Hello, friends.
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Welcome to another
Wednesday night edition
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of A Sharper Focus
here in the Midwest
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at 3ABN here in
little town of Thompsonville
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at our 3ABN worship center.
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Also, the place
where Thompsonville
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has its
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Thank you for tuning in tonight.
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We hope you have your
Bibles, your syllabus,
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your friends,
your family members,
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if there are people walking
around your house say, join me.
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Have a seat for the next hour,
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we're gonna be walking
through the Word of God together
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on the topic that
we've been covering
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for a number of weeks,
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"How to live a spiritual
life in a natural body?"
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That's what God
has called us to do
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until we get a spiritual body.
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When He comes right now
we just have a natural body.
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We also like to encourage
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Download the lesson
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and tonight you
should have lesson 005
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but there is also 006
which we may get too tonight.
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So get yourself ready.
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you can download it on your iPad
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and follow along with us.
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But before we do anything else
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we always invite
the presence of God.
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Let's bow our heads for prayer.
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Our gracious Father in
heaven, we thank You, Lord,
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for the opportunity
of opening Your word
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putting before us
the bread of life.
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We do ask, Father, that
Your Holy Spirit will come
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and be our teacher tonight.
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We do know that in this world
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we have trials and tribulation.
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We have
temptations on every side
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but because we are Your children
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we want to live successful
and victorious Christian lives.
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Teach us, Father, tonight,
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make it clear in our
hearts and our minds.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Amen.
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I'm gonna say good
evening to Thompsonville.
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Good evening, everyone.
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Good evening.
Good to have you here.
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We're gonna sing tonight
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and those of you
who know the song
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you can join us.
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It's gonna be on our screen
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locally here. It's
entitled "Change My Heart O God"
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which is, in fact,
what the Lord will do
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as He gets us ready
for that spiritual walk.
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Let's sing that
song together tonight.
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And raise your
voices to the glory of God.
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Change my heart oh, God
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Make it ever true
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Change my heart oh, God
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May I be like You
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You are the potter
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I am the clay
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Mold me and make me
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This is what I pray
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Change my heart oh God
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Make it ever true
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Change my heart oh God
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May I be like You
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Key change.
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Change my heart oh, God
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Make it ever true
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Change my heart oh, God
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May I be like You
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You are the potter.
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You are the potter
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I am the clay
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Mold me and make me
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This is what I pray
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Change my heart oh, God
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Make it ever true
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Change my heart oh, God
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May I be like You
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May I be.
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May I be like You
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Amen. Amen.
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That's our prayer.
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That is the prayer
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when Jeremiah talked
about how He is the potter,
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God is the
potter we are the clay.
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And David prayed,
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"Create in me a
clean heart O God
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and renew a right
spirit within me."
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Now before we can live
righteous Christian lives
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we've got to have a new heart,
we've got to have a new mind,
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we've got to have power
from a different source.
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And so this Christian
life-- I was thinking today
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when I was
putting this together.
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For those of you who are
transcribing this program
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you have a difficult
time because New Yorkers
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stop in the middle of a sentence
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when another thought
comes to the surface.
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But I was
thinking about this topic
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about how to
live a spiritual life
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in a natural body
and I thought to myself,
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everybody that's
watching the program,
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the local audience
those are listening
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to the program on radio,
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everyone of us is
in two categories.
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We-- if we've
given ourselves to Christ
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we have a spiritual commitment
but we have a natural body.
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Say that with me, we have
a what kind of commitment?
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Spiritual commitment.
Spiritual commitment.
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What kind of body?
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Natural body. Natural body.
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So every one of us in the place
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where we need the answer of
how to live a spiritual life
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in this natural body.
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Well, we did last
lesson, I want to begin tonight
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with a
comparison because we talked
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about the attributes
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that separate the first
Adam from the last Adam.
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The last Adam being Christ.
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Now for those of us
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who are children
of the first Adam
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let me give you a story.
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We had a baptism this Sabbath,
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couple of baptisms
as a matter of fact,
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and one of our
children that go to our school,
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I won't mention the name.
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I was studying with her again
after her baptism on Monday.
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We were going through
our lessons and she said,
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"Guess what, Pastor John?"
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I said, "Well, what?"
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She says, "On Friday
I was a child of Adam
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but it's Monday now
I'm a child of God."
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Amen. Amen.
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Ten-years-old, and I thought
no adult has said that to me.
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So that is, in fact, the case.
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When we give our lives to Jesus,
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when we are
baptized we enter the family.
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We leave the Adam's family.
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Remember that years
ago the Adam's family?
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Matter of fact, I did
this sermon many years ago,
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I called it the Adam's
family and the question was
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which Adam's
family member are you?
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The last Adam or the first Adam?
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But I want to
begin with this slide
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after our title slide,
"How to be Alive to God"
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Last week we compared
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the first Adam to the last Adam.
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So being alive to
God is significant.
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Look at the slide,
it appears on our screen
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how to be Alive to God.
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And I want you to
notice as I walk through this
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very, very quickly.
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If you look at the left
column you will see that in Adam
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every one of is Dead In Sin.
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You see that.
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In Jesus, we are Dead,
say that with me To Sin.
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In Adam, we are Earthly.
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In Christ, we are Heavenly.
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In Adam, we are Natural.
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In Christ, we are Spiritual.
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In Adam, we are Corruptible.
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In Christ, we are Incorruptible.
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In Adam, we are Mortal.
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In Christ, we will be Immortal.
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Now the last two,
the last two lines
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are very
important because right now
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these things are
true and this is amazing.
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The last two lines, the
corruptible, incorruptible,
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mortal, immortal,
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incorruptible and
immortal is yet to happen.
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Right now we are spiritual
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but we still have a
mind that is corruptible.
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That is in fact,
if we don't allow
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the right things to
enter into our minds
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our minds are
naturally corruptible.
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They naturally
lean in the direction
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of our sinful flesh.
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So we have to be very,
very careful that the things
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we allow to come into our minds
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don't allow these natural minds
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to become more and more corrupt.
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That's the natural
part of our spiritual walk.
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The other thing that is
part of our spiritual walk
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is we are still mortal.
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What's that word? Mortal.
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You know that means?
We're still gonna die.
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We are gonna die
a physical death.
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Everyone, and this
is sobering thought
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unless
everybody, unless somebody--
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well, let me make it very clear.
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Everybody in this room
today in about 100 years
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we'll be dead.
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Isn't that sad?
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Man, that's sad.
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Why did I say that?
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That's the mortal fact.
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We are-- what's,
somebody once said
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the mortality
rate is 100 percent.
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Meaning everybody that's
ever lived is going to what?
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Die.
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Except for the
few and, you know,
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don't get
theological on me right now.
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But every one of
us is destined to die.
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There is a spot
some place in the ground
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that we are going to end up.
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That's why I'm looking
forward to the immortal.
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Amen. Amen.
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And then one day we
are gonna be in a society
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where there is nothing
that could corrupt our minds.
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We are gonna have
an incorruptible mind.
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Perfect made after
the similitude of Christ.
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His character is gonna be
completely reproduced in us
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so therefore we will
never have to worry about
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being in a corrupt environment.
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But that's yet to come. Amen.
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But there is
something that we must do
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and tonight I want to go
to question number eight.
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Question number eight is
our next question for tonight.
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If you have your syllabus,
if you've downloaded that
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from ASF.3abn.org
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question number eight
is where we are right now.
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And in order for our
minds to stay incorruptible.
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Now let me just mention this.
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I mentioned a
moment ago that one day
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we are going to have
incorruptible minds, right.
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Yes.
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But that doesn't mean that
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we have to put
corruptible things
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in our minds right now.
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That doesn't mean that
we have to furnish our minds
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with things
that keep it corrupt.
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So we have a mind
that can be corrupted.
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So we have to make sure
that we don't put things
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in it that will corrupt it.
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In other words,
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my wife had a
flat tire on her truck.
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She had two in one day.
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You know, how that happened?
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Because tires can get flat.
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Now if she drove to
work in a Sherman tank
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and drove over pieces of
glass, it would do nothing
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because the Sherman tank
could handle glass and nails
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without any problem.
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But the most expensive
tires can get punctured.
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Here's my point, no
matter how spiritual you are
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until Jesus changes
your mind permanently,
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your mind is
susceptible to being corrupted.
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That's a fact.
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All it takes is one
glimpse, it takes one thought,
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it takes exposing
yourself to something
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that you should not have heard,
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should not have seen,
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a place you
should not have gone.
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Something you
should not have done.
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All it takes is
to expose yourself
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to the wrong thing.
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It's kind of like
dropping a small--
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has this ever
happened to you before?
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Have you ever had a
really nice cold drink
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and it was a summer
day and you turned around
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and a fly landed in your drink?
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Now for most of us
we would get ourselves
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a fresh drink, right.
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I know very few people
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that will fish
that fly out and say,
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"Hey, let's keep on drinking."
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But the most part
we will say, man alive.
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And you say, you don't
need a whole lot of flies
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to corrupt it.
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And so we have to make sure
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that our minds are
furnished with those things
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that are gonna keep
it as pure as possible.
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Like in my garage
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I have two, one gallon
plastic bottles of motor oil
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and I check my motor
oil in my car periodically
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to see what color it is.
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The darker it is that
means I need to get what?
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New oil. An oil change.
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In the very same
way if we do things
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that lean towards the
darkness of this world
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we need a spiritual oil change.
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So the spiritual
oil change will happen
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by the things we
put in our minds.
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That's the practical aspects
of what we are talking about.
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So let's look at
question number eight,
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it lays the foundation.
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Here it is.
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"Why should
making godly choices be
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delightful to the Christian?"
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"Why should
making godly choices be
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delightful to the Christian?"
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We're gonna look at Romans 6:6.
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You all know it's
gonna be on the screen
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but if you're gonna
turn your Bibles you can.
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Here's the first
part. It's a three parter.
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Actually a four
parter. Wow, high-tech.
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Here we go, first part.
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It says, "Knowing this,
that our old man was" what?
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Crucified.
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"Crucified with
Him," that is with Christ.
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"That the body of
sin might be" what?
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"Done away with,
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that we should
no longer be" what?
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Slaves. "Slaves to sin."
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So why should
making godly choices be
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delightful to the Christian?
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So that we are no longer slaves.
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I mean, who wants to be a slave?
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No one.
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Say it again.
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To God. Slaves to God.
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I'm not too crazy about
the word slaves, excuse me.
