><00:27:26.319><c> repentance,</c><00:27:26.940><c> or</c><00:27:27.059><c> judgment.</c>

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:30.420
No<00:27:29.400><c> one</c><00:27:29.500><c> wants</c><00:27:29.720><c> to</c><00:27:29.920><c> hear</c><00:27:30.019><c> it.</c>

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:33.660
Tell<00:27:30.980><c> them</c><00:27:31.460><c> God</c><00:27:31.819><c> loves</c><00:27:32.059><c> you</c><00:27:32.319><c> as</c><00:27:32.500><c> you</c><00:27:32.720><c> are.</c>

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:35.180
Give<00:27:34.039><c> them</c><00:27:34.279><c> the</c><00:27:34.480><c> itching</c><00:27:34.779><c> ears.</c>

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.319
Tell<00:27:35.519><c> them</c><00:27:35.619><c> what</c><00:27:35.740><c> they</c><00:27:35.960><c> want</c><00:27:36.099><c> to</c><00:27:36.220><c> hear.</c>

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:37.480
That<00:27:36.579><c> stuff's</c><00:27:36.880><c> all</c><00:27:37.079><c> negative.</c>

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:39.900
People<00:27:38.160><c> don't</c><00:27:38.359><c> want</c><00:27:38.539><c> to</c><00:27:38.640><c> hear</c><00:27:38.779><c> it.</c>

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:45.539
He<00:27:43.420><c> says</c><00:27:43.619><c> the</c><00:27:43.779><c> church</c><00:27:44.039><c> loses</c><00:27:44.420><c> its</c><00:27:44.759><c> power</c><00:27:44.920><c> and</c><00:27:45.140><c> authority</c>

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:49.359
when<00:27:45.960><c> its</c><00:27:46.400><c> understanding</c><00:27:47.119><c> of</c><00:27:47.480><c> and</c><00:27:47.660><c> response</c><00:27:48.339><c> to</c><00:27:48.680><c> sin</c><00:27:48.859><c> are</c><00:27:49.099><c> not</c>

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:51.859
distinct<00:27:50.099><c> from</c><00:27:50.700><c> the</c><00:27:50.940><c> culture.</c>

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.700
That's<00:27:52.519><c> not</c><00:27:52.619><c> wrong.</c>

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:55.380
We<00:27:52.859><c> don't</c><00:27:53.079><c> want</c><00:27:53.220><c> to</c><00:27:53.400><c> be</c><00:27:53.680><c> the</c><00:27:54.500><c> culture</c><00:27:54.920><c> of</c><00:27:55.079><c> the</c><00:27:55.200><c> world.</c>

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.900
It's<00:27:55.799><c> in</c><00:27:55.980><c> darkness.</c>

00:27:56.920 --> 00:28:00.019
We<00:27:57.099><c> don't</c><00:27:57.279><c> want</c><00:27:57.480><c> that</c><00:27:57.700><c> to</c><00:27:57.920><c> influence</c><00:27:58.619><c> anything</c><00:27:59.500><c> that</c><00:27:59.799><c> takes</c>

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.920
place<00:28:00.819><c> in</c><00:28:01.119><c> here.</c>

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:07.839
Those<00:28:03.960><c> are</c><00:28:04.079><c> some</c><00:28:04.319><c> pretty</c><00:28:06.180><c> outstanding</c><00:28:06.859><c> numbers,</c><00:28:07.480><c> aren't</c><00:28:07.640><c> they?</c>

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:09.380
It's<00:28:08.119><c> pretty</c><00:28:08.339><c> shocking.</c>

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:14.680
So<00:28:11.019><c> what</c><00:28:11.160><c> are</c><00:28:11.279><c> the</c><00:28:11.440><c> effects</c><00:28:11.819><c> of</c><00:28:12.339><c> darkness</c><00:28:12.680><c> can</c><00:28:13.039><c> have</c><00:28:13.220><c> on</c><00:28:13.440><c> us</c><00:28:14.099><c> when</c><00:28:14.440><c> we</c>

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:16.220
are<00:28:14.980><c> influenced?</c>

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:18.539
Separation<00:28:17.279><c> from</c><00:28:17.500><c> God.</c>

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:20.599
Sin<00:28:19.279><c> separates</c><00:28:19.859><c> us</c><00:28:20.160><c> from</c><00:28:20.359><c> God.</c>

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:24.859
So<00:28:20.759><c> if</c><00:28:20.859><c> we</c><00:28:20.940><c> don't</c><00:28:21.079><c> even</c><00:28:21.279><c> know</c><00:28:21.420><c> where</c><00:28:21.640><c> sin</c><00:28:21.759><c> is,</c><00:28:22.640><c> we</c><00:28:22.799><c> don't</c><00:28:23.039><c> recognize</c><00:28:23.680><c> our</c><00:28:24.019><c> sin.</c>

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:28.140
There's<00:28:25.240><c> no</c><00:28:25.460><c> fellowship</c><00:28:26.119><c> with</c><00:28:27.079><c> God</c><00:28:27.420><c> or</c><00:28:27.720><c> Jesus.</c>

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:30.119
There's<00:28:28.559><c> no</c><00:28:28.759><c> relationship</c><00:28:29.460><c> with</c><00:28:29.700><c> them.</c>

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:32.359
We<00:28:30.779><c> become</c><00:28:31.079><c> slaves</c><00:28:31.539><c> to</c><00:28:31.920><c> sin.</c>

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:34.720
We're<00:28:32.920><c> children</c><00:28:33.319><c> of</c><00:28:33.539><c> the</c><00:28:33.779><c> flesh.</c>

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:38.079
So,<00:28:36.160><c> of</c><00:28:36.299><c> course,</c><00:28:36.460><c> there's</c><00:28:36.660><c> no</c><00:28:36.940><c> forgiveness</c><00:28:37.259><c> because</c><00:28:37.480><c> we</c><00:28:37.619><c> don't</c><00:28:37.799><c> even</c>

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:39.640
recognize<00:28:38.619><c> the</c><00:28:38.880><c> sin.</c>

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:42.299
And,<00:28:40.099><c> of</c><00:28:40.220><c> course,</c><00:28:40.380><c> then</c><00:28:40.519><c> there</c><00:28:40.599><c> would</c><00:28:40.799><c> be</c><00:28:40.920><c> no</c><00:28:41.160><c> salvation.</c>

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:46.000
We<00:28:42.619><c> lose</c><00:28:42.920><c> sight</c><00:28:43.160><c> of</c><00:28:43.339><c> the</c><00:28:43.539><c> kingdom</c><00:28:43.920><c> because</c><00:28:44.960><c> we're</c><00:28:45.240><c> so</c><00:28:45.599><c> tied</c><00:28:45.819><c> up</c>

