Hello, I'm Chris Shelton
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and welcome to
"Behold the Lamb Presents."
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Today's message is the second
message of a five part series
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that we have
appropriately entitled
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"The Sabbath, a Test of Faith."
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And a test of faith it is.
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In today's world
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we find a tremendous
amount of information
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that is written about
whether we, as Christians,
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are to worship on
Sabbath or on Sunday.
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And we find it easy to
research various arguments
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for against Sabbath worship
in our technological age,
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simply by just a few
clicks on our web devices.
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Many of us, who are
searchers for the truth,
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love these easy-to-use tools
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to very quickly and conveniently
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look up information.
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But just as all books
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that are written
are not the truth,
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all web searches
are not truth as well.
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All GPS guided location
finders do not always lead you
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to the correct
desired address either.
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They are all
great much of the time
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but they are not
guaranteed to work correctly
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all of the time.
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And certainly, it
wasn't the internet
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that God
preserved for instruction
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to lead us to salvation.
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As difficult and as
simple as it may sound,
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I challenge you as
a searcher for truth,
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to use the only guide
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that has been preserved through
all the ages for us to use
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and that simply being the Bible.
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Our salvational studies
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are not to be
left to human guidance.
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But rather
prayerfully open God's book.
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Studying only the scriptures
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and not
man-supplied study helps.
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Reading line upon
line, precept upon precept,
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here a little and there a little
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and you will find truth.
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In fact, the truth
will illuminate your mind
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through the
guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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And that, my friends,
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is just what we
are going to do today.
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Today's message is
the second in our series,
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"The Sabbath, a Test of Faith,"
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and it is entitled
"The Law and Grace."
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The Law and Grace have
been so chisled away by man
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that they are taught to mean
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and say something
that is totally foreign
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to what is given in
the Holy writ, the Bible.
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So by God's grace,
Pastor Kenny Shelton
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will be presenting
this subject in a way
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that it was meant
for us to understand
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and to interpret
from God's point of view,
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as he follows scripture
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and then lets the
scripture interpret itself.
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Every single one of
us as God's children,
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we all need to learn
to do this very same thing
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as we study the Bible.
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Allow scripture to
interpret scripture.
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Then it all fits
together as a beautiful portrait
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of God's will for our lives.
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But first, we are
blessed to listen to a song
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that is entitled "What a Friend"
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as sung by our dear friend
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Pastor John Lomacang
from the 3ABN Worship Center.
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What a friend we have in Jesus
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All our sins and grieves to bear
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What a privilege to carry
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Everything to God in prayer
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Oh, what peace we often forfeit
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And, oh, what
needless pains we bear
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It's all because we do not carry
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Everything to God in prayer
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Are we weak and heavy-laden?
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Are we cumbered
with a load of care?
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Precious Savior
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Still my refuge
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Take it to the Lord in prayer
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Do thy friends despise
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Forsake thee
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So take it to the Lord in prayer
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In His arms He'll take
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And shield thee
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Thou wilt
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Find a solace there
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Take it to the Lord in prayer
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Thanks for joining us here
once again at Behold the Lamb.
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I'll tell you
what I studied today,
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you won't want to miss it.
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This is the second part
of our five-part series.
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And we're going to be
talking about Law and Grace,
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a subject that
many times missed,
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people are studying they
just miss the whole point.
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And I don't want
you to miss it today.
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We're going to be looking
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at Law
specifically and its function.
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We're going to be looking
at Grace and its function.
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Is it possible for both
of them to work together
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or does one void out the other?
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You won't want to miss this
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because, I'll tell you in
the Christian world today,
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oh, there is so
much misunderstanding.
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But you know, we are
going to misunderstand here
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if we don't pray first.
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And we always have that
habit and it's a good habit.
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And I know, you are
gonna pray along with me
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so I'm going to
kneel down and have prayer
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and ask God to bless
us as we read His word.
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Remember when
you're studying at home,
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never open the Bible,
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never those
beautiful pages of life
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and try to read them
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without asking for the
power of the Holy Spirit,
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like we are doing right now.
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Let's pray together, shall we?
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Kind loving heavenly
Father, we approach your throne,
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not because of who we are
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but because of
Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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We come boldly, we
ask for divine help.
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You said we could do it.
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You said in your word,
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we can count on you
to send your Holy Spirit,
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that you'll illuminate
these beautiful truths,
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shall open our
minds and our hearts
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and pray that you bless
everyone of your children
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around the world today,
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who is striving
to be like Jesus,
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striving to put sin
and the world behind them
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and to look forward to
spending eternity with you.
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Lord, help us to
understand this vital subject
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and again, we are
going to thank you in advance
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as you send Your
Holy Spirit to completely,
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completely wrap your
arms and your heart around
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each and everyone of us
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and I thank you
in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Ain't it nice to be
able to go to God in prayer
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and just know
when you've prayed,
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that He's heard you
and He's going to answer?
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Oh, that is so wonderful.
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Again, we appreciate
your cards and your letter
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and questions that you have.
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Keep calling in.
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These series are so important,
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you can just get
one or two or three.
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It's five parts.
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You are going to need them all
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because they all fit
together like a glove
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and it will help
you in your study.
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And I can guarantee you this.
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It will help you
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when you're looking for
souls to win for the kingdom.
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'Cause people will
have these questions.
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Have your Bible, I know
that you do, pencil and paper.
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I want you to turn with
me at the book of Titus.
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Titus, Chapter
1, Titus Chapter 2,
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we're gonna read
several verses here.
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So kind of bear with
me, I'll just take a moment.
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Titus chapter 2,
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we're going to be
reading verses 11 through 15.
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You have your Bible? Good.
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Let's read, Titus Chapter
2, verses, starting verse 11.
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Now let's read, shall
we? It says, notice this.
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"For the grace of God
that bringeth salvation
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hath appeared to all men."
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Oh, this is beautiful.
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"Teaching us that, denying
ungodliness and worldly," what?
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"Lusts, we should live soberly,"
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the Bible says, and what?
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"Righteously, and
godly, in this present world."
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Notice verse 13,
"Looking for that blessed hope,
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that glorious
appearing of our great God
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and our Savior Jesus Christ."
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Verse 14, the Bible
said, "Who gave himself for us,
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that he might redeem
us from all inequity,"
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don't read that too quickly,
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"that he might
redeem us from all iniquity"
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and then he goes on to say,
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"and to purify unto
himself a peculiar people,
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zealous of good works."
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Oh, I just need
to read verse 15.
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Stay with me, notice,
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"These things speak, exhort,
and rebuke with all authority.
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Let no man despise thee."
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All these words,
we could just go on
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for a long time
with them but you know,
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we have to move
on in this subject
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if law and grace.
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And just a quick thought here
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about Paul, what he was saying,
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Paul, Paul
looking in these verses
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from, for the recovery from sin.
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We've fallen in
the sin. Paul sinned.
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Oh, there's some hope here
that we can recover from sin.
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And you know,
it's a powerful example
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of divine grace that God applies
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and gives to us in our life.
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Isn't it powerful?
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Isn't it wonderful to
know that God doesn't just talk
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about a free
grace that winks at sin?
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It's a little more
heavy duty than that.
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He talks about here
in Paul and his writing,
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he talks about a
grace that delivers man
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from the bondage of sin.
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Isn't that what
you're looking for today?
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Some of you, your
bound, you are in chains.
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Whether it's circumstances,
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whether it's things in
your heart in your life,
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things that you
are putting before God,
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I'm telling you dear
friends, you are in bondage.
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Notice the ministry of healing
in a little book page 115.
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It gives some
real good thoughts,
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just a couple of lines.
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Listen carefully what it says,
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"It is His grace," His grace
"that gives man power to obey"
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oh, that's
beautiful, but obey what?
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"Obey the laws of God.
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This is the only
power that can make him
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and keep him
steadfast in the right path."
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What is it? It's God grace.
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He gives us,
help us to be steady,
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help us to walk in the path
that God has marked out for us.
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This is the only
way it can be done.
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Now does law and
grace then fit together.
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We addressed that
just a little bit.
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But does it really fit together
or are they really separated
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or how can we put 'em together
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or must we
eliminate one or the other.
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Is it all law? Is it all grace?
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Well, that's how we
getting into the word of God
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when we begin to study
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and we begin to
show our self approved.
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We might find out
that both have a function
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that they can work together.
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Ain't that wonderful?
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Have you
would've notice that the-
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you know, when you are working
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may be around the house
or you're on you're job,
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how nice it is to have some body
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that will work along with you.
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Not against you,
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not trying to eliminate
this or eliminate that.
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But simply cooperating
together, working together,
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you'll find as
much easier, don't you?
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Now so, in order to
understand your position,
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see I don't know your position.
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But you know what?
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You're going to know
mine before this is over.
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In order to understand
your position on this subject,
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law and grace now, we have
to ask just a simple question.
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Are you ready for this question?
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Is the law of
God opposed to grace?
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It's simple.
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Is the law of
God opposed to grace?
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Many is going
to say right quick,
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"Oh, yeah, oh, it is.
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We've been thought
that in our church."
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But is that the right answer?
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Is it really correct?
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Is it really Biblically correct,
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is it theologically correct?
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That's what we have
to chunk, line upon line.
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Is this what the Bible said
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or is it what the
church is teaching?
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Hmm, well, I can, can see,
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it's kind of easy and don't say
that lightly but pay attention.
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It's kind of easy to see
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why many people answer this way.
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They answer because
they see the subject of law
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and they see the
subject of grace as,
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listen carefully, as like a
billboard would read out side
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when you pass it by and
you see a little advertisement
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that which says,
"Muhammad Ali versus Foreman. "
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Wow.
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Do you remember
those, years ago,
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so many of you are
older but notice the word,
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just an illustration, "versus"
now what does that mean?
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See that's how
people view law and grace,
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one versus the other.
