Participants: Pr. John Lomacang
Series Code: ASHF
Program Code: ASHF000102
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00:20 Hello and welcome to another Wednesday night Bible study
00:23 here at the 3ABN Worship Center. 00:25 Here at A Sharper Focus, 00:26 we thank you for taking the time to tune in, 00:28 as we continue our hope to finalize our topic 00:31 on the truth about the judgment. 00:34 As you know, our programs are less than an hour long, 00:38 so we appreciate when you tune in. 00:39 Don't forget to have your Bibles 00:41 and your pens 00:42 and maybe questions might come to your mind. 00:44 I'll tell you how to get a copy of the lesson, 00:45 if you don't have one, 00:47 and also how you can access prior lessons 00:50 in prior broadcast. 00:52 But thank you for taking the time. 00:54 Invite your family, friends and neighbors 00:57 and if you had a church, 00:58 invite all those that are there with you 01:00 to ask for the Lord to bless us 01:02 as we go before Him in this study. 01:04 So let's bow our heads together. 01:07 Our gracious Father, we thank You 01:09 that whenever we open Your Word, 01:11 the blessing comes when we open our hearts. 01:15 Father, guide us we ask, 01:16 in Jesus' name tonight 01:19 that we may study Your Word and find in it 01:22 the strength and the source 01:23 that each one of us is in need of 01:24 we pray in Christ's name. 01:27 Amen. 01:29 Now if you'd like a copy of the lesson, 01:31 go to this website asf.3abn.org 01:37 and download lesson number 28. 01:40 Somebody might say, well, I already have that lesson. 01:42 Well, we updated the very last page. 01:45 So if you only... 01:48 If you look at your last page 01:49 and you don't have up to number 30, 01:51 then you need to download that lesson again. 01:54 Lesson number 28, the Truth about the Judgment. 01:59 As you know, we've been walking through this topic 02:02 from week to week 02:04 and it has been one that really has opened our hearts 02:06 also given us an opportunity 02:08 to focus on what is most important, 02:10 and how we can stand with great confidence, 02:13 getting ready for the coming of the Lord. 02:15 But tonight before we go into our study, 02:17 we know that we're gonna do something. 02:18 We're gonna sing together. 02:20 And our song tonight is Victory in Jesus. 02:24 If you know the song, you can join along with us. 02:32 I heard an old, old story 02:36 How the Savior came from glory 02:40 How He gave His life on Calvary 02:44 To save a wretch like me 02:47 I heard about His groaning 02:51 Of His precious blood's atoning 02:55 Then I repented of my sin 02:59 And won the victory 03:03 O victory in Jesus 03:06 My Savior, forever 03:10 He sought me and bought me 03:14 With His redeeming blood 03:18 He loved me ere I knew Him 03:21 And all my love is due Him 03:25 He plunged me to victory 03:29 Beneath the cleansing flood 03:33 I heard about a mansion 03:37 He has built for me in glory 03:40 And I heard about the streets of gold 03:44 Beyond the crystal sea 03:48 About the angels singing 03:52 And the old redemption story 03:56 And some sweet day 03:57 I'll sing up there The song of victory 04:02 Key change. 04:03 O victory in Jesus 04:07 My Savior, forever 04:11 He sought me and bought me 04:14 With His redeeming blood 04:18 He loved me ere I knew Him 04:22 And all my love is due Him 04:26 He plunged me to victory 04:30 Beneath the cleansing flood 04:33 He plunged me to victory 04:37 Beneath the cleansing flood 04:44 Amen? 04:46 The topic is the Truth about the Judgment, 04:49 the Truth about the Judgment. 04:52 We've been covering this. 04:53 It's one of those extensive topics 04:55 that requires us to focus 05:00 and keep our minds on the plan 05:04 that God has for the purpose of the judgment. 05:06 And last time we studied, 05:08 last week study was 05:10 we covered up to question number 18, 05:12 so each one of you should have in front of you 05:15 a syllabus that has 19 to 30. 05:18 Make sure that you have that and if you're just tuning in, 05:21 go to asf.3abn.org 05:24 and there you can download the lesson about the judgment. 05:29 No one likes to really go to court. 05:31 No one likes to show up in court, 05:33 except they are the plaintiff 05:36 or they have been summoned for a good reason. 05:38 But anytime someone goes to court, 05:41 there's always this in trepidation 05:42 when the court is in session. 05:45 One of the most delightful court sittings 05:47 I was in was when 05:49 I was invited to go 05:50 where children were being adopted. 05:52 That was the most pleasant scene. 05:55 Parents were adopting children 05:56 that did not have permanent homes. 05:58 That's the kind of court room you want to be in 06:00 when good things are happening. 06:02 But if you're there for a traffic ticket, 06:04 that could be quite frightening. 06:05 If you are there for a crime, that is a bit more frightening. 06:09 And if you are there possibly serving a life sentence, 06:13 that's terrifying. 06:15 But we want to talk about the judgment, 06:16 so that we can find confidence. 06:18 And what we ended on last week 06:20 I want to begin on question number... 06:22 Is not gonna show up on the screen, 06:23 but I'd like you to turn to Revelation Chapter 12. 06:26 And we're gonna look at one of the reasons 06:28 why we know that our defender, 06:33 our judge, 06:35 Jesus Christ is not only the advocate, 06:39 our lawyer, but Jesus Christ is also the judge, 06:42 the presiding judge, the one at the bar. 06:44 He will always make decisions in favor of His children. 06:52 tells us that there is a prosecutor. 06:55 All of the people of God had been under prosecution 06:58 ever since the entrance of sin. 07:01 And you'll find that in the Bible from age to age, 07:04 the accuser, the prosecutor has been active at work, 07:08 trying to find reasons 07:09 that God's children may not be saved. 07:11 But notice the good news, Revelation 12:10. 07:15 Before we go to question number 19, 07:17 the Bible says, "Then I heard a loud voice, saying," where? 07:22 "In heaven 'Now salvation, and strength, 07:27 and the kingdom of our God, 07:28 and the power of His Christ have come, 07:32 for the accuser of our brethren, 07:35 who accused them before our God," how often? 07:39 "Day and night has been cast down.'" 07:42 Amen to that. 07:43 Now how often does the devil accuses, 07:45 how often? 07:47 Day and night. 07:48 He doesn't cease. 07:49 In other words, He's looking at our life's record. 07:52 He's looking over all the things we've done wrong 07:54 and believe me, 07:57 I don't want you to raise your hands 07:58 because that's a crazy question to ask 08:00 if you've done something wrong. 08:02 But while God is forgiving, 08:04 while Jesus is blotting out our sin, 08:06 while Jesus is forgiving us of our sin, 08:08 the devil is continually pointing to, 08:11 as one person once said, 08:12 you really haven't forgiven me 08:14 if you keep bringing up the past. 08:16 And the devil is the one that does that, 08:18 he brings up the past. 08:19 I told you about the dream that Martin Luther had, 08:21 the great reformer. 