Hello, friends and welcome to
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another "A Sharper
Focus" edition here
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in the Midwest, Thompsonville.
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I always like to say
the biggest little city
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in the world because God
is doing amazing things here.
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Can you all say, amen. Amen.
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And so we like
to welcome you again
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to a continued study
on how to be delivered.
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We like you to
encourage your friends
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and your family
members to join you right now.
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Just sit down for the next
hour or little less than that
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and enjoy a wonderful
walk through the word of God
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as we study how to
live a spiritual life,
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in what kind of body.
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Natural body. In
what kind of body?
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Natural body. Natural body.
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That's what we've to do
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as we're called
to be Christians.
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We've to live in a world
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surrounded by
challenges everyday,
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but the Lord gives us
strength to be victorious
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over this
natural body as we walk
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in this spiritual relationship.
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If you like to join
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Looks like this,
this entitled delivered.
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How to be delivered?
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Now we began on
our last broadcast
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and tonight we're gonna
begin on question number four.
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But before we do anything more,
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we're gonna have prayer,
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we gonna sing a
song "Victory in Jesus"
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which is becoming
like our theme song,
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because that's
what we're talking about
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"How to have victory in Jesus."
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So let's have a word of prayer,
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sing a song and
then get into our study.
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Our Father in
heaven, we thank you Lord
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for the opportunity tonight.
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Anytime You give us the strength
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we've in our bodies and the
privilege to open Your word.
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We know that You will guide us
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by the presence
of Your Holy Spirit.
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Father, we want to please You.
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We want to serve You
in spirit and in truth.
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And You said to
us whatever we do,
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do all to the glory of God.
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So teach us Father,
how to live for Your glory.
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Be in our study,
make the subject clear,
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and bind our hearts even closer
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to one another and to You.
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In Jesus name,
we pray, amen. Amen.
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Now join us if
you know the song.
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It's a "Victory in Jesus."
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It's gonna appear on our screen.
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It's not gonna be on
the television screen,
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but if you know the
song sing along with us,
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because that's our
theme "Victory in Christ."
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sins
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And won the
victory Raise that chorus.
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O victory in
Jesus My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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O victory in
Jesus My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen. Amen.
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Now once again if you don't have
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a copy of the
lesson go to asf.3abn.org
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and download a
copy of lesson 004.
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How to be delivered--
in our local audience
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we don't have a copy.
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There is someone at
the end of the paper,
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they make sure everyone
has the copy here in our room,
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I appreciate
that very, very much.
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You know the reason
for this topic tonight is--
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lot of times when
people join the church,
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often we join the
church based on agreeing
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with the 28 fundamentals.
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Used to be 27, now we've 28.
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Which is not a new teaching,
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just an expansion
of one of those that
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we felt needed more emphasis.
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But a lot of times
when we join the church
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and give our lives to Christ,
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we say yes I
believe in the Sabbath,
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yes I believe in the
State of the Dead what
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the Bible teaches about that.
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But then the thing that
we often don't know about
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or know very much
about is how to live
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a victorious
Christian life from day to day.
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Because it's
quite a different life
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than it was before we
gave our lives to Christ.
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In other words, we
lived a natural life
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in a natural body
before Christ, which is easy,
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because we're
going in the direction
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of our natural inclinations or
naturalized in a natural body.
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But then when you
gave your life to Christ,
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you still have the natural body
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but now you've to
live the spiritual life.
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And so what I would
like to begin tonight
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is a particular scripture
we covered in our last study.
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We're not going to go to
that particular question,
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but our topic tonight
is, "How to be Delivered."
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Say that with me how to be what?
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Delivered. "How
to be delivered."
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Now go with to
Second Corinthians,
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Chapter 5 and verse 17.
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Second Corinthians,
Chapter 5 and verse 17.
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"There is a change in our
lives after we accept Christ."
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Amen. Thank you so much.
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"There is a change in our lives
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after we accept Christ." Amen.
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And that change
is not something that
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we can see visibly.
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But as time goes on,
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the changes begin to
manifest themselves visibly.
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In other words, we
begin to live a life
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in the presence of others
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that is different than a
life we live before Christ.
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But the reason for
that is the change,
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kind of like a
I'm a flashlight man,
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I was raised in a home where
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there are lot of flashlights.
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And every now and then,
I've to put new flashlights,
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new flashlight
batteries in the flash light.
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Now the
flashlight doesn't change,
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but the batteries-- what
happens to the batteries?
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They die. They die eventually.
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So if the batteries are dead,
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what has to happen
for the light to shine?
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Come on somebody tell me.
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You have to get new batteries.
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Where does the
change take place,
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on the outside of the flashlight
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or the inside of the flashlight?
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Inside. On the inside.
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And so what happens
is in order for our light
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to shine before we
can see the visible
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difference on the outside,
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before the
light begins to shine,
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the change has to
first take place where?
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On the inside.
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Notice Second
Corinthians 5 and verse 17.
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Those of you who
know this passage
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know by heart very well.
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It says, let's
read this one together.
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"Therefore, if
anyone is in Christ,"
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he is a what "new creation"
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old things have
what "passed away,
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behold," how many things
" all things become new."
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One day, you know,
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I've so many
batteries around house,
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it's hard to tell
which ones are new
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and which ones are old.
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That's why recently I
brought a voltage tester.
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You know, with
red and blue leads,
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I mean red and black leads.
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And so when I take the batteries
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I buy them by the pack
loads like 18 or 24 at a time.
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But some times the new
ones get mixed in with the old.
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So I've got to
take my battery tester
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put them to the
positive and negative leads
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and find out if there
is any power on the inside.
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Now the one guarantee that
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we've is when the
Spirit of God comes,
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we're going to have power
on the inside, amen. Amen.
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So if anyone is in
Christ is a new creation.
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He is what kind of creation?
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New creation. New creation.
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What passes away?
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Old ones. Old things.
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To illustrate that one
day I put an old battery
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in the flashlight
with the new battery.
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You know what
happened? The light was dim.
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And I tested the new
battery and I thought well,
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its full voltage what's wrong.
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And I realized in
order for there to be
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full power there
cannot be mixture
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a mixture between
the old and the new.
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Amen. Why?
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You got to have
both new batteries,
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you're not going to get
that piercing white light,
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if you got an old battery
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and a new battery
in the same flashlight.
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It's gonna be diminished power.
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Sometimes we come into
the relationship with Christ
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and we want to hold on
to some of the old things
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and we want to hold on to
say, some of the new things.
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And the light is not as bright
as God intends for it to be.
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But for there to be a
glory that gives God glory,
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both batteries have to be new.
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If anyone is in Christ,
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he is a what kind of
creation? New creation.
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Old things have passed away,
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behold all
things are become new.
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Now go with me, let's go
and start diving into this.
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Because it is not
just that we're new,
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but there is something else that
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happens after we are new.
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I'm going to go to
question number four,
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which is our first
question for tonight.
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And we may have covered this,
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but I think it fits
right into the context
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that's why I chose to
begin with this one tonight.
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Question number four,
and it's on your syllabus.
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How does the Bible
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further explain
the term "passed away?"
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We're gonna go to Romans,
Chapter 6 and what verse.
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Verse 3, Romans
Chapter 6 and verse 3.
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Romans is the old
man, new man chapter.
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It shows you where you were
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and where you can
be if you're in Christ.
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So the question
is how does the Bible
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further explain
the term "passed away?"
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Romans 6 verse 3
reads as follows. Okay.
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And Romans 6 verse 3,
that's what I said, right.
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Okay, here I am.
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"Or do you know
that as many of us
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as were baptized
into Jesus Christ
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were baptized into His" what.
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"Into His death?"
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So the term passed
away means what? Death.
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Whenever somebody
passes away, what do they do?
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They don't move to
another neighborhood.
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Well, okay, they
don't move voluntarily,
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but they do
have a new residence.
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They're on the cemetery now.
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They're there
temporarily until Jesus comes
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and hopefully it's
the first resurrection.
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But what has to understand here,
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when we talk about all
things have passed away.
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It is not natural for us to say
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we want to lay
down the old things,
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because the body
wrestles against us
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wanting to let go
of the old things.
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So something has to change
in the-- not only in our mind
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but something has to
change in our bodies.
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Something has to change,
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many things as a
matter of fact have to change.
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One of them is not just
that we get a new attitude,
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but we get a power
that we did not have
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before the Spirit of
God moves into our lives.
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And so that's what the
Bible says in Philippians 4:13.
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"I can do all things
through" who "Christ"
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do what "strengthens me."