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One's against the other.
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There's only one who's
going to come out standing
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when the fight is
all said and done.
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Well, you know when
you have versus, one,
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you have number one,
you have the legalist view,
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you have the, you
call that the law camp
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and then you have the grace camp
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which says you
don't have to worry about
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being obedient, there's no laws,
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you are just under grace.
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That's it.
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Well, first
let's check something.
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First of all, law is
a Biblical principle.
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We find that all
through scripture.
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Grace is a Biblical principle.
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So we find quickly
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that the battle is not
between two, the two principles,
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but it's between
how the law is abused
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and how grace is abused.
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And let me tell you some of you
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who would believe in grace only.
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You're abusing grace
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and some of you who
believe in just law,
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yeah, you are abusing that too.
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But I believe there is a way.
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That is, we look at scripture
that we can balance the two
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and we balance it
not by how man thinks
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or man's words he
prints but by the word of God.
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It's only when, the
law, let's take that first,
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only when the law is
used as a means of salvation
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does it hit on with grace.
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Did you get it?
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When we use law
out of this position
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that god has it in
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all of the sudden
it begins to hit grace,
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if you take grace
and now this position
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hit on with the law.
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And so sometimes we do
that not really meaning too.
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Remember, these two
principle work together.
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They are a team. Now what?
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Oh, yeah, each,
having its own job to do.
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There's nothing more frustrating
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maybe in the world
today as when you know,
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two God's people are working
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and this guy is
always trying to your job.
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He is not doing on his
own but he's messing around
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trying to do what
you do in messing you up.
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And so he's kind
of out of his sphere.
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He needs to be.
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So let's look at
it kind of that way.
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Let's make this clear
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and I think it's very important
that we do to begin with.
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The law was never
meant, the law was never made,
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the law was never,
never, never designed to save.
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Wow, interesting thought.
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The law never
opposes grace. Never.
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So what is the
law designed to do?
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What is the law
supposed to show us?
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See, these are the things
that questions our legitimate
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and we need ask our self.
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The answer is simply this.
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From the word of God,
what is the law designed to do?
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To show us, what is sin.
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Very
interesting, what do I mean?
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It's simply the law is designed
to show us right and wrong.
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Oh, wow. Good and bad.
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Well, that's interesting.
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The Bible defines sin
and if you don't know this,
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it's going to mess you all up
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and many don't
because many churches,
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they just don't
want to talk about
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what the Biblical
definition of sin is.
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Well, you can read in
the Bible, verse John 3:4.
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Bible is very clear.
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"Sin is the
transgression of God's law.
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Oh, well, you
don't what that tells me,
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it tells me that
the law is in operation.
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You'll say, well, no,
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we've been told that
the law has done away.
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That tells me sin is the
transgression of God's law.
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It says right then that
God's law is in operation
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and let me just prove that
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because in the book of
Romans Chapter 4, verse 15,
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here's what the Bible said.
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It tells us,
"For where no law is,
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there is no transgression."
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So if there is no law
there is no transgression.
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If the law has done away with,
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we can do
anything we want to do.
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What a messed up world.
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Mostly world's doing that anyway
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and you see what a
messed up world we live in.
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What did the Bible say?
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Where there is no law,
there is no transgression.
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So when you are one
of those for god sake
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the law is been done away with,
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my mean, you
mean every thing goes.
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You need to re-think that,
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don't you, don't you believe it.
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And then Romans 5
verse 13 says this.
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It helps, it helps
to build this case.
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"But sin" notice,
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"is not imputed
where there is no law."
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Sin is not what? Imputed.
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It's not put to your
account. That's what it means.
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Sin is not put to my
account when there is no law.
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But then I read the Bible.
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It simply says in
Romans 6:23 that talked about
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"the wages of sin is death" wow.
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Wages of sin.
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But you know, praise
God. The works goes on.
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For some of you who are
just clawing and digging
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and not really sure
00:19:26.29\00:19:27.63
and when you
wanted to make a decision
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but sin has dominion over you.
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The verse goes on.
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You say, "All I hear
about is sin brings down."
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Read the verse on
"but the gift of God
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is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord."
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Oh, huh, wonderful news.
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But may I just kind
of stir you a little bit
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but how many have sinned?
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I'll do it just two or
three times as we study.
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But how many have sinned?
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Well, the Bible is
very clear in Romans 3:23.
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The Bible says, "all
have sinned" and what?
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We've "come short
of the glory of God"
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So some of you who
are self righteous,
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ooh, be careful.
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You need to get over it. Hmm.
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All have sinned.
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Some of you think you
own a little boat over there.
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We're on the same boat.
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We're going down
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unless we ask
Jesus to come in help us.
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I hope that makes sense to you.
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And then the Book of
Romans, Chapter 5 verse 12,
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even makes it
clear, the Bible says,
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"Wherefore," notice this,
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"as by one man sin
entered into the world"
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and the Bible says,
"and death" by what?
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"By sin."
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Wow, "so death then passed"
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notice, "upon all
men for all have sinned."
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Wow. What I have thought.
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Let, get your thinking cap
on, get your thinking cap on
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'cause you can go in a lot
of different directions here.
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But I think it's imperative
by the power of the Holy Spirit
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now we think this through.
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If I go back to the beginning,
Genesis, Chapter 1, verse 28,
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we find that the
dominion of this world,
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when God create the world,
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created, created Adam and Eve,
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He gave the dominion of
this world to Adam and Eve.
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Is that true?
Somebody said, "Amen" good.
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Listen, listen very carefully,
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if just oh, Lord, help it,
00:21:11.00\00:21:13.57
if just one of those two
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had been faithful,
had been faithful to God,
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this world would've been lost.
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But notice, they
weren't faithful to God.
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But in order for
sin to have dominion
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over the world,
they both had to fall.
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And they did. Wow.
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They changed leadership.
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If just one,
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what a paradise
it would still be.
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You see this is important.
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Found this in Review and Herald,
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in little magazine in June 10th.
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Now notice this,
it is written in 1890.
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Listen, truth back then
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and is still just too much truth
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today maybe even more so for us.
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Said, "He, Christ, He met Satan,
00:22:03.15\00:22:05.92
he met Satan's
attacks again and again,"
00:22:05.95\00:22:09.99
how did he meet
the Satan's attack?
00:22:10.03\00:22:11.56
"With, 'It is written.'"
00:22:11.59\00:22:12.93
Do you remember
Matthew chapter 4.
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This is how Jesus
defeated the enemy with
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"It is written" notice.
00:22:17.20\00:22:19.43
What happened?
00:22:19.47\00:22:20.80
Satan left as soon
as He begin to quote,
00:22:20.84\00:22:22.67
Jesus begin to quote scripture.
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Now notice.
00:22:25.17\00:22:26.68
This article says
00:22:26.71\00:22:28.04
"he left the field of
conflict a conquered foe."
00:22:28.08\00:22:32.61
Jesus always conquered
enemy because He knew the word.
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He had the word
of God in his heart
00:22:34.92\00:22:36.28
that he might not
sin against His Father.
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But notice how deep this goes.
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Notice it, notice.
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"Christ has redeemed,"
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no, "Christ has redeemed
00:22:46.86\00:22:49.96
Adam's disgraceful fall."
00:22:50.00\00:22:53.94
Christ came to
this earth to redeem",
00:22:53.97\00:22:56.20
notice this, "the
disgraceful fall of Adam,"
00:22:56.24\00:23:00.44
and he in his, and he
developed a perfect character,
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please pay attention.
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"A perfect obedience"
and what did Jesus do?
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"He left us an
example" that we should what?
00:23:09.92\00:23:12.35
Follow in his footsteps.
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He "left us an
example for the human family,
00:23:13.79\00:23:16.29
that they may,"
the article says,
00:23:16.32\00:23:18.06
"they may imitate the Pattern."
00:23:18.09\00:23:21.56
Now listen carefully.
00:23:21.60\00:23:22.93
Had Jesus "failed on
one point, in one point,
00:23:22.96\00:23:27.70
in reference to the law of God,
00:23:27.74\00:23:30.81
he would not have
been a perfect offering."
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"If he failed in one," one what?
00:23:35.41\00:23:37.45
In one point only.
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Now notice what, you
say oh, no, no wait there.
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Listen, how many
points did Adam fail?
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One and the world was
lost, interesting thought.
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But-Then I'd say
well, that makes sense.
00:23:51.66\00:23:55.33
Because we cannot
have one unconfessed sin
00:23:55.36\00:23:58.10
and think we're
going to make it to heaven.
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Adam and Eve, one transgression,
00:24:01.50\00:24:03.44
they were out.
00:24:03.47\00:24:05.04
Jesus could not in
one instance, have sinned
00:24:05.07\00:24:08.24
or he could not be my savior,
00:24:08.28\00:24:11.11
couldn't have
won the world back.
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What a mess that would've been.
00:24:12.51\00:24:15.05
And then I look
it up in the Bible
00:24:15.08\00:24:16.42
in James, chapter
2 and 10 through 12,
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we can read them
all, especially verse 10.
00:24:19.75\00:24:22.32
It said, "For whosoever
shall keep the whole law,"
00:24:22.36\00:24:26.53
notice, "and yet offend in
one point, he's guilty of all."
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Oh, I want you to see
how that it adds up please.
00:24:31.63\00:24:35.74
Think of what
Christ's obedience means to me.
00:24:35.77\00:24:39.44
Think about it, a lost
sinner. No hope for me.
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So what does Christ's victory,
00:24:43.98\00:24:45.81
his obedience mean
to us today, all of us?
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You know what it means?
00:24:48.42\00:24:50.02
It means that in His strength,
I may obey His requirements.
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Through His
strength, I may obey.
00:24:54.92\00:24:57.89
And some of you out there
00:24:57.93\00:24:59.26
fooling around with this subject
00:24:59.29\00:25:00.63
bless your heart when you say
we don't have to be obedient.
