Welcome to Anchors
of Truth live from the
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3ABN Worship
Center, the sanctuary
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series with John Bradshaw.
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Well, we're so
happy that you can be with
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us tonight because
we've been having a real
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rain storm here and
just before the meeting
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started. In fact, some
of us were making really,
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really praying that
we would be on the air
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tonight, real
storm came through here,
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a lot of hail. I'm
hope there's not a lot of
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hail damage, but
there's a real heavy
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windstorm, lot of
rain, I'm sure there's some
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kind of damage around somewhere.
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But we're just so
thankful that we're able
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to start, start on time
and from all indications
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you are receiving us.
So, that means that we
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are getting out. We
were just really enjoying
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this series with
Pastor John Bradshaw.
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For some of you this
is your first opportunity
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to get acquainted
with him. He's the new
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speaker director
of it is written.
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And he is not a
stranger to a lot of you
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because for 16
years he was an evangelist
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with Amazing Facts,
converted at the age
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of 23 by reading
the Great Controversy,
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he came to this
country from New Zealand
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and most of his
ministry has been right here
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in the United States.
Pastored in Lexington,
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Kentucky and also
College Place, Washington
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and he is now the
speaker director as I said
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of It Is Written.
John has a wonderful wife,
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Melissa and two
children, Jacob is ten and
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Shannon is eight. And
they reside in Simi Valley,
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California. And they
are watching us tonight by
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Internet. And some
of you are watching by
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Internet. And if you
have a friend that maybe
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cannot receive
3ABN by television,
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you can call them
and tell them to go to
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3abn.org, click on watch live,
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follow the instructions
and they will be able to
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see this program as
well. We're so happy that
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you could be with
us; we're so pleased that
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John Bradshaw is here.
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Tonight we're looking
forward to the title of
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his message
Intentionality, that's not
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an easy word for me to say,
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but it is a very
important word and you
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will see why?
Before he comes to speak
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John Lomacang, our
pastor, our friend,
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our ambassador of
3ABN is going to sing
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"God leads His
dear children along."
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In shady green
pastures, so rich and so sweet,
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God leads His
dear children along;
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Where the water's cool flow
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bathes the weary one's feet,
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As God leads His
dear children along.
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Some through the
waters, some through the flood,
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Some through the fire,
but all through the blood;
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Some through great
sorrow, yet God gives a song,
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In the night seasons
and all the day long.
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With sorrows befall
us and Satan opposed,
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Still God leads His
dear children along;
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Through faith we will conquer,
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and defeat all our foes,
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For God leads His
dear children along
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He lead some through the water,
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and some through the flood,
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Some through the fire,
but all through the blood;
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Some through great
sorrows, yet God gives a song,
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In the night
seasons, in the night
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seasons and all
the day long, Lord.
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Good evening
everyone? Good evening.
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It is a privilege to
be here with you to be
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able to open the
Bible and talk about some
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of the greatest
that, the greatest things
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that we could
possibly talk about.
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Themes not just of
time, but of eternity.
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This world I was
talking with Pastor
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John Lomacang just
before. We were talking
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about the weather.
We've had some weather
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here recently. And
that was talk of a storm
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watch. John was
saying you know this;
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this whole world is
caught in a storm and it is,
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it just is. There is
a way out of the storm
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though; there is a
guide to get us out of
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the storms of
this world to a safe,
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sheltered place and
His name is Jesus. Amen.
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And I just loved to be
able to talk about that.
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You know, I hope you
don't mind me doing this,
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I just want to
mention one thing it,
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it is written and we
have something coming up
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that 3ABN is gonna be
a very important part of,
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that's called Babylon
rising, a four night event
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looking at how the
prophecies of the Bible
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help us make sense
of what's going on in
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the world today. And
I want to encourage you
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to be part of that,
starts May 25 then goes
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26, 27 and 28
that's of May next month,
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not far away. That's,
that's its getting closer
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everyday. Now, if
you'd like to register to
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be a host site, get
in touch with us at it is
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written babylonisrising.org,
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babylonisrising.com,
oh! Someone saying,
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man he doesn't
even know the address.
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And that right, I'm
pretty sure it's .com,
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babylonisrising.com.
And if, if you're really
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confused just
contact it is written,
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itiswritten.com,
babylonisrising.com that
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will lead you
through just what you need to
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do be a host site.
Now, I wanna encourage
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you this is some
that you can, you can,
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you can sit in front
of the television and
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watch on 3ABN. This
is something you can
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access via the Internet,
via your mobile device;
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we've got ourselves a
nice little what is that?
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Mobile friendly website now,
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so if you watch on
your iPhone or whatever
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then it's good
for that. However,
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you want to do it,
tell someone about it,
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let people know
this is something that we
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want to encourage
you to be part of,
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because we are
letting people know that in
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the storms of these
last days of the earth's
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history. There is a
shelter, there is a save
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place and we can
make sense of the madness
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looking at the
prophecies of the Bible as they
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point to Jesus as
our Lord and Savior.
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That's Babylon
rising starting May 25.
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I wonder if we could
pray now and ask God's
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special blessing on
our time as we study
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the sanctuary Part-3
now series and this one
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is called Intentionality.
The first time around
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Reality, second
time Spirituality and now
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Intentionality. And
if you see a pattern
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developing that's
good. And if you wonder,
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did I scratch my
head trying to find words
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ending in Ality? You
know the answer is yes.
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Let's pray. Our
Father in heaven,
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it is always a
privilege to be able to come to
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you in the name
of Jesus Your Son.
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We are thankful this
day because there is a
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Savior; we are
thankful this day because
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Your sacred word
points us to Christ and shows
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us that there is a
hope for humanity in a
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hurting world. As we study the,
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study these
"Anchors of Truth" we pray
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Your special
blessing in Jesus name, amen.
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Here's the story as I read it,
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it was reported in
the Milwaukee Journal
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in 1946. And so,
because it appeared in a
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newspaper I'm just
going to assume that the
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story is true I think
it is. It was during the
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last days of
World War II in 1945,
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German forces were
occupying the City of
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Sastin near the
Czechoslovakian border
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close to Austria.
Now, I got to check and
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see whether it's in
Czechoslovakia that's it
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is now in Slovakia
because Czechoslovakia
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split into two
countries on the first day
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of 1993. So, what
was in Czechoslovakia is
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now in Slovakia.
Russian forces were bearing
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down upon the
German troops, and when
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I say bearing
down they were close,
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you could hear
them. Remember the war is
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coming to an end,
the German troops are
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fleeing for their
lives, trying to get back to
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Germany before all
hope for they must lost.
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Now, there was a
Nazi Commandant that
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day they were,
they had occupied the
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mayor's office in
the Townhall in Sastin
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that's what the
German troops it setup the
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headquarters. And
this particular military
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leader was nervous,
his personal car was
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was outside, motor was running,
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they was just
waiting for him to come and
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get into the car and
leave and go to safety.
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And, and he had become now,
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but he had a
problem, the problem was he
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had a whole Pile of trunks not,
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I mean swimming
trunks I mean those kind of
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trunks. He had trunks you know,
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cases let's its call
him cases, stuffed to the
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brim with
Czechoslovakian Korunas.
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Now, Korunas, the
Koruna was the unit of
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currency. They had looted the
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Czechoslovakian
Central Bank and just
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taken all of the money
and stuff it into these
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cases, these trunks
and this man was planning
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to be fabulously
rich one day, but now here
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came the Russian
troops, what you're gonna
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do? He had to get in
this car, there wasn't
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time to wait, there
wasn't room in the car
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for him and his
trunks. So, he found a couple
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of Czechoslovakian
peasants, he said, look,
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guard these trunks,
I will be back for them
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one day, don't let
anything happen to them,
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don't mess with
them, don't look in them,
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when I come back I
will reward you handsomely,
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you'll be very rich,
you'll never have any
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more financial worries,
just guard these trunks.
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Off he went, the
next day Russian troops
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came into their
office, what was the mayor's
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office in the Townhall
and they found the Pile
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of trunks they broke
one open and discovered
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filled with money.
What a happy day for a
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Russian military
man to stumble across
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an obscene amount
of money and it was all
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his, but you got
to remember there was
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something on his mind,
on his mind was getting
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the job done,
getting the war over,
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pursuing the,
the fleeing Germans.
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And as he said to somebody else,
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who knows if I'll even
be alive this time tomorrow.
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So, let's do
something with this money.
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No one knows what
that man's name was,
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I bet if they found out
that had built a memorial
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to the man there in
Sastin. He said here's
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what we're gonna
do? We're gonna divide
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this money among all
the people here in Sastin.
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It was I think a
hundred, now I wrote it down
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a 105 million. No,
no, no, no one hundred
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and fifty, three
million Korunas, three hundred
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million. In 1946
dollars more than 6 million
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US dollars. And so,
they decided that they
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would just divide
the money up among the
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people of Sastin,
however old you were,
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you got a thousand
Korunas, 50 years old
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50,000, 5 years old
5000, they split it all.
