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0:00So we're going to start the book of
0:01Romans, and this is the first epistle in
0:05the New Testament.
0:06So this is the first
0:08that is not [music] story of the gospel
0:10or even the narrative of how the church
0:12began,
0:14but instead, this is Paul writing a
0:17pastoral letter
0:19that basically stands [music] for his
0:22ministry
0:23in his absence. So he wishes he could be
0:26in Rome.
0:27This is [music] likely
0:30um during his third missionary journey,
0:32likely written from Corinth to Rome,
0:36and his main themes are
0:40to reestablish the congregation in Rome
0:43in what the gospel is, [music] in what
0:45the righteousness and grace of God is,
0:48and and what the role of faith [music]
0:50is in this process.
0:53You have to understand that in the arc
0:57of the church's growth,
0:59the church is born on the day of
1:01Pentecost,
1:02but the church is only Jewish until the
1:05baptism of Cornelius.
1:08And that's kind of this exception that
1:10is tolerated by the believers, but the
1:13church is still enforcing the law until
1:17the conflict in Acts 15 and that
1:20Jerusalem Council.
1:22And so those are major pivots and
1:25developments. [music]
1:27And much of Paul's ministry is geared
1:31toward
1:32disentangling
1:34the law
1:35from the new covenant.
1:38He He wants people [music] to understand
1:40that it had a purpose in God, but that
1:43it is no longer the covenant that is
1:46brokering salvation for those who are
1:49followers of Jesus
1:51or for anyone else. Does that make
1:53sense? It is vanishing away. It is
1:56losing its role and purpose altogether,
1:59and it is being replaced by a new and
2:02vibrant relationship with God through
2:06the spirit
2:07in his body
2:09through the gospel
2:11through the medium of faith.
2:14Faith is not what we have in place of a
2:18relationship with God. Faith is how we
2:21interact with God.
2:23But the core of salvation is a
2:25relationship with God.
2:27Just like this phone is a medium for
2:30interacting with people overseas [music]
2:32or in another state,
2:34you can't have a relationship with them
2:36apart from one of these devices.
2:39In the same way, faith is not the
2:41substitute for the relationship with
2:44God. It's the way. It's the bridge
2:46through which we have it.
2:48So much of modern Christianity does not
2:51understand the framework that Paul is
2:54writing from. He's not addressing a
2:57church of today that has thrown off all
3:00restraint, that has no authority in
3:03their life, that is
3:06converting the grace of God into a
3:08license for sin. He's writing to a
3:10church that is trying to return to rules
3:14and regulations
3:16in place of the dynamism of the Holy
3:18Spirit and the power of God through the
3:21gospel apprehended through faith. And
3:23that's the big themes of this book.
3:27And it's He's going to start off. He's
3:29going to address the gospel. He's going
3:31to introduce and frame faith right here
3:34at the beginning.
3:36Romans chapter 1 verse 1.
3:40Paul, a bondservant of Christ Jesus,
3:44called as an apostle, set apart for the
3:48gospel of God,
3:50which he promised beforehand
3:54through his prophets in the Holy
3:56Scriptures, concerning his son, who was
3:59born a descendant of David according to
4:03the flesh, who was declared the son of
4:06God with power
4:08by the resurrection from the dead,
4:10according to the spirit of holiness,
4:13Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we
4:16have received grace and apostleship to
4:19bring about the obedience
4:23of faith among all the Gentiles for his
4:27name's sake. Among whom you also are the
4:30called of Jesus Christ.
4:33To all who are beloved of God in Rome,
4:36called as saints, grace to you and peace
4:40from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
4:42Christ.
4:44That's a long sentence.
4:47That is a seven-verse sentence if I'm
4:50reading it correctly.
4:52So let's look at what Paul does here in
4:54this first sentence,
4:57these seven verses.
4:58First, he declares who he is. He says
5:02that he is Paul, that he is a
5:04bondservant.
5:06Jesus paid his bond
5:09to set him free from the certain
5:11condemnation of hell,
5:13so now he is under the jurisdiction of
5:16the one who paid his bond.
5:19Bondservant doesn't just describe
5:21someone who paid your debt, it describes
5:23someone to whom you are absolutely bound
5:26in obedience. It describes lordship.
5:28Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ,
5:31called as an apostle,
5:34set apart for the gospel of God.