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I rather the word servant.
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Come one
somebody say amen to that.
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It's just for whatever reason
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it doesn't have a
right connotation.
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But let me tell you
why it's used in the Bible
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because lot of people may say,
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"Well, why is
that in the Bible?"
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It's not supporting slavery
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as it's known in
the human history.
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It is saying, when you
are connected to Christ
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the choices that you are
making are actually controlled
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by the person
you are connected to.
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That's what the
word slaves mean.
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So when we willingly
connect ourselves to Christ
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our choices were
first His choices.
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Our desires were
first His desires.
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As the slave has no control
over his or her direction,
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so also the one who is
connected to the Master,
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He is our Master.
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Jesus is our Master.
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When we are in a loving,
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victorious
Christian relationship
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our good actions are first
born in the mind of Christ.
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That's what that
slave, Master relationship
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is really all about.
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So first of all, the reason why
it should be delightful to is
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it says, "so that we should
no longer be slaves" to what?
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"To sin." "To sin," okay.
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So that first of
all, in Roman 6:6
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that "We should no
longer be slaves to sin."
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That's the answer for that one.
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Now let's look at
the next one Romans 6:11.
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And there is a reason why
I leave out the middle verses
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because they come up
later on in the lesson.
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Sometimes people say,
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just read the
whole thing through.
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I know you are
thinking, I could hear you.
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Here we go Romans 6:11.
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Together, it says,
"Likewise you also,
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reckon yourselves to be" what?
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"Dead indeed to sin,
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but alive to God in
Christ Jesus our Lord."
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The second reason why
it should be delightful
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for us to make Christian
choices or good choices
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is that it
makes us alive to God.
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Say that gain.
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Alive to God. Alive to God.
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Now before I go to the next one
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this is a really
important scripture.
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I did a lot of
study on this verse alone.
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There is a lot
that this verse says
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that I don't want you to miss.
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If you simply
reckon yourselves dead,
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you know, that is
like saying, "Okay."
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Here's my illustration.
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"I'm not gonna
sin. I'm not gonna lie.
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I'm not gonna cheat.
I'm not gonna murder.
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I'm not gonna--
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I'm not going
to, I'm dead to that.
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I'm dead to that.
I'm dead to that."
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You are corpse, you
are living in death.
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You haven't got, you
are only living into the,
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into the "what I'm
not going to do" category.
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So you are saying,
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"Okay, I'm dead to
sin, I'm dead to that.
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I'm dead to that.
I'm dead to that."
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But death was the
beginning of the process.
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There is the burial and then
there is the newness of life.
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So when it says
reckon yourselves
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to be dead to sin, that
is an intellectual thing
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but it doesn't stay there.
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If it's only in your head
it's like a person saying,
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"I know I could
jump across that.
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I know I could jump
across that opening.
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I could, no, I
could jump across the..."
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You're just standing
there, you are saying you know
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you could do but
did you do it yet?
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No.
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It's like saying "I
know I can make the shot.
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I know I can make the shot."
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This is my
basketball terminology.
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I know I can make the
shot but until you shoot it
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you will never know.
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See reckoning
yourselves to be dead
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is simply severing
yourself from the things
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that you used to do.
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But that's not the end of it.
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The rest of it says,
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you can't stop at
the dead to sin part,
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you have to get to the place
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where you are
alive to God, right.
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Amen.
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So there are so
many people that I know--
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you know, why this is important?
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Let me just
really illustrate this.
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There are those that live
a sour Christian existence.
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You know why?
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Because they
spend all their time
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condemning people that
do what they used to do.
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They avoid people that
do what they used to do.
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Now while Jesus did
not hang around people
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that were sinful
to become sinful.
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He was an ambassador.
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He was a heavenly ambassador.
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No, I'm not saying
to hang around people
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that do things
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that will cause you to
fall or tremble or slip
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but here's the point.
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If you are only living the life
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where "I don't do
this, I don't do that,"
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you are a very
unhappy person to be around.
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And then what happens is
you begin to be self righteous.
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Remember the Pharisees prayer?
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What did he pray?
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"Thank God, that
I'm not like other men."
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They do that, I don't
that. They do, I don't do.
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"I pay tithe, well,
I fast twice a week.
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Man alive, I'm just
not-- I'm not like that guy."
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What did the publican say?
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"Be merciful to me a sinner."
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They don't look at it. Exactly.
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Don't just look at
yourself and say, "I don't do."
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And there is so many
of us that have this,
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don't, don't, don't,
don't, don't category.
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But sometimes what it does,
it creates a barrier between us
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and our other
brothers and sisters
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in other places in
other walks of life,
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in other
spiritual denominations,
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in other churches
that are still growing
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like we are still growing.
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And they may not
know all that we know.
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But here's the key.
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Be very careful because
"to whom much is given, much is
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required." So
make sure this part,
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it doesn't say just
reckon yourselves to be dead.
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Don't say, I
don't do that anymore.
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I don't smoke anymore.
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I don't watch
those movies anymore.
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I don't watch
these on the internet.
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I don't go to
these places anymore.
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If that's all that our
new life is comprised of then,
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man, what do you do?
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So people say,
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so what do you
want-- What can you do?
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And that very thought was
planted in the mind of Eve
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when Satan said,
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"Has God really said that
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you cannot eat of
every tree of the garden."
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He was in essence saying
is there anything you can do?
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Has God prohibited
you from doing anything?
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So don't just
reckon yourself to be dead
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but you have to have
00:19:54.02\00:19:55.36
a living
relationship with Christ
00:19:55.39\00:19:57.99
so that when people
see it, and they say,
00:19:58.03\00:19:59.49
"Man, that person has something
00:19:59.53\00:20:01.93
that I need to have."
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Right?
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Like a team wins a
championship they don't say,
00:20:05.13\00:20:08.70
"Ah, we just won
the championship."
00:20:08.74\00:20:11.91
The fans are going
nuts. They are going crazy.
00:20:11.94\00:20:15.88
And while the
people in the stands
00:20:15.91\00:20:17.25
are yelling we won.
00:20:17.28\00:20:18.61
The only ones that really
won were the ones on the court.
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You have to have a
living, thriving life
00:20:22.38\00:20:23.89
so that people are
positively affected
00:20:23.92\00:20:26.76
by the life you have in Christ.
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I'll give some
illustrations as I go on.
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Look at the third part of this.
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So that verse what
makes it delightful?
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Why should making godly choices
be delightful to the Christian?
00:20:37.03\00:20:39.63
So that we could
be alive unto God.
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Good choices brings life.
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It doesn't just death
00:20:43.97\00:20:45.74
but it introduces
life to us. Third part.
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Here it is.
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Romans 6:13 "And do
not present your members
00:20:49.18\00:20:54.68
as instruments of
unrighteousness to sin,
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but present yourselves
to God as being" what?
00:20:58.29\00:21:01.49
Alive. "Alive from the dead."
00:21:01.52\00:21:03.59
And what about your
mind, your faculties?
00:21:03.63\00:21:05.69
"And your members
as" what? Instruments.
00:21:05.73\00:21:08.33
"Instruments of
righteousness to God."
00:21:08.36\00:21:11.73
Let's break
that down, all right.
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How of you have a
mind? Raise your hand.
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Some of you don't have a mind.
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Caught you.
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Her mind was working that's
why she didn't raise her hand.
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Okay.
00:21:32.95\00:21:35.12
when you look at the
scripture it's saying
00:21:35.16\00:21:38.23
the same hand that
you used to do wrong
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you got to now use to do right.
00:21:41.40\00:21:44.43
But you got to train it.
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The same mind that
you use to store evil
00:21:47.70\00:21:50.91
you got to now
use it to store good.
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Go with me to Isaiah 1.
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I just want to show you this.
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I'm not gonna show you the part
that we're gonna use later on.
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But I want to show you Isaiah 1.
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And by the way, many of
you who are watching tonight
00:22:00.65\00:22:02.68
may have seen as
the camera panned around
00:22:02.72\00:22:04.55
you didn't see my wife.
00:22:04.59\00:22:05.92
My wife is spending some
time in Orlando with her mom.
00:22:05.95\00:22:08.12
Hello, family, in
Orlando. Miss you, Honey.
00:22:08.16\00:22:10.76
Look forward to seeing
you in just a couple of days.
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Yes, that's the
fun of a live program.
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Praise the Lord.
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Okay, Isaiah 1, is
that where you are?
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Yes. Great.
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Isaiah 1.
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Let's look...
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at verse 16.
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Isaiah 1:16,
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and we will get the fourth part
00:22:36.38\00:22:37.72
of this
question in just a moment
00:22:37.75\00:22:39.09
but Isaiah 1:16
reads as follows.
00:22:39.12\00:22:41.49
"Wash yourselves,
make yourselves clean,
00:22:41.52\00:22:46.93
put away the evil of your doings
00:22:46.96\00:22:49.46
from before My eyes.
00:22:49.50\00:22:52.77
Cease to do evil,
learn to do good."
00:22:52.80\00:22:56.81
Notice that it's talking
about choices that we make.
00:22:56.84\00:23:00.14
Now who really makes us clean?
00:23:00.18\00:23:01.51
Somebody tell me.
00:23:01.54\00:23:03.18
Who makes us clean?
00:23:03.21\00:23:04.55
Jesus. Jesus does.
00:23:04.58\00:23:05.91
"Though your sins be as scarlet,
00:23:05.95\00:23:07.28
they shall be as white as snow,
00:23:07.32\00:23:08.65
though they are
red like crimson,
00:23:08.68\00:23:10.02
they shall be as wool."
00:23:10.05\00:23:11.39
That's clearly
who makes us clean.
00:23:11.42\00:23:12.75
But when the Bible says,
00:23:12.79\00:23:14.12
"He that has this hope
in himself purifies himself,
00:23:14.16\00:23:15.49
even as he is pure."
00:23:15.52\00:23:16.93
Even as he is pure means
00:23:16.96\00:23:18.59
like the parent
will clean the house
00:23:18.63\00:23:19.96
and say to the
kids, "I'm going out now
00:23:20.00\00:23:21.33
and I've cleaned the house.
00:23:21.36\00:23:22.70
Keep it that way."
00:23:22.73\00:23:25.83
So when you look at this
00:23:25.87\00:23:27.20
it's saying
here are the choices.
00:23:27.24\00:23:29.24
"Wash yourselves" in
other words make sure
00:23:29.27\00:23:30.61
that you are
living a clean life,
00:23:30.64\00:23:32.37
a clean existence.
