Hello, friends
and welcome to another
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Wednesday night
edition of "A Sharper Focus."
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Thank you for taking
the time to get your Bibles,
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your pens, and I
hope a willing heart
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as the Spirit of God tonight
is going to speak to you about
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"How to Live a Spiritual
Life in a Natural Body."
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We're beginning a
new topic tonight,
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actually a new
subject, same topic
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"How to Live a Spiritual
Life in a Natural Body."
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But tonight's topic or subject,
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matter is alive unto God.
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What is it mean
to be alive unto God?
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If you'd like to get a copy
of the lesson to follow along,
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you can go to our
website ASF.3abn.org
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and download the syllabus,
so you can follow along,
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you can print that
out, or if you one of those
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techie guys, you
can use your iPad
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and you know make
it very interesting.
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But the least you need is
a Bible and a willing heart
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and the Spirit of God promises
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that tonight is
going to be a blessing.
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We are all already
here in Thompsonville,
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can you all say, amen? Amen.
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And if you want to
join us, take your friends,
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or call your friends,
and tell your family members
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that are walking around,
sit down for the next hour
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or so and we can walk
through this topic together.
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And we appreciate those of
you've continued to tune in,
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but if this is your
first time the same web address
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I gave you, you can go
and catch all the lessons
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that are prior to
this broadcast tonight.
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But try to remember
this channel because every
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Wednesday night we come to
you live here from the Midwest.
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We have some music
tonight, some studies.
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But before we do anything else,
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we always like to
go to God in prayer.
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Let's bow our heads together?
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Our gracious Father in heaven,
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tonight there's
an opportunity, Lord,
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to see what the Spirit of
God wants to do in our lives.
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We pray that
you'll open our hearts.
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We pray that we
will be receptive
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to the leading
of Your Holy Spirit.
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We pray that You'll
guide us and teach us.
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And may the word of God
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become the living word tonight.
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We ask in Jesus'
name, we pray, amen. Amen.
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Now does everyone
have a lesson? Yes.
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If you need a lesson and
you're in the local audience,
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there's some in
the back table there.
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But if you just tuned
in, I mean, you just may have
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tuned in at the
end of the prayer,
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go to asf.3abn.org
and download a copy
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of the lesson to
follow along with us.
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Now we like to
sing. Tonight our song
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is little different
than "Victory in Jesus,"
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although it has
somewhat the same message
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because we all find
victory only in Christ.
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But sing along with
us if you know the song,
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it's "Change My Heart
Oh God Make It Ever True."
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That's our
prayer for you tonight
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as the Lord works in our hearts.
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Let's sing this song together.
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And I like you to sing
out tonight, are you ready?
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Change my heart,
let's make that our prayer.
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Change my heart oh
God Make it ever true
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Change my heart oh
God May I be like You
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You are the potter I am the clay
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Mold me and make
me This is what I pray
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Change my heart oh
God Make it ever true
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Change my heart oh
God May I be like You
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I keep change, are you ready?
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Change my heart oh
God Make it ever true
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Change my heart oh
God May I be like You
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You are the potter.
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You are the potter I am the clay
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Mold me and make
me This is what I pray
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Change my heart oh
God Make it ever true
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Change my heart oh
God May I be like You
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That's our
prayer. May I be like You.
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Amen. Amen. Amen.
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Isn't that a
wonderful prayer? Amen.
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May I be like who? Like God.
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That's what our
topic is tonight.
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We all want to be like Jesus.
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We all want to be like the Lord.
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But the question
often is how do we do that.
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Now if you were living.
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But let me tell you my
story, I think this illustrates,
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instead of just giving
you something that's abstract.
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When I was out in the
world, I lived for the world.
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I mean, I really did,
I did that 100 percent.
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When I'm playing basketball,
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I played basketball,
right, David? 100 percent.
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When I'm studying the Bible,
I study the Bible 100 percent.
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If I'm running a
race and I'm competing
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against somebody
else, we are running what?
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100 percent, at least we should.
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But thing that's really
amazing to me is lot of times
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when people become Christians.
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Nobody would stop you
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when you are a drug
dealer from, or drug user from.
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They won't say, you
know, don't smoke marijuana
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that's not, your
friends will smoke with you.
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If you're drinking alcohol,
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your friends
would drink with you.
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But what really amazes me
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is that when
people become Christians,
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other people get concerned
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about their
dedication to Christ.
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And they say now, I
know you're a Christian,
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but man you're going too far.
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Tonight's topic is how
far we need to go in Jesus.
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When we are in Christ,
we need to go all the way.
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What do you say? Amen.
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We shouldn't be
80 percent Christians
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and 20 percent world links
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or Christians from Friday sunset
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to Saturday
sunset or those of you,
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who go to church on Sunday,
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we shouldn't be
Christians on the weekend.
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We should be Christians,
how many days of the week?
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Everyday. Amen.
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And so a lot of
times when people hear
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that we have given
our lives to Christ.
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Often times people
wave for us to go back
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we have, have a relapse.
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Because you
say, now that, I know
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you're going through a phase.
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But I want to tell you tonight
when your life is in Christ,
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you're not
going through a phase,
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you are living in Jesus.
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And there is a power
that is available in Christ
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that I'm gonna
talk about tonight.
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Because you see people
that are out in the world
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they say, man, I'm
really living it up.
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I mean, I'm
living the high life,
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I'm staying out late,
I'm partying to the hilt,
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I'm a party animal,
I'm a sports fanatic,
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I'm a movie buff. We
ought to be stars for Jesus.
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What do you say? Amen, amen.
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Man, I need
little bit more from you.
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What do you say? Amen.
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We ought to be excited
about our walk with Christ.
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But too often because
of this struggle we have.
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And let me tell you
where the struggle comes in.
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We're gonna talk
about that tonight.
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The struggle comes in because
we have a new walk with Christ
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a spiritual walk with Christ
that we're trying to live in
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what kind of a
body? A natural body.
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This body is our enemy
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all the days of our
Christian walk. Amen.
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Because in our minds,
I've confessed this sometimes
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and we don't
remember that until sometimes
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we turn the radio to a
song, we remember way back then
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or we see a show we
watch many years ago.
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We don't remember until
we have that encounter that
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and we start tapping
our feet or remembering
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how it used to be and
we call it good old days.
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But what I want to
point out tonight is
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the best times in our
lives will be in preparation
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for eternal life and
walking with Jesus down here.
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And I believe the
greatest testament
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to whether or
not the life you have
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is the life somebody else wants,
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is if they see the
joy and your commitment
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to the life you
have, right. That's right.
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But if you don't
have commitment to it,
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people will say, "Why
would I want something
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that has made no
difference in your life?"
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So that's why tonight's
topic is vitally important.
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Christ should make a difference
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in the lives of
Christians. Amen.
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Because, you
are children of God.
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Now tonight you may remember,
we've covered the last lesson
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if you have the former lesson,
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I don't want you
to go to that lesson.
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But there was one question
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that I didn't answer
in lesson number four.
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And I want you to
start tonight by going
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to Romans 6 verse 22 with me.
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I'm gonna ask that question.
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It's not gonna be on the screen,
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because tonight's topic
as you look at the screen is
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"How to be Alive to God."
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That's our topic tonight,
"How to be Alive to God."
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But I want you to go to
Romans Chapter 6 and verse 22
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and I'll ask the
question, Romans 6 and verse 22.
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And then I will subsequently
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answer that question, all right?
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Here's the question that
I want to address tonight
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to catapult to
ourselves into the next lesson.
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Roman 6 verse 22.
Here's the question?
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After Jesus sets
us free from sin,
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what do we have
to look forward to?
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After Jesus sets
us free from sin,
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what do we have
to look forward to?
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You know, when
you get something new,
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you always have something
look forward to, right?
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When the birthday is coming up,
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you have something to
look forward to, right?
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Christmas is coming up,
you're gonna get a new gift,
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you have
something look forward to.
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You go on vacation,
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you have something to
what? Look forward to.
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After Jesus sets
us free from sin,
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what do we have to look
forward to? Eternal life.
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Okay, look at Roman 6 verse 22.
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Roman 6 verse 22
and it read as follows,
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"But now having
been set free from,"
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what's the next word? Sin.
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"Sin, and having
become slaves to God,
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you have your fruit
to," what? "Holiness,
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and the end is,"
what? "Everlasting life."
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Can you say, amen to that? Amen.
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You know what
that saying, it says,
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"Now the fruit that show up
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in your life are
holy fruit." Amen.
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And when God is all done,
you'll have everlasting life.
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But the two words
I want to begin with,
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it says, but now but when,
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"But now having been set free."
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When you are a Christian,
you are set free when? Now.
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You are not
going to be set free.
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You are set free now.
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And if you remember, I
have three piece, three piece.
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We are set free first
from the penalty of sin.
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Second, from the power of sin.
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And finally, from
the presence of sin.
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Justification
immediately set free
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from the penalty of sin,
taking off a death row, amen.
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But everyday this
is the lesson tonight,
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but everyday we want to set,
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we want to be set
free from the power of sin.
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"Sin shall not
have dominion over you,
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for you are not under
the law, but under grace,"
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you know, what that
means? It doesn't mean
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that God has done
away with commandments.
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It means you are not under
the condemnation of the law.
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If you're set
free from the penalty,
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the law no longer condemns you.
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If you're no
longer on death row,
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you know you are
not going to die, right?
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So when you become a Christian,
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you are taking off of death row.
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You are no longer
under the nature of Adam,
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because as an Adam, how many
of us who die? All of us die.
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"Even so in Christ shall
all be made," how? "Alive,"
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that's what we're
gonna talk about tonight.
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"How to be alive unto God?"
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So let's dive right in
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because we have some
great questions tonight.
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You know what's so
amazing about Christianity,
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which is at the very same time
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the greatest
challenge of Christianity.
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You know, what's
amazing about it,
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is we have to live a
Christian life down here.
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We're not waiting till we
get to the gates of heaven
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to start living
a Christian life.
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We have to live a Christian life
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where? Down here.
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Christians in enemy's territory.
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We are Christians
in enemy's territory.