00:25:00.66\00:25:03.26
We don't have to gain
victory over sin in our life.
00:25:03.30\00:25:05.73
You, need to
re-think this questions.
00:25:05.77\00:25:08.10
You need to get
back in the word of God.
00:25:08.14\00:25:09.60
That's the devil putting
those thoughts in your mind.
00:25:09.64\00:25:13.54
I want to put
your cap on once again.
00:25:13.58\00:25:16.34
Because you know,
Christ overcame the enemy
00:25:16.38\00:25:19.11
and He overcame the
enemy not because He needed to
00:25:19.15\00:25:22.18
but He did in my behalf.
00:25:22.22\00:25:23.55
He did it in your
behalf. And when did he do it?
00:25:23.59\00:25:26.99
Christ came to
this earth 4000 years,
00:25:27.02\00:25:32.13
4000 years after Adam.
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And then when He
came to this earth,
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listen to this article
00:25:36.90\00:25:38.23
The Review and
Herald on July 28, 1874,
00:25:38.27\00:25:40.70
listen, it says, "the
human family was departing
00:25:40.74\00:25:45.57
every successive
generation farther and farther
00:25:45.61\00:25:50.01
from the original
purity and wisdom and knowledge
00:25:50.05\00:25:53.52
which Adam
possessed in the garden.
00:25:53.55\00:25:56.89
Christ bore the sins,
the infirmities of the race
00:25:56.92\00:26:01.06
as they existed when he
came to this earth to help man."
00:26:01.09\00:26:06.03
Notice that,
"with the weaknesses
00:26:06.06\00:26:08.26
of fallen man upon him,
00:26:08.30\00:26:11.03
he was to stand the temptations
of Satan upon all points
00:26:11.07\00:26:15.57
where with man
would be assailed."
00:26:15.60\00:26:17.97
My Bible says, and I
read, Hebrews 4, verse 15,
00:26:18.01\00:26:21.11
"but He was
tempted in all points,"
00:26:21.14\00:26:23.01
the Bible said as
we are yet without sin.
00:26:23.04\00:26:26.48
Oh, how
wonderful. What good news.
00:26:26.51\00:26:28.95
What kind of news
would you want today?
00:26:28.98\00:26:31.75
This is wonderful news.
00:26:31.79\00:26:33.22
He came, He
lived a perfect life,
00:26:33.25\00:26:35.69
and He offers it to me.
00:26:35.72\00:26:37.06
He says now, "Because I did it,
00:26:37.09\00:26:38.43
I offer you, you can do it too."
00:26:38.46\00:26:40.06
By his grace, by his strength.
00:26:40.10\00:26:42.73
You see, we got to be
careful and not try to replace
00:26:42.76\00:26:47.37
the law with grace or
replace grace with the law.
00:26:47.40\00:26:51.51
Be careful how you
juggle, you mess with it,
00:26:51.54\00:26:54.71
you try to erase one,
00:26:54.74\00:26:56.08
build one up
and leave the other.
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The Bible does not do
that. They are both valid.
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Yes, they are different,
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have different
functions but they are valid.
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Why?
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My Bible makes it very clear
00:27:05.95\00:27:07.29
in Romans Chapter 8
verse 4, the Bible says,
00:27:07.32\00:27:10.43
we've- here's where we find
the righteousness of the law,
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notice this, in this passage
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and we find the
power of grace here.
00:27:14.70\00:27:18.67
So what do we find?
00:27:18.70\00:27:20.24
The righteousness of the law
and we find the power of grace.
00:27:20.27\00:27:23.51
Let's read Romans 8, verse 4.
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The Bible says,
00:27:25.77\00:27:27.11
"The righteousness of the
law might be fulfilled" where?
00:27:27.14\00:27:30.68
"In us who walk not after" what?
00:27:30.71\00:27:33.75
Oh, "not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit."
00:27:33.78\00:27:37.62
The righteousness of the law.
00:27:37.65\00:27:39.55
Don't anyone
come and start saying,
00:27:39.59\00:27:40.92
"Well, the law is no good."
00:27:40.96\00:27:42.29
The Bible says it's righteous.
00:27:42.32\00:27:45.09
Wow, the righteousness
00:27:45.13\00:27:46.49
of the law might
be fulfilled in me
00:27:46.53\00:27:49.56
who, if I won't
walk after the spirit,
00:27:49.60\00:27:51.80
you the world, but if
I walk after the spirit.
00:27:51.83\00:27:54.90
Oh, how wonderful that is.
00:27:54.94\00:27:56.71
You remember, it
said, it might be fulfilled.
00:27:56.74\00:27:58.71
The word fulfills
simply means, it might be,
00:27:58.74\00:28:01.74
it might be realized in my life.
00:28:01.78\00:28:04.41
It means that it
might be met in my life
00:28:04.45\00:28:07.42
if I let the
things of the world go,
00:28:07.45\00:28:09.38
let go the hand of the devil
00:28:09.42\00:28:11.15
and put my hand in
the hand of Jesus Christ.
00:28:11.19\00:28:13.66
I walk after the spirit.
00:28:13.69\00:28:15.46
You see grace here in this verse
00:28:15.49\00:28:17.36
enables us to
walk after the spirit.
00:28:17.39\00:28:20.56
Isn't that
beautiful? Grace enables me.
00:28:20.60\00:28:23.97
I don't deserve it.
00:28:24.00\00:28:26.40
Grace allows me to
walk after the spirit.
00:28:26.43\00:28:29.94
Praise God.
00:28:29.97\00:28:31.61
How about a
little food for thought?
00:28:31.64\00:28:33.17
Some of you are going to say,
00:28:33.21\00:28:34.54
"Well, I've got too
much to think about already
00:28:34.58\00:28:36.51
but a little
more food for thought.
00:28:36.54\00:28:39.21
Remember, those of you who say,
00:28:39.25\00:28:40.58
"Well, the law of
God has done away,
00:28:40.62\00:28:41.95
we won't have to worry
about all of that anymore."
00:28:41.98\00:28:43.72
God did not give his
son in order to change
00:28:43.75\00:28:47.39
or to abolish in any
way for more fashion his law
00:28:47.42\00:28:51.93
or to release us
from the necessity
00:28:51.96\00:28:54.96
of building a perfect character.
00:28:55.00\00:28:57.37
Wow, perfect obedience.
00:28:57.40\00:28:59.73
Wow.
00:29:01.07\00:29:02.40
Christ came to make it possible.
00:29:03.30\00:29:05.51
Listen, my brothers and sisters,
00:29:05.54\00:29:06.94
Christ came to
make it possible for men
00:29:06.98\00:29:09.94
to render perfect obedience.
00:29:09.98\00:29:12.65
You know what that means.
00:29:12.68\00:29:14.02
That means the
law fulfilled in us.
00:29:14.05\00:29:17.52
Wow. The law fulfilled in us.
00:29:17.55\00:29:21.39
And let me say for
you doubting Thomases
00:29:21.42\00:29:23.26
that you are not getting it
because you are fighting it.
00:29:23.29\00:29:25.69
Listen, then Cross of Calvary,
00:29:25.73\00:29:29.20
proves beyond
the shadow of a doubt
00:29:29.23\00:29:31.27
that the law of
God cannot be changed.
00:29:31.30\00:29:33.74
It cannot be done away
with. Please keep that in mind.
00:29:33.77\00:29:37.17
Thank God for grace
clearly seen in both
00:29:37.21\00:29:40.48
the Old Testament
and the New Testament.
00:29:40.51\00:29:43.28
Let's take a few
moments, shall we?
00:29:43.31\00:29:44.88
To cut it, just to dissect
the law and dissect grace.
00:29:44.91\00:29:49.52
Oh, I could go on and on
00:29:49.55\00:29:50.89
and many of you have
different thoughts on it
00:29:50.92\00:29:52.25
but just maybe this will
give you some food for thought
00:29:52.29\00:29:54.56
and you can dig
in for your self.
00:29:54.59\00:29:56.83
And then we need
to follow the Bible
00:29:56.86\00:29:58.83
and rightly
divide the word of God.
00:29:58.86\00:30:01.76
Have you read
that in 2 Timothy 2:15?
00:30:01.80\00:30:03.83
And then we add a little
bit more here in 2 Timothy 2:5,
00:30:03.87\00:30:06.84
the Bible said,
It tells us this,
00:30:06.87\00:30:09.24
"And if a man also
strive for masteries,
00:30:09.27\00:30:13.14
"is anyone
striving for the mastery?
00:30:13.17\00:30:15.98
And "yet he is not crowned,"
00:30:16.01\00:30:17.95
oh, he's striving
but he can't the crown.
00:30:17.98\00:30:20.62
He can't win.
00:30:20.65\00:30:21.98
Look what it says, "except"
"except he strive lawfully.
00:30:22.02\00:30:26.99
What does that mean?
00:30:27.02\00:30:28.46
You're trying to get a
crown, you want to go to heaven.
00:30:28.49\00:30:30.63
You don't have to strive.
00:30:30.66\00:30:32.46
But you can't get that
crown of victory unless you,
00:30:32.49\00:30:35.90
what does this Bible says,
"unless you strive lawfully."
00:30:35.93\00:30:39.30
And the Greek word, nominals,
is what that Greek word is.
00:30:39.33\00:30:42.87
You know what that means,
00:30:42.90\00:30:44.24
that means he agrees
00:30:44.27\00:30:45.81
or he is agreeable
to the list of rules.
00:30:45.84\00:30:50.18
Huh, the man that strives,
the man that wins the victory,
00:30:50.21\00:30:54.32
is because he's
agreed to the list of rules
00:30:54.35\00:30:57.92
that God has set up not man.
00:30:57.95\00:31:00.02
Interesting, huh.
