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hello and welcome back to our study of
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we began chapter 10 uh last week and we
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talked about verses 1 through 10 in
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the writer basically said that
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jesus christ blood and sacrifice on the
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cross took away its sins and he
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contrasted that with the
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the blood of bulls and goats and the
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blood of bulls and good as we saw last
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week could not take away sins because he
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and we saw that all the sacrificial
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system was a shadow of the things to
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so basically the sacrificial system
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served as a way for god to show that
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ultimately jesus was going to come and
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pay the penalty for the sins of the
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world the sins of those that god are
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chosen so we saw that
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uh every year the the high priest went
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and performed his duty on the day of
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atonement to atone for repeal the
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people's sins but we saw that all that
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did was just covered over their sins it
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didn't really take away the sins and as
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a result people were reminded of their
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sins every year so basically the day of
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atonement instead of becoming a day
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when they they rejoiced
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they actually probably felt really
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really really terrified because it
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reminded them of all the sins that they
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had accumulated all these years
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because the blood of bulls and goats
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could not take away sins so it was an
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unfortunate thing but that's not why god
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instituted it god actually put that in
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place to show people and these people
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that hey listen eventually i'm going to
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bring my son and he's going to pay the
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penalty and that's going gonna atone for
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even though the people went and they
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were declared uh ceremonially claimed
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uh they didn't have that internal
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witness of the spirit of god they didn't
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have the assurance that their sins were
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washed away because the blood of bulls
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and goats could not take away sins so
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all they felt uh was just more and more
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i guess i would say i don't i don't want
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to use i don't want to use the word
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condemnation but they knew
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that they still didn't have a right
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standing before god because the blood of
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bulls and goats could not take away sins
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so therefore their conscience was still
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stricken their conscience was still
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and that's what happened every year
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until jesus came and then died on the
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cross and said it is finished and when
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he paid the penalty the veil was turned
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from top to bottom that's indicating
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that the access to the holy of holies
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was now permitted to the common people
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so again if you recall the background to
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this letter uh the writer is addressing
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jewish believers and a lot of them are
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going back to the old system because
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they are being persecuted so he writes
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this uh letter to show them listen that
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old system is done with that's not gonna
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help you because the blood of bulls and
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gods cannot take away sins
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i know i'm repeating myself but i want
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you to understand what's going on here
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now today we're going to look at verses
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to 18 and all we're going to talk about
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is the fact that jesus christ did not
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have to repeat his sacrifice because he
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was sufficient and he pleased god so i'm
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going to read verses 11 to 18 and then
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we're going to dissect it all right
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so let's go to hebrews chapter 10 verses
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11 to 18. so i'm going to read it
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so the scripture says
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stands daily at his service
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repeatedly the same sacrifices which can
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never take away sins but when christ had
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offered for all time a single sacrifice
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for sins he sat down at the right hand
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waiting from that time until his enemies
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should be made a footstool for his feet
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by a single offering he has perfected
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those who have been sanctified and the
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holy spirit also bears witness to us for
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after saying this is the covenant that i
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will make with them after those days
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declares the lord i will put my laws on
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their hearts and write them on their
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minds then he adds i will remember their
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sins and their lawless deeds no more
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where there is forgiveness of these
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there is no longer any offering for sin
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again this is the word of god
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let's understand what the scripture is
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trying to tell us here okay
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so basically he says in verses 11
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through 14 i'm going to read it again
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because i believe it's important that i
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the scripture says and every high priest
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or every priest stands daily at his
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service offering repeatedly the same
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sacrifices which can never
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when christ had offered for all time a
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single sacrifice for sins he sat down at
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the right hand of god
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waiting from that time until his enemies
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should be made a footstool for his feet
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for by a single offering he has
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perfected for all time
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those who are being sanctified so what
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is the writer trying to say to his um
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readers and listeners and us ultimately
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so basically the levite
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the levite priest they spent their days
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offering the same sacrifices incessantly
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and as we saw in the previous verses
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they were unable to take away sins
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none of those sacrifices could take away
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sin so and the priest offered those
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when we talked about the fact that it
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takes a sacrifice of infinite value to