08:23 He was filled with in trepidation in his dream 08:25 as he was filled with terror, 08:26 looking at all of his sins unrolled on a scroll. 08:29 The devil unrolled his sins on a scroll. 08:32 But there in his dream, 08:33 he said that the Lord showed up 08:36 and over every sin that he was accused of 08:38 the Lord stamped, "pardon, forgiven" Amen? 08:43 So the accuser is doing his job. 08:46 But even better than that, the Lord is doing His job. 08:50 And I want you to go with me to Daniel Chapter 7. 08:52 I want you to see something, 08:54 I'm gonna make sure I'm not jumping ahead of myself. 08:56 Good, I'm not. 08:57 But let's go to Daniel 08:59 and I want to give you a glimpse of the verdict. 09:03 All right, Daniel Chapter 7. 09:09 Now I'll tell you what verse. 09:12 Okay, Daniel Chapter 7 09:15 and let's look down. 09:19 Well, verse 10 is good. 09:28 Okay. 09:29 Yeah, I'll start with verse 10. 09:31 Okay. 09:35 Daniel 7:10 09:38 and notice what the Bible talks about. 09:40 It talks about the court setting. 09:42 It says a fiery... 09:44 Well, let's start with verse 9 09:45 because that puts the whole picture together 09:48 of the court scene. 09:49 "I watched till thrones were put in place, 09:53 and the Ancient of Days was seated. 09:57 His garment was white as snow, 10:00 and the hair of His head was like pure," what? 10:03 "Pure wool. 10:04 His throne was a fiery flame, 10:08 its wheels a burning fire." 10:10 If the judge walked in the room and look like that, 10:14 how would you feel, Lord have mercy. 10:17 I need help. 10:19 See it is scary set, 10:20 it's a setting of humility. 10:25 But look at the next verse. 10:27 "A fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him. 10:33 A thousand thousands ministered to Him. 10:36 Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. 10:40 The court was," what? 10:42 "The court was seated and the books were open." 10:48 You know when the book is open, 10:53 the devil points to all the accusations, 10:56 all the things written in the books. 10:59 The books were open 11:00 and those are the things 11:01 that are going to be discussed in the judgment. 11:04 The acts of the saints, 11:06 the things that we have done in our lives, 11:08 that's why as we go on tonight, 11:10 we're gonna see that 11:11 we need not fear facing our sins. 11:15 If we make the preparation 11:17 that God has outlined in His Word, 11:19 we won't have to stand in that judgment scene, 11:22 and even Revelation Chapter 20 11:23 talks about the great white throne judgment 11:26 when all is standing before the Lord. 11:28 And as you think about a court setting, 11:30 there are various phases. 11:32 There is the investigative phase, 11:35 there is the verdict, and there is the judgment. 11:41 There is the investigative phase, 11:43 there is the verdict, 11:44 and there is then the judgment or the sentencing. 11:48 If you follow the Scripture and understand prophecy, 11:51 we are living in the investigative stage. 11:53 This is the time of the investigative judgment 11:59 and as 1 Peter 4:17 says, 12:00 "The time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God." 12:04 So that's the phase in which we're living. 12:05 Why the house of God? 12:07 Because it always begins with those 12:09 that have a connection. 12:10 And the Lord is examining whether what we say 12:13 is in harmony with how we live. 12:16 Let's go to question number 19. 12:18 Let's go to question number 19 and begin to lay 12:20 some foundation here tonight. 12:23 All right. 12:25 What makes it possible to stand confident 12:29 in light of the judgment? 12:31 What makes it possible to stand confident 12:35 in light of the judgment? 12:39 All right. 12:40 Romans 8:1 and 2. 12:46 Romans 8:1 and 2. 12:51 Okay, let's look at what the Bible says 12:53 and the answer will be on the screen 12:54 for those of you that are tuning in. 12:56 Here's the words of the Apostle Paul 12:59 because here now under the sentencing phase, 13:01 that's the context. 13:02 Here it is. 13:04 "There is therefore now," how much? 13:07 "No condemnation to those who are in," where? 13:11 "In Christ Jesus," and look at the decision, 13:13 "who do not walk according to the flesh, 13:15 but according to the," what? 13:17 "According to the Spirit." 13:19 Why? 13:20 Here's the verse. 13:21 "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus 13:26 has made me free from the law of," what? 13:29 "Sin and death." 13:30 Now what is used in every trial? 13:33 What is used in every trial? 13:34 The law. 13:36 Thank You, the law. 13:37 There are books of law. 13:40 I am amazed and you know what? 13:41 I've discovered, I'm not by any means 13:44 educated in the area of law, 13:45 but I've discovered that every year case law is filed. 13:49 Whatever cases had occurred in 2014, 13:52 they filed that case law. 13:54 You may have heard 13:55 one of the most popular case law histories 13:57 in maybe in our nation talked about the most 13:59 Roe versus Wade 14:01 that has been continually referred 14:03 to in the area of the right to live, abortion. 14:07 Roe versus Wade, that's case law, 14:10 that's filed away. 14:11 And what happens is whenever a verdict is handed down, 14:14 they file that away. 14:16 That verdict becomes instrumental 14:18 in future verdicts. 14:20 And so when we stand in the court... 14:22 Matter of fact, go to James, very quickly with me. 14:26 Go to James. 14:28 There's a text I'm gonna show you 14:29 in Daniel 7 again, but go to James. 14:32 And let's see how James the Apostle 14:34 brings this picture into view. 14:37 James Chapter 2, okay. 14:41 Hey, we got that little thin book right there. 14:43 Okay, got it. 14:45 James 2:12. 14:56 Wow, wow. 15:00 I don't think I included this in the syllabus. 15:02 But Lord just brought this to my mind. 15:04 Praise the Lord. Here it is. 15:07 Notice the actions and the words. 15:10 He says, "So speak and so do as those who will be," 15:14 what's the next word? 15:15 "Judged by the law of liberty." 15:19 That law can sit, that law can keep you free 15:23 that is, if you're in harmony with it. 15:25 I remember, I'm gonna read 15:27 the next verse in just a moment, 15:28 but I need to add the story here. 15:29 I remember going to court for a speeding ticket 15:33 and I was only two miles over the speed limit. 15:35 I was doing 67 in the 65, 15:38 and I was really upset that the police stopped me 15:40 for only two miles over the speed limit. 15:42 And so I got in the court. 15:46 I'm thinking about the whole thing, 15:47 I wore a nice suit, want to look credible. 15:51 And everybody's kind of coming up to the bench 15:55 to determine whether or not they want to challenge it 15:57 or they want to plead guilty. 