Hello, friends, and welcome
to another A Sharper Focus.
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The one stop shopping for
Wednesday night prayer meeting.
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Can you all say
amen to that? Amen.
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You know, we've continued
our study in the word of God
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on how to live
a victorious life.
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How to live a spiritual
life in a natural body,
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which is the only one
we have is a natural body.
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We also discovered a
number of things about
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what the Lord
can do when we simply
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put our lives in his hands.
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So welcome again tonight.
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If you're friends are
walking around the living room
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or the church, invite them
to sit down and get their Bibles
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get their pens
and a few things that
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before we have
our word of prayer,
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we'd like to remind you of,
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you can go to
the website tonight
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and download the lesson
study for this night's meeting
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and if we go as
far as we hope to,
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you can also
download the upcoming lesson
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on the topic of justification.
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And the website is asf.3abn.org.
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Don't put www,
you won't find it.
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ASF, A Sharper
Focus, that's asf.3abn.org.
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And download the
lesson for tonight at 001.
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If you already have 001,
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get 002 on the
topic of justification.
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At that website,
you could also find
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our Facebook and Twitter link,
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where you can
upload your prayer request
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and your questions that
we hope to be able to address
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on this program
from week to week.
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But before we go
any further tonight
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we always like to invite the
Lord's presence to be with us
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because without Him,
we can't do anything.
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So let's pray together.
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Our gracious Father in
heaven, we thank You, Lord,
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that truly tonight as
is the case every time
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we open the word of God,
we will be fed from bread
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that is not
baked in human ovens,
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the word of life
will permeate our hearts.
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The bread of life
will strengthen our limbs
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to live to the glory
and honor of Your holy name.
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Father, each one of us
wants to be victorious.
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But exactly how that
happens, we are still learning.
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But one thing is for sure,
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we can do all
things through Christ
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who strengthens us.
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So Lord, be in
our hearts tonight
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as we listen to Your word.
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In our minds as
Your Spirit speak to us.
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And in our bodies as You
empower us to live those things
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that we have
learned and have accepted.
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And we pray all the
blessings that we shall receive,
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in Jesus name we
pray. Amen. Amen.
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Now we've been
learning a lot, haven't we? Yes.
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How to live a spiritual
life in a natural body?
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You know, one of the
reasons why this topic
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is so widely important to
me is I like to once again
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or every now and then
remind myself of my obligations.
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And some people may
say, well, you're a pastor,
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living the spiritual life
maybe the easiest thing for you,
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much more difficult for us.
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But if I was a devil I'd
come after the pastors first,
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because the congregations
become weakened by the leaders
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that are not strong in the Lord.
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So every now and then when I get
so busy doing the Lord's work
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I have to remind myself
that the most important work
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is not what I am
doing for the Lord
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but what the lord is doing in me
through me, in us, through us.
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And we learned a number
of things about our condition
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before the Lord and we're gonna
learn about that again tonight
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at the very
beginning, because some of you
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may not have been
here to see this picture.
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It's amazing what we look
like when we come to the Lord.
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But it's even more amazing
what the Lord makes out of us
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after He
continues His work in us.
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Now, if you've ever been
involved in construction.
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You know very well that
when you come to a job site,
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if you find a broken
down, dilapidated house,
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it's not gonna be
changed overnight.
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Am I telling the truth? Yes.
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It's going to be
a lot of hard work,
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lot of diligent
work on the outside
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as well as on the inside.
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In the very same way
when we come to the Lord,
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He works not
only on our outside,
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but He also works on our inside.
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And just to remind you
of how glorious that is.
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Look at this picture briefly
tonight I showed this last week,
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but if you missed it,
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that's the kind of
house that represents us
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like when we come to the Lord.
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I mean, we need a paint job.
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We need to mold removed,
our wood is all but rotten.
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You know, as a matter
of fact the Bible says,
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our righteousness is
as, what? Filthy rags.
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That kind of
resembles this picture
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and if you try to
sell somebody that house,
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they'll probably say
to you, what's the price
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and you mention
anything above $10,
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they'll say,
you're out of your mind.
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We don't look
like we're valuable
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when we first come to the Lord.
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But the beauty of
salvation is this,
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the Lord sees us as we are
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and He sees how
we can be in Him.
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What do you say? Amen.
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He sees the work that
is going to take place,
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if we simply submit ourselves
to the working hand of the Lord.
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Now, that's the house before.
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But this is the house
after the work is done,
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ain't that
wonderful. Quite a difference.
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Now which house
would you prefer?
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That one or that one,
which one would you prefer?
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That one. Oh,
you guys missed it.
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It's the same house
in simply two conditions.
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Same address, same location,
same house in two conditions.
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The point of the
matter is if you show somebody
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that's broken down or
somebody that's polished up,
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you ask the Lord which one
would you prefer and you say,
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both of them because
He knows what we can be.
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As we come in
contact with the power
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and presence of the Holy Spirit.
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I will say that, that
house has been delivered
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from being
demolished. What would you say?
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Because if you
left it in the condition
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it was then before,
it will maintain no value
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and as time goes on, it
will break down to the point
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where it decays and you
really can't live in it.
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When you consider that concept,
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the Holy Spirit
wants to live inside of us.
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Where does He
wanna live? Inside of us.
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But did you think he's gonna
move into a messed up house?
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He begins His work in there.
Yeah, He starts His work there.
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But He can do more
when we invite Him in.
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He works in various
ways, one to convict us
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of our need of being
refurbished and born again.
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And when He
convicts us of our sin
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and we accept the
fact that we're sinners
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and in need of a Savior,
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then we invite
the Lord to come in,
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and the Holy
Spirit begins to work,
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cleaning us up
one room at a time.
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Which is
sanctification and then finally
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when we're in this
finished perfect condition,
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then we are all expressing
the glory of the Lord.
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How we will be after
the Lord finishes His work.
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Now, reality of it is
we're between the first picture
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and the second picture.
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That's the reality of it.
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We're between where God found us
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and where we're going to be.
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So the question we begin
tonight with question number 18.
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If you have your syllabus,
go to question number 18,
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on lesson number 1.
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We gonna try our best to get
to syllabus number 2 tonight,
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that is about justification.
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But if we don't be with
us, we'll get there next week.
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Now, this is a
very important topic
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or more specifically, a
very important question.
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It begins with the
very specific question.
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Since we have been
delivered from death,
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what else is there?
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Since we have been delivered
from death what else is there?
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And by the way delivered
from death means justification.
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What I'm going to do tonight
is break down justification,
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sanctification, and
what's the last one?
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Give me some more volume.
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What's the last one?
Glorification, there you go.
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Justification,
together what's the next one?
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Sanctification. The
final one is glorification.
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In other words
between the first house
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and the second house
God is still working in us.
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Here's the breakdown of that.
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If you look at the
lives that we have--
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we're going to have in Jesus.
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Or the lives we have
in Christ is broken down,
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salvation is
broken down into 3 stages.
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I call this the
process of sanctification.
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So if you're following along,
if you're following along,
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the first thing
you'll put is justification.
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Is what? Justification.
We're gonna see this.
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Justification, and here's
the definition of justification.
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Justification is,
salvation from the, what?
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The penalty of sin.
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Salvation from
the penalty of sin.
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Let's not run
pass that too quickly.
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Because what happens is, if
you think of the penalty of sin.
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What is the penalty
of sin? Somebody tell me.
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The penalty of sin is death.
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Or specifically the
wages of sin is death.
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So when you come to
Christ, the first thing He does
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when we accept Him is He saves
us from the penalty of sin.
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In other words, how many
of us are worthy of death.
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Someone tell me. All of us.
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All of us, every one of us,
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we're born into
this world with a nature
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that we inherited from Adam.
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And the only thing
that nature can do for us
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is get us ready for death.
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As in Adam, all die.
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First Corinthians 15,
verse 22. "As in Adam, all die."
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But when we come to Christ,
He takes us off death row,
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thereby saving us
from the penalty of sin.
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In the upcoming lesson that
we're gonna cover very soon.
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Hopefully parts of it tonight,
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but definitely on
our next broadcast.
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We're gonna see justification
in a very intricate breakdown,
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a very intricate process,
and the reason I say that is
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because a lot of
times we get baptized
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and don't know what to do next.
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We get baptized intellectually,
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what I mean by that is, we
go through our fundamentals.
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And we see what the
Bible says about the Sabbath,
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about the state of the
dead, about the 2300 days,
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about diet, about
the Ten Commandments,
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about how to live
the Christian life.
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And we see all those
things and we see--well,
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that's true that's
what the Bible says.
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Those are facts.
Those will not change.
