Happy Sabbath everybody.
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Happy Sabbath! You
know, first and foremost
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I want to welcome all of
you to 3ABN's Fall Camp Meeting.
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And have we not had
some of the most beautiful
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weather? And the anointing
of the Lord is in this house.
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And so... and for all
of you that are watching
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or listening on 3ABN Radio
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one of the most amazing
things that I have discovered
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about the
Seventh-day Adventist church:
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Hal and I have
traveled a good deal
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and when we were in India
on Sabbath morning looking at
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the Sabbath School lesson
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it was the same
quarterly and the same lesson
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that we were studying
here. When we were in Russia,
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Pastor Bradshaw,
it was the same thing.
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So all of you from around
the world, just get your Sabbath
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School quarterly.
We are going to have an
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incredible Sabbath School
today. Haven't you enjoyed
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the book of Galatians? Amen!
And you know, it's been exciting
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and learned so much.
And then next quarter
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we're looking at
the book of Romans.
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So I'm looking
forward to that as well.
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Before we start
our Sabbath School
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I would like to
introduce the panelists.
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First we have to my
left Brian Hamilton.
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Brian, it's so
good to have you here.
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Good to be
here. And John Dinzey.
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Good to have you here. It's
a great blessing to be here.
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Jill Morikone. Thank you
so much. It's a privilege
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to open up God's
Word and share together.
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And everybody knows
our Pastor John Bradshaw.
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Pastor Bradshaw, it's
so good to have you here.
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Thanks, Mollie. Good
to be here. Happy Sabbath.
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Well Happy Sabbath to you.
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Before we go into the lesson
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I would like for
us to open in prayer.
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Now we prayed. I
would almost say that
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every one of you have
already prayed this morning.
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But I'm going to ask
John Dinzey if he will please
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to open in prayer this morning.
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Let us pray. Our
loving heavenly Father,
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we thank you so
much, Lord, that today
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You have blessed us
with the breath of life.
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We thank you that we can
come before You in Jesus' name
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and we pray that You will
bless us as we study together.
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We ask for Your Holy Spirit
to give us the words to speak
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and we pray that in all things
Your name may be glorified
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and Your children edified
here and around the world.
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We ask for this
in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Amen. So if you
have your quarterly
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turn to the 14th lesson
and also you with your Bibles
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turn to Galatians
and we're going to start
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in the 6th chapter.
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Now our memory
text is Galatians 6:14.
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And something that is our custom
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is that we all read
our memory text together.
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So will you
join with us, please?
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It's Galatians 6:14.
Let's read that together.
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"But far be it from me to boast
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except in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ
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by which the world
has been crucified to me
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and I to the world. "
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You know, before we
start into Sunday's portion
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of the lesson I wanted to
just kind of give us a little
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foundation of why Paul
wrote this letter to the...
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or wrote this letter
which is what we know
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as the book of Galatians.
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Now remember: Paul
is the apostle to whom?
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To the Gentiles.
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Now Paul had been
to a province, an area
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known as Galatia.
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And so he had established...
It doesn't say how many churches
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he had established in this area.
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We know at least probably
two or three and possibly more.
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And Paul was an apostle. Now
here is what an apostle does.
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An apostle, builds,
establishes, and then leaves.
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Now what Paul had
done was he had built,
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he had
established, he had appointed.
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As his custom was he would
appoint elders or leadership
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in those churches and
then he would be about
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the Lord's business. He
would go to establish churches
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in other areas of the world.
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So now, in the
church there at Galatia
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something started happening.
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There were men that were coming
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and they were teaching heresy.
They were called Judaizers.
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Now knowing Paul's temperament
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do you think this
set well with him?
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It upset Paul to no end
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that these men were
coming in and teaching heresy.
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Now here's what
they were teaching:
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they were teaching
that these Gentile believers
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couldn't be members of the
church. They couldn't obtain
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salvation unless on top of
accepting the Lord Jesus Christ
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as their Lord and
Savior they were? Circumcised.
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They were adding to the
blood of the Lord Jesus Christ
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a portion of the law:
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the law of being circumcised.
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Now this upset Paul to no end.
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And so Paul... remember
this was a long time ago.
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And so the way Paul
had to deal with this,
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the only way he
could deal with this...
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he couldn't just hop a
plane and fly to Galatia
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and get these
things straightened out.
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What did he have to do?
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He had to write a letter!
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And thank goodness, was
Paul a prolific letter writer.
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Now I kind of likened
this to Danny Shelton.
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I use him as an
example quite often.
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But Danny built and established
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Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
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with the understanding
that we would present a message
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that would counteract the
counterfeit: the undiluted
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three angels' messages.
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That is what this ministry
was built and established
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to proclaim. So let's just say
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that Danny has to go
somewhere else in this world
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and do other work
for the kingdom of God.
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And he turns 3ABN on
and what does he see?
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Somebody teaching heresy.
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Now do you think that's
going to sit well with Danny?
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No! Now what's Danny gonna do?
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He's going to hop a plane!
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Paul couldn't hop the
plane so he wrote this letter.
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Danny wrote a book, though!
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Paul wrote letters...
Danny does write books.
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He's written some incredible
books as a matter of fact.
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So Paul viewed this
heresy as an attack on the very
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essence of the gospel itself.
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Because what the
Judaizers were saying:
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the blood of the Lord
Jesus Christ plus something.
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Now, what does it take to become
a child of the Living God?
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The blood of the
Lord Jesus Christ!
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What Christ wrought out for
us at Calvary and nothing else.
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Paul was incensed and
he knew he had to respond
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so he wrote the letter.
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Now, these writings of
Paul: were they effective?
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They're so
powerful and effective
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that even the great Reformer...
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Who is the great
Reformer, Pastor Bradshaw?
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Well there were many,
but the great great Reformer
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would be Martin
Luther. Martin Luther!
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What was he reading when
he came to the realization
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or the understanding
of justification by faith?
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What book? Well, in
particular he was reading Romans
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and he was also
reading Galatians. Um-hmm.
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Luther was reading Romans when
that verse leapt off the page
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at him. It came back to him
as he was walking on his knees
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up Pilate's staircase:
"the just shall live by faith. "
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So Luther was a
New Testament man
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and his time
spent in the gospel...
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You know, imagine
life without Luther...
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where we'd be today.
Someone's going to say there was
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another Luther. But
imagine the church today
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without that contribution.
We'd be in an altogether
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different place.
Yes. And the message of
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righteousness by
faith. It's very important
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to the Seventh-day
Adventist church, is it not?
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That's the
foundation. It's foundational.
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And because of Martin
Luther grasping this great truth
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the whole world has changed.
It'll never be the same.
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And we thank the Lord for
that and we thank the Lord
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for this letter. And I
just wanted to give you a little
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foundation as to why
Paul was writing this letter.
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Now the portion of the scripture
that they are allowing me
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to address today
is Sunday's portion.
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And it's Paul's own
hand, so I want you to...
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Again, we're in
Galatians chapter 6
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and we're looking
at Paul's own hand.
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Paul would dictate
a letter to a scribe.
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The scribe would
actually write the letter
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but something that Paul did
was at the closing of the letter
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he would always write
a portion of the letter
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from himself. So
Galatians 6:11 says
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"See with what large
letters I have written to you
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with my own... "
What? "with my own hand. "
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So you know, in looking at this
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evidently he had written it
large. And because we haven't
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seen it personally with our eyes
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or he didn't go on to
explain that, you wonder
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why exactly he was
writing it in large letters.
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But how many of you text?
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Or even do e-mail?
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When you put something in
caps, what does that mean?
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You want people
to pay attention.
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It's kind of like
yelling with the typewriter.
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So I'm going to say
that for Paul to say
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"Look what large
letters I am using here"
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it was because he was
saying: "Pay attention!
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I want you to look at this! "
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Now Paul wrote 13 of the
books of the New Testament.
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How many books are
in the New Testament?
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Twenty seven. So he
was a prolific writer.
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So in the books
of the New Testament
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his closing remarks
in these thirteen books
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aren't always the same
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but they're
usually quite similar.
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However, in his closing
remarks in the book of Galatians
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there are two
significant differences
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and I wanted to go
over those differences.
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The first
significant difference is:
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in the other letters
he's very personable.
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His closing remarks
address specific individuals.
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However, in the
book of Galatians
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he's polite but formal.
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Now think about this:
when you're polite but formal
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that's not a lot of
warmth going on, is it?
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So you ask
yourself: why would Paul be
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polite but formal? The
fact that those converts
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that he had
labored so diligently with
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were turning - the way he words
it is: "to a different gospel. "
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Now that... he... Again
Paul... Paul was a little...
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he could be a little
feisty, could he not?
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And so he was
seeing that these people
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he had labored
so diligently with
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were turning to another gospel.
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So go to Galatians the first
chapter. Turn in your Bible
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to Galatians the first
chapter. Let's look at verses
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six through
eight. Galatians 1:6-8.
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Paul says: "I
marvel that you... "
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Now he's talking to these
believers there at Galatia...
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"I marvel that you
are turning away so soon
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from Him who called
you in the grace of Christ
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to a... " What
does he call that?
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"a different gospel
which is not another.
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But there are some who
trouble you and want to pervert
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the gospel of
Christ. But even if we
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or an angel from heaven
preach any other gospel to you
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than what we
have preached to you
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let him be... "
What's that word?
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"let him be accursed. "
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I love the Amplified
Bible. I study out of that.
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There was a time when I
only quoted the King James.
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But I started
studying the Amplified Bible
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so guess what started happening?
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I started trying to
quote the King James
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and I would get
King Amplified in there.
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You just... whatever you see...
What you behold you become.
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So what I was studying
that's what I started quoting.
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So the word accursed:
here is the definition
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out of the Amplified Bible.
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The word accursed...
"let him be accursed... "
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Anathema,
devoted to destruction,
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doomed to eternal punishment.
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So what is Paul
pronouncing on these Judaizers
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that are coming to
try to give another gospel
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or this heresy to
these men and women
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there in the churches at Galatia
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that he has
labored so diligently over?
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He is saying: Anathema,
doomed to eternal punishment.
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Anathema means a ban or
a curse solemnly pronounced
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by ecclesiastical authority
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and accompanied
by excommunication.
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And you know, in this time
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if you were excommunicated
what that spoke to you was
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you had no hope of heaven.
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So Paul is serious about
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these men that were
coming and teaching this heresy.
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Not only does Paul say that
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"anathema... let him
be accursed" in verse 8
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he repeats it then in verse 9.
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Paul's strong sense of
justice is coming through
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loud and clear. "The
Word and the Word only. "
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Is that what Paul was saying?
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"The Word and the Word only. "
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That would be sola
scriptura. How many of you
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hold with that? Sola scriptura!
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The Word and the Word only.
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It doesn't matter
what your traditions teach
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nor what your
experience may have been,
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sola scriptura... correct
doctrine is all that matters.
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Correct doctrine
always takes precedence.
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Paul cares about
these deceived believers.
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Were the believers in Galatia
listening to this deception?