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It's not your strength,
you can't do on your own.
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So when you find, there
is the battle going on that
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you're
remembering all the old things
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and you want to
do the old things is
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because you
haven't really yielded.
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And unless you die
the death of Christ,
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you can't live
the life of Christ.
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I want you to say that with me.
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"Unless you die the"
what "death of Christ,
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you can't live
the life of Christ."
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Before Jesus began His
ministry, He was baptized.
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Lot of people
say, He was baptized
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to leave us an example.
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That's true, but
He did what we must do
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in order for us to enter into
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the receiving of the power
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that was available
through the Holy Spirit.
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When Jesus was baptized,
the Bible says in Matthew 3,
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the Holy Spirit
descended in the form of a dove,
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enlighten upon him
in the very same way.
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When we're baptized
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and we give our lives to Christ,
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the Holy Spirit descends on us.
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We don't walk just by truth.
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We serve the Lord
in what and truth.
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In spirit and in truth.
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"We walk by faith
but we serve the Lord"
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in what, "spirit," as
well as in what, "truth."
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The spirit comes into our lives
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and makes the difference.
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Because baptism is
not a second chance to do
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we could not do the first time.
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Giving our lives to
Christ is not saying,
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okay this time
around I think I got it,
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that's not what it is.
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You see Paul when he walked
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into this new
relationship with Christ,
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he realized that
there is a battle going on.
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Go with me to Romans Chapter 7.
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Romans Chapter 7, all right.
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Want you to see this,
this is the first passage
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in this lesson but
I want to-- I want to
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show you the
transition, the transition.
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Paul realized that
there was a battle going on
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on and he talked about this
in Romans 7, verse 24 and 25.
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All right, notice what he said.
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What are the first
two words, two words?
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"O wretched" next
one "man that I am.
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Who will deliver me
from this body of death?"
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Now I want you
to notice verse 25.
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Before he ended in
total discouragement,
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he came up with
something thank God for.
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Notice what he did, all right.
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And this is what you've to do.
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You can't get totally
discouraged, you've to say,
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okay Lord, I know I'm not where
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I used to be even though
I'm not where I need to be.
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So Paul the Apostle recognized
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and the Lord gave
him this inspiration.
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He says "I thank God"
notice the two challenges here
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"through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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So then with the"
what " with the mind
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I myself serve the law of God,
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but with the flesh" what
did he say "the law of sin."
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What I want you to
get here is the body--
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well, I'm
jumping ahead of myself
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but I'll emphasize
this in the scripture.
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The body of sin
is down away with.
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Now what body is that?
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Let me ask you the question,
we're gonna dig this out.
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Do you still have your body?
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Yes or no. Yes.
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Okay, you're not walking around
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in a ethereal vapor
right, we still have our bodies.
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So what body of sin was
done away with? Old man.
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Now what's that old man's name?
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Flesh. Flesh?
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What's his real name? Adam.
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Adam, say with
me, what name? Adam.
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We were children of the
first Adam up until that point.
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And when we accepted Christ now
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He adopted us and we're
children of the last Adam.
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There are no more
Adams after Christ.
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The first one is the flesh,
the second one is the spirit.
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God is spirit.
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Those who worship Him,
as worship Him in what?
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Spirit and in truth.
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And so what happens
here, when you accept Christ
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along with your
faith profession,
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there is something
else that has to happen,
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that has to happen in this body.
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Romans 8 and
verse 1. Look at this.
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Romans 8 and
verse 1. What happens?
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"There is therefore"
when " now no condemnation
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to those who are
in Christ Jesus."
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And here is the point.
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"Who do not walk
according to the" what "Flesh,
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but according to
the" what "Spirit."
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Okay, this is something
that strange about Christianity.
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Christianity is not
just a religion of a saint
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or religion of permission.
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Christianity is a
religion of how you walk.
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Right, how you walk.
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Many years ago I
remember this song,
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hope I don't take you back.
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But there was a song
years go a secular song called
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"Walk like an Egyptian."
Anybody remember that?
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And they would, you
know, they go like this
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and walk like an Egyptian.
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You can't walk like an Egyptian
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when you become a spiritual Jew.
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You've to walk
like you're in Christ,
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because you're if any
man is where, in Christ.
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He is a new creation.
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So but the difference is
how you walk. Why is that?
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Look at the
verses that follow this.
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I'm gonna go down
to-- we're in Romans 8.
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Want to break this down
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because it's so
vitally important, all right.
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Look at verse, verse 5.
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"For those who live
according to the flesh
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set their minds on the
things of the" what "flesh,
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but those who live
according to the Spirit
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the things of the Spirit.
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For to be carnally
minded is" what "death,
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but to be spiritually minded
is" what "life and peace."
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Because in all these
verse--matter of fact
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almost every
verse up to verse 10
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shows you the dual battle.
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What it is, what it
should be, all right.
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Here it is verse 7.
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"Because the carnal
mind is enmity against God,
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for it is not
subject to the law of God,
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nor indeed can be."
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You know, what that means?
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This is the fleshy body.
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Right now if you
wake up in the morning
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and don't pray
and don't say Lord,
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take control of my mind
and my heart and my life.
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If you don't
submit yourself to Christ
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that natural
body, that natural mind
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is gonna do what
it does naturally.
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And it's eithe
more of a challenge
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for those who
just become Christians,
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because you've not
yet come to the place
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where you
practice righteousness.
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What do they say about practice?
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Practice makes, what?
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Perfect. That's not true.
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Practice makes you
better than you're before.
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But you're not a good Christian
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just because you practiced
to be a good Christian.
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You're a Christian,
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because Christ is
residing in your life.
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That's what
makes the difference,
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it's not just good
behavior or modification.
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Well, let's keep going.
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I want to get down
to particular verse here
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before we switch
to the next question.
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It says in verse 8.
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"So then those
who are in the flesh"
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cannot do what
"cannot please God."
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That's why it's important
for this old man to die.
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Going down to the
next verse, verse 9.
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"But you are not in the flesh."
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Somebody say amen to that. Amen.
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When you give
your life to Christ
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"you're not in the
flesh but in the Spirit"
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and here is the key
"if" what's the next word
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"if indeed the Spirit of
God dwells" where "in you.
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Now if any one does not
have the Spirit of Christ,
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he is not his.
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And if Christ is in you,
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the body is" what "
dead because of sin,
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but the Spirit is life
because of righteousness."
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Amen. Amen.
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So let me break
all that down for you.
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There is lot of
times you read a text
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and say well that's
sounds, I've heard that before,
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let me tell you what that means.
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It says this body
that we've to deal with now
00:19:51.51\00:19:54.04
we've to
consider this nature that
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Adam had reigning over us.
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We've to consider
that nature to be dead.
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So here's what we say in
the morning when I wake up.
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You know, John
wh you were before,
00:20:03.33\00:20:04.88
you're no longer
that person any longer.
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You now belong to Christ.
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Today I must make my mind up
00:20:08.68\00:20:10.19
and as we're told
inspiration tells us.
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Matter of fact,
Ellen White, tells us.
00:20:12.39\00:20:13.41
She says, one of
the very first things
00:20:13.42\00:20:15.62
we've to do in the
morning is surrender
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or dedicate ourselves to Christ.
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Lord, take my
thoughts, my plans, my day,
00:20:19.72\00:20:22.92
because if you--
if you begin the day
00:20:22.93\00:20:25.15
without submitting yourself
to the molding influence
00:20:25.16\00:20:28.56
of the God
Spirit, then you're gonna
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go in a wrong direction.
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And you'll find that the reason
00:20:31.83\00:20:33.06
why you have
fallen during the day is
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because you've
not invited Christ
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to come in again today.
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So how often do ou have to die?
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Daily. Every single day.
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Now somebody tell me, why
do you've to die everyday?
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I'm gonna let you answer me?
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Why do you've to die
everyday, somebody tell me?
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Sin is always present.
Because sin is always present.
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Yes, that's right, but I'm
looking for another reason.
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Why do you've to die everyday?
Okay, say little louder.
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We still have our natural body.
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We still have our natural body.
00:21:02.06\00:21:04.99
How to live a spiritual
life in a what? Natural body.
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We've got to keep
this body under the control
00:21:08.08\00:21:12.48
and the molding
influence of the Spirit of God,
00:21:12.49\00:21:15.54
because as we do so,
you know, what he does.
00:21:15.55\00:21:17.63
He begins to tear
down the strong holes.
00:21:17.64\00:21:19.40
Have you ever seen
a construction site?
