All right, not only
are we redeemed by Jesus
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but His blood also has a
powerful part in our life,
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does it not?
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So often we talk
about the blood of Christ
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and how it covers our sins,
how it makes us a new creature,
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how it washes us clean.
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And there is a powerful verse
that talks about that as well
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in Revelation 12:11.
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And as a Seventh-day Adventist
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this verse should
be very common to us.
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It says, "And they overcame
him by the blood of the Lamb
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and by the word
of their testimony,
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and they did not love
their lives to the death."
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How many of you want to be able
to say that you are not afraid
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to give up your life for Christ,
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because of what He gave for you.
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I know that I do.
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So let's stand
together, as we sing this song,
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"Power in the Blood."
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Would you be free
from the burden of sin?
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There's pow'r in the
blood, pow'r in the blood
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Would you o'er
evil a victory win?
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There's wonderful
pow'r in the blood
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There is pow'r,
pow'r, wonder-working pow'r
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In the blood of the Lamb
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There is pow'r,
pow'r, wonder-working pow'r
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In the precious
blood of the Lamb
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Would you be free from
your passion and pride?
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There's power in the
blood, pow'r in the blood
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Come for a
cleansing to Calvary's tide
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There's wonderful
pow'r in the blood
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There is pow'r,
pow'r, wonder-working power
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In the blood of the Lamb
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There is pow'r,
pow'r, wonder-working pow'r
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In the precious
blood of the Lamb
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Would you do
service for Jesus your King?
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There's pow'r in the
blood, power in the blood
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Would you live
daily His praises to sing?
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There's wonderful
pow'r in the blood
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There is pow'r,
pow'r, wonder-working pow'r
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In the blood of the Lamb
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There is pow'r,
pow'r, wonder-working pow'r
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In the precious blood
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Of the Lamb
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Of the Lamb.
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Amen, you maybe seated.
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Not only is there
power in the blood of Christ,
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but there is also
power in His cross, amen,
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that you are inseparable.
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And in other verse
that is very powerful to me
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and I know it's also to you.
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It's found in 1 Corinthians 1:18
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and it says, "For the message
of the cross is foolishness
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to those who are perishing,
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but to those of us
who are being saved
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it is the power of God."
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I believe the power of the cross
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shouldn't just be taken by us,
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it needs to be
claimed by everyone,
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but that's where the
job rests on you and on me,
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to share the power of the cross
and what God has done for us
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to each of those around us.
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And as our sister
Naomi sings this song,
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I pray that it will
be a prayer of your heart
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to have a deeper love for Christ
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and a deeper
desire to share His love
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with those around us.
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Oh to see the dawn
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Of the darkest day
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Christ on the road
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To Calvary
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Tried by sinful men
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Torn and beaten
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Then nailed to a cross
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Of wood
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This, the power of the cross
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Christ became sin for us
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Took the blame, bore the wrath
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We stand forgiven at the cross
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Oh, to see the pain
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Written on Your face
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Bearing
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The awesome weight of sin
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Every bitter thought
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Every evil deed
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Crowning Your bloodstained brow
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This, the power of the cross
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Christ became sin for us
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Took the blame, bore the wrath
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We stand forgiven at the cross
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Now the daylight flees
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Now the ground beneath quakes
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As its Maker bows His head
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Curtain torn in two
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Dead are raised to life
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Finished the victory cry
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This, the power
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Of the cross
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Christ became
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Sin for us
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Took the blame, bore the wrath
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We stand forgiven at the cross
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Oh, to see my name
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Written in the wounds
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For through Your suffering
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I am made free
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Death is crushed to death
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Life is mine to live
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Won through Your selfless love
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This the power
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Of the cross
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Son of God
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Slain for us
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What a love what a cost
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We stand forgiven
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At the cross.
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Amen!
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Have you been
blessed all ready today, GYC?
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I know I have
been richly blessed,
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and isn't Sabbath
such a blessing to us
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to just be spiritually
fed and do fellowship
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with those who have
same principles with us.
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I hope you guys appreciate
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that all the
messages we've heard today.
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I just want to
welcome you this evening.
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We are in for
another special treat,
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and I just want us to
bow our heads together
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and invite the
spirit to be here.
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Father in heaven,
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thank You so much
for the privilege we have
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to come before
the throne of grace.
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And Father, I
just, I'm so grateful
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that each one of us
can be here tonight.
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I pray that You'll
touch the lips of Pastor Bohr
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and all others who'll
be sharing with us tonight.
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May our hearts be
attentive and our ears open
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to hear what Your
spirit is saying to us.
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May we not become distracted
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by the things that
may be happing around us,
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but may we keep
our eyes focused on You
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and what You have to
say to us tonight Father.
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I pray that You'll
touch the hearts and lives
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of each person in this room
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and each person
watching that we may know,
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that we are Your children
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and it is at the
cross that You meet us.
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I pray all these things
in Your beautiful holy name
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of Your Son, in
Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Who here among us
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Has not been broken
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Who here among us
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Is without guilt or pain
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So oft' abandoned
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By our transgressions
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If such a thing as grace exists
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Then grace was
made for lives like this
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There are no strangers
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There are no outcasts
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There are no orphans of God
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So many fallen
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But hallelujah
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There are no orphans of God
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Come ye unwanted
and find affection
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Come all ye weary
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Come and lay down your head
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Come ye unworthy
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You are my brother
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If such a thing as grace exists
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Then grace was
made for lives like this
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There are no strangers
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There are no outcasts
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There are no orphans of God
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So many fallen
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But hallelujah
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There are no orphans
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Of God
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O blessed Father
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Look down upon us
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We are Your children
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We need Your love
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We run before
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Your throne of mercy
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And seek Your face
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To rise above
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There are no strangers
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There are no outcasts
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There are no orphans
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Of God
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So many fallen
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But hallelujah
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There are no orphans
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Of God.
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Good evening. Good evening!
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Well, at least those up
here in front can hear me.
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Let's try it
again, good evening.
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Good evening!
Well, that's much better.
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It's good to see you all.
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Have you had a good day today?
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Yes.
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I was tremendously blessed
by the message this morning.
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We too.
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What a blessing,
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let's never forget the
reason for our existence.
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If we do, we have
no reason to exist.
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I'd like to have
a word of prayer,
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and then I want to
make a clarification.
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There's been a little rumor
running around on cyberspace,
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and I want to clear that
up before we open God's word,
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but let's have a
word of prayer first.
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Father in heaven,
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we thank You for the privilege
of being here at this evening.
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We thank You, this
has been a high day,
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a high Sabbath filled
with spiritual blessings.
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Thank You Father, thank
You for being a wonderful God.
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Thank You for Your Son Jesus.
Thank You for Your Holy Spirit.
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Father we ask that
as we open Your Word
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that You will be with us
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through the ministration
of the spirit of the angels.
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Open minds and hearts
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and help us Lord
to make a decision
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to be faithful to You
till the heavens fall.
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Thank You for
hearing our prayer,
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for we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus,
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amen.
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Amen.
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It seems like
because last evening
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I spoke about the relationship
between the father and the son,
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that there have been
some rumors running around
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that pastor Bohr
is anti-Trinitarian.
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The reason I spoke about
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the father and
the son last night
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is because that was
the theme that I prepared,
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but I want to make
it absolutely clear
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that the Bible and the
Spirit of Prophecy both teach
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that there are three
distinct persons in the Godhead.
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Amen.
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The Father, the Son
and the Holy Spirit.
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And I want to go on the record,
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so that probably some
of the naysayers will say,
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"Well, he said
so but he doesn't."
