And that is good information.
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Lords and lady, we have
just two minutes and change.
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Let us start with you, Ryan,
just a little closing thought,
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put a little bow
on our study today.
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Absolutely.
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You know, one of the
questions you ask in preparing
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for this that I really...
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It really spoke to me,
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what is the
antidote for legalism?
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And there's no doubt
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that the answer to that is love.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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Love.
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When you truly have
the love of God in you,
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and you have Christ in
you, and you walk as He walked,
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you talk as He talked.
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You respond to the gospel
as He responded to the gospel.
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And so and I would say,
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you know, as the great love
chapter of 1 Corinthians 13,
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"Love never fails."
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And so that would be my answer
to this whole conversation.
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When you have the love of God
in you, and you truly love Him,
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as He says, "You will
keep His Commandments."
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It's not a means by
which we gain salvation.
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But because we are
saved, we love Him.
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Well said. Shelley?
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And I would just take
that a step further to say that
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another antidote, my response
would have been love and mercy.
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I believe that, you know,
God's been merciful to us,
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and we need to be
merciful in response to others.
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And I think love and mercy,
both are antidotes to legalism.
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Legalists are not
very merciful people.
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Amen. Well said.
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Johnny?
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You know, when I
look at the cross
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and what Jesus Christ
has done for me on the cross,
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it tells me
that the law is holy,
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just and good and
could not be changed.
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And that's why
Jesus had to die for me.
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Amen.
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It could not be changed.
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He had to die for me because
the law could not be changed.
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And to me, it
helps me to understand
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that He expects me
by His grace to love Him
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and keep His Commandments.
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Amen. Well said.
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If we could have worked
ourselves into the kingdom,
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Christ's death would have
been unnecessary and irrelevant.
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"He has shown you,
O man, what is good,
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and what does the Lord require
of you but to do justice, love,
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mercy, walk
humbly with our God."
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Our time has fast
slipped into eternity.
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Allow me in closing to
wish you both grace and peace
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through our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ.
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We'll see you again
soon. Bye-bye and God bless.
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