Hello, friends, and welcome
to another Wednesday night
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"A Sharper Focus" edition.
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My name is John Lomacang.
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And if you've tuned in before,
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welcome back to
this very important topic
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of "How to live a spiritual life
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in a natural body?"
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Now, the reality of it is,
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each of us has a natural body
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but God has called
us to live spiritually,
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and that is a
challenge in everyone's life
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and I must say
in including mine.
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And one of the
reasons why this topic
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is so vitally
important to me is because
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I wanna be stronger spiritually
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so that I can
reflect the glory of the Lord
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as He intends for
it to be reflected.
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And, if you would
like to come and join us
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if you're not far away,
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you can come and join us here
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in Thompsonville, Illinois,
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the biggest
little city in the world.
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Can we all say
amen to that? Amen.
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We believe that
God is impressing
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and impacting the world
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from what's
happening here at 3ABN
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and we thank you
for your prayers,
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and your support of any kind
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whether voluntary
or whether financial.
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Praise the Lord for what
you do for this ministry.
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Tonight I wanna encourage
you to invite your friends,
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get your Bibles, get your pens.
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And after our opening prayer
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I'll tell you how
to get the lesson.
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But before we go any further
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we must invite God's presence.
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He's the one who communicates
this message for His glory.
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Let's bow our heads.
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Our Father in
Heaven, we thank You so much
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for Your goodness
and for Your mercy.
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We pray also that
tonight Your Spirit
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will come and open
our hearts and minds
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to understand this
vitally important topic.
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We are surrounded everyday
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by challenges and
trials and temptations.
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And, so often our record reflect
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that we fall and we
even disappoints ourselves.
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But tonight, Father, we
wanna get an understanding
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of not just that
we are justified,
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but how do we get justified,
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how do we step
into this wonderful
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redeeming
relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Encourage our
hearts and give us faith
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to look onto Jesus,
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the author and
finisher of our faith.
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In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
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Now before we sing our song
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which is "Blessed Assurance."
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I hope you join us on
that very familiar song.
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If you'll like to follow
us tonight on the lesson,
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go to our website,
we have a 3ABN website,
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which is the acronym
of the program's title
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asf.3abn.org and click
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on Lesson 3 and download that.
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And if you've missed
any of the former programs
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after this program,
you can go and click
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on the links download the lesson
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and catch up 'cause I believe
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this is program number 6 or 7
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in our series of "How to live
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a spiritual life
in a natural body?"
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But before we go any
further we like to sing.
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You wanna sing tonight? Yes.
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And we gonna sing
that song an old hymn
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"Blessed Assurance,"
because that's what we get
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when we understand
Christ has redeem us.
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Let's sing together.
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Here we go.
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Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine
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Oh, what a
foretaste of glory divine
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Heir of
salvation, purchase of God
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Born of His
Spirit, washed in His blood
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This is my
story, this is my song,
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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This is my
story, this is my song,
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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Perfect
submission all is at rest
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I in my Savior
am happy and blest
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Watching and
waiting looking above
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Filled with His
goodness lost in His love
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(Together)
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This is my story this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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This is my story this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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This is my story this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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This is my story this is my song
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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(Follow)
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Praising my
Savior all the day long
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Amen. Wonderful song isn't it.
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You know, I was
thinking recently
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about the prosperity gospel.
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There are so many individuals
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that want to
prosper and I believe
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that we can add
ourselves to that category.
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Can you say amen to that?
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No one wants to fail,
everyone wants to be prosperous.
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But the
prosperity gospel has done,
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somewhat of that, as I refer to,
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some damage to the actual truth
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about what it means
to be redeemed in Christ.
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Now, it's good to
have a financial portfolio
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that will hold
you over to the future
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and it's good to have good plans
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laid out all the things
that you'd like to accomplish,
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but tonight what I want to begin
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by leading you to understand
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is that the prosperity gospel
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cannot really
offer us prosperity
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unless we
understand what it means
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to be redeemed and
how we are justified
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by the life of Christ
and also how we still live
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in harmony with the law of God.
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Now, tonight, if
you have your Bibles,
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go with me to Psalms Chapter 1.
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Psalms Chapter 1.
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Somebody once pointed out
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that the Psalms had no chapters.
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They're songs and poetry.
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But, just for the
purpose of following carefully
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they have
divided them as chapters.
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And tonight,
what I want you to pay
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particular
attention to is the fact
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that this passage
is about prosperity.
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But I want you to
notice a couple of things today
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because you cannot be prosperous
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if you exclude the law of God
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from your Christian experience.
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You cannot be prosperous
if you don't understand
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that you are a person
who needs to be redeemed.
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So, follow along
as we begin our study,
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this is not one of
the texts in our study,
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but this is a
vitally important platform
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from which to
catapult the topic tonight.
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What's the first word? Together.
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Blessed, and if you've
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the New King James you
can read along with me.
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I'll read with some
vigor and some encouragement.
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It says, "Blessed
is the man who walks
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not in the counsel of the" who?
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"Ungodly, nor stands
in the path of sinners."
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"Nor sits in the
seat of the scornful,
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but his delight
is in the," what?
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"The law of the
Lord, and in His law
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he meditates," how often?
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"Day and night."
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First point about
the prosperity gospel
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you'll see prosperity
later on in this passage.
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You cannot really
have a prosperity gospel
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if the law of
God has been deleted
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from the life you live.
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It's not possible.
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It's not even possible.
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Because without the
law of God in your life
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you will not understand
that they're perimeters
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of prosperity and then outside
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of those
perimeters of prosperity,
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prosperity fails to exist.
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A wonderful
example, a parallel to that
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is that you're
driving on a highway.
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You can drive 60 miles
an hour or 65 miles an hour
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but stay within
the white lines, amen.
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Stay within the perimeters.
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Don't cross follow all
the guidelines of the highway.
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All the laws of travel.
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Stay within those laws
and you'll have prosperity.
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Now somebody may
not follow those laws
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but your
responsibility as it relates
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to your relationship with Christ
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is stay within the perimeters
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of the relationship with Christ,
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and He does not
exclude prosperity
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from the
harmony that we can have
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as we live in the confines
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and the guidelines of His law.
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Now, look at the next verse.
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What will
happen if we do not sit
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where we should
not sit but we live
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within the confines
of where we should live.
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Look at verse 3. "He
shall be like a," What?
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"Tree planted by
the rivers of water,
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that brings forth
its fruit in its season,
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whose leaf also
shall not wither,
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and whatever he
does" say, "shall prosper."
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That's the prosperity gospel.
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If you wanna have
prosperity you've to understand
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that God's law cannot be
deleted from that gospel.
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And the reason I
say that is because
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there are a lot
of churches today
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that teach that
God's law has been nailed
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to the cross and
ever since Jesus died
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there's no
commandments any longer.
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Well, that
deletes and that negates
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the very fact that we cannot be
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preaching salvation from sin
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unless there's
something to define sin.
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Now, look at the
contrast between the Christian
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who stays within the confines
of God's law by His grace
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as compared to the ungodly
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who do not live in
harmony with the law of God.
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Look at the next verses.
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Verse 4 to verse 6.
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It says, "The
ungodly are not so,
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but are like the chaff
which the wind drives away.
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Therefore the
ungodly shall not" what?
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"Stand in the
judgment," you know why.
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You'll see in just a moment
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why they can't
stay in the judgment.
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"Nor sinners in the congregation
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of the righteous.
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For the Lord knows
the way of the righteous,
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but the way of the
ungodly shall," what? "Perish."
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Look at the contrast
perish or prosperity.
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The ungodly, there
are things they can't do.
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They can't sit where
the righteous will sit.
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They can't
stand in the judgment.
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Now, the reason
why they cannot stand
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in the judgment is because
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the standard of the judgment
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will be the commandments of God.
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So, if you say that I don't,
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if you say first of all,
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there is no law of God
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and I'm trying
to live in harmony,
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it's like deleting
all the yellow lines,
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erasing all the white lines,
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getting rid of
all the stop signs
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all the merge signs,
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all the exit signs
and trying to travel
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and have a successful journey.
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It's not possible.
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It's impossible
as a matter of fact.
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So, tonight we
wanna begin by affirming
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as we did in our last lesson
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that God's Ten
Commandments still exist,
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what do you say?
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They still exist, but
they are not there to save us.
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They are not there to save us.
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Anymore than the speed limit
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can save you if you
hit somebody else's car.
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They're there to guide us,
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but they are not
there to save us.
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Now look at question number 1,
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question number
1, and by the way
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our topic tonight is
"How to be justified?"
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What's the title?
"How to be justified?"
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Very vitally important.
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Question number 1 is as follows,
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what must a sinner
do to receive mercy?
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What must a sinner
do to receive mercy?
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Proverbs 28 verse
13, go there with me.
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Proverbs 28 verse 13.
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When we lived in California,
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that is when my wife
and I lived in California,
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we have raised
nieces and nephews.
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My niece, my sister's daughter,
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when she lived with us,
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we would give her chores to do.
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You're going to
Proverbs 28 verse 13.
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We'd give her chores to do.
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And her chore was
to sweep the kitchen.
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One of those responsibilities
sweep the kitchen,
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and we were
always amaze at how fast
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she swept the kitchen
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and then, we'd say now
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"People are coming
over, clean up your room."
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And she said, "Okay.
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Don't open my door until I
finish to clean up my room."
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And we were always
amazed that how quickly
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she cleans up her room.
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Now, let's read the text
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and I'll tell you
the end of the story.
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What must a sinner
do to receive mercy?
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Here's what the Bible says,
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Proverbs 28:13, "He who" what?
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"Covers his sins
will not prosper,
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but whoever
confesses and forsakes them
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will have" What?
"Will have mercy."
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Now, let me finish the story.
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The reason why my niece always
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finished sweeping
the kitchen so quickly
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is because she swept the
dirt under the refrigerator.
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And we did not know,
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we were in a
practically brand new house,
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beautiful neighborhood.
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Wonderful, beautiful house.
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Matter of fact
even to this very day,
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it still has the largest bathtub
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we have ever had.
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I mean, well, I can lay
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in that bathtub stretch out.