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Some of them were
falling into this deception.
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He cares about these believers.
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He does all he knows to
do to get their attention.
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Now the second thing
that's different in this letter:
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his final words are
usually just closing remarks.
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In this letter he continues
beseeching these believers
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in Galatia to turn
from their foolish ways.
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And he says he
was doing it again
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with those large letters.
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He wanted these
wayward Galatians to return
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to correct doctrine and
lay aside their heresies.
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Even in the very
closing of the letter
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he once again addresses
the issue that is so strongly
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on his heart. Look at verse 15.
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He says: "For in
Christ neither... " What?
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What is that word?
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"In Christ neither
circumcision nor uncircumcision
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availeth anything
but a new creation. "
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The Word and the Word
only. It doesn't matter...
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Let me say this again:
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Ladies and
gentlemen: it doesn't matter
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what our traditions teach us.
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It doesn't matter what
we may have experienced.
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If it's
contradicting the Word of God,
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it's not the truth. Amen!
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The Word is the truth.
Anything that contradicts
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the Word of the
Living God is a lie,
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and the lie - in light
of the truth of God's Word -
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will fall to the
ground how often? Every time
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in light of the
Word. Sola scriptura.
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This Word and the Word only.
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Pastor Hamilton. OK.
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Well. I have
Monday's, and Monday's study
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along with Tuesday's was
on the subject of boasting.
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Boasting in two
different things, though.
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Boasting in the flesh
versus boasting in the cross.
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And I believe Bro. Dinzey' s
got the boasting in the cross.
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You've got the better one.
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I have the boasting
in the flesh subject.
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There were two
different motives we'll find out
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as we study these two days.
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The boasting in the flesh motive
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was a selfish motive.
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The boasting in the cross
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was a motive of love.
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Two different motives; two
different subjects of boasting.
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So let's look at
the text for Monday
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and that's found in Galatians
chapter 6 verses 12 and 13.
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And by the way, this is the
part of the book of Galatians
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where Paul is
wrapping things up.
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And his normal practice in
his letter as he wraps things up
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is to be a bit
"warm and fuzzy. "
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You know, "Tell Sister So
and So... you know, tell her
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Hi or give her my love. "
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Or: "I'm thinking
of Bro. So and So. "
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And you know, he
ends his letters with...
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with "warm
fuzzies" you would say.
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With expressions of love.
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But Galatians he
started out hard-hitting
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and he doesn't
end lightly either.
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And so there isn't the "warm
fuzzies" that you would normally
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see in his letters.
So Galatians chapter 6
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and verses 12 and 13.
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"But as many desire
to make a good showing
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in the flesh... "
Did you hear that?
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"A good showing. " That
ought to talk a little bit
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about motive here.
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"These would compel
you to be circumcised
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only that they may
not suffer persecution
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for the cross of Christ. "
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Another interesting
little phrase there:
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"May not suffer
persecution. " Verse 13:
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"For not even those who
are circumcised keep the law
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but they desire to
have you circumcised
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that they may
boast in your flesh. "
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OK... so that's the text.
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Paul gives us some
hints even before this
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on the very same
subject of motivation.
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These teachers that have come
in: what are their motivation?
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What's in their heart? Why are
they doing what they're doing?
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And so if you turn to
Galatians chapter 4 verse 17
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there's another little
hint as to their motivation.
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In fact, it's pretty glaring.
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"They zealously court you
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but for no good. Yes,
they want to exclude you
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that you may be
zealous for them. "
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Now I'm going to do
something I don't normally do
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in that I'm going to read
this out of a version called
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The Message Bible, OK?
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I don't study with this one.
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It's a bit freewheeling
but it's very expressive.
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"Those heretical teachers go
to great lengths to flatter you
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but their motives are rotten.
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They want to shut you out of
the free world of God's grace
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so that you will always
depend on them for approval
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and direction making
them feel important. "
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See... now... back to
Galatians chapter 6 verse 12:
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"As many as desire
to make a good showing
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in the flesh. " So the
motive that's coming out here
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is somehow to gain approval.
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If they court you and
they get you into their court
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and compel you to be circumcised
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their motive for doing it
isn't that they're winning you
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to the Lord... their
motive is that they can boast.
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They can gain approval
of men or even maybe God
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by what they're doing.
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You see, the motive
is a bit twisted there.
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I'm intrigued by this:
"Only that they may not suffer
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persecution of
the cross of Christ. "
00:22:18.27\00:22:21.64
That takes me
back to Galatians 5:11.
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I think that's the
verse I'm looking for.
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"And I, brother, if I
still preach circumcision
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why do I still
suffer persecution?
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Then the offense of
the cross has ceased. "
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So some of the motivation
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for the pushing
of the circumcision
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was a motivation of
not wanting to suffer.
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See, Paul suffered by
presenting the cross of Jesus.
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That was not a
popular subject to address:
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the cross of Christ.
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That brought
persecution both from the Romans
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as well as from his fellow Jews.
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And these people were
trying to be Christian,
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stay Jewish, and not
suffer any kind of persecution
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as a result of it. And so
that was part of the motivation
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is to... You
know, if you were...
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if you were a convert to Judaism
one of the main signs of it
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for males was circumcision.
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And the Romans didn't
always treat people justly,
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but they let the Jewish
people practice their faith.
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And if you could
prove that you were Jewish
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you were safe.
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And so this was a
safety issue you might say.
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And so that was
another motivation.
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Verse 13: "For not even
those who are circumcised
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keep the law, but they
desire to have you circumcised
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that they may
boast in your flesh. "
00:24:07.34\00:24:09.54
It was kind of
like having a trophy.
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Now you folks maybe
don't have this temptation
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quite like some of us who
are pastors or church leaders.
00:24:18.09\00:24:23.06
But there's a
great temptation for us
00:24:23.83\00:24:26.70
to climb the ladder of
success in spiritual things
00:24:26.90\00:24:31.10
by our trophies... the number.
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"Oh, I just baptized
500 here last week! "
00:24:35.77\00:24:40.01
You know? Something like that.
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Now, praise the Lord
that 500 were baptized, right?
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Amen! But is my
motive for the baptizing
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selfish for praise of men?
00:24:49.85\00:24:52.69
Or is my motive for baptizing
00:24:53.09\00:24:56.16
that souls are
saved in the kingdom
00:24:56.36\00:24:58.89
and praise God for what He
has done not what I have done.
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But they were boasting
in what they were doing.
00:25:03.13\00:25:07.20
How am I coming on
time? Am I still OK?
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You're OK. OK... all right.
00:25:10.61\00:25:11.94
So what had
brought us to this point?
00:25:12.14\00:25:15.61
How come these, maybe
outward appearing well-meaning
00:25:15.81\00:25:21.08
Jewish Christians
coming into Galatia...
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what was the whole history
of the background of that?
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Have to go back a little ways.
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You think of
from the time of Moses
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up to the time of Jeremiah
00:25:33.70\00:25:36.26
the big
temptation for God's people
00:25:37.20\00:25:41.87
was the worship
of graven images.
00:25:42.07\00:25:44.67
They kept
falling back into that.
00:25:44.87\00:25:46.78
You know, Moses is up
getting the Ten Commandments
00:25:46.98\00:25:49.94
and what were
they doing down below?
00:25:50.15\00:25:51.98
Worshiping graven image.
00:25:52.48\00:25:55.82
So when they were
taken by Nebuchadnezzar
00:25:56.55\00:25:59.52
into Babylon they
were cured forever
00:25:59.92\00:26:05.89
of the worship of graven images.
00:26:06.09\00:26:08.93
As I thought about
that whole subject, too,
00:26:09.13\00:26:11.20
it wasn't the theology
that was attractive to them...
00:26:11.40\00:26:17.17
it was the worship practice
00:26:17.87\00:26:20.61
that they were enamored with.
00:26:20.81\00:26:22.68
Think about that.
00:26:22.88\00:26:24.48
In the Christian world today
00:26:24.68\00:26:26.68
are we being enamored
by the worship practices
00:26:27.08\00:26:32.32
of secularism?
Entertainment industry?
00:26:32.52\00:26:35.99
And is that creeping into the
church and its worship practices
00:26:36.39\00:26:40.33
today? That's almost
like worshiping a graven image
00:26:40.53\00:26:44.13
you see. But they
were cured of that.
00:26:44.33\00:26:46.40
When they came back from Babylon
00:26:46.60\00:26:48.74
they set up synagogues
all throughout the land
00:26:49.94\00:26:52.97
and they assigned
teachers, scribes, and priests
00:26:53.17\00:26:56.38
to teach. Not only reading,
writing, and arithmetic -
00:26:56.58\00:26:59.35
that type of subject
- but they also taught
00:26:59.55\00:27:01.58
the Word of God... the law.
00:27:01.78\00:27:03.75
They were very
zealous for the law.
00:27:03.95\00:27:05.75
And that was good.
00:27:05.95\00:27:08.59
But Satan always takes the
good and tries to pervert it.
00:27:08.79\00:27:11.79
And this happened again.
00:27:11.99\00:27:13.60
They began to lose
sight of the purpose
00:27:13.80\00:27:17.83
of the ceremonies and
the rituals and the practice
00:27:18.03\00:27:21.97
at the temple. They
began to lose sight of its
00:27:22.57\00:27:24.71
meaning and actually
began to look to the services
00:27:24.91\00:27:29.38
and the temple and
the priests as the ticket
00:27:29.58\00:27:33.52
for salvation...
instead of what they all meant
00:27:33.72\00:27:37.05
and in the
Messiah that would come.
00:27:37.35\00:27:38.95
They gloried in the services;
they gloried in the temple;
00:27:40.06\00:27:43.76
they gloried in the priesthood
and not in the Savior...
00:27:43.96\00:27:47.23
not in the Messiah.
00:27:47.43\00:27:48.76
And so as they lost
their "spirtualness"
00:27:49.00\00:27:51.57
formalism crept in.
00:27:51.77\00:27:53.54
They added laws upon laws to
help us sort of keep God's law.
00:27:54.10\00:27:58.91
Man-made traditions. Jesus
had something to say about that.
00:27:59.11\00:28:03.01
"The Pharisees and scribes
asked Him... " This is Matthew
00:28:03.41\00:28:06.08
chapter 7 verses 5 to 9.
00:28:06.28\00:28:08.25
"Why do Your disciples not
walk according to the traditions
00:28:08.92\00:28:11.99
of the elders and eat
bread with unwashed hands? "
00:28:12.19\00:28:16.09
Not hygiene
issues let me tell you.
00:28:16.29\00:28:18.16
"He answered and said to them:
00:28:18.36\00:28:20.13
'Well did Isaiah prophesy of
you hypocrites. As it is written
00:28:20.33\00:28:23.87
these people
honor Me with their lips
00:28:24.07\00:28:25.87
but their heart is far from Me.
00:28:26.27\00:28:28.60
In vain they worship Me
teaching as doctrine the
00:28:29.94\00:28:32.74
commandments of men. ' "
00:28:32.94\00:28:34.78
So that's what the Jewish
faith had deteriorated into.