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So the Lord is not going
to change what's in His word,
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what He wants to change is what.
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He wants to change who? Us.
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He wants to change our nature.
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So, salvation
from the penalty of sin
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takes immediately from
us the nature that we had,
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the nature of Adam and clothes
us with the nature of Christ.
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What that does, it
takes us off of death row.
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In other words, death no
longer reigns over our head.
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The second one
you wanna put down.
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Well, the next
stage of this is this.
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Justification the penalty
of sin has been removed when?
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Immediately, so when you
accept Jesus in your life,
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death no longer
hangs over your head.
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That's a big chance
for an amen right there.
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Put your writing.
When you accept Jesus,
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death no longer
hangs over your head.
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That's a second chance
for a good amen right there.
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But all of you
are great students,
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so I'll let you
write. I'll say, amen. Amen.
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We are removed
from sin immediately.
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The penalty is
immediately removed from sin.
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In other words, if
you're-- if you're on death row
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in an actual prison,
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in an actual cell,
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that cell will no
longer be inhabited by you.
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Jesus takes you
off of death row.
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Your name is
removed, blotted out.
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From the record of
those who are inline to die.
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Notice how the
Bible says this in Romans
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and here's the Bible verse.
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If you're following
along, here's the Bible verse.
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Romans 3, verse 24.
Let's read that together.
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Are we ready, here we go.
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Being justified
freely by His, what?
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Grace through the
redemption that is in, who?
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In Christ Jesus.
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The redemption
is in Christ Jesus,
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we're justified freely.
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But now let's not go
past that word very quickly
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because a lot of times we see
salvation is free, that's true.
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Let me ask you a question,
put this in the right context.
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The house you saw, the first
one and the house afterward,
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would it take any
money to change that house.
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Would it take a lot of money,
would it take a lot of work?
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Okay. But if somebody
decides to pay for your house
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to be refurbished,
would it cost you anything?
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Would it cost a
lot of money? Yes.
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Okay. The point of
the matter is salvation
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is offered to
you free of charge.
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But salvation
cost Jesus everything.
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It's a free gift
to you because gifts
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you don't charge
a person for a gift.
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But the gift has a cost.
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If somebody gave
you a Mercedes Benz,
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it's an expensive gift.
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My wife and I
know what that's like,
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somebody gave us
a brand new vehicle.
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They gave us the
keys and they said to us,
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you don't owe me anything.
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When Jesus gives us salvation,
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Praise the Lord,
it's paid for by Him.
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And He says to us, we
don't owe Him for that gift,
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we don't owe Him anything.
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But it does come
with an obligation.
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Because I remember the person
when they gave this vehicle,
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they said to us, all I
want you to do is use it
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for the work of the gospel.
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Use it for the
work of the gospel.
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But that's
justification in a nutshell.
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Justified freely there's a verse
that we always like to repeat.
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Ephesians 2,
verse 8 and 9, it says,
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For by grace are
you saved through, what?
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Faith. And that not of
yourselves it is the, what?
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Gift of God, not of works,
lest any man should boast.
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Often times, we put
salvation on the word faith.
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For by grace are
you saved through, what?
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Faith. So when we ask somebody
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how we're saved
how we saved? By--
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Ah! I led you down the path
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and you answer the
question incorrectly.
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How are we saved? By Grace.
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We say by grace through
faith. So how are we saved, by--
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By grace through faith.
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Who's extending
that grace to us?
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Jesus Christ. Christ Jesus.
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We're saved by His
work, not by our work.
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The first stage of
work if you wanna add this
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as an extra note. He
works for us. Justification.
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He works for us. Justification.
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But now let's go
to sanctification,
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and this is where the
process is so widely important
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to understand,
because you know sometimes
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we come to Christ and
we say okay I'm a member
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"In good and regular standing."
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Whatever that means,
because the standing is really
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classified by God because we
could live a good life in public
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but how we live in private is
something altogether different.
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The Lord knows that life.
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He sees us in private
and he sees in public.
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But justification is
important when we understand
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the obligation
connected to justification.
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But here's the next one.
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The process of salvation as
it relates to sanctification.
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Sanctification,
salvation from the power of sin.
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So if you're
following on line 2,
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put salvation from
sanctification equals
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salvation from the power of sin.
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How many of us need
deliverance everyday?
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Every one of us,
every single day.
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So unlike the terminology,
once saved always saved.
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You gotta understand so
somebody asked me the question.
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Am I saved, I'll say I
am, I'm being, and I will be.
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You find it exactly
what I mean by that.
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Is my house being worked on?
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It is, it will be,
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and finally the process
is gonna be finished one day.
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So the Lord saves
us, He is saving us,
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and He will save us.
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You'll understand
exactly what that mean.
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Justification, He saves us,
immediately taken from death row
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immediately there is
no more penalty of sin
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hanging over our heads.
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But sanctification,
this is widely important.
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We'll talk about that
on our upcoming topics.
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Salvation from the power of sin,
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because the power of
sin is still existing.
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Is there sin in the world still?
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Is there temptation?
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Is temptation tempting?
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And why is it tempting?
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Because the devil knows exactly
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which one to send our way.
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What may tempt you, may
not tempt you and vice versa.
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He understands, he
keeps records on us
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and as long as
we are in the world,
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like Paul the Apostle
said, "I fought a good fight,
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I finished my
course, I kept the faith."
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The fight he fought
was not against the devil.
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He knew that he had to
daily fight. I died daily.
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Salvation or sanctification
is also the power of sin
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is broken how frequently?
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Daily. That's
what sanctification is,
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when you wake up in the morning,
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the power of
sin is broken daily.
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And it all depends on
what you do in the morning.
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The Lord that we serve is
greater than the power of sin.
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We can do all
things through Christ
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who gives us strength.
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But the question is whether
or not we want that strength.
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That's a really important
part, because, you know,
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a lot of times, a lot of times
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we--we wake up in
the morning and we can't,
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I don't wanna
put this too harshly,
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but sometimes people
can't wait to keep on sinning.
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Because they
want to bed sinning.
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And they wake up in
the morning because sin
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they've allowed sin to
reign in their mortal bodies.
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They've allowed sin to be
on the throne of their hearts.
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It's in their minds, based
on what they're looking at,
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what they're reading,
what they're listening to,
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the places they're going,
the things that they're doing,
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it's reigning in their lives.
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So they wake up in the morning
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and instead of
putting Christ on that throne.
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They leave self on that throne
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because they enjoy
the sin, the pleasures,
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as Moses said, the
pleasures of sin for a season.
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So that has to
be broken everyday,
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but it's not gonna be broken
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unless you invite
the Lord to come in.
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He'll break the power of
sin through sanctification,
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He'll break it daily.
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Here's the text that
goes along with that.
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And these are
just simply outlines.
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Getting us to the point
that we're gonna cover in
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greater detail later on.
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First
Corinthians 1 and verse 18,
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First
Corinthians 1 and verse 18,
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it says, For the
message of the cross is, what?
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Foolishness. Foolishness
to those who are perishing,
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but to us who are, what?
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Being saved. Being saved.
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This is the word
process, being saved,
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it is the power of God.
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That's why the power of sin,
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the power of God
breaks the power of sin,
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so which one is greater.
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Which one is
greater, the power of God
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or the power of
sin? The power of God.
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Exactly. Amen.
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But you know, you
have something that
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hangs around everyday
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that could
determine whether or not
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you're victorious
over the power of sin
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or victorious
through the power of God.
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There is something
hanging around everyday.
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That's gonna be with
you until the change comes.
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Somebody tell me what it is?
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It's the flesh.
It's the mortal flesh.
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So when Paul says,
don't let sin reign
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in your mortal body,
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the reason why
he's asking-- the reason
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why he's
encouraging us that ways
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because sin can
reign in our mortal bodies.
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There's sin all around us.
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Through the things that are
being piped into the atmosphere,
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on television, on the radio,
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the things we may
have in our homes.
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Sin is
everywhere and so in order
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to have a
victorious life, you sometimes
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have to prepare your
environment for daily battle.
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So what should be the
closest instrument to your bed?
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Somebody tell me. The Bible.
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Why--why is the Bible
needed? What's the Bible called?
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Sword. The sword, the sword.
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The sword of the
spirit which is in fact,
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the word of God. We
need the sword how often?
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Everyday. You can
have on the whole armor,
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but without a sword.
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Can you imagine, a
soldier running into battle
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with just his
uniform? He's not ready.
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You've to have the
sword, and you have to learn
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how to use the sword.
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It's a two-edged sword.
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Cutting both
directions, powerful instrument.
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That's how the power is--
that's how the power of God
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is put into your life everyday.