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Ever seen a construction site?
00:21:21.81\00:21:24.03
We were in St. Louis last week
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and my wife showed me a building
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and I didn't even know that
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there was a new
building in that spot.
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She said, look at the building,
00:21:32.73\00:21:33.95
look on the floor, look in
the lobby no signs, nothing.
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Look at all the rooms
nothing is functioning yet,
00:21:37.53\00:21:39.85
this is a brand new building.
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You know, the
building was so spanking new.
00:21:41.32\00:21:43.94
There was no
evidences of an old building.
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The sidewalk was new,
I didn't even catch it,
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until about an hour later when
00:21:48.40\00:21:49.58
she said now do you see it?
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Because I looked
across the street
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and saw the old buildings
and I realized that was new.
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Here's my point, as you
compare the new with the old
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then you
understand the difference
00:22:00.86\00:22:02.80
between the new and the old.
00:22:02.81\00:22:06.14
As you compare
how you live your life
00:22:06.15\00:22:07.90
now to how you used to live it,
00:22:07.91\00:22:10.11
then you understand that
all things are new in Christ.
00:22:10.12\00:22:14.14
Not just our
spiritual commitment to Christ,
00:22:14.15\00:22:16.20
not just our new
walk with Christ,
00:22:16.21\00:22:17.74
but all things are new.
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Look at the next
question. Question number 5.
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Question number 5.
00:22:22.97\00:22:24.05
How does the Bible
explain the ceremony of baptism?
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How does it explain
the ceremony of baptism?
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Okay, Romans 6 and
verse 6. Let's look at this.
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It says "Knowing this,
that our" what man "old man
00:22:41.76\00:22:47.89
was crucified with
Him, that the body of sin
00:22:47.90\00:22:51.06
might be" what " done away with,
00:22:51.07\00:22:53.77
that we should no longer
be" what "slaves to sin."
00:22:53.78\00:22:58.22
What that in essence
is saying in order for us
00:22:58.23\00:23:00.30
to be freed from slavery
00:23:00.31\00:23:02.01
somebody has to die.
00:23:02.02\00:23:04.32
Who has to die? Jesus.
00:23:04.33\00:23:06.48
Ah, I heard it, the old man.
00:23:06.49\00:23:09.31
Well, Jesus did die but
that's not what has to happen
00:23:09.32\00:23:12.76
in order for us
everyday to be saved from sin.
00:23:12.77\00:23:15.77
What has to happen is
the old man has to die.
00:23:15.78\00:23:19.70
Because the old
man is gonna hold
00:23:19.71\00:23:21.06
onto us until we break--
until we break the chains.
00:23:21.07\00:23:23.90
As a matter of
fact I want to see-
00:23:23.91\00:23:28.00
I'm gonna jump ahead
of myself little bit here
00:23:28.01\00:23:29.80
but it's very important.
00:23:29.81\00:23:30.97
The old man has to
die. Now here is the point.
00:23:30.98\00:23:33.50
Can you, if the chains
are still linked to you,
00:23:33.51\00:23:37.45
are you considered free.
00:23:37.46\00:23:39.24
Yes or no? No.
00:23:39.25\00:23:40.65
So in order for those
chains to be let lose,
00:23:40.66\00:23:44.13
the old man is not
going to negotiate with you.
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Yannick, you're now
gonna get up and then say
00:23:47.12\00:23:48.77
"Satan could you just let me go.
00:23:48.78\00:23:51.69
" Is he gonna say, yes?
00:23:51.70\00:23:53.39
No. Forget it.
00:23:53.40\00:23:55.04
Let you go that's not
my-- that's not who I'm.
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My job is to
keep you bound, right.
00:23:57.70\00:24:00.74
So in order for
you to be set free
00:24:00.75\00:24:02.54
what has to happen to him.
00:24:02.55\00:24:04.98
He has got to be put to death.
00:24:04.99\00:24:06.56
So now because of
the fall of Adam that
00:24:06.57\00:24:08.90
nature that holds
us is the nature that
00:24:08.91\00:24:11.48
Adam received
that fallen nature,
00:24:11.49\00:24:13.30
that's the nature
that is in control.
00:24:13.31\00:24:15.62
As long as that
nature is in control,
00:24:15.63\00:24:17.57
we're not free
to serve the Lord.
00:24:17.58\00:24:19.97
Look at Romans 7.
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We're not free
to serve the Lord.
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We gonna talk, this is--
this is all about deliverance.
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How many want to be
delivered, say amen. Amen.
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We all want to be delivered.
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Now, Paul the Apostle,
uses a beautiful story,
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a wonderful illustration here
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and he uses this in a
context of a husband and wife.
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All right, I remember preaching
the sermon many years ago
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and 3ABN made me
changed my title.
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The title of the
sermon was "Kill your husband"
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and they said
that's not a good title.
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And I said,
okay, I'll change it to
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"Till death do us apart"
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that sounds little
more cozier, right.
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Till what do us
part, now notice this.
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Romans 7 and verse 2, all right.
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You got to think of this in
the context of the old and new.
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"For the women who has a husband
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is what's the next word.
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"Bound by the
law to her husband"
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as what "as long as he lives."
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But if the husband dies
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she is released from the
law of her husband, all right.
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Now I want to do
this very briefly.
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I'll break this down
in little detail here.
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When Eve sinned.
When who sinned? Eve.
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When Eve sinned,
there was a change in what
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God intended
for the relationship
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between her and Adam.
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There was a change.
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God gave Adam the
authority over Eve.
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Go with me to Genesis 3.
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Because a lot of times you see
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the law of her
husband and you wonder,
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what law of her
husband is that talking about.
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This is a deep topic.
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Genesis Chapter 3 and
we're going to look at verse 16.
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Okay, you may
remember Paul also said that
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there is another
law that brings him
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into subjection to sin,
this law of sin and death.
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We'll show what that is also.
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Okay, look at Genesis
Chapter 3 and verse 16.
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To the woman he said,
"I will greatly multiply
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your sorrow and your conception.
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In pain you shall
bring forth children."
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Now here is the
law of her husband.
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"Your desire shall
be for your husband,
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and he shall" do
what "rule over you."
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So let me ask you the question.
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Who is ruling the
woman as long as he lives?
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Who is ruling? The husband
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Now in this
context you're gonna see
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the Lord uses a
wonderful illustration here
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to use the husband to
represent the old nature
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and the woman is the subject.
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The woman in this
story represents us.
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So as long as that
husband is alive he is ruling.
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Say that again, he is ruling.
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That's why it's
impossible to do right
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until that old nature
that has the whole of you
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is put to death because
the husband is in charge.
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Are you getting it? Yes.
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So that old nature is in charge.
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So if you wake up
in the morning say,
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I want to be a Christian
today and I've been baptized
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but I want to
be Christian today.
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That nature is still in control
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until that nature is
put to death. Let'sgo on.
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Verse 3, "So then if
while her husband lives
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she marries another man,
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she will be
called an adulteress.
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But if her husband dies
she is free from the law,
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from that law so
that she is no adulteress
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though she has
married another man."
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This is very powerful.
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So what happens
to make her free?
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Her husband dies.
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And when her husband dies
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she is free from what law?
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From his law, right.
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In other words, he no
longer rules over her.
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Lot of people read
that and think that
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when the husband dies we're
now free from the law of God.
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That's not what its saying.
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That law of sin
that controlled us
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is now put to death.
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If you catch that,
that would have been
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a perfect amen right there.
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Let me tell you why I say that.
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Many--we all want to be free.
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Tell me the truth. Amen.
We all want a change, right.
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But that change only
happens when that nature
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that was in control
think of this as a pit bull
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in the back yard
that every chance he gets,
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he wants to bite you.
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And because that's its nature,
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he is not gonna ever
not want to bite you.
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He is gonna want to
hold you and rip you apart.
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He is not gonna
want to compromise,
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he is not gonna
want to talk about it,
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he'd just snarl and
grove and just wished
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to get a hold of you.
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That's not even as
bad as our old nature,
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because the old nature is
not waiting in the backyard,
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the old nature is
right here with us every day
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until we put
that nature to death.
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Look at the rest of this, okay.
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Look at the rest of this.
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Look at verse 4.
Verse 4, Romans 7, verse 4.
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Therefore, my
brethren, this is beautiful.
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"Therefore, my brethren,
you also had become dead
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to the Law through
the body of Christ,
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that you may be
married to another,
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even to Him who was
raised from the dead,
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that we should
bear fruit to God.
