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attain

Said 33 times, in 25 of 378 sermons, across 9 Sundays. Spoken as 2 forms: attain 20, attained 13.

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Romans 19 14
Let Us 1 1

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e the person this psalm is talking about on our own. We can't attain the righteousness of God, no matter how hard we try. Isaiah 6
onfidence. I just want you to know it's not that difficult to attain . The confidence that you have, that you have a keeper in the
elp comes from the Lord, it's really not that far and hard to attain . It comes from the cross, believing in who Jesus is, that he
such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high. I cannot attain it. And so as David begins this psalm, he cries out, he says,
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high. I cannot attain it. Where shall I go from your spirit or where shall I flee f
h knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high. I can't even attain it. I can't grasp it or understand it, God. It's mind-blowing
for me. It is high. I can't get hold of it. I can't. I can't attain it. Have you ever heard something so wonderful? It's like you
ch knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high and I cannot attain it. Growing up as a teenager, I was a rebellious teenager at
wonderful for me, David says. It is high. I cannot, I cannot attain it. In a way, when I hear this and when I see what David says
e is too wonderful for me. It is high. I cannot contain it or attain it. Where should I go from your spirit or where shall I flee
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high, I cannot attain it. Where shall I go from your spirit? Or where shall I flee
ch knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high and I cannot attain . Jump down to verse 13. For you formed my inward parts. You k
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high. I cannot attain it. So this first aspect, this first section that we're going

let-us

come by in Hellenistic culture or Greek culture, but could be attained by winning the victor's crown. This would change a person's s

romans

3:21-31 Righteousness
on has been revealed. It means that salvation has always been attained the same way. You see, Moses was saved, saved the same way yo
and the poor could ever make you worthy enough to be able to attain and buy that grace of Jesus Christ. It is a free gift that is
to show us that judgment. It was to show us what we could not attain on our own. And God's grace definitely abounded through those
ng here when he speaks of this notion of freedom that we have attained . Freedom does not mean lawlessness. Grasp that, please. When
totally a sinner, broken. There is nothing I could do to ever attain , gain, or deserve saving, salvation. However, because of the
pravity. Nothing we could ever earn. Nothing that we can ever attain one day because of His righteousness. Because of His death on
our response? The Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness, attained it. That is a righteousness that is by faith, but that Israel
say then that Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained , that is a righteousness that is by faith. But Israel who pur
ho did not pursue righteousness, they have somehow, they have attained salvation. They've attained righteousness. They've become saf
ess, they have somehow, they have attained salvation. They've attained righteousness. They've become safe forever. How did this happ
, apparently pursuing the law of righteousness, they have not attained to the law of righteousness. So last week we showed how the m
ts and accomplish something at the top, you know, in order to attain salvation or have it. You don't need to do that. Jesus Christ
the stop sign and they're like, "Oh, I've gotten there. I've attained it. I've reached the final destination," if you will. They lo
iles, meaning non-Jews, who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith, but that Israe
race. He says the two of them were pursuing, and only one has attained . For the Israelites, they were pursuing salvation by obeying
iles, they never pursued righteousness, and yet they actually attained it through Jesus, Paul says. And his countrymen, the Jewish p
ays this, that Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it. That is, a righteousness that is by faith. But that Israe
glory of God. Is that there is nothing in us that could ever attain heaven. There is nothing within us that could ever buy our wa

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