Louie Giglio - The Glorious Comma - From Do To Done

June 21, 2026 | 27:29

Messages of hope and redemption from Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, with Louie Giglio.

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Passion with Louie Giglio | Louie Giglio - The Glorious Comma - From Do To Done | June 21, 2026

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>> gospel means good news,
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>> gospel means good news, and so you're coming
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And so you're coming to church today,
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To church today, you're coming to good news.
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You're coming to good news. you're coming around
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You're coming around this word of god,
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This word of god, you're coming
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You're coming to good news.
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To good news. you're coming to jesus,
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You're coming to jesus, you're coming to good news.
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You're coming to good news. i think a lot
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I think a lot of people sometimes,
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Of people sometimes, like, i'm not sure,
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Like, i'm not sure, you know,
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You know, how's all this gonna go?
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How's all this gonna go? if you're coming god's way,
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If you're coming god's way, it's gonna go good,
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It's gonna go good, because he's got
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Because he's got the good news.
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The good news. all the good news, he's got.
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All the good news, he's got. and we're just preaching
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And we're just preaching that city to city,
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That city to city, but to preach the good news,
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But to preach the good news, you gotta also understand
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You gotta also understand that there's some bad news
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That there's some bad news in the gospel as well.
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In the gospel as well. and the bad news of the gospel
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And the bad news of the gospel is what makes the good news
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Is what makes the good news of the gospel really,
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Of the gospel really, really good.
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Really good. and the bad news,
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And the bad news, we just shared this verse
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We just shared this verse every single night.
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Every single night. it's a verse that
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It's a verse that most of you know.
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Most of you know. if you grew up around church,
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If you grew up around church, you can finish it for me.
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You can finish it for me. romans 3:23.
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Romans 3:23. anybody know the roman road
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Anybody know the roman road when you were growing up?
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When you were growing up? you're like, i'm new to church,
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You're like, i'm new to church, i don't know any of this stuff.
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I don't know any of this stuff. what is the roman road?
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What is the roman road? well, it's a book
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Well, it's a book in the new testament
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In the new testament called romans.
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Called romans. it's a letter that paul
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It's a letter that paul wrote to the church in rome,
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Wrote to the church in rome, and there's some verses
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And there's some verses in it that are key verses that,
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In it that are key verses that, when you stack them together,
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When you stack them together, it shows you how to be saved
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It shows you how to be saved in a very simple way.
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In a very simple way. and one of those
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And one of those verses is romans 3:23.
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Verses is romans 3:23. i'll start it,
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I'll start it, we'll see how many
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We'll see how many people made it to youth
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People made it to youth group enough to finish it.
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Group enough to finish it. "for all have sinned and fall
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"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of god."
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Short of the glory of god." it's on the screen.
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It's on the screen. i just saw it out
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I just saw it out of the corner of my eye.
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Of the corner of my eye. "for all have sinned and fall
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"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of god."
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Short of the glory of god." that's the bad news.
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That's the bad news. because all is a very
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Because all is a very encompassing word.
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Encompassing word. it means that every single
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It means that every single person in this gathering
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Person in this gathering today has missed
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Today has missed the mark of god's glory.
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The mark of god's glory. now, this word sinned,
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Now, this word sinned, the greek word underneath
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The greek word underneath this word means simply
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This word means simply to miss the mark.
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To miss the mark. and what was the mark?
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And what was the mark? the mark was the glory of god.
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The mark was the glory of god. what does that mean?
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What does that mean? it means the standard
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It means the standard of god's perfection,
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Of god's perfection, the standard of god's holiness,
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The standard of god's holiness, the standard
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The standard of god's righteousness,
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Of god's righteousness, his glory.
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His glory. we were created for that.
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We were created for that. we were made for that.
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We were made for that. do you understand you were
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Do you understand you were created in the image of god?
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Created in the image of god? you were made for relationship
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You were made for relationship with god, and in the beginning,
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With god, and in the beginning, adam and eve,
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Adam and eve, they had it.
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They had it. they had a garden
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They had a garden that was perfect.
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That was perfect. they had each other,
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They had each other, and the relationship apparently
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And the relationship apparently was going incredibly smooth.
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Was going incredibly smooth. they had stewardship over
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They had stewardship over the things that god had made,
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The things that god had made, but that wasn't the whole
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But that wasn't the whole purpose of their being created.
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Purpose of their being created. they had a relationship
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They had a relationship with the creator.
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With the creator. they weren't made in
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They weren't made in the image of a gardener.
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The image of a gardener. they were made in the image
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They were made in the image of the creator himself.
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Of the creator himself. and so,
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And so, in the morning and the evening,
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In the morning and the evening, god came and walked
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God came and walked with them in the garden.
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With them in the garden. god and man in a
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God and man in a relationship in paradise.
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Relationship in paradise. but they were like the all.
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But they were like the all. those two sinned,
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Those two sinned, and they missed the mark
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And they missed the mark of what god had intended
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Of what god had intended in their lives.