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For when we were in the flesh,
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the passions of sin,
which were aroused by the law,
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were at work in our
members, to bear fruit.
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But now we have
been, what's the next word?
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Delivered from
the law having died
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to what we were held by.
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So that we should serve
in the newness of spirit,
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and not in the
oldness of the letter.
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That's very
powerful right there.
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What Paul is saying here,
is once that old nature dies,
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it does not have any control
over us and here is the key.
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Now ladies, this
is a lady question.
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Well, this is a ladies
question if you have children.
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Well, I'll make
it general, okay,
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so that you won't feel left out.
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What usually happens
when a woman gets married?
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She has children, right.
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Now what is that
being said here is
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until she is
married to the new man,
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her children won't
represent the new man.
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Let me break it
even further down
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until we marry to Christ,
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our fruits will
not represent Christ.
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Until we are married to Jesus,
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the things that
show up in our lives
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won't be linked to Christ.
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So, in order for the
righteous deeds to show up
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in our lives to
whom must we be married.
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To Christ, it's not that deep.
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This is very shallow,
but this is deep still.
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In order for righteous
deeds to show up in our lives,
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we've to be
married to the only one
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that can bring
forth those fruits.
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The fruits of righteousness,
does not come from
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the old tree, it
comes from the new.
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Go with me to Matthew 7,
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so many doors are
opening here for me tonight.
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I want you to catch this
before we go to the next one.
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Romans, sorry, Matthew. Matthew,
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that's the first
book in the New Testament.
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And here is the reason why?
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You see it's not possible to do
good things in the old nature.
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You may hang around people
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that are Christians
and want to be a Christian,
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but until that old
nature is no longer holding you,
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it's not possible to bring forth
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a fruit that represent Christ.
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There's a law.
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That law that
Paul was talking about,
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here's the law,
he was talking about.
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Matthew 7 and verse 18.
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Oh let's start verse 17.
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"Even so every good
tree bears," what brethren?
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"Good fruit, but a bad
tree bears" what? "Bad fruit."
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So, a good tree
cannot bear a bad fruit,
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nor can a bad tree
bear what? Good fruit.
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Every tree that does not bear
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good fruit is cut down,
and thrown into the what? Fire.
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That's what
gonna happen to those
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who are not in Christ.
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That's why there
is a lake of fire,
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because they are
not connected to the one
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to bring forth good fruit,
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so what happens
to them at the end,
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they are thrown in the fire.
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You do not get good
fruits from bad trees,
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but you cannot get
bad fruit from good trees.
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So, here is the key,
if you are in Christ,
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you are good or bad. Good.
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I shouldn't do this
my ears already big,
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if you're in Christ
you're good or bad. You're good.
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So what happens if you're
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connected to
the man that's good,
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what happens to your
fruits, they're what? Good.
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Can you bring
forth Christ fruits
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without being
connected to Christ?
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Can you act like a
child of Christ? Yes.
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You can act like
a child of Christ.
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But, if you're
connected to the tree
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that's righteous it
comes forth without,
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it comes forth
without works on your part.
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Because a good
tree bears good fruit
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and a bad tree bears bad fruit.
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Want to make a point.
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Okay, let's go on.
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And that's why
verse 20 always says,
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"Therefore by their
fruits," you'll what?
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You'll know
them. You'll know them.
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You look at the
world and you could tell,
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it doesn't take a lot of
signs to look at the people
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in the world and
say, what reason why
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I just saw the
terrible story in the news,
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you know the news is most of
the news is bad news, isn't it?
00:34:01.51\00:34:04.31
Just saw the
story of this person
00:34:04.32\00:34:06.83
who just decided to take
the lives of seven people
00:34:06.84\00:34:09.70
at a university
somewhere, horrible.
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And you ask, how
could he do that?
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In Oakland, California
and you ask the question,
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how could he do that?
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Here's the answer a bad
tree bears what kind of fruit?
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Bad fruit. Bad fruit.
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Now let me go a step further,
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because some of
you have relatives
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that hang around you a lot,
00:34:26.16\00:34:27.19
and you know, what
you say to your relatives.
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Why don't you do right?
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Now they see you do right
and you tell them to do right,
00:34:31.82\00:34:35.58
but understand
the principle here,
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unless there's a good tree that
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they're connected too,
they cannot bear good fruit.
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But the good news is
00:34:42.30\00:34:43.55
when we are
connected to the good tree,
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which is Christ we cannot
bear a bad fruit, amen. Amen.
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So how do we become good?
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By connected to Christ, go
back if anyone is in Christ,
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see as they're
what? New creation.
00:34:54.12\00:34:56.54
Even the fruit are new, right.
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What kind of fruit?
Go with me to Galatians.
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So you guys are
making me dig today,
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I want you to get this
because this has to sink in.
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Has to sink in.
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Okay, Galatians 5, remember
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if you walk in the
flesh you cannot please God,
00:35:16.65\00:35:20.54
so you have to walk in the what?
00:35:20.55\00:35:22.15
Spirit, okay, get this now.
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This is powerful.
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You got to walk on the spirit.
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Okay now.
Galatians 5 and verse 16.
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You want to be
victorious everyday,
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here is how you do it.
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Verse 16, I say then,
what's the next four words?
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Walk in the
Spirit, and you shall
00:35:46.90\00:35:51.09
not fulfill the
lust of the flesh.
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How can you be
victorious everyday brethren?
00:35:54.04\00:35:56.13
Walk on the spirit.
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How can you be
victorious everyday brethren?
00:35:57.63\00:35:59.53
Walk in-- in the spirit.
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If any man is "in
Christ" that's the key.
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Now walk anyway I
want to modify that.
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Got to walk in the
spirit and you won't
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fulfil the lust of the flesh.
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Now get this,
this is powerful for
00:36:14.92\00:36:17.13
the flesh lusts
against the spirit.
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Have you felt the battle
00:36:21.17\00:36:23.15
and the spirit
against the flesh?
00:36:23.16\00:36:25.94
And these are
contrary to one another,
00:36:25.95\00:36:30.01
so that you do not do
the things that you wish.
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Come on somebody
confess yet, isn't that true?
00:36:33.07\00:36:35.53
When you fall flat on your face,
00:36:35.54\00:36:37.24
you realize wait a minute.
00:36:37.25\00:36:38.55
I know exactly
what happened today.
00:36:38.56\00:36:40.34
Today, I did not
submit myself to Christ
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I started walk in the flesh
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and the spirit
didn't let me down.
00:36:43.83\00:36:46.21
The flesh let me down.
00:36:46.22\00:36:47.25
The spirit does not let us down.
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Amen. Let's go on.
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That's why says in
verse 18, "But if you're
00:36:50.55\00:36:54.26
led by the Spirit, you
are not under the what?
00:36:54.27\00:36:58.44
Law. Under the law.
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People read that
and say, you see,
00:36:59.67\00:37:00.90
I don't have to
keep God's commandments.
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You know that means, if
you're led by the spirit
00:37:02.27\00:37:04.65
you're not under
the condemnation.
00:37:04.66\00:37:06.85
You know what, because you
haven't done anything wrong?
00:37:06.86\00:37:08.97
Do you run and hide
when the police drive by?
00:37:08.98\00:37:11.80
I hope not, because if you
00:37:11.81\00:37:15.16
do you know you've
done something wrong.
00:37:15.17\00:37:16.84
You know that
you're guilty of something,
00:37:16.85\00:37:19.16
therefore you're hiding
00:37:19.17\00:37:20.59
from the results
of the consequences.
00:37:20.60\00:37:22.46
But, if you're living,
00:37:22.47\00:37:23.87
if you're law abiding Christian.
00:37:23.88\00:37:27.54
What kind of
Christian? Law abiding.
00:37:27.55\00:37:28.83
Law abide, which you can
00:37:28.84\00:37:29.83
only keep the
law through Christ.
00:37:29.84\00:37:31.23
If you're a
Christian that lives in
00:37:31.24\00:37:32.98
a harmony with the
law, the Bible makes it
00:37:32.99\00:37:35.37
very, very clear then
you're not under the law.
00:37:35.38\00:37:38.15
You're not under
its condemnation.
00:37:38.16\00:37:40.22
But now notice the
contrast, before we get to
00:37:40.23\00:37:42.56
the fruit of the
spirit, notice the contrast,
00:37:42.57\00:37:44.47
but how some of us used to be?
00:37:44.48\00:37:46.10
I should have said,
how all of us used to be?