00:28:35.18\00:28:40.12
As you come into the time
of Jesus it was formalism.
00:28:40.32\00:28:44.12
It was ritual without meaning.
00:28:44.32\00:28:46.76
And so now here these
Jewish people become Christians.
00:28:47.52\00:28:52.66
They accept the Messiah
00:28:52.86\00:28:54.83
but they have all
this baggage of formalism.
00:28:55.03\00:28:57.47
I find it interesting
God wiped all that out
00:28:57.67\00:29:00.27
in the New Testament era.
00:29:00.47\00:29:02.00
The only ritual we
have is footwashing,
00:29:02.40\00:29:05.64
the Lord's Supper, and baptism.
00:29:06.04\00:29:08.04
All the rest... wiped away
because He knew our tendency
00:29:08.24\00:29:12.01
to worship the service
and not the Savior. See?
00:29:12.21\00:29:15.42
So that's kind of the
background that was leading to
00:29:15.62\00:29:18.22
why these men
were where they were at
00:29:18.42\00:29:20.86
doing what they were doing
00:29:21.02\00:29:22.52
and why Paul was resisting it
00:29:22.72\00:29:25.63
vehemently... vigorously.
00:29:25.83\00:29:28.03
And so anyway if we're to boast
00:29:28.23\00:29:31.17
let's boast in the cross...
let's boast in the Savior
00:29:31.37\00:29:34.44
and not anything
about what we do.
00:29:34.64\00:29:37.14
Now I have two
things that I took as a...
00:29:37.34\00:29:41.44
a lesson for us today.
00:29:41.64\00:29:43.65
As we go out to present
the gospel it's important
00:29:43.85\00:29:47.55
that our message is spot on.
00:29:47.75\00:29:51.22
You see, their
message was not on.
00:29:51.62\00:29:53.42
They were off on their message.
00:29:53.62\00:29:55.62
But not only did we
have a right message
00:29:56.02\00:29:58.63
we have a correct motive.
00:29:58.83\00:30:01.13
Amen! That's what I took
from the lesson on Monday.
00:30:01.86\00:30:04.53
Very good. Pastor Dinzey.
00:30:04.93\00:30:07.04
I am blessed to talk about
Galatians chapter 6 verse 14.
00:30:09.27\00:30:14.04
I think at first I
started looking at it
00:30:14.84\00:30:16.91
and I said: "Well,
there's really not much here. "
00:30:17.11\00:30:18.91
But as you dig you
begin to see wonderful things
00:30:19.11\00:30:22.58
in Galatians
chapter 6 and verse 14.
00:30:22.78\00:30:25.52
Now I'd like to read this
from the King James Version
00:30:26.22\00:30:29.49
and then we'll go to
the New King James Version
00:30:29.69\00:30:31.69
so you can see a little
difference in the translation.
00:30:31.89\00:30:34.93
"But God forbid
that I should glory
00:30:35.70\00:30:40.00
save in the cross of
our Lord Jesus Christ
00:30:40.20\00:30:43.37
by whom the world
is crucified unto me
00:30:43.57\00:30:46.68
and I unto the world. "
00:30:46.88\00:30:48.31
Now when you go
to the New King James
00:30:49.18\00:30:50.95
you see these
words where it says:
00:30:51.15\00:30:54.42
"But God forbid
that I should boast... "
00:30:54.62\00:30:56.62
Here comes the word boast
instead of the word glory.
00:30:56.82\00:30:58.62
"except in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ
00:30:58.82\00:31:01.02
by whom the world
has been crucified to me
00:31:01.22\00:31:03.66
and I to the world. "
00:31:03.86\00:31:05.49
But we read from the lesson
something similar to this.
00:31:06.36\00:31:10.03
This is from the Revised
Version. "But far be it from me
00:31:10.23\00:31:13.07
to glory... to boast...
" There's the word boast.
00:31:14.70\00:31:20.64
"except in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ
00:31:21.44\00:31:24.05
through which the world
has been crucified unto me
00:31:24.25\00:31:27.55
and I unto the world. "
00:31:27.75\00:31:29.42
When you see the
words "But God forbid"
00:31:30.12\00:31:32.39
the two Greek words
here are interesting because
00:31:32.59\00:31:36.19
in the King James they
use the words "God forbid. "
00:31:36.59\00:31:39.79
It's really a strong declaration
because the word theos
00:31:40.20\00:31:44.37
which means God is
not really in the Greek.
00:31:44.57\00:31:47.37
It is two words that
are trying to express strong
00:31:48.00\00:31:52.81
declaration to
say something like
00:31:53.01\00:31:56.24
"Be it far from me...
" "Oh, may it never be
00:31:56.44\00:32:00.18
that I should glory except
00:32:00.58\00:32:03.85
in the cross of our
Lord Jesus Christ. "
00:32:04.25\00:32:06.89
So Paul is saying: "I'm not
going to boast about anything
00:32:07.09\00:32:09.92
except the cross of
our Lord Jesus Christ. "
00:32:10.13\00:32:14.10
And that is something
marvelous to consider.
00:32:14.50\00:32:16.87
When you
consider the Jewish mind
00:32:18.03\00:32:21.50
to them it was
offensive to think
00:32:21.70\00:32:26.07
that the one that they
expect to be the Messiah
00:32:26.27\00:32:31.31
was crucified on
a tree or a cross.
00:32:31.51\00:32:35.35
To them it was a horrible thing
00:32:36.35\00:32:39.02
because you read in Galatians
- earlier in Galatians -
00:32:39.22\00:32:43.59
and it's Galatians
chapter 3 and verse 13:
00:32:43.79\00:32:47.80
"Christ has redeemed us
from the curse of the law
00:32:48.20\00:32:51.87
being made a curse
for us for it is written
00:32:52.07\00:32:55.24
'Cursed is everyone
that hangeth on a tree. ' "
00:32:55.44\00:32:59.11
So the scribes and the Pharisees
00:32:59.51\00:33:01.34
they were very happy
that Christ was crucified
00:33:02.41\00:33:06.72
on a cross because it was
a message to the believers
00:33:06.92\00:33:11.75
in Christ: "This man is
cursed. " In other words
00:33:11.95\00:33:15.16
there's no possible hope
for the person hung on a cross.
00:33:15.56\00:33:20.73
They are lost; no way
to redeem them from that.
00:33:21.13\00:33:24.43
So they were trying to
discourage the followers
00:33:24.63\00:33:27.37
from continuing to follow Jesus.
00:33:27.57\00:33:30.11
So: "Cursed be anyone
that is hung on a tree. "
00:33:30.61\00:33:33.94
So... But Paul is
saying: "Boast in the cross? "
00:33:34.81\00:33:39.51
Now what was it
to the Roman mind?
00:33:39.91\00:33:41.98
The Roman mind
thought that dying on a cross
00:33:42.18\00:33:44.85
was such a
horrendous, horrible thing
00:33:45.05\00:33:47.76
that a Roman
citizen was of such dignity
00:33:48.16\00:33:51.66
that even though he committed
horrible, heinous crimes
00:33:51.86\00:33:55.63
they would not put
him to death on a cross.
00:33:56.03\00:34:00.10
This was reserved for
those that were not Romans.
00:34:00.30\00:34:04.11
So it was a
horrible, horrible way to die.
00:34:04.54\00:34:07.14
I don't know if you've ever
looked into dying on a cross.
00:34:07.34\00:34:09.91
But it was a horrible horrible
death; a slow, torturing death
00:34:10.61\00:34:15.32
that would normally take days.
00:34:15.52\00:34:18.52
And you're hung on a
cross. Imagine that you're
00:34:18.72\00:34:21.99
somewhere hot. You've been
somewhere hot Pr. John Bradshaw.
00:34:22.19\00:34:25.96
And there are insects
coming at you and you can't
00:34:27.00\00:34:30.90
do anything about it. Your
hands are nailed to a cross.
00:34:31.10\00:34:35.97
You can't do anything.
00:34:36.81\00:34:38.27
So it was a
horrible horrible way to die.
00:34:38.47\00:34:40.84
And as you slowly
began to die you imagined
00:34:41.04\00:34:43.98
the animals become
interested in your death
00:34:44.18\00:34:46.61
because that
means a meal is coming.
00:34:46.82\00:34:48.95
So it was a
horrible horrible way to die.
00:34:49.35\00:34:51.12
And so... But
Paul says: "God forbid
00:34:51.32\00:34:55.62
or far be it from me
that I should boast! "
00:34:55.82\00:34:59.09
Let's talk about
boasting for a moment.
00:34:59.49\00:35:01.06
I don't know if
anyone here has ever boasted.
00:35:01.26\00:35:03.13
But people talk about
things they are happy about
00:35:06.43\00:35:11.04
and they
rejoice about or they...
00:35:11.24\00:35:14.54
you know there's a verse
that says something similar to
00:35:14.74\00:35:16.95
"Pride cometh before
destruction and a great fall. "
00:35:17.35\00:35:20.45
"A haughty spirit... "
yeah... "before a great fall. "
00:35:20.65\00:35:23.55
I remember when
I was much younger
00:35:23.95\00:35:25.92
way back on the horizon
before... and the horizon was
00:35:26.32\00:35:29.19
the falling of
hair... and my hair was black.
00:35:29.39\00:35:32.93
Now think way back. Not
too way back because I'm not
00:35:33.33\00:35:36.00
that old... but
there I was a teenager
00:35:36.20\00:35:39.33
and we were doing some
exercise... some exercises
00:35:39.53\00:35:42.74
in this place. And
we were lifting our legs
00:35:42.94\00:35:47.48
in some way and I said:
"Hey, I'm pretty good at this! "
00:35:47.68\00:35:51.48
"I'm doing
really good at this! "
00:35:51.88\00:35:53.98
And I was looking at the others.
I said: "Boy, I'm doing better
00:35:54.18\00:35:56.52
than they are! " And some
people taking a tour came in
00:35:56.72\00:36:00.66
and for some reason I
said: "I'm doing good; they're
00:36:00.86\00:36:02.86
going to see me. " And I
started doing it a little fancy
00:36:03.06\00:36:06.23
and my foot slipped - the
one that was on the ground -
00:36:06.43\00:36:09.63
and there I went:
blap on the floor.
00:36:10.03\00:36:14.74
Now what do you think
happened to me at that moment?
00:36:14.94\00:36:17.51
I was not as happy as before;
00:36:18.61\00:36:20.18
I was not as
rejoicing as before.
00:36:20.38\00:36:21.78
My boasting
became an embarrassment.
00:36:21.98\00:36:24.91
So for us as Christians
00:36:25.51\00:36:30.02
boasting should not be
a part of our experience
00:36:30.22\00:36:32.52
either by words or by actions
00:36:32.72\00:36:35.39
because people
lose sight of Christ.
00:36:35.59\00:36:39.86
And we remember the
scripture that says:
00:36:40.06\00:36:42.30
"Let your light so shine
00:36:43.57\00:36:45.93
that they may
see your good works
00:36:46.13\00:36:48.14
and glorify your
Father which is in heaven. "
00:36:48.34\00:36:52.31
And so this is
what we should do.
