Hello, friends and welcome
to another "A Sharper Focus"
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edition here in
Thompsonville, Illinois
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at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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We thank you for tuning in.
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My name is John Lomacang.
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I'm the pastor here as well
as the presenter for the series,
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"How to live a spiritual
life in a natural body."
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That's what each
of us is called to do,
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as Christ calls us to a growing,
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relationship with Him.
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Thank you for tuning in.
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We like to encourage
you to spend the next hour,
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to sit down and get your
Bibles, get your friends,
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get your family
together, and we pray
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that you'll be directed
and guided by the Holy Spirit
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as we study the
word of God together.
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Also want to say a
special hello to those of you.
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If you're in the Virgin
Islands, my family is there.
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If you're in the Bahamas, we
have some good friends there.
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Welcome you tonight.
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And wherever you
may be joining us from,
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we hope that the
Spirit of God will bless you
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as we walk together
through the study on
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"How to be delivered."
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And I'd like to
welcome you with a hearty amen
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from our local
audience. Can you say, amen.
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Amen. And every Wednesday night,
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we get together
to study our Bibles
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and tonight is no exception.
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But before we do anything,
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before we have our prayer,
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and before we have our song
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and I will tell you
where to find your study
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on our website address.
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Let's first begin
with a word of prayer.
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Our gracious Father in heaven,
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we thank You so
much that You call us
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not through righteousness,
but You also provide everything
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we need to live soberly, godly,
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and righteously
in this present age.
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Tonight as we
study the Bible again,
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as we study this
all important topic,
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we pray not only for an
intellectual understanding,
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but for a spirit
connection to give us strength,
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to live above
the daily temptations
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and to become more like Jesus.
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This we ask in your
precious name we pray, amen.
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Now we have a theme--
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I think it's
becoming a theme song.
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It's the song
of victory in Jesus
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and I think our local
audience knows it pretty well.
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Now the words will
not appear on your screen,
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but if you know the song,
you can sing along with us.
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The words will
appear on our local screen.
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But this is a theme song,
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that's becoming one
that we really enjoy,
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because we're talking about
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how to have victory in Jesus.
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Follow along and sing with us.
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Are you ready?
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I heard an old, old story
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How a 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
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Raise that chorus.
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O victory in Jesus
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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
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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 He changed
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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. That's our
theme, victory in Jesus.
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That's the only
way to have victory.
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Tonight as we
continue in our topic,
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I think we're
winding this one up tonight,
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"How to be delivered."
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And the next time we
have our live broadcast.
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It would be alive, alive
in Jesus, alive unto God.
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How to live the
resurrected life?
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Now many of us hear
about the first resurrection.
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And what's the other one?
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Second Resurrection.
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But there is a resurrection
before the first resurrection.
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That's walking in
the newness of life.
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And we'll talk about that topic.
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How to be alive unto God?
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How to live the
resurrected life?
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And by the way, you'll discover
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that until you die
the death of Christ,
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you can't live
the life of Christ.
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You got to die
the death of Christ
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before you live
the life of Christ.
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Now tonight before we
go to question number 9,
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which is the question,
we're going to begin with.
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I like you to turn your
Bibles with me to Second Peter.
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Second Peter, Chapter
2, and this is a passage,
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not often
associated with the topic
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of righteousness by faith.
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But it fits--it fits very well.
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Second Peter, Chapter 2.
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And we're going to look
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at two
particular verses, verse 7.
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This is speaking
about the destruction
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of not only Sodom and Gomorrah,
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but the angels that sin
that were cast to the earth
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and delivered in
chains of darkness.
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But as it pertains
to Sodom and Gomorrah,
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look at verse 7.
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The Lord speaks
about the one He delivered.
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And he says in verse 7,
and delivered righteous, who?
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Righteous lot, who was apposed
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with a filthy
conduct of the wicked.
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For that righteous man,
dwelling among them tormented
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his righteous soul
from day to day by seeing
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and hearing their lawless deeds.
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You think about
that. That's kind of like
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living in a major city
that's overrun with corruption.
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When a person has
a walk with Christ,
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the things that you see.
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It's amazing the way
they said it that way,
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tormented his righteous soul.
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And when you listen
to the news nowadays,
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heard a very
interesting story today,
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but I'm not done yet,
I'm gonna read verse 9.
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Heard a very
interesting story today about
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a baby that was
born, a stillborn.
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I believe it was one
of the Spanish countries
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and the parents--obviously
if the baby is born dead,
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they gave the
baby to the mortician
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to prepare the baby for burial.
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And I don't know how they do it,
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because it's amazing
that they went to see
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the baby and the baby
was already in the coffin.
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They opened the coffin
and the baby was alive.
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That's good news, amen.
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Amen. Its
amazing how that happened
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because in America by the--
time they put you in a coffin,
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you'd already
have been embalmed.
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But the Lord is so gracious,
He knows how to deliver.
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He knows how to do, what?
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He knows how to deliver.
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The reason why we're
talking about deliverance
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is everyone of us day
by day face challenges,
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packaged in a very big
world that's been around
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since the entrance of
sin is called temptation.
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What's the word?
Temptation. Temptation.
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Well, look at verse 9.
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This is the
verse that highlights
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how God really cares about us.
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He says then the Lord
knows how to do, what friends?
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How to deliver the
godly out of, what?
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Out of temptation
and to reserve the unjust
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under punishment
for the Day of Judgment
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or unto the Day of Judgment,
whatever translation you have.
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But the Bible
says, the Lord knows
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how to deliver the, what?
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Godly. Do the
godly need deliverance.
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Now I want to reiterate this
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just in case you
haven't seen this before.
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I want--I want to
make this very clear.
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God delivers three ways.
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How many ways that I say?
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Three. Three. One
we come to Christ,
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when we give
our lives to Christ.
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The first line of
deliverance is deliverance
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from the, what of sin?
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Say it again, from
the penalty of sin.
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We're taken off death row.
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That death
sentence no longer reigns
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over our heads.
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But there is a
second form of deliverance
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that I believe this
verse is talking about.
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The second form of
deliverance is deliverance
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from the, what of sin?
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From the power of sin.
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The Lord knows how to deliver
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the godly out of temptation.
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Now let me ask the question.
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Does temptation still exists?
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So what makes temptation
different for each person?
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Someone tell me.
What makes temptation
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different for each person?
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Okay, let me make it
a different question.
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Why is--why are people
tempted by different things?
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Because we're all
different, that's a good answer.
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Okay, good answer.
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But let me get--let's get
a little deeper into that.
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Well, usually the
environment or the thing
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that you often yield to becomes
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the line of your temptation,
your environment, your society.
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For example, there
are some individuals
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that are raised maybe
in the home where there
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is lot of alcohol and
drinking and lot of carousing,
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a lot of worldliness.
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Then they grow
up, they're tempted
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from that kind of environment.
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They're persons
that are raised in home
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where somebody smokes
or drinks or takes drugs.
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Well, that's the kind
of temptation sometimes
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that moulds their background.
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But there are
some people that live--
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that were raised in
completely healthy homes,
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no alcohol, no drinking,
no carousing, no drugs,
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no bad movies, no profanity
and they still have temptation.
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Now let me ask you the question.
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What about us a fourth or
fifth generation Adventist,
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are they still tempted?
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Yes. Now the
reason I asked--the reason
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I asked that
question because somebody
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posed the
question just few days ago.
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Ask me the
question, they said now
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what if the mother and
the father are delivered.
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They're both baptized.
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They're both sanctified.
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Does their baby
still face temptation?
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Yes. And I thought to
myself, really good try.
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Because we still pass on the--
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the only thing that we
can't pass on is the nature
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of our first father
and his name is what?
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His name is Adam.
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So every one of us
is continually tempted,
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but the Lord
knows how to deliver
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the godly out of
temptation, amen.
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Amen. So he knows that--
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when those temptations
come, if we turn to Him,
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He will do, what?
He will deliver us.
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Now, go to First
Corinthians Chapter 10.
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Some people say well,
you know, I don't know,
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temptation is really
strong, I have heard that
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and temptation is strong.
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But who is stronger than
temptation, somebody tell me.
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God. That's right.
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If God before us
who can be against us.
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First Corinthians, Chapter 10.
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Want you see this verse.
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This falls in the context
of all the children of Israel.
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First of all they
were delivered from Egypt.
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They were
delivered from bondage.
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When the Lord delivers
us from the penalty of sin,
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he delivers us
from bondage to sin.
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I believe its
Romans 6:16 when Paul says,
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do you not know that to
whom you yield yourselves
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are servants to obey,
you are that one servant.
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Some translation says, slave.
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So sin holds us into slavery
just as the children of Israel
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were held in Egypt as slaves.
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But as the Lord delivered
the children from Israel,
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He can deliver
us from temptation.
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Now is there--let
me ask this question.
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Is there such
thing as a temptation
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that we cannot
resist? Yes or no.
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I'm having a hard time getting
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an answer on that
one. Let's try it again.
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Is there an
irresistible temptation?
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Ah, she said peeking at
your Christmas presents.
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That's a good answer
in the month of April.
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Ah, if you're not in Christ
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and I think some of
you are getting theological
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and trying to put a
scenario together in your head,
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because without Christ, all
temptations are overpowering.
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But look at First
Corinthians 10:31,
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I like to--sorry
not 10:31. 10:13.
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But
let's--let's look at verse 12
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to just kind of get the flow.
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First Corinthians,
Chapter 10, verse 12 and 13.
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It says, therefore let
him who thinks he stands,
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let's read the rest together.
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Take heed lest he, what?
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Lest he fall. So
for those who stand
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and you know what
the Bible talks about
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having done all the stands.
