Hello, friends, and welcome
to another a Sharper Focus,
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Wednesday night Bible
study, time for prayer
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and time for getting
into it with the Lord
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and with the Holy Spirit.
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And our local audience
would like to welcome you.
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Let's all say, welcome. Welcome.
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You have been welcomed by
the people in Thompsonville,
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the biggest little city,
we believe in the mid west.
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Some may argue
differently, but we believe
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that the Lord is changing
lives and transforming lives
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all around the world
by what's taking place
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in this little town and if
you are in driving distance,
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we'd like to invite
you to come and join us
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for our Wednesday night
Bible study and prayer time.
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And we are continuing
tonight on the topic of,
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"How to Live a Spiritual
Life in a Natural Body."
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to continue with us as we study,
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"How to Live a Spiritual
Life in a Natural Body."
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Let's all pray together.
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Our gracious Father in heaven,
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we thank you once
again for the opportunity.
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Sometimes they are
few and far between,
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but the pause in
the middle of our week,
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it defines spiritual
strength and direction
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is such a
vitally important thing
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as it relates to
our spiritual growth.
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We have recognized that
we are not able of ourselves
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to be righteous
in any particular.
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And so far that we
thank you for Jesus Christ
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and we thank you
for His righteousness.
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But tonight, guide us
through the study of your word
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and help us to
understand more clearly,
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how truly we can look
at Christ our righteousness
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and rejoiced that each one of us
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can be made complete in Him.
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In Jesus name we
pray. Amen. Amen.
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Now we're gonna to do something
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a little differently tonight
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because people
have requested that
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and I think it
would be a good thing.
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We're gonna begin
tonight with a song,
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the words may not
appear on your screen,
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but our local
audience is gonna sing a song,
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"Seek ye first
the kingdom of God
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and His righteousness
and all these things
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will be added to you."
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If it's familiar with you,
you can sing along with us.
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Let's sing that
song together tonight.
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Seek ye first the kingdom of God
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And His righteousness
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And all these things
shall be added unto you
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And we say, Hallelu, Hallelujah
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Ask and it shall
be given unto you
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Seek and ye shall find
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Knock and the door
shall be opened unto you
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We sing, Hallelu, Hallelujah
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Seek ye first the kingdom of God
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And His righteousness
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And all these things
shall be added unto you
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Hallelu, Hallelujah
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Hallelu, Hallelujah.
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Ain't that
wonderful? Amen. Amen.
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You know that's actually
Mathew Chapter 6 and verse 33,
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which in fact says,
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"Seek ye first
the kingdom of God
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and His righteousness
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and all these things
shall be added unto you."
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And so often people,
even sometimes Christians,
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they seek all the things first.
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But the whole focus of
our study from week to week
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is to seek first the kingdom
of God and His righteousness
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and whatever you
need will be added to you.
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Tonight, we're gonna be talking
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about the topic
of justification,
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the power of justification.
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Now for those of you
who are following along,
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somebody may ask the question,
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"Hey, but what
about question number 24
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in lesson number one?
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What about
question 24 in the lesson
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about Victorious Living?"
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And that question I'll
just mention it to you,
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if you want to fill
that in, the question was,
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how can we define
the act of justification?
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How can we define
the act of justification?
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And if you have the syllabus,
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you'll notice that the
three words or the four words,
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"We are saved by" and then
there are two blank spaces.
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"We are saved by" and
let me give you the answer,
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we are saved by Christ's work.
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We are saved by
Christ's work. Amen.
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Not by our work.
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Because the Bible says,
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"We are saved by
grace through faith,
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and that not of
ourselves is the gift of God,
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not of works lest
anyone should boast."
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We are saved by Christ's work.
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And tonight, we're
gonna be talking about
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what that work is and
how that work can be applied
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to our lives in a wonderful way?
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So if you have lesson
number two, which is entitled,
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"The Process of Justification,"
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and you should
have that in your hand.
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We'll follow along tonight.
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How many of you
have heard the phrase,
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a fight to the death?
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Have you heard that before?
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You know when
you hear that phrase,
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sometimes you think
about two gladiators
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or two sword fighters
or two people in a ring.
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In modern times, you
know, we don't watch things
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that people fight to the death.
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In most cases,
those are fictional shows
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where they show gladiators,
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but you can envision how
must've been in Roman times
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where the gladiator
would enter the ring
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and they would
fight and the only one
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that came out is
the one that lived.
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But when you think
about the Christian life,
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there is a fight to the death.
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You see everyone wants
to-- let me use the phrase,
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everyone loosely, those
who wanted to be baptized
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often think of baptism
as entering into fellowship,
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joining a church, having their
membership added to the role.
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But I'm gonna begin
tonight with a scripture
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that's not on our syllabus
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and I want you to
see how important it is
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to understand that to first
and into this righteous life,
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there is a fight to the death.
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There are two people
that are battling each other,
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but I want to thank
the Lord tonight that
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Jesus has already won.
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Can you say amen to that? Amen.
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So this, but this battle--
this fight that takes place
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is not just the battle
that Jesus won on the cross,
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but this is a battle in us.
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And this battle is
not a one time battle.
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This battle happens how
often? How do you think?
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Everyday, all day
long. Everyday, all day long.
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Those of us who
know how difficult it is,
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they say everyday,
all day long battle.
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But I'm gonna
show you in the Bible.
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Go with me to Romans Chapter 6.
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Romans Chapter 6,
we're gonna see this,
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"Fight to the death."
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And by the way when you think
about the fight to the death,
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you don't think
about it this way,
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the man that lives
in the gladiator's fight
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is the man that leaves the ring.
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Ain't that right?
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But in the Christian
life, the man that dies
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is the man that walks away free.
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You follow this very carefully.
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It's an amazing
dichotomy, how it's different,
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because the spiritual
world and the natural world
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are really
opposite to each other.
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Romans Chapter 6.
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Look with me to
verse 1 and 2 to start.
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Romans 6, verse 1 and verse 2.
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And Paul, as he often does--
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you know what I like
about Paul's writings,
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sometimes he asks
questions as though the people
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he is talking to should
already know the answer.
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He says, "what?"
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And if you read that in Greek,
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he's like, he's
surprised, "what."
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He is looking at
Christians who should be going
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in a different direction,
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so he begins with
the phrase or the word,
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"what" and that's
what he says, "what?"
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What shall we say then?
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Shall we continue in
sin that what may abound?
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That grace may
abound and he answers
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emphatically
"together" certainly not.
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How shall we who died to
sin live any longer in it?
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How shall we who died to
sin live any longer in it?"
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Now when you think about dying,
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you don't think
about living after that.
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At least the gladiator
who died does not walk home.
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The one who won is
the one that walks home.
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There's a battle
that Paul outlines
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here in Romans Chapter 6.
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And he talks about this
old man that wants to fight.
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But the fight does
not begin until the person
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who is captured by this old man
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desires to be set free.
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Until there is a
desire to be set free,
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until there is a desire to
be released from the bondage
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or the chain that holds
you, there is really no battle.
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Let me make it even clearer.
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There is no battle for people
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that are living
just for the world.
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There is no battle.
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They get up, they
live for the world.
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They have "fun" as they say it.
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There's no struggle.
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They drink like the world,
they speak like the world,
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they entertain like the
world, they do everything.
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And one of the reasons why
Christians are so often shock
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and we say, how
can they do that?
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How could anybody do that?
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They are completely not
even desiring to be set free.
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They are completely under
control by that old nature,
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that nature that
they got from Adam.
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And Paul talks about that nature
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in Romans Chapter
6 as the "old man."
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But now let's go to verse
7, because Paul introduces,
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"How could we leave
that way if we've died
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to what was formally behind us?"
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He says in Romans Chapter 7--
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Romans Chapter 6
and verse 7, all right?
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For he who has,
what's the next word? Died.
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"For He who has died
has been freed from sin."
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You know another way
to say that and sometimes
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you don't get this, but
I want to give you a word
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to really give you
something to rejoice about,
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"He who has died has
been cleared from sin."
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So in other words, if
you look at your record,
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let's just say you
gave your life to the Lord
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when you're 25 years old.
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Those 25 years
behind you are years
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filled with sin
and transgression
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and temptation and all
the things you've done wrong.
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And so when you
come to the point
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where you enter into
that relationship with Christ,
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you accept Him as
your Lord and savior.
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Then you go down to the
watery grave of baptism,
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that's the burial,
that signifying the death.
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When you come up, you come
up cleared of all the things
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you've done before. Amen. Amen.
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You come up completely cleared.
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And I don't know of anybody
who has ever been in debt
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would like to
be cleared of debt.
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Everybody who has
something that they owe
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would like to be cleared
of that thing that they owe.
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But when you look at 25
years of sin or 30 years
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or 40 years or 15 years
or however long it's been,
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there is no possible way for you
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to be able to
clear your own record.
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Let me use this illustration,
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there is no way to clean
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a dirty window with a dirty rag.
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Because our righteousness
is as, what? Filthy rags.
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There's no way to
wipe oil off the car
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if the rag has
nothing but oil on it.
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So we're stained by sin.
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So when you come to
Christ and He accepts you
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and He starts clearing your life
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that will give you
a reason to rejoice
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because you are not only
freed from the power of sin,
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but you're cleared from
all of the stains of sin, amen.
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But let's go on because
verse 11 contributes to this
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and I'm jumping around because
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that's not the
main focus tonight.
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But you know what, I
need to just go ahead
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and add a few more
verses before verse 11.