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How many of you
like warm baked bread.
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Let me see your hands.
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You know, when
bread is being baked
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and you smell it
through the house,
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which is permeating the
room, you smell that bread.
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What--what happens in your mind,
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what can't you wait for.
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You can't wait until it
comes out of the oven right.
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You can't wait to taste it.
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You can't wait
to get that slice.
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Now I've heard
somebody wants that
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I ran into a very
healthy person once.
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And they said well it's
not good to eat the bread,
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when it's very warm
just out of the oven.
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You tell that to a kid.
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That's one he wants it.
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When it comes out, you could
just kind of poke your finger
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and it kind goes
down and comes back up.
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It just--mm--
it's just calling you,
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it's just saying eat me.
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It's right in front of you.
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Think of the word of
God as the bread of life.
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If the word of God is
by your bed and you wake up
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in the morning with a hunger
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and a thirst for
spiritual things,
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you will be filled.
But if you don't hunger
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and thirst after righteousness,
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you'll be filled
with something else.
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That's the fact of the matter
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and brethren, the reason
why this is so widely important,
00:22:02.09\00:22:04.19
is this is what's getting
us ready for eternal life.
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How many of us
want to live eternally.
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Every one of us, we
all want to live eternally.
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This is what God has given to us
00:22:10.80\00:22:12.67
to get us ready
for eternal life.
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We're not gonna
slide out of a bar
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and slide into
heaven the very next day.
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We're not going
slide off a lose life
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into a completely
victorious life the next day.
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And by the way
something we're gonna also
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talk about the Lord determines
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how much work needs
to be done in the house.
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The reason I
mentioned that is because
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we've a couple of
examples in the Bible
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where they were those who
accepted the Lord that day,
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died that day, and
were assured of being
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in the kingdom when Jesus comes.
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Am I right. Mm-hmm.
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The thief on the cross.
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How long did it take
him to be sanctified?
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How long did it
take him to be justified?
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Sanctification is not
always a lifetime thing.
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But sanctification
is a work of a lifetime.
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It's not always
a lifetime thing.
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But it lasts for a lifetime.
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In the case of marriage,
sanctification is instant.
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Because your
relationship is sanctified.
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Sanctify doesn't
only mean being made holy,
00:23:09.80\00:23:13.35
but sanctified means
being set aside as holy.
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We'll discover
that when we talk about
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sanctification
in greater detail.
00:23:18.78\00:23:20.68
But we're being
saved and the power of God
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is what's saving us everyday
00:23:24.29\00:23:25.77
and finally we get to
the picture of the house
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that we like the best.
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The third one, glorification.
00:23:29.81\00:23:32.65
Glorification,
salvation from the what of sin?
00:23:32.66\00:23:39.36
From the presence of sin,
00:23:39.37\00:23:41.84
salvation from
the presence of sin.
00:23:41.85\00:23:44.12
One day there won't
be anymore temptation.
00:23:44.13\00:23:48.11
But until then
there will be temptation.
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So in order for you to
live in a hostile environment
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and by the way,
00:23:54.69\00:23:55.91
the world is the hostile
environment to the Christian.
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If the world is a place that
you totally comfortable with it,
00:23:58.19\00:24:00.92
something's
wrong. Did you know that?
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Because the Bible says,
00:24:04.84\00:24:05.93
"friendship of the
world is enmity with God."
00:24:05.94\00:24:09.29
If you're very
comfortable in the world,
00:24:09.30\00:24:11.27
something is wrong but
if you're finding yourself
00:24:11.28\00:24:13.74
to be a stranger in the world,
00:24:13.75\00:24:15.32
it's a good thing
because Abraham said,
00:24:15.33\00:24:17.61
"he was a stranger and
a pilgrim in the earth."
00:24:17.62\00:24:21.11
But the devil
wants to design the world
00:24:21.12\00:24:22.50
to be something
that appeals to us.
00:24:22.51\00:24:25.33
But here's the
point, if Christ is in you,
00:24:25.34\00:24:27.67
then the world
cannot be appealing to you.
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But if Christ is not in
you that old man is alive
00:24:30.06\00:24:33.17
and the world is
appealing to him,
00:24:33.18\00:24:34.72
and he keeps you pulled
in that direction everyday.
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Glorification is the salvation
00:24:37.40\00:24:39.29
that we will experience
from the presence of sin.
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One day there
will be no more sin.
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So in other words,
the next definition,
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glorification. Glorification.
00:24:46.11\00:24:51.33
The presence of sin has
been eradicated how long?
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The presence of sin has
been eradicated how long?
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Eternally. There's no more sin.
00:24:59.72\00:25:03.07
That's the world that
all of us are looking for.
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Can I get an amen tonight. Amen.
00:25:06.13\00:25:08.52
We all looking
forward as Peter says,
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"A new heavens and a new earth
00:25:12.34\00:25:15.11
wherein dwelleth righteousness."
00:25:15.12\00:25:18.10
So one day there will
be no more liquor stores,
00:25:18.11\00:25:22.20
there will be no
more drug dealers,
00:25:22.21\00:25:24.15
no more loud
music, no more crime,
00:25:24.16\00:25:26.81
no more violence,
no more hospitals.
00:25:26.82\00:25:29.33
How many more do
I need to mention.
00:25:29.34\00:25:31.78
There will be no
more traces of sin.
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Can you think of an environment
00:25:33.53\00:25:35.28
that way there's no more sin,
00:25:35.29\00:25:36.98
no more death,
no more suffering,
00:25:36.99\00:25:39.27
no more heartaches,
no more kidnappings,
00:25:39.28\00:25:41.20
no more drive by shootings,
00:25:41.21\00:25:42.93
no more killing of
animals inadvertently.
00:25:42.94\00:25:46.73
I had a terrible
experience today.
00:25:46.74\00:25:49.59
I was on my way to radio.
00:25:49.60\00:25:51.79
That is the 3ABN radio
and I was getting there
00:25:51.80\00:25:54.61
and my wife needed
fuel in her vehicle
00:25:54.62\00:25:57.83
and she was down to just
3 miles remaining on the--
00:25:57.84\00:26:01.23
and I knew that
if she tried to drive
00:26:01.24\00:26:02.99
from 3ABN radio
to the gas station.
00:26:03.00\00:26:05.52
She may end up breaking it down
00:26:05.53\00:26:06.97
somewhere along
those roads, so she said,
00:26:06.98\00:26:08.29
I only have 3 miles left.
00:26:08.30\00:26:09.65
It says, I only of 3 miles
left on my mileage indicator.
00:26:09.66\00:26:16.06
When she left home,
she had ten miles left.
00:26:16.07\00:26:19.04
When she got down to
the turn of the church
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she had 7 miles left.
And that's not 3 miles.
00:26:21.36\00:26:25.15
When she got from
the church to 3ABN radio,
00:26:25.16\00:26:26.83
she had 3 miles
left and I knew I said,
00:26:26.84\00:26:28.74
she's not gonna make it.
00:26:28.75\00:26:30.22
So I filled up a gas
tank and went there on my way
00:26:30.23\00:26:32.62
going as fast as
I could, you know,
00:26:32.63\00:26:36.32
that gas can I don't
want to spill on the car,
00:26:36.33\00:26:38.82
turned the corner
on the Marvel Lane,
00:26:38.83\00:26:41.55
heading toward
radio and I heard this.
00:26:41.56\00:26:43.84
And I looked back and I
saw a little animal roll
00:26:46.22\00:26:48.69
and I felt horrible.
00:26:48.70\00:26:51.33
I felt awful.
00:26:51.34\00:26:53.16
I said, oh, I just--I
just went over an animal.
00:26:53.17\00:26:57.67
And my wife and I, we have
acclimated to the country life.
00:26:57.68\00:27:02.22
We are now
bonafide country bumpkins.
00:27:02.23\00:27:05.04
We feed the
squirrels, the raccoons,
00:27:05.05\00:27:07.27
the possums, the groundhogs
when they come around.
00:27:07.28\00:27:10.00
We feed the birds of all kinds.
00:27:10.01\00:27:11.87
We enjoy doing that
and when I went back,
00:27:11.88\00:27:14.04
I said to myself,
I'm not gonna look,
00:27:14.05\00:27:17.07
I thought it was a
rabbit. I went back and I--
00:27:17.08\00:27:19.61
as I'm driving by--I just
00:27:19.62\00:27:21.39
glanced down very
quickly to see what it was.
00:27:21.40\00:27:24.55
It's a groundhog, a little one.
00:27:24.56\00:27:27.68
And I felt, you
know, I just think about it
00:27:27.69\00:27:29.91
and it just bothers me.