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Stand therefore, having
on the whole armor of God.
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But it's possible that
when you say okay, good,
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I have got the
standing thing really down path.
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The Lord says, ah, be
careful, let him who thinks
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he stands take
heed lest the, what?
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Lest the fall. Lest he stumbles
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in his own attempt to
deliver himself from temptation.
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But I like verse 13.
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And I like us to
read that together
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with some fervor.
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Here we go. What
are the first two words?
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No temptation. No
temptation has overtaking
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you except such
as his common to man.
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But let's get this now.
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But God is faithful who
will not allow you to be tempted
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beyond what you're able,
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but with the temptation
will also make a way of escape
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that you maybe able to do, what?
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Amen. That you
may be able to bear.
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So now let me ask the question
again in light of this text.
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Is there any temptation
that we must fall prey to?
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No. Absolutely not.
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Absolute--there
is not a temptation
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and when you think about that,
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it says to me that God,
He does not allow the devil
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just to come and overpower us.
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He knows what we can handle.
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He knows where
there is a point of--well,
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that's too much,
that's too great.
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I'm not gonna allow
you to tempt my child
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that way and--
that's a good news.
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But He allows us to understand
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that with these temptations
there is always a door.
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There's always a way to escape.
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If you have four walls,
if there are four walls,
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He will deliver
you like He delivered
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Daniel in a lion's den.
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Which way was that?
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Up. If you're in
the fiery furnace,
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He will deliver you
like he did the Hebrews.
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He goes in the furnace with you,
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delivers you in that moment.
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So He doesn't deliver
you always from the moment,
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but some times He
delivers you, when?
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In the moment.
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He delivers us in the moment.
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Now what I like to do is
go to Second Corinthians.
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What book did I say?
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Second Corinthians,
lay a little foundation
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here and we're going to get
through these questions tonight.
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I know we
haven't have enough time,
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but I will lay
some foundation here.
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Second
Corinthians and we're going
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to look together at Chapter 1,
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Second Corinthians, Chapter 1.
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And let's look
together at verse 10.
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You want to
write this down because
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these kind of
like our extra verses
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just emphasizing how
in the journeys of Paul.
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This is particularly
about Paul's trouble in Asia.
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But what the Lord says about how
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He delivered Paul
applies to how He delivers us.
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Look at verse 10. And it says,
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"Who delivered us
from so great a," what?
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Death. "From so great a
death and does deliver us.
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Who did deliver us and does?
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That's past and" what?
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"Present. And it
goes on in whom we trust
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that he will still", what?
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Deliver us. Did you get that?
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He delivered us, He delivers us,
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and He will deliver us, Amen.
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He delivered us from our past,
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He delivered us in our
presence--in our present,
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and He will
deliver us in our future.
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That's one of the
only verses in Bible
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where you find the
word "deliver" three times.
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He has delivered
us. He is delivering us.
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He will deliver
us. Paul said it,
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I have been a lot of problems,
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I have been lot of situations.
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Paul was in
prison. He was whipped.
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He was flogged.
He was persecuted.
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But in all of those,
there is a particular passage,
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I believe is in Psalms 34.
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Let me peek at that here.
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Psalms 34, verse
19. Yes, that's it.
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Psalms 34, verse 19, which says
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"Men you're the
afflictions of the righteous,
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but the Lord
delivers him out of them all."
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So does the Lord deliver?
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Yes, he does. Now the reason
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I laid the
foundation with this is,
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when we first give our
lives to Christ in baptism.
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Want to go to
question number 9 tonight.
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Let's look at this on the
screen, question number 9.
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And the question is
how is the passion of Jesus
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revealed in the cross?
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I'll just read
this first and then--
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I'll finish this
statement I was about to make.
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How is the passion of
Jesus revealed in the cross?
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Go with me to Romans, Chapter 6.
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Romans Chapter 6 and verse 8.
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Romans, Chapter 6
and verse 8, okay.
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If you're already
there, that's great.
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If not, I'll
have it on the screen.
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Romans, Chapter 6 verse 8
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and here is what the Bible says.
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Now what's the next word?
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"If we died with Christ,
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we believe that we
shall also," do what?
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"Live with
Him." "Live with Him."
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When Paul
communicates this message,
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he says if we died with Christ,
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that is death,
burial, resurrection.
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One day we're
going to reign with Him.
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Revelation 20 talks about that.
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They lived and reign
with Christ a thousand years.
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But this is far deeper than just
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what's going to
happen in the future.
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Matter of fact go with me to
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Galatians Chapter 2 and verse20.
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The living-- he living part.
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So if you want to put that down.
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How is the passion of
Jesus revealed in the cross?
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If we died with
Christ, we believe
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that we shall
also live with Him.
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In other words,
here is the answer.
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He died so that we
can live. All right.
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He died so that we can live.
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That's a
good--that's a good thing.
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Because if we
died, we wouldn't live.
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No man ever died
and conquered the grave.
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Outside of those that
are specifically refer
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to in the Bible and
you know who they are.
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But Jesus was the only one
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that was victorious over death.
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He's the only one
that the Bible says,
00:19:34.33\00:19:35.78
he has the keys of death.
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he others didn't have the keys.
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They still
needed the power of God
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to be resurrected.
00:19:41.25\00:19:42.41
But Jesus said,
I laid down my life
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and I had power to do, what?
00:19:44.16\00:19:46.05
Take it up again. And so
there's only one who does that.
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But Galatians 2:20,
is that where you are?
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Yes. Okay. Let me
wait till I get there.
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You guys are
fast. Okay, here we are.
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Okay. Galatians.
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Okay. I'm there.
00:20:03.89\00:20:07.24
You know lot of
time the speakers
00:20:09.54\00:20:10.77
says if you're already there,
say amen. But now I'm there.
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Okay, now this is the question
00:20:14.44\00:20:15.97
about dying and
living in Christ.
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The whole kit and caboodle
00:20:19.28\00:20:21.16
right here
contained in this verse.
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It says, I have been
crucified with Christ.
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It is no longer I who
live, but Christ lives, where?
00:20:29.78\00:20:34.48
In me. In me. And the life
00:20:34.49\00:20:36.15
which I now live in
the flesh. I live by, what?
00:20:36.16\00:20:41.03
Faith. Faith in the son of God
00:20:41.04\00:20:43.36
who loved me and did, what?
00:20:43.37\00:20:45.85
Gave Himself for
me. When you read
00:20:45.86\00:20:49.85
Isaiah 53:12,
that's what it talks about.
00:20:49.86\00:20:52.78
He went as a
lamb to the slaughter,
00:20:52.79\00:20:55.86
yet he did not open his mouth.
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He went as a
lamb to the slaughter.
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You know one of the
things that Satan tried to do,
00:20:59.16\00:21:02.05
to defeat the mission of Christ.
00:21:02.06\00:21:03.76
As he couldn't stop
him in his earthly life,
00:21:03.77\00:21:07.38
he couldn't defeat
him in the wilderness.
00:21:07.39\00:21:10.06
So one of the ways that--
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And I don't
know if you got this,
00:21:11.68\00:21:12.90
but when Christ
was on the cross,
00:21:12.91\00:21:15.55
do you remember
how they taunted him?
00:21:15.56\00:21:18.73
One of the things
that they said to Christ
00:21:18.74\00:21:20.58
when He was hanging
on the cross was what?
00:21:20.59\00:21:22.15
Save yourself. Save
yourself. Yeah, come down,
00:21:27.07\00:21:29.31
save yourself.
Now do you know that
00:21:29.32\00:21:31.22
if He had done that
He couldn't save us.
00:21:31.23\00:21:34.46
So when you get
this, when it says,
00:21:34.47\00:21:38.13
the life I now live in
the flesh, I live by faith
00:21:38.14\00:21:40.35
in the son of God who love
me and gave himself for me.
00:21:40.36\00:21:43.17
He decided that He
went to the cross for us.
00:21:43.18\00:21:48.96
He gave himself for us.
00:21:48.97\00:21:50.87
He couldn't save Himself and us.
00:21:50.88\00:21:55.79
Very interesting and I'll break
00:21:55.80\00:21:56.83
that down in just a moment.
00:21:56.84\00:21:57.90
So he decided
without--to live with us,
00:21:57.91\00:22:02.82
to make provision
for us to live with him.
00:22:02.83\00:22:05.59
He decided to die in our place
00:22:05.60\00:22:07.95
and open the door
to salvation for us.
00:22:07.96\00:22:10.29
So when you think
about the question.
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What question was
it, question number 9?
00:22:11.69\00:22:13.39
The passion of Christ
is revealed in the cross.
00:22:13.40\00:22:16.09
He died that we
might live. All right.
00:22:16.10\00:22:19.44
Look at question
10. Question number 10.
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How is the
transformation of baptism
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described in
scripture? How is it described?
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Romans 6 verse 4.
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Okay. Romans,
the Book of Romans.
00:22:41.31\00:22:44.08
Romans Chapter 6.
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All right. Romans
Chapter 6, verse 4.
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Okay. You know it's
almost a continuation,
00:22:53.60\00:23:01.32
so you have to read
verse 3 too, don't you think?
00:23:01.33\00:23:03.77
Because it starts
with the word, therefore.
00:23:03.78\00:23:05.78
Are you ready? Look at verse 3.
00:23:05.79\00:23:07.77
We already know that
we read verse 3 earlier,
00:23:07.78\00:23:09.08
but let's go and read it now.
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It says, or do you not
know that as many of us
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as were baptized into Christ
would baptize into his, what?
00:23:13.78\00:23:17.41
Death. Death.
