I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, I'm Shelly Quinn.
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And I'm JD Quinn.
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And we welcome you to
3ABN's Family Worship.
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You know, we were just talking,
it's been a rather hectic week
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and isn't it
wonderful to have the Sabbath?
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How precious it is that
God gave us the Sabbath,
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so that we wouldn't
work ourselves to death.
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Oh, we're so glad
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that you're joining
us again this Sabbath.
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And we have,
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I believe an exciting
topic for you tonight,
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we're going to be talking
about Righteousness by Faith.
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Amen.
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And before we begin
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let me introduce
our 3ABN family here.
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We're gonna start with Eric.
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Eric and Marilyn actually Durant
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and these are husband and wife.
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Eric, you are in an
Engineering Department.
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Yes, I am.
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And you used to work
with Boeing, is that correct?
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I used to work with Boeing.
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So we're very
blessed to have you here.
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It's been the best
thing I ever done in my life.
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Praise the Lord.
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Praise the Lord.
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And Marilyn, you are
the assistant manager
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of our Call Center Department.
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Correct.
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And you came to
here with a nice resume
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of management experience.
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You know, we
met Marilyn and Eric
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when we were in Israel
two years ago, wasn't it?
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And it was, we didn't realize
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that they were
thinking about coming to 3ABN
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and I think they were
there to check us out.
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But we had such a
wonderful time with them
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other than Marilyn having a
little sick spill there but--
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God blessed us anyway.
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He blessed us. It was
such a wonderful trip.
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We talk about it to this day.
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Wonderful. Amen
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Well, we're very
blessed to have you here.
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And then on this side of me
we have another precious couple
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who are
relatively newcomers to 3ABN.
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And we've got our dear friend
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Xenia Capote and
her husband Luis Capote
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and Xenia in our
Accounting Department.
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Yes, I am.
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Louise you are
the editor for Latino.
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Latino. Correct.
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The Latino Network I should say.
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So we're very
pleased to have you here.
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It must be nice to be bilingual.
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Oh, mercy.
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Probably, even
better would be trilingual.
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That's true.
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You know, but--
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You know, sometimes
we joke and say that,
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you know, Texans,
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if we knew
English we'd be bilingual.
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But I don't want
to forget Summer Boyd,
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who is on the piano over there
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and she really
being a minute man.
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she stepped in to play for us
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and we're just
very, very blessed
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to have her pray-- play
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and speaking of prayer,
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JD, would you like to
have our opening prayer?
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Most certainly.
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Father, first of all,
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we just come to You
in the name if Jesus
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and we thank You Lord
for Your many blessings.
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We thank You Lord
for this past week,
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we thank You Lord,
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we had a
vineyard to go to work in
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and we love working
in Your vineyard, Lord.
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And Father, as we
approach the Sabbath,
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we just ask Lord that
You continue to energies us,
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lead, guide, direct us
where You want us to go.
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We thank you for this
evening's program, Lord.
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There is only one righteousness
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and that comes from You, Lord.
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And, so Father, we just
ask that You would continue
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to be with each one of us,
be with our families, Lord.
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We love You and we thank You
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and give all
praise and glory to You.
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In the name of
your Son, Jesus, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, we love to
start with the song,
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and so if we're
going to have the lyrics
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on the screen for you,
but if you want to join us,
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and you want to
use your Hymnals,
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we are going to be singing
Hymn 522 in Adventist Hymnal.
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And it's one of
my favorite songs,
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"My Hope Is
Built On Nothing Less."
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My hope is built on
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Nothing less Than
Jesus' blood and righteousness
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I dare not trust
the sweetest frame
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But wholly lean on Jesus' name
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On Christ the solid rock I stand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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When Darkness
seems to veil His face
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I rest on His unchanging grace
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In every high and stormy gale
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My anchor holds within the veil
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On Christ the solid rock I stand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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His oath, His covenant and blood
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Support me in the whelming flood
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When all around
my soul gives way
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He then is all my hope and stay
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On Christ the solid rock I stand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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When He shall
come with trumpet sound
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O may I then in Him be found
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Clad in His righteousness alone
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Faultless to
stand before the throne
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On Christ the solid rock I stand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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All other ground is sinking sand
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Amen. Amen.
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And you're
sounding good there at home.
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We love to make a
joyful noise to the Lord.
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You know,
something that's interesting,
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as you get older,
have you noticed how many,
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how much lower,
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how many lower
keys we have to go to?
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So we're trying to find here,
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a key that we can
all sing in together.
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Oh, mercy.
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Okay, now what we love to
do when we begin our programs
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is have a prayer of praise
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and we just going to do
this in no particular order.
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We're going to just pray
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as God puts that thankfulness
and praise on our heart.
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Just pray back to the Lord
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and we just encourage
you to join us at home.
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We will ask you to start, JD.
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Amen.
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Father, as we come to you
again in the name of Jesus,
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we thank You, Lord.
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We thank You for
this week's blessing,
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we thank You for
the last blessings.
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And Father, we just ask
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as specifically ask Lord
to be with other families.
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Father, we thank You for
our brothers and sisters,
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we thank You for
our mothers and fathers.
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We thank You for our
brothers and sisters in Christ.
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And Father, I just ask
to be with each one of us
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as we continue
to go through lives,
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events-- lives episodes Lord,
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and just ask that You continue
to be a lamp to our feet.
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Yes. Amen.
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Heavenly Father,
we, we glorify You
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and we thank You so
much for family, for friends.
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We thank You for 3ABN.
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We thank You for the opportunity
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to be the part of Your ministry
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sharing this
message all over the world.
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It's the greatest
blessing one can have
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and blessing all come from You.
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Amen.
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Thank you for Your salvation.
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Thank you for your Son
that came to die for us.
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In a special way we
want to ask for those people
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that are suffering
persecution in Your name,
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that You uphold them
and give them the strength
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and Your Spirit be with them.
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Lord, we thank You
for the Sabbath day.
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We thank You for
giving us this time
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to reconnect with You.
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We pray that we
can share ourselves
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and Your word with others
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and that--
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hopefully we can be
an influence to those
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that may not know You.
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We thank You and
we praise You, Lord.
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Father, we're so
glad to be here together
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to be able to honor
and glorify Your name.
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After the
difficulties of the week,
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Lord, we can
come and we can rest
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and we can lean all
of our troubles in You.
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And Lord, You have shown us
that You will give us the rest.
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We thank You Lord
for the individuals
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that we get to
share with as well,
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those individuals that,
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in their home they're,
they are leaning on You, Lord
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and they're
experiencing your love
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we ask for the Holy
Spirit be poured upon us Lord
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that we may
rejoice and we may feel
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that warm embrace of
Your love and Your kindness.
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Amen.
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Father, we come to state you
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just roll all of
our burdens over on You,
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to thank You Father
that this Sabbath reminds us
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that you're not only our Creator
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but the one who recreates
us in the image of Jesus,
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that Lord, You are
the one who sanctifies us
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as you say in Exodus 31:13.
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And Father, forgive us
when we try to save ourselves.
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We sometimes, Lord,
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get into a performance mentality
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and we forget it's all
about relationship with You
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and love with You.
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And Lord, we come right
now to ask for Your blessing
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on everyone of
our family members
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who are watching by television.
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Um, Lord whether there's someone
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who's watching
alone and has no family
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let them feel like
they're part of this family,
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and they're
welcome or whether Father,
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there's a
children in momma and daddy
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that are sitting
around watching this
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or listening on the
radio, Lord bless each person
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who's
participating in this worship.
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And our prayer to You Father
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is that we will be
surrendered to You,
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that You will lead
us by the Holy Spirit
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and make every
thought, every word
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that come from our
mouth acceptable to You.
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May our worship
be acceptable to You.
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Oh, Lord, You are
worthy of worship.
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And we thank You
so much for this day.
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In Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, the first
song that we sang
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is what I call
like a praise song,
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it's the song we
singing about the Lord.
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But now we have a
prayer song to sing,
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and this song is
not in the hymnal
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but the words
will be on the screen.
