>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>THE DEVIL HAS TOLD A BIG
LIE AND MOST - EVEN CHRISTIANS -
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HAVE TAKEN IT
HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER -
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THAT GOD DOESN'T
REALLY EXPECT US TO BE GODLY.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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TELEVISION BROADCASTS.
WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK
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AND ENJOY THIS EDITION
OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
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>>NOW WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
PERFECTION IN CONNECTION WITH
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CHRISTIANITY, THERE ARE A LOT OF
MISCONCEPTIONS AND SOME PEOPLE
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HAVE A LOT OF FEAR -
'WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?'
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YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT STATEMENTS
WHERE JESUS SAYS IN MATTHEW 5:48
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- ESPECIALLY IN THE KING
JAMES VERSION IT READS, "BE
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THEREFORE PERFECT EVEN AS YOUR
FATHER IN HEAVEN IS PERFECT."
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WELL, IF A CHRISTIAN IS A
FOLLOWER OF JESUS AND JESUS WAS
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SINLESS AND PERFECT, AND WE'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE PERFECT AS OUR
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FATHER IN HEAVEN AND CHRIST
IS A REFLECTION OF OUR FATHER IN
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HEAVEN, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO
BE GOD-LIKE IN OUR PERFECTION?
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I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY
HERE IS READY TO CLAIM THAT,
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BUT I'M NOT. SO, WHAT
DOES THE LORD WANT FROM US?
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WHAT DOES JESUS
MEAN BY 'BE YE PERFECT.'
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YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE
GOOD TO START WITH A DICTIONARY
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DEFINITION. WHAT
DOES PERFECT MEAN?
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NOW WE'LL LOOK AT IT IN
ENGLISH, HEBREW, AND GREEK.
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FIRST OF ALL, PERFECT - AND THIS
IS JUST ACCORDING TO THE ONLINE
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DICTIONARY - 'CONFORMING
ABSOLUTELY TO A DEFINITION OF AN
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IDEAL TYPE; EXCELLENT OR
COMPLETE BEYOND PRACTICAL OR
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THEORETICAL IMPROVEMENT.'
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE
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BEYOND IMPROVEMENT?
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3. EXACTLY FITTING THE
NEED OF A CERTAIN SITUATION FOR
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A CERTAIN PURPOSE; 4.
ENTIRELY WITHOUT ANY FLAWS,
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DEFECTS, OR SHORTCOMINGS;' -
ANYONE KNOW SOMEONE LIKE THAT?
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'ENTIRELY WITHOUT ANY FLAWS,
DEFECTS, OR SHORTCOMINGS.' -
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'5. ACCURATE, EXACT, OR
CORRECT IN EVERY DETAIL.'
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SO WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORDS
'PERFECT CHRISTIAN' - PROBABLY
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NONE OF US FEEL LIKE WE QUALIFY
- AND THEN YOU READ OTHER VERSES
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THAT TELL US THAT SO MANY IN THE
BIBLE - THE BIBLE HEROES - EVEN
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THEY HAD THEIR MISTAKES AND THEN
THERE ARE STATEMENTS THAT TELL
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US THAT REALLY
NOBODY'S PERFECT IN THE BIBLE
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OR IT SOUNDS THAT WAY.
"THERE IS NONE GOOD" - JOB 5:7 -
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IT SAYS, "YET MAN IS
BORN TO TROUBLE AS THE SPARKS
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FLY UPWARD."
WE'RE ALL KIND OF BENT
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TOWARDS TROUBLE.
PSALM 119:176, DAVID SAYS,
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"I HAVE GONE
ASTRAY LIKE A LOST SHEEP."
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PSALM 14:2 AND 3, "THE LORD
LOOKED DOWN FROM HEAVEN UPON THE
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CHILDREN OF MEN TO SEE IF
THERE ARE ANY WHO UNDERSTAND -
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WHO SEEK GOD -
THEY'VE ALL TURNED ASIDE.
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THEY'VE
ALTOGETHER BECOME CORRUPT.
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THERE IS NONE WHO
DOES GOOD. NO, NOT ONE."
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ECCLESIASTES 7:20, "FOR THERE IS
NOT A JUST MAN ON THE EARTH THAT
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DOES GOOD AND DOES NOT SIN."
AND THEN, OF COURSE, ROMANS
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3:23, "FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND
COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD."
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WELL, IF WE LEFT YOU THERE, IT
WOULD SEEM LIKE NONE OF US COULD
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EVER DO GOD'S WILL - WE'RE
ALL DOOMED TO LIVES OF PERPETUAL
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DISOBEDIENCE AND
REBELLION AND WAYWARDNESS.
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SO WHEN JESUS CALLS US TO BE
PERFECT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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IS HE CALLING US TO BE
SOME SORT OF ANGELIC ANDROID OR
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A STAINLESS STEEL SAINT?
NOW, AFTER WHAT I READ ABOUT
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THE BIBLE SAYING THAT ALL HAVE
SINNED, I NOW WANT YOU TO KNOW
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO
STAY IN THAT CONDITION.
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THERE ARE EXAMPLES IN THE
BIBLE OF PEOPLE THAT GOD CALLS
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PERFECT AND GODLY.