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People with large
families ended up with
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maybe 200,000
Korunas, it was a massive sum
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of money in that
day. These poor literally
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downtrodden
people went in a moment
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without expecting
it from rags to riches,
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from rags to great
riches. And I have to
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admit that when I
first read that story,
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I read that story with
a little touch of envy.
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Haven't you ever
wondered what it would
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be like? Just to
fall into all that money.
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I remember when I
was a kid and we'd read
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these comic books
and that would be a
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comic book story
about Scrooge McDuck,
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who had so much
money, he had enormous
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boats built and he
would swim around in his
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massive, I mean it
was ridiculous of course,
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but he would swim
around his massive piles
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of money and as a
child look at that comic
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book and think,
well that would be nice,
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money is not all
bad you know, I mean if,
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if you're burdened
by your great riches,
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just come and talk
to me I'm sure we can
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work something out
without too much trouble.
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God isn't against
money? Not at all,
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you read in the
Bible there was Solomon
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fantastically wealthy,
David wonderfully wealthy,
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Abraham very rich
man. Now, the Bible says,
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the problem is
the love of money.
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The love of money is
the root of all kinds of
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evil the word of God
says. In reality, in the
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grand scheme of
things worldly wealth while
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it's good, it's
not what the Christian,
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it's not what the
believer in God is striving
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after, worldly
wealth can be a curse.
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Not very many years
ago a baker in England
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his Keith Goff won
the lottery, he won,
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it was either eight
or nine million pounds at
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the time it was
close to $14 million.
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He said at the time
my wife and I will never
00:16:48.96\00:16:51.61
have to worry again.
About year ago he died,
00:16:52.00\00:16:56.79
he lost his
marriage, he lost his friends,
00:16:57.63\00:17:01.35
now he gained a whole
lot of friends to begin
00:17:01.81\00:17:03.32
with then he lost
them. He lost most of his
00:17:03.33\00:17:06.25
money, he lost his
health, ended up having
00:17:06.26\00:17:09.26
a heart attack and
heart trouble because
00:17:09.27\00:17:10.87
he spend all his
time worrying about his
00:17:10.88\00:17:13.19
money. Before he
died he said that he
00:17:13.20\00:17:16.24
wished he had
never won the lottery.
00:17:16.25\00:17:19.08
He said, what's the
point of having money
00:17:19.09\00:17:21.22
when it sends you to bed crying?
00:17:21.23\00:17:23.36
Rags to riches,
sounds nice, might be,
00:17:24.78\00:17:28.28
might not be. Rags
to riches, well whatever
00:17:28.88\00:17:35.54
happens with you and your money,
00:17:35.55\00:17:37.37
if you get in an
inheritance, or win the,
00:17:37.92\00:17:39.91
no you're not gonna
win the lottery. Amen.
00:17:40.97\00:17:43.52
If you happen to
fall into a whole pile of
00:17:43.82\00:17:45.33
money, may the
road rise up to meet you
00:17:45.34\00:17:47.21
and God bless
you, but that's not why
00:17:47.22\00:17:48.72
we're here on this
earth. One good thing
00:17:48.73\00:17:51.34
we know for sure is
that the believer in
00:17:51.35\00:17:53.93
Jesus can go
instantaneously from rags
00:17:53.94\00:18:00.11
to righteousness.
Amen. Open with me
00:18:01.05\00:18:03.49
your Bible, we
gonna go to the Book of
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Philippians,
Philippians chapter 3,
00:18:04.94\00:18:08.17
Philippians chapter 3.
In Philippians chapter 3,
00:18:08.69\00:18:12.20
the Apostle Paul is
dealing with the question
00:18:12.21\00:18:14.32
of experiencing
true righteousness.
00:18:14.65\00:18:17.66
Now, he made it
clear that there was a true
00:18:18.17\00:18:20.39
righteousness and a
false righteousness.
00:18:20.40\00:18:24.28
Philippians its
right after Ephesians,
00:18:24.57\00:18:26.39
I've just discovered.
Philippians and chapter 3
00:18:26.40\00:18:29.60
and, and the Apostle
Paul was somebody who,
00:18:30.11\00:18:34.53
who if anybody
could be self righteous it
00:18:35.53\00:18:38.73
would be the Apostle
Paul. Here's what he says
00:18:38.74\00:18:42.14
in Philippians
chapter 3 and verse 4 he says:
00:18:42.41\00:18:45.11
Though I might also
have confidence in the
00:18:45.45\00:18:47.88
flesh. I might, if
any man thinketh that he
00:18:47.89\00:18:52.17
hath whereof he
might trust in the flesh,
00:18:52.18\00:18:54.63
I more. If you think
you've got a reason to
00:18:54.85\00:18:58.70
feel self-righteous,
I've got more reasons than
00:18:58.71\00:19:01.89
you. And he goes onto say this.
00:19:01.90\00:19:04.00
He describes
himself in verse 5 as having
00:19:06.72\00:19:08.63
been circumcised the
eight day of the stock
00:19:08.64\00:19:11.82
of Israel, of the
Tribe of Benjamin.
00:19:11.83\00:19:14.56
What do you think
he, what do you think he
00:19:14.75\00:19:15.89
were, he referenced
the Tribe the Benjamin
00:19:15.90\00:19:17.83
because that's
the tribe that what?
00:19:18.50\00:19:19.89
That King Saul came
from. It's possible that
00:19:20.16\00:19:22.54
Saul was named
after King Saul possible.
00:19:22.55\00:19:26.08
So, he says, I'm
even from the same tribe
00:19:26.53\00:19:28.31
as the first King of
Israel. He says that:
00:19:28.51\00:19:30.64
I am a Hebrew of
the Hebrews when it
00:19:31.29\00:19:33.18
comes to the
law I am a Pharisee.
00:19:33.19\00:19:35.44
If you want to know
how zealous I've been,
00:19:35.70\00:19:37.75
I persecuted the
Church, when it came to the
00:19:38.08\00:19:40.55
righteousness
which is in the law I was
00:19:40.56\00:19:43.87
blameless. Now, I
don't know, if you can say,
00:19:44.24\00:19:47.81
when it comes to
the righteousness as
00:19:48.10\00:19:51.17
contained in the
law, when it comes to the
00:19:51.18\00:19:53.22
ideals and biblical
teachings and principles
00:19:54.46\00:19:57.61
as held by the
Church I am blameless,
00:19:57.84\00:20:01.54
if you tell me you
are, well I'll tell you,
00:20:02.04\00:20:03.43
you're kidding
yourself, but Paul was able to
00:20:03.44\00:20:05.22
say that he was
blameless, that's a
00:20:05.23\00:20:09.48
righteous character,
but then he went onto
00:20:09.66\00:20:13.25
say this: Yea doubtless,
and I count all things
00:20:13.26\00:20:17.64
but what? Loss for
the Excellency of the
00:20:17.65\00:20:22.00
knowledge of
Christ Jesus my Lord:
00:20:22.01\00:20:24.12
for whom I have
suffered the loss of all things.
00:20:24.38\00:20:27.14
And notice he says:
And I do count them but
00:20:27.23\00:20:30.04
dung. That's,
that's graphic I know,
00:20:30.34\00:20:33.27
there are some
versions they put it politely
00:20:33.28\00:20:34.88
and say, refuse. I
count them as refuse that
00:20:34.89\00:20:38.69
I might win Christ.
Now, it's like somebody
00:20:38.70\00:20:44.32
saying, my family has
been in the Church for
00:20:44.33\00:20:46.56
five generations.
My father was a pastor,
00:20:46.57\00:20:49.39
my grandfather was a pastor,
00:20:49.40\00:20:51.23
I've got uncles and
aunts, who sailed the seas
00:20:51.24\00:20:53.59
as missionaries,
serving the Church in far
00:20:53.60\00:20:55.58
flung parts of
the world. I eat ripe,
00:20:55.59\00:20:58.69
I tithe, I go to
Church when the Lord says
00:20:59.94\00:21:04.64
in the Bible I
ought to go to Church,
00:21:04.65\00:21:06.87
if the Church
teaches it, I am for it,
00:21:07.21\00:21:11.83
that's the kind of
attitude that Paul was
00:21:11.84\00:21:13.44
talking about here.
Now, that's not to say
00:21:13.45\00:21:15.31
that those things
are bad things, those are
00:21:15.32\00:21:17.30
good Paul's lineage
was an advantage to him.
00:21:17.31\00:21:22.08
He grew up with rich traditions.
00:21:22.59\00:21:25.48
He grew up with solid teachings.
00:21:25.78\00:21:28.42
He grew up
surrounded like he was an
00:21:28.63\00:21:31.71
incubator of the
Church of his day.
00:21:32.04\00:21:34.35
Paul had some
advantages down there,
00:21:34.57\00:21:37.03
but he recognized something.
00:21:37.33\00:21:39.25
He recognized that
when it came to being
00:21:39.88\00:21:41.43
righteous. All the
goodness that a man or
00:21:41.44\00:21:45.15
woman can conjure
up isn't worth a thing.
