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Before we dive into Romans seven, I kept thinking about the visual Becca gave us last week, that we used to be on a path that didn't have the Spirit of God with us and it was a path that just lured us into all kinds of things and trouble and bad thoughts. We cross over. How are we justified, guys? How are we justified with God? How are we made right with God?
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By believing in Him and trusting in Him. So we cross over, we say we trust you Jesus. He's that bridge that gets us to path number two. Amy, visual two. Amy is turning around back there.
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Nope, that's not visual two. That is. Romans is all about getting us on a completely different path. When we believe in Jesus, everything changes. I kept thinking about this path that I'm on this week, even with some struggles I had.
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My mom had to go to the hospital. She was really, really sick. I'm just talking to my dad all day yesterday and I was like, Lord, you are on that path with mom. She is not alone. She is so deathly ill, but you're right there with her.
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Just talking to Laura Turner last week, how things changed for us on that path? And she was like, Yeah, remember in one of the teachings when we talked about grace and mercy and the difference between grace and mercy? So when we're on that path, we're gonna make wrong choices and wrong turns and we're gonna screw up and we're gonna constantly have the Lord's grace and mercy. And what's the difference between grace and mercy? Mercy is the Lord not giving me what I deserve when I make bad choices on my path.
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And grace is the Lord giving me what I don't deserve. Isn't that incredible? I mean, I think, Oh, thank you Jesus that you don't give me what I deserve. And thank you that you lavish your kindness and your goodness when I definitely don't deserve it. So that's just a visual to plan in your head that no matter what comes your way, you're on this path.
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Your trajectory is different now. You have a hope for your future. You're going somewhere, both in this life and in the future life. So really, everything is gonna be okay. Okay?
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I just wanted to start off with that. Love that, Becca, from last week. Okay, so I feel like I have gotten the best topic so far in teaching. It's just been hilarious. The first week was the whole homosexual thing, which is a super popular topic these days.
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Then suffering, and now this week, the law and sin. What could be more exciting and wonderful to talk about? Paul's like, We have to talk about these things. I think you're gonna really enjoy Chapter seven because I gotta tell you, at first I was like, Oh, sin, I don't wanna talk about sin. But then I got so excited.
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The more the Lord just unpacked it and revealed His truths, it's pretty incredible. But before we even go there, talking about the law, we as Christians have to be educated about our faith. I heard someone say on TV recently, you know, with all the political campaigns going on, this guy pulled the Scripture out of context and was kind of railing on Christians saying, Well, if the Bible says this, I mean, how do we know what's right? I thought, Okay, if I was in the room with him, what would I say to him? How do we defend our faith when movie stars and politicians pull out these obscure verses, almost always from Leviticus, and say, why should we not believe certain things are okay?
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Let me read this verse to you in Leviticus. When this is what Leviticus says, the Lord is telling the people, you shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle. You shall not sow in your field two kinds of seed, and you shall not wear a garment from material mixed from two kinds of fabric. Okay, what? You're going, Okay, why is that wrong?
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I can't wear polyester and cotton? What the heck? Those are the verses they use. So guys, what would you say to them? What would you say to them?
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Well, first, well, Christine knows the answer, praise God. Thank you, Christine. But this is what we have to get straight in our brain, okay, regarding the law. Israel, they were a group of people in Egypt surrounded by idol worship and immorality. In fact, at that time, the whole world worshipped idols and practiced immorality.
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It was the norm. God took this special group of people and He said, I alone am God. There is one God. Yahweh is God, Yahweh alone is God. And I'm gonna teach you how to worship Me.
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So He brought them out of the land of bondage into the Canaanite region where it makes us look like we're very righteous people, what those people did. Sacrificing babies on the burnt altar, having open orgies as their festivals. And God said, How am I gonna protect you and keep your heart on Me when you're in the midst of this rampant immorality? So He goes, Okay, I'm gonna give you basically two sets of law. One is ceremonial and civil and one is moral.
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And the ceremonial and civil law was only for Israel. Israel was a theocracy. It was the only nation in the world whose leader was God. It was the only nation in the world where twice a day the people in Jerusalem will go to the temple and worship. Okay, it was very different from every other nation but God said, in these ceremonial and civil laws, everything is going to point to one God, one way.