Therefore, in other words,
00:23:17.42\00:23:21.32
because of that we were
buried with Him through, what?
00:23:21.36\00:23:25.75
Baptism.
Baptism. Into what? Death.
00:23:25.76\00:23:28.07
Death. That just as Christ
was raised from the dead by
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the glory of the Father even so
00:23:32.85\00:23:37.12
we also should walk in what?
00:23:37.13\00:23:40.74
Newness of
life. Newness of life.
00:23:40.75\00:23:41.91
I want you to
get that word also.
00:23:41.92\00:23:43.21
That word also is powerful.
00:23:43.22\00:23:45.20
You know what it saying?
00:23:45.21\00:23:46.85
Let's go to Matthew, Chapter 20.
00:23:46.86\00:23:48.67
I want you to see
what it means by also.
00:23:48.68\00:23:50.81
So if you want to
put the answer there.
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How is the
transformation of baptism
00:23:52.10\00:23:55.26
described in scripture? We
walk in the newness of life.
00:23:55.27\00:24:01.24
We died the death of Christ.
00:24:01.25\00:24:02.94
We walked in
the newness of life.
00:24:02.95\00:24:04.22
Now, when it says
also, that we should also
00:24:04.23\00:24:07.61
walk in newness of
life. Matthew, Chapter 28.
00:24:07.62\00:24:10.69
This is something that sometimes
00:24:10.70\00:24:11.88
we don't-- we don't grapple.
00:24:11.89\00:24:14.33
When I was
studying, this came out to me
00:24:14.34\00:24:16.28
in a very wonderful way
showing what is available
00:24:16.29\00:24:18.81
to us on the other
side of the new life.
00:24:18.82\00:24:23.98
We should also walk
in the newness of life.
00:24:26.95\00:24:29.48
That means our new
life is like his new life.
00:24:29.49\00:24:33.15
Verse 18, of Matthew 28.
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Okay. Depending
on the translation,
00:24:36.18\00:24:39.46
the word will either
be authority or power.
00:24:39.47\00:24:42.57
Then Jesus came, Matthew 28:18.
00:24:42.58\00:24:44.56
Then Jesus came and
spoke to them saying all, what?
00:24:44.57\00:24:48.10
All power or all authority
has been given to me, where?
00:24:48.11\00:24:52.64
In heaven and where?
00:24:52.65\00:24:54.14
On earth. What happens
is when you're in Christ,
00:24:54.15\00:24:57.58
there is a power available
to you that is not available
00:24:57.59\00:25:01.03
to you outside of Christ.
00:25:01.04\00:25:03.39
And Acts 1:8 it says,
but ye shall receive power,
00:25:03.40\00:25:08.31
after that the Holy
Ghost has come upon you
00:25:08.32\00:25:11.19
and then you
shall be witnesses to me
00:25:11.20\00:25:14.61
or witnesses of me.
00:25:14.62\00:25:16.46
But we can't be
witnesses of Christ.
00:25:16.47\00:25:18.09
We can't do anything effectively
00:25:18.10\00:25:19.99
unless the power of
Christ comes upon us.
00:25:20.00\00:25:22.26
So now to put it all together.
00:25:22.27\00:25:23.65
The reason why this lesson
is so widely important is,
00:25:23.66\00:25:25.83
it's talking about baptism.
00:25:25.84\00:25:28.09
You see lot of people baptize,
00:25:28.10\00:25:29.62
but don't know what to expect
on the other side of baptism.
00:25:29.63\00:25:32.54
So what happens
is, we get baptized
00:25:32.55\00:25:35.70
and we join the
church and we say.
00:25:35.71\00:25:38.33
Okay, now what.
00:25:38.34\00:25:41.19
I'm into an-- I'm in a church,
00:25:41.20\00:25:43.08
that's intellectually
scripturally sound.
00:25:43.09\00:25:47.69
But I still have temptations.
00:25:47.70\00:25:49.63
What do I do?
00:25:49.64\00:25:51.40
So when you look at
the life that Christ lived,
00:25:51.41\00:25:54.02
the temptations came.
00:25:54.03\00:25:56.87
Okay, let me ask
you the question.
00:25:56.88\00:25:59.62
Did the devil tempt Him
anymore after the cross?
00:25:59.63\00:26:02.25
Yes or no. No.
00:26:02.26\00:26:03.92
Why not?
00:26:03.93\00:26:07.49
Why not?
00:26:07.50\00:26:09.67
Because he lost the battle.
00:26:09.68\00:26:11.66
He tried
everything to get Christ
00:26:11.67\00:26:13.58
from entering into that death.
00:26:13.59\00:26:15.80
And once Christ
entered into that death,
00:26:15.81\00:26:18.71
to that burial,
and that resurrection
00:26:18.72\00:26:20.75
that was the new
and powerful life.
00:26:20.76\00:26:22.30
The life of all authority,
00:26:22.31\00:26:23.32
all power, he--forget it.
00:26:23.33\00:26:26.41
But the difference
between Christ and us is this.
00:26:26.42\00:26:29.50
Christ was raised with
a glorious body, right?
00:26:29.51\00:26:33.46
What do we still have?
00:26:33.47\00:26:35.28
Come on, what do we still have?
00:26:35.29\00:26:36.61
A mortal body.
00:26:36.62\00:26:38.63
See one day we will
have a glorious body
00:26:38.64\00:26:40.82
just like His resurrected body.
00:26:40.83\00:26:42.87
Now but I want you
to know, don't despair
00:26:42.88\00:26:44.35
because we can have
the resurrected life
00:26:44.36\00:26:46.89
in the mortal body.
00:26:46.90\00:26:48.03
That's the beauty
of the Christian life.
00:26:48.04\00:26:50.40
He's saying okay,
don't be discouraged.
00:26:50.41\00:26:52.20
Christ has a glorious body.
00:26:52.21\00:26:57.65
But you have a mortal body.
00:26:57.66\00:27:00.76
Christ is
resurrected never to die again.
00:27:00.77\00:27:03.72
You came forth
from the watery grave,
00:27:03.73\00:27:08.55
but you still have to die.
00:27:08.56\00:27:09.91
I'll leave it there
till we get to the question.
00:27:13.22\00:27:15.63
All right.
00:27:15.64\00:27:16.75
Let's go to question number 11.
00:27:16.76\00:27:18.36
We came from the watery grave,
00:27:18.37\00:27:20.71
when Christ came
up out of the grave,
00:27:20.72\00:27:22.06
did He die anymore?
00:27:22.07\00:27:23.43
No more, He died once for all.
00:27:23.44\00:27:26.72
But when we come up--
00:27:26.73\00:27:28.08
when Christ came
up out of the grave,
00:27:28.09\00:27:30.21
not the watery grave.
00:27:30.22\00:27:31.54
When Christ came
up out of the tomb,
00:27:31.55\00:27:33.71
no more death.
00:27:33.72\00:27:34.93
When we come up out
of the watery grave,
00:27:34.94\00:27:36.90
there's still a continual death.
00:27:36.91\00:27:39.85
This is powerful to get.
00:27:39.86\00:27:41.47
Very important, because if
you say, there are some churches
00:27:41.48\00:27:43.96
that teach once
saved, always saved.
00:27:43.97\00:27:45.53
Now, you know, when
you fall into temptation,
00:27:45.54\00:27:48.90
you know, there is no such thing
00:27:48.91\00:27:51.01
as once saved,
always saved. Right?
00:27:51.02\00:27:56.51
All right. Let's go
to the next question.
00:27:56.52\00:27:59.72
Question number 11.
00:27:59.73\00:28:01.25
What spiritual disposition
00:28:01.26\00:28:03.28
must we maintain
following baptism?
00:28:03.29\00:28:07.79
Let's go to
Romans 6 and verse 11.
00:28:07.80\00:28:10.49
What spiritual
disposition must we maintain
00:28:10.50\00:28:15.52
following baptism? Okay.
00:28:15.53\00:28:18.32
Let's go to
Romans 6 and verse 11.
00:28:18.33\00:28:21.31
Romans 6 and verse
11. Want you to see this.
00:28:21.32\00:28:25.09
And its also on the screen.
I think you know that by now.
00:28:25.10\00:28:29.13
All right, here it is.
00:28:29.14\00:28:32.59
The spiritual
disposition we must maintain.
00:28:32.60\00:28:35.69
It says, "Likewise,
00:28:35.70\00:28:36.91
you also reckon yourselves
to be dead indeed to," what?
00:28:36.92\00:28:40.93
"To sin, but alive to God
in Christ Jesus our Lord."
00:28:40.94\00:28:48.68
So if you're
answering the question.
00:28:48.69\00:28:50.55
What spiritual
disposition must we maintain?
00:28:50.56\00:28:55.35
Somebody give me the answer.
00:28:55.36\00:28:57.08
What spiritual
disposition must we maintain?
00:28:57.09\00:28:59.64
Dead to sin. Say that together.
00:29:02.57\00:29:05.76
Dead to, what? To sin.
00:29:05.77\00:29:07.90
Dead to sin,
either you're dead to sin
00:29:07.91\00:29:10.97
or you'll
eventually be dead in sin.
00:29:10.98\00:29:14.04
You see Christ
became sin for us.
00:29:14.05\00:29:20.15
Christ died not in sin.
Christ became sin for us.
00:29:20.16\00:29:28.98
When He went to the cross,
00:29:28.99\00:29:30.31
He did not go to
the cross in sin.
00:29:30.32\00:29:33.65
He took our sin to the cross.
00:29:33.66\00:29:35.93
You want to get that, because
00:29:35.94\00:29:37.36
if He went to the cross in sin,
00:29:37.37\00:29:39.38
He couldn't save was from
sin. But He became sin for us.