00:31:00.06\00:31:02.02
The man once said, he said that
the crying need of our times,
00:31:02.06\00:31:08.23
the crying needs, it ain't
just the needs of our times,
00:31:08.26\00:31:10.37
he said the
crying and certainly,
00:31:10.40\00:31:12.17
maybe with tears, the
crying need of our time,
00:31:12.20\00:31:14.70
is a deep conviction of sin
00:31:14.74\00:31:18.47
and if this is ever
going to take place,
00:31:18.51\00:31:21.24
if it's ever going to be
brought about is that he said,
00:31:21.28\00:31:24.38
it must be by the religious
teachers being led to study.
00:31:24.41\00:31:28.75
Notice this, study
the law and the gospel.
00:31:28.78\00:31:33.29
You see, we can
miss out on something
00:31:34.56\00:31:36.32
if we rule one out
00:31:36.36\00:31:37.96
or if we don't
believe that we should.
00:31:37.99\00:31:39.86
You know, law or
grace or grace or law.
00:31:39.89\00:31:42.96
Wow, what a revival
we need in this subject.
00:31:43.00\00:31:46.17
Let's look at the law shall
we and see what part it plays?
00:31:46.20\00:31:49.77
And that only might
jump off your seat just yet
00:31:49.80\00:31:51.64
because the law plays
a part in our salvation.
00:31:51.67\00:31:55.14
Oh, that's going
to scare some of you.
00:31:55.18\00:31:56.51
But let's see how
the Bible defines that.
00:31:56.54\00:31:58.65
Bible says, let's
begin with in Psalms 19:7,
00:31:58.68\00:32:01.45
you know it well.
00:32:01.48\00:32:02.98
It says, "The law of
the Lord" or the law,
00:32:03.02\00:32:05.32
it means the doctrines,
the teachings of the Lord,
00:32:05.35\00:32:07.82
they said, they are "perfect,"
they are "converting."
00:32:07.86\00:32:10.96
Did you notice that?
00:32:10.99\00:32:12.33
Converting means, it's
the "restoring the soul."
00:32:12.36\00:32:15.33
"The testimony or the
witness of the Lord is sure,
00:32:15.36\00:32:19.27
making wise the simple."
00:32:19.30\00:32:21.20
Well, there's a lot,
00:32:21.24\00:32:22.57
oh, I'm going to be
careful of this one.
00:32:22.60\00:32:23.94
There's a lot of us
simpletons running around.
00:32:23.97\00:32:25.97
Somebody with me?
00:32:26.01\00:32:27.44
Lot of us are
simple but praise God,
00:32:27.48\00:32:29.74
He's promised, the what?
00:32:29.78\00:32:31.11
His word, His law, His teaching,
00:32:31.15\00:32:32.95
His doctrine is to
convert me, it can restore me,
00:32:32.98\00:32:35.85
it can bring me back...
00:32:35.88\00:32:37.49
and it makes the simple wise.
00:32:38.65\00:32:41.22
Praise God for that.
00:32:41.26\00:32:43.16
And of course, if you got time,
00:32:43.19\00:32:44.53
read all of Psalms 19
especially 7 through 14.
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Read those verses.
00:32:49.70\00:32:51.03
Here's what you'll
find quickly in a nut shell
00:32:51.07\00:32:52.70
what the Psalmist writes down.
00:32:52.73\00:32:55.67
He says, you know,
that the law of God
00:32:55.70\00:32:58.04
in the natural world
is what we are looking at,
00:32:58.07\00:33:01.28
He connects them together.
00:33:01.31\00:33:02.68
The laws in the natural world
00:33:02.71\00:33:04.71
with the laws given
to His created beings.
00:33:04.75\00:33:08.08
He's connected them together.
00:33:08.12\00:33:10.55
Wow, so what's
the bottom line here?
00:33:10.59\00:33:13.29
You're going to
take-- do a lot of reading,
00:33:13.32\00:33:14.82
is simply obey the voice of God.
00:33:14.86\00:33:17.83
You say, "Yeah, but wait,
00:33:17.86\00:33:19.19
we were not taught in
our church to be obedient.
00:33:19.23\00:33:21.96
1 Samuel 5 isn't it?
00:33:22.00\00:33:23.87
15:22 says it is better
"to obey than to sacrifice."
00:33:23.90\00:33:29.70
As you read the
Books of Acts, chapter 5,
00:33:29.74\00:33:32.74
you read here in
verse about what?
00:33:32.77\00:33:34.21
32, it says "The Holy Spirit
00:33:34.24\00:33:36.34
is given to those who obey him."
00:33:36.38\00:33:38.51
If you are obeying him
00:33:38.55\00:33:39.88
you cannot have the Holy Spirit.
00:33:39.91\00:33:41.25
You can say all you want.
00:33:41.28\00:33:42.62
The Bible said,
00:33:42.65\00:33:43.99
the Holy Spirit is
given to those who obey God.
00:33:44.02\00:33:46.69
If you are disobeying you
are lead by another spirit.
00:33:46.72\00:33:48.59
Somebody needs
to fasten up here.
00:33:48.62\00:33:50.83
We need to get
down to it right now
00:33:50.86\00:33:52.46
because some of you are not.
00:33:52.49\00:33:53.83
You are playing church...
00:33:53.86\00:33:55.26
you are going to be caught
00:33:56.77\00:33:58.10
one of these days
brothers and sisters.
00:33:58.13\00:33:59.47
We don't want to be caught.
00:33:59.50\00:34:00.84
Does the law play
a part in helping us?
00:34:00.87\00:34:03.30
Think with me, does the
law play a part in helping us?
00:34:03.34\00:34:06.88
Let's do point one
quickly jot it down.
00:34:06.91\00:34:08.81
Roman's 3:20 says, in
fact it gives us the answer,
00:34:08.84\00:34:12.35
it says "for by the law
is the knowledge of sin."
00:34:12.38\00:34:16.18
So quickly, we get down.
00:34:16.22\00:34:17.55
What is that--
what's the function
00:34:17.59\00:34:18.99
of God's Ten Commandment law?
00:34:19.02\00:34:20.42
The Bible says,
00:34:20.46\00:34:21.89
that "By the law is
the knowledge of sin"
00:34:21.92\00:34:24.23
so therefore I
will know what is wrong.
00:34:24.26\00:34:26.80
I will know
what I should not do.
00:34:26.83\00:34:28.40
I will know, I know
what's-- might hurt me,
00:34:28.43\00:34:30.57
hurt my family, hurt the world,
00:34:30.60\00:34:32.20
hurt my brothers
and sisters, hurt God.
00:34:32.23\00:34:34.84
That's the function of it.
Paul makes it perfectly clear.
00:34:34.87\00:34:39.37
The law points out sin and
then he goes on in Romans 7:7.
00:34:39.41\00:34:44.01
It's even clearer.
00:34:44.05\00:34:45.88
He said, "What
shall we say then?
00:34:45.91\00:34:47.98
Is the law sin? God forbid."
00:34:48.02\00:34:51.29
He says, "Nay, I had not
known sin, but by the law."
00:34:51.32\00:34:55.12
He said, I
wouldn't know what was sin.
00:34:55.16\00:34:56.99
I didn't know what
was right or wrong,
00:34:57.03\00:34:58.79
except the law pointed it out.
00:34:58.83\00:35:00.43
Oh, there's a
function there, isn't there.
00:35:00.46\00:35:02.76
So what if he's
all done way with,
00:35:02.80\00:35:04.13
would you know,
what's right or wrong.
00:35:04.17\00:35:05.50
Would you?
00:35:05.53\00:35:06.87
I don't think so.
00:35:06.90\00:35:08.64
Paul goes on, he said,
"for I had not known lust,
00:35:08.67\00:35:12.87
except the law had said," what?
00:35:12.91\00:35:14.54
"Thou shalt not covet.
00:35:14.58\00:35:16.18
Wow. So it makes sense.
00:35:16.21\00:35:19.48
If there was not a law
00:35:19.51\00:35:22.48
how would we
know right from wrong?
00:35:22.52\00:35:25.89
You see, so how many
have, that devil has this.
00:35:25.92\00:35:29.99
He has full, bless your heart,
you would not know what sin is,
00:35:30.03\00:35:34.93
you wouldn't know
what a transgression is,
00:35:34.96\00:35:37.43
if it wasn't for the law.
00:35:37.47\00:35:38.83
There's a purpose.
Please keep that in mind.
00:35:38.87\00:35:40.87
Point number two.
00:35:40.90\00:35:42.67
The law brings a sense of guilt.
00:35:42.70\00:35:47.34
The law brings a sense of guilt.
00:35:47.38\00:35:49.04
In other words, I look
and I read and nothing,
00:35:49.08\00:35:50.41
whoa, oh, boy
hmm, I missed that one.
00:35:50.45\00:35:53.92
So sense of guilt.
00:35:53.95\00:35:55.28
Now notice, in other
words, the Lord speaks to us.
00:35:55.32\00:35:59.02
Have you thought, when
we read the word of God,
00:35:59.05\00:36:00.39
it speaks to us.
00:36:00.42\00:36:02.42
Romans 3, verse
19, Lord have mercy.
00:36:02.46\00:36:05.03
Now let's see what it
says, "Now we know that
00:36:05.06\00:36:07.30
what things soever"
notice, "the law saith,
00:36:07.33\00:36:11.70
it saith to those
who are under the law"
00:36:11.73\00:36:15.20
or in the law or
subject to the law,
00:36:15.24\00:36:18.07
or maybe some of
those who are saying,
00:36:18.11\00:36:20.04
we keep the law, oh,
boy we're going to be saved.
00:36:20.08\00:36:23.24
Hmm, and to every
mouth the Bible says,
00:36:23.28\00:36:26.68
"may be stopped,
00:36:26.72\00:36:28.05
all the world
may become guilty,"
00:36:28.08\00:36:30.45
that means what?