00:37:47.74\00:37:49.51
Look at verse 19,
00:37:49.52\00:37:51.28
now the works of
the flesh are evident.
00:37:51.29\00:37:53.91
This is all this, this is just
00:37:53.92\00:37:55.35
a composed, condense list.
00:37:55.36\00:37:57.82
Now the works of
the flesh are evident,
00:37:57.83\00:38:00.43
which are together adultery,
fornication, uncleanness,
00:38:00.44\00:38:05.50
lasciviousness,
idolatry, sorcery, hatred,
00:38:05.51\00:38:10.58
contentions,
jealousies, outbursts of wrath,
00:38:10.59\00:38:15.03
selfish ambition,
dissention, harasses,
00:38:15.04\00:38:18.51
are you yell and stop already.
00:38:18.52\00:38:20.20
Let's keep go on verse 21,
envy, murders, drunkenness,
00:38:20.21\00:38:25.10
revelries, and the
like of which I tell you
00:38:25.11\00:38:28.25
beforehand just as I
also told you in time past
00:38:28.26\00:38:32.75
that those who practice
such things will not what?
00:38:32.76\00:38:36.01
Inherit the kingdom of God.
00:38:36.02\00:38:38.15
Now my aim is to be
in the kingdom of God.
00:38:38.16\00:38:39.90
Is that your aim? Yes.
00:38:39.91\00:38:40.97
So, how do you do that?
00:38:40.98\00:38:42.23
You got to learn how
to walk in the spirit,
00:38:42.24\00:38:44.10
because it's not
natural, it is not easy.
00:38:44.11\00:38:46.92
You see the reason
why, it's a day-by-day,
00:38:46.93\00:38:48.73
it's a
day-by-day commitment need
00:38:48.74\00:38:49.96
is because we still
have this natural body.
00:38:49.97\00:38:51.68
I'm gonna not
forget to say that.
00:38:51.69\00:38:53.84
How to live a
spiritual life in a what?
00:38:53.85\00:38:56.67
Natural body. That's the battle.
00:38:56.68\00:38:58.83
The spirit are
committed with the Christ
00:38:58.84\00:39:01.30
was against the flesh.
00:39:01.31\00:39:02.62
The flesh is aah, I want to
00:39:02.63\00:39:03.91
go back the way I was before.
00:39:03.92\00:39:05.17
But here is the key,
the more you submit yourself
00:39:05.18\00:39:07.99
to Christ and he
continues to put to death
00:39:08.00\00:39:10.58
the deeds of the
flesh, it gets to the point
00:39:10.59\00:39:13.83
where now the
flesh is so pulverized.
00:39:13.84\00:39:15.99
That those temptations
that used to be strong
00:39:16.00\00:39:19.80
when you first
committed to Christ are not even
00:39:19.81\00:39:22.17
a temptation any longer. Amen.
00:39:22.18\00:39:23.82
How many of you experience that
00:39:23.83\00:39:26.23
when you first come to Christ.
00:39:26.24\00:39:28.04
Yeah, just a
smell of a cigarette
00:39:28.05\00:39:31.00
want to throw you back, right.
00:39:31.01\00:39:33.04
Some, some people that
is, sometimes people walk pass
00:39:33.05\00:39:36.05
the bar, and somebody walk,
00:39:36.06\00:39:37.92
the devil
always sets it up that.
00:39:37.93\00:39:39.96
Somebody opens the
door, as you all pass the bar
00:39:39.97\00:39:42.49
and you smell all the alcohol
00:39:42.50\00:39:44.20
come out and people go, aaah.
00:39:44.21\00:39:46.48
People have told
me those stories.
00:39:46.49\00:39:49.26
And then sometimes the
person drives by a club
00:39:49.27\00:39:51.48
or hear a song that they
give their life to Christ
00:39:51.49\00:39:53.59
and he gave up that
music a week ago and
00:39:53.60\00:39:55.06
he hear that music in
all of a sudden the nerves,
00:39:55.07\00:39:57.45
the body wants
to naturally move.
00:39:57.46\00:39:59.35
But as you put to
deed, as you put to death,
00:39:59.36\00:40:02.61
everyday the natural
inclinations, it gets to
00:40:02.62\00:40:06.20
the place where you
have victory, in Jesus.
00:40:06.21\00:40:13.67
Where you have
victory, in Jesus.
00:40:13.70\00:40:17.25
Now let's go to the next one.
00:40:17.26\00:40:18.95
Verse 22, see the fruit
of the spirit we got to see
00:40:18.96\00:40:24.15
that now because we
saw the horrible things,
00:40:24.16\00:40:26.71
got to see
something good, right.
00:40:26.72\00:40:28.46
This is what happens when
the Lord comes in your life.
00:40:28.47\00:40:30.48
When the Bible says,
the fruit he brings forth
00:40:30.49\00:40:33.07
fruit now she can produce fruit,
00:40:33.08\00:40:34.77
this is the fruit
he's talking about.
00:40:34.78\00:40:36.26
This is not the fruit that
00:40:36.27\00:40:38.05
shows up in an
evil person's life.
00:40:38.06\00:40:39.82
But the fruit of the
spirit is together love, joy,
00:40:42.66\00:40:47.26
peace, long
suffering, kindness, goodness,
00:40:47.27\00:40:51.17
faithfulness, gentleness,
self control against such,
00:40:51.18\00:40:56.84
there is no law and
those who are Christ's
00:40:56.85\00:41:00.77
have crucified the flesh with
00:41:00.78\00:41:03.22
it's passions and desires.
00:41:03.23\00:41:04.94
If we live in the spirit
let us also do what brethren?
00:41:04.95\00:41:08.59
Walk in the spirit.
00:41:08.60\00:41:11.66
And then it also
says, let us become,
00:41:11.67\00:41:13.80
let us not become
conceited provoking
00:41:13.81\00:41:15.94
one another and
bringing one another.
00:41:15.95\00:41:18.15
But notice the key
there, the same thing that
00:41:18.16\00:41:20.34
Paul says in Romans 8
verse 1, there's therefore
00:41:20.35\00:41:23.19
now no condemnation to
those who are in Christ,
00:41:23.20\00:41:26.69
who walk not
according to the flesh,
00:41:26.70\00:41:28.77
but according to the spirit.
00:41:28.78\00:41:30.26
If you want to find
out, which one you're in
00:41:30.27\00:41:32.59
just look at the list.
00:41:32.60\00:41:33.86
Those are the things
verse 19 to verse 20,
00:41:35.93\00:41:39.17
those are the things
that want to come back
00:41:39.18\00:41:40.68
into your life everyday.
00:41:40.69\00:41:42.04
They want to
fight for the mastery.
00:41:42.05\00:41:44.03
Now what
question all we have to.
00:41:44.04\00:41:45.58
Question number
seven, is that where we are?
00:41:45.59\00:41:48.26
Question number six actually,
00:41:48.27\00:41:49.56
question number six.
00:41:49.57\00:41:50.76
We're moving as
fast as we could.
00:41:50.77\00:41:52.95
Question number
six, "What happens when
00:41:52.96\00:41:54.39
the old man of
sin is put to death?"
00:41:54.40\00:41:56.50
What happens when the old
man of sin is put to death?
00:41:56.51\00:42:00.66
We're looking at
Roman 6 and verse 7.Okay.
00:42:00.67\00:42:05.13
Roman 6 and verse 7.
00:42:05.14\00:42:09.26
The screen says
it very carefully.
00:42:09.27\00:42:11.96
"For he who has
died has been" what?
00:42:11.97\00:42:15.54
"Freed form sin."
00:42:15.55\00:42:17.86
I've seen programs where
people get free from prison.
00:42:17.87\00:42:20.69
When they get
out, they are not sad.
00:42:23.24\00:42:26.67
At least most of them are not.
00:42:26.68\00:42:29.34
But sometimes
I've seen this part,
00:42:32.69\00:42:34.83
they walk away
gingerly, like is this for real?
00:42:34.84\00:42:38.48
Am I really free?
00:42:38.49\00:42:40.14
I mean, is this,
am I really free?
00:42:40.15\00:42:42.47
And the further
way you get, am I too,
00:42:42.48\00:42:44.03
the further way you get
all the sudden the more free
00:42:44.04\00:42:46.11
your freedom
feels. I'm actually free.
00:42:46.12\00:42:49.73
I'm really free.
And that's how it is.
00:42:49.74\00:42:52.32
You know when you,
when the Lord delivers you,
00:42:52.33\00:42:54.98
when that old nature is put
to death, you walk away from
00:42:54.99\00:42:58.06
it and you
think, am I really free?