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So there is a battle
that's gonna go on everyday.
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But you'll find out tonight
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that it is possible
to live a Christian life.
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It is possible to be a soldier
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even if you're
in a foreign field,
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in enemy's territory.
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Now when our
soldiers go overseas
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and fight whether it's wherever.
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They are in enemy's territory,
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but are they
still soldiers? Yes.
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Their
citizenship is somewhere else
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but they are in
enemy's territory.
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Tonight our citizenship
is where? Say it with me.
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In heaven, but where are
we? In enemy's territory.
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The prince of this
world is still down here.
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Temptation is still down here.
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Corruption is still down here.
Immorality is still down here.
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Perversion is still down here.
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Lying, stealing,
cheating, everything else
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you can name is still down here.
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The wonder of the beautiful life
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that Christ has given
us is He wants us to say
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to all of those
who don't know Him
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that Yannick has
a life worth living.
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There's a song years ago
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that the Heritage
Singers sang, it was called
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"If heaven was
never promised to me,
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Neither God's
promise to live eternally.
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It's been worth just
having the Lord in my life.
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Because I was living
in a world of darkness,
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but He brought me the light.
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So here's my point
don't just live for heaven,
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live for Jesus. Amen.
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You heard that last week, right?
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Don't just try to get in,
we have to try to do what?
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Fit in, if you're
following last week.
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So go with me to
the first question
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tonight on the screen.
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Question number
one, "What are we called
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to do to prepare for eternity?"
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What are we called to
do to prepare for eternity?
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You know, when my wife
and I prepare for vacation,
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we got something to do, right?
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Don't you all
prepare for vacation?
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Prepare for school,
everyday prepare for work,
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we're all preparing.
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What are we called to do
to prepare for eternal life?
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Titus 2 verse 11 and
12, Titus 2 verse 11 and 12.
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And since this is
our first scripture,
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why don't we all
read this one together,
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this is gonna be on the screen.
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Here it is, are we ready?
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Here we go,
"For the grace of God
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that brings salvation
has appeared to all men,
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teaching us that,
denying ungodliness
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and worldly lusts,
we should live," how?
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"Soberly righteously, and
godly in the present age."
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When do we do
all this? Right now.
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Now. Say it again? Now.
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We do it now in the present age.
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Not in the sky, what,
"pie in the sky, by and by,"
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have you heard that before?
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So when we sing that song
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which I've been able
to memorize certain hymns,
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hymn number 633, right Jill.
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When we all get to
heaven, what a day of rejoicing
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that will be
when we all see Jesus.
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We'll sing and
shout the what? Victory!
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We should be able
to shout the victory
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down here now. Amen.
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Because if you're gonna wait
till then to shout the victory
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that says, you're
gonna be, you're gonna be
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stumbling and failing
all the way down here.
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But the greatest
testament to the fact
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that Jesus Christ
in His righteousness
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is efficient to not
only deliver us from sin,
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but deliver us
from the power of sin
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as effect that our
lives would change.
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And that is a
nondenominational truth
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what should, should I say?
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That is an
interdenominational truth.
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A change life is
the best testament
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to the power that
Jesus does save. Amen.
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He shall save His people,
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what's the
rest? From their sins.
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That's the mission of
Jesus, call His name Jesus,
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Matthew 1 and verse 21.
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But this text says, we
are called to live soberly,
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righteously, and
godly in this present age.
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So you wanna write that down.
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What are we called to do
to prepare for eternal life?
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Write that down. If you
want to just summarize it,
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live victoriously
in this present age.
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Because if you are
sober, and you're righteous,
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and you're godly,
you're also what? Victorious.
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Right now, I am New Yorker,
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I live in Thompsonville,
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I'm in a little city,
sorry, I'm a little town,
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I'm like a little
community, no stop lights,
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one stop sign,
but I'm a New Yorker.
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And therefore I'm a New Yorker,
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I like basketball and
I'm not a basketball fanatic,
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but I'm just glad
that my New York team
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made it into the finals,
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at least they
made it into playoffs.
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I'm hoping they
make it into the finals.
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But they have a
whole lot of hurdles
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before they get to the finals,
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then after the finals
then the championship.
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I hope they get
to the championship.
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You see brethren in our lives
we are someone like a team.
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We are on the field everyday.
We are on the road everyday.
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We are against,
there is something
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competing against us everyday.
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The daily competition is
this flesh plus the devil,
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plus temptation,
plus people that tempt us
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and try to
seduce us to do wrong,
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there's a lot of competition.
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But I heard one quote
say to one of the players,
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"when you on the court
get your head into the game,
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stop thinking about
the fans, ignore those,"
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have you ever seen that
when the guys at the fault line
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what are the
fans of the other team
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doing behind the backward?
Trying to get him to miss.
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What are they trying
to do? Change their focus.
00:19:06.64\00:19:10.12
They're trying to distract them.
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They're trying to get
them to look at everything
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but where their
eye should be fixed.
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And brethren if you think
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that you're not gonna
have distraction in this world,
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you are really mistaken,
that's the devil's job, amen.
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He wants to distract us.
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He wants us to take
our eyes off the prize.
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That's why Paul says,
"Press toward the mark
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for the prize of the upward
call of God and Christ Jesus."
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Forgetting those
things behind you.
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When the guy's
running on the court,
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he has a fast
breaking in basketball,
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he just glimpse it behind,
00:19:39.10\00:19:40.20
but he's not
spending time looking behind
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when he's got his
mindset on the goal.
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And tonight we're gonna
set our minds on the goal,
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is that all right?
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First thing live
soberly, righteously,
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and godly in this present age.
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Look at number two,
question number two,
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"What single choice can we make
00:19:53.87\00:19:56.43
as we prepare for
eternity?" What single choice?
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And I refer to you this
is one of the best choices.
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What single choice can we
make as we prepare for eternity?
00:20:02.20\00:20:05.60
Romans 12:2, those
of you who are scholars,
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know what it
says, Romans 12:2. Amen.
00:20:07.70\00:20:12.79
Okay, okay, here we are,
it's gonna be on the screen.
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Romans 12 verse 2 and it says,
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what is the second
and third word, and what?
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"Do not be conformed to
this world, but be what?
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Transformed by the
renewing of your mind,
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that you may
prove, what is that?
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Good and acceptable
and perfect will of God.
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Not too long ago I did a series
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called "Unclean Spirits"
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and one of the overall themes
of the man who is consider
00:20:44.46\00:20:49.13
the father of modern occultism,
00:20:49.14\00:20:50.98
Aleister Crowley as he said,
00:20:50.99\00:20:53.38
"Do what thou wilt,"
whatever you want to do, do it.
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And that's the world's
method, that's the world's,
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that's the world's mantra if
I could use the new age term.
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I'm not new age but that's,
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that's the
repetitious statement.
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Do whatever you want to do.
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Whatever feels good do
it, that's the world's push.
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It makes you focus on
the feeling of a thing
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rather than the
principle of a thing
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or the right and
the wrong of a thing.
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And the devil
appeals to the way it feels,
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that's why music makes you
feel the way it does, right.
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Can you think of a
song right now in your head?
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Can you think of a
song right now in your head?
00:21:30.45\00:21:32.20
If you, if I turned on a
song, they had rhythm to it,
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giving about a minute or so,
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some of you start move into it.
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And then, and the old terms
00:21:39.31\00:21:42.37
that use in the '60s was groovy.
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Now I want you to
know, I'm not a '60s child.
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But they were in the
groove, they felt the music
00:21:48.62\00:21:51.16
and that's why
everything in world is design
00:21:51.17\00:21:52.64
to just appeal to the feeling.
00:21:52.65\00:21:54.61
Satan tries to
use external things
00:21:54.62\00:21:57.16
to get an internal reaction.
00:21:57.17\00:21:58.84
But Jesus wants to plan
His truth, His principles,
00:21:58.85\00:22:02.11
His word in us to
control our external reactions.
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If the word of God is in
us, then we won't be confirmed
00:22:06.35\00:22:10.15
but we will be
what? Transformed.
00:22:10.16\00:22:12.73
I was visiting with
David today, and I said,
00:22:12.74\00:22:16.03
now I get
excited about t-shirts.
00:22:16.04\00:22:18.13
And there is a, there is
a phrase that I want to put
00:22:18.14\00:22:21.32
on the t-shirt, you've
heard it before, it's G-I-G-O,
00:22:21.33\00:22:24.75
what is that? What is that?
00:22:24.76\00:22:27.60
Garbage in,
garbage out, not GIGO,
00:22:27.61\00:22:29.88
but G-I-G-O,
Garbage in, garbage out.
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And then I want to put
below that be transformed
00:22:32.54\00:22:36.33
by the renewing of your mind.
00:22:36.34\00:22:38.46
One of the reasons why
it's so difficult is many of us
00:22:38.47\00:22:40.73
before we gave
our lives to Jesus
00:22:40.74\00:22:42.57
spent many of our
years in the world
00:22:42.58\00:22:44.34
and how much
garbage is in our head.
00:22:44.35\00:22:46.83
Now if I would-- A lot.
00:22:46.84\00:22:49.18
If I were able to stick a
divine firewire to your head,
00:22:49.19\00:22:56.31
get me a hard drive
and download the stuff
00:22:56.32\00:22:59.12
that you did, how many
hard drive would I need,
00:22:59.13\00:23:01.64
come on somebody tell me.
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More than a gigabyte.
Couple of terabytes, terabytes.
00:23:03.68\00:23:09.85
I mean really there is a
lot of stuff in our heads,
00:23:09.86\00:23:13.04
can you confess to that?
00:23:13.05\00:23:14.59
Amen. There's a
lot of stuff in there.
00:23:14.60\00:23:16.37
The movies you've seen,
the things you've heard,
00:23:16.38\00:23:19.14
the places you've
gone, the things you've done,
00:23:19.15\00:23:21.50
the people you hang out with.
00:23:21.51\00:23:23.69
The things you did in secret,
the things you did in public
00:23:23.70\00:23:25.76
and we're unashamed of it.