00:23:32.41\00:23:33.91
Everything about our
lives need to be clean.
00:23:33.94\00:23:37.41
That is, our
choices need to be clean.
00:23:37.45\00:23:39.18
Our environment
need to be clean.
00:23:39.21\00:23:40.85
The things we watch and
listen to need to be clean.
00:23:40.88\00:23:43.32
And here's what else it says.
00:23:43.35\00:23:44.89
Verse 16, "Put away
the evil of your doings
00:23:44.92\00:23:47.16
from before Mine eyes.
00:23:47.19\00:23:48.52
Cease to do evil,
learn to do good."
00:23:48.56\00:23:51.23
And then you get to the part,
00:23:51.26\00:23:52.59
"Seek justice,
reprove the oppressor,
00:23:52.63\00:23:54.63
defend the fatherless,
plead for the widow."
00:23:54.66\00:23:56.87
All these are
characters and attributes,
00:23:56.90\00:23:59.07
characteristics
and attributes of those
00:23:59.10\00:24:01.10
who are now walking
in the newness of life.
00:24:01.14\00:24:03.77
They cease to do
what they did before
00:24:03.81\00:24:05.97
and now they are making
choices that are living choices.
00:24:06.01\00:24:08.54
Choices that cause
them to become stronger.
00:24:08.58\00:24:11.15
Amen. Praise God.
Right. You got that?
00:24:11.18\00:24:13.05
Look at the next one,
00:24:13.08\00:24:14.45
the fourth one of
the same question,
00:24:14.48\00:24:16.48
2 Corinthians 5:15,
00:24:16.52\00:24:18.72
here it is speaking
about the Christian,
00:24:18.75\00:24:21.79
speaking about Christ.
00:24:21.82\00:24:23.26
"And He died"
for how many of us?
00:24:23.29\00:24:25.56
"For all, that those who live
00:24:25.59\00:24:29.70
should live no
longer for themselves,
00:24:29.73\00:24:33.44
but for Him who died
for them and rose again."
00:24:33.47\00:24:37.64
Now that is an unselfish verse.
00:24:37.67\00:24:40.61
You know, what it
is, in essence, saying?
00:24:40.64\00:24:42.11
Before you gave
your life to Christ
00:24:42.14\00:24:43.65
who did you live for?
00:24:43.68\00:24:45.11
Somebody, who did you live for?
00:24:45.15\00:24:46.65
Self. Say it loudly.
00:24:46.68\00:24:48.02
Who did you live for? Self.
00:24:48.05\00:24:49.38
Self. Exactly.
00:24:49.42\00:24:50.75
That's why
Lucifer got kicked out.
00:24:50.79\00:24:52.15
He had "I" problems.
00:24:52.19\00:24:54.29
Have you
noticed-- this is scary.
00:24:54.32\00:24:57.16
We live in the "I" generation.
00:24:57.19\00:24:59.63
iPad, iPod,
00:24:59.66\00:25:02.36
I, I, I, I, I, iPhone.
00:25:02.40\00:25:07.37
I mean, you go down the list.
00:25:07.40\00:25:09.54
I have an iPad, I have an iPod
00:25:09.57\00:25:13.44
but I don't want
to have "I" trouble.
00:25:13.48\00:25:15.04
Amen. I think you're right.
00:25:15.08\00:25:16.95
See.
00:25:16.98\00:25:18.41
Satan, he lost his
estate in heaven because he had,
00:25:18.45\00:25:21.82
everything was about him.
00:25:21.85\00:25:23.69
Brothers and
sisters, when it becomes,
00:25:23.72\00:25:25.55
when we become Christians
00:25:25.59\00:25:26.92
it should no longer be about us.
00:25:26.96\00:25:28.29
We are not living for ourselves,
00:25:28.32\00:25:30.03
we are living for who now?
00:25:30.06\00:25:31.39
Christ. We're living for God.
00:25:31.43\00:25:32.79
Let me tell you why that
text is vitally important.
00:25:32.83\00:25:34.70
When it says,
00:25:34.73\00:25:36.06
"But for Him who died
for them and rose again."
00:25:36.10\00:25:39.70
In other words, for
people that don't know God
00:25:39.73\00:25:43.47
they need to have some kind
of representation in the earth
00:25:43.51\00:25:47.08
that God really does exist.
00:25:47.11\00:25:48.58
So somebody who
is an atheist says,
00:25:48.61\00:25:51.65
"What can you tell me to
prove to me that God exist?"
00:25:51.68\00:25:55.78
Here's your testimony.
00:25:55.82\00:25:57.62
Here's how I used to be.
00:25:57.65\00:25:59.62
Here's how I am
now and there is no one
00:25:59.65\00:26:03.46
that could have changed me
00:26:03.49\00:26:04.83
except a power
greater than myself.
00:26:04.86\00:26:07.90
Amen. Amen.
00:26:07.93\00:26:09.26
So the changed life
is the greatest testimony
00:26:09.30\00:26:11.63
that's why I
think it's in Matthew 5
00:26:11.67\00:26:13.54
when the Lord says,
00:26:13.57\00:26:14.90
"Let your light
so shine before men,
00:26:14.94\00:26:17.44
that they may see your" what?
00:26:17.47\00:26:19.51
"Good works and" do what?
00:26:19.54\00:26:21.34
"Glorify your
Father" which is where?
00:26:21.38\00:26:23.88
"In heaven." That's a key.
00:26:23.91\00:26:25.81
We will say, they
will say, "where is God?"
00:26:25.85\00:26:27.25
He is in heaven.
00:26:27.28\00:26:29.48
And they say,
"Well, how do I know that?"
00:26:29.52\00:26:31.42
Look at my works.
00:26:31.45\00:26:33.19
Now you know who I used to be.
00:26:33.22\00:26:35.09
And some of our friends,
whenever I go back to New York
00:26:35.12\00:26:38.46
and I revisit the
neighborhood where I was raised
00:26:38.49\00:26:41.60
that pool hall is still
there where I used to gamble.
00:26:41.63\00:26:44.23
Some of my friends
have since then died
00:26:44.27\00:26:46.87
from whatever
they got involved in.
00:26:46.90\00:26:49.54
But sometimes I meet
people that would say,
00:26:49.57\00:26:51.61
"Man, you look like
you're doing good for yourself.
00:26:51.64\00:26:55.34
So what you're up to?"
00:26:55.38\00:26:56.71
And when I say,
"Well, I'm a pastor."
00:26:56.75\00:26:58.08
They say, "Now,
really, are you serious?
00:26:58.11\00:27:01.62
You are pastor, come on now."
00:27:01.65\00:27:03.08
Hey, you know, they call that--
00:27:03.12\00:27:04.52
they want to take me
back to where we were.
00:27:04.55\00:27:06.55
"I mean, really you're pastor?"
00:27:06.59\00:27:08.22
"I mean, you don't
shoot no pool anymore?"
00:27:08.26\00:27:09.59
No, I lay that down."
00:27:09.62\00:27:10.96
"You don't gamble
anymore?" No, I lay that down.
00:27:10.99\00:27:13.29
"So when you become a preacher?"
00:27:13.33\00:27:16.00
See, the life, the
changed life is a testament
00:27:16.03\00:27:20.00
because I'll tell you honestly
I would have never guessed,
00:27:20.04\00:27:23.54
you could have never said to me
00:27:23.57\00:27:24.91
when I was in the clubs
and partying and gambling
00:27:24.94\00:27:26.78
and pool hustling
00:27:26.81\00:27:29.61
and all the other
things that go along with that.
00:27:29.64\00:27:30.98
You could have never said to me
00:27:31.01\00:27:32.35
that I would be standing
here doing what I'm doing today.
00:27:32.38\00:27:34.42
But that's the
power of a changed life.
00:27:34.45\00:27:35.85
That's an amen right there.
00:27:35.88\00:27:37.22
Amen.
00:27:37.25\00:27:38.59
There ought to be a difference
so we-- but the only way that
00:27:38.62\00:27:40.99
that difference is
gonna be seen to others
00:27:41.02\00:27:43.26
is if we begin to no
longer live for ourselves
00:27:43.29\00:27:47.10
well, we began to live for who?
00:27:47.13\00:27:48.46
Christ.
00:27:48.50\00:27:49.86
So people would say,
00:27:49.90\00:27:51.23
"Well, how do you
know that Jesus lives?"
00:27:51.27\00:27:52.60
What's the song says?
00:27:52.63\00:27:54.60
"You ask me how I know He lives?
00:27:54.64\00:27:56.30
He lives" where?
"Within my heart."
00:27:56.34\00:27:58.74
See.
00:27:58.77\00:28:00.11
But they won't--
00:28:00.14\00:28:02.61
True story, check this
out when you get a chance.
00:28:02.64\00:28:04.08
Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi
00:28:04.11\00:28:08.05
before he became Buddhist
00:28:08.08\00:28:11.05
he spent the summer
at a Christian's house
00:28:11.09\00:28:14.32
and he concluded if
that's what a Christian is
00:28:14.36\00:28:16.89
I don't want to be a Christian.
00:28:16.93\00:28:19.09
And he became
now one of the most
00:28:19.13\00:28:20.90
prominent
individuals in his religion
00:28:20.93\00:28:25.13
because he saw the
wrong representation of Jesus.
00:28:25.17\00:28:29.27
You see, when we live for Christ
00:28:29.30\00:28:31.44
people no longer get distorted.
00:28:31.47\00:28:35.04
I was in Wal-Mart few hours ago
00:28:35.08\00:28:39.45
and somebody walked by and said
00:28:39.48\00:28:40.82
"Hi, how you're doing?"
00:28:40.85\00:28:42.25
And I turned to see
who was and he said,
00:28:42.28\00:28:43.82
"You don't know me
but I do know you."
00:28:43.85\00:28:46.79
And I'm thinking...
00:28:46.82\00:28:48.16
that's why we have
to always be mindful
00:28:51.46\00:28:53.76
that we don't
live unto ourselves.
00:28:53.80\00:28:55.36
Isn't that right? It's right.
00:28:55.40\00:28:56.83
So when you,
00:28:56.87\00:28:58.20
this is some of the
most practical stuff.
00:28:58.23\00:28:59.57
I mean, I like this
say because what happens is
00:28:59.60\00:29:02.00
this is not
saying well, the Sabbath
00:29:02.04\00:29:03.37
you can't change at
the state of the dead,
00:29:03.41\00:29:04.74
that's the fact no matter
whether you believe it or not.
