So let's bow our heads together
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as we get underway this evening.
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Father in heaven, we
want much more tonight.
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Amen.
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We are not satisfied,
Father, with our understanding,
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and the depth of
perception in the word of God.
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We want much more.
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We are hungry for everything
that You have to offer us
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through the death and
resurrection of Jesus.
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Amen.
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Lead us into
that tonight, Father,
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and may we rejoice as we see
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the benefits of
His atoning death
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and the
magnificence of His Holy life
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in Jesus' precious name.
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Amen Amen.
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Focus your
attention on the A statements.
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Verse 9, we are
justified by His blood
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and verse 10, we
are reconciled to God
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through the death of His son.
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So there are
two points in common
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that we should now
extract painlessly from you.
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Two points in common,
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coming to the
back table back here,
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Luanne and her
disciples back there.
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This is a group
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that's so unaccustomed
to me calling on them
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that they sometimes
go into cardiac arrest
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when I point to them.
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Where did-- did
you clarify your--
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I'm asking you to identify
for me something in common
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between the A
statement of verse 9
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and the A statement of verse 10.
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First of all the obvious thing
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that they have in common please.
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Marty has been given the mike.
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Everyone pray
fervently for this moment.
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We justified by His blood
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and reconciled
through the death of His son.
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The justification
lays the ground work
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for the reconciliation.
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Oh, I thought she has made
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an interesting observation here.
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She is linking justification
and reconciliation.
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All right, we have
two big words here.
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I was thinking you going to
bring out the other point first
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because it was the simple
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and basic
connection but it's okay.
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You hit the big gun first,
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so let's have the
little boomer now,
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Luanne, what's the--
what's the other common link
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between these two
segments, the obvious link?
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Well, in verse A
we have His blood
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and then it's clarified
by His son in the other--
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Well, come on there,
come on, make the parallel.
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Oh, hallelujah.
Death of His son.
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Grace is falling
upon us. Thank you, yes.
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All right, so we have
blood in one statement
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and we have death in the other.
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And it's
clarified as to whose blood
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and death this is referring to.
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Excellent. Thank you very much.
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So these two statements,
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let's get some
more room over here now.
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I think you've all
memorized those four points now.
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So these two
statements, the A statements
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are focused on the
atoning death of Jesus.
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Amen.
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And we all ready know,
two of the incredible benefits
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that arouse through
the atoning death of Jesus.
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Just for fun,
identify the two again.
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Justified--
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We are justified by His blood
and reconciled by His death.
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Thank you very much.
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Okay, now this is a question,
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and I'm not going to
permit that table to answer,
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they have done very
well, but I'm going to throw
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this question
out a little wider,
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the word justification
is not commonly understood,
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the root meaning of
the word from the Greek.
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Now you have a very learner look
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on your face at the moment,
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so that means
you've got it, right?
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I think so. He's got it.
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Okay, so bring it out
for the room tonight please,
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the root meaning of the
word justified from the Greek.
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There's the mike
there. Righteous.
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All right, now, you
know how many bases there are
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in a game of baseball, right?
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Four bases.
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So you are on
second base. All right.
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We'd love you to hit a
home run at this moment,
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it would bring great joy.
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Declare righteous.
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All right, so it actually
means declared righteous.
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Thank you very much.
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Justify means
declared righteous.
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Let that sink in tonight. Amen.
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God has found a way
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of declaring
you to be righteous.
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What's another?
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What's a synonym for
righteous by the way?
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Just.
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Another word for
righteous? Godly.
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All right, there is one more way
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that probably
says it even better.
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Godly is a good word.
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The word
describing godliness is...?
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Holiness.
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Holiness. Thank
you and holiness.
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Yes, righteousness is holiness.
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In fact I'm quoting a well known
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Christian
writer when I say that,
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who wrote a
beautiful little booklet
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called Thoughts from
the Mount of Blessings.
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Righteousness is holiness,
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likeness to God and God is love.
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Isn't that a
beautiful statement?
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Righteousness is holiness,
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likeness to God and God is love.
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Amen.
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God incredibly has found a way
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of declaring us to
be righteous, holy.
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When we look in the
mirror what do we see?
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Holiness? No.
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We see unholiness.
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We see how far
short of God's glory
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we still have fallen. Amen.
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But God has found a way so
that every moment of our lives,
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when He looks at us, He sees
us as holy and righteous beings.
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Amen.