5:40And what is this gospel?
5:42This is the declaration
5:46of a new life and eternity possible in
5:49the kingdom and reign of the Holy Spirit
5:52through Jesus Christ. This gospel of
5:54God, he says, was promised beforehand
5:57through his prophets in the Holy
5:59Scripture. So he anchors everything he's
6:02going to teach about the gospel of God,
6:05he anchors it in the Old Testament. He's
6:07going to be completely accountable and
6:09faithful
6:10to be able to prove this gospel from the
6:12scriptures that have already come. You
6:14see how he's tying the new to the old?
6:17Then he says,
6:19concerning his son, who was born
6:22of a descendant of David according to
6:24the flesh,
6:25who was declared the son of God with
6:29power by the resurrection from the dead,
6:32according to the spirit of holiness,
6:35Jesus Christ our Lord. So he says Jesus,
6:39the gospel is about Jesus. Jesus was the
6:42son of David according to the flesh, and
6:44he was declared the son of God
6:47through the power of the resurrection.
6:50Through whom we have received grace and
6:54apostleship to bring about
6:58what? The obedience of faith.
7:03Faith is not what we have instead of
7:06obedience.
7:08Faith produces obedience in us. So
7:12Paul's whole point,
7:14the herald of the gospel and the work of
7:17apostleship,
7:19is to bring about in the church an
7:22obedience.
7:23Not an obedience that is rooted in a
7:26faithless adherence to do's and don'ts,
7:29but an obedience that is rooted in
7:31faith, in a true belief and acceptance
7:35and transformation of our hearts
7:38as we accept Jesus as Lord of our lives.
7:42That's the obedience of faith. Obedience
7:46is the product, faith is the means. Paul
7:49wants to bring about an obedience that
7:53comes from faith.
7:57Among all the Gentiles for his name's
7:59sake. Among whom you also are the called
8:02of Jesus Christ.
8:04This idea of the called refers to the
8:07elect.
8:08It's Paul basically saying that it's not
8:11just the Jews who are God's chosen
8:14people,
8:15but it's those who are the called, who
8:18have heard and responded and accepted
8:21the call of the Lord Jesus Christ. They
8:23are now the Israel of God. So when he
8:25refers to the called, he's basically
8:27saying the elect or the covenant people.
8:32To all who are beloved of God in Rome,
8:36called as saints, grace to you and peace
8:40from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
8:43Christ. Interestingly, when he says
8:46peace from God our Father and the Lord
8:49Jesus Christ, the word he's using here
8:52is just as easily translated God our
8:55Father, even the Lord Jesus Christ. It
8:58doesn't always mean
9:00an additional. It means it's two ways of
9:03saying the same thing. The same God who
9:06is called the Father and is called Jesus
9:08Christ. That's where grace and peace are
9:10coming from.
9:13And then Paul begins his discourse.
9:14That's his introduction. First,
9:17I thank my God through Jesus Christ for
9:21all of you
9:22because your faith is being proclaimed
9:26throughout the whole world.
9:29So he says I came to bring about the
9:30obedience of faith, and I want you to
9:32know that your faith
9:34is being celebrated, talked about,
9:37proclaimed throughout the whole world.
9:40For God,
9:42whom I serve in my spirit in the
9:45preaching of the gospel of his son,
9:49is my witness as to how unceasingly I
9:53make mention of you,
9:55always in my prayers, making requests
10:00if perhaps now at last, by the will of
10:03God, I may succeed
10:05in coming to you.
10:07So, Paul is trying to convince this
10:10church that he fathered.
10:13I am not away from you because I want to
10:15be away from you.
10:17I'm away from you because I have to be.
10:20But, I'm making up for it
10:22by carrying a burden of love for you in
10:24prayer.
10:25And I am connected to you through my
10:28love expressed through prayer.
10:31And he tells them, "God's my witness of
10:33how constantly I am praying for you."
10:38And then he says this,
10:41"For
10:42I long to see you
10:45that I may impart some spiritual gift to
10:49you
10:51that you
10:53may be established.
10:56That is, that I may be encouraged
11:00together with you while among you
11:05each of us
11:07by the other's faith
11:09both yours
11:10and mine."
11:13His point is to bring about the
11:14obedience of faith.
11:16He says, "Your faith is traveling all
11:18over the world."