GENESIS 6, VERSE 9 - WE'LL START
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AT GENESIS - "NOAH" - THESE
ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF GODLINESS -
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"NOAH WAS A JUST MAN.
PERFECT IN HIS GENERATIONS."
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NOAH WALKED WITH GOD.
NOW, WE KNOW THERE WAS THAT
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EPISODE WHERE HE PLANTED A
VINEYARD AND DRANK TOO MUCH AND
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WANDERED AROUND DRUNK IN
HIS TEEPEE, GENESIS 5:24 -
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NOT ONLY NOAH WALKED WITH
GOD, ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD.
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NOW HE MUST HAVE BEEN DOING
SOMETHING RIGHT BECAUSE GOD TOOK
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ENOCH TO HEAVEN,
RIGHT? I WANT THAT, DON'T YOU?
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GENESIS 17:1, GOD SAID TO
ABRAM, "I AM THE ALMIGHTY GOD.
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WALK BEFORE ME
AND BE THOU PERFECT."
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WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO
WHEN GOD SAYS, 'BE PERFECT.'
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HOW PERFECT, EXACTLY,
ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE?
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ARE WE SUPPOSED TO
BE PARTIALLY PERFECT?
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PARTIALLY
IMPERFECT? IS THAT PERFECT?
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DEUTERONOMY - I'M SORRY, ONE
MORE ON ABRAHAM - GENESIS 25 -
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NO, GENESIS 26, VERSE
5, "BECAUSE ABRAHAM OBEYED
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MY VOICE, KEPT MY CHARGE,
MY COMMANDMENTS, MY STATUTES,
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AND MY LAWS." IT SEEMS LIKE
ABRAHAM WAS PRETTY OBEDIENT.
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NOW THAT MUST BE WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE TIME THAT HE
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TOOK TOO MANY WIVES AND THEN
CALLED HIS WIFE HIS SISTER - SO
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HE MADE SOME MISTAKES, BUT THE
TREND OF ABRAHAM'S LIFE WAS ONE
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OF OBEDIENCE BECAUSE
THIS IS WHAT GOD SAID.
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DEUTERONOMY 18, MOSES
SAID - GOD SAID, "THOU SHALT BE
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PERFECT WITH THE LORD THY GOD."
MATTER OF FACT, IT'S BELIEVED
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WHEN JESUS, IN MATTHEW
5, SAID, 'BE THOU PERFECT.'
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HE IS ACTUALLY QUOTING
THIS STATEMENT FROM MOSES.
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"THOU SHALT BE PERFECT
WITH THE LORD THY GOD."
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NOW YOU CAN SORT OF
UNDERSTAND WHY A PERFECT GOD
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WOULD SAY THAT. HOW CAN
A PERFECT GOD ASK YOU TO
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BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN
PERFECT BECAUSE HE'S PERFECT.
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HIS STANDARD IS PERFECT.
HE'S CALLING US TO FOLLOW A
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PERFECT STANDARD AND WE
WERE ORIGINALLY MADE - DID ADAM
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HAVE A FACTORY
DEFECT OR WAS HE PERFECT?
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LET ME ASK, HOW MANY THINK ADAM
WAS PERFECT WHEN HE WAS MADE?
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OR WAS THERE
SOME WIRING CROSSED?
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THEN HOW COULD HE
SIN IF HE WAS PERFECT?
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I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY HE DID
SOMETHING WRONG SO THERE MUST
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HAVE BEEN SOMETHING
WRONG IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.
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NO, HE WAS MADE
WITH A FREE WILL.
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HE MADE A CHOICE.
HE WAS MADE PERFECT.
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EVERYTHING GOD SAID
WAS 'GOOD, GOOD, VERY GOOD'
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IN THE BEGINNING, RIGHT?
AND GOD WANTS TO RECREATE
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HIS IMAGE IN US. JOB,
WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT HIM?
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CHAPTER 2, VERSE 3, "THEN THE
LORD SAID TO SATAN, 'HAVE YOU
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CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB?
THERE IS NONE LIKE HIM IN THE
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EARTH, A BLAMELESS
AND AN UPRIGHT MAN.
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ONE WHO FEARS
GOD AND SHUNS EVIL.'"
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NOW, THAT WORD 'BLAMELESS'
THERE IS ALSO 'PERFECT'.
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I WAS READING THE
NEW KING JAMES VERSION.
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NOW ONE THING WE'VE NOTICED
THERE FROM READING ABOUT JOB IS
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THAT KIND OF GODLY
PERFECTION IS RARE.
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WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE DEVIL?
"NONE LIKE HIM IN THE EARTH."
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IT'S NOT COMMON.
NOW, JESUS SAID IN HIS
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DEDICATION PRAYER, JOHN 17
- WE'LL PROBABLY READ A LITTLE
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MORE FROM THAT IN A MOMENT -
17:23, "I IN THEM, THOU IN ME,
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THAT THEY MAY BE PERFECT IN
ONE." HOW CAN WE BE PERFECT?
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I THINK THERE'S A CLUE HERE -
AS WE ARE IN CHRIST AND CHRIST
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IS IN GOD, WE CAN
BE PERFECT IN HIM.