00:29:04.77\00:29:06.11
All those
doctrinal things are facts
00:29:06.14\00:29:08.11
but how do we live this
thing called Christianity?
00:29:08.14\00:29:10.71
We ought to live the life
00:29:10.75\00:29:12.08
that we're preparing
to live for eternally.
00:29:12.11\00:29:14.02
Amen.
00:29:14.05\00:29:15.38
Don't wait till we
get on the boat to say,
00:29:15.42\00:29:17.02
"Hey, vacation is tomorrow.
00:29:17.05\00:29:18.55
I'll pack when
I go on vacation."
00:29:18.59\00:29:20.26
You better pack before you go.
00:29:20.29\00:29:22.16
Get everything you need
00:29:22.19\00:29:23.76
before you go
on vacation, right.
00:29:23.79\00:29:25.23
So let's go to
question number nine.
00:29:25.53\00:29:26.86
If you want to
put the answer there
00:29:26.90\00:29:28.26
on the fourth part
of question number eight
00:29:28.30\00:29:30.30
you begin to live for Jesus.
00:29:30.33\00:29:33.03
"Why should
making godly choices be
00:29:33.07\00:29:34.74
delightful to the Christian?"
00:29:34.77\00:29:36.10
Because you represent
Christ. You represent Jesus.
00:29:36.14\00:29:40.68
While my wife is not
here I represent my wife.
00:29:40.71\00:29:44.11
I life as though she is
standing right next to me.
00:29:44.15\00:29:49.45
Amen.
00:29:49.48\00:29:52.55
The single people
didn't say anything.
00:29:52.59\00:29:54.36
Whether we see God or
not as somebody once said,
00:29:58.33\00:30:02.66
"How can you love those,
00:30:02.70\00:30:06.74
how can you love a
God that you do not see
00:30:06.77\00:30:09.17
if you don't love
those that you can see?"
00:30:09.20\00:30:11.57
So we have to live.
00:30:11.61\00:30:12.94
The witness has
to be one to one.
00:30:12.97\00:30:14.48
It has to be horizontal
00:30:14.51\00:30:19.01
before it's vertical, all right.
00:30:19.05\00:30:22.12
Number nine, this
is really important.
00:30:22.15\00:30:25.12
Here we go, number nine.
00:30:25.15\00:30:26.92
"What makes the
death of Jesus different
00:30:26.96\00:30:30.59
from the resurrection of Jesus?"
00:30:30.63\00:30:32.09
Now I want you to get this.
00:30:32.13\00:30:33.46
This is, this one, you see ROTC,
00:30:33.50\00:30:35.66
no that's not a
military service, okay.
00:30:35.70\00:30:39.83
I'm not gonna ask you what it is
00:30:39.87\00:30:41.20
because it's my own acronym.
00:30:41.24\00:30:45.27
"What makes the death of Jesus
00:30:45.31\00:30:46.64
different from the
resurrection of Jesus?"
00:30:46.68\00:30:48.51
Here it is.
00:30:48.54\00:30:49.88
The death of Jesus
this is on the screen,
00:30:49.91\00:30:52.51
represents the
redemption of the cross.
00:30:52.55\00:30:56.28
The death of Jesus
represents the redemption.
00:30:56.32\00:30:59.29
The cross redeemed us.
00:30:59.32\00:31:00.76
The redemption of the cross.
00:31:00.79\00:31:02.92
There are those
who have been redeemed.
00:31:02.96\00:31:05.76
There are those
who are redeemed.
00:31:05.79\00:31:07.90
But that's simply what
the death of Jesus does.
00:31:07.93\00:31:11.83
But what does the
resurrection of Jesus do?
00:31:11.87\00:31:14.30
You see, if we only
live the death of Jesus,
00:31:14.34\00:31:16.04
then we die to sin.
00:31:16.07\00:31:18.04
But that's not where
the Lord wants us to stop.
00:31:18.07\00:31:20.08
We have to live
on the other side
00:31:20.11\00:31:21.51
of the death of Christ.
00:31:21.54\00:31:22.88
So we have the
resurrection of Jesus, TROC,
00:31:22.91\00:31:26.38
the resurrection of the cross.
00:31:26.41\00:31:28.48
ROTC is
resurrection of the cross, okay.
00:31:28.52\00:31:31.52
But now here is
the other side of that.
00:31:31.55\00:31:34.59
This is the practical side.
00:31:34.62\00:31:36.76
The second part is the
"Fellowship of the Cross."
00:31:39.89\00:31:43.33
The death of Jesus was
the redemption of the cross.
00:31:43.37\00:31:46.13
The resurrection of
Jesus brings us into the what?
00:31:46.17\00:31:49.64
The fellowship of the cross.
00:31:49.67\00:31:53.27
It brings us into what?
00:31:53.31\00:31:54.98
The fellowship of the cross.
00:31:55.01\00:31:56.85
So you have here
the resurrection.
00:31:56.88\00:31:59.01
Now you wouldn't have
fellowship with Christ.
00:31:59.05\00:32:01.68
Could we have fellowship
with somebody that's still dead,
00:32:01.72\00:32:03.62
yes or no?
00:32:03.65\00:32:04.99
No. No, you can't.
00:32:05.02\00:32:06.52
So now He didn't stand
the grave, He came out.
00:32:06.55\00:32:09.89
The word fellowship there
is the Greek word Koinonia.
00:32:09.92\00:32:14.06
Now the
fellowship is talking about,
00:32:14.10\00:32:15.46
there is not
fellowship dinner, all right.
00:32:15.50\00:32:19.40
It's not a social,
00:32:19.43\00:32:21.80
it's not popcorn and corn dogs,
00:32:21.84\00:32:27.51
Veja-Links, that's not
what he is talking about.
00:32:27.54\00:32:30.45
He is talking about the only way
00:32:30.48\00:32:31.81
that you're gonna have
fellowship with the Lord
00:32:31.85\00:32:34.68
who represents the light
00:32:34.72\00:32:36.38
as if you also
are in that light.
00:32:36.42\00:32:39.95
Now the fellowship of
the cross brings to our table
00:32:39.99\00:32:44.09
something that was
not available before
00:32:44.13\00:32:46.23
because it was
not until Jesus died
00:32:46.26\00:32:48.60
that the fellowship of the cross
00:32:48.63\00:32:50.10
was made available.
00:32:50.13\00:32:51.47
Now there were those who
lived for God prior to that
00:32:51.50\00:32:53.47
but until Jesus rose again
00:32:53.50\00:32:55.67
until He came
forth from the empty tomb
00:32:55.70\00:32:57.17
the fellowship of the
cross was not available
00:32:57.21\00:33:00.71
because it came
forth as a redemptive act.
00:33:00.74\00:33:03.31
It came forth
as a redemptive act
00:33:03.35\00:33:04.98
when the
resurrection was complete
00:33:05.01\00:33:07.38
then fellowship
was made possible.
00:33:07.42\00:33:10.19
That's why and get--
00:33:10.22\00:33:12.35
look at what fellowship did
to the New Testament Church.
00:33:12.39\00:33:15.49
On the day of Pentecost
00:33:15.52\00:33:16.86
what happened
because of fellowship?
00:33:16.89\00:33:18.23
How many people
joined the church?
00:33:18.26\00:33:19.89
How many people?
Somebody tell me.
00:33:19.93\00:33:21.33
Three thousand. Three thousand.
00:33:21.36\00:33:23.00
Next baptism was how many?
00:33:23.03\00:33:25.07
Five thousand.
00:33:25.10\00:33:26.43
Then by the time you
get to Acts Chapter 5
00:33:26.47\00:33:27.97
it says then multitudes.
00:33:28.00\00:33:30.21
Now get this,
this is so important
00:33:30.24\00:33:31.57
you don't want to miss this.
00:33:31.61\00:33:32.94
Fellowship should not
happen with brothers and sisters
00:33:32.97\00:33:35.48
of the like
faith just once a week.
00:33:35.51\00:33:37.85
Amen. That's right.
00:33:37.88\00:33:39.21
That is not the redemptive,
that's not the redemption
00:33:39.25\00:33:42.58
that Jesus gave to us.
00:33:42.62\00:33:43.95
What did the New
Testament Church do?
00:33:43.99\00:33:45.45
This is vitally important.
00:33:45.49\00:33:47.02
The one of the reasons why--
and this is what troubles me.
00:33:47.06\00:33:50.13
When "Christians" can only stand
00:33:50.16\00:33:52.76
a few hours in
church once a week
00:33:52.79\00:33:54.76
and I got to get out of
here as quickly as I can.
00:33:54.80\00:33:57.10
I'm asking myself the question,
00:33:57.13\00:33:58.47
they don't understand
the fellowship of the cross.
00:33:58.50\00:34:00.64
Amen.
00:34:00.67\00:34:03.24
Because the
fellowship of the cross says
00:34:03.27\00:34:05.14
we abide not in
the shadow of the cross
00:34:05.17\00:34:08.18
which is the death
00:34:08.21\00:34:09.71
but we now abide in
the light of the cross,
00:34:09.74\00:34:12.68
which is a new life.
00:34:12.71\00:34:14.65
So can you imagine,
00:34:14.68\00:34:16.58
I know when
holidays come sometimes
00:34:16.62\00:34:18.82
I see people
walk out of Wal-Mart
00:34:18.85\00:34:20.19
there are like
seven or eight videos.
00:34:20.22\00:34:22.96
What do you think they
are gonna do all weekend?
00:34:22.99\00:34:24.33
They got Monday off.
00:34:24.36\00:34:25.69
I got Monday off,
I'm gonna watch videos
00:34:25.73\00:34:27.06
and eat popcorn
all weekend long.
00:34:27.10\00:34:29.10
And those same individuals
give me 45 minutes of church,
00:34:29.13\00:34:31.73
and I'm out of here.
00:34:31.77\00:34:33.54
That is not.
00:34:33.57\00:34:35.04
That is not the
fellowship of the cross.
00:34:35.07\00:34:37.81
So here's my point.
00:34:37.84\00:34:39.17
The fellowship of the cross
00:34:39.21\00:34:40.54
brings you into a
relationship with Christ
00:34:40.58\00:34:43.71
and with like
believers that brings a joy
00:34:43.75\00:34:46.35
that nothing
else can ever sustain.
00:34:46.38\00:34:50.42
Amen.