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I'm 6'2" ½ 6'3" on a good day.
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I mean I can lay in that bathtub
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stretch out from end to end.
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We miss it.
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But, we'd always wondered
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how she finished
cleaning the kitchen so fast.
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In that beautiful house one day,
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we found out that we
had a mouse problem,i
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I mean, there was a
field behind our house
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and all of a sudden
we started noticing mouse
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dropping
everywhere, in the washroom.
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One day, I was
sitting in my office
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on the second floor
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and I heard
this sound like this,
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And I opened a box in my closet
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and there was a mouse,
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a mother mouse
making a nest for her baby,
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she had three baby mice in a box
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of my business closet.
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Now, how do you
kill three baby mice,
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I mean, really honestly.
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They're cute but they
shouldn't be in the house.
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Amen, somebody. Amen.
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And so, I'm thinking, oh!
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And so where else are they,
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all of a sudden my
neighbor next door,
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I heard him out in the
backyard with a BB gun.
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And he was just,
pekhu pekhu pekhu--
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and I'm
thinking, what's going on.
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So, I went outside and I forget
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that Jeff has an-- I
said, "What you're doing?"
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He said, "Are you
having a mouse problem,
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we're having a mouse problem."
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And I came to find out
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there were holes
all through the house.
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And my niece
didn't help much so,
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how this fits into that story
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is one of the mice ran
behind the refrigerator.
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So, what do you do to get rid of
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a mouse behind a refrigerator?
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You do what?
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Pull the refrigerator,
then we discovered that
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the reason why
my niece appeared to
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be prosperous is
she kept covering up
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the garbage with
the refrigerator.
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And when we moved
that refrigerator,
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it seemed like a
month and a half of dust.
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And just rice
grains and green peas,
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and anything else
that's on the kitchen floor.
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What the Lord is in
essence saying tonight is,
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we cannot sweep our
sins under the refrigerator,
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because the Lord
knows and understands
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every facet every
aspect of our homes, amen.
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So, the Bible
makes it very very clear.
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You cannot prosper
unless your sins are what?
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What two things are
we told in those verses?
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Confess and, what else? Forsake.
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So, after that we
said to our niece,
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now from now on, where
we're gonna be looking?
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Under the refrigerator.
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But, the story
has another ending.
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She also cleaned her
room up very, very fast.
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So, one day my
wife went in to the room
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and she said and
then another niece
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came to live with us.
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How did you finish
cleaning this room so fast?
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When my wife opened the closet,
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and almost got
covered in an avalanche.
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Everything just
fell out of the closet.
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And they both
looked at her like to say,
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"Why did you open the closet?
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It was clean until
you opened the closet."
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No, no. It was not clean.
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But the opening of the closet
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revealed how
dirty it really was.
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So, when the Lord
looks inside of our lives
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we may clean it up some ways
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and hide from human eyes
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those things that really exist,
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but the only way
that we can have mercy
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is if we confess
and do what else?
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Forsake, and the wonderful story
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about this is, God is
not a God who's not merciful.
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I mean, He wants
to give us mercy,
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but He does not
extend mercy to those
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who don't first
confess and forsake.
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I mean, would you give your keys
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to a wayward child that
wants to drive your car?
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They're on the
way out of the house
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and they have a bag
pack and a bottle of whiskey
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sticking out and
they got two cigarettes
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in the mouth and say, "Mom,
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I'm gonna hang out tonight.
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I need the car."
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Would you give
that child your car?
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Absolutely-- they say okay.
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Now, I am not giving
him my car keys. Okay.
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I'm sorry. Okay, now
give me the car keys.
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Is that really a confession?
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Because the Bible says confess.
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And do what else? Forsake.
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Don't just tell
the Lord our issues.
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Don't just say,
here's my problem.
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But the Lord says, okay,
what you're gonna do about it?
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Confess it and forsake it.
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You don't give a person
who's addicted to something
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more fuel to keep
that addiction going.
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So, we must confess and forsake.
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Those are the answers
you'd put for number 1.
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And let's go look at
question number 2 now.
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Confess and forsake
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is what the sinner
must do to receive mercy.
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And by the way,
Dan. Where's Dan?
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Dan, Last week, I
remembered Dan said,
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"Hey, but God
is a merciful God."
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Hey, Dan, this lesson if
I'd give another title to it,
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"it's God's mercy." Can
you say amen, Dan? Amen.
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God is a merciful God.
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He is a God
that's full of mercy.
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So often, you know,
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we say the Old
Testament God is a mean God,
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the New Testament
God is a loving God.
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But, I wanna remind
you in the New Testament
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you find the Seven Last Plagues.
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That's gonna be
the worst scourge
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kneaded out by God of Justice.
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Question number 2, here it is.
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What did David
admit when he asked God
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to extend mercy to him?
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What did David admit?
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This is really important.
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Psalms 41 verse 4,
is where you're turning.
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Psalms 41 verse 4. All right.
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Notice what he admitted.
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This is really important.
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Psalms 41 verse
4, reads as follows,
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David, I said,
"Lord, be merciful to me,
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Heal my soul"
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Let's read the rest together.
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"For I have sinned,"
where? "Against You."
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Now, a lot of us
don't understand this.
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The reason why David
said he'd sinned against God
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is because the law he broke
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belongs to the
government of God.
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So, whenever we transgress,
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whenever we
live in transgression
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we or live in sin,
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we may injure
somebody by our sin
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or take something from someone
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because of our sin or
there may be residual,
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residual, not
benefits but residual impact
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to someone else's life
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because of
something we've done wrong.
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But the reality of it is,
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all sin is a
transgression of the law
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that is connected to
the government of God.
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And David realized,
in order to be saved
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or in order to have a clean.
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What's the word? Confession.
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He can say, "I'm sorry,
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but I didn't do
anything to You."
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He violated the law of God,
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so he said, "For I
have sinned against You."
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So, here's why
this is so important.
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The Lord is the one
who's gone to prepare
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a home for everyone of us.
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He's gone to prepare a
home for everyone of us.
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And by the way I
don't want anybody
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getting into
heaven that's still having
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an issue with sin.
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Come on, talk to me.
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What about you?
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I don't want
anybody who still has issues
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in any category of sin
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to be living
next-door to me in heaven.
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As a matter of fact,
the Lord's made a promise.
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He said, "Nothing will
enter in that defiles."
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Amen to that.
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And so, in order
for us to get ready
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for that perfect environment
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we have to
understand that when we get
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to that perfect environment
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God is not going to abrogate
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nor nullify nor
release any of us
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who are going to
be in His government
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from living there in
harmony with His law.
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The reason why
it's going to be easy
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to live in harmony with His law
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is because the
character of Jesus
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will be
perfectly reproduced in us.
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And Jesus will be
working out His will in us,
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preparing us for that moment,
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He's doing that everyday,
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but when the time
comes for us to be sealed.
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Who remembers
Revelation 22 verse 12?
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There's some
contrast. Don't turn.
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Let me see if you remember.
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I'll begin and I
guess you could follow me.
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"He that is unjust," what?
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"Let him be unjust
still, he that is filthy,
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let him be filthy
still, he that is holy,
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let him be," what?
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"Holy still, He
that is righteous,
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let him be," what?
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"Righteous still,"
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So, we're gonna live in a holy
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and righteous
environment and the unrighteous
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and the filthy are
not going to be there.
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But it's about God's government
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and so here's the
answer to number 2.
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What did David
admit when he asked God
00:21:23.17\00:21:25.15
to extend mercy to him?
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He said, I've
sinned against God.
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Remember Joseph?
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When Potiphar's
wife came after him.
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He said, "How can I do this
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great wickedness
and sin against" who?
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Sin against God.
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Now, it really would have been
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a sin against his own body.
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It would've been
sin against Potiphar
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and a sin with Potiphar's wife,
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but he acknowledged
that every transgression
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links us
ultimately to the law of God,
00:21:50.32\00:21:54.13
to the government of God.
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"How can I do
this great wickedness,"
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Joseph said,
"and sin against God."
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We're gonna get
some mercy here tonight.
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Have mercy. Question number 3.
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Question number 3. Here it is.
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"How does the Bible
describe the condition
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of one who receives mercy?"
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I like this
one. I like them all.
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That's my
problem. I like them all.
00:22:20.38\00:22:22.54
I like anything from the Bible.
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What about you?
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Okay. Joel Chapter 2 verse 13.
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How does the Bible
describe the condition
00:22:33.67\00:22:35.60
of one who receives mercy?
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This is a text
that has been often,
00:22:38.58\00:22:41.16
that people have
often said it wrong.
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Instead of saying
rend they said, "Rend",
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you know, tear, but look
at what the Lord talks about,
00:22:45.27\00:22:47.71
there's a contrast here.
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And let's read this together.
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Joel 2:13 we just follows.
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He said, "So rend your" what?
00:22:52.70\00:22:56.06
"Heart, and not your garments,"
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what's the next word?
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"Return to the Lord
your God, for He is" what?
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"Gracious and
merciful, slow to" do what?
00:23:03.99\00:23:09.00
"Anger, and of great kindness,
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and He relents from doing harm."
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Wow, How does the Bible describe
00:23:16.54\00:23:19.42
the condition of
one who receives mercy?
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What does He do?
He rends His heart.
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Let me break that down for you.
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You know, the
Bible, thank you, Helen.
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He's sorrowful.
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When a person examines himself,
00:23:31.74\00:23:34.20
by the way let me
make it very very clear.
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Everyone of us knows
when we do something wrong,
00:23:36.35\00:23:38.36
ain't that right.
00:23:38.37\00:23:39.98
And unless you
have a stone heart,
00:23:39.99\00:23:46.41
unless your
conscious has been deaden
00:23:46.42\00:23:48.41
by repetitive
transgression there should be
00:23:48.42\00:23:51.11
some feeling of
guilt in your heart
00:23:51.12\00:23:53.70
when you do something wrong.
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Have you ever felt that before?
00:23:54.90\00:23:56.89
I mean, you wronged somebody
00:23:56.90\00:23:57.94
you do somethng,
and after you do it,
00:23:57.95\00:23:59.59
you, and that's
why the polygraph test
00:23:59.60\00:24:04.38
is so successful,
because the heart responds
00:24:04.39\00:24:08.61
when the body gives out signals
00:24:08.62\00:24:10.79
that what it has done is wrong.