00:36:52.77\00:36:55.41
Our words and our actions
should glorify our Father
00:36:55.61\00:36:58.88
which is in heaven.
00:36:59.08\00:37:00.42
Now I'd like to go to
this part about the cross.
00:37:00.75\00:37:04.75
Oh... the cross. And what was
really Paul talking about here?
00:37:04.95\00:37:09.89
Was he just talking
about the cross itself?
00:37:10.09\00:37:12.29
The instrument upon
which Christ was crucified?
00:37:12.49\00:37:15.46
No, he's talking about
Christ dying on the cross:
00:37:15.66\00:37:19.83
the atoning sacrifice of Christ
00:37:20.04\00:37:23.47
which means salvation
unto everyone that believes.
00:37:23.67\00:37:28.58
Because the Bible says that
"God so loved the world... "
00:37:28.98\00:37:32.35
So when you think of Paul
saying that I should boast
00:37:32.55\00:37:35.52
but in the cross you have to
think that he's talking about
00:37:35.72\00:37:39.32
Jesus Christ dying on
the cross for his sins.
00:37:39.52\00:37:43.06
For my sins... for your sins.
00:37:43.26\00:37:45.29
And so when we think
of the cross we see...
00:37:45.49\00:37:48.20
think of Jesus
dying on the cross we see
00:37:48.40\00:37:50.57
a God that loves us so much -
00:37:50.77\00:37:54.07
so great is this love -
00:37:54.27\00:37:57.04
that He's
willing to give His Son
00:37:57.24\00:38:00.51
to rescue us from
condemnation of sin
00:38:00.71\00:38:04.51
and from the wages of
sin... which is death.
00:38:04.71\00:38:06.68
Christ took our place. WE
should have been on that cross.
00:38:06.88\00:38:10.89
We DESERVE to be on the
cross but Christ took our place.
00:38:11.09\00:38:16.02
So that's why
Paul is able to say
00:38:16.32\00:38:19.19
"I can boast in the
cross of Jesus Christ. "
00:38:19.39\00:38:23.80
And THAT is something
to really boast about!
00:38:24.00\00:38:27.24
And so we can tell the world
about Jesus. There's a song
00:38:27.44\00:38:32.07
that says: "Take the
world and give me Jesus. "
00:38:32.27\00:38:36.58
Take the world
and give me Jesus.
00:38:36.78\00:38:39.05
The early Christians
really didn't look for attention
00:38:39.45\00:38:44.45
to themselves. They looked
to bring people - people's eyes,
00:38:44.65\00:38:48.42
people's thoughts
- to Jesus Christ:
00:38:48.62\00:38:50.86
the Author and
Finisher of our faith.
00:38:51.06\00:38:53.83
Because the Bible says
that there is salvation
00:38:54.23\00:38:59.23
in no other name but
Jesus. And they knew that.
00:38:59.43\00:39:04.21
There's no salvation in
the sacrificing of animals.
00:39:04.54\00:39:07.91
There's no salvation in
any other name under heaven.
00:39:08.11\00:39:13.82
There are some people
that name certain names and
00:39:14.02\00:39:17.39
I'm not going to go into that
because we have very little time
00:39:17.59\00:39:20.99
but the only name by
which we can be saved
00:39:21.39\00:39:23.66
is Jesus Christ -
Amen! and Him crucified.
00:39:23.86\00:39:28.90
Because if you take out from
history the fact that Christ
00:39:29.30\00:39:34.27
died on the cross to save us
00:39:34.47\00:39:36.27
you might as well
blot out the sun...
00:39:36.47\00:39:39.77
take the sun out of the sky.
00:39:39.97\00:39:41.44
And then there will be no
light to shine upon this earth.
00:39:42.08\00:39:45.28
This earth will
be complete darkness.
00:39:45.48\00:39:47.05
And this earth still has
light and grace because Jesus
00:39:47.45\00:39:52.35
died on the cross for us. Amen!
00:39:52.55\00:39:54.72
And that's why you
and I have hope today.
00:39:54.92\00:39:57.09
That's why you and I can say
00:39:57.49\00:39:59.86
"Lord, forgive me for my sins.
" By looking to the cross...
00:40:01.06\00:40:05.37
The Father looks... When
a sinner comes to the Lord
00:40:05.57\00:40:08.87
the Lord looks at the sinner
00:40:09.57\00:40:11.54
but looks at Jesus dying
on the cross for the sinner
00:40:11.74\00:40:16.28
and we can be
accepted as the Bible says
00:40:16.48\00:40:19.08
"in the beloved. "
And that's why the worst -
00:40:19.28\00:40:22.48
the worst, the very worst - if
you consider yourself the worst
00:40:23.12\00:40:26.45
there's hope as
you look to Jesus.
00:40:26.65\00:40:30.06
And I would say to
you that it is far better
00:40:30.26\00:40:34.50
for us to look to
Jesus than to ourselves.
00:40:34.70\00:40:37.23
"By whom the world is crucified
unto me and I unto the world. "
00:40:37.67\00:40:42.27
So this is a decision
every one of us has to make.
00:40:42.74\00:40:45.34
We talk about the flesh.
00:40:45.74\00:40:48.08
Some people boast in the
flesh and their accomplishments.
00:40:48.48\00:40:50.91
But Paul is
saying... When he says
00:40:51.45\00:40:55.25
that the world is crucified
to me he's talking about
00:40:55.45\00:40:58.09
the flesh... the
desires that this flesh may have
00:40:58.29\00:41:01.59
for the world. And
that's why I go back to
00:41:01.79\00:41:04.46
you take the world
but give me Jesus. Amen!
00:41:04.66\00:41:07.63
And I want to
encourage you to continue
00:41:07.83\00:41:09.86
looking unto Jesus; the Author
and the Finisher of our faith.
00:41:10.07\00:41:13.44
And we need to remember
00:41:13.84\00:41:17.04
Luke chapter 9 verse 23.
00:41:17.64\00:41:20.44
What did Jesus say in
Luke chapter 9 verse 23?
00:41:20.64\00:41:23.31
Jesus said: "if any
man will come after Me,
00:41:24.41\00:41:27.92
if anyone wants to follow Me,
00:41:28.12\00:41:29.45
let him take up his cross daily
00:41:29.48\00:41:32.25
and follow Me. " And this
is what we all need to do.
00:41:32.45\00:41:37.06
Every day take the
cross to crucify self
00:41:37.26\00:41:41.86
and follow Jesus.
00:41:42.26\00:41:44.17
And as we follow Jesus
the closer we come to Jesus
00:41:44.37\00:41:46.77
the closer we realize
that He died to save us
00:41:46.97\00:41:49.47
the closer we
examine this subject of Jesus
00:41:49.67\00:41:53.61
dying on the cross for us
00:41:54.01\00:41:56.21
the more we will
lose sight of self
00:41:56.91\00:41:59.58
and our accomplishments
and our great things.
00:41:59.78\00:42:02.65
The more we talk about
Jesus the better it is for us.
00:42:02.85\00:42:07.49
And I would say to you that
the more you talk about Jesus
00:42:07.89\00:42:11.23
the more the
holy angels draw near
00:42:11.63\00:42:14.30
and you will have an atmosphere
of heaven wherever you go.
00:42:14.50\00:42:18.80
Amen! Wherever you go.
00:42:19.00\00:42:20.57
I would like to
finish with this scripture
00:42:20.77\00:42:23.27
that we should know:
00:42:23.77\00:42:25.31
Ephesians chapter 2 verses 8-9.
00:42:25.71\00:42:27.58
"By grace are we saved
and that not of ourselves.
00:42:27.98\00:42:33.98
It is the gift of God. "
00:42:34.18\00:42:35.88
And I would like to add the
next verse just the first part:
00:42:36.18\00:42:38.59
"Not of works lest
any man should boast. "
00:42:38.79\00:42:42.72
Let our boasting be about Jesus.
00:42:43.16\00:42:45.49
Let our glorying be about Jesus.
00:42:45.89\00:42:48.26
And let... the Bible says
in Jeremiah chapter 9 verse 23:
00:42:48.46\00:42:51.93
If anyone wants to glory
let him glory in the fact that
00:42:52.13\00:42:55.37
God is saying that He
"knows me and understands me. "
00:42:55.57\00:42:59.07
So I want to
encourage you to look to Jesus
00:42:59.27\00:43:02.41
and lose sight of
self. Look to Jesus
00:43:02.61\00:43:05.11
and find hope and salvation.
00:43:05.31\00:43:08.45
Amen! Thank you
so much, Pr. Dinzey.
00:43:08.85\00:43:11.09
What a blessing! Hasn't this
study in the book of Galatians
00:43:11.29\00:43:14.42
been an incredible blessing?
I know it has ministered
00:43:14.62\00:43:18.09
to my heart and in
my own walk with Jesus.
00:43:18.29\00:43:21.40
I think I have, Pastor Bradshaw,
the best day of everybody here,
00:43:21.60\00:43:25.07
and that is not boasting.
00:43:25.27\00:43:27.04
I have "A New Creation. "
00:43:27.87\00:43:30.57
To me this is the
most incredible topic!
00:43:30.77\00:43:33.24
The gospel is all about change.
00:43:33.44\00:43:35.21
The gospel is
about God taking us
00:43:35.61\00:43:37.78
from the depths of
sin and despair, the slime
00:43:37.98\00:43:41.78
and the pit and the mire of that
00:43:41.98\00:43:44.12
and pulling us
out, cleaning us up,
00:43:44.32\00:43:47.16
justifying us,
standing us before the Father
00:43:47.36\00:43:50.69
in right relationship with God
00:43:50.89\00:43:53.19
and transforming our lives.
00:43:53.40\00:43:56.43
Making us into
the image of Jesus.
00:43:56.83\00:43:59.30
I have one verse here for
Wednesday, A New Creation.
00:43:59.87\00:44:02.70
That's Galatians
chapter 6 verse 15.
00:44:02.90\00:44:06.17
It comes right after
what Pastor Johnny shared.
00:44:06.37\00:44:08.54
"For in Christ Jesus
00:44:08.74\00:44:11.08
neither
circumcision nor uncircumcision
00:44:11.28\00:44:14.48
avails anything
but a new creation. "
00:44:14.68\00:44:19.39
You know, it's incredible to me
00:44:19.59\00:44:21.32
because Paul in the book of
Galatians... and we have talked
00:44:21.52\00:44:25.93
this on the panel and the
entire quarter has been about
00:44:26.13\00:44:28.50
this. He has really dwelt on
this subject of circumcision.
00:44:28.70\00:44:32.77
And we could say as
New Testament Christians
00:44:32.97\00:44:35.40
"Well why is he getting
hung up on circumcision? "
00:44:35.60\00:44:37.64
But you know what?
Within the SDA church
00:44:37.84\00:44:41.11
we have some pockets...
we have some things that
00:44:41.31\00:44:44.95
could be caught
up in the same thing.