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That's why He said, Don't mix the cattle, one cow for this pasture. Only corn here. We're not mixing corn and wheat. Everything reminded them that there was one way, there was one God. Because all their environment around them reminded them, Do what you want, do what feels good.
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Immorality is okay. So the Lord had to do it this way with them. The moral law was for everyone and the moral law has never changed. Remember when we talked about how when Jesus died on the cross and He said, It's finished, and the veil tore? Okay, was the end of all the civil and ceremonial laws that we read about in the Old Testament.
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That was the end of that because those laws were really just pointing toward a greater sacrifice and a better way. And that greater sacrifice was what? Jesus. So once He died, there was a different way, a New Testament, a New Covenant. The old one just laid the foundation for the new one.
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But the more laws, God says, will never change and they're for all people. That's why in the Old Testament, you will never see the Lord destroying a nation for disobeying any civil law. He didn't rain fire down in Sodom and Gomorrah because they were wearing linen and cotton. He rained fire down on them because they were violating his moral code. He didn't kill the people in Canaan through the Hebrew people because they were mixing their seeds.
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He had to annihilate them because of their rampant immorality. And God's moral laws don't change just because cultures change. It's still stealing is still bad, killing is still bad. The things that he says were morally wrong are still morally wrong. That's why Romans two says we know that, we inherently know that.
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It's written in our heart. Every human being knows it's not right for me to take something that's yours. We know that. So this is why Paul is spending so much time in chapter seven unpacking the law with the people. He's writing to the Christians in Rome and who is his audience in Rome?
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Some of them were Jewish believers and some of them were Gentile believers. What's a Gentile? A Gentile is anybody that's not a Jew. So he's writing to them and he's saying, The way that we have believed we're right with God, Jesus kind of turned that upside down. Let me start with Romans seven:one-four.
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Paul says, Do you not know brothers and sisters for I'm speaking to those who know the law, that the law has authority over someone only as long as the person lives. For example, by law, a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive. But if her husband dies, then she is released from that law that binds her to him. So then, if she has sexual relations with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
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So, my brothers and sisters, you also die to the law through the body of Christ that you might belong to another, to Him who is raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. Okay, so why did Paul make this marriage illustration? He's like, What? When you are married, you're bound to that person. And it's true.
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I mean, we sleep with our spouse, we eat with our spouse. This morning I was doing my grocery list real quick. I'm like, Okay, honey, what do you want? Milk, orange juice. Okay, I got it.
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We're bound to Him. Everything is wrapped up in our relationship with our spouse. And Paul is saying, the only way through God's eyes to unbind that is if your spouse dies. And he's saying something greater happened here. Jesus died to break that connection with the law that we had before.
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The law is still part of our life, but we're not bound to the law anymore, we are now bound to Jesus, to relationship with Him. He is above the law now. He wrote the law, He will help us follow the law, but our focus is no longer the law. Our focus is Him. Paul's saying, and that's how it had to happen.
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What does he mean when he says we're released from the law? Is the law dead? No, the law is definitely not dead. It's just not the engine that drives me on my path anymore. Jesus is the engine driving me on my path.
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The law is not my Lord anymore, He's my Lord. And this would have been hard for them to understand because that's how they were set apart from the pagans by following the law. Paul goes on in verse six to say, But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from it so that we may serve in the new way of the Spirit. Paul's saying, Guys, in order to have that abundant life that Jesus promises, He has to be our focus, not how we're performing. This is where I want to throw in legalism.
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What's the difference between legalism and the law? Well, Warren Riosby says, Legalism is an attitude. It's an attitude that we get about the law. It's the attitude that says, My right standing before God is not based on me saying, I trust you, Jesus. It's based on how I'm performing for Him.
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Legalism is all caught up in outward stuff. Well, I came to Bible study and did all my questions. I'm pretty right. It's not focused on the inward fruit of the Spirit. And what's the fruit of the Spirit?
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Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, self control. And you know what happens? I think this is why we see so many Christians and we look at them and say, Man, whatever they have, I don't need. Because they never make that connection, the newness of the Spirit. It's about God's Spirit in me.