00:24:10.80\00:24:13.44
Frustration,
quick impulse, you know,
00:24:13.45\00:24:17.03
how ever that
happens I don't even know,
00:24:17.04\00:24:19.13
but the body has
responses to iniquity,
00:24:19.14\00:24:21.55
to transgression to sin.
00:24:21.56\00:24:23.55
And so, one of the things
00:24:23.56\00:24:24.53
that the Lord is saying
when you think about this,
00:24:24.54\00:24:26.38
this compare this is,
00:24:26.39\00:24:27.58
"Rend your heart
not your garments."
00:24:27.59\00:24:29.28
And reason why
in the days of old
00:24:29.29\00:24:31.57
you've heard of
sackcloth and ashes.
00:24:31.58\00:24:34.53
Well, when people transgress
00:24:34.54\00:24:36.06
many of them
express their transgressions
00:24:36.07\00:24:38.19
by tearing their garments.
00:24:38.20\00:24:40.17
Remember, in the judgment hall
00:24:40.18\00:24:43.14
when Jesus stood
before the high priest
00:24:43.15\00:24:45.08
and the Sanhedrins and
those who were prosecuting Him.
00:24:45.09\00:24:50.61
One of the high
priests tore his garment,
00:24:50.62\00:24:53.76
but what the Lord
would have preferred
00:24:53.77\00:24:57.19
is that he tore his heart,
00:24:57.20\00:25:00.32
because the
tearing of His garment
00:25:00.33\00:25:01.71
did not release
him from his guilt.
00:25:01.72\00:25:03.64
The Lord is saying, okay,
00:25:03.65\00:25:04.64
tearing of your garment is fine.
00:25:04.65\00:25:05.67
I see that you're upset,
00:25:05.68\00:25:07.17
but what I want you to do
00:25:07.18\00:25:08.48
is examine your
heart open your heart
00:25:08.49\00:25:12.63
change the
condition of your heart.
00:25:12.64\00:25:14.61
And so, and sometimes in anger
00:25:14.62\00:25:16.68
we've taken things
and just tore it up.
00:25:16.69\00:25:18.44
Have you ever done that before.
00:25:18.45\00:25:19.44
Come on, have you
ever done that before?
00:25:19.45\00:25:21.49
You get it, and we go,
00:25:21.50\00:25:23.38
or you write some
thing and you just tear it up
00:25:23.39\00:25:25.03
and you shred it up.
00:25:25.04\00:25:26.65
The Lord wants us
to examine our hearts.
00:25:26.66\00:25:28.53
But I want you
to look at the text.
00:25:28.54\00:25:29.70
He says, "When you
examine your heart,"
00:25:29.71\00:25:31.32
I'll read it again.
00:25:31.33\00:25:32.35
"Rend your heart
not your garment."
00:25:32.36\00:25:34.07
The next word is,
"Return to the Lord your God
00:25:34.08\00:25:37.06
for He is gracious and
merciful, slow to anger."
00:25:37.07\00:25:40.30
I like that,
because a lot of times
00:25:40.31\00:25:42.82
God is portrayed as this guy
00:25:42.83\00:25:45.28
who has a searchlight
like my little pointer here.
00:25:45.29\00:25:49.80
And he's looking around the room
00:25:49.81\00:25:51.51
like a heat seeker, ah, got you!
00:25:51.52\00:25:54.85
He knows what you do
00:25:54.86\00:25:56.85
but God is slow to get angry.
00:25:56.86\00:26:00.72
In the courts of
justice on television they say,
00:26:05.73\00:26:10.51
"Don't rush to judgment,
don't rush to judgment."
00:26:10.52\00:26:16.22
In other words,
God allows the process
00:26:16.23\00:26:18.29
to carry itself through,
00:26:18.30\00:26:20.05
but He does not immediately say,
00:26:20.06\00:26:23.19
"Hanna, what did you do?"
00:26:23.20\00:26:26.63
He's slow to anger.
00:26:26.64\00:26:28.08
Aren't you, amen, Henna?
00:26:28.09\00:26:30.15
He's slow to anger.
00:26:30.16\00:26:32.02
He looks at it
because, you know,
00:26:32.03\00:26:33.22
sin really before it injures God
00:26:33.23\00:26:35.51
it violates His law,
00:26:35.52\00:26:38.00
it's in contrast
and in controversy
00:26:38.01\00:26:41.41
with His character.
00:26:41.42\00:26:42.47
But He knows the reason
00:26:42.48\00:26:43.45
why He's slow to anger
00:26:43.46\00:26:44.43
because He knows beyond that
00:26:44.44\00:26:46.52
your transgression has done you
00:26:46.53\00:26:48.21
more harm than Him.
00:26:48.22\00:26:50.99
So, He's slow to anger,
00:26:51.00\00:26:52.59
but on the other side of that
00:26:52.60\00:26:53.57
He's merciful and He's gracious,
00:26:53.58\00:26:56.04
He's kind.
00:26:56.05\00:26:57.45
And one of the
part of this passage
00:26:57.46\00:26:58.76
I don't wanna run pass, it says,
00:26:58.77\00:27:02.03
"He relents from doing harm."
00:27:02.04\00:27:05.78
When we repent He relents.
00:27:05.79\00:27:09.60
Write that down.
00:27:09.61\00:27:11.35
When we repent, when
we repent He relents.
00:27:11.36\00:27:18.31
In other words, when we change
00:27:18.32\00:27:19.69
our course He
changes his course.
00:27:19.70\00:27:23.14
You cannot stand
up in the courtroom
00:27:23.15\00:27:24.58
and I'd been so,
you know the news.
00:27:24.59\00:27:28.75
I watch CNN and I
watch ABC, NBC, Fox.
00:27:28.76\00:27:31.90
I'm not a news junkie.
00:27:31.91\00:27:33.49
I just like to be aware
00:27:33.50\00:27:34.47
of what's
happening in the world.
00:27:34.48\00:27:36.04
And so, sometimes I'm at home,
00:27:36.05\00:27:37.31
working on something
00:27:37.32\00:27:38.29
and I just have the news going.
00:27:38.31\00:27:39.56
And then, you know,
there's these stories
00:27:39.57\00:27:41.13
that's just really, you
know, hurt you to the core.
00:27:41.14\00:27:44.59
And there's so much
violence in the world today.
00:27:44.60\00:27:47.86
These senseless
murders that were committed
00:27:47.87\00:27:49.42
a few weeks ago,
00:27:49.43\00:27:50.40
I believe this
young boy went to school
00:27:50.41\00:27:51.78
for whatever
reason and shot and killed
00:27:51.79\00:27:54.55
three fellow classmates.
00:27:54.56\00:27:58.22
How do you, how do you,
00:27:58.23\00:28:00.66
I mean, what do you do
00:28:00.67\00:28:01.70
with a young man like that,
00:28:01.71\00:28:03.44
let's say because he is so close
00:28:03.45\00:28:04.59
to 18 he'll be maybe
prosecuted as an adult.
00:28:04.60\00:28:07.49
Now the parents
are terribly angry,
00:28:07.50\00:28:09.10
but you look at this little boy
00:28:09.11\00:28:11.77
and you think,
Lord, have mercy, I mean.
00:28:11.78\00:28:14.87
I've lost my son
00:28:14.88\00:28:16.04
but somebody's
about to lose their son.
00:28:16.05\00:28:19.09
And I sat there and
when we thought about this,
00:28:19.10\00:28:21.41
tears came to my eyes,
00:28:21.42\00:28:22.39
I said, "This is so tragic."
00:28:22.40\00:28:24.01
Because the law was
at the click of a moment,
00:28:24.02\00:28:28.53
a single decision taken
three people's lives and then,
00:28:28.54\00:28:33.99
after he came to
realization, you know,
00:28:34.00\00:28:35.59
all he could say in
court was, I'm sorry.
00:28:35.60\00:28:37.84
That's what he said,
stood before the Judge,
00:28:37.85\00:28:39.70
"What do you have
to say for yourself?"
00:28:39.71\00:28:40.81
"I'm sorry. I didn't
mean to do it. I'm sorry."
00:28:40.82\00:28:44.44
When you think
about how God looks
00:28:44.45\00:28:45.63
at that young man and God says,
00:28:45.64\00:28:47.37
"Oh, if I can get to his heart."
00:28:47.38\00:28:50.33
When you look
at those situations
00:28:50.34\00:28:51.55
although just as it
does have its place,
00:28:51.56\00:28:56.02
God looks at that
young man and says,
00:28:56.03\00:28:57.76
"There's still room
for him to be forgiven."
00:28:57.77\00:29:01.46
Can you all say
amen to that? Amen.
00:29:01.47\00:29:03.13
Because sometimes
you looked at crimes
00:29:03.14\00:29:04.53
that are committed and we think
00:29:04.54\00:29:05.96
if I were the judge,
00:29:05.97\00:29:06.94
I'd throw the book at him.
00:29:06.95\00:29:09.73
But God says,
"I'm slow to anger."
00:29:09.74\00:29:11.57
Because right now,
one of the worse things
00:29:11.58\00:29:14.18
that young man is going through
00:29:14.19\00:29:15.75
is his own guilt,
his own punishment.
00:29:15.76\00:29:16.75
If he gets life in prison
00:29:18.62\00:29:19.76
he has to live
the rest of his life
00:29:19.77\00:29:21.69
thinking about
the three young people
00:29:21.70\00:29:23.11
whose lives were
senselessly snatched away
00:29:23.12\00:29:26.44
by just a single act
in a very quick moment
00:29:26.45\00:29:29.23
of his life which takes
me to question number 4,
00:29:29.24\00:29:32.84
which takes me
to question number4.
00:29:32.85\00:29:38.79
The Bible. Here's the question.
00:29:38.80\00:29:40.23
"Before we ask for mercy,
00:29:40.24\00:29:43.16
what very
important step must we take?"
00:29:43.17\00:29:46.35
This is powerful.
