Hello friends and welcome
to another Wednesday night
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Bible Study here in
Thompsonville, Illinois at the
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3ABN Worship Center. Thank you
for tuning in and thank you for
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taking the time to study with
us. We are always blessed by
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you joining us and we always
know that by joining together
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the Spirit of God will unite
our hearts not only in purpose
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but in study of His word. So
get your Bibles, get your pens
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invite your family and
your friends; did not intend to
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rhyme that and also if
you'd like a copy of our lesson
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tonight to follow along go
to this website ASF.3abn.org
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don't put www. Download
lesson number 13, titled
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The Transformed Life and then
you can follow along with the
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questions and the answers,
as well as following those
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questions and answers that will
appear on your screen tonight
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But before we do anything
we'd like to always invite the
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presence of God to continue
with us so let's bow and pray
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together. Our heavenly Father
we thank you tonight for your
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goodness and for Your word.
We all need to be transformed
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tonight as we study this
very important topic. But You'll
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speak to our hearts about how
You are remaking us and molding
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us and how you are shaping
us to become more like Christ
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So Lord take Your Word and
bring it to light that we may
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understand, that we may
comprehend and that we may
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take hold of the power to
transform our lives, in Jesus
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name, Amen. Before we do
anything though we always like
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to sing our song. The song
is Victory in Jesus, and that's
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the only way that we can find
victory so if you know the song
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or if you've heard it sung
before and would like to join us
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we'll sing that song
right now. Victory in Jesus
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I heard an old, old story
How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on
Calvary To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
And the precious blood atoning
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Then I repented of my
sin and won the victory
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On victory in
Jesus, my Savior forever
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He sought me and bought
me With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew
Him And all my love is to Him
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He plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about the streets
of gold, beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing,
The old redemption story
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And some sweet day I'll sing
up there, the song of victory
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Oh victory in
Jesus My Savior forever
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He sought me and bought
me With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew
Him And all my love is to Him
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He plunged me to victory
Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen. We are talking about
transformation. Tonight the
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title is How to live a what
kind of life? Transformed Life
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Now we've heard about
transformation and transformers
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and what it means to be
transformed. A number of years
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ago something started in
America that I think may have
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taken hold around the world.
A toy was made, I don't know
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if they're still around or
not because I never bought one
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Matter of fact I was too
old at that time to buy any toys
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but I heard about these
toys called transformers
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And the whole gist of it was
it had two different appearances
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one completely
different from the other.
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And the reason why I'm
gonna choose to begin with this
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tonight, I'm going to
show you some pictures actually
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If you go to the screen here's a
picture of what the transformer
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often looked like. It started
looking like a car, a jeep or
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so to speak a military style
jeep but I guess obviously some
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kind of machine gun on top
of that. And when the car was
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transformed this is
what it looked like.
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And it's hard to
think when you look at one
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how you can get this out of
the other and I think of the
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manufacturers, they had to
be geniuses, what do you think?
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I mean to be able to fit that
to get that out of something
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that was completely shaped,
totally differently. You could
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never look at this image and
think that it would originally
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be a jeep with a Gatling gun
on top of it, it really wouldn't
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make any sense. And they began
to take hold all around the
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world. You'd see little kids
with green ones and red ones
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blue ones and whatever
the color of the vehicle was
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that was the color of
the transformer, the robot.
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But the gist of the
story tonight is as follows:
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We don't yet appear what we're
gonna look like, matter of fact
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go with me in the Bible, I want
you to see this just before I
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go to the next slide because
I have another picture of the
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transformation. We don't yet
appear, as a matter of fact I'll
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let my television production
crew, I want to go to the next
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slide before I read this
Scripture. I want to go to the
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next slide before I read
this Scripture because it's very
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interesting to see how we're
going to be as compared to how
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we are. Here's another picture
one I think we're more familiar
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with. The whole process of
a caterpillar to a butterfly
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You go from, in some cases,
a kind of odd looking, crawling
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creature to a beautiful looking,
flying creature and this picture
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actually follows the processes.
Caterpillar decides to hang out
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that's how it all begins, by
hanging out. Then it goes inside
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puts a coat on, builds around
themself and you begin to see
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the process as it goes all
the way through. And it's called
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transformation or the
real word is metamorphosis
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So in other words a
transformation is metamorphosis
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We go through a process.
We begin one way and we end up
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another way. It's called
transformation. So how we are
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now, the good news is, we're not
gonna look like this in eternity
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can somebody say Amen?
And the Bible says here
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I'm gonna look at it right
now Okay, oh, 1 John. Did I say
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turn to 1 John? Yes 1 John
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Ok 1 John chapter
3 verse 2 1 John 3:2
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This text fits right into
what we saw on the screen.
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So the encouraging thing
is this. You may have a family
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member that just joined the
church, just became a Christian
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and you're wondering they have
so many bad habits how on earth
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are they gonna get from that to
what Christ intends for them to
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be. Here's the encouraging
text. 1 John chapter 3 verse 2
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It says, Beloved, what is the
next word? Now we are children
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of God. When are we children
of God? The moment you accept
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Christ, the moment that
justification happens we are
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children of God.
But notice the process.
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It has not yet been
revealed what we shall be
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but we know that when He is
revealed we shall be like Him
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for we shall,
together, see Him as He is.
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So right now, the King James
Version says it does not yet
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appear, or it has not
been revealed. In other words
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you can go home and stand in
front of the mirror for the next
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two years, who you see is
not how you're gonna look in
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eternity, am I right? Because
it has not yet been revealed.
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It does not yet
appear, we don't even know.
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So you can look at that
transformer truck or that
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whole process from the
transformer truck to the robot
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or from the caterpillar
all the way to the butterfly
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and the butterfly probably when
it came out saw the caterpillars
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crawling along the
ground and said what's that?
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Not knowing he used to
be one of those things.
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And so what happens is the Lord
is saying to us as we lay the
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foundation for this
lesson about transformation is,
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transformation is so complete
and so amazingly hard to imagine
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that the Lord is saying you
cannot imagine what I'm going to
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make you out to be. So don't
get discouraged by what you see
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So how we are now Larry is
not going how we're going to be
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eternally. Amen for that.
So let's begin by diving in.
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To the first question
tonight: Question Number 1
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Question No. 1. This
is a powerful Scripture
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Will you go with me to 2
Corinthians chapter 3 and
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we're going to look at a couple
of verses here. 2 Cor 3:18
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That's the one that's gonna be
on the screen, or on your screen
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and let's read this together.
Since this is the first one
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I'd like us to walk
through it together.
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And those of us who are here
let's follow along as I lead
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So how does the Bible
describe the new life?
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We're being transformed.