00:34:50.45\00:34:51.85
Because people,
they are like computers.
00:34:51.89\00:34:53.22
What do they talk about?
00:34:53.25\00:34:54.59
What do they talk about?
00:34:54.62\00:34:55.96
Computers.
Whatever you're interested.
00:34:55.99\00:34:57.33
Okay, whatever
we are interested in
00:34:57.36\00:34:58.99
that's the majority
of our conversation.
00:34:59.03\00:35:00.90
Our lives that we live
should be a constant testimony
00:35:05.43\00:35:08.10
that we can't
wait for fellowship
00:35:08.14\00:35:10.04
that's gonna be in heaven.
00:35:10.07\00:35:12.31
From one Sabbath to another
00:35:12.34\00:35:14.74
"Shall all flesh come
to worship before me."
00:35:14.78\00:35:18.18
Amen. Praise God.
00:35:18.21\00:35:19.55
They're not gonna say,
"Lord, you know, it's 12:15.
00:35:19.58\00:35:22.35
I got to go and sit home
for the rest of the Sabbath."
00:35:25.45\00:35:30.16
How long You're gonna talk?
00:35:30.19\00:35:31.53
Paul the apostle understood
the fellowship of the cross
00:35:31.56\00:35:34.20
that's why he said,
Eutychus, until you get this,
00:35:34.23\00:35:37.50
he brought him back to
life by the power of God.
00:35:37.53\00:35:40.37
Eutychus, you didn't get this.
00:35:40.40\00:35:41.74
The fellowship of the
cross doesn't end at midnight.
00:35:41.77\00:35:45.77
You get what I'm
saying here? Yes.
00:35:45.81\00:35:48.01
The reason why they
were there all day long,
00:35:48.04\00:35:49.51
it was the
fellowship of the cross.
00:35:49.54\00:35:51.85
The reason why they went
from house to house every day
00:35:51.88\00:35:53.82
was the fellowship of the cross.
00:35:53.85\00:35:55.32
Here's what I'm saying,
00:35:55.35\00:35:56.69
how can you ever
get strong in something
00:35:56.72\00:35:58.05
you professed to
have as a living,
00:35:58.09\00:35:59.62
as a living experience
00:35:59.65\00:36:00.99
if you spend so
little time in it?
00:36:01.02\00:36:04.76
This is what I'm talking about.
00:36:04.79\00:36:06.13
This is the practical
parts, alive unto God.
00:36:06.16\00:36:07.73
How can you be a cook
00:36:07.76\00:36:10.37
if you only
cook one meal a week?
00:36:10.40\00:36:12.97
Amen.
00:36:13.00\00:36:14.34
You can't get a culinary degree
with TV dinners in your oven.
00:36:14.37\00:36:17.71
Oh, exactly.
00:36:20.08\00:36:22.11
But the point of the matter is
00:36:22.14\00:36:23.48
you've got to spend time
00:36:23.51\00:36:24.85
in the very thing
that you professed
00:36:24.88\00:36:26.65
to be a living
experience of yours.
00:36:26.68\00:36:29.65
So those are
comfortable in fellowship
00:36:29.68\00:36:32.55
are getting
ready for eternal life
00:36:32.59\00:36:35.19
are getting ready
for the kingdom to come.
00:36:35.22\00:36:38.16
Wow, amazing concept.
00:36:38.19\00:36:41.43
Here it is. Look at
the third part of this.
00:36:41.46\00:36:43.87
That's why the third
part is so vitally important.
00:36:43.90\00:36:45.40
Roman 6:8.
00:36:45.43\00:36:47.44
I'm breaking it down tonight.
00:36:47.47\00:36:49.60
Let's read this together.
00:36:49.64\00:36:50.97
"Now if we" what?
00:36:51.01\00:36:53.41
"Died with Christ,
00:36:53.44\00:36:54.91
we believe that we
shall also" do what?
00:36:54.94\00:36:57.31
"Live with Him."
00:36:57.35\00:36:58.68
One of the biggest
mistakes we make is that
00:36:58.71\00:37:00.65
is to apply that
text to just eternity.
00:37:00.68\00:37:05.22
Where do we live with Him?
00:37:05.25\00:37:06.76
Down here, right now.
00:37:06.79\00:37:09.36
Remember a couple of
weeks ago we had that text,
00:37:09.39\00:37:11.09
I think was last week.
00:37:11.13\00:37:12.59
Let me see if it's in my lesson.
00:37:12.63\00:37:13.96
Here it is.
00:37:14.00\00:37:15.33
"For the grace of
God," Titus 2:11, 12.
00:37:15.36\00:37:16.77
"For the grace of God
00:37:16.80\00:37:18.13
that brings salvation
has appeared to all men,
00:37:18.17\00:37:20.34
teaching us that,
00:37:20.37\00:37:21.70
denying
ungodliness and worldly lusts,
00:37:21.74\00:37:24.67
we should live
soberly, righteously,
00:37:24.71\00:37:27.81
and godly in this present age."
00:37:27.84\00:37:29.81
Amen. Amen.
00:37:29.84\00:37:31.18
That's what's happening.
00:37:31.21\00:37:32.55
When you are so
excited about something,
00:37:32.58\00:37:33.92
when I was growing up I
had baseball cards galore.
00:37:33.95\00:37:36.38
That was my hobby.
00:37:39.45\00:37:40.79
Whatever your hobby is
00:37:40.82\00:37:42.16
you have a whole
lot of that stuff.
00:37:42.19\00:37:43.53
Amen. Right?
00:37:43.56\00:37:45.29
You know, it's so nice.
00:37:45.33\00:37:47.03
I got so many, on my bedhead
00:37:47.06\00:37:49.40
I want a change on our bed head
00:37:49.43\00:37:50.77
because my bed
has become a library.
00:37:50.80\00:37:53.10
I got three Bibles,
00:37:53.13\00:37:54.47
I got all the
books that I'm reading,
00:37:54.50\00:37:55.84
all the latest materials.
00:37:55.87\00:37:57.74
You know, why?
Because that fascinates me.
00:37:57.77\00:37:59.61
Here's my point,
00:37:59.64\00:38:00.98
if your diet is
not a spiritual diet
00:38:01.01\00:38:02.74
and it doesn't bring you delight
00:38:02.78\00:38:05.08
then that new life in Christ
00:38:05.11\00:38:06.65
has not yet taken
root inside of your heart.
00:38:06.68\00:38:09.92
Amen.
00:38:09.95\00:38:11.75
And there are some
people that studied
00:38:11.79\00:38:13.12
their Sabbath school lesson.
00:38:13.15\00:38:14.79
It's like, "Do we have
to study the whole week?"
00:38:14.82\00:38:17.79
You see what I'm saying.
00:38:20.90\00:38:22.26
When spiritual
things are not of delight
00:38:22.30\00:38:23.97
then you are
not alive in Christ.
00:38:24.00\00:38:25.87
Let's look at
this, question number 10.
00:38:25.90\00:38:28.50
We are moving at a good pace.
00:38:28.54\00:38:30.11
Question number 10,
00:38:30.14\00:38:32.04
"How does the Bible
describe the change made
00:38:32.07\00:38:34.94
after the tomb?"
00:38:34.98\00:38:37.18
"How does the Bible
describe the change made
00:38:37.21\00:38:40.58
after the tomb?"
00:38:40.62\00:38:42.98
It sure does describe it.
00:38:43.02\00:38:45.12
Okay, here it is.
Are you ready for it?
00:38:45.15\00:38:47.99
Romans 6:4, It reads as follows.
00:38:48.02\00:38:52.29
"Therefore we were"
what's the next word?
00:38:52.33\00:38:55.03
Buried.
00:38:55.06\00:38:56.40
"Buried with Him through" what?
00:38:56.43\00:38:58.07
"Baptism into death,"
that's what happened, Budd.
00:38:58.10\00:39:00.20
That's what happed, Dave.
That's what happened, Marlene.
00:39:00.24\00:39:01.64
And that's what
happened to all of you
00:39:01.67\00:39:03.00
who are baptized.
00:39:03.04\00:39:04.37
When you are baptized you are
00:39:04.41\00:39:05.74
"Buried with Him
through baptism into death,
00:39:05.77\00:39:07.51
that just as Christ
was raised from the dead
00:39:07.54\00:39:09.84
by the glory of the Father,"
00:39:09.88\00:39:12.25
let's together end this
00:39:12.28\00:39:13.85
"even so we also should
walk in the newness of life."
00:39:13.88\00:39:19.45
Question, you have to
ask yourself this question
00:39:19.49\00:39:21.52
and answer it yourself.
00:39:21.56\00:39:22.89
I don't want your
hands to be raised.
00:39:22.92\00:39:24.43
What's new since
you were baptized?
00:39:24.46\00:39:28.03
What's new? What's different?
00:39:28.06\00:39:32.37
According to 2 Corinthians 5:17,
00:39:32.40\00:39:34.44
"Old things have
passed away, behold,
00:39:34.47\00:39:36.17
all things have become new."
00:39:36.20\00:39:37.57
If that's not
the case in your life
00:39:37.61\00:39:39.34
then you find yourself
maybe being exposed to things
00:39:39.37\00:39:41.54
that are causing to slip back.
00:39:41.58\00:39:43.08
Now let me just tell you
why that's vitally important.
00:39:43.11\00:39:45.68
What we have is we
have a spiritual walk
00:39:45.71\00:39:47.58
or what do we struggling with?
00:39:47.62\00:39:49.28
What kind of body do we have?
00:39:49.32\00:39:50.69
A natural body. It's flesh.
00:39:50.72\00:39:52.29
So we've got this dictionary,
we've got this hard drive
00:39:52.32\00:39:55.12
that has a whole lot
of junk in it, right.
00:39:55.16\00:39:58.83
Every time you try to defrag it
00:39:58.86\00:40:00.36
you find that
there is more junk in it.
00:40:00.40\00:40:02.63
You can't put a virus stopper.
00:40:02.66\00:40:04.30
The virus is chronic.
00:40:04.33\00:40:06.23
Matter of fact,
the virus is so bad
00:40:06.27\00:40:08.04
that Lord is gonna
get rid of this hard drive
00:40:08.07\00:40:09.40
and give you a new one.
00:40:09.44\00:40:10.77
Amen for that. Amen.
00:40:10.81\00:40:12.14
So you can't-- there is
nothing on this hard drive.
00:40:12.17\00:40:14.21
I mean, you could,
sometimes you walk past a store
00:40:14.24\00:40:16.85
and you hear a song
that takes you back 30 years.
