Enjoying Justification
Series: MADE NEW
Speaker: Steve Jeffrey
Date: 5th June 2022
Passage: Romans 5:1-21
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00:00:01 --> 00:00:04 There was an article in one of Sydney newspapers
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00:00:12 --> 00:00:15 Apparently, the article went on that Sydneysiders
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00:00:24 --> 00:00:25 And as the article went on,
00:00:25 --> 00:00:29 the solution for our unhappiness
00:00:29 --> 00:00:33 according to the psychologist Susie Green,
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00:00:38 --> 00:00:39 was quite simple.
00:00:39 --> 00:00:40 She said,
00:00:40 --> 00:00:43 we live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world
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00:00:47 --> 00:00:49 We aren't living in a war-turned country.
00:00:51 --> 00:00:52 The point is,
00:00:52 --> 00:00:57 the reason that we aren't a cheerier lot
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00:01:03 --> 00:01:04 That's her view.
00:01:05 --> 00:01:06 And in actual fact,
00:01:06 --> 00:01:07 we should be cheery
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00:01:12 --> 00:01:13 I mean,
00:01:13 --> 00:01:16 the source for your happiness should be,
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00:01:18 --> 00:01:19 looking at Ukraine.
00:01:19 --> 00:01:21 You should be happy
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00:01:25 --> 00:01:26 And in a similar vein,
00:01:27 --> 00:01:28 happiness.com
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00:01:33 --> 00:01:34 Number one,
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00:01:44 --> 00:01:47 Number three,
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00:02:02 --> 00:02:02 Now,
00:02:02 --> 00:02:03 on one level,
00:02:04 --> 00:02:07 you could see why someone in a Western society
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00:02:10 --> 00:02:11 that's logical.
00:02:12 --> 00:02:13 On another level,
00:02:13 --> 00:02:14 it's a ridiculous list.
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00:02:34 --> 00:02:35 And they'll never have it.
00:02:36 --> 00:02:37 They're confined to misery
00:02:37 --> 00:02:38 all of their life.
00:02:40 --> 00:02:41 I don't think history would say that's the case.
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00:02:44 --> 00:02:45 Number five,
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00:02:48 --> 00:02:48 I mean,
00:02:49 --> 00:02:49 come on.
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00:02:56 --> 00:02:59 our culture places
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00:03:06 --> 00:03:07 How many times
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00:03:10 --> 00:03:11 The most important thing is
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00:03:16 --> 00:03:16 I mean,
00:03:17 --> 00:03:17 what nonsense.
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00:03:18 --> 00:03:19 Christianity,
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00:03:22 --> 00:03:23 amazingly,
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00:03:31 --> 00:03:33 Only that it would suggest
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00:03:38 --> 00:03:39 In fact,
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00:04:24 --> 00:04:25 and that's where we turn
00:04:25 --> 00:04:27 to Romans 5.
00:04:27 --> 00:04:28 If you've got your Bibles,
00:04:28 --> 00:04:29 turn it up there.
00:04:29 --> 00:04:30 Really got two points,
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00:04:42 --> 00:04:44 So,
00:04:45 --> 00:04:45 chapter 5 begins
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00:05:05 --> 00:05:05 I see
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00:05:12 --> 00:05:12 First of all,
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00:05:39 --> 00:05:39 You see,
00:05:39 --> 00:05:40 peace with God
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00:06:07 --> 00:06:08 all of humanity
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