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And I'm sure that
you heard this song,
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probably many times before.
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This comes from the Psalm,
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and this is from
the Psalm of David.
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And we love this song.
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So we are going to sing
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"As The Deer
Panteth For The Waters."
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As the deer
panteth for the water
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So my soul longeth after You
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You alone are my heart's desire
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And I long to worship You
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You alone are my
strength, my shield
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To You alone may my spirit yield
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You alone are my heart's desire
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And I long to worship you
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You're my friend
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And You are my brother
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Even though You are a King
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I love you more than any other
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So much more than anything
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You alone are my
strength, my shield
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To You alone may my spirit yield
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You alone are my heart's desire
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And I long to worship You
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I want You more
than gold or silver
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Only You can satisfy
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You alone are the real joy giver
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And the apple of my eye
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You alone are my
strength, my shield
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To You alone may my spirit yield
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You alone are my heart's desire
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And I long
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To worship You
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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That's a
beautiful, beautiful song.
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Thank you, Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, let's get into
our study for the evening.
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And we're going to the
looking, taking our study
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from Life
Affirmation from scripture
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and we're going
to look at page 150.
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While we turning there,
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let me just explain
what an Affirmation is.
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An Affirmation is simply
when you take the word of God
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and affirm it over your life
by praying it back to the Lord,
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by speaking it over you life.
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And what this tells
is it let just God know
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that you accept His Testimony
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about who you
are in Christ Jesus.
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And there are three
scriptures that I just love
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Isaiah 55:11 says that,
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"God's word does not return void
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but accomplishes every
purpose for which He sent it."
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And Jeremiah 1:12 says that,
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"God watches over
His word to perform it."
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So as we're praying it back,
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He's watching
over to perform it,
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but Roman 4:17 says that,
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"God is the God who
gives life to the dead,
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and calls things that are not
as though they already were."
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And that's
exactly what we're doing.
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Sometimes some
scripture are hard to pray back
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because you think "Oh,
I'm not there yet, Lord."
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But we're doing as God
does, we're calling things
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that are not as
though they already were.
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We're praying it back
to the Lord and saying
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"Father, I
receive your Testimony
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and I accept Your Testimony."
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And you know, the thing about
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speaking God's
word over your life
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is that it
rewires your computer.
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You know, Proverbs says that
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"The power of the death and life
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is the tongue."
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And sometimes we speak
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some pretty bad
things about ourselves,
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but if we speak
God's word over our life,
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then we know we're speaking
truth and it's powerful.
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So we're gonna be looking
at Righteousness by Faith
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and I read Affirmations
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and I'm gonna let you
all read the scriptures.
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But this Affirmation
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is based on all
of the scriptures
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that we're gonna
be discussing tonight,
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so let me read this.
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"I am the righteousness
of God in Christ Jesus.
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God has imputed or credited
Christ's righteousness to me.
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Righteousness by faith
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is the only
righteousness that exists.
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Christ's robe of
righteousness does not cover sin
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that I refuse to
confess and forsake.
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God also imparts
Christ's righteousness to me.
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He fills me with
His righteousness
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which develops
Christ's character in me
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and causes me to conduct myself
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according to God's
right way of doing things."
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Right there,
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that is the definition of
righteousness, by the way.
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It's just God's
right way of doing things.
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That's what righteousness is.
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"Therefore, I take
heed to avoid the risk
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of thinking I stand firm
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when I am really
on the shaky ground.
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I pay attention to my conduct
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to insure I'm
not fooling myself.
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I take a daily spiritual
inventory to make certain
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that I do not
become disqualified.
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Having been made righteous,
I now put it into practice
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by following God's way
of thinking and acting."
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Again, there's the
definition of righteousness,
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"Following God's way
of thinking and acting."
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"I'm obeying His Commandments
by His righteousness within me.
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By His abundance of grace
and the gift of righteousness,
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I reign in life through Christ.
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The fruit of righteousness
in my life is peace.
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The results
righteousness has in my heart
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is a calm assurance forever."
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So that's the Affirmation.
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Now we're going to unpack that.
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I hope you have your Bibles.
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Bring your Bibles with you
to Family Worship every Sabbath
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because this is something
that you may want to underline
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or just have a note
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and right down these scriptures.
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We're to look at
Righteousness by Faith
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and actually
Marilyn, let's begin with you.
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Why don't you take
2 Corinthians 5:21?
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Okay.
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"God made Him,
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who had no sin to be sin for us,
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so that in Him we might become
the righteousness of God."
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What do you think
of that scripture?
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Well, what an act of love.
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Yes.
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You know, to send
Your Son that has no sin
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and be here for us, so
that we can live like Him.
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So what do you think He
means when He, when Paul says,
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"He made Him, who knew
no sin to be sin for us."
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When did Jesus,
Jesus was sinless.
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When did He become sin for us?
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At the cross. At the cross.
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When all the sins of the
world were laid on Christ.
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And He did that so
that Christ's perfect record
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could be credited to us.
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You know, if you
think about a bank account
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and over here, you
know, you've got this deficit.
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If you're trying to
reconcile your bank account,
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and you've got this deficit
that there's nothing to cover.
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Our sin debt was great,
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there was no way
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we could have paid the sin debt.
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But what God did
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when Christ
reconciled us to Him.
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The way we
reconciled is His righteousness,
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the imputed
righteousness is like,
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He filled up our bank account.
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He credited His
perfect acts of obedience,
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His perfect life,
everything that He did
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was credited to us
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and what that ended up--
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The result of that is
justification by faith.
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It's like all that past,
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all of that sins been wiped out.
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Isn't that amazing?
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Praise the Lord.
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It's amazing when you
really think about it.
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All the thoughts that came
through His mind at the cross
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and through that
cross, through all that time,
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our name was the one
that kept coming through.
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If it was just for one of
us, He would have done it.
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You know, a lot of
times we don't understand
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what
righteousness that God gives us,
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but when we look at what
He was willing to for us,
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what He was willing to
accomplish through His son
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that we may be able
to, to be like Christ
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in a way through righteousness,
it's mind boggling sometimes.
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The joy that I feel sometimes
whenever life may be difficult
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or maybe I'm having a struggle,
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all I have to just think
is, what did Christ do for me?
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Amen.
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And how is that
related to whatever instance
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that I'm going
through or whatever situation
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that I'm going through.
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And this verse
pretty much lets you know
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whatever iniquity,
whatever things that you have
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done in your life
I've erased it all
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and I've given
you a clean slate.
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Amen.
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I thought He was
really neat this morning.
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Every Tuesday
morning here at 3ABN
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we have what we
call Corporate Worship,
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that's whenever everyone
comes into one of our studios,
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Studio B and together we
have worship this morning.
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Eric led out.
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Had a fantastic topic,
you know, Why Are We Here?
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And then in closing
you had the closing prayer.
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And I know what I'm
getting right to say,
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but, boy, did it
remind me that is,
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Jesus is hanging on
the cross, everyone of us,
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every person on this
earth went through His mind.
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And, man, I just thought about,
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boy, you talk about
the latest computer,
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how could that happen?
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Because He was alive,
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what four hours,
five hours, you know.
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But, boy, just that
fast He was able to do that.
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And everything
was put into place.
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I know what that
young man is going to do.
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Oh, I wish he wouldn't do
that, but I love him anyway
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and together we're
gonna work this thing out.
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But it was a great time.
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Let me just use the question.
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Why is it important
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that we're
standing in righteousness,
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if we're gonna
stand in front of God?
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Do you remember what we said
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when we're talking
about the love of God that,
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1 Thessalonians
3:12, 13 talks about
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how God establishes us
in holiness by His love.
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His love is
established in holiness.
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His love, which is
the essence of His being
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is this burning love,
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His divine love
that, sin, it consume sin.
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Sin can not stand
in the presence of God.
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So it's important
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and we're gonna be
talking about our righteousness,
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not only the
imputed righteousness
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that credited to us,
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but we're also gonna talk about
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how Christ
imparts His righteousness.
