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Glad that we could be together 
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honor our father this morning 
and praise him. 

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And thank him for the great 
things that he has done. 

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My voice is not the best this 
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I'm fighting a cold and I but I 
pray that you will forgo that, 

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and we'll, we'll look at the 
message this morning regarding a

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God's word and what we are going
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focusing here in Acts chapter 24
verse number 25, where it says 

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here in this is in the middle of
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He's on trial. 
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Felix came with his wife 
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simple Paul and heard him 
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Now, as you reason about 
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the judgment to come, Felix was 
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Now, when I have a convenient 
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And that's what we're going to 
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About Paul's reasoning about 
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the judgment to come and then 
talk about Felix's reaction, 

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regarding that. 
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long ago to this man or to this 
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as applicable today. 
As it was back then we're going 

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to take a deep dive into these 
three things this morning before

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we do the Though, what a 
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that, God has allowed us to talk
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going to take advantage of that 
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while, you're here, kind of the 
younger generation, use the term

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YOLO. 
It's an acronym. 

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Referring to you only live once 
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modern-day version of carpe diem
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the day. 
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it's its or use it's usually in 
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fullest and sometimes it carries
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lead a person into trouble. 
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used and that it's used in the 
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time, does it ever lead to bad 
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But me personally from my 
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carry the idea of doing what you
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no matter what other people 
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careful, this kind of attitude 
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will is, and it just might 
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Commandments that are expressed 
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Lord. 
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husband and wife, who had been 
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the Apostle Paul here in our 
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And they seemed to have enjoyed 
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They seemed to have enjoyed, 
listening to Paul, tell them 

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about the faith in Jesus Christ.
but one day, when Paul was 

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before them, it got a little too
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Because Paul address, something 
that directly convicted this 

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husband and wife whom he stood 
before here in the setting of 

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Acts chapter 24. 
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He's incest ariya. 
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because the accusations that 
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happened back in Jerusalem. 
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got in how it all started was? 
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temple. 
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of trouble surrounding Paul. 
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they tried to kill him, Romans 
soldiers, rescued him from being

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nearly beaten, and stoned to 
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arrest. 
There was a plot to kill Paul 

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while he was still under arrest.
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they created an army to protect 
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Rhea. 
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the mob that about 40 men who 
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We're not going to eat or drink 
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dead. 
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said, well, we got to get this 
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We got to protect him. 
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caesarea. 
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he's brought before Felix to 
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He's a Roman governor in that 
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He had historically, speaking 
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In fact, he was so, Said having 
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people, even to the point of 
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those people that died. 
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wife, Drusilla to leave her 
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And she was the daughter of 
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We know in scriptures to be the 
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the church in Acts 12. 
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of John with the sword, And I am
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but it would not be fair to 
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father's reputation. 
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you've got Drusilla, a husband, 
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Paul. 
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the faith in Jesus Christ. 
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and I'm sure Paul talked to them
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just, this is just me 
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Paul had taught in the various 
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And, you know, strengthening the
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with various people establishing
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that he went. 
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the death burial, and 
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After all, when you read the 
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the disciples talked about 
throughout the Book of Acts, the

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early part of the church, They 
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of the death, the burial, and 
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That was the foundation of their
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Perhaps Paul as we continue to 
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taught them concerning the faith
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Maybe he talked about the 
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Messiah and explain how those 
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through. 
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believe Paul knew of Felix's 
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their marriage. 
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prompted him to speak about 
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which is a part of the faith in 
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And so in verse number 25, Luke 
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Felix and Ursula Drusilla about 
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self-control and then the coming
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And I want to discuss those 
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study because like I said 
already has the same importance 

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today as it did to this husband 
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to so let's begin with 
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What do you think about when we 
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We think Paul was talking to 
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What righteousness is it refers 
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Simply being right? 
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eyes of God and specifically, it
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accord or the state of being in 
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Now of wickedness, it's quite 
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we speak of righteousness. 
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being righteous and how we go 
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focus just for a moment on God. 
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And this is part of his 
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declares this in one of his 
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gracious is the Lord and 
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Yes our God is merciful. 
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fact. 
God is righteous. and so because

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he is righteous, it means that 
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we could be righteous to Because
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verse seven little children. 
Let no one deceive you. 

