Hello and welcome to another
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Here at A Sharper Focus,
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as we continue our
hope to finalize our topic
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on the truth about the judgment.
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Him in this study.
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Our gracious
Father, we thank You
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that whenever we open Your Word,
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the blessing comes
when we open our hearts.
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Father, guide us we ask,
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in Jesus' name tonight
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that we may study
Your Word and find in it
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the strength and the source
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that each one
of us is in need of
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we pray in Christ's name.
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Amen.
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Lesson number 28, the
Truth about the Judgment.
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As you know, we've been
walking through this topic
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from week to week
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and it has been one that
really has opened our hearts
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also given us an opportunity
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to focus on what
is most important,
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and how we can stand
with great confidence,
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getting ready for
the coming of the Lord.
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But tonight before
we go into our study,
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we know that we're
gonna do something.
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We're gonna sing together.
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And our song
tonight is Victory in Jesus.
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If you know the song,
you can join along with us.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sin
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet day
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I'll sing up there
The song of victory
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Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen?
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The topic is the
Truth about the Judgment,
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the Truth about the Judgment.
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We've been covering this.
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It's one of
those extensive topics
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that requires us to focus
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and keep our minds on the plan
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that God has for the
purpose of the judgment.
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And last time we studied,
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last week study was
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we covered up to
question number 18,
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so each one of you
should have in front of you
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a syllabus that has 19 to 30.
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Make sure that you have that
and if you're just tuning in,
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go to asf.3abn.org
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and there you can download
the lesson about the judgment.
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No one likes to
really go to court.
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No one likes to
show up in court,
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except they are the plaintiff
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or they have been
summoned for a good reason.
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But anytime
someone goes to court,
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there's always
this in trepidation
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when the court is in session.
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One of the most
delightful court sittings
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I was in was when
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I was invited to go
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where children
were being adopted.
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That was the
most pleasant scene.
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Parents were adopting children
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that did not
have permanent homes.
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That's the kind of
court room you want to be in
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when good things are happening.
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But if you're there
for a traffic ticket,
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that could be quite frightening.
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If you are there for a crime,
that is a bit more frightening.
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And if you are there possibly
serving a life sentence,
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that's terrifying.
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But we want to
talk about the judgment,
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so that we can find confidence.
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And what we ended on last week
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I want to begin
on question number...
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Is not gonna
show up on the screen,
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but I'd like you to turn
to Revelation Chapter 12.
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And we're gonna look
at one of the reasons
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why we know that our defender,
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our judge,
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Jesus Christ is
not only the advocate,
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our lawyer, but Jesus
Christ is also the judge,
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the presiding
judge, the one at the bar.
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He will always make decisions
in favor of His children.
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tells us that
there is a prosecutor.
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All of the people of God
had been under prosecution
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ever since the entrance of sin.
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And you'll find that in
the Bible from age to age,
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the accuser, the prosecutor
has been active at work,
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trying to find reasons
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that God's
children may not be saved.
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But notice the good
news, Revelation 12:10.
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Before we go to
question number 19,
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the Bible says, "Then I heard
a loud voice, saying," where?
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"In heaven 'Now
salvation, and strength,
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and the kingdom of our God,
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and the power of
His Christ have come,
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for the accuser of our brethren,
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who accused them
before our God," how often?
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"Day and night
has been cast down.'"
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Amen to that.
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Now how often
does the devil accuses,
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how often?
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Day and night.
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He doesn't cease.
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In other words, He's
looking at our life's record.
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He's looking over all
the things we've done wrong
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and believe me,
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I don't want you
to raise your hands
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because that's a
crazy question to ask
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if you've done something wrong.
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But while God is forgiving,
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while Jesus is
blotting out our sin,
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while Jesus is
forgiving us of our sin,
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the devil is
continually pointing to,
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as one person once said,
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you really haven't forgiven me
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if you keep
bringing up the past.
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And the devil is
the one that does that,
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he brings up the past.
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I told you about the
dream that Martin Luther had,
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the great reformer.
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He was filled with in
trepidation in his dream
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as he was filled with terror,
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looking at all of his
sins unrolled on a scroll.
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The devil unrolled
his sins on a scroll.
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But there in his dream,
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he said that the Lord showed up
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and over every sin
that he was accused of
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the Lord stamped,
"pardon, forgiven" Amen?
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So the accuser is doing his job.
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But even better than
that, the Lord is doing His job.
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And I want you to go
with me to Daniel Chapter 7.
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I want you to see something,
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I'm gonna make sure I'm
not jumping ahead of myself.
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Good, I'm not.
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But let's go to Daniel
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and I want to give you
a glimpse of the verdict.
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All right, Daniel Chapter 7.
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Now I'll tell you what verse.
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Okay, Daniel Chapter 7
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and let's look down.
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Well, verse 10 is good.
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Okay.
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Yeah, I'll start with verse 10.
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Okay.
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Daniel 7:10
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and notice what
the Bible talks about.
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It talks about
the court setting.
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It says a fiery...
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Well, let's start with verse 9
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because that puts the
whole picture together
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of the court scene.
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"I watched till
thrones were put in place,
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and the Ancient
of Days was seated.
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His garment was white as snow,
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and the hair of His
head was like pure," what?
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"Pure wool.
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His throne was a fiery flame,
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its wheels a burning fire."
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If the judge walked in
the room and look like that,
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how would you
feel, Lord have mercy.
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I need help.
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See it is scary set,
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it's a setting of humility.
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But look at the next verse.
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"A fiery stream issued and
came forth from before Him.
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A thousand
thousands ministered to Him.
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Ten thousand times ten
thousand stood before Him.
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The court was," what?
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"The court was seated
and the books were open."
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You know when the book is open,
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the devil points to
all the accusations,
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all the things
written in the books.
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The books were open
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and those are the things
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that are going to be
discussed in the judgment.
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The acts of the saints,
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the things that we
have done in our lives,
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that's why as we go on tonight,
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we're gonna see that
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we need not
fear facing our sins.
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If we make the preparation
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that God has
outlined in His Word,
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we won't have to stand
in that judgment scene,
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and even Revelation Chapter 20
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talks about the
great white throne judgment
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when all is
standing before the Lord.
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And as you think
about a court setting,
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there are various phases.
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There is the
investigative phase,
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there is the verdict,
and there is the judgment.
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There is the
investigative phase,
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there is the verdict,
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and there is then the
judgment or the sentencing.
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If you follow the Scripture
and understand prophecy,
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we are living in
the investigative stage.
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This is the time of
the investigative judgment
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and as 1 Peter 4:17 says,
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"The time has come for judgment
to begin at the house of God."
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So that's the phase
in which we're living.
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Why the house of God?
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Because it
always begins with those
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that have a connection.
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And the Lord is
examining whether what we say
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is in harmony with how we live.
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Let's go to question number 19.
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Let's go to question
number 19 and begin to lay
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some foundation here tonight.
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All right.
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What makes it
possible to stand confident
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in light of the judgment?
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What makes it
possible to stand confident
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in light of the judgment?
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All right.
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Romans 8:1 and 2.
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Romans 8:1 and 2.
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Okay, let's look
at what the Bible says
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and the answer
will be on the screen
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for those of you
that are tuning in.
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Here's the words
of the Apostle Paul
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because here now
under the sentencing phase,
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that's the context.
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Here it is.
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"There is
therefore now," how much?
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"No condemnation to
those who are in," where?
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"In Christ Jesus,"
and look at the decision,
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"who do not walk
according to the flesh,
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but according to the," what?
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"According to the Spirit."
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Why?
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Here's the verse.
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"For the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
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has made me free
from the law of," what?
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"Sin and death."
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Now what is used in every trial?
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What is used in every trial?
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The law.
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Thank You, the law.
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There are books of law.
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I am amazed and you know what?
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I've discovered,
I'm not by any means
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educated in the area of law,
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but I've discovered that
every year case law is filed.
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Whatever cases
had occurred in 2014,
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they filed that case law.
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You may have heard
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one of the most
popular case law histories
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in maybe in our
nation talked about the most
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Roe versus Wade
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that has been
continually referred
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to in the area of the
right to live, abortion.
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Roe versus
Wade, that's case law,
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that's filed away.
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And what happens is whenever
a verdict is handed down,
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they file that away.
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That verdict
becomes instrumental
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in future verdicts.
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And so when we
stand in the court...
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Matter of fact, go to
James, very quickly with me.
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Go to James.
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There's a text
I'm gonna show you
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in Daniel 7
again, but go to James.
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And let's see
how James the Apostle
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brings this picture into view.
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James Chapter 2, okay.
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Hey, we got that
little thin book right there.
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Okay, got it.
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James 2:12.
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Wow, wow.
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I don't think I
included this in the syllabus.
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But Lord just
brought this to my mind.
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Praise the Lord. Here it is.
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Notice the
actions and the words.