00:29:39.39\00:29:44.22
Isaiah 53 makes
it very, very clear,
00:29:44.23\00:29:46.31
as a lamb to the slaughter.
00:29:46.32\00:29:48.28
What happen-- what
happened to the lamb?
00:29:48.29\00:29:50.31
Why was the lamb slaughtered?
00:29:50.32\00:29:52.63
Because the sins
of the transgressor
00:29:52.64\00:29:56.19
was by confession
transferred to the lamb.
00:29:56.20\00:30:02.14
That spotless lamb.
00:30:02.15\00:30:03.98
The lamb didn't
do anything wrong.
00:30:03.99\00:30:06.13
Spotless, perfect lamb.
00:30:06.14\00:30:09.57
The sins
transferred to that lamb
00:30:09.58\00:30:12.19
and then the lamb
now innocent as it was,
00:30:12.20\00:30:14.93
couldn't fight, I think,
00:30:14.94\00:30:17.00
I can't remember
who told me this,
00:30:17.01\00:30:18.40
but whoever was I think
they had a very good point.
00:30:18.41\00:30:22.72
They said that,
"When you turn a lamb over,
00:30:22.73\00:30:26.85
when you turn a lamb
over, it just stops fighting."
00:30:26.86\00:30:30.89
There's some
mechanism in the lamb
00:30:30.90\00:30:32.57
that just stops fighting,
00:30:32.58\00:30:35.22
but what's even more
amazing to me is that,
00:30:35.23\00:30:38.66
when the sin of the transgressor
00:30:38.67\00:30:40.85
was confessed on
the head of a lamb,
00:30:40.86\00:30:42.79
the lamb wasn't turned over.
00:30:42.80\00:30:45.33
If you follow this ceremony,
00:30:45.34\00:30:46.33
I want you to get this talks
about the awful nature of sin.
00:30:46.34\00:30:50.06
Eye contact wasn't
maintain with the lamb
00:30:53.83\00:30:56.64
as his throat was slit.
00:30:56.65\00:31:00.92
And a bowl was placed
below the throat of a lamb
00:31:00.93\00:31:04.19
as the blood dripped out
00:31:04.20\00:31:06.09
and the
transgressor kept his eyes
00:31:06.10\00:31:08.12
fixed on that lamb
until the lamb's fleeting eyes
00:31:08.13\00:31:12.10
just let him to
the point of death.
00:31:12.11\00:31:14.93
And I could imagine
00:31:17.28\00:31:18.81
when that person
went home that day,
00:31:18.82\00:31:22.46
after confessing
his sin on that lamb,
00:31:22.47\00:31:25.65
he must have felt awful.
00:31:25.66\00:31:28.31
I mean, how would you feel,
00:31:28.32\00:31:30.04
really, think about
it, how would you feel?
00:31:30.05\00:31:32.80
And you think to yourself,
00:31:32.81\00:31:35.75
I've been doing
this for-for years.
00:31:35.76\00:31:38.78
An awful feeling that where
there is no shedding of blood
00:31:41.55\00:31:45.91
there is no remission of sin.
00:31:45.92\00:31:49.62
And then Christ comes,
spotless lamb as Peter says,
00:31:49.63\00:31:54.37
"Without spot
and without blemish."
00:31:54.38\00:31:57.78
And then He goes to the cross.
00:31:57.79\00:32:00.17
And then He shed His blood.
00:32:00.18\00:32:04.22
Our sins are transferred to Him.
00:32:04.23\00:32:06.93
Jesus went to the
cross as sin, not in sin.
00:32:06.94\00:32:13.37
You may wanna write that
down. You can chose to or not.
00:32:13.38\00:32:17.41
He went to the
cross and survived a death
00:32:17.42\00:32:20.79
that we couldn't survive.
00:32:20.80\00:32:25.13
He went in a tomb and came out,
00:32:25.14\00:32:28.99
where we could
not have come out.
00:32:29.00\00:32:31.23
No man ever came out
victorious from a grave.
00:32:31.24\00:32:34.22
All those who had
been crucified in Rome,
00:32:34.23\00:32:36.47
everyone of them
when they were taken down
00:32:36.48\00:32:38.73
from the cross
remained dead in their tombs.
00:32:38.74\00:32:41.39
Every single one of them.
00:32:41.40\00:32:43.31
But Christ was the only one
00:32:43.32\00:32:44.47
that came forth from
the tomb victoriously
00:32:44.48\00:32:46.76
and then this gracious news
of His victorious resurrection
00:32:46.77\00:32:52.13
was spread abroad in
the ears of many witnesses,
00:32:52.14\00:32:56.60
but what made it even
more powerful was that
00:32:56.61\00:32:58.34
when it got to the apostles.
00:32:58.35\00:32:59.81
I'm gonna give you
the whole beauty of this.
00:32:59.82\00:33:01.39
When it got to the
apostles, it's so infused them.
00:33:01.40\00:33:04.76
That they were so in
filled by the spirit of God
00:33:07.52\00:33:09.89
that they turned
the world upside down.
00:33:09.90\00:33:14.33
I believe, that when we
live the resurrected life,
00:33:14.34\00:33:17.74
when we live the
resurrected life,
00:33:17.75\00:33:19.36
Christ can do in us,
00:33:19.37\00:33:20.88
what He did in the
lives of the apostles.
00:33:20.89\00:33:23.46
He can turn the
world upside down.
00:33:23.47\00:33:25.32
But He could never do that
00:33:25.33\00:33:26.32
if we, if we live
our lives each day
00:33:26.33\00:33:28.45
in the river on the
bank, in the river on the bank.
00:33:28.46\00:33:31.36
There's some
that believe we'll be,
00:33:31.37\00:33:32.99
you know, sin, forgiveness, sin,
00:33:33.00\00:33:35.24
forgiveness, sin,
sin, sin, forgiveness,
00:33:35.25\00:33:37.01
forgiveness,
sin, forgiveness, sin,
00:33:37.02\00:33:38.72
ain't that ridiculous life.
00:33:38.73\00:33:40.56
That's like, that's like a,
00:33:40.57\00:33:41.69
oh man, I was-- I
had been a Christian
00:33:41.70\00:33:43.68
for x amount of years
00:33:43.69\00:33:44.82
and I'm still struggling
with the very same thing.
00:33:44.83\00:33:48.02
Jesus came that
we might have life
00:33:48.03\00:33:49.56
and have it more
abundantly, John 10:10.
00:33:49.57\00:33:51.93
So that abundant life means,
00:33:51.94\00:33:53.20
He delivers us not
just from the power,
00:33:53.21\00:33:55.16
not just from
the penalty of sin,
00:33:55.17\00:33:56.66
but also from the power of sin.
00:33:56.67\00:33:59.11
That's why it's no longer,
00:33:59.12\00:34:00.14
I who lives for Christ
who lives where? In me.
00:34:00.15\00:34:03.47
So when you think about that,
00:34:03.48\00:34:04.65
he says, since I have
done all that for you,
00:34:04.66\00:34:06.76
what I want you do,
here's the disposition
00:34:06.77\00:34:08.85
I want you to maintain.
00:34:08.86\00:34:10.39
Consider
yourselves dead indeed to sin,
00:34:10.40\00:34:15.58
but alive unto God.
00:34:15.59\00:34:17.01
We're gonna talk about
that topic coming in a--
00:34:17.02\00:34:18.63
What does it mean
to be alive unto God?
00:34:18.64\00:34:20.85
So if you write
in the answer down,
00:34:20.86\00:34:23.02
here's the
question, if you write it.
00:34:23.03\00:34:24.36
What spiritual disposition
00:34:24.37\00:34:26.25
must be maintain
following baptism,
00:34:26.26\00:34:28.58
what is it? Dead to sin.
00:34:28.59\00:34:33.42
Alive unto God.
00:34:33.43\00:34:36.03
In other words
that last life is gone,
00:34:36.04\00:34:38.16
this new life has come.
00:34:38.17\00:34:39.56
How do you treat new things?
00:34:39.57\00:34:41.19
How many of you?
Tell me somebody.
00:34:41.20\00:34:42.63
How do you treat new things?
00:34:42.64\00:34:46.42
Really carefully, don't you?
00:34:46.43\00:34:48.72
Don't you get nervous
when you get that first scratch
00:34:48.73\00:34:50.70
on something that
you got brand new?
00:34:50.71\00:34:53.61
Car one day.
00:34:53.62\00:34:55.07
Years ago, I think it was 1994,
00:34:55.08\00:34:56.74
when we got our
first Nissan Maxima,
00:34:56.75\00:34:58.53
well, we only had
one Nissan Maxima.
00:34:58.54\00:35:00.55
We got our first car we
were living in California.
00:35:00.56\00:35:03.55
And most people have
boxes in their garage,
00:35:03.56\00:35:06.66
right, right? Yeah.
00:35:06.67\00:35:10.40
And my wife is driving the car
00:35:10.41\00:35:12.51
and I know my wife
likes hidden stuff,
00:35:12.52\00:35:15.08
even still to this very day.
00:35:15.09\00:35:17.27
In all the space in a garage,
and she is like hidden stuff,
00:35:17.28\00:35:19.76
just makes her
feel like she's home.
00:35:19.77\00:35:21.87
Anyway, so she's
driving the car into the garage
00:35:21.88\00:35:25.78
and there's a lot
of space and the boxes.
00:35:25.79\00:35:28.07
You see the
boxes, they're there,
00:35:28.08\00:35:29.61
they're not going anywhere.
00:35:29.62\00:35:30.97
They're terrified when
she comes in the garage.