00:44:45.15\00:44:46.82
Believing that I
am justified by faith
00:44:47.02\00:44:49.65
but I have to add some works
00:44:49.85\00:44:52.35
instead of understanding
that we are justified by faith,
00:44:52.55\00:44:55.96
by grace through faith alone.
00:44:56.16\00:44:58.36
And nothing I do or don't do
00:44:58.56\00:45:01.80
can ever merit or
earn any salvation.
00:45:02.00\00:45:05.53
So the message in
the book of Galatians
00:45:05.93\00:45:08.04
is not just for
the Galatian church.
00:45:08.24\00:45:10.07
The Judaizers came
in and taught them that.
00:45:10.27\00:45:12.44
It's for you and it's for me.
00:45:12.64\00:45:14.28
This passage: "In Christ
Jesus neither circumcision
00:45:15.21\00:45:18.95
nor uncircumcision avails
anything but a new creation. "
00:45:19.15\00:45:23.22
Paul talks about it
three different times.
00:45:23.42\00:45:25.85
There's three parallel passages
00:45:26.05\00:45:28.12
where he mentions
circumcision and uncircumcision
00:45:28.32\00:45:31.03
do not avail anything.
00:45:31.23\00:45:32.56
We want to take a look at
them and then we want to look
00:45:32.59\00:45:34.46
at how we can
become a new creation.
00:45:34.66\00:45:37.70
So the first
passage is one chapter back.
00:45:37.90\00:45:40.17
We're in Galatians 5:6.
00:45:40.37\00:45:42.87
Turn back just one
page: Galatians 5 verse 6.
00:45:43.87\00:45:47.08
"For in Christ
Jesus neither circumcision
00:45:47.48\00:45:49.91
nor uncircumcision
avails anything. "
00:45:50.11\00:45:52.38
You see that parallelism.
00:45:52.58\00:45:54.08
It's the same thing we
just read in chapter 6 verse 15.
00:45:54.28\00:45:56.92
But this is different. It says:
00:45:57.42\00:45:58.75
"But faith
working through love... "
00:45:58.95\00:46:02.12
It reminds me, Bro.
Johnny, what you just read.
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Ephesians 2:8-9:
"By grace we are saved
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through faith. "
Let's jump down to verse 13.
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Because some people say
Paul's gospel is all about
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freedom in Christ because we're
talking about justification
00:46:16.40\00:46:19.71
and he doesn't focus on
any of those works aspects.
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Let's look at verse 13.
00:46:23.24\00:46:24.58
"You brethren have
been called to liberty
00:46:25.21\00:46:28.18
only do not use
liberty as an opportunity
00:46:28.38\00:46:32.32
for the flesh. " He's
bringing some balance here.
00:46:32.52\00:46:35.76
"But through love
serve one another. "
00:46:35.96\00:46:39.59
In the Greek there's a
word added that's not here
00:46:40.00\00:46:42.30
in our English translation,
and it's the word the.
00:46:42.50\00:46:45.00
It says: "through the love... "
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indicating God's divine
love... "serve one another. "
00:46:48.40\00:46:54.01
The word for serve
in the Greek is the word
00:46:54.21\00:46:56.48
that would come from
doulos meaning slave.
00:46:56.68\00:46:59.45
Through love -
through God's love -
00:46:59.65\00:47:02.22
we're not called
when we're freed.
00:47:02.42\00:47:04.79
We're justified. Paul says
"you're walking in freedom. "
00:47:04.99\00:47:07.56
We're not called to
stand in freedom and to do
00:47:07.76\00:47:10.09
whatever we want.
00:47:10.29\00:47:11.63
We're called to have
God's divine love in our hearts
00:47:11.93\00:47:16.60
and then in turn
serve other people.
00:47:16.80\00:47:20.20
Serve our brothers and sisters.
00:47:20.40\00:47:22.37
It's... The essence of the
gospel is self-sacrificing love.
00:47:22.77\00:47:26.14
From the manger to the
cross Jesus - His whole life -
00:47:26.34\00:47:29.64
He lived to bless other people.
00:47:29.84\00:47:31.75
And His whole life
was about self-sacrifice.
00:47:32.15\00:47:35.52
You think about sin.
It originated in heaven
00:47:35.72\00:47:38.49
with Satan with self-seeking.
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But the character of
God is the exact opposite:
00:47:42.52\00:47:44.93
self-sacrificing love.
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The second one... We
looked at the first parallel
00:47:48.10\00:47:50.37
"In Christ Jesus. "
This is Galatians 5:6.
00:47:50.57\00:47:53.03
'Neither circumcision nor
uncircumcision avails anything
00:47:53.23\00:47:56.00
but faith
working through love. "
00:47:56.20\00:47:58.17
The second one was the passage
we actually had for today.
00:47:58.57\00:48:01.14
That's Galatians 6:15.
00:48:01.44\00:48:02.94
"In Christ Jesus neither
circumcision nor uncircumcision
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avails anything
but a new creation. "
00:48:06.82\00:48:10.19
Now that word
for new in the Greek
00:48:10.59\00:48:13.25
means new, fresh, of a
new kind, unprecedented,
00:48:13.46\00:48:18.69
unheard of.
00:48:18.89\00:48:20.30
You know... Have you ever
met someone and all of a sudden
00:48:20.96\00:48:23.43
you say, you haven't
seen them in a long time
00:48:23.63\00:48:26.90
and then you come
back and you see them again
00:48:27.10\00:48:28.84
and you think: "Something's
different about you. "
00:48:29.04\00:48:32.51
"There's something
different. You used to do this.
00:48:32.71\00:48:36.24
You used to act this way.
00:48:36.44\00:48:38.31
You used to have
this dark countenance
00:48:38.51\00:48:40.95
and all of a
sudden I see Jesus...
00:48:41.35\00:48:43.99
I see a transformed character. "
00:48:44.39\00:48:46.89
When God gets ahold of
you you know what happens?
00:48:47.29\00:48:50.03
He changes you completely.
00:48:50.23\00:48:52.43
We don't even look
like the same person
00:48:52.63\00:48:55.06
we used to look like.
00:48:55.26\00:48:56.60
We are changed completely.
00:48:56.63\00:48:58.27
Those old habits,
those old addictions,
00:48:58.47\00:49:01.20
that old way of thinking,
00:49:01.40\00:49:03.44
the old man of
sin is put to death
00:49:03.64\00:49:06.34
and the new person comes out.
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That reminds me of
II Corinthians 5:17.
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"If anyone is in
Christ, he - or she -
00:49:12.85\00:49:15.05
is a new creation. "
00:49:15.25\00:49:16.89
The same word for new there.
00:49:17.09\00:49:18.52
Completely new,
unprecedented, unheard of.
00:49:18.72\00:49:22.02
"Old things have passed away;
behold, all things have become
00:49:22.22\00:49:26.49
new. " Now let's look at
the third parallel passage.
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We're going to I Corinthians.
I Corinthians chapter 7.
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I Corinthians
chapter 7 verse 19.
00:49:38.34\00:49:41.58
"Circumcision is
nothing and uncircumcision
00:49:42.94\00:49:45.91
is nothing. " The
wording's a little different
00:49:46.11\00:49:48.28
but it's the same principle.
00:49:48.48\00:49:49.98
He's saying the circumcision
or the uncircumcision
00:49:50.19\00:49:52.95
is not the point
here. But what is?
00:49:53.15\00:49:55.86
It says: "But keeping
the commandments of God
00:49:56.06\00:49:59.69
is what matters. " Now
Miss Mollie, when I first
00:49:59.89\00:50:02.33
look at that I think:
"OK, keeping the commandments
00:50:02.53\00:50:05.03
of God... Paul is bringing
in a different concept. "
00:50:05.23\00:50:08.34
He has been saying what matters:
"Faith working through love;
00:50:08.74\00:50:12.91
serving other people,
self-sacrificing love;
00:50:13.11\00:50:16.34
a new creation. "
And now all of a sudden
00:50:16.64\00:50:19.15
he says: "I'm
talking about the law. "
00:50:19.35\00:50:21.85
Keeping the
commandments. Let's take a look.
00:50:22.05\00:50:25.72
Galatians 5...
jump back to Galatians.
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Galatians 5 verse 14.
00:50:30.33\00:50:32.46
We read verse 13
just a few moments ago.
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Let's look at verse 14.
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"For all the law is
fulfilled in one word,
00:50:36.97\00:50:40.94
even in this: you
shall love your neighbor
00:50:41.14\00:50:44.57
as yourself. " I
think of I John 4:8.
00:50:44.77\00:50:47.74
"Whoever does not
love does not know God
00:50:47.94\00:50:50.48
because God is love. "
00:50:50.68\00:50:53.21
The Ten
Commandments are a transcript
00:50:53.42\00:50:56.48
or a picture of God's character.
00:50:56.69\00:50:59.19
And God is love.
00:50:59.39\00:51:01.22
So when Paul says
here in I Corinthians 7:19
00:51:01.42\00:51:04.13
"Circumcision is nothing
00:51:04.33\00:51:05.96
and uncircumcision is nothing,
but keeping the commandments"
00:51:06.16\00:51:09.33
what is he saying?
We are to represent
00:51:09.53\00:51:12.73
the character of
God and God is love.
00:51:12.93\00:51:16.44
All three of these
passages have the same import
00:51:16.84\00:51:20.14
and the same meaning. Now
let's look in our remaining time
00:51:20.34\00:51:22.74
at how are we to be transformed.
00:51:22.94\00:51:25.71
You might be at home today
00:51:26.21\00:51:27.72
and you might be
saying: "You know what?
00:51:27.92\00:51:30.05
I don't even want to be changed.
00:51:30.25\00:51:32.15
I like where I am right now.
" And you know, Pastor Johnny,
00:51:32.35\00:51:35.12
I've done that. I remember
once getting in a discussion
00:51:35.32\00:51:38.36
with my husband.
It was a discussion.
00:51:38.56\00:51:40.90
And I was thinking: "You
know what? I really don't
00:51:41.30\00:51:45.23
want to change. I know I'm
in the right and things are... "
00:51:45.43\00:51:49.47
"You know, he needs to change. "
00:51:49.67\00:51:51.77
And I kind of
wanted to wallow in that.
00:51:52.17\00:51:54.44
I don't know if you ladies
have ever wallowed in something
00:51:54.64\00:51:57.55
like that? I
wanted to wallow in that
00:51:57.71\00:52:00.05
like: "OK, I know
I should be changing.
00:52:00.25\00:52:02.98
I know I should
become a new creation
00:52:03.18\00:52:05.79
but I kind of like
sitting where I am right now. "
00:52:05.99\00:52:08.49
Sometimes we
don't have the desire
00:52:08.69\00:52:11.46
for a new
creation or for a change.
00:52:11.66\00:52:14.00
And sometimes we have the
desire but we have no power.
00:52:14.20\00:52:17.87
"God, I'm in addiction. "
"God, I'm enslaved in sin. "
00:52:18.07\00:52:21.70
"God, I can't change...