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He says, "So speak and
so do as those who will be,"
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what's the next word?
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"Judged by the law of liberty."
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That law can sit,
that law can keep you free
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that is, if you're
in harmony with it.
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I remember, I'm gonna read
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the next verse in just a moment,
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but I need to
add the story here.
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I remember going to
court for a speeding ticket
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and I was only two
miles over the speed limit.
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I was doing 67 in the 65,
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and I was really upset
that the police stopped me
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for only two miles
over the speed limit.
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And so I got in the court.
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I'm thinking
about the whole thing,
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I wore a nice suit,
want to look credible.
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And everybody's kind
of coming up to the bench
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to determine whether or
not they want to challenge it
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or they want to plead guilty.
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And I'm thinking two
miles over the speed limit,
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that's nothing
to plead guilty to.
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So I go up and how do you plead?
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Explanation, no.
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How do you plead?
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Can I explain, how do you plead?
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Not guilty with an explanation.
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No. How do you plead?
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And they said,
"Sir, what's the problem?"
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I said, "I was
only going two miles
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over the speed limit."
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What was the
speed limit? I said 65.
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So what were you
going? Sixty seven.
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You're guilty.
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So I sat down with
all the hashtag criminals.
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They look like, some
of them look so criminal.
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And here I am with a nice
suit, realizing I'm guilty too.
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So is my point,
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how you look is not the way
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that the court
is going to decide.
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Amen?
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It's gonna be based on the law.
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Ecclesiastes says that.
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You know, that God will
bring every work into judgment
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with every secret thing.
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He says, "Keep the
commandments of God,
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this is gonna be the
standard of judgment."
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But look at the next
verse and this is important.
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He says, "For judgment
is without mercy to the one
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who has," what?
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"Show no mercy,
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mercy triumphs over judgment."
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Now let's just think about that.
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Do we serve a merciful Savior?
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Yes.
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Can you say amen to that? Amen.
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Now why is that
important in light of this text?
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Because what we
deserve when we plead.
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You see, here's the point,
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and I want to go
back to the whole analogy.
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We did this a long time
ago on a different topic,
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but it fits right here.
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If you're guilty, you
don't ask for judgment,
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you don't ask for justice.
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What do you ask for? Mercy.
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You ask for mercy.
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So when you go to
court and you're guilty,
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somebody said, throw yourself
on the mercy of the court.
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You know, brothers and
sisters, that's our only hope,
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our only hope of salvation
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is to throw
ourselves on the what?
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Mercy of the court,
and this is very important.
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Now this is the
reciprocal blessing of mercy.
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If you are
unmerciful, will you get mercy?
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No. Not according to this text.
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Mercy is shown to
those who have mercy.
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But for those
who don't show mercy,
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will the court
have mercy on them?
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Absolutely not,
according to this verse.
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So a note, this
is not in the lesson,
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but just fits right here.
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If you're ever in a position
where you can condemn somebody
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or extend to them mercy,
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pray that God will
give you the wisdom
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to make the right decision.
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I can tell you,
"Carte-Blanche extend mercy."
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It all depends
on the circumstance.
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But I want to say even
when judgment is meted out,
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it should be done with mercy.
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Because the Bible says
sometimes we fall into sin
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and He said, we
should deal with our brother,
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as though we would
have them deal with us.
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Just a thought, very important.
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But for question number 19.
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You want to
write this answer down.
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What makes it possible to
stand in light of the judgment?
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What makes it possible to stand?
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Right, the law of
the Spirit of life,
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that's what makes it possible,
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the spirit of life,
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the freedom that we find
from the law of sin and death.
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And so when you think
of that there the walk,
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it's important now because
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I don't want to just
gloss over Romans 8:1 and 2,
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how you walk is most important.
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Let me just go
back to that slide.
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"There is
therefore now no condemnation
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to those who are," where?
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To those who are where?
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So what makes it
possible to stand confident
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in the judgment?
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Come on. Somebody,
give me the answer.
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If you are in Christ.
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You got us.
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"If you are in Christ,
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you don't walk into the court
fearful because you're," where?
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"In Christ."
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That's the key to the answer.
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That's what makes it possible
to stand with confidence
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in light of the judgment.
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Right, then I stand in Christ.
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That's how we find confidence.
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Let's go to the next question.
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Let's go to the next question.
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And I'm seeing
that being in Christ is
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the answer to everything.
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If anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation,
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old things have passed away,
all things had become, what?
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Become new.
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Question number 20.
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For what reason
can we have assurance
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and not fear the judgment?
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1 John 5:12.
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Turn there with me.
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1 John 5:12.
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One of the things
that I keep in mind,
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as I'm studying this lesson
is if you were in a process,
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if you were in a court case,
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how often would you keep
in touch with your attorney?
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Huh?
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Constantly, right?
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Until the case is decided,
00:21:17.44\00:21:19.71
you keep in
touch with your lawyer,
00:21:19.74\00:21:21.84
your defense attorney,
the person representing you.
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You keep in touch, you
let them know everything.
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I heard a lawyer
once said to someone,
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"How can I defend you
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if you don't tell me
everything I need to know.
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Don't allow me to go into court
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and something
shows up as a surprise."
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But to Christ,
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is there anything
that's gonna be a surprise,
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yes or no?
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Nothing is gonna be surprise
as the writer of Hebrews says,
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"All things are naked
and open to the eyes of Him
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with whom we have
to give an account."
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So He knows all things and
the beauty of His mercy is,
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He stands in defense
of those who stand in Him.
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Look at 1 John 5:12.
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For what reason
can we have assurance
00:21:57.91\00:21:59.41
and not fear the judgment?
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Here's what the Bible says,
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"He who has the
Son," what is the verdict?
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"Has life,
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he who does not
have the Son of God
00:22:07.96\00:22:10.33
does not have," what?
00:22:10.36\00:22:11.89
"Does not have life."
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Once again, I
pointed back to Christ.
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One of the reasons why you
are not to fear the judgment
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is if you have the
Son, you have what?
00:22:18.33\00:22:22.04
That's the best
kind of sentence to get,
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that's a life sentence
that we all are not worthy of,
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but because of Christ, we
receive that life sentence.
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If you have the
Son, you have what?
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You have life.
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Write that down.
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For what reason
can we have assurance
00:22:34.88\00:22:36.22
and not fear the judgment?
00:22:36.25\00:22:37.59
If you have the Son?
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Last lesson
study we talked about,
00:22:39.22\00:22:41.66
if anyone sins,
00:22:41.69\00:22:43.02
he has an advocate with
the Father Jesus Christ,
00:22:43.06\00:22:45.99
the righteous.
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The advocacy
there is the lawyer,
00:22:47.40\00:22:49.53
the one who
stands in our behalf,
00:22:49.56\00:22:50.90
the one who represents,
00:22:50.93\00:22:53.37
who speaks to the
accuser in our behalf,
00:22:53.40\00:22:56.94
the one who atones for us.
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But tonight, we're
gonna add two more components
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to the function of
Christ in the judgment.
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I can't wait to get to it.
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So let me go ahead and move on.
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All right, question number 21.
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Here it is.
00:23:12.59\00:23:14.99
How has the fear of
judgment been removed?
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You notice the questions vary.
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They sound
similar to some degree,
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but they're little different.
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Because there are
various scriptures
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that add other components
00:23:26.70\00:23:28.90
to the answer of
the fear question.
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How has the fear of
the judgment been removed?
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Hebrews 2:14-15.
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All right, the pages of silence,
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so I'm assuming
you all are there.
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Okay. Here we are.
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Hebrews 2:14 and 15.
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And here's what the Bible reads,
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"Inasmuch then as the children
have partaken of the," what?
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"Of flesh and blood."
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Notice this, this
is substitutionary."
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He Himself likewise
shared in the," what?
00:24:00.70\00:24:04.91
"Same that through death
00:24:04.94\00:24:07.48
He might destroy him
who had the power of death,
00:24:07.51\00:24:11.88
that is," who?
00:24:11.91\00:24:13.52
"The devil and release
those who through fear of death
00:24:13.55\00:24:18.49
were all their
lifetime subject to," what?
00:24:18.52\00:24:21.86
"Bondage."
00:24:21.89\00:24:23.22
Now, let's break
that down carefully here,
00:24:23.26\00:24:25.06
because I'm gonna
put some other components
00:24:25.09\00:24:27.63
to the criminal scenario in.
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When a person is a criminal,
00:24:30.63\00:24:32.40
when they bring
them into the court,
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what do they bring them in with?
00:24:33.80\00:24:35.90
How they bring them in?
00:24:35.94\00:24:38.04
Okay, another word
we can use bondage here.
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They come in and you're just
hearing, clink, clink, clink,
00:24:40.94\00:24:44.45
chains, that
their hands are bound.
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It is awful.