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I'd like to read
just one statement
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from Ellen White on
this particular topic,
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it's from document
called Bible Training School,
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March 1, 1906.
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It's so clear, we
can't misunderstand it.
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She says, "There
are three living persons
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of the heavenly trio."
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So if you didn't
get three, you get trio.
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And then incase
you didn't get that,
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she says, "In the
name of these three powers,
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the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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Those who receive Christ
in living faith are baptized,
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and these powers will cooperate
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with the obedient
subjects of heaven
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in their efforts to
live the new life in Christ."
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So three are
three distinct persons.
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One in the sense of unity,
consubstantial and eternal.
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If you want to know
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a little bit more
about the Godhead,
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I did a series a few years ago
called Revisiting the Godhead.
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There's four presentations
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and I deal with
this issue of the Godhead
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that has become a
conflictive subject
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in the Adventist
church these days.
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All kinds of ideas going
around about the Godhead.
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We need to be sure
about what we believe.
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We need to be sure
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that there are
three living persons
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in the heavenly trio
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that are all
cooperating for our salvation.
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I will be at the Secrets
Unsealed Booth this evening.
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I'd like to meet many of you.
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So if you want to
come to the exhibit area,
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I'll be looking forward
to be able to talk with you
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and share with
you during the time
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that the booths are open.
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Now we will translation
into our study for this evening.
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The Apostle Paul is
known as the great apostle
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of grace and faith,
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but what is
frequently overlooked
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is that Paul is
also the great apostle
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of good works.
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In the epistles of
Romans and Galatians
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where the Apostle Paul
deals more specifically
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with the issue of
righteousness by faith.
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The apostle in the
first half of those books
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presents the theology
of justification by faith.
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And in the last
half of those books,
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he presents how this
concept of righteousness
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by faith should impact
our personal individual lives.
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And so for example,
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if you go to the Book of Romans,
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you will find that Romans
13:11 the Apostle Paul deals
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with the theology of
righteousness by faith
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but in chapters 12-16,
00:21:01.96\00:21:04.16
he deals with how
this works out practically
00:21:04.19\00:21:06.86
on everyday lives.
00:21:06.90\00:21:09.30
In the Book of Galatians,
00:21:09.33\00:21:10.67
he deals with the theology
of justification by faith
00:21:10.70\00:21:14.64
in chapters 1-4.
00:21:14.67\00:21:16.84
And then in chapters 5 and 6,
00:21:16.87\00:21:18.51
he deals with how this
should impact our personal walk,
00:21:18.54\00:21:24.75
in our daily walk with Jesus.
00:21:24.78\00:21:26.92
So Paul was not
only a strong advocate
00:21:26.95\00:21:29.42
of righteousness by faith,
00:21:29.45\00:21:31.12
he was also a strong advocate
of the importance of good works
00:21:31.15\00:21:35.96
that flow from a faith
relationship with Christ.
00:21:35.99\00:21:41.66
But I don't want to
study this afternoon
00:21:41.70\00:21:43.97
from Romans or Galatians.
00:21:44.00\00:21:46.74
I would like us
to go to a passage
00:21:46.77\00:21:48.80
that we find in
the Book of Titus 2,
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and I'm going to begin
by reading verses 1-10.
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Titus 2:1-10 and
we're gonna find here
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that the Apostle
Paul address five groups.
00:22:03.92\00:22:09.92
First of all he is
going to speak about aged men,
00:22:09.96\00:22:13.90
that's in verse 2.
00:22:13.93\00:22:16.10
In verse 3, he has got
to speak about aged women.
00:22:16.13\00:22:20.77
In verses 4 and 5,
00:22:20.80\00:22:22.24
he is going to
address young women.
00:22:22.27\00:22:25.97
In verse 6, he is
going to address young men,
00:22:26.01\00:22:30.55
and in verse 9,
00:22:30.58\00:22:33.18
he is going to
deal with servants.
00:22:33.21\00:22:39.52
So let's read that passage
00:22:39.55\00:22:41.36
and there are certain words
that I'm going to emphasize.
00:22:41.39\00:22:43.89
You're going to notice that
00:22:43.93\00:22:45.29
most of what the Apostle
Paul says here is behavioral.
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It has to do with conduct.
00:22:49.73\00:22:53.34
I begin reading at verse 1,
00:22:53.37\00:22:56.20
"But as for
you, speak the things
00:22:56.24\00:22:58.37
which are proper
for sound doctrine
00:22:58.41\00:23:02.54
that the older men..."
00:23:02.58\00:23:04.25
Here's the first group.
00:23:04.28\00:23:05.61
"That the older men be
sober, reverent, temperate,
00:23:05.65\00:23:11.99
sound in the faith,
in love, in patience."
00:23:12.02\00:23:18.66
Then verse 3, he
goes onto the older women.
00:23:18.69\00:23:21.86
"The older women likewise,
00:23:21.90\00:23:23.60
that they be
reverent in behavior,
00:23:23.63\00:23:27.90
not slanderers,
not given to much wine,
00:23:27.94\00:23:32.77
teachers of good things."
00:23:32.81\00:23:35.44
And now comes the next group.
00:23:35.48\00:23:37.45
"That they, that is
that the older women
00:23:37.48\00:23:39.51
may admonish the young
women to love their husbands,
00:23:39.55\00:23:44.99
to love their
children, to be discreet,
00:23:45.02\00:23:49.52
chaste, homemakers, good,
00:23:49.56\00:23:54.40
obedient to their own husbands,
00:23:54.43\00:23:57.07
that the word of God
may not be blasphemed."
00:23:57.10\00:24:00.97
And now he speaks to
the young men, verse 6,
00:24:01.00\00:24:04.44
"Likewise, exhort the young men
00:24:04.47\00:24:07.04
to be sober minded in all things
00:24:07.08\00:24:10.08
showing yourself to be
a pattern of good works.
00:24:10.11\00:24:13.88
In doctrine showing integrity,
reverence, incorruptibility,
00:24:13.92\00:24:20.42
sound speech that
cannot be condemned,
00:24:20.46\00:24:23.93
that one who is an
opponent may be ashamed,
00:24:23.96\00:24:27.66
having nothing
evil to say of you."
00:24:27.70\00:24:31.47
And then he exhort bondservants,
00:24:31.50\00:24:33.60
" Exhort bondservants to be
obedient to their own masters,
00:24:33.64\00:24:37.11
to be well
pleasing in all things,
00:24:37.14\00:24:40.14
not answering
back, not pilfering,
00:24:40.18\00:24:44.01
but showing all good fidelity,
00:24:44.05\00:24:47.12
that they may adorn the
doctrine of God our Savior
00:24:47.15\00:24:50.59
in all things."
00:24:50.62\00:24:51.95
Did you notice the
list of moral qualities
00:24:51.99\00:24:54.36
in this passage?
00:24:54.39\00:24:56.86
Certainly the Apostle Paul
was concerned about behavior,
00:24:56.89\00:25:00.83
he was concerned about conduct
00:25:00.86\00:25:03.67
and not only a theoretical
idea of justification by faith,
00:25:03.70\00:25:09.07
which is
generally held these days
00:25:09.10\00:25:11.24
in the Christian world.
00:25:11.27\00:25:14.11
Now the passage
00:25:14.14\00:25:15.48
that I especially want us
to focus on are the verses
00:25:15.51\00:25:19.31
that come immediately
after these 10 verses
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that we have read.
00:25:22.82\00:25:25.12
We're going to have a
textual sermon this evening.
