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Speaker 1: You're listening to Daily devotions with Pastor John. I'm john

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Speaker 1: Stongey and today's devotion is inspired by Sewod Corinthians, Chapter three,

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Speaker 1: verses nine to ten, which says, for if there was

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Speaker 1: glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness

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Speaker 1: must far exceed it in glory. Indeed, in this case,

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Speaker 1: what once had glory has come to have no glory

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Speaker 1: at all because of the glory that surpasses it. Have

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Speaker 1: you ever taken the time to read the Old Testament law?

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Speaker 1: If you read it all, you can see that it

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Speaker 1: testifies to the holiness of God and the sinfulness of man.

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Speaker 1: It contains ceremonial, civic, and moral regulations, and Scripture tells

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Speaker 1: us that if we break one aspect of the law,

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Speaker 1: we're guilty of breaking at all. So why did God

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Speaker 1: give us the law? Knowing that we couldn't keep it.

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Speaker 1: He gave it to us to make it clear just

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Speaker 1: how much we needed Jesus. Under the law, we were condemned,

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Speaker 1: but Jesus kept the law for us was condemned in

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Speaker 1: our place and offers us his gift of righteousness if

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Speaker 1: we believe in him. He is the Savior, and he

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Speaker 1: came to this earth to rescue those who were sinful

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Speaker 1: and under condemnation. In him, there is no condemnation. In Jesus,

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Speaker 1: we find life. That's why Paul states that the New

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Speaker 1: Covenant has a greater glory than the Old Covenant. We

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Speaker 1: haven't been given a ministry with a fading glory. We

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Speaker 1: haven't been given a ministry of condemnation. We have been

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Speaker 1: entrusted with the privilege of testifying to the undeserved righteousness

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Speaker 1: of Christ that he grants to all who come to

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Speaker 1: Him by faith. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for

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Speaker 1: your word, and we thank you for the privilege that

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Speaker 1: it is to be able to look at this portion

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Speaker 1: of scripture from the Book of Second Corinthians. And Lord,

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Speaker 1: you show us so many interesting things when we look

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Speaker 1: at your word, when we read through the Old Testament law,

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Speaker 1: we can see that your law is perfect and you

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Speaker 1: are righteous. But we are sinful by nature. We rebel

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Speaker 1: against you. You give us commands, you give us direction,

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Speaker 1: You give us laws, and we break them. We have

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Speaker 1: the heart of rebels and we seem to take particular

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Speaker 1: delight in rebelling against you. But Father, we're grateful for

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Speaker 1: the fact that you've looked at us with compassion. You

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Speaker 1: saw the messed up state that we were in, and

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Speaker 1: you did something about it. Because we couldn't save ourselves.

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Speaker 1: We were under condemnation. We deserved it, and we were

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Speaker 1: powerless to break our chains of sin. So you sent

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Speaker 1: your son Jesus Christ into this world to rescue lost

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Speaker 1: sinners like us. He took our condemnation upon himself. Father,

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Speaker 1: we're grateful for the fact that through faith in your son,

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Speaker 1: we are no longer condemned. We are given the gift

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Speaker 1: of His righteousness, and we're enabled to live our days

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Speaker 1: in such a way that you receive the glory. Father,

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Speaker 1: We're grateful for the fact that we don't need to

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Speaker 1: spend eternity as rebels under condemnation. We have the privilege

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Speaker 1: to spend eternity as your loved children who are free

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Speaker 1: from the bondage of sin and welcomed into your kingdom

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Speaker 1: forever Again. Father, we're grateful for the work that's been

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Speaker 1: accomplished for us through your son Jesus Christ, and we're

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Speaker 1: grateful to be reminded of these truths from your word today.

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Speaker 1: We commit ourselves to you now, and we pray this

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Speaker 1: all in Jesus' name. Amen,