1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,769 So the law does these three kinds of things. 2 00:00:03,203 --> 00:00:06,473 And in fact, maybe we shouldn't talk about 3 00:00:06,473 --> 00:00:07,574 the three uses of the law, 4 00:00:08,908 --> 00:00:11,011 because there's an idea around that pastors, 5 00:00:11,044 --> 00:00:13,113 when they preach, use the law three ways. 6 00:00:13,913 --> 00:00:16,616 So a pastor might be doing a little curb action, 7 00:00:16,616 --> 00:00:18,118 or maybe he's now trying to kill them 8 00:00:18,118 --> 00:00:19,152 and do some mirror stuff, 9 00:00:19,419 --> 00:00:21,988 then in this room he does a little third use kind of thing 10 00:00:21,988 --> 00:00:24,290 and throws a little bit of direction in there for them. 11 00:00:24,724 --> 00:00:25,892 Well, there's a problem with that, 12 00:00:25,992 --> 00:00:28,595 because you see, the law isn't that easily manipulated. 13 00:00:29,529 --> 00:00:32,198 Because the law is simply God's will, 14 00:00:32,365 --> 00:00:34,067 and it just does its thing, 15 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:36,469 whether I want it to or not. 16 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:40,407 For example, I might be preaching along in my sermon. 17 00:00:41,074 --> 00:00:42,776 Well, I'll just give you my classic example. 18 00:00:42,976 --> 00:00:45,211 Say I'm standing up in the pulpit as a pastor, 19 00:00:46,579 --> 00:00:50,483 and it's a sermon text on Christian families. 20 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:51,985 So I'm really preaching to the guys, 21 00:00:52,118 --> 00:00:53,686 and I'm talking to them, and I'm saying, 22 00:00:53,753 --> 00:00:55,555 you know what, God expects you as a husband 23 00:00:55,555 --> 00:00:57,023 to give yourself to your wife. 24 00:00:57,390 --> 00:00:58,058 You know, that's cool. 25 00:00:58,058 --> 00:00:59,325 So what I want you to do today, 26 00:00:59,759 --> 00:01:00,627 that's what God expects of you. 27 00:01:01,027 --> 00:01:02,295 I want you to go home today, 28 00:01:02,695 --> 00:01:05,098 and you should, instead of spending your afternoon 29 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:09,235 watching the NFL and wasting your mind and your time, 30 00:01:09,669 --> 00:01:11,304 spend your afternoon with your wife. 31 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:12,539 Invest in her. 32 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:13,773 Go shopping with her. 33 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:14,808 Go for a walk with her. 34 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:17,243 And people are going, whoa. 35 00:01:17,343 --> 00:01:18,445 Because that's what God expects you to do. 36 00:01:18,511 --> 00:01:19,646 He expects you to give up your time 37 00:01:19,646 --> 00:01:20,413 for the sake of your wife. 38 00:01:20,513 --> 00:01:21,381 He wants you to give yourself 39 00:01:21,381 --> 00:01:22,749 and invest yourself in your wife. 40 00:01:23,349 --> 00:01:25,351 So I've got three guys sitting out in my congregation. 41 00:01:26,086 --> 00:01:28,655 And the first guy says, oh. 42 00:01:29,055 --> 00:01:30,824 You know, this guy's been dragged to church by his wife 43 00:01:30,824 --> 00:01:31,524 out of obligation. 44 00:01:31,624 --> 00:01:33,326 He has no interest in anything spiritual, 45 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:34,461 but he happens to be there. 46 00:01:34,561 --> 00:01:36,463 And he's listening to me out of curiosity, 47 00:01:36,496 --> 00:01:37,931 and he hears me saying this stuff. 48 00:01:37,997 --> 00:01:39,399 He thinks, oh, man. 49 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:41,835 Maybe that's what my wife is always trying to tell me. 50 00:01:42,168 --> 00:01:43,503 I don't know, maybe there's something to this. 51 00:01:43,570 --> 00:01:44,604 I bet if I go home, 52 00:01:45,071 --> 00:01:46,639 and I just give my wife a couple of hours, 53 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:48,808 I can probably be pretty happy. 