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Go to verse 8, Roman 6, verse 8,
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because this is added
also to the topic of death.
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Now if we died,
how? With Christ.
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We believe that we shall
also, how? Lived with Him.
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That living with
Him is not just talking
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about the kingdom to come.
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That living with Him
is talking about, when?
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Now, right now.
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And then verse 9,
Knowing that Christ
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having been raised
from the dead dies no more,
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death no longer
has dominion, over who?
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Over Him, for the
death that He died,
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He died to sin once,
for how many of us? For all.
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But the life that He
lives, He lives to God.
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In the very same
way when we die to sin,
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the life we live is
the life we live to God.
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And we can live a
righteous life to God
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on our own because we still
have something that's mortal.
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We still have a dirty
rag to deal with everyday.
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But let's go on to
verse 11, here is the one.
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And this is by faith,
this is strictly by faith,
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but also by
accepting what Christ has done.
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Likewise you also,
what is the very next word?
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Reckon or consider
yourselves to be what?
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Dead indeed to sin,
but alive to God, how?
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In or through
Christ, Jesus our Lord.
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We cannot live
through anybody else.
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As a matter of fact let me
just emphasize this further.
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If you go to a funeral
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and I think each one of us has.
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If you go to a funeral,
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does not follow you home, right?
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Aren't you glad?
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But when we go to the cross,
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who you are prior to that
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doesn't follow
you home either, why?
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Galatians 2:20.
Let me repeat it.
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I have been
crucified with Christ
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nevertheless I live, but who?
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Yet it is no longer
I who live, but what?
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Christ who lives in me
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in the life I now
live in the flesh,
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I live by faith
in the son of God
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who loved me and did what?
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Gave himself for
me. So here's the point.
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We need a spiritual respirator
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after we give
our lives to Christ
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because that body of
sin has been done away with
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that man of sin has been killed.
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He is not out of existence yet.
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We're gonna talk about that
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under the topic
of sanctification.
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He's not out of existence yet.
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So we have to
maintain a day by day
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relationship to keep him dead.
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So let's go ahead and go
to question number one now,
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very vitally important
to lay that foundation.
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When we're in Christ, all
the old things have passed away,
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behold all
things are become new.
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That is second
Corinthians 5 and verse 17.
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But now let's look
at question number one.
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Question number one. Here it is.
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"What does the Bible
reveal that informs us
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that we need deliverance?"
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"What does the Bible reveal
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that informs us that
we need deliverance?"
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Romans 3 verse 23.
If you are theological,
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you know the answer already.
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All right, are
you ready? Here we go.
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"For all have sinned and fall
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short of the glory of God."
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I used to have
fun with the long jump
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when I was in track
and field in high school.
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Do you know what
the long jump is?
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It's a sandbox,
at least soft dirt.
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Sometimes when we
used to do the long jump
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on cold days that was hard dirt.
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But it's a sandbox,
a very, very soft dirt
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and what you try to
do is you try to jump
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as far as you could
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to compete against the
jump of the other person.
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And if you're able to
clear that sandbox altogether
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not even put a
footprint in that sand,
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you're really good, but
I have never met anybody.
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I have not met
anybody who ever cleared
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that sandbox completely.
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Every one of them fall short.
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In the very same way,
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we can try with all the effort.
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I mean you can run as
hard as you can as a Christian.
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You can be running
in the Christian life
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with all the energy.
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You can be trying
as hard as you could,
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but the bottom line is
when you leave your feet
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and try to clear what we
call sin, you never clear it.
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You always fall
short of the glory of God.
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That's why Jesus,
He makes up the gap.
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He closes the gap between a
sinner and the savior. Amen.
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How does He do it?
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There's one
mediator between God and man
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and that's the
man, who? Christ Jesus.
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With this hand, he
connects humanity to divinity.
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And with this hand,
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he connects
divinity to humanity.
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There's only one mediator.
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There's no other
name given among men
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whereby we must be
saved than the name of Jesus.
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So he's the one that
makes up the difference
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between us falling
short or more specifically,
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let me make it
very clear because
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I don't want you to think
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that I'm
talking about our effort
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plus His little
input makes salvation.
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I'm making the point that
we have no effort on our part
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that can ever
contribute to His righteousness.
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In other words, we
could never clear that again.
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We'll always fall
short, so, you know,
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there's no need to go out
with a measuring stick and say,
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"Uh, I just missed His
righteousness by four inches."
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There is no sense to do that
because we can never get it.
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You know the gap
between earth and heaven.
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I think I like the way
that Jesus says to disciples,
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He said, "Where I'm
going, you cannot come."
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That's the gap. But he'll
come back to get us there.
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So tonight we
simply see the reason
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why everyone of
us needs deliverance
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is because we
have all fallen, how?
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Short of the glory of God.
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But let's go to
question number two.
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And we're gonna
spend a lot of time
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tonight in Romans Chapter
3 because Romans Chapter 3
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is the chapter that
really wonderfully defines
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who we are and who
we can be in Christ?
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Romans Chapter 3, let's
go to the question first.
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"How does the Bible describe
00:20:02.55\00:20:04.90
the transaction to
the pardon sinners?"
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There's a transaction.
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A transaction often
includes some kind of monitory--
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some kind of monitory fund.
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There's always something
included in transaction
00:20:18.95\00:20:21.32
that pays for something.
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But here is the
answer, Romans 3 and verse 24.
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Look at the transaction.
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"Being justified," let's
say the next word together.
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"Freely by His grace
through the redemption
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that is in Christ Jesus."
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How are we justified? Freely.
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Now what I want
to get this is it.
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Here it is. Just
look at that hand again.
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The hand that
reaches down from God to man,
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there is no charge for that,
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because the hand that reaches
from man to God is expensive.
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We're not redeemed
by corruptible things
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like silver and gold,
00:20:59.59\00:21:00.80
but the precious blood of Christ
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as that of a spotless lamb.
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So this arm is
the expensive arm,
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but when it reaches down the man
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there's no charge. Amen? Amen.
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He doesn't charge
us to connect us to God
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because as the song writer say,
00:21:12.35\00:21:13.99
"Jesus paid it
all. All to him I owe."
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So you begin to
see the Bible describes
00:21:18.81\00:21:21.06
the transaction
to pardon sinners
00:21:21.07\00:21:22.55
as we're justified freely.
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Salvation is free to us.
00:21:25.57\00:21:27.20
The hand that reaches
down to connect to man,
00:21:27.21\00:21:29.45
but on this hand that reaches up
00:21:29.46\00:21:30.75
to connect the
God it's expensive
00:21:30.76\00:21:32.39
because Jesus gave
up everything in heaven.
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How many of us will do that
00:21:36.02\00:21:37.34
for just somebody
that we didn't know,
00:21:37.35\00:21:40.48
somebody that
wouldn't appreciate it.
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And when you think about how
Jesus did that the Bible says,
00:21:42.41\00:21:44.46
in that while we're yet, what?
00:21:44.47\00:21:47.20
Sinners. Christ died for us.
00:21:47.21\00:21:48.70
So he didn't say, well,
Mike, when you get it together,
00:21:48.71\00:21:54.67
I'll come down and die for you.
00:21:54.68\00:21:56.84
And then if that was
the case, you say, Mike,
00:21:56.85\00:21:59.39
you know, it's not my fault,
00:21:59.40\00:22:00.64
you just never got it together.
00:22:00.65\00:22:02.81
But God's love for
us is so great, friends.
00:22:02.82\00:22:04.92
I want to emphasize this.
God's love for us is so great.
00:22:04.93\00:22:08.49
He saw us under
the bondage of an enemy
00:22:08.50\00:22:13.30
that hated him
and that hated us.
00:22:13.31\00:22:16.16
And wanted to do
nothing more than torment
00:22:16.17\00:22:18.21
and torture his children and
hold them in bondage and fear.
00:22:18.22\00:22:21.55
But I like it when
Jesus sets us free,
00:22:21.56\00:22:23.62
The Bible says
when He sets us free
00:22:23.63\00:22:25.53
He doesn't even allow
00:22:25.54\00:22:27.44
the spirit of fear to continue.
00:22:27.45\00:22:30.49
For God has not given us
00:22:30.50\00:22:31.72
the spirit of fear but of what?
00:22:31.73\00:22:34.28
Power. What else? Love
and what else? A sound mind.
00:22:34.29\00:22:38.45
He takes away
not just our record,
00:22:38.46\00:22:40.69
but He clears us, I'm excited.
00:22:40.70\00:22:44.13
He clears us of all the things
that held us fearful. Amen.
00:22:44.14\00:22:48.42
Praise be His name.
Question number three.
00:22:50.75\00:22:54.00
So if you put the
answer for number two,
00:22:54.01\00:22:56.24
the transaction to pardon
the sinner justified freely.
00:22:56.25\00:23:00.84
That is to us. Question number--
00:23:00.85\00:23:03.49
let me read this
quotation by the way.
00:23:03.50\00:23:05.65
This is between
question two and question three,
00:23:05.66\00:23:09.14
very, very powerful.
00:23:09.15\00:23:10.33
This is from the
book, Christ Triumphant.
00:23:10.34\00:23:12.90
Page 150, paragraph 3.
00:23:13.88\00:23:15.66
Follow me carefully,
"As penitent sinners,
00:23:15.67\00:23:20.19
contrite before God,
00:23:20.20\00:23:22.23
discern Christ's
atonement in their behalf."