00:21:45.16\00:21:52.07
And it wouldn't hurt
us to think about that
00:21:53.56\00:21:55.24
for a moment because
there are people still,
00:21:55.25\00:21:56.94
still, who assume
that because they go to
00:21:56.95\00:22:00.81
Church every
week, because they don't
00:22:00.82\00:22:05.67
commit adultery,
because they don't cheat,
00:22:05.90\00:22:08.50
a text time, they
think that that they got
00:22:09.63\00:22:13.28
to be righteous
because they went to Church
00:22:13.29\00:22:15.50
school, went to a
Church University,
00:22:15.51\00:22:19.23
you would be
surprised how pervasive this
00:22:19.41\00:22:21.15
idea was? I grew
up in the system,
00:22:21.16\00:22:23.00
system not going to
save you, hasn't ever
00:22:24.15\00:22:27.37
saved anybody,
they're as good as Pharisees,
00:22:27.38\00:22:30.91
when they rely on
this stuff? Lots of outward
00:22:31.00\00:22:34.29
observance, great
profession, the good
00:22:34.30\00:22:36.96
amount of
dedication to what indeed is a
00:22:36.97\00:22:40.20
good and perhaps a
just and godly cause,
00:22:40.21\00:22:43.45
but when you think
that because of all of that
00:22:44.80\00:22:47.09
you're gonna get
a leg up towards the
00:22:47.64\00:22:50.40
kingdom of heaven,
that's not how Paul
00:22:50.41\00:22:53.90
saw it. He said all
the attributes that I might
00:22:53.91\00:22:57.42
have considered
to contribute to my
00:22:57.43\00:22:59.81
righteousness, all
of the things that I
00:22:59.82\00:23:02.21
might have been
tempted to lean on in the
00:23:02.22\00:23:04.47
flesh and cause me
to think that maybe I'm
00:23:04.48\00:23:07.62
a little better or
right in the eyes of God.
00:23:07.63\00:23:09.68
Paul said, it's just
refuse, it's just dung.
00:23:09.69\00:23:12.41
Righteousness
involves an awful lot, it,
00:23:12.65\00:23:15.76
it's not just
saying the right words,
00:23:15.77\00:23:17.81
it's not just
making the right movements,
00:23:17.82\00:23:20.04
it's not just doing
the right things outwardly
00:23:20.05\00:23:22.82
that constitutes righteousness.
00:23:22.83\00:23:24.86
Now, there is no
question. You may have
00:23:25.25\00:23:26.73
heard they said,
righteousness is right
00:23:26.74\00:23:29.33
doing, now that's
right, that's right,
00:23:29.34\00:23:32.35
but if you focus on
the doing in order to be
00:23:32.71\00:23:34.75
right, you'll
never be righteous.
00:23:34.91\00:23:36.54
Right doing can only
come from right being.
00:23:36.77\00:23:41.55
Amen. And the
sanctuary, that's helps
00:23:41.56\00:23:44.36
us understand how in
the eyes of God we can
00:23:44.37\00:23:48.15
be right. Paul tells us
explicitly in his letter
00:23:48.48\00:23:54.59
to the Philippians.
That what we need is not
00:23:54.60\00:23:57.36
our own righteousness,
but and you got to
00:23:57.37\00:24:00.26
try to get your head around us,
00:24:00.27\00:24:01.64
what we need is the
righteousness of God.
00:24:01.90\00:24:05.27
Now, you start
talking like this and you can
00:24:07.27\00:24:10.43
make people
nervous. The righteousness
00:24:10.44\00:24:13.67
of God is some pretty
righteous righteousness.
00:24:13.68\00:24:17.81
Do you think we could
call this righteousness
00:24:18.97\00:24:20.74
that Paul was
talking about complete
00:24:20.75\00:24:22.49
righteousness?
Could we call it that?
00:24:22.50\00:24:24.60
I, I hope we can
because it's God's
00:24:25.65\00:24:27.16
righteousness of
it's incomplete and God
00:24:27.17\00:24:29.61
got some issues. Do
you think we could call
00:24:29.62\00:24:32.10
God's righteousness
perfect righteousness?
00:24:32.11\00:24:34.91
Yes or no? Yes. No question.
00:24:34.92\00:24:36.69
God's
righteousness would be perfect
00:24:37.13\00:24:39.37
righteousness. And
what Paul is telling us is
00:24:39.66\00:24:42.90
that we ought to have perfect
00:24:42.91\00:24:45.71
righteousness,
complete righteousness,
00:24:45.72\00:24:49.29
God's righteousness.
Now, that might be
00:24:49.90\00:24:53.84
intimidating, if
you would have take a
00:24:53.85\00:24:56.93
little violent think
about your wickedness
00:24:56.94\00:25:00.70
and your sinfulness.
Let me digress you for a
00:25:00.94\00:25:04.15
moment. Did you way
that here it said that
00:25:04.16\00:25:07.18
the biggest battle
we ever have to fight
00:25:07.19\00:25:09.10
is the battle
against self? Did you ever
00:25:09.11\00:25:10.97
hear that's it? Let,
let me define that for you.
00:25:10.98\00:25:13.64
That might be, that
might be driving pass
00:25:14.14\00:25:17.89
McDonalds and
saying, I can't go by without
00:25:17.90\00:25:20.71
getting a quarter
pounder with cheese,
00:25:20.72\00:25:22.82
I have to do it. That might be,
00:25:23.45\00:25:26.25
that that might be
self, right? I, I know I
00:25:29.96\00:25:35.24
shouldn't eat that
big bucket load of M&Ms,
00:25:35.25\00:25:38.01
but I can't help
it. I have to have them.
00:25:38.02\00:25:41.31
That might be self,
right? Sure it might.
00:25:42.63\00:25:44.75
It might be sitting
at the table and someone
00:25:45.00\00:25:46.70
says, I'm gonna
reach over and take the
00:25:46.71\00:25:48.11
last crop of corn and you say,
00:25:48.12\00:25:50.19
no you won't.
And you grab and say,
00:25:50.48\00:25:51.89
I got it. That might be
self, could that be self?
00:25:52.64\00:25:57.10
Could you call it
that? Could you call that
00:25:57.24\00:25:58.66
self? Sure, you
could, you could that would
00:25:58.67\00:26:01.53
be okay. But let
me come at this from
00:26:01.54\00:26:03.63
another angle, if
you're sitting around be
00:26:03.64\00:26:06.36
molding your
spiritual lack and you were
00:26:06.37\00:26:08.90
saying, God couldn't love me.
00:26:08.91\00:26:11.16
I'm gonna tell
you what you've got.
00:26:11.17\00:26:12.31
You've got a problem with self.
00:26:12.32\00:26:14.10
If you're saying,
I'm too sinful to go to
00:26:15.05\00:26:17.10
heaven, then you've
got a problem with self,
00:26:17.11\00:26:19.26
you've got a
problem way worse then
00:26:19.55\00:26:21.42
somebody who lies
awake at night dreaming
00:26:21.43\00:26:23.24
of a plateful of Spare
Ribs. You've got it way
00:26:23.25\00:26:25.54
worse than that. If
you're saying, well God
00:26:25.55\00:26:28.59
calls me to come,
but I fell into sin this
00:26:28.60\00:26:31.21
morning and so I
think I need to just go away
00:26:31.22\00:26:34.00
from God for a while
and I'll come to God,
00:26:34.01\00:26:36.44
that's just self-centeredness.
00:26:36.73\00:26:38.99
Because what you're
doing is you're looking
00:26:39.71\00:26:41.01
at yourself, your
own sin and you're saying
00:26:41.02\00:26:44.18
my sin is bigger than my savior.
00:26:44.30\00:26:48.39
You'll fixated on
self, when you're doing that?
00:26:48.49\00:26:51.12
When we ought to
be fixated on Jesus,
00:26:51.29\00:26:54.16
bigger than any
sin we can commit,
00:26:54.31\00:26:55.91
with grace that
abounds much more than the
00:26:56.13\00:26:58.35
sin that abounds
in our lives. I'm not
00:26:58.36\00:27:00.58
minimizing sin, don't
you think for a moment
00:27:00.59\00:27:02.50
I'm. Sin leads to
death, it brings separation
00:27:02.51\00:27:05.75
from God, God wants
it out of our lives,
00:27:05.76\00:27:08.70
but if you sit
around whole day worrying
00:27:09.84\00:27:11.30
about how bad you
are instead of praising
00:27:11.31\00:27:13.42
the Lord all day
for how good Jesus is?
00:27:13.43\00:27:15.36
You've got a major
self problem. Amen.
00:27:15.50\00:27:17.82
And it would be
good to get the victory.
00:27:18.15\00:27:20.68
Now, again I say, if
we talk about having the
00:27:21.57\00:27:23.83
righteousness of
God, some folks are gonna
00:27:23.84\00:27:26.46
get nervous because
it's very, very righteous,
00:27:26.47\00:27:29.77
righteousness. And of
course it's difficult to
00:27:29.78\00:27:32.55
imagine you
wouldn't even, you wouldn't
00:27:32.56\00:27:34.61
even want to use
those words, would you?
00:27:34.62\00:27:36.22
How you're doing today buddy?