54 00:01:49,175 --> 00:01:50,510 I bet I'll get her off my back. 55 00:01:51,411 --> 00:01:53,746 And she might even be so grateful, 56 00:01:53,746 --> 00:01:56,082 it'll reflect in bed tonight. 57 00:01:56,416 --> 00:01:57,183 This is a cool thing. 58 00:01:57,750 --> 00:01:58,751 I think I'll give it a shot. 59 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:02,088 And so he goes home, 60 00:02:02,455 --> 00:02:03,923 and he conforms to it. 61 00:02:04,224 --> 00:02:04,891 His wife's thrilled. 62 00:02:05,358 --> 00:02:06,192 He's a happy guy. 63 00:02:07,994 --> 00:02:08,728 What do we got here? 64 00:02:09,028 --> 00:02:10,096 What's the law done? 65 00:02:12,665 --> 00:02:13,566 Cool, right? 66 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:14,634 It's all done. 67 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:16,870 God hasn't even entered the picture here. 68 00:02:18,104 --> 00:02:20,373 But has it done its good work? 69 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:20,840 Sure. 70 00:02:21,174 --> 00:02:22,609 It's helped conform his behavior. 71 00:02:23,209 --> 00:02:24,511 It's taught him to do something different. 72 00:02:24,577 --> 00:02:25,712 It's got him from doing something, 73 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:26,779 kept him from doing a bad thing, 74 00:02:27,046 --> 00:02:27,647 helped him do a good thing. 75 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:29,749 The law has functioned as curb. 76 00:02:30,583 --> 00:02:32,252 Now, is that my intention in preaching? 77 00:02:32,585 --> 00:02:34,254 Probably not, but that's what happened. 78 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:36,456 Now, second row back, 79 00:02:36,923 --> 00:02:37,824 that other guy's in there saying, 80 00:02:38,391 --> 00:02:40,927 oh, man, that's what God expects of me. 81 00:02:41,227 --> 00:02:42,295 I know I've heard it before, 82 00:02:42,295 --> 00:02:43,029 and it's so right, 83 00:02:43,229 --> 00:02:44,631 and I get so selfish. 84 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:47,233 I don't think I could ever love my wife that way. 85 00:02:47,433 --> 00:02:49,869 I'm just, man, I am lost. 86 00:02:50,136 --> 00:02:51,237 I'm just, I'm doomed. 87 00:02:51,704 --> 00:02:52,505 Can't do it. 88 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:53,907 I'm a failure. 89 00:02:54,507 --> 00:02:55,875 Worst husband alive. 90 00:02:57,243 --> 00:02:59,445 And he's just devastated by this. 91 00:02:59,746 --> 00:02:59,913 Killed. 92 00:03:01,047 --> 00:03:01,948 Has the law done its job? 93 00:03:03,249 --> 00:03:03,650 You bet. 94 00:03:04,317 --> 00:03:06,085 Second function, second use, mirror. 95 00:03:06,519 --> 00:03:07,954 Man, it has shown me who I really am. 96 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:09,489 I'm not that kind of guy at all. 97 00:03:10,056 --> 00:03:10,623 I'm dead. 98 00:03:11,791 --> 00:03:12,192 Terrible. 99 00:03:12,792 --> 00:03:13,226 He's crushed. 100 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:15,028 Third row back, 101 00:03:15,895 --> 00:03:16,496 the guy's in there saying, 102 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:18,831 God has given me the best wife in the world. 103 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:20,300 Man, he has blessed me so much. 104 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:22,068 He's given me my faith, 105 00:03:22,235 --> 00:03:23,536 and he's given me this great family. 106 00:03:24,137 --> 00:03:26,973 My wife would really benefit from me spending that time 107 00:03:26,973 --> 00:03:27,173 with her. 108 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:28,208 I can't wait to go home and do that. 109 00:03:28,241 --> 00:03:29,175 That's a brilliant idea. 110 00:03:29,275 --> 00:03:30,210 I hadn't thought of that before, 111 00:03:30,376 --> 00:03:31,010 the use of my time. 112 00:03:31,044 --> 00:03:31,978 That's a really important thing. 