00:23:25.77\00:23:27.02
You've got this file
cabinet of filth in your head
00:23:27.03\00:23:31.03
that until the Lord gives us
a whole new incorruptible mind,
00:23:31.04\00:23:35.77
we got to deal with
this corrupted mind.
00:23:35.78\00:23:38.85
And start filling
it with good stuff,
00:23:38.86\00:23:40.61
pushing out all the other stuff.
00:23:40.62\00:23:41.87
One thing I learned
about a hard drive is this.
00:23:41.88\00:23:45.24
If you got a 10
megabyte hard drive
00:23:45.25\00:23:48.50
and it has 10
megabytes of bad files
00:23:48.51\00:23:51.54
and you want to put 10
megabytes of good files,
00:23:51.55\00:23:54.28
you can start
deleting all the bad stuff
00:23:54.29\00:23:56.33
and putting good stuff, right?
00:23:56.34\00:23:57.85
Try to renew your mind.
00:23:57.86\00:23:59.18
Yeah. That's right.
00:23:59.19\00:24:00.88
You got to renew your mind
00:24:00.89\00:24:02.68
and by studying the word of God
00:24:02.69\00:24:04.36
that's where the
transformation comes in.
00:24:04.37\00:24:06.42
It starts taking up, it starts
overwriting the old stuff.
00:24:06.43\00:24:09.60
Have you ever
saved the file before?
00:24:09.61\00:24:11.42
And it says, do
you want to replace it.
00:24:11.43\00:24:14.18
Anybody know what I'm talking
about? I did that lot today.
00:24:14.19\00:24:17.06
When I was putting the
syllabus together I realize,
00:24:17.07\00:24:18.67
oh, I miss the word,
oh, that was wrong text on.
00:24:18.68\00:24:21.71
And every time I saved
it with the same title,
00:24:21.72\00:24:23.57
but do you want to replace it?
00:24:23.58\00:24:24.86
Yes. Everyday the
Lord is gonna ask you,
00:24:24.87\00:24:27.59
do you want to replace the
old thoughts with new ones.
00:24:27.60\00:24:30.00
And what's your answer gonna be?
00:24:30.01\00:24:31.22
Yes. You got to be transformed.
00:24:31.23\00:24:33.25
It's an act, it's an action.
00:24:33.26\00:24:36.03
If you don't make that action,
you don't get the results.
00:24:36.04\00:24:38.55
Now let's put
that in practicality.
00:24:38.56\00:24:40.44
If I create a new file and
I, and it ask me the question.
00:24:40.45\00:24:44.15
You ever tried to close
the program before you save it,
00:24:44.16\00:24:46.41
and ask, save, or
don't save, or cancel.
00:24:46.42\00:24:52.84
And you're thinking,
is this the right file,
00:24:52.85\00:24:57.84
right, am I
right? And then you hit,
00:24:57.85\00:24:59.97
save and it overwrites
whatever was there before.
00:24:59.98\00:25:03.65
Oh I made a mistake one
day when I was working on a,
00:25:03.66\00:25:06.08
I was in one of my old churches
00:25:06.09\00:25:08.01
I was working on a program
00:25:08.02\00:25:09.57
we had social, a church social
and all the church members
00:25:09.58\00:25:12.42
gave me pictures, baby pictures
00:25:12.43\00:25:14.18
and pictures when
they were teenagers,
00:25:14.19\00:25:15.52
and pictures
when they got married,
00:25:15.53\00:25:16.67
and pictures of their wedding.
00:25:16.68\00:25:18.10
I had hundreds of pictures.
00:25:18.11\00:25:20.26
And my computer had a glitch
00:25:20.27\00:25:22.92
and I couldn't get the program
00:25:22.93\00:25:24.61
so I went,
that's when I had a PC.
00:25:24.62\00:25:27.88
And I went to the,
back of the operating system
00:25:27.89\00:25:30.34
and I found a file, I said,
00:25:30.35\00:25:31.89
that file is not
supposed to be here.
00:25:31.90\00:25:34.21
And I did start
deleting that file
00:25:34.22\00:25:35.91
about a minute
iinto the deletion
00:25:35.92\00:25:37.40
as I'm standing and watching
the files being deleted.
00:25:37.41\00:25:40.20
I realize I'm deleting what
I just work seven hours to do.
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And you know what happened?
00:25:45.71\00:25:47.91
Oh, the feeling
that comes over a person
00:25:47.92\00:25:50.57
when that happens.
00:25:50.58\00:25:51.70
I bang the desk and I did
all that work for nothing.
00:25:51.71\00:25:56.01
And I came to the
social, the night and said,
00:25:56.02\00:25:58.13
"I'll just talk
about the pictures
00:26:01.45\00:26:03.23
because I
deleted the whole thing."
00:26:03.24\00:26:04.88
You know, what
happened to me two weeks later
00:26:04.89\00:26:06.25
and I've learned
ever since then backup,
00:26:06.26\00:26:08.13
backup, backup,
save, save, save.
00:26:08.14\00:26:11.45
Tonight the Lord
wants us to be transformed
00:26:11.46\00:26:13.51
but here's question three,
00:26:13.52\00:26:14.63
because we're gonna walk
through the basics of this.
00:26:14.64\00:26:16.77
We're gonna make
it very elementary,
00:26:16.78\00:26:18.29
so that when you
go home and you say,
00:26:18.30\00:26:19.44
"Okay, I'm a Christian,
but what do I do to make sure
00:26:19.45\00:26:21.90
that my life
everyday is victorious."
00:26:21.91\00:26:23.90
How do I know I'm gonna grow?
00:26:23.91\00:26:26.01
Here's question number three,
00:26:26.02\00:26:27.56
"How does the Bible describe
00:26:27.57\00:26:29.93
the inability of
fallen man to please God?"
00:26:29.94\00:26:33.21
How does the Bible describe
00:26:33.22\00:26:35.27
the inability of
fallen man to please God?
00:26:35.28\00:26:38.63
Romans 5 verse 12,
all right, Romans 5:12.
00:26:38.64\00:26:43.10
Some of you are turning to it,
00:26:43.11\00:26:44.15
but some of you
know it's on the screen.
00:26:44.16\00:26:45.92
If you don't have your Bibles
00:26:45.93\00:26:47.01
just follow on the
screen and it will be there.
00:26:47.02\00:26:49.54
Here's the answer
Romans 5 verse 12, it says,
00:26:49.55\00:26:52.52
"Therefore, just as
through, how many men?
00:26:52.53\00:26:56.22
One man sin entered the
world, and death through sin,
00:26:56.23\00:27:01.33
and thus death
spread to how many men?
00:27:01.34\00:27:04.19
All men,
because how many sinned?
00:27:04.20\00:27:05.94
All sinned. So if
you answer the question,
00:27:05.95\00:27:09.89
how does the Bible describe
00:27:09.90\00:27:10.99
the inability of
fallen man to please God?
00:27:11.00\00:27:13.61
What would, what
answer would you give?
00:27:13.62\00:27:16.05
The last three,
because all sinned.
00:27:16.06\00:27:20.34
Now we all inherit
00:27:20.35\00:27:23.32
the thing that our
father passed on to us.
00:27:23.33\00:27:27.13
We inherited that very
nature, that wayward nature.
00:27:27.14\00:27:30.15
And what evidences
do you have in the Bible
00:27:30.16\00:27:32.03
of that wayward nature in the
very beginning, it is amazing.
00:27:32.04\00:27:34.74
If you read the Bible in
the very beginning of the Bible,
00:27:34.75\00:27:36.76
you have evidence of
how wayward that nature is.
00:27:36.77\00:27:38.88
Remember when Adam and Eve fell.
00:27:38.89\00:27:41.82
What was the first, what was
the first lie that Adam told?
00:27:41.83\00:27:45.74
Come on somebody tell. What
was the first lie Adam told?
00:27:45.75\00:27:50.39
He said the
woman you gave to me.
00:27:50.40\00:27:52.56
Yeah, yeah.
Right, remember that.
00:27:52.57\00:27:54.78
He knew right away
the reason why many of us
00:27:54.79\00:27:59.67
are like we are is because
the first thing that Adam did,
00:27:59.68\00:28:02.51
Adam didn't take
personal responsibility.
00:28:02.52\00:28:06.01
One of the things
that you will learn
00:28:06.02\00:28:07.08
in your Christian life
as you have to take what?
00:28:07.09\00:28:08.94
Personal responsibility.
Personal responsibility.
00:28:08.95\00:28:11.17
Personal responsibility,
personal accountability.
00:28:11.18\00:28:14.23
You know what? Adam
wasn't accountable to Eve,
00:28:14.24\00:28:17.04
Adam was not
accountable to the serpent.
00:28:17.05\00:28:19.51
Adam was
accountable to who? To God.
00:28:19.52\00:28:21.95
So he came out to God,
stood right before God and knew,
00:28:21.96\00:28:25.29
he knew that God
knew what happened,
00:28:25.30\00:28:26.67
but he in his
broken nature said,
00:28:26.68\00:28:31.35
you probably don't know
what happened. Well, see, God.
00:28:31.36\00:28:34.20
She did. Well, he
couldn't blame the neighbors
00:28:37.44\00:28:40.69
because there were no neighbors.
00:28:40.70\00:28:42.71
The woman you gave me.
00:28:42.72\00:28:45.35
The first thing we have to do
00:28:45.36\00:28:46.48
is take personal responsibility.
00:28:46.49\00:28:48.44
So if you answer the question,
how does the Bible describe
00:28:48.45\00:28:50.95
the inability of
fallen man to please God?
00:28:50.96\00:28:53.43
Put down, we are all
sinners, we are all sinners,
00:28:53.44\00:28:58.76
that's the
nature that we all have.
00:28:58.77\00:29:00.54
We're born into a corrupt world.
00:29:00.55\00:29:02.98
David said, born in
sin and shaped in what?
00:29:02.99\00:29:05.47
Inequity. Everything
about our process is corrupt.
