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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible teaching ministry of Rick Warren. Hey, we're so

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<v Speaker 1>glad you've joined us. Today, we're continuing a powerful series

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<v Speaker 1>called Radicalis Developing Spiritual Roots, and in this series, Rick

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<v Speaker 1>will show you how to grow deep in your faith,

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<v Speaker 1>stay grounded in God's word, and become everything He created

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<v Speaker 1>you to be. All right, now, here's part one of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called Radical Joy.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to continue in this series We've been doing

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<v Speaker 2>on Radicalis and we're looking at deepening spiritual roots. And

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<v Speaker 2>today I want us to look at deepening the root

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<v Speaker 2>of radical joy. At the very first Christmas, the very

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<v Speaker 2>first thing the Angel said was behold, I bring you

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<v Speaker 2>good news of great joy. It didn't say great faith,

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<v Speaker 2>great love, great peace, great obedience, great joy. Joy is

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<v Speaker 2>to characterize our lives in following Jesus Christ from the

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<v Speaker 2>very first message at Christmas.

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<v Speaker 3>Joy to the world.

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<v Speaker 2>The Lord has come, I bring you good news of

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<v Speaker 2>great joy. All through scripture, jesus ministry was characterized by joy.

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<v Speaker 2>Everywhere he went and healed people and spoke. It says

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<v Speaker 2>the people were filled with joy when he sent the

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<v Speaker 2>disciples out in the seventy two out it says they

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<v Speaker 2>returned with joy. When Jesus was resurrected on the Eastern morning,

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<v Speaker 2>it says the disciples and the women who were following

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<v Speaker 2>them were filled with joy. The Bible says that the

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<v Speaker 2>new Church that was formed in Jerusalem, the first Christian group,

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<v Speaker 2>it says they worshiped with great joy. Paul talks about

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<v Speaker 2>in the New Testament. He says, whenever I pray for you,

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<v Speaker 2>I pray with joy, with great joy. In fact, the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says in Luke fifteen that every time one person

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<v Speaker 2>steps across the line spiritually puts their faith in Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>gives their life to Jesus, there is joy in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>It says they have a party in heaven. They had

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<v Speaker 2>a party in heaven when you gave your life to Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>Time anybody does that, there's joy in heaven. Now a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people think that the following Christ is all

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<v Speaker 2>about rules and regulations and rituals and things like that,

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<v Speaker 2>but actually it's to be about joy. The Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>in Romans chapter fourteen, They're on your outline. Verse seventeen.

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<v Speaker 2>It says the Kingdom of God is not a matter

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<v Speaker 2>of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy

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<v Speaker 2>in the Holy Spirit. What's he saying there? The deeper

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<v Speaker 2>roots you build into Christ, the more joy you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to have in your life. You look around, most people

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<v Speaker 2>aren't enjoying life. They're not enjoying it, they're enduring it.

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<v Speaker 2>Most of the people on movies, most of the people

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<v Speaker 2>on TV shows, they're not joyful people. They're depressed people.

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<v Speaker 2>They're sad people, they're cynical people. They're just going through

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<v Speaker 2>the motions in life. They don't go through the life

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<v Speaker 2>with joy. And yet the Bible says the Kingdom of

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<v Speaker 2>God is not about rules and regulations and rituals and

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<v Speaker 2>eating and what you drink and all that. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>it's about joy in the Holy Spirit. And Paul says

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<v Speaker 2>in Philippians chapter one, he says, I will continue with

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<v Speaker 2>you so that you will grow and experience the joy

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<v Speaker 2>of your faith. Did you know that the more that

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<v Speaker 2>you grow in Christ and the deeper roots you get,

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<v Speaker 2>the more joyful God will make you in your heart.

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<v Speaker 2>When I have not joy in my life, it means

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<v Speaker 2>at that point I'm living a shallow relationship with Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>because the deeper my relationship is with the Lord the deeper.

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<v Speaker 2>My joy will be to be radically joyful means to

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<v Speaker 2>be joyful all the time. Anybody can be joyful when

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<v Speaker 2>things are going good. Anybody can be happy when things

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<v Speaker 2>are going great. But radical joy is what is talked

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<v Speaker 2>about in Philippians four, verse four, which says this always

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<v Speaker 2>always be full of joy in the Lord. I say

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<v Speaker 2>it again, rejoice. Now leave that on the screen. From

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<v Speaker 2>it and if you look on your outline, that verse

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<v Speaker 2>is there. I want you to circle two things. First,

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<v Speaker 2>circle always, because that's rare joy. How is it possible

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<v Speaker 2>to always be joyful? I mean, in spite of all

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<v Speaker 2>the things that are happening in life. It says, always