113 00:03:32,111 --> 00:03:32,912 I'm gonna do that today. 114 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:34,380 I'm gonna dig in and do that. 115 00:03:34,847 --> 00:03:36,115 I can't wait to get home and do it. 116 00:03:37,183 --> 00:03:38,051 What's going on? 117 00:03:38,751 --> 00:03:39,819 I'd argue it's third. 118 00:03:40,587 --> 00:03:41,854 He's got a new insight into something 119 00:03:41,854 --> 00:03:42,622 he hadn't seen before. 120 00:03:42,855 --> 00:03:44,023 The law has taught him something, 121 00:03:44,023 --> 00:03:46,292 and it's benefiting him as a Christian, 122 00:03:46,593 --> 00:03:47,894 as functioning as a guide. 123 00:03:48,828 --> 00:03:50,496 Have I preached three different things? 124 00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:51,464 Nope. 125 00:03:52,198 --> 00:03:53,600 One thing, one law. 126 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:55,368 Three very different outcomes. 127 00:03:56,169 --> 00:03:58,571 And you see, I thought I was using it for whatever. 128 00:03:58,805 --> 00:04:00,106 I was gonna do a little third use. 129 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,041 Well, it came off very differently. 130 00:04:02,475 --> 00:04:03,743 And see, that's what the point is. 131 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:05,411 Rather than talk about uses of the law, 132 00:04:05,645 --> 00:04:08,715 far better to talk about the functions of the law, 133 00:04:09,515 --> 00:04:10,650 the functions of the law, 134 00:04:10,650 --> 00:04:12,885 because the law just does stuff. 135 00:04:14,187 --> 00:04:15,588 The law just does stuff. 136 00:04:15,588 --> 00:04:18,358 And I can't so easily manipulate it. 137 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:20,226 All I can do is preach the law 138 00:04:20,226 --> 00:04:22,595 and just kinda let God do his thing. 139 00:04:23,229 --> 00:04:24,297 Let the Holy Spirit do his thing. 140 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:24,964 And he does. 141 00:04:25,565 --> 00:04:27,233 And all three functions are appropriate, 142 00:04:27,533 --> 00:04:28,534 and all three of them happen. 143 00:04:29,135 --> 00:04:30,036 And they take place. 144 00:04:30,303 --> 00:04:31,337 So that's what the law does. 145 00:04:31,838 --> 00:04:33,373 Curb, mirror, guide. 146 00:04:33,973 --> 00:04:34,574 Works that way. 147 00:04:35,008 --> 00:04:36,809 Now, what about this guide thing? 148 00:04:37,143 --> 00:04:38,311 Luther never talked about it. 149 00:04:38,411 --> 00:04:40,647 Is that because Luther didn't believe he needed any help? 150 00:04:41,014 --> 00:04:42,615 And that once you get Christ, 151 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:43,750 and once you have the gospel, 152 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:47,153 stand back, here comes the good works locomotive, 153 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:49,789 and you don't get run over by all the good works. 154 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:53,092 Now, there are a lot of Christian Lutherans 155 00:04:53,092 --> 00:04:53,926 who believe that. 156 00:04:54,494 --> 00:04:56,529 Don't ever preach the third use of the law. 157 00:04:56,829 --> 00:04:59,532 My goodness, don't ruin the gospel that way. 158 00:04:59,999 --> 00:05:02,168 Just give them the gospel and stand back. 159 00:05:02,669 --> 00:05:05,004 And so you get things like the pastor who says, 160 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:07,407 you're a sinner, you're alive in Christ. 161 00:05:10,843 --> 00:05:12,912 And just waiting, okay, I'll do the good work. 162 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:14,781 And figure it out. 163 00:05:15,214 --> 00:05:17,583 Because this notion is, if I tell them what to do, 164 00:05:17,884 --> 00:05:19,919 oh man, you just ruined the gospel. 