00:27:29.92\00:27:31.65
Because I love
animals and I remember
00:27:31.66\00:27:33.71
while there was one
day when I hit 2 squirrels
00:27:33.72\00:27:35.65
in one day, and I was
broken up for about 3 days.
00:27:35.66\00:27:39.52
Now I'm struggling through
00:27:39.53\00:27:40.52
this killing of
this little groundhog.
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He was just on his way home.
00:27:42.25\00:27:43.29
He was probably
trying to get there for lunch
00:27:43.30\00:27:45.42
and I think to
myself I would love it
00:27:45.43\00:27:47.15
when the day comes
where there will be
00:27:47.16\00:27:48.29
no more death of
even animals. Amen.
00:27:48.30\00:27:52.70
That's what,
that's what gonna happen
00:27:52.71\00:27:54.01
when Jesus comes and
eradicates sin eternally.
00:27:54.02\00:27:57.03
We'll be able to
play with the groundhog
00:27:57.04\00:27:58.84
in one hand and pet
the lion in the other.
00:27:58.85\00:28:01.53
Ain't that wonderful?
00:28:01.54\00:28:02.53
When Jesus
eradicates sin eternally.
00:28:02.54\00:28:05.33
That's what glorification is.
00:28:05.34\00:28:07.11
Sanctification, He
eradicates the power daily.
00:28:07.12\00:28:09.80
Justification, He
removes the penalty immediately.
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Look at the text,
the glorification text.
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One of the
favorite ones in the Bible.
00:28:16.06\00:28:17.57
Isaiah 25 verse 9.
00:28:17.58\00:28:19.54
Put that down
for the Bible verse.
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For the Bible verse,
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And it will be said in that day:
00:28:24.98\00:28:27.40
"Behold, this is our
God We have waited for Him,
00:28:27.41\00:28:32.02
and He will save us.
00:28:32.03\00:28:35.44
He will save us from what?
00:28:35.45\00:28:37.22
From what? From
what? The presence of sin.
00:28:37.23\00:28:41.63
No more devil.
Amen. No more evil angels.
00:28:41.64\00:28:45.44
No more thoughts
entering our minds
00:28:45.45\00:28:47.32
while we're
praying, no more struggling
00:28:47.33\00:28:49.62
with feelings when we see people
00:28:49.63\00:28:50.93
that we can't get along with.
00:28:50.94\00:28:53.43
No more arguments,
no more controversy.
00:28:53.44\00:28:58.75
You guys should be
shouting right now.
00:28:58.76\00:29:01.92
Hallelujahs should
be going up in air.
00:29:01.93\00:29:07.29
But it is hard to
think of that kind of world.
00:29:07.30\00:29:10.09
It's hard to think
of that kind of world.
00:29:10.10\00:29:12.97
Paul the Apostle though
gives a wonderful description
00:29:12.98\00:29:16.23
as he writes to Titus.
00:29:16.24\00:29:18.12
In the book of Titus, he
gives a wonderful description
00:29:18.13\00:29:21.78
of where we were before Jesus.
00:29:21.79\00:29:24.56
What happened in the
process of getting us to Jesus.
00:29:24.57\00:29:27.93
And what happens
after we come to Christ.
00:29:27.94\00:29:30.74
Which leads us to
question number 19,
00:29:30.75\00:29:33.46
question number 19.
00:29:33.47\00:29:35.55
How does Paul the
Apostle explain justification?
00:29:35.56\00:29:40.34
Go with me to Titus Chapter 3.
00:29:40.35\00:29:43.28
Titus Chapter 3,
and we're going to look
00:29:43.29\00:29:46.81
together beginning with verse 3
00:29:46.82\00:29:50.90
all the way down to verse 7.
00:29:50.91\00:29:55.83
That's a long one.
00:29:55.84\00:29:57.36
But I tried to find a
way to cut out pieces of it,
00:29:57.37\00:30:01.06
but it's too much
good stuff to cut it out.
00:30:01.07\00:30:04.06
Titus Chapter 3, verse 3 to 7,
00:30:04.07\00:30:07.10
question number
19, the question is,
00:30:07.11\00:30:09.15
how does Paul the
Apostle explain justification?
00:30:09.16\00:30:13.99
Here it is.
00:30:14.00\00:30:15.30
Now you got to
follow this carefully
00:30:16.79\00:30:17.96
because he's talking about us.
00:30:17.97\00:30:19.64
For we ourselves
were also once, what?
00:30:19.65\00:30:23.36
Foolish, disobedient, deceived,
00:30:23.37\00:30:28.02
serving various
lusts and pleasures,
00:30:28.03\00:30:31.23
living in malice
and envy, hateful,
00:30:31.24\00:30:34.47
and hating one
another. Ain't that powerful?
00:30:34.48\00:30:39.30
That's amazing, I
mean, that's a description
00:30:39.31\00:30:41.19
that just shows us who we are,
00:30:41.20\00:30:43.53
that's the truth
about everyone of us.
00:30:43.54\00:30:46.06
That's how we used to be,
00:30:46.07\00:30:47.63
before Jesus
that's how we used to be.
00:30:47.64\00:30:49.36
What's amazing
and--as I'm hoping
00:30:49.37\00:30:50.77
that we're not
that way after Jesus.
00:30:50.78\00:30:53.20
But some of us maybe,
may still need deliverance
00:30:53.21\00:30:55.81
from some of those things.
Let's go on. It continues.
00:30:55.82\00:31:00.69
But when the, but
when the, what? Kindness.
00:31:00.70\00:31:03.90
Kindness and the love of God
our Savior toward man appeared,
00:31:03.91\00:31:09.61
not by works of righteousness
which we have done,
00:31:09.62\00:31:12.64
but according to
his mercy He saved us,
00:31:12.65\00:31:17.63
through the washing of what?
00:31:17.64\00:31:19.67
Regeneration and
renewing of the Holy Spirit,
00:31:19.68\00:31:24.40
whom He poured on us, how?
00:31:24.41\00:31:27.20
Abundantly through
Jesus Christ our Savior,
00:31:27.21\00:31:30.44
that having been. What?
00:31:30.45\00:31:32.68
Justified by His
grace we should become heirs
00:31:32.69\00:31:37.32
according to the
hope of eternal life.
00:31:37.33\00:31:40.63
That's a whole lot to digest.
00:31:40.64\00:31:41.82
But I want to go back and
just point out a few things.
00:31:41.83\00:31:44.88
When Paul communicates that,
00:31:44.89\00:31:48.95
he talks about the mercy of God.
00:31:48.96\00:31:54.81
The washing and
regeneration of the Holy Spirit.
00:31:54.82\00:31:58.51
He talks about salvation
being poured out on us.
00:31:58.52\00:32:02.27
What word did He use to show
that God is not a stingy God
00:32:02.28\00:32:07.32
when it comes to His salvation?
00:32:07.33\00:32:08.88
What's the word He used there?
00:32:08.89\00:32:11.23
Abundantly. In
other--in other words what?
00:32:11.24\00:32:14.66
Poured. Have you ever
washed your car before.
00:32:14.67\00:32:18.17
As some of you drive to
the car wash, I know that.
00:32:18.18\00:32:20.40
But if your car has ever
been really muddy before.
00:32:20.41\00:32:22.67
Anybody ever had
a really muddy car?
00:32:22.68\00:32:24.72
I mean a really,
really muddy car.
00:32:24.73\00:32:26.40
Where you
couldn't just wash it off.
00:32:26.41\00:32:28.11
But you've to go
take that really strong
00:32:28.12\00:32:30.20
what you call
those steam washers.
00:32:30.21\00:32:34.69
And after you've
gone through the mud,
00:32:34.70\00:32:36.12
which you know I
have an experience,
00:32:36.13\00:32:38.29
I remember one when
we where building a house
00:32:38.30\00:32:39.75
not too far from here
and it was a cold wintry day
00:32:39.76\00:32:43.04
and we had to get the trusses
put up and it was raining
00:32:43.05\00:32:46.34
and the ground was
not even ready yet.
00:32:46.35\00:32:48.70
And that is all the
mud and the clay was there.
00:32:48.71\00:32:52.10
And my job was to
stand on the ground
00:32:52.11\00:32:54.53
and hold on to
this very thick rope
00:32:54.54\00:32:56.98
and guide the trusses as
the crane put them in place
00:32:56.99\00:32:59.85
and guys were standing
on the roof in the rain
00:32:59.86\00:33:02.88
hoping that they would not slip.
00:33:02.89\00:33:04.88
Hoping that they wouldn't fall
00:33:04.89\00:33:07.33
and I was
standing in mud, in mud.