11:19But, he says, "I long to come to you
11:23because I want to impart a spiritual
11:26gift to you."
11:28What is that gift? That gift is clearer
11:30understanding.
11:32That gift is the grace of preaching.
11:35That gift is what is going to establish
11:40the Roman church.
11:42The Roman church is born.
11:44The Roman church is a witness all over
11:45the world, but it needs establishing.
11:48But, Paul says,
11:50"Is it This isn't a one-sided blessing.
11:53When I come to you,
11:54I want to give you something. And I long
11:57to give it to you.
11:58But, I also want to receive something
12:00from you."
12:01Paul's going to be edified. Paul's going
12:03to receive a gift
12:05when he encounters the faith of the
12:08church that he's coming to serve.
12:11For I long to see you that I may impart
12:13some spiritual gift to you.
12:16This is an insight into how the church
12:18works.
12:20This is an insight in how into how the
12:21grace of God is ministered in its
12:23various forms.
12:25We long to be with each other because we
12:28need to give something and we need to
12:30receive something.
12:31And this exchange of gifts
12:35gifts of the Holy Spirit, gifts of grace
12:38this is what the word communion even
12:40means.
12:41The exchange of gifts.
12:43So, the supper is a celebration and a
12:46pointing toward this spiritual
12:48phenomenon that Paul is describing in
12:51his own heart toward the church.
12:55"I do not want you to be unaware,
12:57brethren,
12:58that often I have planned to come to you
13:02and have been prevented
13:05so far
13:06so that I may obtain some fruit among
13:09you also
13:11even as among the rest of the Gentiles."
13:15So, he says, "I long to see you because
13:16I need to give something to you." And he
13:17says, "I don't I don't want you to be
13:18unaware.
13:19I'm really serious. I have tried to be
13:22there because
13:24I need to bring fruit from you."
13:28What did Jesus say in John 15?
13:32What did he say the Father's will was
13:34and what was going to bring glory to the
13:36Father? That we bear
13:39much fruit.
13:40And it would be fruit that stayed, that
13:42kept producing. Right? So, now we see
13:45what that fruit looks like. That fruit
13:48looks like Paul coming and harvesting
13:50something from this church
13:52that can be given to others.
13:55What is that fruit? It's their faith.
13:58It's the witness of how God's working in
14:00their midst. It's their humility. It's
14:02their grace. It's their joy. It's their
14:04love. It's even their financial support
14:07as we're going to see.
14:13"I am under obligation both to Greeks
14:16and to barbarians, both to wise and to
14:19the foolish.
14:20So, for my part, I am eager to preach
14:22the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
14:27For I am not ashamed of the gospel
14:31for it is the power of God
14:35for salvation
14:37to everyone who believes
14:41to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
14:44For in it
14:46in the gospel the righteousness of God
14:50is revealed or is being revealed, is
14:54what the Greek tense says.
14:56From faith
14:58to faith
15:00as it is written,
15:02but the righteous man shall live by
15:05faith."
15:06What has Paul just said up above?
15:09He said
15:10that I want to give you something
15:12and I want you to give me something.
15:15He doubles down. He says, "I really want
15:17to come to you so that I can get fruit
15:18from you and take it elsewhere to
15:20others."
15:21And then he tells us that he's not
15:23ashamed of the gospel.
15:26For the gospel is the power of God.
15:30Any message that you encounter that is
15:32not the power of God is not the gospel.
15:36But, the gospel is the power of God for
15:40salvation.
15:41To everyone who believes, not to
15:43everyone who has ever believed, but to
15:45everyone who is believing.
15:48For in it in the gospel
15:51the righteousness of God is always and
15:55ever being revealed.
15:58And then he says, "It is being revealed
16:00from [snorts] faith
16:02to faith."
16:04And there's two ways you can listen to
16:06that. But, if we think about what Paul
16:08has said
16:10in verse 10 and 11, what we have to
16:13infer is that he's telling us that the
16:16gospel
16:17is a message, but also a grace and a
16:21power
16:22that is
16:23sharing from your faith to my faith and
16:27from my faith to your faith.
16:30God's way God's right way is being
16:34revealed through us to one another as we
16:38lay down our lives
16:40in his will.