00:25:25.15\00:25:29.46
Most of the sermons
that had been presented
00:25:29.49\00:25:31.56
are expository sermons,
00:25:31.59\00:25:34.50
but we're gonna study a passage,
00:25:34.53\00:25:36.87
phrase by phrase this evening
00:25:36.90\00:25:39.93
and that passage
is Titus 2:11-14.
00:25:39.97\00:25:45.94
And I want to
read the passage first
00:25:45.97\00:25:47.94
and then we're going to
study it in more detail.
00:25:47.98\00:25:53.52
Immediately after
speaking to these groups,
00:25:53.55\00:25:56.99
the Apostle Paul says or writes,
00:25:57.02\00:26:00.56
"For the grace of God
00:26:00.59\00:26:03.29
that brings salvation
has appeared to all men,
00:26:03.32\00:26:09.70
teaching us that
denying ungodliness
00:26:09.73\00:26:14.94
and worldly lusts.
00:26:14.97\00:26:17.21
We should live
soberly, righteously,
00:26:17.24\00:26:23.04
and godly in this present age,
00:26:23.08\00:26:26.65
looking for the blessed
hope and glorious appearing
00:26:26.68\00:26:31.82
of our great God
and Savior Jesus Christ,
00:26:31.85\00:26:35.49
who gave Himself for
us, that He might redeem us
00:26:35.52\00:26:39.43
from every lawless deed
00:26:39.46\00:26:42.16
and purify for Himself
His own special people,
00:26:42.20\00:26:47.04
zealous for good works."
00:26:47.07\00:26:51.94
Now let's analyze this passage.
00:26:51.97\00:26:56.41
Verse 11,
00:26:56.44\00:26:59.01
"For the grace of
God that brings salvation
00:26:59.05\00:27:02.12
has appeared to all men."
00:27:02.15\00:27:06.82
The tense of the verb
appeared is in the past.
00:27:06.86\00:27:11.39
This is something
that occurred in the past.
00:27:11.43\00:27:15.26
The grace of God
appeared in the past
00:27:15.30\00:27:19.60
and what do we mean by grace?
00:27:19.63\00:27:22.14
Grace is unmerited favor.
00:27:22.17\00:27:25.47
Grace means that
Jesus came to this earth
00:27:25.51\00:27:30.71
and through His work,
00:27:30.75\00:27:32.75
He provided the
means for our salvation.
00:27:32.78\00:27:37.55
The Apostle Paul said,
"For by grace are you saved,
00:27:37.59\00:27:40.86
through faith,
that not of yourselves:
00:27:40.89\00:27:44.23
it is the gift of God.
00:27:44.26\00:27:45.59
Not by works, lest
any man should boast."
00:27:45.63\00:27:49.00
And so the Apostle Paul
begins by appealing to the past,
00:27:49.03\00:27:52.00
he says the grace of God
has appeared for salvation.
00:27:52.03\00:27:57.54
That occurred as a result
of the work of Jesus Christ
00:27:57.57\00:28:01.71
while He was on this earth.
00:28:01.74\00:28:04.91
But the Apostle
Paul doesn't stop there.
00:28:04.95\00:28:08.55
Notice what he
continue saying in verse 12.
00:28:08.58\00:28:13.32
Grace teaches us something.
00:28:13.36\00:28:19.23
It says in
verse 12, teaching us.
00:28:19.26\00:28:25.47
Now let me say something
about that verb teaching.
00:28:25.50\00:28:30.91
It is
translated in various ways.
00:28:30.94\00:28:34.01
It is translated
training, educating
00:28:34.04\00:28:39.71
or disciplining.
00:28:39.75\00:28:42.52
In other words, grace teaches
00:28:42.55\00:28:46.86
and it is in a
present progressive tense,
00:28:46.89\00:28:50.86
which means that grace
is continually teaching.
00:28:50.89\00:28:56.70
Grace teach us something,
00:28:56.73\00:28:59.37
continually grace
teach us something.
00:28:59.40\00:29:02.64
The fact that Jesus
came, He lived for us,
00:29:02.67\00:29:05.34
He died for us,
00:29:05.37\00:29:06.71
He accomplished the
necessary means for salvation
00:29:06.74\00:29:09.98
that teaches us, is
teaching us something.
00:29:10.01\00:29:14.68
And the question is,
what is it teaching us?
00:29:14.72\00:29:18.39
What does grace teach us?
00:29:18.42\00:29:22.49
Well, verse 12 continues saying,
00:29:22.52\00:29:26.09
"Teaching us
00:29:26.13\00:29:28.86
that denying ungodliness
00:29:28.90\00:29:34.64
and worldly lusts..."
00:29:34.67\00:29:36.87
What does grace teach us?
00:29:36.91\00:29:39.41
It teaches us
to deny ungodliness
00:29:39.44\00:29:42.71
and worldly lusts.
00:29:42.74\00:29:44.08
Once again, the word denying
is in a progressive tense,
00:29:44.11\00:29:50.09
which means
continually denying ungodliness
00:29:50.12\00:29:56.32
and worldly lusts.
00:29:56.36\00:29:58.23
It is a present participle.
00:29:58.26\00:29:59.69
It means that continually
we are to deny ungodliness
00:29:59.73\00:30:06.53
and worldly lusts.
00:30:06.57\00:30:09.87
Now what is
meant by ungodliness?
00:30:09.90\00:30:13.74
I think the best
passage that we can quote
00:30:13.78\00:30:18.28
to understand
what ungodliness is,
00:30:18.31\00:30:21.35
is found in Jude 14 and 15.
00:30:21.38\00:30:25.42
Jude 14 and 15.
00:30:25.45\00:30:28.96
Here it is speaking about Enoch,
00:30:28.99\00:30:32.39
who lived in one
of the worst periods
00:30:32.43\00:30:35.93
of history.
00:30:35.96\00:30:38.20
He lived before the flood,
00:30:38.23\00:30:39.57
when the world was really
going downhill in a hurry.
00:30:39.60\00:30:43.61
And I want you to notice
00:30:43.64\00:30:44.97
that this word
ungodly is used four times.
00:30:45.01\00:30:50.55
It says there in Jude 14,
00:30:50.58\00:30:53.31
"Now Enoch, the
seventh from Adam,
00:30:53.35\00:30:57.42
prophesied about
these men also, saying,
00:30:57.45\00:31:01.62
'Behold, the Lord comes with
ten thousands of His saints,
00:31:01.66\00:31:06.46
to execute judgment on
all, to convict all who are...'"
00:31:06.49\00:31:11.83
What?
00:31:11.87\00:31:13.54
"Ungodly among them
00:31:13.57\00:31:16.87
of all their ungodly deeds
00:31:16.91\00:31:21.74
which they have
committed in an ungodly way,
00:31:21.78\00:31:26.41
and of all the harsh things
00:31:26.45\00:31:27.95
which ungodly sinners
have spoken against Him."
00:31:27.98\00:31:32.49
Notice that the word
ungodly has to do with deeds,
00:31:32.52\00:31:36.86
it has to do with
our way, which has,
00:31:36.89\00:31:39.13
which deals with behavior
00:31:39.16\00:31:41.30
and it has to do with what we do
00:31:41.33\00:31:45.87
with our conduct.
00:31:45.90\00:31:48.17
So the Apostle
Paul is telling us here.
00:31:48.20\00:31:50.71
He is saying,
denying continually...
00:31:50.74\00:31:54.71
ungodliness.
00:31:58.15\00:32:01.18
But he not only says we're
supposed to deny ungodliness
00:32:01.22\00:32:04.85
on a continuing basis.