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SO, ONLY THOSE WHO ABIDE IN
HIM - 'WHOEVER ABIDES IN HIM' -
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JOHN SAID - 'SINNETH
NOT.' IT'S THROUGH CONTINUALLY,
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CONSISTENTLY ABIDING IN
CHRIST THAT WE GROW AND BECOME
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WHAT GOD WANTS US TO
BE. SOME OTHER NEW TESTAMENT
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EXAMPLES, ZACHARIAH
AND ELIZABETH - PARENTS OF
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JOHN THE BAPTIST - 'THEY
WERE BOTH RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD.'
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THAT'S ALL I WANT. IF
GOD COULD SAY, 'DOUG, YOU'RE
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RIGHTEOUS BEFORE ME.'
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE THAT?
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SO IS IT POSSIBLE
FOR A HUMAN TO HAVE THAT?
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A HUMAN TO HAVE THAT
EXPERIENCE? IF IT'S POSSIBLE,
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THAT'S WHAT WE
WANT. I'M NOT DONE.
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'THEY WERE RIGHTEOUS BEFORE GOD,
WALKING IN ALL THE COMMANDMENTS
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AND ORDINANCES OF
THE LORD BLAMELESS.'
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WELL, BUT WAS ZACHARIAH PERFECT?
NOT IN THE WAY, SOMETIMES,
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WE THINK OF IT AND
THAT'S WHAT FRIGHTENS US.
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HE WAS CONSISTENTLY FOLLOWING
THE LORD. IT DIDN'T MEAN HE HAD
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EPISODES OR MOMENTS
WHERE HIS FAITH QUESTIONED.
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AND THEN AGAIN, JAMES 3,
VERSE 2, "IF ANY MAN OFFEND NOT
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IN WORD, THE SAME
IS A PERFECT MAN."
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NOW, I BELIEVE THAT. MY PROBLEM
IS OFFENDING IN WORD. BUT HE
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SAID, 'IF SOMEONE CAN BRIDLE
THEIR TONGUE' AND SINCE 'OUT OF
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THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART THE
MOUTH SPEAKS' IF YOU COULD BE
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PERFECT IN WHAT YOU SAY,
YOU MIGHT HAVE A PERFECT HEART.
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'IF ANY MAN CAN NOT OFFEND IN
WORD THE SAME IS A PERFECT MAN.'
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YOU SEE, THERE IS A BIG LIE THAT
THE DEVIL HAS PERPETRATED OUT
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THERE AND THAT LIE IS
THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE CHRISTIAN
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PERFECTION, THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE
THAT EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU ARE
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BLAMELESS, THAT YOU HAVE
PERFECT LOVE, PERFECT MERCY.
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YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE LORD COMES
GOD WANTS US TO BE OVERCOMERS.
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HE WANTS US TO BE VICTORIOUS.
PRAISE GOD WHO GIVES US
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THE VICTORY. WHY
WOULD PAUL SAY STUFF
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LIKE THAT? WHY WOULD
JESUS SAY 'TO HIM THAT
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OVERCOMES' IF IT WASN'T
POSSIBLE FOR US TO OVERCOME?
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THE LIE OF THE DEVIL IS HE
WANTS TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE
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CONTENT AND DON'T EVEN EXPECT
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE GROWTH AND
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SANCTIFICATION AND
VICTORY IN OUR LIVES.
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JESUS CAME TO
SAVE US FROM OUR SINS.
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FIRST WORDS OUT OF JOHN THE
BAPTIST'S MOUTH WHEN HE STARTED
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PREACHING WAS 'REPENT!'
REPENT OF WHAT? OF SIN.
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WHEN JESUS BEGAN HIS MINISTRY HE
STARTED OUT BY SAYING, 'REPENT!'
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- OF SIN - 'THE
KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND.'
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SO THE MAIN PROBLEM WE
ALL WRESTLE WITH IS SIN.
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WE LIKE TO COUCH THE GOSPEL.
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IN OTHER TERMS WE CALL IT
A MISTAKE AND WE LOVE TO TALK
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ABOUT - AND I DO TOO - LOVE,
GRACE, MERCY - THOSE ARE VERY
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IMPORTANT COMPONENTS - BUT
IF WE'RE GOING TO BE BIBLICALLY
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FAITHFUL, WE ALSO NEED TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT JESUS TALKS ABOUT
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AND THAT'S SIN. WHAT IS
SIN? IT'S THE TRANSGRESSION
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OF HIS LAW. IT'S
NOT DOING GOD'S WILL.
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IF WE DON'T HAVE A LOVE OF GOD,
THEN THE ONLY OTHER MOTIVE LEFT
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IS SELFISHNESS AND WE WILL SIN.
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WHETHER IT MANIFESTS ITSELF
IN THE LUST OF THE FLESH OR THE
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LUST OF THE EYES OR THE PRIDE
OF LIFE OR ANY OTHER FORM OF
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SELFISHNESS, WE WILL BE
GRAVITATING TOWARDS SELFISHNESS
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AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE
PROBLEMS IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS
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WITH EACH OTHER, WE HAVE
PROBLEMS IN OUR RELATIONSHIP
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WITH GOD AND EVEN YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU THAT YOU
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HAVE WITH YOU IS GOING TO BE
CONTAMINATED AND INFECTED AND
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DAMAGED BY SIN. GOD
WANTS TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS.