00:35:30.98\00:35:35.13
And she, week or
week, maybe two weeks after,
00:35:35.14\00:35:40.48
hits the boxes and I get
a dent in the front fender.
00:35:40.49\00:35:44.36
And she said,
"Ah, it's nothing."
00:35:44.37\00:35:47.68
Come on guys, any
of you, is it nothing?
00:35:47.69\00:35:52.07
Oh, it's huge.
00:35:52.08\00:35:53.97
You know why, because
that beautiful dent less car
00:35:53.98\00:36:00.04
had been marred.
00:36:00.05\00:36:01.86
You think, of something
that's brand new is precious.
00:36:01.87\00:36:04.85
I think that when it
comes, let me change that,
00:36:04.86\00:36:07.69
when it comes not I think,
00:36:07.70\00:36:08.87
but when it
comes to the new life,
00:36:08.88\00:36:10.11
we have in Christ, we
have to protect and guard it,
00:36:10.12\00:36:12.26
what do you say?
00:36:12.27\00:36:13.73
Protect and guard it
more than we protect something
00:36:13.74\00:36:16.06
that's temporal like a car
00:36:16.07\00:36:17.87
or brand new iPhone
or brand new television
00:36:17.88\00:36:20.52
or when you wear your first--
00:36:20.53\00:36:22.23
when the first time
you wear those new shoes,
00:36:22.24\00:36:23.94
you walk ever so tenderly.
00:36:23.95\00:36:25.86
You avoid
everything from getting a nick,
00:36:25.87\00:36:27.72
am I telling the truth?
00:36:27.73\00:36:28.97
But when you get the first nick,
00:36:28.98\00:36:29.97
it's like okay, forget it.
00:36:29.98\00:36:30.97
My shoes have broken in.
00:36:30.98\00:36:33.78
The new life in
Christ is something
00:36:33.79\00:36:35.38
that's new everyday,
00:36:35.39\00:36:36.49
that's why we got it how often,
00:36:36.50\00:36:38.38
everyday. Let's move on.
00:36:38.39\00:36:39.98
You see this, I want to try
to get this lesson done tonight.
00:36:39.99\00:36:42.32
And we're moving
at a very good pace.
00:36:42.33\00:36:44.22
If you're following
along, on the syllabus,
00:36:44.23\00:36:46.93
it's question number,
question number 12, right?
00:36:46.94\00:36:51.70
You know, I
forgot to do something,
00:36:51.71\00:36:53.44
or maybe our
viewers maybe wondering all,
00:36:53.45\00:36:55.61
what does he looking at?
00:36:55.62\00:36:56.93
I did not
remembered to tell you,
00:36:56.94\00:36:58.27
you would get a copy
of the lesson tonight.
00:36:58.28\00:37:00.55
If it's not too late
and you can forgive me.
00:37:00.56\00:37:02.62
Go to our website asf.3abn.org
00:37:02.63\00:37:09.21
and download lesson number 4
00:37:09.22\00:37:12.18
entitle "How to be delivered."
00:37:12.19\00:37:15.16
It just dawn to me,
00:37:15.17\00:37:16.16
the Lord just knock
on the back of my head.
00:37:16.17\00:37:18.85
They're turning to what,
00:37:18.86\00:37:19.85
and they're not
turning to anything
00:37:19.86\00:37:21.08
because they don't
have it in a procession.
00:37:21.09\00:37:22.98
Okay, question number
12 question number 12,
00:37:22.99\00:37:27.48
here's the question.
00:37:27.49\00:37:29.09
"How has the mission of Jesus
00:37:29.10\00:37:31.20
made it possible to die to sin?
00:37:31.21\00:37:34.72
How has the mission of Jesus
00:37:34.73\00:37:36.23
made it possible to die to sin?
00:37:36.24\00:37:40.43
Matthew 1 and verse 21,
00:37:40.44\00:37:42.35
I think we all
know this one by heart.
00:37:42.36\00:37:44.10
So I like us to
read this together,
00:37:44.11\00:37:45.29
its gonna be on the screen.
Here we go, are you ready?
00:37:45.30\00:37:48.44
"And she will bring forth a Son,
00:37:48.45\00:37:51.83
and you shall
call His name Jesus,
00:37:51.84\00:37:54.15
for He will save
His people," how?
00:37:54.16\00:37:58.32
"From their
sins." Not in their sins.
00:37:58.33\00:38:03.89
I just recently, I got
some very discouraging news,
00:38:05.52\00:38:10.29
can't even share
with you in great detail,
00:38:10.30\00:38:12.17
but let me just put
it in a general context.
00:38:12.18\00:38:14.93
I'm really
perturbed that so many,
00:38:14.94\00:38:17.64
that our Christians
and our Christian singers
00:38:17.65\00:38:22.03
and are in the
Christian industry
00:38:22.04\00:38:24.45
are living double lives.
00:38:24.46\00:38:27.97
You know what,
to be more specific
00:38:27.98\00:38:29.38
and I need just to be
very, very candid about this.
00:38:29.39\00:38:31.17
There was a
particular singer that,
00:38:31.18\00:38:35.04
I really enjoy
that person's music.
00:38:35.05\00:38:36.74
I'm just going to be
very general about it.
00:38:36.75\00:38:38.76
And I found that,
that person is living
00:38:38.77\00:38:40.48
a dual sexual life.
00:38:40.49\00:38:42.77
And it's so, it's just
so agitated me to the thing,
00:38:42.78\00:38:46.67
that can't be true.
00:38:46.68\00:38:48.48
That just can't be
true, found it was true.
00:38:48.49\00:38:53.02
And it's just so discouraged me,
00:38:53.03\00:38:54.31
just so kind of, kind of,
00:38:54.32\00:38:56.82
not shook my faith, but thought.
00:38:56.83\00:38:59.08
Can't somebody, be a Christian
00:38:59.09\00:39:01.56
and live a Christian life,
00:39:01.57\00:39:03.84
because the whole intention
of being saved from sin
00:39:03.85\00:39:06.84
is not thinking
that living in sin
00:39:06.85\00:39:09.33
is an acceptable thing to God.
00:39:09.34\00:39:11.06
Jesus saves us how? From sin.
00:39:11.07\00:39:14.46
Is there gonna be
sin in heaven? No.
00:39:14.47\00:39:17.28
Jesus died to sin once for all.
00:39:19.49\00:39:21.75
When He comes back, Hebrew said,
00:39:21.76\00:39:23.63
"He's coming back,
without sin, apart from sin."
00:39:23.64\00:39:26.94
So if we're
going to be victorious,
00:39:26.95\00:39:28.61
we have to find through Christ,
00:39:28.62\00:39:30.27
we can be delivered from sin,
00:39:30.28\00:39:32.69
but the challenge in
this modern age is this.
00:39:32.70\00:39:35.17
In our world even in
many Christian circles,
00:39:35.18\00:39:37.76
many Christian's denominations,
00:39:37.77\00:39:39.24
you can live any or how.
00:39:39.25\00:39:41.07
That's why it's not
uncommon for people,
00:39:41.08\00:39:42.89
that to be in churches in there,
00:39:42.90\00:39:44.38
you know, they're
singing songs for church
00:39:44.39\00:39:46.05
and then on in, the
next day during the week
00:39:46.06\00:39:47.77
they're singing
songs in the world.
00:39:47.78\00:39:50.13
They're getting a
Grammy award this weekend
00:39:50.14\00:39:51.75
and on next weekend they're
in weekend church singing.
00:39:51.76\00:39:54.94
And that person is exalted
and that was denominations
00:39:54.95\00:39:57.23
and they live a life
and they live promiscuously
00:39:57.24\00:40:01.47
and homosexuality and all
these perverted lifestyles
00:40:01.48\00:40:05.49
and they're singing
in the name of Jesus
00:40:05.50\00:40:06.93
and I'm thinking can
somebody give evident
00:40:06.94\00:40:09.14
that Jesus can save us from sin?
00:40:09.15\00:40:11.83
So this whole
life being delivered
00:40:11.84\00:40:13.64
is the serious thing.
00:40:13.65\00:40:14.90
You can't just
name the name of Christ.
00:40:14.91\00:40:16.68
You got to show
that Christ is the one
00:40:16.69\00:40:18.88
who can give us
victory, what do you say? Amen.
00:40:18.89\00:40:22.37
He came to save His
people from their sins.
00:40:22.38\00:40:25.68
Question number 13, okay.
00:40:25.69\00:40:28.25
Why is it imperative to
die the death that Christ died?
00:40:28.26\00:40:32.77
Why is it imperative to
die the death that Christ died?
00:40:32.78\00:40:37.25
Why is it imperative?
00:40:37.26\00:40:38.40
The word
imperative means, important,
00:40:38.41\00:40:41.89
extremely important.
00:40:41.90\00:40:44.35
Question number 13 and that is,
00:40:44.36\00:40:46.84
John Chapter 12
verse 12, verse 24 and 25,
00:40:46.85\00:40:51.92
John 12 verse 24
and what else verse 25.
00:40:51.93\00:40:58.64
Okay, here we are. Here we are.
00:40:58.65\00:41:04.71
"Most assuredly, I say to you,"
00:41:04.72\00:41:07.96
what's the next word?
00:41:07.97\00:41:09.70
"Unless a grain of wheat falls
into the ground," and what?
00:41:09.71\00:41:14.40
"Dies, it remains alone,"
00:41:14.41\00:41:16.95
or abides alone as the
King James Version says,
00:41:16.96\00:41:19.84
"But if it dies," that's just,
00:41:19.85\00:41:21.85
"It produces," what?
