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We're in Romans chapter three and in Romans one and two, Paul tells us

that God's evaluation of the human condition is that we are sinners, that we are fallen,

that we are the problem and we are not the solution. It's a bit like going to your doctor and

your doctor being really honest with you. I'll give you an example from my own life.

Some years ago, I wasn't doing well physically. I had allergies and I was getting bloody noses

and I couldn't sleep and I had heartburn and I was just not well. I had a nervous eye twitch

because I was stressed. Everybody in the church thought I was flirting with them. I wasn't.

I was just a little freaked out. And what happened then was one of my kids looked at grace

who was in the third trimester with one of our soon to be born children and looked at me

in Sedetti or you having a baby too. And I was like, no, I'm having an ice cream baby.

I need to make some lifestyle changes. So I go to the doctor and the doctor says, okay,

you need heartburn medicine. You need sleep medicine. You need anxiety medicine. All of these

medicines. And so then you do the terrifying thing where you look at the potential side effects

and you're like, it's worse than what I have. The side effects are worse than what I have.

So I go to another doctor who was kind of rude, a bit direct, and reminded me of myself. So now,

I know what you feel like. This doctor said, well, you know what your problem is. I said, what is

that? You are your problem. I didn't pay for this. I can get this for free. So the doctor said, no,

no, you are wrong in the way you think and in the way you live and you are your biggest problem.

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