00:29:05.48\00:29:09.48
And even though I
remember somebody ask a question
00:29:09.49\00:29:13.25
we were doing a
youth rally somewhere,
00:29:13.26\00:29:14.69
somebody ask a
question, they said,
00:29:14.70\00:29:16.27
"Now what if the father and
the mother become Christians
00:29:16.28\00:29:19.71
and they have a baby after that.
00:29:19.72\00:29:22.59
Does the baby still
need to be born again?
00:29:22.60\00:29:25.34
What did I say?
Yes. Because the parents
00:29:25.35\00:29:29.51
can't give the baby
a blood transfusion.
00:29:29.52\00:29:31.72
We are saved by the
blood of Jesus, amen?
00:29:31.73\00:29:34.04
Amen. Not by the
blood of parents.
00:29:34.05\00:29:35.73
You don't inherit righteousness,
00:29:35.74\00:29:37.67
except if you
inherited from Christ.
00:29:37.68\00:29:40.14
You don't have first and second
00:29:40.15\00:29:41.66
and third and fourth
generation Christians,
00:29:41.67\00:29:43.70
every generation has
to be converted. Amen.
00:29:43.71\00:29:46.62
Right? Yes. Let's
look at the next one,
00:29:46.63\00:29:48.79
question number
where? Four. Number four.
00:29:48.80\00:29:53.30
And this is the turning
point, you got the beginning
00:29:53.31\00:29:55.70
what we're
challenge to do, what we must,
00:29:55.71\00:29:58.83
how we must do it
and how we can't do it.
00:29:58.84\00:30:01.77
You get it, what
we are called to do,
00:30:01.78\00:30:05.82
how we can do it and how
we can't do it, all right.
00:30:05.83\00:30:10.77
But now this is something
that so vitally important,
00:30:10.78\00:30:12.46
because we just talk about Adam
00:30:12.47\00:30:13.52
how he gave us a defective life.
00:30:13.53\00:30:16.55
But now look at this.
00:30:16.56\00:30:18.38
In what way was the
disobedience of Adam reversed?
00:30:18.39\00:30:24.03
The disobedience
of Adam reversed.
00:30:24.04\00:30:26.04
Before we get to the
question or the answer,
00:30:26.05\00:30:27.83
I want to make
it very, very clear.
00:30:27.84\00:30:30.19
We don't have to say,
like, many, many years ago
00:30:30.20\00:30:32.33
I share this with
young person last week,
00:30:32.34\00:30:34.62
I made a mistake and I
took a, I took a teenager back
00:30:34.63\00:30:37.67
to the '70s when
I used the phrase,
00:30:37.68\00:30:40.31
"The devil made me do it."
00:30:40.32\00:30:42.20
Does anybody remember that guy?
00:30:42.21\00:30:43.65
Flip Wilson. Okay,
there you go. Amen.
00:30:43.66\00:30:45.75
I said, do you have
heard of Flip Wilson?
00:30:45.76\00:30:46.82
He says, "No." I said,
00:30:46.83\00:30:50.07
I apologize it
took you further back
00:30:50.08\00:30:52.29
then you could even reminisce.
00:30:52.30\00:30:54.04
But he used to say that
the devil made me do it.
00:30:54.05\00:30:55.97
The devil can't
make you do anything.
00:30:55.98\00:30:58.02
As a matter of fact,
you'll find, James, also says,
00:30:58.03\00:30:59.93
each one of us is
tempted when we are drawn away
00:30:59.94\00:31:01.74
by our own lusts, our
own desires and enticed,
00:31:01.75\00:31:06.10
that's why everybody
falls to different things.
00:31:06.11\00:31:09.27
But now here the answer.
00:31:09.28\00:31:11.37
In what way was the
disobedience of Adam reversed?
00:31:11.38\00:31:14.18
Romans 5 and verse
9, Romans 5 and verse 9.
00:31:14.19\00:31:17.40
Beautiful passage. It
says, speaking about Jesus,
00:31:17.41\00:31:22.52
"And having been,"
what's the next word?
00:31:22.53\00:31:25.29
"Perfected, He became
the author of salvation
00:31:25.30\00:31:33.25
to all who listen to Him.
00:31:33.26\00:31:38.60
To all who name is name.
00:31:38.61\00:31:40.72
No. Obey Him. To all
who attend His church?
00:31:40.73\00:31:43.51
Obey Him. To all who
like Christian music.
00:31:43.52\00:31:47.45
Obey Him. Come on, say it
together, to all who do what?
00:31:47.46\00:31:50.13
Obey, that's--that word has
been on the endangered species
00:31:50.14\00:31:55.75
thus for a long time.
00:31:55.76\00:31:57.00
Because even in Christian
circles some people teach us,
00:31:57.01\00:31:59.89
it's not
possible to be obedient.
00:31:59.90\00:32:04.16
It's not possible to
keep the commandments of God,
00:32:04.17\00:32:06.23
that's another
statement. It's not possible,
00:32:06.24\00:32:08.34
only Jesus can do
that, it's not possible.
00:32:08.35\00:32:11.31
So why would Jesus, why
would Jesus do something
00:32:11.32\00:32:14.50
as and this is
just a hypothetical.
00:32:14.51\00:32:18.71
If it was not possible to be
obedient, why would Jesus say,
00:32:18.72\00:32:21.89
"If you love me
keep my commandments,"
00:32:21.90\00:32:24.76
why would He say that? Is He
trying to play a trick on us?
00:32:24.77\00:32:27.38
No. No, He's
trying to reveal to us
00:32:27.39\00:32:29.50
the secret of how it's done.
00:32:29.51\00:32:32.17
Paul made it very
clear, I couldn't do it
00:32:32.18\00:32:34.82
because in me that is in
my flesh was nothing good.
00:32:34.83\00:32:37.73
We found out about
that when we talked about
00:32:37.74\00:32:39.64
the fallen nature of the Adam.
00:32:39.65\00:32:41.96
So, Jesus, and I
want you to get this,
00:32:41.97\00:32:46.75
"And having been,"
what is the very next word?
00:32:46.76\00:32:49.96
"Perfected, He became the
author of eternal salvation
00:32:49.97\00:32:54.75
to all who obey Him."
00:32:54.76\00:32:55.94
Now I want you to
get that the author,
00:32:55.95\00:32:58.33
but He's not just the
author, He's also what?
00:32:58.34\00:33:00.62
Finisher. The
finisher, you got to get this.
00:33:00.63\00:33:03.05
Because it
begins, in other words,
00:33:03.06\00:33:05.70
what this is saying is He start
00:33:05.71\00:33:07.84
if you, if you turn to Him,
00:33:07.85\00:33:10.20
He'll start in your life,
00:33:10.21\00:33:12.24
He'll begin to
rewrite your story,
00:33:12.25\00:33:14.42
He's an author.
What does an author do?
00:33:14.43\00:33:17.30
He writes, he publishes.
00:33:17.31\00:33:19.25
Everybody story needs
to be rewritten, right?
00:33:19.26\00:33:23.01
Oh, you should
have said, amen to that.
00:33:23.02\00:33:24.47
You know why?
Because you don't want,
00:33:24.48\00:33:27.05
you don't want your corrupt life
00:33:27.06\00:33:29.20
to be read in the judgment.
00:33:29.21\00:33:31.60
Amen. Thank you,
somebody's awake tonight.
00:33:31.61\00:33:34.61
You don't want
the junk you've done
00:33:34.62\00:33:37.22
to be read in the
judgment, am I right? Amen.
00:33:37.23\00:33:40.86
I wrote my book, but you
know what's amazing about it.
00:33:40.87\00:33:43.63
Whenever we write our own story,
00:33:43.64\00:33:44.93
we only tell the
good things, right?
00:33:44.94\00:33:47.79
Isn't that true? Sure.
00:33:47.80\00:33:49.12
We'll never say,
you know, I was a lie
00:33:49.13\00:33:51.06
when I was 15,
we don't say that.
00:33:51.07\00:33:53.71
My book's very thin.
Your book is very thin.
00:33:53.72\00:33:56.94
But here is the point when
we give our lives to Christ,
00:33:56.95\00:33:59.44
He begins to
rewrite our stories. Yes.
00:33:59.45\00:34:02.04
So when the time
the judgment comes
00:34:02.05\00:34:03.58
that's why the Bible
says, so that you may
00:34:03.59\00:34:05.33
have boldness in
the Day of Judgment.
00:34:05.34\00:34:08.78
Boldness, because you know,
00:34:08.79\00:34:10.43
your story has
been rewritten, right?
00:34:10.44\00:34:13.77
Right, if your
story is not rewritten.
00:34:13.78\00:34:15.90
If he hasn't blotted out your
sin, they're gonna say, okay,
00:34:15.91\00:34:20.85
I've been picking
on Yannick so much,
00:34:20.86\00:34:22.25
but he has such a smile.
00:34:22.26\00:34:23.70
I say, okay,
Yannick, he went to heaven.
00:34:23.71\00:34:26.41
Yannick you'll be
save, I believe that,
00:34:26.42\00:34:28.56
you have to do the work
and Jesus will help you.
00:34:28.57\00:34:30.55
But until then just
say you're in heaven,
00:34:30.56\00:34:32.83
okay, the seats were up
00:34:32.84\00:34:34.03
they're
reviewing all the records,
00:34:34.04\00:34:35.23
they say, "Yannick, Yannick,
Yannick, Yannick, Yannick,
00:34:35.24\00:34:37.99
okay there it is, I need a help
00:34:38.00\00:34:40.24
Yannick's got a huge book.
00:34:40.25\00:34:42.92
I think that there's
gonna be a DVD in heaven,
00:34:42.93\00:34:44.62
a divine video disk.
00:34:44.63\00:34:46.58
That the Lord's gonna say,
00:34:46.59\00:34:47.59
"Okay, here all the
opportunities there,"
00:34:47.60\00:34:50.52
I'm not gonna use Yannick.
00:34:50.53\00:34:51.59
Here all the opportunities
00:34:51.60\00:34:53.80
that he gave to
that guy to be saved.
00:34:53.81\00:34:57.34
Here all the
opportunities presented
00:34:57.35\00:34:59.14
to that young lady to be saved.