15:59 And I'm thinking two miles over the speed limit, 16:01 that's nothing to plead guilty to. 16:03 So I go up and how do you plead? 16:08 Explanation, no. 16:09 How do you plead? 16:11 Can I explain, how do you plead? 16:15 Not guilty with an explanation. 16:17 No. How do you plead? 16:18 And they said, "Sir, what's the problem?" 16:20 I said, "I was only going two miles 16:21 over the speed limit." 16:22 What was the speed limit? I said 65. 16:24 So what were you going? Sixty seven. 16:25 You're guilty. 16:28 So I sat down with all the hashtag criminals. 16:32 They look like, some of them look so criminal. 16:35 And here I am with a nice suit, realizing I'm guilty too. 16:38 So is my point, 16:40 how you look is not the way 16:42 that the court is going to decide. 16:44 Amen? 16:45 It's gonna be based on the law. 16:47 Ecclesiastes says that. 16:49 You know, that God will bring every work into judgment 16:52 with every secret thing. 16:53 He says, "Keep the commandments of God, 16:55 this is gonna be the standard of judgment." 16:57 But look at the next verse and this is important. 17:01 He says, "For judgment is without mercy to the one 17:06 who has," what? 17:08 "Show no mercy, 17:09 mercy triumphs over judgment." 17:14 Now let's just think about that. 17:17 Do we serve a merciful Savior? 17:18 Yes. 17:20 Can you say amen to that? Amen. 17:21 Now why is that important in light of this text? 17:24 Because what we deserve when we plead. 17:27 You see, here's the point, 17:29 and I want to go back to the whole analogy. 17:31 We did this a long time ago on a different topic, 17:32 but it fits right here. 17:34 If you're guilty, you don't ask for judgment, 17:36 you don't ask for justice. 17:37 What do you ask for? Mercy. 17:39 You ask for mercy. 17:40 So when you go to court and you're guilty, 17:44 somebody said, throw yourself on the mercy of the court. 17:48 You know, brothers and sisters, that's our only hope, 17:52 our only hope of salvation 17:55 is to throw ourselves on the what? 17:58 Mercy of the court, and this is very important. 18:02 Now this is the reciprocal blessing of mercy. 18:06 If you are unmerciful, will you get mercy? 18:09 No. Not according to this text. 18:12 Mercy is shown to those who have mercy. 18:16 But for those who don't show mercy, 18:18 will the court have mercy on them? 18:20 Absolutely not, according to this verse. 18:23 So a note, this is not in the lesson, 18:26 but just fits right here. 18:28 If you're ever in a position where you can condemn somebody 18:31 or extend to them mercy, 18:34 pray that God will give you the wisdom 18:36 to make the right decision. 18:38 I can tell you, "Carte-Blanche extend mercy." 18:42 It all depends on the circumstance. 18:44 But I want to say even when judgment is meted out, 18:47 it should be done with mercy. 18:49 Because the Bible says sometimes we fall into sin 18:51 and He said, we should deal with our brother, 18:54 as though we would have them deal with us. 18:58 Just a thought, very important. 19:01 But for question number 19. 19:02 You want to write this answer down. 19:03 What makes it possible to stand in light of the judgment? 19:07 What makes it possible to stand? 19:11 Right, the law of the Spirit of life, 19:15 that's what makes it possible, 19:16 the spirit of life, 19:18 the freedom that we find from the law of sin and death. 19:20 And so when you think of that there the walk, 19:23 it's important now because 19:25 I don't want to just gloss over Romans 8:1 and 2, 19:28 how you walk is most important. 19:31 Let me just go back to that slide. 19:33 "There is therefore now no condemnation 19:35 to those who are," where? 19:37 To those who are where? 19:39 So what makes it possible to stand confident 19:42 in the judgment? 19:47 Come on. Somebody, give me the answer. 19:49 If you are in Christ. 19:52 You got us. 19:53 "If you are in Christ, 19:56 you don't walk into the court fearful because you're," where? 20:00 "In Christ." 20:01 That's the key to the answer. 20:03 That's what makes it possible to stand with confidence 20:06 in light of the judgment. 20:07 Right, then I stand in Christ. 20:12 That's how we find confidence. 20:14 Let's go to the next question. 20:16 Let's go to the next question. 20:18 And I'm seeing that being in Christ is 20:22 the answer to everything. 20:25 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, 20:28 old things have passed away, all things had become, what? 20:31 Become new. 20:33 Question number 20. 20:36 For what reason can we have assurance 20:39 and not fear the judgment? 20:46 1 John 5:12. 20:49 Turn there with me. 20:50 1 John 5:12. 20:59 One of the things that I keep in mind, 21:01 as I'm studying this lesson is if you were in a process, 21:06 if you were in a court case, 21:08 how often would you keep in touch with your attorney? 21:12 Huh? 21:15 Constantly, right? 21:17 Until the case is decided, 21:19 you keep in touch with your lawyer, 21:21 your defense attorney, the person representing you. 21:24 You keep in touch, you let them know everything. 21:26 I heard a lawyer once said to someone, 21:29 "How can I defend you 21:30 if you don't tell me everything I need to know. 21:32 Don't allow me to go into court 21:34 and something shows up as a surprise." 21:35 But to Christ, 21:37 is there anything that's gonna be a surprise, 21:38 yes or no? 21:40 Nothing is gonna be surprise as the writer of Hebrews says, 21:43 "All things are naked and open to the eyes of Him 21:46 with whom we have to give an account." 21:48 So He knows all things and the beauty of His mercy is, 21:51 He stands in defense of those who stand in Him. 21:55 Look at 1 John 5:12. 21:57 For what reason can we have assurance 21:59 and not fear the judgment? 22:00 Here's what the Bible says, 22:03 "He who has the Son," what is the verdict? 22:06 "Has life, 22:07 he who does not have the Son of God 22:10 does not have," what? 22:11 "Does not have life." 22:13 Once again, I pointed back to Christ. 22:14 One of the reasons why you are not to fear the judgment 22:18 is if you have the Son, you have what? 22:22 That's the best kind of sentence to get, 22:23 that's a life sentence that we all are not worthy of, 22:27 but because of Christ, we receive that life sentence. 22:30 If you have the Son, you have what? 22:32 You have life. 22:33 Write that down. 22:34 For what reason can we have assurance 22:36 and not fear the judgment? 22:37 If you have the Son? 22:39 Last lesson study we talked about, 22:41 if anyone sins, 22:43 he has an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ, 22:46 the righteous. 22:47 The advocacy there is the lawyer, 22:49 the one who stands in our behalf, 22:50 the one who represents, 22:53 who speaks to the accuser in our behalf, 22:56 the one who atones for us. 22:59 But tonight, we're gonna add two more components 23:01 to the function of Christ in the judgment. 