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This is a very important
statement coming out tonight,
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it's the first of three
life changing principles
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that I'm sharing
with you this weekend.
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This is the first one.
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If you want to
understand the significance
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of the atoning death of Jesus,
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remind yourselves that
if it's happened to Jesus,
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God considers that
it's happened to you.
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Amen.
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If something has
happened to Jesus,
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God considers that
it's happened to you.
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If Jesus has overcome the devil,
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you have overcome the devil.
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Amen.
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If Jesus has died to sin,
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you have died to sin.
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Amen.
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If Jesus has lived a holy life,
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in the sight of God
you are living a holy life.
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Amen.
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The good news is that God
has accepted Jesus in our stead.
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Amen.
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The resolution
of the sin problem
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has not fallen on the shoulders
of sinful men and women.
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It's been taken from us
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and placed upon the shoulders
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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That's the
hardest bridge to cross.
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Is to enter into
belief in regards to the fact
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that God has
accepted Jesus as me.
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So the average person who is
still confused about salvation,
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who still has no
assurance of salvation,
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who still struggles trying
to do better but not succeeding
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is the person who has
failed to grasp the significance
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of the atoning death of Jesus
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that Jesus became sin for us.
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2 Corinthians 5:21,
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"Jesus became sin for
us, so that we might become
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the
righteousness of God in Him."
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Amen.
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This is the greatest
transaction in history.
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My filthy garments were lifted
from me and placed on Jesus.
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It's unthinkable
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and in exchange
His beautiful robe,
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it's a sinless robe,
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was taken from
Jesus and placed on me.
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Amen. Amen.
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So everyday of my
life if I remain in belief,
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because there is no
such thing as once saved,
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always saved, you all know that.
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It's easy to fall away
from faith and lose everything.
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But everyday of our
lives if we remain in faith
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and we are in Jesus Christ,
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God is considering
us to be righteous.
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Righteous.
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I may not feel it but God
says it and that settles it.
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Amen.
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I hope you're
hearing this tonight.
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God has declared
you to be righteous
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and the good news is
somebody in the seminar recently
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made a very profound statement,
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they said
sanctification is the process
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whereby God makes you
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into what He has
already declared you to be.
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What a beautiful
statement that was.
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Sanctification, the
process whereby God makes you
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into what He has
already declared you to be.
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What has He declared you to be?
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Righteous. Righteous.
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You are justified in His sight,
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so He will now begin a
beautiful work within you
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to make you
righteous in His sight.
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This is the grace of God.
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By the way, there is
nothing that sin has done
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to the human race that God
has not made probation for.
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Praise God. Amen.
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And the good news tonight is
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at each step of
the way it's 100%.
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100% the righteousness of...?
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Jesus. Jesus.
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This is the righteousness
of Jesus credited to you.
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Amen. Amen.
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Think of what's lifted
from you in order to have that,
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if God saying you as righteous,
what has He lifted from you?
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Guilt. What's that?
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Lift up burden of sin and guilt.
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Excellent, He's
taken our guilt, He has.
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He's taken our guilt
and placed it on Jesus.
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He's taken our condemnation
and placed it on Jesus.
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He's taken our judgment
and let that fall on Jesus.
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Amen
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And incredibly He's
taken our ultimate death.
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I call it the second
death, it's a biblical term.
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Yes. Amen.
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It's a death with
eternal consequences.
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God has taken our eternal
death and let it fall on Jesus.
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The only reason the
grave could not hold Him was
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because in Him was no sin.
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Amen.
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That's why He could
break free from the grave.
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Amen.
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How's your faith tonight?
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Amen.
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How long has it been
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since you have
expressed gratitude to God
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for the incredible
gift of righteousness
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that is yours through
the atoning death of Jesus?
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The privilege
everyday of your life
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of being declared righteous,
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holy in the sight of God
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and the freedom from
guilt and condemnation,
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judgment and even death.
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I don't know about you but
there is no death in my future.
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Amen.
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I might sleep,
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but sleep is something
you can be awaken from.
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Amen. Amen.
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There is no
eternal death in my future
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for the simple reason.
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Who can finish that
sentence for me tonight?
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Jesus says that.
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For make it a
personal statement,
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I will give you permission
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to use the
statement beginning with I.
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There is no eternal
death in my future because I--
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Because I've
accepted Christ as my savior
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and accepted His righteousness
because He took my death.