00:32:04.89\00:32:07.66
He also says that we are
to not deny worldly lusts.
00:32:07.69\00:32:13.03
Now what does the Apostle
Paul mean by worldly lust.
00:32:13.06\00:32:16.06
You know, this is the
great apostle of grace,
00:32:16.10\00:32:18.77
the great apostle of
righteousness by faith.
00:32:18.80\00:32:22.54
And yet he is not
casting behavior aside.
00:32:22.57\00:32:27.58
He is emphasizing the necessity
of a change in the life.
00:32:27.61\00:32:33.62
What is meant by worldly lust?
00:32:33.65\00:32:37.42
Well, that word lust is
used in Galatians 5:21-24.
00:32:37.45\00:32:42.96
Let's read that
passage Galatians 5:21-24,
00:32:42.99\00:32:48.56
here the Apostle Paul
in the practical section
00:32:48.60\00:32:52.13
of his book of Galatians says,
"I say then walk in the Spirit,
00:32:52.17\00:32:58.37
and you shall not fulfill
the lust of the flesh..."
00:32:58.41\00:33:02.61
There's the identical word.
00:33:02.64\00:33:04.81
"For the flesh
lusts against the Spirit,
00:33:04.85\00:33:07.82
and the Spirit
against the flesh,
00:33:07.85\00:33:10.32
and these are
contrary to one another,
00:33:10.35\00:33:12.65
so that you do not do
the things that you wish."
00:33:12.69\00:33:17.86
Now the works of
the flesh are evident
00:33:17.89\00:33:20.46
and now comes the list
00:33:20.50\00:33:21.83
of what these sinful lusts are."
00:33:21.86\00:33:28.20
Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lewdness,
00:33:28.24\00:33:34.18
idolatry, sorcery,
hatred, contentions, jealousies,
00:33:34.21\00:33:39.51
outbursts of wrath,
selfish ambitions, dissensions,
00:33:39.55\00:33:43.72
heresies, envy, murders,
drunkenness, revelries."
00:33:43.75\00:33:48.72
And it's not a
complete list because he says,
00:33:48.76\00:33:51.09
"And the like, of
which I tell you beforehand,
00:33:51.13\00:33:55.83
just as I also
told you in time past,
00:33:55.86\00:33:58.60
that those who
practice such things
00:33:58.63\00:34:01.34
will not inherit
the kingdom of God.
00:34:01.37\00:34:05.07
And those who are Christ's
have crucified the flesh
00:34:05.11\00:34:11.08
with its passions
and its desires..."
00:34:11.11\00:34:13.42
The word desire is
there the same word, lusts.
00:34:13.45\00:34:18.22
So the Apostle
Paul is telling us here
00:34:18.25\00:34:20.56
that we must deny ungodliness
00:34:20.59\00:34:23.86
and fleshly lust
or worldly lusts.
00:34:23.89\00:34:27.96
You see grace teaches us
something very important.
00:34:28.00\00:34:32.33
It teaches us
00:34:32.37\00:34:34.00
that we are to reject
these negative qualities,
00:34:34.04\00:34:37.57
ungodliness and worldly lusts
00:34:37.61\00:34:41.08
but grace not only teaches us
what we're not supposed to do.
00:34:41.11\00:34:45.75
Grace also teaches us
what we're supposed to do
00:34:45.78\00:34:49.88
and so he continue saying,
00:34:49.92\00:34:52.89
"That denying ungodliness
and worldly lusts we should..."
00:34:52.92\00:34:58.59
What?
00:34:58.63\00:35:00.33
Live. How?
00:35:00.36\00:35:04.73
"Soberly, righteously and godly
00:35:04.77\00:35:11.44
in this present age."
00:35:11.47\00:35:17.95
So Paul says, "Deny
one thing and live another.
00:35:17.98\00:35:21.98
Deny
ungodliness and worldly lust
00:35:22.02\00:35:24.85
and live
righteously, soberly and godly
00:35:24.89\00:35:31.83
in this present age."
00:35:31.86\00:35:34.33
Does the theology
of the Apostle Paul
00:35:34.36\00:35:38.33
have anything to say
00:35:38.37\00:35:39.73
about our
conduct and our behavior?
00:35:39.77\00:35:45.84
It most certainly does.
00:35:45.87\00:35:48.88
But now we come
to a future focus.
00:35:48.91\00:35:52.05
The Apostle Paul has said,
00:35:52.08\00:35:53.88
"The grace of God which
bring salvation has appeared,
00:35:53.92\00:35:56.42
that's the work
that Jesus performed,
00:35:56.45\00:35:58.99
but this is
teaching us continually
00:35:59.02\00:36:02.39
that we should be denying..."
00:36:02.42\00:36:04.79
Once again a continual tense,
00:36:04.83\00:36:06.90
"That we should be
denying ungodliness
00:36:06.93\00:36:09.33
and worldly lusts and
we should live soberly,
00:36:09.36\00:36:15.07
righteously and
godly in this present age."
00:36:15.10\00:36:19.14
But there's a reason for that.
00:36:19.17\00:36:22.74
And that reason
is found in verse 13.
00:36:22.78\00:36:27.08
Now the Apostle Paul
is gonna go to the future,
00:36:27.12\00:36:29.08
he's already talked
about salvation in the past,
00:36:29.12\00:36:31.55
he's saying what we
should be doing in the present
00:36:31.59\00:36:33.79
but with a view to what's
something that's gonna happen,
00:36:33.82\00:36:37.79
very significant.
00:36:37.83\00:36:39.29
Verse 13, "Looking for..."
00:36:39.33\00:36:43.03
Once again a continuous
tense, "Looking for..."
00:36:43.06\00:36:47.14
What?
00:36:47.17\00:36:49.24
"The blessed hope,
00:36:49.27\00:36:51.37
and glorious
appearing of our great God
00:36:51.41\00:36:54.48
and Savior Jesus Christ."
00:36:54.51\00:36:57.28
Amen!
00:36:57.31\00:36:58.98
That expression looking for...
00:36:59.01\00:37:02.88
it's an interesting expression,
it's used for example for Anna,
00:37:02.92\00:37:07.82
who was looking
00:37:07.86\00:37:09.69
for the redemption of Jerusalem.
00:37:09.72\00:37:12.09
She was longing
for it in other words.
00:37:12.13\00:37:15.10
It's used of
Simeon, who was longing
00:37:15.13\00:37:19.83
for the
consolation of Israel to come.
00:37:19.87\00:37:23.41
It's used of
Joseph of Arimathea,
00:37:23.44\00:37:26.17
who waited or longed
for the kingdom of God.
00:37:26.21\00:37:29.74
In other words, this is an
only just simply sitting down
00:37:29.78\00:37:32.11
like, "Oh, I'll wait."
00:37:32.15\00:37:34.42
No, it is a
longing for something
00:37:34.45\00:37:38.85
and what is it that
we have to long for,
00:37:38.89\00:37:42.29
longing for?
00:37:42.32\00:37:44.16
"The blessed hope,
and glorious appearing
00:37:44.19\00:37:47.46
of our great God and
Savior Jesus Christ."
00:37:47.50\00:37:52.33
The word blessed by
the way is the same word
00:37:52.37\00:37:54.24
that is used in the beatitudes.
00:37:54.27\00:37:57.67
Sometimes in the New Testament,
it's translated happy.
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So this would be the happy hope,
00:38:01.91\00:38:05.75
the hope of the
second coming of Christ.