23:04 I can't wait to get to it. 23:06 So let me go ahead and move on. 23:08 All right, question number 21. 23:12 Here it is. 23:15 How has the fear of judgment been removed? 23:19 You notice the questions vary. 23:21 They sound similar to some degree, 23:23 but they're little different. 23:25 Because there are various scriptures 23:26 that add other components 23:28 to the answer of the fear question. 23:32 How has the fear of the judgment been removed? 23:35 Hebrews 2:14-15. 23:41 All right, the pages of silence, 23:43 so I'm assuming you all are there. 23:45 Okay. Here we are. 23:46 Hebrews 2:14 and 15. 23:49 And here's what the Bible reads, 23:50 "Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of the," what? 23:56 "Of flesh and blood." 23:58 Notice this, this is substitutionary." 24:00 He Himself likewise shared in the," what? 24:04 "Same that through death 24:07 He might destroy him who had the power of death, 24:11 that is," who? 24:13 "The devil and release those who through fear of death 24:18 were all their lifetime subject to," what? 24:21 "Bondage." 24:23 Now, let's break that down carefully here, 24:25 because I'm gonna put some other components 24:27 to the criminal scenario in. 24:30 When a person is a criminal, 24:32 when they bring them into the court, 24:33 what do they bring them in with? 24:35 How they bring them in? 24:38 Okay, another word we can use bondage here. 24:40 They come in and you're just hearing, clink, clink, clink, 24:44 chains, that their hands are bound. 24:47 It is awful. 24:49 I mean, sometimes the crime doesn't fit 24:51 the way that they handle the criminal, 24:53 but they bring them that way anyway, 24:55 then they have police all around the court 24:58 with large handguns and the person, 25:01 you could look at the person and you think. 25:04 What could they have possibly done 25:06 that would warrant them being shackled that way? 25:09 Well, the Lord is saying, 25:10 there are those who have been shackled all their lives 25:13 with fear, the fear of death. 25:16 All their lifetime 25:18 they were those who were fearful of death. 25:19 And let me put this in context. 25:21 I know someone that said, 25:24 "I'm not religious but 25:26 I can see the condition of the world and I'm fearful. 25:29 I don't know if I'm gonna be saved 25:30 or if I'm gonna be lost." 25:32 But that fear was lost 25:33 when that person gave her life to Christ. 25:36 Amen to that. 25:37 They are those 25:40 who are under the power of death 25:42 because they don't have themselves in Christ. 25:44 Going back to that scripture, 25:45 let me just bring it back on the screen. 25:47 Notice this, "Inasmuch then as the children 25:49 have partaken of flesh and blood, 25:52 He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death 25:56 He might destroy him who had," what? 25:58 "The power of death, that is the devil." 26:01 So who did Christ come to destroy? 26:04 Okay, did He come to destroy us? 26:06 No. 26:08 That's exactly, you got to keep that in mind. 26:10 That's why Matthew 25, the Bible makes it clear 26:12 that hell is prepared for the devil and his angels. 26:17 So the whole purpose of the judgment 26:18 is not to condemn His children. 26:21 John 3:17 26:22 "For God sent not His Son into the world to do," what? 26:25 "Condemn the world, 26:26 but that the world through Him might be saved." 26:28 That's simply saying, we were born condemned, 26:30 He wants to reverse our ending sentence. 26:34 And so when you think of yourself as condemned, 26:37 He wants to do something. 26:38 And let's look at verse 15 26:40 because I know sometimes you read this long text 26:41 and it go by you without explanation. 26:43 He wants to release to those who through fear of death 26:47 were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 26:50 They were bound. 26:52 I'm afraid of the end, don't know what's gonna happen, 26:54 am I gonna be lost? 26:55 Oh! 26:56 Jesus is coming, the world is coming to an end. 26:58 One young man confessed that every December 31st 27:00 he was filled with fear 27:01 thinking the world will come to end 27:03 to the end then. 27:04 But when you are in Christ, what does He do? 27:08 Right, perfect love does what? 27:09 Casts out fear. 27:12 Casts out all fear. 27:13 So here's the answer, you gonna put down. 27:17 How has fear of the judgment been removed? 27:20 How has it been removed? 27:21 I want some answers tonight. 27:24 I put my pot spoon away. Talk to me. 27:26 How has it been removed? 27:28 Through Christ's death. 27:30 Through Christ's death, 27:33 through Christ's death. 27:35 That's right but not only that, 27:39 He has already defeated the devil 27:42 who had that power of death. 27:45 Remember, He says in Revelation, 27:47 I have the keys of death and of the grave. 27:50 But up until that point, 27:51 Satan seemed to have been the steward of that. 27:54 But through His death, 27:56 he took back that power from the devil 27:59 and the devil knows that his day is coming. 28:02 That's why he has a short time. 28:03 So you want to put the answer down? 28:05 How has fear...? 28:06 How has the fear of the judgment been removed? 28:10 By the death of Christ. 28:12 In reality, 28:14 who should have been the one that died? 28:17 Say it again. Us. 28:19 The wages of sin is what? 28:20 Death. 28:21 This whole picture of the judgment, 28:23 there's a lot of good news that's contained 28:26 in the judgment. 28:28 Now let's go to number 22. 28:33 Okay, here we are. 28:42 What is the only possible outcome in the judgment? 28:47 And I should have pluralized the word. 28:49 Yeah, well, what are the only possible outcomes 28:53 in the judgment? 28:54 There you are. 28:55 What are the only possible outcomes 28:57 in the judgment? 28:59 Well, let's start with Romans 6:23. 29:01 We just repeated that. 29:03 I think you all know it, are you ready? 29:05 The wages of sin is what? 29:06 Death, but the gift of God, let's go and put it. 29:09 For the wages of sin is what? 29:11 Death, but the gift of God is what? 29:14 Eternal life in or through Christ Jesus our Lord. 29:17 So what are the only two possible outcomes there? 29:25 Death or life. 29:27 Those the only possible outcomes. 29:29 Death sentence or life sentence. 29:33 Which one do you want? 29:34 Life. 29:36 Life sentence, eternal life sentence, 29:38 that's the key. 29:39 There're only two... 29:41 Huh? 29:42 Death is eternal in its impact. 29:44 There's no coming back. 29:45 There is no resurrection for that. 29:47 That's it, that second death is final. 29:50 There is no coming back from that. 29:51 So the only two possible outcomes is death 29:54 and what else? 29:55 Life. Eternal life. 29:58 So you want to write that down. 29:59 Romans 6:23. 30:01 You gave me the answers. 30:02 The only possible outcome is death or eternal life. 30:06 Now let's go to the next one, 30:08 Revelation 22:11. 