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<v Speaker 2>be full of joy. And here's the key in the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>Circle that phrase in the Lord. That phrase in the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord or in Christ is Paul's favorite description of what

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<v Speaker 2>it means to follow Jesus. It's used one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>sixty seven times in the New Testament. In fact, the

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<v Speaker 2>word Christian is only used a couple times in the Bible. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible calls us in Christ and over and over

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible. If you ever do a study on this,

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<v Speaker 2>every time it says in Christ it's going to show

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<v Speaker 2>you a benefit. There is a benefit for being in Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>for putting my faith in Christ, for loving Christ, for

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<v Speaker 2>being a part of Christ's family, being a part of

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<v Speaker 2>what Jesus meant me to be. Now, it says rejoice

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<v Speaker 2>in the Lord. It doesn't say rejoice in your circumstance. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>let's just admit it. This last year was a pretty

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<v Speaker 2>tough year. Everybody want to agree with that. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>tough year, very tough year. He's not saying rejoice over

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<v Speaker 2>the tough year. He's not saying rejoice or be joyful

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<v Speaker 2>in your circumstance. He's saying, in spite of it, you

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<v Speaker 2>rejoice in the Lord. Now, how do we do that? Well, Fortunately,

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<v Speaker 2>we have a chapter in the Bible called Romans chapter eight,

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<v Speaker 2>And in Romans chapter eight we have the six reasons

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<v Speaker 2>for radical joy. Six reasons that we can always be

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<v Speaker 2>joyful no matter how hard life gets, no matter how

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<v Speaker 2>tough the circumstances are. Know how matter how difficult the problems,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter how much life stinks, or whatever God says,

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<v Speaker 2>you can be joyfulness because of these six things. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the first reason is in the first verse of Romans

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<v Speaker 2>chapter eight and the Bible says that if I'm in Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the key. If I'm in Christ, God has completely

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<v Speaker 2>forgiven me. God has completely forgiven me no guilt, no shame,

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<v Speaker 2>no remorse, no regrets, because God has wiped it out.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a good reason for joy.

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<v Speaker 2>Romans eight, verse one says this, there is now no condemnation,

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<v Speaker 2>no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I looked up this word no in the original Greek,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is the strongest negative possible in Greek. It

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<v Speaker 2>means no, no, no, no, no, no in a thousand years,

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<v Speaker 2>not in a million years, not a chance in your lifetime, never, never, never,

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<v Speaker 2>it ain't gonna happen, not a zero zip. No, it's

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna happen. No condemnation, no no, He's saying, don't

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<v Speaker 2>even think about it.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>That's so important because the number one reason people lose

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<v Speaker 2>their joy is guilt. Guilt and shame are kill joys.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot be happy and guilty at the same time.

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot be joyful and living in regret at the

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<v Speaker 2>same time. It is a kill joy that robs you

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<v Speaker 2>of joy. And God doesn't want you to be robbed

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<v Speaker 2>of joy. Now, of course none of us are perfect,

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<v Speaker 2>so we've all made mistakes, so we all have legitimate

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<v Speaker 2>reasons to feel regrets, to feel guilt, and maybe even

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<v Speaker 2>to feel shame. And the result is most people live

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<v Speaker 2>their lives in self condemnation, and that's why they're not joyful.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going around saying, well, I should be better, I

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<v Speaker 2>should be different, I should do this, I should do that,

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<v Speaker 2>I must do this, and they're always shoulding themselves, always

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<v Speaker 2>shoulding themselves, and they live in this constant sense of guilt, shame, regret, remorse.

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<v Speaker 3>You see, the way God wired.

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<v Speaker 2>You, because you're a human being, is that when you

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<v Speaker 2>violate your conscience, it figures out a way to get even.

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<v Speaker 2>You may not like that. You may try to overthrow it,

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<v Speaker 2>but it doesn't work. You may try to rationalize it

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<v Speaker 2>and tell yourself in your mind what you did was okay,

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<v Speaker 2>when in your heart you know it's wrong, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>telling yourself rational lies. But it doesn't work. When you

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<v Speaker 2>violate your conscience, it figures out a way to get even.

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<v Speaker 2>You may get sick, you may have all kinds of

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<v Speaker 2>relational conflicts, You may sabotage your success. There are all

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of things that people do. They don't even realize

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<v Speaker 2>why they keep failing in life, why they keep messing

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<v Speaker 2>up things. But it is guilt motivation at a deeper,

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<v Speaker 2>subconscious level that's causing them to sabotage themselves. Now, God

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't want you doing that, and so he says, come

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<v Speaker 2>to me, receive my forgiveness through my son Christ, and

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<v Speaker 2>no condemnation in Christ.