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He who practices righteousness 
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Just as he referring to God is 
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established fact. 
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thing? 
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What can you do to become 
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Just as God is righteous. 
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God, will part of that answer is
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righteousness in order to be 
righteous, but let's unfold that

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little bit more. 
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Now to Romans chapter 1 and 
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17 says, for I am not ashamed of
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the power of God to Salvation 
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Jew first and also for the 
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righteousness of God is revealed
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As it is written, the just shall
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So Paul mentioned something here
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when Paul mentioned the gospel 
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revealed in that. 
What's revealed in the gospel of

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Christ. 
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What do you think it is? 
It's the righteousness of God is

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revealed through it. 
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Now, does this mean that when we
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in the gospel that we learn that
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Well, if you ask me, not 
necessarily because what we 

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learn about the Gospel of Jesus 
Christ, and how the 

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righteousness of God is revealed
is that we can become righteous 

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through that gospel. 
You see, we could be seen as 

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being right before God. 
And when we do that, through our

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Act of Faith, because the just 
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says here. 
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righteous. 
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Jesus Christ, and we have to act
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Christ. 
And then when we do that through

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our belief, through our faith, 
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faith, it is, then we are 
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And we are seen as being right 
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God now Let's carry that idea 
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want to read the first four 
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10, where says, Brethren my 
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God for Israel, is that they may
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witness that they have a Zeal 
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knowledge. 
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righteousness and seeking to 
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righteousness. 
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they try to do that? 
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He said, they have not submitted
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because they did that for Christ
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righteousness, to everyone who 
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And so, Paul says, they were 
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And that doesn't mean that they 
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understand that God was 
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But got what Paul is saying, is 
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about the gospel and how it 
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could be justified and right 
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Instead, they tried their own 
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They try to use their own logic 
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what they thought they could do 
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God. 
And as a result, they fell 

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short. 
They did not submit to the 

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righteousness of God because 
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So the answer was through Jesus 
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for Christ, is the end of the 
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There's our answer for being 
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God, he is the end and he is the
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to any and everyone who believes
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Now, only carry this now is Step
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Let's take this scenario that's 
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steals money from a purse when 
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looking Now, when you look at 
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would you say that that person 
was righteous or unrighteous 

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because of what he or she had 
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That's a no-brainer, right? 
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they were unrighteous because of
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Well, you take another person 
who prays often, who looks to 

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God's word for guidance on a 
regular basis and tries their 

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best to do the will of the Lord 
and submits their life to the 

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will of the Lord. 
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that person would be righteous 
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And from these two examples, we 
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condition is a result of their 
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And let's take a few verse. 
Let's look at a few verses of 

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what the scripture says about 
this principle about a person's 

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condition, being a result of 
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Now, to what we had already read
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little children. 
Let no one deceive you. 

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He who practices righteousness 
is righteous. 

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Just as he is righteous. 
John says, when you practice 

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righteousness when you're active
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that you will be deemed as 
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God. 
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And Noah what he did in Genesis 
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The Bible tells us that Noah 
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Lord, Genesis chapter 6. 
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flood into saved himself and his
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see Noah's response to those 
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chapter 6 it says here. 
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Then the Lord said to Noah, come
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You and all your household 
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righteous before me in this 
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to do. 
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Now, look here with me and 
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24 and 25 and the Lord commanded
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All these statutes to fear the 
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ways, but he might preserve Us 
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will be righteousness for us if 
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if we're careful to observe all 
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Lord Our God, as he has 
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you ask me is very clear. 
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Lord gives us his will the Lord 
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and the Commandments that we 
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and fear the lord and observe 
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And as a result of our own 
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righteous before the Lord. 
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the nature of God's 
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right before him on a move on? 
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self-control. 
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your actions. 
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emotions as well. 
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a married couple who did not 
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Felix. 
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thought he couldn't live without
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interests over. 
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That's what they were guilty of.
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before you and admit we all 
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That can be a tough challenge. 
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Fact, if you in my opinion, it's
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us, keeping ourselves in check 
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keep ourselves under control 
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That's a constant challenge. 
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Our self will Over self-control.
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about this Challenge and 1st 
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says this, as we begin in verse 
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those who run in a race all run?
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says, run in such a way that you
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That's a key word in our study, 
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Now they do it to obtain a 
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imperishable Crown therefore I 
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Thus, I fight not as one who 
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my body and bring it into 
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This fact in verse number 25 
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the prize, he said his temperate
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self-control in all things. 
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I keep up with football with 
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pro athletes who that who's 
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they have one goal in mind and 
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championship at the end, the 
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don't they? 
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self-control. 
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they got to monitor what they 
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they're trying their best to be 
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obtain that prize, in the end, 
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a trophy, whether that be a ring
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gold medal, whatever it is that 
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They exercise self-control. 
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our own Christian race, we 
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too. 
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one than just a ring or a trophy
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It's a crown and it's a crown 
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order to obtain it in the end, 
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temperate, we have to use 
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But he said you do it in all 
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All things in your life. 
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And we have to, we have to show 
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We had to bring it into 
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that we have. 
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challenging, we have to sharpen 
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brought it under some 
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same in our lives. 
We have to manage it in a way 