I want to but I can't. "
00:52:21.90\00:52:26.17
There is hope for you today.
00:52:26.37\00:52:28.41
Philippians 2:13... one
of my favorite scriptures.
00:52:28.61\00:52:32.01
"It is God... "
Not me; not Pastor John
00:52:32.21\00:52:35.92
or Pastor Johnny or Pastor
Brian or Mollie or any of you.
00:52:36.12\00:52:39.05
"It is God who works in
us both too will and to do
00:52:39.25\00:52:42.46
of His good pleasure. " Amen!
00:52:42.66\00:52:44.53
The word in Greek
for will is desire.
00:52:44.73\00:52:47.33
So if I don't even
have the desire to change -
00:52:47.53\00:52:49.83
if I'm wallowing in my funk -
00:52:50.03\00:52:52.13
what happens? God
says: "I can give you
00:52:52.33\00:52:54.34
the desire, Jill, to
ask for forgiveness...
00:52:54.54\00:52:57.34
to get out of
what you were in. "
00:52:57.54\00:52:59.01
It... that's the first
word. "It is God who works in us
00:52:59.51\00:53:02.84
to will... "
That is, to desire...
00:53:03.04\00:53:04.65
and to do... " Do
in the Greek is power!
00:53:04.85\00:53:07.62
God knows we don't have the
strength to change ourselves.
00:53:07.82\00:53:10.95
We come to Him: He
gives us the power.
00:53:11.35\00:53:14.36
So how do you and I
become a new creation?
00:53:14.56\00:53:16.93
I think three
things. Number one: ask.
00:53:17.33\00:53:19.89
Number two: accept.
00:53:20.30\00:53:22.10
Number three: allow.
00:53:22.50\00:53:24.30
Ask. Ask for His forgiveness.
00:53:24.70\00:53:26.87
I John 1:9. "If
we confess our sins,
00:53:27.27\00:53:29.80
He's faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
00:53:30.01\00:53:33.07
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness. "
00:53:33.27\00:53:36.95
Ask for forgiveness.
00:53:37.35\00:53:38.88
Ask for Him to enter your life.
00:53:39.28\00:53:41.85
Revelation 3:20.
"Behold, " He says,
00:53:42.05\00:53:44.49
I stand at the
door. I'm knocking.
00:53:44.69\00:53:47.42
If anyone will open
the door I will come in. "
00:53:47.62\00:53:50.69
Why don't you open
up your heart to Jesus?
00:53:50.89\00:53:52.99
He's not going to
force. He never forces.
00:53:53.40\00:53:55.76
Love does not force.
00:53:55.96\00:53:57.37
But He says: "Open up the
door and I will come in. "
00:53:57.57\00:54:00.74
First step to becoming
a new creation is to ask
00:54:01.54\00:54:04.97
for His forgiveness and
ask for Him to enter your life.
00:54:05.17\00:54:08.24
Number two: accept His
gift of salvation by faith.
00:54:08.64\00:54:13.15
Accept it. It is a free gift.
00:54:13.68\00:54:16.48
Grace means we get
what we don't deserve.
00:54:16.69\00:54:19.39
He takes our
penalty; He takes our sin
00:54:19.59\00:54:22.79
and He gives in
exchange for that eternal life.
00:54:22.99\00:54:26.36
His righteous white robe.
00:54:26.76\00:54:29.33
Number three:
allow Him to change you.
00:54:29.73\00:54:33.07
Surrender to His control.
00:54:33.27\00:54:36.27
Allow Him to do
that work in you.
00:54:36.67\00:54:39.11
Let Him transform you.
00:54:39.31\00:54:40.64
One of my favorite
scriptures: Romans 12:1-2.
00:54:40.74\00:54:43.04
"I beseech you therefore
brethren by the mercies of God
00:54:43.45\00:54:46.41
that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice
00:54:46.61\00:54:49.88
wholly acceptable to God which
is your reasonable service.
00:54:50.09\00:54:53.96
And do not be
conformed to this world
00:54:54.16\00:54:56.96
but be ye transformed... "
00:54:57.26\00:55:00.10
Hold onto that word...
00:55:00.30\00:55:01.63
"by the renewing of your mind
00:55:01.66\00:55:03.30
that you may prove what
is that good and acceptable
00:55:03.50\00:55:05.57
and perfect will of God. "
00:55:05.77\00:55:07.67
The word transformed in
the Greek is metamorphosis.
00:55:07.87\00:55:11.04
God wants to change us from
a caterpillar to a butterfly.
00:55:11.24\00:55:15.04
Real quick: Greg and I
were... He loves nature...
00:55:15.44\00:55:18.01
And one morning he said:
"Jilly, come look outside. "
00:55:19.01\00:55:21.28
And there was a caterpillar
attached underneath the porch
00:55:21.48\00:55:24.09
railing - our front porch -
and he was spinning his cocoon.
00:55:24.29\00:55:28.42
And every day we
went out and we peeked.
00:55:28.82\00:55:31.13
Still there. We peeked.
00:55:31.53\00:55:33.63
Still there. On Sabbath - there
has to be a lesson with that -
00:55:33.83\00:55:37.30
on Sabbath Greg said: "Jilly,
hurry and come outside. "
00:55:37.70\00:55:41.10
And I looked outside and
the butterfly was coming out.
00:55:41.50\00:55:44.94
That exemplifies the
transforming grace of God:
00:55:45.34\00:55:49.91
what He does in
your life and in mine.
00:55:50.31\00:55:53.18
How He changes us.
00:55:53.38\00:55:55.18
We wallow on the
ground like a caterpillar.
00:55:55.48\00:55:58.05
We crawl in the
dirt and the mire of sin
00:55:58.25\00:56:01.06
and He, by the
power of His Spirit,
00:56:01.46\00:56:03.83
changes us and we
come out as a butterfly.
00:56:04.03\00:56:07.66
By beholding Him.
II Corinthians 3:18.
00:56:08.26\00:56:12.10
"We all with open face
beholding as in a glass
00:56:12.50\00:56:14.97
the glory of the
Lord are transformed... "
00:56:15.17\00:56:17.27
The same word metamorphosis...
00:56:17.47\00:56:18.91
Are changed. We're
changed by beholding Jesus.
00:56:19.11\00:56:22.54
We're changed by the washing
of the water of the Word.
00:56:22.94\00:56:26.31
We're changed by the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:56:26.72\00:56:29.68
So I don't know about you
all today and you at home:
00:56:30.09\00:56:32.69
I want to become a new
creation in Christ Jesus.
00:56:32.89\00:56:36.49
Amen!
00:56:36.69\00:56:38.39
I'll have the
closing prayer now.
00:56:46.10\00:56:48.07
Would you say
amen out there? Amen!
00:56:59.75\00:57:02.52
All right...
Galatians 6. Thank you, Jill.
00:57:02.72\00:57:04.99
Verses 16 through 18.
00:57:06.59\00:57:08.46
This is the final stanza here.
00:57:08.86\00:57:11.59
Paul has written almost
six chapters to the people
00:57:12.29\00:57:15.16
in Galatia and then he says:
00:57:15.36\00:57:17.50
"And as many as walk
according to this rule... "
00:57:18.23\00:57:22.07
You understand
what he's saying now.
00:57:22.27\00:57:24.41
The verse before that:
"In Christ Jesus neither
00:57:24.61\00:57:27.41
circumcision availeth anything
00:57:27.61\00:57:29.28
nor uncircumcision
but... " The butterfly!
00:57:29.48\00:57:34.75
"but as many as walk
according to this rule... "
00:57:35.15\00:57:37.55
Notice what Paul is doing here.
00:57:37.95\00:57:40.26
He's pretty uncompromising
in this letter to the Galatians.
00:57:40.46\00:57:42.89
"As many as walk according to
this rule peace be on them... "
00:57:43.46\00:57:46.09
In other words, if you don't
walk according to this rule,
00:57:46.29\00:57:49.53
no peace on you.
00:57:49.73\00:57:51.07
"and mercy and upon
the Israel of God. "
00:57:51.37\00:57:54.34
"From henceforth
let no man trouble me
00:57:54.90\00:57:56.94
for I bear in my body the
marks of the Lord Jesus. "
00:57:57.14\00:57:59.44
Then he signs off: "Brethren,
00:57:59.64\00:58:00.98
the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with your spirits. "
00:58:01.18\00:58:03.85
And he writes: "Amen. "
00:58:04.05\00:58:06.01
I'd like to review with you
where we've been this quarter
00:58:06.41\00:58:08.65
in the book of Galatians.
I can't review in depth.
00:58:08.85\00:58:11.02
This is just grazing across
the surface, but I'm hoping
00:58:11.22\00:58:14.42
it will bring us down
to our final three verses
00:58:14.62\00:58:18.33
here at the end of
the book of Galatians.
00:58:18.53\00:58:19.89
Paul begins and he
says: "I marvel... "
00:58:20.53\00:58:22.46
"I'm just
amazed. " "I'm astonished
00:58:22.66\00:58:25.93
that you've left the
gospel that I gave you
00:58:26.13\00:58:28.67
and you've embraced something
else which quite frankly
00:58:28.87\00:58:31.17
isn't even a gospel. "
00:58:31.37\00:58:32.71
This is very straight language.
00:58:33.27\00:58:35.68
Paul is determined to
help them see the seriousness
00:58:35.88\00:58:40.45
of their situation.
00:58:40.65\00:58:42.02
They have
stepped off the platform.
00:58:42.42\00:58:44.55
See, here's what I maintain:
00:58:45.25\00:58:46.76
I maintain that when you
step off the platform of the
00:58:46.96\00:58:48.96
truth of God's word you've
just stepped into quicksand.
00:58:49.16\00:58:51.79
And there's no telling
how far you're going to sink
00:58:51.99\00:58:55.26
or how far
you're going to drift.
00:58:55.46\00:58:56.87
But you are going to sink
and you are going to drift.
00:58:57.20\00:59:00.64
There's only
safety in the Word of God.
00:59:01.04\00:59:03.61
See, there are some people
who figure that they're smarter
00:59:04.34\00:59:06.57
than God. The first evangelistic
series I ever held...
00:59:06.78\00:59:09.68
I cannot tell you where it was
00:59:09.88\00:59:11.21
because you might
figure some things out.
00:59:11.41\00:59:13.25
If you know where it was
then you're home and house.
00:59:13.75\00:59:17.45
First evangelistic
series and I was preaching about
00:59:17.85\00:59:19.75
the 2,300 days
very enthusiastically.
00:59:19.95\00:59:22.19
And a man of
some great experience
00:59:22.69\00:59:24.23
came to me and he said:
00:59:24.43\00:59:26.23
"I used to believe that. "
00:59:26.63\00:59:28.26
He was a church member.
"I used to believe that. "
00:59:28.66\00:59:30.67
And I looked, you know...
I was still a little green.
00:59:32.83\00:59:36.47
Wasn't used to men
of experience telling me
00:59:36.67\00:59:39.21
they used to believe the truth.