00:34:59.15\00:35:00.72
And look at her
reaction, look at his reaction,
00:35:00.73\00:35:03.59
I could have written,
rewritten their story,
00:35:03.60\00:35:06.09
but they didn't let
me rewrite their story.
00:35:06.10\00:35:07.67
I could have
come into their lives
00:35:07.68\00:35:08.99
and rewritten their story,
so when they stand before me
00:35:09.00\00:35:12.60
somebody will punch him.
00:35:12.61\00:35:14.80
Angela Lomacang,
her file is clean,
00:35:14.81\00:35:19.27
let's not read that one.
00:35:19.28\00:35:20.41
Oh, she's up here by the way,
00:35:20.42\00:35:21.42
you don't have
to read her story,
00:35:21.43\00:35:22.47
she's here, amen, honey.
00:35:22.48\00:35:24.42
See that's what you want.
00:35:24.43\00:35:25.90
You don't want the past read,
00:35:25.91\00:35:28.41
you want the past
to blotted out, right?
00:35:28.42\00:35:31.06
So Jesus can
rewrite our stories.
00:35:31.07\00:35:33.55
He became the author of
salvation to all who obey Him.
00:35:33.56\00:35:36.42
But the author of salvation,
00:35:36.43\00:35:37.91
you got to get this is
the beginning of your walk.
00:35:37.92\00:35:40.24
He's not just the
author, but He can carry you
00:35:40.25\00:35:41.92
all the way through that,
00:35:41.93\00:35:42.96
that's what we're
talking about tonight.
00:35:42.97\00:35:44.31
Okay. He can carry
you all the way through.
00:35:44.32\00:35:46.36
What's the next
question, question number five?
00:35:46.37\00:35:48.80
"What assurance do we have
00:35:48.81\00:35:50.30
that we can be
obedient like Jesus?"
00:35:50.31\00:35:53.72
Something that
you don't hear a lot
00:35:53.73\00:35:55.03
in sermons, being obedient.
00:35:55.04\00:35:57.16
You know, we talk about trials
00:35:57.17\00:35:58.28
and getting over
paying you're bills and Lord,
00:35:58.29\00:36:00.42
bailed you out, bailed you out
00:36:00.43\00:36:01.64
when you at the checkout
counter, that's all good.
00:36:01.65\00:36:04.62
But you know, you're
not gonna go to heaven
00:36:04.63\00:36:06.24
because the Lord, bailed
you out of the checkout counter.
00:36:06.25\00:36:08.84
You're not, you're
not gonna to heaven,
00:36:08.85\00:36:09.86
because the Lord made
your car start this morning
00:36:09.87\00:36:12.81
or save you from an accident.
00:36:12.82\00:36:14.35
You're gonna go to
heaven because the Lord
00:36:14.36\00:36:15.62
has transformed your life. Amen.
00:36:15.63\00:36:17.73
And that transformation is
obedience to be like Jesus.
00:36:17.74\00:36:21.63
And by the way let
me just caution you,
00:36:21.64\00:36:23.15
don't try to be
like anybody else,
00:36:23.16\00:36:26.85
because people will fail.
00:36:26.86\00:36:30.47
That's what Paul said,
00:36:30.48\00:36:32.80
"Only imitate me as I
imitate Christ." Amen.
00:36:32.81\00:36:37.99
Be very careful,
don't make man your idol.
00:36:38.00\00:36:41.03
But here's the
answer, here is the answer,
00:36:41.04\00:36:45.03
First Corinthians 15, verse 49.
00:36:45.04\00:36:48.67
What assurance is the question?
00:36:48.68\00:36:49.97
What assurance do we have that
we can be obedient like Jesus?
00:36:49.98\00:36:52.48
And this is beautiful.
First Corinthians Chapter 15
00:36:52.49\00:36:54.47
deals with the
subject in great detail,
00:36:54.48\00:36:55.69
but here's the answer.
00:36:55.70\00:36:57.33
"And as we have borne
the image of the man of dust,
00:36:57.34\00:37:02.37
we shall also bear the
image of the heavenly Man."
00:37:02.38\00:37:08.44
You are wicked like Adam,
00:37:08.45\00:37:09.86
but one day you're going to
be righteous like Jesus. Yes.
00:37:09.87\00:37:12.42
You're a liar
like Adam, but one day
00:37:12.43\00:37:14.11
you're gonna be
truthful like Jesus.
00:37:14.12\00:37:15.82
You are a schema
like Adam, but one day
00:37:15.83\00:37:17.87
you're gonna be an
honest man like Jesus.
00:37:17.88\00:37:20.33
You walked in
darkness with pleasure,
00:37:20.34\00:37:22.40
one day you're gonna walk
in the light with pleasure.
00:37:22.41\00:37:24.59
You know, why this
topic is so important to me
00:37:24.60\00:37:26.25
is because I
enjoy my Christianity,
00:37:26.26\00:37:29.35
I enjoy my
relationship with Christ.
00:37:29.36\00:37:32.01
And it always
behooves me when I see people
00:37:32.02\00:37:33.74
that just come to church,
they just barely get to church
00:37:33.75\00:37:38.35
and they're sitting in it,
when he is going to finish.
00:37:38.36\00:37:44.30
Why we're in church so long.
00:37:44.31\00:37:46.91
They say, they
drop a note of my,
00:37:46.92\00:37:49.43
put a note in my office,
00:37:49.44\00:37:51.06
"You need to preach shorter."
00:37:51.07\00:37:52.93
And I thought to
myself, what are they gonna do
00:37:52.94\00:37:54.32
when they get to heaven.
00:37:54.33\00:37:56.64
Jesus is gonna
preach longer than Paul did,
00:37:56.65\00:37:58.64
when Eutychus fell.
00:37:58.65\00:38:00.94
And they're not gonna
be anybody fall in sleep
00:38:00.95\00:38:02.77
when Jesus preaches, amen. Amen.
00:38:02.78\00:38:04.61
But here's my point,
not that I'm the best,
00:38:04.62\00:38:07.08
by no means am I
claiming that title.
00:38:07.09\00:38:09.01
But here's my point, if you
cannot find joy in the things
00:38:09.02\00:38:12.84
that are spiritual down
here, you are not gonna have
00:38:12.85\00:38:16.28
some immediate Pop goes
the weasel transformation
00:38:16.29\00:38:19.64
at the appearing of Jesus.
00:38:19.65\00:38:22.47
Because there's
about, the pattern
00:38:22.48\00:38:23.86
that happens in your life.
00:38:23.87\00:38:25.14
If your mind does not
become adaptable to those things
00:38:25.15\00:38:28.73
that are righteous, and
good, and holy just like this,
00:38:28.74\00:38:31.20
the first time I went
over to the Philippines,
00:38:31.21\00:38:32.81
I remember there was a fruit.
00:38:32.82\00:38:34.32
Oh, man, I tell you it
smells awful but it tastes good.
00:38:34.33\00:38:37.77
Durian, it is the
most awful smelling fruit,
00:38:37.78\00:38:42.04
if this room was filled with
durian you will all run. Yeah.
00:38:42.05\00:38:45.48
It smells really bad.
00:38:45.49\00:38:47.07
To be very candid with
you, you're not eating it.
00:38:47.08\00:38:49.31
It smells like
if a baby throws up,
00:38:49.32\00:38:53.47
it has that
stinky, stinky, smell.
00:38:53.48\00:38:56.52
And, you know, how long
they tried to convince me
00:38:56.53\00:38:58.20
to take this, it
smells bad but it tastes good.
00:38:58.21\00:39:01.97
And I tasted it and
it was so, so sweet,
00:39:01.98\00:39:04.99
but it has an awfultie taste.
00:39:05.00\00:39:06.15
And so somebody said, to
get pass this strong smell
00:39:06.16\00:39:09.52
you really
enjoyed if you taste it.
00:39:09.53\00:39:12.22
Here's my point not everything
that seems bad is bad.
00:39:12.23\00:39:17.40
Some people think that
Christianity is bitter.
00:39:17.41\00:39:19.24
No, the Bible says, "Taste
and see that the Lord is good."
00:39:19.25\00:39:25.95
How sweet it is?
Exactly. Sweet as the day go by.
00:39:25.96\00:39:28.66
My brother's testifying tonight,
00:39:28.67\00:39:29.99
praise the Lord for that.
00:39:30.00\00:39:31.11
Because when you have
that walk with Christ,
00:39:31.12\00:39:32.97
you disconnect from
the things behind you
00:39:32.98\00:39:34.86
and you're getting
ready for the things
00:39:34.87\00:39:35.94
that are head of you
brethren, this is a tiny planet.
00:39:35.95\00:39:38.29
I don't want to stay down here
for the rest of my existence,
00:39:38.30\00:39:40.81
God's got so much more for us.
00:39:40.82\00:39:42.53
But He doesn't want us
to just get off the planet.
00:39:42.54\00:39:44.51
He wants us to have a
walk with Him in this life
00:39:44.52\00:39:47.53
while we are down here.
00:39:47.54\00:39:49.89
Look at this,
question number six
00:39:49.90\00:39:51.95
is not a
scripture you turned to.
00:39:51.96\00:39:53.66
Well, we're gonna fill
some things in together, okay.
00:39:53.67\00:39:56.17
Here's question number six.
00:39:56.18\00:39:57.61
So to segue, we have
borne the image of Adam.
00:39:57.62\00:40:01.30
We will also bear the
image of the last Adam,
00:40:01.31\00:40:04.59
who is in fact, Christ.
00:40:04.60\00:40:07.11
As we were like
the earthly Adam,
00:40:07.12\00:40:09.15
we will be like
the heavenly Adam.
00:40:09.16\00:40:11.82
Okay, question number six,
00:40:11.83\00:40:13.77
"What are some of the
attributes that separate
00:40:13.78\00:40:15.75
the first Adam from Christ?"
00:40:15.76\00:40:17.46
What are some of the attributes?
00:40:17.47\00:40:18.46
You're gonna
fill this in together.
00:40:18.47\00:40:19.46
Are you ready for the first one?