30:18 I like a Bible study that uses the Bible, 30:20 don't you? 30:22 That's why it's called a Bible study. 30:24 See, Bible study, something so many people 30:27 are missing is Bible studies. 30:29 Boy! 30:31 Okay, here we go. Revelation 22:11. 30:34 It shows the outcomes again, 30:36 let's read this one together. 30:37 "He who is unjust, 30:40 let him be unjust still, 30:42 he who is filthy, let him be," what? 30:45 "Filthy still, 30:46 he who is righteous, 30:48 let him be righteous still, 30:50 he who is holy, let him be," what? 30:52 "Holy still." 30:54 Although you had four things mentioned, 30:55 you only have two categories. 30:58 Only have two categories. 30:59 Let's put it together. 31:01 Unjust and filthy is one category, right? 31:05 Unjust and filthy 31:07 and the other one is righteous and holy 31:09 because when you're righteous, you're what? 31:11 Holy. 31:12 When you're holy, you're what? Righteous. 31:14 So write that down, the answers are unjust and filthy. 31:18 Because when you are filthy, you're unjust, 31:19 and when you're unjust, you're filthy. 31:23 But when you're righteous, you're holy, 31:24 and when you're holy, 31:25 you're righteous. 31:27 Those are the two categories. 31:29 Now, we're gonna catapult ourselves 31:34 into another facet of the judgment. 31:36 We've been talking about the conditions, 31:38 but now we're gonna be starting to focus on 31:41 how do we permanently 31:44 get rid of 31:46 all of our life record of sin? 31:49 How do we permanently get rid of that? 31:54 I want to say it but let me just not run ahead of myself. 31:57 It's all in my head 31:58 and I want you to get a chance 32:00 to be able to benefit from that. 32:01 So write those two things down, 32:03 if you're still answering question number 22. 32:05 Revelation 22:11. 32:08 Unjust and filthy or righteous and holy. 32:11 Okay. Number 23. 32:14 Here's the question. 32:16 What benefit is the judgment to the Christian? 32:20 What benefit is the judgment to the Christian? 32:25 All right, Acts 3:19. 32:30 Okay. 32:31 All right. 32:35 I'm leaving my flagship text 32:39 to the very end of this study. 32:41 I have my pen there. 32:43 So when the clock is coming down to the end, 32:44 I'm gonna hit you with my flagship text. 32:46 Okay. 32:47 That's why I haven't moved my page, 32:49 because my flagship text is in there. 32:51 All right. 32:52 We were building ourselves into the flagship, 32:54 this is the material. 32:55 Acts 3:19, here's what the Bible says. 32:58 What benefit is the judgment to the Christian? 33:00 "Repent therefore and be," what? 33:04 "Converted, that your sins may be blotted out, 33:09 so that times of refreshing may come from the presence 33:14 of the Lord." 33:16 Now, I don't know how many 33:17 of you have ever smelled downy before. 33:20 It's a fabric softener. 33:22 Right? 33:23 Downy is refreshing. 33:26 Some of the filthiest clothing has been restored to a fresh, 33:32 refreshing scent by Downy 33:35 or whatever fabric softener you use. 33:37 Water was not enough, water can never give that. 33:40 Now what I'm speaking about here 33:42 is I'm not talking 33:43 about the covering of a sin. 33:46 I'm talking about the, what? 33:49 The two words in yellow 33:50 "blotted out." 33:52 Have you ever spilled something on a carpet before? 33:56 We have so much technical cleaning supplies today 34:01 that for some people all the cleaning chemicals 34:03 we have almost become unhealthy to some individuals. 34:07 You got... 34:09 I don't want to even start mentioning the brands 34:11 but you have stuff 34:12 that you can spray on the carpet and you leave it 34:14 and you come back 34:16 and it's gone. 34:18 And some of the stuff that we use for clothes, 34:21 Shout years ago, remember Shout? 34:24 You know, it's not something you do in church, 34:27 it's something you use in the laundry. 34:29 Shout, you get the shout, shout out. 34:32 But then now they've been shouting out 34:34 different ways now and then 34:36 whatever the other stuff and there's Goo B Gone 34:39 is another one. 34:40 If something sticky falls, 34:41 you put Goo B Gone and before you know 34:43 the goo is gone. 34:45 It works, it really does. 34:46 And then you have the stuff that you spray in the carpet. 34:50 Yeah, I don't know what the name of it is, 34:51 but it works. 34:53 It really, it even works for grape juice. 34:55 But I want to tell you, 34:57 this blotting out is huge 35:01 because it's not covering up. 35:02 See, if I spill something on the carpet 35:04 and I cover it up, is it gone? 35:08 It's still there. 35:11 But if I blot it out, 35:13 is it gone? 35:15 Yes, it is. 35:16 Now what I want you to know the blotting out factor, 35:18 there has to be a cleansing agent 35:21 to be able to remove that. 35:22 I want you to put the answer first, 35:24 and then I'm gonna show you the cleansing agent. 35:25 What benefit is the judgment to the Christian? 35:28 Your sins may be blotted out. 35:31 Your sins may be blotted out. 35:34 You see, throughout the year 35:36 the Jewish year, 35:38 as they yearly look to the Day of Atonement, 35:40 that At-one-meant their sins, the blood of the lambs, 35:44 the blood of the goats, and the bulls, 35:46 and the pigeons, and the heifers 35:47 was sprinkled all year long. 35:49 And what a filthy mess it was. 35:52 And the cleansing of the sanctuary 35:54 was necessary 35:56 to restore to its rightful place. 35:58 If I could use a phrase using the text, 36:00 to the refreshing time. 36:04 But until the refreshing time, 36:05 those sins were simply transferred 36:08 and they were there. 36:10 And when the Day of Atonement came, 36:11 when the provision was made, 36:13 and those who made provision for that final cleansing, 36:15 their sins were blotted out. 36:18 But if there was no provision made, 36:21 they... 36:22 Now, this is powerful. 36:24 Either the sin was removed 36:26 or they were removed 36:28 because if the sin was not blotted out 36:32 for the Day of Atonement services, 36:34 they could never be a part of the Feast of Tabernacles. 36:37 They couldn't get it, they could not participate. 36:39 That's the celebration. 36:40 Let me put that in context. 36:41 We will... 36:43 I mean, it's good to celebrate the Sabbath. 36:44 But the real celebration is going to come 36:46 when our sins are eternally blotted out. 36:48 What do you say to that? 36:49 When our sins are finally gone never to come up again, 36:52 that's the real celebration. 36:54 You know, years ago, 36:56 I remember the celebration movement. 36:57 You don't want to be sad, 36:59 depress. 37:01 You know, sour Christians, 37:04 but celebrate the reality 37:05 of the righteousness of Christ in our lives. 37:08 Don't celebrate arbitrarily. 37:10 But now let me show you Revelation Chapter 12. 37:12 Go there with me. 37:14 I'm gonna show you the blotting out agent. 37:16 Revelation Chapter 12. 37:19 Okay. 37:25 Okay. 37:33 We're all there. 