00:23:22.24\00:23:25.77
In other words, as
they come to grips with it
00:23:25.78\00:23:28.03
and accept this
atonement as their only hope
00:23:28.04\00:23:31.74
in this life
and the future life,
00:23:31.75\00:23:34.90
their sins are, what? Pardoned.
00:23:34.91\00:23:38.20
This is justification by faith.
00:23:38.21\00:23:42.44
Pardon and justification are one
00:23:42.45\00:23:45.95
and the same thing, amen.
00:23:45.96\00:23:48.00
Pardon and justification
are one and the same thing.
00:23:48.01\00:23:52.26
Now I don't-- what
I'm going to do tonight
00:23:52.27\00:23:54.90
is I'm going to add
some greater context to that
00:23:54.91\00:23:57.93
because you know,
sometimes you think
00:23:57.94\00:24:00.06
when we say to somebody,
Uh, it's okay, I'm sorry.
00:24:00.07\00:24:02.25
I'm sorry. Okay,
you are pardoned.
00:24:02.26\00:24:05.56
It's not the same
thing. It's not that simple.
00:24:05.57\00:24:09.09
Because there's an
obligation that comes along,
00:24:09.10\00:24:11.53
there's an
obligation that comes along
00:24:11.54\00:24:13.16
with our connection to Christ.
00:24:13.17\00:24:14.53
There's a great obligation
that comes into that gap
00:24:14.54\00:24:17.41
and allows us to see
00:24:17.42\00:24:18.98
where we are in
relationship to where Christ is.
00:24:18.99\00:24:23.12
So pardon is not as simple as,
00:24:23.13\00:24:25.40
"Uh, Hannah, that's
okay, don't worry about it."
00:24:25.41\00:24:28.62
It's a great transaction,
00:24:28.63\00:24:30.49
but what this quotation
says that excites me is,
00:24:30.50\00:24:34.50
when you sit down
and you contemplate
00:24:34.51\00:24:36.28
what Jesus has done for you,
00:24:36.29\00:24:37.91
when you think carefully
00:24:37.92\00:24:39.82
that you could never
have done it for yourself,
00:24:39.83\00:24:43.25
when you think about all
the glories that revealed,
00:24:43.26\00:24:45.25
all the hope that's revealed,
00:24:45.26\00:24:47.01
all of the heaven
that's being prepared for us
00:24:47.02\00:24:49.55
and you think what
could I do to get there
00:24:49.56\00:24:51.79
and you come up
with a conclusion,
00:24:51.80\00:24:52.86
there is nothing I can
do and then someone says,
00:24:52.87\00:24:55.57
"John Dinzey, I'm not
only paying for your past,
00:24:55.58\00:24:58.97
I'm giving you
power for the present,
00:24:58.98\00:25:00.94
assurance for the future,
00:25:00.95\00:25:02.74
and the promise
of eternal life."
00:25:02.75\00:25:04.05
That gives you reason
to say hallelujah. Amen.
00:25:04.06\00:25:06.57
He says this world
is bad as it is getting.
00:25:07.58\00:25:09.81
It's not your final frontier.
00:25:09.82\00:25:12.22
As they used to say
on Star Trek years ago.
00:25:12.23\00:25:14.48
It's not your final home.
00:25:14.49\00:25:15.78
Even Abraham who
is a friend of God
00:25:15.79\00:25:17.86
and his works brought
him into relationship,
00:25:17.87\00:25:21.10
his works
verified that he accepted
00:25:21.11\00:25:23.82
the justification of Christ,
00:25:23.83\00:25:25.83
and because of that
he said, wait a minute,
00:25:25.84\00:25:27.71
I'm looking for a
city which had foundations
00:25:27.72\00:25:29.95
whose builder and maker is God.
00:25:29.96\00:25:31.28
He realized that what
Jesus had done for him.
00:25:31.29\00:25:34.13
What Jesus would do for him
00:25:34.14\00:25:36.04
going and looking to the cross,
00:25:36.05\00:25:37.96
would give him the glory
of leaving this world one day.
00:25:37.97\00:25:40.23
But there's another quotation
from the very same book,
00:25:40.24\00:25:43.16
I wanna continue to
talk about justification.
00:25:43.17\00:25:45.57
Look at the screen.
00:25:45.58\00:25:47.23
Christ Triumphant, page
150, but now paragraph 4.
00:25:47.24\00:25:50.87
It reads as follows.
00:25:50.88\00:25:52.61
"Justification is
the opposite of," what?
00:25:52.62\00:25:56.16
Condemnation, if
you ever felt condemned,
00:25:56.17\00:25:58.43
you know what that means.
00:25:58.44\00:25:59.58
"God's boundless mercy
is exercised toward those
00:25:59.59\00:26:03.83
who are wholly undeserving."
00:26:03.84\00:26:06.06
You don't deserve it.
00:26:07.06\00:26:08.90
"He forgives transgressions
00:26:08.91\00:26:11.15
and sins for the sake of Jesus
00:26:11.16\00:26:15.14
who has become the
propitiation for our sins,
00:26:15.15\00:26:20.11
the payment, the substitute.
00:26:20.12\00:26:22.89
Through faith in Christ,
00:26:22.90\00:26:24.70
the guilty transgressor
is bought into, what?
00:26:24.71\00:26:28.96
Favor with God and into the
strong hope of life eternal."
00:26:28.97\00:26:35.04
Wow. I want to say
thank God for that.
00:26:35.05\00:26:38.43
But I want to
emphasize something,
00:26:38.44\00:26:40.03
he has brought into the
strong hope of life eternal.
00:26:40.04\00:26:43.76
Let me
emphasize what that means?
00:26:43.77\00:26:45.86
When God led the
children of Israel out of Egypt,
00:26:45.87\00:26:49.55
they were not
immediately in the promise land.
00:26:49.56\00:26:51.84
As a matter of fact,
you read the Bible you see
00:26:51.85\00:26:53.26
that many of
them did not make it.
00:26:53.27\00:26:55.89
He did not require
them to do anything
00:26:55.90\00:26:57.90
except his freedom to
get them out of Egypt, right?
00:26:57.91\00:27:01.99
Come on out. Matter of fact,
even some Egyptians came out.
00:27:02.00\00:27:06.86
So the coming out
process was extended to everyone
00:27:06.87\00:27:10.48
who accepted God's deliverance.
00:27:10.49\00:27:13.49
And they had the
hope of going in.
00:27:13.50\00:27:16.82
This is very important.
00:27:16.83\00:27:18.35
Because this
thought I'm communicating
00:27:18.36\00:27:20.99
debunks the attitude
00:27:21.00\00:27:22.53
or the teaching of
once saved, always saved.
00:27:22.54\00:27:24.82
How you live
between the exit of Egypt
00:27:26.34\00:27:29.18
and the border of the
promise land determined
00:27:29.19\00:27:31.89
whether or not the
hope of eternal life
00:27:31.90\00:27:34.14
became the
reality of eternal life.
00:27:34.15\00:27:36.93
That's very vitally important
00:27:36.94\00:27:38.44
because a lot of
people get baptized.
00:27:38.45\00:27:40.15
And you know what happens?
00:27:40.16\00:27:41.19
After they get baptized,
00:27:41.20\00:27:42.25
they go back to living
the way they did before.
00:27:42.26\00:27:44.50
They go back to their old
life and doesn't really matter
00:27:44.51\00:27:46.39
because some how
maybe they don't believe
00:27:46.40\00:27:48.85
in once saved always saved,
00:27:48.86\00:27:49.93
but somehow they dismissed
00:27:49.94\00:27:51.04
the idea that I just left Egypt.
00:27:51.05\00:27:54.48
There is a journey ahead of me.
00:27:54.49\00:27:55.98
Unfortunately in the
case of the Israelites,
00:27:55.99\00:27:57.95
it was much
longer than God intended,
00:27:57.96\00:27:59.76
but in our lives, whether
it's 15 years or 10 years
00:27:59.77\00:28:02.59
or some people
have been Christians
00:28:02.60\00:28:03.76
60 years or 70 or more,
00:28:03.77\00:28:05.85
however long it is,
it's a day by day journey.
00:28:05.86\00:28:09.20
It's a humbling
reality to know that
00:28:09.21\00:28:10.88
when you wake up everyday,
00:28:10.89\00:28:12.08
you got to take one
more step in this journey
00:28:12.09\00:28:14.30
advancing toward
the promise land.
00:28:14.31\00:28:16.86
And as the song writers says,
00:28:16.87\00:28:17.93
"We see the gleams
of the golden morning."
00:28:17.94\00:28:19.47
We know that one day
00:28:19.48\00:28:20.48
we will enter the promise land.
00:28:20.49\00:28:21.90
But how you lived down
here says whether or not
00:28:21.91\00:28:24.91
you accept the great
pardoning process and value
00:28:24.92\00:28:31.91
and salvation that
comes through being justified.
00:28:31.92\00:28:35.96
You know, for somebody--Larry--
00:28:35.97\00:28:38.02
I may use Larry as an example.
00:28:38.03\00:28:39.74
Larry is one of the
nicest guys we have around here.
00:28:39.75\00:28:43.27
You don't have to ask
Larry to do whole lot.
00:28:43.28\00:28:44.69
Larry just gives and
gives and gives of himself.
00:28:44.70\00:28:47.29
But one thing Larry
can't do is buy salvation.
00:28:49.36\00:28:52.72
So the Lord says to Larry.