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It's about me connecting with Jesus. It's about me walking with Jesus. It's not about me performing for Him. It's not about me having this certain list of things that I think are gonna make me look good to Him or to you for that matter. It's about how is my relationship growing with Jesus?
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And if you've ever been exposed to legalism, I grew up in legalism. I really get this. It's very interesting to me because within different churches of legalism, legalistic churches, they will take certain things that they deem are important. Like maybe drinking or smoking or what you wear. My grandmother's church, the women can never wear pants.
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Where does it say that in the Bible? Legalists add to God's Word. And you know what happens with the legalists over time? They become, without realizing it and never admitting it, they become angry and bitter with God. You know why?
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Because they're like, Look how hard I'm trying. Look at all the things I'm doing for you. You better answer my prayers now. That's really the insidious message of legalism. And you know what else happens?
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They become super critical of you Because by golly, I'm working darn hard here and what the heck are you doing having so much fun? That's a legalistic attitude. Can I just tell you, in our home, we try to invite a lot of people in ministry to stay with us and enjoy this beautiful area of Jackson Hole? And before Grayson went to college, we had this pastor who wanted to come with his two daughters. Now, I didn't really realize the legalism that was there, but I did know, and this is another red flag for legalism, with parents they will tell you how perfect their kids are because you know what?
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They can quote Scripture and they know the Word. So these two teenage girls came to our house and I told Grayson and Julia, I said, Now listen, these girls are like perfect. You guys better be on your best behavior. Don't even talk. Oh my gosh, don't say anything because I know this is just gonna blow up.
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I told him, go, For three days you can't be with your friends. You have to take care of these girls. And they were like, Oh my gosh, mom. They're like, Okay. So it was very interesting because one day I'm like, Okay, go saddle up the horses and take them for a ride.
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And they come back and I was like, How was your ride? Grayson pulls me aside and he goes, Mom, I can't bear to be with them another minute. He goes, I'm trying to make conversation with them and I say to them, So, who's your hero? And they're like, Well, who's your hero, Grayson? Being Grayson, if you know my son, he's very historic political.
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He goes, Well, one of my heroes is General George Patton because he was the most strategic general there was and he goes into this whole thing and he goes, Mom, I got a lecture the whole way home. How could I choose a heathen as my hero? I didn't choose Paul or Peter or even Jesus for heaven's sake. And Grace is like, Mom, are these guys for real? And when the girls laughed, I said to the kids, I go, Thank you for taking three days to be with them.
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And both my kids said to me, they go, Really? You put them on such a pedestal. You want us to be like that, Mom? They didn't laugh, they didn't say thank you, there was no kindness. Every morning, they had their Bible out for everyone to see that they were studying.
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And they're like, Really? You want us to be like that? I was like, Well, I did like the Bible study part a whole lot, but no, I definitely don't want you to be like that. Because what that was, was all focused on outer. Where was the heart?
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Where was the love of Jesus? And you know, this is the thing about legalism, guys. Legalism judges and judgment pushes people away. But truth and grace loves and that pulls you in. Love pulls people into Jesus and a legalist will push you away.
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Who wants that? Okay, so verse seven, Paul goes on to say, So what should I say? Is the law sinful? He's like, Of course it's not sinful. The law opens our eyes.
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Paul says, I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, you shall not covet.' Okay, it's so interesting that Paul chooses this one sin here. But before we talk about that, Paul is saying, first of all, he's going, You know what the law is? The law is going to protect us and it's really, really good for us. Paul says the law is like the traffic lights. If it's a red light, you should probably stop or you might get hurt.
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When the law says don't go there, you probably shouldn't go there. You know why? Because if I'm at the traffic light, I can't always see the semi barreling down at 80 miles per hour coming at me. And if I go, what's going to happen to me? Nothing good.
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So Paul says the law is really good. And if it's green and it says, Go do this, go love God, go love your neighbors, that's good for you. God knows what's best for us and the law is gonna reveal that. But it's interesting that Paul chooses the sin of coveting. I said to Greg yesterday, go, So you know what one of the worst sins is?
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It's coveting. And he goes, Really? He goes, Is it that bad? I mean, so my neighbor has something and I want it. He goes, Is that awful?