00:33:07.34\00:33:10.76
And when our day was
done 7 or 8 hours later,
00:33:10.77\00:33:13.38
I had on 3 coats, the
last one was waterproof.
00:33:13.39\00:33:17.52
Had on waterproof
boots, had on pants
00:33:17.53\00:33:19.79
that I didn't mind getting
wet with another pair of pants
00:33:19.80\00:33:21.72
over that to keep the
rain off as much as I could?
00:33:21.73\00:33:24.53
When I finally got out of
that and I tried to drive that,
00:33:24.54\00:33:28.25
there was mud caked
up behind the wheels.
00:33:28.26\00:33:30.32
There was mud
all over the vehicle,
00:33:30.33\00:33:31.82
my boots were so muddy
00:33:31.83\00:33:32.92
that I had to
leave them in the garage.
00:33:32.93\00:33:34.89
I couldn't even get to
my car with those boots.
00:33:34.90\00:33:36.73
I had to put red blue
tarp in the car to get in
00:33:36.74\00:33:39.08
because I was
fearful that the cakes of mud
00:33:39.09\00:33:41.38
would get all over my vehicles.
00:33:41.39\00:33:43.30
That's how sin is.
00:33:43.31\00:33:45.08
We're in the
muck and mire of sin.
00:33:45.09\00:33:47.45
But God and His mercy
pours on us abundantly His grace
00:33:47.46\00:33:51.13
and cleanses us from our sins.
00:33:51.14\00:33:53.35
Let think about
that a little bit.
00:33:59.02\00:34:01.53
He pours his
grace on us abundantly
00:34:01.54\00:34:05.16
and cleanses us from our sins.
00:34:05.17\00:34:08.18
You know the devil's
plan for our lives is.
00:34:08.19\00:34:10.46
You know what his plans are?
00:34:10.47\00:34:12.63
His plans are to join
him in the lake of fire.
00:34:12.64\00:34:17.12
That's his plan.
00:34:17.13\00:34:19.28
And he wants us to get
there by making us think
00:34:19.29\00:34:21.92
that we don't really
need the power of Christ
00:34:21.93\00:34:24.02
in our lives day by day.
00:34:24.03\00:34:25.64
That we don't really
need God to deliver us now,
00:34:25.65\00:34:28.45
I mean, we want to be
delivered but eventually.
00:34:28.46\00:34:31.47
And the deception of
sin is that it can be
00:34:31.48\00:34:34.76
something we play with so long.
00:34:34.77\00:34:37.58
That we can't get away from it.
00:34:37.59\00:34:39.80
It could be
something we tease so long,
00:34:39.81\00:34:43.24
kind of like children,
like they like to tease dogs.
00:34:43.25\00:34:45.47
Have you ever seen kids do that.
00:34:45.48\00:34:47.03
You know, dog is ferocious,
he's going to go like this
00:34:47.04\00:34:49.80
and he's just
snarling and growling and
00:34:49.81\00:34:53.83
heard the story of
a man who made chains.
00:34:53.84\00:34:57.38
And he made chains
particularly for a local prison,
00:34:57.39\00:35:01.77
because they had
discovered that the chains
00:35:01.78\00:35:03.92
that they were buying,
there was a flaw in the chains
00:35:03.93\00:35:06.39
that is where they
were being soldered
00:35:06.40\00:35:07.67
or where they were
being not the word soldered,
00:35:07.68\00:35:09.79
what's the word, welded.
00:35:09.80\00:35:11.92
And prisoners were
breaking away because they found
00:35:11.93\00:35:14.08
that there was flaws in
the chains and they would
00:35:14.09\00:35:16.23
work that eventually
till the welding broke off
00:35:16.24\00:35:19.20
and prisoners
found their way out.
00:35:19.21\00:35:21.55
This man prided himself
of making the best shackles,
00:35:21.56\00:35:24.90
the best chains.
00:35:24.91\00:35:27.68
Because he knew nobody
would getaway from this chains.
00:35:27.69\00:35:31.07
Problem was he wasn't
not only making chains,
00:35:31.08\00:35:33.79
but he was living a life of sin.
00:35:33.80\00:35:35.57
And that sin
eventually caught up with him.
00:35:35.58\00:35:37.61
He got put in
jail, got locked up.
00:35:37.62\00:35:40.64
But he knew, Ah!
00:35:40.65\00:35:43.27
Those chains
were faulty in jail.
00:35:43.28\00:35:46.93
Until he ran into one
of the chains he made.
00:35:46.94\00:35:49.19
Now think about
that really carefully,
00:35:51.54\00:35:53.92
we can sometimes be
designing our own chains.
00:35:53.93\00:35:57.67
Because we play with
sin like it's something
00:35:57.68\00:36:00.23
that really is not
going to hold us and bind us.
00:36:00.24\00:36:05.15
But when you read these texts,
00:36:05.16\00:36:06.42
these texts should
permeate our soul that--
00:36:06.43\00:36:09.67
I mean when I was studying
this overtimes it brought
00:36:09.68\00:36:11.77
tears to my eyes to think
that the Lord loves me so much.
00:36:11.78\00:36:15.01
Building a mansion for me
to get me out of this world.
00:36:15.02\00:36:17.83
But there are so many
people whose lives are so filled
00:36:17.84\00:36:19.77
with the pleasure of sin,
00:36:19.78\00:36:21.73
that they hear these
things in a roll off like--
00:36:21.74\00:36:24.53
like a swan in a lake.
00:36:24.54\00:36:26.09
It just kind of rolls
off and we're hoping that
00:36:26.10\00:36:28.97
when you hear these,
00:36:28.98\00:36:29.97
these messages of
God's abundant grace
00:36:29.98\00:36:31.94
that it doesn't roll off your
back with a simple thank you.
00:36:31.95\00:36:36.44
Somebody gave you a car,
you wouldn't just say thank you.
00:36:36.45\00:36:38.67
Would you? Somebody
came and bought your house
00:36:38.68\00:36:41.14
and gave you a mansion.
00:36:41.15\00:36:42.14
Would you just
say, I appreciate it,
00:36:42.15\00:36:43.34
I need a place to
live. No, we wouldn't.
00:36:43.35\00:36:46.07
The Lord is saying to us
00:36:46.08\00:36:47.33
the devil's plans for
our lives is to destroy us.
00:36:47.34\00:36:49.77
I've come that
you might have life
00:36:49.78\00:36:51.04
and have it more abundantly,
also have eternally, amen.
00:36:51.05\00:36:55.37
Let's go to the next
question. Question number 20.
00:36:55.38\00:36:58.57
How does Dr. Luke record
the message of justification?
00:36:58.58\00:37:03.17
How does he record the message,
00:37:03.18\00:37:06.05
the message of justification?
00:37:06.06\00:37:07.63
Acts, Chapter 13,
verse 38 and verse 39.
00:37:07.64\00:37:13.51
Acts, Chapter 13,
verse 38 and verse 39.
00:37:13.52\00:37:20.67
Turn the Bible, we
could see on top of this.
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Acts Chapter 13,
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verse 38 and verse 39.
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Here's what the Bible says,
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"Therefore let it be
known to your brethren,
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that through this Man, that
is, Jesus has preached to you,
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that through this Man
Jesus is preached to you
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the forgiveness of sins and
by Him everyone who believes
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is justified from all
things from which you could
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not be justified
by the law of Moses."
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Now let me stop and
talk to those of who boast
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in keeping the commandments.
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This is really important.
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The commandments cannot save us.
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Did you read the text?
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Through Moses, the Jews
were given ceremonial laws
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which God communicated
to Moses to write down.
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But those
couldn't save humanity.
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It was simply an
object lesson to remind them
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that the Savior Christ
Jesus was going to come one day.
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But even after
the ceremonial laws
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were done away with,
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the Ten
Commandments still continues.
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And the Ten
Commandments cannot save us.
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By the law is
the knowledge of sin.
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Anybody has a
mirror in their house.
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You look in the mirror everyday?
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Hope you do.
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Unless you won't know
what your condition is.
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If you look into the
perfect Law of Liberty.
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Go with me to James,
extra credit, here we go.
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James, what book
did I say? James.
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The Lord tells us
everyone of us needs a mirror.
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Amen for mirrors.
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Always try to keep one nearby
not that I'm looking in myself
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but I want to know, I
want to know, my condition.
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All right?
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okay.
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James Chapter 1
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and we're gonna
look down to verse 22,
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let's start with 22. All right.
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This is important,
that's why I'm hoping that
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it's getting beyond your ears.
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I'm hoping it's
getting to your heart.
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Verse 22, it says, But be.
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What of the word? Doers.