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In their lives. they only had one thing
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They only had one thing that they couldn't do,
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That they couldn't do, and that was to eat
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And that was to eat from the fruit of the tree
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From the fruit of the tree of the knowledge
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Of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Of good and evil. every other tree,
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Every other tree, you can have at it.
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You can have at it. perfection, relationship
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Perfection, relationship with god.
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With god. but the enemy came to them
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But the enemy came to them and tempted them.
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And tempted them. they started to wonder,
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They started to wonder, then they started to doubt,
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Then they started to doubt, and then eventually
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And then eventually they ate of that tree.
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They ate of that tree. and when they did,
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And when they did, they did know good
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They did know good and they did know evil.
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And they did know evil. but more than that,
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But more than that, something else happened to them.
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Something else happened to them. they died.
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They died. god said,
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God said, whoever eats of this tree
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Whoever eats of this tree will know good and evil,
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Will know good and evil, and they will die.
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And they will die. the enemy is like,
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The enemy is like, surely you're not going to die.
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Surely you're not going to die. and they didn't physically
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And they didn't physically die right in that moment.
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Die right in that moment. god didn't bury
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God didn't bury adam and eve in eden.
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Adam and eve in eden. they died spiritually when
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They died spiritually when they ate of that fruit.
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They ate of that fruit. they knew good
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They knew good and they knew evil,
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And they knew evil, and spiritually they died.
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And spiritually they died. one of the other verses
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One of the other verses in that roman road,
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In that roman road, in romans 6:23, says,
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In romans 6:23, says, "the wages of sin is death."
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We've said it a hundred
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We've said it a hundred times in this building.
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Times in this building. sin doesn't make you
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Sin doesn't make you a bad person,
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A bad person, sin makes you
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Sin makes you a spiritually dead person.
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A spiritually dead person. and that's a problem.
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And that's a problem. that's doubly bad news,
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That's doubly bad news, because dead people
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Because dead people can't do anything
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To help themselves.
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To help themselves. all have sinned and fall
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All have sinned and fall short of the glory of god.
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Short of the glory of god. all have missed the mark
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All have missed the mark of the perfection,
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Of the perfection, the righteousness,
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The righteousness, the holiness of god.
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The holiness of god. every single one.
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Every single one. the prophet said it this way.
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The prophet said it this way. he said,
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He said, "all of us like sheep
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"all of us like sheep have gone astray."
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Have gone astray." it started with adam and eve,
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It started with adam and eve, but also true of me.
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But also true of me. and it's also true of you.
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And it's also true of you. "all of us like sheep
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"all of us like sheep have gone astray."
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Have gone astray." each of us,
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Each of us, the prophet said,
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The prophet said, "have turned to our own way."
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"have turned to our own way." and that is really,
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And that is really, really bad news
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Really bad news for you and for me
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For you and for me and for everybody on the planet.
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And for everybody on the planet. and it was a problem in eden.
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And it was a problem in eden. gustave dore is
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Gustave dore is a famous french artist,
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A famous french artist, a lithographer,
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A lithographer, and he has done these powerful
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And he has done these powerful illustrations of the stories
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Illustrations of the stories of scripture.
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Of scripture. and when i saw this one,
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And when i saw this one, it just absolutely
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It just absolutely gripped my heart.
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Gripped my heart. it's an illustration
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It's an illustration from a lithograph of
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From a lithograph of adam and eve leaving eden.
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Adam and eve leaving eden. and adam is looking over
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And adam is looking over his shoulder at what was.
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His shoulder at what was. he's looking back.
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He's looking back. i don't think
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I don't think for the tree of life.
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For the tree of life. i think he's looking back
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I think he's looking back at the source of life.
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At the source of life. i think he's looking back
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I think he's looking back for the god who actually
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For the god who actually breathed life into him
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Breathed life into him when he took his first breath.
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When he took his first breath. and he knows there's
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And he knows there's no turning back.
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No turning back. when i saw this illustration,
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When i saw this illustration, it made me think,
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It made me think, isn't this all of humanity?
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Isn't this all of humanity? isn't this everybody
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Isn't this everybody on planet earth?
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On planet earth? isn't this everyone you know,
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Isn't this everyone you know, in some way, shape, or form?
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In some way, shape, or form? they are looking back
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They are looking back over their shoulder,
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Over their shoulder, asking the question,
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Asking the question, where did i come from?
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Where did i come from? how did i get here?
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How did i get here? what is life all about?
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What is life all about? is there something more?
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Is there something more? and maybe they're not putting
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And maybe they're not putting those words around
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Those words around it in that context.
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It in that context. maybe they're not saying
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Maybe they're not saying to you at work,
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To you at work, "hey, i know there's gotta
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"hey, i know there's gotta be something more to life
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Be something more to life than living and dying.
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Than living and dying. there's gotta be something
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There's gotta be something bigger than everything
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Bigger than everything i've experienced.
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I've experienced. there's an ache in my heart.
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There's an ache in my heart. there's a void in my life.
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There's a void in my life. there's gotta be somebody
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There's gotta be somebody or something out there
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Or something out there that is more."
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That is more." but that's what
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But that's what people are feeling.