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And I'm like, Yeah, it is. Most theologians say that coveting is the essence of sin. You know why? Because you want something or someone more than God. That's why it's so bad.
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It's when we want anything more than God. It's not loving and resting in God. It's really telling God, You're not quite enough. I have to have something else. Now, puts wants and desires in our hearts.
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Is it wrong to want something? No. No, it's not because often that will motivate me to action. When we wanted to move to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that wasn't wrong, it motivated us to move here. But where does it become coveting?
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Where does it turn to sin? Do you know where it turns to sin? When I can't be satisfied unless I get what I want. When I can't just say, Okay, Lord, you're saying no to me now because I don't need that right now. So I'm gonna trust you.
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But if I have to have it for my happiness, that's coveting, that's sinful, that's wrong. And that's what Paul's saying. Paul goes on to say, Sin seizes the opportunity to produce every kind of coveting in me. Do you know what Paul is saying there? He goes, This is a weird thing about us humans.
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He's like, We need to understand the sin in us. He goes, If the Lord lays down a boundary and says, Don't do it, do you know what we'll often want to do? That very thing. That's why dieting doesn't work. Because if you say, Okay, I can't have my favorite foods, french fries or ice cream, that's all I think about and that's all I want.
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It doesn't work. Paul says, was amazing to me, Paul saying here, that when the Lord brought that to me, then I wanted so many more things. One time I was Greyson and Julia were little and I pulled a cake out of the oven. Greyson was standing by me, and I said, Hey, buddy, don't touch that because if you do, you're going to get burned. Don't you know that child looked at me and touched the cake pan?
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And I'm like, Grayson, what the heck? I just told you not to touch it. Why did you do that? He goes, I don't know, mama. Something was in me when you said don't do it, I had to do it.
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And I thought, this is exactly what Paul's talking about here. He goes on in verse 11 to say, This is the thing about sin. It will deceive you. How does sin deceive us, guys? Number one, it promises satisfaction.
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It will promise you satisfaction. And this is the thing about sin. This is why we all do it. For a short time, it might satisfy. But you know what the Lord says?
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In the end, you'll always get burned. You will. There's no way around it. You touch the hot pan, you will get burned. And not only will you get burned, but you hurt other people.
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That's the other way sin deceives. Oh, you're not hurting anyone. Really? Well, we all know people, we all have a family, we live in a community. Our sins affect other people.
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That's how it deceives us. Paul says in verse 14, We know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual. I'm sold as a slave to sin. Now, when the Christians in Rome would have received that, they would have gone, what? It would have been like a total Scooby Doo moment, Paul?
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Paul is saying that. Paul is our spiritual leader. Why is he saying he's a slave to sin? Because Paul wants them to understand. He wrote in Romans 10 to the Jewish people.
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He said, They do not understand how sinful they are and they go about to establish their own righteousness because they thought they were righteous. They were from the line of Abraham, for heaven's sakes. They were the chosen people. They were the ones who followed God's law. They were doing it right.
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And Paul's like, you know what guys? It's not based on that anymore. That's not enough. And to the Gentile Christians in all other religions, how are you right with your God? By doing moral acts, by your performance.
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So they would have been confused too. They would have gone, What do you mean we're sold as a slave to sin? And Paul says, We just have to see sin, we have to recognize it, it's in us, so how do we deal with it? He's explaining this to them. Amy, can you do slide number three?
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Have you all read or seen Doctor. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Have you? Do you remember that?
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I thought this is the perfect illustration because Doctor. Jekyll and Amy liked that I picked a vintage photo of him. He was an upstanding kind of guy. He was a doctor, he was very socially proper, didn't do anything wrong in the public view, but he wanted to make this potion to reveal the good and evil inside him. And so when he drank the potion, he realized, Woah, there's something bad inside of me.
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And it wasn't a different person, it was actually part of him, but he called it Mr. Hyde, which is kind of a play on words of course because it was hidden. And the more Doctor. Jekyll fed Mr. Hyde, the greater Mr.
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Hyde grew and eventually took over Doctor. Jekyll. And Paul is saying, first of all, guys, what we have to realize is that sin is in every single human being. Because I think what we kind of believe is that there's a small number of people who are just really bad. You know, the Hitlers and the Stalins and the child killers.
