From Arcadia, California,
the Carter report presents
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"The Living
Word" around the world.
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Hello friends,
do you ever wonder
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what's going to happen next.
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How can we ever get the images
of the Japan out of our minds?
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Think of this
tremendous tsunami.
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I've never seen
anything like it.
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I believe with all my heart
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that God is
sending a wake up call
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to the nations of this world.
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That message is get ready
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because Christ is coming soon.
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I believe that
Christ is also sending
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a wake up call to the church.
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I want you to know today
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this cannot be
business today as usual.
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We have a work to do.
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And the Bible tells me,
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we're called to
go into all the world
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and to preach the
everlasting gospel,
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the good news of
Jesus Christ, the Lord.
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I want you to join me my friend
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in the great
nations of the world,
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in world evangelism.
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We're working in China, join us.
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I want you to join us in India.
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We've got a
television program in India.
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It is a land of more
than a billion souls.
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Join us in India.
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I want you to join
us in Russia and Ukraine
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and here in the
United States of America,
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in Australia,
all around the world
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where people need to hear
the good news of Jesus Christ.
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I say this because
I've got to find my soul.
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Jesus is coming soon
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and you and I
have got a work to do.
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Please write to me today,
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John Carter, PO Box 1900,
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Thousand Oaks,
California, 91358.
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In the South Pacific write
to me at beautiful Terrigal.
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The address is now
appearing on the screen.
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Listen my friend,
Jesus is coming soon.
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We must work while it is
day because the night is coming.
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The topic today is
the Christian's dilemma.
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We're going to talk about
the baby that never grew up.
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Stay with us for this
great presentation today
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and this great message.
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But now let me introduce
to you, David Castanon.
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Would you please
welcome him today.
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Water You turned into wine
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Opened the eyes of the blind
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There's no one like You
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There's none like You
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Into the darkness You shine
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Out of the ashes we rise
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There's no one like You
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There's none like You
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Our God is greater
Our God is stronger
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God You are
higher than any other
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Our God is
Healer Awesome in power
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Our God
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Our God
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Water You turned into wine
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Opened the eyes of the blind
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There's no one like You
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There's none like You
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Into the darkness you shine
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Out of the ashes we rise
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There's no one like You
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There's none like You.
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Our God is greater
Our God is stronger
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God You are
higher than any other
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Our God is
Healer Awesome in power
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Our God
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Our God
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And if our God is for us
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Then who could ever stop us
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And if our God is with us
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Then what could stand against
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And if our God is for us
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Then who could ever stop us
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And if our God is with us
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Then what could stand against
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Our God is greater
Our God is stronger
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God You are
higher than any other
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Our God is
Healer Awesome in power
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Our God
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Our God
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I'm going to talk today about,
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"the baby that never grew up."
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But firstly I want to share you
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some pictures of a little baby
that is growing up. All right.
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Now you got to admit,
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you know I just got away
with her, she just loves me.
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You see that can't you?
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Now just all say ah! Ah!
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Let's hear it.
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Yeah, that's right.
Now isn't she cutie?
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Ah! Ah!
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Oh, I tell you. You
think she looks like me.
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Okay, okay. Yeah, thank you Ron.
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Double indulgence
for you today, Ron.
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Now it's great when
they are like this, isn't it?
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Isn't it beautiful?
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But it will be a
tragedy, if they never grew up
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and this little girl
Amelie is starting to grow up.
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She's 6 months and 18 days old.
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And Julie tells
me she's walking,
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of course she is not.
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But she's doing some
high steps by the looks.
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Folks, God gave us babies,
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but babies need to grow up.
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Today I'm gonna talk to you
about the Christian's dilemma.
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Now what's a dilemma?
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Well, a dilemma is a thing
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you know it's a conflict
and ego problems in you.
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Sometimes you
don't' know what to do,
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you say, it's a dilemma.
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We're going to talk
about the Christian's dilemma.
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Something which is
sometimes confusing
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and a conflicting situation
and you need to understand this,
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because if you
don't understand this,
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maybe it's because
you don't understand
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the truth of the
Bible on the gospel.
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I want you to
take your Bibles down
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and turn with me firstly
today to the Book of Romans,
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Romans and I want you to
come over here to Chapter 8:1.
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Romans 8:1.
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And I want you to
notice these texts,
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because theses
texts are so positive
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and up beaten, so uplifting.
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"Therefore, there
is now no condemnation
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to those who
are in Christ Jesus,
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because through Christ Jesus,
the law of the Spirit of life
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set me free from the
law of sin and death."
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There is no condemnation,
if you're in Christ.
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Now come to verses 12 to 14.
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"Therefore, brothers,
we have an obligation--
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but it is not to
the sinful nature,
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to live according to it.
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For if you live
according to the sinful nature,
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it says, you will die."
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So what, what was all
these about assurance?
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The Bible says, if
you don't do something
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or if you do-do something,
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the Bible says
you're going to die.
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"But if by the
Spirit you put to death
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the misdeeds of the
body, you will live,
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because those who are
led by the Spirit of God
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are the sons of God."
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So the Bible talks here about
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people who are lead
by the Spirit of God,
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they are the sons of God.
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But the Bible says, if you live
according to the sinful nature,
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the Bible says
you're going to die.
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Now come to verse 22 and 23.
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The Bible says, we know
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that the whole
creation has been groaning
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as in the pains of childbirth
right up to the present time.
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Not only so, but we ourselves,
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who have the firstfruits
of the Spirit, groan inwardly
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as we wait eagerly
for our adoption as sons,
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the redemption of the body."
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The Bible says until
our bodies are redeemed,
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there's going to
be some groaning,
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I wonder why?
This is the dilemma.
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And if you look at verse
28, verse 28 will be fine.
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"And we know that in all things
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God works for the
good of those who love him,
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who have been called
according to his purpose."
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Come back if you don't
mind please to verse 26.
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"In the same way, the Spirit
helps us in our weaknesses.
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We do not know what
we ought to pray for."
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Hey, I thought we
were saved and redeemed
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and we don't know what
we ought to even pray for.
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"But the Spirit
himself intercedes for us
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with groans that
words cannot express."
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This is serious matter.
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"And he who searches our hearts
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knows the mind of the Spirit,
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because the Spirit
intercedes for the saints
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in accordance
with the will of God."
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So the Bible tells me
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that I can know
that I'm right with God.
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I can have an assurance
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that I can sing
blessed assurance,
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Jesus is mine.
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I can know that I'm redeemed
and I'm going to heaven.
