Superabounding Grace Over Sin (Rom 5:17-21), Part 3/3

The law tells the truth about us, but it was never designed to rescue us. We walk through Romans 5:20-21 and ask the question people avoid: if sin existed before Moses, and death already reigned from Adam, what exactly did the law change? Our answer is simple and unsettling. The law makes transgression clear, intensifies our awareness of guilt, and leaves us with nowhere to run except Christ. 

From there, we slow down on Paul’s stunning claim: “Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.” We talk about grace not as a vague spiritual boost, but as a reigning power that actually defeats sin’s penalty and secures real assurance. That leads straight into the debate over eternal security, once saved always saved, and whether a true believer can lose salvation. We lay out why the “loss of salvation” view quietly flips Paul’s argument on its head by making sin stronger than God’s grace. 

We also connect Romans to a question many listeners bring up: how should Christians read 2 Peter 3:9? By tracing Peter’s context, the scoffers, and the “beloved,” we explain God’s patience as purposeful, not slackness. We close with practical clarity from Titus 2: grace doesn’t excuse sin; it trains us, purifies a people for God, and produces real good works as fruit, not as the price of salvation. 

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Transcript

Why The Law Entered

SPEAKER_05 0:00

Was given to reveal to men that they were sinners. Look what he says. Moreover, the law entered. And then he tells you why. That the offense might abound. That is the reason. Remember what he said in the previous verses earlier in the chapter? He says that death reigned. Death reigned between the time of Adam unto Moses. So he what he says is before the law came, men were already sinners. They were already sinners. And it says that death reigned over them who were between the time of Adam and Moses. So there's no concept, there's no idea, as some will suggest, that if there was no law, then there is no sin. That's not what Paul's saying. He's saying that sin was always there from the fall, and death reigned as a result of that one offense as we have been reading here today. The one offense of Adam brought death, sin and death to all. And that happened before the law. Can somebody mute this guy, Jose? He always says a bunch of stupid stuff. I don't want to hear from him. Jose, delete this guy. Thank you. So anyway, so the law comes, and the purpose of the law was to reveal sin. That was its purpose, to show us our sin, to show us that we have offended the Lord, to show us that we are in a state of condemnation and need to find some way to remedy this problem. And that remedy for the problem was Christ. So all these quote-unquote lawkeepers, they are misled and misguided in their understanding of the purpose of the law, which the Bible, Paul here makes very clear was never intended and nor could it save anyone.

The Law Is Perfect We Aren’t

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Is there anything wrong with the law? No. Is the law perfect? Absolutely. So why couldn't the law save us? Because of the sin in man. We are the problem, not the law. And so the fact that the law could not save is what warranted grace. That's what warranted grace. This was the this was this was the the mind of God that the provision that God has made for us to be redeemed from our fallen natures, which are impossible for us to fall under the condemnation of without the sacrifice of Christ. You see this person talking about this is this is bull and whatever. See, these people aren't Christians. This Robert Samuel McCord guy here, he's not a Christian. Only the Lord's people understand this. Only his elect people understand this. And they hear his voice.

How Grace Outruns Sin

SPEAKER_05 3:28

Like Rodney says, where sin abounded, grace superabounded. It's superabounded. True statement. True statement. So he says that the law entered, and this highlights an increase in the awareness of sin among men. And by defining trans by defining transgression, it causes the offense to abound. The law made the offense abound. But the abounding or the increase in sin or the recognition of it is greater overcome by grace through Christ. And so law makes the offense abound, not by creating sin, but by exposing it and by intensifying it. And that makes men helpless. And it should cause them to flee to Christ. It should cause them to flee to Christ, run to Him, seeking forgiveness, and seeking His righteousness, and seeking to be reconciled to Him. But this increase in sin is met with even greater increase of grace, as Brother Rodney typed in the comments. And then it says, Much more abound. Much more abound is what grace did. What does this mean? It emphasizes the overwhelming superiority of grace over sin. Grace completely vanquishes all sin in the believer who comes to the Lord in faith. Grace, grace subdues all sin. All sin. And it couldn't give you, you couldn't obtain life by grace if there was any sin left over to be removed. Grace and sin do not exist side by side in any kind of competitive way within the soul of a person. Not when it comes to salvation. Grace eradicates the penalty and the consequences and the judgment due to sin, because Christ Himself took upon him the wrath we deserve to get. So no matter how great sin becomes, grace surpasses it.