00:59:39.41\00:59:40.98
Said: "I used to believe the
truth but I don't believe that
00:59:41.61\00:59:43.75
any more. I've studied and I've
learned some different things. "
00:59:43.95\00:59:48.02
I said: "Man! You have to be
00:59:48.85\00:59:53.62
intelligent!
You must be smart. "
00:59:53.99\00:59:57.33
And he first... First
he took it as a compliment.
00:59:58.09\01:00:03.50
He said: "Well, I
am a doctor you know
01:00:04.33\01:00:06.00
and you know... " I
said: "No, no... really. "
01:00:06.20\01:00:08.60
"Ellen White believed this.
01:00:09.77\01:00:12.37
James White believed this.
01:00:12.77\01:00:14.64
J. N.
Loughborough believed this.
01:00:15.04\01:00:17.21
John Nevins
Andrews believed this.
01:00:17.61\01:00:19.55
Uriah Smith believed this.
01:00:19.75\01:00:21.32
The General Conference
president believes this.
01:00:21.52\01:00:23.89
Evidently you
know more than they do!
01:00:24.29\01:00:26.22
You must be smart. "
01:00:26.42\01:00:28.42
You know, he stopped
and reflected on that
01:00:31.09\01:00:32.59
and then I think he figured
out what I was getting at
01:00:32.79\01:00:34.93
and I figured out it was
time for me to get out of there.
01:00:35.13\01:00:37.13
When you decide that you
know more than the church
01:00:42.20\01:00:45.77
you'd better be right.
01:00:46.17\01:00:48.34
You're not... you are wrong!
01:00:49.14\01:00:52.28
But when you know more
than the Bible commentary
01:00:52.68\01:00:56.79
and the Biblical
Research Institute
01:00:56.99\01:00:58.99
and the church... Now I
don't want to sound like
01:00:59.19\01:01:00.76
those folks where I came
from that said: "Well we have
01:01:00.96\01:01:02.69
the magisterium and we
dare not think otherwise. "
01:01:02.89\01:01:04.79
But my goodness,
think of the hubris it takes
01:01:05.63\01:01:08.26
to think that you
know more than the church.
01:01:08.46\01:01:11.60
That you know more than
what's been revealed to us
01:01:12.00\01:01:14.04
in the Spirit of Prophecy.
01:01:14.24\01:01:15.57
That you know more
than the collective wisdom
01:01:15.60\01:01:17.44
of everybody in
your congregation.
01:01:17.64\01:01:19.34
Here were some people who knew
more than the rest of the church
01:01:19.74\01:01:22.71
and for reasons
that seemed good to them
01:01:22.91\01:01:26.15
they decided they
would step off the platform
01:01:26.55\01:01:29.08
and Paul said: "I
marvel! I'm astonished! "
01:01:29.28\01:01:33.46
He spoke as was spoken earlier
01:01:33.86\01:01:36.42
"Let these people be anathema
01:01:36.62\01:01:38.56
who don't believe
the true gospel. "
01:01:38.76\01:01:40.40
And then he talked about his
own credentials as an apostle.
01:01:40.80\01:01:43.26
He said: "I received these
revelations. I didn't confer
01:01:43.47\01:01:45.43
with anybody. I got what
I got directly from God. "
01:01:45.63\01:01:48.54
You understand the pressure
he's putting on them here.
01:01:49.64\01:01:52.11
"What I got I got from God.
01:01:52.31\01:01:54.88
Where did you get what you got?
01:01:55.28\01:01:57.28
And what do you have
that can possibly be better
01:01:57.95\01:02:00.95
than this revelation
that I received directly from
01:02:01.15\01:02:03.65
the Almighty? "
01:02:03.85\01:02:05.19
So Paul kind of lays into
them right from the start.
01:02:05.55\01:02:08.16
It's not until chapter 2
that he gets to the point
01:02:08.56\01:02:11.53
of circumcision.
And he starts to say
01:02:11.73\01:02:15.20
or he says in
Galatians chapter 2
01:02:15.40\01:02:17.53
"I received the
gospel of uncircumcision. "
01:02:17.73\01:02:22.80
That's a really strong term.
01:02:23.20\01:02:25.14
"This gospel message that I
have, the gospel of our Lord
01:02:25.34\01:02:29.04
and Savior Jesus Christ: it's
the gospel of uncircumcision. "
01:02:29.24\01:02:33.05
"So what do you have?
It cannot be the truth...
01:02:33.45\01:02:37.15
it cannot be right. "
He talks about the time
01:02:37.35\01:02:39.45
in verse 11 he
withstood Peter to the face
01:02:39.65\01:02:43.43
because Peter was
in error, you know.
01:02:43.63\01:02:45.69
And I want to look with you
01:02:46.09\01:02:47.43
in chapter 2
starting from verse 16.
01:02:47.63\01:02:51.40
Let's look there.
01:02:51.60\01:02:52.97
Galatians chapter 2 verse 16
01:02:53.17\01:02:56.17
Paul says: "Knowing that a man
is not justified by the works
01:02:56.37\01:03:00.38
of the law... " He's talking
about circumcision as the works
01:03:00.58\01:03:02.28
of the law. You're
not justified that way.
01:03:02.48\01:03:05.05
"but by the faith
of Jesus Christ...
01:03:05.25\01:03:07.28
even we who have believed in
Jesus Christ... that we might
01:03:07.48\01:03:11.12
be justified by the... "
What? "by the faith of Christ
01:03:11.32\01:03:15.09
and - what's that next
word - "and not by the works
01:03:15.29\01:03:18.79
of the law. For by the
works of the law shall no flesh
01:03:18.99\01:03:22.36
be justified. " Paul
is really clear here.
01:03:22.56\01:03:25.23
You think this is a
talk about circumcision.
01:03:25.43\01:03:30.37
It's not... it's
about justification.
01:03:30.57\01:03:32.01
Wait! It's about salvation.
01:03:32.21\01:03:33.94
Let's take it a step
further: it's about the gospel.
01:03:34.14\01:03:36.48
Paul's saying: "The
gospel is at stake here! "
01:03:36.68\01:03:38.68
It mattered to him.
This was Luther before 1517.
01:03:39.08\01:03:42.22
This was Luther
before the castle church.
01:03:42.42\01:03:44.72
This was Luther long
before the 95 Theses.
01:03:45.12\01:03:49.72
Luther was defending the gospel.
01:03:50.13\01:03:52.46
He wasn't attacking the church;
he was defending the gospel.
01:03:52.66\01:03:55.80
He knew: "Ah, you could let the
church teach whatever it wants
01:03:56.00\01:03:59.17
to teach but the church would
be robbing people of the gospel
01:03:59.37\01:04:02.54
and we cannot let
that happen. " Amen!
01:04:02.74\01:04:04.44
So Luther stood up and said
"The people must know the truth
01:04:04.64\01:04:07.01
of the gospel. "
01:04:07.21\01:04:08.54
And Paul was doing the
same thing here in Galatians.
01:04:08.74\01:04:11.28
"You've got to know
the truth of the gospel. "
01:04:11.48\01:04:13.45
He goes on and
he says in verse 20:
01:04:13.65\01:04:17.39
"I am crucified with Christ
01:04:17.59\01:04:19.79
nevertheless I live.
01:04:19.99\01:04:21.89
Yet not I, but... " What?
01:04:22.09\01:04:24.66
"Christ liveth in me.
01:04:24.86\01:04:26.39
And the life which I
now live in the flesh
01:04:26.80\01:04:28.93
I live by the
faith of the Son of God
01:04:29.13\01:04:32.33
who loved me and
gave Himself for me. "
01:04:32.53\01:04:35.30
In contradisention to
people who are living by
01:04:35.50\01:04:38.11
the works of the law,
the works of the flesh...
01:04:38.31\01:04:40.71
whether it's
circumcision or anything else.
01:04:40.91\01:04:42.98
Paul nails this! "I am
crucified with Christ. "
01:04:43.18\01:04:48.02
So was he talking
about circumcision?
01:04:48.22\01:04:49.58
He's talking about the gospel;
01:04:49.78\01:04:51.12
he's talking
about justification;
01:04:51.15\01:04:52.49
he's talking about grace.
01:04:52.59\01:04:54.46
For he goes on and
says: "This is how desperate
01:04:54.66\01:04:57.93
your situation is, Galatians. "
01:04:58.13\01:04:59.83
"I do not
frustrate the grace of God.
01:05:00.23\01:05:03.30
If righteousness comes by the
law, then Christ is dead... "
01:05:03.50\01:05:09.10
How? "in vain. " What
you're doing is negating
01:05:09.30\01:05:13.17
the death of Jesus Christ
01:05:13.38\01:05:15.58
when you say that
righteousness must come by
01:05:15.78\01:05:18.95
a work... a work of the
law, a work of the flesh. "
01:05:19.15\01:05:22.35
Again, and Jill spoke to
this eloquently when she said
01:05:22.75\01:05:25.32
"All right, we may not
be hung up on this issue
01:05:25.52\01:05:27.62
but, boy, Christians
today have their own issues. "
01:05:27.82\01:05:29.79
You know it's
right to eat right.
01:05:30.46\01:05:31.99
It's right to dress right.
01:05:32.39\01:05:33.73
It's right to tithe right.
01:05:34.13\01:05:35.63
It's right to worship
right, but you are not saved
01:05:35.83\01:05:37.90
by any of those things.
01:05:38.10\01:05:39.63
Once you are you
become a foolish Galatian.
01:05:39.83\01:05:42.47
Dress as right as you
can... modesty's important.
01:05:43.37\01:05:45.47
The world's forgotten that,
but a uniform doesn't get you
01:05:45.67\01:05:47.71
through the gates. Amen!
Eat as well and as healthily
01:05:47.91\01:05:51.41
as you can. That's good
for you... that's GOOD for you!
01:05:51.61\01:05:53.88
But the road to hell is
paved with egg substitute
01:05:54.28\01:05:59.09
and fake meat.
01:05:59.29\01:06:01.59
It's right to eat
right, but the minute you think
01:06:05.83\01:06:08.30
you're better than anybody else
01:06:08.50\01:06:09.90
or closer to God or you've
somehow earned favor with God
01:06:10.10\01:06:14.30
man, that
blessing's turned into a curse.
01:06:14.50\01:06:16.94
You've got the right
day. Well, congratulations.
01:06:17.34\01:06:19.91
The people who nailed Jesus
to the cross had the right day.
01:06:20.11\01:06:23.14
But if that right day is
being carried about by a person
01:06:24.41\01:06:26.88
who's still mean and hateful and
angry and bitter and critical
01:06:27.08\01:06:29.32
and unconverted, that
right day is going to come back
01:06:29.52\01:06:32.45
and bite you in the
judgment. God's going to say:
01:06:32.65\01:06:34.22
"You had all this
light... what did it do for you?
01:06:34.42\01:06:36.22
You didn't allow
it to sanctify you. "
01:06:36.62\01:06:39.13
Because the truth is some-
thing that will sanctify us.
01:06:39.39\01:06:41.80
Now I don't know but I think the
clock here at 3ABN is faulty.