16:41It's also, of course, being revealed in
16:44a
16:45consecutive manner as a journey
16:47from this season of faith to a greater
16:50season of faith. And that would point to
16:52the fact that they're born. They're a
16:55good church, but they need to be
16:56established. They need to go from birth
16:59to establishment, from establishment to
17:01fruitfulness. So, there's two ways you
17:04can hear it, but I think the way Paul's
17:06presenting it is he's saying it's from
17:09people to people. From people of faith
17:11to people of faith. From faith to faith.
17:15And then he says, "For the righteous man
17:18shall live by faith." Do you hear how
17:21much faith he's packing into these first
17:23verses?
17:25His whole stewardship, his whole
17:26ministry is to bring about the obedience
17:28that comes from faith. But, it's not a
17:31static faith. It's a from faith to faith
17:34faith. And then he says that the
17:36righteous man lives by faith.
17:40He doesn't get faith in a one-time
17:42deposit. He journeys by faith. He grows
17:46by faith. He's established by faith. He
17:49produces fruit by faith. It's a
17:52consecutive progressive journey.
17:56Faith
17:58is not a moment in time. Faith describes
18:02an ongoing trusting relationship with
18:04Jesus Christ.
18:07Okay. So, he says, "The righteous man
18:10shall live by faith."
18:12Which is, of course, quoting from the
18:14Old Testament.
18:16But, then he says this,
18:18"For the wrath of God
18:20is revealed from heaven against all
18:23ungodliness
18:25and unrighteousness of men who suppress
18:29the truth
18:30in unrighteousness."
18:33So, if he's telling us that faith is
18:37from your faith to my faith, the very
18:40next thing he tells us is, "But, if you
18:42suppress what God wants to give to
18:45others through you, God's wrath is
18:47revealed from heaven."
18:50Your relationship with God
18:52by necessity includes relationship with
18:55his people.
18:57You cannot say you love God whom you
18:59have not seen if you don't love your
19:00brother whom you have seen.
19:02By this we know what love is. Jesus laid
19:05down his life for us, so ought we to lay
19:07down our lives for one another.
19:09So, we have faith as an expression of
19:12giving.
19:14An ongoing journey of progression. And
19:16we have unrighteousness as suppression.
19:21Giving versus suppression. Faith versus
19:24unrighteousness.
19:26And this frames the posture of his
19:29definition of faith as we go into the
19:31book.
19:33"For the wrath of God is revealed from
19:36heaven against all ungodliness and
19:38unrighteousness of men who suppress the
19:41truth in unrighteousness
19:44because that which is known about God
19:48is revealed in them, within them.
19:51For God made it evident to them.
19:54God put something inside of you that
19:56you're suppressing.
19:59That's why his wrath is coming on us.
20:01He's given us the power to be more
20:04than selfish sinners.
20:08For since the creation of the world, his
20:11invisible attributes,
20:13his eternal power and divine nature
20:17have been clearly seen, being understood
20:21through what has been made,
20:23so that they are without excuse.
20:28So, he's talking about these people who
20:30live for themselves, these people who
20:32suppress God's truth, God's love, God's
20:35gifts in unrighteousness.
20:38And he's saying,
20:39"How God is and who God is is actually
20:42revealed in you."
20:44He gave you the capacity
20:47to be like him. He made you in his
20:48image.
20:50And that's why we're without excuse.
20:54Because
20:55eternity has been written in our hearts.
20:58For even though they knew God, they did
21:01not honor him as God or give thanks, but
21:05they became futile in their speculations
21:08and their foolish hearts were darkened.
21:12So, he's talking about those who from
21:13the creation of the world have missed
21:16out
21:17on what God wanted to do through them.
21:21He's saying, "Even though they knew God,
21:23even though they could not deny a
21:25creator, just looking at themselves and
21:28each other and the created world, his
21:30invisible attributes are there."
21:33Yes, there's pain. Yes, there's
21:34brokenness, but there's too much beauty
21:36to not have a designer.
21:38There's too much life, there's too much
21:40goodness, too much joy to not have a
21:42creator, a father who stands behind all
21:45this.
21:46So, even our very lives are testimonies
21:49to us of a God beyond us.
21:53So, they knew God, yet they did not
21:55honor him as God or give thanks, but
21:57they became futile in their speculations
21:59and their foolish hearts were darkened.