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People are feeling. and people are looking back,
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And people are looking back, and they're trying
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And they're trying to figure out,
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To figure out, how do i get back
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How do i get back to where i came from?
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To where i came from? how do i get back to eden?
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How do i get back to eden? how do i get back to god?
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How do i get back to god? can you aim again at the mark?
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Can you aim again at the mark? and right in that moment,
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And right in that moment, that same enemy that
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That same enemy that tempted adam and eve,
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Tempted adam and eve, he steps right
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He steps right into the equation.
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Into the equation. he says, "yeah, you can.
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He says, "yeah, you can. you can get back to god.
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You can get back to god. you can get back to eden.
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You can get back to eden. you can get back
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You can get back on good terms with god.
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On good terms with god. i'll tell you how you do it.
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I'll tell you how you do it. you do it with religion."
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You do it with religion." and religion can be summed
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And religion can be summed up in the word do.
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Up in the word do. and that is why,
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And that is why, don't you find it
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Don't you find it interesting that everywhere
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Interesting that everywhere you go on earth,
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You go on earth, there's religion?
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There's religion? why?
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Why? because everywhere
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Because everywhere you go on earth,
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You go on earth, there are people
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There are people made in the image of god.
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Made in the image of god. and they're looking
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And they're looking for the god of eden.
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For the god of eden. and how do they get back?
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And how do they get back? well, religion tells you,
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Well, religion tells you, you got to do.
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You got to do. you do enough.
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You do enough. you do it in the right way.
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You do it in the right way. you do it at the right time.
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You do it at the right time. you do it according to all
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You do it according to all the right rules and regulations.
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The right rules and regulations. and if you do all that,
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And if you do all that, maybe you'll get back.
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Maybe you'll get back. but there are problems
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But there are problems with religion.
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With religion. one of the problems
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One of the problems with religion is that
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With religion is that you never know when
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You never know when you've done enough.
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You've done enough. there's nothing in any
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There's nothing in any religion that says,
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Religion that says, and when you've done this,
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And when you've done this, this, and this, and this,
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This, and this, and this, you are 100% absolute guaranteed
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You are 100% absolute guaranteed sure that you're going
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Sure that you're going to be with god in paradise.
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To be with god in paradise. you're going to make it back
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You're going to make it back to eden with god in the end.
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To eden with god in the end. and so many people are living
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And so many people are living on this earth, good people,
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On this earth, good people, bad people, nice people,
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Bad people, nice people, terrible people,
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Terrible people, living on this earth,
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Living on this earth, just hoping that
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Just hoping that at the end of the day,
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At the end of the day, it all works out.
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It all works out. hoping somehow the good
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Hoping somehow the good outweighs the bad,
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Outweighs the bad, my effort outweighs
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My effort outweighs my shortcomings,
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My shortcomings, the fact that i tried
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The fact that i tried gives me some kind
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Gives me some kind of credit at the end.
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Of credit at the end. and you talk to so many people
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And you talk to so many people that you see every day and say,
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That you see every day and say, "how sure are you that you
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"how sure are you that you are going to be
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Are going to be with god in paradise?"
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With god in paradise?" they say, "ah, i hope so."
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They say, "ah, i hope so." and we are banking
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And we are banking our eternity on a hope.
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Our eternity on a hope. the other problem
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The other problem with religion is not only
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With religion is not only does it never tell you
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Does it never tell you when you've done enough,
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When you've done enough, it's that we're
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It's that we're spiritually dead.
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Spiritually dead. we're not bad people,
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We're not bad people, we're dead people.
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We're dead people. and dead people can't
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And dead people can't do anything to improve
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Do anything to improve their standing with god,
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Their standing with god, because all the things
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Because all the things that we're doing is just
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That we're doing is just in our own righteousness,
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In our own righteousness, and it won't work.
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And it won't work. it never has.
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It never has. that's what paul was saying
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That's what paul was saying before he said that all of us
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Before he said that all of us have sinned and fall short
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Have sinned and fall short of the glory of god.
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Of the glory of god. he outlines the weakness
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He outlines the weakness of the do to make us righteous
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Of the do to make us righteous in verse 19
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In verse 19 of chapter 3, romans.
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Of chapter 3, romans. he says:
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He says: "now we know that whatever
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"now we know that whatever the law says,
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The law says, it says to those who
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It says to those who are under the law,
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Are under the law, so that every mouth may
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So that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world
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Be silenced and the whole world held accountable to god."
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Held accountable to god." now, i know nobody came
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Now, i know nobody came to church to hear this today,
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To church to hear this today, but just under
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But just under the grace of god,
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The grace of god, can we all receive it
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Can we all receive it from god today?
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From god today? every one of us is going
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Every one of us is going to stand before god.
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To stand before god. and when we do,
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And when we do, we're not going
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We're not going to do any talking.
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To do any talking. so you don't need to worry
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So you don't need to worry about rehearsing the,
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About rehearsing the, "yeah, but,
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"yeah, but, and i was going to,
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And i was going to, but then i couldn't,
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But then i couldn't, and if they had,
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And if they had, i would have,
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I would have, and i tried this,
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And i tried this, and i did that,
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And i did that, and of course you know that."