00:28:52.73\00:28:54.37
You could look Larry nowadays
00:28:54.38\00:28:55.39
and you'll never think that
00:28:55.40\00:28:56.40
Larry used to be a motorcyclist,
00:28:56.41\00:29:00.10
a wild person, who lived
a completely different life
00:29:00.11\00:29:03.75
to what he lives now and
you look at his life and say,
00:29:03.76\00:29:05.86
how on earth did you
get from where you are
00:29:05.87\00:29:08.12
or where you are today.
00:29:08.13\00:29:09.54
We got to say he went
00:29:09.55\00:29:10.55
to the curtain of
God's justification.
00:29:10.56\00:29:13.51
God could not always save
you, but he changes you also.
00:29:13.52\00:29:16.50
But if Larry sat
down and said, okay, Lord,
00:29:16.51\00:29:18.23
I'm changed the whole.
00:29:18.24\00:29:19.29
Lord, I think I got it
from here then all that debt.
00:29:19.30\00:29:23.89
All that debt is
piled back on him.
00:29:23.90\00:29:27.08
Then he realizes, wait a minute.
00:29:29.32\00:29:30.79
Why are you
giving that back to me?
00:29:30.80\00:29:31.97
He said, because you have said
you have it from hereon now.
00:29:31.98\00:29:35.04
Remember the story of
the man who owed so much,
00:29:35.05\00:29:38.24
he couldn't pay it.
00:29:38.25\00:29:40.65
And I can't remember
all the amounts he owed,
00:29:40.66\00:29:42.64
but if you think
about how much he owed.
00:29:42.65\00:29:44.21
He said to the
person that he owed,
00:29:44.22\00:29:46.08
he said, just
give me some more time
00:29:46.09\00:29:49.45
and I will pay for it.
00:29:49.46\00:29:50.78
But when you go
home and do a Bible study
00:29:50.79\00:29:52.73
on that particular sermon,
00:29:52.74\00:29:53.80
I believe this is
in the book of Matthew.
00:29:53.81\00:29:55.56
He owed a many, many,
many, many thousands of talents.
00:29:55.57\00:29:59.38
Give me some time
and I will pay for it.
00:29:59.39\00:30:01.54
I did some
research into the story.
00:30:01.55\00:30:03.95
And based on the
cost of a talent,
00:30:03.96\00:30:06.29
it would have
taken that man 340 years
00:30:06.30\00:30:09.39
to work off that debt.
00:30:09.40\00:30:11.92
Well, you know what? He
couldn't live 340 years.
00:30:11.93\00:30:14.39
But that's 340
years if he did nothing
00:30:14.40\00:30:16.72
but just work to pay the debt,
00:30:16.73\00:30:19.22
24 hours a day, 7 days
a week, 365 days a year.
00:30:19.23\00:30:23.35
He could not
afford to pay that debt.
00:30:23.36\00:30:25.57
But what happened
in the transaction,
00:30:25.58\00:30:27.44
he was forgiven that debt, amen.
00:30:27.45\00:30:29.40
Amen. That represents us.
00:30:29.41\00:30:31.25
But on the flip side of that
00:30:31.26\00:30:32.34
and the reason I
mentioned is here
00:30:32.35\00:30:33.55
because we have to understand
00:30:33.56\00:30:34.96
what God has done
for us through Christ,
00:30:34.97\00:30:37.12
we have to be
willing to do for others.
00:30:37.13\00:30:40.24
Very important point here.
00:30:40.25\00:30:41.33
So he goes now to a
friend who owes him very little
00:30:41.34\00:30:44.41
and he demands a payment.
00:30:45.67\00:30:48.46
Matter of fact, he
wants to torment this man
00:30:48.47\00:30:51.21
for what he owes him
and the person, the king,
00:30:51.22\00:30:54.47
that just pardoned him
hears about it and says,
00:30:54.48\00:30:57.76
Uh, you unworthy,
you--what's that word,
00:30:57.77\00:31:02.20
come on give it to me?
00:31:02.21\00:31:04.49
You unthankful
person and he gets him
00:31:04.50\00:31:07.29
and he throws him in jail.
00:31:07.30\00:31:09.63
Well, you know what that means?
00:31:09.64\00:31:10.73
If the lord is
willing enough to forgive us
00:31:10.74\00:31:13.35
for all that we have
done, all that we have done,
00:31:13.36\00:31:15.66
we have to be
willing to forgive people
00:31:15.67\00:31:17.65
for the little
they have done to us.
00:31:17.66\00:31:19.44
Because we cannot
buy our own salvation.
00:31:21.11\00:31:22.99
Look at the next question.
00:31:23.00\00:31:24.09
Question number
three. Very important.
00:31:24.10\00:31:27.39
Very important. Question three.
00:31:27.40\00:31:28.96
"How did David
the patriarch express
00:31:28.97\00:31:32.36
the joy of justification?"
00:31:32.37\00:31:34.60
I left this for
the heels of that story
00:31:34.61\00:31:36.75
because it's very powerful.
00:31:36.76\00:31:38.03
How did he express
the joy of justification?
00:31:38.04\00:31:41.24
Psalms 32, verse 1
or Psalm 32 verse 1.
00:31:41.25\00:31:45.36
You know when it's one
verse, people say Psalm.
00:31:45.37\00:31:47.20
And when it's many
verses, they say Psalms.
00:31:47.21\00:31:49.98
You could settle that argument.
00:31:49.99\00:31:51.61
I kind of go Psalm
or Psalms depending.
00:31:51.62\00:31:54.20
But here it is.
00:31:54.21\00:31:55.66
Psalm 32, verse 1
and it reads as follows.
00:31:55.67\00:31:58.57
Let's read this together
because this is beautiful.
00:31:58.60\00:32:00.33
Are you ready? Here we go.
00:32:00.34\00:32:01.86
"Blessed is he whose
transgression is forgiven,
00:32:01.87\00:32:06.62
whose sin is covered."
00:32:06.63\00:32:10.28
Ain't that wonderful?
00:32:10.29\00:32:12.19
The word blessed is a
powerful word that says--
00:32:12.20\00:32:14.84
The word, "blessed"
not only means happy,
00:32:14.85\00:32:16.69
but it means exuberantly happy,
00:32:16.70\00:32:19.23
that's why I asked the question,
00:32:19.24\00:32:20.37
how did David expressed the joy?
00:32:20.38\00:32:22.77
When you look at
the life of David,
00:32:25.17\00:32:27.63
you are amazed
and if we were today,
00:32:27.64\00:32:30.56
if we had somebody
in our congregation
00:32:30.57\00:32:32.19
that did what David did.
00:32:32.20\00:32:34.08
Men alive the general
conference will hear about it.
00:32:35.61\00:32:39.62
Am I telling the truth? Yes.
00:32:39.63\00:32:40.96
That would be on Facebook,
on Twitter, on Youtube.
00:32:40.97\00:32:46.50
We would try to dig
up all of his records
00:32:46.51\00:32:49.12
and when he
steps up to the pulpit
00:32:49.13\00:32:50.48
to sing a song, that's him.
00:32:50.49\00:32:52.70
Am I telling the truth?
That's how condemning we are.
00:32:52.71\00:32:55.22
That's how sure
we are on forgetting
00:32:55.23\00:32:57.10
what people have done.
00:32:57.11\00:32:59.53
But after Lord cleaned
00:32:59.54\00:33:00.73
David heart out, his heart out,
00:33:00.74\00:33:02.11
after he faithfully repented off
00:33:02.12\00:33:04.85
his sins, search me.
00:33:04.86\00:33:06.66
Oh, God, see if there
be any wicked way in me.
00:33:06.67\00:33:10.22
He prayed take
not your Holy Spirit,
00:33:10.23\00:33:12.50
restore to me the
joy of your salvation.
00:33:12.51\00:33:15.51
He repented, he
fervently repented
00:33:15.52\00:33:18.97
and that was a
sincere repentance.
00:33:18.98\00:33:20.55
Even though he still had to grow
00:33:20.56\00:33:21.85
on the human aspects after that,
00:33:21.86\00:33:23.56
he so sincerely repented
that he wrote this text,
00:33:23.57\00:33:27.60
"Blessed is he whose
transgression is forgiven,
00:33:27.61\00:33:31.93
whose sin is coered."
00:33:31.94\00:33:33.75
Mind you, people still
knew that he had killed Uriah.
00:33:33.76\00:33:37.90
Mind you, he was
still with the woman
00:33:37.91\00:33:41.37
whose man he stoled--
00:33:41.38\00:33:45.76
whose woman he stole her from--
00:33:45.77\00:33:47.18
how you put that.
00:33:47.19\00:33:48.19
He stoled her from a
man and killed the husband.
00:33:48.20\00:33:50.83
He was still with her.
00:33:50.84\00:33:52.13
They had a child that
died, but God was forgiving
00:33:52.14\00:33:54.94
and He blessed
them with another child.
00:33:54.95\00:33:56.77
The result of our
sin continues some times,
00:33:56.78\00:34:00.67
but thank the Lord
that the stain of it
00:34:00.68\00:34:06.10
in the side of
God does not continue.
00:34:06.11\00:34:08.44
Somebody asked me,
well, what if God--
00:34:08.45\00:34:10.92
is there anything I can do
that God cannot forgive me of?
00:34:10.93\00:34:12.93
And I said, "Yes, there
is something you can do."
00:34:12.94\00:34:14.96
And that's to resist
00:34:14.97\00:34:15.99
the work of the
Holy Spirit in your life.