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You are very
close, you are in the dust
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and your fingers are
reaching out to the home plate.
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But it is Arizona
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so you haven't
reached it yet, you know.
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Brandi, if you can
hand the mike back there,
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Randy is gonna
join here on this.
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Thank you.
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Make it a personal statement,
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I'm giving
permission for somebody
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to make a
statement beginning with I,
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I hardly ever do this.
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There is no
eternal death in my future
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because my
eternal death is fallen.
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I said beginning with I.
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Come on, keep it
very personal now,
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just personal.
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My eternal death fall on Jesus.
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I want an I in there,
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you haven't got it in there yet.
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My-- You still not doing it.
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Hand the mike over
if you can't do it.
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Jim, can you do it?
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I have no--
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There is no eternal
death in my future because I--
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Because I have faith in Jesus
who died and took it my sin
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and my death and put it on Him.
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All right, no
one's hit a home run yet.
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You all hovering around,
you all in the dust together
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and your fingers are stretched.
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Do you want to
have a shot at this?
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Go ahead.
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You look joyful
enough, you sure to happen.
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I have been declared righteous.
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Come on, we're talking about--
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there is no
eternal death in my future.
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And there is no
eternal death in my future
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because I've been
declared righteous by the--
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But you've joined
all those in the dust.
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Over there, you
wanting to have a shot at this?
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The mike is doing
the whole table here.
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There is no eternal
death in my future because I--
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I have been declared righteous.
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Oh, had you joined
hands with the Annaba here
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and jumped off the same bridge.
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Okay, let's go to the back row
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and grant and see if
there's any life back here?
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Begin with Allison,
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that's an excellent idea, yes.
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Listen.
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I have been
declared righteous by God.
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There is no eternal
death in my future because I--
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Because I have been
declared righteous by God.
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You're joining a
crowd in the dust.
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Williams got it,
he's gonna hold on to
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till we need this young
man to be able to speak.
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There is no
eternal death in my future
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because I died through Christ.
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Amen.
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Well, you could bring the
word eternal in there perhaps.
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Let's have it
repeat it one more time.
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There is no
eternal death in my future
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because I died
eternally through Christ.
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Wow!
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Amen. Praise God.
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Amen. It's a faith statement.
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There is no
eternal death in my future
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because I have
already died that in Christ.
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Thank you very much.
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Excellent
statement coming through.
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Should be a big amen
to that this evening.
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Amen.
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He saw it, He
saw the issue there.
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Wow!
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Isn't God gracious there?
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How important it is
to clarify these matters.
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Is there anyone sitting
here tonight who is saying wow?
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My guilt, my
condemnation, my judgment,
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even my second death
has all fallen on Jesus.
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Amen.
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If it's happened to Jesus,
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God considers that
it's happened to me.
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This is the
strongest bridge to cross.
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It's the bridge regarding
the eternal death of Jesus.
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If you cross this bridge,
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everything else
will fall into place
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in your
understanding of salvation.
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Amen.
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Is there one person
sitting here tonight
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who can actually praise God,
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I mean verbalize their
praise right at the moment,
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because you're
seeing the significance
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of the atoning death of Jesus.
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One person, you can go ahead.
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The mike will
miraculously reach you.
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Thank you.
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Lord, I praise Your name
00:18:40.92\00:18:42.26
because You took my eternal
death and put it on Jesus.
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Wow, you couldn't get a clearer
statement than that, could you?
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Thank you very much.
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Very succinct, I love
that and to the point,
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brief and yet it's all in there.
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Anyone else
actually praising up there?
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And I love to hear praise.
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Oh, Ann has arisen.
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Thank you Ann.
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Thank you, Father,
that I'm declared righteous
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that I stand before
You as I have never seemed
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and it's not me who is
living, it's Christ in me
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and I praise You
for Your invitation.
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Thank you, Ann, very much.
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Wow!
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How is your faith tonight?
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Hang on, let's see.
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Bring the mike over here.
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Let's hear the statement
from the wilds of Arizona.
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Well, now I know why
you are always asking
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how is your faith now?
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Because if our faith is
in Christ we are righteous,
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it's Him in us and so we
can declare ourselves righteous
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because we know
it's Christ in us.
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So when you say
how is your faith,
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you're walking by faith of
the righteousness of Christ.
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And we haven't
even reached the point
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of Christ in our sheet, have we?
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Wow! I want my faith to behold.