00:41:21.86\00:41:23.56
"Much grain or much fruit.
00:41:23.57\00:41:26.16
He who loves his
life will lose it,
00:41:26.17\00:41:29.47
and he who hates
his life in this world
00:41:29.48\00:41:33.53
will keep it for eternal life."
00:41:33.54\00:41:37.30
But what has to happen in
order for there to be fruit?
00:41:37.31\00:41:40.38
What has to happen in
order for fruit to show up?
00:41:40.39\00:41:43.85
You got to do
what? You got to die.
00:41:43.86\00:41:46.09
Now how many of you
ever planted anything?
00:41:46.10\00:41:49.45
Okay, when I was
in elementary school,
00:41:49.46\00:41:52.48
it was so exciting
when our class project was,
00:41:52.49\00:41:56.49
go home and tell your
parents take you to the store
00:41:56.50\00:41:59.18
and buy you some
seeds. Not some flower seeds.
00:41:59.19\00:42:04.63
But they'll say,
00:42:04.64\00:42:06.17
'cause you can
plant a some flower seed.
00:42:08.20\00:42:11.52
Anyway, buy yourself some seeds
00:42:11.53\00:42:14.35
so the teacher would say,
"Get some rose flower seeds."
00:42:14.36\00:42:17.85
And they'll be we'll do that
00:42:17.86\00:42:19.17
at the beginning
of the school year
00:42:19.18\00:42:21.09
and we'll water
that all school year long
00:42:21.10\00:42:23.79
and at the end
of the school year,
00:42:23.80\00:42:24.88
she said, "When graduation comes
00:42:24.89\00:42:26.76
or when you go to the next grade
00:42:26.77\00:42:27.84
'cause you know how
its in elementary school
00:42:27.85\00:42:29.28
and I want, I went to
public elementary schools
00:42:29.29\00:42:31.23
and then I went
to Adventist school.
00:42:31.24\00:42:32.75
You know, how does
an elementary school
00:42:32.76\00:42:34.02
you have a graduation every year
00:42:34.03\00:42:35.07
from third to
four to fifth to sixth
00:42:35.08\00:42:36.52
and so on and so forth.
00:42:36.53\00:42:37.82
And they said, now
what we're doing is
00:42:37.83\00:42:38.92
we're planting the gift
00:42:38.93\00:42:40.17
that you're gonna
give to your parents
00:42:40.18\00:42:41.27
at the end of the year.
00:42:41.28\00:42:42.88
But you planted at
the beginning of the year.
00:42:42.89\00:42:45.24
Notice, when you
first plant that,
00:42:45.25\00:42:47.00
it's quiet discouraging
when you're watering it
00:42:47.01\00:42:49.01
and nothing is happening.
00:42:49.02\00:42:51.19
My wife reminded me
of how important it is,
00:42:51.20\00:42:53.01
not to look at something,
00:42:53.02\00:42:54.01
you think that
there is no life in it.
00:42:54.02\00:42:56.19
We had a plant
that we brought back
00:42:56.20\00:42:57.32
from the Virgin Island,
00:42:57.33\00:42:58.58
I think it was the
maybe a little Aloe vera plant
00:42:58.59\00:43:03.70
and she had it on it,
on the sink in our house
00:43:03.71\00:43:07.29
when we lived in
Anaheim, California.
00:43:07.30\00:43:09.47
And one day while we
were cleaning up the house,
00:43:09.48\00:43:12.01
you know, you dusted
everything real quickly.
00:43:12.02\00:43:13.63
I've dusted in a corner
and, you know, spraying Windex
00:43:13.64\00:43:16.91
and just going
real fast in sliding
00:43:16.92\00:43:18.48
and I broke a leaf.
00:43:18.49\00:43:21.54
And it-- it was a little leaf
00:43:21.55\00:43:23.30
and I just--was it Aloe vera,
00:43:23.31\00:43:27.48
may be not and Aloe
vera, another plant.
00:43:27.49\00:43:30.49
And a little stem
of a leaf fell off
00:43:30.50\00:43:34.55
and I just let it
lay it on the counter
00:43:34.56\00:43:36.91
and my wife came home
00:43:36.92\00:43:37.91
and I was just
about to throw it out
00:43:37.92\00:43:39.85
and she said, "Don't
you throw away my plant."
00:43:39.86\00:43:43.51
And I said, "This
thing, and it was a little,
00:43:43.52\00:43:46.39
it look like a vein that
was missing from the body.
00:43:46.40\00:43:52.10
A little, you've ever seen,
00:43:52.11\00:43:53.55
you know, what
I'm talking about?
00:43:53.56\00:43:54.63
It just looks like
there's nothing in it.
00:43:54.64\00:43:58.02
She said, "Don't you
throw my plant away."
00:43:58.03\00:44:00.23
And I said, the
plant is right there,
00:44:00.24\00:44:01.57
this is just, this is
just, broke off of the plant,
00:44:01.58\00:44:04.12
throwing it away.
00:44:04.13\00:44:05.63
She got a little
plastic cup of water, Dixie cup.
00:44:05.64\00:44:11.17
Put some water in
there just small little
00:44:11.18\00:44:13.36
and--not to drown it, but
just, just put it in there.
00:44:13.37\00:44:17.06
And I'm thinking, you
know, our guys are-just crazy.
00:44:17.07\00:44:22.34
So everyday, periodically
that two three days there,
00:44:22.35\00:44:25.60
she change the
water, put some fresh water
00:44:25.61\00:44:27.20
and fresh water and one
day few weeks down the road,
00:44:27.21\00:44:31.55
I saw little shoot come out.
00:44:31.56\00:44:34.92
And then another shoot come out.
00:44:34.93\00:44:38.59
Now I thought
amazing, do you know
00:44:38.60\00:44:41.26
after about maybe
six or seven months
00:44:41.27\00:44:43.66
she gave that at away
to somebody as a plant.
00:44:43.67\00:44:46.39
And I thought just to think
00:44:48.33\00:44:49.76
I looked at this
feeble weak thing
00:44:49.77\00:44:51.75
and I thought it was dead.
00:44:51.76\00:44:53.47
You know, what's so
good about that brethren,
00:44:53.48\00:44:55.07
Jesus looks at us, broken,
separated from the father,
00:44:55.08\00:44:59.91
look fledgling as
though there's nothing in us.
00:44:59.92\00:45:02.62
And Christ says, the devil says,
00:45:02.63\00:45:04.34
throw them away and Christ says,
00:45:04.35\00:45:05.56
"Not my plant."
00:45:05.57\00:45:09.54
Unless I grain
wheat falls in the ground
00:45:09.55\00:45:11.80
and die it abides alone.
00:45:11.81\00:45:14.49
So when we die, that's
what this text is all about.
00:45:14.50\00:45:17.18
When we decide as
sinners to die to sin
00:45:17.19\00:45:21.59
and live in Christ,
00:45:21.60\00:45:23.20
we may look
fledgling and a whole percept
00:45:23.21\00:45:25.96
that very
beginning but He plants us
00:45:25.97\00:45:27.91
in the soil of
His righteousness.
00:45:27.92\00:45:29.62
Can you say amen to that?
00:45:29.63\00:45:31.06
And just look at
the parable of the sow,
00:45:31.07\00:45:32.41
that's exactly what that means.
00:45:32.42\00:45:34.52
He plants us in the
soil of His righteousness
00:45:34.53\00:45:36.94
and as time goes on,
00:45:36.95\00:45:38.51
He'll discover that the grain,
00:45:38.52\00:45:40.73
it begins to produce fruit,
00:45:40.74\00:45:42.95
it begins to
produce righteousness,
00:45:42.96\00:45:44.57
but if you think that
it has no power in itself,
00:45:44.58\00:45:47.61
then you cast it away.
00:45:47.62\00:45:49.02
So here is the answer,
what question was that,
00:45:49.03\00:45:51.07
question number 13.
00:45:51.08\00:45:53.24
Why is it imperative to
die to death that Christ died?
00:45:53.25\00:45:57.33
Somebody give me the answer.
00:45:57.34\00:45:58.31
Why is it imperative to
die the death that Christ died?
00:45:58.32\00:46:02.04
To produce fruits.
00:46:06.61\00:46:08.35
In order to produce fruits.
00:46:08.36\00:46:11.14
You've got a die unless a grain
00:46:11.15\00:46:13.65
or wheat falls
in a ground and die,
00:46:13.66\00:46:15.50
it abides alone.
00:46:15.51\00:46:17.87
So in another
words, you'll be out there
00:46:17.88\00:46:19.61
trying to row up by
yourself and the Lord says,
00:46:19.62\00:46:21.61
"This is lot easier than that,
00:46:21.62\00:46:23.76
just give your life to me."
00:46:23.77\00:46:25.60
There's some
people that say, well,
00:46:25.61\00:46:26.71
I would give my life to Christ,
00:46:26.72\00:46:28.10
but I got to get some
things cleaned up first.
00:46:28.11\00:46:30.29
No, come as you are.
00:46:30.30\00:46:32.78
And He'll do the cleaning up.
00:46:32.79\00:46:34.34
Because we can't, we
cannot ended up ourselves
00:46:34.35\00:46:37.09
get ourselves together.
00:46:37.10\00:46:38.65
Christ does all that, He puts us
00:46:38.66\00:46:40.95
and how fitting it is,
00:46:40.96\00:46:41.97
that my wife put
that plant in the water.
00:46:41.98\00:46:44.01
What is Jesus
called? "The water of life."
00:46:44.02\00:46:47.46
Isn't that amazing?
00:46:47.47\00:46:48.62
You think that, a glass
of water so insignificant.