00:27:36.63\00:27:37.69
I'm great. What
makes you so great?
00:27:37.70\00:27:39.48
I got the righteousness of God.
00:27:39.92\00:27:41.40
That would be a
hard thing to say in
00:27:43.90\00:27:45.28
conversation,
wouldn't it? That would be
00:27:45.29\00:27:47.09
difficult. It's hard
to imagine, but that's
00:27:47.10\00:27:49.98
exactly what Paul
said, we are after in
00:27:49.99\00:27:52.70
this world is not
self-righteousness,
00:27:52.71\00:27:54.86
not our own
righteousness, but the
00:27:55.00\00:27:56.71
righteousness of God.
Isaiah got it straight,
00:27:56.72\00:28:00.11
he said in Isaiah
64 and verse 8 that:
00:28:00.33\00:28:02.61
Our righteousness is as, what?
00:28:02.62\00:28:05.27
Filthy rags, we know that verse.
00:28:05.72\00:28:07.84
Our righteousness
is our as filthy rags.
00:28:08.49\00:28:12.35
We all fade as a
leave. Our inequities like
00:28:12.40\00:28:15.07
the wind have taken us away.
00:28:15.08\00:28:17.37
What you can come
up with in your best
00:28:17.61\00:28:19.84
efforts?
Nothingness, what God has?
00:28:19.85\00:28:22.65
Now, that's a different story.
00:28:23.00\00:28:25.11
I want you to
consider the crises that we
00:28:26.97\00:28:28.61
find ourselves in. I
know I've mentioned this
00:28:28.62\00:28:30.51
before in this
theater on, but I will
00:28:30.52\00:28:33.01
mention it again.
In the beginning we had
00:28:33.02\00:28:35.11
some righteousness grandparents,
00:28:35.12\00:28:36.71
Adam and Eve and they were okay.
00:28:37.06\00:28:39.10
They will make
perfect, they didn't have a
00:28:39.11\00:28:41.85
sin problem, it could
be said they, they didn't
00:28:41.86\00:28:44.43
need a savior to
save them from their sin
00:28:44.44\00:28:47.32
because they had never sinned.
00:28:47.65\00:28:49.08
They were made
right created perfect;
00:28:49.65\00:28:53.43
they were on face-to
-face terms with God.
00:28:54.33\00:28:57.30
They could dwell
in the presence of God
00:28:57.51\00:28:58.92
when God came in
all His full glory and
00:28:59.04\00:29:02.04
righteousness. They
didn't have to run in
00:29:02.05\00:29:03.94
high. They're not like
to people in Revelation
00:29:03.95\00:29:05.92
chapter 6. Who
see a lamb? A lamb and
00:29:05.93\00:29:09.07
instead of looking
at a lamb they call to
00:29:09.08\00:29:11.16
the mountains to fall on them.
00:29:11.17\00:29:12.42
No, Adam and Eve
could say, hey here God
00:29:12.61\00:29:14.91
coming, lets go. They
could go and communion
00:29:14.92\00:29:17.87
with God face-to-face,
but then they sinned,
00:29:17.88\00:29:20.65
their sin separated
them from God and then
00:29:21.79\00:29:24.15
they had children.
And their children were
00:29:24.53\00:29:28.07
born not with the
perfect righteousness
00:29:28.25\00:29:31.86
that Adam and Eve
were created with.
00:29:31.87\00:29:33.54
Their children were
born bent, they were
00:29:34.26\00:29:37.67
born tainted, they
were born touched by sin.
00:29:37.77\00:29:42.03
I'm not suggesting
they were born sinners.
00:29:42.14\00:29:45.52
Now, that's a different story,
00:29:45.91\00:29:47.15
I mean when I and,
and we're not gonna
00:29:47.16\00:29:48.31
play around
splitting hairs and fighting
00:29:48.32\00:29:50.56
about words Yea.
But when folks were born
00:29:50.57\00:29:54.69
after sin they
were, they were not in the
00:29:54.86\00:29:59.40
same standing as
Adam and Eve would,
00:29:59.63\00:30:02.10
they needed something,
00:30:02.21\00:30:04.48
they needed righteousness.
00:30:05.14\00:30:07.57
They were born bent
now; there were something
00:30:07.61\00:30:11.23
in them that
was gonna drive them
00:30:11.24\00:30:13.32
in a selfish direction.
Sin was going to occur
00:30:13.33\00:30:17.97
in their lives.
They needed some help.
00:30:17.98\00:30:20.82
Adam and Eve
could not say after sin,
00:30:22.87\00:30:25.21
God we're sorry and
from now on we're gonna
00:30:26.18\00:30:28.94
get it right,
we'll never sin again.
00:30:28.95\00:30:30.51
And then that that
wouldn't help because
00:30:30.52\00:30:33.02
the perfection had been broken.
00:30:33.03\00:30:34.40
They couldn't say, how
about if we never think
00:30:35.05\00:30:38.52
another bad thought,
never eat another piece
00:30:38.53\00:30:40.18
of food that we shouldn't eat.
00:30:40.19\00:30:41.25
How about if we never
talk to another snake?
00:30:41.26\00:30:43.18
Well that work okay.
It couldn't, I wonder,
00:30:43.49\00:30:46.93
if you've a broken something.
00:30:46.94\00:30:47.99
I know you have,
you broke a vase.
00:30:48.00\00:30:50.28
A vase is like vase, but better.
00:30:50.68\00:30:54.80
You broke a vase
and you scurried around
00:30:57.43\00:30:59.28
to get the pieces and
you put it back together.
00:30:59.29\00:31:01.11
It wasn't perfect again, was it?
00:31:01.97\00:31:03.64
No, there was a crack
or there was something
00:31:04.11\00:31:05.83
missing or if you
looked you knew where the
00:31:05.84\00:31:08.39
Super Glue had
gone, you could just tell.
00:31:08.40\00:31:11.19
It's floored now,
but that's not the best
00:31:11.69\00:31:14.37
example of that.
You could say maybe,
00:31:14.38\00:31:17.77
maybe the sin issue
that you have is a bit like
00:31:18.23\00:31:20.25
a computer that has a virus.
00:31:20.26\00:31:22.02
You say, well
we'll be careful about
00:31:23.12\00:31:24.95
what we run on our computer,
00:31:24.96\00:31:26.15
we'll be careful about
what websites we go to,
00:31:26.16\00:31:27.89
we won't open
any other, it's any,
00:31:27.90\00:31:29.25
any email
attachments that we can't be
00:31:29.26\00:31:31.35
certain about.
We'll get it fixed and
00:31:31.36\00:31:34.21
then we'll keep it straight.
00:31:34.22\00:31:35.19
That wouldn't be the
best example of this.
00:31:36.23\00:31:37.77
Maybe it's like somebody dying
00:31:39.90\00:31:41.43
and the doctor saying;
well if we tries real hard
00:31:41.44\00:31:43.83
maybe he'll be able
to drive himself home
00:31:43.84\00:31:46.11
from the mortuary. Now,
we're getting close to it.
00:31:46.12\00:31:50.42
See what Adam and
Eve sinned the nature
00:31:52.17\00:31:53.72
was fundamentally
changed. They now had
00:31:53.73\00:31:57.19
a flaw in nature
there was nothing perfect
00:31:57.20\00:32:00.76
about them anymore.
You see, they now had
00:32:00.77\00:32:04.51
a problem within,
which meant that they needed
00:32:04.52\00:32:08.25
help from above?
Amen. Something had to step
00:32:08.26\00:32:13.14
into their life now,
instead of righteousness.
00:32:13.15\00:32:15.96
Amen. They were wearing rags.
00:32:15.97\00:32:18.88
That's what happened
in the Garden of Eden,
00:32:21.44\00:32:23.20
perfect example.
When Adam and Eve find,
00:32:23.59\00:32:26.08
they figured out
what they've done,
00:32:26.09\00:32:27.21
they found
themselves unclothe not clothed
00:32:27.22\00:32:29.30
anymore, naked.
They said we outta do
00:32:29.31\00:32:30.97
something about
this, this is embarrassing.
00:32:30.98\00:32:32.70
So, they made
themselves some clothing,
00:32:33.00\00:32:34.61
they stitched some
fig leaves together
00:32:34.62\00:32:36.50
and God said, no
that, that's not gonna do.
00:32:36.51\00:32:40.44
You need something
else. You know friend,
00:32:41.58\00:32:46.31
when you wake up to
the fact that there's sin
00:32:48.62\00:32:50.33
in your life and you
say well I'll, I'll change
00:32:50.34\00:32:53.04
myself from now on.
Now, sure there needs
00:32:53.05\00:32:56.59
to be some changes,
but your changes cannot
00:32:56.60\00:32:59.15
bring you back into
right standing with God,
00:32:59.16\00:33:01.66
cannot do it. When
you wake up and you say
00:33:01.67\00:33:05.05
I got to, I got to
behave differently,
00:33:05.06\00:33:07.39
talk
differently, act differently,
00:33:07.40\00:33:08.66
dress differently.