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And of course you know that." there's not going
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There's not going to be any of that.
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To be any of that. god is going to see into our
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God is going to see into our hearts in a nanosecond
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Hearts in a nanosecond and know everything there
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And know everything there is to know about our lives.
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Is to know about our lives. "every mouth is going to be
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"every mouth is going to be silenced and the whole world
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Silenced and the whole world held accountable to god.
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Held accountable to god. therefore, no one," my goodness,
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Therefore, no one," my goodness, "no one will be declared
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"no one will be declared righteous in god's sight
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Righteous in god's sight by the works of the law;"
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By the works of the law;" by the do, by religion.
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By the do, by religion. "rather, through the law
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"rather, through the law we all become conscious
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We all become conscious of our sin."
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Of our sin." no one, not the nicest person
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No one, not the nicest person at your work,
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At your work, is going to be declared
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Is going to be declared righteous by doing enough
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Righteous by doing enough things to get back to paradise.
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Things to get back to paradise. not the sweetest
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Not the sweetest person in your family.
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Person in your family. not the most generous person
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Not the most generous person in your neighborhood.
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In your neighborhood. no one is going to be declared
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No one is going to be declared righteous in god's sight
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Righteous in god's sight by the works of the law.
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By the works of the law. now, in our sight, maybe so.
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Now, in our sight, maybe so. you'll hear somebody,
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You'll hear somebody, maybe not go out super bold,
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Maybe not go out super bold, but they'll be like,
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But they'll be like, "i think i'm a pretty
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"i think i'm a pretty good person."
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Good person." in my sight,
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In my sight, i think i'm a
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I think i'm a pretty good person.
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Pretty good person. and maybe they are
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And maybe they are a pretty good person.
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A pretty good person. and we should applaud
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And we should applaud that and say,
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That and say, "well, congratulations."
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"well, congratulations." that is way better than being
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That is way better than being a pretty bad person.
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A pretty bad person. but it's definitely
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But it's definitely not the glory of god.
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Not the glory of god. it's definitely not the standard
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It's definitely not the standard of his righteousness.
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Of his righteousness. it's definitely not
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It's definitely not the standard of perfection.
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The standard of perfection. it's not the standard of a holy,
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It's not the standard of a holy, holy, holy god.
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Holy, holy god. it's like getting
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It's like getting on the stairmaster.
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On the stairmaster. we got any stairmaster people
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We got any stairmaster people at passion city church?
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At passion city church? we got any fit?
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We got any fit? yes.
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Yes. thank you.
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Thank you. one fit person right there.
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One fit person right there. thank you so much.
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Thank you so much. anybody else?
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Anybody else? i'm looking for...
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I'm looking for... okay, we got two fit people.
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Okay, we got two fit people. all right.
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All right. we're not a real fit bunch.
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We're not a real fit bunch. i asked a few weeks ago
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I asked a few weeks ago if anybody was running,
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If anybody was running, and there was like
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And there was like no response whatsoever.
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No response whatsoever. okay, we got a few
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Okay, we got a few stairmaster people going here.
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Stairmaster people going here. the stairmaster is very tricky,
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The stairmaster is very tricky, because you get on there
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Because you get on there and you work, right?
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And you work, right? i mean, those stairs,
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I mean, those stairs, they just keep on coming,
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They just keep on coming, and you got
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And you got to keep on going.
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To keep on going. they're keeping on coming,
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They're keeping on coming, and you're going,
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And you're going, and they're coming,
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And they're coming, and you're going,
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And you're going, and they're coming.
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And they're coming. and maybe you go 30 minutes,
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And maybe you go 30 minutes, 40 minutes, i don't know.
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40 minutes, i don't know. maybe you're going
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Maybe you're going to go an hour, probably,
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To go an hour, probably, just, you know,
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Just, you know, i can tell from here,
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I can tell from here, just overachiever.
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Just overachiever. and you're going to go on
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And you're going to go on that thing, and eventually
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That thing, and eventually it's telling you all kinds
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It's telling you all kinds of information the whole time,
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Of information the whole time, but then you're tapping out...
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And you're back down,
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And you're back down, and you're excited because
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And you're excited because you just went 45
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You just went 45 flights of stairs.
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Flights of stairs. but you never got more
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But you never got more than 30 inches off the ground.
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Than 30 inches off the ground. and that's religion.
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And that's religion. you keep trying, and doing,
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You keep trying, and doing, and adding, and subtracting,
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And adding, and subtracting, and padding,
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And padding, but you're no closer
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But you're no closer to the perfection of god
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To the perfection of god than when you started.
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Than when you started. that's the bad
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That's the bad news of the gospel.
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News of the gospel. the gospel is not that
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The gospel is not that sin makes you bad,
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Sin makes you bad, it's that sin makes you dead.
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It's that sin makes you dead. and maybe you stairmastered
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And maybe you stairmastered better than everybody else,
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Better than everybody else, but you did it spiritually dead,
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But you did it spiritually dead, and you didn't get any
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And you didn't get any closer to the perfection,
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Closer to the perfection, to the holiness,
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To the holiness, to the righteousness of god
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To the righteousness of god than when you started.