00:40:16.88\00:40:20.08
Now if you are only 15
00:40:20.12\00:40:21.45
it doesn't take
you back 30 years.
00:40:21.48\00:40:24.15
But sometimes you
walk past the store,
00:40:24.19\00:40:26.02
am I right, that will
take you back way back?
00:40:26.05\00:40:29.56
Or sometimes you
smell a perfume and you say,
00:40:29.59\00:40:33.33
"Why do I remember that?
00:40:33.36\00:40:35.10
Oh, yeah, I remember that."
00:40:35.13\00:40:37.07
And it takes you back to a place
00:40:37.10\00:40:38.43
that don't stay there too long,
00:40:38.47\00:40:41.20
that's the natural body.
00:40:41.24\00:40:42.87
And sometimes you see an ad
00:40:42.90\00:40:44.67
or sometimes you
walk past a person
00:40:44.71\00:40:46.91
that just blows the
cigarette as you walk by.
00:40:46.94\00:40:48.88
"Well, that's a Marlboro.
00:40:53.72\00:40:55.05
I used to smoke that, you know."
00:40:55.08\00:40:57.45
And I didn't smoke
but I'm just saying.
00:40:57.49\00:40:58.82
This is what happens.
00:40:58.85\00:41:00.19
You are living
in a natural world.
00:41:00.22\00:41:01.66
You walk past a bar
and as you walk past it,
00:41:01.69\00:41:04.03
it just so happened
the devil organizes,
00:41:04.06\00:41:05.83
so when you walk past
that's when the guys coming out
00:41:05.86\00:41:08.30
so the door is wide open
and you get a whiff of bear
00:41:08.33\00:41:11.63
and alcohol all mixed in one.
00:41:11.67\00:41:13.77
You know that smell of a bar.
00:41:13.80\00:41:15.24
It just comes out and hits you.
00:41:15.27\00:41:16.87
You say,
00:41:16.91\00:41:18.24
"Man, and you peek in."
00:41:20.08\00:41:24.45
And you hear a voice
say, "don't go in there."
00:41:24.48\00:41:28.05
See-- but that's the struggle
until you overcome all that
00:41:28.08\00:41:32.95
that's the battle
that we face every day.
00:41:32.99\00:41:36.66
So this newness of life is not
a suggestion. It's a command.
00:41:36.69\00:41:41.86
When you-- Christ is saying
00:41:41.90\00:41:43.23
once you enter
into this walk with me
00:41:43.26\00:41:46.40
what you do after
that is not optional.
00:41:46.43\00:41:49.30
This is the way that
person who is in me now lives.
00:41:49.34\00:41:51.61
They live in
the newness of life.
00:41:51.64\00:41:53.04
Amen. Amen.
00:41:53.07\00:41:54.41
But now let's look at this.
00:41:54.44\00:41:56.38
Go to question number 11 now
00:41:56.41\00:41:58.38
because we are
breaking this down.
00:41:58.41\00:42:00.02
Here we go, "How
does the resurrected life
00:42:00.05\00:42:04.95
differ from the redeemed life?"
00:42:04.99\00:42:11.39
That's a question that will
make you scratch your forehead.
00:42:11.43\00:42:14.63
"How does the resurrected life
differ from the redeemed life?"
00:42:14.66\00:42:19.93
Okay, 2 Corinthians 4:10.
00:42:19.97\00:42:24.94
Wow, this was important verse.
00:42:24.97\00:42:27.91
I read this verse before.
00:42:27.94\00:42:29.94
I mean I read
this verse many times
00:42:29.98\00:42:31.31
but as I was studying this
00:42:31.35\00:42:32.75
it just reminded me of something
00:42:32.78\00:42:35.05
that is gonna
fascinate you right now.
00:42:35.08\00:42:36.65
Are you ready? You ready?
00:42:36.69\00:42:38.39
Here we go, look at the text.
00:42:38.42\00:42:40.72
What's the first word?
00:42:40.76\00:42:42.22
Always. Say the
first word again.
00:42:42.26\00:42:43.59
Always.
00:42:43.63\00:42:44.96
"Always carrying
about in the body the" what?
00:42:44.99\00:42:49.56
"Dying of the Lord Jesus,
00:42:49.60\00:42:51.33
that the life of Jesus also
may be manifested in our" what?
00:42:51.37\00:42:57.27
"In our body."
00:42:57.31\00:42:58.64
Full stop, that's what they
say in Australia, full stop.
00:42:58.67\00:43:01.94
Now get this.
00:43:01.98\00:43:03.31
Look what's the
first word in that text?
00:43:03.35\00:43:04.81
Always.
00:43:04.85\00:43:06.18
What's the next word?
00:43:06.21\00:43:07.55
Carrying.
00:43:07.58\00:43:08.92
What's the next three words?
00:43:08.95\00:43:10.85
Carrying about in the body.
00:43:10.89\00:43:12.99
What are we carrying about?
00:43:13.02\00:43:15.59
Let me tell you a story.
00:43:15.62\00:43:16.96
This illustrates it very well.
00:43:16.99\00:43:18.33
Story about a man whose
son dove in the Pacific.
00:43:18.36\00:43:21.10
He dove for oysters.
00:43:21.13\00:43:23.16
Where you get those--
what do you get in oysters?
00:43:23.20\00:43:25.67
Pearls. Pearls.
00:43:25.70\00:43:27.04
He was known for diving
very, very deep in the ocean.
00:43:27.07\00:43:31.21
And people would come to him.
00:43:31.24\00:43:33.17
He had the record.
00:43:33.21\00:43:34.54
There are some
guys and if you look at
00:43:34.58\00:43:35.91
that there are some guys
00:43:35.94\00:43:37.28
that don't put any
kind of mask, nothing.
00:43:37.31\00:43:39.08
They just know how
to hold their breath
00:43:39.11\00:43:40.72
and they have these
fins that are very, very long
00:43:40.75\00:43:42.95
and they just dive
in, people pay them
00:43:42.98\00:43:44.99
and they go down to get
these oysters and come up
00:43:45.02\00:43:47.09
and if they get a good oyster
then they get a good pearl.
00:43:47.12\00:43:49.62
That how the situation is.
00:43:49.66\00:43:51.53
Well, this one
particular young man
00:43:51.56\00:43:52.89
who pride himself and
I saw this documentary
00:43:52.93\00:43:55.76
but this story is not
connected to the documentary.
00:43:55.80\00:43:57.63
I just saw the
documentary about these divers
00:43:57.67\00:43:59.87
who many, many years
later suffer from the bends.
00:43:59.90\00:44:03.30
It incapacitates them
00:44:03.34\00:44:04.94
and somebody
dedicated himself to go
00:44:04.97\00:44:07.14
and to give me them
hyperbaric chamber treatments
00:44:07.18\00:44:10.05
that begins to restore
the use of their limbs.
00:44:10.08\00:44:12.38
Well, this
particular story didn't happen
00:44:12.41\00:44:13.95
when the hyperbaric
chamber was accessible.
00:44:13.98\00:44:16.25
This young man dove and he dove
00:44:16.28\00:44:18.22
and his father knew how
long he could stay down.
00:44:18.25\00:44:21.59
But in this particular occasion
with all the hype of the crowds
00:44:21.62\00:44:23.89
he wanted to just
really fascinate people.
00:44:23.93\00:44:26.03
He dove and he dove
and he dove and he dove
00:44:26.06\00:44:28.16
and his father was thinking,
00:44:28.20\00:44:30.37
"I hope he is all right
00:44:30.40\00:44:31.87
because he is down
longer than he's ever been."
00:44:31.90\00:44:34.27
The tragedy of
the story is he died.
00:44:34.30\00:44:37.61
As he came to the
surface, rushing to the surface
00:44:37.64\00:44:40.11
he had gone so far down
00:44:40.14\00:44:42.18
that he had too much
build up in his lungs.
00:44:42.21\00:44:46.95
And he lost conciseness,
died in the hospital
00:44:46.98\00:44:51.69
but he died with
that oyster in his hand.
00:44:51.72\00:44:55.06
And father opened the oyster
00:44:55.09\00:44:59.26
after the whole
trauma of the situation
00:44:59.29\00:45:02.06
and he had that
pearl in the oyster.
00:45:02.10\00:45:04.77
And it was a good one.
00:45:04.80\00:45:07.97
People heard about it
00:45:08.00\00:45:09.34
and they want to buy this oyster
00:45:09.37\00:45:11.31
and his father said,
"This one is not for sale."
00:45:11.34\00:45:15.08
Everywhere that
father went he carried about,
00:45:15.11\00:45:17.15
he carried that
with him in his pocket.
00:45:17.18\00:45:19.51
When he sits down
amongst his friends
00:45:19.55\00:45:21.52
he put on the desk
and he just turned around.
00:45:21.55\00:45:23.28
They say, "what is that?"
00:45:23.32\00:45:25.19
That's the last thing my son got
00:45:25.22\00:45:26.76
when he went diving.
00:45:26.79\00:45:28.19
He always carried
about in his body.
00:45:28.22\00:45:32.99
He always
carried about the memory
00:45:33.03\00:45:34.60
of what his son's
death meant to him.
00:45:34.63\00:45:37.07
He never separated it.
00:45:37.10\00:45:38.43
You could not get much space
00:45:38.47\00:45:39.80
between that man
and that little oyster
00:45:39.83\00:45:42.00
or that little pearl
because it represented
00:45:42.04\00:45:45.34
the life of his son.
00:45:45.37\00:45:47.11
You know, and the
Parable of the Great Pearl
00:45:47.14\00:45:48.91
is told in the Bible.
00:45:48.94\00:45:50.38
It says, when a
person finds the field
00:45:50.41\00:45:52.38
where that pearl is in
00:45:52.41\00:45:53.75
they go and sell
everything they have
00:45:53.78\00:45:55.72
to purchase that field.
00:45:55.75\00:45:57.09
Now, you know,
00:45:57.12\00:45:58.45
what we
misunderstand about that?
00:45:58.49\00:45:59.82
What we think is
that when we find a pearl
00:45:59.85\00:46:03.43
we go by the field
00:46:03.46\00:46:04.79
because we found a
great price in that field.
00:46:04.83\00:46:07.26
Brother, that's a
misunderstanding of the story.