00:24:47.65\00:24:49.08
I mean, sometimes
the crime doesn't fit
00:24:49.12\00:24:51.42
the way that they
handle the criminal,
00:24:51.45\00:24:53.76
but they bring
them that way anyway,
00:24:53.79\00:24:55.79
then they have
police all around the court
00:24:55.82\00:24:58.59
with large
handguns and the person,
00:24:58.63\00:25:01.73
you could look at
the person and you think.
00:25:01.76\00:25:04.00
What could they
have possibly done
00:25:04.03\00:25:06.10
that would warrant them
being shackled that way?
00:25:06.13\00:25:09.10
Well, the Lord is saying,
00:25:09.14\00:25:10.47
there are those who have
been shackled all their lives
00:25:10.51\00:25:13.68
with fear, the fear of death.
00:25:13.71\00:25:16.28
All their lifetime
00:25:16.31\00:25:18.18
they were those who
were fearful of death.
00:25:18.21\00:25:19.71
And let me put this in context.
00:25:19.75\00:25:21.28
I know someone that said,
00:25:21.32\00:25:24.65
"I'm not religious but
00:25:24.69\00:25:26.52
I can see the condition
of the world and I'm fearful.
00:25:26.55\00:25:29.42
I don't know if
I'm gonna be saved
00:25:29.46\00:25:30.79
or if I'm gonna be lost."
00:25:30.83\00:25:32.16
But that fear was lost
00:25:32.19\00:25:33.63
when that person
gave her life to Christ.
00:25:33.66\00:25:36.36
Amen to that.
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They are those
00:25:37.93\00:25:40.00
who are under the power of death
00:25:40.04\00:25:41.97
because they don't
have themselves in Christ.
00:25:42.00\00:25:44.47
Going back to that scripture,
00:25:44.51\00:25:45.84
let me just bring
it back on the screen.
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Notice this,
"Inasmuch then as the children
00:25:47.24\00:25:49.68
have partaken
of flesh and blood,
00:25:49.71\00:25:52.31
He Himself likewise shared
in the same, that through death
00:25:52.35\00:25:55.98
He might destroy
him who had," what?
00:25:56.02\00:25:58.79
"The power of
death, that is the devil."
00:25:58.82\00:26:01.26
So who did
Christ come to destroy?
00:26:01.29\00:26:04.73
Okay, did He come to destroy us?
00:26:04.76\00:26:06.93
No.
00:26:06.96\00:26:08.30
That's exactly, you
got to keep that in mind.
00:26:08.33\00:26:10.33
That's why Matthew 25,
the Bible makes it clear
00:26:10.37\00:26:12.93
that hell is prepared
for the devil and his angels.
00:26:12.97\00:26:17.11
So the whole
purpose of the judgment
00:26:17.14\00:26:18.87
is not to condemn His children.
00:26:18.91\00:26:21.04
John 3:17
00:26:21.08\00:26:22.44
"For God sent not His Son
into the world to do," what?
00:26:22.48\00:26:25.18
"Condemn the world,
00:26:25.21\00:26:26.55
but that the world
through Him might be saved."
00:26:26.58\00:26:28.02
That's simply saying,
we were born condemned,
00:26:28.05\00:26:30.69
He wants to reverse
our ending sentence.
00:26:30.72\00:26:34.72
And so when you think
of yourself as condemned,
00:26:34.76\00:26:37.53
He wants to do something.
00:26:37.56\00:26:38.89
And let's look at verse 15
00:26:38.93\00:26:40.26
because I know sometimes
you read this long text
00:26:40.30\00:26:41.80
and it go by you
without explanation.
00:26:41.83\00:26:43.67
He wants to release to
those who through fear of death
00:26:43.70\00:26:47.24
were all their
lifetime subject to bondage.
00:26:47.27\00:26:50.64
They were bound.
00:26:50.67\00:26:52.01
I'm afraid of the end,
don't know what's gonna happen,
00:26:52.04\00:26:54.18
am I gonna be lost?
00:26:54.21\00:26:55.54
Oh!
00:26:55.58\00:26:56.91
Jesus is coming, the
world is coming to an end.
00:26:56.95\00:26:58.28
One young man confessed
that every December 31st
00:26:58.31\00:27:00.52
he was filled with fear
00:27:00.55\00:27:01.88
thinking the
world will come to end
00:27:01.92\00:27:03.25
to the end then.
00:27:03.28\00:27:04.65
But when you are in
Christ, what does He do?
00:27:04.69\00:27:08.02
Right, perfect love does what?
00:27:08.06\00:27:09.92
Casts out fear.
00:27:09.96\00:27:12.06
Casts out all fear.
00:27:12.09\00:27:13.86
So here's the
answer, you gonna put down.
00:27:13.90\00:27:17.17
How has fear of the
judgment been removed?
00:27:17.20\00:27:20.10
How has it been removed?
00:27:20.14\00:27:21.80
I want some answers tonight.
00:27:21.84\00:27:24.27
I put my pot
spoon away. Talk to me.
00:27:24.31\00:27:26.94
How has it been removed?
00:27:26.98\00:27:28.64
Through Christ's death.
00:27:28.68\00:27:30.18
Through Christ's death,
00:27:30.21\00:27:33.21
through Christ's death.
00:27:33.25\00:27:35.62
That's right but not only that,
00:27:35.65\00:27:39.62
He has already
defeated the devil
00:27:39.65\00:27:42.02
who had that power of death.
00:27:42.06\00:27:44.99
Remember, He says in Revelation,
00:27:45.03\00:27:47.53
I have the keys of
death and of the grave.
00:27:47.56\00:27:50.30
But up until that point,
00:27:50.33\00:27:51.67
Satan seemed to have
been the steward of that.
00:27:51.70\00:27:54.67
But through His death,
00:27:54.70\00:27:56.94
he took back that
power from the devil
00:27:56.97\00:27:59.54
and the devil knows
that his day is coming.
00:27:59.57\00:28:02.48
That's why he has a short time.
00:28:02.51\00:28:03.85
So you want to
put the answer down?
00:28:03.88\00:28:05.21
How has fear...?
00:28:05.25\00:28:06.58
How has the fear of
the judgment been removed?
00:28:06.61\00:28:10.22
By the death of Christ.
00:28:10.25\00:28:12.72
In reality,
00:28:12.75\00:28:14.09
who should have
been the one that died?
00:28:14.12\00:28:17.29
Say it again. Us.
00:28:17.33\00:28:18.99
The wages of sin is what?
00:28:19.03\00:28:20.56
Death.
00:28:20.60\00:28:21.93
This whole
picture of the judgment,
00:28:21.96\00:28:23.63
there's a lot of
good news that's contained
00:28:23.67\00:28:26.60
in the judgment.
00:28:26.63\00:28:28.40
Now let's go to number 22.
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Okay, here we are.
00:28:33.38\00:28:36.34
What is the only possible
outcome in the judgment?
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And I should have
pluralized the word.
00:28:47.79\00:28:49.42
Yeah, well, what are
the only possible outcomes
00:28:49.46\00:28:52.99
in the judgment?
00:28:53.03\00:28:54.36
There you are.
00:28:54.40\00:28:55.73
What are the
only possible outcomes
00:28:55.76\00:28:57.37
in the judgment?
00:28:57.40\00:28:59.63
Well, let's
start with Romans 6:23.
00:28:59.67\00:29:01.87
We just repeated that.
00:29:01.90\00:29:03.24
I think you all
know it, are you ready?
00:29:03.27\00:29:05.01
The wages of sin is what?
00:29:05.04\00:29:06.71
Death, but the gift of
God, let's go and put it.
00:29:06.74\00:29:09.94
For the wages of sin is what?
00:29:09.98\00:29:11.81
Death, but the
gift of God is what?
00:29:11.85\00:29:14.28
Eternal life in or
through Christ Jesus our Lord.
00:29:14.32\00:29:17.95
So what are the only
two possible outcomes there?
00:29:17.99\00:29:21.42
Death or life.
00:29:25.39\00:29:27.20
Those the only
possible outcomes.
00:29:27.23\00:29:29.60
Death sentence or life sentence.
00:29:29.63\00:29:33.27
Which one do you want?
00:29:33.30\00:29:34.64
Life.
00:29:34.67\00:29:36.00
Life sentence,
eternal life sentence,
00:29:36.04\00:29:38.37
that's the key.
00:29:38.41\00:29:39.74
There're only two...
00:29:39.77\00:29:41.11
Huh?
00:29:41.14\00:29:42.48
Death is eternal in its impact.
00:29:42.51\00:29:44.31
There's no coming back.
00:29:44.35\00:29:45.68
There is no
resurrection for that.
00:29:45.71\00:29:47.28
That's it, that
second death is final.
00:29:47.32\00:29:50.05
There is no
coming back from that.
00:29:50.09\00:29:51.92
So the only two
possible outcomes is death
00:29:51.95\00:29:54.19
and what else?
00:29:54.22\00:29:55.82
Life. Eternal life.