00:40:19.47\00:40:20.80
We're gonna do a comparison
between Adam and Jesus.
00:40:20.81\00:40:25.30
Follow the chart very carefully.
00:40:25.31\00:40:26.91
First thing, that is comparison
00:40:26.92\00:40:29.46
between Adam and Jesus.
00:40:29.47\00:40:30.80
First thing, in
Adam we are dead where?
00:40:30.81\00:40:32.87
In sin. In Jesus
we are dead what?
00:40:32.88\00:40:35.77
To sin, write that
down, put that in there.
00:40:35.78\00:40:39.08
In Adam we are dead in sin,
in Jesus we are dead to sin.
00:40:39.09\00:40:44.01
Very important. Sin
loses its hold over us.
00:40:44.02\00:40:49.36
I was talking to
somebody today and it's amazing
00:40:49.37\00:40:52.95
how people fight
against the law of God so much,
00:40:52.96\00:40:55.52
it just really amazes me.
00:40:55.53\00:40:57.83
You know, that word
grace is almost been made
00:40:57.84\00:40:59.70
a license to be
ignorant of God's commandments.
00:40:59.71\00:41:03.75
I said, the only
thing stronger than sin,
00:41:03.76\00:41:06.90
one of the things
that are stronger than sin
00:41:06.91\00:41:08.57
is the grace of God.
00:41:08.58\00:41:09.86
That's why it
says, "Where Sin abounds,
00:41:09.87\00:41:11.60
Grace much more abounds."
00:41:11.61\00:41:15.48
Praise God. In other
words Jesus is saying,
00:41:15.49\00:41:17.57
"If you think the
sin of Adam is bad,
00:41:17.58\00:41:19.58
if you think the
sin of Adam is strong,
00:41:19.59\00:41:22.04
you ought to try out my grace.
00:41:22.05\00:41:23.53
It's a lot stronger
than the sin of Adam."
00:41:23.54\00:41:25.35
Amen. That's why it says,
00:41:25.36\00:41:27.25
"For by grace are
you saved through faith,
00:41:27.26\00:41:29.10
and that not of yourselves,
it is the gift of God,
00:41:29.11\00:41:31.40
Not of works, lest
any man should boast
00:41:31.41\00:41:33.05
has nothing to do with us."
00:41:33.06\00:41:34.62
But in Adam we are dead in sin,
00:41:34.63\00:41:36.13
in Christ Jesus
we are dead what?
00:41:36.14\00:41:37.89
To sin. Look at the next one.
00:41:37.90\00:41:39.69
In Adam we are what? Earthly.
00:41:39.70\00:41:42.42
In Jesus we are what? Heavenly.
00:41:42.43\00:41:46.15
Brethren here's the
key, if you start when you
00:41:46.16\00:41:49.17
filled this category and
if you find that you identify
00:41:49.18\00:41:51.99
so much more with
things in Adam's category,
00:41:52.00\00:41:54.10
you really need to
be transform, right.
00:41:54.11\00:41:57.76
If you find that sin is
really enjoyable and boy,
00:41:57.77\00:42:00.38
you really love earthly
things, then you'll find,
00:42:00.39\00:42:02.84
you're in the wrong category.
00:42:02.85\00:42:04.79
I want to be in the
right category, how about you?
00:42:04.80\00:42:06.72
Amen. I put Jesus on the right.
00:42:06.73\00:42:08.69
Yes. Adam on the left.
00:42:08.70\00:42:10.68
Third thing that's a comparison
00:42:10.69\00:42:13.00
opposite by the way.
00:42:13.01\00:42:15.04
Adam is natural. Jesus is what?
00:42:15.05\00:42:17.93
Spiritual, Jesus is spiritual.
00:42:17.94\00:42:21.07
He said, "The hour has
come in which the true worshiper
00:42:21.08\00:42:25.01
must worship the
Father in spirit and in truth,
00:42:25.02\00:42:27.35
for the Father seeks
such to worship Him,"
00:42:27.36\00:42:30.12
John 4 verse 23 and 24.
00:42:30.13\00:42:32.70
He's looking for those
who want to worship Him
00:42:32.71\00:42:34.50
in spirit and in truth.
00:42:34.51\00:42:37.29
Lot of people say, "I'm
fired up tonight, excuse me."
00:42:37.30\00:42:40.05
Lot of people say,
"I'm in the spirit,"
00:42:40.06\00:42:42.11
that maybe good but you need
00:42:42.12\00:42:43.16
to be in the
truth also, right? Amen.
00:42:43.17\00:42:46.00
Spirit and in
truth, not truth or spirit,
00:42:46.01\00:42:50.21
not spirit or truth, both.
00:42:50.22\00:42:53.08
Okay, the next
thing, next comparison,
00:42:53.09\00:42:56.12
Adam corruptible,
Jesus, say it? Incorruptible.
00:42:56.13\00:43:02.68
Right now, one of the
challenges as we've got
00:43:02.69\00:43:05.18
a messed up body and
who do we blame? Adam.
00:43:05.19\00:43:07.94
These minds can
be easily influenced
00:43:09.62\00:43:12.60
and we can try to
live an incorruptible life,
00:43:12.61\00:43:14.97
but you know this whole
world is corrupt, am I right?
00:43:14.98\00:43:17.43
You heard about
corrupt politicians,
00:43:17.44\00:43:19.71
corrupt business
practices, corrupt neighbors,
00:43:19.72\00:43:22.77
corrupt news, corrupt
music, corrupt videos.
00:43:22.78\00:43:25.84
Corruptible, the mind
can be easily corrupted,
00:43:27.92\00:43:32.38
but one day we will
put on incorruption.
00:43:32.39\00:43:34.57
And the final thing,
these are the final stages.
00:43:34.58\00:43:38.98
Jesus is
immortal, Adam is mortal.
00:43:38.99\00:43:45.20
Adam is mortal, mortal.
00:43:45.21\00:43:47.40
Paul says and by the way,
you know, the dead in sin,
00:43:47.41\00:43:51.63
earthly, natural,
corruptible, mortal, Jesus,
00:43:51.64\00:43:54.28
dead to sin,
heavenly, spiritual,
00:43:54.29\00:43:56.19
and incorruptible, immortal.
00:43:56.20\00:43:57.78
Those last two, the
reason why I left them
00:43:57.79\00:43:59.43
for last is
because we are still,
00:43:59.44\00:44:02.99
we still are the
corruptible body,
00:44:03.00\00:44:04.46
we still have a mortal body.
00:44:04.47\00:44:06.89
One day we're gonna
have an incorruptible mind
00:44:06.90\00:44:09.17
and one day we're
gonna have an immortal body.
00:44:09.18\00:44:11.19
First Corinthians
15 verse 51 to 55,
00:44:11.20\00:44:14.14
this corruptible shall
put on what? Incorruption.
00:44:14.15\00:44:17.57
And this mortal shall
put on what? Immortality.
00:44:17.58\00:44:20.83
Living the spiritual life
in the natural body is simply,
00:44:20.84\00:44:23.34
living for Jesus with
a mind that if we expose
00:44:25.09\00:44:29.27
it to the world,
we'll get corrupt.
00:44:29.28\00:44:32.61
That's why what we do
is so vitally important.
00:44:32.62\00:44:35.34
Number seven, we're
moving at a good pace,
00:44:35.35\00:44:38.06
I don't think we're
gonna get through all of this,
00:44:38.07\00:44:39.37
because number
seven is a long one.
00:44:39.38\00:44:43.20
Now number seven is broken
down in to do or not to do.
00:44:43.21\00:44:46.76
You're to be or not to be,
this is to do or not to do,
00:44:46.77\00:44:49.87
all right, and
these are principles,
00:44:49.88\00:44:51.89
look at question number
seven, question number seven,
00:44:51.90\00:44:55.88
"How should those "In Christ"
00:44:55.89\00:44:58.84
be different from
those "Not in Christ?"
00:44:58.85\00:45:03.14
There should be a
difference, what do you think?
00:45:03.15\00:45:05.81
There should be a
difference, right? Amen.
00:45:05.82\00:45:07.53
Okay. Let's go
first to the first one
00:45:07.54\00:45:10.54
and this is a
"to do," all right.
00:45:10.55\00:45:14.17
I don't want you to be
Christians that just don't do.
00:45:14.18\00:45:16.64
You got to know what
to do, not just not do.
00:45:16.65\00:45:21.99
This is a King
James Version text,
00:45:22.00\00:45:23.75
I like it because it
says it best, all right.
00:45:23.76\00:45:27.33
Colossians 3 verse 2,
read it with me, are you ready?
00:45:29.03\00:45:32.07
"Set your
affections on things," where?
00:45:32.08\00:45:36.25
"Above, not on
things on the earth." Why?
00:45:36.26\00:45:40.09
Because the earth,
everything on the earth
00:45:40.10\00:45:41.59
is gonna be burned
up, is gonna be junked,
00:45:41.60\00:45:44.74
is gonna be piled up,
is gonna be corruptible
00:45:44.75\00:45:47.70
as the Bible says, "Do
not lay up for yourselves
00:45:47.71\00:45:52.15
treasures, where moth
and rust doth corrupt,
00:45:52.16\00:45:55.42
and where thieves
break into steal."
00:45:55.43\00:45:58.83
And so if your
affections, I've resisted so far
00:45:58.84\00:46:03.49
to know how
long I could do this,
00:46:03.50\00:46:05.65
it's not a sin but I
only have an iPad too.
00:46:05.66\00:46:09.18
And it works just
fine, same amount of storage
00:46:09.19\00:46:13.41
as the new iPad
haven't found any major reason
00:46:13.42\00:46:17.66
except the fact that I'm
resisting my gadgetarianism.
00:46:17.67\00:46:21.61
I'm a gadgetarian,
I'm a gadget person.
00:46:21.62\00:46:24.38
But I'm saying
well, what's a difference
00:46:24.39\00:46:25.68
between two and three?
00:46:25.69\00:46:27.11
Well, better
camera, faster processor.
00:46:27.12\00:46:29.83
But I'm thinking I
can still read my text.
00:46:29.84\00:46:31.64
I can still do my sermons.