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NOW HERE'S THE POINT: HE DOESN'T
WANT TO SAVE US FROM SOME OF OUR
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SINS. WHAT WOMAN WOULD ACCEPT A
PROPOSAL THAT SOUNDED SOMETHING
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LIKE THIS? 'I'D LIKE YOU TO
MARRY ME AND I WILL BE DEDICATED
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TO YOU 358 DAYS
A YEAR - ONLY YOU.
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THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER DAYS
THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE SOME
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OLD GIRLFRIENDS AND MEN
WILL BE MEN - AND WE KNOW
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YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. I
MEAN, LET'S NOT BE EXTREME.'
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ARE YOU REALLY EXPECTING
YOUR SPOUSE 365 DAYS A YEAR
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TO JUST LOVE YOU?
AND I'M A BATCHELOR
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AND SHE STILL EXPECTS IT.
BUT ISN'T THAT LEGALISTIC?
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ISN'T THAT PERFECT - I MEAN,
WHAT WIFE WANTS HER HUSBAND
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TO BE PERFECT IN THAT RESPECT?
A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE WIVES,
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RIGHT? YOU ARE FANATICS!
LEGALISTIC PHARISEE WOMEN.
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WHEN YOU HAVE LOVE, YOU WANT
A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMITMENT.
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THEN WHY WOULD YOU
EXPECT LESS FROM GOD?
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WHEN HE SAID, 'I LOVE YOU.
NO I DON'T WANT YOU TO LISTEN
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TO THE DEVIL. I
DON'T WANT YOU TO SELL OUT
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TO HIM. I DON'T WANT YOU TO SIN.
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ZERO. NADA. NONE.
GONE. KAPUT. STOP.
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THE DEVIL HAS TOLD A BIG LIE AND
MOST - EVEN CHRISTIANS - HAVE
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TAKEN IT HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER
- THAT GOD DOESN'T REALLY EXPECT
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US TO BE GODLY.
THAT IS NOT TRUE.
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AND, YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL'S NOT
AFRAID OF YOUR GOING TO CHURCH.
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MATTER OF FACT, HE WOULD JUST AS
SOON YOU STAY IN CHURCH AS LONG
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AS YOU STAY IN CHURCH IF YOU
CONTINUE TO HEAR LIES THAT LEAD
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YOU TO THINK THAT GOD IS GOING
TO SAVE YOU IN AND WITH YOUR SIN
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AS OPPOSED TO FROM YOUR SIN.
SO HOW PERFECT DOES HE WANT US
00:14:21.39\00:14:25.53
TO BE? JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW
7, VERSE 21, "NOT EVERYONE
00:14:25.53\00:14:31.13
WHO SAYS TO ME 'LORD, LORD' WILL
ENTER THE KINGDOM, BUT HE THAT
00:14:31.13\00:14:34.50
DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER."
AND THEN HE GOES ON AND EXPLAINS
00:14:34.50\00:14:36.94
THERE'S GOING TO BE A
VERY LARGE, DECEIVED CATEGORY
00:14:36.94\00:14:39.37
IN THE LAST DAYS.
"MANY WILL COME TO ME IN THAT
00:14:39.37\00:14:42.14
DAY SAYING, 'LORD, LORD HAVE
WE NOT PROPHESIED IN YOUR NAME?
00:14:42.14\00:14:46.21
AND IN YOUR NAME CAST OUT DEVILS
AND IN YOUR NAME DONE MANY
00:14:46.21\00:14:48.72
WONDERS?'" - GONE TO
CHURCH? PAID OUR TITHE? -
00:14:48.72\00:14:53.46
"I'LL DECLARE TO YOU
- I'LL DECLARE TO THEM,
00:14:53.46\00:14:55.59
'I NEVER KNEW YOU.
DEPART FROM ME YOU WHO PRACTICE
00:14:55.59\00:14:58.59
LAWLESSNESS.'"
INIQUITY IN SOME VERSIONS,
00:14:58.59\00:15:03.47
SAME WORD - LAWLESSNESS.
WHAT IS LAWLESSNESS?
00:15:03.47\00:15:06.30
1 JOHN 3, VERSES 4 TO
6, "WHOEVER COMMITS SIN
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COMMITS LAWLESSNESS." NOW
I'M USING THE NEW KING JAMES
00:15:10.04\00:15:14.04
VERSION THERE. SIN IS
LAWLESSNESS - IT MEANS
00:15:14.04\00:15:17.65
LIVING OUTSIDE THE LAW -
MEANING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.
00:15:17.65\00:15:21.32
SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GO TO
CHURCH AND THEY - THEY'RE DOING
00:15:21.32\00:15:25.19
WONDERS AND WORKING FOR
THE LORD AND GOD SAYS, 'LOOK,
00:15:25.19\00:15:27.06
I DON'T KNOW YOU.'
WE'RE NOT ABIDING IN CHRIST IF
00:15:27.06\00:15:30.59
THAT'S THE PATTERN OF OUR
LIVES. HE WANTS US TO BE IN HIM.