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But the Bible says,
while I'm doing this
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and I live according
to the sinful nature.
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The Bible says,
you're going to die
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and that is the
Christian's dilemma.
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Let me tell you folks this now.
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This is something that it's
not actually popular theology.
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It is easy to
become a Christian.
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The steps are very simple,
believe on the Lord Jesus
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and you're going to be saved.
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It's easy to become a Christian.
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But I want to tell
you folks something,
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it's not easy to
stay a Christian.
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It's easy to become a Christian,
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but, it's not easy
to stay a Christian.
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Some years ago when
we were in Glendale,
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I run a campaign in
Glendale as you may remember
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and it's about
14 or 15 years ago,
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we baptized the lady and
I have tried to baptize her.
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She told me she has
been married eight times
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and she was a Hollywood star.
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She was quite a famous person.
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She had been
married eight times.
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It's easy to get married,
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but it's not always
easy to stay married.
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I asked this lady
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and I said what
happened to your husbands?
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She said they all died.
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And I met her
husband number eight,
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I said, how are you?
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He said I'm not
feeling too good.
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It makes you think, doesn't it?
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But I want you
folks to know something,
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it's little bit like
becoming a Christian.
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It's not that hard
to come onto a church
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and raise your hand
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and to make a
profession of Christ.
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But it's hard to
stay a Christian.
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I want you to let this
sink down into your minds.
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What you believe
makes you what you are.
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And that is
something that most people
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haven't even thought about.
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What you believe
makes you what you are.
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Whether you're an Adventist
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or a Baptist or a Pentecostal
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or a Roman Catholic or a Muslim,
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what you believe
makes you what you are.
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Everybody says to me.
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Well, the gospel is the gospel,
is the gospel, is the gospel.
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The Apostle Paul said
there were different gospels
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but only one true gospel.
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You all heard of
that great person
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that we have looked up to
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and highly
esteemed for so many years
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Mother Theresa, who
worked with the lepers
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in Calcutta and other places.
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But after she
died it was discovered
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from her letters
that were published
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and Mother
Theresa had never known
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one single hour of peace.
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She believed a gospel but
not the gospel of the Bible.
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And Mother
Theresa spent her life
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in deep depression, suicidal
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and even
contemplated on occasions
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becoming an atheist.
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So don't tell me,
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it doesn't
matter what you believe,
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because what you
believe makes you what you are.
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And today I want
you to get to understand
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by the grace of God
the truth about the gospel.
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Now back to the
Christian's dilemma.
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I want you to come over here
to Matthew 11:28 and onwards.
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Matthew 11:28 and onwards.
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Matthew 11:28 and onwards,
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I just love
these words of Jesus.
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"Come to me, all you
who are weary and burdened,
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and I will give you rest."
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That's absolutely beautiful.
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Christ says, "I
will give you rest.
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Take my yoke upon
you and learn from me,
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for I am gentle
and humble in heart,
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and you will find
rest for your souls.
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For my yoke is easy
and my burden is light."
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Now I'm gonna
tell you the dilemma.
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When you become a Christian
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and you accept His
rest, you have peace.
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His yoke is easy
and His burden is light
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and if that is so,
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then why is
there so much struggle.
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And you say I
don't have any struggle.
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Well, then you've got a problem
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because the saints of God
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in the Bible like
St. Paul had a struggle.
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The dilemma here it is,
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the challenge
of following Christ
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and His teachings and
the consequent struggle.
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When I get through the day
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you'll understand why
people don't read their Bibles.
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I'm going to show you
today what a true Christian is.
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What it takes to be
a disciple of Christ.
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Now when Jesus came,
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He said the kingdom
of heaven is at hand
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and everybody was glad
and shouting hallelujah.
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And then Jesus
went up on a mountain
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near the Sea of Galilee,
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the northern
area and He sat down.
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A mountain in the Bible
is symbolic of the kingdom.
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The city of Babylon
was called a mountain.
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The great stone of
Daniel 2 becomes a mountain
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because the mountain
symbolizes the kingdom.
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And when Jesus
went up on the mountain
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and gave the
sermon on the Mount,
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He was talking about
the laws and the principles
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not of the United States
of America or of Great Britain
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but He was talking about
the laws and the great truths
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that are the
foundation of His kingdom.
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What it takes to
be a real Christian.
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Now what we're
going to notice now
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is the description
of a true Christian,
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a follower of Christ.
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Now you may say to me is,
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do you think this
is that important.
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I want to tell
you from my heart,
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this is a matter
of life and death.
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What a tragedy if you
should follow a certain teaching
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and have absolute
confidence that you are saved
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and when you come
up in the resurrection,
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it's the
resurrection of the lost.
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Will that be a tragedy?
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And therefore I
want to show you today
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what Jesus said
is a true Christian.
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And He gave it in
Matthew 5 on the mountain.
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Remember the mountain
symbolizes the kingdom.
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And so now He's giving the
laws about the kingdom of God.
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Matthew 5:1 and onwards.
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"Now when he saw the crowds,
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he went up on a
mountainside and sat down.
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His disciples came to him,
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and he began to
teach them, saying--
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"Now I'm going to share
many texts with you today
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but because of the
brevity of time we spend here,
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I'm going to go through
some of these things quickly.
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Verse 3 "Blessed
are the poor in spirit."
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The people who are
saved are spiritually poor.
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The next verse, verse 4.
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"Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted."
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The people who are His
disciples are mourners.
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They mourn because of their
inadequacies and their sins.
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Verse 5, "Blessed are the meek,
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for they will
inherit the earth."
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A true disciple
is a meek person.
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Verse 6, "Blessed
are those who hunger
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and thirst for righteousness."
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A true disciple is hungry
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and thirsty for
God all the time.
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Verse 7,
"Blessed are the merciful,
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for they will be shown mercy."
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A disciple of
Christ is merciful.
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Verse 8, "Blessed
are the pure in heart,
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for they will see God."
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A disciple of Christ is pure.
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He doesn't look at pornography,
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anything like that.
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Verse 9, "Blessed
are the peacemakers,
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for they will be
called sons of God."
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A disciple of Christ
praise and works for peace.
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Verse 10, "Blessed are
those who are persecuted
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because of righteousness,
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for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven."
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A true disciple of
Christ will experience
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a times in His life,
the fire of persecution
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and if you never experience
it perhaps you should doubt,
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whether you're a disciple.
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Now we're going to
notice some of the laws
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that are so specific.
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Look at verse,
verse 13, verse 13.
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"You are the salt of the earth.