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Without righteousness by faith
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we couldn't
stand in front of God.
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Why don't you pray that
Scripture back, Marilyn?
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Lord, we thank
You for making Him
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who had no sin to be sin for us,
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to give the ultimate act of love
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and to give His life
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so that we may surrender
to Him and believe in Him
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that we may have righteousness.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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Okay, Eric, why don't
you take 1 Corinthians 1:30?
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"But it is from Him
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that you have your
life in Christ Jesus,
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whom God made our righteousness
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thus making us
upright and putting us
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in right standing with God."
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When I read this
verse, every time I can't help
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but imagine Christ on the
cross and what He gave for me
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and what he gave for
Marilyn and gave for my friends
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and my family and
the people that I love,
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even the people
that I don't know.
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He gave it all for us
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and sacrificed a bit
of Himself on that cross
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because He was no
longer omnipotent.
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He was-- I don't think
he was, somehow He changed,
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He transformed
Himself on that cross
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into not only human in God,
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but in our eyes, we
now know He loves us.
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Before that there
was always a question,
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there was a controversy
between Christ and Satan
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and the angels had the question
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and humanity had the question
and the universe had a question
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and God answered that.
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Jesus on the cross,
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where He was no longer
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a question mark
in anyone's eyes.
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He transformed Himself
into our Savior, our King.
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And as the scripture says,
it's in Him that we have life.
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That we have no spiritual life,
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no eternal life
other than Christ Jesus.
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But I love that
the New Testament says,
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"Christ is our righteousness."
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Just as a moment we'll
see that God was considered
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their righteousness
in the Old Testament.
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Righteousness by faith
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has always been the only
kind of righteousness there is.
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So you want to pray
that one back please?
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Dear heavenly Father,
00:27:02.08\00:27:03.42
thank You for our
lives through Christ Jesus.
00:27:03.45\00:27:08.02
Thank You for erasing
all the question marks
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that anyone ever had,
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be it angels or
fallen-- un-fallen worlds
00:27:13.66\00:27:17.40
that You are Christ
and You are the King
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and You are the
one that loves us.
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You are our righteousness.
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Watch over us, keep
Your umbrella over us
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and be merciful that
we might stand one day
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with You and the
Father on the sea of glass.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Luis, you want
to take Romans 9:30?
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It says, "Gentiles, who
did not pursue righteousness
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have attained to righteousness,
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even the
righteousness of faith."
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This shows me God's patience.
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This shows me God's patience.
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It says, you know,
00:27:57.47\00:27:59.04
even though you're
not looking after me,
00:27:59.07\00:28:01.38
even though
you're not seeking me,
00:28:01.41\00:28:04.05
do you know, I'm gonna make sure
00:28:04.08\00:28:05.88
that I will implant in
your heart enough faith
00:28:05.91\00:28:09.68
that then I will change you.
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I will change
you into My character
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which would be the
righteousness of God.
00:28:14.86\00:28:17.26
So we can reveal
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Christ's character in everybody.
00:28:18.66\00:28:20.70
But, what I like is
that, He's trying to say that
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righteousness will
always be available to you.
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Amen.
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You just have to
make sure that you believe
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that you have the faith.
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A lot of the times like
you were mentioning earlier,
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that individuals that
do not elevate themselves,
00:28:38.15\00:28:41.78
individuals that
look down on themselves,
00:28:41.82\00:28:44.45
they don't quite understand
what it means to be righteous.
00:28:44.49\00:28:47.59
They don't quite understand
00:28:47.62\00:28:48.96
what it means to be
loved by God so much
00:28:48.99\00:28:51.33
that He no
longer is looking at us.
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He's looking at Christ in us
00:28:54.13\00:28:57.80
and that's what I love
about this particular part.
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And He says, I'm
going to make sure
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that I open this for
everyone to have availability
00:29:02.90\00:29:08.18
of accepting and
enjoying my righteousness.
00:29:08.21\00:29:13.08
And do you
think maybe that Paul,
00:29:13.11\00:29:14.58
since he's kind of picked
out the gentiles here saying,
00:29:14.62\00:29:20.99
they weren't
pursuing righteousness,
00:29:21.02\00:29:22.62
but they attain this
righteousness by faith.
00:29:22.66\00:29:26.09
What would be
the contrast of that?
00:29:26.13\00:29:29.16
Jews were seeking righteousness.
00:29:29.20\00:29:31.70
That's right.
00:29:31.73\00:29:33.07
They were trying to be righteous
00:29:33.10\00:29:37.67
by their own merit,
by their own actions.
00:29:37.71\00:29:40.88
They were trying,
even like with the Sabbath,
00:29:40.91\00:29:43.14
look at how many laws
they added to the Sabbath,
00:29:43.18\00:29:46.58
trying to keep
everything perfectly.
00:29:46.61\00:29:48.52
So here, they were trying
to workout their own salvation
00:29:48.55\00:29:52.49
without faith in God for this.
00:29:52.52\00:29:55.62
And I think this is
one of the things that,
00:29:55.66\00:29:57.63
to me, Paul is saying.
00:29:57.66\00:29:58.99
Hey, Jews, you've been
trying so hard to be righteous.
00:29:59.03\00:30:04.90
Don't you know that the
Bible says God is righteousness?
00:30:04.93\00:30:09.37
And yet, now here,
your gentile brothers,
00:30:09.40\00:30:11.87
who you used to make fun
off, they have come along.
00:30:11.91\00:30:15.18
They weren't even
pursuing righteousness.
00:30:15.21\00:30:17.41
They received
Christ as their Savior
00:30:17.45\00:30:20.78
and now they have been
made righteous by faith.
00:30:20.82\00:30:22.95
Amen. I love it.
00:30:22.98\00:30:24.32
You know, Shelley, when
I was an early Christian,
00:30:24.35\00:30:26.99
before I became a
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:30:27.02\00:30:29.99
I still had an
engineering mindset.
00:30:30.03\00:30:31.79
And the engineering
mindset is, make it happen.
00:30:31.83\00:30:35.86
And I was always
pursuing different paths
00:30:35.90\00:30:39.07
and doing the right things,
not for the right reason,
00:30:39.10\00:30:42.00
but because I was trying
to make something happen.
00:30:42.04\00:30:44.31
And it's funny that we
have a discussion on faith
00:30:44.34\00:30:46.57
because I had
all of the actions,
00:30:46.61\00:30:49.64
but I didn't
have any of the faith.
00:30:49.68\00:30:52.58
Yeah. That is...
00:30:52.61\00:30:54.32
We could all, at
someplace identify with that.
00:30:54.35\00:30:58.69
The Bible says that it's
for the just and the unjust.
00:30:58.72\00:31:02.69
Yes.
00:31:02.72\00:31:04.09
So when he comes
here it says gentiles,
00:31:04.13\00:31:06.36
but it's for the
just and the unjust
00:31:06.39\00:31:08.16
because we can't be unjust
within the church, you know.
00:31:08.20\00:31:13.00
You know, I love what Paul says
00:31:13.03\00:31:14.37
to the
Galatians in Galatians 3:3
00:31:14.40\00:31:17.11
when he says, "You
foolish, Galatians,
00:31:17.14\00:31:19.47
who's bewitched you
00:31:19.51\00:31:21.48
that you should
not obey the truth,
00:31:21.51\00:31:23.04
before whose eyes Christ
Jesus was clearly portrayed
00:31:23.08\00:31:26.08
among you is crucified.
00:31:26.11\00:31:27.45
I'm thinking of Colossians 3:3.
00:31:27.48\00:31:28.82
Anyway, He says,
having begun in the spirit,
00:31:28.85\00:31:32.75
do you think that now you
can be perfected in the flesh?
00:31:32.79\00:31:36.99
You can't be.
00:31:37.03\00:31:38.69
In Galatians
here, if I could find it
00:31:38.73\00:31:40.50
and that's just how tired I am.
00:31:40.53\00:31:42.36
Galatians 3:3. No.