Whatever the case might be
00:33:08.67\00:33:10.67
that might be right,
but your changes don't bring
00:33:10.68\00:33:14.40
you back to righteousness
in the sight of God.
00:33:14.41\00:33:16.77
It just doesn't
work. Adam and Eve's fig
00:33:17.19\00:33:21.16
leaves weren't going to
help them one little bit.
00:33:21.17\00:33:24.63
They weren't going
to be clothed until
00:33:24.99\00:33:27.70
God clothe them.
And He clothe them
00:33:28.15\00:33:32.31
there with skins.
Where those skins come from?
00:33:32.32\00:33:37.60
Animals, what
happened to those animals
00:33:38.77\00:33:41.70
that enabled them
to furnish clothing for
00:33:43.34\00:33:45.42
Adam and Eve? They
died and it can not
00:33:45.43\00:33:48.77
have been good,
but death of the animal
00:33:48.78\00:33:52.70
was necessary before
Adam and Eve could be
00:33:54.04\00:33:58.90
clothed and
acceptable in the Sight of God.
00:33:58.91\00:34:02.90
You see what we
have to understand today
00:34:04.56\00:34:06.59
is that the death of
Jesus is necessary before
00:34:06.60\00:34:12.39
unrighteous sinners
can be seen to be righteous
00:34:12.40\00:34:17.91
or acceptable in the
Sight of an Holy God.
00:34:17.92\00:34:22.51
Our own righteousness
cannot get it there,
00:34:24.13\00:34:26.70
Jeremiah asked a question,
00:34:28.39\00:34:30.02
can an Ethiopian
change the color of his skin?
00:34:30.66\00:34:33.38
Can a leopard
change his spots? You know,
00:34:34.07\00:34:38.51
the answer to those
questions obviously no,
00:34:38.92\00:34:40.96
you are not
gonna find a striped,
00:34:40.97\00:34:43.63
a striped
leopard. Not gonna do it,
00:34:44.94\00:34:48.72
if I stood before
you and said you know,
00:34:49.07\00:34:51.80
really I'm an
Ethiopian, but I had surgery
00:34:52.18\00:34:55.42
and now I'm the
whitest person in the world.
00:34:56.55\00:35:01.32
I don't know
anyone whiter than me.
00:35:01.73\00:35:02.93
I get sunburn in the
dark; I had to be careful
00:35:03.41\00:35:07.64
when there is a full
moon. Feels that way sometimes,
00:35:07.65\00:35:12.26
if I tell you I once
was black and now I'm white.
00:35:14.01\00:35:16.30
You're gonna say, oh!
That, that's really funny,
00:35:16.31\00:35:18.56
that's really it would,
it would be kind of silly,
00:35:19.02\00:35:20.63
really. It's just not
possible. Jesus goes on
00:35:20.64\00:35:24.39
and says through
the Prophet Jeremiah.
00:35:24.40\00:35:26.05
Neither can you do
good who is accustomed
00:35:26.74\00:35:30.82
to doing evil. Just
in the same way these
00:35:30.83\00:35:33.86
other things
are impossibilities,
00:35:33.87\00:35:35.56
so you evil
person becoming righteous
00:35:36.17\00:35:38.50
person not possible at all.
00:35:38.51\00:35:40.51
It's like when
Paul wrote to the Romans
00:35:40.79\00:35:42.82
and he said: There
was none that do with
00:35:42.83\00:35:45.34
good no, not one.
When my son was this big,
00:35:45.35\00:35:51.09
we were kneeling
down to pray one night
00:35:51.10\00:35:52.46
and I don't know, if,
if I said this in response
00:35:52.47\00:35:54.70
to him, but I said
listen, when you pray
00:35:54.71\00:35:57.06
don't ever pray
that Jesus will help you
00:35:58.01\00:36:02.72
to be good. Don't
ever pray that, never.
00:36:02.73\00:36:05.85
And from that day
to this and I say that
00:36:06.36\00:36:08.88
kindly now, from
that day to this I have
00:36:08.89\00:36:11.90
drilled it into my
kids never ever pray
00:36:11.91\00:36:15.57
that Jesus will
help you to be good,
00:36:15.94\00:36:18.70
don't do it. And
you know, why right?
00:36:19.28\00:36:21.33
If my kids pray
that prayer long enough
00:36:21.95\00:36:23.67
you know, what
they're gonna end up doing?
00:36:23.68\00:36:25.02
They're gonna end
up leaving the Church,
00:36:25.03\00:36:26.47
here's why?
Because they'll pray,
00:36:26.48\00:36:28.29
dear Jesus help me to
be good and then they'll
00:36:28.39\00:36:31.07
run out into the
world and they say.
00:36:31.08\00:36:32.32
Wow! That was a
failure and the next day
00:36:32.57\00:36:34.81
they're gonna said,
Oh! Lord help me to be good
00:36:34.82\00:36:37.09
and, and they're
gonna fall again and
00:36:37.39\00:36:38.71
then they say, well
the problem is I'm not
00:36:38.72\00:36:40.30
praying hard enough. So,
they'll pray for an hour,
00:36:40.31\00:36:42.46
help me to be
good, help me to be good
00:36:42.79\00:36:45.17
and then they'll
go out into the world
00:36:45.18\00:36:46.52
and crash and burn and
then they're gonna say,
00:36:46.53\00:36:49.12
this doesn't work. It
doesn't and it doesn't,
00:36:50.45\00:36:53.76
because we read in
the Bible there is none
00:36:53.77\00:36:56.41
that does good and,
if you are praying that
00:36:56.42\00:36:59.46
God will help you to
do good you are praying
00:36:59.47\00:37:01.86
a loosing
prayer. It won't happen.
00:37:01.87\00:37:05.54
You're praying an impossibility.
00:37:06.73\00:37:08.65
Jesus hasn't
asked us to be good.
00:37:09.03\00:37:11.75
Jesus has asked
us to be Holy. Amen.
00:37:12.55\00:37:16.80
When Christ
comes into your life,
00:37:16.81\00:37:18.78
He'll make you
Holy. And then when Jesus
00:37:18.79\00:37:21.71
lives His life in you,
His goodness is gonna be
00:37:21.72\00:37:24.74
manifest in your
life. You, you're not gonna
00:37:24.75\00:37:26.83
claim to be good,
you might claim to be
00:37:26.84\00:37:28.68
surrendered to the
Lord. You might claim to be
00:37:28.69\00:37:31.63
emptied of self and
filled with the Spirit
00:37:31.64\00:37:33.90
that's all right,
but if you're praying God
00:37:33.91\00:37:36.59
make me good, you
are praying in opposition
00:37:36.60\00:37:40.16
to the plainest
statements in the Bible.
00:37:40.42\00:37:43.19
Amen. No point praying
to be good it won't happen;
00:37:43.64\00:37:47.70
you can pray instead
of ask my children to do.
00:37:48.49\00:37:51.28
Pray that Jesus will
give you a new heart. Amen.
00:37:51.29\00:37:54.71
Pray that Christ will
recreate you in His image;
00:37:54.72\00:37:57.11
pray that Jesus will
live His life in you,
00:37:57.52\00:37:59.79
if Jesus is
living his life in you,
00:37:59.80\00:38:01.73
you can't be bad,
because Christ is living
00:38:01.74\00:38:06.70
His life in you.
What we need is Christ?
00:38:06.93\00:38:12.07
What we need is
Christ's righteousness?
00:38:12.49\00:38:15.31
Without the righteousness
that Jesus gives us
00:38:15.63\00:38:18.96
we are dirty, we are desperate,
00:38:18.97\00:38:21.99
we are decadent and we are dead,
00:38:22.00\00:38:25.27
spiritually dead. And
so, now let's consider
00:38:25.59\00:38:29.61
this in the light of
the heavenly sanctuary.
00:38:29.62\00:38:31.05
You will recall at one
day a diet reform preacher
00:38:31.44\00:38:34.12
wearing an
interesting outfit made from
00:38:34.79\00:38:37.44
camel's hair. Looked
into the crowd one day
00:38:37.45\00:38:40.26
and he saw
somebody that he recognized
00:38:40.27\00:38:41.77
and I don't know
that he'd ever seen him
00:38:41.78\00:38:43.31
face-to-face, but
you don't have to meet
00:38:43.32\00:38:45.03
Jesus
face-to-face to recognize him.
00:38:45.04\00:38:47.48
And he looked into
the crowd and he said:
00:38:48.28\00:38:49.72
Behold the Lamb
of God who takes away
00:38:49.73\00:38:52.64
the sins of the
world. Jesus, He could have
00:38:52.99\00:38:55.72
called them the
door; He could have called
00:38:55.73\00:38:57.47
him the way, the
truth and the life,
00:38:57.48\00:38:58.78
He could have
called them the Amen,
00:38:59.08\00:39:01.16
He could have called
them the bread instead
00:39:01.53\00:39:03.43
He said there is
the Lamb, the Lamb.
00:39:03.44\00:39:05.85
And He said that in a certain
00:39:06.07\00:39:07.59
sense prophetically.
In a certain sense
00:39:07.60\00:39:10.32
prophetically
because looking forward Jesus
00:39:10.33\00:39:13.36
the Lamb would die
on an old rugged cross.