37:34 Revelation Chapter 12. 37:36 And then I'm gonna show you another one 37:39 because you got to see the ending 37:40 that the cleaning agent. 37:42 All right, here it is Revelation 12:11. 37:47 Because we talked about the accuser in verse 10 37:48 but now verse 11 37:50 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb 37:53 and by the word of their testimony, 37:56 and they did not love their lives to the death." 37:59 In other words, they were willing to die 38:01 to be saved. 38:03 They were willing to die 38:04 to maintain an unbroken relationship 38:06 with Christ. 38:07 But now go to 1 John 1:7. 38:14 We see the blood there. 38:17 Years ago, when Pastor Doug Batchelor 38:19 and I did a series, 38:20 you know, we asked the question, 38:23 how can something red really blot out? 38:26 How can red, 38:28 red blood out? 38:30 My front row here, this is the red battalion 38:32 right down here. 38:35 Red, it's a symbol of blood 38:37 and it's also in our modern society, 38:39 a symbol of love. 38:40 The love of Christ is in the blood of Christ. 38:44 Here it is, 38:45 1 John 1:7. 38:48 Notice, 38:50 "But if we walk in the light 38:52 as He is in the light, 38:54 we have fellowship with one another, 38:56 and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son does," what? 39:00 "Cleanses us from all sin." 39:05 Cleanses us from, how much? 39:07 All sin. 39:10 And the verse before that says, 39:11 don't say you don't have any sin 39:12 because you're lying to yourself. 39:14 We all need the blood of Jesus Christ, do we not? 39:17 The cleansing agent. 39:19 The blotting out factor cannot be done 39:21 without the blood of Jesus. 39:23 Some people think, 39:24 some people try to work themselves 39:25 into the favor of God. 39:27 You know, religion that's based on works 39:29 is a religion that's gonna exhaust you 39:31 with no lasting results. 39:33 And there are many Eastern religions 39:35 and world religions where they work, 39:36 work, work, work, work, 39:38 and they call that pilgrimages 39:40 and penance and all the indulgences, 39:43 all these things that have no eternal value 39:45 in the blotting out of sin. 39:46 But the blood of Jesus Christ is what each one of us 39:49 is in need of for our sins to be blotted out, 39:51 ain't that right? 39:52 Go to the next one now. 39:54 Isaiah, let's go to question number 24. 39:58 I'm moving at a good pace, 39:59 I'm aiming to end this lesson tonight 40:01 but if not, 40:03 I have my flagship text waiting for me. 40:05 All right, question number 24. 40:06 Here it is. 40:08 What is the end result 40:10 of the blotting out of sin? 40:13 What is the end result 40:15 of the blotting out of sin? 40:18 Isaiah 44:22, 40:22 the end result. 40:25 Okay, Isaiah 44:20. 40:28 You guys are fab... 40:29 We have a group that knows their Bibles very well. 40:32 Isaiah 44:22 they are ahead of me, 40:35 here we go to catch up with those who are tuning in. 40:38 The Lord says that in Isaiah 44:22, 40:40 "I have, " say the next two words, 40:43 "blotted out like a thick cloud, 40:47 your transgressions, 40:49 and like a cloud," what? 40:51 "Your sins. 40:52 Return to Me, for I have done," what? 40:55 "Redeemed you." 40:56 The end result of our sins being blotted out 40:59 is we are redeemed. 41:01 Amen to that? 41:02 But notice, I want you to catch something. 41:04 I don't want you to run past it too quickly. 41:05 He calls our transgressions a thick cloud 41:07 and our sins a cloud. 41:10 Wow! Why would he do that? 41:13 Sins are often some... 41:15 Sins can be incidental, 41:17 transgression in the context of this phrase 41:19 here in the Hebrew is more so iniquity. 41:22 Think that a person holds on to 41:24 and just refuses to let go. 41:27 So when you think of transgression, 41:30 it's a deep stain. 41:32 Sins in this context, well, I just spilled something 41:35 but transgression is I poured it on the carpet. 41:38 That's the difference altogether. 41:39 But the Lord is saying, 41:41 hey, I could get rid of both of them. 41:42 Amen to that? 41:44 Whether you have intentionally done something, 41:46 or whether you have incidentally done something, 41:49 He is able to blot out both. 41:52 That's why I like this text so much 41:54 because the Lord doesn't say, 41:55 well, I can handle some but I can't handle the others. 41:58 Whoever comes to me, I will in nowise cast out. 42:00 That's the beauty of the judgment. 42:02 For those of you who are tuning in 42:03 and watching the program and may be listening to it. 42:05 I want to encourage you that there's nothing you can do 42:07 that the Lord cannot remove. 42:09 There's no sin you could ever commit. 42:11 Some people spend too much time 42:13 trying to figure out the unpardonable sin, 42:15 people go about, what is the unpardonable sin? 42:17 If you have to ask the question, 42:19 you haven't committed it yet. 42:20 Okay. 42:21 So don't try to find it, 42:23 and see how close you can get to it 42:25 without being lost. 42:27 Jesus can forgive. 42:29 As we said in years ago, 42:31 He can save from the gutter-most 42:32 to the uttermost. 42:34 That's exactly what He does. 42:36 So the answer here is what is the end result 42:39 of the blotting out of sin? 42:41 What is it? 42:42 You are redeemed. 42:43 Redeemed, it's a powerful word. 42:45 Sometimes people take things to the by army basis, 42:49 you know, guys don't have enough money, 42:50 they take stuff to the pawn shop there. 42:52 And they say, Well, I have a guitar. 42:53 How much could you give for it? 42:55 They get like 40 bucks and they get this ticket? 42:58 They said, well, you bring that ticket back 43:01 and you pay me for what I've lent you 43:02 for that guitar. 43:03 That ticket has redeeming value, 43:05 that's a redemption ticket. 43:07 You see, when you win a prize, they give you a ticket, ticket 43:09 that's a redemption ticket. 43:12 Well, the redemption ticket 43:14 is the life of Jesus. 43:15 The price for our redemption is His shed blood. 43:19 Amen? 43:20 Each one of us has redemption value 43:22 in the eyes of the Lord, 43:24 it's a powerful concept 43:25 because some people don't know their worth 43:27 and they think the Lord is gonna leave them 43:28 where the devil has pawned them. 43:30 No, He came looking for us. 43:32 He did that to Adam, where are you? 43:34 And He's gonna come back again and find us. 43:36 Salvation is not that we find Jesus, 43:38 salvation is that He finds us. 43:41 Okay, number 25. 43:45 Why is it so important to have our sins blotted out? 43:49 Woo! 43:50 Why is it so important to have our sins blotted out? 43:53 You theologians know the answer already, 43:54 but give those who are tuning in a chance 43:56 to turn to the text. 43:58 Proverbs 28:13. 44:04 It's kind of like when you're leaving the house 44:05 on a long trip, you stand by the front door 44:07 and you think what have I forgotten? 