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.319
in<00:28:46.099><c> the</c><00:28:46.279><c> kingdom</c><00:28:46.539><c> of</c><00:28:46.759><c> man</c>

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:52.640
that<00:28:48.140><c> the</c><00:28:48.319><c> kingdom</c><00:28:48.559><c> of</c><00:28:48.839><c> God,</c><00:28:49.359><c> it's</c><00:28:49.440><c> just,</c><00:28:50.579><c> you</c><00:28:50.880><c> can't</c><00:28:51.079><c> even</c><00:28:51.319><c> see</c><00:28:51.500><c> it</c><00:28:51.740><c> anymore.</c>

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.839
And<00:28:54.259><c> judgment</c><00:28:54.619><c> will</c><00:28:54.940><c> await.</c>

00:28:57.160 --> 00:29:00.240
We<00:28:57.420><c> go</c><00:28:57.619><c> from</c><00:28:57.880><c> love</c><00:28:58.700><c> to</c><00:28:59.220><c> fear.</c>

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:04.220
From<00:29:00.839><c> comfort</c><00:29:01.319><c> in</c><00:29:01.519><c> the</c><00:29:01.779><c> truth</c><00:29:02.140><c> to</c><00:29:02.700><c> anxiety</c><00:29:03.599><c> in</c><00:29:03.819><c> the</c><00:29:04.039><c> world.</c>

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:07.980
The<00:29:04.680><c> world</c><00:29:05.079><c> is</c><00:29:05.299><c> in</c><00:29:05.500><c> fear</c><00:29:05.759><c> and</c><00:29:06.000><c> anxious</c><00:29:06.400><c> of</c><00:29:06.880><c> what</c><00:29:07.079><c> is</c><00:29:07.279><c> taking</c><00:29:07.559><c> place.</c>

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:10.299
Jesus<00:29:08.519><c> told</c><00:29:08.779><c> us</c><00:29:08.960><c> they</c><00:29:09.140><c> would</c><00:29:09.339><c> be.</c>

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:13.480
We're<00:29:11.460><c> not</c><00:29:11.599><c> in</c><00:29:11.799><c> fear</c><00:29:11.900><c> of</c><00:29:12.000><c> what's</c><00:29:12.240><c> going</c><00:29:12.500><c> on.</c>

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:16.180
It<00:29:13.819><c> doesn't</c><00:29:14.039><c> cause</c><00:29:14.319><c> me</c><00:29:14.539><c> any</c><00:29:14.740><c> anxiety</c><00:29:15.240><c> to</c><00:29:15.440><c> what's</c><00:29:15.720><c> going</c><00:29:15.920><c> on</c><00:29:16.059><c> in</c>

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:17.200
the<00:29:16.359><c> world.</c>

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:21.339
It's<00:29:17.480><c> to</c><00:29:17.660><c> be</c><00:29:17.859><c> expected</c><00:29:18.279><c> from</c><00:29:19.579><c> a</c><00:29:19.880><c> world</c><00:29:20.079><c> that</c><00:29:20.259><c> is</c><00:29:20.519><c> blind</c><00:29:20.940><c> to</c><00:29:21.160><c> the</c>

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:22.940
Word<00:29:21.460><c> of</c><00:29:21.720><c> God,</c>

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:25.599
where<00:29:23.140><c> just</c><00:29:23.420><c> the</c><00:29:23.720><c> flesh</c><00:29:23.960><c> dominates.</c>

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:27.799
This<00:29:26.339><c> is</c><00:29:26.500><c> to</c><00:29:26.640><c> be</c><00:29:26.880><c> expected.</c>

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:29.220
And<00:29:28.299><c> we</c><00:29:28.400><c> have</c><00:29:28.559><c> a</c><00:29:28.660><c> greater</c><00:29:28.880><c> hope.</c>

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:32.680
We<00:29:29.640><c> know</c><00:29:30.039><c> that</c><00:29:30.299><c> God</c><00:29:30.579><c> will</c><00:29:30.880><c> put</c><00:29:31.079><c> an</c><00:29:31.240><c> end</c><00:29:31.359><c> to</c><00:29:31.539><c> it.</c>

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:37.220
Though<00:29:34.900><c> I</c><00:29:35.079><c> walk</c><00:29:35.279><c> through</c><00:29:35.500><c> the</c><00:29:35.640><c> valley</c><00:29:35.880><c> of</c><00:29:36.039><c> the</c><00:29:36.259><c> shadow</c><00:29:36.519><c> of</c><00:29:36.799><c> death,</c><00:29:37.039><c> I</c>

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:39.279
will<00:29:37.519><c> fear</c><00:29:37.720><c> no</c><00:29:38.000><c> evil.</c>

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:40.259
For<00:29:39.440><c> thou</c><00:29:39.680><c> art</c><00:29:39.859><c> with</c><00:29:40.079><c> me.</c>

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:42.559
The<00:29:40.519><c> rod</c><00:29:40.920><c> and</c><00:29:41.359><c> thy</c><00:29:41.619><c> staff,</c><00:29:41.799><c> they</c><00:29:42.059><c> comfort</c><00:29:42.339><c> me.</c>

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:42.859
Right?

00:29:42.859 --> 00:29:43.960
This<00:29:43.000><c> is</c><00:29:43.119><c> the</c><00:29:43.380><c> truth,</c><00:29:43.779><c> right?</c>

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:47.960
The<00:29:44.119><c> hope</c><00:29:44.299><c> that</c><00:29:44.539><c> we</c><00:29:44.759><c> have</c><00:29:45.579><c> does</c><00:29:46.279><c> not</c><00:29:46.599><c> produce</c><00:29:47.019><c> fear.</c>

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:50.660
It<00:29:48.619><c> brings</c><00:29:48.880><c> comfort,</c><00:29:49.480><c> doesn't</c><00:29:49.660><c> it?</c>

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:55.279
The<00:29:53.559><c> man</c><00:29:53.759><c> who</c><00:29:53.960><c> loves</c><00:29:54.259><c> his</c><00:29:54.500><c> life</c><00:29:54.700><c> will</c><00:29:54.900><c> lose</c><00:29:55.140><c> it,</c>

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:58.240
while<00:29:55.420><c> the</c><00:29:55.619><c> man</c><00:29:55.839><c> who</c><00:29:56.079><c> hates</c><00:29:56.299><c> his</c><00:29:56.599><c> life</c><00:29:56.799><c> in</c><00:29:56.960><c> this</c><00:29:57.259><c> world</c><00:29:57.720><c> will</c>

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.519
be<00:29:58.400><c> given</c><00:29:58.680><c> eternal</c><00:29:59.200><c> life.</c>

00:29:59.680 --> 00:29:59.740
Right?