00:29:55.86\00:29:58.43
So you want to write that down.
00:29:58.46\00:29:59.79
Romans 6:23.
00:29:59.83\00:30:01.16
You gave me the answers.
00:30:01.20\00:30:02.53
The only possible outcome
is death or eternal life.
00:30:02.56\00:30:06.77
Now let's go to the next one,
00:30:06.80\00:30:08.84
Revelation 22:11.
00:30:08.87\00:30:11.47
I like a Bible
study that uses the Bible,
00:30:18.78\00:30:20.85
don't you?
00:30:20.88\00:30:22.22
That's why it's
called a Bible study.
00:30:22.25\00:30:24.69
See, Bible study,
something so many people
00:30:24.72\00:30:27.02
are missing is Bible studies.
00:30:27.06\00:30:29.52
Boy!
00:30:29.56\00:30:31.49
Okay, here we
go. Revelation 22:11.
00:30:31.53\00:30:34.13
It shows the outcomes again,
00:30:34.16\00:30:36.00
let's read this one together.
00:30:36.03\00:30:37.83
"He who is unjust,
00:30:37.87\00:30:40.00
let him be unjust still,
00:30:40.04\00:30:42.54
he who is filthy,
let him be," what?
00:30:42.57\00:30:45.27
"Filthy still,
00:30:45.31\00:30:46.64
he who is righteous,
00:30:46.68\00:30:48.14
let him be righteous still,
00:30:48.18\00:30:50.01
he who is holy,
let him be," what?
00:30:50.05\00:30:52.65
"Holy still."
00:30:52.68\00:30:54.02
Although you had
four things mentioned,
00:30:54.05\00:30:55.68
you only have two categories.
00:30:55.72\00:30:58.19
Only have two categories.
00:30:58.22\00:30:59.79
Let's put it together.
00:30:59.82\00:31:01.92
Unjust and filthy
is one category, right?
00:31:01.96\00:31:05.56
Unjust and filthy
00:31:05.59\00:31:07.13
and the other one
is righteous and holy
00:31:07.16\00:31:09.76
because when you're
righteous, you're what?
00:31:09.80\00:31:11.23
Holy.
00:31:11.27\00:31:12.60
When you're holy,
you're what? Righteous.
00:31:12.63\00:31:14.47
So write that down, the
answers are unjust and filthy.
00:31:14.50\00:31:18.47
Because when you are
filthy, you're unjust,
00:31:18.51\00:31:19.87
and when you're
unjust, you're filthy.
00:31:19.91\00:31:23.14
But when you're
righteous, you're holy,
00:31:23.18\00:31:24.58
and when you're holy,
00:31:24.61\00:31:25.95
you're righteous.
00:31:25.98\00:31:27.32
Those are the two categories.
00:31:27.35\00:31:29.92
Now, we're gonna
catapult ourselves
00:31:29.95\00:31:34.02
into another
facet of the judgment.
00:31:34.06\00:31:36.36
We've been talking
about the conditions,
00:31:36.39\00:31:38.23
but now we're gonna
be starting to focus on
00:31:38.26\00:31:41.20
how do we permanently
00:31:41.23\00:31:44.50
get rid of
00:31:44.53\00:31:46.13
all of our life record of sin?
00:31:46.17\00:31:49.37
How do we
permanently get rid of that?
00:31:49.40\00:31:54.08
I want to say it but let me
just not run ahead of myself.
00:31:54.11\00:31:57.01
It's all in my head
00:31:57.05\00:31:58.91
and I want you to get a chance
00:31:58.95\00:32:00.42
to be able to benefit from that.
00:32:00.45\00:32:01.78
So write those two things down,
00:32:01.82\00:32:03.35
if you're still
answering question number 22.
00:32:03.39\00:32:05.22
Revelation 22:11.
00:32:05.25\00:32:08.22
Unjust and filthy
or righteous and holy.
00:32:08.26\00:32:11.49
Okay. Number 23.
00:32:11.53\00:32:14.30
Here's the question.
00:32:14.33\00:32:16.36
What benefit is the
judgment to the Christian?
00:32:16.40\00:32:20.54
What benefit is the
judgment to the Christian?
00:32:20.57\00:32:25.01
All right, Acts 3:19.
00:32:25.04\00:32:27.14
Okay.
00:32:30.28\00:32:31.78
All right.
00:32:31.81\00:32:33.15
I'm leaving my flagship text
00:32:35.92\00:32:39.95
to the very end of this study.
00:32:39.99\00:32:41.59
I have my pen there.
00:32:41.62\00:32:42.99
So when the clock is
coming down to the end,
00:32:43.02\00:32:44.83
I'm gonna hit you
with my flagship text.
00:32:44.86\00:32:46.46
Okay.
00:32:46.49\00:32:47.83
That's why I
haven't moved my page,
00:32:47.86\00:32:49.33
because my
flagship text is in there.
00:32:49.36\00:32:51.23
All right.
00:32:51.27\00:32:52.60
We were building
ourselves into the flagship,
00:32:52.63\00:32:53.97
this is the material.
00:32:54.00\00:32:55.34
Acts 3:19, here's
what the Bible says.
00:32:55.37\00:32:58.41
What benefit is the
judgment to the Christian?
00:32:58.44\00:33:00.94
"Repent therefore and be," what?
00:33:00.98\00:33:03.98
"Converted, that your
sins may be blotted out,
00:33:04.01\00:33:09.28
so that times of refreshing
may come from the presence
00:33:09.32\00:33:14.52
of the Lord."
00:33:14.56\00:33:16.29
Now, I don't know how many
00:33:16.32\00:33:17.66
of you have ever
smelled downy before.
00:33:17.69\00:33:20.36
It's a fabric softener.
00:33:20.40\00:33:22.43
Right?
00:33:22.46\00:33:23.80
Downy is refreshing.
00:33:23.83\00:33:26.10
Some of the filthiest clothing
has been restored to a fresh,
00:33:26.13\00:33:32.34
refreshing scent by Downy
00:33:32.37\00:33:35.08
or whatever
fabric softener you use.
00:33:35.11\00:33:37.75
Water was not enough,
water can never give that.
00:33:37.78\00:33:40.52
Now what I'm speaking about here
00:33:40.55\00:33:42.25
is I'm not talking
00:33:42.28\00:33:43.62
about the covering of a sin.
00:33:43.65\00:33:46.69
I'm talking about the, what?
00:33:46.72\00:33:49.16
The two words in yellow
00:33:49.19\00:33:50.76
"blotted out."
00:33:50.79\00:33:52.43
Have you ever spilled
something on a carpet before?
00:33:52.46\00:33:56.73
We have so much technical
cleaning supplies today
00:33:56.77\00:34:01.20
that for some people
all the cleaning chemicals
00:34:01.24\00:34:03.84
we have almost become
unhealthy to some individuals.
00:34:03.87\00:34:07.28
You got...
00:34:07.31\00:34:09.64
I don't want to even
start mentioning the brands
00:34:09.68\00:34:11.58
but you have stuff
00:34:11.61\00:34:12.95
that you can spray on
the carpet and you leave it
00:34:12.98\00:34:14.78
and you come back
00:34:14.82\00:34:16.15
and it's gone.
00:34:16.18\00:34:17.99
And some of the stuff
that we use for clothes,
00:34:18.02\00:34:21.86
Shout years ago, remember Shout?
00:34:21.89\00:34:24.63
You know, it's not
something you do in church,
00:34:24.66\00:34:27.13
it's something you
use in the laundry.
00:34:27.16\00:34:29.66
Shout, you get
the shout, shout out.
00:34:29.70\00:34:32.70
But then now
they've been shouting out
00:34:32.73\00:34:34.07
different ways now and then
00:34:34.10\00:34:36.50
whatever the other
stuff and there's Goo B Gone
00:34:36.54\00:34:39.14
is another one.
00:34:39.17\00:34:40.51
If something sticky falls,
00:34:40.54\00:34:41.88
you put Goo B Gone
and before you know
00:34:41.91\00:34:43.24
the goo is gone.
00:34:43.28\00:34:45.01
It works, it really does.
00:34:45.05\00:34:46.85
And then you have the stuff
that you spray in the carpet.
00:34:46.88\00:34:50.39
Yeah, I don't know
what the name of it is,
00:34:50.42\00:34:51.75
but it works.
00:34:51.79\00:34:53.12
It really, it even
works for grape juice.
00:34:53.15\00:34:55.92
But I want to tell you,
00:34:55.96\00:34:57.73
this blotting out is huge
00:34:57.76\00:35:01.36
because it's not covering up.
00:35:01.40\00:35:02.86
See, if I spill
something on the carpet
00:35:02.90\00:35:04.73
and I cover it up, is it gone?
00:35:04.77\00:35:07.97
It's still there.
00:35:08.00\00:35:11.87
But if I blot it out,
00:35:11.91\00:35:13.64
is it gone?