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satisfy the wrath of god and wash away
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the infinite guilt caused by sin so
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consequently the blood of bulls and
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goats didn't have that value so
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therefore it could not take away since
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because the blood of calves and goats
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again could not achieve that end
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it served as a temporary remedy until
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the time of reformation and we've been
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talking about that and that was the plan
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god put that in place for that specific
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purpose see jesus one time sacrifice on
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the cross accomplished what thousands of
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years of bloody sacrifices couldn't do
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that's incredible again i'll repeat that
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jesus one time sacrifice on the cross
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accomplished what thousands of years of
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bloody sacrifices couldn't do
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it satisfied the wrath of god
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and removed the sickness from the people
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that's exactly what happened when jesus
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died on the cross and when he said it is
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finished see by raising jesus from the
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god was proving that he was pleased with
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his sacrifice on the cross that's
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exactly what happened and god as we saw
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earlier in chapters in the earlier
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chapters glorified jesus humanity by
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doing what by sitting him as his right
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until his enemies should be made a
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footstool for his feet and the the death
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will be his final enemy and we're gonna
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see that uh in maybe later chapters
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now this is how uh god showed that he
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was pleased with jesus work by raising
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him from the dead if you go to romans 3
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verse 21 to 25 let's read the scripture
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listen to what the scripture says
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the righteousness of god has been made
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manifest apart from the law although the
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law and the prophets bear witness to it
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the righteousness of god through faith
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in jesus christ for all who believe for
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there is no distinction for all have
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sinned and fall short of the glory of
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god and are justified by his grace as a
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through the redemption that is in christ
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jesus whom god put forward as what a
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propitiation by his blood to be received
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this was to show god's righteousness
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because in his divine forbearance he had
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for more sins you see when when you know
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the the enemies of the cross
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they probably went and then point their
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fingers at god i say how can you let
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these people get away with sins because
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they knew that the blood of bulls and
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goats could not take away sins so god
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was patient because he knew that he was
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going to ultimately bring jesus
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so the scripture says that this is this
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was to show god's righteousness because
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in his divine forbearance he had passed
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over former sin so by nailing jesus to
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the cross by jesus death god showed that
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he was actually punishing sins
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in jesus christ and while raising him
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from the dead god proved that he was
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pleased with jesus sacrifice so the
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christ is imperative without the
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resurrection we have no salvation
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because the resurrection
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proves that jesus has satisfied the
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wrath of god and proves that our sins
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have now been paid for
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so that's important the resurrection is
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so important it's essential to our faith
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uh jesus by doing what he did completely
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has given us a right standing before god
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by his single sacrifice he didn't have
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to do it twice he didn't have to do it
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three times one time and god was pleased
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okay our sins past present and future
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have been atoned for by that single
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sacrifice so now this is important here
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because if you look at the verse right
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the writer uses the word those who are
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okay that's important because i want to
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i want to tell you why see many may
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struggle with this thinking that
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declaring people declaring to people
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present and future sins have been dealt
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with may give people a license to do
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what to sing okay so the writer is
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anticipating that he knows that if if i
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tell these people listen you have been
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made perfect once and for all by that
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single sacrifice people may say oh how
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wonderful so i'm just gonna leave her
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when i leave and therefore
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it doesn't matter how you live now the
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scripture says those who are being
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sanctified that's not the case at all
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because the writer refers to those
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those with the right standing as those
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that are being sanctified okay so jesus
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doesn't just die for our sins so that we
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remain in our sins now he sanctifies us
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he set us apart so we can be people of
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his use we can be vessels of what of
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because the writer answers that
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objection he knows that people are going
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to try to say listen
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if that's the case then i'm just going
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to live however i want and i'm going to
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claim the blood of christ and that
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happens today in our day and age where
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are people that claim that jesus is
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their savior but he's not their lord and
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therefore they live however they want
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and they claim that they are under the
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blood of christ that is not what the
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scripture teaches here okay
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because the sanctification process is
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meant to conform us to the image of
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christ if you go to romans 8 verse 26 to
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30 let's listen to what the scripture
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likewise this spirit helps us in our
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weakness for we do not know what to pray
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for as we ought but the spirit himself