00:46:07.30\00:46:08.90
When you read what Ellen
White says about that story,
00:46:08.93\00:46:10.87
she says, "When
Christ came to this earth
00:46:10.90\00:46:13.97
and found a field He
saw in that field pearls."
00:46:14.00\00:46:18.61
You, you, you of great
price and He sold everything.
00:46:18.64\00:46:23.38
His royalty,
00:46:23.41\00:46:24.75
His seat in the
kingdom, His perfection,
00:46:24.78\00:46:27.35
He sold adoration of
the-- He gave, He gave, He said,
00:46:27.38\00:46:30.69
I'm not gonna be
back for a while.
00:46:30.72\00:46:32.45
When I come back I'm
not gonna be the same
00:46:32.49\00:46:34.09
but I found this sea,
00:46:34.12\00:46:35.86
I found the place of great price
00:46:35.89\00:46:37.53
I'm gonna God down there
and get all those pearls.
00:46:37.56\00:46:40.06
So when the Lord
makes up His jewels one day
00:46:40.10\00:46:42.90
we will all be in those jewels.
00:46:42.93\00:46:44.27
What do you say to that? Amen.
00:46:44.30\00:46:45.63
So when you think
about this, what it says
00:46:45.67\00:46:47.67
is when we conceptualize that,
00:46:47.70\00:46:49.90
when we realize what the Lord
00:46:49.94\00:46:51.27
has paid to
redeem every one of us
00:46:51.31\00:46:53.07
that's what this is saying here.
00:46:53.11\00:46:54.44
Paul is saying, always
carrying about in the body.
00:46:54.48\00:46:57.55
In our body is the dying
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:46:57.58\00:46:59.31
And if you live realizing
00:46:59.35\00:47:00.88
how much He has
given to redeem you
00:47:00.92\00:47:03.69
then the life of Christ
maybe manifested in your body.
00:47:03.72\00:47:07.36
You begin to live
with an appreciation
00:47:07.39\00:47:09.29
and a different temperament.
00:47:09.32\00:47:10.79
So that father from that day on
00:47:10.83\00:47:13.06
when people talked about his son
00:47:13.09\00:47:14.70
he had nothing but good
things to say about his son.
00:47:14.73\00:47:17.63
The greatest
stories about his son
00:47:17.67\00:47:19.17
and he never parted
00:47:19.20\00:47:20.57
and I'm sure maybe
till the day he passed away
00:47:20.60\00:47:22.94
that pearl was a
constant reminder
00:47:22.97\00:47:25.24
of how valuable
his son is to us.
00:47:25.27\00:47:27.41
Well, when we live our
lives always remembering
00:47:27.44\00:47:29.38
what Jesus had done for us,
00:47:29.41\00:47:31.01
He died for us that the life
that His life maybe seen in us.
00:47:31.05\00:47:35.05
So when you put that down,
00:47:35.08\00:47:36.42
how does the resurrected life
defer from the redeemed life?
00:47:36.45\00:47:39.52
The redeemed
life reveals Christ.
00:47:39.55\00:47:42.69
The redeemed
life reveals Christ.
00:47:42.72\00:47:45.99
That's what you
put on that first line,
00:47:46.03\00:47:47.46
the redeemed life
reveals Christ in us.
00:47:47.50\00:47:51.60
The resurrected life simply
makes Christ available to us.
00:47:51.63\00:47:54.30
But the redeemed
life reveals Christ in us.
00:47:54.34\00:47:58.87
that's why it says,
00:47:58.91\00:48:00.54
"That the life
of Jesus also may be
00:48:00.58\00:48:02.58
manifested in" whose body?
00:48:02.61\00:48:04.48
Our body.
00:48:04.51\00:48:05.85
What kind of body do
we have, somebody tell me?
00:48:05.88\00:48:08.22
What kind of body do we have?
00:48:08.25\00:48:10.72
Say it loud. I
heard word, mortal.
00:48:10.75\00:48:12.15
Mortal, natural.
00:48:12.19\00:48:13.52
Natural and what else? Mortal.
00:48:13.56\00:48:15.62
What kind of flesh do we have?
00:48:15.66\00:48:17.59
Sinful flesh.
We've got sinful flesh.
00:48:17.63\00:48:20.53
We've got a mortal body.
00:48:20.56\00:48:21.93
We got corruptible
minds and the Lord is saying,
00:48:21.96\00:48:25.80
if you consider the
great redemptive price
00:48:25.83\00:48:31.07
that I've paid for you
00:48:31.11\00:48:32.57
that life will be
revealed in your mortal,
00:48:32.61\00:48:35.88
corruptible and natural body.
00:48:35.91\00:48:38.08
Only divinity can
reveal and something imperfect,
00:48:38.11\00:48:41.72
something perfect.
00:48:41.75\00:48:43.08
Praise God. Christ is saying.
00:48:43.12\00:48:45.39
Perfection can
be seen in you now
00:48:45.42\00:48:48.56
and the Christ that died for you
00:48:51.36\00:48:52.93
His life can be
revealed in our lives.
00:48:52.96\00:48:55.10
It's an amazing thought
I get caught up in that.
00:48:55.13\00:48:57.77
So let me take a
breath. Look at the next one.
00:48:57.80\00:49:03.71
Part two,
00:49:03.74\00:49:05.07
"How does the resurrected life
differ from the redeemed life?"
00:49:05.11\00:49:07.61
Romans 8:15-17,
this is long one.
00:49:07.64\00:49:10.58
Well, let's read this together.
00:49:10.61\00:49:11.95
It says,
00:49:11.98\00:49:13.31
"For you did not receive
00:49:13.35\00:49:14.68
the spirit of
bondage again to" do what?
00:49:14.72\00:49:17.62
"Fear, but you
received the Spirit of" what?
00:49:17.65\00:49:21.62
"Adoption by whom we cry
out," together "'Abba, Father.'"
00:49:21.66\00:49:27.96
So what happens now?
00:49:28.00\00:49:31.23
What is made
available to you now?
00:49:31.27\00:49:33.30
What do we have
now? What do we receive?
00:49:33.34\00:49:36.77
The redeemed life.
Come on, say it again.
00:49:36.81\00:49:38.37
The spirit of adoption.
00:49:38.41\00:49:39.74
The spirit of
adoption, you got to get that.
00:49:39.77\00:49:42.41
Now when that
helps you understand
00:49:42.44\00:49:44.15
what that means, it
goes back to the story.
00:49:44.18\00:49:46.28
Whose children are we?
00:49:46.31\00:49:47.65
I told you that earlier in
the story of the young girl
00:49:47.68\00:49:49.45
who just got baptized.
00:49:49.48\00:49:50.82
Whose children are we?
00:49:50.85\00:49:53.46
Whose children are
we? We are God's children.
00:49:53.49\00:49:57.03
Now if you know that
00:49:57.06\00:49:59.36
whose children do you live
as though you are connected to?
00:49:59.39\00:50:02.90
Whose children do you represent?
00:50:02.93\00:50:04.53
God.
00:50:04.57\00:50:05.90
We should in our lives
represent God's children
00:50:05.93\00:50:09.40
because people are watching.
00:50:09.44\00:50:10.97
And, you know,
what the devil does
00:50:11.01\00:50:12.34
and I think Dave and I
were talking about this.
00:50:12.37\00:50:13.71
The devil will do all he can
00:50:13.74\00:50:17.78
for people to say to you,
00:50:17.81\00:50:19.65
"I thought you were Christian."
00:50:19.68\00:50:23.05
And that's what
the devil tries to do.
00:50:23.08\00:50:24.42
He tries to get you.
00:50:24.45\00:50:25.79
Remember when Jonah
was running from the Lord?
00:50:25.82\00:50:27.52
Remember that story
in the Book of Jonah
00:50:27.56\00:50:28.89
it's an amazing story?
00:50:28.92\00:50:30.26
It's only four chapters
in the whole Book of Jonah
00:50:30.29\00:50:31.63
but it's all about Jonah.
00:50:31.66\00:50:32.99
Running from God and
when he got in trouble
00:50:33.03\00:50:34.86
that's when he
started testifying.
00:50:34.90\00:50:36.83
"Who are you? What
meanest thou, O sleeper?"
00:50:36.87\00:50:39.10
Oh, I fear God. I'm a Hebrew.
00:50:39.13\00:50:42.90
He starts testifying
about his connection to God.
00:50:42.94\00:50:45.27
And in other words, he said,
"If you are so connected to God
00:50:45.31\00:50:48.28
why are we going
through so much trouble?"
00:50:48.31\00:50:51.08
You see the story.
00:50:51.11\00:50:52.88
Our connection to God
must not be the reason
00:50:52.91\00:50:55.92
why peoples' lives are troubled.
00:50:55.95\00:50:59.52
If our presence is brining
trouble to other peoples' lives
00:50:59.55\00:51:02.99
and what we are
doing is not right
00:51:03.02\00:51:05.16
then our
connection with God is not
00:51:05.19\00:51:06.53
where that connection should be.
00:51:06.56\00:51:07.90
That's the story of Jonah.
00:51:07.93\00:51:10.00
He claimed to
be connected to God
00:51:10.03\00:51:11.50
but he spent more time
going in the opposite direction
00:51:11.53\00:51:15.00
from where God was leading him.
00:51:15.04\00:51:16.37
So if we claim to
be connected to God
00:51:16.40\00:51:17.74
we have to ask
ourselves a question,
00:51:17.77\00:51:19.41
are we going in
the opposite direction
00:51:19.44\00:51:21.78
or are we going in the direction
00:51:21.81\00:51:23.24
that God is leading us?
00:51:23.28\00:51:26.31
We're adopted.
00:51:26.35\00:51:28.52
We are children of God now.
00:51:28.55\00:51:31.42
That's right.
00:51:31.45\00:51:33.66
Look at third part of that.
00:51:33.69\00:51:35.42
Third part of that is what?
00:51:35.46\00:51:36.79
Galatians 2:20.
00:51:36.83\00:51:38.16
I think you all know this one.
00:51:38.19\00:51:39.53
Oh, I forgot I
didn't finish the scripture.
00:51:39.56\00:51:41.76
I didn't finish the verse.
00:51:41.80\00:51:43.67
It says, "The Spirit
Himself bears witness
00:51:43.70\00:51:46.63
with our spirit
that we are" what?
00:51:46.67\00:51:49.10
"Children of
God, and if children,
00:51:49.14\00:51:51.24
then" we are what?
00:51:51.27\00:51:52.64
"Heirs of God and
joint heirs with Christ,
00:51:52.67\00:51:57.15
if indeed we suffer with
Him, that we may also be" what?