22:02Professing to be wise, they became
22:04fools. This is like those who died in
22:07the days of Noah.
22:08This is like those who died in Sodom and
22:10Gomorrah. Okay? These are the people of
22:13old
22:15from the Old Testament who were not able
22:18to walk in an awareness of God, like the
22:20Jews were at least striving to do
22:22through the first covenant. You kind of
22:24follow where I'm going here, where he's
22:25going?
22:27Professing to be wise, they became
22:29fools, and they exchanged the glory of
22:32the incorruptible God for an image in
22:35the form of corruptible man and the
22:37birds and four-footed animals and
22:40crawling creatures.
22:42So, this In this, he's talking about the
22:44pagan religions. And he's saying,
22:47"They forsook the glory of God." Now,
22:50what is the glory of God? Mankind was
22:52made in the image and glory of God.
22:57Mankind was made to be the tabernacle of
23:00the divine presence.
23:01Glory is where the human and the divine
23:04come together
23:06in relationship.
23:08Right? But mankind forsook that, and it
23:11chose to fashion a religion and a form
23:15of worship after animals and created
23:18things and birds.
23:20They forsook the plan. All have sinned
23:23and fallen short of the glory of God.
23:26What we were made to be, how we were
23:28made to express his image when he
23:30created us
23:31in the Garden of Eden.
23:33They [clears throat] exchanged the glory
23:36of the incorruptible God
23:38for an image in the form of corruptible
23:41man
23:42and of birds and four-footed animals and
23:45crawling creatures. So, they they
23:47stopped trying to be like their father
23:49in heaven.
23:50And they started making gods that were
23:53less than what God had made them to be.
23:56It's a betrayal of glory.
23:58Therefore, God gave them over in the
24:01lusts of their heart to impurity, so
24:04that their bodies would become
24:05dishonored among them.
24:07Your bodies were made in the image of
24:09God as temples for his presence.
24:12But your bodies are going to be
24:15dishonored when you stop living for his
24:19glory and you start living for the
24:21little images you can make that start to
24:23look more like animals
24:25instead of like the one you were made
24:28to be like.
24:29For they exchanged the truth of God for
24:31a lie
24:33and worshipped and served the creature
24:36rather than the creator, who is blessed
24:39forever. Amen.
24:41They worshipped what they made instead
24:44of who made them.
24:46He is contrasting the whole of pagan
24:50idolatry worship
24:52and futile living against those who
24:54worship the living God.
24:57For this reason,
24:59God gave them over to degrading
25:01passions.
25:03When you start worshipping what you make
25:06instead of who made you,
25:08you get more and more lustful.
25:11It's a pride that produces debauchery.
25:14For this reason, God gave them over to
25:17degrading passions.
25:20For their women exchanged the natural
25:22function
25:24for that which is unnatural. He means
25:26that women didn't want to be with men
25:28sexually. Women wanted to be only with
25:31women.
25:33And then he says, "And in the same way
25:34also, the men abandoned the natural
25:37function of the woman and burned in
25:39their desire toward one another." He's
25:41talking about Sodom and Gomorrah.
25:44This is
25:45a perversion, but it's the product of
25:48self-worship.
25:50It's the product of falling in love with
25:52what you've made instead of who made
25:54you.
25:55It's a product of a perverted
25:57self-created fake universe that you
26:00built for yourself instead of knowing
26:01you were made for a purpose to be the
26:04temple of the invisible
26:07incorruptible God.
26:11And in this way also, the men abandoned
26:12the natural function of women and burned
26:14in their desire toward other other men,
26:18with men committing indecent acts and
26:20receiving in their own persons the due
26:22penalty of their error. He's saying they
26:25got STDs.
26:27They took They They became sick. Their
26:29bodies became broken and unhealthy
26:32because of the filth
26:34that they were engaging in.
26:37And just as they did not see fit to
26:39acknowledge God any longer,
26:42God gave them over
26:45to a depraved mind to do those things
26:49which are not proper.
26:52When you refuse to acknowledge, not just
26:55verbally, but by your priorities,
26:58by your worship,
27:00by what you honor,
27:02by what grabs your attention, consumes
27:04your time, and demands your devotion,
27:07when you cease to acknowledge God in
27:09your choices,
27:11you're moving toward a depravity of
27:13confusion,
27:15and God will let you go.