00:39:13.37\00:39:17.34
He chose his
metaphor carefully quoting the
00:39:17.35\00:39:20.52
Prophet Isaiah who
said that he was oppressed
00:39:20.53\00:39:22.79
and he was
afflicted, yet he didn't even
00:39:22.80\00:39:24.61
open his mouth. He
was brought as a Lamb to
00:39:24.62\00:39:28.28
the slaughter and as
a sheep before a sheer
00:39:28.29\00:39:30.47
is dumb or mute. So,
he openeth not his mouth,
00:39:30.48\00:39:33.88
Isaiah 53 and verse
7. Isaiah said there he,
00:39:33.89\00:39:36.73
that's the one right there.
00:39:36.74\00:39:38.17
The Lamb, they
knew what Lambs did?
00:39:38.18\00:39:41.00
Lambs died, they understood,
00:39:41.44\00:39:44.39
Lambs were taken to the
temple and their throats
00:39:44.71\00:39:48.23
were slit from ear-to-ear.
00:39:48.24\00:39:50.29
And if you've never
seen that, you don't want to,
00:39:50.30\00:39:52.74
it's ugly blood flows
out of the open throat
00:39:52.75\00:39:56.40
of a Lamb and
gushes forth like a river.
00:39:56.41\00:39:58.75
It's awful, Jesus was
described by John Baptist
00:39:58.76\00:40:04.11
as the Lamb and
when was saying that
00:40:04.50\00:40:07.72
he was announcing,
ladies and gentleman
00:40:07.73\00:40:09.14
I bring to you
the true sacrifice,
00:40:09.47\00:40:12.65
the great sacrifice,
the one who will pay the
00:40:12.66\00:40:16.41
ultimate price for
the sins of the world.
00:40:16.42\00:40:18.22
Writing to the
Hebrews the writer said,
00:40:18.28\00:40:20.15
sacrifices couldn't
make the people who brought
00:40:20.16\00:40:22.68
them pure, the only
thing that could make sinners
00:40:22.69\00:40:25.32
pure would be the
blood of Jesus Christ. Amen.
00:40:25.33\00:40:29.74
Jesus the Lamb,
come with me to Calvary.
00:40:30.26\00:40:33.43
Calvary is out in an
open space not on a hill,
00:40:34.82\00:40:37.53
it's out in an open space.
00:40:37.54\00:40:38.88
Everyday there was a Calvary;
00:40:40.65\00:40:42.16
Israel was camped
around the sanctuary
00:40:43.36\00:40:46.58
in this middle
place. There was an area
00:40:48.94\00:40:50.94
you had to walk across
an open piece of the field
00:40:50.95\00:40:53.72
or ground to get to
the sanctuary and inside
00:40:53.73\00:40:58.36
that sanctuary
enclosure in the courtyard.
00:40:58.37\00:41:00.48
It was an alter there
and there was an alter
00:41:01.71\00:41:04.15
of burnt offering and
near that alter animals
00:41:04.16\00:41:08.73
of all kinds not
just Lambs, but animals
00:41:08.74\00:41:11.05
were sacrificed and
given and offered up
00:41:11.06\00:41:16.13
out in the
courtyard. There was an alter
00:41:18.22\00:41:21.00
and we could name
that alter Calvary.
00:41:21.01\00:41:24.57
You know, you
know what's interesting
00:41:25.16\00:41:26.33
and let me say this, I
will probably come back
00:41:26.34\00:41:28.58
to this in a later presentation
00:41:28.59\00:41:30.19
Jesus death on the
Cross was pre-figured out
00:41:31.52\00:41:33.84
there in the
courtyard that alter,
00:41:33.85\00:41:35.10
isn't that right?
Jesus death on the Cross
00:41:35.11\00:41:38.12
was pre-figured out
on that alter where the,
00:41:38.47\00:41:41.56
where the
animals died right there.
00:41:41.57\00:41:42.92
You know, what was interesting?
00:41:43.94\00:41:44.93
And maybe this is out
of context a little bit,
00:41:46.25\00:41:48.16
but I'll say it
anyway. Jesus died,
00:41:48.17\00:41:51.47
the Lamb died. Now,
what if the sinner had
00:41:51.48\00:41:55.40
come down to the sanctuary,
00:41:55.41\00:41:56.55
killed the Lamb and
said, great I'm out of here
00:41:56.90\00:41:59.25
and just left and
nothing more happened.
00:41:59.26\00:42:01.82
That sacrifice
wouldn't have helped him.
00:42:02.22\00:42:04.01
The Lamb would die, the
blood needed to be taken
00:42:05.50\00:42:09.13
inside the sanctuary
for the death of the Lamb
00:42:09.46\00:42:13.30
to be worth anything.
You know, if you don't
00:42:13.31\00:42:17.01
have a Savior, who's
ministering his blood
00:42:17.02\00:42:18.76
for you in heaven's
sanctuary then frankly
00:42:18.77\00:42:21.09
you have a worthless
Savior. That's the truth,
00:42:21.10\00:42:23.73
Jesus could have died
on a thousand crosses,
00:42:24.26\00:42:26.47
yet if He never
ministered the blood
00:42:26.80\00:42:28.57
in the sanctuary, the
sacrifice on the Cross
00:42:28.58\00:42:30.89
wouldn't be enough.
Now, I know I just opened
00:42:31.23\00:42:34.14
myself up there to
be really misunderstood,
00:42:34.15\00:42:36.10
but in the
sanctuary service the death
00:42:36.93\00:42:39.26
of the Lamb was a
sufficient sacrifice,
00:42:39.27\00:42:43.33
but the blood of the Lamb
then had to be ministered.
00:42:45.09\00:42:47.48
When Jesus died on
the old rugged Cross that
00:42:48.09\00:42:51.65
was a complete
and perfect sacrifice,
00:42:51.66\00:42:55.15
but there was blood that
still had to be ministered
00:42:55.16\00:42:57.90
in the sanctuary.
Jesus died out there on
00:42:57.91\00:43:01.91
the Cross, recognized
at the, at the sanctuary
00:43:01.92\00:43:08.27
where the animal died.
You see before the sinner
00:43:08.69\00:43:12.66
could get anywhere in
the plan of salvation,
00:43:12.67\00:43:15.13
they had to be death.
What if there was no Lamb,
00:43:15.14\00:43:18.94
what if there was
no animal sacrifice?
00:43:18.95\00:43:20.89
What if God had
said, you figure out how
00:43:20.90\00:43:23.74
to make your way into
the throne room of God?
00:43:23.75\00:43:25.92
The sinners would
have been desperate without
00:43:26.12\00:43:28.95
hope in the world.
There would have been
00:43:28.96\00:43:31.38
nothing for them to do
and no way for them to go,
00:43:31.39\00:43:34.21
there had to be a
Lamb, there had to
00:43:34.22\00:43:39.56
be a sacrifice. We
look at the sanctuary
00:43:39.57\00:43:42.67
and its parade, if
I can use that word of
00:43:43.00\00:43:45.34
sacrifices and
animals and, and blood that
00:43:45.35\00:43:48.25
flowed and
sacrifice-after-sacrifice
00:43:48.26\00:43:51.68
without those sacrifices.
There was no way at all
00:43:52.06\00:43:56.97
into the
presence of Almighty God.
00:43:56.98\00:43:59.12
You couldn't come
down to the sanctuary
00:43:59.51\00:44:01.67
and do a deal with
the priest and say,
00:44:01.68\00:44:03.18
I've been good this
week, I've been giving
00:44:03.19\00:44:07.17
money to the poor;
I've been helping little
00:44:08.01\00:44:10.35
old ladies to cross the
street, I've been running
00:44:10.36\00:44:12.80
errands for people,
I've been volunteering,
00:44:12.81\00:44:15.18
I've been helping out of the
00:44:15.59\00:44:16.59
Church Community
Center. The priest would look at
00:44:16.60\00:44:18.76
you like you are
not, he would say,
00:44:18.77\00:44:20.51
this is nothing man,
where's the Lamb? Amen.
00:44:20.52\00:44:24.37
And when it comes to
our relationship with God,
00:44:25.27\00:44:27.15
you can do it all,
you can be from the Tribe
00:44:27.16\00:44:30.25
of Benjamin,
circumcised on the right day
00:44:30.26\00:44:33.17
of Pharisee, zealous,
persecuting the Church
00:44:33.18\00:44:36.77
and God will say,
I'm not recommending
00:44:36.78\00:44:39.43
persecuting a Church by the way.
00:44:39.44\00:44:40.76
And God will
say, well that's fine,
00:44:40.77\00:44:42.81
where is the
Lamb? Where is the Lamb?
00:44:44.04\00:44:46.90
All our goodness
amongst are nothing,
00:44:47.54\00:44:50.17
God's question
is where's the Lamb?
00:44:50.49\00:44:53.33
Abraham took his
Son up to the hillside
00:44:53.66\00:44:55.94
you know, you know,
the most amazing thing
00:44:56.22\00:44:57.51
about that story.