00:34:16.00\00:34:18.27
Outside of that
there's no category
00:34:18.28\00:34:19.64
that God can't forgive.
00:34:19.65\00:34:21.40
So David was happy, he rejoiced.
00:34:21.41\00:34:24.04
But here's question number four.
00:34:24.05\00:34:26.68
"How effective
does Isaiah reveal
00:34:26.69\00:34:29.34
the righteousness of
Christ to be?" How effective?
00:34:29.35\00:34:33.20
We are gonna go to
Isaiah 1 and verse 18,
00:34:33.21\00:34:35.68
"How effective
does Isaiah reveal
00:34:35.69\00:34:38.01
the
righteousness of Christ to be?"
00:34:38.02\00:34:40.17
Before I get into the
intricacies of breaking down
00:34:40.18\00:34:42.28
what justification really is.
00:34:42.29\00:34:43.58
I wanna help you
see how completely,
00:34:43.59\00:34:45.65
how wonderful God does a job.
00:34:45.66\00:34:48.24
About three or four years ago,
00:34:48.25\00:34:49.64
my wife and I,
we'd bought a Honda,
00:34:49.65\00:34:52.35
a nice new Honda for
our 25th anniversary,
00:34:52.36\00:34:55.95
silver and we were
going to someone's house
00:34:55.96\00:34:58.37
during the Christmas season.
00:34:58.38\00:34:59.78
And it was on the Saturday night
00:34:59.79\00:35:00.89
and the roads were dark
00:35:00.90\00:35:01.98
and we were
riding on one of those--
00:35:01.99\00:35:03.64
driving on one of
those two lane roads
00:35:03.65\00:35:04.90
in the backwoods
of Thompsonville.
00:35:04.91\00:35:06.53
And we saw a large deer
on the side of the road,
00:35:06.54\00:35:09.25
but he had paws
and big old antlers,
00:35:09.26\00:35:13.79
and so we continued our
speed as we were going along.
00:35:13.80\00:35:16.92
Just then as we
got close to him,
00:35:18.13\00:35:19.80
he lowered his head,
darted across a single lane
00:35:19.81\00:35:23.22
and rammed right
into our vehicle.
00:35:23.23\00:35:25.74
All the airbags
deployed. Axle got broken.
00:35:25.75\00:35:30.66
Thank the Lord, the
angels kept the car straight.
00:35:30.67\00:35:32.39
Praise God for that.
00:35:32.40\00:35:33.76
$10,500 in damage,
not too many months
00:35:34.53\00:35:38.85
after we got the car.
00:35:38.86\00:35:40.20
Awful, uh, and we had to
leave that vehicle right there.
00:35:40.21\00:35:44.62
They came with a tow
truck and picked it up
00:35:45.81\00:35:47.97
and we went to the site and saw
00:35:47.98\00:35:50.44
all the terrible damage
in the light of the daylight,
00:35:50.45\00:35:52.96
went to the body shop and
saw how horrible things were.
00:35:52.97\00:35:55.78
And you know, when we
looked at the car our--
00:35:55.79\00:35:58.59
my appeal then was this.
00:35:58.60\00:36:01.46
Could you just
give us a new one?
00:36:01.47\00:36:03.32
Because it just--
I mean I don't know
00:36:04.65\00:36:06.02
how you gonna fix that
from front, left, center,
00:36:06.03\00:36:09.62
all way to the
back that deer trembled
00:36:09.63\00:36:11.43
all along the side of our
car, banging up, everything.
00:36:11.44\00:36:13.94
All the airbags from the left,
00:36:13.95\00:36:16.21
all the way to the back,
everyone of them deployed.
00:36:16.22\00:36:18.98
Even the seat airbag,
everything was messed up.
00:36:18.99\00:36:21.55
And I said,
there's no way I could be--
00:36:21.56\00:36:24.12
I know there're people
that could do this stuff,
00:36:24.13\00:36:26.20
but not this.
00:36:26.21\00:36:28.85
And they said,
"We could fix it."
00:36:28.86\00:36:32.04
Now I drive that car,
my wife drives that car
00:36:32.05\00:36:34.60
and we look at
that thing and we say,
00:36:34.61\00:36:35.85
"Where was the damage?"
00:36:35.86\00:36:38.23
I don't remember
where the damage was.
00:36:38.24\00:36:39.55
I mean, intellectually I do,
00:36:39.56\00:36:41.62
but you can't see any
traces of how it was before.
00:36:41.63\00:36:44.67
And I thought and I
said to the body shop,
00:36:44.68\00:36:46.52
"Man, you guys did a good job.
00:36:46.53\00:36:48.47
You did really good job.
00:36:48.48\00:36:50.08
Now here's my point, if
man can do that for a car,
00:36:50.09\00:36:53.94
how completely can
Jesus do it for us?
00:36:53.95\00:36:57.27
Look at Isaiah.
Isaiah 1, verse 18.
00:36:57.28\00:37:00.88
Notice what he
says, I like this.
00:37:00.89\00:37:02.47
He invites us, He says, what?
00:37:02.48\00:37:04.28
Come now and let us reason
how together, saith the lord.
00:37:04.29\00:37:08.92
That's a great invitation.
00:37:08.93\00:37:10.52
Though your sins
be as, what? Scarlet.
00:37:10.53\00:37:14.70
They shall be as white as snow,
00:37:14.71\00:37:18.53
though they be red
like what, crimson,
00:37:18.54\00:37:22.15
they shall be how, as wool.
00:37:22.16\00:37:24.42
Ain't that wonderful?
00:37:24.43\00:37:25.80
He is saying, you
had a terrible accident,
00:37:25.81\00:37:27.43
it's called the Adam crash.
00:37:27.44\00:37:29.58
Adam crashed in
the Garden of Eden,
00:37:29.59\00:37:31.62
passed on a messed
up vehicle to everybody
00:37:31.63\00:37:33.62
that was born into this world
00:37:33.63\00:37:35.25
and he went
driving around wondering
00:37:35.26\00:37:36.99
how to get our vehicles fixed.
00:37:37.00\00:37:39.18
Because the Lord
say, you are not taken
00:37:39.19\00:37:40.26
that messed up
vehicle to heaven.
00:37:40.27\00:37:42.19
So Jesus comes down
and he opens a body shop.
00:37:42.20\00:37:46.59
And he gets rid
of our mortal body
00:37:46.60\00:37:49.03
and gives us a hope
of his immortal body.
00:37:49.04\00:37:50.93
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:37:50.94\00:37:52.28
He says those
who bore the earthly
00:37:52.29\00:37:54.39
will one day bear the heavenly
00:37:54.40\00:37:55.97
and we look at
ourselves and we say,
00:37:55.98\00:37:57.54
how is that gonna happen?
00:37:57.55\00:37:59.66
And then he says to us,
00:37:59.67\00:38:01.08
"Janice, it does not yet
appear what you shall be."
00:38:01.09\00:38:05.03
Praise the Lord.
00:38:05.04\00:38:06.38
"But we do know when
I'm done you'll see me
00:38:06.39\00:38:11.26
as I am because
you be just like me."
00:38:11.27\00:38:14.17
Ain't that wonderful news?
00:38:14.18\00:38:15.51
That's what Jesus wants
to do for every one of us.
00:38:15.52\00:38:17.45
He wants to clean us
up so wonderfully that
00:38:17.46\00:38:20.39
so when you see your
brother and sister stumbling,
00:38:20.40\00:38:23.10
don't write 'em off because
God hasn't written you off.
00:38:23.11\00:38:26.63
He is working on us to fit
us into his righteous kingdom
00:38:26.64\00:38:29.66
and he is saying to us,
you can't do it without me.
00:38:29.67\00:38:33.65
What also amazed me is
when I went to the body shop,
00:38:33.66\00:38:36.94
I looked in the
back of that body shop
00:38:36.95\00:38:38.62
and I saw cars everywhere.
00:38:38.63\00:38:41.47
I mean, wind shields,
roofs crushed in and I said,
00:38:41.48\00:38:46.73
now are those
cars gonna be junk?
00:38:46.74\00:38:48.54
No, they're all
in line to be fixed.
00:38:48.55\00:38:50.99
And I am thinking,
man these guys are good.
00:38:51.00\00:38:53.35
And I looked at
my Lord and said,
00:38:53.36\00:38:54.61
he is a lot better
than they are, amen.
00:38:54.62\00:38:56.75
Because no matter how we were
00:38:56.76\00:38:58.70
through his diligent labor,
00:38:58.71\00:39:01.08
the cross, the
body shop of humanity,
00:39:01.09\00:39:03.97
the cross, the blood shed
00:39:03.98\00:39:06.23
to cover our
filthy righteousness.
00:39:06.24\00:39:08.59
Praise the Lord for that.
00:39:08.60\00:39:09.92
But it continues because
here is the next question.
00:39:09.93\00:39:12.76
I am gonna
drive this point home.
00:39:12.77\00:39:15.06
Question number five.
00:39:15.07\00:39:16.49
"How completely does
the righteousness of Jesus
00:39:16.50\00:39:22.45
cover our sin?" How completely?
00:39:22.46\00:39:24.93
And I want you to
notice I used the word,
00:39:24.94\00:39:26.44
S-I-N because I am
not talking about S-I-N-S.
00:39:26.45\00:39:30.48
This is very
important to understand.