00:15:30.59\00:15:34.30
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT'S SO DANGEROUS ABOUT THIS
00:15:34.30\00:15:40.90
CONCEPT THAT GOD SAVES US IN
OUR SIN, WE'RE FALLING FOR THE
00:15:40.90\00:15:45.11
DEVIL'S ORIGINAL DECEPTION.
WHAT IS THE DEVIL'S ACCUSATION
00:15:45.11\00:15:48.94
AGAINST GOD?
'YOU'RE UNFAIR, YOUR LAW IS
00:15:48.94\00:15:52.85
UNFAIR, YOU'RE ARBITRARY, YOU'RE
A DESPOT, YOU'RE ASKING THESE
00:15:52.85\00:15:56.92
CREATURES ON EARTH TO DO
SOMETHING THEY CANNOT DO.
00:15:56.92\00:15:59.69
THEY'RE BORN WITH THESE SINFUL
SELFISH TENDENCIES AND YOU'RE
00:15:59.69\00:16:02.29
SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO
PUNISH THEM IF THEY DISOBEY.
00:16:02.29\00:16:05.69
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO PUNISH THEM
FOR DOING WHAT THEY CAN'T HELP
00:16:05.69\00:16:08.13
DOING, BUT DO. AND
JESUS IS SAYING, 'NO, THEY
00:16:08.13\00:16:12.33
CAN BE
DIFFERENT. THEY CAN OBEY.'
00:16:12.33\00:16:15.34
THE DEVIL SAYS, 'NO THEY CAN'T.'
AND SO, WHEN WE IN THE CHURCHES
00:16:15.34\00:16:18.27
BEGIN TO BECOME COMFORTABLE
WITH THE IDEA THAT WE ARE JUST
00:16:18.27\00:16:20.71
DESTINED AND RESIGNED TO BEING
DEFEATED, IT REALLY SAYS THE
00:16:20.71\00:16:25.58
DEVIL IS BIG ENOUGH TO TEMPT YOU
TO SIN BUT GOD IS NOT BIG ENOUGH
00:16:25.58\00:16:30.22
TO KEEP YOU FROM SIN.
THAT'S AT THE CORE OF THAT
00:16:30.22\00:16:33.66
TEACHING. YOU
CAN'T ESCAPE IT, FRIENDS.
00:16:33.66\00:16:36.02
IF WE ARE RESIGNED TO THE IDEA
THAT WE ARE DESTINED TO CONTINUE
00:16:36.02\00:16:39.83
LIVING IN SIN UNTIL JESUS COMES,
THEN WHAT YOU'RE REALLY SAYING
00:16:39.83\00:16:44.07
IS 'I DON'T BELIEVE GOD CAN
SANCTIFY ME BECAUSE I THINK THAT
00:16:44.07\00:16:47.24
THE DEVIL IS MORE
POWERFUL THAN GOD IS.'
00:16:47.24\00:16:49.37
THAT IS TOTALLY
AGAINST WHAT JESUS TEACHES.
00:16:49.37\00:16:51.91
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'GREATER IS HE
THAT IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT IS
00:16:51.91\00:16:55.11
IN THE WORLD.' THE
LORD CAN GIVE YOU VICTORY.
00:16:55.11\00:16:58.05
YOU CAN'T NAME A SIN THAT
GOD CAN'T GIVE YOU VICTORY OVER.
00:16:58.05\00:17:01.85
YOU NAME A SIN - MAYBE YOU
HAVEN'T GOTTEN VICTORY BUT I
00:17:01.85\00:17:04.39
CAN POINT TO SOMEBODY THAT HAS.
AND SO, IF HE DID IT FOR THEM
00:17:04.39\00:17:08.26
HE CAN DO IT FOR YOU IF
YOU BELIEVE. THAT'S WHAT
00:17:08.26\00:17:12.29
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH IS.
IF YOU BELIEVE, ALL THINGS ARE
00:17:12.29\00:17:15.93
POSSIBLE. GOD DOES THINGS AFTER
WE BELIEVE THAT HE DOESN'T DO
00:17:15.93\00:17:19.17
UNTIL WE BELIEVE. SO THE LORD IS
LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE.
00:17:19.17\00:17:24.11
'THE EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND
FRO THROUGH THE EARTH LOOKING
00:17:24.11\00:17:26.64
FOR SOMEONE THROUGH WHOM
HE CAN SHOW HIMSELF MIGHTY.'
00:17:26.64\00:17:29.48
THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT HE
CAN CHANGE ME, THAT HE CAN
00:17:29.48\00:17:33.52
GIVE ME VICTORY. NOW
THE QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH
00:17:33.52\00:17:39.45
SIN CAN WE STILL CLING TO
AND BE SAVED - DELIBERATELY?
00:17:39.45\00:17:46.49
JESUS SAID, 'SIN NO MORE.'
YOU REMEMBER THE STORY - JOHN
00:17:46.49\00:17:52.70
5:14 - HE GOES TO THE POOL
OF BETHESDA, HEALS THAT MAN THAT
00:17:52.70\00:17:56.71
HASN'T WALKED IN 38 YEARS AND
LATER HE RUNS INTO HIM - JOHN
00:17:56.71\00:18:01.44
5:14 - AND JESUS FOUND HIM
IN THE TEMPLE AND THAT'S - RIGHT
00:18:01.44\00:18:04.65
AFTER YOU'RE HEALED
YOU WANT TO GO TO CHURCH.