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:02.279
He's<00:29:59.940><c> talking</c><00:30:00.279><c> about</c><00:30:00.559><c> focus</c><00:30:00.920><c> on</c><00:30:01.160><c> the</c><00:30:01.420><c> eternal.</c>

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:05.420
Don't<00:30:02.799><c> give</c><00:30:03.059><c> it</c><00:30:03.240><c> up</c><00:30:03.400><c> for</c><00:30:03.619><c> the</c><00:30:03.839><c> temporary</c><00:30:04.359><c> pleasures</c><00:30:04.880><c> of</c><00:30:05.160><c> this</c>

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:07.259
life<00:30:05.599><c> like</c><00:30:05.880><c> Demas</c><00:30:06.259><c> did.</c>

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:12.680
And<00:30:10.119><c> we</c><00:30:10.259><c> know</c><00:30:10.519><c> that</c><00:30:10.759><c> we</c><00:30:11.039><c> are</c><00:30:11.220><c> of</c><00:30:11.480><c> God,</c><00:30:11.920><c> John</c><00:30:12.339><c> says,</c>

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:15.599
and<00:30:12.900><c> the</c><00:30:13.119><c> whole</c><00:30:13.539><c> world</c><00:30:14.019><c> lieth</c><00:30:14.539><c> in</c><00:30:14.799><c> wickedness.</c>

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.220
Right?

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:19.640
The<00:30:16.539><c> prince</c><00:30:17.019><c> of</c><00:30:17.500><c> the</c><00:30:17.779><c> world</c><00:30:18.200><c> is</c><00:30:18.460><c> the</c><00:30:18.740><c> flesh.</c>

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:24.519
Their<00:30:23.240><c> minds</c><00:30:23.559><c> are</c><00:30:23.700><c> full</c><00:30:23.920><c> of</c><00:30:24.220><c> darkness.</c>

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:29.039
They<00:30:24.759><c> wander</c><00:30:25.299><c> far</c><00:30:25.880><c> from</c><00:30:26.140><c> the</c><00:30:26.420><c> life</c><00:30:27.079><c> God</c><00:30:27.519><c> gives</c><00:30:27.900><c> them</c><00:30:28.400><c> because</c>

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:30.759
they<00:30:29.319><c> have</c><00:30:29.599><c> closed</c><00:30:30.000><c> their</c><00:30:30.339><c> minds</c>

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:33.220
and<00:30:31.059><c> hardened</c><00:30:31.359><c> their</c><00:30:31.660><c> hearts</c><00:30:32.019><c> against</c><00:30:32.440><c> him.</c>

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.579
Right?

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:38.599
Blinded<00:30:34.000><c> by</c><00:30:34.259><c> the</c><00:30:34.519><c> darkness</c><00:30:35.059><c> of</c><00:30:35.460><c> the</c><00:30:35.720><c> world,</c><00:30:37.500><c> now</c><00:30:37.740><c> they're</c><00:30:38.000><c> blind</c><00:30:38.380><c> to</c>

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.599
the<00:30:38.779><c> things</c><00:30:38.980><c> of</c><00:30:39.200><c> the</c><00:30:39.420><c> truth.</c>

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:39.880
Right?

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:44.200
Sometimes<00:30:40.299><c> we</c><00:30:40.519><c> just</c><00:30:40.880><c> wonder,</c><00:30:42.559><c> why</c><00:30:42.759><c> do</c><00:30:42.920><c> people</c><00:30:43.200><c> leave?</c>

00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:47.799
Once<00:30:45.460><c> you</c><00:30:45.700><c> know</c><00:30:45.980><c> the</c><00:30:46.220><c> hope</c><00:30:46.380><c> and</c><00:30:46.579><c> have</c><00:30:46.819><c> the</c><00:30:47.039><c> hope,</c><00:30:47.240><c> how</c><00:30:47.500><c> do</c><00:30:47.599><c> you</c>

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.480
walk<00:30:48.079><c> away?</c>

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:51.980
And<00:30:49.019><c> I</c><00:30:49.180><c> always</c><00:30:49.539><c> expect</c><00:30:49.980><c> one</c><00:30:50.279><c> day</c><00:30:51.000><c> there</c><00:30:51.240><c> will</c><00:30:51.259><c> be</c><00:30:51.359><c> a</c><00:30:51.420><c> whole</c><00:30:51.559><c> bunch</c><00:30:51.779><c> of</c>

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:53.440
people<00:30:52.180><c> coming</c><00:30:52.420><c> back.</c>

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:56.019
They'll<00:30:54.180><c> see</c><00:30:54.359><c> what</c><00:30:54.539><c> the</c><00:30:54.779><c> world,</c><00:30:54.900><c> they'll</c><00:30:55.200><c> eventually,</c><00:30:55.839><c> like</c>

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.920
the<00:30:56.220><c> prodigal</c><00:30:56.680><c> son,</c>

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:59.400
they'll<00:30:57.180><c> see</c><00:30:57.460><c> the</c><00:30:57.779><c> world</c><00:30:58.099><c> offers</c><00:30:58.440><c> nothing.</c>

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:02.559
I've<00:30:59.900><c> got</c><00:30:59.940><c> to</c><00:31:00.019><c> go</c><00:31:00.380><c> back</c><00:31:00.660><c> where</c><00:31:00.799><c> there</c><00:31:00.980><c> was</c><00:31:01.200><c> something</c><00:31:01.519><c> offered.</c>

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:05.539
And<00:31:03.119><c> yet</c><00:31:03.220><c> they</c><00:31:03.460><c> hardly</c><00:31:03.799><c> ever</c><00:31:04.099><c> come</c><00:31:04.339><c> back.</c>

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:09.940
Because<00:31:06.420><c> they've</c><00:31:06.740><c> been</c><00:31:07.500><c> blinded</c><00:31:08.380><c> by</c><00:31:08.680><c> the</c><00:31:08.940><c> darkness.</c>

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.500
Right?