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<v Speaker 3>Does God ever want you to feel guilty?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, for about a half a second, long enough to

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<v Speaker 2>get to him, and then you say, God, I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>Please forgive me. And he wipes it out, and he

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<v Speaker 2>forgives it, and he forgets it. He throws it in

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<v Speaker 2>the deepest part of the ocean. Now, because I am normal,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't mean that I'm not gonna sin anymore. It

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't say there will be no mistakes. You're gonna make

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<v Speaker 2>mistakes the rest of your life. It doesn't say there

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<v Speaker 2>are now no more sins. You're gonna sin the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of your life. It doesn't say there are now no

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<v Speaker 2>more errors. You're gonna have errors the rest of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>It says no more condemnation. It means even when you

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<v Speaker 2>blow it, you're forgiven.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that good news. Oh yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, when Jesus Christ died on the cross, he

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<v Speaker 2>didn't just die for the sins you've already committed. He

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<v Speaker 2>died for the ones you haven't even committed yet, they're

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<v Speaker 2>all covered in the cross. You say, well, why do

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<v Speaker 2>I not feel condemned? Then why am I not condemned?

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<v Speaker 2>Because Jesus already took the condemnation. That's what he died

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<v Speaker 2>for on the cross, for your sins. And there's the

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<v Speaker 2>law of the universe of double jeopardy that you can't

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<v Speaker 2>be held accountable twice for the same crime. And either

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus dies for your sins or you're going.

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<v Speaker 3>To pay for me.

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<v Speaker 2>See, somebody is going to pay for the wrong you've done.

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<v Speaker 2>We live in the world. God is a just God.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody is going to pay for your sins. You just

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<v Speaker 2>don't get away for it. Either you pay for them

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<v Speaker 2>or God says, let me pay for them. Now, if

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<v Speaker 2>you accept what Christ has paid for you, then you're

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<v Speaker 2>scot free. There's no judgment on you. If you reject that,

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<v Speaker 2>then you'll pay for him yourselves. But God says there's

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<v Speaker 2>no condemnation for those in Christ. So what does that mean?

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<v Speaker 2>It means that after you've accepted Christ, what happens when

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<v Speaker 2>you sin? When you sin, God doesn't get mad at you.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I even talk to Christians a lot of times.

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<v Speaker 2>They think they've done something wrong in the past, and

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<v Speaker 2>I go, now, something's happened to them, and they go,

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<v Speaker 2>God's getting even with me. God's getting God does not

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<v Speaker 2>get even with you. Why because that would be double jeopardy.

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<v Speaker 2>That sin that you just committed has already been paid for.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been paid for by Christ, so you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to pay for it. It's already been paid for, So

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<v Speaker 2>God doesn't when you blow it, God doesn't. He's not

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<v Speaker 2>mad at you. He's mad about you. He's already paid

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<v Speaker 2>for all your sins, and he just wants you to

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<v Speaker 2>confess it and come to him. The Bible says when

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<v Speaker 2>Christ died and across all our sins were pardoned. That

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<v Speaker 2>means stamped out, paid in full.

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<v Speaker 3>Done for.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't resurrect them. How long do you remember a

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<v Speaker 2>bill that's been paid You don't you forget it. It's

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<v Speaker 2>already been paid for.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>What we're talking about here is called salvation. Salvation means

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<v Speaker 3>Can live guilt free. Now here's an amazing thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Even if there was no such thing as heaven or Hell,

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<v Speaker 2>and of course there is, but even if there weren't,

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<v Speaker 2>it would be worth it giving my life to Christ

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<v Speaker 2>be joyful. The Bible calls that salvation, and it is

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<v Speaker 2>the first source of joy. You're never gonna have joy,

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<v Speaker 2>real joy until you experience salvation, the Bible says, and

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<v Speaker 2>Saw I'm thirteen verse five. My heart finds joy in

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<v Speaker 2>your salvation. My heart finds joy. It is the joy

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<v Speaker 2>of being forgiven. It is the joy of freedom of

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<v Speaker 2>a clear conscience. Tom, have you ever experienced that? Of

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<v Speaker 2>course you have, yes, But talk to me about Tell me.

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<v Speaker 4>When I first became a follower of Christ years ago.

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<v Speaker 4>was quite a few years ago. I was pretty cynical

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<v Speaker 4>the ways I pushed back against the negative feelings inside

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<v Speaker 4>of me. And somebody taught me how to follow Christ

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<v Speaker 4>a relationship. And I did that, and I didn't understand

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<v Speaker 4>all the benefits when I prayed that prayer. I didn't

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<v Speaker 4>understand how deeply he would forgive me. But I began

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<v Speaker 4>to learn it, and immediately there was this feeling in

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<v Speaker 4>was just this deep sense of everything's all right with

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<v Speaker 4>a future for me. And a lot of it was

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<v Speaker 4>about the fact that I was free from guilt in

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<v Speaker 4>my life. I've got to remind myself of that all

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<v Speaker 4>the time. I mean, today, yesterday, I got to remind

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<v Speaker 4>myself that I'm not condemned. It's not like I prayed

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<v Speaker 4>a prayer a lot of years ago and then it stuck.