Can A Christian Lose Salvation

SPEAKER_05 6:01

So if grace is super, if grace superabounds over sin, how say some that salvation can be lost? Because if salvation can be lost, how can it be said that grace superabounds over sin? How can Paul say that where this where no matter what what degree sin is, grace is greater? How can grace be said to be greater in any situation where a person can lose their salvation? Sister Lisa.

SPEAKER_01 6:33

You know, when you what you just said made me think that it if if a person believes they can lose their salvation, then they're saying the exact there's they're believing the exact opposite of what what you're reading in these verses. It means there's their sin is more powerful than God's grace over them. Right. And you know, and I don't I don't even think they realize what they're thinking and what they're saying. It's like oh my goodness. Well, I mean, that's all I have to say. It it it's their sin is not sin is not more powerful than God's grace. So if you lose it, I I would you never had it. That's all there is to say.

SPEAKER_05 7:18

That's right. Well, look at this verse again, Sister Lisa. I want to point you there. Then I'm coming to you next, Jeff. He says, moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. Look what he says. The law entered for one reason, that the offense might abound. But then he says, But where sin aboundeth, in other words, wherever, wherever sin abounds, grace much more abounds. He says, nowhere, nowhere, where sin abounds over God's grace. This is exactly what those who tell you that you lose your salvation believe. That sin abounds over grace. And yet he is teaching right here that it is grace that abounds, that no matter what, what, no matter what degree, no matter what height that that that God has forgiven the sinner for whatever amount of sins that they have done, whatever amount of sin that they've done, grace always superabounds. You can't outgrow grace. Your sin cannot outgrow grace. But the sinner who says they were saved by grace through faith and yet believes and tells people that they can lose their salvation, what they are saying is the exact opposite of what Paul's saying. They are saying that sin superabounds over grace. It's right here. It's right here. He makes it plain. He makes it plain. Sister Meg, are you there? I think Meg went to sleep on it, y'all. Xavion, try to request up again. I don't think anybody, nobody kicked you out, brother, so try again. And I'll get you back up here. Let's see. All right, we'll see if he comes, it comes back up. All right. So I hope everybody sees that in this in verse 20 here. So no matter how great, no matter how great sin becomes, grace always surpasses it. Always. This is gonna be the last verse I go through in this section because starting in verse chapter 6, we start another section. But Brother Jeffrey, go ahead. Jeff, um, man of God.

SPEAKER_03 9:37

Yeah, what I was just gonna add was I heard a great sermon by this older preacher that talked about how how the how the Lord has dealt with sin. And in the past, he's removed the penalty of sin. In the presence, he's removed the power of sin. And in the future, he removes the presence of sin. Sin is dealt with completely.

SPEAKER_05 10:01

Completely, completely. There is no element of sin that can remain for this for the for the person who came to Christ. There's no way. And so this is I got can you guys still hear me okay?

SPEAKER_01 10:21

Yes, I can hear you.

SPEAKER_05 10:23

Yes, yep, yep. Huh. Has some kind of restriction thing come across the live for a second. So I don't know what that was about.

SPEAKER_03 10:32

TikTok had a hiccup again.

SPEAKER_05 10:34

Yeah. Yeah, so something was going on there. So anyway, let me get to the last verse, and then we will get ready to close it out. Shorter than normal, but it's a good time to end it. So verse 21.

Grace Reigns Through Righteousness

SPEAKER_05 10:47

And Paul said, well, let me read verse 20 again and then read it in conjunction with verse 21. Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound, that as sin, that as sin has reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ. So Paul here concludes this particular section with the last contrast, a final contrast of reigning powers. Sin is depicted here as a ruler that leads unto death and exercising dominion over humanity. However, by contrast, grace reigns. Grace now reigns, but it does so by way of righteousness that is imputed to us. And this shows that it does not bypass justice, but fulfills justice. So let me ask you Mariah, how does, let me ask you this question. How does righteousness bypass, how does righteousness, how can we say that righteousness that we receive in Christ, how can we say that it does not bypass justice but fulfills it? So how would we how would you say, how would you prove that us receiving righteousness bypasses justice? In other words, the argument here is that justice is never bypassed. Just because we don't get punished or condemned, it doesn't mean that justice will buy was bypassed.