God speaks to Abraham,
00:44:57.52\00:44:59.78
he says Abraham, I
want you take your son
00:44:59.79\00:45:01.89
then God rubs it in
there. Take your son,
00:45:01.90\00:45:04.74
your only son, God
had the knife stuck
00:45:06.07\00:45:08.75
and then he twisted
it, he said whom you love?
00:45:08.76\00:45:11.42
Amen. And
Abraham he is gonna ah!
00:45:11.43\00:45:14.17
That hurts, and take
him up there and offer him
00:45:14.88\00:45:18.76
as a burnt offering.
And so, Abraham takes
00:45:18.77\00:45:22.00
the boy and you
think, Abraham is a hero
00:45:22.01\00:45:25.39
for taking the boy. I
think the boy is a hero
00:45:25.81\00:45:29.35
for going along with his dad.
00:45:29.70\00:45:30.89
Amen, amen. How old is that kid?
00:45:30.90\00:45:34.33
Sixteen, 17, 18
years old and Dad said,
00:45:34.34\00:45:37.35
boy I have
something to explain to you.
00:45:37.72\00:45:40.64
God spoke to me and he
said, I have to kill you.
00:45:42.26\00:45:47.55
My recommendation, this
is just my recommendation.
00:45:50.99\00:45:53.13
If there are any
16 or 17 year old boys
00:45:54.84\00:45:56.80
and your dad ever
says that to you, I would,
00:45:57.65\00:46:00.57
I would seek a second opinion.
00:46:00.58\00:46:02.26
I just, I absolutely
would, I would. Isaac says,
00:46:02.97\00:46:08.82
alright, where
do I lay? Give me,
00:46:09.37\00:46:12.86
I mean we know
the, we know the story.
00:46:12.87\00:46:15.52
Here's the wood and
all, but where is the Lamb?
00:46:15.53\00:46:17.68
Isaac said, I'm willing
that just knocks me out.
00:46:19.07\00:46:23.39
He said, dad I'm
willing for you to go through
00:46:23.84\00:46:25.56
with that. Amen. You know what?
00:46:25.57\00:46:27.57
You know what it says
to me? If you want to say
00:46:27.58\00:46:29.45
to this father, it
says Abraham must have been
00:46:29.46\00:46:32.68
such a Godly father.
Amen. Isaac must have
00:46:32.69\00:46:37.48
known that his
dad was the real deal,
00:46:37.49\00:46:40.49
so that when dad
said, boy I know this might
00:46:41.33\00:46:44.37
sound strange to
you, but God told me.
00:46:44.38\00:46:46.43
The son said, well
that makes sense to me
00:46:46.44\00:46:48.08
because I know you
and God are mighty close.
00:46:48.09\00:46:49.78
Amen.
Unbelievable, here's the wood,
00:46:50.43\00:46:53.25
but where's the
Lamb? That's the question
00:46:53.26\00:46:57.37
God says to us
where is the Lamb?
00:46:57.38\00:47:00.53
Oh! Friend, where
would we be without the Lamb?
00:47:00.54\00:47:03.60
Amen. We'd have
nothing, we'd be without hope.
00:47:04.04\00:47:07.35
This life would be miserable,
00:47:07.77\00:47:09.96
if we didn't have the
Lamb. Jesus the light,
00:47:10.34\00:47:15.16
I've seen them, I've seen them.
00:47:16.29\00:47:17.52
That little potter,
they don't bleed anymore,
00:47:17.53\00:47:21.10
they twitch a little
bit and then they bleed
00:47:22.70\00:47:24.42
like mad dead. And
Jesus, the Lamb slain
00:47:24.43\00:47:29.96
from the foundation
of the world carried the
00:47:30.28\00:47:32.92
wood himself as far
as he could before Simon
00:47:32.93\00:47:35.62
was a, was enlisted to
help out. God up there,
00:47:35.63\00:47:40.32
at the top of
Calvary and he didn't put up
00:47:40.33\00:47:42.41
a fight Bible says,
he laid down his life.
00:47:42.42\00:47:46.86
I imagine Jesus
laying down on a Cross moving
00:47:46.87\00:47:49.62
His hand over and
looking up with the
00:47:49.63\00:47:50.87
Roman soldier
with the mallet and
00:47:50.88\00:47:52.86
the nails and say, is
this way you'd like my hand?
00:47:52.87\00:47:55.37
Have I got this
one in the right place?
00:47:56.63\00:47:58.37
He didn't fight, he submitted,
00:47:58.72\00:48:01.95
he surrendered, he
laid down His life.
00:48:01.96\00:48:05.47
Why in the world would
Jesus who made the cosmos?
00:48:05.91\00:48:10.05
Jesus who spoke and
the Milky Way appeared.
00:48:10.40\00:48:12.99
Did you know
there are billions of
00:48:13.31\00:48:15.02
galaxies out
there? I can't even get my
00:48:15.03\00:48:16.70
head around there.
Our galaxy is 200 million
00:48:16.71\00:48:18.95
light years across, if
you travel the 186 thousand
00:48:18.96\00:48:22.03
miles a second for,
for 200 million years.
00:48:22.04\00:48:25.29
That's not isn't
it? That's just one that
00:48:26.81\00:48:28.83
Jesus made, He
made billions. Amen.
00:48:28.84\00:48:32.31
And after He had
made billions of galaxies.
00:48:32.32\00:48:35.20
He came down to this
tiny little infinitesimally
00:48:35.21\00:48:39.66
small corner of the
galaxy 'cause a couple
00:48:39.67\00:48:41.95
of people had sinned, if was me,
00:48:41.96\00:48:43.54
I'd have said, start
again. I made them like
00:48:43.83\00:48:47.36
that I can make
more, but Jesus said,
00:48:47.37\00:48:51.62
oh! No, no I can't
do that, I understand
00:48:51.63\00:48:54.18
they were big issues
to take, the honor of God,
00:48:54.19\00:48:56.21
the character of God,
Satan making accusations
00:48:56.22\00:48:59.24
about God. God said
we'll show everything
00:48:59.25\00:49:01.37
Jesus came to this
teeny, tiny place and laid down
00:49:01.76\00:49:06.10
His life, so that
you and I might live
00:49:06.11\00:49:08.67
and not die. Amen.
Doesn't make sense to me?
00:49:08.68\00:49:13.61
The only way it can
make sense is when I read
00:49:14.96\00:49:16.53
the Bible and it
says, God so loved the world
00:49:16.54\00:49:19.64
that He gave us
only begotten Son
00:49:19.97\00:49:21.47
and I look at Calvary
and say, if that's what
00:49:21.83\00:49:23.73
love looks like.
Wow! Jesus gave all.
00:49:23.74\00:49:31.45
And out there that
alter of burnt offering.
00:49:33.80\00:49:35.64
The sacrifices
offered out there signified
00:49:39.02\00:49:41.85
not only Christ's
sacrifice primarily,
00:49:42.43\00:49:44.90
but secondarily us.
The rabbis used to teach
00:49:45.41\00:49:49.68
that when the
sinner brought the Lamb,
00:49:50.39\00:49:52.23
he was in a very real
sense bringing himself.
00:49:52.75\00:49:55.45
Amen. And he was
giving himself to die.
00:49:55.83\00:49:58.66
You know in figure,
so down there when the
00:49:58.67\00:50:03.10
offering was given,
this is representative
00:50:03.11\00:50:05.18
of the idea that
we give ourselves.
00:50:05.19\00:50:07.87
So, Jesus died how
do I, how do I benefit
00:50:09.06\00:50:11.70
from there. You know
something when it comes
00:50:11.71\00:50:18.25
to Christianity and
I hope I don't come up
00:50:18.26\00:50:20.44
wrong when I say
this? You can't really be
00:50:20.45\00:50:23.59
in until you're all
in. Amen. That's just
00:50:23.60\00:50:25.83
the truth, isn't
that right? Amen.
00:50:25.84\00:50:27.83
You've heard that all
saying, it's been said
00:50:27.84\00:50:29.26
a million times Jesus
isn't Lord at all until
00:50:29.27\00:50:32.84
he is Lord of all.
And that's true isn't it?
00:50:32.85\00:50:35.83
That's absolutely
true, that burnt offering.
00:50:36.29\00:50:38.88
Now, what's interesting
about the burnt offering,
00:50:38.89\00:50:40.76
it was given willingly,
it was a, you don't have
00:50:41.13\00:50:44.11
to bring it, no
one said, you have to.
00:50:44.12\00:50:45.92
It was a free will
offering if you please.
00:50:46.28\00:50:48.81
And that person
brought that, burnt offerings
00:50:50.28\00:50:52.53
were given for about
seven different reasons,
00:50:52.58\00:50:54.21
but one reason
and I, I want to say a
00:50:54.22\00:50:56.47
primary reason was
to show consecration
00:50:56.48\00:50:59.33
and total consecration to God.
00:50:59.34\00:51:00.76
The offering was
given and burned up.