44:09 What have I... Have you done it before? 44:11 What have I forgotten, what have I? 44:12 You go through the checklist. 44:14 For those of you can't remember, 44:15 you write down checklist 44:16 because you don't want to get next to the airport and say, 44:18 I forgot my passport. 44:20 That's the end of that journey. 44:22 What have I forgotten? 44:23 This is a powerful text. 44:24 Someone once pointed out, someone once pointed out. 44:29 I don't know if I confessed everything 44:32 and the preacher responded just ask the Holy Spirit 44:35 to bring it back to your mind and He will, 44:37 ain't that right? 44:39 You don't have to remember the inventory 44:40 and if you just get to the wall and you can't remember, 44:42 say, Lord, whatever I have done. 44:46 David prayed the prayer, 44:49 search me 44:50 and see if there is any... 44:52 That was his overreaching inventory. 44:55 Lord, search me, and try me, 44:57 and see if there's any wicked way in me. 45:02 And then lead me into the way everlasting. 45:04 Wow! 45:06 Okay, here we are, the answer, 45:07 Proverbs 28:13 45:09 and we asked the question, 45:11 why is it so important 45:12 to have our sins blotted out? 45:14 The Bible says, "He who covers his sins will not," what? 45:19 "Will not prosper, 45:20 but whoever confesses and forsakes them 45:25 will have," what? 45:27 If you confess and forsake them, 45:28 you will have what? 45:29 "Mercy" 45:31 We talked about the judge, merciful. 45:33 That song now, wonderful, merciful savior 45:34 takes on new meaning, doesn't it? 45:36 Wonderful, merciful say... 45:38 Who would have thought 45:39 that lamb could rescue the souls of men? 45:41 What a song writer? 45:43 How beautiful that is? 45:44 So why is it so important to have our sins blotted out? 45:49 Huh? 45:51 You obtain mercy. You obtain mercy 45:54 I said earlier, if you're guilty, 45:56 you better not ask for justice 45:59 'cause you'll get it. 46:02 I forgot the lady name now all of a sudden, 46:05 Casey Anthony or number of others. 46:08 I'm always amazed 46:09 when people that are really, 46:11 allegedly guilty of a crime 46:13 decide to defend themselves. 46:16 And they have no skills in the area of law. 46:21 That's why I'm not gonna defend myself. 46:23 If anyone sins, 46:24 we have an advocate with the Father, 46:26 Jesus Christ, the righteous. 46:27 Amen? 46:29 Get somebody who knows how to defend you. 46:30 Get somebody who's never lost the case to defend you. 46:32 That's who Jesus is. 46:34 Never lost the case. 46:35 So why is it important? 46:37 Say it again. 46:39 So we will have mercy. 46:41 And also we will be able to prosper, 46:44 we will be able to prosper. 46:46 You'll discover one of the hindrances 46:47 to prosperity, 46:48 spiritual prosperity 46:50 is that people try to cover their sins. 46:52 You can't live a prosperous Christian life 46:54 if you have the sin just dragging behind you 46:57 all the time. 46:58 You can hear the can of your sins with you. 47:01 You can see the stain of your sins all over. 47:03 If you get rid of that, you don't have to worry 47:04 about hiding it. 47:06 Don't try to cover it, 47:08 get rid of it. 47:09 Praise the Lord for that. 47:10 Okay, number 26. 47:12 Moving right along. Moving right along. 47:16 Okay. Wow. 47:18 Based on the sanctuary services 47:22 what two roles does Christ fulfill? 47:26 What two roles, we'll begin with Hebrews 4:14. 47:29 I pointed out last lesson study 47:31 we talked about Jesus being the judge, 47:33 Jesus being the advocate. 47:35 We're gonna find out two more things. 47:37 Find out two more things. 47:38 Hebrews 4:14. 47:40 All right. 47:41 I'll turn there with you. 47:43 Because there's another verse I wanna add to that. 47:45 Hebrews 4:14. 47:48 Okay, here it is on the screen. 47:51 "Seeing then that we have a great," what? 47:55 "High Priest 47:57 who has passed through the heavens, 48:00 Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our," what? 48:04 "Confession." 48:06 So what did we add now? 48:08 We had Judge, Jesus is, advocate, 48:11 Jesus is, what else is He? 48:13 High Priest. 48:16 Thank you. Thank you, honey. 48:18 Great High Priest. 48:20 See, men on earth were high priests, 48:21 but Jesus is the Great High Priest. 48:25 That's the difference all together. 48:26 A lot of times when people make an appeal to the court, 48:29 and they can't get justice on the local level, 48:32 they go to the circuit court. 48:35 Then they go to the... 48:36 I don't know the whole process, 48:38 but they ended up if they can't get satisfied, 48:39 they always, they always go to the what? 48:41 Supreme Court. 48:43 In the Supreme Court are the great judges. 48:48 Tonight we got a Supreme Court somewhere. 48:51 Amen? 48:52 And I'm holding my... I'm holding my flagship text 48:54 to the end when you're going to say hallelujah. 48:57 So keep that in mind. Keep that in mind. 48:58 We got a great, 49:00 we got a Supreme Court somewhere. 49:02 And in that court is a Judge who never lost a case, 49:05 a Lawyer who never disappointed His clients, 49:08 a High Priest who never saw someone 49:10 that He could not atone for. 49:12 All right, let's get the other component. 49:15 1 Corinthians 1:7, the other thing. 49:17 So Hebrews 4:14, we wanna add High Priest. 49:21 Great. Thank you, honey. 49:22 Great High Priest, 49:24 not just High Priest, great High Priest. 49:28 Let's look at another function. 49:30 This is huge. 49:32 1 Corinthians 1:7. 49:35 "Therefore purge out the old leaven," 49:41 1 Corinthians 1:7. 49:45 Did I say 5:7 in the lesson? 49:47 Ignore that. 49:49 Wait, no, no, no, don't ignore that. 49:51 That's where the text is. 49:53 Sorry, my typos on the screen. 49:55 But you go to the right text, we'll find it. 49:57 Let me just turn it with you. 49:59 Okay, 1 Corinthians 5:7, 50:02 you wanna make that correction on the syllabus, 50:05 on the slide, ignore it. 50:07 But here it is. 50:08 It says, "Therefore purge out the," what? 50:12 "Old leaven, that you may be a," what? 50:16 "New lump." 50:18 I haven't been called a lump in a long time. 50:21 "Since you truly are," what? 50:24 "Unleavened," that's huge. 50:26 That's communion service language. 50:28 That's sanctuary language. 50:30 And here's the reason why. 50:31 Just put the text up, 50:33 we'll go ahead and negotiate through that. 50:35 "For indeed Christ, our," what? 50:38 "Passover, was sacrificed for us." 50:42 Another role that Christ plays not just our Judge, 50:45 and our Advocate, and our High Priest, 50:47 but He is also what? 50:48 Our Passover, 50:51 you want to know what that's like, 50:52 you ask the Egyptians, 50:54 whether or not they had a Passover. 50:55 They didn't. 50:57 They had to pass through. 50:59 They didn't get passed over. 51:00 They got passed through. 51:02 The destroying angel went through the land of Egypt 51:06 and did and create havoc. 