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<li>What We Were
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<li>A slave of sin
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<li>By birth
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<li>In Adam &#8212; <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Rom',5,'1-21');">Rom 5:1-21</a></li>
<li>In parents &#8212; <a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Psa',51,5);">Psa 51:5</a></li>
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<li>By nature
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<li>Children of wrath &#8212; <a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Eph',2,3);">Eph 2:3</a></li>
<li>Dead in sin &#8212; <a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('Eph',2,1);">Eph 2:1</a></li>
<li>In darkness &#8212; <a id="si_6" onclick="return mV('Col',1,13);">Col 1:13</a></li>
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<li>The Inevitable Question &#8212; "What about the good, moral people?"
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<li>God's declaration &#8212; <a id="si_7" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,'10-23');">Rom 3:10-23</a></li>
<li>The forms of sin
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<li>Sins of the flesh
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<li>Outward and violent</li>
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<li>Sins of the heart
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<li>Inward and selfish</li>
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<li>The ultimate sin
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<li>Rejection of Christ &#8212; <a id="si_1" onclick="return mV('Jhn',3,36);">Jhn 3:36</a></li>
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<li>What We Are Now
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<li>A slave to Christ &#8212; <a id="si_9" onclick="return mV('Rom',6,18);">Rom 6:18</a>,
<a id="si_10" onclick="return mV('Rom',6,22);">22</a></li>
<li>A change has occurred
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<li>"I was &#8212; I am"</li>
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<li>The agencies of the change
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<li>"That form of doctrine"
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<li>Sinful man under wrath of Holy God &#8212; <a id="si_11" onclick="return mV('Rom',1,'18-32');">Rom 1:18-32</a>
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<li>Condemned</li>
<li>Helpless</li>
<li>Hopeless</li>
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<li>The inability of man to achieve salvation
<a id="si_12" onclick="return mV('Rom',2,'1-');">Rom 2</a>;
<a id="si_13" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,'1-');">Rom 3</a></li>
<li>God has provided a way &#8212; <a id="si_14" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,24);">Rom 3:24</a></li>
<li>God's way, in Christ, is received by faith &#8212; <a id="si_15" onclick="return mV('Rom',4,'1-');">Rom 4</a></li>
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<li>"That form of doctrine delivered you"
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<li>It delivers us over</li>
<li>It fashions, shapes, moulds</li>
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<li>It is God who uses it &#8212; <a id="si_16" onclick="return mV('Rom',6,17);">Rom 6:17</a>
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<li>But God be thanked</li>
<li>God has raised us &#8212; <a id="si_17" onclick="return mV('Eph',2,1);">Eph 2:1</a></li>
<li>God is rich in mercy &#8212; <a id="si_18" onclick="return mV('Eph',2,'4-11');">Eph 2:4-11</a>
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<li>The Holy Spirit takes the Word, that form of doctrine, and puts us into it</li>
<li>The Spirit and doctrine work upon us to change us</li>
<li>"Let Him that glorieth, glory in the Lord"
<a id="si_19" onclick="return mV('1Co',1,31);">1Co 1:31</a></li>
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<li>It is God who keeps using it &#8212; <a id="si_20" onclick="return mV('Phl',1,6);">Phl 1:6</a></li>
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<li>The evidence of the change &#8212; "You have obeyed"
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<li>The total involvement
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<li>You have obeyed &#8212; the will</li>
<li>From the heart &#8212; the emotions</li>
<li>That doctrine &#8212; the mind</li>
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