00:38:05.78\00:38:08.95
So Paul has taken us
from the past what Jesus did,
00:38:08.98\00:38:12.65
grace saved us
without any work on our part
00:38:12.69\00:38:16.89
and then he says we
should renounce ungodliness
00:38:16.93\00:38:22.00
and worldly lust,
we should live soberly
00:38:22.03\00:38:24.90
and righteously
in this present age,
00:38:24.93\00:38:27.14
with a view of
something very significant
00:38:27.17\00:38:30.11
that's gonna happen
00:38:30.14\00:38:31.47
and then he is
longing for the coming
00:38:31.51\00:38:34.48
of that blessed
hope of Jesus Christ.
00:38:34.51\00:38:40.18
Now you say, how can we be sure
00:38:40.22\00:38:43.95
that hope will be materialized?
00:38:43.99\00:38:48.09
For two reasons.
00:38:48.12\00:38:50.76
Reason Number one is
because Jesus promised it,
00:38:50.79\00:38:54.20
is that a good reason?
00:38:54.23\00:38:55.86
The word of God states it.
00:38:55.90\00:38:58.30
Jesus said, "Let not
your hearts be troubled.
00:38:58.33\00:39:01.54
You believe in
God, believe also in Me.
00:39:01.57\00:39:05.27
In my Father's house
are many mansions..."
00:39:05.31\00:39:09.18
Notice Jesus didn't say,
00:39:09.21\00:39:11.41
I'm going to
heaven to build mansions."
00:39:11.45\00:39:12.98
He says, when he
said it, he said,
00:39:13.01\00:39:14.48
"There are many mansions."
00:39:14.52\00:39:18.15
Jesus does not need
2,000 years to build mansions.
00:39:18.19\00:39:24.23
"In my Father's
house are many mansions:
00:39:24.26\00:39:28.26
if it were not so, I
would have told you..."
00:39:28.30\00:39:30.20
Then he says, "I go to
prepare a place for you."
00:39:30.23\00:39:34.04
And, you know,
usually we think of that
00:39:34.07\00:39:36.20
as Jesus going to heaven
00:39:36.24\00:39:37.61
to make it real nice
pretty place for us to go to.
00:39:37.64\00:39:40.91
I'm not gonna say that we're
not gonna have a pretty place
00:39:40.94\00:39:43.38
but there is more involved here.
00:39:43.41\00:39:46.88
You see when Jesus says,
00:39:46.92\00:39:48.72
"I go to prepare
a place for you."
00:39:48.75\00:39:51.52
The way in which he
prepares that place for us
00:39:51.55\00:39:54.66
is through the
work that he performs
00:39:54.69\00:39:56.73
in the heavenly sanctuary.
00:39:56.76\00:39:59.16
It's through
His work in the holy
00:39:59.19\00:40:00.86
and the most holy place
of the heavenly sanctuary
00:40:00.90\00:40:03.77
as we heard about this morning.
00:40:03.80\00:40:06.63
So that's how He
prepares the place.
00:40:06.67\00:40:10.07
He went to heaven
to prepare the place
00:40:10.11\00:40:12.01
through His
work in the sanctuary
00:40:12.04\00:40:14.04
and then He says,
00:40:14.08\00:40:16.08
after He has prepared the place,
00:40:16.11\00:40:17.81
He says, "I will come again."
00:40:17.85\00:40:23.15
You can take it to the bank
00:40:23.18\00:40:25.62
because Jesus said
He will come again.
00:40:25.65\00:40:28.96
So we can long for that hope
00:40:28.99\00:40:31.59
because we know
they'll rest upon his word.
00:40:31.63\00:40:35.73
You know, the hope
of the second coming
00:40:35.76\00:40:37.20
is not like
saying, "Well, I hope so."
00:40:37.23\00:40:40.80
No, it's solidly
based on what Jesus said,
00:40:40.84\00:40:46.64
but there is another
reason why we can be certain
00:40:46.68\00:40:49.31
and that is that Jesus
has given us a down payment.
00:40:49.34\00:40:53.35
Amen.
00:40:53.38\00:40:55.12
And he is not about to
lose his security deposit.
00:40:55.15\00:41:00.66
Notice Ephesians 1:13-14.
00:41:00.69\00:41:04.19
Ephesians 1:13-14,
00:41:04.23\00:41:07.86
you see Jesus has not
only promised to come again,
00:41:07.90\00:41:10.53
He has given us a down
payment to prove that He is,
00:41:10.57\00:41:15.10
it says in Ephesians 1:13-14,
00:41:15.14\00:41:18.91
"In him..."
00:41:18.94\00:41:20.28
That is in Jesus,
"you also trusted,
00:41:20.31\00:41:23.01
after you heard
the word of truth,
00:41:23.04\00:41:25.18
the gospel of your salvation.
00:41:25.21\00:41:27.88
In whom also having
believed, you were sealed..."
00:41:27.92\00:41:31.69
with what?
00:41:31.72\00:41:33.05
"With the holy
Spirit of promise."
00:41:33.09\00:41:35.39
Who is the what?
00:41:35.42\00:41:37.39
The guarantee,
00:41:37.43\00:41:40.53
that mean
surety, security deposit,
00:41:40.56\00:41:44.97
down payment if you please.
00:41:45.00\00:41:47.40
Who is the
guarantee of our inheritance
00:41:47.44\00:41:50.61
until the redemption of
the purchased possession
00:41:50.64\00:41:53.78
to the praise of His glory."
00:41:53.81\00:41:55.14
He has given us His spirit
00:41:55.18\00:41:58.48
so that we can know
that the hope is certain.
00:41:58.51\00:42:02.18
In 2 Corinthians 1:22,
00:42:02.22\00:42:04.42
the Apostle Paul once
again uses the same word
00:42:04.45\00:42:06.76
that word Arras in Greek,
00:42:06.79\00:42:09.02
which means down
payment or security deposit.
00:42:09.06\00:42:12.53
He says there in
2 Corinthians 1:22,
00:42:12.56\00:42:16.03
"Now He who establishes
us with you in Christ
00:42:16.06\00:42:20.24
and has anointed us in God,
00:42:20.27\00:42:23.00
who also has sealed us
and given us the Spirit
00:42:23.04\00:42:27.08
in our hearts as a..."
00:42:27.11\00:42:28.94
What? "As a guarantee."
00:42:28.98\00:42:34.35
So we not only
have Christ promise,
00:42:34.38\00:42:36.75
His word that He is coming again
00:42:36.79\00:42:38.95
but He's proven it by
giving us the down payment,
00:42:38.99\00:42:42.09
the down payment
of His Holy Spirit.
00:42:42.12\00:42:45.29
Praise the Lord.
00:42:45.33\00:42:47.90
Now let's go for a moment
before going on to verse 14.
00:42:47.93\00:42:52.63
Go to another passage
in Titus, Titus 3:4-7.
00:42:52.67\00:42:57.77
Titus 3:4-7, notice once again
we have this theme of the past,
00:42:57.81\00:43:03.11
the present and the future.
00:43:03.14\00:43:05.71
Time and again in the
writings of the Apostle Paul,
00:43:05.75\00:43:08.02
you know, you ask Christian,
you'll say, well, you know,
00:43:08.05\00:43:13.76
how the salvation work?
00:43:13.79\00:43:15.86
Is salvation once for all thing?
00:43:15.89\00:43:17.59
They'll say, "Oh, yeah.
00:43:17.63\00:43:18.96
It's a once for all
thing, you accept the Christ
00:43:18.99\00:43:20.50
and you're safe forever."
00:43:20.53\00:43:23.16
The Apostle
Paul clearly tells us
00:43:23.20\00:43:26.33
that salvation is a process.