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that we do. 
Not let ourself will. 

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Take control. 
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Now I want to carry this idea to
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and that's found in Ephesians 
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Ephesians chapter 4 where it 
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verse number 17. 
This I say therefore and testify

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in the Lord that you should no 
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Gentiles walk in the futility of
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Having their understanding 
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the life. 
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that is in them because of the 
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blindness of the heart he's 
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about hardening or being kind of
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by the heat of the fire. 
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that is hardened or blinded, it 
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be affected in a positive way. 
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because of the lack of 
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won't allow other words of 
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command to affect them in a 
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do what they want. 
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mentioned, these types of 
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how they got this way, because 
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In verse number 19, who being 
past feeling have given 

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themselves over to lewdness to 
work, all uncleanness with 

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greediness. 
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problem with giving themselves 
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exercising, a lack of 
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As we continue here in verse 
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you have not so learned Christ. 
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have been taught by him as the 
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It's to be like him. 
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characteristics and say I need 
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That is to learn Christ. and so,
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when you do it with an open and 
a very humble heart, What you 

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then do is you allow him to mold
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wonderful. 
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And the something that the Lord 
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of self-control. 
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as we continue through this 
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Now that you put off concerning 
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which grow which grows corrupt 
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and be renewed in the spirit of 
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the new man. 
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God in true righteousness and 
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From what we see here and this 
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Number one, you have to get rid 
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You have to get rid of them. 
Can I get rid of those old ways?

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Those old habits? 
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desires of what you want. 
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did this, we now show 
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not to do it again or once we 
might have lost their temper 

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about little insignificant 
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We're now going to be slow to 
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speech in our reaction. 
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certain way we now show 
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tongue. 
We talk in a way that brings 

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grace to the here. 
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of showing self-control putting 
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Putting away those bad habits. 
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Step number two is to be renewed
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it requires us to be to renew 
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Looking for the Lord for 
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It also requires us to renew our
perspective because what we do 

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in the here and now really, it's
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It's about Christ, shining 
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your father, in everything that 
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That's why we're to be temperate
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Looking unto Jesus. 
And so putting on the new man 

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remove old habits, replace them 
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This was God's purpose when he 
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He created us as he says there, 
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He created us for holiness. 
Let us let that be our goal in 

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life. 
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But sometimes we had to be 
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reminded of that. 
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further show the importance of 
self-control. 

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It's listed as one of the fruits
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Chapter 5, and verse 23. 
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verses 5 through 8, Peter gives 
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to have in our lives or to keep 
from falling. 

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And he mentions this in verses 
five and six inside computer 

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one. 
But also for this very reason, 

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giving all diligence add to your
faith virtue, and to Virtue 

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knowledge to knowledge, 
self-control to self-control 

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perseverance to perseverance 
godliness. 

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So, we have this formula that we
use in order to help ourselves 

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out. 
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Paul says this Romans 6, verses 
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Therefore do not let sin reign 
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should obey it in its lusts and 
do not present your members as 

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instruments of unrighteousness 
is sin. 

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But quite the opposite, he says 
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being alive. 
Live from the dead and your 

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members as instruments of 
righteousness to God for sin, 

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shall not have dominion over 
you. 

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For you are not under law. 
But under grace, we're going to 

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make mistakes, I know. 
We're going to send the pulse 

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point is that we should be 
showing some control to the 

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point that we don't let that sin
overtake us. 

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That's the point. 
Don't go back to that sin and if

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we do over and over and over, 
we're going to find that they're

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what we're really. 
We're not quite In control of 

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whatever that is that we keep 
falling back to in our lives. 