00:36:30.49\00:36:31.82
Accountable "before God."
00:36:31.85\00:36:34.26
These are heavy duty
passages I wish we had more time
00:36:34.29\00:36:36.32
to talk about them but we don't.
00:36:36.36\00:36:38.63
Some of you say,
"Yeah, but law and grace
00:36:38.66\00:36:40.40
and if you just kind of
look at the Old Testament,
00:36:40.43\00:36:43.80
let's just say it quickly here,
00:36:43.83\00:36:45.17
just food for
thought and we just move on.
00:36:45.20\00:36:46.53
The Old Testament was
divided into three sections
00:36:46.57\00:36:50.14
as most of you know.
00:36:50.17\00:36:51.77
It was divided into the law,
00:36:51.81\00:36:53.44
into the
profits, and in the Psalms
00:36:53.48\00:36:56.21
okay, and notice, especially,
Paul was talking to those
00:36:56.24\00:37:00.28
whom this was given and
he's talking to us today.
00:37:00.32\00:37:04.39
Wow.
00:37:04.42\00:37:05.75
You mean, he's speaking
to the New Testament church?
00:37:05.79\00:37:07.42
Absolutely.
00:37:07.46\00:37:09.02
Once again, Romans
Chapter 3, verse 23.
00:37:09.06\00:37:11.86
Notice what does the Bible say?
00:37:11.89\00:37:13.70
"All have sinned,
00:37:13.73\00:37:15.16
"wow, we've "come
short of the glory God."
00:37:15.20\00:37:17.57
So what does the
Law do once again?
00:37:17.60\00:37:18.93
I'm going to go over and over.
00:37:18.97\00:37:20.30
The law simply points out sin
00:37:20.34\00:37:23.00
it tells us that
man has sold out.
00:37:23.04\00:37:25.87
He's sold his
self out to the enemy.
00:37:25.91\00:37:28.41
And there is no
way he can get back.
00:37:28.44\00:37:30.08
He's off course, he
can't get back on his own,
00:37:30.11\00:37:33.01
there is no way he
can get back on his own.
00:37:33.05\00:37:35.38
He's going to need some help.
00:37:35.42\00:37:37.52
His only help is in
Christ you know that.
00:37:37.55\00:37:40.36
Point number three:
Now notice, what is says?
00:37:40.39\00:37:44.49
I know, it's kind of-- you know,
00:37:44.53\00:37:45.86
I know we have to think
00:37:45.89\00:37:47.23
and we need to be
jotting these down.
00:37:47.26\00:37:48.60
Point number 3: The law
acts as a spiritual mirror.
00:37:48.63\00:37:51.93
You've read this
many times, I know.
00:37:51.97\00:37:53.57
James brings this out.
00:37:53.60\00:37:54.94
I'm telling you
rather you know, nicely.
00:37:54.97\00:37:57.04
It is clear. We can't miss it.
00:37:57.07\00:37:59.91
So you have your
Bible or pencil and paper,
00:37:59.94\00:38:01.54
just jot down,
00:38:01.58\00:38:02.91
James Chapter 1 and read
verse 23, 24 for right now.
00:38:02.94\00:38:06.68
The Bible says,
notice this in James,
00:38:06.72\00:38:08.48
"if any man be
a hearer" of what?
00:38:08.52\00:38:11.02
"Hearer of the
word, and not a doer,
00:38:11.05\00:38:14.39
he is like a man"
okay, so we got a man here.
00:38:14.42\00:38:18.16
He is hearing
but he is not a doer.
00:38:18.19\00:38:20.06
There's a lot of Christians
sitting in the pews today,
00:38:20.10\00:38:21.93
you are hearers
but you are not a doer,
00:38:21.96\00:38:23.73
it's not acceptable to God.
00:38:23.77\00:38:25.87
Let's get down to it.
00:38:25.90\00:38:27.24
Let the Bible define
what's going on here.
00:38:27.27\00:38:28.80
Not me, not we,
I'm not judging you.
00:38:28.84\00:38:30.47
I don't know you.
00:38:30.51\00:38:32.21
But let the Bible speak to us.
00:38:32.24\00:38:35.44
He says like this man,
00:38:35.48\00:38:36.85
he "beholding" his
self in a "natural"
00:38:36.88\00:38:39.51
his "face in a glass"
"he beholdeth himself,
00:38:39.55\00:38:43.05
and then he goes
away," the Bible says.
00:38:43.08\00:38:45.89
"And straightway, he forgetteth
00:38:45.92\00:38:48.22
what manner of man he was."
00:38:48.26\00:38:49.59
Why?
00:38:49.62\00:38:50.96
Because he's not
looking into that glass.
00:38:50.99\00:38:52.49
He's not looking into
that mirror on a regular basis.
00:38:52.53\00:38:56.06
So he looks.
00:38:56.10\00:38:57.63
Some of us who look
in the mirror you know,
00:38:57.67\00:38:59.30
everyday and you're
getting cleaned up or whatever,
00:38:59.33\00:39:01.14
you don't like what you see,
00:39:01.17\00:39:02.50
think about if you
didn't look in the mirror.
00:39:02.54\00:39:04.14
Now we are talking
about just the looking glass.
00:39:04.17\00:39:06.11
But how about using
that as a spiritual.
00:39:06.14\00:39:08.34
You are not opening the
Bible, you are not reading
00:39:08.38\00:39:09.71
the word of God and
pursuing you're not reading it,
00:39:09.74\00:39:11.95
you are not looking into
and you go your way pursuing
00:39:11.98\00:39:13.92
and you forget what
kind of man you are.
00:39:13.95\00:39:15.32
You think you are right.
00:39:15.35\00:39:17.09
When God says "You know what?
00:39:17.12\00:39:18.45
It's all wrong" Then
James Chapter 1 verse 25,
00:39:18.49\00:39:21.86
oh, he answers that question.
00:39:21.89\00:39:23.76
What kind of a
man is he? What is he?
00:39:23.79\00:39:26.13
Bible says
"whosoever," "whosoever looketh
00:39:26.16\00:39:29.06
into the perfect law of liberty,
00:39:29.10\00:39:31.73
and continueth
therein" oh, "he being not just
00:39:31.77\00:39:36.04
a forgetful hearer, but
he's a doer of the work,
00:39:36.07\00:39:40.94
this man shall be
blessed in his deed."
00:39:40.98\00:39:43.01
God said, if we
continue to look in this mirror,
00:39:43.04\00:39:45.05
in this glass,
he's going to bless us
00:39:45.08\00:39:47.88
and we become a
doer, not just a hearer.
00:39:47.92\00:39:50.59
Now what is this?
00:39:50.62\00:39:51.95
We're talking about
this glass. This mirror.
00:39:51.99\00:39:54.69
Oh, the Bible is clear.
00:39:54.72\00:39:56.06
It's the perfect law of liberty.
00:39:56.09\00:39:58.46
Let no one tell
you in an any church
00:39:58.49\00:40:00.13
that the law of God
puts you into bondage,
00:40:00.16\00:40:02.56
it handcuffs you.
00:40:02.60\00:40:04.27
Ties your feet together.
00:40:04.33\00:40:05.67
You can be a
Christian as do and don't.
00:40:05.70\00:40:07.47
My Bible says the law of God
is the perfect law of liberty.
00:40:07.50\00:40:12.27
Liberty wherein I
know is I walk with God.
00:40:12.31\00:40:15.01
I'll know if I got off the path,
00:40:15.04\00:40:16.75
I'll know if I
stayed on the path
00:40:16.78\00:40:18.11
by the grace of God.
00:40:18.15\00:40:19.48
Lay your head down tonight
knowing your having wilfully
00:40:19.51\00:40:21.65
broken any of His commands.
00:40:21.68\00:40:23.52
Of course James goes on and says
00:40:23.55\00:40:24.89
about this
perfect law of liberty.
00:40:24.92\00:40:27.32
Chapter 2, 10 through 12.
00:40:27.36\00:40:29.76
It's going to be
used in the judgment.
00:40:29.79\00:40:32.69
God's righteous
Ten Commandment Law
00:40:32.73\00:40:34.60
will judge every man.
00:40:34.63\00:40:37.53
Wow, shouldn't we
be looking at it now?
00:40:37.57\00:40:39.17
Shouldn't we?
Absolutely we should.
00:40:39.20\00:40:42.40
Bible says that
it's a Holy Law of God.
00:40:42.44\00:40:45.24
The Holy Law of
God is the mirror.
00:40:45.27\00:40:48.34
But notice this, that
mirror can only point out
00:40:48.38\00:40:52.01
the defects in my character.
00:40:52.05\00:40:54.52
It can only point out
that dirt which is in my life.
00:40:54.55\00:40:57.42
It can only point
out where I've failed.
00:40:57.45\00:40:59.82
It can only point
out these dirty spots,
00:40:59.85\00:41:02.29
maybe no one else sees them
00:41:02.32\00:41:03.86
but God sees them and
when I look in that mirror,
00:41:03.89\00:41:06.03
it points them out to me.
00:41:06.06\00:41:08.40
But it can't take them away.
00:41:08.43\00:41:09.76
The law of God can't take
away that sin and that stain.
00:41:09.80\00:41:14.24
You might say, well,
00:41:14.27\00:41:15.60
"Hey, I'm not
worrying about all that, man.
00:41:15.64\00:41:17.14
I'm a New Testament believer.
00:41:17.17\00:41:20.34
I live by grace alone,
I live by faith alone."
00:41:20.38\00:41:24.01
Is that possibly true?
00:41:24.05\00:41:25.51
Is that the way the
Bible really teaches?
00:41:25.55\00:41:27.62
Well, if I look at my Bible
in Romans Chapter 3, verse 31,
00:41:27.65\00:41:31.95
it tells me,
00:41:31.99\00:41:33.32
"Do we then make void
the law through faith?