165 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:21,621 You've given them law again. 166 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:22,655 Don't do that. 167 00:05:22,922 --> 00:05:25,758 But see, what's being betrayed here is this. 168 00:05:26,859 --> 00:05:28,661 It's the law gospel polarity. 169 00:05:28,928 --> 00:05:31,864 It is the belief that somehow the law is inherently bad. 170 00:05:32,231 --> 00:05:32,965 It's not. 171 00:05:34,133 --> 00:05:36,102 The law is good, not bad. 172 00:05:36,669 --> 00:05:38,604 And so if I give somebody some direction 173 00:05:38,604 --> 00:05:40,273 and some insight and some counsel, 174 00:05:40,606 --> 00:05:42,475 that's just called helping them to figure out 175 00:05:42,475 --> 00:05:43,609 what it means to live the Christian life, 176 00:05:43,743 --> 00:05:45,178 helping them understand the will of God. 177 00:05:45,244 --> 00:05:46,446 It's not negative. 178 00:05:47,547 --> 00:05:48,948 What did the psalmist say? 179 00:05:49,315 --> 00:05:50,750 Psalm 119, you know that one? 180 00:05:50,850 --> 00:05:53,286 That's a big monster psalm that goes on forever. 181 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:56,055 What's the basic theme of Psalm 119? 182 00:05:57,690 --> 00:05:59,092 How do I love the law? 183 00:05:59,292 --> 00:06:00,293 Let me count the ways. 184 00:06:01,861 --> 00:06:03,863 Every single verse of Psalm 119, 185 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:05,398 you know how that's an acrostic psalm, 186 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:06,833 you know, you remember this, right? 187 00:06:07,166 --> 00:06:08,868 Every, there's all these little sections in it. 188 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:11,704 Each section, each verse starts with the same Hebrew letter 189 00:06:11,704 --> 00:06:12,405 all the way through it. 190 00:06:12,505 --> 00:06:13,439 It's pretty nifty. 191 00:06:13,673 --> 00:06:14,974 You miss all that in English, but in Hebrew, 192 00:06:15,007 --> 00:06:15,575 it's pretty cool. 193 00:06:15,875 --> 00:06:17,510 So you got alef, bev, and all these, 194 00:06:17,643 --> 00:06:19,412 all through the Hebrew alphabet, each section, 195 00:06:19,645 --> 00:06:22,181 each, every verse starts with that same letter in Hebrew. 196 00:06:22,515 --> 00:06:23,416 So it goes through the whole thing. 197 00:06:23,716 --> 00:06:25,752 And in every single verse of Psalm 119, 198 00:06:25,818 --> 00:06:29,188 there is some word for law. 199 00:06:30,156 --> 00:06:32,792 Every single verse, commandment, law, 200 00:06:33,493 --> 00:06:35,528 a statute, ordinance, whatever. 201 00:06:36,062 --> 00:06:37,830 And in every, throughout that whole psalm, 202 00:06:37,864 --> 00:06:38,731 what is the psalmist saying? 203 00:06:39,766 --> 00:06:40,833 Love God's law. 204 00:06:40,833 --> 00:06:42,135 Love your commandments. 205 00:06:42,568 --> 00:06:43,436 I love your ordinances. 206 00:06:43,603 --> 00:06:44,003 Why? 207 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:46,205 Because he knows the law's not bad. 208 00:06:46,606 --> 00:06:47,607 Law is the will of God. 209 00:06:47,673 --> 00:06:48,808 It's a good thing. 210 00:06:49,842 --> 00:06:51,744 So we learn to recognize that the law 211 00:06:51,744 --> 00:06:55,114 has its good function, and it works in our lives 212 00:06:55,114 --> 00:06:56,649 accomplishing its purpose. 213 00:06:56,916 --> 00:06:59,352 It's okay to talk about it. 214 00:07:00,653 --> 00:07:01,687 All right. 215 00:07:02,088 --> 00:07:04,991 Now, what are the potential dangers 216 00:07:05,725 --> 00:07:07,093 of talking about the law? 217 00:07:07,927 --> 00:07:09,729 Well, obviously the danger is people might think, 218 00:07:09,729 --> 00:07:11,030 well, if I really keep the law, 219 00:07:11,164 --> 00:07:12,365 then God's really gotta like me, 220 00:07:12,498 --> 00:07:13,666 and then I'll get to go to heaven. 