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intercedes for us with groanings to dip
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and he who searches our hearts know what
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the mind of the spirit is because the
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spirit and to see it for the saints
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according to the will of god and we know
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that for those who love god all things
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work together for good for those who are
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called according to his purpose
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for those whom before knew he also what
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predestined to be what conformed to the
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image of his son in order that he might
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be the firstborn the firstborn among
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and those whom he predestined he also
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called and those whom we called he also
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justified and those whom he justified he
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also glorified so you see we have been
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called to be sanctified to be made in
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when we are being sanctified the
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sanctification process has to take place
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that's what authenticates us as
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christians okay so this is the just
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because your sins past present and
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future are dealt with have been dealt
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with it doesn't give you a license to go
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living however you want because the
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scripture tells us in first john that
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if we go on sinning we prove by that
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that we are not children of god because
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that means that god's seed does not
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remain in us but for those who have been
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called according to the purpose of god
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the seed of god remains in us through
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his spirit and he leads us into what
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into righteousness we want to live
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righteously right and righteously before
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the writer is not calling people to
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license licentious living he's basically
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saying yes your sins past present and
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future have been dealt with but that
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does not give you a license to go on
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living however you want okay i just
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wanted to make that clear here because
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right now if i were to die right now i
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know what i'm i'm gonna be going okay
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again that confidence is not from me
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because god has declared me what
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righteous in his sight now
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does that mean that today i've not seen
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i'm sure i've said some certain things
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i've thought certain things that are not
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pleasing to god okay but that's not the
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my new bench that's not my new i don't
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have a propensity to sin anymore like i
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used to because now i have the spirit of
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god that lives in me and that that does
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he guides me and he works in me both to
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will and act according to the purposes
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of god okay so that's the sanctification
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process that's important i just want to
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mention that so now let's go to verses
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to 18 and we're gonna end this this is a
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and listen to what he says here and the
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holy spirit also bears witness to us for
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after saying this is the covenant that i
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will make with them after those days
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declares the lord i will put my laws on
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their heart and write them on their
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minds then he add i will remember their
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sins and their lawless deeds no more
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where there is forgiveness of these
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there's no longer any offering of sin
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okay so this is important so the writer
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is basically saying in these verses if
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you are still not convinced about having
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a right standing before god then this is
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one way to know it okay the witness of
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what the holy spirit that's so important
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because some of them may have been
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thinking okay i still don't feel like i
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have a right standing before god and he
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gives them another way to figure this
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this thing out he's saying
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the witness of the holy spirit god
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didn't just declare those
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he called just before him without a
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and the writer shows through scripture
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the evidence god has given and provided
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to show our right uh standing before him
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he quotes on jeremiah 31
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verses 31 to 34. let's go to the
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scripture listen to what the scripture
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in jeremiah 31 behold the days are
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coming declares the lord when i will
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make a new covenant with the house of
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israel and the house of judah not like
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the covenant that i made with their
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fathers on the day when i took them by
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to bring them out of the land of egypt
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my covenant that they broke though i was
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their husband declares the lord for this
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is the covenant that i'll make with the
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house of israel after those days
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declares the lord i will put my law
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within them and i will write them on
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their hearts and i will be their god and
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they shall be my people and no longer
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shall each one teach his neighbor and
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each his brother saying lord the lord
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for they shall all know me from the
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least of them to the greatest declares
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the lord for i will forgive their
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iniquity and i'll remember their sin no
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god has given us an eternal witness
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which is the holy spirit okay the holy
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spirit now does what he leads us into
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ways of righteousness he wants us to
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obey the law of god because before when
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we were being led by the sinful nature
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we didn't have the capacity to obey but
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now with the spirit of god god himself
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ensures that we obey his word that we do
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his will and this is the one of the
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that god has provided and then the first
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evidence is god himself again like i say
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enabling us to to do as well i will put
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my laws on their hearts and write them
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on their minds if you go to ezekiel 36
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verse 22 to 27 god himself ensures that
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by doing what by enabling us uh through
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his holy spirit to obey his laws okay