00:41:33.36\00:41:36.29
You said, "Oh, I'm
just living by faith."
00:41:36.32\00:41:37.69
Do we make void
the law through faith?
00:41:37.73\00:41:39.43
The Bible says, "God
forbid: we establish the law."
00:41:39.46\00:41:42.16
Well, I can't do there.
00:41:42.20\00:41:44.63
We're going to have
to re-think the issue.
00:41:44.67\00:41:46.84
Please again, what? Is
the purpose of the mirror?
00:41:46.87\00:41:51.64
Can it take away my sins?
00:41:51.67\00:41:54.74
Can it take away my spots? No.
00:41:54.78\00:41:57.38
Hmm, it can only point out
00:41:57.41\00:42:00.98
that you, me,
that we all have spots.
00:42:01.02\00:42:04.39
And then I'm going
to need some attention.
00:42:04.42\00:42:07.56
I'm going to have something done
00:42:07.59\00:42:09.29
that's going to eat me up.
00:42:09.32\00:42:11.96
And you know what that law does?
00:42:11.99\00:42:14.06
'Cause I see all of this
here and I need some help.
00:42:14.10\00:42:16.80
It points me to Jesus
Christ, who is my only help.
00:42:16.83\00:42:20.97
Let's look quickly at
what the law cannot do.
00:42:21.00\00:42:24.37
Can we do that?
00:42:24.41\00:42:25.74
Uh, couple of
little things here.
00:42:25.77\00:42:27.24
Notice what the law cannot do.
00:42:27.28\00:42:29.64
We've looked at several already.
00:42:29.68\00:42:31.15
The law cannot
bring forgiveness,
00:42:31.18\00:42:34.22
or it cannot
bring justification,
00:42:34.25\00:42:36.55
which is forgiveness.
00:42:36.58\00:42:37.92
Justification, the
law cannot do that.
00:42:37.95\00:42:41.09
Romans 3:20 reveals,
"By the deeds of the law,"
00:42:41.12\00:42:45.46
notice this, "there
shall no flesh be justified."
00:42:45.49\00:42:49.46
That clears it
up for me, by what?
00:42:49.50\00:42:51.83
By the deeds of the law,
that no flesh can be justified.
00:42:51.87\00:42:55.04
I cannot have
forgiveness through the law.
00:42:55.07\00:42:57.44
Notice that.
00:42:57.47\00:42:58.81
The law says,
"Kenny you are a sinner,
00:42:58.84\00:43:01.78
you are under the
condemnation of the law."
00:43:01.81\00:43:03.85
There is no
forgiveness in that law.
00:43:03.88\00:43:05.91
There's no
justification in that law.
00:43:05.95\00:43:08.88
So it must be, there's
a function for the law.
00:43:08.92\00:43:11.65
There is a function for grace.
00:43:11.69\00:43:13.52
Number two: The
law cannot provide.
00:43:13.56\00:43:16.22
Listen carefully.
00:43:16.26\00:43:17.59
The law cannot
provide power over sin
00:43:17.63\00:43:20.30
or the life of sanctification.
00:43:20.33\00:43:22.10
It cannot. It's clear.
00:43:22.13\00:43:24.63
The Bible said the law is holy.
00:43:24.67\00:43:26.10
It's just, it's
good, it's spiritual
00:43:26.13\00:43:28.87
but it cannot be done away with
00:43:28.90\00:43:31.34
and it cannot be
just changed or replaced.
00:43:31.37\00:43:34.64
But, listen, it cannot
00:43:34.68\00:43:37.55
and it cannot change the sinner.
00:43:37.58\00:43:40.28
The law cannot change, the
Ten Commandment Law of God,
00:43:40.32\00:43:42.88
even holy,
just, good, spiritual,
00:43:42.92\00:43:44.65
it cannot change the sinner.
00:43:44.69\00:43:46.25
The sinner is hopeless.
He now sees the dirty spots.
00:43:46.29\00:43:49.62
He now sees the sin.
00:43:49.66\00:43:50.99
He sees he's weak,
he sees there's no help.
00:43:51.03\00:43:53.76
Not anywhere else, he
just needs to look to someone
00:43:53.80\00:43:55.56
who one can help him
and begins to look up.
00:43:55.60\00:43:57.20
He begins to look to Jesus.
00:43:57.23\00:44:00.14
Sinner needs this
thing called grace.
00:44:00.17\00:44:05.71
See there would be no need
for grace if there wasn't sin.
00:44:05.74\00:44:08.54
All you New Testament
believers, grace, grace, grace,
00:44:08.58\00:44:10.61
you wouldn't need
grace if there wasn't sin
00:44:10.65\00:44:12.45
and you can't have
sin unless there's a law.
00:44:12.48\00:44:14.65
Wow, something must
be in effect here for us.
00:44:14.68\00:44:19.25
I need it.
00:44:19.29\00:44:20.62
I've come to Him and I
need this thing called grace.
00:44:20.66\00:44:23.66
Quickly let's look
everything that we enjoy.
00:44:23.69\00:44:26.16
Bless your
heart just Christians.
00:44:26.19\00:44:28.10
Every experience is because
of the matchless grace of God.
00:44:28.13\00:44:33.80
Everything you experience,
everything you read in it
00:44:33.84\00:44:36.54
praise God for that grace.
00:44:36.57\00:44:38.21
Galatians Chapter
1, verse 5, the Bible,
00:44:38.24\00:44:40.11
talks about grace.
00:44:40.14\00:44:41.48
It said, "We are
called into His grace."
00:44:41.51\00:44:43.68
Praise God.
00:44:43.71\00:44:45.05
Acts Chapter 18, verse
27, the Bible is clear.
00:44:45.08\00:44:47.88
It says, "We even
believe through His grace.
00:44:47.92\00:44:50.79
And then we dig a
little bit deeper in Titus 3:7,
00:44:50.82\00:44:53.36
when the Bible said, "We
are justified by His grace.
00:44:53.39\00:44:56.36
Notice, and 1
Corinthians 15, verse 10.
00:44:56.39\00:45:01.00
Do you remember Paul
said, "I am what I am."
00:45:01.03\00:45:04.63
What, "Because of
God' grace I am what I am."
00:45:04.67\00:45:08.04
You are what you are
in your walk with Jesus
00:45:08.07\00:45:10.87
because of grace.
00:45:10.91\00:45:12.31
Friends, don't ever forget that.
00:45:12.34\00:45:14.04
It has a function.
00:45:14.08\00:45:16.04
And of course
Ephesians 2, verses 5 and 8
00:45:16.08\00:45:18.81
really brings it on down,
00:45:18.85\00:45:20.28
"We are saved by
grace not by keeping a law.
00:45:20.32\00:45:23.95
We're saved by
grace. The Bible says that.
00:45:23.99\00:45:26.65
And I looked at
the meaning of grace
00:45:26.69\00:45:28.02
and there are so
many different meanings,
00:45:28.06\00:45:29.39
it's just, it goes over my head.
00:45:29.42\00:45:30.99
But I tell you
when I say, grace.
00:45:31.03\00:45:32.36
There is something
powerful about that word.
00:45:32.39\00:45:34.46
There is something that
is abounded about that word.
00:45:34.50\00:45:37.57
There's something
that's saving in that word.
00:45:37.60\00:45:41.20
There's something
about grace that tells me
00:45:41.24\00:45:43.20
about the love of
God that has for me,
00:45:43.24\00:45:45.84
He has it and for you.
00:45:45.87\00:45:47.84
There's something about grace
00:45:47.88\00:45:49.98
that shown towards sinners,
that's all of us in this world
00:45:50.01\00:45:53.45
and that grace can be seen,
00:45:53.48\00:45:54.98
that love can be seen
in His Son, Jesus Christ.
00:45:55.02\00:45:59.02
How beautiful it is
when you look at this.
00:45:59.05\00:46:03.06
As mentioned, "All have sinned
00:46:03.09\00:46:04.59
and come short of
the glory of God."
00:46:04.63\00:46:06.29
We are worthy of death.
00:46:06.33\00:46:07.90
But God showed us
favor. God shows us pardon.
00:46:07.93\00:46:12.07
And you know what?
00:46:12.10\00:46:13.44
This act of God
is Holy undeserved,
00:46:13.47\00:46:17.17
is Holy unmerited
by the human race.
00:46:17.21\00:46:20.64
And you say, "Well, well,
00:46:20.68\00:46:22.01
I think I'm
pretty-" let me tell you why.
00:46:22.04\00:46:23.85
It's unmerited.
You don't deserve it.
00:46:23.88\00:46:25.81
I don't deserve it. Why?
00:46:25.85\00:46:27.65
Because my Bible says, in
Romans Chapter 1, verses 21
00:46:27.68\00:46:31.75
and 31 and 32.
00:46:31.79\00:46:33.82
Read them carefully.
00:46:33.86\00:46:35.19
It says, because we were built
against God, we've hated Him.
00:46:35.22\00:46:38.23
We've done
everything against God.
00:46:38.26\00:46:40.33
That's why we don't deserve it.
00:46:40.36\00:46:42.26
Now Bible even gets clear.
00:46:42.30\00:46:43.63
Romans 1, 18 and verse
25, keep jotting these down.
00:46:43.67\00:46:47.27
Again, the Bible
simply says, Romans chapter 1,
00:46:47.30\00:46:50.21
did you jot that down 18 and 25.
00:46:50.24\00:46:52.24
It says we have
perverted the truth.
00:46:52.27\00:46:55.88
Sad to live in so what we
call it Christian world today.
00:46:55.91\00:46:59.05
And the Christians
are perverting the truth.
00:46:59.08\00:47:01.12
It's not the
infidels and the unbelievers.
00:47:01.15\00:47:03.02
People sitting in
the pews, twisting them,
00:47:03.05\00:47:05.09
maligning scriptures
00:47:05.12\00:47:06.45
so they can live
a life for the devil
00:47:06.49\00:47:07.82
and still call
themselves a Christians.