Write that down - we are being
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transformed. Now there's a
certain part of the Scripture
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that I want to spend a
little bit of time on. And it's
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actually if I go back to
the beginning of the verse
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it says, but we all with
unveiled, what the King James
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or other translations
say, open face, unveiled face
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in other words there's
nothing covering our sight
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and so what I want to spend
a few moments on is to dig out
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the beauty of this
phrase unveiled face
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Now follow along. If
you've heard about the Sanctuary
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the Temple, the portable Temple
that was erected as the children
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of Israel traveled through
the wilderness. There was a Holy
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Place and then there
was the Most Holy Place
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and between the two
there was a what? A veil.
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And we know, let's
follow carefully what happened
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when Jesus died. According
to Matthew 27:51, the veil was
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torn in two from top to bottom.
Now the High Priest that went
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behind the veil, what condition
did he have to be in, or in
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other words what provision did
he have to make before he went
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behind the veil. He
had to make sure of what?
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Well not a lot. He had to make
sure his sins were confessed
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and there was a sacrifice
for his sins. Or so to speak,
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an atonement. He had to go
back there making sure that
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before he went into the
presence as we see in this text
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the glory of the Lord, before
he was in the very presence of
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God which is the glory of the
Lord, his sins had to be atoned
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for. Or else what would happen?
He'd die. So he couldn't go
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into the presence of God
unless his sins were confessed
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and atoned for. So you had
the Holy Place and you had the
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Most Holy Place. Now when
Jesus died what was the purpose
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of this curtain being
torn from top to bottom?
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Ah in other words the earthly
high priest, his job had ended
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now transferred to our heavenly
high priest who's who? Christ
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And when Jesus left He entered
into the Holy and then later on
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into the Most Holy, alright?
What I'm gonna point out is a
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couple of Scriptures in the
book of Hebrews. Go with me to
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Hebrews. I want you to see
the beauty of this because what
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happened, Paul talks about
this in Ephesians and also in
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Colossians. He says, having
removed the middle wall of
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partition. There's a middle
wall of partition that was
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removed. So therefore could
anyone go behind that curtain
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or just the high priest? So
what happened when that curtain
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was removed? Was it
open for all to see?
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So therefore there was no need
to hide what was behind that
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The glory of God was
now no longer hidden.
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Correct? Ok, follow along. I
said go to Hebrews, didn't I?
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So why am I in 1 John?
Here we are. Hebrews chapter 6
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This is such a
beautiful way of seeing this.
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Ok. Hebrews chapter
6, verse 19 and verse 20
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This hope we have an anchor
of the soul. We have this anchor
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that keeps the soul. Notice how
it says, both sure and steadfast
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I want to follow the
hymn, steadfast and sure
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and which enters the presence
behind the what? behind the veil
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where the forerunner is entered
for us, even Jesus having
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become a priest forever
according to the order of the
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high priest forever
according to the order of who?
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Melchizedek. Now Melchizedek's
priesthood was not the Levitical
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priesthood. Melchizedek's
priesthood as the Bible speaks
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about, Thou art a priest forever
according to the order of
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Melchizedek. It was not
established in the Levitical
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priesthood. It was not temporary
like the Levitical priesthood
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So Christ is now being compared
to Melchizedek, King of Salem
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And so now let's go to chapter
10. Because what's happening now
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is this veil, we've gotta
understand what this veil is
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What is this veil that we could
now see because the veil is
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no longer hidden,
our faces are unveiled.
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We saw by faith into the
Holy of Holies. But now there's
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something that's been
established for our faith
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to be even strengthened
by the removal of this veil
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Let's go now, I'm trying
not to give you too much.
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Let me go to chapter 10 and
I'll give you the last 2 verses
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Chapter 10 verses 19-22.
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How, what is this veil that
we had an opportunity to see
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This is speaking about by faith.
For those who lived in the time
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of Christ this is an actuality.
Hebrews 10:19, Therefore
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brethren having boldness
to enter the holiest by the
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blood of Jesus, by a new and
living way which he consecrated
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for us, read the rest, through
the veil that is His flesh
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and having a High Priest over
the house of God, let us draw
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near with a what kind of
heart? true heart, in what? full
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assurance of faith having our
hearts sprinkled from an evil
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conscience and our bodies
washed with what? pure water
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Now the last part.
Hebrews chapter 4, verse 16.
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And then we'll
put it all together.
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You see, this altar, the um
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where the Shekinah glory
was continued to be displayed
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the Ark of the Covenant was
the place where because our sins
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were being atoned for, the
grace of God was found there.
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But we couldn't go because
we were not the High Priest
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But now because of our brother
Christ who is our High Priest
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He has now become the one who
removed the veil because the new
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veil is His flesh. What
kind of flesh does He have?
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Someone tell me.
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Pure, glorified. After the
resurrection He made it very
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clear. Pure, glorified. All
power is given unto me. So now
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through Christ there is no need
for an earthly priest. There is
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no, there's no barrier there
between us and God. We could
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now come into the presence
of God through Christ. So after
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that veil was removed, what
kind of encouragement were we
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given? How are we told to come
into the presence of Christ?
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Hebrews 4 verse 16. Ok
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Well I gotta read verse 14
because you know it really fits
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it all together. Because let
us therefore in verse 16 kinda
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completes the sentence. It
says, seeing then that we have
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a great High Priest. Not just
a High Priest, great High Priest
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who has passed through the
heavens, Jesus the Son of God
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Let us do what? Hold fast to
our confession, for we do not
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have a High Priest who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses
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but was in all points tempted
as we are, yet without sin
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Now here it is, therefore
let us come, how? Boldly to the
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throne of grace that we
may obtain what? mercy and find
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grace to help in what?
time of need. When that veil was
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removed, the glory of the
Lord as it says, but we all with
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unveiled faces beholding as in
a mirror the glory of the Lord
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when we see the glory of the
Lord what does that glory do?
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it transforms. It is the
transforming glory of God
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that was only visible to the
High Priest, but now that glory
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is revealed to us through who?
Through Jesus. That's why when
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He was with His disciples
and they said show us the Father
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He said, have I been with
you so long and you haven't seen
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the Father. He came to reveal
the glory of the Father. He is
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the express image of the
Father. He came to reveal that
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So now there was no longer,
to come into the presence of
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God, what was Jesus called
when they spoke of His birth?
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Called His name Jesus,
called His name Immanuel meaning
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God with us. He bridged the
gap. There was no longer a gap
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Now He's our mediator between
us and God but now we could see
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in Christ the very express
image of the very glory of
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the Father. One day, now this is
the good part of it, we'll see
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it as we get close to the
end of the lesson, if we get to
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the end of the lesson tonight,
but I want to make this very
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very clear there's a
glory that is yet to be revealed
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that comes at the end of
this process of sanctification
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that we have not yet seen,
but by faith tonight because of
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Christ we can come boldly
before the throne of Grace
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through our Brother Christ.