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:14.259
The<00:31:11.779><c> darkness</c><00:31:12.440><c> causes</c><00:31:13.019><c> the</c><00:31:13.400><c> blindness.</c>

00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:17.400
The<00:31:14.940><c> things</c><00:31:15.140><c> of</c><00:31:15.400><c> the</c><00:31:15.700><c> truth</c><00:31:15.940><c> just</c><00:31:16.319><c> escape</c><00:31:16.779><c> the</c><00:31:17.079><c> mind.</c>

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:21.680
They<00:31:17.960><c> have</c><00:31:18.220><c> to</c><00:31:18.400><c> put</c><00:31:18.519><c> it</c><00:31:18.740><c> out,</c><00:31:18.859><c> I</c><00:31:19.119><c> imagine,</c><00:31:20.119><c> out</c><00:31:20.279><c> of</c><00:31:20.559><c> a</c><00:31:20.700><c> guilty</c><00:31:21.000><c> conscience.</c>

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:25.160
And<00:31:22.539><c> they</c><00:31:22.680><c> just</c><00:31:22.940><c> take</c><00:31:23.220><c> in</c><00:31:23.380><c> what</c><00:31:23.539><c> the</c><00:31:23.799><c> world</c><00:31:24.200><c> gives</c><00:31:24.539><c> them.</c>

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:28.500
And<00:31:25.759><c> pretty</c><00:31:26.039><c> soon</c><00:31:26.200><c> that</c><00:31:26.480><c> darkness</c><00:31:26.960><c> is</c><00:31:27.640><c> all</c><00:31:27.880><c> through</c><00:31:28.059><c> the</c><00:31:28.259><c> mind</c>

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:30.000
and<00:31:28.599><c> there's</c><00:31:28.839><c> no</c><00:31:29.019><c> more</c><00:31:29.200><c> light.</c>

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:33.039
You<00:31:30.519><c> know,</c><00:31:30.539><c> if</c><00:31:30.660><c> we</c><00:31:30.720><c> just</c><00:31:30.839><c> have</c><00:31:30.980><c> a</c><00:31:31.119><c> little</c><00:31:31.259><c> light,</c><00:31:32.579><c> right,</c><00:31:32.859><c> the</c>

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.960
darkness<00:31:33.440><c> flees.</c>

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:36.980
But<00:31:34.200><c> there's</c><00:31:35.420><c> no</c><00:31:35.680><c> light</c><00:31:35.900><c> in</c><00:31:36.140><c> them.</c>

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:39.880
They've<00:31:37.440><c> chosen</c><00:31:37.859><c> to</c><00:31:38.180><c> be</c><00:31:38.400><c> enlightened</c><00:31:38.720><c> by</c><00:31:38.940><c> the</c><00:31:39.180><c> world.</c>

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:44.180
And<00:31:40.619><c> they've</c><00:31:40.779><c> rejected</c><00:31:41.220><c> the</c><00:31:41.559><c> true</c><00:31:41.759><c> enlightenment</c><00:31:42.460><c> that</c><00:31:43.700><c> is</c>

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:45.759
offered<00:31:44.500><c> by</c><00:31:44.819><c> God.</c>

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:53.200
Those<00:31:50.039><c> who</c><00:31:50.240><c> are</c><00:31:50.380><c> born</c><00:31:50.720><c> of</c><00:31:50.920><c> God</c><00:31:51.240><c> are</c><00:31:51.420><c> the</c><00:31:51.619><c> children</c><00:31:52.019><c> of</c><00:31:52.259><c> God.</c>

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:53.740
Right?

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:58.940
No<00:31:53.839><c> one</c><00:31:53.960><c> born</c><00:31:54.200><c> of</c><00:31:54.380><c> God</c><00:31:54.700><c> makes</c><00:31:54.980><c> a</c><00:31:55.279><c> practice</c><00:31:55.680><c> of</c><00:31:55.920><c> sin</c><00:31:56.079><c> and</c><00:31:56.779><c> for</c><00:31:57.079><c> God's</c><00:31:57.559><c> seed</c><00:31:58.019><c> abides</c><00:31:58.539><c> in</c><00:31:58.740><c> them.</c>

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.420
Right?

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.440
Peter<00:31:59.619><c> says</c><00:31:59.839><c> the</c><00:32:00.059><c> same</c><00:32:00.259><c> thing.</c>

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:03.660
For<00:32:00.619><c> you</c><00:32:00.839><c> have</c><00:32:00.980><c> been</c><00:32:01.240><c> born</c><00:32:01.420><c> again,</c><00:32:02.220><c> not</c><00:32:02.460><c> of</c><00:32:02.720><c> perishable</c><00:32:03.400><c> seed,</c>

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:05.619
but<00:32:03.940><c> of</c><00:32:04.200><c> imperishable,</c>

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:08.599
through<00:32:05.859><c> the</c><00:32:06.099><c> living</c><00:32:06.380><c> and</c><00:32:06.720><c> enduring</c><00:32:07.079><c> word</c><00:32:07.839><c> of</c><00:32:08.279><c> God.</c>

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.019
Right?

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:10.900
That's<00:32:09.779><c> what's</c><00:32:10.059><c> in</c><00:32:10.220><c> our</c><00:32:10.519><c> minds.</c>

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:13.220
Again,<00:32:11.359><c> we've</c><00:32:11.579><c> got</c><00:32:11.759><c> that</c><00:32:12.039><c> word</c><00:32:12.259><c> in</c><00:32:12.480><c> there.</c>

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.900
We've<00:32:13.640><c> got</c><00:32:13.859><c> the</c><00:32:14.059><c> light.</c>

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:19.500
Paul<00:32:17.380><c> in</c><00:32:17.519><c> Romans</c><00:32:17.740><c> says,</c><00:32:18.099><c> for</c><00:32:18.140><c> they</c><00:32:18.380><c> that</c><00:32:18.539><c> are</c><00:32:18.660><c> after</c><00:32:18.900><c> the</c><00:32:19.180><c> flesh</c><00:32:19.299><c> do</c>

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.740
mind<00:32:19.680><c> the</c><00:32:19.880><c> things</c><00:32:20.099><c> of</c><00:32:20.319><c> the</c><00:32:20.539><c> flesh,</c>

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:24.619
but<00:32:21.339><c> they</c><00:32:21.559><c> that</c><00:32:21.720><c> are</c><00:32:21.900><c> after</c><00:32:22.140><c> the</c><00:32:22.500><c> Spirit,</c><00:32:22.839><c> the</c><00:32:22.940><c> things</c><00:32:23.140><c> of</c><00:32:23.339><c> the</c><00:32:23.680><c> Spirit.</c>

00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:27.859
That<00:32:25.420><c> you</c><00:32:25.599><c> are</c><00:32:25.779><c> not</c><00:32:26.180><c> in</c><00:32:26.519><c> the</c><00:32:26.759><c> flesh,</c><00:32:26.980><c> but</c><00:32:27.119><c> in</c><00:32:27.299><c> the</c><00:32:27.599><c> Spirit.</c>