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But if the salt
loses its saltiness,
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how can it be made salty again?"
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Jesus says be genuine, be salty.
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Verse 14, "You are
the light of the world."
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Jesus said be a light.
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Verse 18 and
19, verse 18 and 19,
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Jesus said, "I
tell you the truth,
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until heaven
and earth disappear,
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not the smallest letter,
not the least stroke of a pen,
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will by any means
disappear from the Law
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until
everything is accomplished.
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Anyone who breaks
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one of the least
of these commandments
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and teaches
others to do the same
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will be called least
in the kingdom of heaven,
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but whoever practices
and teaches these commands
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will be called great
in the kingdom of heaven."
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People who don't
read their Bible say,
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the Old Testament is the book
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that is full of
laws and commands. It is.
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They say thank God that
we have the New Testament,
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they obviously haven't read it.
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And these are the words of Jesus
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who would today be
accused of the sin of legalism
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because he's
saying, do, do and be.
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Look at verse 20,
don't get angry with me.
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Jesus said, "For I tell you
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that unless your
righteousness surpasses
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that of the Pharisees
and the teachers of the law,
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you will certainly not
enter the kingdom of heaven."
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Jesus said, if you're
going to be my disciple,
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you will be better than the most
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religious people in the world.
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The Pharisees were the most
religious people in the world.
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Jesus said, the
Pharisees come to church
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at 9 o'clock you come at 8:30.
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You ought to be
better and higher
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than all the
people in the world.
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Matthew 5:21-22.
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"You have heard that it was
said to the people long ago,
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'Do not murder."
00:25:08.26\00:25:10.00
Verse 22, "But I
tell you that anyone
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who is angry with his brother
will be subject to judgment."
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Jesus says, be not angry,
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not a case of not murdering,
Jesus said don't even get angry.
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Verse 23 and 24,
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"Therefore, if you are
offering your gift at the altar
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and there
remember that your brother
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has something against you,
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leave your gift there
in front of the altar.
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First go and be
reconciled to your brother,
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then come and offer your gift."
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Jesus is saying be consolatory.
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Don't sue people. Verse 27-28.
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"You have heard
that it was said,
00:25:53.21\00:25:54.27
'Do not commit adultery.'
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But I tell you that
anyone who looks at a woman
00:25:57.48\00:26:00.36
lustfully has
already committed adultery
00:26:00.39\00:26:04.00
with her in his heart."
00:26:04.03\00:26:09.37
So Jesus says, be pure inside.
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You say what sort
of religion is this.
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This is not like the
religion of my church.
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This is the religion of Christ.
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He's talking about those who
are the citizens of His kingdom.
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Verse 31, "It has been said,
00:26:34.13\00:26:36.45
'Anyone who divorces his wife
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must give her a
certificate of divorce.''
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But I tell you, He says
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be a one
marriage person He says.
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I wonder if Jesus
would fit into our churches
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or would He be
this fellowshipped.
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Verse 33 to 37.
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"Again, you have heard that
00:26:52.53\00:26:53.56
it was said to
the people long ago,
00:26:53.59\00:26:55.37
'Do not break your oath,
00:26:55.40\00:26:56.66
but keep the oaths you
have made to the Lord.'
00:26:56.69\00:26:58.83
But I tell you,
Do not swear at all,
00:26:58.86\00:27:01.66
either by heaven, for it is
God's throne or by the earth."
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Verse 37, "Simply
let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,'
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and your 'No,' 'No'."
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Jesus would say today,
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how can you
inherit the kingdom of God
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when you blaspheme
and say, oh my God.
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Such will be thrown
into utter darkness,
00:27:24.64\00:27:28.27
where they will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Jesus said, don't swear.
00:27:31.12\00:27:35.90
Say yes and no.
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And then He said, be gracious.
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Look at verse 38 and onwards.
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"You have heard
that it was said,
00:27:45.57\00:27:46.99
'Eye for eye,
and tooth for tooth.'
00:27:47.02\00:27:49.15
But I tell you, Do
not resist an evil person.
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If someone strikes
you on the right cheek,
00:27:52.84\00:27:54.96
turn to him the other also.
00:27:54.99\00:27:56.81
And if someone wants to sue you
00:27:56.84\00:27:58.75
and take your tunic,
00:27:58.78\00:28:00.07
let him have your cloak as well.
00:28:00.10\00:28:01.91
If someone forces
you to go one mile,
00:28:01.94\00:28:03.97
go with him two miles."
00:28:04.00\00:28:07.57
You know what Jesus is
referring to, don't you?
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The Romans who were
the occupying power.
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Think my Americans friends,
00:28:16.32\00:28:18.76
if America were
occupied by the Russians.
00:28:18.79\00:28:23.09
And Jesus says, he
said to His disciple,
00:28:26.81\00:28:30.53
if the occupier come
along and says, carry my bag.
00:28:30.56\00:28:35.76
The law said he had
to do it for a mile.
00:28:35.79\00:28:40.09
And if a Pharisee was
asked he would carry for a mile
00:28:40.12\00:28:44.13
and look for a puddle
of mud and drop it in.
00:28:44.16\00:28:50.36
Jesus said, your righteousness
00:28:50.39\00:28:54.89
must be better than
that carry it two miles.
00:28:54.92\00:28:58.46
Who is this man?
00:29:02.05\00:29:05.31
He brought to the world
00:29:05.34\00:29:07.08
the most
revolutionary teachings,
00:29:07.11\00:29:10.03
but most of those
who claim his name
00:29:10.06\00:29:14.18
have never read them.
00:29:14.21\00:29:15.47
You see, the Bible talks
about the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:29:15.50\00:29:21.93
Christ is the
Messiah. Everybody wants Jesus.
00:29:21.96\00:29:25.86
Everybody loves Jesus.
00:29:25.89\00:29:30.05
Jesus means Savior.
00:29:30.08\00:29:32.68
People want to be saved
00:29:32.71\00:29:36.07
but they do not want Him
as Lord and Lord his Master.
00:29:36.10\00:29:40.82
And here Jesus is
giving the lordship teachings
00:29:44.26\00:29:49.44
of the kingdom of God.
00:29:49.47\00:29:52.96
Describing those who
are going to be saved,
00:29:52.99\00:29:56.73
is this too hard for you?
00:29:56.76\00:29:58.35
My friends
these words will judge
00:29:58.38\00:30:01.36
you and me in the last days.
00:30:01.39\00:30:04.52
Verse 43 and 44,
00:30:04.55\00:30:06.73
"You have heard
that it was said,
00:30:06.76\00:30:07.96
'Love your neighbor
and hate your enemy.'