00:29:46.36\00:29:48.95
This is, you know,
00:29:48.96\00:29:49.93
by the way this is a
non-denominational topic.
00:29:49.94\00:29:52.56
This is a topic
that every church
00:29:52.57\00:29:54.29
should examine intently
00:29:54.30\00:29:56.17
because it's
about our salvation.
00:29:56.18\00:29:57.35
What-- "Before we ask for mercy
00:29:57.36\00:29:59.96
what very
important step must we take?"
00:29:59.97\00:30:04.01
Psalms Chapter 32 and verse 5.
00:30:04.02\00:30:06.40
Look at what David did.
00:30:06.41\00:30:07.99
Psalms 32 and verse
5, this is beautiful.
00:30:08.00\00:30:11.42
David said, "I
acknowledge my sin to You,
00:30:11.43\00:30:15.71
and my iniquity
I have not," What?
00:30:15.72\00:30:18.48
"Hidden, I said, "I will confess
00:30:18.49\00:30:21.42
my transgressions to," who?
00:30:21.43\00:30:23.77
"To the Lord," and he said,
00:30:23.78\00:30:26.51
"And You forgave
the iniquity of my sin"
00:30:26.52\00:30:30.86
isn't that powerful.
00:30:30.87\00:30:32.08
So, what step must we take?
00:30:32.09\00:30:34.46
And you've
already read at Psalms 32.
00:30:34.47\00:30:37.63
But I want you to
notice the beginning of that.
00:30:37.64\00:30:39.72
What must we do?
00:30:39.73\00:30:40.88
What very
important step must we do
00:30:40.89\00:30:43.12
before we ask for mercy?
00:30:43.13\00:30:45.46
We must do what? Say
it again. Acknowledge.
00:30:45.47\00:30:49.51
He said, "I
acknowledge my sin to You."
00:30:49.52\00:30:54.10
You know what bothers
me more than anything else,
00:30:54.11\00:30:58.31
is when they have a
videotape of a crime
00:30:58.32\00:31:00.34
and they use a word like this,
00:31:00.35\00:31:02.00
"The alleged
crime." You remember that.
00:31:02.01\00:31:04.73
You've ever hear that.
00:31:04.74\00:31:05.73
You know the alleged shooting
00:31:05.74\00:31:06.98
and they got videotapes
00:31:06.99\00:31:08.16
from five
different angles of a guy
00:31:08.17\00:31:09.86
with a machine gun
blowing people away,
00:31:09.87\00:31:11.46
he gets arrested,
the alleged shooting.
00:31:11.47\00:31:13.87
I'm thinking
who's in that video.
00:31:13.88\00:31:16.25
The alleged
criminal. The alleged crime.
00:31:16.26\00:31:19.58
Alleged is a legal
word because, you know,
00:31:19.59\00:31:21.98
in America they
say you are innocent
00:31:21.99\00:31:24.48
till proven what?
00:31:24.49\00:31:25.54
Guilty. That
depends on the crime.
00:31:25.55\00:31:28.10
Not gonna guarantee you that.
00:31:28.11\00:31:30.56
In certain crimes you are guilty
00:31:30.57\00:31:31.94
till proven innocent.
00:31:31.95\00:31:33.41
But in the government of God
00:31:33.42\00:31:34.64
he's saying if
you simply acknowledge
00:31:34.65\00:31:37.35
your sin to me
00:31:37.36\00:31:39.26
because your sin is not hidden.
00:31:39.27\00:31:40.91
Go with me to Hebrews Chapter 4.
00:31:40.92\00:31:42.52
So, one of the
things what must we do,
00:31:42.53\00:31:44.84
what step must we take?
00:31:44.85\00:31:46.43
If you wanna
write the answer down.
00:31:46.44\00:31:47.50
We must acknowledge our sin.
00:31:47.51\00:31:50.11
You have to
acknowledge your sin.
00:31:50.12\00:31:52.12
One of the hardest things to do
00:31:52.13\00:31:54.18
is for a person to acknowledge
00:31:54.19\00:31:55.74
that he or she has
done something wrong.
00:31:55.75\00:31:58.79
It's a tough thing to
do, to acknowledge it.
00:31:58.80\00:32:01.89
Hebrews Chapter 4.
00:32:01.90\00:32:04.19
I wanna show you
a beautiful passage.
00:32:04.20\00:32:06.49
One of the reasons why we have,
00:32:06.50\00:32:08.48
have to acknowledge.
00:32:08.49\00:32:09.75
David also
said, "And my iniquity
00:32:09.76\00:32:12.71
I have not hidden."
00:32:12.72\00:32:14.86
Do you know that you
can't hide sin from God?
00:32:14.87\00:32:18.34
How many knew that?
00:32:18.35\00:32:20.49
How much does God see?
00:32:20.50\00:32:22.94
What about if
the lights are off,
00:32:22.95\00:32:24.11
does He still see?
00:32:24.12\00:32:25.88
What about if
you're 15 feet underground,
00:32:25.89\00:32:28.03
does He still see?
00:32:28.04\00:32:29.80
David the Psalmist said,
00:32:29.81\00:32:30.78
"If I go the farthest
part of heaven, you're there.
00:32:30.79\00:32:32.96
If I go to the deepest
parts of hell, you're there.
00:32:32.97\00:32:34.85
If I go to the depths
of the sea, you're there."
00:32:34.86\00:32:37.44
And look at what Hebrews,
00:32:37.45\00:32:38.44
the writer of
Hebrews points out.
00:32:38.45\00:32:40.84
Hebrews 4,
beginning with verse 13.
00:32:40.85\00:32:44.13
This is not on the,
this is not on the syllabus,
00:32:44.14\00:32:47.20
but this is very
important passage for us
00:32:47.21\00:32:48.83
to look at in light of
the fact that David said,
00:32:48.84\00:32:51.80
"I will confess because
I can't hide it from You."
00:32:51.81\00:32:57.17
Can you imagine
standing before God,
00:32:57.18\00:32:58.56
He knows you did, you say,
00:32:58.57\00:32:59.54
"I didn't do it."
00:32:59.55\00:33:02.51
If you say you didn't do it
00:33:02.52\00:33:04.50
you can't ask for mercy,
00:33:04.51\00:33:06.64
ibecause you're
saying you're innocent.
00:33:06.65\00:33:08.72
Therefore you
don't ask for mercy
00:33:08.73\00:33:10.38
if you're innocent,
00:33:10.39\00:33:11.94
you ask for justice if
you're innocent, right.
00:33:11.95\00:33:14.88
If I'm innocent of it,
the law demands you let me go,
00:33:14.89\00:33:18.58
but David said, "I
acknowledge my sin,"
00:33:18.59\00:33:21.93
and he said, "I will confess
my transgression to the Lord."
00:33:21.94\00:33:25.35
Because, hey, it's not hidden.
00:33:25.36\00:33:27.07
Look at verse 13
so vitally important.
00:33:27.08\00:33:29.39
See whenever you fall into sin,
00:33:29.40\00:33:31.43
don't lie to the Lord,
00:33:31.44\00:33:32.45
because when you lie to the Lord
00:33:32.46\00:33:33.94
you put yourself
in the wrong light
00:33:33.95\00:33:35.53
and God cannot allow His mercy
00:33:35.54\00:33:38.27
to be extended to somebody
00:33:38.28\00:33:39.25
who won't admit
that they're wrong.
00:33:39.26\00:33:40.99
Verse 13, "And
there is no creature
00:33:41.00\00:33:44.01
hidden from His sight,
but all things are," what?
00:33:44.02\00:33:48.81
"Naked and open
to the eyes of Him
00:33:48.82\00:33:52.34
to whom we must give account."
00:33:52.35\00:33:55.66
But, I didn't stop there because
00:33:55.67\00:33:57.26
although God sees everything
00:33:57.27\00:33:58.80
I want to give you some hope.
00:33:58.81\00:34:01.20
See, you know,
like your parents sa y,
00:34:01.21\00:34:03.48
"I saw you."
00:34:03.49\00:34:06.88
You're fearful, but He
said but the parents said,
00:34:06.89\00:34:09.29
"I saw you,
however, I love you."
00:34:09.30\00:34:12.05
And if you confess
00:34:12.06\00:34:15.24
the punishment is not gonna be
00:34:15.25\00:34:16.40
as bad as it would
be if you lie to me.
00:34:16.41\00:34:19.15
You know that's true.
00:34:19.16\00:34:20.13
Do you know that's true?
00:34:20.14\00:34:21.78
God will not punish us
00:34:21.79\00:34:24.57
'cause He said a moment ago
00:34:24.58\00:34:25.61
in the book of Joel,
00:34:25.62\00:34:27.68
not in the book.
00:34:27.69\00:34:28.66
"I will relent. I will relent."
00:34:28.67\00:34:31.46
He says, "If you
confess, I will relent."
00:34:31.47\00:34:34.73
In other words, what
you could have gotten,
00:34:34.74\00:34:38.21
it's not gonna be that bad.
00:34:38.22\00:34:39.59
Now, how many of you
have ever had parents
00:34:39.60\00:34:42.37
that
traditionally gave you spanking
00:34:42.38\00:34:45.76
but sometimes would not?
00:34:45.77\00:34:47.51
Come on, confess.
00:34:47.52\00:34:49.37
Good for the soul,
maybe hard on the backside.
00:34:49.38\00:34:52.98
You know, if
you've a parent like that,
00:34:52.99\00:34:53.96
there are some
parents that just,
00:34:53.97\00:34:55.21
I had a grandmother that would,
00:34:55.22\00:34:58.50
we could be, she
could be on the phone
00:34:58.51\00:35:00.59
and she'd promise us a spanking
00:35:00.60\00:35:02.13
and it'd be like six hours later
00:35:02.14\00:35:03.57
and she never forgot,
00:35:03.58\00:35:05.81
and you get it.
00:35:05.82\00:35:07.38
But the once who
confess "Grandma, I'm sorry.
00:35:07.39\00:35:11.47
I promise I won't do it again."
00:35:11.48\00:35:13.19
She said, "I know
you won't do it again."
00:35:13.20\00:35:14.84
I remember
living in Long Island.
00:35:14.85\00:35:17.14
She took care of some neighbors.