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:31.940
For<00:32:28.359><c> if</c><00:32:30.079><c> you</c><00:32:30.339><c> live</c><00:32:30.500><c> after</c><00:32:30.799><c> the</c><00:32:31.039><c> flesh,</c><00:32:31.240><c> you</c><00:32:31.380><c> shall</c><00:32:31.619><c> die.</c>

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:34.619
But<00:32:32.119><c> if</c><00:32:32.339><c> you</c><00:32:32.500><c> through</c><00:32:32.599><c> the</c><00:32:32.960><c> Spirit</c><00:32:33.160><c> do</c><00:32:33.440><c> mortify</c><00:32:34.000><c> the</c><00:32:34.240><c> deeds</c><00:32:34.380><c> of</c>

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:36.019
the<00:32:34.779><c> body,</c><00:32:35.099><c> you</c><00:32:35.359><c> shall</c><00:32:35.619><c> live.</c>

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:39.559
For<00:32:36.559><c> as</c><00:32:36.839><c> many</c><00:32:37.319><c> as</c><00:32:37.579><c> are</c><00:32:37.740><c> led</c><00:32:37.880><c> by</c><00:32:38.079><c> the</c><00:32:38.380><c> Spirit</c><00:32:38.599><c> of</c><00:32:38.839><c> God,</c><00:32:39.079><c> they</c><00:32:39.319><c> are</c>

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.680
the<00:32:39.819><c> sons</c><00:32:40.180><c> of</c><00:32:40.420><c> God.</c>

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:44.359
We're<00:32:40.859><c> only</c><00:32:41.180><c> the</c><00:32:41.440><c> children</c><00:32:41.700><c> of</c><00:32:41.900><c> God</c><00:32:42.599><c> when</c><00:32:43.480><c> we</c><00:32:43.700><c> have</c><00:32:43.880><c> the</c><00:32:44.079><c> word</c>

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:45.839
in<00:32:44.740><c> our</c><00:32:45.000><c> heads.</c>

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:50.339
We're<00:32:46.960><c> trying</c><00:32:47.339><c> to</c><00:32:47.680><c> live</c><00:32:48.099><c> that</c><00:32:48.640><c> Spirit</c><00:32:49.160><c>-filled</c><00:32:49.660><c> life.</c>

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:53.140
Because<00:32:51.039><c> the</c><00:32:51.220><c> word</c><00:32:51.420><c> of</c><00:32:51.579><c> God</c><00:32:51.720><c> is</c><00:32:51.940><c> in</c><00:32:52.019><c> us,</c><00:32:52.279><c> it's</c><00:32:52.660><c> transforming</c>

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.519
our<00:32:53.519><c> minds.</c>

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:56.460
That<00:32:54.720><c> makes</c><00:32:54.920><c> us</c><00:32:55.319><c> Spirit</c><00:32:55.579><c>-minded.</c>

00:32:56.940 --> 00:33:01.339
Our<00:32:57.180><c> focus</c><00:32:57.460><c> is</c><00:32:57.700><c> on</c><00:32:57.839><c> the</c><00:32:58.119><c> eternal</c><00:32:58.460><c> things,</c><00:32:59.720><c> though</c><00:32:59.799><c> we</c><00:33:00.019><c> will</c><00:33:00.319><c> succumb</c><00:33:01.079><c> to</c>

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:02.640
temptation<00:33:01.940><c> and</c><00:33:02.339><c> sin.</c>

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:05.259
It's<00:33:03.460><c> not</c><00:33:03.720><c> our</c><00:33:03.920><c> way</c><00:33:04.119><c> of</c><00:33:04.400><c> life.</c>

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:08.160
We<00:33:05.599><c> do</c><00:33:05.859><c> desire</c><00:33:06.480><c> to</c><00:33:06.740><c> do</c><00:33:06.859><c> the</c><00:33:07.039><c> will</c><00:33:07.160><c> of</c><00:33:07.380><c> our</c><00:33:07.500><c> Heavenly</c><00:33:07.880><c> Father.</c>

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:12.579
We're<00:33:08.420><c> not</c><00:33:08.619><c> indifferent</c><00:33:09.380><c> to</c><00:33:10.319><c> our</c><00:33:10.559><c> sins,</c><00:33:10.819><c> but</c><00:33:11.000><c> we're</c><00:33:11.319><c> aware</c><00:33:11.539><c> of</c><00:33:11.759><c> them.</c>

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:16.920
We<00:33:13.619><c> try</c><00:33:13.859><c> to</c><00:33:14.059><c> resist</c><00:33:14.400><c> temptation,</c><00:33:15.000><c> and</c><00:33:15.200><c> when</c><00:33:15.380><c> we</c><00:33:15.640><c> do,</c><00:33:16.480><c> when</c><00:33:16.700><c> we</c>

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:19.859
fall<00:33:17.180><c> short,</c><00:33:17.500><c> we</c><00:33:17.660><c> seek</c><00:33:18.640><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:27.220
We<00:33:25.599><c> are</c><00:33:26.059><c> doers</c><00:33:26.440><c> of</c><00:33:26.720><c> righteousness.</c>

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:28.920
We<00:33:27.619><c> practice</c><00:33:28.220><c> righteousness.</c>

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.799
We<00:33:29.220><c> try</c><00:33:29.599><c> to.</c>

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:31.160
It's<00:33:30.119><c> part</c><00:33:30.319><c> of</c><00:33:30.559><c> our</c><00:33:30.759><c> lives.</c>

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:34.819
He<00:33:32.119><c> says,</c><00:33:32.480><c> if</c><00:33:32.519><c> you</c><00:33:32.779><c> know</c><00:33:33.259><c> that</c><00:33:33.579><c> he</c><00:33:33.740><c> is</c><00:33:33.980><c> righteous,</c><00:33:34.440><c> you</c><00:33:34.579><c> know</c>

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:38.420
that<00:33:35.019><c> everyone</c><00:33:35.339><c> that</c><00:33:35.619><c> doeth</c><00:33:35.900><c> righteousness</c><00:33:36.440><c> is</c><00:33:36.859><c> born</c><00:33:37.259><c> of</c><00:33:37.519><c> him.</c>

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:42.240
Speaking<00:33:39.019><c> of</c><00:33:39.319><c> Christ,</c><00:33:40.259><c> we've</c><00:33:40.720><c> taken</c><00:33:41.019><c> on</c><00:33:41.279><c> the</c><00:33:41.460><c> name</c><00:33:41.720><c> of</c><00:33:42.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:44.039
We're<00:33:42.519><c> following</c><00:33:42.980><c> his</c><00:33:43.339><c> example.</c>