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Doers of the word and not what?
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Hearers only deceiving, who?
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What's the hearer?
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A hearer is somebody who listens
to someone being preached.
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A hearer is somebody
who listens to sermon after,
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sermon after, sermon
after, sermon after sermon
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and doesn't do
anything, the sermon suggests.
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Doesn't even say, Lord, I need
the strength to live in harmony
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with what I just heard.
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That's why it's
cheap when a person says--
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now let me put
this in right context.
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It's encouraging
for a preacher to hear,
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hey, good sermon pastor.
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But you know, what's
even more important than that,
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that you live, they say, Lord,
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I need strength
to live in harmony
00:40:37.75\00:40:40.08
with what I just heard
because I can't do it naturally.
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How to live a spiritual
life in a natural body?
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You can, you can have
a whole bank of sermons
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from every great preacher
in the world and still be lost.
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You can have all the
C.D. Brookes sermons,
00:40:53.18\00:40:54.45
all the Henry Wright sermons,
all the Mark Finley sermons,
00:40:54.46\00:40:56.36
all of--the list goes on and on.
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You can have Doug Batchelor's
entire series, great sermons.
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But if you don't have the
power of Christ in your life
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you'll just be a sinner,
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being lost with
all this knowledge.
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And there's nothing worse
than having all the ammunition
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to show you the way of salvation
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and chose to be lost anyhow.
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But it continues.
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I wanna emphasize
the hearers of the word.
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But now, go down to verse 23,
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For anyone is a hearer
of the word and not a doer,
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he is like a man observing
his natural face in, What?
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In a glass or in a
mirror, for he observes himself,
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he sees who he is,
he looks at his life.
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Goes away and immediately
forgets what kind of man he was.
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But he who looks into
the perfect Law of Liberty.
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God's commandment,
nothing wrong with it.
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And continues in it and
is not a forgetful hearer
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but a doer of the
word, this one will be, what?
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Blessed in what he
does. What does that mean?
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First of all, if you have
Bible studies that's good.
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But you've to pray for
God to give you the strength
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to live in harmony
with what you just study.
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If you hear
sermons, that's good,
00:42:15.67\00:42:17.86
but you've to pray
for the Lord to say okay.
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The pastor reminded me,
the preacher reminded me,
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the teacher reminded
me of something I must do.
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Give me the
power and the strength
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to live in harmony with it.
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Because we just hear it,
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it's like hearing a siren
that the building is on fire
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and you stay in the building.
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It's like hearing train whistle
and you cross the tracks.
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But sin is so deceptive
that when the natural man
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is in control,
people can hear sermons
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and not even move.
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And not even be changed by it.
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Like my favorite
preacher, Elder Brooke said,
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"sun could melt
butter, but hardens clay."
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The same sun, the
Sun of Righteousness--
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the glory of
Jesus can be preached
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and it doesn't do a
thing but harden the clay.
00:43:09.36\00:43:11.81
It's condition of the heart.
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The word can be sown but is
falling into shallow ground,
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stony ground, thorny ground.
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It's amazing that 3
out of the 4 conditions
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that Jesus talks about
He said the word profited
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nothing in these 3 lives because
the problem is not the word.
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The problem is not the sower,
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the problem is the
condition of the human heart.
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So what do we have to pray for?
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We have to pray for the
Lord to change our hearts.
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Wasn't that David's prayer?
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He said what, create
in me, create in me what?
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Clean heart, oh
God and renew a what?
00:43:39.83\00:43:42.23
Right spirit
within me. A right spirit,
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not just a spirit, but
a right spirit within me.
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So we have to look at God's law
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and say there's
nothing wrong with God's law.
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But there's got to be
something wrong with me.
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And when these
things are heard by us
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and I look at and I said, Lord,
00:43:58.88\00:44:00.60
I know there's a lot of
work that needs to be done
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in my life. Thank you, Lord,
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for that work
that you are doing.
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Question number 21,
question number 21, here it is.
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What is the means by
which we are justified?
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We talked about this earlier,
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I'll just put on
the screen right away.
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Well, I think we
know this one by heart.
00:44:16.94\00:44:18.84
What is the means by
which we are justified?
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For by grace you have
been saved through faith
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and that not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God,
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not of works, lest
anyone should boast.
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So I can even say, I
saved myself because I haven't.
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I can't save myself.
00:44:38.38\00:44:40.44
I could only make the
decision to go to the doctor.
00:44:40.45\00:44:42.98
I can't remedy my condition.
00:44:42.99\00:44:45.25
I can only make the
decision to put myself
00:44:45.26\00:44:47.13
in the hand of a
qualified physician.
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And Jesus is the
master physician.
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You know what that means,
this is not a condition of sin
00:44:51.88\00:44:53.92
that Jesus cannot
remedy--remedy us from.
00:44:53.93\00:44:57.00
Somebody once said to me,
00:44:57.01\00:44:58.75
well the Lord
doesn't know what I've done.
00:44:58.76\00:45:00.72
I mean, I have done
some terrible things I wonder
00:45:00.73\00:45:02.39
if God is going to forgive me.
00:45:02.40\00:45:03.60
There's nothing that
we can do that the Lord
00:45:03.61\00:45:05.35
can't forgive us from. Amen.
00:45:05.36\00:45:09.31
But the question is do
we want to be forgiven.
00:45:09.32\00:45:12.02
Eventually,
that's the deception.
00:45:12.03\00:45:14.82
I've gone there a few
times for particular reason,
00:45:14.83\00:45:18.35
it is important
that we understand that
00:45:18.36\00:45:19.89
time is never on our side.
00:45:19.90\00:45:23.26
When is the day of salvation?
00:45:23.27\00:45:24.96
Today. When is
the time of salvation?
00:45:24.97\00:45:27.30
When is the
acceptable time? Now.
00:45:27.31\00:45:29.32
Today is the acceptable time,
now is the acceptable time.
00:45:29.33\00:45:32.65
Now is the day of salvation.
00:45:32.66\00:45:35.12
We got to ask the Lord to
come and do this work today.
00:45:35.13\00:45:37.23
Can you imagine the
thief on the cross saying.
00:45:37.24\00:45:39.81
I do accept you as a Lord,
00:45:39.82\00:45:41.10
but don't know
about the salvation.
00:45:41.11\00:45:44.69
He knew He didn't
have a lot of time.
00:45:46.52\00:45:48.92
He accepted the Lord
then, he got the assurance then,
00:45:48.93\00:45:52.26
and when the
Lord comes he will be
00:45:52.27\00:45:53.89
in the kingdom with the Lord.
00:45:53.90\00:45:55.55
So this grace that
God gives us this gift.
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And often times you
know in the Christian Life
00:45:58.08\00:45:59.99
in the Christian
world so much today is being
00:46:00.00\00:46:02.45
has replaced the
preaching of the gospel
00:46:02.46\00:46:05.19
or the preaching of
salvation with portfolios
00:46:05.20\00:46:08.65
and prosperity and all
the--all the foolishness
00:46:08.66\00:46:12.57
that doesn't give
the person the power
00:46:12.58\00:46:15.01
that they need to find
out how to be delivered.
00:46:15.02\00:46:18.04
You know people
just think, well,
00:46:18.05\00:46:19.73
I'm gonna struggle all
my life until Jesus comes
00:46:19.74\00:46:22.49
and then I'm going to slide in.
00:46:22.50\00:46:23.82
I believe that you
don't have to struggle,
00:46:23.83\00:46:25.52
the word of God shows
that we can be delivered.
00:46:25.53\00:46:28.27
Don't have to have a
cavity that's gonna be
00:46:28.28\00:46:29.77
with you all your life,
the Lord can deliver your life,
00:46:29.78\00:46:32.14
fill you with His Holy Spirit.
00:46:32.15\00:46:34.25
Question number 22.
00:46:34.26\00:46:35.82
I'm gonna try to get you
some of the second lesson
00:46:35.83\00:46:37.42
before we end tonight.
00:46:37.43\00:46:39.39
Question number 22.
00:46:39.40\00:46:42.73
What is another explanation
given for justification?
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You'll notice
we're starting to teeter
00:46:48.49\00:46:50.27
into the topic of justification.
00:46:50.28\00:46:51.82
What is another explanation?
00:46:51.83\00:46:53.45
Go with me to the
book of Romans Chapter 5.
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Romans Chapter 5.
And we're gonna spend
00:46:57.57\00:47:00.00
a lot of time in
Romans in our next lessons
00:47:00.01\00:47:02.97
because Romans Chapter 1
all the way to Romans Chapter 5
00:47:02.98\00:47:07.47
talks about justification
in a beautiful way.