00:47:07.86\00:47:09.19
Somebody needs to get
with the program today.
00:47:09.22\00:47:11.79
God said, I give you grace,
00:47:11.83\00:47:13.16
Holy, undeserved and
you don't deserve it.
00:47:13.19\00:47:14.96
It's unmerited favor. Why?
00:47:15.00\00:47:18.30
Romans 1:23 says,
00:47:18.33\00:47:20.94
we don't want to
worship God only.
00:47:20.97\00:47:23.20
We want to have
all the other gods.
00:47:23.24\00:47:25.74
Romans Chapter 1,
24 through 27, says,
00:47:25.77\00:47:28.44
we were made in His image
and we defaced that image.
00:47:28.48\00:47:32.35
Why does he still
love us like he does?
00:47:32.38\00:47:34.85
Romans 2, verse 24.
00:47:34.88\00:47:36.89
He said, we've
even come to disappoint.
00:47:36.92\00:47:38.39
We've blasphemed His name.
00:47:38.42\00:47:41.09
Book of Acts,
Chapter 7, verse 52,
00:47:41.12\00:47:43.56
it said, we killed His son.
00:47:43.59\00:47:46.09
You think you are deserving
of anything that I'm deserving.
00:47:46.13\00:47:48.26
Oh, we're not deserving.
00:47:48.30\00:47:49.83
But let me tell you
there's good news for you
00:47:49.86\00:47:51.43
and there is good news for
me in Romans Chapter 2, verse 4.
00:47:51.47\00:47:54.77
Because number 1, God
continues to love you.
00:47:54.80\00:47:57.97
He continues to love me,
00:47:58.01\00:47:59.51
He continues to
show that He loves me.
00:47:59.54\00:48:01.51
He continues to shower loving
kindness upon each one of us.
00:48:01.54\00:48:04.81
He extends His grace to me
00:48:04.85\00:48:07.02
when I'm
fighting against Him, why?
00:48:07.05\00:48:10.82
Well, Romans 2:4 says why,
00:48:10.85\00:48:13.52
"that the goodness of God
leadeth thee to repentance"
00:48:13.56\00:48:18.29
wow.
00:48:18.33\00:48:19.66
Why is God putting up
with us? Because He loves you.
00:48:19.69\00:48:22.26
He's drawing you.
His love, the, what?
00:48:22.30\00:48:24.63
Lead you to repentance.
That's what he's doing.
00:48:24.67\00:48:26.33
I'm showing you love
when you don't deserve it.
00:48:26.37\00:48:28.30
I died for you when you
didn't. You didn't deserve it.
00:48:28.34\00:48:31.61
You are worthy of death.
I took every thing for you.
00:48:31.64\00:48:33.78
You would've
already get beat up,
00:48:33.81\00:48:35.14
you getting beat,
nailed to a cross.
00:48:35.18\00:48:36.75
I did it for you and hope say
00:48:36.78\00:48:38.28
that you will
someday turn to me.
00:48:38.31\00:48:40.72
Devine grace is
called in scripture
00:48:40.75\00:48:43.32
in Romans 5:15, "a free gift"
00:48:43.35\00:48:45.99
In 2 Corinthians, quickly, 12:9.
00:48:46.02\00:48:48.46
We are running out of time.
00:48:48.49\00:48:49.82
The Bible said,
God's grace is sufficient.
00:48:49.86\00:48:52.13
How wonderful. 2
Corinthians 4:15.
00:48:52.16\00:48:55.26
It says, its grace is
abundant, it's abounding grace.
00:48:55.30\00:48:59.93
There is no limit to His grace.
00:48:59.97\00:49:01.54
However rotten your sin
is, how low down your sin is,
00:49:01.57\00:49:04.21
God has more
grace to cover that.
00:49:04.24\00:49:06.01
His grace is greater.
00:49:06.04\00:49:07.64
Second Corinthians 9,
the Bible says, verse 14,
00:49:07.68\00:49:10.75
he says, it's
an exceeding grace.
00:49:10.78\00:49:12.88
You need it. I have to have it.
00:49:12.91\00:49:15.65
God's grace, it's unlimited.
00:49:15.68\00:49:18.35
And it takes
everything into account.
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His grace is transforming.
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It's changing hearts and lives
and men and women and children
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around the world today.
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And let me just
say this quickly.
00:49:27.26\00:49:28.60
God's grace is not merely,
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you know, we talk
about grace is not merely
00:49:30.23\00:49:31.63
just God's mercy
and His willingness
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to just to forgive us.
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It's more than that.
It's deeper than that.
00:49:37.51\00:49:40.51
But it's an energy
that he puts inside.
00:49:40.54\00:49:43.38
It's active, it's energizing.
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He puts the power
inside of us to save us.
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How wonderful grace is.
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Praise God.
Gospel Workers, page 70.
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It says, "Divine grace."
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Listen carefully
00:49:56.36\00:49:57.69
"is the great
element of saving power."
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Oh, awesome.
00:50:00.63\00:50:02.93
The grace, listen
to this carefully,
00:50:02.96\00:50:04.83
the grace of God
is the love of God
00:50:04.87\00:50:08.07
going on every direction.
00:50:08.10\00:50:10.67
It's all over the
place. Jump into it.
00:50:10.71\00:50:13.14
Ask him to give it to you.
00:50:13.17\00:50:15.11
Here the Bible
says in Acts 13:43,
00:50:15.14\00:50:17.35
"We are to
continue in his grace."
00:50:17.38\00:50:20.05
2 Peter, the Bible says,
3:18 "We are to grow in grace."
00:50:20.08\00:50:24.22
Romans 5:2, "We
are to stand in grace.
00:50:24.25\00:50:26.99
We are to rejoice in this hope.
00:50:27.02\00:50:29.36
Seven Testimonies,
"There is only one power."
00:50:29.39\00:50:32.56
One eighty-nine say,
"There is only one power
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that can either make us
steadfast or keep us so,
00:50:35.36\00:50:39.33
It's the grace of God,"
notice this, "in truth."
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Wow.
00:50:42.74\00:50:44.07
Salvation has never been by law.
00:50:44.11\00:50:47.24
It's never been by works.
00:50:47.28\00:50:49.08
Salvation, the
Bible said is by grace
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extended to us by Christ.
00:50:51.45\00:50:53.48
Nothing that man has done.
Nothing that man will ever do.
00:50:53.52\00:50:56.45
He cannot work his way in.
00:50:56.48\00:50:58.62
It's not away of
working his way of salvation.
00:50:58.65\00:51:01.46
Works though are the sure
results that you are saved.
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There will be.
We're justified by faith.
00:51:04.83\00:51:07.36
The Bible said.
00:51:07.40\00:51:08.73
And we are
justified by faith that works.
00:51:08.76\00:51:10.60
Read it back at
2:4. Romans 6: 14, 15.
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Read those verses when
you have an opportunity.
00:51:14.40\00:51:17.07
The Bible said, "For sin shall
not have dominion over you:
00:51:17.11\00:51:20.48
for you are not under the law,"
00:51:20.51\00:51:22.11
now remember that
means under the law
00:51:22.14\00:51:23.68
that means as a
means of salvation.
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But you are under grace.
Verse 15 says, "What then?
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Shall we sin, because
we are not under the law,
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but under the grace?
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God forbid." The Bible said.
00:51:32.32\00:51:33.96
Two quick points, we
are running out of time.
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I want to, for you new babes,
00:51:35.52\00:51:36.99
those who are
coming into the church.
00:51:37.03\00:51:38.46
You are coming to have
knowledge of Jesus Christ.
00:51:38.49\00:51:40.66
Don't just come and you know,
and just come to him and say,
00:51:40.70\00:51:43.60
"Well, I'm going to--
00:51:43.63\00:51:44.97
I'm going to work
my way into heaven.
00:51:45.00\00:51:46.33
I'm going to have to get busy.
00:51:46.37\00:51:48.94
It had nothing to
do with works, does it?
00:51:48.97\00:51:51.57
Yeah, when you are
saved there will be works.
00:51:51.61\00:51:54.08
You said, "Well,
I've got to work"
00:51:54.11\00:51:55.44
but, you can earn
any merit with God.
00:51:55.48\00:51:57.35
Remember, what
He gives you, right.
00:51:57.38\00:51:59.51
It's unmerited favor.
00:51:59.55\00:52:02.55
And those who are trying
to be holy by keeping the law,
00:52:02.58\00:52:06.76
this is impossible.
00:52:06.79\00:52:08.12
Keep that in mind.
00:52:08.16\00:52:09.49
Holiness is only
achieved by faith
00:52:09.52\00:52:12.46
through the
grace of Jesus Christ.
00:52:12.49\00:52:13.83
And point number two:
00:52:13.86\00:52:15.20
It's dangerous for
you to come in and say,
00:52:15.23\00:52:16.56
"I want to, I'd
just live by faith.
00:52:16.60\00:52:18.03
I'd just, just believe
00:52:18.07\00:52:19.53
and everything is
going to be just fine.
00:52:19.57\00:52:21.34
Oh, and "it's going to
release me from keeping the law,
00:52:21.37\00:52:24.17
God' law, I'm just,
that grace no works."
00:52:24.21\00:52:27.54
Funny when you read a book of
James chapter 2: 20 through 26.
00:52:27.58\00:52:30.95
"Faith without works is dead."
00:52:30.98\00:52:32.61
The Bible said and
then it goes on and says,
00:52:32.65\00:52:34.95
oh, but the, "By works
faith was made perfect.
00:52:34.98\00:52:38.65
We need to
re-reading our Bibles.
00:52:38.69\00:52:40.02
Don't you think?
Like never before.
00:52:40.06\00:52:41.92
There is a time we
really need to study.