00:35:17.15\00:35:19.10
She did housecleaning,
an old lady from Trinidad.
00:35:19.11\00:35:22.60
She did
housecleaning every now and then
00:35:22.61\00:35:23.99
we'd go to the where
she worked in Long Island.
00:35:24.00\00:35:26.40
And I remember very, very,
00:35:26.41\00:35:29.25
one one very
unforgettable instance.
00:35:29.26\00:35:32.04
She was on the
phone talking to somebody
00:35:32.05\00:35:33.97
about some very
important business
00:35:33.98\00:35:35.76
and we all just went haywire.
00:35:35.77\00:35:39.09
We went haywire throwing things
00:35:39.10\00:35:40.83
at each other
through the kitchen,
00:35:40.84\00:35:42.08
yelling and she's
saying, quiet down.
00:35:42.09\00:35:43.85
And we just
piped it up even more
00:35:43.86\00:35:46.75
and she said,
she leaned the phone,
00:35:46.76\00:35:48.64
when I got off this phone
00:35:48.65\00:35:49.83
every one of you's
getting a spanking.
00:35:49.84\00:35:52.40
But when she got off the phone
00:35:52.41\00:35:53.49
she didn't do it
00:35:53.50\00:35:55.44
and few hours passed by,
00:35:55.45\00:35:59.09
we thought, hey, she just said
00:35:59.10\00:36:00.99
she's gonna spank us,
00:36:01.00\00:36:01.97
but it's not gonna happen.
00:36:01.98\00:36:04.15
That night I never forget it.
00:36:04.16\00:36:07.15
I was kneeling down,
00:36:07.16\00:36:09.65
do you know what
position you're in
00:36:09.66\00:36:10.63
when you're kneeling down?
00:36:10.64\00:36:11.61
Come on, talk to me.
00:36:11.62\00:36:13.52
I was kneeling down,
00:36:13.53\00:36:16.78
getting ready to
say my bedtime prayers.
00:36:16.79\00:36:20.02
I was in the perfect
prayer punishment position.
00:36:20.03\00:36:24.89
And at the
beginning of my prayer
00:36:24.90\00:36:27.11
I felt the hand of justice.
00:36:27.12\00:36:30.75
Well I don't wanna
tell you where she hit,
00:36:30.76\00:36:32.38
but I guess you
can figure that out
00:36:32.39\00:36:34.03
and it took a while,
00:36:34.04\00:36:35.58
I thought I had gotten away.
00:36:35.59\00:36:37.34
You see the Lord is gracious
00:36:37.35\00:36:39.17
He's long suffering,
00:36:39.18\00:36:41.43
but you'll find out as we get
00:36:41.44\00:36:42.82
further into the
study unless you confess
00:36:42.83\00:36:45.43
God will not
extend to you mercy.
00:36:45.44\00:36:47.99
If you think that
you've gotten away,
00:36:48.00\00:36:49.41
oh in just a matter of time
00:36:49.42\00:36:50.39
you'll understand
that God's justice
00:36:50.40\00:36:52.23
and God's
government stands on truth
00:36:52.24\00:36:54.59
and whatever you
do there is a payment.
00:36:54.60\00:36:56.17
The wages of sin
is what? A spanking.
00:36:56.18\00:36:59.80
That's right, but let's finish,
00:36:59.81\00:37:01.52
because I want to
give you some hope.
00:37:01.53\00:37:02.53
Look at verse 14
of Hebrews Chapter 4.
00:37:02.54\00:37:05.16
Although things can be
seen by God nothing hidden,
00:37:05.17\00:37:07.94
he goes on verse 14 by saying,
00:37:07.95\00:37:09.96
"Seeing then
that we have a," what?
00:37:09.97\00:37:12.93
"A great High
Priest who has passed
00:37:12.94\00:37:16.59
through the heavens,
Jesus the Son of God,
00:37:16.60\00:37:19.78
let us hold fast our" what?
00:37:19.79\00:37:22.34
"Our confession."
00:37:22.35\00:37:23.72
"For we do not
have a High Priest
00:37:23.73\00:37:25.10
who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses,"
00:37:25.11\00:37:27.51
praise the Lord for that,
00:37:27.52\00:37:29.48
"But was in all
points tempted as we are,
00:37:29.49\00:37:32.83
yet without sin."
00:37:32.84\00:37:34.36
But look at the
encouragement to the sinner.
00:37:34.37\00:37:36.52
Verse 18, verse 16 is powerful.
00:37:36.53\00:37:40.36
It looked like verse 18
when I took my glasses off,
00:37:40.37\00:37:42.75
but it's verse 16
when I put them back on.
00:37:42.76\00:37:45.43
Look at this, "Let
us therefore come,"
00:37:45.44\00:37:47.84
say the next word, how?
00:37:47.85\00:37:48.82
Boldly. "Boldly
before the throne of" what?
00:37:48.83\00:37:52.28
"Grace, that we
may obtain" what then?
00:37:52.29\00:37:55.32
Mercy. "Mercy and find
grace to help in" what?
00:37:55.33\00:37:58.83
"Time of need."
00:37:58.84\00:37:59.81
Have you needed grace this week?
00:37:59.82\00:38:01.72
Have you needed mercy?
00:38:01.73\00:38:03.44
The Lord says,
when you do wrong,
00:38:03.45\00:38:05.05
let me encourage you,
00:38:05.06\00:38:06.03
when you do something wrong,
00:38:06.04\00:38:07.48
God says, "Come, come boldly."
00:38:07.49\00:38:10.68
In other words,
God clears the way
00:38:10.69\00:38:12.11
that you can come unhindered.
00:38:12.12\00:38:13.49
There's something
called the running to.
00:38:13.50\00:38:17.86
It'll come to me in a
moment but God is in essence,
00:38:17.87\00:38:19.66
He removed all
the obstacles so that
00:38:19.67\00:38:21.87
when the times comes for you
00:38:21.88\00:38:23.60
to run to Him for mercy,
00:38:23.61\00:38:25.13
He says, "Come on. Come on, son.
00:38:25.14\00:38:26.43
Come on, daughter. Come boldly."
00:38:26.44\00:38:28.70
He gives you access.
00:38:28.71\00:38:30.17
He doesn't say,
00:38:30.18\00:38:31.57
"What are you coming
here for, you sinner?" Amen.
00:38:31.58\00:38:35.20
He says, "Come
boldly. Come as you are."
00:38:35.21\00:38:38.44
I've made it very, very clear
00:38:38.45\00:38:41.67
that's how God is.
He's our strong tower.
00:38:41.68\00:38:43.83
That's right.
He's our strong tower.
00:38:43.84\00:38:45.99
We can run into
Him and be saved.
00:38:46.00\00:38:49.10
So, when you sin don't
think that you have done
00:38:49.11\00:38:51.83
something that God
doesn't know you've done.
00:38:51.84\00:38:54.01
He said, "I know
you did it. Confess it.
00:38:54.02\00:38:56.81
Run to me, come to me boldly"
00:38:56.82\00:39:00.27
And notice, he didn't
say come to me boastfully.
00:39:00.28\00:39:02.78
He says, come to me boldly.
00:39:02.79\00:39:04.25
You know what that means,
00:39:04.26\00:39:05.23
come to me with determination.
00:39:05.24\00:39:06.82
Make your mind up to get here
00:39:06.83\00:39:09.32
as quickly as you can
00:39:09.33\00:39:10.42
and what does he say he'll do?
00:39:10.43\00:39:13.52
We will obtain
mercy and find grace
00:39:13.53\00:39:15.31
to help in our time of need.
00:39:15.32\00:39:16.96
Brethren, you
know, the best time
00:39:16.97\00:39:18.53
to run to God is
when you transgress,
00:39:18.54\00:39:20.11
when you sin, when you fall.
00:39:20.12\00:39:21.97
You know why, because if
you don't run right away,
00:39:21.98\00:39:23.98
sometimes you get to the point
00:39:23.99\00:39:24.96
where guilt takes
over and guilt begins
00:39:24.97\00:39:27.18
to put obstacles in your way.
00:39:27.19\00:39:29.65
As a matter of
fact, one of the reasons
00:39:29.66\00:39:31.04
why people often
times stay away from church
00:39:31.05\00:39:32.80
is because they
do something wrong.
00:39:32.81\00:39:35.09
And I hear phrases like this.
00:39:35.10\00:39:37.84
I was getting my life together.
00:39:37.85\00:39:40.26
Do you know why you can't get
00:39:40.27\00:39:41.36
your life together, Glenn.
00:39:41.37\00:39:42.34
Right, Glenn, you
can't get your life together.
00:39:42.35\00:39:44.76
Who can get our lives together?
00:39:44.77\00:39:46.09
The Lord. He
puts it back together.
00:39:46.10\00:39:48.46
We can't fix it up,
he says, come as you are.
00:39:48.47\00:39:53.70
Come unto me all
you who are weary
00:39:53.71\00:39:56.50
and heavy laden and
what will I give you?
00:39:56.51\00:39:58.44
Rest. I will give you rest.
00:39:58.45\00:39:59.88
So he says, come as you are.
00:39:59.89\00:40:01.17
That's why the next
part is so vitally important.
00:40:01.18\00:40:03.10
So, look at question number 5,
00:40:03.11\00:40:05.60
and this is a, I don't think
00:40:05.61\00:40:07.95
we'll get to number 16 tonight.
00:40:07.96\00:40:10.14
But the wonderful thing is,
00:40:10.15\00:40:11.12
this program continues to go on.
00:40:11.13\00:40:13.62
But question number 5 is
a series of six questions
00:40:13.63\00:40:17.50
contained in question number 5.
00:40:17.51\00:40:20.26
All right, "Which of
the following statements
00:40:20.27\00:40:22.76
are true about mercy?"
00:40:22.77\00:40:24.79
I'll put that on the screen.
00:40:24.80\00:40:26.23
"Which of the
following statements
00:40:26.24\00:40:27.64
are true about mercy?"
00:40:27.65\00:40:29.12
And I'm gonna give you some
00:40:29.13\00:40:30.10
true and false
suggestions or choices.
00:40:30.11\00:40:32.82
Here's the first one.