00:43:26.37\00:43:30.71
It includes justification,
it includes sanctification
00:43:30.74\00:43:34.34
and it includes glorification.
00:43:34.38\00:43:38.11
Notice this
passage in Titus 3:4-7.
00:43:38.15\00:43:42.55
"For we ourselves were also..."
00:43:42.58\00:43:46.86
That's past, right?
00:43:46.89\00:43:48.32
"Foolish, disobedient,
deceived, serving various..."
00:43:48.36\00:43:54.60
What?
00:43:54.63\00:43:55.96
"Lusts and pleasures,
living in malice and envy,
00:43:56.00\00:44:02.00
hateful and hating one another."
00:44:02.04\00:44:05.54
What we used to
be before salvation.
00:44:05.57\00:44:09.18
But says the Apostle
Paul, "When the kindness
00:44:09.21\00:44:13.28
and the love of God our
Savior toward man appeared..."
00:44:13.31\00:44:17.55
Past tense, that's
speaking about the grace
00:44:17.59\00:44:20.36
that comes through Jesus Christ.
00:44:20.39\00:44:24.39
Once again, but
when the kindness
00:44:24.43\00:44:26.39
and the love of God our
Savior toward man appeared,
00:44:26.43\00:44:29.43
Not by works of righteousness
which we have done,
00:44:29.46\00:44:32.93
but according
to his mercy he..."
00:44:32.97\00:44:35.40
What?
00:44:35.44\00:44:36.94
"He saved us,
00:44:36.97\00:44:41.18
through the
washing of regeneration,
00:44:41.21\00:44:42.98
and the renewing
of the Holy Spirit.
00:44:43.01\00:44:45.18
Whom he poured out..."
00:44:45.21\00:44:46.58
Once again past,
"On us abundantly
00:44:46.61\00:44:49.42
through Jesus Christ our Savior.
00:44:49.45\00:44:52.02
That having being
justified by his..."
00:44:52.05\00:44:56.89
What?
00:44:56.93\00:44:58.26
"By his grace, we
should become heirs of the..."
00:44:58.29\00:45:01.73
What?
00:45:01.76\00:45:03.10
"Of the hope of eternal life."
So you see past and future.
00:45:03.13\00:45:09.24
The future is guaranteed
by what occurred in the past.
00:45:09.27\00:45:16.18
Now let's go to Titus 2:14.
00:45:16.21\00:45:20.82
Here the Apostle Paul,
00:45:20.85\00:45:22.18
once again notice
the tense of the verbs.
00:45:22.22\00:45:25.25
"Who gave himself for us."
00:45:25.29\00:45:28.49
That's when
grace manifested itself
00:45:28.52\00:45:30.76
that he mentioned in verse 11.
00:45:30.79\00:45:32.29
"Who gave himself for us."
00:45:32.33\00:45:35.80
Why did he give himself for us?
00:45:35.83\00:45:37.40
Does grace teaches any thing?
00:45:37.43\00:45:39.83
This passage tells us
that grace teaches us.
00:45:39.87\00:45:43.77
That there is a
change in the life,
00:45:43.81\00:45:46.54
so the Apostle Paul says,
00:45:46.57\00:45:47.91
"Who gave
himself for us, that..."
00:45:47.94\00:45:51.68
In Greek it's Hina,
which means so that.
00:45:51.71\00:45:56.28
He did this so
that this would happen.
00:45:56.32\00:46:00.36
"Who gave Himself for us,
so that He might redeem us..."
00:46:00.39\00:46:06.33
That word redeem means to
buy back by paying a price,
00:46:06.36\00:46:10.33
is referring to
His death on the cross.
00:46:10.37\00:46:12.40
"That He might redeem us
from every lawless deed."
00:46:12.43\00:46:16.64
That word lawless is
the same word that is used
00:46:16.67\00:46:19.57
and translated,
transgression of the law.
00:46:19.61\00:46:21.78
Jesus redeemed us
00:46:21.81\00:46:23.14
from our
transgressions of the law,
00:46:23.18\00:46:25.28
but not only did Jesus redeem us
00:46:25.31\00:46:28.72
from our
transgressions of the law,
00:46:28.75\00:46:30.75
He goes beyond this.
00:46:30.79\00:46:32.89
Notice how the Apostle
Paul finishes this verse.
00:46:32.92\00:46:36.59
"Who gave Himself for us,
00:46:36.62\00:46:38.69
that He might redeem us
from every lawless deed,
00:46:38.73\00:46:42.63
that is from our
transgressions of the law..."
00:46:42.66\00:46:44.83
But now notice this and what?
00:46:44.87\00:46:47.77
"And purify for Himself,
His own special people..."
00:46:47.80\00:46:53.34
What? "Zealous for good works."
00:46:53.38\00:46:59.38
Does grace teach us anything?
00:46:59.41\00:47:02.22
Grace teaches us
that we should renounce
00:47:02.25\00:47:04.32
on godliness and fleshly lust
00:47:04.35\00:47:05.99
and we should live soberly
and we should live righteously.
00:47:06.02\00:47:10.43
Jesus appeared to save
us, so that He might redeem us
00:47:10.46\00:47:13.90
from yes, our transgressions
of the law by justifying us,
00:47:13.93\00:47:17.43
but also to purify for
Himself, His own special people
00:47:17.47\00:47:22.34
and He wants His people
to be zealous of good works.
00:47:22.37\00:47:25.37
By the way that word
zealous is very interesting.
00:47:25.41\00:47:27.88
It's the Greek word zelotes.
00:47:27.91\00:47:31.11
There was a Jewish
sect in the times of Christ
00:47:31.15\00:47:34.65
that was known as the zelotes.
00:47:34.68\00:47:37.25
You know they
used all of their power
00:47:37.29\00:47:40.32
to try and overthrow
the Roman government.
00:47:40.36\00:47:42.36
They were
zealous in their cause.
00:47:42.39\00:47:46.09
Of course,
their cause was wrong.
00:47:46.13\00:47:48.60
The Bible tells us that
the Apostle Paul was zealous
00:47:48.63\00:47:51.37
in persecuting the
Christians, his cause was wrong
00:47:51.40\00:47:53.94
but should we be any
zealous for the things of God?
00:47:53.97\00:47:57.87
The Apostle Paul
doesn't say just do good works,
00:47:57.91\00:48:00.31
he says that as a
result of what Christ has done,
00:48:00.34\00:48:03.18
we should be
zealous of good works.
00:48:03.21\00:48:08.38
So in this verse
we have the past,
00:48:08.42\00:48:10.49
Jesus appeared,
His grace saved us.
00:48:10.52\00:48:16.22
By His grace He's teaching us
00:48:16.26\00:48:19.36
that we should deny ungodliness
00:48:19.39\00:48:24.00
and worldly lusts.
00:48:24.03\00:48:26.87
And we should be living soberly
00:48:26.90\00:48:28.54
and righteously
in this present age,
00:48:28.57\00:48:30.37
and the reason why is
because we're looking forward
00:48:30.41\00:48:33.54
to the glorious
coming of Jesus Christ
00:48:33.58\00:48:35.94
on the clouds of heaven.
00:48:35.98\00:48:39.31
Let's notice Romans 6:22,
00:48:39.35\00:48:41.45
where we have the same
theme of the Apostle Paul,
00:48:41.48\00:48:44.12
past, present and future.
00:48:44.15\00:48:48.42
Romans 6:22,
00:48:48.46\00:48:52.19
the Apostle Paul tells us,
00:48:52.23\00:48:55.76
"But now having been
set free from sin..."