01:06:42.30\01:06:46.27
It goes extraordinarily fast!
01:06:48.67\01:06:51.37
So let me hasten on a pace.
01:06:52.07\01:06:53.88
Paul say in Galatians chapter 3
01:06:54.08\01:06:55.54
how do you get the
Spirit? How do you get it?
01:06:55.74\01:06:57.25
And he talks about
Abraham. Oh, he's appealing now
01:06:57.55\01:07:00.02
to the father...
that's father Abraham.
01:07:00.22\01:07:03.08
He's appealing to... You know,
if anybody knew anything about
01:07:03.69\01:07:06.55
circumcision it was Abraham.
01:07:06.76\01:07:08.32
And he goes back
and he says: "Abraham
01:07:09.49\01:07:12.03
was made righteous by faith. "
01:07:12.23\01:07:15.03
He said: "If
you've been baptized,
01:07:15.23\01:07:18.40
then you've put on Christ"
he says later on in chapter 3.
01:07:18.60\01:07:22.07
He says: "There's
no more Jew nor Greek,
01:07:22.27\01:07:23.67
bond nor free,
male nor female. "
01:07:23.97\01:07:26.27
You've got to be careful
how you toss that verse around.
01:07:26.47\01:07:27.88
Of course distinctions still
apply but in Jesus you're one.
01:07:28.08\01:07:30.71
There's no advantage
in terms of salvation
01:07:30.91\01:07:32.91
being one or the
other... the other or the one.
01:07:33.11\01:07:35.25
We're all one in Christ Jesus.
01:07:35.45\01:07:37.15
And in Romans chapter 4
he says... sorry, Romans...
01:07:37.35\01:07:40.02
Galatians chapter 4 he says:
"You've gone back to the weak
01:07:40.22\01:07:43.63
and beggarly elements. "
01:07:43.83\01:07:46.33
Man oh man, he couldn't
have made this any stronger
01:07:46.93\01:07:50.57
if he could have. "You
all have enslaved yourselves.
01:07:50.77\01:07:54.80
Why are you going to
back to these things that are
01:07:55.00\01:07:57.17
worthless? "
01:07:57.37\01:07:58.71
Justification comes from
God; what is grace anyway?
01:07:58.84\01:08:04.71
We are not saved by
the works of the law.
01:08:04.91\01:08:07.92
And the Galatians
weren't just saying
01:08:08.12\01:08:10.89
"You know, we
prefer to do this. "
01:08:11.05\01:08:12.45
If you were to confer with
your doctor when your baby boy
01:08:12.85\01:08:15.02
is born and say: "We just think
this is right for our family. "
01:08:15.22\01:08:17.83
"No harm done.
That's OK... no harm done. "
01:08:18.03\01:08:20.66
Paul wasn't saying this is some-
thing that a Jew or a Gentile
01:08:20.86\01:08:23.26
should never ever do.
01:08:23.47\01:08:24.80
He's simply saying that
"Now that you all have elevated
01:08:24.83\01:08:27.47
to the status of justification
and righteousness and right
01:08:27.67\01:08:30.87
standing with God...
Ah, we have a problem then.
01:08:31.07\01:08:34.71
That's not right. "
01:08:34.91\01:08:36.28
He appeals to them:
"Have I become your enemy? "
01:08:36.68\01:08:38.98
Knowing by the time
he gets to Galatians 4:16
01:08:39.18\01:08:41.95
he probably is their enemy now.
01:08:42.15\01:08:43.55
In Galatians 5:1 he
appeals: "Stand therefore
01:08:45.05\01:08:49.02
in the liberty wherewith
Christ has made you free
01:08:49.22\01:08:52.79
and don't become entangled again
with the yoke of bondage. "
01:08:52.99\01:08:57.33
Listen: when you accept Jesus
Christ as your Lord and Savior
01:08:57.53\01:09:00.34
and you repent of your sins
01:09:00.54\01:09:02.17
you call on Him to fill
your heart with His presence:
01:09:02.37\01:09:04.84
that's salvation. And
you may say: "But I'm not
01:09:05.04\01:09:08.44
the finished
product. " Look around you.
01:09:08.64\01:09:10.91
I'm not the finished product.
01:09:13.98\01:09:15.75
That's why we grow in grace.
01:09:15.95\01:09:18.35
We grow in grace. We grow
in grace towards the kingdom of
01:09:18.55\01:09:22.36
heaven. Certainly we're
not the finished product.
01:09:22.56\01:09:24.39
And if you ever look
in the mirror and say:
01:09:24.59\01:09:26.09
"Huh... I think I'm
the finished product"
01:09:26.29\01:09:28.56
then you are
deceived and you are deluded.
01:09:29.83\01:09:33.00
And now what you've said is:
"Thank you, Jesus, for getting
01:09:33.20\01:09:35.87
me this far but
I've got it from here. "
01:09:36.07\01:09:37.84
"I'm the finished product. "
01:09:38.04\01:09:39.51
"Let me run to the finish
line; I can do this now. "
01:09:39.71\01:09:41.71
"Thanks so much for your help. "
01:09:41.91\01:09:43.38
Oh, we need Jesus
desperately... desperately.
01:09:43.58\01:09:45.85
And Paul was saying:
"Justification comes by grace.
01:09:46.05\01:09:48.85
By grace! Don't
frustrate the grace of God.
01:09:49.05\01:09:51.65
Through faith, faith in
Jesus, I have been crucified
01:09:52.05\01:09:55.36
with Christ,
nevertheless I live. "
01:09:55.56\01:09:56.93
He talks about that
beautiful salvation experience
01:09:57.13\01:09:59.33
that Philippians
2:13 elaborates on.
01:09:59.53\01:10:02.83
Where Jill quoted that
beautiful, most powerful verse
01:10:03.23\01:10:06.57
of scripture. He
says to these people:
01:10:06.77\01:10:09.27
"Christ has become
of no effect to you. "
01:10:09.47\01:10:11.47
Can you imagine
that? Of no effect to you.
01:10:11.67\01:10:14.91
So we'll look at
these last three verses.
01:10:15.68\01:10:17.65
Paul says in
verse 18 of chapter 6
01:10:18.55\01:10:23.08
and not chapter 3... verse 18.
01:10:23.28\01:10:25.49
Sorry... verse 16.
01:10:25.89\01:10:27.22
"As many of them as
walk according to this rule
01:10:27.26\01:10:29.52
peace be on them. "
That's the rule. He's...
01:10:29.72\01:10:32.36
He's clear about that.
He says... I like this:
01:10:32.56\01:10:36.40
"From henceforth
let no man trouble me. "
01:10:36.60\01:10:38.67
"I don't want to be
bothered about this any more. "
01:10:41.07\01:10:42.80
I don't know if this is
frustration coming through.
01:10:44.37\01:10:46.34
I don't know. Sounds
a little bit like it.
01:10:46.54\01:10:48.78
I wouldn't charge him
with that. I would say this is
01:10:48.98\01:10:50.71
just straight talk. "Let's not
go over this ground any more. "
01:10:50.91\01:10:54.45
"Let's not bother
with this any more. "
01:10:54.65\01:10:56.38
"For I bear in my body
the marks of the Lord Jesus. "
01:10:57.39\01:11:00.49
You know, the lesson asks a
really interesting question.
01:11:00.69\01:11:03.29
The lesson says essentially
01:11:05.19\01:11:07.96
what has
following Christ cost you?
01:11:08.16\01:11:11.43
You know, you could
be living in a place
01:11:13.34\01:11:15.24
where you've lost your family
01:11:15.44\01:11:19.27
to be in the church.
01:11:19.47\01:11:21.38
You could be living in a place
01:11:21.78\01:11:23.28
where you lost your
job... lost your life.
01:11:23.48\01:11:26.48
There are some countries where
people escape across the border,
01:11:26.88\01:11:30.02
get baptized and they go
back and they don't tell anybody
01:11:31.25\01:11:33.99
what they've done
because if they did
01:11:34.19\01:11:37.26
they'd be executed.
01:11:37.66\01:11:39.33
What did Paul say
in Romans chapter 8?
01:11:39.93\01:11:45.83
Just powerful: Romans chapter 8.
01:11:46.03\01:11:49.87
"For I reckon that the suffer-
ings of this present time... "
01:11:50.07\01:11:52.44
verse 18... "are not
worthy to be compared
01:11:52.64\01:11:55.18
with the glory which
shall be revealed in us. "
01:11:55.38\01:11:58.01
I want to say
this just very briefly.
01:11:58.41\01:12:00.22
For us... we're not
suffering for Christ.
01:12:02.12\01:12:04.35
You know in India where
they drag you out of your home
01:12:05.39\01:12:07.49
and maybe burn
you in some villages
01:12:07.69\01:12:09.99
or in Iran where
they'll take you and stone you,
01:12:10.39\01:12:12.66
in Egypt where
they'll destroy your business
01:12:12.86\01:12:14.56
and run you out of town
01:12:14.76\01:12:16.10
yeah... that's suffering.
01:12:17.13\01:12:18.70
But for us... You know,
you lost a job. Look at you.
01:12:19.50\01:12:23.04
You're well fed... you're OK.
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There's someone
who's in a snit with you.
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You know, that's
OK. Paul was stoned.
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The marks that he wrote
about in Galatians chapter 6:
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he was stoned, he was
beaten, he was whipped.
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And he was able to say:
"I reckon that the sufferings
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of this present time are
not worthy to be compared
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with the glory that
shall be revealed in us. "
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Amen! Paul said
they're really not much.
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He said: "He that spared not
His own Son but delivered Him up
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freely for us all, how
shall He not with Him also
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freely give us all things?
" And then go on and read
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late in Romans 8:
"Who shall separate us
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from the love of
Christ? " It's powerful!
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Paul's message was clear;
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Paul's message was a message
we ought to take on board.
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Paul's message -
God's message to us
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today in the context
of this lesson is Christ.
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Thank you, Miss
Mollie. Amen and amen!
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And you know, our
prayer for each one...
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In Galatians 6:1 Paul
says: "Brethren, if any man
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be overtaken in a
fault... " Our prayer
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for each one of
you and each one of us
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is that God will "search
me, O God, and know my heart. "
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Isn't that where everyone
is saying things can be hidden
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is in our heart.
"Search me, O God,
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and know my heart; try
me and know my thoughts.
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See if there be
any evil way in us
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and lead us in the
path everlasting. "
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Would you like for
that to be the prayer
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over your life today? You
know, we are about to take
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a 15-minute break. First,
I want to thank all of you.
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You did an incredible job.
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But we will be back here
in the 3ABN Worship Center
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in fifteen minutes.
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And we're going to
have Little Richard with us.
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So in the meantime
you that are viewing
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or listening to 3ABN on media
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we have Tim Parton
that's going to be playing
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some beautiful music. So we
don't want you to go anywhere.
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We'll be back again. I believe
it's going to be two minutes...
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or, pardon me, 17
minutes and 9 seconds.
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We will be right
back. In the meantime
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God bless you; we love you.
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