00:30:07.99\00:30:10.09
But I tell you,
Love your enemies
00:30:10.12\00:30:12.55
and pray for those
who persecute you."
00:30:12.58\00:30:18.40
If this was so,
00:30:18.43\00:30:20.46
all of the attorneys
would be out of jobs.
00:30:20.49\00:30:23.00
Do not deceive
yourselves into thinking
00:30:26.21\00:30:30.76
that you're a
Christian if you're not.
00:30:30.79\00:30:34.55
Jesus said,
you're called to love
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the person who's suing you.
00:30:37.28\00:30:39.97
The mean person, the
person that you do not like
00:30:40.00\00:30:45.18
because nobody can like him.
00:30:45.21\00:30:48.33
The narrow
minded religious humbug
00:30:48.36\00:30:52.28
who comes into church
and flouts her spirituality
00:30:52.31\00:30:57.57
but knows nothing of God's love.
00:30:57.60\00:30:59.22
Jesus said, love that person.
00:30:59.25\00:31:02.70
He said, don't
just love your friends,
00:31:02.73\00:31:05.83
but love your enemies.
00:31:05.86\00:31:08.57
Chapter 6 verse 1
00:31:08.60\00:31:09.63
"Be careful not to do
your 'acts of righteousness'
00:31:09.66\00:31:12.18
before men, be humble."
00:31:12.21\00:31:15.05
Verse 4 "So that your
giving may be in secret."
00:31:15.08\00:31:18.88
Be secretive of your good deeds.
00:31:18.91\00:31:22.05
Do not be like the person
00:31:22.08\00:31:24.04
who went to a great
religious convention
00:31:24.07\00:31:26.91
and gave a million
dollars on condition
00:31:26.94\00:31:30.78
that the
television cameras were there
00:31:30.81\00:31:33.69
and they took
pictures of the check
00:31:33.72\00:31:36.23
that reached across the stage.
00:31:36.26\00:31:41.53
Such a religion is humbug.
00:31:41.56\00:31:46.39
The disciple of
Christ will not let
00:31:46.42\00:31:49.07
his left hand know what
his right hand is doing.
00:31:49.10\00:31:53.10
Verse 7, verse
7, "When you pray,
00:31:53.13\00:31:57.37
do not keep on
babbling like pagans,
00:31:57.40\00:32:02.07
for they think
they will be heard
00:32:02.10\00:32:03.84
because of their many words."
00:32:03.87\00:32:05.34
Jesus said don't be
verbose, get to the point.
00:32:05.37\00:32:09.41
When you're talking to
God, you want to impress Him.
00:32:09.44\00:32:13.04
Verse 9, "This, then,
is how you should pray,
00:32:13.07\00:32:16.05
'Our Father in heaven..."'
This is a sample prayer.
00:32:16.08\00:32:19.54
Be personal with
God, call Him Father.
00:32:19.57\00:32:23.21
Verse 12, "Forgive us our debts,
00:32:23.24\00:32:26.99
as we also have
forgiven our debtors."
00:32:27.02\00:32:29.68
Be forgiving.
00:32:29.71\00:32:31.74
Verse 13, "And lead
us not into temptation,
00:32:31.77\00:32:35.09
but deliver us
from the evil one.'''
00:32:35.12\00:32:36.75
Be smart.
00:32:36.78\00:32:40.11
If you have got
an alcohol problem
00:32:40.14\00:32:43.21
do not walk past the bar,
00:32:43.24\00:32:46.69
do not walk past the hotel.
00:32:46.72\00:32:50.15
So Jesus said a Christian
will be as wise as a serpent.
00:32:50.18\00:32:56.78
Be smart.
00:33:00.52\00:33:01.94
Verse 16 and 17, "When you fast,
00:33:01.97\00:33:04.77
do not look somber
as the hypocrites do..."
00:33:04.80\00:33:08.52
Verse 17, "But when you fast,
00:33:08.55\00:33:10.79
put oil on your head
and wash your face..."
00:33:10.82\00:33:14.61
So Jesus said do
not have a long face,
00:33:14.64\00:33:18.61
Jesus said be
joyful, even when you fast.
00:33:18.64\00:33:23.24
No wonder they
put him on a cross.
00:33:23.27\00:33:26.52
And verse 19 to 21,
00:33:26.55\00:33:28.48
"Do not store up for
yourselves treasures on earth,
00:33:28.51\00:33:31.07
where moth and rust destroy,
00:33:31.10\00:33:33.15
and where thieves
break in and steal.
00:33:33.18\00:33:35.23
But store up for
yourselves treasures in heaven."
00:33:35.26\00:33:38.92
Verse 21, "For
where your treasure is,
00:33:38.95\00:33:41.79
there your heart will be also."
00:33:41.82\00:33:43.46
Be generous with
God, pay your tithes
00:33:43.49\00:33:47.25
and pay your offerings
maybe pay a double tithe,
00:33:47.28\00:33:51.19
but be generous to God.
00:33:51.22\00:33:55.59
Verse 22, he says,
00:33:55.62\00:33:58.37
"The eye is the
lamp of the body.
00:33:58.40\00:34:00.42
If your eyes are good,
00:34:00.45\00:34:01.61
your whole body
will be full of light.
00:34:01.64\00:34:03.75
But if your eyes are bad,
00:34:03.78\00:34:05.83
your whole body will
be full of darkness."
00:34:05.86\00:34:10.16
He says, do not
be spiritually blind.
00:34:10.19\00:34:14.15
When Jesus is talking here
about the eye and the light,
00:34:14.18\00:34:19.53
He's talking about
spiritual perceptions,
00:34:19.56\00:34:23.74
be able to have
the gift of discernment
00:34:23.77\00:34:28.10
and see what is
right and what is wrong.
00:34:28.13\00:34:33.59
These are His disciples.
00:34:33.62\00:34:36.64
Now I'm going to summarize
00:34:36.67\00:34:38.32
the rest of Christ sermons
without going through the texts.
00:34:38.35\00:34:45.46
He goes on to say
00:34:45.49\00:34:46.52
and this was point
29 actually in my notes.
00:34:46.55\00:34:50.08
I have gone through 28
points. Here's point 29.
00:34:50.11\00:34:53.16
Be totally devoted to God.
00:34:53.19\00:34:56.01
You can't love God
and money, he says.
00:34:56.04\00:34:59.54
Be totally
devoted. Number 30 point.