00:39:30.49\00:39:32.31
For those who think
I'm talking about marijuana
00:39:32.32\00:39:34.80
and drug abuse and
stealing and pornography
00:39:34.81\00:39:37.08
and sexuality
and all these things,
00:39:37.09\00:39:39.07
I'm not talking
about that, those are sins,
00:39:39.08\00:39:41.37
those are itemized things that
the fallen nature falls into.
00:39:41.38\00:39:45.13
But how completely does
the righteousness of Christ,
00:39:45.14\00:39:48.05
Jesus cover our sin.
00:39:48.06\00:39:50.26
Here is how completely
and the sin I'm talking about
00:39:50.27\00:39:52.21
is the broken nature
that we got from Adam.
00:39:52.22\00:39:55.40
First John 1:9, here it is.
00:39:55.41\00:39:59.92
If--what's the first
word? "If we confess our sins,
00:39:59.93\00:40:04.81
He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
00:40:04.82\00:40:09.81
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
00:40:09.82\00:40:15.15
Praise the Lord for that.
00:40:15.16\00:40:16.80
Not a partial cleansing, I've
had my teeth cleaned before.
00:40:16.81\00:40:19.59
Anybody over here had your
teeth cleaned at a dentist?
00:40:19.60\00:40:23.22
I read a story
of a guy who said,
00:40:23.23\00:40:24.88
he really likes
his dental hygienist,
00:40:24.89\00:40:27.52
so when he went to the--
before he went to the dentist
00:40:27.53\00:40:30.01
he will sit and eat a
whole bag of Oreo cookies.
00:40:30.02\00:40:33.17
I mean Oreo cookies
will really mess you up.
00:40:33.18\00:40:35.50
I mean really, if you've
done that before it just,
00:40:35.51\00:40:38.57
it just stains everywhere.
00:40:38.58\00:40:40.81
But none of those stains existed
00:40:40.82\00:40:42.69
after he got a
thorough cleaning.
00:40:42.70\00:40:44.58
In the very same way,
00:40:44.59\00:40:45.73
if we take our broken
stained lives to Christ,
00:40:45.74\00:40:48.23
He so completely covers us.
00:40:48.24\00:40:50.15
The Bible says, He
cleanses us from, how much?
00:40:50.16\00:40:53.07
All, A-L-L, all,
all unrighteousness.
00:40:53.08\00:40:57.60
And that's the
reality of this world.
00:40:57.61\00:40:59.43
You know we look at all
the conditions of the world
00:40:59.44\00:41:01.51
politically and religiously
and every other dichotomy
00:41:01.52\00:41:05.41
that exists in our
world, but the only real issue,
00:41:05.42\00:41:07.80
let me just pause for a moment.
00:41:07.81\00:41:09.73
The only real
issue, look up real quick,
00:41:09.74\00:41:12.05
the only real issue
is not the gas prices,
00:41:12.06\00:41:17.22
not who's gonna be
the next president,
00:41:17.23\00:41:19.13
not whether or not real
estate is gonna go back up.
00:41:19.14\00:41:21.69
The only real
issue in this life is,
00:41:21.70\00:41:24.56
are we going to
accept the salvation
00:41:24.57\00:41:27.64
that Jesus offers to us?
00:41:27.65\00:41:31.13
Because He didn't
come to save houses
00:41:31.14\00:41:32.85
and lower oil prices
and get the right president.
00:41:32.86\00:41:37.15
He came to save sinners.
What's the mission of Jesus?
00:41:37.16\00:41:41.29
For the son of
man has come to seek
00:41:41.30\00:41:43.03
and to save that which was lost.
00:41:43.04\00:41:45.98
That's the mission of Jesus.
00:41:45.99\00:41:47.36
That's the only
real issue in his life.
00:41:47.37\00:41:49.03
Everything else
will be handled in time.
00:41:49.04\00:41:50.90
Everything that's an issue now
00:41:50.91\00:41:52.56
may not be an
issue in four years.
00:41:52.57\00:41:54.99
But the real issue
that will continue on
00:41:55.00\00:41:56.63
until sin is
eradicated is whether or not
00:41:56.64\00:41:58.98
we'll accept the
righteousness of Christ.
00:41:58.99\00:42:01.76
Question number
six, Question number six,
00:42:01.77\00:42:05.07
and I like the way I put this.
00:42:05.08\00:42:06.49
You know I must--
some creatives here,
00:42:06.50\00:42:08.42
when I'm studying this lesson,
00:42:08.43\00:42:09.96
you know it's nice about this
00:42:09.97\00:42:10.96
I get the
blessing of this lesson,
00:42:10.97\00:42:12.83
when I study it and then
when I present it to you,
00:42:12.84\00:42:15.97
I get a double blessing.
00:42:15.98\00:42:17.46
I cut the tree down and I
get the warmth of the firewood.
00:42:17.47\00:42:20.41
What makes the
gospel "Good News?"
00:42:22.26\00:42:24.95
What makes it good news?
00:42:24.96\00:42:27.05
Romans 1 verse 16 and verse 17.
00:42:27.06\00:42:30.78
What makes it
good news? I like this.
00:42:30.79\00:42:34.46
When Paul writes
he begins the story
00:42:34.47\00:42:37.46
or the book to the
Romans, he writes this way.
00:42:37.47\00:42:40.72
Romans 1 verse 16 and verse 17.
00:42:40.73\00:42:43.49
And he says,
For I am not ashamed
00:42:43.50\00:42:48.66
of the gospel of
Christ, but now get this,
00:42:48.67\00:42:52.77
for it is the,
what's the next word?
00:42:52.78\00:42:55.47
Power of God to salvation
for everyone who believes,
00:42:55.48\00:43:00.94
for the Jew first,
and also for the Greek,
00:43:00.95\00:43:05.57
For in it, the righteousness
of God is revealed, from what?
00:43:05.58\00:43:10.91
Faith to faith, as
it is written together,
00:43:10.92\00:43:14.63
"The just shall live by faith."
00:43:14.64\00:43:18.03
Just shall live
by-- so Paul says,
00:43:18.04\00:43:20.40
"I'm not ashamed of
the gospel of Jesus Christ
00:43:20.41\00:43:22.65
because I know
what it did for me."
00:43:22.66\00:43:24.11
Now what was
Paul's name before Paul?
00:43:24.12\00:43:28.22
Saul. Right, okay.
00:43:28.23\00:43:30.41
This is something
that's gonna happen
00:43:30.42\00:43:31.58
when we get to heaven.
00:43:31.59\00:43:32.69
Each of us is
gonna have a new name.
00:43:32.70\00:43:35.00
The Lord
illustrated that through
00:43:35.01\00:43:36.28
changing Saul's name to Paul.
00:43:36.29\00:43:38.66
He didn't want
even the former things.
00:43:38.67\00:43:41.85
You know what's nice about that,
00:43:41.86\00:43:43.96
the Lord not only saves us,
00:43:43.97\00:43:46.36
but He enters us into a
witness protection program.
00:43:46.37\00:43:51.41
Who is that? That's Paul.
00:43:51.42\00:43:53.72
Oh, he looked like
Saul. Oh, so it's not Saul.
00:43:53.73\00:43:57.37
No, that's Paul.
00:43:57.38\00:43:58.74
Oh, okay because he
sure does look like Saul.
00:43:58.75\00:44:01.59
That's not Saul, that's Paul.
00:44:01.60\00:44:03.43
Ain't that
wonderful, did you get that?
00:44:03.44\00:44:05.46
That's not Greg--
that's not Mike, that's Greg.
00:44:05.47\00:44:08.34
He surely looks like
Mike, no his new name is Greg.
00:44:08.35\00:44:11.76
He is the one married to Jill.
00:44:11.77\00:44:13.17
You mean to Julie. No,
that was her former name.
00:44:13.18\00:44:17.47
She's now Jill. That's
our local church joke here.
00:44:17.48\00:44:22.15
God not only changes your life,
00:44:22.16\00:44:24.72
but He gives us a new
name, hallelujah to that, amen.
00:44:24.73\00:44:27.31
We're all gonna have a new name,
00:44:27.32\00:44:29.41
his name will be
written on our foreheads.
00:44:29.42\00:44:31.92
He's gonna have a new name,
we're gonna sing a new song.
00:44:31.93\00:44:34.33
He's come to
make all things new,
00:44:34.34\00:44:35.90
a new Heaven and a
new Earth, a new life.
00:44:35.91\00:44:37.86
But that new life is
not just when we get there,
00:44:37.87\00:44:40.17
that new life is, N-O-W.
00:44:40.18\00:44:43.12
That's why the next question
is so vitally important,
00:44:43.13\00:44:46.71
so vitally important.
00:44:46.72\00:44:48.69
"What role do we play in
the act of Justification?"
00:44:48.70\00:44:51.92
Question number seven.
00:44:51.93\00:44:52.94
"What role do we play in
the act of Justification?"
00:44:52.95\00:44:57.73
You know a lot of people
say, well, what can I do?
00:44:57.74\00:44:59.76
You know when somebody
gives you a gift you say,
00:44:59.77\00:45:01.13
well, what can I do? Accept it.
00:45:01.14\00:45:03.81
Well, is there
anything I can do for you?
00:45:03.82\00:45:05.79
And you know
sometime the greater the gift
00:45:05.80\00:45:07.28
the more expensive it is we say,
00:45:07.29\00:45:08.63
"Oh, I'm forever
indebted to you." Am I right?
00:45:08.64\00:45:12.71
And I'll tell you, if
the Lord explains to us,
00:45:12.72\00:45:14.75
how much He paid for
us when we get to heaven.