00:35:13.68\00:35:15.01
Yes, it is.
00:35:15.04\00:35:16.38
Now what I want you to
know the blotting out factor,
00:35:16.41\00:35:18.55
there has to be
a cleansing agent
00:35:18.58\00:35:21.22
to be able to remove that.
00:35:21.25\00:35:22.58
I want you to
put the answer first,
00:35:22.62\00:35:23.99
and then I'm gonna show
you the cleansing agent.
00:35:24.02\00:35:25.85
What benefit is the
judgment to the Christian?
00:35:25.89\00:35:28.79
Your sins may be blotted out.
00:35:28.82\00:35:31.59
Your sins may be blotted out.
00:35:31.63\00:35:34.13
You see, throughout the year
00:35:34.16\00:35:35.96
the Jewish year,
00:35:36.00\00:35:38.23
as they yearly look
to the Day of Atonement,
00:35:38.27\00:35:40.64
that At-one-meant their
sins, the blood of the lambs,
00:35:40.67\00:35:44.61
the blood of the
goats, and the bulls,
00:35:44.64\00:35:45.97
and the pigeons, and the heifers
00:35:46.01\00:35:47.68
was sprinkled all year long.
00:35:47.71\00:35:49.68
And what a filthy mess it was.
00:35:49.71\00:35:52.51
And the
cleansing of the sanctuary
00:35:52.55\00:35:54.92
was necessary
00:35:54.95\00:35:56.32
to restore to
its rightful place.
00:35:56.35\00:35:58.39
If I could use a
phrase using the text,
00:35:58.42\00:36:00.96
to the refreshing time.
00:36:00.99\00:36:04.13
But until the refreshing time,
00:36:04.16\00:36:05.63
those sins were
simply transferred
00:36:05.66\00:36:08.66
and they were there.
00:36:08.70\00:36:10.57
And when the Day
of Atonement came,
00:36:10.60\00:36:11.93
when the provision was made,
00:36:11.97\00:36:13.30
and those who made provision
for that final cleansing,
00:36:13.34\00:36:15.90
their sins were blotted out.
00:36:15.94\00:36:18.41
But if there was
no provision made,
00:36:18.44\00:36:21.24
they...
00:36:21.28\00:36:22.61
Now, this is powerful.
00:36:22.64\00:36:23.98
Either the sin was removed
00:36:24.01\00:36:26.01
or they were removed
00:36:26.05\00:36:28.68
because if the sin
was not blotted out
00:36:28.72\00:36:32.39
for the Day of
Atonement services,
00:36:32.42\00:36:34.12
they could never be a part
of the Feast of Tabernacles.
00:36:34.16\00:36:37.03
They couldn't get it,
they could not participate.
00:36:37.06\00:36:39.13
That's the celebration.
00:36:39.16\00:36:40.50
Let me put that in context.
00:36:40.53\00:36:41.90
We will...
00:36:41.93\00:36:43.26
I mean, it's good to
celebrate the Sabbath.
00:36:43.30\00:36:44.73
But the real
celebration is going to come
00:36:44.77\00:36:46.70
when our sins are
eternally blotted out.
00:36:46.74\00:36:48.50
What do you say to that?
00:36:48.54\00:36:49.87
When our sins are finally
gone never to come up again,
00:36:49.90\00:36:52.21
that's the real celebration.
00:36:52.24\00:36:54.71
You know, years ago,
00:36:54.74\00:36:56.08
I remember the
celebration movement.
00:36:56.11\00:36:57.68
You don't want to be sad,
00:36:57.71\00:36:59.81
depress.
00:36:59.85\00:37:01.18
You know, sour Christians,
00:37:01.22\00:37:04.12
but celebrate the reality
00:37:04.15\00:37:05.65
of the righteousness
of Christ in our lives.
00:37:05.69\00:37:08.32
Don't celebrate arbitrarily.
00:37:08.36\00:37:10.43
But now let me show
you Revelation Chapter 12.
00:37:10.46\00:37:12.89
Go there with me.
00:37:12.93\00:37:14.73
I'm gonna show you
the blotting out agent.
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Revelation Chapter 12.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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We're all there.
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Revelation Chapter 12.
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And then I'm gonna
show you another one
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because you got
to see the ending
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that the cleaning agent.
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All right, here it
is Revelation 12:11.
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Because we talked
about the accuser in verse 10
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but now verse 11
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"And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
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and by the word
of their testimony,
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and they did not love
their lives to the death."
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In other words,
they were willing to die
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to be saved.
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They were willing to die
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to maintain an
unbroken relationship
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with Christ.
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But now go to 1 John 1:7.
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We see the blood there.
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Years ago, when
Pastor Doug Batchelor
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and I did a series,
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you know, we asked the question,
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how can something
red really blot out?
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How can red,
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red blood out?
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My front row here,
this is the red battalion
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right down here.
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Red, it's a symbol of blood
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and it's also in
our modern society,
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a symbol of love.
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The love of Christ is
in the blood of Christ.
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Here it is,
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1 John 1:7.
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Notice,
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"But if we walk in the light
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as He is in the light,
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we have
fellowship with one another,
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and the blood of Jesus
Christ His Son does," what?
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"Cleanses us from all sin."
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Cleanses us from, how much?
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All sin.
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And the verse before that says,
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don't say you don't have any sin
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because you're
lying to yourself.
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We all need the blood
of Jesus Christ, do we not?
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The cleansing agent.
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The blotting out
factor cannot be done
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without the blood of Jesus.
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Some people think,
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some people try
to work themselves
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into the favor of God.
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You know, religion
that's based on works
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is a religion
that's gonna exhaust you
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with no lasting results.
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And there are
many Eastern religions
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and world
religions where they work,
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work, work, work, work,
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and they call that pilgrimages
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and penance and
all the indulgences,
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all these things
that have no eternal value
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in the blotting out of sin.
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But the blood of Jesus
Christ is what each one of us
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is in need of for our
sins to be blotted out,
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ain't that right?
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Go to the next one now.
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Isaiah, let's go
to question number 24.
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I'm moving at a good pace,
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I'm aiming to end
this lesson tonight
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but if not,
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I have my flagship
text waiting for me.
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All right, question number 24.
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Here it is.
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What is the end result
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of the blotting out of sin?
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What is the end result
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of the blotting out of sin?
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Isaiah 44:22,
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the end result.
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Okay, Isaiah 44:20.
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You guys are fab...
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We have a group that
knows their Bibles very well.
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Isaiah 44:22
they are ahead of me,
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here we go to catch up
with those who are tuning in.
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The Lord says
that in Isaiah 44:22,
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"I have, " say
the next two words,
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"blotted out like a thick cloud,
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your transgressions,
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and like a cloud," what?
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"Your sins.
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Return to Me, for
I have done," what?
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"Redeemed you."
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The end result of our
sins being blotted out
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is we are redeemed.
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Amen to that?
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But notice, I want
you to catch something.
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I don't want you to
run past it too quickly.
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He calls our
transgressions a thick cloud
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and our sins a cloud.
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Wow! Why would he do that?
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Sins are often some...
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Sins can be incidental,
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transgression in the
context of this phrase
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here in the Hebrew
is more so iniquity.
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Think that a person holds on to
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and just refuses to let go.
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So when you
think of transgression,
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it's a deep stain.
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Sins in this context,
well, I just spilled something
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but transgression is I
poured it on the carpet.
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That's the
difference altogether.
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But the Lord is saying,
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hey, I could get
rid of both of them.
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Amen to that?
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Whether you have
intentionally done something,
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or whether you have
incidentally done something,
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He is able to blot out both.
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That's why I
like this text so much
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because the Lord doesn't say,
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well, I can handle some
but I can't handle the others.
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Whoever comes to me, I
will in nowise cast out.
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That's the
beauty of the judgment.
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For those of you
who are tuning in
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and watching the program
and may be listening to it.
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I want to encourage you
that there's nothing you can do
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that the Lord cannot remove.
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There's no sin
you could ever commit.
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Some people spend too much time
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trying to figure out
the unpardonable sin,
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people go about, what
is the unpardonable sin?
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If you have to ask the question,
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you haven't committed it yet.
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Okay.
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So don't try to find it,
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and see how
close you can get to it
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without being lost.
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Jesus can forgive.
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As we said in years ago,
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He can save from the gutter-most
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to the uttermost.
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That's exactly what He does.
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So the answer here is
what is the end result
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of the blotting out of sin?
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What is it?
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You are redeemed.
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Redeemed, it's a powerful word.
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Sometimes people take
things to the by army basis,
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you know, guys
don't have enough money,
00:42:49.06\00:42:50.40
they take stuff to
the pawn shop there.
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And they say,
Well, I have a guitar.
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How much could you give for it?
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They get like 40 bucks
and they get this ticket?
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They said, well, you
bring that ticket back
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and you pay me
for what I've lent you
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for that guitar.