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<v Speaker 4>It's got to be a daily reminder. But I know

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<v Speaker 4>that at that point that peace came into my life

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<v Speaker 2>It's just reminding yourself no condemnation, no condemnation. You know

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<v Speaker 2>what that does, It makes me want to love God more.

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<v Speaker 2>If I feel like I'm living in condemnation, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to love the judge who's condemning me. But if

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<v Speaker 2>I realize that I'm under no condemnation.

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<v Speaker 3>It makes me want to love God. You were so gracious.

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<v Speaker 2>streaming down her face, and she said I could never

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<v Speaker 2>be forgiven. And I said, what's the problem? She goes,

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<v Speaker 3>Go and close the door on the pass? Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>I said, well, let me lead you in a prayer.

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<v Speaker 2>So we bowed her head and I said, something.

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<v Speaker 3>Lord, you know what I've done. You know I really

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm sorry, and I thank you for dying for

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<v Speaker 2>And I asked you to come into my heart and

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<v Speaker 2>forgive me. I remember when we finished that prayer, I

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<v Speaker 2>It's a feeling of clean. Well, you know, when you

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<v Speaker 2>feel clean, you can feel joy. When you feel dirty,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't feel joy. I remember a long time ago,

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<v Speaker 2>I was watching a Colombo episode. Everybody remember Colombo. You're

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<v Speaker 2>really old if you remember Columbo. And the guest star

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<v Speaker 2>that week was Johnny Cash. He was the bad guy.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, Doyle, do you know the song

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<v Speaker 2>that Johnny Cash played to get out of jail?

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<v Speaker 3>You know that, don't you? That's it? You know it?

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<v Speaker 2>You do know it, all right, every good guitarist knows

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<v Speaker 2>that song. Rick, you know that's all Johnny Cash. If finally,

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of Colombo, he gets caught and he

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<v Speaker 2>gives his classic line. He says, I'm actually glad I

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<v Speaker 2>got caught because the guilt is killing me. And I

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<v Speaker 2>thought a lot of people in life are being killed

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<v Speaker 2>by their guilt. The first reason for joy is no condemnation,

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<v Speaker 2>no condemnation at all. God has completely forgiven me. Second

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<v Speaker 2>reason I can always be joyful no matter what's going

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<v Speaker 2>on in my life is because if I'm in Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>God has given me eternal life. God has given me

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<v Speaker 2>eternal life that's at the other end, that's about in

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<v Speaker 2>the future. And what that means is that death is

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<v Speaker 2>not the end, that this is not all there is.

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<v Speaker 2>One day you're gonna die and your heart will stop,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's not going to be the end of you.

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<v Speaker 2>If this life is all there was, all there was,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of things in life that are pretty sad.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have traveled with me around the world and

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<v Speaker 2>of reason for joy because if you haven't figured it out,

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<v Speaker 2>life's unfair. Life is unfair. God never said it would

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<v Speaker 2>be fair. Because of sin, we live on a broken planet.

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<v Speaker 2>This is not heaven, where things are done in all

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<v Speaker 2>God's way. Here on earth are done our way, and

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<v Speaker 2>life is not fair. It's not fair when people are

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<v Speaker 2>born with handicaps, it's not fair when women and little

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<v Speaker 2>if this life was all there is, that would be

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<v Speaker 2>pretty tragedy tragic. But the Bible says, the reason we

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<v Speaker 2>have joys because we know we're not gonna be here forever.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna spend sixty eighty, maybe one hundred years, but

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<v Speaker 2>that's all. Then you're going into eternity, spend trullions of

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<v Speaker 2>you are in Christ. The Bible says, you're going to

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<v Speaker 2>spend eternity with God in heaven. The Bible says this

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<v Speaker 2>in verse eleven of Romans eight. It says, the spirit

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<v Speaker 2>of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you.

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<v Speaker 2>So just as he raised Christ from the dead, he

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<v Speaker 2>will give life to your mortal body by this same spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>What's your mortal body? Have you looked at yourself in

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<v Speaker 2>the mirror lately? You're not half the man you used

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<v Speaker 2>to be. Some of us are a little more than

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<v Speaker 2>we used to be, but everything is decaying and declining. Baldness, bulges, bifocals,

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