00:48:55.80\00:48:59.90
Past tense, "And
having become slaves of God,
00:48:59.93\00:49:06.88
you have as your fruit..."
00:49:06.91\00:49:08.64
What?
00:49:08.68\00:49:10.78
Holiness, are you
seeing the connection?
00:49:10.81\00:49:15.45
The Apostle Paul says
we've been set free from sin,
00:49:15.48\00:49:18.62
Jesus down on the
cross for our sins.
00:49:18.65\00:49:21.79
We have become slaves of God.
00:49:21.82\00:49:23.32
In other words, we
become servants of God
00:49:23.36\00:49:25.93
and what is the fruit?
00:49:25.96\00:49:27.66
The fruit is
holiness but that's not all.
00:49:27.70\00:49:32.63
The verse continue saying,
00:49:32.67\00:49:34.20
"And the end, everlasting life."
00:49:34.24\00:49:39.44
Once again, the same theme.
00:49:39.47\00:49:43.35
Notice Ephesians 5:25-27.
00:49:43.38\00:49:46.98
Ephesians 5:25-27,
00:49:47.02\00:49:49.72
once again the Apostle Paul
00:49:49.75\00:49:51.42
speaks about what
happened in the past
00:49:51.45\00:49:53.46
and it should color
the presence at present
00:49:53.49\00:49:55.82
and it should also make us
look forward to the future.
00:49:55.86\00:49:59.56
Ephesians 5:25-27.
00:49:59.59\00:50:01.96
"Husbands, love your wives,
00:50:02.00\00:50:04.50
just as Christ
also loved the church
00:50:04.53\00:50:06.43
and gave Himself for her."
00:50:06.47\00:50:08.40
See that's what
Jesus did in the past.
00:50:08.44\00:50:10.41
Jesus gave Himself by
living and dying for His church.
00:50:10.44\00:50:15.68
But there is an
intention or a purpose for that.
00:50:15.71\00:50:18.78
Once again,
"Husbands, love your wives,
00:50:18.81\00:50:20.75
just as Christ
also loved the church
00:50:20.78\00:50:22.68
and gave Himself for
her that He might..."
00:50:22.72\00:50:27.56
He did that, so
that he could this."
00:50:27.59\00:50:30.86
Do what? "That He might."
00:50:30.89\00:50:33.93
What?
00:50:33.96\00:50:35.50
"Sanctify..."
00:50:35.53\00:50:36.90
That means to make holy.
00:50:36.93\00:50:39.20
"And cleanse her
with the washing of water
00:50:39.23\00:50:42.97
by the word that
He might present..."
00:50:43.00\00:50:45.87
Here comes the future tense.
00:50:45.91\00:50:47.24
"That He might present her
to Himself a glorious church,
00:50:47.28\00:50:52.08
not having spot or
wrinkle or any such thing,
00:50:52.11\00:50:55.78
but that she should be
holy and without blemish."
00:50:55.82\00:51:00.62
That he might present
the church to himself,
00:51:00.66\00:51:03.16
a pure, clean church to himself.
00:51:03.19\00:51:07.13
You say, "Well, Pastor
Bohr, how is this possible?
00:51:10.37\00:51:14.44
The secret is not really
that difficult to understand.
00:51:18.94\00:51:24.68
You know, the way in
which we overcome sin
00:51:24.71\00:51:30.95
and our lives are cleansed
00:51:30.99\00:51:33.82
is not by looking at the law
00:51:33.86\00:51:39.26
but by looking at Christ.
00:51:39.29\00:51:41.70
You see what happens
when we look at Christ
00:51:41.73\00:51:44.10
because we're always supposed
to look at the grace of God,
00:51:44.13\00:51:46.97
that's the
grace of God in Christ
00:51:47.00\00:51:49.34
is the incentive for the denying
00:51:49.37\00:51:51.87
and for the living
00:51:51.91\00:51:53.24
and for being
zealous of good works
00:51:53.27\00:51:55.11
in view of the coming of Christ.
00:51:55.14\00:51:57.61
The past is the root
00:51:57.65\00:52:00.08
and so we must
have our eyes on Jesus
00:52:00.12\00:52:03.75
and when I look at
Jesus, you know what I see?
00:52:03.79\00:52:07.19
I see one who is
absolutely perfect.
00:52:07.22\00:52:11.69
And when I look at
the perfection of Jesus,
00:52:11.73\00:52:13.93
what do I see about myself?
00:52:13.96\00:52:17.37
The same thing that Isaiah said,
00:52:17.40\00:52:19.07
"I am undone" or what
the Apostle Paul said,
00:52:19.10\00:52:25.54
"Miserable man that I am."
00:52:25.57\00:52:29.71
Or as Peter
said," Depart from me,
00:52:29.74\00:52:31.85
for I am a sinful man."
00:52:31.88\00:52:33.21
You see the holiness
of Jesus rebukes our sin.
00:52:33.25\00:52:39.95
Now that would
be kind of desperate
00:52:39.99\00:52:41.36
if it's just rebuked our sin.
00:52:41.39\00:52:44.86
It'd be depressing.
00:52:44.89\00:52:47.96
But then I look
at Jesus on the cross
00:52:48.00\00:52:52.20
and I see this being
that was absolutely pure
00:52:52.23\00:52:55.54
and clean and perfect,
00:52:55.57\00:53:00.04
going to Gethsemane.
00:53:00.08\00:53:03.68
Having his life
crushed by the lord of sin
00:53:03.71\00:53:08.18
and then on the cross cried out,
00:53:08.22\00:53:09.75
"My God, My God, why
have You forsaken me?
00:53:09.78\00:53:14.36
And so I look at Jesus and
say, "Lord you're so perfect,
00:53:14.39\00:53:17.26
you're so beautiful.
00:53:17.29\00:53:19.06
You never sin and yet
look what happened to you.
00:53:19.09\00:53:21.60
Why did that happen to you?
00:53:21.63\00:53:25.20
And Jesus says,
"Because of your sins."
00:53:25.23\00:53:29.37
And folks when I see
what sin did to Jesus,
00:53:29.40\00:53:32.61
I will not want
anything more to do with sin.
00:53:32.64\00:53:35.68
Amen.
00:53:35.71\00:53:38.31
Sin is not overcome
by looking at the law,
00:53:38.35\00:53:40.52
it's overcome by
looking at Jesus.
00:53:40.55\00:53:43.92
By beholding
Jesus we're changed.
00:53:43.95\00:53:46.65
The problem is, that we are
looking at the wrong things.
00:53:46.69\00:53:51.79
We're listening
to the wrong things.
00:53:51.83\00:53:53.83
We're looking and
listening at things
00:53:53.86\00:53:56.23
that make our sin stronger,
rather than rebuking our sin.
00:53:56.26\00:54:01.57
Amen.
00:54:01.60\00:54:03.77
When Jesus comes, He
will have a pure people.
00:54:03.81\00:54:06.78
I believe, folks,
that once probation closes,
00:54:06.81\00:54:10.71
the characters of God's people
will be settled for eternity.
00:54:10.75\00:54:14.38
Amen.
00:54:14.42\00:54:16.99
I believe that God's people
00:54:17.02\00:54:18.35
will have to live
without an intercessor
00:54:18.39\00:54:20.09
because Jesus will have
laid off His priestly robes.
00:54:20.12\00:54:23.12
Amen.
00:54:23.16\00:54:25.19
Victory over sin must be won,
00:54:25.23\00:54:28.93
but it's not won by
looking at the law and looking,
00:54:28.96\00:54:32.63
"Oh, well, how am I doing today?