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That ticket has redeeming value,
00:43:03.98\00:43:05.38
that's a redemption ticket.
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You see, when you win a prize,
they give you a ticket, ticket
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that's a redemption ticket.
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Well, the redemption ticket
00:43:12.29\00:43:14.06
is the life of Jesus.
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The price for our
redemption is His shed blood.
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Amen?
00:43:19.23\00:43:20.63
Each one of us
has redemption value
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in the eyes of the Lord,
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it's a powerful concept
00:43:24.17\00:43:25.50
because some people
don't know their worth
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and they think the
Lord is gonna leave them
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where the devil has pawned them.
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No, He came looking for us.
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He did that to
Adam, where are you?
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And He's gonna come
back again and find us.
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Salvation is not
that we find Jesus,
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salvation is that He finds us.
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Okay, number 25.
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Why is it so important to
have our sins blotted out?
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Woo!
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Why is it so important to
have our sins blotted out?
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You theologians
know the answer already,
00:43:53.33\00:43:54.73
but give those who
are tuning in a chance
00:43:54.76\00:43:56.67
to turn to the text.
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Proverbs 28:13.
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It's kind of like when
you're leaving the house
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on a long trip, you
stand by the front door
00:44:05.64\00:44:07.38
and you think
what have I forgotten?
00:44:07.41\00:44:09.51
What have I...
Have you done it before?
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What have I
forgotten, what have I?
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You go through the checklist.
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For those of you can't remember,
00:44:14.05\00:44:15.38
you write down checklist
00:44:15.42\00:44:16.75
because you don't want to
get next to the airport and say,
00:44:16.79\00:44:18.75
I forgot my passport.
00:44:18.79\00:44:20.76
That's the end of that journey.
00:44:20.79\00:44:22.12
What have I forgotten?
00:44:22.16\00:44:23.49
This is a powerful text.
00:44:23.53\00:44:24.86
Someone once pointed
out, someone once pointed out.
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I don't know if I
confessed everything
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and the preacher responded
just ask the Holy Spirit
00:44:32.67\00:44:35.40
to bring it back to
your mind and He will,
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ain't that right?
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You don't have to
remember the inventory
00:44:39.01\00:44:40.81
and if you just get to the
wall and you can't remember,
00:44:40.84\00:44:42.84
say, Lord, whatever I have done.
00:44:42.88\00:44:46.41
David prayed the prayer,
00:44:46.45\00:44:49.18
search me
00:44:49.22\00:44:50.75
and see if there is any...
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That was his
overreaching inventory.
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Lord, search me, and try me,
00:44:55.39\00:44:57.93
and see if there's
any wicked way in me.
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And then lead me
into the way everlasting.
00:45:02.30\00:45:04.60
Wow!
00:45:04.63\00:45:05.97
Okay, here we are, the answer,
00:45:06.00\00:45:07.67
Proverbs 28:13
00:45:07.70\00:45:09.90
and we asked the question,
00:45:09.94\00:45:11.27
why is it so important
00:45:11.31\00:45:12.67
to have our sins blotted out?
00:45:12.71\00:45:14.44
The Bible says, "He who
covers his sins will not," what?
00:45:14.48\00:45:19.18
"Will not prosper,
00:45:19.21\00:45:20.55
but whoever
confesses and forsakes them
00:45:20.58\00:45:25.42
will have," what?
00:45:25.45\00:45:27.06
If you confess and forsake them,
00:45:27.09\00:45:28.42
you will have what?
00:45:28.46\00:45:29.79
"Mercy"
00:45:29.82\00:45:31.16
We talked about
the judge, merciful.
00:45:31.19\00:45:33.19
That song now,
wonderful, merciful savior
00:45:33.23\00:45:34.83
takes on new
meaning, doesn't it?
00:45:34.86\00:45:36.53
Wonderful, merciful say...
00:45:36.56\00:45:37.97
Who would have thought
00:45:38.00\00:45:39.33
that lamb could
rescue the souls of men?
00:45:39.37\00:45:41.20
What a song writer?
00:45:41.24\00:45:43.20
How beautiful that is?
00:45:43.24\00:45:44.57
So why is it so important
to have our sins blotted out?
00:45:44.61\00:45:46.47
Huh?
00:45:49.51\00:45:51.58
You obtain
mercy. You obtain mercy
00:45:51.61\00:45:54.95
I said earlier,
if you're guilty,
00:45:54.98\00:45:56.89
you better not ask for justice
00:45:56.92\00:45:59.22
'cause you'll get it.
00:45:59.25\00:46:02.72
I forgot the lady
name now all of a sudden,
00:46:02.76\00:46:05.49
Casey Anthony or
number of others.
00:46:05.53\00:46:08.16
I'm always amazed
00:46:08.20\00:46:09.53
when people that are really,
00:46:09.56\00:46:11.80
allegedly guilty of a crime
00:46:11.83\00:46:13.47
decide to defend themselves.
00:46:13.50\00:46:16.40
And they have no
skills in the area of law.
00:46:16.44\00:46:21.44
That's why I'm not
gonna defend myself.
00:46:21.48\00:46:23.55
If anyone sins,
00:46:23.58\00:46:24.91
we have an
advocate with the Father,
00:46:24.95\00:46:26.28
Jesus Christ, the righteous.
00:46:26.31\00:46:27.65
Amen?
00:46:27.68\00:46:29.02
Get somebody who
knows how to defend you.
00:46:29.05\00:46:30.39
Get somebody who's never
lost the case to defend you.
00:46:30.42\00:46:32.95
That's who Jesus is.
00:46:32.99\00:46:34.32
Never lost the case.
00:46:34.36\00:46:35.69
So why is it important?
00:46:35.72\00:46:37.93
Say it again.
00:46:37.96\00:46:39.29
So we will have mercy.
00:46:39.33\00:46:41.73
And also we will
be able to prosper,
00:46:41.76\00:46:44.50
we will be able to prosper.
00:46:44.53\00:46:46.13
You'll discover
one of the hindrances
00:46:46.17\00:46:47.50
to prosperity,
00:46:47.54\00:46:48.87
spiritual prosperity
00:46:48.90\00:46:50.24
is that people try
to cover their sins.
00:46:50.27\00:46:52.11
You can't live a
prosperous Christian life
00:46:52.14\00:46:54.84
if you have the sin
just dragging behind you
00:46:54.88\00:46:57.48
all the time.
00:46:57.51\00:46:58.85
You can hear the can
of your sins with you.
00:46:58.88\00:47:00.98
You can see the stain
of your sins all over.
00:47:01.02\00:47:03.02
If you get rid of
that, you don't have to worry
00:47:03.05\00:47:04.42
about hiding it.
00:47:04.45\00:47:06.65
Don't try to cover it,
00:47:06.69\00:47:08.02
get rid of it.
00:47:08.06\00:47:09.39
Praise the Lord for that.
00:47:09.42\00:47:10.93
Okay, number 26.
00:47:10.96\00:47:12.89
Moving right
along. Moving right along.
00:47:12.93\00:47:16.23
Okay. Wow.
00:47:16.26\00:47:18.60
Based on the sanctuary services
00:47:18.63\00:47:22.24
what two roles
does Christ fulfill?
00:47:22.27\00:47:26.11
What two roles, we'll
begin with Hebrews 4:14.
00:47:26.14\00:47:29.18
I pointed out last lesson study
00:47:29.21\00:47:31.08
we talked about
Jesus being the judge,
00:47:31.11\00:47:33.52
Jesus being the advocate.
00:47:33.55\00:47:35.35
We're gonna find
out two more things.
00:47:35.38\00:47:37.32
Find out two more things.
00:47:37.35\00:47:38.69
Hebrews 4:14.
00:47:38.72\00:47:40.46
All right.
00:47:40.49\00:47:41.82
I'll turn there with you.
00:47:41.86\00:47:43.19
Because there's another
verse I wanna add to that.
00:47:43.22\00:47:45.49
Hebrews 4:14.
00:47:45.53\00:47:48.23
Okay, here it is on the screen.
00:47:48.26\00:47:51.70
"Seeing then that
we have a great," what?
00:47:51.73\00:47:55.64
"High Priest
00:47:55.67\00:47:57.84
who has passed
through the heavens,
00:47:57.87\00:48:00.81
Jesus the Son of God,
let us hold fast our," what?
00:48:00.84\00:48:04.95
"Confession."
00:48:04.98\00:48:06.31
So what did we add now?
00:48:06.35\00:48:08.22
We had Judge,
Jesus is, advocate,
00:48:08.25\00:48:11.32
Jesus is, what else is He?
00:48:11.35\00:48:13.29
High Priest.
00:48:13.32\00:48:16.32
Thank you. Thank you, honey.
00:48:16.36\00:48:18.16
Great High Priest.