00:45:14.76\00:45:17.04
We're gonna need
eternity to pay Him back.
00:45:17.05\00:45:19.26
And still we'll
never be able to do that.
00:45:19.27\00:45:21.55
But what role do we play
in the act of justification?
00:45:21.56\00:45:24.38
Here it is,
Romans 5, verse 6 to 8,
00:45:24.39\00:45:27.93
Romans 5 verse 6 to 8.
00:45:27.94\00:45:30.62
Okay.
00:45:33.59\00:45:34.98
Okay, that's okay.
00:45:37.61\00:45:40.40
Let's just go to
Romans 5 verse 6 to 8.
00:45:40.41\00:45:43.02
Okay, that's humanity.
00:45:43.03\00:45:46.49
Thank the Lord
for divinity, amen.
00:45:46.50\00:45:49.44
Romans 5 verse 6 to 8.
00:45:49.45\00:45:51.35
So good that
those of you're watching
00:45:51.36\00:45:52.78
have the right syllabus.
00:45:52.79\00:45:54.47
Here we go, how
completely does--
00:45:54.48\00:46:01.92
what role do we play in
the act of justification?
00:46:05.75\00:46:09.30
Okay Romans 5 verse 6 to
8. Are you ready? Here it is.
00:46:09.31\00:46:12.62
This is, for when we were, what?
00:46:12.63\00:46:15.45
Still without strength,
in due time Christ did, what?
00:46:15.46\00:46:21.48
Died for the ungodly.
00:46:21.49\00:46:24.00
For scarcely for a
righteous man will one die,
00:46:24.01\00:46:29.13
yet perhaps for a, what?
00:46:29.14\00:46:31.48
Good man someone
would even dare to die.
00:46:31.49\00:46:35.56
But get this, this
is the part we play.
00:46:35.57\00:46:38.95
But God demonstrates
His love towards us,
00:46:38.96\00:46:42.76
in that while we were, what?
00:46:42.77\00:46:45.07
Still or yet sinners,
Christ did what? Died for us.
00:46:45.08\00:46:49.42
What part do we
play? What part do we play?
00:46:49.43\00:46:53.18
Absolutely none,
because who did the dying?
00:46:53.19\00:46:55.92
Jesus. Who did
the sinning? We did.
00:46:55.93\00:46:59.38
So notice this,
while we were yet,
00:46:59.39\00:47:02.93
while we were still in
sin, Christ died for us.
00:47:02.94\00:47:07.37
Now that's amazing
because you know sometimes
00:47:07.38\00:47:09.72
if you think about this
in the context of a family--
00:47:09.73\00:47:12.32
have you heard of a will,
a will? You've heard that?
00:47:12.33\00:47:15.40
You know last
will and testament?
00:47:15.41\00:47:17.33
Well, the last will
and testament of Jesus
00:47:17.34\00:47:19.93
was ratified at the
cross by His shed blood.
00:47:19.94\00:47:24.01
And it was also passed on
from generation to generation
00:47:24.02\00:47:26.76
that will come after Him.
00:47:26.77\00:47:29.29
So let's say somebody
is born into your family
00:47:29.30\00:47:31.10
and this is the
case in many families.
00:47:31.11\00:47:33.16
Sometimes a person may say,
00:47:33.17\00:47:35.38
"I come from a second
generation Christian family,"
00:47:35.39\00:47:38.37
second generation Baptist,
third generation Adventist,
00:47:38.38\00:47:41.00
second generation Pentecostal.
00:47:41.01\00:47:42.83
It's almost like
they're saying that
00:47:42.84\00:47:45.05
righteousness and
spirituality can go
00:47:45.06\00:47:46.94
from generations to
generations, but it can't.
00:47:46.95\00:47:50.31
As the Bible says I
believe is in Ezekiel.
00:47:50.32\00:47:52.43
It says though Daniel,
Job and Noah were in it,
00:47:52.44\00:47:55.03
they shall need to
save son or daughter
00:47:55.04\00:47:57.54
by their righteousness.
00:47:57.55\00:47:59.30
Everybody has to
find that righteousness.
00:47:59.31\00:48:01.63
But here is my point,
somebody is born in the family
00:48:01.64\00:48:04.70
and when they
get to the age of 18,
00:48:04.71\00:48:07.11
you say to them, did you know
00:48:07.12\00:48:08.65
that you're great grandfather
00:48:08.66\00:48:11.19
put you in his will
before you were born?
00:48:11.20\00:48:15.43
He said when my
great grandson is born
00:48:15.44\00:48:18.88
and that was before the woman
00:48:18.89\00:48:21.00
who gave him
birth even was married,
00:48:21.01\00:48:25.03
that got married by
God's grace, had a son,
00:48:25.04\00:48:28.30
and then the will
now was in effect.
00:48:28.31\00:48:30.57
"When my great grandson is born,
00:48:30.58\00:48:32.58
when he hits 18, I've laid aside
00:48:32.59\00:48:34.65
ten million
dollars for his education."
00:48:34.66\00:48:37.87
So here is this guy
born into the family,
00:48:37.88\00:48:40.28
doesn't even know
his great grandfather,
00:48:40.29\00:48:42.37
great grandfather died
before he was even born.
00:48:42.38\00:48:45.06
But you sit him down and say,
00:48:45.07\00:48:46.69
today is your 18th birthday,
00:48:46.70\00:48:47.85
I've been waiting for
this day to tell you something.
00:48:47.86\00:48:50.42
And he says, mom, I
need $50 to go to mall.
00:48:50.43\00:48:52.15
She says, just relax I
need to tell you something.
00:48:52.16\00:48:55.57
But mom the
mall is gonna closed.
00:48:55.58\00:48:57.01
Relax, I need to
tell you something.
00:48:57.02\00:49:01.06
But I need $50. Relax, I
need to tell you something.
00:49:01.07\00:49:06.46
Your great
grandfather whatever name is,
00:49:06.47\00:49:10.72
the first had
your name in his will
00:49:10.73\00:49:13.95
under simply the title grandson.
00:49:13.96\00:49:16.98
And he put aside
some money for you
00:49:16.99\00:49:18.91
that when and if you're born,
00:49:18.92\00:49:22.36
this money will be
yours when you hit 18.
00:49:22.37\00:49:24.89
Mom, is it $50? No,
son, it's 10 million.
00:49:24.90\00:49:31.72
Do you think he
is concerned about
00:49:31.73\00:49:33.00
whether or not the
mall is gonna close?
00:49:33.01\00:49:35.58
Absolutely not. He
says, mall is gonna close,
00:49:35.59\00:49:37.79
I'll buy me a mall,
I'll build me a mall.
00:49:37.80\00:49:42.36
Mom, are you
serious? Mom, are you serious?
00:49:42.37\00:49:44.69
Let me show you the will.
00:49:46.81\00:49:48.88
Brothers and sisters,
here's the will of God.
00:49:48.89\00:49:51.98
It's ratified,
it's written down,
00:49:51.99\00:49:54.73
and if you don't believe
it, for God's soul of the world,
00:49:54.74\00:49:58.06
here's the will
that He gave his, what?
00:49:58.07\00:49:59.88
Only begotten son that whosoever
00:49:59.89\00:50:02.77
believeth in Him, what?
00:50:02.78\00:50:04.39
Should not perish, but
have what? Everlasting life.
00:50:04.40\00:50:07.78
Ten million dollars is nothing
00:50:07.79\00:50:10.19
when you compare
that to eternity.
00:50:10.20\00:50:11.93
I'm discovering
nowadays you can spend
00:50:11.94\00:50:13.57
10 million dollars, but
with all that money you have,
00:50:13.58\00:50:16.59
you cannot buy eternity
because it's not for sale.
00:50:16.60\00:50:19.79
It's a free gift. But
look at the next question.
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Question number
eight, Question number eight.
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"Speaking of Jesus,
how does Paul describe
00:50:27.09\00:50:31.22
the provisions
of Justification?"
00:50:31.23\00:50:34.56
How does Paul describe
00:50:34.57\00:50:36.39
the provisions of Justification?
00:50:36.40\00:50:39.37
Romans Chapter
3, verse 25 and 26.
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Romans Chapter
3, verse 25 and 26.
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How does he describe the
provisions of Justification?
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Here's what the Bible says,
00:50:51.60\00:50:55.05
whom God set forth as a
propitiation by His blood,
00:50:55.06\00:51:01.68
through faith, to do what?
00:51:01.69\00:51:04.62
To demonstrate
His righteousness,
00:51:04.63\00:51:07.06
because in His forbearance
00:51:07.07\00:51:10.67
God had passed over the sins
00:51:10.68\00:51:13.06
that were and get
this previously committed.
00:51:13.07\00:51:17.94
To demonstrate at the
present time, His what?
00:51:17.95\00:51:21.30
His righteousness
that He might be just
00:51:21.31\00:51:25.28
and the justifier of the
one who has faith in Jesus.
00:51:25.29\00:51:30.33
That's a whole lot, isn't it?
00:51:30.34\00:51:32.57
But I want to break this
down by simply saying this.
00:51:32.58\00:51:36.01
Reading the question
again, "Speaking of Jesus,
00:51:36.02\00:51:38.42
how does Paul describe the
provisions of Justification?
00:51:38.43\00:51:43.29
Jesus provides for
sins that were previously,
00:51:43.30\00:51:47.67
come on let's say this together.
00:51:47.68\00:51:48.96
What's the word?