SPEAKER_08 12:30

If we receive righteousness, because Christ was he endured the wrath of God on the cross. So the just the justice and what he seeked was met on the cross by the Father.

SPEAKER_05 12:45

Amen. Absolutely, absolutely. I suppose I could have made that question a little better, but that's you got the answer. That's perfectly what it is. Christ suffered the justice that was owed to us. And so the result of that, for those of us who believe, is the reign now over us of eternal life. Secured, and as a result of being secured, further mediated by the Lord Jesus Christ, our Lord, who is the who rules right now through his mediation over all of his believers and all the servants that he has on earth. And so the entire movement of this whole passage brings us to this place, which is the triumph of grace. Grace always triumphs all sin, no matter how great sin is. Grace is greater, grace superbounds. And it shows a new dominion, a new dominion that not only reverses, but surpasses the effects of sin, bringing life where death once ruled. And this is what is the great thing about what our Lord has done. In the reign of sin, sin was complete and sin was total. But the reign of eternal life is also total to those who believe. So if the reign of sin, if the reign, if the reign and rule and governing of sin over our lives was only partial and temporary, then we would also have to say that the reign and eternal, the reign of eternal life is also partial and temporary. And this can't be said. This can't be said. And so just as just as dominion, the dominion of sin reigned over all, also, so also the dominion of Christ reign in righteousness and eternal life. Once we receive that, it is permanent and it cannot be removed. Because if it did, it would mean that there was a failure on the part of our Lord. Oh, Sister Meg, you're back with us.

SPEAKER_07 15:06

I kind of just dozed off by the sound of your voice for a minute.

SPEAKER_04 15:11

I'm boring you.

SPEAKER_07 15:12

No, I it's soothing.

SPEAKER_04 15:15

That's okay.

SPEAKER_07 15:16

But so think think think about it like this. Like the reason why this had to be the way that it was was because if if the Lord Jesus Christ was mere man, then his righteousness and and everything that he was could only be temporal. But since the Lord Jesus Christ is eternal, therefore all of those things are eternal because he is. And this is why we have it, because he is in fact God and he is eternal.

SPEAKER_05 15:50

Amen. Absolutely. Absolutely. So that's where we will conclude tonight on verse 21. That completes chapter 5, and we move in to chapter 6 and our next next time we get together.

2 Peter 3:9 And God’s Patience

SPEAKER_05 16:06

Before I give everybody their last words, I want to go to the verse that brother Xavion, I hope I'm saying your name right, brother. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. US. Got it right? Okay, 2 Peter chapter 3, verse 9, right? Oh, yes, sir.

SPEAKER_04 16:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 16:22

All right. So the question was: how do I interpret 2 Peter chapter 3, verse 9? If the case that I'm making is that salvation cannot be lost. Here's the verse. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to us were not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. So, Brother Xavion, so let me point out something here. So Peter is trying to bring comfort to the people, the Christians, who believed or were worried about Christ's return. Can everybody hear me?

SPEAKER_07 17:15

Yes, but you froze. Oh, now you're dead.