00:46:48.63\00:46:51.29
It quenches our thirst,
00:46:51.30\00:46:52.83
yet in that
water there's enough,
00:46:52.84\00:46:55.78
there's enough
chemical development by God,
00:46:55.79\00:46:59.90
to take
whatever is in that plant
00:46:59.91\00:47:03.13
and cause a
germination of life to come
00:47:03.14\00:47:07.29
to that plant and
then eventually fruit
00:47:07.30\00:47:09.94
and then eventually a
full grown stiff nice plant.
00:47:09.95\00:47:13.46
Amazing how it begins,
00:47:13.47\00:47:14.89
but it has to fall on
to the ground and die.
00:47:14.90\00:47:17.07
Number 14, let's
move quickly to number 14,
00:47:17.08\00:47:20.51
all right, here it is.
00:47:20.52\00:47:22.29
After being
delivered what daily decision
00:47:22.30\00:47:25.94
must we make and why?
00:47:25.95\00:47:29.08
This is a three part question,
00:47:29.09\00:47:30.72
First Corinthians
15:31, First Corinthians 15:31.
00:47:30.73\00:47:34.76
Turn there fast, saints.
00:47:34.77\00:47:36.64
I hear the pages
turning and by the way,
00:47:36.65\00:47:38.29
you know, where I'm going next,
00:47:38.30\00:47:39.27
just look at
the next text, okay.
00:47:39.28\00:47:41.44
First
Corinthians 15:31, Paul says,
00:47:41.45\00:47:44.47
"I affirm, by
the boasting in you
00:47:44.48\00:47:48.79
which I have in
Christ Jesus our Lord,"
00:47:48.80\00:47:52.01
together, "I die daily."
00:47:52.02\00:47:55.94
Man, that so get this now
00:47:55.95\00:47:59.25
if we don't die
daily, what happens?
00:47:59.26\00:48:02.71
We live. Did you get that?
00:48:02.72\00:48:04.72
If we don't die
daily, what happens? We live.
00:48:04.73\00:48:10.12
But if we die daily, who lives?
00:48:10.13\00:48:12.75
Correct, it is no
longer I, who live.
00:48:12.76\00:48:16.01
If we die--Galatians
2:20 that's a perfect text.
00:48:16.02\00:48:18.91
Put that right next to
First Corinthians 15:31,
00:48:18.92\00:48:21.00
put dash Galatians 2:20,
00:48:21.01\00:48:23.89
because if I die
daily Christ lives.
00:48:23.90\00:48:28.08
If I don't die daily I live.
00:48:28.09\00:48:31.76
Paul says, this is a great,
00:48:31.77\00:48:33.55
"I die daily, it is no
longer I who live," right.
00:48:33.56\00:48:37.35
That's the secret
of the victorious.
00:48:37.36\00:48:39.18
That's the secret of
living above the power of sin,
00:48:39.19\00:48:41.74
by putting self to death.
00:48:41.75\00:48:43.49
And you know what, let
me just encourage you here
00:48:43.50\00:48:44.98
we're gonna get to the
next ones very quickly.
00:48:44.99\00:48:47.09
I think we'll get it done.
00:48:47.10\00:48:48.49
Go to Roman 6 in verse 12
for the next answer, okay.
00:48:48.50\00:48:52.22
First of all you
have to die daily,
00:48:52.23\00:48:53.49
put that first thing down.
00:48:53.50\00:48:54.47
You have to die, do what?
00:48:54.48\00:48:55.70
Die how often? Die daily.
00:48:55.71\00:48:57.73
First thing. Next
thing, Roman 6 in verse 12.
00:48:57.74\00:49:00.48
I'll tell you what I'm gonna say
00:49:00.49\00:49:01.46
in a moment here.
00:49:01.47\00:49:02.44
Roman 6 in verse 12, I'm
talking like a New Yorker,
00:49:02.45\00:49:04.33
listen like New
Yorker, here we are.
00:49:04.34\00:49:06.19
"Therefore do not let
sin reign in your," what?
00:49:06.20\00:49:10.31
"Mortal body, that you
should obey it in its lusts."
00:49:10.32\00:49:14.68
What's the act of words here?
00:49:14.69\00:49:17.09
That shows you have a choice.
00:49:17.10\00:49:20.11
Say it again, do not let,
00:49:20.12\00:49:24.35
do you have a choice, yes or no?
00:49:24.36\00:49:27.20
Chose you this
day, whom you'll serve.
00:49:27.21\00:49:29.91
You can modify that and it says,
00:49:29.92\00:49:31.45
when you wake up in the morning
00:49:31.46\00:49:32.43
chose you today
whom you will serve.
00:49:32.44\00:49:35.01
Joshua 24:15, you
got to make a choice.
00:49:35.02\00:49:37.68
So it says, do not let.
00:49:37.69\00:49:39.02
Say that together, do not let.
00:49:39.03\00:49:41.68
You got to make
that choice, you know,
00:49:41.69\00:49:42.94
why because if you
don't make the choice
00:49:42.95\00:49:44.11
to not let sin
reign, it's gonna reign.
00:49:44.12\00:49:48.15
How do you not let it
reign, by dying to self?
00:49:48.16\00:49:52.30
When you die to
self, who's alive in you?
00:49:52.31\00:49:54.63
Christ is alive in you.
00:49:54.64\00:49:57.29
Okay, I'm gonna
give the other one,
00:49:57.30\00:49:58.45
okay, Roman 6
verse 12, the third part.
00:49:58.46\00:50:01.96
First of all, I die
daily secondly do not let,
00:50:01.97\00:50:04.65
but there's
something you must do
00:50:04.66\00:50:06.02
instead of just the
death part and do not let.
00:50:06.03\00:50:07.85
But there's
something positive about this.
00:50:07.86\00:50:10.08
Here it is, "And do not present
00:50:10.09\00:50:12.41
your members as
instruments," of what?
00:50:12.42\00:50:15.39
"Unrighteousness to sin,
00:50:15.40\00:50:17.51
but present yourselves
to God as being," what?
00:50:17.52\00:50:21.29
"Alive from the dead,
and your members," as what?
00:50:21.30\00:50:26.45
"Instruments of
righteousness to God.
00:50:26.46\00:50:30.62
Notice the difference,
first of all you die,
00:50:30.63\00:50:33.44
secondly you do not let,
00:50:33.45\00:50:35.30
but thirdly you-- the
thing that you've used
00:50:35.31\00:50:38.49
for wrong, you
now give it to Christ,
00:50:38.50\00:50:40.35
say Lord, here it is.
00:50:40.36\00:50:41.86
Use it as an
instrument to righteousness.
00:50:41.87\00:50:44.00
Brothers and sisters, we can be
00:50:44.01\00:50:45.94
instruments of
righteousness to Christ.
00:50:45.95\00:50:48.95
He can work in us.
00:50:48.96\00:50:50.00
He can work through us.
00:50:50.01\00:50:51.45
So now we can either
use that hand to perform sin
00:50:51.46\00:50:55.72
or use that hand
to live righteously.
00:50:55.73\00:51:00.21
Do not let, sin
reign in your mortal body.
00:51:00.22\00:51:04.18
Now why, because the mortal body
00:51:04.19\00:51:05.70
would naturally pull us
in the direction of sin,
00:51:05.71\00:51:08.45
that's exactly what
the mortal body does.
00:51:08.46\00:51:10.27
It pulls us in
the direction of sin.
00:51:10.28\00:51:13.42
Let's look at the
next one, number 15.
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We're gonna make it, I
think, we're gonna make it.
00:51:16.68\00:51:19.78
Okay, here we are.
00:51:19.79\00:51:21.50
And if not, we'll
just finish next time.
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Number 15, "What
consistent choice
00:51:24.65\00:51:28.49
must we make to
reflect the Lord in our lives?"
00:51:28.50\00:51:34.17
What consistent
choice must we make
00:51:34.18\00:51:37.58
to reflect the
Lord in our lives?
00:51:37.59\00:51:42.52
First Corinthians 4
and verse 10, all right.
00:51:42.53\00:51:47.58
On your page,
on your paper says,
00:51:47.59\00:51:50.02
sorry, it's Second Corinthians 4
00:51:50.03\00:51:51.60
and verse 10, all right,
that's where we're going.
00:51:51.61\00:51:54.06
On the screen it
says, First Corinthians,
00:51:54.07\00:51:55.55
that's Second Corinthians.
00:51:55.56\00:51:56.95
So you want to make that,
00:51:56.96\00:51:58.13
make that change,
it's Second Corinthians 4
00:51:58.14\00:51:59.78
and verse 10, here we are.
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What's the first word?
00:52:01.60\00:52:03.57
"Always carrying
about in the body
00:52:03.58\00:52:09.50
the dying of the
Lord Jesus, that,"
00:52:09.51\00:52:13.91
this is powerful,
"That the life of Jesus
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also may be
manifested in our bodies."
00:52:17.24\00:52:21.34
Did you get that?
00:52:21.35\00:52:22.89
If you have died to
yourself and you're still alive,
00:52:22.90\00:52:27.06
there's only one
way that you are alive.
00:52:27.07\00:52:29.81
Who's living in you?
00:52:29.82\00:52:31.68
The Lord is living in you.
00:52:31.69\00:52:34.07
Always carrying
about in the body,
00:52:34.08\00:52:36.30
the dying of the
Lord Jesus Christ,
00:52:36.31\00:52:38.04
that the life of
Jesus also maybe manifested
00:52:38.05\00:52:41.25
in our bodies.
00:52:41.26\00:52:42.23
It is no longer I who live
for Christ who lives where?