00:18:04.65\00:18:06.68
FIRST THING HE DID AFTER HE
COULD WALK WAS HE WENT TO CHURCH
00:18:06.68\00:18:08.85
- GOOD IDEA. JESUS SAID,
"SEE, YOU HAVE BEEN MADE WELL."
00:18:08.85\00:18:14.06
NOTICE THE WORDS OF JESUS
- IF YOU'VE GOT A RED-LETTER
00:18:14.06\00:18:16.59
EDITION IT'S IN RED. IF
YOU'RE ANGRY WITH WHAT I'M
00:18:16.59\00:18:19.63
SAYING THIS
MORNING, BE ANGRY WITH JESUS.
00:18:19.63\00:18:22.90
YOU TALK TO HIM LATER -
DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON ME.
00:18:22.90\00:18:25.67
JESUS SAID, "SIN NO MORE LEST
A WORSE THING COME UPON YOU."
00:18:25.67\00:18:30.67
HE DID NOT SAY YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO JUST KIND OF CUT BACK
00:18:30.67\00:18:33.31
A LITTLE BIT.
YOU'VE GOT TO SLOW DOWN.
00:18:33.31\00:18:37.38
HE SAID, 'STOP.' JOHN
8, VERSE 10 - YOU KNOW,
00:18:37.38\00:18:43.59
THE WOMAN CAUGHT IN
ADULTERY - ALSO IN THE TEMPLE.
00:18:43.59\00:18:46.76
WE ALL KNOW JESUS DID
NOT COME TO CONDEMN US.
00:18:46.76\00:18:49.62
WE'RE ALREADY CONDEMNED. HE
CAME TO SAVE US FROM OUR SIN.
00:18:49.62\00:18:54.56
AFTER ALL THAT WOMAN'S ACCUSERS
WENT OUT AND JESUS SAID,
00:18:54.56\00:18:59.13
"WOMAN, WHERE ARE
THOSE ACCUSERS OF YOURS?
00:18:59.13\00:19:01.07
HAS NO ONE CONDEMNED
YOU?" SHE SAID, "NO ONE LORD."
00:19:01.07\00:19:04.91
AS IF TO SAY BUT WHAT ABOUT
YOU? HE SAID, "NEITHER DO I
00:19:04.91\00:19:08.71
CONDEMN YOU." AND THE
LAST THING HE SAID IS,
00:19:08.71\00:19:12.75
"SIN NO MORE."
"GO AND SIN NO MORE."
00:19:12.75\00:19:18.05
NOW, OBVIOUSLY, HE'S TALKING
ABOUT WHAT SHE SPECIFICALLY HAD
00:19:18.05\00:19:20.86
A PROBLEM WITH IN HER LIFE.
00:19:20.86\00:19:23.39
SO HOW DO YOU GET
THE VICTORY OVER SIN?
00:19:23.39\00:19:25.69
FIRST WORDS JESUS SPOKE WHEN
HE BEGAN PREACHING, 'REPENT!'
00:19:25.69\00:19:30.17
REPENTANCE IS
ACTUALLY A GIFT OF GOD.
00:19:30.17\00:19:31.90
YOU MAY NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
YOU FEEL IT, BUT AS SOON AS YOU
00:19:31.90\00:19:34.94
BECOME AWARE THAT YOU ARE DOING
SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOD'S
00:19:34.94\00:19:38.67
WILL, CONFESS IT
TO GOD. TELL HIM.
00:19:38.67\00:19:42.64
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU'VE
GOT TO DEAL WITH - IF YOU'RE
00:19:42.64\00:19:44.41
STRUGGLING WITH ALCOHOL -
ANYBODY HERE WHOSE STRUGGLED
00:19:44.41\00:19:46.45
WITH ALCOHOL - IF YOU GO TO
AN AA MEETING ONE OF THE FIRST
00:19:46.45\00:19:48.82
THINGS THEY WANT YOU TO DO IS
YOU'VE GOT TO CONFRONT IT AND BE
00:19:48.82\00:19:51.19
REAL WITH YOURSELF. YOU
CAN'T GET OVER ANYTHING THAT
00:19:51.19\00:19:54.09
YOU DON'T ADMIT. SAY,
'LORD, THIS IS SOMETHING IN
00:19:54.09\00:19:57.13
MY LIFE - I KNOW YOU DON'T
APPROVE OF IT BUT I CAN'T DO
00:19:57.13\00:19:59.23
ANYTHING WITHOUT
YOU. BUT I AM SORRY.
00:19:59.23\00:20:01.53
I REPENT. I CONFESS MY SIN.
00:20:01.53\00:20:03.77
SAVE ME FROM IT.' AND
AS SOON AS YOU COME TO THE
00:20:03.77\00:20:06.40
LORD AND YOU ASK HIM FOR
HELP, THEN HE CAN DO SOMETHING.
00:20:06.40\00:20:10.61
PROVERBS 28:13, "HE THAT COVERS
HIS SIN WILL NOT PROSPER BUT
00:20:10.61\00:20:15.54
WHOEVER CONFESSES AND" -
YOU KNOW THE REST OF THAT VERSE?