So now that transforming grace
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is the reason why the
veil is no longer there.
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That veil has been removed.
Christ came to remove the
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partition between us and
the Father and connect us
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through Himself.
Alright? Question Number 2
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Lemme see, Question
No. 2 is on the screen
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And we're looking
at 1 Corinthians 2:2
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1 Corinthians chapter 2 and
we're going to look together
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at verse 2.
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Through what method?
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Here's what the
apostle Paul says. He says:
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The method of transformation
is accomplished through Jesus
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Christ. But not just through
Jesus Christ because had He
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not been crucified the
transformation couldn't take
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place. That's why the
Devil tried to defeat Him before
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the Cross. That's why he
tried to defeat Him on the cross
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because if that sacrifice wasn't
acceptable the transformation
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could not take place. So
you find not only to know Christ
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there are many people that
know Jesus Christ but get this
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there are many people that
don't know the crucified life.
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I want you to hear this
very carefully. We talked about
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carrying my cross before
this The carrying of the cross
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was a part of the journey
to the transformation stage
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Jesus couldn't say all
power is given unto me except
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first the carrying of the
cross the crucifixion, the cross
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the burial, the
resurrection, the glory.
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So I want you to follow
the transformation process
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Unless we carry our cross we
cannot be crucified with Christ
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If we're not crucified
with Christ we're still alive
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But if we're crucified
with Christ, Galatians 2:20
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it's no longer us who live
but Christ who lives in us.
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So in other words in order
for this glory to be revealed
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that will be
revealed when Christ comes
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in us, we've got to live
that daily life. We have to be
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willing as Paul says, how
frequently do we have to go
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to the cross? Somebody tell
me. Everyday. When you wake up
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in the morning there's
still the factor that reminds us
00:23:49.89\00:23:52.06
we need to go to the
cross and what is the factor?
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Good, pinch it. What
is the factor? the flesh.
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How to live a spiritual
life in what kind of a body?
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natural body. So Jeff we
still have this to contend with.
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Even though we accept
Jesus we still got this problem
00:24:07.24\00:24:10.81
right here. It's gonna be
with us until we are transformed
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I don't wanna go
ahead of myself, alright?
00:24:14.15\00:24:16.99
We may get to it next
week, but one day these bodies
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are gonna be transformed
that they may be fashioned like
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unto His glorious body. But the
glory of Christ can, and here is
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here's what I want you to
catch. The glory of Christ
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is so powerful that He wants
to reveal that glory through
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human flesh. He
wants to say to the world
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Has anyone
considered my servant Job?
00:24:46.28\00:24:49.28
He wants to say to the
world, look, look, look
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lot of people say, well how
do you know that Jesus lives?
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The best testimony you can
give is a transformed life.
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Somebody may say, well ok I'm
not gonna tell you by facts that
00:25:05.07\00:25:09.97
Jesus lives but you
knew me when? Look at me.
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Somebody says, yeah that's.
When I go back to Brooklyn, NY
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I've gone there a few times.
When I go back to Brooklyn, NY
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I remember this distinct
encounter I had with one of my
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hangout friends that I
used to play pool with.
00:25:24.15\00:25:27.22
And the club is still there and
everybody's still hanging out
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in front of the pool hall and
as I go by and the door opened
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I can hear and I can see the
smoke and I can hear the music
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and I can see some of the
same guys in there, almost
00:25:35.33\00:25:38.27
synchronis synchronization let's
try not to get too deep here
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with some amazing timing
Dan one of our friends came out
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he says, Hey Jun Jun,
that's what they used to call me
00:25:46.98\00:25:49.11
Lend me 5 bucks. I mean I know
when you say lend in the city
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you're not gonna get it back.
And he said, Hey John you look
00:25:54.52\00:25:58.95
like you're doing good for
yourself. Is that you? And I
00:25:58.99\00:26:00.86
said, well in DNA it is
but No I'm not the same person
00:26:00.89\00:26:06.43
cause I was able to walk past
that pool hall, walk past the
00:26:06.46\00:26:09.56
life I lived and not even
have a tinge of temptation
00:26:09.60\00:26:13.34
to wanna participate in
that. So the best evidence of
00:26:13.37\00:26:17.07
transformation is that
the glory of Christ is being
00:26:17.11\00:26:19.57
revealed in us now and the
complete, perfect image of God
00:26:19.61\00:26:25.21
through Christ will be
revealed in us when He comes.
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When the immortal, you know the
whole thing mortal will put on
00:26:27.95\00:26:30.62
immortality and so on and
so forth. So how Paul is saying
00:26:30.65\00:26:33.82
here is not enough to know
Jesus Christ, that's the problem
00:26:33.86\00:26:37.03
with the Christian church
nowadays. Paul didn't just
00:26:37.06\00:26:40.00
wanna know Jesus Christ, he
wanted to know Him crucified
00:26:40.03\00:26:43.63
Because even atheists know
about Jesus else they wouldn't
00:26:44.70\00:26:49.50
be campaigning
for us to forget Him.
00:26:49.54\00:26:52.44
It's not enough to know
Jesus but we need to know the
00:26:52.47\00:26:55.81
crucified life. That's
where the new life starts.
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Are you following? So
don't minimize that text.
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People say I know Jesus,
what do you know Him crucified?
00:27:04.22\00:27:07.22
Is the crucified life
the life you're living?
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Because when you look at Romans
go there very quickly with me
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when you look at
Romans, Romans puts it together
00:27:14.26\00:27:16.67
right like that. Romans
lays it out. Romans chapter 6
00:27:16.70\00:27:20.10
it lays it out.
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It lays it out, ok
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Romans 6:4, this is why baptism
is so important for people to
00:27:29.08\00:27:32.48
understand. People say
well I want to become a member
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Well membership is 1/10th
of what baptism's all about
00:27:34.18\00:27:37.85
Transformation is
9/10ths of what it's all about
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It says, therefore, in verse
4 well verse 3, do you not know
00:27:42.52\00:27:47.50
that as many of us as were
baptized into Christ Jesus were
00:27:47.53\00:27:50.13
baptized into His death.
That's what baptism is all about
00:27:50.17\00:27:53.84
baptized into that death.
Therefore we were buried with
00:27:53.87\00:27:57.04
Him through what? baptism into
death. The death that's talked
00:27:57.07\00:28:01.04
about is the death on the cross.
That just as Christ was raised
00:28:01.08\00:28:05.61
from the dead by the glory
of the Father, we just read that
00:28:05.65\00:28:10.15
in verse 18 of 2 Timothy chapter
3, by the glory of the Father
00:28:10.19\00:28:14.69
even so we also should
walk in what? Newness of life.