SPEAKER_05 17:18

All right, there we go. Yeah, froze for a second. Okay. So it's something going on here. All right. So Peter says this to them, brother. He says, in verse 3, knowing this first, there shall come in the last days scoffers walking after their own lusts, saying, Where is the promise of his coming? So you see, this was the problem that Peter, this is the question that Peter is answering, because people were telling the Christians that Christ already came. And they were worried that they were missing him, or uh, you know, or they're worried about a delay. They were worried about missing his return. And then there were scoffers going, like, well, he's not coming back at all. And so now they're asking Peter the question, where is the promise of his coming? In verse 4. What evidence do you have that he is actually coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation. So now he's saying that, well, these scoffers and his mockers, they're telling you Christ isn't coming back. Why are you holding out false hope? What evidence is there and what promise is there of his coming? And so Peter argues in verse 5, he says, For this, speaking about the mockers and the scoffers, for this they are willingly ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, whereby the world that then was being overflowed by water perished. So what is Peter saying? He is saying that there was a time where people thought this before. There was a promise that through Noah that was being preached that the flood was coming and was going to destroy the earth. And many people were saying the same thing. This is crazy. It's already been a long time. There is no evidence, there's nothing certain about this coming, and it's probably not going to happen. So he Peter is proving, oh, it's going to happen just like it happened in the days of Noah when nobody thought it was going to happen. So then he goes on, and in verse 7, he says, But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word that was spoken with regard to the flood, the heavens and earth which are now, meaning the earth that now is after the flood, by the same word that spoke about the flood, there is reserved, it is reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perition of ungodly men. In other words, the first time the world the earth was destroyed, it was by the flood, and that was certain and sure. So you can also be sure that the earth that now is is going to be destroyed by fire, just as that old world was destroyed by the flood. Now, watch here, Brother Xavier, watch here. So in verse 8, he says this. He was speaking about the scorners and the mockers, but now he's bringing comfort to the believers. So in verse 8 he says, But beloved, but beloved, believers, beloved of God, be not ignorant of this one thing. One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. He's saying that don't judge by man's timing. We need to judge these things by God's timing. So what may seem like overnight to you, to God, is a thousand years. And what may seem like a thousand years or forever to you can only be one day. The point is not not to judge whether or not Christ is coming by the timescale that men have, but judge by the time scale that God is judging his providence by. And notice what he says in verse 9, because this is where it starts to come full circle. And this is the verse you asked about. The Lord, Peter says, He is not slack concerning his promise. In other words, he made a promise that he's going to come and destroy the world and return for his people. He made the promise. And what Peter is saying is that the Lord made the promise and is not slack in his promise. There's no looseness to his promise. It is certainly going to happen. He goes, but some men count slackness, but the Lord doesn't. Men count slackness. But the Lord doesn't. And then he says, but here's what he says about the Lord. But the Lord is long suffering to us word. Who? The believers. The beloved in verse 8. The Lord is long suffering to us word. And then he says this not willing that any should perish. Any who? Any of us. The believers. His long suffering has to do with the fact that he is not willing that any of us should perish. So if he comes prematurely, those who have a providential appointment to their salvation would be lost. And he's saying that that's not going to happen. I need to wait until all of my chosen people come to faith. And I'm doing that because I am long-suffering to my people. And I am not willing that any of my people should perish, but that all of them should come to repentance. And that will be the time when I will destroy this earth with fire. Now notice this. Let me ask you a question, Brother Xavion. Take your mic off for a minute because I want you to respond to this. Okay. All right. So he says this. He says this God is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish. Do you think you can name one place in all of Scripture, one place in all of history, past, present, and future, that God's will will not be done?

SPEAKER_02 23:31

I can't find nowhere in scripture where it won't be done.

SPEAKER_05 23:35

This is what he's saying in verse 9. He's not willing that any of his people should be lost. That's why he's delaying his return until all of his people come. He is not willing that any of them should perish. Okay. You see it? Yeah. He's not willing that that should happen. In other words, his will is going to be done, and his will is that none of his people shall perish, but that all should come to repentance. And that's the reason for the thought that he's being slack in his promise. No, he's being patient and long-suffering and forbearing, waiting that all of us should come to repentance, and then he will come and end all things as we know it. Make sense?

SPEAKER_02 24:20

Yes, sir. I appreciate that.

SPEAKER_05 24:23

No problem. And if and if something ever gets fuzzy again or fuzzy on this or anything else, just write me and DM me. I'll answer you. I promise I'll answer you if I'm raving. Okay. All right. The guys will. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Thank you. All right, brother. All right. Last words for everybody tonight.

Final Reflections And Closing Prayer

SPEAKER_05 24:39

I'll start with you, Sister Vanessa. Your last word for tonight.

SPEAKER_06 24:42

Well, it's been good as usual. I'm just sitting here thinking. You know, Jesus. There ain't a whole lot I can say. Because I think I've said it already tonight. I'm just so admired by him. You know, I admire him so much. And I'm at a loss. I'm like, you know, I'm like Brother Rodney. I'm at a loss for words tonight. I really don't know what to say, except I love you all. And I just bless, I just want to bless everyone with the Lord. Amen.

SPEAKER_05 25:23

Thank you for that. Brother Rodney, last word.