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And then there's a small number of people who are just really good, like Billy Graham and Mother Teresa. And then there's just the rest of us, we're just average okay. And Paul's like, no. We are all, as Laura says, poor slobs just trying to get by. We are all full of sin.
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We're all in the same boat. Every single one of us will have sin to deal with. I love in one of Beth Moore's teachings, she goes, I am just one weekend away. I'm one weekend away for some pretty bad choices. And I was like, Wow, if Beth Moore can say that.
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That is just fascinating. And Paul's saying that too. He's saying we all have it in us, so we all have to recognize that. And number one, we have to recognize that it's very hidden in us, like Mr. Hyde.
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It's hidden in us. And Paul says, we need to drink a spiritual potion. We need to allow the Holy Spirit to reveal what's in us. And you know what Paul was saying to them? He's saying, I am a Christian now, but it's a journey.
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I'm on that path. I still have the same struggles. I still have the same struggles, but it's different now, and we'll see how it's different. He says in verse 15 regarding the struggles, I don't even understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do, but what I hate to do, I do.
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I mean, how many times have I said, I'm not going to argue with my husband, I am not going to fight back with him, it takes two people, and I just get right in there. And I'm just like, Why did I do that? I said I wasn't going to do that. And if I do what I do, not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it's no longer I myself who do it, but it's the sin living in me.
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For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what's good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I wanna do, but the evil I wanna do, I keep on doing. Now, you totally confused? Did that make that was just clear as mud, wasn't it?
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What Paul is really saying here is the struggle goes on. He's like, the struggle will continue for us, but there is incredibly good news. In verse 24, he says, so what am I to do? And I love this. He says, Who?
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Not what. He says, Who will rescue me? And why is that who so important? I think it's so important because we think that if we could just get the right program, or if we could just get it right, we could do it. And Paul's like, Nope.
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Nope. Thanks be to God who delivers me through Jesus Christ. Thanks be to God for rescuing me from the bondage of sin. He's like, only Jesus can handle this issue. And I'm on this different path now, and sin is not my master, the law is not my master.
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He is the Lord of my life and He's going to guide me and He's going to help me down this different path. There's four things I'd like to pull out from this for you regarding overcoming sin. Number one, there is clear teaching in the Scripture and psychology will tell you just the opposite. Number one, do not look within yourself. That is not where we go for healing and to overcome our sins.
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No. We have to look at Jesus. We look at Him. Isaiah 50 five:seven says, Let the wicked change their ways and banish the very thought of doing wrong. Let them turn to the Lord that He may have mercy on them.
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On that path, He's not going to give me what I deserve because I turn to Him. Turn to the Lord for He will forgive generously. On that path, He's going to lavish me with grace. He's going to give me so much I don't even deserve. But Paul says, don't look in yourself.
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Don't think you're gonna lay down, empty your mind, float on white fluffy cloud and be filled with goodness. He's like, that's not how it's gonna work. You have the Spirit of God within you, you have to look to Him. Number two, you have to admit that you cannot do this yourself. You are helpless.
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You need His strength. You need Him. It's pretty basic. You just say, Lord, clear my mind, clear my ways. I want to honor You, but I can't do it without Your strength and help.
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Paul said in verse 21, The harder I try, the closer I feel the evils near me. It's not a matter of us trying harder. It's a matter of saying, Jesus, I need You. I need You this moment to control my mouth. Lord, I need You this moment to help me forgive this person.
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Lord, I need You to help me love Your way because I'm not seeing this person through Your eyes right now. I can't do it myself. Number three: If you know you have an area of weakness, don't go there. Just don't expose yourself to it. I have a friend, bless her heart, she is a shopaholic crazy girl.
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She cannot have a credit card. So you know what? Her husband doesn't let her get credit cards, but she doesn't put any credit card in her purse. She can't even put more than $20 in her purse because she's gonna blow it every time. Don't go there.
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Whatever your weakness is, protect yourself. And you wanna know the best way to protect yourself? Psalm 1nineteen 11 says, Hide my word in your heart. Lord, help me hide your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Do you know what God's Word does?