27:18He'll give you over to a depraved mind
27:21to do things you would have never
27:23thought possible.
27:26Being filled with all unrighteousness,
27:29wickedness, greed, evil, full of envy,
27:33murder, strife, deceit, malice. They are
27:37gossips, slanderers,
27:41He's not describing one tiny subset of
27:43human nature. He's describing human
27:45nature.
27:46He's describing all cultures, all
27:49families, all people who refuse to build
27:53their life on the fundamental truth that
27:56they were made for the purpose and glory
27:58of another.
28:00If you don't keep that front and center,
28:02you're going to start work worshipping
28:04your own creation instead of the one who
28:06made you.
28:08Being filled with all unrighteousness,
28:10wickedness, greed,
28:13evil, full of envy.
28:18Greed and envy are two of the the first
28:20specific sins that define human
28:23depravity, greed and envy.
28:26Murder,
28:28cuz of course,
28:30after greed and envy comes murder.
28:32Remember Cain.
28:34Strife,
28:36deceit,
28:38malice,
28:40they are gossips,
28:42slanderers,
28:44haters of God,
28:47insolent, arrogant, boastful,
28:51inventors of evil,
28:53disobedient to parents.
28:57Right in there with that lineup.
29:00He's saying one of the
29:02one of the products, one of the fruits
29:05Now, this isn't the fruit that he wants
29:06to take from the Roman church and share
29:08with the other churches. This is the
29:09fruit of what he doesn't want them to be
29:11part of.
29:13But he puts right in there with all the
29:14other vile sins, disobedient to parents.
29:19Because that rebellion
29:22is violating the order, the plan God
29:25placed you in
29:27to form you into his image.
29:30Without understanding,
29:33untrustworthy,
29:35not worthy to be trusted,
29:37unloving,
29:40unmerciful.
29:43First, he starts off by describing the
29:45horrible things they are, but then he
29:47pivots and he starts describing how they
29:50got there.
29:51The things they lacked.
29:53They didn't obey their parents.
29:56They were without understanding. They
29:58didn't study and know the truth.
30:01They didn't cultivate a life that could
30:03evoke trust from others.
30:06They were unloving. They didn't choose
30:09the way of love. They were unmerciful.
30:13They didn't rejoice in forgiveness.
30:17And although they know the ordinance of
30:20God, which means the word of God,
30:23that those who practice such things are
30:27worthy of death,
30:30they not only do the same,
30:32but also give hearty approval to those
30:35who practice them.
30:38I want you to understand
30:40that the Apostle Paul does not say these
30:43things
30:44were worthy of death.
30:47He says they are
30:49worthy
30:50>> [music]
30:50>> of death.
30:52Now, has he lost his train of thought?
30:56No, he is framing the gospel.
30:59He is telling the Roman church,
31:02"I want to establish you.
31:06I want to empower [music] you to never
31:09suppress the truth because you're going
31:12to need the faith I'm bringing to you.
31:14I'm going to need the faith you're
31:15bringing to me. We're going to need each
31:17other's faith to keep walking with God
31:21because the righteous man is going to
31:23live [music] by faith." But then he
31:25says, he implies that this whole concept
31:29of faith
31:32is predicated on a bigger question.
31:35What are you living for?
31:39Faith
31:40that is used as an accessory [music] for
31:42your plans is not faith at all.
31:46Faith that is anchored in the truth that
31:49you are a vessel [music]
31:50and not the creator.
31:53Faith that is anchored in the truth that
31:55you are a temple and not the glory that
31:58fills it.
31:59Faith that is anchored in the commitment
32:03to be a faithful expression of the glory
32:07of him who made you, that's a faith
32:11that is legitimate.
32:13But the whole problem and the whole way
32:15you lose faith is when you make [music]
32:18your life about yourself and you start
32:22to worship the creature rather than
32:24[music] the creator.
32:25That's when God gives you over to crazy
32:28passions. That's when you start down a a
32:31track that is
32:34sin taking you further than you ever
32:35thought you would go. It's pride. It's
32:37rebellion. So, the gospel and its medium
32:42of faith
32:43must be predicated on a truth that
32:45answers the question, [music]
32:47"Why am I alive?
32:48What am I living for?"
32:50It's not yourself. It's for the glory of
32:53God.
33:01>> [music]

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