00:31:42.40\00:31:43.73
I'm trying to think of
what... Where Paul says that,
00:31:43.77\00:31:47.77
if you try to be
saved through works,
00:31:47.80\00:31:55.54
through obeying the
law, you have become...
00:31:55.58\00:31:58.98
You've fallen from grace
00:31:59.01\00:32:00.35
and you are
estranged from Christ.
00:32:00.38\00:32:02.18
So it's always
righteousness by faith.
00:32:02.22\00:32:03.99
You want to pray
that? We need to get on.
00:32:04.02\00:32:06.29
Our loving Father, we thank You
00:32:06.32\00:32:08.46
because You give
us the opportunity.
00:32:08.49\00:32:09.96
Lord, that even though
00:32:09.99\00:32:11.33
we may not be
seeking You by faith,
00:32:11.36\00:32:14.00
You're always gonna
be tugging at our hearts.
00:32:14.03\00:32:16.56
We thank You, Lord,
because You're showing us
00:32:16.60\00:32:18.27
that there is nothing
that we can do of our own,
00:32:18.30\00:32:21.70
that it is You who's
going to do the work in us
00:32:21.74\00:32:24.77
and it is through You
who's going to fill us
00:32:24.81\00:32:26.57
with Your righteousness.
00:32:26.61\00:32:28.08
We thank You in
Christ name, amen.
00:32:28.11\00:32:30.08
Amen. Amen.
00:32:30.11\00:32:31.45
J.D.
00:32:31.48\00:32:32.81
I'm gonna to Isaiah 64:6.
00:32:32.85\00:32:37.79
And this is an interesting,
interesting scripture
00:32:37.82\00:32:41.29
because we are looking
at what we can do good.
00:32:41.32\00:32:46.59
But this is saying that
00:32:46.63\00:32:47.96
"we are all like
an unclean thing.
00:32:48.00\00:32:51.10
And all our righteousness
are like filthy rags."
00:32:51.13\00:32:54.97
That will knock the
wind out of your sails.
00:32:55.00\00:32:57.31
Yes.
00:32:57.34\00:32:58.67
You know, you jump in
the shower every morning,
00:32:58.71\00:33:00.88
you get the soap
out and you just scrub,
00:33:00.91\00:33:02.48
scrub, scrub, thinking
that, oh, I'm coming out,
00:33:02.51\00:33:05.08
I'm like a, like I'm
feeling good, I'm new.
00:33:05.11\00:33:09.18
And it's saying
here, I don't care
00:33:09.22\00:33:10.62
where you are I'm
your walk on this earth,
00:33:10.65\00:33:13.99
you are no more
than like a filthy rag.
00:33:14.02\00:33:20.80
And don't you think that...
00:33:20.83\00:33:22.16
I mean, if you think
about this, coming into...
00:33:22.20\00:33:24.80
The closer you get
to the Lord, you know,
00:33:24.83\00:33:27.74
it's easy to not look
at yourself as a sinner
00:33:27.77\00:33:30.01
when you are not close to God.
00:33:30.04\00:33:31.87
But the closer you
get to God, the more,
00:33:31.91\00:33:35.64
in the brilliance of
His unapproachable light,
00:33:35.68\00:33:38.68
the more you notice how
dingy, you know, it's like,
00:33:38.71\00:33:42.88
you all, you women
will identify with this.
00:33:42.92\00:33:46.09
You wash a sock and you
think you may use Clorox
00:33:46.12\00:33:49.06
or I use hydrogen
peroxide and vinegar in my wash.
00:33:49.09\00:33:52.79
And you think this is,
00:33:52.83\00:33:54.16
oh, I got the mud
of this white sock,
00:33:54.20\00:33:56.63
it's looking good.
00:33:56.67\00:33:58.00
Then you put it into the
sock door next to a new sock
00:33:58.03\00:34:01.00
and you're going,
wow, this is dingy.
00:34:01.04\00:34:05.07
So no matter how much we do,
00:34:05.11\00:34:09.18
no matter how
good we think we are,
00:34:09.21\00:34:10.91
compared to God,
00:34:10.95\00:34:12.41
our righteousness
is like a filthy rag.
00:34:12.45\00:34:14.92
That's right.
00:34:14.95\00:34:16.28
That's... But what
is perfectly white?
00:34:16.32\00:34:20.99
And that is the robe
of Christ's righteousness.
00:34:21.02\00:34:23.46
Amen. And that
is His gift to us.
00:34:23.49\00:34:26.36
So it really, we are
all like an unclean thing
00:34:26.39\00:34:29.46
and all our
righteous are like filthy rags.
00:34:29.50\00:34:31.53
Yes, we are.
00:34:31.57\00:34:33.67
But, we have the opportunity
00:34:33.70\00:34:38.37
to wear that
robe of righteousness.
00:34:38.41\00:34:40.74
Amen. Amen.
00:34:40.78\00:34:42.11
Amen. So, amen.
00:34:42.14\00:34:43.48
That's the
righteousness by faith.
00:34:43.51\00:34:44.85
Amen. Eric.
00:34:44.88\00:34:47.45
I'll pray that. Oh, I'm sorry.
00:34:47.48\00:34:49.48
Father, as we come together
today in the name of Jesus,
00:34:49.52\00:34:51.99
we thank You for the robe
of righteousness, dear Father.
00:34:52.02\00:34:55.52
For that your robe and Father,
we know that bad begets bad
00:34:55.56\00:35:00.86
and we don't want
to go there, Lord.
00:35:00.90\00:35:02.86
We want to turn
it to all over to You
00:35:02.90\00:35:04.60
because it's you
that empowers us,
00:35:04.63\00:35:06.47
it's You that infuses
00:35:06.50\00:35:07.84
Your inner strengthened into us
00:35:07.87\00:35:09.77
to be what we could
be in the name of Jesus.
00:35:09.80\00:35:12.64
We thank You and
we love You. Amen.
00:35:12.67\00:35:15.44
Amen. Okay.
00:35:15.48\00:35:17.61
Jeremiah 23:6.
00:35:17.65\00:35:20.88
"Now this is His name,
the Lord our Righteousness."
00:35:20.92\00:35:25.15
Excuse me.
00:35:25.19\00:35:26.52
Where is that
Book of Jeremiah found?
00:35:26.55\00:35:28.92
That's in the Old
Testament, isn't it?
00:35:28.96\00:35:30.66
It is.
00:35:30.69\00:35:32.19
So what is it saying?
00:35:32.23\00:35:35.43
The Lord our Righteousness.
00:35:35.46\00:35:36.97
He's always.
00:35:37.00\00:35:38.33
It's always been
righteousness by faith.
00:35:38.37\00:35:39.73
That's right.
00:35:39.77\00:35:41.17
You could never...
00:35:41.20\00:35:42.54
I mean, Isaiah is the
one who said, you know,
00:35:42.57\00:35:44.87
that's the Old Testament too.
00:35:44.91\00:35:46.37
You know some people
try to make it sound like
00:35:46.41\00:35:48.94
there was a different
system in the Old Testament
00:35:48.98\00:35:52.68
that you worked
for your salvation,
00:35:52.71\00:35:54.88
that you worked
for your righteousness.
00:35:54.92\00:35:57.69
They are not studying
the same I'm studying.
00:35:57.72\00:36:00.32
I mean, really, we've got to see
00:36:00.36\00:36:03.12
it's always been
salvation by grace.
00:36:03.16\00:36:05.86
It's always been
righteousness by faith.
00:36:05.89\00:36:08.86
Only kind of
righteousness there is.
00:36:08.90\00:36:11.77
When I grew up, my
mother gave me a Bible.
00:36:11.80\00:36:16.50
And had I not read that Bible,
00:36:16.54\00:36:19.41
I wouldn't have
understood as time went on,
00:36:19.44\00:36:23.45
it's difficult to say
it, but how filthy you are.
00:36:23.48\00:36:25.61
Yeah.