00:51:02.14\00:51:06.21
The Hebrew name for
that sacrifice was "Olah,"
00:51:06.72\00:51:08.94
not as an Olah, but
Olah, the word means
00:51:10.78\00:51:14.84
to cause to a sin,
the idea of an offering
00:51:14.85\00:51:17.79
that reaches up to
God. Now, when the Greeks
00:51:17.80\00:51:20.44
translated, this Olah
was translated into Greek.
00:51:21.02\00:51:23.14
The word used was "Holocausta."
00:51:23.15\00:51:26.04
In fact, if you
read the do 8 version
00:51:28.15\00:51:29.93
of the Bible or
a Jerusalem Bible;
00:51:29.94\00:51:31.39
you'll read for
the word burnt offered.
00:51:31.40\00:51:33.03
It would just say holocaust.
00:51:33.04\00:51:34.18
And all into recent
history that, that's,
00:51:35.35\00:51:37.49
that's a jarring
way to describe this
00:51:37.89\00:51:40.63
burnt offering,
all given, all consumed
00:51:40.64\00:51:44.96
totally given.
The burnt offerings
00:51:46.80\00:51:49.53
were offered daily,
morning and evening.
00:51:49.54\00:51:51.30
God we are
consecrating ourselves to You.
00:51:51.68\00:51:54.39
We are giving ourselves to You.
00:51:54.40\00:51:57.87
The burnt
offering was given totally;
00:51:59.01\00:52:01.57
the burnt offering
was burnt completely.
00:52:01.58\00:52:04.32
This says, when we come to God
00:52:04.67\00:52:06.35
and consecrate ourselves
we're, we're not to hold
00:52:06.36\00:52:08.75
something back. Now,
listen if you're growing
00:52:08.76\00:52:11.02
in your faith, if
you can be honest enough
00:52:11.03\00:52:14.83
to admit you're not
a spiritual superman.
00:52:14.84\00:52:16.79
You say, well I'm
just the spiritual,
00:52:16.80\00:52:18.54
I'm, I'm just
growing that's alright.
00:52:19.35\00:52:21.27
We're not, we're
not worrying today about
00:52:22.82\00:52:24.32
where we're not
yet, we're thankful that
00:52:24.76\00:52:26.69
where we are
because Jesus is growing us
00:52:26.70\00:52:29.34
and guiding us. Can I
say it like that? Amen.
00:52:29.35\00:52:31.91
I don't want
anybody being discouraged,
00:52:31.92\00:52:33.21
but what God asks is
that we give ourselves
00:52:33.22\00:52:35.91
to Him completely, completely.
00:52:35.92\00:52:40.50
Lord take
everything that I've got.
00:52:41.28\00:52:44.38
There's no point
saying, well Lord I'll give you
00:52:45.33\00:52:47.28
a little and hold back
a lot. I'll give you some,
00:52:47.29\00:52:49.71
but I won't give you
most. I'll give you most,
00:52:49.72\00:52:51.59
but I won't give you
all. God is saying when
00:52:51.60\00:52:55.24
we look into the
sanctuary, these offerings
00:52:55.25\00:52:57.94
were given totally.
Penitent sinners brought
00:52:57.95\00:53:01.42
their offerings and
there were a variety
00:53:01.43\00:53:03.20
of different
offerings off course.
00:53:03.21\00:53:04.32
Burnt offerings
were totally consumed,
00:53:04.94\00:53:07.95
it's as though we
come to God and say,
00:53:07.96\00:53:10.38
Lord consume me
totally and completely.
00:53:10.39\00:53:16.11
Which says to me
that as a Christian
00:53:17.63\00:53:19.57
and again I've got
to be hood carefully
00:53:19.58\00:53:21.93
as you're gonna
think that I'm, I'm
00:53:21.94\00:53:23.39
I'm pussyfooting
here. Before you worry about
00:53:23.40\00:53:29.84
behavioral
issues, can I say that?
00:53:30.39\00:53:32.85
First thing is get
your attitude right.
00:53:33.92\00:53:36.10
Amen. Lord take all of me.
00:53:36.11\00:53:38.55
Now, I might
not be complete yet.
00:53:39.71\00:53:41.55
There might be
difficulty here and a stumbling
00:53:41.56\00:53:44.68
block there and
a weakness there,
00:53:44.69\00:53:46.56
but Lord please take
all of me and if you take
00:53:46.98\00:53:51.16
all of me, you'll
complete all of me and
00:53:51.17\00:53:54.04
with Christ in my
life. I will have his
00:53:54.05\00:53:58.91
righteousness and
that's gonna be enough
00:53:58.92\00:54:01.25
for you Lord. Amen.
The one who came to God
00:54:01.63\00:54:05.63
with a burned
offering say, Lord I've got
00:54:05.64\00:54:09.34
to be all yours. And you know,
00:54:09.35\00:54:12.57
you know what I
agree, what I don't read
00:54:12.58\00:54:14.45
in the Bible. I
don't read about God saying
00:54:14.46\00:54:19.86
to a penitent
sinner. I don't, I don't want
00:54:19.87\00:54:22.91
your offering,
you're not righteous enough
00:54:22.92\00:54:25.86
for me. Isn't it
good to know that you can
00:54:25.87\00:54:29.93
turn up by faith
to heaven's sanctuary
00:54:29.94\00:54:31.96
and say I'm here?
And know that doesn't
00:54:31.97\00:54:34.56
say oh! Not you're
again. God doesn't say
00:54:34.57\00:54:37.89
you're not good enough for me,
00:54:37.90\00:54:39.06
God says you are welcome. Amen.
00:54:39.70\00:54:42.10
I will take your
heart. Amen. There is a story
00:54:42.11\00:54:45.51
and it's told and that
I think the eight chapter
00:54:45.52\00:54:47.50
of Luke, it come
to Jesus they say,
00:54:47.51\00:54:51.20
Lord, there's a
centurion here and
00:54:51.21\00:54:53.95
he has a sick servant
and he wishes that you
00:54:53.96\00:54:57.27
would go down to his
house and heal the servant.
00:54:57.28\00:55:00.67
And we are
recommending that you do that
00:55:00.91\00:55:02.75
because after all
he's given a whole bunch
00:55:02.76\00:55:04.25
of money to the
Church and he helped us build
00:55:04.26\00:55:06.19
the synagogue,
they said he is worthy.
00:55:06.20\00:55:09.15
That's his words or their words.
00:55:09.16\00:55:11.29
The centurion sends a
message on the other hand.
00:55:14.06\00:55:16.28
He says, Lord, do
not come to my house
00:55:16.29\00:55:19.49
for I'm not worthy.
What's going on here,
00:55:20.15\00:55:25.66
one group says
he's worthy another and
00:55:26.30\00:55:28.17
the man himself says he is not.
00:55:28.18\00:55:29.34
Maybe they don't
have their story lined up.
00:55:29.74\00:55:32.11
The man said, I know
all you need to do is say
00:55:34.63\00:55:36.66
the word and my
servant will be healed.
00:55:36.67\00:55:38.11
Jesus said, now
that's faith, I've never seen
00:55:38.12\00:55:39.89
faith like that
before that's faith.
00:55:39.90\00:55:41.76
And the brother's
servant was healed not because
00:55:43.63\00:55:46.03
of his worthiness
because he was right,
00:55:46.04\00:55:49.33
he was
unworthy. Do you know what
00:55:49.34\00:55:51.46
I read in a book?
A little book called
00:55:51.47\00:55:53.54
Steps to
Christ, a powerful book.
00:55:53.55\00:55:55.45
The book said, our
great need is itself
00:55:56.12\00:56:00.50
an argument. And
please most eloquently
00:56:00.51\00:56:03.01
in our behalf. Amen.
You know what says to me,
00:56:03.02\00:56:05.74
if you've got a need
and you recognize that
00:56:06.17\00:56:09.06
need and you press
that need up against
00:56:09.07\00:56:11.95
God's throne. God will
say, yes I will press you,
00:56:11.96\00:56:15.66
yes I will help you,
yes I will restore you
00:56:15.98\00:56:19.46
and if you come
to God saying Lord as
00:56:19.47\00:56:21.37
unworthy is I am I
trust in the worthiness
00:56:21.38\00:56:25.35
of the Lamb. God
says, you thank you I will
00:56:25.36\00:56:28.91
take your sin and
give you my righteousness.
00:56:28.92\00:56:31.79
Amen. Tonight
we're gonna have the
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righteousness of God, tonight?
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Isn't that something?
Not as a cloak for sin,
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God will remove our
sin and clothe us with
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His own righteousness.
Without it there's no
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heaven for us,
without it there's no eternal
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life for us, but with
it stretching before us
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eternity and all
of its blessings and
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the greatest blessing
that we might be forever
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in the presence of
Almighty God. Amen.
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Let us pray briefly,
oh! Father in heaven,
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we thank you that
the sanctuary service
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with its sacrifices teaches us,
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our righteousness
just won't cut it,
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but we need the
righteousness of the Lamb.
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We ask for it yea
verily we claim it,
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we believe in it now tonight.
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We thank You
that You would give us
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Your righteousness and
we pray in Jesus name, amen.
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I'm so glad you joined
us, may God richly bless you.
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