SPEAKER_02 25:30

Yeah, I'm I'm I'm this is this is this is I needed this. I needed this. That's all I can say. This is Romans is good. Romans is good. I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be here. This this walk is thank you, thank you. This walk is is great. I mean, I I I have I I I want to say some things that I have in my notes and stuff like that, but I'm just I'm I'm speechless. You know, I'm just I've been saying all I said earlier, Grace has a throne now. That's what I started out with. And you know, that's just something just sitting on and just understanding that grace is actually just the ultimate gift, just everything. And it resets every day. Graces and mercies reset every day. So it doesn't matter what I did yesterday. You know, I have another chance today to try again. So that's right. I'll I'll close out with that and thank you again, as always. It was good.

SPEAKER_04 26:23

So that's right, brother. Lord keep you in all things always. Thank you. God bless you, Mr. Mariah. Last word.

SPEAKER_08 26:35

Yeah, I I often go to verse 19 when people try to make my obedience something that is equal to or something that would be that God is sat satisfied with. God is not satisfied with my obedience if it's not in the sun. Right. Anything outside of the sun is is like dung to him. He said that it is filthy rags. Our our best day could not equate to something that is worthy to be given to God. And so I don't try to negate my responsibility that I have in Christ. Um, but I know that if it weren't for the man Christ Jesus, my Lord and Savior, in his obedience, I would be in the same position. And if God was to lift his hand, even with all the knowledge that I have obtained up until this point, and he was to remove his hand from me, I will return to a disobedient sinner lost in need of saving. So I think that we are we need to lift Christ up and his obedience and what it truly means to be in him. And in that way, as Paul said in the beginning, we can be obedient to the faith.

SPEAKER_05 28:01

That's right. That's right, sister. That's right. Sister Vicky, good night, sister. You have a good night. Blessed night. God bless you. Sister Savannah. Good evening, sister. Your last word.

SPEAKER_00 28:15

Good evening. So I was just thinking about how you know during this study that we're not under the law and that we're under grace now, and that the Bible says that anyone who puts themselves under the law is under a curse. And so I want to read, if you don't mind, Titus 2, 11 through 14. It says it says, For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say no to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this present age. While we wait for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. So grace teaches us that we should do what is righteous and holy, not that not that we must or not that we have to do it because our hope is in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

SPEAKER_05 29:54

Right. Well, see, sister, you picked a really good you picked a really, really good passage. Because if you think about it, verse 14 could serve as a summary for all that we went through tonight. Look at it. Christ gave himself for us, and he then he tells you why. That he might redeem us from what? All iniquity. Christ deals with the sin. He redeems us from all iniquity, right? And then he says, and to purify unto himself, a peculiar people. He does the purification. So he he came, he gave himself for us to redeem us from iniquity and to purify us unto himself, a a peculiar people. Remember, we talked earlier about peculiar people, meaning those who are favored by God, a special people, a selected people, an elect people. And these people are zealous of good works. And this is and this is your answer to people who would tell you that if you believe in the grace of God as it is laid forth and set forth in the scripture, then you're saying and assuming that that means we can go do all the sin that we want. No, because Christ took away the iniquity, but he also gave us purification. God's true, truly bloodbought people, Christ's people, what they what they are, when after having been saved and glorified, I mean and reconciled to God, they are a people that is always characterized by being zealous of good works. So, Sister Uh Savannah, very good section to read because it's absolutely apropos to what we're talking about. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_01 31:55

Oh, well, I'm just gonna keep it short and thank everybody for their input. It's been really good. It always is really good. And I would just encourage encourage anyone who is worried about losing salvation or or any of the things that we covered tonight, just pray about it and put your faith completely in Christ. And and it's all about Him. When we take ourselves out of it, what a relief. What a relief. If if I rely on myself, I know I'm gonna mess it up. That's right. So I'm I'm so grateful. Thank you, Lord.

SPEAKER_05 32:32

Thank you, uh, Sister Meg, if you could get your last word in and close us out, if you would, that'd be great.

SPEAKER_07 32:39

Absolutely. You know, I've been meditating on this for weeks now and applying it to when I'm reading scripture, and it's the father is only pleased with his son.

SPEAKER_04 32:50

Right.