00:42:58.07\00:42:59.85
Am I really?
00:42:59.86\00:43:01.05
And you know, when
you know you're free
00:43:01.06\00:43:02.22
when those
temptations rise up and they
00:43:02.23\00:43:04.54
don't even get your attention.
00:43:04.55\00:43:06.57
When those temptations,
those things that held to
00:43:09.34\00:43:11.49
sway with you rise up and
00:43:11.50\00:43:13.48
they don't even get your notice.
00:43:13.49\00:43:15.10
That's how you know.
00:43:15.11\00:43:17.31
And you know how that happens?
00:43:17.32\00:43:18.34
We're gonna talk about that.
00:43:18.35\00:43:19.38
The next topic after this
as a matter of fact is alive.
00:43:19.39\00:43:22.39
We talked about
justification, we talked
00:43:22.40\00:43:24.59
about how to be justified,
now how to be delivered?
00:43:24.60\00:43:27.81
The next topic
is alive in Christ.
00:43:27.82\00:43:30.46
How to be alive?
00:43:30.47\00:43:31.70
See we talked about
death already, right.
00:43:31.71\00:43:33.83
We're gonna
talk about life next.
00:43:33.84\00:43:35.14
We get in close there,
but as you grow in Christ,
00:43:35.15\00:43:38.16
you'll discover that
those things that held you
00:43:38.17\00:43:39.65
and bound you are not
even a test any longer.
00:43:39.66\00:43:41.99
That's how you know
you've been delivered.
00:43:42.00\00:43:44.06
But you don't go back.
00:43:44.07\00:43:45.97
You don't go back to the bar,
00:43:45.98\00:43:47.69
and back to the
clubs, and back to the things
00:43:47.70\00:43:49.13
before to see if you
really got delivered.
00:43:49.14\00:43:50.85
You stay as far as
the east is from the west.
00:43:50.86\00:43:53.98
Look at question number seven.
00:43:53.99\00:43:56.63
Question number
seven, how does the Bible
00:43:56.64\00:44:00.32
explain the
transaction of baptism?
00:44:00.33\00:44:02.52
It's some way of a transaction.
00:44:02.53\00:44:04.55
All right, You know
this transaction shows us
00:44:04.56\00:44:09.86
where we were and
then where we are.
00:44:09.87\00:44:12.45
Where we used to be and
then where we have entered.
00:44:12.46\00:44:15.66
The relationship we once had
00:44:15.67\00:44:17.44
and the
relationship we now have.
00:44:17.45\00:44:20.25
Romans 6 and verse
5, reads as follows.
00:44:20.26\00:44:24.33
"For if we have been
united together in the
00:44:24.34\00:44:28.24
likeness of His
death" What's the next word?
00:44:28.25\00:44:32.23
"Certainly we also shall
be in the likeness of His"
00:44:32.24\00:44:35.79
what? "Resurrection."
00:44:35.80\00:44:37.56
Come on, aren't you glad
00:44:37.57\00:44:38.56
that word certainly is there?
00:44:38.57\00:44:39.56
You got that's the faith.
00:44:39.57\00:44:42.27
You got to accept that by faith.
00:44:42.28\00:44:43.85
Because if he say well,
you know, I'm born again and
00:44:43.86\00:44:48.54
somebody ask are
you really born again.
00:44:48.55\00:44:49.98
How are you born again?
00:44:49.99\00:44:51.07
You know what,
I'm just like Christ.
00:44:51.08\00:44:53.08
You can say that.
00:44:54.99\00:44:57.67
Some of the most
discouraged Christians
00:44:57.68\00:44:59.88
are those who don't know
00:44:59.89\00:45:01.31
that the word
certainly is there.
00:45:01.32\00:45:03.51
The Lord begins to
work in your life and then
00:45:03.52\00:45:07.10
all of a sudden you begin
to not only walk by faith,
00:45:07.11\00:45:11.93
and accept the
likeness of His resurrection.
00:45:11.94\00:45:15.36
Well, as time, as
time progresses you began
00:45:15.37\00:45:18.58
to just live out
with fullness, abundance,
00:45:18.59\00:45:21.90
knowing that the
likeness of His resurrection
00:45:21.91\00:45:24.86
is your daily experience.
00:45:24.87\00:45:26.40
We don't want to
experience Christ
00:45:26.41\00:45:28.22
one day a week, do we?
00:45:28.23\00:45:29.53
Not just when we come to church,
00:45:29.54\00:45:31.23
we want that walk
with Christ everyday.
00:45:31.24\00:45:33.71
We want that freedom everyday.
00:45:33.72\00:45:35.61
We want to be
like Jesus everyday,
00:45:35.62\00:45:37.86
but it doesn't happen
if we just simply say,
00:45:37.87\00:45:40.00
you know, and I
really blew it this week,
00:45:40.01\00:45:41.92
if you blew it the
Lord will accept you back.
00:45:41.93\00:45:43.73
But what Christ
intends for us to have is
00:45:43.74\00:45:47.18
that day-by-day
victorious walk in Him.
00:45:47.19\00:45:50.07
How to be delivered?
00:45:50.08\00:45:51.63
Not just at
baptism, but everyday.
00:45:51.64\00:45:53.64
All right, Now this question,
00:45:53.65\00:45:56.10
question number eight.
00:45:56.11\00:45:57.58
We're gonna
read verses 22 to 24,
00:45:57.59\00:46:01.18
but let me read
the question first.
00:46:01.19\00:46:02.94
How does the Bible explain our
00:46:02.95\00:46:05.44
"before Christ" and
"after Christ" life?
00:46:05.45\00:46:09.07
Before Christ and
after Christ life.
00:46:09.08\00:46:12.49
My wife and I sometimes
we've conversations and I
00:46:16.97\00:46:19.55
periodically reveal to her
a lot of things about my past.
00:46:19.56\00:46:23.18
When I see my past not
just before we got married,
00:46:24.62\00:46:26.87
but many, many years
ago, you know,when I was
00:46:26.88\00:46:28.42
little boy and she would
say to me, I never knew that.
00:46:28.43\00:46:30.96
More specifically I
say to her, you know,
00:46:30.97\00:46:34.57
when I was growing
up, I had baseball cards,
00:46:34.58\00:46:37.38
I collected baseball cards.
00:46:37.39\00:46:38.66
And I'd say to my
wife, if I still have those
00:46:38.67\00:46:40.87
baseball cards today,I
know they'll be worth something.
00:46:40.88\00:46:43.19
But my father used to throw away
00:46:44.13\00:46:45.31
my baseball cards,
because they took up
00:46:45.32\00:46:47.64
more of my attention than
he intended then he wanted
00:46:47.65\00:46:50.52
them to take and I think of all
00:46:50.53\00:46:53.13
the things I used to
have when I was a little boy
00:46:53.14\00:46:55.47
that I don't have any
longer, and I always wonder
00:46:55.48\00:46:58.52
what would have
happened to such and such.
00:46:58.53\00:47:00.21
I never gave that shirt away.
00:47:00.22\00:47:01.79
What have happened to
it? I never gave that.
00:47:01.80\00:47:03.26
What have happened to it?
00:47:03.27\00:47:04.49
What have happened
to my baseball glove?
00:47:04.50\00:47:06.84
You'll discover that when
you-- follow me carefully,
00:47:06.85\00:47:10.91
there's a purpose to this story.
00:47:10.92\00:47:14.21
When you come into
Christ, the things that you had
00:47:14.22\00:47:17.14
before you've to
make a conscious decision
00:47:17.15\00:47:20.05
to put them away.
00:47:20.06\00:47:21.48
They just don't go away, right.
00:47:23.14\00:47:25.65
My records that I had
when I was a disc jockey,
00:47:25.66\00:47:28.14
didn't leave, I got
rid of those, right.
00:47:28.15\00:47:31.49
The things that
held you, you got it
00:47:31.50\00:47:33.74
you've to clean
your environment.
00:47:33.75\00:47:35.83
Because if you don't
clean your environment,
00:47:35.84\00:47:37.75
there will be there to
wake you up in the morning.
00:47:37.76\00:47:40.78
A guy, I think I
share this story,
00:47:40.79\00:47:42.58
but if I
haven't be bear with me,
00:47:42.59\00:47:44.13
if you heard it before
well, let me finish it.
00:47:44.14\00:47:47.14
I pray for guy who
wants to be delivered.
00:47:47.15\00:47:48.95
We anointed the
guy and we want to
00:47:48.96\00:47:50.36
deliver him from smoking.