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Than when you started. that's the problem
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That's the problem of the gospel.
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Of the gospel. but there's some good news.
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But there's some good news. look at this in romans 3:21.
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Look at this in romans 3:21. my goodness,
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My goodness, this is so incredible.
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This is so incredible. there's a big conjunction
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There's a big conjunction here that tells us
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Here that tells us the scene is changing.
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The scene is changing. don't you like that?
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Don't you like that? "but now."
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"but now." "but now apart from the law,"
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"but now apart from the law," that's apart from
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That's apart from the one thing that they had.
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The one thing that they had. the israelites only
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The israelites only had ten things.
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Had ten things. they couldn't do the ten things.
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They couldn't do the ten things. and we've got a whole higher
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And we've got a whole higher standard because jesus said
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Standard because jesus said if you covet what
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If you covet what your neighbor has,
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Your neighbor has, you might as well
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You might as well have stolen it.
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Have stolen it. if you're angry
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If you're angry with your coworker,
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With your coworker, you might as well
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You might as well have killed them.
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Have killed them. if you look at someone
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If you look at someone with a lustful thought,
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With a lustful thought, you might as well have
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You might as well have gone through with it.
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Gone through with it. and now we're all cooked
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And now we're all cooked because the standard is so high.
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Because the standard is so high. it's our thoughts,
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It's our thoughts, it's our attitudes,
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It's our attitudes, it's our motives,
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It's our motives, it's everything about us.
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It's everything about us. "but now apart from,"
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"but now apart from," our effort,
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Our effort, "the righteousness of god
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"the righteousness of god has been made known,
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Has been made known, to which the law
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To which the law and the prophets testify."
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And the prophets testify." they've been telling us
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They've been telling us there's a new thing coming.
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There's a new thing coming. "this righteousness is given,
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"this righteousness is given, not earned, through faith in,"
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Not earned, through faith in," in what?
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In what? in who?
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In who? how?
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How? "faith in jesus christ to all
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"faith in jesus christ to all who believe."
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Who believe." this word believe here,
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This word believe here, let's don't get tripped
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Let's don't get tripped up on this.
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Up on this. that doesn't mean simply,
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That doesn't mean simply, "oh great, because i believe
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"oh great, because i believe in god, so i'll be okay."
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In god, so i'll be okay." no, that's not what
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No, that's not what it's saying here.
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It's saying here. "oh, i believe in jesus,
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"oh, i believe in jesus, so i'll be okay."
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So i'll be okay." no.
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No. what this is denoting here,
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What this is denoting here, if you read
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If you read the context of romans,
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The context of romans, is, i put my trust
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Is, i put my trust for my salvation and my
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For my salvation and my standing with god in
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Standing with god in the finished work of jesus.
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The finished work of jesus. in his life, his death,
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In his life, his death, his burial, his resurrection,
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His burial, his resurrection, and his exchange of his
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And his exchange of his innocence for my guilt,
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Innocence for my guilt, of his life for my death,
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Of his life for my death, of his righteousness
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Of his righteousness for my unrighteousness.
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For my unrighteousness. that exchange was enough
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That exchange was enough to bring me from death
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To bring me from death to life and into a new
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To life and into a new relationship with god.
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Relationship with god. i believe it.
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I believe it. i trust it with
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I trust it with everything i've got.
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Everything i've got. i am trusting in
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I am trusting in the finished work of jesus.
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The finished work of jesus. and when i do that
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And when i do that and put faith in christ,
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And put faith in christ, i'm given righteousness.
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I'm given righteousness. "there is no difference
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"there is no difference between jew and gentile."
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Between jew and gentile." that simply means,
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That simply means, if you think you're close, okay.
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If you think you're close, okay. if you think
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If you think you're really far, okay.
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You're really far, okay. if you think you're pretty good,
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If you think you're pretty good, if you think you're pretty bad,
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If you think you're pretty bad, if you think you deserve it,
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If you think you deserve it, think you don't deserve it,
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Think you don't deserve it, fine, great.
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Fine, great. there's no difference
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There's no difference here, okay?
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Here, okay? this is true of everybody.
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This is true of everybody. "because all,"
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"because all," there's our verse,
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There's our verse, "all have sinned,"
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"all have sinned," those who thought they were
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Those who thought they were close and those who thought
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Close and those who thought they were far.
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They were far. "all have sinned and fall
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"all have sinned and fall short of the glory of god."
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Short of the glory of god." i love this.
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I love this. we've preached on this
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We've preached on this so much at our church.
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So much at our church. i hope that you
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I hope that you could preach this sermon.
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Could preach this sermon. when i grew up,
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When i grew up, i was convinced that
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I was convinced that there was a big,
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There was a big, fat period at the end
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Fat period at the end of romans 3:23.
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Of romans 3:23. it was like a banner.
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It was like a banner. it was almost an identity.
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It was almost an identity. "for all have sinned and fall
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"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of god."
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Short of the glory of god." and let the people say amen.