00:34:59.57\00:35:03.66
Don't love money.
00:35:03.69\00:35:04.94
He says, if you love
money you're not my disciples
00:35:04.97\00:35:08.53
but you'll be lost.
Now that's a tough one.
00:35:08.56\00:35:13.38
Because we live proudly
in a capitalistic society,
00:35:13.41\00:35:17.72
where many people are taught
00:35:17.75\00:35:20.05
that the wealthier you
are the better you are,
00:35:20.08\00:35:23.35
that is not true.
Jesus was a poor man.
00:35:23.38\00:35:27.92
And not that we advocate
that people be poor people
00:35:27.95\00:35:31.36
and live off other people.
We're not talking about that.
00:35:31.39\00:35:37.79
But our Lord taught us that
His truth goes into the soul.
00:35:37.82\00:35:43.14
Don't love money.
00:35:43.17\00:35:45.31
Then He said, don't
worry, don't be a worrier.
00:35:45.34\00:35:49.53
Don't worry He said.
00:35:49.56\00:35:51.41
Look at the
birds, they don't worry.
00:35:51.44\00:35:54.89
And then He said,
give God your best,
00:35:54.92\00:35:57.29
seek first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness.
00:35:57.32\00:36:00.87
God must be first.
00:36:00.90\00:36:02.62
Now He's talking
about His disciples.
00:36:02.65\00:36:04.73
Was Jesus the supreme legalist,
00:36:04.76\00:36:07.84
who was teaching us that
we're saved by our works?
00:36:07.87\00:36:12.20
Point number 3. He
said, don't condemn people.
00:36:12.23\00:36:16.17
Number 34.
00:36:16.20\00:36:17.27
Look at your own
faults, not at your brothers.
00:36:17.30\00:36:21.12
He said, don't tell your brother
00:36:21.15\00:36:22.52
that you're going to
take the mode out his eye,
00:36:22.55\00:36:24.89
when there is a piece
of 4/2 in your own eye.
00:36:24.92\00:36:29.32
So He said, don't be
critical of human frailty.
00:36:29.35\00:36:35.05
Number 35. Be discerning.
00:36:35.08\00:36:39.55
36, be believing.
00:36:39.58\00:36:41.77
Full of faith, that was 37.
00:36:41.80\00:36:44.98
And 38 is the
toughest one of the whole lot
00:36:45.01\00:36:47.88
which really distinguishes
00:36:47.91\00:36:49.72
a child of God
from a child of devil.
00:36:49.75\00:36:53.50
Look at Matthew 7.
00:36:53.53\00:36:54.72
This is the
same sermon verse 12.
00:36:54.75\00:36:57.29
Verse 12 Matthew 7,
00:37:00.52\00:37:02.24
this distinguishes a
Christian from a pagan.
00:37:02.27\00:37:06.55
"So in everything, do to others
00:37:06.58\00:37:08.93
what you would
have them do to you,
00:37:08.96\00:37:11.05
for this sums up the
Law and the Prophets."
00:37:11.08\00:37:15.09
Are disciple of
Christ will do to others
00:37:15.12\00:37:19.31
what he would like
others to do to him.
00:37:19.34\00:37:23.92
Did you see this week
00:37:23.95\00:37:26.10
when a presidential candidate
had the temerity to say
00:37:26.13\00:37:30.10
to a large crowd of people,
00:37:30.13\00:37:31.98
maybe it's time that we
practice the golden rule
00:37:32.01\00:37:37.43
and did to others
00:37:37.46\00:37:38.90
what we would like
them to do onto us.
00:37:38.93\00:37:40.99
He was booed.
00:37:41.02\00:37:43.89
The hall was filled with people,
00:37:43.92\00:37:46.28
who were booing
because my friend,
00:37:46.31\00:37:48.73
they do not
understand this gospel.
00:37:48.76\00:37:52.38
This gospel is not Americanism
or British Israelitism
00:37:52.41\00:38:00.38
or Australianism
or any other ism,
00:38:00.41\00:38:03.55
it is the gospel of
the Lord Jesus Christ
00:38:03.58\00:38:08.00
and it sets a high standard.
00:38:08.03\00:38:11.91
So it's easy to
become a Christian.
00:38:11.94\00:38:14.82
Jesus said, be narrow.
00:38:14.85\00:38:17.68
Verse 13 and 14, "Enter
through the narrow gate.
00:38:17.71\00:38:21.67
For wide is the gate
and broad is the road
00:38:21.70\00:38:24.24
that leads to destruction,
and many enter through it.
00:38:24.27\00:38:28.19
But small is the
gate and narrow the road
00:38:28.22\00:38:31.28
that leads to life,
and only a few find it."
00:38:31.31\00:38:35.77
In comparison to the
multitudes in the world,
00:38:35.80\00:38:39.00
Jesus said as far
as truth is concerned,
00:38:39.03\00:38:43.87
you need to
walk, the narrow road.
00:38:43.90\00:38:47.73
Not the wide road,
that goes down to hell.
00:38:47.76\00:38:53.52
Point number 40, He said,
00:38:53.55\00:38:54.89
be wise and keep your eyes open.
00:38:54.92\00:38:57.65
Number 41, He said, be
obedient, be listening.
00:38:57.68\00:39:01.97
And number 42, He
said, be a disciple.
00:39:02.00\00:39:05.64
Now listen carefully,
00:39:10.59\00:39:11.75
because if this is making
you uncomfortable here today,
00:39:11.78\00:39:16.87
maybe you need
to be uncomfortable.
00:39:16.90\00:39:21.08
But Jesus did not come
to make people comfortable,
00:39:21.11\00:39:26.67
Jesus came to set up a kingdom
and to call out disciples.
00:39:26.70\00:39:33.04
Jesus in not
giving merely good advice,
00:39:33.07\00:39:36.46
He's describing the
citizens of the kingdom.
00:39:36.49\00:39:40.31
No wonder, now listen to this,
00:39:40.34\00:39:43.58
no wonder straight
after Jesus gave the sermon,
00:39:43.61\00:39:48.04
the Bible tells the story
of the healing of the leper.
00:39:48.07\00:39:55.00
No wonder, look at Matthew 8,
00:39:55.03\00:39:57.58
straight after the sermon.
00:39:57.61\00:40:00.84
"When he came down
from the mountainside,
00:40:00.87\00:40:02.38
large crowds followed him.
00:40:02.41\00:40:04.01
A man with leprosy came
and knelt before him and said,
00:40:04.04\00:40:07.03
'Lord, if you are
willing, you can make me clean.'