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:47.319
And<00:33:44.519><c> if</c><00:33:44.619><c> we</c><00:33:44.799><c> do</c><00:33:45.000><c> that,</c><00:33:45.220><c> we</c><00:33:45.359><c> will</c><00:33:45.640><c> bear</c><00:33:45.799><c> fruit,</c><00:33:46.859><c> bear</c><00:33:46.960><c> the</c><00:33:47.180><c> fruit</c>

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.099
of<00:33:47.579><c> righteousness.</c>

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:52.000
We<00:33:48.559><c> walk</c><00:33:48.900><c> in</c><00:33:49.099><c> that</c><00:33:49.420><c> newness</c><00:33:50.099><c> of</c><00:33:51.019><c> life.</c>

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:56.180
We<00:33:53.619><c> know</c><00:33:53.799><c> one</c><00:33:54.059><c> day</c><00:33:54.220><c> we</c><00:33:54.440><c> shall</c><00:33:54.819><c> be</c><00:33:55.079><c> like</c><00:33:55.299><c> him.</c>

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.579
We<00:33:56.579><c> shall</c><00:33:56.880><c> be</c><00:33:57.200><c> changed.</c>

00:33:57.579 --> 00:34:01.559
Every<00:33:58.079><c> man</c><00:33:58.299><c> that</c><00:33:58.480><c> has</c><00:33:58.680><c> this</c><00:33:58.940><c> hope</c><00:33:59.119><c> in</c><00:33:59.420><c> him</c><00:33:59.960><c> will</c><00:34:00.559><c> purify</c><00:34:01.220><c> himself.</c>

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:02.859
What<00:34:01.839><c> hope</c><00:34:02.019><c> is</c><00:34:02.079><c> he</c><00:34:02.279><c> talking</c><00:34:02.599><c> about?</c>

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:08.079
Those<00:34:03.359><c> great</c><00:34:03.680><c> and</c><00:34:03.940><c> precious</c><00:34:04.299><c> promises</c><00:34:05.079><c> that</c><00:34:06.440><c> these</c><00:34:07.480><c> might</c><00:34:07.799><c> be</c>

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:09.559
partakers<00:34:08.559><c> of</c><00:34:08.800><c> the</c><00:34:09.000><c> divine</c><00:34:09.280><c> nature.</c>

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:14.559
God<00:34:09.900><c> is</c><00:34:10.320><c> willing</c><00:34:10.679><c> to</c><00:34:11.079><c> share</c><00:34:11.260><c> with</c><00:34:11.460><c> us</c><00:34:12.440><c> the</c><00:34:13.059><c> divine</c><00:34:13.460><c> nature.</c>

00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:20.659
And<00:34:15.139><c> so</c><00:34:15.320><c> we</c><00:34:15.820><c> now</c><00:34:16.400><c> try</c><00:34:16.679><c> to</c><00:34:16.960><c> purify</c><00:34:17.539><c> ourselves,</c><00:34:18.639><c> seek</c><00:34:18.900><c> forgiveness,</c><00:34:20.300><c> change</c>

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.480
our<00:34:21.039><c> ways.</c>

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:23.800
In<00:34:22.019><c> preparation,</c><00:34:22.579><c> we</c><00:34:22.699><c> know</c><00:34:22.860><c> there's</c><00:34:23.079><c> a</c><00:34:23.239><c> judgment</c><00:34:23.500><c> coming.</c>

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:26.300
Most<00:34:24.260><c> in</c><00:34:24.440><c> the</c><00:34:24.599><c> world</c><00:34:24.780><c> do</c><00:34:25.019><c> not</c><00:34:25.199><c> know</c><00:34:25.360><c> there's</c><00:34:25.599><c> a</c><00:34:25.780><c> judgment</c><00:34:26.019><c> coming.</c>

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:27.920
We<00:34:27.300><c> do</c><00:34:27.519><c> now.</c>

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:29.440
And<00:34:28.340><c> we're</c><00:34:28.559><c> preparing</c><00:34:28.900><c> for</c><00:34:29.199><c> it.</c>

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:31.679
We<00:34:29.840><c> look</c><00:34:30.079><c> forward</c><00:34:30.380><c> to</c><00:34:30.579><c> it.</c>

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:36.199
So<00:34:33.039><c> that's</c><00:34:33.380><c> the</c><00:34:33.639><c> opposite</c><00:34:34.059><c> of</c><00:34:34.340><c> what</c><00:34:34.539><c> the</c><00:34:34.679><c> Gnostics</c><00:34:35.539><c> were</c><00:34:35.880><c> teaching.</c>

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:39.000
They<00:34:36.440><c> were</c><00:34:36.519><c> saying,</c><00:34:36.719><c> you</c><00:34:36.820><c> don't</c><00:34:37.039><c> have</c><00:34:37.300><c> to</c><00:34:37.500><c> purify</c><00:34:37.880><c> yourself.</c>

00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:41.320
Enjoy<00:34:40.199><c> the</c><00:34:40.539><c> sin.</c>

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:43.920
We're<00:34:42.320><c> told</c><00:34:42.420><c> we</c><00:34:42.539><c> should</c><00:34:42.679><c> love</c><00:34:42.920><c> one</c><00:34:43.119><c> another.</c>

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:45.320
John<00:34:44.159><c> repeats</c><00:34:44.480><c> it</c><00:34:44.659><c> several</c><00:34:44.940><c> times.</c>

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:47.500
Beloved,<00:34:45.840><c> let</c><00:34:45.940><c> us</c><00:34:46.139><c> love</c><00:34:46.400><c> one</c><00:34:46.659><c> another.</c>

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:50.179
He<00:34:47.719><c> says,</c><00:34:47.980><c> every</c><00:34:48.119><c> spirit</c><00:34:48.440><c> that</c><00:34:48.780><c> confesses</c><00:34:49.320><c> that</c><00:34:49.500><c> Jesus</c><00:34:49.900><c> came</c>

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:52.599
in<00:34:50.320><c> the</c><00:34:50.519><c> flesh</c><00:34:50.659><c> is</c><00:34:50.920><c> of</c><00:34:51.159><c> God.</c>

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:57.960
Whosoever<00:34:54.739><c> believes</c><00:34:55.059><c> Jesus</c><00:34:55.480><c> is</c><00:34:55.760><c> the</c><00:34:56.000><c> Christ,</c><00:34:57.039><c> is</c><00:34:57.219><c> the</c><00:34:57.500><c> Son</c><00:34:57.699><c> of</c>

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:59.639
God,<00:34:58.659><c> is</c><00:34:59.019><c> born</c><00:34:59.239><c> of</c><00:34:59.460><c> God.</c>