00:40:32.83\00:40:35.14
The conditions
of applying mercy.
00:40:35.15\00:40:37.24
Mercy sets
aside the requirements
00:40:37.25\00:40:39.89
of the law, true or false?
00:40:39.90\00:40:41.39
False. Okay.
00:40:41.40\00:40:43.47
Check it on your paper.
00:40:43.48\00:40:44.45
I'm not gonna tell you whether
your answers are right yet.
00:40:44.46\00:40:46.82
Check, true or false. Okay.
00:40:46.83\00:40:50.25
Mercy sets aside the
requirements of the law,
00:40:50.26\00:40:52.74
write down true or false.
00:40:52.75\00:40:53.76
Put your answer, whatever you,
00:40:53.77\00:40:54.99
and we'll check to
see how many of you
00:40:55.00\00:40:56.24
got it right in the moment.
00:40:56.25\00:40:57.52
Second one. Mercy sets
aside the penalty of the Law.
00:40:57.53\00:41:01.46
True or false?
00:41:01.47\00:41:02.44
You just write it down.
00:41:02.45\00:41:03.42
Don't tell your neighbor
that you've got the answer.
00:41:03.43\00:41:04.65
This is a quiz.
00:41:04.66\00:41:06.35
Okay. Mercy sets aside
the penalty of the Law.
00:41:06.36\00:41:10.10
The third one under number 5.
00:41:10.11\00:41:13.46
Mercy allows the
innocent to go free?
00:41:13.47\00:41:17.38
True or false?
00:41:17.39\00:41:18.36
Write that down, check it off.
00:41:18.37\00:41:20.76
Mercy allows the
innocent to go free?
00:41:20.77\00:41:23.13
True or false?
00:41:23.14\00:41:25.43
Okay.
00:41:25.44\00:41:28.14
Don't tell anybody
what the answers are.
00:41:28.15\00:41:30.60
And if you don't know, guess.
00:41:30.61\00:41:32.90
This is not a salvation test.
00:41:32.91\00:41:35.76
Just to get
you. Here's number 4.
00:41:35.77\00:41:37.98
Mercy is applied to
satisfy the demands of the law?
00:41:37.99\00:41:41.58
True or false?
00:41:41.59\00:41:42.91
Mercy is applied to
satisfy the demands of the law?
00:41:42.92\00:41:47.55
True or false?
00:41:47.56\00:41:51.08
Okay.
00:41:51.09\00:41:53.31
Okay, number 5, under number 5.
00:41:53.32\00:41:57.07
Mercy can only be
applied to the guilty?
00:41:57.08\00:41:59.73
True or false? True or false?
00:41:59.74\00:42:06.58
And the last
one, under number 5.
00:42:06.59\00:42:09.41
Mercy is applied to
those who agree with the law?
00:42:09.42\00:42:15.15
Mercy is applied to
those who agree with the law?
00:42:15.16\00:42:19.81
Okay. Okay, ready now?
00:42:19.82\00:42:21.87
Now, for those who are watching
00:42:21.88\00:42:23.05
I'm gonna give the answers.
00:42:23.06\00:42:24.21
You may have
checked your syllabus.
00:42:24.22\00:42:25.76
Here's the question,
I'll ask you true or false.
00:42:25.77\00:42:28.00
Mercy sets aside the
requirement of the law?
00:42:28.01\00:42:30.77
How many put true?
00:42:30.78\00:42:33.30
How many put false?
00:42:33.31\00:42:34.90
The answer is false.
00:42:34.91\00:42:36.30
Mercy does not set aside
the requirements of the law.
00:42:36.31\00:42:40.09
The requirements of
the law still stand.
00:42:40.10\00:42:44.17
Okay. Mercy sets aside
the penalty of the law?
00:42:44.18\00:42:48.22
True or false? Which one is it?
00:42:48.23\00:42:50.92
How many put true?
00:42:50.93\00:42:52.63
How many put false?
00:42:52.64\00:42:54.33
The answer is
true. The answer is true.
00:42:54.34\00:42:57.02
Mercy sets aside the penalty.
00:42:57.03\00:42:58.56
Let me explain that.
00:42:58.57\00:43:02.39
When you come to the Judge,
00:43:02.40\00:43:05.70
and you say, "I am not guilty.
00:43:05.71\00:43:10.62
You're demanding justice."
00:43:10.63\00:43:14.24
When you say, I am guilty
00:43:14.25\00:43:15.60
what are you asking for?
00:43:15.61\00:43:17.37
Mercy. What does that mercy do?
00:43:17.38\00:43:21.65
It sets aside the penalty
00:43:21.66\00:43:23.13
that you would have gotten
00:43:23.14\00:43:24.81
had you had the court later
00:43:24.82\00:43:27.29
on prove you to be guilty.
00:43:27.30\00:43:29.50
Then you would had the stage of,
00:43:29.51\00:43:32.40
they call the
penalty phase of the trial.
00:43:32.41\00:43:35.99
But once you say
that you are guilty,
00:43:36.00\00:43:38.19
then you can ask for mercy.
00:43:38.20\00:43:39.83
Be merciful to
me, a what? Sinner.
00:43:39.84\00:43:43.42
That's what the tax
collector asked for.
00:43:43.43\00:43:46.45
This was last week.
00:43:46.46\00:43:47.68
I just wanted to see
if you were following.
00:43:47.69\00:43:49.18
Be merciful to me a sinner,
00:43:49.19\00:43:51.10
but if you didn't
say you were guilty,
00:43:51.11\00:43:54.89
there would be no reason for me
00:43:54.90\00:43:56.31
to even think
about giving you mercy.
00:43:56.32\00:43:58.52
All right. The third one.
00:43:58.53\00:44:00.98
Mercy allows the innocent
to go free? True or false?
00:44:00.99\00:44:04.08
False. True or false?
00:44:04.09\00:44:07.72
Who said true?
00:44:07.73\00:44:09.42
Who said false? False.
00:44:09.43\00:44:13.27
Mercy does not allow
the innocent to go free.
00:44:13.28\00:44:19.03
If you're innocent
you don't need mercy.
00:44:19.04\00:44:20.94
There you go, Dan.
00:44:20.95\00:44:22.73
If you're innocent
you don't need mercy.
00:44:22.74\00:44:24.65
Because innocence,
the law's now applied.
00:44:24.66\00:44:28.16
Innocence means
justice is being served.
00:44:28.17\00:44:31.13
You go free.
00:44:31.14\00:44:34.57
The guilty need mercy.
00:44:34.58\00:44:38.91
The innocent don't need mercy.
00:44:38.92\00:44:42.96
And I know somebody may say,
00:44:42.97\00:44:44.05
"but why isn't mercy a --
00:44:44.06\00:44:46.14
weren't you made innocent
after mercy was applied?"
00:44:46.15\00:44:48.56
No, you're
covered by God's grace.
00:44:48.57\00:44:54.14
You're covered by God's grace.
00:44:54.15\00:44:56.52
You are not, you
are not innocent.
00:44:56.53\00:44:59.37
So, you say to
your parent, I did it.
00:44:59.38\00:45:02.95
And they say now,
"what agreement did we make?"
00:45:02.96\00:45:05.95
My wife.
00:45:05.96\00:45:06.97
My wife and I with one of our,
I forgot which set of nieces.
00:45:06.98\00:45:11.76
Some many of them.
00:45:11.77\00:45:14.03
Oh! One particular
niece who said okay,
00:45:14.04\00:45:16.20
I think it was my sister's
daughter who said, "Okay.
00:45:16.21\00:45:18.32
What I want you to do is
write down a list of things
00:45:18.33\00:45:20.32
that we should do.
00:45:20.33\00:45:23.41
You write down the penalties,
the things that we should do
00:45:23.42\00:45:26.23
if we catch you doing
something you shouldn't do.
00:45:26.24\00:45:28.60
You go ahead and
write down your punishment."
00:45:28.61\00:45:31.29
And she had it
above her bed head.
00:45:31.30\00:45:33.76
And the funny thing about that
is she chose her punishment.
00:45:33.77\00:45:36.27
So, we said now, "when
anything happens and we choose
00:45:36.28\00:45:38.76
something from your
list, don't get mad at us
00:45:38.77\00:45:40.44
because we chose
the punishment, right."
00:45:40.45\00:45:44.85
Now, would I be looking at
that list if she was innocent?
00:45:44.86\00:45:47.57
Yes or no?
00:45:47.58\00:45:49.01
Absolutely not.
00:45:49.02\00:45:50.32
So, we are declared.
00:45:50.33\00:45:52.44
We are declared justified
and if we were innocent
00:45:52.45\00:45:56.85
we don't need justice.
00:45:56.86\00:45:58.75
As a matter of
fact go with me, oh!
00:45:58.76\00:46:01.26
This is a text
I want you to see.
00:46:01.27\00:46:02.42
Go with me to John 9.
00:46:02.43\00:46:04.02
John Chapter 9.
00:46:04.03\00:46:05.00
I'm gonna give
the other answers.
00:46:05.01\00:46:05.98
Let's finish the next
three and we'd to see this.
00:46:05.99\00:46:08.04
So, we're up to number 4.
Here's the other question.
00:46:08.05\00:46:10.67
Mercy is applied to
satisfy the demands of the law?
00:46:10.68\00:46:15.30
True or false?
00:46:15.31\00:46:17.33
False, exactly.
00:46:17.34\00:46:18.78
The blood of Jesus
Christ is applied to satisfy
00:46:18.79\00:46:21.88
the demands of the law.
00:46:21.89\00:46:22.96
Somebody has to die.
00:46:22.97\00:46:24.40
The law does not ever say
death is no longer necessary
00:46:24.41\00:46:28.05
because the Bible says, "where
there is no shedding of blood,
00:46:28.06\00:46:30.93
there is no remission of sin."
00:46:30.94\00:46:32.93
The wages of sin has always
been, will always be death.
00:46:32.94\00:46:36.91
All right. John 9.
00:46:36.92\00:46:38.56
You hear what I said.
00:46:38.57\00:46:40.22
John 9.
00:46:40.23\00:46:41.78
Okay, I'm on my way there.