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This is what
Jesus has done for us.
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Amen.
00:20:12.29\00:20:14.03
All of this is
something He has done for us.
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That He has done for us.
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We are about to
make a transition
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into what He will do in
us which you are describing.
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Praise His name.
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From my experience, I'm
gonna say this boldly tonight,
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that the only people I know
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who are enjoying the
process of growing up into Jesus
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and becoming mature in Christ
00:20:39.46\00:20:42.58
are those who are
coming to the cross everyday
00:20:42.61\00:20:47.44
and seeing with
appreciation and gratitude,
00:20:47.47\00:20:51.38
how much God
permitted to fall on Jesus,
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to be lifted from
us and placed on Him.
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And there are so few
people of my acquaintance,
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who are coming to
the cross everyday
00:21:05.66\00:21:07.30
and lifting up their hearts
and simply saying thank you.
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And this young man, 20
years of practicing homosexual,
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he is doing it every morning.
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Amen.
00:21:17.00\00:21:18.26
He calls me up at like 6
or 7 o'clock every morning,
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he says, I just
spend an hour at walking
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and I've been thanking God
for the atoning death of Jesus
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and I said to myself,
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wow, God's gonna
restore this guy fully.
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He has entered into a
beautiful walk with God
00:21:32.31\00:21:36.29
and he's focused on the
beautiful death of Jesus
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and he so grateful in his heart.
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How is your gratitude tonight?
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Are you really
experiencing gratitude
00:21:45.90\00:21:50.31
for what God has
accomplished for you
00:21:50.34\00:21:53.37
through the
atoning death of Jesus?
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So let's slip now to
the last-- the B verses.
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These verses have
something in common, don't they?
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Something in common now.
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Let's see, where
should I land for this one.
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Let's come down the front here,
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but we'll leave
Joyce out of the equation.
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What do you notice in common
between the two B statements,
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there something
that's very obvious?
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He handed that over
very quickly, isn't he?
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You can speak up.
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Wotty, do you
notice anything in common
00:22:37.07\00:22:38.88
between these two statements?
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We're saved from,
because we're saved by.
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So the word that's in common is?
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Saved. Well, hallelujah.
00:22:48.02\00:22:50.46
Okay, we got the word
saved, that's a common thing.
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Okay, now just hand
the mike back behind you,
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yes, over here, let's give
these two another shot here.
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There is another thing in common
00:23:04.90\00:23:06.44
between these
statements, what is it?
00:23:06.47\00:23:09.50
It may not be as clear as this,
00:23:13.26\00:23:15.94
we have blood and death
here, but it is implied.
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Saved in His life.
00:23:19.36\00:23:21.24
We've got saved
already that's come out,
00:23:21.27\00:23:23.46
so the other common element,
let's keep it clear now.
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The wrath through Him.
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Be very careful now,
there is a common element,
00:23:33.20\00:23:35.85
one on each side,
00:23:35.88\00:23:36.92
your partner synch
or swims with you here,
00:23:36.95\00:23:40.34
keep that in mind.
00:23:40.37\00:23:41.87
Oh, Him in his life.
00:23:52.39\00:23:54.84
All right. Thank you, Ezek.
00:23:54.87\00:23:56.83
So we got His life here
and we've got through Him here.
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Excellent work and
that needs to be developed
00:24:01.96\00:24:04.73
and unfortunately
it will be developed
00:24:04.76\00:24:07.34
in our next thrilling episode.
00:24:07.37\00:24:11.00
Let's bow our heads together
this evening as we conclude.
00:24:11.03\00:24:16.24
Oh, you've got the mike
so why don't you go head
00:24:16.27\00:24:18.24
and just pray for
us as we conclude.
00:24:18.27\00:24:20.19
Thank you very much.
00:24:20.22\00:24:23.72
Lord we are grateful, grateful,
00:24:23.75\00:24:26.06
thankful for
what You did for us.
00:24:26.09\00:24:29.22
Amen.
00:24:29.25\00:24:30.78
That you saved
us from ourselves,
00:24:30.81\00:24:33.49
from Your wrath,
00:24:33.52\00:24:36.07
from the consequences
of the sin that we--
00:24:36.10\00:24:38.52
that we deserved but
You took it upon Yourself.
00:24:38.55\00:24:42.47
Thank you Lord so much for
loving us in this way, amen.
00:24:42.50\00:24:46.28
Amen. Amen.
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