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And let the people say amen. and that became an identity.
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And that became an identity. i'm a fall-shorter.
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I'm a fall-shorter. you're a fall-shorter.
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You're a fall-shorter. i fall short, you fall short.
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I fall short, you fall short. what does that mean?
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What does that mean? i sin, you sin.
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I sin, you sin. we sin.
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We sin. we're sin.
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We're sin. we sin and we are sinners.
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We sin and we are sinners. we fall short.
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We fall short. that's who we are.
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That's who we are. that's what we do.
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That's what we do. that's our identity.
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That's our identity. and then someone came
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And then someone came along and said,
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Along and said, "oh no, that's not our identity.
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"oh no, that's not our identity. we're not just
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We're not just a bunch of sinners.
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A bunch of sinners. we are sinners saved by grace."
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We are sinners saved by grace." and then people were like,
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And then people were like, "hey, i'll get behind that."
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"hey, i'll get behind that." can i tell you today,
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Can i tell you today, the fact that as a believer,
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The fact that as a believer, you would take on the identity,
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You would take on the identity, "i'm just a sinner,"
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"i'm just a sinner," terrible theology.
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Terrible theology. the fact that as a believer,
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The fact that as a believer, you would tap out
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You would tap out and top out at,
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And top out at, "i'm just a believer
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"i'm just a believer saved by grace,"
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Saved by grace," terrible theology.
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Terrible theology. there is so much more on
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There is so much more on the other side of the gospel.
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The other side of the gospel. and when you understand
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And when you understand that there is not a period
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That there is not a period at the end of romans 3:23,
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At the end of romans 3:23, romans 3:23 is not
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Romans 3:23 is not a complete sentence.
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A complete sentence. there is a huge,
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There is a huge, glorious comma at the end,
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Glorious comma at the end, meaning there's more
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Meaning there's more in this story.
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In this story. and what is the more?
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And what is the more? "and all..."
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"and all..." and who are the all?
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And who are the all? these people up here
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These people up here who have believed.
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Who have believed. "all are..."
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"all are..." say this word with me.
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Say this word with me. no, come on say it with me.
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No, come on say it with me. they are what?
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They are what? "...justified..."
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"...justified..." "...freely by his grace."
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"...freely by his grace." what is grace?
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What is grace? that's god doing it.
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That's god doing it. that's when we know
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That's when we know that we can't do it,
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That we can't do it, god comes and does it.
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God comes and does it. and how did god do it?
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And how did god do it? he did it through
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He did it through the redemption,
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The redemption, the buyback plan,
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The buyback plan, the reclamation project
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The reclamation project that came by christ jesus.
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That came by christ jesus. period.
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Period. now this is a way
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Now this is a way more complex sentence
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More complex sentence in the original language,
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In the original language, but let's just
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But let's just take that one there.
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Take that one there. that is the gospel.
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That is the gospel. not that sin makes you bad,
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Not that sin makes you bad, but that sin makes you dead.
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But that sin makes you dead. but here's the truth.
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But here's the truth. it is not that jesus
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It is not that jesus came from heaven to make bad
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Came from heaven to make bad people better people.
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People better people. no.
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No. jesus came from heaven
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Jesus came from heaven to bring dead people back
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To bring dead people back to life again and to give them
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To life again and to give them a brand new identity in him.
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A brand new identity in him. we went and preached this
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We went and preached this message to 60,000 people,
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Message to 60,000 people, and the 60,000 people,
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And the 60,000 people, most of them could
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Most of them could finish the verse:
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Finish the verse: "for all have sinned
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"for all have sinned and fall short
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And fall short of the glory of god."
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Of the glory of god." but i ask every night,
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But i ask every night, can anyone finish
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Can anyone finish that sentence?
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That sentence? and then i just waited.
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And then i just waited. like, there might be three,
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Like, there might be three, four thousand people in here,
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Four thousand people in here, but we'll wait.
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But we'll wait. night after night,
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Night after night, city after city,
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City after city, not one person said,
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Not one person said, "over here.
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"over here. if you can run a mic back,
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If you can run a mic back, i can finish it.
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I can finish it. get it right here.
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Get it right here. okay, i got it."
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Okay, i got it." not one person.
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Not one person. now maybe there was a person,
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Now maybe there was a person, and they just didn't
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And they just didn't want to get into it.
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Want to get into it. and now i've realized
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And now i've realized that the enemy has sold
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That the enemy has sold us half of the truth.
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Us half of the truth. now understand,
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Now understand, the half of the truth
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The half of the truth that we've got is 100% true.
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That we've got is 100% true. it's just not 100%
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It's just not 100% of the truth.
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Of the truth. "for all have sinned
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"for all have sinned and fall short
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And fall short of the glory of god,
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Of the glory of god, and all are justified
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And all are justified freely by his grace through
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Freely by his grace through the redemption that
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The redemption that is in christ jesus."
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Is in christ jesus." justified.
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Justified. so what does justified mean?
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So what does justified mean? merriam-webster says
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Merriam-webster says that justified means
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That justified means to be made righteous.