00:40:07.06\00:40:09.97
Jesus reached out his
hand and touched the man.
00:40:10.00\00:40:12.62
'I am willing,' he said.
00:40:12.65\00:40:15.02
'Be clean!' Immediately
he was cured of his leprosy."
00:40:15.05\00:40:21.27
You know why
that story is there.
00:40:21.30\00:40:24.49
You think it's by
luck or by chance.
00:40:24.52\00:40:29.89
That story is there
00:40:29.92\00:40:31.36
because after
you and I have read
00:40:31.39\00:40:35.12
the principles of
the kingdom of God,
00:40:35.15\00:40:39.60
we discover, we're
what? We're lepers.
00:40:39.63\00:40:44.11
Every one of us is a leper
00:40:44.14\00:40:46.98
in constant need
of the grace of God.
00:40:47.01\00:40:51.21
Why should human flesh
00:40:51.24\00:40:54.30
be proud or boast of anything,
00:40:54.33\00:40:59.94
when we're lepers...
00:40:59.97\00:41:05.77
and indeed of
the touch of Christ.
00:41:05.80\00:41:11.10
The Christian
dilemma, what is the solution?
00:41:11.13\00:41:16.31
Can you now see why
I asked the question
00:41:16.34\00:41:20.39
about babies that
don't grow up, is that good?
00:41:20.42\00:41:24.29
It is because we do not
study the teachings of Christ
00:41:24.32\00:41:29.49
and by the grace
of God practice them
00:41:29.52\00:41:31.77
that we have so many babies.
00:41:31.80\00:41:36.72
Babies in church, yes.
00:41:36.75\00:41:40.16
Maybe somebody
comes around the church
00:41:40.19\00:41:42.60
and somebody is
sitting in her seat
00:41:42.63\00:41:44.57
and she says well, I'm
not going to go there anymore.
00:41:44.60\00:41:47.66
She's a baby.
00:41:47.69\00:41:49.83
Never grown up and
then other people say,
00:41:49.86\00:41:53.19
well, it's raining today
and they pull the covers up.
00:41:53.22\00:41:57.86
I guess the best place
for babies to be is in bed.
00:41:57.89\00:42:03.82
But it is a tragedy,
00:42:03.85\00:42:05.25
when a little
baby doesn't grow up.
00:42:05.28\00:42:08.73
It is a tragedy
when a Christian stays
00:42:08.76\00:42:11.70
in the same spiritual
condition year after year.
00:42:11.73\00:42:16.78
And remember
this is not an option
00:42:16.81\00:42:20.07
that we're talking about,
we're talking about salvation.
00:42:20.10\00:42:24.83
The Christians
dilemma, what is the solution?
00:42:24.86\00:42:31.22
There are two words
that I've tried to teach you.
00:42:31.25\00:42:35.82
And most people don't get it.
00:42:35.85\00:42:39.59
One is standing
and one at state.
00:42:39.62\00:42:44.22
Say with me, standing. Standing.
00:42:44.25\00:42:46.50
Say it loud.
00:42:46.53\00:42:47.56
Standing. Standing.
00:42:47.59\00:42:48.62
What's the next word?
00:42:48.65\00:42:49.68
State. Standing and state.
00:42:49.71\00:42:53.41
I have written it over
here on the blackboard,
00:42:53.44\00:42:56.42
standing and state.
00:42:56.45\00:42:59.74
And I want to tell you
how we can be His disciples.
00:42:59.77\00:43:05.40
When I come to Christ, I
come as a penitent sinner
00:43:05.43\00:43:12.49
and when I come to Christ
00:43:12.52\00:43:14.72
and He
justifies me by His blood.
00:43:14.75\00:43:19.49
Instantaneously I have a
perfect standing with God.
00:43:19.52\00:43:24.27
Amen. Better say amen to that.
00:43:24.30\00:43:26.09
Amen. Especially
if you're a leper.
00:43:26.12\00:43:29.67
And come over
here to Romans 5:1.
00:43:29.70\00:43:32.65
Now if you get this, it's
going to change your life.
00:43:32.68\00:43:36.20
It's going to make
you a better person,
00:43:36.23\00:43:37.87
going to make
you a happier person.
00:43:37.90\00:43:40.00
If you're a miserable
person, it's gonna change you.
00:43:40.03\00:43:43.53
Romans 5:1, Therefore,
since we have been justified
00:43:43.56\00:43:47.96
or declared
righteous through faith,
00:43:47.99\00:43:50.49
we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ."
00:43:50.52\00:43:54.11
Listen my friend,
00:43:54.14\00:43:56.45
when I'm justified
by the blood of Jesus,
00:43:56.48\00:44:02.97
I get a perfect standing,
00:44:03.00\00:44:06.58
100% standing,
00:44:06.61\00:44:09.60
I stand in the
sight of a Holy God
00:44:09.63\00:44:13.22
as though I have never
sinned, just like Jesus.
00:44:13.25\00:44:17.80
It's a perfect standing.
00:44:17.83\00:44:20.42
But what some people
don't understand is this.
00:44:20.45\00:44:24.05
They don't have a perfect state.
00:44:24.08\00:44:26.21
When I was back in
Brisbane sometime back
00:44:32.16\00:44:34.72
when my father went to
work at the Cairncross Dry Dock.
00:44:34.75\00:44:39.76
I remember how ships
would come into that dock.
00:44:39.79\00:44:43.42
American worships,
blown almost to pieces.
00:44:43.45\00:44:47.45
When they were
dragged up the Brisbane river,
00:44:47.48\00:44:50.23
they got into the
home of a ally, hallelujah.
00:44:50.26\00:44:54.21
They are out of
the enemy's grasp.
00:44:54.24\00:44:57.03
And when they got into
the Cairncross Dry Dock,
00:44:57.06\00:44:59.72
they had a perfect standing.
00:44:59.75\00:45:04.67
They were safe but
they weren't sound.
00:45:04.70\00:45:09.99
They needed a lot of
work, that's like us.
00:45:10.02\00:45:16.11
We may have got
into the dry dock
00:45:16.14\00:45:19.06
but we need if you're
like me, a lot of work.
00:45:19.09\00:45:24.07
What we need a
mighty infusion of grace,
00:45:24.10\00:45:29.64
love and an
attitude of gratitude
00:45:29.67\00:45:33.96
that's called
holiness and sanctification.
00:45:33.99\00:45:39.40
Now as the pastor
00:45:39.43\00:45:41.50
and I pastored the biggest
churches and the smallest.