00:47:07.48\00:47:10.46
Then Romans Chapter 6
talks about that transition
00:47:10.47\00:47:13.07
of being baptized,
entering into a new relationship
00:47:13.08\00:47:15.57
with the Lord. And Romans 7
00:47:15.58\00:47:16.96
talks about the
reality of being confronted
00:47:16.97\00:47:20.26
with the fact that
we have a spiritual God,
00:47:20.27\00:47:22.52
but we have a natural body.
00:47:22.53\00:47:25.00
Look at Romans and what it says.
00:47:25.01\00:47:27.15
Romans Chapter 5 and verse 10,
00:47:27.16\00:47:30.61
here's what the
Bible reads. Wow, wow.
00:47:30.62\00:47:35.88
It's one of my favorite texts,
00:47:35.89\00:47:37.53
I got a lot of them but
this is one of my favorites.
00:47:37.54\00:47:40.26
For if when we
were. What? Enemies.
00:47:40.27\00:47:43.12
Enemies. You got to get this.
00:47:43.13\00:47:47.36
"For if when we were enemies
00:47:47.37\00:47:49.32
we were reconciled to God
through the death of His Son,
00:47:49.33\00:47:53.68
much more,
having been reconciled,
00:47:53.69\00:47:56.98
we shall be saved by His life."
00:47:56.99\00:48:00.36
And that's powerful,
let me break that down.
00:48:00.37\00:48:03.05
Because you know we
read that and we say okay.
00:48:03.06\00:48:05.07
Okay, when we were
enemies, we were reconciled.
00:48:05.08\00:48:07.72
Let me tell you a brief
story here which I have--
00:48:07.73\00:48:10.30
have you heard of the
Emancipation Proclamation?
00:48:10.31\00:48:13.71
The Emancipation
Proclamation in short was
00:48:13.72\00:48:16.28
when slavery was abolished.
00:48:16.29\00:48:18.16
They were
emancipate, they were set free.
00:48:18.17\00:48:20.76
The announcement
went out to bill a sign,
00:48:20.77\00:48:23.02
all slaves have
been set free now,
00:48:23.03\00:48:25.11
and they no longer
abound to their masters.
00:48:25.12\00:48:30.44
In the very same way,
the master that holds us
00:48:30.45\00:48:33.28
as slaves is this nature
that we receive through Adam.
00:48:33.29\00:48:37.62
But notice what it says.
00:48:37.63\00:48:38.68
It says, for if when we
were enemies we were reconciled,
00:48:38.69\00:48:42.09
that means, even
before we were set free,
00:48:42.10\00:48:45.49
the bill was signed
for us to be set free.
00:48:45.50\00:48:50.04
Let me go farther back in that.
00:48:50.05\00:48:51.76
Jesus died more
than 2,000 years ago.
00:48:51.77\00:48:55.05
He paid the price for our
sin more than 2,000 years ago.
00:48:55.06\00:48:58.63
He redeemed us more
than 2,000 years ago.
00:48:58.64\00:49:01.66
He did that, even
while we were enemies.
00:49:01.67\00:49:06.46
So if He made the provision
then through the death of a son
00:49:06.47\00:49:10.97
and we did not accept
Him, then how much better
00:49:10.98\00:49:15.57
will our lives be
after we accept Him.
00:49:15.58\00:49:19.14
That's what it's saying.
00:49:19.15\00:49:20.37
If He made the provision
for us before we accepted Him.
00:49:20.38\00:49:23.91
And things were
gone fairly well,
00:49:23.92\00:49:26.00
how much better
would our lives would--
00:49:26.01\00:49:27.76
how much better would our
lives be after we accept Him.
00:49:27.77\00:49:31.58
It'll be a lot better.
00:49:31.59\00:49:34.10
Is that an understatement?
00:49:34.11\00:49:36.31
Are you guys here tonight?
Is that an understatement?
00:49:36.32\00:49:40.65
If you--I got to use
a natural illustration
00:49:40.66\00:49:44.64
here to get--to
get this to sink in.
00:49:44.65\00:49:47.10
I want to get
this to really sink in.
00:49:47.11\00:49:49.94
How many of you would like
to be a millionaire for a day?
00:49:52.38\00:49:57.06
Come on, put your hands up.
00:49:57.07\00:49:58.56
You're not telling the
truth if you're hands are down.
00:49:58.57\00:50:01.03
How many of you would like
to be a millionaire for a day?
00:50:01.04\00:50:03.21
Oh work with me on this one.
00:50:05.86\00:50:08.26
Okay, if somebody
said to you today.
00:50:08.27\00:50:10.36
Today, I'm taking you
on a shopping spree with me
00:50:10.37\00:50:14.25
and there is no limit
financially to what you can buy,
00:50:14.26\00:50:19.21
but you only
have 24 hours to buy
00:50:19.22\00:50:22.46
whatever you want and
after the 24 hours is done
00:50:22.47\00:50:25.84
if you have
purchased it, you can have it.
00:50:25.85\00:50:29.10
So what would be the
first thing that happens to you?
00:50:29.11\00:50:33.88
You would go into
materialistic overload.
00:50:33.89\00:50:37.67
Am I telling the truth? Yeah.
00:50:37.68\00:50:39.27
They say, it
doesn't matter what you buy.
00:50:39.28\00:50:43.29
You can buy whatever
you want within 24 hours.
00:50:43.30\00:50:49.11
Now would you go
out and buy a pencil,
00:50:49.12\00:50:50.63
come on, talk to me.
00:50:50.64\00:50:53.91
Would you walk
into the store and ask,
00:50:53.92\00:50:55.48
what's the price of
that? Would you ask that?
00:50:55.49\00:50:58.37
Because they just said to
you no matter what you want,
00:50:58.38\00:51:02.17
you could--I'm footing the bill.
00:51:02.18\00:51:05.16
So you walk into the store
and the first item you get is--
00:51:05.17\00:51:08.58
I like to get a box of doughnuts
and you turn to the guy
00:51:08.59\00:51:12.87
and say that's gonna be
$15 dollars, is that okay?
00:51:12.88\00:51:15.41
And he says to you, you didn't
get what I just said to you.
00:51:15.42\00:51:18.38
You missed what
I just said to you.
00:51:18.39\00:51:20.28
I just said to
you, there is no limit,
00:51:20.29\00:51:22.69
you just get it
and I'll pay for it.
00:51:22.70\00:51:25.38
So you try the
next store and you go on
00:51:25.39\00:51:27.65
and you say. I
really like these shoes.
00:51:27.66\00:51:30.80
But they're pretty expensive.
00:51:30.81\00:51:32.48
And he says did you
just get what I said.
00:51:32.49\00:51:34.96
I didn't ask you
about the price of the shoe.
00:51:34.97\00:51:37.04
I said to you pick the store.
00:51:37.05\00:51:41.42
And you walk in timidly and say,
00:51:41.43\00:51:42.74
can I have-- want to get like.
00:51:42.75\00:51:45.61
Can I get 3 pairs of shoes?
00:51:45.62\00:51:46.75
And he says, you
just still didn't get it.
00:51:46.76\00:51:51.56
And when the shoes
come up and you ask--
00:51:51.57\00:51:54.61
you make a mistake
and what's the price.
00:51:54.62\00:51:56.04
He says, he taps you
remember it doesn't matter.
00:51:56.05\00:51:59.48
I've made the provision.
00:51:59.49\00:52:01.69
You see, what's happening here,
00:52:01.70\00:52:03.31
then all of a
sudden at the 23rd hour,
00:52:03.32\00:52:05.59
you it all of a sudden hits you.
00:52:05.60\00:52:07.94
And you say can
you buy me Mercedes?
00:52:07.95\00:52:10.03
He said, sure you
can but you got one hour.
00:52:10.04\00:52:12.15
Can I get me a plane?
00:52:12.16\00:52:13.73
Sure you can, you got an hour.
00:52:13.74\00:52:15.65
Can I buy me a fifty
storey penthouse building?
00:52:15.66\00:52:19.44
Of course, you can,
00:52:19.45\00:52:20.74
you got an hour to
get whatever you want.
00:52:20.75\00:52:22.27
And you know what happened,
00:52:22.28\00:52:23.34
when the last ten
minutes are around,
00:52:23.35\00:52:25.25
all of the sudden
it finally sinks in
00:52:25.26\00:52:26.97
that there is no limit
and you go nuts and realize,
00:52:26.98\00:52:29.66
what if I--what if I--what
if I caught this 23 hours later.
00:52:29.67\00:52:35.01
How much more would I
have? My point is this.
00:52:35.02\00:52:38.98
We've got to get this now.