51:08 But for those whose homes were covered 51:10 by the blood of the Lamb, 51:12 for those whose on the doorpost of their houses 51:15 with the blood was applied to the lintels of the house. 51:17 And they were inside the house. 51:19 When the destroying angel came by 51:21 He did what? 51:22 He passed over. 51:25 Christ, the Lamb is our Passover. 51:29 All that you see 51:30 when you think about the judgment 51:31 is all about who Jesus is. 51:34 He's the Judge. 51:35 He's the Advocate. 51:36 He is the High Priest, the great High Priest. 51:38 He's also our Passover, our Passover lamb. 51:42 Those who celebrate the Passover, 51:44 never forget that. 51:45 But some of them are stuck on that, 51:46 they haven't gotten yet to the reality of it. 51:49 Christ, the Passover is the image 51:51 but Christ is the verity. 51:53 Christ is the representation of the lamb. 51:55 The lamb represent Christ, 51:57 but He is the actual sacrifice Himself. 52:00 Write that one down. 52:01 What is He? 52:03 The syllabus is correct. 52:04 1 Corinthians 5:7, 52:06 "He is our," what? 52:07 "Our Passover." 52:09 That means destruction is coming again. 52:12 For those who are covered by the blood of the Lamb, 52:14 what's gonna happen this time? 52:16 It's gonna do what? 52:18 Pass over us. 52:19 Destruction will do what? 52:21 Pass over us. 52:24 One preacher preached a sermon about the mark of the beast, 52:26 he called it marked for death or sealed for life. 52:32 I wanna be sealed for life. 52:34 We don't wanna be marked for death. 52:37 Okay, let's go to the next one. 52:38 Number 27. 52:41 We have made some great headway tonight. 52:44 What tremendous benefit is provided through Christ, 52:49 our High Priest? 52:51 This is the long text. 52:53 So we're gonna take some time on this one. 52:55 What tremendous benefit, 52:56 go to Hebrews 9:11-14. 53:00 What tremendous benefit is provided through Christ, 53:03 our High Priest? 53:06 You know, when you get benefits, 53:08 they are great. 53:09 But when the benefits are from Christ, 53:10 they're tremendous. They are tremendous. 53:12 That's why I put the word tremendous. 53:15 All right. 53:16 I'm gonna bring it up on the screen 53:18 because it's quite a long text 53:19 to cover the number of slides, 53:20 and we'll walk through it together. 53:22 Here it is. 53:23 "But Christ came as," what? 53:26 "High Priest of the good things to come, 53:30 with the greater and more perfect tabernacle 53:34 not made with hands, 53:36 that is, not of this creation." 53:39 Continuing, "Not with the blood of goats and calves, 53:44 but with, " what kind of blood? 53:46 "His own blood 53:47 He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, 53:51 having obtained," what? 53:53 "Eternal redemption." 53:55 And I like this verse 13. 53:57 "For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes 54:02 of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies 54:07 for the purifying of the flesh," 54:09 here it is, 54:10 "how much more shall the blood of Christ, 54:15 who through the eternal Spirit 54:17 offered Himself without," what? 54:20 "Spot to God, 54:21 cleanse your conscience 54:23 from dead works to serve the," what? 54:26 "Living God." 54:28 Simply saying, 54:29 if animals were accepted 54:31 for the purification of men's sins, 54:34 how much more the spotless blood of Christ, 54:39 how much more the perfect blood of Christ 54:41 can cleanse us. 54:43 And I like the way it says. 54:46 "Cleanse your conscience from dead works 54:48 to serve the," what? "Living God." 54:51 "Cleanse your conscience from dead works 54:53 to serve the living God." 54:55 A lot of times people are more concerned, 54:57 what can I do? What can I do? What can I do? What can I do? 55:00 And Christ is saying, wait a minute, no, 55:01 what do you want me to do? 55:03 Because the old system is based on works, continual works, 55:07 but what's pointed out here is, 55:09 and as the Lord says, 55:10 to obey is better than to sacrifice into harken. 55:15 That means listen to me 55:16 is preferred above the fat of rams. 55:19 But there are those who in the times of Christ, 55:22 when Jesus showed up, 55:24 he said to the Pharisees, 55:25 and to the Scribes 55:27 reading the Word, he said, 55:30 I'm gonna hold my Bible, he said, 55:32 you search the Scriptures, right? 55:34 For in them, you think you have eternal life, 55:36 but they are they that testify of me. 55:38 Now, a lot of people used that text 55:40 for the purpose of saying that you must study the Bible. 55:43 What Jesus is saying is, 55:45 hey, you spending a lot of time in the book. 55:48 It doesn't, what does it point to? 55:50 I'm right here, 55:52 he is in essence, saying, 55:53 "You are so locked into the works." 55:57 But I'm right here. 55:59 And they couldn't get it, 56:00 they rejected the verity. 56:02 They got stuck on the symbols. 56:04 What was being pointed out here 56:05 is Christ was saying, 56:07 "Let's get away from the dead works 56:09 and connect ourselves to the living Christ." 56:11 That's what's pointed out here. 56:13 So the answer is what tremendous benefit 56:15 is provided through Christ, our High Priest, what is it? 56:24 Let's put that, eternal redemption. 56:27 How much more shall the blood of Christ 56:29 who through the eternal spirit, 56:31 eternal redemption, 56:33 this is a very long text, 56:34 eternal redemption. 56:36 What he does, 56:37 as the text verse 13, 56:39 gives you the answer at the very end, 56:40 having obtained eternal redemption. 56:44 That is what is imputed and imparted to us 56:48 because of the blood of Christ. 56:50 I might try to get one more in there. 56:52 But let me hold that one off for next week 56:54 because I wanna give you my big text. 56:56 Go with me quickly to Daniel 7. 56:59 I want to give you my flagship text 57:01 because if I go to another question, 57:03 I won't have time to finish my flagship text. 57:07 I like my flagship text 57:09 because we all need to know okay, 57:11 when is all done? 57:13 How was it gonna pan out? 57:15 Daniel 7. 57:17 Daniel 7:21-22. 57:19 Okay. 57:21 Here it is. 57:22 "I was watching 57:24 and the same horn was making war 57:26 against the saints, 57:27 and prevailing against them, 57:28 meaning, he was having his way 57:30 until the Ancient of Days came, 57:32 and judgment was made in," what? 57:34 "Favor of the saints of the Most High, 57:39 and the time came for the saints 57:41 to possess the kingdom." 57:42 That's coming. 57:44 The beauty of the end verdict 57:45 is judgment will be made in favor of the saints. 57:50 Those of you that are watching this program 57:52 or maybe listening, 57:53 the Lord wants to bring the verdict to ahead 57:56 in your favor. 57:58 He wants you to stand with Him. 57:59 And so if it doesn't make sense, friends, 58:01 keep trusting Him 58:03 because one day it'll come into A Sharper Focus. 58:05 God bless you. |
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