00:20:15.54\00:20:20.45
"CONFESSES AND
FORSAKES IT WILL HAVE MERCY."
00:20:20.45\00:20:23.62
IT'S NOT JUST CONFESSING.
IT'S BEING WILLING TO TURN
00:20:23.62\00:20:26.72
AWAY FROM IT. JOHN
1:9 - I'M SORRY, 1 JOHN
00:20:26.72\00:20:29.86
1:9, "IF WE CONFESS OUR SIN HE
IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE
00:20:29.86\00:20:34.73
US AND TO CLEANSE US FROM
FIFTY PERCENT UNRIGHTEOUSNESS."
00:20:34.73\00:20:41.14
SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW,
00:20:41.14\00:20:44.24
THERE'S CUTBACKS. NO,
HE'LL CLEANSE US FROM HOW
00:20:44.24\00:20:49.48
MUCH UNRIGHTEOUSNESS?
HE CLEANSES US FROM ALL.
00:20:49.48\00:20:52.58
NOT ONLY DOES HE GIVE US CREDIT
FOR HIS SON'S RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE
00:20:52.58\00:20:56.25
THEN GIVES US
POWER TO LIVE NEW LIVES.
00:20:56.25\00:20:58.92
SEE, WHAT YOU HEAR IN THE
CHURCHES IS ONLY JUSTIFICATION.
00:20:58.92\00:21:02.69
A LOT OF CHURCHES YOU CAN
HEAR REALLY GOOD SERMONS ON
00:21:02.69\00:21:05.76
JUSTIFICATION AND I WOULD SAY
'AMEN' THROUGH ALL THOSE SERMONS
00:21:05.76\00:21:08.53
BUT THEY STOP WITH THE PART
WHERE YOU COME TO JESUS AND HE
00:21:08.53\00:21:11.73
COVERS YOU AND GIVES YOU CREDIT
FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THEN
00:21:11.73\00:21:14.30
THEY DON'T GO ON WITH THE
OTHER ASPECT, WHICH IS CALLED
00:21:14.30\00:21:16.74
SANCTIFICATION, ANOTHER VERY
CLEAR BIBLE TEACHING WHERE THEN
00:21:16.74\00:21:20.58
YOU ARE TRANSFORMED
AND YOU LIVE A NEW LIFE.
00:21:20.58\00:21:26.28
THIS IS WHAT REAL REPENTANCE
IS - WHEN WE TURN FROM OUR SINS.
00:21:26.28\00:21:32.55
SO HERE'S THE QUESTION: IF
YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN DOES THAT
00:21:32.55\00:21:37.63
MEAN THAT YOU'LL NEVER
FALL, YOU'LL NEVER SIN,
00:21:37.63\00:21:39.39
YOU'LL NEVER MAKE A
MISTAKE? THAT IF YOU SIN ONCE
00:21:39.39\00:21:42.86
YOU WEREN'T PERFECT ENOUGH?
NO. IT'S WHO'S IN CHARGE.
00:21:42.86\00:21:49.47
WHO RULES IN YOUR
LIFE? WHO IS YOUR LORD?
00:21:49.47\00:21:52.94
WHO DO YOU LIVE FOR? BY
WHAT DO YOU DEFINE YOUR LIFE?
00:21:52.94\00:21:57.51
NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE
VERSES, ROMANS 6:12, "THEREFORE
00:21:57.51\00:22:04.05
DO NOT LET SIN" - THE VERY FACT
THAT HE'S SAYING 'DO NOT LET IT'
00:22:04.05\00:22:08.46
MEANS THAT YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
"DO NOT ALLOW SIN TO REIGN" -
00:22:08.46\00:22:12.79
REIGN IS LIKE IN A KINGDOM, IT
MEANS IT'S RULING IN YOUR LIFE.
00:22:12.79\00:22:16.26
IF THERE'S ANY AREA WHERE SIN IS
RULING IN YOUR LIFE THEN YOU'RE
00:22:16.26\00:22:20.77
NOT SAVED. CHRIST
WANTS TO HAVE VICTORY.
00:22:20.77\00:22:24.24
THAT DOESN'T MEAN CHRISTIANS
DON'T FALL - THAT'S DIFFERENT.
00:22:24.24\00:22:27.64
IF IT HAS DOMINION - AND THAT'S
MY NEXT VERSE - ROMANS 6:14 -
00:22:27.64\00:22:31.28
JUST GOING DOWN TWO VERSES
- "SIN SHALL NOT HAVE DOMINION
00:22:31.28\00:22:34.48
OVER YOU." LET ME
READ SOMETHING TO YOU -
00:22:34.48\00:22:36.85
AND THIS IS A VERY ENCOURAGING
QUOTE FROM THAT CLASSIC BOOK
00:22:36.85\00:22:39.49
'STEPS TO CHRIST'
- THIS IS PAGE 64.