00:36:25.65\00:36:26.98
If you don't read that
book, you can say well,
00:36:27.02\00:36:29.68
I have all my I is
dotted and all my T is crossed
00:36:29.72\00:36:33.09
and everything is going well.
00:36:33.12\00:36:34.72
I'm okay everything is fine.
00:36:34.76\00:36:36.19
But you suddenly read that book
00:36:36.22\00:36:37.56
and you compare
yourself to Jesus,
00:36:37.59\00:36:40.10
that's when you found
out who you really are
00:36:40.13\00:36:42.96
and that's when the
change begins to take place.
00:36:43.00\00:36:45.67
And that's when my
search really began.
00:36:45.70\00:36:48.60
Amen.
00:36:48.64\00:36:49.97
Sometimes, as we're
looking in the mirror,
00:36:50.01\00:36:51.34
we need to clean that mirror off
00:36:51.37\00:36:52.87
'cause the cleaner
you get that mirror
00:36:52.91\00:36:54.44
the better image you see.
00:36:54.48\00:36:56.38
And then you see
how handicapped you are.
00:36:56.41\00:36:59.35
Amen. Yes.
00:36:59.38\00:37:01.15
You know, when you
were talking earlier,...
00:37:01.18\00:37:03.99
if you look at the
rituals that we had to do,
00:37:04.02\00:37:06.05
that the
Israel's had to do before,
00:37:06.09\00:37:07.89
to get their sins forgiven,
00:37:07.92\00:37:10.46
it was such a
humbling experience.
00:37:10.49\00:37:12.76
You actually had to
take a life yourself.
00:37:12.79\00:37:15.63
So if it's not by righteousness,
00:37:15.66\00:37:17.27
that it was all
throughout, what was it?
00:37:17.30\00:37:21.27
Because a lot of
times we look at,
00:37:21.30\00:37:22.64
oh, how hard that was.
00:37:22.67\00:37:24.01
How terrible it was that
they actually had to put,
00:37:24.04\00:37:26.07
lay their hands on a lamb
00:37:26.11\00:37:27.58
and then take
the poor lamb's life.
00:37:27.61\00:37:30.08
But it's actually
a humbling experience
00:37:30.11\00:37:32.25
because you know
00:37:32.28\00:37:33.88
that everything was poor there.
00:37:33.92\00:37:36.05
You actually
literally had to feel
00:37:36.08\00:37:39.02
how strong the
forgiveness truly was.
00:37:39.05\00:37:41.76
And it's actually
through righteousness
00:37:41.79\00:37:43.39
that we feel that.
00:37:43.43\00:37:44.76
It's God put in that in us
it says, I love you so much
00:37:44.79\00:37:47.56
that even though
you have to go through
00:37:47.60\00:37:48.93
this tough ritual, you can see
00:37:48.96\00:37:52.83
how the humility
of the sacrifices
00:37:52.87\00:37:55.77
and how filthy you truly are.
00:37:55.80\00:37:59.07
And you know,
something that we learned
00:37:59.11\00:38:00.54
when we were in Israel.
00:38:00.58\00:38:01.91
And I remember when
we went to the homes
00:38:01.94\00:38:03.28
and we saw how they
actually, part of the home
00:38:03.31\00:38:07.42
was were the lamb's
were reared, remember?
00:38:07.45\00:38:10.39
And so you have
got this little lamb
00:38:10.42\00:38:13.09
and you had to have,
00:38:13.12\00:38:14.46
you had to be
without blemish and special.
00:38:14.49\00:38:16.49
So just imagine
loving and caring
00:38:16.52\00:38:18.86
for this little lamb
and then you recognize
00:38:18.89\00:38:22.10
that this lamb, when you sin,
00:38:22.13\00:38:24.70
that you got to give the
life of that little lamb.
00:38:24.73\00:38:27.10
He has to be your
substitute. That's right.
00:38:27.14\00:38:29.57
Well, I'll tell you
that would certainly
00:38:29.60\00:38:31.34
make you think about...
00:38:31.37\00:38:33.88
I think it would be harder
to hold on to a cherished sin
00:38:33.91\00:38:37.11
if you realize
that you're constantly
00:38:37.15\00:38:39.28
having to sacrifice
a life for that, yet,
00:38:39.31\00:38:42.48
that's what happened with Jesus.
00:38:42.52\00:38:44.25
It seems to me too.
00:38:44.29\00:38:45.62
Every time you sacrifice,
00:38:45.65\00:38:46.99
you have to put
Christ before yourself.
00:38:47.02\00:38:48.76
Amen.
00:38:48.79\00:38:50.13
Because yourself,
you don't want to do
00:38:50.16\00:38:51.49
that to that dear animal,
00:38:51.53\00:38:54.10
but when you do that
you're putting Christ
00:38:54.13\00:38:55.80
before your personal feelings.
00:38:55.83\00:38:58.07
And that for me,
I was always raised
00:38:58.10\00:39:01.40
"don't never
surrender, don't never give up,
00:39:01.44\00:39:04.27
always push forward,
don't give into anything."
00:39:04.31\00:39:08.08
And when I start reading
my Bible, it said surrender.
00:39:08.11\00:39:11.15
Give up.
00:39:11.18\00:39:12.51
That's the only
way you're gonna become
00:39:12.55\00:39:13.88
truly righteous
and it changed my life.
00:39:13.92\00:39:15.98
J.D. found a
great word the other day
00:39:16.02\00:39:17.82
that helped him...
00:39:17.85\00:39:19.35
Yes. I was
talking about surrender.
00:39:19.39\00:39:22.69
And I had trouble
with that word and that,
00:39:22.72\00:39:25.66
I guess I'm a typical guy.
00:39:25.69\00:39:28.33
You know, just I give up.
00:39:28.36\00:39:31.20
And maybe I was watching
00:39:31.23\00:39:32.77
too many black
and white cowboys,
00:39:32.80\00:39:34.57
I don't know but the bad
guy, you know, would give up.
00:39:34.60\00:39:37.07
But we brought up. I
think Mitch Owen brought up.
00:39:37.11\00:39:39.61
He was reading it in...
00:39:39.64\00:39:41.68
He was reading, I think
in one of Miss White's Books.
00:39:41.71\00:39:44.98
And it used the word consent.
00:39:45.01\00:39:49.78
Oh, man, I just changed
it all with sudden, you know,
00:39:49.82\00:39:52.79
rather than saying, I surrender.
00:39:52.82\00:39:57.26
It's easier for
me to say I consent.
00:39:57.29\00:39:59.89
Because I immediately
with my interpretation
00:39:59.93\00:40:03.30
I sense the difference.
00:40:03.33\00:40:05.37
It's basically you're
just giving God permission.
00:40:05.40\00:40:07.54
Either way you're
giving God permission
00:40:07.57\00:40:09.40
to be in control of your life.
00:40:09.44\00:40:10.81
Yes. All right.
00:40:10.84\00:40:12.17
Well, we're
gonna need to move on.
00:40:12.21\00:40:13.54
So you want to
pray that, please?
00:40:13.58\00:40:15.14
Dear heavenly Father, thank You
00:40:15.18\00:40:16.51
for being our righteousness.
00:40:16.54\00:40:17.88
Thank You for leading
to us a true surrender.
00:40:17.91\00:40:20.48
Please continue the work
on our hearts and to guide us
00:40:20.52\00:40:23.89
to that faithful
day, in Jesus' name.
00:40:23.92\00:40:26.05
Amen. Amen.
00:40:26.09\00:40:27.42
Okay, Xenia. Psalms 23:3.
00:40:27.46\00:40:31.29
"He restores my soul.
00:40:31.33\00:40:33.46
He leads me in the
path of righteousness
00:40:33.50\00:40:36.03
for His name sake."
00:40:36.06\00:40:39.23
He restores my soul. I
mean, that's really deep.
00:40:39.27\00:40:43.91
You know, it's
like how renewed energy,
00:40:43.94\00:40:48.68
and renewed
attitude, renewed everything,
00:40:48.71\00:40:52.08
being a new person in Christ.