00:45:41.53\00:45:44.79
It is wonderful
to baptize people
00:45:44.82\00:45:47.60
but that's not enough.
00:45:47.63\00:45:49.77
They have got to grow in grace.
00:45:49.80\00:45:52.46
It's wonderful to
see babies grow up
00:45:52.49\00:45:55.05
but it's a
tragedy after 30 years.
00:45:55.08\00:45:58.92
Some people are no more mature.
00:45:58.95\00:46:02.59
They're still going home
because somebody said boo.
00:46:02.62\00:46:07.53
They're still inhospitable.
00:46:07.56\00:46:10.92
They're still the frozen chosen
but they haven't been chosen.
00:46:10.95\00:46:17.13
They're not the children of God.
00:46:17.16\00:46:20.86
They need-- we need a
mighty infusion of grace, love
00:46:20.89\00:46:26.02
and an attitude of
gratitude to work on the state.
00:46:26.05\00:46:33.37
It's easy to become a Christian.
00:46:33.40\00:46:35.52
It's not easy to
stay a Christian.
00:46:35.55\00:46:39.34
Now I'm going to contrast this,
00:46:39.37\00:46:41.78
I'm going to put
it up on one screen
00:46:41.81\00:46:44.15
and then I'm going to put
00:46:44.18\00:46:45.85
the other side
on the other screen.
00:46:45.88\00:46:47.91
If you understand
this, it's going to help you.
00:46:47.94\00:46:51.29
We're going to
put up on one screen.
00:46:51.32\00:46:53.54
Let's have it,
we're gonna put up.
00:46:53.57\00:46:55.60
Here it is, over
here we're gonna put up
00:46:55.63\00:46:57.59
sanctification and
we're gonna put up--
00:46:57.62\00:47:01.07
where is
justification going to go?
00:47:01.10\00:47:03.84
Here we got to
have justification.
00:47:03.87\00:47:06.17
Now justification
my friend gives me
00:47:06.20\00:47:09.97
a perfect standing with God.
00:47:10.00\00:47:13.91
Justification--now I'm
gonna give you little theology,
00:47:13.94\00:47:17.30
but what I'm
telling you is the truth,
00:47:17.33\00:47:20.35
even though most
folks don't seem to get it,
00:47:20.38\00:47:23.28
but you can get it.
00:47:23.31\00:47:24.79
If I can get it,
anybody can get it.
00:47:24.82\00:47:27.83
Justification in the
center there is a declaration.
00:47:27.86\00:47:33.23
It is a declaration
that the sinner is righteous,
00:47:33.26\00:47:37.09
it is a judicial statement.
00:47:37.12\00:47:41.32
And it changes my standing
from being lost to being saved.
00:47:41.35\00:47:47.61
But sanctification my
friend is a making of holiness,
00:47:47.64\00:47:54.35
it is our work in the life
00:47:54.38\00:47:57.05
and that's what
Jesus was talking about.
00:47:57.08\00:48:01.55
He's talking about
the work in the life.
00:48:01.58\00:48:05.24
Justification, number
two here it is, number two.
00:48:05.27\00:48:11.46
Christ for me, He died for me.
00:48:11.49\00:48:16.46
I'm saved not
because of my works
00:48:16.49\00:48:19.99
but because He
died for me, you see.
00:48:20.02\00:48:23.57
And therefore I will
have an attitude of gratitude.
00:48:23.60\00:48:26.81
You cannot be a
miserable Christian.
00:48:26.84\00:48:31.50
That's an oxymoron.
00:48:31.53\00:48:34.52
But
sanctification is Christ in me
00:48:34.55\00:48:38.46
which is the
fruitage of Christ for me.
00:48:38.49\00:48:44.80
Somebody is saying,
well, what's that matter.
00:48:44.83\00:48:46.32
Well, it better matter
if you want to be saved.
00:48:46.35\00:48:49.03
Point number three,
justification is 100% complete.
00:48:49.06\00:48:54.04
You can't add to it.
00:48:54.07\00:48:55.39
If you have the
perfect righteousness of God,
00:48:55.42\00:48:58.02
you can't make that any better.
00:48:58.05\00:49:01.56
You're gonna
have that as a gift.
00:49:01.59\00:49:05.24
It's 100% complete
but if you're a disciple,
00:49:05.27\00:49:09.44
the Spirit of God
will come into you
00:49:09.47\00:49:11.82
and start to work upon
all that nastiness's there.
00:49:11.85\00:49:17.06
And it's incomplete.
00:49:17.09\00:49:18.80
You could never
come to the place
00:49:18.83\00:49:20.50
where you can say,
I'm perfect, look at me.
00:49:20.53\00:49:26.06
Point number four.
00:49:26.09\00:49:27.81
The Bible says, in
Christ there is no condemnation.
00:49:27.84\00:49:33.08
I can go to bed knowing
that I'm going home to glory,
00:49:33.11\00:49:36.99
there's no condemnation.
00:49:37.02\00:49:39.73
But my friend in sanctification
00:49:39.76\00:49:43.35
I have a sense of my sinfulness.
00:49:43.38\00:49:45.98
You say, no, no, I don't go.
00:49:46.01\00:49:47.59
Well, you go and read Romans 7
00:49:47.62\00:49:49.81
and there you have got
one of the greatest Christians
00:49:49.84\00:49:51.91
who ever lived and he says,
"Oh, wretched man that I'm."
00:49:51.94\00:49:57.75
If you're a true Christian,
you'll be crying out every day,
00:49:57.78\00:50:01.45
Lord have mercy
on this wretched man.
00:50:01.48\00:50:05.65
And he won't be
talking about somebody else.
00:50:05.68\00:50:10.85
Point number five.
00:50:10.88\00:50:13.76
Justification, a
perfect standing,
00:50:13.79\00:50:17.42
sanctification,
an imperfect state.
00:50:17.45\00:50:20.48
Point number six.
00:50:20.51\00:50:22.48
My standing is
through the blood of Christ,
00:50:22.51\00:50:25.62
I'm redeemed through the blood
00:50:25.65\00:50:27.97
but I'm sanctified or made Holy
00:50:28.00\00:50:32.36
in the life
through the Spirit of God.
00:50:32.39\00:50:35.87
And if He doesn't
come into your life,
00:50:35.90\00:50:37.75
it's because you
haven't come to Christ.
00:50:37.78\00:50:40.28
This standing justification
happens in a moment of time,
00:50:40.31\00:50:43.74
my friend some of
you don't know that.