00:52:38.99\00:52:41.15
We gotta realize
that if you reconcile
00:52:41.16\00:52:44.15
as while we were
enemies and He says to us.
00:52:44.16\00:52:46.48
You've got a blank
check to salvation.
00:52:46.49\00:52:49.02
You've got a blank
access to everything
00:52:49.03\00:52:51.13
that is in my possession.
00:52:51.14\00:52:52.77
You're my son, I'm your Father,
00:52:52.78\00:52:55.00
there's no limit
to what I can do.
00:52:55.01\00:52:57.21
How does Paul say it.
00:52:57.22\00:52:58.47
He can do
exceedingly, come on now,
00:52:58.48\00:53:00.58
abundantly above all
that you can ask or think
00:53:00.59\00:53:05.40
according to the
power that is at work where?
00:53:05.41\00:53:08.45
In us. So what's,
what's my illustration.
00:53:08.46\00:53:12.27
A true illustration and
it fails into comparison
00:53:12.28\00:53:16.21
to what the Lord is
making available to us.
00:53:16.22\00:53:19.17
It pales because the
Lord is not just making things
00:53:19.18\00:53:21.67
on this Earth available to us.
00:53:21.68\00:53:23.45
Everything outside of
this world is available
00:53:23.46\00:53:26.90
because He's the
Lord of Heaven and Earth.
00:53:26.91\00:53:29.90
And even what the
Bible hasn't written yet.
00:53:29.91\00:53:31.96
He's making us
accessible to that.
00:53:31.97\00:53:34.07
So when we think
about salvation brethren
00:53:34.08\00:53:35.89
the door to that scenario
that I just painted to you
00:53:35.90\00:53:38.82
is the door called salvation.
00:53:38.83\00:53:40.83
It's called what? Salvation.
00:53:40.84\00:53:42.86
But we got to
get out of this mess.
00:53:42.87\00:53:46.04
In order to have
that limitless, abundant,
00:53:46.05\00:53:49.50
non-focused on material life
that God intent for us to have.
00:53:49.51\00:53:54.13
Unfortunately, the world
narrows it down to materialism.
00:53:54.14\00:53:56.89
The Lord is saying, oh,
you don't even know what.
00:53:56.90\00:53:59.20
Eyes have not seen, Paul
says, ears have not even heard.
00:53:59.21\00:54:02.13
It hasn't even
entered into your heart.
00:54:02.14\00:54:04.75
The things that God has prepared
for those that love Him.
00:54:04.76\00:54:07.88
But the door is
the plan of salvation.
00:54:07.89\00:54:11.67
The door is the
plan of salvation.
00:54:11.68\00:54:13.23
We will be reconciled,
we will be saved by His life
00:54:13.24\00:54:16.26
and the phrase I like the most,
00:54:16.27\00:54:17.67
the most in this is
the phrase much more.
00:54:17.68\00:54:20.07
What's the phrase? Much more.
00:54:20.08\00:54:22.87
There's much more to the
story than we can even see
00:54:22.88\00:54:26.19
in the feeble words of humanity.
00:54:26.20\00:54:27.83
Question number
23, question number 23.
00:54:27.84\00:54:31.31
What does
justification accomplish for us?
00:54:31.32\00:54:35.39
What does
justification accomplish for us?
00:54:35.40\00:54:39.96
It accomplishes for us, what?
00:54:39.97\00:54:42.50
Let's just read it.
00:54:42.51\00:54:43.62
I don't want to
jump ahead myself.
00:54:43.63\00:54:44.90
We're turning now to Colossians,
00:54:44.91\00:54:49.06
Colossians 1,
verse 21 to verse 22.
00:54:49.07\00:54:56.92
Let me turn there with you.
00:54:56.93\00:54:59.81
I have it on the
screen but I just wanna,
00:54:59.82\00:55:01.47
I wanna go through the exercise
00:55:01.48\00:55:02.78
of knowing
exactly where you are.
00:55:02.79\00:55:03.90
Because I may want
to read something more
00:55:03.91\00:55:06.25
than what I have on the screen.
00:55:06.26\00:55:07.44
Colossians 1
verse 21 and verse 22.
00:55:07.45\00:55:14.21
Another very important text,
00:55:14.22\00:55:15.78
almost similar to the
one that we just read.
00:55:15.79\00:55:18.19
Almost similar
to one we just read.
00:55:18.20\00:55:20.19
Here it is.
00:55:20.20\00:55:21.46
Okay, first two words are what?
00:55:22.27\00:55:25.70
And you. Say, and me.
00:55:25.71\00:55:28.03
And me. And me. Us, me.
00:55:28.04\00:55:33.15
And you, who once
were alienated and enemies
00:55:33.16\00:55:38.31
in your mind by
wicked works, yet now.
00:55:38.32\00:55:44.13
Speak it right now.
00:55:44.14\00:55:45.13
Yet now He has reconciled in the
body of His flesh through what?
00:55:45.14\00:55:51.75
Death. For what purpose,
to present you how, friends?
00:55:51.76\00:55:56.73
Holy and blameless and
above reproach in His sight.
00:55:56.74\00:56:02.01
Can you say Amen to that? Amen.
00:56:02.02\00:56:03.57
You know what
God is saying there.
00:56:03.58\00:56:06.21
I'm gonna go back, I
know they saw it on the screen
00:56:06.22\00:56:07.93
but I wanna break
this down just for you
00:56:07.94\00:56:09.21
who are right here in the room.
00:56:09.22\00:56:11.38
You who are once alienated
and enemies in your mind
00:56:11.39\00:56:14.28
by wicked works.
00:56:14.29\00:56:15.28
You know what that's saying,
00:56:15.29\00:56:16.45
our minds are so
messed up that we can even,
00:56:16.46\00:56:18.77
God it was like trying
to, it was like a mosquito
00:56:18.78\00:56:21.11
trying to get through a
very strong plate-glass window,
00:56:21.12\00:56:23.99
just bouncing,
bouncing, bouncing.
00:56:24.00\00:56:26.18
And some people take
longer to convert than others.
00:56:26.19\00:56:28.67
Do you know why?
Because their minds are filled,
00:56:28.68\00:56:31.55
their minds are alienated and
enemies by their wicked works.
00:56:31.56\00:56:38.93
But does the
Lord cast them away.
00:56:38.94\00:56:40.40
Yes or no? No.
00:56:40.41\00:56:41.97
He looks at the worse condition
00:56:41.98\00:56:43.69
and this is a
pretty bad condition.
00:56:43.70\00:56:45.24
He looks at the worse
condition and He says.
00:56:45.25\00:56:48.04
And He says, yet
now He has reconciled
00:56:48.05\00:56:53.07
in the body of His
flesh through death.
00:56:53.08\00:56:57.53
To present you how? Holy.
00:56:57.54\00:56:59.76
Can we be holy? Yes.
00:56:59.77\00:57:01.39
Who wants to be holy? Amen.
00:57:01.40\00:57:02.97
Blameless and above
reproach in the sight of God.
00:57:02.98\00:57:06.81
Do you know what the
judgment is all about?
00:57:06.82\00:57:09.36
We're living in
the hour of judgment,
00:57:09.37\00:57:11.10
the judgment is simply this.
00:57:11.11\00:57:13.01
The devil is
accusing us before God.
00:57:13.02\00:57:16.48
And if he can prove,
00:57:16.49\00:57:17.58
if he can say that
they're not worthy,
00:57:17.59\00:57:19.87
they're not worthy.
00:57:19.88\00:57:22.11
And that sticks, then
we'll lose eternal life.
00:57:22.12\00:57:25.49
But because of the
righteousness of Jesus
00:57:25.50\00:57:28.06
everyone of us
can have salvation,
00:57:28.07\00:57:31.48
and be holy and be
blameless and be above reproach
00:57:31.49\00:57:35.50
because of what Jesus
had done for us. Amen.
00:57:35.51\00:57:39.56
And so as we continue
studying A Sharper Focus.
00:57:39.57\00:57:41.94
The focus that we
all must have is not just
00:57:41.95\00:57:44.54
the focus on
what the Bible says,
00:57:44.55\00:57:46.28
but a focus to see Jesus
Christ even more clearly.
00:57:46.29\00:57:50.78
He wants to change our
lives. Transform our lives.
00:57:50.79\00:57:54.58
Take us from where
we were to where He can
00:57:54.59\00:57:57.09
have that abundant
experience in our lives.
00:57:57.10\00:57:59.14
So continue
trusting the Lord and one day
00:57:59.15\00:58:01.56
you'll have that
Sharper Focus. God bless you.
00:58:01.57\00:58:04.82