00:40:52.11\00:40:55.42
And the
interesting part it says here.
00:40:55.45\00:40:58.69
He leads me in the
path of righteousness.
00:40:58.72\00:41:02.72
Which path is this?
00:41:02.76\00:41:05.56
As Christians
00:41:05.59\00:41:08.50
to be in the path of
righteousness is to do,
00:41:08.53\00:41:11.93
to be about being
what Christ wants us to be,
00:41:11.97\00:41:18.47
doing those things
that He requires of us,
00:41:18.51\00:41:23.98
that He gave us in the Bible.
00:41:24.01\00:41:26.11
So He in a way is telling me
00:41:26.15\00:41:28.58
that the way I can be restored,
00:41:28.62\00:41:31.05
my soul can be new.
00:41:31.09\00:41:33.29
If I give in to
the leading of God
00:41:33.32\00:41:36.19
to be and to do
His will in my life.
00:41:36.22\00:41:39.16
Amen. Amen.
00:41:39.19\00:41:40.53
And to be led
by the Holy Spirit.
00:41:40.56\00:41:42.50
Yeah.
00:41:42.53\00:41:43.87
You want to pray that
one back for us please?
00:41:43.90\00:41:46.27
Dear Heavenly
Father, thank You so much
00:41:46.30\00:41:48.47
for restoring our souls
00:41:48.50\00:41:51.47
and we ask You in a special way
00:41:51.51\00:41:53.11
that You continue to lead us
in the path of righteousness,
00:41:53.14\00:41:57.18
so one day we can be
with You in eternity.
00:41:57.21\00:42:01.55
In Jesus' name, amen. Amen.
00:42:01.58\00:42:03.18
Amen. Amen and amen.
00:42:03.22\00:42:05.95
Xenia, I think you've
got the next one as well.
00:42:05.99\00:42:08.06
Haven't you? Isaiah 61:10.
00:42:08.09\00:42:11.76
I think it's the continuation
of this of the previous verse.
00:42:11.79\00:42:16.40
Because it says, "My
soul shall be joyful in God."
00:42:16.43\00:42:20.30
After we've
been restored in God,
00:42:20.34\00:42:22.70
after we've been
following His ways,
00:42:22.74\00:42:25.27
He's leading
00:42:25.31\00:42:27.58
His righteousness,
there will be joy.
00:42:27.61\00:42:30.38
Amen.
00:42:30.41\00:42:31.75
We'll be so...
00:42:31.78\00:42:33.11
There will be joy to
have a new life to be,
00:42:33.15\00:42:35.18
to be a new song in our hearts.
00:42:35.22\00:42:37.59
Amen.
00:42:37.62\00:42:38.95
And then He continues to say.
00:42:38.99\00:42:41.36
"For he has clothed me
with the garments of salvation
00:42:41.39\00:42:46.56
and He has covered me in
the robe of righteousness."
00:42:46.59\00:42:50.63
So in a way he's reiterating
the same concept, both times.
00:42:50.67\00:42:55.50
We're getting new clothes.
00:42:55.54\00:42:57.97
Like, like you were
mentioning before, you know,
00:42:58.01\00:43:00.34
it's like this white
garments, where do we get them?
00:43:00.38\00:43:03.28
Well, here it is.
This is where we get them.
00:43:03.31\00:43:06.18
We get them from
God, the righteous person,
00:43:06.21\00:43:09.58
the righteous being
that we ought to be like Him.
00:43:09.62\00:43:14.19
That's the way we
obtain righteousness,
00:43:14.22\00:43:16.69
by doing and being and
what He requires of us.
00:43:16.73\00:43:20.90
Yeah.
00:43:20.93\00:43:22.26
But we have to
always put the emphasis on,
00:43:22.30\00:43:24.87
it's acquired by
faith because it's God
00:43:24.90\00:43:27.80
who's working in us
00:43:27.84\00:43:29.17
to willing to do
His good pleasure.
00:43:29.20\00:43:30.87
That's the
imparted righteousness.
00:43:30.91\00:43:34.08
You know, in Ephesians chapter 3
00:43:34.11\00:43:36.04
he says that Christ lives
in our heart through faith,
00:43:36.08\00:43:39.31
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:43:39.35\00:43:41.48
And, so, as the Holy
Spirit is poured into us,
00:43:41.52\00:43:45.05
God works in us to line
our will up with His will
00:43:45.09\00:43:48.89
and then to cause us
to do His good things.
00:43:48.92\00:43:51.09
So I do want to
point out once again.
00:43:51.13\00:43:54.26
Isaiah 61:10 is an
Old Testament scripture,
00:43:54.30\00:43:57.83
talking about
how God clothes you
00:43:57.87\00:43:59.87
with a garment of salvation,
00:43:59.90\00:44:01.47
it covers you with
the robe of righteousness.
00:44:01.50\00:44:03.67
Why don't you pray that?
00:44:03.71\00:44:06.47
Dear Heavenly Father,
we want to you thank you
00:44:06.51\00:44:08.61
so much for the
garment of salvation,
00:44:08.64\00:44:11.11
for the robes of righteousness
00:44:11.15\00:44:13.58
that you bestow upon us.
00:44:13.62\00:44:15.72
We would only follow You.
00:44:15.75\00:44:18.09
Give us that joy, Lord,
00:44:18.12\00:44:19.85
that joy that only
comes with You, from You,
00:44:19.89\00:44:23.39
by knowing You,
in Jesus' name, amen.
00:44:23.43\00:44:26.19
Amen. Amen.
00:44:26.23\00:44:27.56
Amen.
00:44:27.60\00:44:28.93
Right. Eric.
00:44:28.96\00:44:30.30
Okay. 1 Corinthians 10:12.
00:44:30.33\00:44:33.37
"That him who think he
stands take heed lest he fall."
00:44:33.40\00:44:37.77
And this goes back to what
I was talking about before.
00:44:37.81\00:44:41.31
You think you're standing,
00:44:41.34\00:44:42.68
you have everything
in place and lined up.
00:44:42.71\00:44:46.48
And praise the Lord, He sends
that for all, that reminds you
00:44:46.51\00:44:51.85
exactly who you
are, you're human.
00:44:51.89\00:44:56.06
You are not
righteous except by my blood,
00:44:56.09\00:44:57.96
Christ said and that is so true.
00:44:57.99\00:45:00.70
I wrote down.
00:45:00.73\00:45:02.06
"Pride goes before destruction
00:45:02.10\00:45:03.43
and the hardy
spirit before stumbling."
00:45:03.47\00:45:05.70
And that is something
to be reminded of everyday.
00:45:05.73\00:45:09.70
Yeah. Yes.
00:45:09.74\00:45:12.47
Paul was certainly one who
constantly checked on himself
00:45:12.51\00:45:19.08
to make sure that he was in.
00:45:19.11\00:45:22.48
And we should take...
00:45:22.52\00:45:23.85
We should put a
finger on our spiritual pulse
00:45:23.89\00:45:26.82
from time to
time, you know, and see
00:45:26.86\00:45:28.39
how much time are
we spending in prayer?
00:45:28.42\00:45:30.06
How much time are we
spending in Bible study?
00:45:30.09\00:45:31.83
How much do we really...
00:45:31.86\00:45:33.83
How is our, our relationship
with the Lord advancing?
00:45:33.86\00:45:38.97
Do we really love Him
00:45:39.00\00:45:40.34
or are we
forgetting our first love?
00:45:40.37\00:45:41.90
So...
00:45:41.94\00:45:43.27
He said He died daily, everyday.
00:45:43.30\00:45:45.77
You know, who He was, He died
00:45:45.81\00:45:48.01
so He can become who God
wanted him to me everyday.
00:45:48.04\00:45:51.05
Yes.
00:45:51.08\00:45:52.41
This reminds me of
the pastor's sermon
00:45:52.45\00:45:54.02
Trials and Temptations
that, you know, a lot of times
00:45:54.05\00:45:58.75
we're thinking, oh, we got this
00:45:58.79\00:46:00.32
and then all of a
sudden a trial comes in.