00:28:14.72\00:28:20.80
For if we have been united
together in the likeness of
00:28:20.83\00:28:24.90
His death, certainly we
also shall be in the likeness of
00:28:24.93\00:28:28.80
His what? Resurrection.
There it is. Christ crucified
00:28:28.84\00:28:33.31
Then the resurrection. He
comes forth with greater power
00:28:33.34\00:28:37.58
than when He went in. What
people have to understand is
00:28:37.61\00:28:39.71
baptism is so beautiful that
when you go in you should come
00:28:39.75\00:28:42.88
out with greater power than when
you went in. That's God's plan
00:28:42.92\00:28:45.45
To go in, as someone says,
we don't fully understand what's
00:28:45.49\00:28:49.36
expected in the baptismal
process we can go as a dry
00:28:49.39\00:28:52.63
sinner come out a wet
sinner! and no change made
00:28:52.66\00:28:56.50
there's an intention to
transform our lives. Amen
00:28:56.53\00:28:59.53
Question number
3, question number 3.
00:29:00.24\00:29:03.30
So if you've put down
the answer to number 2
00:29:03.34\00:29:04.74
through what method is the
transformation accomplished?
00:29:04.77\00:29:07.51
Christ and Him
crucified. That's the key.
00:29:08.58\00:29:12.31
Not just knowing Jesus. I
know Jesus, but are you living a
00:29:12.35\00:29:16.42
crucified life,
okay? Here it is.
00:29:16.45\00:29:20.09
What difference should
it make to the believer.
00:29:24.39\00:29:28.43
2 Corinthians 13:4. What
difference should it make
00:29:28.46\00:29:33.00
to the believer? You know
nowadays I sit down every now
00:29:33.03\00:29:36.24
and then, I'm driving or I'm
on a plane or and I have so many
00:29:36.27\00:29:39.94
thoughts going through my mind
Johnny that I was thinking of
00:29:39.97\00:29:43.88
and I'm always thinking but
I just don't even have time to
00:29:43.91\00:29:45.81
think of other projects but
I do pastor, I think of other
00:29:45.85\00:29:49.92
projects and I'm thinking
of a book that starts with this
00:29:49.95\00:29:53.12
particular phrase, What
has happened to Christianity?
00:29:53.15\00:29:56.93
What, with a question. What
has happened to Christianity
00:29:56.96\00:30:01.40
It is now a religion that thinks
less than any other religion
00:30:01.43\00:30:06.60
on the earth. It is now
the entertainment religion
00:30:06.63\00:30:09.40
It is now a religion that wants
to be entertained, wants to be
00:30:09.44\00:30:13.54
in other words we're entertained
wants to, the least amount of
00:30:13.58\00:30:18.25
thinking possible is the
new brand of Christianity
00:30:18.28\00:30:21.75
It has been, oh yeah. It
is no longer intellectualized
00:30:22.25\00:30:25.89
it has now been socialized.
That's the new form of
00:30:25.92\00:30:29.92
Christianity. People don't want
to think and when you make them
00:30:29.96\00:30:32.39
think somehow it gets to many
where they're not happy about
00:30:32.43\00:30:37.17
the fact that they must
think and study the Word of God.
00:30:37.20\00:30:40.24
It was never intended by Jesus
for Christianity just to be
00:30:40.27\00:30:43.67
socialized because He
said, As a man thinks, what?
00:30:43.71\00:30:48.81
so is he. So now, the answer
to the question what difference
00:30:48.84\00:30:52.11
should a crucified life
make to a believer. Here it is
00:30:52.15\00:30:55.55
2 Corinthians 13:4.
00:30:55.58\00:30:58.55
I want you to get
this. What is the weak part?
00:31:19.37\00:31:21.68
It says, for we also are weak
in Him. That kinda makes you
00:31:21.71\00:31:24.35
wonder what does that mean?
What does that mean, weak in Him
00:31:24.38\00:31:28.42
Ok, say it again Larry. We're
weak. The Spirit is willing
00:31:28.98\00:31:34.79
but the flesh is weak. You
gotta get that. If you think
00:31:34.82\00:31:38.56
that somehow your flesh
is strong you're in trouble.
00:31:38.59\00:31:41.70
The flesh is the weak factor
we must deal with until these
00:31:41.73\00:31:45.20
bodies are replaced. But
the beauty of being weak is to
00:31:45.23\00:31:50.41
recognize, as Paul went on to
say, for I know that in my flesh
00:31:50.44\00:31:55.58
for I know that in me, that
is in my flesh, dwells no good
00:31:55.61\00:31:58.31
thing. He understood that the
flesh was weak and so there's
00:31:58.35\00:32:00.62
nothing good in it
so I can't trust in it.
00:32:00.65\00:32:03.25
But even though we're
weak, we're in Him and with Him
00:32:03.28\00:32:09.02
the power of God is revealed.
The power of God is being
00:32:09.06\00:32:13.06
revealed through weak
vessels, through earthen vessels
00:32:13.09\00:32:17.60
Now if the power of God is
being revealed through earthen
00:32:17.63\00:32:20.24
vessels just imagine how
beautiful we're going to appear
00:32:20.27\00:32:23.71
how much power will be resident
in us when our bodies are fully
00:32:23.74\00:32:27.04
transformed. So right now
the beauty of the Gospel is
00:32:27.08\00:32:30.08
in essence being said that I
don't have to make them perfect
00:32:30.11\00:32:33.82
yet but my transforming
grace and my daily power to live
00:32:33.85\00:32:39.05
above sin is so magnificent
that I could still reveal
00:32:39.09\00:32:41.72
myself through the weakest
vessel. And we've heard the
00:32:41.76\00:32:44.46
phrase, the weakest
saint... can you continue it?
00:32:44.49\00:32:50.37
when the weakest saints
pray not even the strongest evil
00:32:50.40\00:32:56.30
angel can cause
that person to fall.
00:32:56.34\00:32:58.71
When the weakest saint draws
near to God and God draws near
00:32:58.74\00:33:04.81
to him the devil cannot come
into the presence of God because
00:33:04.85\00:33:09.78
the weakest saint has
that instant divine protection
00:33:09.82\00:33:13.69
So even though we are weak in
the flesh sense, we are strong
00:33:13.72\00:33:17.49
by the power of God
through Jesus Christ.
00:33:17.53\00:33:20.76
So here's the answer: What
difference should the crucified
00:33:20.80\00:33:23.33
life make to the believer?
00:33:23.37\00:33:27.47
What difference?
00:33:27.84\00:33:29.94
The power of God. The difference
should be the power of God
00:33:30.51\00:33:34.84
revealed. The
power of God revealed.
00:33:34.88\00:33:38.38
It can only be revealed
through the crucified life.