Previously committed.
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He not only makes
provision for that,
00:51:52.39\00:51:55.35
but He's also the justifier,
00:51:55.36\00:51:57.43
He's just and he's
also the justifier.
00:51:57.44\00:52:00.07
What I want you to write down
00:52:00.08\00:52:02.00
and this is what I
want you to write down.
00:52:02.01\00:52:03.43
Write down, He is just
and He is the justifier.
00:52:03.44\00:52:08.13
This is gonna open
up really wonderful
00:52:08.14\00:52:10.42
like an artichoke right here.
00:52:10.43\00:52:12.61
We may not get
all of it tonight,
00:52:12.62\00:52:13.90
but this is gonna
open up amazingly.
00:52:13.91\00:52:15.77
Because when you think about,
00:52:15.78\00:52:17.12
let me put the context together.
00:52:17.13\00:52:19.34
When a person is in court
and they have been accused
00:52:19.35\00:52:23.40
of committing a
crime, until they admit
00:52:23.41\00:52:27.07
that they are guilty,
they don't need mercy.
00:52:27.08\00:52:33.46
Do you follow me?
00:52:33.47\00:52:35.87
If they are not proven guilty,
they don't think about mercy.
00:52:35.88\00:52:42.02
So lot of people today
00:52:42.03\00:52:44.07
although they are caught in
the crime, how do you plead?
00:52:44.08\00:52:47.12
What do they
often say? Not guilty.
00:52:47.13\00:52:50.11
When they plead not guilty,
00:52:50.12\00:52:51.92
you know what they
want, they want justice.
00:52:51.93\00:52:54.10
If they are not
guilty, justice demands
00:52:54.11\00:52:55.83
that they are what? Set free.
00:52:55.84\00:52:58.41
But when they are proven guilty,
00:52:58.42\00:53:00.44
has the jury
reached the verdict,
00:53:00.45\00:53:04.53
all the angels that
haven't look down on our record
00:53:04.54\00:53:06.47
and they say, as to the crime
00:53:06.48\00:53:09.87
and the first entitlement
in the books of Heaven.
00:53:09.88\00:53:13.86
Sorry, Yannick.
Yannick is declared guilty.
00:53:13.87\00:53:16.50
As to account
number two in the provision
00:53:18.86\00:53:21.18
of the heavenly record,
Yannick is declared guilty.
00:53:21.19\00:53:26.87
And he stands there
completely flabbergasted
00:53:26.88\00:53:29.70
as to what I'm gonna do.
00:53:29.71\00:53:31.96
How am I gonna make
my way through this.
00:53:31.97\00:53:33.85
I'm ending this
program with a cliffhanger
00:53:33.86\00:53:35.44
because you have to
comeback to find out
00:53:35.45\00:53:37.94
how Yannick is
gonna be set free?
00:53:37.95\00:53:39.89
Until next week he's
gonna be in the sad mode
00:53:39.90\00:53:42.77
because he knows, by
the way everyone of us knows
00:53:42.78\00:53:46.09
that when the records are read
00:53:46.10\00:53:47.33
and when our records are read,
00:53:47.34\00:53:48.91
we're all
guilty, what do you say?
00:53:48.92\00:53:50.51
Amen. Every one of us is.
00:53:50.52\00:53:51.52
But how does God remain just
00:53:51.53\00:53:54.53
a person who upholds his law
00:53:54.54\00:53:56.50
and sets the guilty
free at the same time.
00:53:56.51\00:53:58.77
That's powerful
thing to do. Amen.
00:53:58.78\00:54:01.10
Look at Romans
Chapter 3, verse 21.
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Question number nine.
00:54:03.02\00:54:04.03
I think this may be our
last question for the night
00:54:04.04\00:54:06.35
because the other one
goes to specific phases.
00:54:06.36\00:54:09.38
"How can Jesus be 'Just'
00:54:09.39\00:54:13.28
and the
'Justifier' at the same time?"
00:54:13.29\00:54:17.94
Because what's that
doing is that puts Jesus
00:54:17.95\00:54:21.11
in the seat of the judge
which He is, also in the seat
00:54:21.12\00:54:24.34
at the defense attorney,
00:54:24.35\00:54:27.03
because the defense
attorney wants to do what?
00:54:27.04\00:54:28.91
Set you free. The
judge wants to what?
00:54:28.92\00:54:31.55
The judge wants to do what?
00:54:31.56\00:54:33.59
Come on, tell me, the
judge wants to do what?
00:54:33.60\00:54:36.72
The only role of the
judge is to follow the law.
00:54:36.73\00:54:41.99
Because sometimes you
can say the judge wants
00:54:42.00\00:54:43.46
to condemn you, the
reason I ask that question
00:54:43.47\00:54:44.96
is because sometimes when
you say, "Oh, great judge."
00:54:44.97\00:54:49.00
We think of him as
wanting to condemn us.
00:54:49.01\00:54:50.77
His only role is to
make sure and do everything
00:54:50.78\00:54:53.83
in harmony with the law.
00:54:53.84\00:54:55.76
That's why when people say
00:54:55.77\00:54:57.42
that the law of
God is done away with.
00:54:57.43\00:54:59.39
You cannot have mercy,
you cannot have justification,
00:54:59.40\00:55:03.31
you can't even be
saved if there is no law.
00:55:03.32\00:55:07.27
Because if there is
no law, there is no sin,
00:55:07.28\00:55:09.94
from what do you need salvation?
00:55:09.95\00:55:12.21
So when a church
teaches that God's law has been
00:55:12.22\00:55:14.38
nailed to the cross, you
need to leave that church
00:55:14.39\00:55:16.23
because you are lost.
00:55:16.24\00:55:18.51
Because they're preaching
00:55:18.52\00:55:19.98
a message that
has nothing behind it.
00:55:19.99\00:55:23.24
It's not even a
balloon with air in it.
00:55:25.28\00:55:28.70
But how can Jesus be just
and justifier at the same time.
00:55:28.71\00:55:31.74
Romans 3, verse 21 to 22.
00:55:31.75\00:55:35.55
But now the
righteousness of God,
00:55:35.56\00:55:39.61
what's the next word?
00:55:39.62\00:55:41.05
Apart from the law is revealed,
00:55:41.06\00:55:44.11
being witnessed by
the Law and the Prophets,
00:55:44.12\00:55:48.51
even the righteousness of God
through faith in Jesus Christ
00:55:48.52\00:55:55.11
together to all and
on all, who do what?
00:55:55.12\00:55:59.83
Believe. For there
is what? No difference.
00:55:59.84\00:56:03.63
Now let me break that
down because some people say,
00:56:03.64\00:56:05.48
"Uh, what did that mean?"
00:56:05.49\00:56:07.94
What did that in fact mean?
00:56:07.95\00:56:10.62
He is not only, you
see the righteousness
00:56:10.63\00:56:13.20
that He is talking about
that's apart from the law.
00:56:13.21\00:56:17.32
When the
ceremonial law was carried out
00:56:17.33\00:56:20.27
throughout the ages
before Christ came in
00:56:20.28\00:56:22.10
and became the Lamb of God.
00:56:22.11\00:56:24.32
You read the Book
of Hebrew's Chapter 8,
00:56:24.33\00:56:26.88
Hebrew's Chapter 9,
Hebrew's Chapter 10.
00:56:26.89\00:56:28.69
And the Bible says,
00:56:28.70\00:56:30.57
"Sacrifice and
offering, I would not."
00:56:30.58\00:56:35.17
The blood of bulls and
goats can never take away sin."
00:56:35.18\00:56:38.68
But that is what
was witnessed by the law
00:56:38.69\00:56:41.98
and the prophets, they saw that.
00:56:41.99\00:56:44.81
But now Jesus says
00:56:44.82\00:56:47.09
my righteousness
is apart from that.
00:56:47.10\00:56:50.26
Meaning that does not
dictate my righteousness.
00:56:50.27\00:56:54.26
We are dictated by the
faith that is in Christ Jesus.
00:56:54.27\00:56:57.77
So continue to tune
in because we'll go back
00:56:57.78\00:57:00.39
and show you a
Sharper Focus in the future.
00:57:00.40\00:57:02.56
God bless you.
00:57:02.57\00:57:03.90
Oh, I have a minute
left, we'll praise the Lord.
00:57:08.75\00:57:11.58
I thought I had no time left.
00:57:11.59\00:57:13.33
I have justification.
00:57:13.34\00:57:16.79
Let me make
myself very, very clear.
00:57:16.80\00:57:19.89
Jesus saves us apart
from the commandments,
00:57:19.90\00:57:25.60
He saves us apart
from the ceremonial law,
00:57:25.61\00:57:29.95
He justifies us, and He remains
00:57:29.96\00:57:33.90
just at the same time.
00:57:33.91\00:57:36.02
I want you to
think about next week,
00:57:36.03\00:57:38.06
think about that
because somebody may be saying.
00:57:38.07\00:57:40.43
Wait a minute.
00:57:40.44\00:57:41.69
Are you saying, Pastor
John, that we don't need
00:57:41.70\00:57:45.73
to keep the
commandments to be saved?
00:57:45.74\00:57:47.31
That's not what I'm saying.
00:57:47.32\00:57:49.11
The commandments remain firm,
00:57:49.12\00:57:51.52
the righteousness
of Christ remains firm.
00:57:51.53\00:57:54.51
He is the justifier
and He is also just.
00:57:54.52\00:57:56.83
May God bless you,
until we see you next week.
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