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:02.340
So<00:35:00.000><c> this</c><00:35:00.219><c> is</c><00:35:00.920><c> what</c><00:35:01.079><c> we</c><00:35:01.320><c> would</c><00:35:01.500><c> do.</c>

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:07.280
He<00:35:04.340><c> who</c><00:35:04.440><c> was</c><00:35:04.599><c> born</c><00:35:04.880><c> of</c><00:35:05.119><c> God</c><00:35:05.400><c> does</c><00:35:05.659><c> not</c><00:35:05.820><c> practice</c><00:35:06.260><c> sin</c><00:35:06.480><c> but</c><00:35:06.699><c> righteousness.</c>

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:10.840
So<00:35:07.920><c> it's</c><00:35:08.059><c> not</c><00:35:08.360><c> like,</c><00:35:08.619><c> hey,</c><00:35:09.159><c> I</c><00:35:09.420><c> can't</c><00:35:09.760><c> do</c><00:35:09.900><c> this,</c><00:35:10.059><c> I</c><00:35:10.159><c> can't</c><00:35:10.460><c> do</c><00:35:10.559><c> this,</c><00:35:10.719><c> I</c>

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.340
can't<00:35:11.079><c> do</c><00:35:11.199><c> this.</c>

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:14.000
But<00:35:11.480><c> I</c><00:35:11.659><c> also</c><00:35:11.900><c> have</c><00:35:12.219><c> to</c><00:35:12.500><c> do</c><00:35:12.739><c> righteousness.</c>

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.980
That's<00:35:15.739><c> what</c><00:35:15.900><c> Christ</c><00:35:16.199><c> did.</c>

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.280
He<00:35:18.320><c> loves</c><00:35:18.699><c> his</c><00:35:19.059><c> brethren.</c>

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:21.280
Those<00:35:19.599><c> born</c><00:35:19.820><c> of</c><00:35:19.940><c> God</c><00:35:20.219><c> love</c><00:35:20.559><c> the</c><00:35:20.820><c> brotherhood.</c>

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:26.619
They<00:35:21.699><c> believe</c><00:35:22.099><c> Jesus</c><00:35:23.760><c> came</c><00:35:24.059><c> in</c><00:35:24.219><c> the</c><00:35:24.400><c> flesh,</c><00:35:25.099><c> he</c><00:35:25.219><c> was</c><00:35:25.420><c> a</c><00:35:25.599><c> man,</c>

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:30.820
and<00:35:27.659><c> that</c><00:35:27.800><c> he</c><00:35:27.940><c> is</c><00:35:28.219><c> the</c><00:35:28.480><c> Christ,</c><00:35:29.079><c> the</c><00:35:29.340><c> chosen</c><00:35:29.679><c> of</c><00:35:29.980><c> God.</c>

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:37.219
This<00:35:34.579><c> will</c><00:35:34.739><c> be</c><00:35:34.840><c> my</c><00:35:35.000><c> last</c><00:35:35.280><c> slide</c><00:35:35.840><c> for</c><00:35:36.320><c> today.</c>

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:41.360
Salvation<00:35:38.980><c> is</c><00:35:39.219><c> about</c><00:35:39.440><c> the</c><00:35:39.699><c> righteousness</c><00:35:40.199><c> of</c><00:35:40.679><c> God,</c><00:35:41.039><c> right?</c>

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:45.019
If<00:35:41.559><c> we</c><00:35:41.800><c> confess</c><00:35:42.219><c> our</c><00:35:42.480><c> sins,</c><00:35:42.659><c> he's</c><00:35:42.920><c> faithful</c><00:35:43.300><c> and</c><00:35:43.579><c> just</c><00:35:43.880><c> to</c><00:35:44.440><c> forgive</c><00:35:44.739><c> us</c>

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:50.079
our<00:35:45.239><c> sins</c><00:35:45.840><c> and</c><00:35:46.559><c> to</c><00:35:46.840><c> cleanse</c><00:35:47.059><c> us</c><00:35:47.300><c> from</c><00:35:47.639><c> all</c><00:35:48.280><c> unrighteousness.</c>

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:53.000
Paul<00:35:50.860><c> writes</c><00:35:51.079><c> in</c><00:35:51.300><c> Romans,</c><00:35:51.760><c> of</c><00:35:51.760><c> course,</c><00:35:52.039><c> all</c><00:35:52.139><c> have</c><00:35:52.340><c> fallen</c><00:35:52.599><c> short</c><00:35:52.860><c> of</c>

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.800
the<00:35:53.159><c> glory</c><00:35:53.420><c> of</c><00:35:53.619><c> God</c>

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:57.239
and<00:35:53.960><c> are</c><00:35:54.159><c> justified</c><00:35:54.659><c> by</c><00:35:55.260><c> his</c><00:35:55.699><c> grace</c><00:35:55.960><c> as</c><00:35:56.260><c> a</c><00:35:56.440><c> gift</c><00:35:56.739><c> through</c><00:35:57.039><c> the</c>

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:59.440
redemption<00:35:57.639><c> that</c><00:35:57.880><c> is</c><00:35:58.079><c> offered</c><00:35:58.360><c> in</c><00:35:58.639><c> Christ</c><00:35:58.880><c> Jesus,</c>

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:04.699
whom<00:36:00.000><c> God</c><00:36:00.420><c> put</c><00:36:00.679><c> forth</c><00:36:01.099><c> as</c><00:36:01.420><c> a</c><00:36:01.619><c> propitiation</c><00:36:02.719><c> by</c><00:36:03.099><c> his</c><00:36:03.599><c> blood</c><00:36:04.119><c> to</c>

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:06.559
be<00:36:04.960><c> received</c><00:36:05.300><c> by</c><00:36:05.679><c> faith.</c>

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:11.239
This<00:36:07.840><c> was</c><00:36:08.059><c> to</c><00:36:08.280><c> show</c><00:36:08.400><c> God's</c><00:36:08.860><c> righteousness</c><00:36:09.460><c> because</c><00:36:10.699><c> in</c><00:36:10.940><c> his</c>

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:14.900
divine<00:36:11.679><c> forbearance</c><00:36:12.300><c> he</c><00:36:12.440><c> has</c><00:36:12.800><c> passed</c><00:36:13.340><c> over</c><00:36:14.139><c> former</c><00:36:14.480><c> sins.</c>

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:18.739
It<00:36:15.320><c> was</c><00:36:15.579><c> to</c><00:36:15.780><c> show</c><00:36:16.019><c> his</c><00:36:16.400><c> righteousness</c><00:36:17.099><c> at</c><00:36:17.900><c> the</c><00:36:18.159><c> present</c><00:36:18.420><c> time</c>