00:51:57.18\00:52:01.58
"Glorified together."
00:52:01.62\00:52:03.85
So we're gonna go through stuff.
00:52:03.89\00:52:05.85
Have you ever gone
through anything as a Christian?
00:52:05.89\00:52:08.06
Have you been
tempted? Have you had trials?
00:52:08.09\00:52:11.53
Paul the Apostle is
saying, don't worry about it.
00:52:11.56\00:52:14.23
It's a part of the journey.
00:52:14.26\00:52:18.13
Why is it a part of the--
00:52:18.17\00:52:19.50
why is difficulty and suffering
00:52:19.53\00:52:20.94
a part of the
Christian journey down here?
00:52:20.97\00:52:22.84
That's what Jesus went
through. Okay, very good point.
00:52:22.87\00:52:25.67
But why is it a part
of the journey down here?
00:52:25.71\00:52:28.71
Okay, say it
again. Satan is here.
00:52:28.74\00:52:30.11
Satan is here. We
are in enemy's territory.
00:52:30.15\00:52:32.21
There is
nothing about this world
00:52:32.25\00:52:33.58
that's designed
for the Christian.
00:52:33.62\00:52:38.09
That's why it's got to be
more than Christian music,
00:52:38.12\00:52:39.89
it's got to be more
than Christian entertainment,
00:52:39.92\00:52:41.26
it's got to be a Christian
connection with Christ.
00:52:41.29\00:52:44.53
If we suffer we will suffer
00:52:44.56\00:52:46.33
but we will be
glorified together with Him,
00:52:46.36\00:52:48.53
praise the Lord for that.
00:52:48.56\00:52:50.07
Now here's Galatians 2:20
we could all say this together.
00:52:50.10\00:52:52.77
"How does the resurrected life
differ from the redeemed life?"
00:52:52.80\00:52:55.84
Here it is.
00:52:55.87\00:52:57.64
"I have been
crucified with" what?
00:52:57.67\00:52:59.64
"Christ, it is no
longer I who" what?
00:52:59.67\00:53:03.31
"Live, but Christ lives" where?
00:53:03.35\00:53:05.58
"In me, and the life
which I now live in the flesh
00:53:05.61\00:53:09.12
I live by faith
in the Son of God,
00:53:09.15\00:53:11.99
who" did what?
00:53:12.02\00:53:13.36
"Loved me and
gave Himself for me."
00:53:13.39\00:53:17.06
Now the redeemed life is
00:53:17.09\00:53:20.03
I have been
crucified with Christ.
00:53:20.06\00:53:21.70
That's the redeemed life.
00:53:21.73\00:53:23.06
Lot of people are redeemed.
00:53:23.10\00:53:24.43
That's the redeemed part.
00:53:24.47\00:53:26.33
The question is
00:53:26.37\00:53:28.64
"How is the resurrected life
00:53:28.67\00:53:30.84
different from
the redeemed life?"
00:53:30.87\00:53:32.37
If he just simply say,
I've been crucified with Christ
00:53:32.41\00:53:34.24
that simply means you
accepted His death on Calvary.
00:53:34.28\00:53:37.98
But if you get to
the resurrected life
00:53:38.01\00:53:44.19
the fellowship part you say,
"It is no longer I who live,
00:53:44.22\00:53:48.06
but Christ who lives in me,
00:53:48.09\00:53:49.66
and the life I now live
in this faulty messed up body
00:53:49.69\00:53:52.66
I live by faith
in the Son of God,
00:53:52.69\00:53:55.06
who loved me and
gave Himself for me."
00:53:55.10\00:53:56.87
We've got a
different connection.
00:53:56.90\00:53:58.23
We're gonna talk about how
faith is a significant part
00:53:58.27\00:54:00.44
of our walk with Christ.
00:54:00.47\00:54:01.80
You don't see Him
but you know he exists.
00:54:01.84\00:54:03.71
People that don't see
Him must know that He exists
00:54:03.74\00:54:06.14
and the way they know is
00:54:06.17\00:54:07.51
He exists in our
lives and through our lives.
00:54:07.54\00:54:09.74
Did you get that?
00:54:09.78\00:54:11.25
So who is alive now?
00:54:11.28\00:54:12.91
If you are gonna ask
the-- answer the question,
00:54:12.95\00:54:14.75
"How does the resurrected life
00:54:14.78\00:54:16.15
different from
the redeemed life?"
00:54:16.18\00:54:17.92
The answer for Galatians 2:20
00:54:17.95\00:54:20.46
"It is no longer I who
live, but Christ lives in me."
00:54:20.49\00:54:25.49
Want to break that down.
00:54:25.53\00:54:26.86
"Christ lives in me."
00:54:26.90\00:54:28.50
That's the resurrected life.
00:54:28.53\00:54:30.77
"Christ lives
in me." Praise God.
00:54:30.80\00:54:34.90
Here it is, number 12.
00:54:34.94\00:54:37.47
I was thinking we would get
00:54:37.51\00:54:38.84
to the next
lesson but that's okay.
00:54:38.87\00:54:40.34
For next week we
have the materials
00:54:40.38\00:54:41.71
and time for that, next week.
00:54:41.74\00:54:44.15
Question number
12 okay, here it is.
00:54:44.18\00:54:47.42
"Why is it
important to live daily
00:54:47.45\00:54:50.45
in the 'Light of the Cross?' "
00:54:50.49\00:54:53.12
In the light of the cross.
00:54:53.15\00:54:55.26
1 John 1:7, 1 John 1:7.
00:54:55.29\00:55:00.00
Let me pick up
the pace little here
00:55:00.03\00:55:01.36
so we could get
these last two in
00:55:01.40\00:55:03.20
and if we miss them
we can get them for next,
00:55:03.23\00:55:05.17
next week.
00:55:05.20\00:55:06.53
"Why is it
important to live daily
00:55:06.57\00:55:07.90
in the 'Light of the Cross?' "
00:55:07.94\00:55:09.27
Here's the answer 1 John 1:7,
00:55:09.30\00:55:11.21
"But if we walk in the light
00:55:11.24\00:55:13.44
as He is in the
light, we have" what?
00:55:13.48\00:55:16.78
"Fellowship with one another,
00:55:16.81\00:55:19.55
and the" added benefit "
00:55:19.58\00:55:20.92
and blood of Jesus
Christ His Son" does what?
00:55:20.95\00:55:23.99
"Cleanses us from all sin."
00:55:24.02\00:55:25.85
Now how many of
you like fellowship?
00:55:25.89\00:55:28.99
We sure all like fellowship
but get this, this is powerful.
00:55:29.02\00:55:31.46
The key to fellowship is this.
00:55:31.49\00:55:33.19
You got to walk in the light
and I've got to walk in light.
00:55:33.23\00:55:36.33
If you walk in the
darkness, Amos says,
00:55:36.36\00:55:39.27
"Can two walk
together, unless they be agreed?
00:55:39.30\00:55:41.34
And what's the answer?
00:55:41.37\00:55:42.70
No.
00:55:42.74\00:55:44.07
Lot of us want
friendship but the Lord says
00:55:44.11\00:55:45.97
you can have something
greater than just friendship.
00:55:46.01\00:55:47.64
You could have fellowship
but both of you have to decide
00:55:47.68\00:55:50.65
to walk in the light
as He is in the light.
00:55:50.68\00:55:56.25
You know, what's nice
about walking in the light?
00:55:56.28\00:55:57.62
If you walk in the
light and you are living right
00:55:57.65\00:55:59.05
you have nothing to hide.
00:55:59.09\00:56:01.06
Right? Amen.
00:56:01.09\00:56:02.42
You won't hesitate
to walk in the light.
00:56:02.46\00:56:04.03
Because those who walk
in the light the Bible says,
00:56:04.06\00:56:05.89
Jesus says, they
are deeds are manifest.
00:56:05.93\00:56:08.23
But men love
darkness rather than light
00:56:08.26\00:56:10.73
because their deeds are what?
00:56:10.77\00:56:12.43
Evil.
00:56:12.47\00:56:14.30
John Chapter 1.
00:56:14.34\00:56:16.24
Let's get the other one.
00:56:16.27\00:56:17.61
I think we can get
these last two and if not
00:56:17.64\00:56:19.27
don't worry about it.
00:56:19.31\00:56:20.81
Question number 13 here it is.
00:56:20.84\00:56:23.45
"Why is it
necessary that we trust God
00:56:23.48\00:56:25.51
and not trust
feelings or ourselves?"
00:56:25.55\00:56:28.88
Why is it necessary?
00:56:28.92\00:56:30.59
I'm gonna go
quickly beyond this one.
00:56:30.62\00:56:32.79
And this is a
statement of affirmation
00:56:32.82\00:56:34.72
because sometime
this has to sync in
00:56:34.76\00:56:36.62
and I want to get
the part of this text
00:56:36.66\00:56:37.99
that really talks
about hearing now.
00:56:38.03\00:56:39.76
Here it is, 1 John 3:2,
00:56:39.79\00:56:42.40
"Beloved" what is
the very next word?
00:56:42.43\00:56:44.43
"Now we are"
what" "Children of God."
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When are we children of God?
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When are we
children of God? Now.
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Say when? Now.
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Now are children, right now.
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"And it has not
yet been revealed
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what we shall
be." In other words,
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we don't look like
we're gonna look yet.
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We're not living like we
should live eternally yet.
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"But we know that
when He is revealed," what?
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"We shall be
like Him, for" what?
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"We shall see Him as He is."
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What do you say? Amen.
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So the Lord is saying,
don't get discouraged, Yanick,
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you are not yet where
you are gonna be eternally
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but I'm gonna keep going.
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Here's the text.
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Last one I think
you know this one
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and we could always
cover this again next week.
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What is the
answer? Philippians 1:6.
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"Being confident
of this very thing,
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that He who has begun
a good work in you will"
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do what, friends?
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"Complete it until
the day of Jesus Christ."
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So is the Lord gonna complete
what He started, yes or no?
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Amen. He's gonna
do what He began.
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He's gonna
finish what He started.
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And we are like sculptings
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that are still
being chiseled away.
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Friends, if you want to know
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what it's like
to be alive in God,
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allow Jesus to chisel
you away to change your life,
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to fashion and mold you
to be more like Jesus Christ.
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So until we see you
again focus on Christ
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and you will
have a sharper focus.
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God bless you.
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