00:33:38.41\00:33:41.88
Let's go to question number 4
00:33:44.32\00:33:46.12
We're going to the book
of Ezekiel. What decision is
00:33:57.57\00:34:02.80
is involved in dying to self and
living the daily crucified life?
00:34:03.64\00:34:08.81
You have to make a decision.
Like you make, what am I gonna
00:34:08.84\00:34:11.41
eat today? What am I gonna wear
today? What are my plans for
00:34:11.45\00:34:14.55
today? You gotta make spiritual
plans, spiritual decisions
00:34:14.58\00:34:17.39
because on the heel of that
decision there's a result that
00:34:17.42\00:34:21.19
awaits. But if we make no
spiritual decisions, or if we
00:34:21.22\00:34:24.89
don't make any decisions at all
then we cannot expect results
00:34:24.93\00:34:28.16
that have not been
forethought in our own lives.
00:34:28.20\00:34:31.37
What difference,
what decision is involved?
00:34:31.40\00:34:34.47
Ezekiel 18. Look at the
decision that is involved.
00:34:34.50\00:34:38.41
Right, are you
ready? Ezekiel 18 verse 31
00:34:39.57\00:34:44.85
The Lord says in His word,
what are the first 2 words?
00:34:46.08\00:34:49.65
Do you like the way he
says that? Daily we have to make
00:35:03.16\00:35:07.44
the decision to cast away the
transgression and then He has
00:35:07.47\00:35:10.31
two new things for us - a
new heart and a new spirit
00:35:10.34\00:35:14.61
How many of us need new hearts?
David said, create in me a clean
00:35:14.64\00:35:19.48
heart, a new heart. Create
in me a clean heart and renew
00:35:19.51\00:35:23.15
a right spirit or steadfast
spirit. The heart and the Spirit
00:35:23.18\00:35:28.59
are interchangeable. And
now why the heart? Because the
00:35:28.62\00:35:31.16
heart is the place of, the
seat of affections. You never
00:35:31.19\00:35:33.43
see, whenever you see I
heart you that means what?
00:35:33.46\00:35:37.20
And then kids nowadays have
this thing, they go like this
00:35:37.77\00:35:40.24
I've seen this new
thing, they go like this
00:35:40.27\00:35:43.10
You know they can't yell it
so they make this little heart
00:35:43.14\00:35:45.94
symbol, right? and
that's the seat of affection.
00:35:45.97\00:35:49.74
So if our affections are on
Christ and His Spirit is working
00:35:49.78\00:35:54.32
in us that's where the
transformation comes in. By
00:35:54.35\00:35:56.62
the way let me make it very,
very clear. In order for us to
00:35:56.65\00:35:59.02
want to cast away our
transgressions we have to pray
00:35:59.05\00:36:02.26
for God to give us the
heart to want to do that.
00:36:02.29\00:36:04.39
You can't just make an
intellectual decision, well
00:36:05.53\00:36:07.86
today I need a new heart
and a new spirit, so I'm gonna
00:36:07.90\00:36:10.77
use my own human reasoning
to cast away my transgressions
00:36:10.80\00:36:14.40
You couldn't do that because
human reasoning is in harmony
00:36:14.44\00:36:17.11
with your transgressions.
The human reasoning says
00:36:17.14\00:36:19.67
that's what I want to do. What
should we do? Well let's do that
00:36:19.71\00:36:23.18
and then ask for forgiveness
and then ask for this new heart
00:36:23.21\00:36:26.08
and new spirit. It doesn't
work that way. You gotta have
00:36:26.11\00:36:28.22
in essence, a new heart and a
new spirit to want to cast away
00:36:28.25\00:36:32.59
from you all the transgressions
which you have committed
00:36:32.62\00:36:35.89
And the context of this simply
is, the Lord is looking at the
00:36:36.59\00:36:39.76
children of Israel and He's
saying to them, Look at your
00:36:39.79\00:36:42.80
past. Look how littered it
is with sin and transgression
00:36:42.83\00:36:46.63
I have something that I want
to do in your life. I'll give
00:36:47.27\00:36:50.24
you a new heart and a new spirit
and all those transgressions
00:36:50.27\00:36:53.88
will be cast away from you.
That's the only that way we can
00:36:53.91\00:36:58.25
desire to get
rid of those things.
00:36:58.28\00:36:59.61
Okay, so what
decision is involved? Cast away
00:36:59.65\00:37:03.22
if you want to use that phrase
cast away all your transgression
00:37:03.25\00:37:06.42
Okay, let's go on. In the
book of Ezekiel continually here
00:37:10.33\00:37:14.10
Question No. 5.
00:37:14.13\00:37:18.73
Ezekiel chapter 11. We're
moving at a good pace tonight
00:37:24.74\00:37:28.81
We're actually down to,
we're at Question No. 5.
00:37:28.84\00:37:32.31
That's amazing. We only
have 16 more to do in 20 minutes
00:37:32.35\00:37:39.29
Stay tuned for Part
II. Ezekiel 11:19-20
00:37:41.19\00:37:45.89
How does God desire to
bless and change our lives?
00:37:45.93\00:37:48.86
Here it is.
00:37:48.90\00:37:50.33
You notice the transformation
there. Something has to be
00:38:18.96\00:38:21.33
removed in order for something
to come in. He takes out the
00:38:21.36\00:38:24.93
stony heart gives them a heart
of flesh, and the word there
00:38:24.97\00:38:28.57
flesh means a heart that
can feel. Because you know what
00:38:28.60\00:38:31.74
happens to sin, it hardens the
heart. You know what happened
00:38:31.77\00:38:34.78
to Pharaoh, the reason why
he continued to deny the power
00:38:34.81\00:38:38.78
of God? Because God hardened
his heart. And God did not say
00:38:38.81\00:38:42.65
I wanna destroy him so I'm
going to make his heart hard
00:38:42.68\00:38:45.62
but it's continual rebellion
against the commands of God
00:38:45.65\00:38:51.03
was what made his heart hard.
And you know what? That reminds
00:38:51.06\00:38:55.53
me of what Paul says in 2
Thessalonians, where he says
00:38:55.56\00:38:59.20
because they received not
the love of the truth that they
00:38:59.23\00:39:01.60
might be saved, God sent
them a strong delusion that they
00:39:01.64\00:39:04.61
will believe a lie that they may
all be condemned who believe not
00:39:04.64\00:39:08.34
the truth but has
pleasure in unrighteousness.