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To be made righteous. to be made righteous.
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To be made righteous. so i am definitely
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So i am definitely not just a sinner.
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Not just a sinner. i am alive in christ.
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I am alive in christ. i am not even just
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I am not even just a sinner saved by grace.
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A sinner saved by grace. i am a sinner saved by grace,
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I am a sinner saved by grace, justified in christ,
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Justified in christ, a new creation
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A new creation and a new position with god.
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And a new position with god. when i was growing up,
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When i was growing up, and they were teaching
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And they were teaching us about justification,
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Us about justification, that big word, they said,
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That big word, they said, justified, it's just
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Justified, it's just as if i'd never sinned.
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As if i'd never sinned. it's not me having enough
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It's not me having enough righteousness to get back
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Righteousness to get back to the mark, the standard,
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To the mark, the standard, the glory of god.
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The glory of god. it's god giving me, in christ,
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It's god giving me, in christ, a new standing with him,
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A new standing with him, and a new position with him,
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And a new position with him, and a new identity in him.
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And a new identity in him. it's him giving me the gift
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It's him giving me the gift of righteousness in christ.
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Of righteousness in christ. that's the whole gospel.
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That's the whole gospel. i have a brand new
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I have a brand new identity in god.
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Identity in god. it may be hard for you
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It may be hard for you to grab that because,
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To grab that because, you know, you still can sin,
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You know, you still can sin, it's just that
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It's just that you're not a sinner.
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You're not a sinner. it's not your identity.
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It's not your identity. or you can choose still
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Or you can choose still to turn and go your own way,
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To turn and go your own way, and we do,
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And we do, but that's not who we are.
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But that's not who we are. and when we do make
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And when we do make bad decisions and choices,
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Bad decisions and choices, the enemy comes really quickly
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The enemy comes really quickly around and says,
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Around and says, "see, i told you.
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"see, i told you. don't buy that stuff
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Don't buy that stuff they're preaching at
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They're preaching at passion city church.
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Passion city church. you're a sinner,
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You're a sinner, and you know it."
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And you know it." and we go,
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And we go, "yeah, i guess you're right,
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"yeah, i guess you're right, because i blew it again."
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Because i blew it again." or, "i'm not feeling it today.
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Or, "i'm not feeling it today. i'm not feeling
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I'm not feeling really righteous today.
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Really righteous today. i'm not feeling
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I'm not feeling really justified today."
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Really justified today." in fact, you hardly ever
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In fact, you hardly ever even hear anybody say that.
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Even hear anybody say that. you talk to followers of jesus,
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You talk to followers of jesus, you'll hear them say,
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You'll hear them say, "i'm saved.
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"i'm saved. i'm forgiven.
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I'm forgiven. i'm loved.
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I'm loved. i'm a son.
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I'm a son. i'm a daughter,"
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I'm a daughter," all of which are true.
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All of which are true. you rarely hear a person
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You rarely hear a person following jesus say,
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Following jesus say, "praise god,
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"praise god, i'm justified."
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I'm justified." why?
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Why? because it makes it sound
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Because it makes it sound like we're up on our
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Like we're up on our moral high horse, right?
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Moral high horse, right? better than everybody else.
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Better than everybody else. but no, we're not up
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But no, we're not up on a moral high horse.
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On a moral high horse. we're down on our knees going,
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We're down on our knees going, "dear god,
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"dear god, at the foot of the cross,
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At the foot of the cross, i look up to you in gratitude
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I look up to you in gratitude that you took me
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That you took me from death to life
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From death to life and from guilty to innocent,
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And from guilty to innocent, and you gave me
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And you gave me your righteousness so that
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Your righteousness so that now i have a new
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Now i have a new standing with god.
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Standing with god. i am justified by my god."
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I am justified by my god." it's going back to gustave dore.
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It's going back to gustave dore. in this amazing lithograph,
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In this amazing lithograph, when adam and eve
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When adam and eve are coming out of eden,
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Are coming out of eden, they have these garments
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They have these garments on that god made.
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On that god made. god made these.
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God made these. he killed an animal.
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He killed an animal. blood was shed because
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Blood was shed because he didn't want them
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He didn't want them going out naked and ashamed.
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Going out naked and ashamed. and so he,
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And so he, god, made a sacrifice.
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God, made a sacrifice. blood was spilled in eden
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Blood was spilled in eden to make a covering
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To make a covering for their nakedness.
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For their nakedness. but god already had
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But god already had a better plan in eden.
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A better plan in eden. and the better plan in eden
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And the better plan in eden that god had was going
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That god had was going to lead all the way to a cross.
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To lead all the way to a cross. another sacrifice where
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Another sacrifice where different blood was
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Different blood was going to be shed.
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Going to be shed. this program
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This program does not like the cross,
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Does not like the cross, been going away all morning.
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Been going away all morning. another sacrifice.
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Another sacrifice. different blood shed.
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Different blood shed. innocent blood
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Innocent blood of the son of god shed.
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Of the son of god shed. it's never been about
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It's never been about performance or perfection.
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Performance or perfection. it's about the cross
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It's about the cross and what god did there.