00:46:41.79\00:46:43.36
You guys are faster
than the speed of thought.
00:46:43.37\00:46:46.55
Okay, here we go. I'm preaching
while you guys are turning.
00:46:46.56\00:46:50.12
Here it is, John 9.
00:46:50.13\00:46:52.58
The reason why
this is very important.
00:46:52.59\00:46:55.43
This by the way I've
preached this not too long ago.
00:46:55.44\00:46:58.14
I call this one of the
most, one of the most protested
00:46:58.15\00:47:01.13
miracles of Jesus.
00:47:01.14\00:47:02.84
When Jesus healed a blind man
and the Pharisees kept saying,
00:47:02.85\00:47:05.69
"Tell us who healed you?"
00:47:05.70\00:47:07.14
And he said, "Jesus heal me."
00:47:07.15\00:47:09.09
He said, "But how did He do it?"
00:47:09.10\00:47:11.51
"He spat on the ground.
00:47:11.52\00:47:13.25
He picked up a clay.
He put it on my eyes.
00:47:13.26\00:47:15.67
He told me to go
to the pool and wash.
00:47:15.68\00:47:17.49
When I went I came back seeing."
00:47:17.50\00:47:20.21
"But how did He do it?"
"I told you how He did it."
00:47:20.22\00:47:23.86
So, because his
story wasn't good enough
00:47:23.87\00:47:25.36
they went to his parents
"Is this your son?" "It is."
00:47:25.37\00:47:28.09
"Could you tell us how
he was made to see again?"
00:47:28.10\00:47:30.86
They said, "He's
of age, go ask him."
00:47:30.87\00:47:32.55
Good answer. See.
00:47:32.56\00:47:34.46
So, they came back to this man
over and over and over again,
00:47:34.47\00:47:36.83
so they finally had
their chance with Jesus.
00:47:36.84\00:47:39.03
Now, we're gonna
work our way to verse 41.
00:47:39.04\00:47:41.45
Now, look at verse 36.
00:47:41.46\00:47:44.17
All right.
00:47:44.18\00:47:47.73
And... Verse 36.
00:47:47.74\00:47:50.36
"Jesus heard that
they had cast him out,
00:47:50.37\00:47:52.32
and when He had
found him," in verse 35
00:47:52.33\00:47:54.15
"Jesus heard that
they had cast him out,"
00:47:54.16\00:47:56.01
he was rejoicing he
went to the temple rejoicing.
00:47:56.02\00:47:58.11
That's what you should do
when Jesus heals you, right.
00:47:58.12\00:48:01.00
I mean John Chapter 9 verse 35.
00:48:01.01\00:48:03.70
John Chapter 9 verse 35,
"Jesus heard that they had
00:48:03.71\00:48:06.94
cast him out, and when He
had found him, He said to him,
00:48:06.95\00:48:11.51
"Do you believe
in the Son of God?"
00:48:11.52\00:48:13.52
He answered and
said, "Who is He, Lord,
00:48:13.53\00:48:16.02
that I may believe in Him?"
00:48:16.03\00:48:17.58
And Jesus said to him,
"You have both seen Him
00:48:17.59\00:48:21.15
and it is He who
is talking with you."
00:48:21.16\00:48:25.02
And in verse 38.
00:48:25.03\00:48:26.42
Then he said, "Lord, I believe!"
00:48:26.43\00:48:28.16
And he did what?
00:48:28.17\00:48:29.49
Worshiped Him.
00:48:29.50\00:48:30.99
And Jesus said,
"For judgment I have not,
00:48:31.00\00:48:34.20
for judgment I have
come into this world,
00:48:34.21\00:48:36.50
that those who
do not see may see,
00:48:36.51\00:48:40.36
and that those who
see may be made blind."
00:48:40.37\00:48:43.41
And here's the point.
00:48:43.42\00:48:45.25
Then some of the
Pharisees who were with Him
00:48:45.26\00:48:48.80
heard these
words, and said to Him.
00:48:48.81\00:48:50.44
They're saying to Jesus
now, you gotta get this.
00:48:50.45\00:48:52.71
They are saying to
Jesus, "Are we blind also?"
00:48:52.72\00:48:57.99
Get this.
00:48:58.00\00:49:00.43
And Jesus said to
them, "If you were blind,
00:49:00.44\00:49:02.46
you would have no sin;
but now you say, 'We see.'
00:49:02.47\00:49:06.38
Therefore your sin remains.
00:49:06.39\00:49:07.71
You know what the
problem in the story is.
00:49:07.72\00:49:09.70
You know what the
issue in the story is?
00:49:09.71\00:49:11.95
They didn't
confess their condition.
00:49:11.96\00:49:14.35
They didn't
confess their condition.
00:49:14.36\00:49:16.05
Now, what is the condition
of the Last Day Church Laodicea?
00:49:16.06\00:49:18.72
What's the condition?
00:49:18.73\00:49:20.71
Wretched, miserable,
poor, blind and what else?
00:49:20.72\00:49:24.68
Naked.
00:49:24.69\00:49:25.66
Same thing, and so here
we are in the last church
00:49:25.67\00:49:28.58
of Revelation's Seven Churches.
00:49:28.59\00:49:30.49
Unless we confess our condition,
00:49:30.50\00:49:32.43
Jesus can't do a thing for us.
00:49:32.44\00:49:34.64
He says, "Okay. You say
you can see, then you're fine."
00:49:34.65\00:49:38.96
Since you say you can see,
00:49:38.97\00:49:40.50
your sins will
still hang around.
00:49:40.51\00:49:42.45
But if you say that you
are blind like this blind man,
00:49:42.46\00:49:44.80
said, you will know that
I am able to restore you,
00:49:44.81\00:49:47.99
not only recover your sight
00:49:48.00\00:49:49.89
but I'm able to
redeem you from your sin.
00:49:49.90\00:49:52.18
And they walked
away without redemption
00:49:52.19\00:49:53.83
because they
said, "We could see.
00:49:53.84\00:49:55.36
We don't need you, Lord.
00:49:55.37\00:49:56.34
We've got it
perfectly taken care of."
00:49:56.35\00:49:57.86
And you'll find it
over and over in the Bible
00:49:57.87\00:49:59.31
whenever a person
says they got it down path,
00:49:59.32\00:50:01.56
Jesus said, "I can't
do anything for you."
00:50:01.57\00:50:03.95
I can't do anything for you.
00:50:03.96\00:50:05.20
So, here's my
message towards tonight.
00:50:05.21\00:50:06.71
If we walk away
from this study and say,
00:50:06.72\00:50:08.40
"Well, this makes sense to
me but I'm not really that bad."
00:50:08.41\00:50:14.55
What happens?
00:50:14.56\00:50:15.68
Jesus says, "Because
you say you have no sin
00:50:15.69\00:50:17.96
your sin remains.
00:50:17.97\00:50:19.61
Because you say you
don't really need me,
00:50:19.62\00:50:22.34
then I can't do
anything for you."
00:50:22.35\00:50:24.84
So, the mission of Jesus
is thwarted in our lives.
00:50:24.85\00:50:28.49
Because He said, "The
Son of Man has come to seek
00:50:28.50\00:50:30.98
and to save that which is" what?
00:50:30.99\00:50:32.51
"That which is lost?"
00:50:32.52\00:50:33.49
Luke what?
00:50:33.50\00:50:34.47
Luke 19:10, a text
we taught our niece.
00:50:34.48\00:50:37.65
She remembers to this very day
when we speak to her and said,
00:50:37.66\00:50:39.88
"Luke 19:10 means what?"
00:50:39.89\00:50:41.53
and she repeats that.
00:50:41.54\00:50:42.68
Now, let's look at the last two,
00:50:42.69\00:50:44.62
the last two on our sixth part.
00:50:44.63\00:50:47.72
Number 5, Mercy can only
be applied to the guilty?
00:50:47.73\00:50:50.73
True or false?
00:50:50.74\00:50:52.18
True.
00:50:52.19\00:50:53.32
Mercy can only be
applied to the guilty.
00:50:53.33\00:50:56.04
And therefore number 6,
Mercy is applied to those
00:50:56.05\00:50:59.88
who agree with the law?
00:50:59.89\00:51:01.31
True or False?
00:51:01.32\00:51:03.13
True. That's right. They
said, Okay, I was speeding.
00:51:03.14\00:51:07.00
As a matter of fact, I
heard story of a pastor
00:51:07.01\00:51:10.88
who got stopped
by highway patrolman.
00:51:10.89\00:51:12.47
He said, "How
fast were you going?"
00:51:12.48\00:51:15.33
He said, "well, when I saw
you I was going 86 but I slowed
00:51:15.34\00:51:19.94
down to 80, when I
saw you I was going 87
00:51:19.95\00:51:22.36
but I slowed down to 85."
00:51:22.37\00:51:23.92
He said, "I caught you at 85."
00:51:23.93\00:51:26.15
He said, "But I was
going two miles faster."
00:51:26.16\00:51:28.57
And the highway patrolman said,
00:51:28.58\00:51:29.79
"but why are
you admitting that?"
00:51:29.80\00:51:31.10
He said, "Because you and
I are in the same business."
00:51:31.11\00:51:33.67
He said, "It is my
job to teach people
00:51:35.59\00:51:37.48
not to violate the law.
00:51:37.49\00:51:38.63
It's your job to uphold the law.
00:51:38.64\00:51:40.78
Now, before you write
a ticket, I'm gonna make
00:51:40.79\00:51:43.36
a commitment to do my
part and making sure people
00:51:43.37\00:51:46.51
don't violate the law.
00:51:46.52\00:51:47.78
But if they do I'm
gonna extend mercy to them."
00:51:47.79\00:51:49.96
"Now, officer, I am guilty
but can you extend mercy to me?"
00:51:49.97\00:51:56.89
Well, this worked really
well because this person was a,
00:51:56.90\00:52:00.14
I wanna be very vague.
00:52:00.15\00:52:01.16
This person was a
visible personality
00:52:01.17\00:52:03.86
and the police officer said,
00:52:03.87\00:52:05.70
"If I gave you a ticket
my mother will be upset.
00:52:05.71\00:52:07.74
I've watch you on
television every week."