00:22:39.49\00:22:43.26
"THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWN
THE PARDONING LOVE OF CHRIST AND
00:22:43.26\00:22:46.93
WHO REALLY DESIRE TO BE CHILDREN
OF GOD, YET THEY REALIZE THAT
00:22:46.93\00:22:50.83
THEIR CHARACTER IS IMPERFECT,
THEIR LIFE FAULTY, AND THEY ARE
00:22:50.83\00:22:55.17
READY TO DOUBT WHETHER THEIR
HEARTS HAVE BEEN RENEWED BY THE
00:22:55.17\00:22:57.27
HOLY SPIRIT. TO SUCH I
WOULD SAY, 'DO NOT DRAW BACK IN
00:22:57.27\00:23:00.48
DESPAIR. WE SHALL OFTEN HAVE TO
BOW DOWN AND WEEP AT THE FEET OF
00:23:00.48\00:23:05.65
JESUS BECAUSE OF OUR
SHORTCOMINGS AND OUR MISTAKES,
00:23:05.65\00:23:09.08
BUT WE ARE NOT
TO BE DISCOURAGED.
00:23:09.08\00:23:11.25
EVEN IF WE ARE OVERCOME BY THE
ENEMY, WE ARE NOT CAST OFF, NOT
00:23:11.25\00:23:14.76
FORSAKEN AND REJECTED OF GOD.
NO; CHRIST IS AT THE RIGHT HAND
00:23:14.76\00:23:18.69
OF GOD WHO ALSO
MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR US.
00:23:18.69\00:23:22.00
SAID THE BELOVED JOHN,
'THESE THINGS I WRITE UNTO YOU
00:23:22.00\00:23:25.17
THAT YE SIN NOT. AND IF ANY MAN
SIN, WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH
00:23:25.17\00:23:29.37
THE FATHER, JESUS
CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS.
00:23:29.37\00:23:31.71
AND DO NOT FORGET THE WORDS
OF CHRIST, "THE FATHER HIMSELF
00:23:31.71\00:23:35.38
LOVETH YOU" - JOHN 16:27 -
HE DESIRES TO RESTORE YOU TO
00:23:35.38\00:23:39.48
HIMSELF, TO SEE HIS OWN PURITY
AND HOLINESS REFLECTED IN YOU.
00:23:39.48\00:23:44.32
AND IF YOU WILL BUT
YIELD YOURSELF TO HIM,
00:23:44.32\00:23:47.89
HE THAT HATH BEGUN A GOOD WORK
IN YOU WILL CARRY IT FORWARD
00:23:47.89\00:23:50.46
TO THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST."
YIELDING YOURSELF TO HIM.
00:23:50.46\00:23:55.43
SURRENDERING TO HIM. HE
CAN GIVE YOU THE VICTORY.
00:23:55.43\00:23:59.47
WOULD YOU PAY EVERYTHING YOU OWN
FOR SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T THINK
00:23:59.47\00:24:06.81
YOU COULD ACTUALLY PURCHASE?
EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU HEAR
00:24:06.81\00:24:10.05
THESE STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
PAY FOR SOMETHING AND THEY WERE
00:24:10.05\00:24:12.98
SWINDLED - THEY DIDN'T GET
ANYTHING. IT'S KIND OF SAD.
00:24:12.98\00:24:18.29
WOULD JESUS PAY - WOULD THE
FATHER PAY THE LIFE OF HIS SON
00:24:18.29\00:24:23.63
TO SAVE YOU - THAT'D BE AN AWFUL
BIG PRICE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING
00:24:23.63\00:24:27.36
THAT COULDN'T BE ACQUIRED.
THE VERY FACT THAT JESUS PAID SO
00:24:27.36\00:24:31.77
MUCH IS THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE
THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO
00:24:31.77\00:24:36.60
BE WHAT HE PAID FOR YOU
TO BE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:24:36.60\00:24:42.54
IF YOU COME TO CHRIST AND
YOU SURRENDER TO HIM, YOU CAN BE
00:24:42.54\00:24:46.65
A NEW CREATURE. DON'T
BE DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF
00:24:46.65\00:24:48.42
YOUR PAST FAILURES, JUST
SAY, 'LORD, BY YOUR GRACE
00:24:48.42\00:24:51.15
I WANT TO WALK WITH
YOU LIKE NOAH AND ENOCH.
00:24:51.15\00:24:54.36
I WANT TO HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE OF ABRAHAM.
00:24:54.36\00:24:57.56
I WANT TO BE LIKE DANIEL,
WHERE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH I'M
00:24:57.56\00:25:00.46
GOING TO LEAVE MY WINDOWS
OPEN EVEN THOUGH I MIGHT DIE
00:25:00.46\00:25:04.50
BECAUSE I'M CAUGHT PRAYING.
YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO ME IS THE
00:25:04.50\00:25:07.47
MOST IMPORTANT THING AND BY
YOUR GRACE, LORD, I WANT TO BE
00:25:07.47\00:25:10.54
PERFECT IN
CHRIST. I WANT TO BE HOLY.
00:25:10.54\00:25:14.34
I WANT TO BE LIKE JESUS. I
WANT TO BE SO LOST TO MYSELF
00:25:14.34\00:25:19.01
THAT ALL PEOPLE SEE
WHEN THEY LOOK AT ME IS YOU.
00:25:19.01\00:25:22.32
IS THAT YOUR DESIRE,
FRIENDS? IS THAT YOUR PRAYER?
00:25:22.32\00:25:25.79
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