00:47:50.37\00:47:51.42
And after we pray
the prayer, I said okay,
00:47:51.43\00:47:53.52
you've any cigarettes left.
00:47:53.53\00:47:54.58
He said, I've one
pack in the truck.
00:47:54.59\00:47:56.08
I said go get it. He
said, but that's my last pack.
00:47:56.09\00:47:58.14
I said, we just anointed him,
00:47:59.92\00:48:01.11
you want to hold on to
the last pack of cigarettes.
00:48:01.12\00:48:04.15
So when you drive
away from the church,
00:48:04.16\00:48:07.47
your cigarettes are
waiting for you in the vehicle.
00:48:07.48\00:48:09.69
Brother everything
that was against the flesh,
00:48:09.70\00:48:12.77
you got to get rid off.
00:48:12.78\00:48:13.77
Come on and say amen to that.
00:48:13.78\00:48:15.06
That's what it
means to be delivered.
00:48:15.07\00:48:17.27
The Lord doesn't just
deliver you and say go
00:48:17.28\00:48:19.11
back to the hall, go back
to that simple environment.
00:48:19.12\00:48:22.66
He wants your
environment to be cleansed.
00:48:22.67\00:48:25.43
How will you think like Christ.
00:48:25.44\00:48:28.33
If your
environment influence you
00:48:28.34\00:48:30.93
a different way all together.
00:48:30.94\00:48:32.77
If the things you read
and watch and the places
00:48:32.78\00:48:35.52
you go and the things you
do all remind you of their
00:48:35.53\00:48:38.38
formal life, how will
you get victory in Christ.
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Now notice this,
verypowerful Ephesians
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Chapter 4,
we'll break this down,
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you notice on your
paper, there are three lines,
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we want to break
this down verse by verse.
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The first thing
we're gonna discover about
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the before and
after life is this.
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Ephesians 4 verse 22, it says,
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"That you" what's the next word?
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"Put off concerning
your former conduct,
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the old man, which grows corrupt
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according to the
deceitful lusts."
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Don't go to the
next scripture yet.
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You got to put off what?
00:49:10.45\00:49:13.06
You got to put off
concerning your former conduct.
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How did you live before?
00:49:16.25\00:49:17.55
You got to put that off.
00:49:17.56\00:49:19.51
Lot of people
want to be Christians.
00:49:19.52\00:49:21.37
You know, what
bothers me nowadays
00:49:21.38\00:49:22.63
about Christianity
in the lot of sense,
00:49:22.64\00:49:24.32
a lot of churches
teach Christianity,
00:49:24.33\00:49:26.08
but I've discovered as
a person that likes music.
00:49:26.09\00:49:28.66
There's some denominations
that you can attend church
00:49:31.88\00:49:34.54
and you can still
be a night club singer.
00:49:34.55\00:49:37.75
You can still
sing for the world.
00:49:37.76\00:49:40.03
You can still live for the world
00:49:40.04\00:49:41.56
and just go to the
church on the weekend
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and just have a good time.
00:49:43.66\00:49:45.94
And you know,
what is missing there,
00:49:45.95\00:49:47.45
the old, the former
conduct has not been put off.
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So what happens is,
its just waiting around
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and so what
happens is in the river,
00:49:53.45\00:49:57.10
on the bank, in
the river, on the bank,
00:49:57.11\00:49:58.70
in the river, on the
bank, and Jesus may come in
00:49:58.71\00:50:00.54
you'll be in the row.
00:50:00.55\00:50:01.56
You know, what the
problem with that is,
00:50:01.57\00:50:03.12
you never experience
the abundant life in Christ
00:50:03.13\00:50:05.53
and the trend of your
life is so wishy-washy.
00:50:05.54\00:50:07.87
The Bible says in
the book of James,
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a double minded man is
unstable in all his ways.
00:50:10.15\00:50:13.58
So you never become stable
00:50:13.59\00:50:14.95
because you're living two lives.
00:50:14.96\00:50:16.84
The old man is still alive,
00:50:16.85\00:50:18.91
although you profess to
be married to the new man.
00:50:18.92\00:50:22.23
And if you remember Roman 7,
00:50:22.24\00:50:24.85
what's even worse than saying
00:50:24.86\00:50:28.00
you're married to the new man
00:50:28.01\00:50:29.75
is being married to the new man,
00:50:29.76\00:50:31.72
but your children or your
fruits look like the old man.
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Did you get that?
00:50:35.39\00:50:37.08
So you say, I'm a Christian,
00:50:37.09\00:50:38.39
but somebody says well,
00:50:38.40\00:50:39.83
if you're a Christian
why you're doing that?
00:50:39.84\00:50:43.72
See there, I'm telling
my real deliverance here,
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if you're Christian
why you're going there?
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If you're Christian,
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what's that got to do
with you being a Christian?
00:50:49.74\00:50:53.59
Don't you think that if you do
00:50:53.60\00:50:54.91
that it's gonna fight
against your Christianity
00:50:54.92\00:50:58.33
and you've got to recognize.
00:50:58.34\00:50:59.42
That's why it says put off,
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what's the two words "put off."
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Now let's go to the next one.
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First you got to put off,
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put off the former conduct.
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And you know why
and this is the key,
00:51:08.07\00:51:09.27
because it grows corrupt.
00:51:09.28\00:51:10.81
A grow is what?
00:51:10.82\00:51:12.60
A grow is more and more rocking.
00:51:12.61\00:51:14.34
That's the word I want to use.
00:51:14.35\00:51:15.72
You had something in
the closet that you didn't
00:51:15.73\00:51:17.22
know was rotten,
until it started smelling.
00:51:17.26\00:51:19.12
What is that smell?
00:51:22.46\00:51:24.03
It doesn't, nothing grows good.
00:51:24.04\00:51:26.77
It grows rotten,
00:51:26.78\00:51:28.56
especially when
it's the former conduct.
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The next thing, so
put off the old man.
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The next one is verse 23,
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"And be renewed how in
the spirit of your mind."
00:51:35.69\00:51:42.55
You heard the phrase, you
got to get a new attitude.
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If you read the Bible,
you'll have a new attitude.
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This book let me
recommend it to you.
00:51:51.12\00:51:53.45
This book put in this head,
00:51:53.46\00:51:55.61
you've heard that
open mouth insert food,
00:51:58.58\00:52:01.41
open mind insert Bible. Okay.
00:52:01.42\00:52:06.05
How can you have
the mind of Christ?
00:52:06.06\00:52:08.57
You know, what happens
when you've the mind of Christ,
00:52:08.58\00:52:10.95
you live like Christ.
00:52:10.96\00:52:12.60
How do you get
the mind of Christ?
00:52:12.61\00:52:15.24
Be transformed by the
renewing of your mind.
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Romans 12 verse
2, write that down.
00:52:19.50\00:52:22.78
Romans 12 verse 2,
00:52:22.79\00:52:23.92
"Be transformed by
the renewing of your mind,
00:52:23.93\00:52:26.62
that you may
prove what is that good
00:52:26.63\00:52:28.79
and acceptable and
perfect will of God."
00:52:28.80\00:52:32.41
If you cannot have it,
00:52:32.42\00:52:34.20
if your mind is not renewed,
00:52:34.21\00:52:37.21
then the perfect will of God
00:52:37.22\00:52:38.24
is not gonna
show up in your life.
00:52:38.25\00:52:39.24
You can't prove it,
00:52:39.25\00:52:40.37
because your
life is in opposition
00:52:40.38\00:52:42.47
to what your
profession is, all right.
00:52:42.48\00:52:44.88
So what we do here?
00:52:44.89\00:52:47.26
Put renewed in the spirit.
00:52:47.27\00:52:49.29
Be renewed in the
spirit of your mind,
00:52:49.30\00:52:53.05
your mind, your mind.
00:52:53.06\00:52:55.12
What happens in your mind?
00:52:55.13\00:52:56.74
Think, I'm
telling you the answer.
00:52:58.89\00:53:02.32
What happens in
your mind? Think.
00:53:02.33\00:53:06.05
What happens in
your mind? Think.
00:53:09.75\00:53:13.07
You think. See I'm saying think,
00:53:13.08\00:53:15.04
so you could say to me think.
00:53:15.05\00:53:18.26
We think with our mind
00:53:18.27\00:53:19.85
and as a man
thinketh in is, so is he.
00:53:19.86\00:53:24.08
The reason why we do,
00:53:24.09\00:53:25.64
what we do is
because our mind says do it.