00:39:08.38\00:39:11.61
Pharaoh pleasured in
unrighteousness. He enjoyed
00:39:11.65\00:39:14.98
enslaving the people of
God. So God said, payback time
00:39:15.02\00:39:19.29
Let them go that they may
serve me, if you choose not to
00:39:19.75\00:39:22.42
this is Plan B and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened
00:39:22.46\00:39:25.36
But God desires to give
us a new heart, a new spirit
00:39:25.39\00:39:29.00
and what happens then, notice
the relationship connection
00:39:29.03\00:39:31.43
then there is this God and
people relationship. Point of
00:39:31.47\00:39:38.07
the matter is we cannot have
a relationship with God with old
00:39:38.11\00:39:42.38
stony hearts, can't. That heart
has to be softened. There's some
00:39:42.41\00:39:49.22
people, I mean I cringe at
some of the things I used to do
00:39:49.25\00:39:51.79
Any of you?
00:39:51.82\00:39:54.86
I told a story once and I felt
embarrassed because I talked
00:39:55.62\00:39:59.36
about how I used to live and
I felt embarrassed and I thought
00:39:59.39\00:40:02.33
did I actually do that? I did
do that. And I talked about it
00:40:02.36\00:40:06.07
I shared it as a testimony,
as an example in a sermon
00:40:06.10\00:40:08.50
and I thought why am I sharing
that? That sounds horrible.
00:40:08.54\00:40:11.67
Pick another story. And
what happens, we come to the
00:40:11.71\00:40:14.74
realization of who we
were before this new heart
00:40:14.78\00:40:17.38
and who we are after this new
heart, and then this is where
00:40:17.41\00:40:20.72
the, this is where
the consciousness comes in
00:40:20.75\00:40:24.75
we have to keep in mind that
if we think we are at the place
00:40:24.79\00:40:28.16
where we have become good
enough then that old man comes
00:40:28.19\00:40:32.13
back to life. Not gradually,
but amazingly he comes back full
00:40:32.16\00:40:38.07
strength in a time lapse that
we cannot imagine. The Bible
00:40:38.10\00:40:42.40
says, 7 more demons worse
than the other one can come in
00:40:42.44\00:40:45.61
So we have to keep in mind
that the safety that we have in
00:40:45.64\00:40:48.51
Christ is because we desire
to continue to give ourselves
00:40:48.54\00:40:52.48
to Him. Ok, we're
up to number what now?
00:40:52.51\00:40:56.92
Number 6? Okay.
00:40:57.35\00:41:00.26
Well I actually, let me
just give you the answer
00:41:01.89\00:41:04.59
according to the Bible where
does the new heart come from
00:41:04.63\00:41:06.93
Christ's grace.
00:41:07.73\00:41:12.03
Well on the screen, just follow
Number 6. According to the
00:41:14.40\00:41:17.67
Bible where does
the new heart come from?
00:41:17.71\00:41:19.41
Oh on Number 5, let me
give you Number 5 very quickly
00:41:22.18\00:41:25.11
How does God desire
to change our lives?
00:41:25.15\00:41:27.32
The answer to Number
5, He gives us a what?
00:41:27.35\00:41:30.25
Heart of flesh, He
gives us a what? A new spirit
00:41:31.49\00:41:34.99
He takes out the heart that
is of stone and gives us a new
00:41:35.92\00:41:39.39
heart. Ok? Now let's go
to the screen again. Number 6
00:41:39.43\00:41:42.70
According to the Bible where
does the new heart come from?
00:41:43.33\00:41:47.60
Where does the
new heart come from?
00:41:47.64\00:41:49.60
Go to Psalms 51 verse
10. Psalms 51, verse 10.
00:41:49.64\00:41:53.54
It's on our screen slide, I
didn't include it in mine here
00:41:55.24\00:41:57.91
We'll go to that in the Bible.
I just actually gave you the
00:41:57.95\00:42:01.15
answer, I quoted it didn't I?
00:42:01.18\00:42:04.29
Do we need to go there?
Of course we do. Let's say it
00:42:05.45\00:42:07.69
together. Psalms 51 and verse 10
00:42:07.72\00:42:13.83
The little kids used to
say, you get there first read it
00:42:14.40\00:42:16.97
Okay, are we ready?
Create in me a what?
00:42:21.10\00:42:24.57
So where does a new
heart come from? God is the one
00:42:30.28\00:42:33.48
that creates it.
Create in me a clean heart.
00:42:33.52\00:42:36.55
Renew, I like the,
the word steadfast is nice
00:42:36.58\00:42:40.79
but I like the phrase "a right
spirit". Because the spirit
00:42:40.82\00:42:45.69
was wrong before that. When God
came and replaced it He took out
00:42:45.73\00:42:50.23
the stony one and put in the
heart of flesh. He took out that
00:42:50.27\00:42:53.80
carnal spirit and put in a
spiritual spirit. So what was
00:42:53.84\00:42:57.91
wrong was made right.
Renew a right spirit within us.
00:42:57.94\00:43:02.74
So the answer to Question No. 6
where does the heart come from?
00:43:02.78\00:43:05.95
It comes from God. Now
Number 7. Okay, Number 7.
00:43:05.98\00:43:10.75
What happens to us if we try
to change apart from the power
00:43:12.75\00:43:19.83
Jeremiah 2:22.
00:43:24.20\00:43:28.80
What happens to us if we try
to change apart from the power
00:43:32.27\00:43:37.28
of God? A text you may not
have read before but it's a,
00:43:37.31\00:43:42.75
it speaks to the issue.
Jeremiah 2:22 reads as follows
00:43:42.78\00:43:48.42
Now what kind of righteousness
is he talking about here?
00:44:00.47\00:44:03.54
The kind of righteousness
that we try to get for ourselves
00:44:03.57\00:44:06.88
They go so far, no I wouldn't
do this, don't try this at home
00:44:06.91\00:44:11.61
they wash themselves
with lye and use a lot of soap
00:44:11.65\00:44:15.05
He says, even if you did that
you could not wash away your
00:44:15.08\00:44:18.52
transgressions. So what
happens if we try to remove our
00:44:18.55\00:44:22.16
transgressions apart
from the power of God?
00:44:22.19\00:44:24.33
What happens Larry? Nothing.
You couldn't scrub away sin
00:44:24.36\00:44:28.20
because the transformation is
not external only but it's first
00:44:28.23\00:44:31.40
where? Internal. According
to Psalms 51:10, first the right
00:44:31.43\00:44:35.57
heart and the right spirit
brings about the external change
00:44:35.60\00:44:38.77
This is really important because
a lot of times we feel that if
00:44:38.81\00:44:42.04
a person could look right on
the outside they must be right
00:44:42.08\00:44:44.55
on the inside. Isn't that right?
That's why we have phrases
00:44:44.58\00:44:48.45
like, well you know
you look like a Christian.
00:44:48.48\00:44:50.75
I could imagine when the
Lord Jesus first chose these
00:44:51.65\00:44:54.92
fishermen and these boisterous,
I should call them uh
00:44:54.96\00:44:59.29
the dynamic
dozen, problems galore!
00:45:00.73\00:45:05.93
You study their lives, terrible.
