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that Paul had used that word "therefore"...
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many times in Romans before this,
and many times in Romans after this.
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And so I really got interested,
so I looked in my concordance...
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and I found out
that Paul used the word "therefore"...
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over 119 times in his writing.
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And so, I think, well, if he used
the word "therefore" over 119 times...
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I need to find out
what the Greek says about it.
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So I looked up
what the Greek meaning was...
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and the Greek word was "on, "
which had a triple meaning.
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The first one was "accordingly"...
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the next one was "likewise then, "
and "then therefore. "
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Paul says,
"Therefore you receive the peace. "
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So if you're here this morning,
you're Christian...
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and you don't have that peace,
I'll tell you what's happened.
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You have taken back
over the controls of your life...
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and you're holding on to that...
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which you ought to leave in God's hands.
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As a result, you've lost the peace
of your salvation.
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And you won't gain it back...
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until you have
another "therefore" experience.
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I thank God this morning for the
"therefores" of Paul, here in Romans.
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Perhaps there's someone here this
morning who's never received Christ...
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they've never let him
come into their hearts by faith.
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They've never said, "Lord, I want you
to have your way in my heart. "
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You know what God's way
in your heart is?
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God wants to come in and cleanse
you from your unrighteousness...
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and make something beautiful
out of your life.
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He wants to forgive you of your sins.
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And God says, "You, come on!
Just believe, and I'll forgive you. "
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The most important thing about
turkey hunting is knowing your woods.
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You can snatch me, or snake up...
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and carry us off to a place
that we're not famlLiar with...