I get to listen to my music.
00:46:31.65\00:46:35.07
I've been
resisting, because I've been
00:46:35.08\00:46:37.26
setting my affections on things
00:46:37.27\00:46:38.63
that stay out
of my pocket, amen.
00:46:38.64\00:46:42.64
Now I want you to get
now is you have to set your
00:46:42.65\00:46:45.18
affections on things where?
00:46:45.19\00:46:47.46
Above not on
things on the earth.
00:46:47.47\00:46:50.77
One of the appreciations
I've for the Midwest is this.
00:46:50.78\00:46:53.91
Last night the sky
was beautifully radiant,
00:46:53.92\00:46:57.61
anybody looked up at
the skies last night?
00:46:57.62\00:46:59.56
You can't see
the sky in New York.
00:47:01.79\00:47:03.66
I do not dislike New
York, you see skyscrapers,
00:47:05.88\00:47:11.69
you don't see skies.
00:47:11.70\00:47:13.68
You don't see the
skies in San Francisco.
00:47:13.69\00:47:15.89
You hardly, barely see
the skies in any major city,
00:47:15.90\00:47:17.98
because the lights are
eclipsing the beauty of God.
00:47:17.99\00:47:21.63
When the Lord
said, set your affections
00:47:21.64\00:47:23.31
on things above, we
lived in the bay area,
00:47:23.32\00:47:25.28
number of years ago
on the North Bay area.
00:47:25.29\00:47:27.46
And we, we got a notice
that there was going to be,
00:47:27.47\00:47:30.99
tonight was gonna
be a meteor shower.
00:47:31.00\00:47:33.19
It said, tonight is
gonna be a meteor shower
00:47:33.20\00:47:34.86
and it's best visible
between this hour and that,
00:47:34.87\00:47:36.95
between 2 and 3 o'clock.
00:47:36.96\00:47:38.50
And you can see a
best are the East,
00:47:38.51\00:47:40.54
Northeast and we thought,
man, there is so much light
00:47:40.55\00:47:43.20
where we live,
how can we see it,
00:47:43.21\00:47:44.47
you know, Dick, we're Fairfield.
00:47:44.48\00:47:46.50
So we drove towards Suisun
and went out into the vineyard
00:47:46.51\00:47:50.94
somewhere out in the
fields with our car as far away
00:47:50.95\00:47:53.94
from the unnatural
light as we can get.
00:47:53.95\00:47:57.20
And we looked up
and it was glorious.
00:47:57.21\00:48:00.57
You can see all
the beauty of God
00:48:00.58\00:48:02.57
when the unnatural light is
no longer eclipsing your view.
00:48:02.58\00:48:05.94
When you're really
setting your affections
00:48:05.95\00:48:07.48
on things above, one of
the most radiant experiences
00:48:07.49\00:48:10.08
my wife and I had is
when we lived in the mountains
00:48:10.09\00:48:11.98
of Northern
California up in Weaverville.
00:48:11.99\00:48:14.44
We drove to the,
it's called the Lookout.
00:48:14.45\00:48:18.00
The Lookout is one of the
high points where you cross over
00:48:18.01\00:48:19.99
the mountain peak to
get to the next town.
00:48:20.00\00:48:21.95
When we drove to
the high point between
00:48:21.96\00:48:23.34
Hayfork and Weaverville,
00:48:23.35\00:48:24.63
hello Hayfork,
hello Weaverville.
00:48:24.64\00:48:27.49
And we pulled our vehicle
off of the side of the road
00:48:27.50\00:48:29.86
and we're talking
about dark when you turned
00:48:29.87\00:48:32.38
your headlights
off, you can go like this
00:48:32.39\00:48:33.57
and you're not
gonna see your hand.
00:48:33.58\00:48:35.48
But you know what
happens, they said, do that,
00:48:35.49\00:48:38.01
get on the hood of
your car, we had a four,
00:48:38.02\00:48:40.85
lay on hood of your car
let the windshield become
00:48:40.86\00:48:43.73
your back rest and sit
there and just close your eyes
00:48:43.74\00:48:49.46
for a few minutes
and then open them.
00:48:49.47\00:48:52.54
And it was just, it felt like
the stars were coming at us.
00:48:52.55\00:48:56.99
It felt like heaven was
about--you almost want to run
00:48:57.00\00:48:58.92
inside the vehicle, and
say honey dark, they're coming.
00:48:58.93\00:49:02.27
You know, what that is?
00:49:02.28\00:49:03.31
Setting your
affections on things above.
00:49:03.32\00:49:05.73
There is nothing more
beautiful than looking away
00:49:05.74\00:49:08.36
from the world
and setting your eyes
00:49:08.37\00:49:10.25
on the heavens
of God. Very true.
00:49:10.26\00:49:12.09
In the very same way,
00:49:12.10\00:49:13.32
if all the things
of the earth will be--
00:49:13.33\00:49:16.12
What the song where it says,
00:49:16.13\00:49:19.78
the earth grow
strangely dim in the what?
00:49:19.79\00:49:22.38
Light of His
glory and His grace.
00:49:22.39\00:49:26.41
But you got to set
your, you got to change.
00:49:26.42\00:49:27.97
So first thing you want to do,
00:49:27.98\00:49:29.63
first thing you
want to write down.
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I want you to get
this, change your affections,
00:49:30.70\00:49:34.93
change your affections.
00:49:34.94\00:49:37.93
Stop liking the
things that won't give Jesus
00:49:37.94\00:49:40.78
priority in your life,
change your affections.
00:49:40.85\00:49:44.55
I'm
affectionate towards my wife.
00:49:44.56\00:49:46.22
Now if I change my affections,
00:49:50.78\00:49:52.07
I won't be
affectionate toward her.
00:49:52.08\00:49:55.68
The devil wants us to
be affectionate toward
00:49:55.69\00:49:57.36
the wrong things and therefore
00:49:57.37\00:50:00.38
we fall in love
with the wrong things.
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That's the powerful
statement, set your affections.
00:50:03.25\00:50:06.55
I forgot, how does the
New King James Version say it,
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"Set your mind," set mind,
00:50:09.92\00:50:11.90
the reason why I like affections
00:50:11.91\00:50:13.00
because mind hearted, it
almost intimates intimacy,
00:50:13.01\00:50:17.13
it says, it's real,
00:50:17.14\00:50:18.49
if you're really
affectionate, it's deep.
00:50:18.50\00:50:24.18
Exactly, right. We're
setting our affections on things
00:50:24.19\00:50:27.28
above not on things--
that's the first thing,
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so that's a to do,
but here's a not to do,
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this is the powerful
one, here's a not to do.
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Wow, here's a not to
do, here's a not to do.
00:50:33.90\00:50:38.30
What's the first two words?
00:50:38.31\00:50:40.13
"Do not be deceived,
00:50:40.14\00:50:42.19
evil company
corrupts good habits."
00:50:42.20\00:50:46.87
What's the not to do,
come on somebody tell me?
00:50:46.88\00:50:50.43
Watch out the company you keep.
00:50:50.44\00:50:53.05
Amen. Am I right? Amen.
00:50:53.06\00:50:56.45
You can't hang around low
lives and have a high life.
00:50:56.46\00:51:00.32
You can't hang around
worldly people and think
00:51:00.33\00:51:02.98
godly thoughts, you got it.
00:51:02.99\00:51:06.63
You know what so
practical about this,
00:51:06.64\00:51:07.99
this is practical Christianity.
00:51:08.00\00:51:10.04
This is how we live and
think and move and breathe.
00:51:10.05\00:51:13.64
You got to make this decision.
00:51:13.65\00:51:14.88
This is what I can't
do, this is what I can't do.
00:51:14.89\00:51:17.44
This is not salvation
by works, but here's the,
00:51:17.45\00:51:19.77
here's the scripture
that fits perfectly into this
00:51:19.78\00:51:21.84
whole context of a
next five questions.
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He that has this hope purifies
himself even as he is pure.
00:51:25.18\00:51:30.62
You know, the Lord says,
00:51:30.63\00:51:31.62
I've cleaned your
car, keep it clean.
00:51:31.63\00:51:33.59
I've given you a good
robe, keep it spotless.
00:51:33.60\00:51:36.24
C.D Brooks
said, his father said,
00:51:36.25\00:51:38.04
I don't have a lot of money,
00:51:38.05\00:51:39.12
but I'm giving you a
good name, protect it.
00:51:39.13\00:51:43.93
So the Lord gives
us His righteousness,
00:51:43.94\00:51:45.25
He says don't let My
name be evil spoken of. Amen.
00:51:45.26\00:51:50.08
Don't use the
name Christian and call
00:51:50.09\00:51:52.54
ashamed to be
connected to Christian.
00:51:52.55\00:51:54.29
We've got to make
choices, and by the way
00:51:54.30\00:51:56.03
every one of us
makes choices how often?
00:51:56.04\00:51:58.31
All day long,
everyday, just don't think
00:51:58.32\00:52:00.86
of your choices as
things that you waste.
00:52:00.87\00:52:03.95
I know you don't
believe in genie bottles,
00:52:03.96\00:52:05.42
but if you only had three wishes
00:52:05.43\00:52:07.18
you would think
seriously about it.
00:52:07.19\00:52:09.74
If you only had three choices,
you think seriously about it.
00:52:09.75\00:52:13.22
God gives us
choices, set your affections,
00:52:13.23\00:52:16.21
do not be fooled, make
sure that you choose company
00:52:16.22\00:52:19.64
that's gonna
strengthen your good habits,
00:52:19.65\00:52:21.49
not corrupt your
good habits, right?
00:52:21.50\00:52:24.80
My mother used to
say, "Show me your company
00:52:24.81\00:52:27.85
and I will show your character.
00:52:27.86\00:52:30.07
Show me the people
you hang around with
00:52:30.08\00:52:31.25
and I'll show you
who you're becoming."
00:52:31.26\00:52:32.72
That's another one,
you lie down with dogs,
00:52:34.86\00:52:36.26
you get up with fleas.