00:52:41.96\00:52:44.43
We really need to look
at this thing called grace.
00:52:44.46\00:52:49.60
1st Selected Messages 394,
00:52:49.63\00:52:51.43
the Bible, the
spirit of prophecy says,
00:52:51.47\00:52:53.03
"Abundant grace
has been provided
00:52:53.07\00:52:55.54
that the believing soul
may be kept free from sin."
00:52:55.57\00:52:59.04
Wow.
00:52:59.07\00:53:00.51
3 Testimonies 541,
"We must have new grace
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fresh strength daily
in order to be victorious.
00:53:04.35\00:53:08.38
Wow.
00:53:08.42\00:53:09.75
In order to be
victorious, in order be free.
00:53:12.32\00:53:16.02
3 Testimonies 452,
00:53:16.06\00:53:17.56
"God's grace is needed to
correct defects of character."
00:53:17.59\00:53:22.03
Grace is the great
element in saving power
00:53:22.06\00:53:25.30
and man cannot
be saved without it.
00:53:25.33\00:53:27.87
God's grace, let me tell you,
00:53:27.90\00:53:29.24
God's grace can restore you
00:53:29.27\00:53:30.91
mentally and
physically and spiritually.
00:53:30.94\00:53:34.34
That's the grace of God.
00:53:34.38\00:53:36.71
Friends, you know in this study
00:53:36.75\00:53:38.08
we need to think about
it carefully, in this study.
00:53:38.11\00:53:40.82
We can see that there
is no actual conflict,
00:53:40.85\00:53:42.78
oh, no, we just
touched a little bit on it.
00:53:42.82\00:53:44.55
But I pray that
you can see there's-
00:53:44.59\00:53:45.92
there's no conflict
here between grace and law.
00:53:45.95\00:53:49.19
Not at all. Each
serves its purpose.
00:53:49.22\00:53:53.40
It serves its
purpose in God's plan.
00:53:53.43\00:53:55.93
Grace is not
opposed to the law of God,
00:53:55.96\00:53:58.43
which is a
standard of righteousness.
00:53:58.47\00:54:01.30
The law is not opposed to grace.
00:54:01.34\00:54:03.41
Each has its place.
00:54:03.44\00:54:04.97
Neither one
crossing over on the other.
00:54:05.01\00:54:07.64
Not trying to take
the other one's place,
00:54:07.68\00:54:09.61
not trying to
void out the other.
00:54:09.64\00:54:12.38
Man's made in the image of God.
00:54:12.41\00:54:14.48
When he was made
in the image of God,
00:54:14.52\00:54:15.85
he was sinless.
00:54:15.88\00:54:17.22
Man sinned.
00:54:17.25\00:54:18.59
Now praise God through
Jesus Christ, by God's grace,
00:54:18.62\00:54:21.22
man is to be restored back
into the image of God sinless.
00:54:21.26\00:54:27.16
Man, I want you
to do some study.
00:54:27.20\00:54:29.46
You may have comments,
you may have some questions.
00:54:29.50\00:54:31.10
Our time has run out.
You feel free to call.
00:54:31.13\00:54:34.47
You need this
series. You need them all.
00:54:34.50\00:54:36.87
You need to be
calling in right now and say,
00:54:36.91\00:54:38.91
"Oh, I need, I've
got to have that."
00:54:38.94\00:54:41.01
My friends need
to understand this.
00:54:41.04\00:54:42.78
I need to understand it better.
00:54:42.81\00:54:44.65
If we just had a
better understanding,
00:54:44.68\00:54:46.28
how simple this would
be to present the gospel.
00:54:46.31\00:54:50.05
God help us to see
the importance of it,
00:54:50.09\00:54:52.29
there are souls
on the line today.
00:54:52.32\00:54:53.89
Don't you want to help someone?
00:54:53.92\00:54:56.26
You know, song says their
souls that are sinking today.
00:54:56.29\00:54:59.09
What are you going to do,
00:54:59.13\00:55:00.46
you're going to
throw them a life line
00:55:00.50\00:55:01.83
or you're going
to turn your head
00:55:01.86\00:55:03.20
and say "Well, somebody
else will do at the pastor."
00:55:03.23\00:55:04.57
Oh, friend, not
today. I'm going to pray.
00:55:04.60\00:55:05.93
I've got to pray with
you, I always pray before we--
00:55:05.97\00:55:07.30
before we close.
00:55:07.34\00:55:08.67
Would you pray, that the
Holy Spirit will impress us
00:55:08.70\00:55:10.57
to move forward
together in the truth?
00:55:10.61\00:55:12.37
Let's pray.
00:55:12.41\00:55:14.31
Merciful, Father, in Heaven,
00:55:14.34\00:55:15.68
we thank you for
your sweet spirit.
00:55:15.71\00:55:17.45
Thank you for illuminating
our hearts and our minds
00:55:17.48\00:55:19.81
and for opening these beautiful,
00:55:19.85\00:55:21.78
beautiful truths to us.
00:55:21.82\00:55:23.65
Lord it just helps
us to love you more.
00:55:23.69\00:55:25.32
We see it clearly
through the power of thy spirit.
00:55:25.35\00:55:28.02
Thank you for your grace.
00:55:28.06\00:55:29.39
Thank you for the
law that points out sin
00:55:29.42\00:55:30.93
and for the grace
that gives us the victory.
00:55:30.96\00:55:33.19
We thank you and we praise you.
00:55:33.23\00:55:34.56
Open hearts, minds of
your children everywhere today,
00:55:34.60\00:55:37.47
that we might be
more than conquerors
00:55:37.50\00:55:39.23
through you in
Jesus' name, Amen.
00:55:39.27\00:55:42.04
Ain't that
wonderful to be able to take
00:55:43.71\00:55:45.04
a little bit of time and
study the word of God together.
00:55:45.07\00:55:47.48
You know, you make
that possible for us
00:55:47.51\00:55:49.98
here Behold the Lamb.
00:55:50.01\00:55:51.58
We can't do it without you.
00:55:51.61\00:55:53.35
Dozens of people say,
00:55:53.38\00:55:54.72
"Well, you know, you
really shouldn't do it?
00:55:54.75\00:55:56.15
We have to. We have
not because we ask not.
00:55:56.18\00:55:59.42
So you believe
these are present truths,
00:55:59.45\00:56:00.79
you believe
these are the messages
00:56:00.82\00:56:02.16
that need to be aired,
00:56:02.19\00:56:03.53
and then you are
going to help us do it.
00:56:03.56\00:56:04.89
You are going to be
sending those love gifts.
00:56:04.93\00:56:06.26
Why? Because it takes it.
00:56:06.29\00:56:07.93
It takes it to
get this gospel out.
00:56:07.96\00:56:10.07
I believe Jesus is coming. I
believe probation is closing.
00:56:10.10\00:56:12.67
I believe that we
are falling apart.
00:56:12.70\00:56:14.07
I believe that
we got luke-warmness
00:56:14.10\00:56:15.60
going on all over the place
00:56:15.64\00:56:17.07
and well, I'm praying
that God's going to put a fire
00:56:17.11\00:56:19.17
in our bellies that
we may finish this work.
00:56:19.21\00:56:22.61
Will you help us? God Bless you.
00:56:22.64\00:56:24.05
We look forward to
seeing you next time.
00:56:24.08\00:56:27.02
Hello, once
again and welcome back.
00:56:28.38\00:56:31.02
Law and grace,
what a beautiful picture
00:56:31.05\00:56:33.92
of a just and a loving God.
00:56:33.96\00:56:36.36
God changes not.
00:56:36.39\00:56:38.03
He's the same
yesterday, today and forever.
00:56:38.06\00:56:41.40
His law is a
transcript of who He is
00:56:41.43\00:56:44.77
and how His kingdom
is to operate in love
00:56:44.80\00:56:47.90
and devotion to Him
and to our fellow men.
00:56:47.94\00:56:51.31
As with any law that is broken
00:56:51.34\00:56:53.21
a punishment or a
consequence is the result.
00:56:53.24\00:56:56.68
And in this case
God's law was broken by men
00:56:56.71\00:57:00.32
and the result was
to be eternal death,
00:57:00.35\00:57:03.25
eternal separation
from our heavenly Father.
00:57:03.28\00:57:06.42
That's when His grace
fully presented itself to us.
00:57:06.45\00:57:10.66
His grace gives us
something that we as a person
00:57:10.69\00:57:13.66
who has broken God's
law and has thus sinned,
00:57:13.70\00:57:17.00
we don't deserve and
yet that forgiveness,
00:57:17.03\00:57:21.07
that forgiveness
and the eternal life
00:57:21.10\00:57:23.37
that God has promised, He
is giving it to us for free.
00:57:23.41\00:57:26.78
Praise God for grace.
00:57:26.81\00:57:28.88
Grace is available to
us through Jesus Christ.
00:57:28.91\00:57:32.15
It is because of
His righteousness,
00:57:32.18\00:57:34.78
His righteous life, that
grace has extended to all of us
00:57:34.82\00:57:38.99
who choose to accept it.
00:57:39.02\00:57:41.02
There is no hope without Christ
00:57:41.06\00:57:43.43
and the Grace
that he alone extends.
00:57:43.46\00:57:46.36
Won't you choose to
accept this free gift of Christ
00:57:46.39\00:57:49.50
and His grace today?
00:57:49.53\00:57:51.00
You'll be so glad that you did.
00:57:51.03\00:57:53.77
To help you in this decision,
00:57:53.80\00:57:55.50
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00:57:55.54\00:57:57.87
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00:58:02.84\00:58:05.48
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00:58:05.51\00:58:07.92
The Origin of the
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00:58:07.95\00:58:11.55
How to Keep the Sabbath,
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00:58:11.59\00:58:15.52
Avoiding the Mark of the Beast.
00:58:15.56\00:58:17.33
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