00:53:25.65\00:53:28.71
If the word of
God is in your mind,
00:53:28.72\00:53:30.64
oh man this is powerful.
00:53:30.65\00:53:32.18
If the word of
God becomes the book
00:53:32.19\00:53:34.77
that controls the way you think.
00:53:34.78\00:53:38.17
Can you live in
opposition to God?
00:53:38.18\00:53:41.98
So often we leave out this book.
00:53:41.99\00:53:44.02
It's a byproduct, it is our,
00:53:44.03\00:53:47.26
it is the battery
in our flashlight.
00:53:47.27\00:53:49.94
It is the engine in our car,
00:53:49.95\00:53:51.54
it is the power
in our generator.
00:53:51.55\00:53:54.39
It is the manual
by which we live,
00:53:54.40\00:53:56.55
but unless we insert it
00:53:56.56\00:53:58.13
remember David in
Psalms after he was delivered,
00:53:58.14\00:54:00.39
He said thy word
have I done what?
00:54:00.40\00:54:03.09
Hid in my heart
that I might not what?
00:54:03.10\00:54:05.25
Sin against thee.
00:54:05.26\00:54:06.67
And in the last one, verse 24.
00:54:06.68\00:54:09.44
First I'll put off
00:54:09.45\00:54:11.01
then be renewed in
the spirit of the mind
00:54:11.02\00:54:13.25
and I like this one, verse 24,
00:54:13.26\00:54:15.71
"And that you put on the" what?
00:54:15.72\00:54:18.90
"New man," put off
the old man verse 22,
00:54:18.91\00:54:22.73
be renewed in the
spirit of your mind verse 23,
00:54:22.74\00:54:25.15
"And put on the new man,
00:54:25.16\00:54:26.45
which was
created according to God,
00:54:26.46\00:54:29.73
in true righteousness and" what?
00:54:29.74\00:54:32.89
"Holiness." When
you put on the new man
00:54:32.90\00:54:36.70
then all of a sudden
what shows up righteousness
00:54:36.71\00:54:39.36
and what else holiness.
00:54:39.37\00:54:41.84
Isn't that wonderful,
00:54:41.85\00:54:44.15
each week I put on
the different shirts.
00:54:44.16\00:54:45.80
Some people like bright colors,
00:54:45.81\00:54:48.67
but if I don't put it
on you'll never see it.
00:54:48.68\00:54:50.92
I wear red, somebody says
like red, so I put on orange,
00:54:50.93\00:54:53.29
somebody say I like orange.
00:54:53.30\00:54:54.54
It doesn't match
anything else I'm wearing.
00:54:54.55\00:54:56.93
I just put it on
so you could see it.
00:54:56.94\00:54:58.50
To illustrate tonight
00:54:58.51\00:54:59.66
that if you put
it on it'll be seen.
00:54:59.67\00:55:01.62
If you put on the
new man, you know,
00:55:01.63\00:55:04.11
what will be seen, righteousness
00:55:04.12\00:55:07.49
and what else holiness.
00:55:07.50\00:55:09.52
Because the new man was
created according to God.
00:55:09.53\00:55:12.87
So anything that you
put on that God created
00:55:12.88\00:55:16.46
is going to be seen.
00:55:16.47\00:55:17.87
Now I'm not gonna try to
find the label on this shirt,
00:55:17.88\00:55:20.45
but somebody made it.
00:55:20.46\00:55:22.52
Now, if they didn't make it,
00:55:22.53\00:55:23.78
I couldn't put it on.
00:55:23.79\00:55:25.43
If holiness and
righteousness was not available,
00:55:25.44\00:55:29.52
we couldn't put it on.
00:55:29.53\00:55:31.14
But holiness and
righteousness is available,
00:55:31.15\00:55:33.82
therefore we can put it on.
00:55:33.83\00:55:35.35
-Amen. -Amen.
00:55:35.36\00:55:36.55
But do we put it
on over the old man.
00:55:36.56\00:55:39.18
-No. -No,
00:55:39.19\00:55:40.65
we take off the old man.
00:55:40.66\00:55:43.29
I only have one shirt.
00:55:43.30\00:55:47.10
So consider this, I
took up the old shirt,
00:55:47.11\00:55:50.02
I put on a new shirt. Amen.
00:55:50.03\00:55:52.58
Let's get one more in
before we wind up tonight.
00:55:52.59\00:55:55.46
Romans Chapter 6
and verse 8, here it is.
00:55:55.47\00:56:00.34
How is the passion of
Jesus revealed in the cross?
00:56:00.35\00:56:05.00
How is the passion of
Jesus revealed in the cross?
00:56:05.01\00:56:08.67
I'm gonna go right to
the answer on the screen.
00:56:08.68\00:56:10.13
How is the passion of
Jesus revealed in the cross?
00:56:10.14\00:56:13.13
Roman 6 verse 8
reads as follows,
00:56:13.14\00:56:16.09
now this is beautiful brethren.
00:56:16.10\00:56:18.06
"Now if we died with Christ,
00:56:18.07\00:56:21.35
we believe that we
shall also" do what?
00:56:21.36\00:56:24.13
"live with Him.
00:56:24.14\00:56:25.64
How many of you
want to live with Jesus?
00:56:25.65\00:56:27.79
I know you're writing.
00:56:27.80\00:56:28.79
We all want to live with Jesus.
00:56:28.80\00:56:30.19
But what do we need
to do to live with Jesus.
00:56:30.20\00:56:32.52
We've to do what?
00:56:32.53\00:56:34.32
Die with Him.
00:56:34.33\00:56:35.40
You see baptism
is that whole thing.
00:56:35.41\00:56:37.62
Some people
celebrate baptism other ways.
00:56:39.67\00:56:44.14
The new life is celebrated
00:56:44.15\00:56:46.33
through the
ordinance of baptism.
00:56:46.34\00:56:48.67
When we're
baptized we die with Christ.
00:56:48.68\00:56:53.83
When did Christ die?
00:56:53.84\00:56:55.13
Somebody tell me how long ago?
00:56:55.14\00:56:56.23
How long ago the Christ died?
00:56:56.24\00:56:58.04
More than 2000 years ago.
00:56:58.05\00:56:59.47
When we're into baptism,
00:56:59.48\00:57:00.74
we all of a sudden
join Him on the cross.
00:57:00.75\00:57:02.58
When we put Him,
when we go onto the water
00:57:02.59\00:57:04.91
we're in the tomb with Him,
00:57:04.92\00:57:06.21
when we come up
on the other side
00:57:06.22\00:57:07.69
we come up to walk in the
newness of the life. Amen.
00:57:07.70\00:57:10.86
That's how you'll be delivered.
00:57:10.87\00:57:12.18
And when you walk
on the newness of life,
00:57:12.19\00:57:14.03
you're gonna still
have this old body,
00:57:14.04\00:57:16.51
this mortal flesh,
00:57:16.52\00:57:18.03
so in order for that mortal
00:57:18.04\00:57:19.53
flesh not to have
supremacy in your daily walk,
00:57:19.54\00:57:22.44
you got to put it
to death everyday,
00:57:22.45\00:57:24.39
put off the old man
accorded the former conduct
00:57:24.40\00:57:27.12
and put on the new man
00:57:27.13\00:57:29.16
and be renewed in
the spirit of your mind
00:57:29.17\00:57:31.55
and the only way to
be renewed is by giving
00:57:31.56\00:57:33.99
yourself a dose of
the word of God everyday.
00:57:34.00\00:57:36.94
Brothers and sisters
00:57:36.95\00:57:38.29
and those of you
watching the program,
00:57:38.30\00:57:39.32
everyone of us
need to be delivered
00:57:39.33\00:57:41.16
and we can be delivered,
00:57:41.17\00:57:43.03
if we put
ourselves in Christ. Amen.
00:57:43.04\00:57:45.38
And then get yourself a plan,
00:57:45.39\00:57:46.69
you can't be
delivered without a plan.
00:57:46.70\00:57:48.99
If you've a plan,
the plan will work.
00:57:49.00\00:57:51.36
You'll see
righteousness and holiness
00:57:51.37\00:57:54.14
that is according to Christ.
00:57:54.15\00:57:55.62
If you want to
see Christ in the way
00:57:55.63\00:57:56.96
that He intends to be seen,
00:57:56.97\00:57:58.22
give your life to Christ
and then all of a sudden,
00:57:58.23\00:58:00.62
He will come
into a sharper focus.
00:58:00.63\00:58:03.39
God bless you. Let us pray.
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