00:54:32.67\00:54:35.24
No, it's won by
looking at Jesus in Gethsemane
00:54:35.27\00:54:39.74
and on the cross,
00:54:39.77\00:54:41.11
and looking at His perfect life.
00:54:41.14\00:54:44.38
That's why Ellen White said,
00:54:44.41\00:54:45.75
we need to spend a
thoughtful hour each day,
00:54:45.78\00:54:49.02
contemplating
the life of Christ.
00:54:49.05\00:54:52.45
She says that as we
look at the loveliness
00:54:52.49\00:54:54.59
of the character of
Jesus, we are changed,
00:54:54.62\00:54:57.39
we're transformed and the
word that is used in Greek
00:54:57.43\00:55:00.46
is the word metamorphosis.
00:55:00.50\00:55:03.33
You know what a
metamorphosis is?
00:55:03.37\00:55:06.77
Butterflies go
through metamorphosis.
00:55:06.80\00:55:11.07
You know what
butterfly used to be?
00:55:11.11\00:55:13.81
Worms.
00:55:13.84\00:55:17.68
And then they are
buried in the cocoon,
00:55:17.71\00:55:19.11
like we are buried in
the waters of baptism.
00:55:19.15\00:55:21.32
And lo and behold,
when the creature comes out,
00:55:21.35\00:55:27.06
it's been totally
and radically changed.
00:55:27.09\00:55:30.53
It's no longer a caterpillar
that drags itself along, no,
00:55:30.56\00:55:37.20
it's a beautiful butterfly
that flies through he air,
00:55:37.23\00:55:39.90
it's been radically changed.
00:55:39.93\00:55:42.57
The word that is
used in 2 Corinthians 3
00:55:42.60\00:55:45.34
is that by beholding,
by continually beholding
00:55:45.37\00:55:49.34
we are changed
00:55:49.38\00:55:50.91
into the image of Christ.
00:55:50.95\00:55:56.45
That's what we should
be doing in the present,
00:55:56.48\00:55:58.09
in the light of what
Jesus did in the past
00:55:58.12\00:56:00.86
and looking to
the glorious future,
00:56:00.89\00:56:03.99
the glorious
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:56:04.03\00:56:07.33
I want to throw out a challenge
00:56:07.36\00:56:08.70
as I bring this to a
close this afternoon.
00:56:08.73\00:56:13.10
The conflict series,
00:56:13.13\00:56:15.67
the five books
that Ellen White wrote
00:56:15.70\00:56:19.11
which are known as
the conflict series
00:56:19.14\00:56:22.48
have 3,603 pages.
00:56:22.51\00:56:27.68
It's the
greatest Bible commentary
00:56:27.72\00:56:29.78
that has ever been written.
00:56:29.82\00:56:32.02
Amen. Hands down.
00:56:32.05\00:56:34.86
Amen.
00:56:34.89\00:56:36.56
If you want to know your Bible,
00:56:36.59\00:56:40.36
read those five books
00:56:40.40\00:56:42.93
in conjunction with the sections
00:56:42.96\00:56:44.93
that they cover.
00:56:44.97\00:56:46.84
Now here's my challenge
00:56:46.87\00:56:48.20
and I'm wondering if you're
going to accept the challenge.
00:56:48.24\00:56:52.61
If you read only 10 pages a day,
00:56:52.64\00:56:58.41
for 365 days,
00:56:58.45\00:57:00.58
you will have read all
five books in one year.
00:57:00.62\00:57:05.85
Your life will
not be the same. Amen.
00:57:05.89\00:57:09.79
You will see
Jesus in a new light
00:57:09.82\00:57:11.99
because all of those five
books are all about Jesus.
00:57:12.03\00:57:15.43
Amen.
00:57:15.46\00:57:17.30
And as you look at
Jesus in early history,
00:57:17.33\00:57:19.87
as you look at Jesus during
the period of the prophets,
00:57:19.90\00:57:22.60
as you look at
Jesus in Desire of Ages,
00:57:22.64\00:57:24.81
as you look at Jesus
00:57:24.84\00:57:26.17
in the history of
the Christian church,
00:57:26.21\00:57:27.54
as you look at Jesus
in the end time conflict
00:57:27.58\00:57:30.15
in Great Controversy,
00:57:30.18\00:57:31.51
your heart will be
transformed and changed.
00:57:31.55\00:57:36.25
So I ask this evening,
00:57:36.28\00:57:37.62
how many of you are willing
to accept that challenge.
00:57:37.65\00:57:42.46
Do you understand,
00:57:42.49\00:57:43.83
if you're willing to
accept that challenge,
00:57:43.86\00:57:45.19
I'm gonna ask you next year,
00:57:45.23\00:57:48.36
even if I am not
invited to speak,
00:57:48.40\00:57:50.07
I'm gonna go around,
00:57:50.10\00:57:51.43
I will say did you
fulfill your promise?
00:57:51.47\00:57:56.17
Praise the Lord,
let's start, you know,
00:57:56.20\00:57:58.84
we're at the
beginning of the year.
00:57:58.87\00:58:01.88
Let's start,
00:58:01.91\00:58:04.41
I assure you that your
life will not be the same.
00:58:04.45\00:58:07.65
After one year you will be
so much in love with Jesus,
00:58:07.68\00:58:10.95
that then you're gonna say
00:58:10.99\00:58:12.32
"I'm gonna read
the book Education,
00:58:12.35\00:58:13.69
I'm gonna read
Christ Object Lessons,
00:58:13.72\00:58:15.06
I'm gonna read
Ministry of Healing,
00:58:15.09\00:58:16.42
you want to
read all of the books
00:58:16.46\00:58:19.09
that Ellen White ever wrote
00:58:19.13\00:58:20.60
because it portrays
Jesus in a beautiful way.
00:58:20.63\00:58:23.37
Praise the Lord
for this response,
00:58:23.40\00:58:25.23
not everybody has
stood and that's okay.
00:58:25.27\00:58:27.94
I'll be praying for
those who didn't stand
00:58:27.97\00:58:30.87
that the Lord will
help you see the light.
00:58:30.91\00:58:34.34
Let's pray, Father in heaven,
00:58:34.38\00:58:38.78
we thank You for Jesus.
00:58:38.81\00:58:42.28
What a perfect pattern,
what a beautiful character,
00:58:42.32\00:58:48.12
but Father we know that
his being was disfigured.
00:58:48.16\00:58:53.96
He was crushed
by the lord of sin.
00:58:54.00\00:58:57.03
Oh, Father help
us to concentrate
00:58:57.07\00:59:00.30
on what grace has done.
00:59:00.34\00:59:03.41
So that we might live the
way you would have us live.
00:59:03.44\00:59:08.54
As we prepare for the
glorious coming of Jesus Christ
00:59:08.58\00:59:12.21
in power and
glory to take us home.
00:59:12.25\00:59:16.32
Oh, Father, I thank
You for the decisions
00:59:16.35\00:59:19.45
that have been made.
00:59:19.49\00:59:21.49
I ask Lord that each day
00:59:21.52\00:59:22.86
that You will remind
us to read those 10 pages
00:59:22.89\00:59:25.76
and that through prayer
and the work of Your Spirit,
00:59:25.79\00:59:29.10
our lives might be
transformed from glory to glory
00:59:29.13\00:59:34.30
into the image of Christ.
00:59:34.34\00:59:36.74
Thank You Father
for hearing my prayer,
00:59:36.77\00:59:40.41
for I asked in Jesus' name.
00:59:40.44\00:59:42.84
Amen.
00:59:42.88\00:59:44.21