00:46:00.36\00:46:02.86
And you know, we need to
rely on God and we need to say,
00:46:02.89\00:46:05.39
okay,Father, you know I
was all confident yesterday,
00:46:05.43\00:46:08.20
I need to be
confident again today, you know.
00:46:08.23\00:46:10.97
And this is where, where it's
difficult sometimes, you know
00:46:11.00\00:46:15.04
and sometimes God needs
to do those things for us.
00:46:15.07\00:46:17.41
He needs to bring us to a place
00:46:17.44\00:46:18.91
where we humble
ourselves, where we say, "Okay.
00:46:18.94\00:46:21.78
Is it you or is it me?"
00:46:21.81\00:46:23.88
Because if it's you
then my Father can't see you.
00:46:23.91\00:46:26.95
So let me come.
00:46:26.98\00:46:28.58
Let my
righteousness be, fill You,
00:46:28.62\00:46:30.95
so my Father can bless you.
00:46:30.99\00:46:32.85
Amen. Amen.
00:46:32.89\00:46:34.42
That's exactly right. Okay.
00:46:34.46\00:46:38.56
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You
00:46:38.59\00:46:39.93
for being there when we fall.
00:46:39.96\00:46:41.76
Thank You for being a reminder
of who Jesus is and who we are
00:46:41.80\00:46:45.53
and of His righteousness
and of His saving grace.
00:46:45.57\00:46:48.84
Please continue to remind
us every day and help us to die
00:46:48.87\00:46:51.47
to ourselves in
Jesus' name, amen.
00:46:51.51\00:46:54.01
Amen. Amen.
00:46:54.04\00:46:55.38
Amen. Okay. J.D.
00:46:55.41\00:46:56.75
Yes.
00:46:56.78\00:46:58.11
This is Paul speaking
in 1 Corinthians 9:27.
00:46:58.15\00:47:01.88
"I discipline my body
and bring it into subjection,
00:47:01.92\00:47:04.85
lest, when I have
preached to others,
00:47:04.89\00:47:07.66
I myself should
become disqualified."
00:47:07.69\00:47:11.89
I know that there's a lot
of athletes that are watching.
00:47:11.93\00:47:14.16
I know there's a
lot of wanna be athletes
00:47:14.20\00:47:16.16
out there that are watching.
00:47:16.20\00:47:18.33
Probably the better athletes
00:47:18.37\00:47:19.77
are the one that
disciplines themselves.
00:47:19.80\00:47:22.80
And they workout
hard, they put the time in
00:47:22.84\00:47:27.61
and because as Paul
is bringing out here
00:47:27.64\00:47:30.98
in this particular scripture,
talking about the perfecting,
00:47:31.01\00:47:35.65
a perfect timing,
00:47:35.68\00:47:39.79
an event of that particular day
00:47:39.82\00:47:42.96
and that is dealing...
00:47:42.99\00:47:44.89
Mostly the people are
thinking about racing.
00:47:44.93\00:47:48.00
Now some talk about boxing.
00:47:48.03\00:47:49.63
I don't know which it is,
00:47:49.66\00:47:51.00
but the principle
is still the same.
00:47:51.03\00:47:53.07
So consequently he's
saying, discipline yourself,
00:47:53.10\00:47:56.54
but don't just talk
the talk, walk the talk.
00:47:56.57\00:48:00.34
Don't be the one that makeup
the rules and then you sit
00:48:00.38\00:48:04.05
and kind of go,
kind of chew a little bit
00:48:04.08\00:48:06.75
to go pass those
rules to kind of get around.
00:48:06.78\00:48:09.58
So it says, hey, be all
that you can be in Jesus.
00:48:09.62\00:48:13.69
That's what it's said
because the last thing
00:48:13.72\00:48:16.22
that you want to
be is whenever you,
00:48:16.26\00:48:19.63
whenever you set
yourself up that you're the one
00:48:19.66\00:48:24.70
that's
disqualified and you're the one
00:48:24.73\00:48:27.64
that dropping the flag to race.
00:48:27.67\00:48:30.67
In other words, he's saying
00:48:30.71\00:48:32.27
practice what you preach, right?
00:48:32.31\00:48:34.11
He's checking it out.
Practice what you preach.
00:48:34.14\00:48:35.54
It's exactly right. Okay.
00:48:35.58\00:48:36.91
You want to
pray that one, honey?
00:48:36.95\00:48:38.28
Yes Father, I thank You Lord,
00:48:38.31\00:48:39.65
that we can bring
all things to You.
00:48:39.68\00:48:41.02
Father, don't let us get
so caught up in ourselves
00:48:41.05\00:48:43.75
and establish the directions
00:48:43.79\00:48:47.66
and then be the
chief of sinners.
00:48:47.69\00:48:50.56
Father, we want to
turn it to all over to You
00:48:50.59\00:48:52.46
and allow You
to work through us.
00:48:52.49\00:48:54.70
We thank You, Lord,
that we can call upon
00:48:54.73\00:48:56.46
Your name, Amen.
00:48:56.50\00:48:58.10
Amen.
00:48:58.13\00:48:59.47
You know that...
00:48:59.50\00:49:00.84
Well, that scripture
also, if he's worried
00:49:00.87\00:49:02.20
about being disqualified,
00:49:02.24\00:49:03.57
that shows it's not once
saved always saved, doesn't it?
00:49:03.61\00:49:05.37
Exactly right. All right.
00:49:05.41\00:49:06.74
Xenia, you want
to take 1 John 2:29.
00:49:06.78\00:49:09.08
1 John 2:29 says, "If you
know that He is righteous,
00:49:09.11\00:49:15.05
you know that everyone
00:49:15.08\00:49:16.75
who practices
righteousness is born of Him."
00:49:16.79\00:49:22.16
So the only way
we can be born-again
00:49:22.19\00:49:25.93
is practicing His righteousness.
00:49:25.96\00:49:30.57
And like we said, you know,
00:49:30.60\00:49:32.87
we have to have that
right relationship with God
00:49:32.90\00:49:36.57
in order to
follow His righteousness.
00:49:36.60\00:49:41.64
And it's Him working in us. Yes.
00:49:41.68\00:49:43.28
You know, but this,
00:49:43.31\00:49:44.65
this is something
in this scripture...
00:49:44.68\00:49:49.12
I love this scripture
because a lot of people think
00:49:49.15\00:49:51.79
that once you've been saved,
00:49:51.82\00:49:54.02
you don't need to
worry about obedience.
00:49:54.06\00:49:55.62
And if you talk about obedience,
00:49:55.66\00:49:57.16
that you're being legalistic.
00:49:57.19\00:49:59.09
But I believe that
obedience is by grace.
00:49:59.13\00:50:01.53
That's right.
00:50:01.56\00:50:02.90
It's only as the Holy
Spirit is working in us
00:50:02.93\00:50:05.10
that we can even obey God.
00:50:05.13\00:50:06.87
And right here He tells
us. Hey, don't fool yourselves.
00:50:06.90\00:50:11.74
He's righteous if
He's living in you.
00:50:11.77\00:50:14.01
You're gonna be
practicing righteousness.
00:50:14.04\00:50:16.34
We don't obey to be saved,
00:50:16.38\00:50:19.31
but we obey
because we are saved.
00:50:19.35\00:50:21.35
So if we've been born-again,
00:50:21.38\00:50:23.32
we're going to
practice righteousness.
00:50:23.35\00:50:26.79
How do we
practice righteousness?
00:50:26.82\00:50:28.56
It's said here at the beginning.
00:50:28.59\00:50:29.92
It's thinking
and acting like God.
00:50:29.96\00:50:33.09
Amen. Amen.
00:50:33.13\00:50:34.46
And then, so... As He...
00:50:34.50\00:50:35.83
And the only way we know
that is reading the scripture
00:50:35.86\00:50:37.77
because we don't
know what perfect is.
00:50:37.80\00:50:40.74
We don't know what righteous is.