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And what god did there. and so then we sang
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And so then we sang this declaration.
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This declaration. come on.
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Come on. does anybody want to be,
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Does anybody want to be, say it with me, holy?
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Say it with me, holy? and there's our word.
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And there's our word. and righteous.
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And righteous. purified and spotless.
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Purified and spotless. let me tell you,
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Let me tell you, it's only by the blood.
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It's only by the blood. and this isn't,
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And this isn't, hey, i hope that when
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Hey, i hope that when i land on heaven's shore,
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I land on heaven's shore, i'll be holy,
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I'll be holy, and i'll be made righteous,
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And i'll be made righteous, and i'll be justified.
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And i'll be justified. no.
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No. this is how you
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This is how you land on heaven's shore.
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Land on heaven's shore. this is why you can
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This is why you can land on heaven's shore.
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Land on heaven's shore. this is why you can
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This is why you can know god now,
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Know god now, and you can be with god forever.
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And you can be with god forever. why?
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Why? because he has made us new.
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Because he has made us new. let me tell you,
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Let me tell you, it's only by the blood.
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It's only by the blood. does anybody want to be worthy,
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Does anybody want to be worthy, forgiven, justified, whoo,
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Forgiven, justified, whoo, really living?
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Really living? let me tell you,
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Let me tell you, it's only by the blood.
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It's only by the blood. praise god for the innocent
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Praise god for the innocent life of jesus,
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Life of jesus, his blood shed on a cross
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His blood shed on a cross for the sins of the entire
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For the sins of the entire world across all
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World across all ages and epochs.
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Ages and epochs. praise god that when
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Praise god that when he gave his life,
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He gave his life, we were able to receive
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We were able to receive his righteousness as
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His righteousness as a gift from god.
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A gift from god. does anybody want to be holy
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Does anybody want to be holy and righteous,
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And righteous, purified and spotless?
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Purified and spotless? well, that's who you
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Well, that's who you are if you're in christ.
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Are if you're in christ. does anybody want
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Does anybody want to be worthy and forgiven,
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To be worthy and forgiven, justified and really living?
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Justified and really living? that's who you are if you
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That's who you are if you are in christ jesus.
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Are in christ jesus. let me tell you,
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Let me tell you, it's only by the blood.
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It's only by the blood. and satan would be happy
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And satan would be happy for you to leave today,
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For you to leave today, take your bible
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Take your bible and your notes,
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And your notes, and hear, man,
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And hear, man, we had such a good
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We had such a good gathering at church today,
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Gathering at church today, and go on your way
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And go on your way and listen to your
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And listen to your christian podcast tomorrow,
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Christian podcast tomorrow, and just not fully know
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And just not fully know and act like you are justified.
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And act like you are justified. the ministry of condemnation
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The ministry of condemnation is done.
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Is done. satan's got nothing on you.
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Satan's got nothing on you. guilt, that is ancient
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Guilt, that is ancient history at the cross.
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History at the cross. he's got nothing on you.
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He's got nothing on you. shame, god said,
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Shame, god said, "i want to make
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"i want to make a covering for your shame,"
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A covering for your shame," but then jesus came,
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But then jesus came, and he didn't change us,
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And he didn't change us, hello, thank you,
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Hello, thank you, the blood from the outside in.
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The blood from the outside in. the blood changes us
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The blood changes us from the inside out.
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From the inside out. shame's done.
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Shame's done. justified people
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Justified people don't carry rocks.
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Don't carry rocks. justified people know
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Justified people know who they are,
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Who they are, and then they live like it.
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And then they live like it. they don't do the right thing
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They don't do the right thing to try to become
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To try to become the right thing.
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The right thing. they do the right thing
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They do the right thing because they've been made
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Because they've been made the right thing.
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The right thing. and so they think,
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And so they think, what is the right thing?
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What is the right thing? i want to do that.
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I want to do that. what's the right path?
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What's the right path? i want to get on that.
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I want to get on that. why do you want to do that?
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Why do you want to do that? because i'm right.
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Because i'm right. in god's eyes,
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In god's eyes, i've been made righteous.
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I've been made righteous. what's the right thing?
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What's the right thing? i want to cheer
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I want to cheer for the right thing,
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For the right thing, not the wrong thing.
00:26:41.582 --> 00:26:42.783
Not the wrong thing. i want to invest in
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I want to invest in the right thing,
00:26:43.584 --> 00:26:44.018
The right thing, not the wrong thing.
00:26:44.084 --> 00:26:45.019
Not the wrong thing. i want to invite my friends
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I want to invite my friends to the right thing,
00:26:46.020 --> 00:26:46.654
To the right thing, not to the wrong thing.
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Not to the wrong thing. i want to be found partying
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I want to be found partying over the right thing,
00:26:48.789 --> 00:26:49.590
Over the right thing, not over the wrong thing.
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Not over the wrong thing. i want to be found on
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I want to be found on the right road because
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The right road because i have been made righteous.
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♪ ♪
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Louie Giglio - The Glorious Comma - From Do To Done

June 21, 2026 | 27:29

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