221 00:07:14,534 --> 00:07:16,769 Oh, that's called works righteousness, 222 00:07:16,869 --> 00:07:18,204 and that's definitely wrong. 223 00:07:18,671 --> 00:07:19,939 And so there's always the temptation 224 00:07:19,939 --> 00:07:23,209 to think that if I am keeping the law the way I should, 225 00:07:23,376 --> 00:07:25,044 then God must really be happy with me. 226 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:26,546 And we gotta be careful with that 227 00:07:26,546 --> 00:07:28,648 because that's just plain wrong as well. 228 00:07:29,215 --> 00:07:30,817 So antinomianism is a problem. 229 00:07:31,083 --> 00:07:32,618 Well, so is works righteousness. 230 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:39,859 So we gotta look out for the evil of antinomianism, 231 00:07:40,026 --> 00:07:41,828 but we also look out for works righteousness 232 00:07:41,828 --> 00:07:44,063 or a legalism that goes with that, 233 00:07:44,297 --> 00:07:46,866 thinking that somehow if I keep the law, 234 00:07:47,066 --> 00:07:48,334 then God owes me. 235 00:07:48,768 --> 00:07:50,036 And you don't encounter that, 236 00:07:50,203 --> 00:07:52,371 even among good so-called evangelicals 237 00:07:52,371 --> 00:07:55,908 who say Jesus saves me, but now that I tithe, 238 00:07:56,075 --> 00:07:57,009 God's gonna bless me. 239 00:08:00,446 --> 00:08:01,714 That's the same kind of error. 240 00:08:01,848 --> 00:08:02,615 You think that God's gonna bless me, 241 00:08:03,216 --> 00:08:03,883 by your performance, 242 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:07,286 you're really earning God's good graces and God's favor. 243 00:08:07,954 --> 00:08:10,289 And that's not quite right either. 244 00:08:11,190 --> 00:08:13,526 All right, good. 245 00:08:14,694 --> 00:08:15,127 Okay. 246 00:08:18,064 --> 00:08:20,333 Good, good, good, good. 247 00:08:20,766 --> 00:08:22,268 Oh man, we're just cruising right along here. 248 00:08:22,702 --> 00:08:23,102 All right. 249 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:26,806 Sometimes people make a big deal about the law, 250 00:08:26,806 --> 00:08:28,508 and they'll say that for Christians, 251 00:08:28,508 --> 00:08:32,245 it's not about shoulds, but about what they do. 252 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:34,514 And we talk about this as making a distinction 253 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:37,550 between the indicative and the imperative, 254 00:08:37,984 --> 00:08:39,619 understanding parts of the law. 255 00:08:49,529 --> 00:08:52,265 So the imperative says you must. 256 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:56,302 And the indicative says you do, you will, 257 00:08:56,536 --> 00:08:57,403 you are this way. 258 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:02,174 And it's been popular in our circles to say, 259 00:09:02,808 --> 00:09:04,944 what's all about the indicative and imperative 260 00:09:04,944 --> 00:09:06,112 is really kind of ruled out. 261 00:09:06,445 --> 00:09:08,581 So in other words, Christians do this. 262 00:09:08,781 --> 00:09:10,316 It's just what they do, because they're Christians. 263 00:09:10,449 --> 00:09:11,250 That's true enough. 264 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:13,786 But the expectation that God has 265 00:09:13,786 --> 00:09:14,987 that we should do certain things, 266 00:09:15,154 --> 00:09:16,289 that's still also there. 267 00:09:16,589 --> 00:09:19,959 So we have this sort of a sense of obligation or duty. 268 00:09:20,026 --> 00:09:21,627 That's not ruled out just because 269 00:09:21,627 --> 00:09:22,728 the gospel comes into play. 270 00:09:23,663 --> 00:09:26,232 We have our responsibilities. 271 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:28,901 In fact, in the Book of Concord, 272 00:09:29,569 --> 00:09:32,371 it will even say something like this. 273 00:09:37,510 --> 00:09:41,113 Good works are necessary. 274 00:09:42,815 --> 00:09:43,549 True or false? 275 00:09:46,552 --> 00:09:47,086 True statement. 