00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:23.440
so<00:36:19.039><c> that</c><00:36:19.340><c> he</c><00:36:19.500><c> might</c><00:36:19.780><c> be</c><00:36:20.119><c> just</c><00:36:20.639><c> and</c><00:36:21.159><c> the</c><00:36:21.539><c> justifier</c><00:36:22.320><c> of</c><00:36:23.059><c> the</c><00:36:23.260><c> one</c>

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:26.139
who<00:36:23.679><c> has</c><00:36:23.980><c> faith</c><00:36:24.360><c> in</c><00:36:25.119><c> Jesus.</c>

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:30.119
I<00:36:27.159><c> got</c><00:36:27.380><c> this</c><00:36:27.619><c> little</c><00:36:27.940><c> quote</c><00:36:28.199><c> here</c><00:36:28.460><c> from</c><00:36:28.760><c> a</c><00:36:29.300><c> commentary</c><00:36:29.699><c> that</c><00:36:29.940><c> I</c>

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:35.400
thought<00:36:30.260><c> explained</c><00:36:31.659><c> that</c><00:36:32.179><c> propitiation</c><00:36:33.699><c> well.</c>

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:40.059
We<00:36:35.840><c> know</c><00:36:36.079><c> that</c><00:36:36.699><c> most</c><00:36:37.019><c> of</c><00:36:37.260><c> Christianity</c><00:36:38.000><c> believes</c><00:36:39.539><c> that</c><00:36:39.880><c> the</c>

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:42.519
death<00:36:40.219><c> of</c><00:36:40.519><c> Christ</c><00:36:40.960><c> appeased</c><00:36:41.559><c> the</c><00:36:41.840><c> angry</c><00:36:42.219><c> God.</c>

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:47.579
He<00:36:42.519><c> was</c><00:36:42.699><c> so</c><00:36:42.920><c> mad</c><00:36:43.380><c> at</c><00:36:43.800><c> sin</c><00:36:44.059><c> that</c><00:36:45.360><c> someone</c><00:36:45.760><c> had</c><00:36:46.000><c> to</c><00:36:46.239><c> pay</c><00:36:46.400><c> the</c><00:36:46.679><c> price.</c>

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:52.539
Of<00:36:48.199><c> course,</c><00:36:48.420><c> the</c><00:36:48.559><c> whole</c><00:36:48.800><c> epistle</c><00:36:49.199><c> here</c><00:36:49.760><c> in</c><00:36:50.280><c> John</c><00:36:50.579><c> is</c><00:36:50.900><c> God</c><00:36:51.219><c> is</c><00:36:51.599><c> love.</c>

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:56.659
God<00:36:53.579><c> so</c><00:36:54.059><c> loved</c><00:36:54.340><c> the</c><00:36:54.659><c> world</c><00:36:55.099><c> that</c><00:36:55.340><c> he</c><00:36:55.440><c> gave</c><00:36:55.699><c> his</c><00:36:55.900><c> only</c><00:36:56.139><c> to</c><00:36:56.400><c> God.</c>

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:59.340
This<00:36:56.940><c> wasn't</c><00:36:57.300><c> done</c><00:36:57.500><c> out</c><00:36:57.760><c> of</c><00:36:58.019><c> anger</c><00:36:58.360><c> but</c><00:36:58.539><c> out</c><00:36:58.820><c> of</c><00:36:58.960><c> love.</c>

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:02.800
I<00:36:59.940><c> thought</c><00:37:00.099><c> this</c><00:37:00.920><c> summed</c><00:37:01.199><c> it</c><00:37:01.320><c> up</c><00:37:01.579><c> pretty</c><00:37:01.900><c> well.</c>

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:07.400
It<00:37:03.300><c> says,</c><00:37:03.739><c> Christ</c><00:37:03.820><c> completely</c><00:37:04.460><c> satisfied</c><00:37:05.519><c> the</c><00:37:06.639><c> just</c><00:37:06.900><c> demands</c>

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of<00:37:07.619><c> a</c><00:37:07.780><c> holy</c><00:37:08.119><c> God</c><00:37:08.559><c> for</c><00:37:08.860><c> judgment</c><00:37:09.280><c> on</c><00:37:09.659><c> sin</c><00:37:09.820><c> by</c><00:37:10.099><c> his</c><00:37:10.380><c> death</c><00:37:10.579><c> on</c><00:37:10.780><c> the</c><00:37:11.019><c> cross,</c>

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God<00:37:12.460><c> foreseeing</c><00:37:13.260><c> the</c><00:37:13.579><c> cross</c><00:37:14.039><c> is</c><00:37:14.840><c> declared</c><00:37:15.340><c> righteous</c><00:37:15.880><c> for</c>

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forgiving<00:37:16.619><c> sins</c><00:37:17.099><c> under</c><00:37:17.340><c> the</c><00:37:17.559><c> new</c><00:37:17.960><c> and</c><00:37:18.420><c> old</c><00:37:18.659><c> covenant.</c>

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Jesus<00:37:19.559><c> is</c><00:37:19.920><c> our</c><00:37:20.219><c> propitiation,</c><00:37:21.260><c> meaning</c><00:37:21.539><c> appeasement.</c>

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That's<00:37:22.820><c> the</c><00:37:23.019><c> appeasing</c><00:37:23.320><c> of</c><00:37:23.539><c> the</c><00:37:23.699><c> angry</c><00:37:23.980><c> God.</c>

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He's<00:37:24.900><c> the</c><00:37:25.139><c> atonement</c><00:37:25.639><c> to</c><00:37:25.860><c> make</c><00:37:26.260><c> reconciliation.</c>

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But<00:37:28.239><c> not</c><00:37:28.480><c> in</c><00:37:28.659><c> the</c><00:37:28.780><c> sense</c><00:37:28.940><c> of</c><00:37:29.219><c> appeasing</c><00:37:29.619><c> an</c><00:37:29.900><c> angry</c><00:37:30.260><c> God</c><00:37:30.719><c> but</c><00:37:31.000><c> rather</c><00:37:31.679><c> satisfying</c><00:37:33.159><c> the</c><00:37:33.980><c> righteousness</c><00:37:34.539><c> of</c><00:37:34.960><c> God</c>

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whereby<00:37:36.760><c> it</c><00:37:37.019><c> can</c><00:37:37.300><c> be</c><00:37:37.500><c> said</c><00:37:37.659><c> he</c><00:37:37.920><c> is</c><00:37:38.219><c> faithful</c><00:37:38.619><c> and</c><00:37:38.960><c> just</c><00:37:39.300><c> to</c><00:37:40.260><c> forgive</c><00:37:40.539><c> us</c>

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our<00:37:41.119><c> sins.</c>