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Now we come to the third thing 
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Drusilla and that's about the 
Judgment that is to come. 

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I'm not going to spend as long 
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As I have the other two But 
here's a fact, here's reality. 

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We're all going to face the 
judgement. 

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We are. 
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what's written in Hebrews 9 
verse 27. 

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And Paul also States, this 
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4. 
In our second Corinthians rather

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5:10 For. 
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Judgment seat of Christ. that 
each one may receive the things 

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done in the body, according to 
what he has done, whether good 

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or bad, and in addition to that,
Romans 2:16 in the day when God 

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will judge the secrets of men by
Jesus Christ, according to my 

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gospel. 
So We're going to face the 

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judgement. 
And every single one of us will 

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be there. 
Every single person of all time 

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will be there, no one will 
escape it. 

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And with that times comes there 
will we will stand there with 

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faults We will stand there with 
shortcomings. 

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Perhaps, we will stand there 
with regrets in life. 

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But what's important is, what 
you did about those things. 

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Yes, I'm guilty of the sin. 
I've committed in my life and 

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the same applies to you too. 
But you and I Were Redeemed by 

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the blood of the Lamb. 
And we stand before the judgment

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is God going to see that is God 
going to see you as redeemed is 

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God, going to see you as right 
based upon what you have done in

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the here. 
And the now if he doesn't see us

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as redeemed, if he doesn't see 
us as as fixing things or 

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falling back into sin, And the 
harsh reality of that is that we

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will not escape the sentence of 
Eternal death and Hell. 

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That's hard. 
But that's the truth. 

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That's what the scriptures teach
us. 

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All the more reason for us to be
righteous and exercise 

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self-control in our lives that 
we can be ready for the coming 

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judgment. 
This message. 

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Scared Felix. 
It scared him to the point that 

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he put off what he need to do to
prepare for the coming judgment.

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He told Paul go away. 
When it's more convenient, I'll 

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call you back. 
We don't know if Felix word 

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asila ever showed their faith in
Jesus and obeyed the gospel. 

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We do know that Felix ever once 
a while will call Paul in and 

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they would talk and I believe 
that happened for about two 

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years because Paul was held 
there for two years because if 

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he looks Who knows who knows if 
ever if Felix and Drusilla ever 

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accepted, the Gospel of Jesus 
Christ. 

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We just don't know the 
scriptures. 

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Don't reveal that But he did 
know what he needs to do. in 

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order to be right with God, If 
you are here. 

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Perhaps you're not ready. 
Start this New Year being ready.

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Because we don't know when it's 
going to happen, we don't know 

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when that final judgment is 
going to come. 

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God promises. 
It's going to happen. 

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We just don't know. 
All the more reason to be ready 

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today and you could be, you 
could be ready in two different 

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ways, you could be ready, number
one, or it cannot be ready in 

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two different ways. 
If you don't obey the Gospel of 

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Jesus Christ, but you can, you 
can obey the Gospel of Jesus 

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Christ. 
The Lord wants you to obey the 

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Gospel of Jesus Christ, he wants
you to be saved. 

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And he had to believe in Jesus 
Christ and what he did for you, 

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how he died upon that cross and 
bore your sins upon the cross. 

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He died was buried. 
But thank the Lord, he was 

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resurrected on the third day 
because we can have new life 

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through him because of his 
resurrection. 

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You have to believe that repent 
of your life that is a change 

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your direction in life that 
you're going to do, the will of 

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the Lord and not your own will. 
And then confess that Jesus 

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Christ is the Son of God and 
then be baptized for the 

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remission of your sins. 
And those people did that in 

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Acts chapter 2, the scriptures 
tell us that those that the Lord

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added those people to his 
church. 

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We don't add people to the 
church. 

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The Lord adds people to his 
church through their obedience 

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to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 
If you've never done that, you 

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are not ready for the coming 
judgment. 

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And you need to do that. 
Perhaps if you if you have them 

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these things but maybe maybe 
need to make things right with 

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the Lord. 
Maybe if the Lord were to come 

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today, that you be afraid that 
you just might not be ready. 

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Well, the Lord is gracious. 
The Lord is merciful and the 

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Lord forgives and whatever it is
in your life that might not be 

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right. 
You could take advantage of that

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at this moment, as the Lord 
offers its invitation to you to 

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make things, right? 
So that you will be ready for 

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the Judgment. 
That is to come. 

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