00:45:06.47\00:45:10.21
Fishermen. I know my brother's
a fisherman down in the Virgin
00:45:10.24\00:45:13.11
Islands and I know you
hang out with other fishermen
00:45:13.14\00:45:16.11
they sure don't
have English degrees.
00:45:16.91\00:45:20.12
Saying it plainly. And
these men struggled with some of
00:45:20.15\00:45:22.98
the same issues. You had a
converted tax collector that
00:45:23.02\00:45:26.09
was at best a thief, hiking
up prices just to pad his own
00:45:26.12\00:45:29.29
pockets and all kinds of replete
situations. You have a guy that
00:45:29.32\00:45:32.09
couldn't talk and a guy had no
faith. I mean there was so much
00:45:32.13\00:45:35.50
You had two brothers who just
loved, Sons of Thunder, they
00:45:35.53\00:45:38.00
were louder than Peter but they
weren't talked about very much
00:45:38.03\00:45:41.60
because I think Peter was always
the pre-eminent one. He always
00:45:41.64\00:45:45.44
wanted to say something. His
mind and his heart were not on
00:45:45.47\00:45:48.71
the same gear. But the change
that took place on the inside
00:45:48.74\00:45:55.42
took a little while to
show up on the outside.
00:45:55.45\00:45:58.39
Right? Even after being with
Christ in ministry they still
00:45:59.32\00:46:02.92
denied Him during
the time of the cross.
00:46:02.96\00:46:05.03
But He said to them, to
Peter when you're converted,
00:46:05.06\00:46:09.10
strengthen the brethren. So
He knew that the conversion was
00:46:09.13\00:46:11.97
coming later. The transformation
is a gradual process
00:46:12.00\00:46:15.57
Now we're justified instantly
but we have to keep in mind
00:46:15.60\00:46:18.41
as we have learned to do evil
we have to now begin a whole
00:46:18.44\00:46:22.31
new life process. Sometimes
people want to transfer us
00:46:22.34\00:46:26.01
or transform us overnight.
00:46:26.05\00:46:29.08
Matter of fact, not even
the Lord transforms us overnight
00:46:29.12\00:46:31.82
It is we are being transformed
Remember the first text, we are
00:46:31.85\00:46:35.22
being transformed. We
are ceasing to do evil, we're
00:46:35.26\00:46:39.76
learning to do good, right?
But the one thing that give us
00:46:39.79\00:46:45.17
courage is that, John we
read earlier, 1 John 3, verse 2
00:46:45.20\00:46:51.01
says that we are children of
God now while the transformation
00:46:51.04\00:46:55.21
is taking place we're children
of God now Glen, we're not
00:46:55.24\00:46:58.48
going to be after the
transformation is done
00:46:58.51\00:47:00.42
When you plant a seed in
a plant pot is it a plant?
00:47:00.45\00:47:02.82
What is it?
00:47:09.39\00:47:10.93
What kinda pot is it in?
00:47:11.36\00:47:13.06
What kind of pot is it in?
00:47:14.86\00:47:16.33
A plant pot. Why put a seed in
a plant pot if you, if it can't
00:47:17.00\00:47:23.10
become a plant? Right? My point
is you see what it's going to be
00:47:23.14\00:47:28.38
long before it gets
there. The Lord puts us in Him,
00:47:28.41\00:47:32.25
little seeds. He continues
watering us, nurturing us
00:47:32.28\00:47:36.32
every day until we grow into
that beautiful plant which is
00:47:36.35\00:47:39.35
His righteousness that's
the point I want to make.
00:47:39.39\00:47:41.72
We put a seed in a
plant pot, is it a plant yet?
00:47:41.76\00:47:44.46
No. We do that because we
know that that's our intention
00:47:44.49\00:47:48.26
and we nurture that, water it
nourish it to make sure that it
00:47:48.30\00:47:53.03
comes to the completion
stage and it grows, and it grows
00:47:53.07\00:47:58.31
and one day we look back and say
00:47:58.34\00:48:00.08
can't imagine that's the
seed my grandmother gave me
00:48:02.01\00:48:03.75
Look what it turned out to
be. It's amazing what God can do
00:48:03.78\00:48:07.52
in our lives if we commit to the
transforming process, but don't
00:48:07.55\00:48:11.09
fool yourself and try to
think, try to change yourself
00:48:11.12\00:48:14.29
The reason that's important is
there's a lot of people that are
00:48:14.32\00:48:16.19
watching the program and
some of them may have said, well
00:48:16.22\00:48:18.83
you know when I get it
together I'll go back to church
00:48:20.16\00:48:23.03
Read the text, you
can't get it together.
00:48:23.06\00:48:25.53
Even if you start washing
yourself now with lye and use
00:48:26.60\00:48:29.14
a whole lotta soap
you can't get it together.
00:48:29.17\00:48:31.11
You gotta go back. It's like
a person who's deathly ill and
00:48:31.14\00:48:35.04
says when I get it together
I'll go to the hospital.
00:48:35.08\00:48:36.75
No. 911, prayer, Jesus help me.
00:48:37.58\00:48:41.02
Then He'll do the
transforming change, amen.
00:48:41.05\00:48:43.85
Try not to do it
yourself. Okay, number 8
00:48:43.89\00:48:47.22
What happens to us if we try
to change apart from the power
00:48:56.20\00:48:58.53
of God, for
Number 7 put We Fail.
00:48:58.57\00:49:01.74
You can't do it even if
you just, you can't do it.
00:49:03.41\00:49:07.04
Can the Ethiopian change
his skin, you can't do it.
00:49:07.81\00:49:10.15
Leopard, his
spots, You can't do it.
00:49:10.18\00:49:11.58
I know you know the answer, I
just wanna give you a Scripture
00:49:20.32\00:49:23.29
See Job 14:4
00:49:24.43\00:49:27.36
This is a continuation of
what we just read a moment ago
00:49:32.50\00:49:34.77
That text in Jeremiah 2:22.
This is a continuation of this
00:49:35.77\00:49:38.77
but this is in the book of
Job everybody has a statement to
00:49:38.81\00:49:41.64
make about how we cannot save
ourselves. Look at what Job says
00:49:41.68\00:49:44.91
Let's read this together.
00:49:44.95\00:49:46.31
If we gave it our best
effort we couldn't do it.
00:49:57.29\00:50:00.60
Because the change needs
to take place in the heart.
00:50:00.63\00:50:04.43
Can, now this will give you a
kind of a deeper understanding
00:50:04.47\00:50:07.90
Has anyone ever performed a
heart surgery on themselves?
00:50:07.94\00:50:12.04
We can no more change ourselves
Lorraine than a doctor can give
00:50:15.28\00:50:20.62
himself a heart transplant.
He could be the best surgeon
00:50:20.65\00:50:25.15
on earth. He cannot give
himself a heart transplant.