00:50:43.77\00:50:46.46
Some of you got a real problem.
00:50:46.49\00:50:48.34
You got so much
religion in you, bad religion
00:50:48.37\00:50:51.42
that you don't even
understand what I'm saying
00:50:51.45\00:50:53.69
and maybe some of
you are on the verge
00:50:53.72\00:50:56.10
of committing
the unpardonable sin
00:50:56.13\00:50:57.75
because you've been
hardening your heart.
00:50:57.78\00:50:59.64
You better think about that.
00:50:59.67\00:51:03.05
You know why
I'm telling you this
00:51:03.08\00:51:04.27
because I want you to be saved.
00:51:04.30\00:51:08.16
I get a perfect
standing in a moment.
00:51:08.19\00:51:11.24
But changing my
state is a life time.
00:51:11.27\00:51:15.21
In Christ I have a perfect peace
00:51:15.24\00:51:20.07
but as the Spirit
of God works on me,
00:51:20.10\00:51:22.08
there's a struggle in
my life, what about you?
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Point number nine.
00:51:25.62\00:51:27.52
On the cross, the
battle was won and finished.
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When I come to
Christ, He accepts me as I'm
00:51:32.29\00:51:37.09
because His battle
was finished on the cross
00:51:37.12\00:51:39.88
but the battle
goes on in my life.
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Look at the blackboard.
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Justification is a declaration.
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Say--it's not a
making, this is sanctification,
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the declaration Christ forming
sanctification is Christ in me.
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This is a 100%
it's through the blood,
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this is through the spirit.
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So you see it's easy
to become a Christian,
00:52:05.50\00:52:11.24
it's not easy to stay one.
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Point number 10.
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This doctrine of
a perfect standing
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is Biblical
Protestant and Adventist.
00:52:19.98\00:52:24.96
And the doctrine of
God's changing this state
00:52:24.99\00:52:28.98
my bad old nature,
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that's Biblical
Protestant, an Adventist.
00:52:31.98\00:52:37.66
There is such a thing
as having a false security.
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You can only have a security,
00:52:44.56\00:52:50.36
if the fruits of the life show
00:52:50.39\00:52:54.77
that you have been redeemed.
00:52:54.80\00:52:56.82
That is why on the judgment,
00:52:56.85\00:52:58.69
we're judged not
by faith but by works,
00:52:58.72\00:53:04.40
because the works show what I'm?
00:53:04.43\00:53:08.51
How do you fell about that?
00:53:08.54\00:53:11.78
That Jesus have the
last word, shall we?
00:53:11.81\00:53:15.98
Mathew 7 and this is the
conclusion to His sermon.
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That certainly amazed them.
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Mathew 7:21 and
onwards He has the last word.
00:53:24.99\00:53:31.22
Therefore-- while He
said all these things
00:53:31.25\00:53:34.43
you need to do
this, you need to do that,
00:53:34.46\00:53:36.19
you need to do someone else.
00:53:36.22\00:53:38.98
"Therefore everyone who
hears these words of mine,"
00:53:39.01\00:53:43.72
what does it say?
00:53:43.75\00:53:45.60
Come on, put
some, what does it say?
00:53:45.63\00:53:49.57
Guy, I want you to
talk to me what does it say?
00:53:49.60\00:53:53.05
Put some into what?
00:53:53.08\00:53:55.10
"Puts them into
practice is like a wise man
00:53:55.13\00:53:58.55
who built his house on the rock.
00:53:58.58\00:54:01.48
The rain came
down the streams rose,
00:54:01.51\00:54:03.72
and the winds blew and
beat against that house,
00:54:03.75\00:54:06.36
yet it did not fall,
00:54:06.39\00:54:07.61
because it had its
foundation on the rock.
00:54:07.64\00:54:11.88
But everyone who
hears these words of mine
00:54:11.91\00:54:14.36
and does not put
them into practice
00:54:14.39\00:54:18.41
is like a foolish man
who built his house on sand.
00:54:18.44\00:54:23.36
The rain came
down, the streams rose,
00:54:23.39\00:54:26.96
and the winds blew and
beat against that house,
00:54:26.99\00:54:29.62
and it fell with a great crash."
00:54:29.65\00:54:34.13
When Jesus had
finished saying these things,
00:54:34.16\00:54:37.32
the crowds were
amazed at his teaching,
00:54:37.35\00:54:40.31
because he taught as
one who had authority,
00:54:40.34\00:54:44.53
and not as their
teachers of the law."
00:54:44.56\00:54:48.95
Jesus on another occasion said,
00:54:48.98\00:54:53.03
listen to it, He said,
00:54:53.06\00:54:56.20
"He who has ears to hear,
00:54:56.23\00:55:02.02
let him hear, amen. Amen.
00:55:02.05\00:55:08.69
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00:55:08.72\00:55:11.90
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00:55:11.93\00:55:13.63
We believe that the
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00:55:13.66\00:55:15.65
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00:55:15.68\00:55:18.32
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00:55:18.35\00:55:21.68
Because Jesus said,
00:55:21.71\00:55:23.33
"I am the way, the
truth and the life."
00:55:23.36\00:55:26.17
We do not believe that
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00:55:26.20\00:55:30.23
We believe that we are
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00:55:30.26\00:55:33.58
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00:55:33.61\00:55:35.25
Bless your heart, friend.
00:55:35.28\00:55:36.81
Look at the signs that are
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00:55:36.84\00:55:40.50
The signs of the
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00:55:40.53\00:55:43.69
And they're saying,
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00:55:43.72\00:55:47.14
I want you to be my
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00:55:47.17\00:55:50.68
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00:55:50.71\00:55:52.47
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00:55:52.50\00:55:56.25
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00:55:56.28\00:55:59.40
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00:55:59.43\00:56:04.08
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00:56:06.34\00:56:11.18
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00:56:11.21\00:56:16.02
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00:56:16.05\00:56:17.91
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00:56:33.48\00:56:37.33
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00:56:37.36\00:56:39.56
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00:56:39.59\00:56:41.52
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00:56:41.55\00:56:43.92
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I want to hear from you today.
00:56:54.10\00:56:56.76
I can hear the
rush of angel's wings
00:57:09.49\00:57:15.29
I see glory
00:57:15.32\00:57:18.71
on each face
00:57:18.74\00:57:24.68
For surely
00:57:24.71\00:57:27.63
the presence
00:57:27.66\00:57:32.19
of the Lord
00:57:32.22\00:57:37.54
is in this place
00:57:37.57\00:57:45.54