00:52:42.24\00:52:44.82
In me. Christ in
you, the hope of glory.
00:52:44.83\00:52:48.09
You think about
that in a very real way.
00:52:48.10\00:52:50.40
I have a little remote here,
00:52:50.41\00:52:52.11
it works really great, but
if I take those batteries out,
00:52:52.12\00:52:55.80
you can use it for anything.
00:52:55.81\00:52:58.08
You can use it for anything,
00:52:58.09\00:53:00.83
because it looses its usage.
00:53:00.84\00:53:03.69
But if you put the power in it,
00:53:03.70\00:53:05.45
it becomes a powerful remote.
00:53:05.46\00:53:07.15
It does what God intend,
00:53:07.16\00:53:08.60
what the manufacturer intends,
00:53:08.61\00:53:11.14
for it's duty it
has a button here,
00:53:11.15\00:53:12.28
I haven't used that
button in a long time button,
00:53:12.29\00:53:13.75
better I not press it now.
00:53:13.76\00:53:15.36
I do something
unusual in my presentation,
00:53:15.37\00:53:18.62
but let's go to number 16,
00:53:18.63\00:53:20.79
so the answer is
number 16, number 15.
00:53:20.80\00:53:23.84
What consistent
choice must we make
00:53:23.85\00:53:25.65
to reflect the
Lord in our lives, what?
00:53:25.66\00:53:29.73
What consistent--
always remembering that,
00:53:29.74\00:53:32.51
this body is, it
belongs to the Lord,
00:53:32.52\00:53:35.40
just remember
this body is not ours.
00:53:35.41\00:53:37.64
You are not your own.
00:53:37.65\00:53:39.32
Carry about that
thought, this body,
00:53:39.33\00:53:41.24
the body of sin is dead.
00:53:41.25\00:53:42.57
Now give it to Christ,
00:53:42.58\00:53:43.81
so that His life maybe
manifest in our bodies.
00:53:43.82\00:53:46.69
Number 16, here it is.
00:53:46.70\00:53:49.20
To maintain our Christian walk
00:53:49.21\00:53:50.78
how should we
respond to temptation?
00:53:50.79\00:53:54.16
Now these are very,
00:53:54.17\00:53:55.41
these are very
elementary things.
00:53:55.42\00:53:57.90
Here that it's
so widely important.
00:53:57.91\00:53:59.62
How should we respond
to temptation, all right?
00:53:59.63\00:54:04.99
Mark 8 and verse 34 to 35.
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I begin with the word whoever.
00:54:09.99\00:54:13.27
I begin with the word whoever,
00:54:13.28\00:54:14.66
I know, it has a
lot more before that,
00:54:14.67\00:54:16.85
but I begin with
the word whoever.
00:54:16.86\00:54:19.11
Are you ready, here we go.
00:54:19.12\00:54:20.69
"Whoever desires to do," what?
00:54:20.70\00:54:24.07
"Come after me, let him," what?
00:54:24.08\00:54:27.40
"Deny himself,
and take up his cross,
00:54:27.41\00:54:31.64
and do," what?
00:54:31.65\00:54:32.79
Follow Me, for whoever desires
00:54:32.80\00:54:35.83
to save his life will," what?
00:54:35.84\00:54:38.20
"Lose it, but whoever
loses his life for My sake
00:54:38.21\00:54:43.05
and the gospel's will," what?
00:54:43.06\00:54:45.13
"Save it," so you
got to make a decision,
00:54:45.14\00:54:47.12
this life, you
know, what brethren,
00:54:47.13\00:54:48.45
I have seen a lot of things,
00:54:48.46\00:54:49.43
but there is nothing
I've seen on this planet,
00:54:49.44\00:54:50.82
that I want to
trade for eternal life,
00:54:50.83\00:54:52.27
nothing, nothing really.
00:54:52.28\00:54:54.00
I mean, I like astronomy,
not astrology, astronomy.
00:54:54.01\00:54:58.95
And I see so much out there,
00:54:58.96\00:55:00.97
every now and then I look up
00:55:00.98\00:55:02.03
that stall or a cloudless sky
00:55:02.04\00:55:03.83
and I see Arian
and say, wow Arian,
00:55:03.84\00:55:07.58
isn't that where Jesus
is supposed to come from?
00:55:07.59\00:55:10.54
Man, I can't wait to go
past Arian, anybody else?
00:55:10.55\00:55:13.96
Then sometimes
they say, well, now,
00:55:13.97\00:55:15.20
tonight if you
look careful enough,
00:55:15.21\00:55:16.72
you can see Venus,
or you can see Saturn,
00:55:16.73\00:55:19.40
or you can see Jupiter
way look up a certain degree.
00:55:19.41\00:55:22.43
And I'm thinking
man, one day we're gonna,
00:55:22.44\00:55:24.59
we're gonna just sail
right past, that's amen.
00:55:24.60\00:55:27.24
I'm looking forward to
that, I don't know about you,
00:55:27.25\00:55:28.84
but I'm looking forward to that.
00:55:28.85\00:55:30.32
But I know that if
the devil defeats my,
00:55:30.33\00:55:34.00
if the devil defeats me,
00:55:34.01\00:55:35.68
I'll never get
off this planet alive.
00:55:35.69\00:55:38.96
Matter of fact,
they won't get it off-
00:55:38.97\00:55:40.67
get off this planet at all.
00:55:40.68\00:55:43.77
So I've got to loose my life
00:55:43.78\00:55:47.94
for the sake of the gospel
00:55:47.95\00:55:49.75
and for the sake of
Jesus and I'll save it.
00:55:49.76\00:55:54.83
Number 17, let's get
really brave here, number 17.
00:55:54.84\00:56:00.53
What will happen if we compare
00:56:00.54\00:56:02.01
ourselves to
Christ's righteousness?
00:56:02.02\00:56:04.82
Job 42 verse 5 and 6.
00:56:04.83\00:56:08.41
here it is, on the screen,
00:56:08.42\00:56:09.92
Job 42 verse 5 and 6.
00:56:09.93\00:56:12.18
I might just
leave one for next week,
00:56:12.19\00:56:13.72
just to make it interesting.
00:56:13.73\00:56:15.33
And by the way,
if you're following
00:56:15.34\00:56:16.80
the live programs, next week is
00:56:16.81\00:56:18.80
an Anchors series, right?
00:56:18.81\00:56:20.97
So next Wednesday night,
00:56:20.98\00:56:21.97
we won't have A Sharper Focus,
00:56:21.98\00:56:23.76
but we'll have a special speaker
00:56:23.77\00:56:25.62
for our Anchors
series, that's five parts.
00:56:25.63\00:56:27.89
So join us still on next week
00:56:27.90\00:56:29.77
at 7'O clock for
the continuation.
00:56:29.78\00:56:32.07
God always says
something good here
00:56:32.08\00:56:33.49
at 3ABN for you.
00:56:33.50\00:56:34.66
So stay tune at 7'O clock.
00:56:34.67\00:56:36.78
What will happen and
here is Job 42 verse 5 and 6.
00:56:36.79\00:56:39.99
"I have heard of You
by the hearing of the ear,
00:56:40.00\00:56:43.22
but now my eye sees you.
00:56:43.23\00:56:47.25
Therefore I do," what?
00:56:47.26\00:56:49.32
"Abhor myself, and do," what?
00:56:49.33\00:56:51.66
"Repent in dust and ashes."
00:56:51.67\00:56:53.92
What will happen if
we compare ourselves
00:56:53.93\00:56:55.92
to Christ's righteousness,
what happens to us?
00:56:55.93\00:56:58.77
I Abhor myself.
00:56:58.78\00:57:01.88
It's like the olden
days, when we used to turned on
00:57:01.89\00:57:03.91
a black light and then we say,
00:57:03.92\00:57:08.23
man, our suit looks clean
00:57:08.24\00:57:09.61
and somebody will hold it
up next to the black light.
00:57:09.62\00:57:12.13
And you see all
the dirt all the soil,
00:57:12.14\00:57:15.82
matter of fact,
somebody wants it,
00:57:15.83\00:57:16.84
if you want-- if you think
00:57:16.85\00:57:17.82
your house is really clean,
00:57:17.83\00:57:19.00
just get a black
light and go like this
00:57:19.01\00:57:20.35
all over your kitchen counters,
00:57:20.36\00:57:21.70
all over your carpet.
00:57:21.71\00:57:23.09
Brethren, I tell you what,
00:57:23.10\00:57:24.19
was so beautiful about Christ,
00:57:24.20\00:57:25.66
is when He cleans us up,
00:57:25.67\00:57:27.10
He shows, He shines His
light of righteousness on us,
00:57:27.11\00:57:30.74
that the shame and
the sin of our nakedness
00:57:30.75\00:57:33.05
and our formal
life does not appear.
00:57:33.06\00:57:34.60
Praise the Lord for that.
00:57:34.61\00:57:36.05
So we'll continue
talking about the Sharper Focus,
00:57:36.06\00:57:38.91
how important it is to
be delivered from death.
00:57:38.92\00:57:42.15
How important it is to live
our lives a daily in Christ.
00:57:42.16\00:57:45.67
How important it
is to know that Christ
00:57:45.68\00:57:47.82
not only calls
us for membership,
00:57:47.83\00:57:50.21
but He calls us for
righteous fellowship.
00:57:50.22\00:57:53.32
If you'll invite
Christ into your life,
00:57:53.33\00:57:54.83
you will
understand how you can have
00:57:54.84\00:57:57.02
a sharper focus in Christ.
00:57:57.03\00:57:58.92
God bless you
till we see you again.
00:57:58.93\00:58:01.28