00:50:25.19\00:50:29.56
Because you literally
have to die to get a new heart.
00:50:30.89\00:50:34.83
Only through the miracles of
medicine do they keep the heart
00:50:35.50\00:50:38.50
alive while the
person is literally dead.
00:50:38.53\00:50:41.94
Now we know all the other stuff,
don't get technical. We know
00:50:41.97\00:50:44.57
about the blood and all that,
that's now what I'm talking
00:50:44.61\00:50:46.64
about. But in other words,
when that heart is out he's not
00:50:46.68\00:50:49.38
get up and going anywhere
until he gets a new heart
00:50:49.41\00:50:51.48
That's the point. In the
spiritual life until the new
00:50:51.51\00:50:54.08
heart is in there,
we're not going anywhere.
00:50:54.12\00:50:56.82
So that's a very
simple, to the point answer.
00:50:58.19\00:51:00.82
If we give it our best effort
how much change can we make?
00:51:00.86\00:51:04.23
The answer is
nothing. No one can do it.
00:51:04.26\00:51:09.66
That's why it's not
good, let me put a caution here
00:51:09.70\00:51:12.23
that's why it's not good to
idolize any Christian and say
00:51:12.27\00:51:16.40
you know what, I
wanna be like him.
00:51:16.44\00:51:18.81
I used to wanna be like
Jill until she confessed one day
00:51:22.91\00:51:25.51
she had problems.
Jill has problems?
00:51:25.55\00:51:29.35
Unbelievable! She said there
was 5 people she didn't like
00:51:29.38\00:51:33.52
I would have never fathomed
that. My point is every one of
00:51:33.56\00:51:37.76
us has problems, right? Now
there's people that are really
00:51:37.79\00:51:41.33
nice I've heard people say, Oh
if sister so and so prays things
00:51:41.36\00:51:45.37
happen. And everybody wants
to call sister so and so like,
00:51:45.40\00:51:49.07
you know, prayers are
us. God answers your prayers
00:51:49.10\00:51:53.17
He answers the prayers of those
who simply say, Lord save me
00:51:53.21\00:51:57.08
If you could do that, you
get results. A heart, a sincere
00:51:58.18\00:52:01.65
heart, a heart in the time of
trouble, He says you will call
00:52:01.68\00:52:04.69
me and I will answer you.
So let's not make man our idol
00:52:04.72\00:52:08.56
That's why it's important.
Nobody is clean, nobody is
00:52:08.59\00:52:11.49
cleaner than Christ. Let's make
Him the object of our affections
00:52:11.53\00:52:16.06
Number 9. We're really doing
good tonight, don't you think?
00:52:16.10\00:52:20.30
This is amazing.
Something's got a hold of me.
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Even with a long, lengthy
question no. 1 we're up to
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Number 9. Okay.
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Romans 8 verse 8-9.
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Okay, here's the answer.
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A second aspect of
transformation is not just a
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new heart but a new spirit. Want
to spend some time on the Spirit
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because you know we pray some
times, Lord give me strength
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today to do what's right,
live right, to be kind to people
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but you know we all,
what we should also pray?
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Lord fill me
with Your Holy Spirit.
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Because the Holy Spirit is
the one who's the active agent
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the Holy Spirit is the
active power in our lives
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However, when He the Spirit of
Truth is come, He will lead you
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and guide you into all truth.
The Spirit cannot be left out
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of the equation. The Father
sent the Son, the Son sent the
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Spirit. Jesus left, He sent
the Comforter. Now day by day
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and didn't Jesus say and I
believe the text was read today
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I think it was today, it's so
nice to know that you've heard
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so many Scriptures read during
the week that you can't tell
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what day it is or remember,
isn't that good? But simply put
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if we being evil know how to
give good gifts, how much more
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will our Father in heaven give
the Spirit to those who ask?
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So day by day our prayers
should not just be Father
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help me, but Father I'm
weak I can't do it, fill me with
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Your Spirit. For it is God
who works in us both to will
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and to do of His good
pleasure. Let the power come in.
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It's like a little, it's
like an electric shaver praying
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I need just two volts,
two volts that's all I need
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When all you gotta do
is just plug it in, right?
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Can you imagine?
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We've got to connect ourselves
day by day to a power beyond
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ourselves. When we connect
to a power beyond ourselves
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we don't walk away with just
enough power. We walk away with
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all the power we need and
then some. Because it's not our
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power, it's the power of God.
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The power of God unto salvation.
Paul said that. He's unashamed
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for it is the power of God unto
salvation. That power is through
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the Holy Spirit. Lot of
people say they're in the Spirit
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but he's not talking about
jumping in the Spirit, he's
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talking about living in the
Spirit, walking in the Spirit
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and when you walk in the Spirit
Paul says in Romans 7, when you
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walk in the Spirit you will not
fulfill the lust of the flesh
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why? Because you're not in
control. The Holy Spirit is in
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control, any more than a
glove can pick up what it wants
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A glove can't pick up what it
wants. Who does the picking up?
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You and the glove gets the
credit for touching it first.
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See, that's how it is with
Christ. The glove represents us
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The hand, the whole body behind
it, the force behind that hand
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the movement, the power
all comes from the active agent
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that abides in us. Christ
in you, the hope of glory.
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And let me see, do I
want to go to 10 tonight?
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No, I don't actually
want to go to 10 tonight
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I have about a
minute and 47 seconds
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I'll let you peek at it just
to get your taste buds ready
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for the next study. Let's
just look at Question No 10 for
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the night and we'll use this
as a springboard into the next
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lecture. Question No. 10
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I think I could give you the
answer. We have about a minute
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or so. You want the
answer? Ok, let's go to that.
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Matthew 16:25. There's some
people that won't get a chance
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to tune in next week but
will be able to get this on the
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website: asf.3abn.org
Here it is. How does it differ?
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For whoever desires to save
his life will what? lose it.
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But whoever loses his life
for my sake will what? Find it.
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The difference is you
gotta be willing to lose you
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to gain Christ. And you
know what's so nice about that
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Just like Abraham was willing
to sacrifice his son Isaac
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he was able to keep his son
Isaac and became the father of
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a blessed nation. God wouldn't
take from us what's for our
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best. God would not rob us of
the blessing He intends to give
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us. If you really want to
preserve your life you gotta
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be willing to give your life.
If you want to give your life
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then the Lord will transform it
and give you back a better life
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than you gave to Him.
The difference between the
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transformed life is God
finds us where we are but never
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leaves us the way He
finds us. So when people say
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The Lord loves you just as you
are, that's true. But does He
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leave you as you are? What's
the answer? Absolutely not
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Continue studying God's
Word and what doesn't make sense
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will one day come
into a sharper focus.
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God bless You.
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