00:50:40.77\00:50:42.67
Only God is righteous. Amen.
00:50:42.70\00:50:45.81
Pray that back please.
00:50:45.84\00:50:49.58
Thank You heavenly Father,
00:50:49.61\00:50:51.55
where You have shown
us Your righteousness,
00:50:51.58\00:50:55.25
help us to
practice that in such a way
00:50:55.28\00:50:57.69
that we might be
born-again in You.
00:50:57.72\00:51:00.19
In Jesus' name, amen. Amen.
00:51:00.22\00:51:01.62
Amen. Okay.
00:51:01.66\00:51:03.79
Psalms 85:13.
00:51:03.83\00:51:07.86
"Righteousness
will go before Him,
00:51:07.90\00:51:11.10
and shall make His
footsteps our pathway."
00:51:11.13\00:51:16.17
You know I've always
looked back in my life...
00:51:16.20\00:51:18.27
I've moved up 23 times.
00:51:18.31\00:51:19.97
I've been four
different countries,
00:51:20.01\00:51:21.58
five different states,
two different provinces
00:51:21.61\00:51:23.98
in Canada and all the
time I'm always marveled
00:51:24.01\00:51:28.72
at how my life was pre-moved
to how God has shown me
00:51:28.75\00:51:35.19
that He has always set
an opened doors for me.
00:51:35.22\00:51:39.09
And we forget
those things sometimes.
00:51:39.13\00:51:41.36
And most of the
times when we're going
00:51:41.40\00:51:42.73
through trials tribulations,
we're saying, "Why me God?
00:51:42.76\00:51:45.03
Why me? Why now?
00:51:45.07\00:51:46.40
Why this? Why that?"
00:51:46.43\00:51:47.77
But then afterwards
we look at this part.
00:51:47.80\00:51:49.54
It says, I've gone in-front.
00:51:49.57\00:51:51.64
I've gone before you
and I have re-set the path,
00:51:51.67\00:51:54.71
all you have to do
is just place your foot
00:51:54.74\00:51:57.18
where I have
shown you and that is
00:51:57.21\00:51:59.78
what is so
wonderful about this part.
00:51:59.81\00:52:01.75
We have to do nothing,
00:52:01.78\00:52:03.75
but just completely rely
on Him and He will show us.
00:52:03.79\00:52:09.22
We don't have to guess.
00:52:09.26\00:52:10.79
We just have to just put,
00:52:10.83\00:52:12.69
like that, foot in
the sand, the story.
00:52:12.73\00:52:15.90
It's so beautiful when it says,
00:52:15.93\00:52:17.27
I was carrying you when you
only see one foot, you know.
00:52:17.30\00:52:21.00
And that's where
we need to understand.
00:52:21.04\00:52:23.10
What this is
trying to say is that,
00:52:23.14\00:52:26.54
take it easy because
I've got it under control.
00:52:26.57\00:52:29.31
Amen. Absolutely.
00:52:29.34\00:52:30.71
It's almost like
when you're on a path,
00:52:30.75\00:52:33.48
there's distractions to the left
00:52:33.52\00:52:35.58
and there's
distractions to the right
00:52:35.62\00:52:37.29
and God says,
don't go wandering off
00:52:37.32\00:52:38.89
after those distractions.
00:52:38.92\00:52:40.26
Stay on the path.
00:52:40.29\00:52:42.09
And I always try and remember
that, that sort of analogy.
00:52:42.12\00:52:46.06
You know, and 1 John 2:6
says that "If we are in Christ,
00:52:46.09\00:52:49.23
we must walk as He walks."
00:52:49.26\00:52:50.90
So he's saying here
that He will show us the way.
00:52:50.93\00:52:54.40
Do you want to...
00:52:54.44\00:52:55.77
We've only got
a few minutes left
00:52:55.80\00:52:57.14
and I like to get to
couple of more scriptures.
00:52:57.17\00:52:58.57
Would you like to pray that?
00:52:58.61\00:52:59.94
Our Loving Father,
00:52:59.97\00:53:01.31
I'm so thankful
that You go before us.
00:53:01.34\00:53:04.15
I'm thankful that You
give us the righteousness,
00:53:04.18\00:53:06.35
but You show us the way.
00:53:06.38\00:53:08.32
You guide us all
the way through, Lord.
00:53:08.35\00:53:11.22
So God can see Your marvelous
character in each one of us.
00:53:11.25\00:53:15.82
In Christ's name, amen.
00:53:15.86\00:53:17.36
Amen. Amen.
00:53:17.39\00:53:18.73
Marilyn. Okay.
00:53:18.76\00:53:20.10
1 John 3:7, 8.
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"Little children,
let no one deceive you.
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He who practices
righteousness is righteous,
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just as He is righteous.
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He who sins is of the devil.
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For this purpose the
Son of God was manifested,
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that He might destroy
the works of the devil."
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Now wait a minute.
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I thought we were talking
about righteousness by faith.
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And here John saying,
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don't be deceived, it's only
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he who practices
righteousness is righteous.
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So is that still
righteousness by faith?
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Yes, it is.
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Amen. It is.
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It's only by faith
that you can practice it.
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Yes, It's by grace...
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As God's working in
us to will and to do.
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Yes. That's right.
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But once again, this shows that
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obedience is the pathway
to God's blessings, isn't it?
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And,you know, there's
always going to be people
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that are trying to pull
you in a different direction.
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But it's up to us
to stay on that narrow,
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straight narrow path in order
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to have that gift of
eternal life with the Lord.
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Amen. Yes.
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Amen. Okay.
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You want to pray
that back please?
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Lord, I pray
that You will not let
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any of us be
deceived by the devil
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and that you will
continue to work in us
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and lead us on the
path of righteousness,
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in your name I pray, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, we only
have two minutes left
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and you all were complaining
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because I didn't take scripture.
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So I'm gonna take
too real quickly here.
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These are two of my favorites
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and one is Romans 5:17 it says,
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"Those who
receive abundance of grace
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and of the gift of righteousness
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will reign in life
through Christ Jesus."
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I love to pray that
and say, Father, thank You
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that You've given me
an abundance of grace.
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Thank You Father,
that You've given me
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the gift of righteousness.
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And thank You that you cause me
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to reign in life through Christ.
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I love that scripture.
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The other is
Isaiah 32: 17 that says...
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And I used to claim
this is my life first.
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"The work of
righteousness will be peace,
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the effect of righteousness,
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quietness and
assurance forever."
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Amen.
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And what a precious
thing that righteousness...
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And once again, if
you've been joining us tonight,
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I hope you're just
getting a little glimpse
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that righteousness is by faith.
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There's nothing you can do,
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but also grace doesn't
release you from obedience
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because we saw
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that only those who practice
righteousness are righteous.
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So it's all by God's power.
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But it's such a joy
and such a blessing.
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J.D., would you like to
have our closing prayer?
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We only have
about a minute left.
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I want to...
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You will have
our closing prayer.
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Well, I have a closing thought.
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Okay.
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Father, we thank You once again,
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Lord, that we
can talk about You,
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speak about You Lord,
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and so that we can
stand on Your promises.
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We love You and we thank You
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and give you
all praise and glory
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for what You do in our lives,
may we be a blessing to others
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in the name of Jesus, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Well, Marilyn and Eric,
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thank you so
much for joining us.
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And for you two over
here, for Xenia and Luis,
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we're so grateful
that you joined us as well.
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And for those of you at
home, we're just really,
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really thankful you're
part of our 3ABN family.
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We want to give a
special shout out to all
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that are on the
Go Evangelistic team.
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But we pray that you have,
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have a blessed Sabbath
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or that you've
had a blessed Sabbath
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depending on when you
are watching this program.
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And just rely on
Jesus' righteousness.
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Just thank Him for
His abundance of grace
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and gift of righteousness.
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And our prayer of you
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is that the grace of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
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the love of the
Father and the fellowship
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of the Holy Spirit
will be with you always.
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Amen. Amen.
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