SPEAKER_07 32:52

And when you meditate on that and and go into scripture and you start to read, the focus becomes Christ alone. And everything that he is, because we are in Christ, the Father is pleased. Anything outside of Christ does not please him. And so when we read uh in scripture, like we're talking about his righteousness and his holiness, all of these things are only found in Christ. Christ is the epitome of good, there is no good outside of God, there's no true love outside of God, there is nothing. And so in John chapter 15, when Jesus says, Apart from me, you can do nothing, there could be a no, there could be no truer statement than that. Because truly we apart from him, we are nothing. If we were to step outside of him for one moment, we would be absolutely nothing. And we would not, and the father would not be pleased. And so it's it's just something that, man, it's it's it's taken me to a whole different way when reading scripture. It's just absolutely beautiful, right? And and and the focus, you know, just like Savannah was speaking about, is the new man, the new creation that we have been transformed into. It is when its focus is on the Lord, all you think about is Him. Sin becomes a thing of the past. And I say that in a way of not recognizing we do recognize when we do these things, and the Holy Spirit brings that to our attention, but the focus is all on Christ and what he did and his finished work, and it's the most beautiful thing ever because this is why we have peace with God through this and this alone. And it's it is humbling, it's peaceful, and it's everything that the Lord did and nothing of ourselves. And I'm so grateful, brother.

SPEAKER_04 35:03

Me too. Absolutely. We all are, sister. Excellent, excellent word.

SPEAKER_07 35:08

Yeah, so let's let's let's all bow our heads and pray. Dear Heavenly Father, Lord God, I thank you again for another night of study. Lord, I I thank you that I've seen so many people tonight, Lord God, that we have invited in to become a part of the edification of your word, Lord God, and to grow in knowledge, not the knowledge that we need to prove to man, but the knowledge that you give us so we know who you are. Because true knowledge of you, Lord God, is knowing your son. Just like you say in John chapter 17, verse 3, and this is eternal life, that they may know you, the one true God in Jesus Christ, in whom you have sent. And Lord God, I'm so thankful for that. I'm thankful for these moments that you give each and every one of us. Whereas we dive into your word, Heavenly Father, you become more real than you than we have ever seen or known before. I'm so grateful that we get to have an intimate relationship with you through your word, that Lord, you know every single hair on our head, and you have given us your word to know everything about you. For the secret things do belong to the Lord, but that which are given for us are for us. Just like your word says, and we're so grateful to know you, not only as our God and our Lord and our Savior, but as our friend, as our confidant, as one who re who we remain dependent on because we are your children. Lord, I notice when I read your word that we're always your children. We're never adults in Christ. We're always your children, and as children, Lord, we are called to be dependent on you in all things. And so I thank you for that dependence. And no matter what we have to go through in this world, Lord God, as we continue with that dependence, Lord, we know that we are in your hand and there's no safer place to be. Lord God, I thank you for all my brothers and sisters in this life, Lord God. I thank you for everything that you're doing and through them. And Lord, as we continue to be edified in your word, let us get it in our spirit, Heavenly Father, to where we can go to other people and we can edify them in your word and in your truth. And our brothers and sisters can grow in the knowledge of you, Heavenly Father, and it can just spread to where in the end we're just as you wanted, a flawless bride that is presented to the Father, a completed kingdom where man is fully reconciled and we are at peace with you, Lord God. I thank you so much, Lord. I'm so grateful, Father. I'm grateful. I'm grateful for my brothers and sisters. I'm grateful for everybody in this life. Let us go to sleep tonight, Lord, and dream up, dream and wake up with you being the first thought. Help us to be bold in the gospel, preach it to everybody that we know, Lord, so your kingdom can continue to come and your will be done on earth as it already is in heaven, Lord God. In Jesus' mighty name I pray.

SPEAKER_05 38:03

Amen. Amen. Thank you, Meg. You guys have a great night. I'm looking forward to chapter six, as Paul continues to amp up his arguments concerning Christ and the beauty of the salvation and justification that we receive because of him. So that being said, may you guys all have a great night. Be provoked, be persuaded in these things, and God bless you until the next time.

SPEAKER_06 38:31

Get some sleep, Meg. Amen.

SPEAKER_05 38:34

I'm up now.

SPEAKER_01 38:35

Good night.

unknown 38:36

Love you.

SPEAKER_05 38:36

Good night, everybody.