00:52:07.75\00:52:10.21
And so, he extended mercy.
00:52:10.22\00:52:13.15
But not that he was not guilty,
00:52:13.16\00:52:17.63
I am saying that case there
was some preferential treatment.
00:52:17.64\00:52:21.02
But he acknowledged
that he was speeding
00:52:21.03\00:52:24.08
that was the biggest part.
00:52:24.09\00:52:25.73
If he said to the police
officer, "I wasn't speeding."
00:52:25.74\00:52:29.04
You know what
he would have said,
00:52:29.05\00:52:30.23
"You know, sir, ashamed of you.
00:52:30.24\00:52:31.98
I watch you -- my
mother watches you every week.
00:52:31.99\00:52:34.66
She's gonna be really
upset to know that you wouldn't
00:52:34.67\00:52:36.70
even admit that you are wrong."
00:52:36.71\00:52:39.47
But because he
came out and confessed,
00:52:39.48\00:52:41.48
isn't that wonderful, amen.
00:52:41.49\00:52:43.10
So, when we come to
the Lord and we confess
00:52:43.11\00:52:44.98
that we do need the
Lord, our eyes are opened,
00:52:44.99\00:52:48.19
we see our condition and then
00:52:48.20\00:52:50.04
and only then can we receive
graciously the mercy of God.
00:52:50.05\00:52:55.79
Look at number 6.
00:52:55.80\00:52:57.94
Now, this is getting into
a different phase of a very,
00:52:57.95\00:53:00.34
very vitally important one.
00:53:00.35\00:53:01.87
Number 6.
00:53:01.88\00:53:04.13
Here's the question.
00:53:04.14\00:53:06.98
What did the
apostle Paul say when he was
00:53:06.99\00:53:09.63
confronted with his guilt?
00:53:09.64\00:53:11.99
What did he say when he
was confronted with his guilt?
00:53:12.00\00:53:15.74
Look at the answer in
Romans Chapter 7 and verse 24.
00:53:15.75\00:53:19.79
And I want you to
read this one with me,
00:53:19.80\00:53:21.41
it's on the screen.
00:53:21.42\00:53:22.39
Are you ready? Here we go.
00:53:22.40\00:53:23.60
"O wretched man that I am!
00:53:23.61\00:53:26.45
Who will deliver me
from this body of" what?
00:53:26.46\00:53:30.67
"Death."
00:53:30.68\00:53:32.02
What was he crying
for? He was crying for what?
00:53:32.03\00:53:34.79
He was crying for deliverance.
00:53:34.80\00:53:36.52
Who's going to deliver me?
00:53:36.53\00:53:38.40
So, what did the apostle say
00:53:38.41\00:53:40.31
when he was
confronted with his guilt?
00:53:40.32\00:53:41.93
What did he say about himself?
00:53:41.94\00:53:43.25
What condition was he in?
00:53:43.26\00:53:45.05
He was wretched.
00:53:45.06\00:53:47.86
You know the reason why
there are so many people
00:53:47.87\00:53:49.49
that are not in wretched
conditions in the world,
00:53:49.50\00:53:51.91
that are just living a
sinful life, you know why?
00:53:51.92\00:53:54.21
Because they don't admit
that they're even sinners.
00:53:54.22\00:53:59.19
That's why people can
go from one transgression
00:53:59.20\00:54:01.12
to the next to
the next to the next
00:54:01.13\00:54:02.61
over and over and over again
00:54:02.62\00:54:04.01
and don't even admit
that they need the Lord.
00:54:04.02\00:54:06.44
You know why,
Because they looked
00:54:06.45\00:54:07.42
themselves as good enough.
00:54:07.43\00:54:08.69
I heard people say,
"I've a good neighbors."
00:54:08.70\00:54:11.36
And somebody once asked me,
00:54:11.37\00:54:12.61
"Now, my neighbors
are not Christians.
00:54:12.62\00:54:15.71
They don't go to church.
00:54:15.72\00:54:17.27
They don't confess Jesus,
but they're really nice people.
00:54:17.28\00:54:22.23
Wouldn't they be saved?"
00:54:22.24\00:54:23.80
and I look at people and I
say, "I appreciate the fact
00:54:23.81\00:54:26.86
that you have law
abiding neighbors.
00:54:26.87\00:54:29.51
But salvation
is not by our good.
00:54:29.52\00:54:31.83
Salvation is by
Jesus' righteousness."
00:54:31.84\00:54:35.69
Amen.
00:54:35.70\00:54:36.93
So, you may be able to
finagle yourself through
00:54:36.94\00:54:39.50
the situations of life,
but Jesus didn't come to save
00:54:39.51\00:54:44.16
people that are
good by their own works.
00:54:44.17\00:54:46.65
Because if we look at
our conditions as Adam
00:54:46.66\00:54:49.11
handed it down to us.
00:54:49.12\00:54:50.71
First Corinthians
15:22 says it this way,
00:54:50.72\00:54:53.87
"As in Adam how many of us die,
00:54:53.88\00:54:56.48
all of us die" so, if you
are a son or daughter of Adam
00:54:56.49\00:55:01.06
you need to be
delivered from death.
00:55:01.07\00:55:03.77
That's why the next
topic we're gonna be covering
00:55:03.78\00:55:05.34
after we finish this
one is, how to be delivered.
00:55:05.35\00:55:08.85
Say that with me,
how to be delivered.
00:55:08.86\00:55:13.02
We know that
justification is available.
00:55:13.03\00:55:15.15
We know to be
justified is available.
00:55:15.16\00:55:17.40
But then, how do
we get delivered?
00:55:17.41\00:55:20.46
How can God deliver me?
00:55:20.47\00:55:23.62
Because Paul says,
"Who's going to do it?
00:55:23.63\00:55:26.09
How am I going
to get delivered?"
00:55:26.10\00:55:29.24
So, the answer would be here
what did Paul the apostle say
00:55:29.25\00:55:31.78
when he was
confronted with his guilt,
00:55:31.79\00:55:34.11
he said he was a wretched man.
00:55:34.12\00:55:36.98
And you know why
that's vitally important?
00:55:36.99\00:55:38.56
Unless we see our real
condition we'll never know
00:55:38.57\00:55:40.98
that we'd really need a Savior.
00:55:40.99\00:55:43.20
You know, I consider myself
00:55:43.21\00:55:45.11
a person that
dresses fairly well.
00:55:45.12\00:55:47.39
And some people
dress really well.
00:55:47.40\00:55:49.20
And there are some people
that dress really ostentatious.
00:55:49.21\00:55:51.34
Can you imagine me walking
up to the Queen of England
00:55:51.35\00:55:53.79
with her perfectly
coordinated outfit and say
00:55:53.80\00:55:55.89
you know, what, Queen Elizabeth,
you're a sinner, you need Jesus.
00:55:55.90\00:56:00.30
This is a head of a monarchy.
00:56:00.31\00:56:02.85
I would probably
tremble in my shoes
00:56:02.86\00:56:04.73
to know what will
happen after that statement.
00:56:04.74\00:56:07.17
Am I right?
00:56:07.18\00:56:08.54
I may get instantly
arrested, slammed to the ground,
00:56:08.55\00:56:12.47
but I tell you what?
00:56:12.48\00:56:13.45
No matter how good we
may look to ourselves,
00:56:13.46\00:56:15.66
everyone of us needs to
acknowledge our condition
00:56:15.67\00:56:20.75
if there's any hope
of us ever being forgiven
00:56:20.76\00:56:23.69
and admitted into
a perfect environment
00:56:23.70\00:56:26.37
such as the Kingdom of God.
00:56:26.38\00:56:27.63
Amen.
00:56:27.64\00:56:28.91
So, Paul looked
at that and he says,
00:56:28.92\00:56:30.68
"I wonder if I can be forgiven."
00:56:30.69\00:56:32.72
And the reason I don't
wanna go pass this question
00:56:32.73\00:56:34.86
for tonight is something
very vitally important.
00:56:34.87\00:56:37.45
Paul looked at his condition.
00:56:37.46\00:56:39.26
And by the way when
you read Romans Chapter 7
00:56:39.27\00:56:42.03
this is something
that you must acknowledge.
00:56:42.04\00:56:43.58
When you read Romans Chapter 7.
00:56:43.59\00:56:45.61
Romans Chapter 7 is
the experience of a man
00:56:45.62\00:56:49.55
after he was converted.
00:56:49.56\00:56:51.87
This is amazing.
00:56:51.88\00:56:53.60
Romans Chapter 7
is the experience
00:56:53.61\00:56:55.73
of a Christian man
after his conversion.
00:56:55.74\00:56:59.50
Look at the
things he struggled with.
00:56:59.51\00:57:01.18
So when you
struggle it is not unusual.
00:57:01.19\00:57:03.68
God knows that
Christians struggle.
00:57:03.69\00:57:05.94
Can you say amen to that.
00:57:05.95\00:57:07.63
And the struggle does not begin
00:57:07.64\00:57:09.81
until you admit
that you need a Savior
00:57:09.82\00:57:13.17
and then, you know what He does,
00:57:13.18\00:57:14.55
He turns on the light.
00:57:14.56\00:57:17.18
What kind of light is
it, somebody remembered?
00:57:17.19\00:57:18.99
What kind of light is it?
00:57:19.00\00:57:20.98
Come on, say it again.
What kind of light is it?
00:57:20.99\00:57:23.61
Marvelous light.
00:57:23.62\00:57:25.58
It's a light that shows
us in our true condition
00:57:25.59\00:57:27.76
and when Paul walked
into that marvelous light
00:57:27.77\00:57:31.20
of God's righteous, the
marvelous light of His word
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he saw his condition and
he knew that he needed Jesus.
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Well, friends, we're
gonna continue in our study
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of how to be justified,
how to experience God's mercy.
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If you didn't get the
lesson, go to asf.3abn.org
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and download that and follow us,
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but until we see you
again, remember this,
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God is long
suffering, and abundant.
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He is merciful, He wants
to forgive us of our sins
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cleanse us from unrighteousness.
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Until we see you again,
may the Lord Jesus Christ
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be your Savior. God bless you.
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