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It fortifies our weak self. God's Word says, Oh, Deborah, you're going too far talking about that person, you better stop. God's Word reminds me, Oh, that's a green light. Oh, that's a red light. Okay, that's what God's Word does.
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It fortifies my soul. And finally, number four, give space for God's love to grow. That's our focus. Give space for God's love to grow in my heart. Are you giving space?
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Do you open His word and say, Speak to me. I want to know what you're going to say to me today, Lord. Do you know how I give him space? And this is what I pray for my kids too. Three S's.
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Number one, Lord, I want to submit my mind to You today. I want to submit my heart to You. I want to submit my words to You. I just submit my life to You today. I submit.
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We often hear as Christians, people going on great missions trips. My husband's gone on many incredible missions trips and the Lord does move powerfully. But I will tell you, our greatest mission every day is submission. You want to change your life? You want to transform?
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Submit. Submit to the Lord. Number two, surrender it all. Lord, I'm worried about baby girl in LA. I'm surrendering her to you today.
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Lord, I'm worried about my son with his girlfriend. Are they gonna get married or are they not? I surrender that to you. Whatever is on my mind, I'm gonna surrender to Him and ask for His will. And finally, number three, seek Him.
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Seek Him. He says, If you seek Me, you will find Me. So after I do my submitting and serenity, I'm like, Okay, I'm gonna seek you throughout the day. I'm gonna listen to Moody Radio, you might have a word for me there. I'm gonna come to Bible study and fellowship with my sisters, you might have a word for me through one of them.
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I'm gonna listen to praise and worship because that's where you really speak to me. And I'm gonna seek you in your word because you're gonna speak to me, Lord. John MacArthur says one thing about sin. I wasn't gonna tell you this but I think I better. Because it's kind of a crazy truth.
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I've talked to people who love the Lord and have been with the Lord for years and they confirm this, and I bet Roseanne would confirm this too. He says that many years ago, a student said to me, Will I ever get victory over sin? John MacArthur said, Yes, you will. Progressively, as you continue down that path, you will mature in the truth, and you will grow in grace, and you will experience many victories over sin. But I have to tell you something.
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You will get better, but you will feel worse. He said, The more you become like Christ, the more you see victory over sin, but the more you become like Christ, the more you hate the sin that remains. It's like God reveals it to you in time more and more, and not all at once when you're a new believer because you couldn't take it. But that's when the hope of glory that we have, that in Heaven, praise God, we don't have to deal with our sin or anyone else's. Isn't that gonna be amazing?
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I mean, that alone, Okay, I'm there, sign me up. That's amazing. Paul says, Despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us. Paul, from his background, he was under the best teachers, the best gurus. Paul's saying, You don't need to be under a great teacher or a guru.
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You need a savior. You need Jesus. Paul is saying, I'm pretty zealous. Paul There was no one more zealous than Paul. He was saying, You don't need more encouragement.
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You don't need a motivational speaker. You need a Savior. You need Jesus. And finally, Paul said, you know this thing about the law, it's like a doctor. It showed me many things, but it didn't heal me.
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It didn't restore me. And how true is that? We go looking for help from secular psychologists and psychiatrists and they can sit with us and tell us our problems, but do we receive real healing? Do we receive restoration? Paul says, You don't need a doctor, you need the great physician, you need Jesus.
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That's the bottom line Paul is saying here. That's all we need. Romans five:two, I love this verse. Through whom we have gained access by faith, we crossed over just by trusting and believing in Him. We now stand in grace.
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We stand with His help, with His favor, with His kindness. We stand in victory, ladies. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Remember what that means? Hope, we expect, Lord, to see your glory moving in my life.
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We expect to see your goodness, we expect to see answered prayer, we expect you to be with us both today and then for all of eternity. We'll really see the glory. So that wasn't so bad about sin, was it? Lord, thank you for your amazing word. Thank you that we are victorious through you.
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Thank you for the hope of glory that we all have. And thank you, Father. I just can only imagine that day in heaven when we're all sitting at the feasting table, just fully soaking in your glory. Oh, what a day. Thank you for your word.
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Bless these precious souls in this room and look over them. In Jesus name, Amen.