00:52:36.27\00:52:37.27
Here's another
one, here's a good one,
00:52:37.28\00:52:38.68
here's a, to
do, here's a, to do.
00:52:38.69\00:52:40.78
Philippians 2
verse 5, here you go.
00:52:40.79\00:52:44.02
What's the first word now?
00:52:44.03\00:52:46.36
"Let this mind be in you
which was also in Christ Jesus."
00:52:46.37\00:52:52.03
Amen. How do you let? How
do you let something happen?
00:52:52.04\00:52:55.42
How do you let? How do
you let something happen?
00:52:55.43\00:52:58.53
Surrender. Say
it again? Surrender.
00:52:58.54\00:53:00.80
You surrender,
you stop resisting.
00:53:00.81\00:53:03.71
Now this is
powerful as a preacher
00:53:03.72\00:53:05.73
I need to develop
this very quickly.
00:53:05.74\00:53:07.59
There are some people
that are sitting in a sermon
00:53:07.60\00:53:09.55
and they're not
letting, they're not letting
00:53:09.56\00:53:11.28
the message to get to them.
00:53:11.29\00:53:13.32
They're not letting
what the preacher is saying,
00:53:13.33\00:53:14.90
what the Bible is saying, make
a difference in their lives.
00:53:14.91\00:53:17.16
I could see that on their faces
00:53:17.17\00:53:18.19
sometimes during the sermon.
00:53:18.20\00:53:19.24
I could see people get
uneasy and I don't like that.
00:53:19.25\00:53:21.68
And some people want to
get up, because they want to
00:53:23.71\00:53:25.13
make sure that they
get up before you get
00:53:25.14\00:53:26.73
to the next scripture that
found the way where you live.
00:53:26.74\00:53:30.11
See, if you simply
let the word of God,
00:53:30.12\00:53:32.64
let the word of God,
its like, its like bread,
00:53:32.65\00:53:34.71
can you imagine making bread
00:53:34.72\00:53:36.26
and it's running away
from all the ingredients?
00:53:36.27\00:53:38.19
You got to get
that picture, you know,
00:53:40.23\00:53:41.76
I have a, I have
a foresight mind.
00:53:41.77\00:53:43.92
If you, if you trying
to make a loaf of bread
00:53:45.58\00:53:47.50
can you imagine the bread
running all over the counter?
00:53:47.51\00:53:49.98
And Hannah saying,
"Would you get back over,
00:53:49.99\00:53:51.35
I'm trying to put
some yeast in you?
00:53:51.36\00:53:52.79
I don't want any
yeast, I do not want any,
00:53:52.80\00:53:57.47
I don't like vanilla extract."
00:53:57.48\00:54:00.89
And you say, "But I'm
trying to make you tasty.
00:54:00.90\00:54:05.42
I'm trying to
make people like you,
00:54:05.43\00:54:07.71
I'll put everything in
you that that you need."
00:54:07.72\00:54:10.64
See what happens is if
you let the mind of Christ
00:54:10.65\00:54:13.13
be in you and by the
way the best way to transfer
00:54:13.14\00:54:15.17
the mind of Christ in you
is what, come on say it to me?
00:54:15.18\00:54:18.53
By the study of the word of God.
00:54:18.54\00:54:20.37
David said, "Thy
word have I done," what?
00:54:20.38\00:54:22.79
"Hid in my heart."
This is the most valuable
00:54:22.80\00:54:25.74
piece of armor that you'll
have all week along. Amen.
00:54:25.75\00:54:28.90
You talk about the
whole armor of God,
00:54:28.91\00:54:30.89
well, if you don't
have this you can have
00:54:30.90\00:54:33.19
everything else faith, but
your faith is gonna get weak.
00:54:33.20\00:54:36.38
Your breast
plate of righteousness
00:54:36.39\00:54:38.34
is gonna get thin without
feeding on the word of God.
00:54:38.35\00:54:41.66
The mind of Christ is not
gonna transform your mind.
00:54:41.67\00:54:44.01
If you want to find out
how God thinks about you,
00:54:44.02\00:54:46.60
His love letter to
you, spend time in the word.
00:54:46.61\00:54:49.15
Let's try to
get the rest of this
00:54:49.16\00:54:50.15
before we finalize for tonight.
00:54:50.16\00:54:52.04
The next one, this is a
not to do, this is a not to do.
00:54:52.05\00:54:56.61
"Blessed is the
man who walks not
00:54:56.62\00:54:59.13
in the counsel of the ungodly,
00:54:59.14\00:55:01.51
nor stands in
the path of sinners,
00:55:01.52\00:55:03.50
nor sits in the
seat of the scornful."
00:55:03.51\00:55:06.30
Make choices
about the places you go.
00:55:06.31\00:55:08.80
Amen. Is this practical? Amen.
00:55:08.81\00:55:12.50
Why shall where you go?
Don't sit where sinners sit.
00:55:12.51\00:55:15.90
Don't walk where sinners walk.
00:55:15.91\00:55:17.57
Don't stand where sinners stand.
00:55:17.58\00:55:20.37
If you're from a big
city like me, I'll tell you,
00:55:20.38\00:55:22.08
you know, exactly
what I'm talking about.
00:55:22.09\00:55:23.31
In my neighborhood, it could
be 20 degrees in the winter.
00:55:23.32\00:55:26.78
All the wine, I
was standing around
00:55:26.79\00:55:28.19
a big old garbage can
with the firewood in it.
00:55:28.20\00:55:30.85
And I'm thinking,
they're out there because
00:55:30.86\00:55:32.35
they are so filled with alcohol,
00:55:32.36\00:55:33.68
they're not even cold.
00:55:33.69\00:55:36.25
You know, what
I'm talking about?
00:55:36.26\00:55:37.65
Yes, I know. Yeah.
00:55:37.66\00:55:39.34
The robbers, the
thieves, they're standing
00:55:39.35\00:55:40.96
on the corner past midnight
waiting to rob somebody.
00:55:40.97\00:55:43.45
Don't stand in this, don't
stand in the path of sinners.
00:55:43.46\00:55:48.09
They're walking the same
beaten path to the pool hall.
00:55:48.10\00:55:51.04
Don't stand in
the path of sinners.
00:55:51.05\00:55:53.38
They walk in the
same path of the club.
00:55:53.39\00:55:56.51
They're going to the same
store to buy the same thing.
00:55:56.52\00:56:00.09
Don't stand, don't
sit where they sit,
00:56:00.10\00:56:02.44
don't walk where they walk.
00:56:02.45\00:56:03.93
Don't take their counsel,
because it's corrupt counsel.
00:56:03.94\00:56:07.19
Isn't that the
practical scripture
00:56:07.20\00:56:08.91
and what's the first word?
00:56:08.92\00:56:10.50
Blessed. You
know what that mean?
00:56:10.51\00:56:12.12
Happy. Happy.
You want to be happy?
00:56:12.13\00:56:15.04
Don't do any of that.
Don't hang out with sinners.
00:56:15.05\00:56:18.69
Except to give
them Bible studies,
00:56:18.70\00:56:21.91
and then run to Jesus.
00:56:21.92\00:56:24.41
Okay, look at the
next one, this is a, to do.
00:56:24.42\00:56:27.71
I think we can get it, I think
we can get it. This is to do.
00:56:27.72\00:56:30.90
Second Timothy 2 verse
15, another King James Version
00:56:30.91\00:56:33.74
passage, very,
very powerful one.
00:56:33.75\00:56:35.51
What's the first one, brethren
say it together with me?
00:56:35.52\00:56:37.42
"Study to show
thyself approved unto God,
00:56:37.43\00:56:39.81
a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed,"
00:56:39.82\00:56:41.80
what's the next word?
00:56:41.81\00:56:42.93
"Rightly dividing
the word of truth."
00:56:42.94\00:56:45.08
Don't hesitate to
study God's word only
00:56:45.09\00:56:47.43
as you study God's word,
can you handle the truth?
00:56:47.44\00:56:50.39
Can you rightly
impart the truth?
00:56:50.40\00:56:52.16
Can you slice the bread and
give it without hindering it?
00:56:52.17\00:56:55.55
Rightly dividing
the word of truth.
00:56:55.56\00:56:57.77
I'll come back to
this on our next topic,
00:56:57.78\00:56:59.21
but I want to finish this one
00:56:59.22\00:57:00.71
in the last one
for tonight, Okay?
00:57:00.72\00:57:02.66
Let me do it very
quickly. Here is another one,
00:57:02.67\00:57:05.45
"Beloved, do not imitate
what is evil, but what is good.
00:57:05.46\00:57:08.52
He who does good is of God,
00:57:08.53\00:57:09.91
but he who does
evil has not seen God."
00:57:09.92\00:57:12.34
Don't imitate evil things,
that's what you want to put
00:57:12.35\00:57:14.88
on the sixth one "Do
not imitate evil things"
00:57:14.89\00:57:17.92
and the last one,
the last one for tonight,
00:57:17.93\00:57:21.27
the last one for
tonight is a, to do,
00:57:21.28\00:57:23.27
always on the positive note.
00:57:23.28\00:57:24.73
What's the first word,
"Abide in Me, and I in you.
00:57:24.74\00:57:27.85
As the branch cannot
bear fruit of itself,
00:57:27.86\00:57:30.32
unless it abides in
the vine, neither can you,
00:57:30.33\00:57:33.22
unless you abide in Me."
00:57:33.23\00:57:34.80
Friends tonight the most
practical topic that anybody
00:57:34.81\00:57:38.71
can ever think about is
how to be alive into God.
00:57:38.72\00:57:41.98
We're gonna continue this topic
00:57:41.99\00:57:43.51
on our next
broadcast, next Wednesday.
00:57:43.52\00:57:45.79
God willing we look
forward to having you come here.
00:57:45.80\00:57:47.92
And remember take these
practical steps to heart.
00:57:47.93\00:57:51.43
If you didn't get
the lesson ASF.3abn.org
00:57:51.44\00:57:56.14
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get a head of the study
00:57:56.15\00:57:58.74
as we look forward to next week.
00:57:58.75\00:58:00.39
God bless you
until we see you again.
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