276 00:09:48,087 --> 00:09:49,088 Good works are necessary. 277 00:09:49,455 --> 00:09:52,391 Not for salvation, but they're necessary 278 00:09:52,391 --> 00:09:53,292 for the Christian life. 279 00:09:54,293 --> 00:09:56,796 They're necessary for service in this world. 280 00:09:56,829 --> 00:09:59,398 And it's absolutely, it helps here a lot as well. 281 00:10:00,099 --> 00:10:02,468 To realize that the curb is really dealing 282 00:10:02,468 --> 00:10:06,072 with horizontal stuff, stuff in the civil realm, 283 00:10:06,639 --> 00:10:07,607 me and other people. 284 00:10:08,374 --> 00:10:12,411 The mirror is really dealing with me and God 285 00:10:12,411 --> 00:10:15,014 and where I stand in the vertical realm 286 00:10:15,915 --> 00:10:18,084 in the light of God and His command and His forgiveness. 287 00:10:18,684 --> 00:10:21,687 Then the guide, even though it flows out 288 00:10:21,687 --> 00:10:22,989 of my relationship to God, 289 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:25,858 really it's just interested in, once again, 290 00:10:26,158 --> 00:10:28,594 me and my relationship with other people 291 00:10:28,594 --> 00:10:30,496 and my responsibility to them, 292 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:31,831 the things I need to do for them, 293 00:10:31,897 --> 00:10:34,166 the things I need to perform to help them. 294 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:38,037 So keeping straight this kind of horizontal vertical 295 00:10:38,037 --> 00:10:39,105 helps a lot. 296 00:10:39,705 --> 00:10:41,841 And one of the consistent things you begin to see is 297 00:10:41,841 --> 00:10:44,710 a lot of mistakes get made when we start confusing 298 00:10:44,710 --> 00:10:46,312 the vertical and the horizontal. 299 00:10:46,579 --> 00:10:47,947 And we think we've got forgiveness, 300 00:10:48,214 --> 00:10:50,516 so therefore we're forgiven or we're set free 301 00:10:50,516 --> 00:10:51,450 from any obligations. 302 00:10:52,184 --> 00:10:52,818 And that's not right. 303 00:10:53,085 --> 00:10:55,621 Or, on the other hand, we think that somehow 304 00:10:55,621 --> 00:10:58,090 my performance in the horizontal realm 305 00:10:58,090 --> 00:11:00,626 and my good deeds earns God's favor 306 00:11:00,626 --> 00:11:02,161 and earns His special forgiveness. 307 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:03,529 And that's not right either. 308 00:11:03,963 --> 00:11:06,132 We have to be very careful not to confuse 309 00:11:06,132 --> 00:11:08,634 the vertical and the horizontal 310 00:11:08,634 --> 00:11:10,770 or getting anything mixed up that way. 311 00:11:12,805 --> 00:11:13,606 Questions? 312 00:11:17,443 --> 00:11:20,613 Wow, it's just so evident, huh? 313 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:23,215 All right. 314 00:11:26,252 --> 00:11:28,521 Anyone want to argue with me on the third use of the law? 315 00:11:31,957 --> 00:11:33,693 I was noticing a pattern. 316 00:11:34,226 --> 00:11:34,727 What's that? 317 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:36,729 So it's kind of noticed in a pattern. 318 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:41,734 We see the law and we get the curb, 319 00:11:41,734 --> 00:11:44,270 or the mirror, which shows us the need for a Savior 320 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:45,071 at the Gospel. 321 00:11:45,671 --> 00:11:47,773 But then, in having a Savior, we kind of reflect 322 00:11:47,773 --> 00:11:52,278 back to the law and how we should live as saved Christians. 323 00:11:52,645 --> 00:11:52,745 Right. 324 00:11:54,313 --> 00:11:56,015 Yeah, you're right, there's definitely a pattern here. 325 00:11:57,450 --> 00:12:01,253 And I think the bottom line thing to recognize here 326 00:12:01,253 --> 00:12:02,755 is that those two kinds of righteousness 327 00:12:03,355 --> 00:12:05,324 are the two different spheres in which we operate, 328 00:12:05,424 --> 00:12:06,425 the vertical and the horizontal.