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that wasn't possible under the old
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system because of the weakness of the
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sinful nature and this is the first
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witness or evidence that the spirit of
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god gives us okay so i i want to go to
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um ezekiel 36 22-27 just to give you an
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idea of what this this is all about
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listen to the scripture
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therefore say to the house of israel
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thus says the lord god
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it is not for your sick or house of
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israel that i'm about to act but for the
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sake of my holy name which you are
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profaned among the nations to which you
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and i will vindicate the holiness of my
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great name which has been profaned among
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the nations and which you are profaned
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among them and the nations will know
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that i am the lord declares the lord god
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when through you i will vindicate my
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holiness before their eyes you see that
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god says he is gonna vindicate his
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holiness before the people's eyes
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i will take you from the nations and
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gather you from all the countries and
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bring you into your own land i will
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sprinkle clean water on you and you
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shall be cleaned from all your
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okay and from all your idols and i'll
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cleanse you and i'll give you what a new
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and a new spirit i will put within you
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and i'll remove the heart of stone from
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your flesh and give you a heart of flesh
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and i'll put my spirit within you and
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to walk in my statute and be careful to
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so as you can see god himself ensures
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walk according to his word because he
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puts his spirit in us and he allows us
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and enables us to walk
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before him righteously this is
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incredible okay now the next one is a
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full forgiveness the scripture says i
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will remember their sins and their
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lawless deeds no more see in the
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we learned that the blood of woods and
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goats could not take away sins and the
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early sacrifice was a reminder that the
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sins were still counting against the
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worshipers okay now in this now now
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in this in this in this case the holy
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spirit promises that under the new
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wrought by jesus god will no longer
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remember their sins and lawless deeds
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which means that the blood of christ
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indeed serve as a propitiation and
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expiration of the sins of the
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worshippers okay so consequently there's
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no longer any need to offer any
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sacrifices for sin because god is
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pleased with jesus work on the cross
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this is why god says where there is
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forgiveness of these there's no longer
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any offering of sin basically why offer
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goats and cows if jesus sacrifice paid a
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penalty so there's no need for it so
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that has to stop that house there has to
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be a stop to it now can you imagine what
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those priests felt like
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knowing that their job was done with
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that they were no longer needed as far
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performing these duties because jesus
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paid the penalty by his single sacrifice
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so i don't even know what they did after
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that i don't even know
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what kind of jobs they went to i don't
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know what they did but that would have
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been like a defining moment in their
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lives as far as like
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what do you do you know
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again in today all we learned is that
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didn't didn't have to be the sacrifice
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didn't have to be repeated
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again and again and again like the one
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blood of bulls and goats the sacrificial
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system because jesus christ when he died
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he satisfied the wrath of god and then
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his resurrection proved that god was
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pleased with what he did on the cross so
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therefore now we no longer have to
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sacrifice anything anymore i mean
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gentiles when doing that there are the
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people the jewish people were doing it
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okay now we also have been included in
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this new covenant now we have access
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into the holy of holies we can go to the
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throne of grace and then commune and
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then fellowship with god
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but that doesn't give us a license to go
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on living however we want and we talked
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about that because those that god calls
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he also sanctifies so if your your life
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is characterized with just disobedience
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you may not be a believer don't fool
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yourself all right so because a true
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believer will exude the fruit of the
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spirit a true believer will want to do
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the will of god and true believer when
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he sins against the lord he is grieved
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and he doesn't like it and he wants to
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repent and he wants to go back and
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fellowship with his father because
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he knows that what he has done is not
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pleased is not pleasing to god so
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therefore you constantly want to watch
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because you don't you don't wanna you
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don't want a license to go out there and
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just do whatever you you want just
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because your sins past present and
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future i have been a tone for doesn't
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uh the license to go on living however
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you want okay that's not what the gospel
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is all about it's about being set apart
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for god now we are now versus of for his
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use now we have been used by him
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to to go about preaching the gospel and
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light in the world okay
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so that's all i wanted to say today and
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i'll see you next week for our next uh
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for the rest of the chapter we're gonna
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look at verses 19 to 39 all right have a
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wonderful day and i'll see you next time