00:48:18.19\00:48:20.10
See, men on earth
were high priests,
00:48:20.13\00:48:21.60
but Jesus is the
Great High Priest.
00:48:21.63\00:48:25.00
That's the
difference all together.
00:48:25.03\00:48:26.57
A lot of times when people
make an appeal to the court,
00:48:26.60\00:48:29.34
and they can't get
justice on the local level,
00:48:29.37\00:48:32.74
they go to the circuit court.
00:48:32.77\00:48:35.38
Then they go to the...
00:48:35.41\00:48:36.75
I don't know the whole process,
00:48:36.78\00:48:38.11
but they ended up if
they can't get satisfied,
00:48:38.15\00:48:39.91
they always, they
always go to the what?
00:48:39.95\00:48:41.95
Supreme Court.
00:48:41.98\00:48:43.65
In the Supreme Court
are the great judges.
00:48:43.69\00:48:48.06
Tonight we got a
Supreme Court somewhere.
00:48:48.09\00:48:51.09
Amen?
00:48:51.13\00:48:52.46
And I'm holding my...
I'm holding my flagship text
00:48:52.49\00:48:54.70
to the end when you're
going to say hallelujah.
00:48:54.73\00:48:57.07
So keep that in
mind. Keep that in mind.
00:48:57.10\00:48:58.77
We got a great,
00:48:58.80\00:49:00.14
we got a
Supreme Court somewhere.
00:49:00.17\00:49:02.00
And in that court is a
Judge who never lost a case,
00:49:02.04\00:49:05.34
a Lawyer who never
disappointed His clients,
00:49:05.37\00:49:08.91
a High Priest
who never saw someone
00:49:08.94\00:49:10.81
that He could not atone for.
00:49:10.85\00:49:12.81
All right, let's
get the other component.
00:49:12.85\00:49:15.28
1 Corinthians
1:7, the other thing.
00:49:15.32\00:49:17.65
So Hebrews 4:14, we
wanna add High Priest.
00:49:17.69\00:49:21.29
Great. Thank you, honey.
00:49:21.32\00:49:22.82
Great High Priest,
00:49:22.86\00:49:24.59
not just High
Priest, great High Priest.
00:49:24.63\00:49:28.16
Let's look at another function.
00:49:28.20\00:49:30.33
This is huge.
00:49:30.37\00:49:32.50
1 Corinthians 1:7.
00:49:32.53\00:49:35.50
"Therefore purge
out the old leaven,"
00:49:35.54\00:49:41.84
1 Corinthians 1:7.
00:49:41.88\00:49:45.51
Did I say 5:7 in the lesson?
00:49:45.55\00:49:47.85
Ignore that.
00:49:47.88\00:49:49.22
Wait, no, no, no,
don't ignore that.
00:49:49.25\00:49:50.99
That's where the text is.
00:49:51.02\00:49:53.15
Sorry, my typos on the screen.
00:49:53.19\00:49:55.82
But you go to the
right text, we'll find it.
00:49:55.86\00:49:57.79
Let me just turn it with you.
00:49:57.83\00:49:59.49
Okay, 1 Corinthians 5:7,
00:49:59.53\00:50:02.86
you wanna make that
correction on the syllabus,
00:50:02.90\00:50:05.90
on the slide, ignore it.
00:50:05.93\00:50:07.37
But here it is.
00:50:07.40\00:50:08.94
It says, "Therefore
purge out the," what?
00:50:08.97\00:50:12.44
"Old leaven, that
you may be a," what?
00:50:12.47\00:50:16.48
"New lump."
00:50:16.51\00:50:18.15
I haven't been called
a lump in a long time.
00:50:18.18\00:50:21.78
"Since you truly are," what?
00:50:21.82\00:50:24.29
"Unleavened," that's huge.
00:50:24.32\00:50:26.25
That's communion
service language.
00:50:26.29\00:50:28.42
That's sanctuary language.
00:50:28.46\00:50:30.29
And here's the reason why.
00:50:30.33\00:50:31.66
Just put the text up,
00:50:31.69\00:50:33.03
we'll go ahead and
negotiate through that.
00:50:33.06\00:50:35.00
"For indeed Christ, our," what?
00:50:35.03\00:50:38.27
"Passover, was
sacrificed for us."
00:50:38.30\00:50:42.34
Another role that Christ
plays not just our Judge,
00:50:42.37\00:50:45.44
and our Advocate,
and our High Priest,
00:50:45.47\00:50:47.41
but He is also what?
00:50:47.44\00:50:48.78
Our Passover,
00:50:48.81\00:50:51.05
you want to know
what that's like,
00:50:51.08\00:50:52.55
you ask the Egyptians,
00:50:52.58\00:50:54.15
whether or not
they had a Passover.
00:50:54.18\00:50:55.82
They didn't.
00:50:55.85\00:50:57.19
They had to pass through.
00:50:57.22\00:50:59.35
They didn't get passed over.
00:50:59.39\00:51:00.72
They got passed through.
00:51:00.76\00:51:02.89
The destroying angel
went through the land of Egypt
00:51:02.92\00:51:05.99
and did and create havoc.
00:51:06.03\00:51:08.06
But for those
whose homes were covered
00:51:08.10\00:51:10.03
by the blood of the Lamb,
00:51:10.07\00:51:12.10
for those whose on the
doorpost of their houses
00:51:12.13\00:51:15.07
with the blood was applied
to the lintels of the house.
00:51:15.10\00:51:17.81
And they were inside the house.
00:51:17.84\00:51:19.27
When the
destroying angel came by
00:51:19.31\00:51:20.98
He did what?
00:51:21.01\00:51:22.34
He passed over.
00:51:22.38\00:51:25.25
Christ, the
Lamb is our Passover.
00:51:25.28\00:51:29.12
All that you see
00:51:29.15\00:51:30.49
when you think
about the judgment
00:51:30.52\00:51:31.85
is all about who Jesus is.
00:51:31.89\00:51:33.99
He's the Judge.
00:51:34.02\00:51:35.36
He's the Advocate.
00:51:35.39\00:51:36.73
He is the High
Priest, the great High Priest.
00:51:36.76\00:51:38.49
He's also our
Passover, our Passover lamb.
00:51:38.53\00:51:42.46
Those who
celebrate the Passover,
00:51:42.50\00:51:44.20
never forget that.
00:51:44.23\00:51:45.57
But some of them
are stuck on that,
00:51:45.60\00:51:46.94
they haven't gotten
yet to the reality of it.
00:51:46.97\00:51:49.40
Christ, the
Passover is the image
00:51:49.44\00:51:51.51
but Christ is the verity.
00:51:51.54\00:51:53.38
Christ is the
representation of the lamb.
00:51:53.41\00:51:55.68
The lamb represent Christ,
00:51:55.71\00:51:57.48
but He is the
actual sacrifice Himself.
00:51:57.51\00:52:00.48
Write that one down.
00:52:00.52\00:52:01.85
What is He?
00:52:01.88\00:52:03.42
The syllabus is correct.
00:52:03.45\00:52:04.79
1 Corinthians 5:7,
00:52:04.82\00:52:06.15
"He is our," what?
00:52:06.19\00:52:07.72
"Our Passover."
00:52:07.76\00:52:09.42
That means
destruction is coming again.
00:52:09.46\00:52:12.19
For those who are covered
by the blood of the Lamb,
00:52:12.23\00:52:14.70
what's gonna happen this time?
00:52:14.73\00:52:16.16
It's gonna do what?
00:52:16.20\00:52:18.27
Pass over us.
00:52:18.30\00:52:19.93
Destruction will do what?
00:52:19.97\00:52:21.70
Pass over us.
00:52:21.74\00:52:24.74
One preacher preached a sermon
about the mark of the beast,
00:52:24.77\00:52:26.88
he called it marked for
death or sealed for life.
00:52:26.91\00:52:32.41
I wanna be sealed for life.
00:52:32.45\00:52:34.85
We don't wanna
be marked for death.
00:52:34.88\00:52:37.35
Okay, let's go to the next one.
00:52:37.39\00:52:38.72
Number 27.
00:52:38.75\00:52:41.22
We have made some
great headway tonight.
00:52:41.26\00:52:44.29
What tremendous benefit
is provided through Christ,
00:52:44.33\00:52:49.36
our High Priest?
00:52:49.40\00:52:51.63
This is the long text.
00:52:51.67\00:52:53.47
So we're gonna take
some time on this one.
00:52:53.50\00:52:55.14
What tremendous benefit,
00:52:55.17\00:52:56.50
go to Hebrews 9:11-14.
00:52:56.54\00:53:00.21
What tremendous benefit
is provided through Christ,
00:53:00.24\00:53:03.21
our High Priest?
00:53:03.24\00:53:06.58
You know, when you get benefits,
00:53:06.61\00:53:08.02
they are great.
00:53:08.05\00:53:09.38
But when the
benefits are from Christ,
00:53:09.42\00:53:10.75
they're tremendous.
They are tremendous.
00:53:10.79\00:53:12.89
That's why I put
the word tremendous.
00:53:12.92\00:53:15.02
All right.
00:53:15.06\00:53:16.66
I'm gonna bring
it up on the screen
00:53:16.69\00:53:18.03
because it's quite a long text
00:53:18.06\00:53:19.39
to cover the number of slides,
00:53:19.43\00:53:20.76
and we'll walk
through it together.
00:53:20.80\00:53:22.13
Here it is.
00:53:22.16\00:53:23.50
"But Christ came as," what?
00:53:23.53\00:53:26.84
"High Priest of the
good things to come,
00:53:26.87\00:53:30.51
with the greater and
more perfect tabernacle
00:53:30.54\00:53:34.78
not made with hands,
00:53:34.81\00:53:36.14
that is, not of this creation."
00:53:36.18\00:53:39.05
Continuing, "Not with the
blood of goats and calves,
00:53:39.08\00:53:44.42
but with, " what kind of blood?
00:53:44.45\00:53:46.15
"His own blood
00:53:46.19\00:53:47.52
He entered the Most
Holy Place once for all,
00:53:47.56\00:53:51.66
having obtained," what?
00:53:51.69\00:53:53.66
"Eternal redemption."
00:53:53.70\00:53:55.30
And I like this verse 13.
00:53:55.33\00:53:57.40
"For if the blood of
bulls and goats and the ashes
00:53:57.43\00:54:02.50
of a heifer, sprinkling
the unclean, sanctifies
00:54:02.54\00:54:07.01
for the purifying of the flesh,"
00:54:07.04\00:54:09.24
here it is,
00:54:09.28\00:54:10.78
"how much more
shall the blood of Christ,
00:54:10.81\00:54:15.02
who through the eternal Spirit
00:54:15.05\00:54:17.65
offered Himself without," what?
00:54:17.69\00:54:19.99
"Spot to God,
00:54:20.02\00:54:21.59
cleanse your conscience
00:54:21.62\00:54:23.76
from dead works
to serve the," what?
00:54:23.79\00:54:26.73
"Living God."
00:54:26.76\00:54:28.10
Simply saying,
00:54:28.13\00:54:29.46
if animals were accepted
00:54:29.50\00:54:31.53
for the
purification of men's sins,
00:54:31.57\00:54:34.50
how much more the
spotless blood of Christ,
00:54:34.54\00:54:39.01
how much more the
perfect blood of Christ
00:54:39.04\00:54:41.41
can cleanse us.
00:54:41.44\00:54:43.28
And I like the way it says.
00:54:43.31\00:54:46.01
"Cleanse your
conscience from dead works
00:54:46.05\00:54:48.58
to serve the,"
what? "Living God."
00:54:48.62\00:54:51.52
"Cleanse your
conscience from dead works
00:54:51.55\00:54:53.76
to serve the living God."
00:54:53.79\00:54:55.39
A lot of times
people are more concerned,
00:54:55.42\00:54:57.43
what can I do? What can I do?
What can I do? What can I do?
00:54:57.46\00:55:00.06
And Christ is
saying, wait a minute, no,
00:55:00.10\00:55:01.43
what do you want me to do?
00:55:01.46\00:55:03.53
Because the old system is
based on works, continual works,
00:55:03.57\00:55:07.17
but what's pointed out here is,
00:55:07.20\00:55:09.04
and as the Lord says,
00:55:09.07\00:55:10.81
to obey is better than
to sacrifice into harken.
00:55:10.84\00:55:15.51
That means listen to me
00:55:15.54\00:55:16.91
is preferred
above the fat of rams.
00:55:16.95\00:55:19.85
But there are those
who in the times of Christ,
00:55:19.88\00:55:22.58
when Jesus showed up,
00:55:22.62\00:55:24.32
he said to the Pharisees,
00:55:24.35\00:55:25.79
and to the Scribes
00:55:25.82\00:55:27.16
reading the Word, he said,
00:55:27.19\00:55:30.96
I'm gonna hold
my Bible, he said,
00:55:30.99\00:55:32.73
you search the
Scriptures, right?
00:55:32.76\00:55:34.10
For in them, you
think you have eternal life,
00:55:34.13\00:55:36.36
but they are they
that testify of me.
00:55:36.40\00:55:38.73
Now, a lot of
people used that text
00:55:38.77\00:55:40.64
for the purpose of saying
that you must study the Bible.
00:55:40.67\00:55:43.51
What Jesus is saying is,
00:55:43.54\00:55:45.17
hey, you spending a
lot of time in the book.
00:55:45.21\00:55:48.51
It doesn't, what
does it point to?
00:55:48.54\00:55:50.88
I'm right here,
00:55:50.91\00:55:52.55
he is in essence, saying,
00:55:52.58\00:55:53.92
"You are so
locked into the works."
00:55:53.95\00:55:57.09
But I'm right here.
00:55:57.12\00:55:59.12
And they couldn't get it,
00:55:59.15\00:56:00.49
they rejected the verity.
00:56:00.52\00:56:02.36
They got stuck on the symbols.
00:56:02.39\00:56:04.39
What was being pointed out here
00:56:04.43\00:56:05.76
is Christ was saying,
00:56:05.79\00:56:07.20
"Let's get away
from the dead works
00:56:07.23\00:56:09.10
and connect ourselves
to the living Christ."
00:56:09.13\00:56:11.67
That's what's pointed out here.
00:56:11.70\00:56:13.03
So the answer is
what tremendous benefit
00:56:13.07\00:56:15.14
is provided through Christ,
our High Priest, what is it?
00:56:15.17\00:56:17.77
Let's put that,
eternal redemption.
00:56:24.45\00:56:27.48
How much more
shall the blood of Christ
00:56:27.52\00:56:29.52
who through the eternal spirit,
00:56:29.55\00:56:31.55
eternal redemption,
00:56:31.59\00:56:33.09
this is a very long text,
00:56:33.12\00:56:34.72
eternal redemption.
00:56:34.76\00:56:36.09
What he does,
00:56:36.12\00:56:37.46
as the text verse 13,
00:56:37.49\00:56:39.03
gives you the
answer at the very end,
00:56:39.06\00:56:40.86
having obtained
eternal redemption.
00:56:40.90\00:56:44.10
That is what is
imputed and imparted to us
00:56:44.13\00:56:48.10
because of the blood of Christ.
00:56:48.14\00:56:50.11
I might try to
get one more in there.
00:56:50.14\00:56:52.17
But let me hold that
one off for next week
00:56:52.21\00:56:54.54
because I wanna
give you my big text.
00:56:54.58\00:56:56.81
Go with me quickly to Daniel 7.
00:56:56.85\00:56:59.11
I want to give
you my flagship text
00:56:59.15\00:57:01.95
because if I go
to another question,
00:57:01.98\00:57:03.69
I won't have time to
finish my flagship text.
00:57:03.72\00:57:07.59
I like my flagship text
00:57:07.62\00:57:09.89
because we all
need to know okay,
00:57:09.92\00:57:11.63
when is all done?
00:57:11.66\00:57:13.03
How was it gonna pan out?
00:57:13.06\00:57:15.10
Daniel 7.
00:57:15.13\00:57:17.13
Daniel 7:21-22.
00:57:17.17\00:57:19.90
Okay.
00:57:19.93\00:57:21.27
Here it is.
00:57:21.30\00:57:22.64
"I was watching
00:57:22.67\00:57:24.01
and the same horn was making war
00:57:24.04\00:57:26.01
against the saints,
00:57:26.04\00:57:27.38
and prevailing against them,
00:57:27.41\00:57:28.74
meaning, he was having his way
00:57:28.78\00:57:30.11
until the Ancient of Days came,
00:57:30.15\00:57:31.98
and judgment was made in," what?
00:57:32.01\00:57:34.68
"Favor of the
saints of the Most High,
00:57:34.72\00:57:39.42
and the time came for the saints
00:57:39.45\00:57:41.26
to possess the kingdom."
00:57:41.29\00:57:42.62
That's coming.
00:57:42.66\00:57:43.99
The beauty of the end verdict
00:57:44.03\00:57:45.53
is judgment will be
made in favor of the saints.
00:57:45.56\00:57:50.47
Those of you that
are watching this program
00:57:50.50\00:57:52.00
or maybe listening,
00:57:52.03\00:57:53.47
the Lord wants to
bring the verdict to ahead
00:57:53.50\00:57:56.77
in your favor.
00:57:56.81\00:57:58.14
He wants you to stand with Him.
00:57:58.17\00:57:59.91
And so if it
doesn't make sense, friends,
00:57:59.94\00:58:01.78
keep trusting Him
00:58:01.81\00:58:03.14
because one day it'll
come into A Sharper Focus.
00:58:03.18\00:58:05.78
God bless you.
00:58:05.81\00:58:07.15