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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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IT'S A SUNNY DAY HERE
IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
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WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE TUNING
IN, WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING ON
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THE RADIO OR WATCHING
LIVE AT OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW,
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'SACCENTRAL.ORG', OR ON THE
VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS -
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HOWEVER YOU ARE JOINING US WE'RE
JUST SO GLAD THAT YOU JOIN WITH
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US EVERY WEEK. MAYBE
THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME,
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SO WHAT WE DO IS WE SING YOUR
FAVORITE REQUESTS THAT YOU SEND
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IN AND THEN WE OPEN UP GOD'S
WORD AND WE STUDY TOGETHER.
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SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
SING ONE OF MY FAVORITES,
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'GOD OF OUR FATHERS'.
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IF YOU HAVE A HYMNAL AT
HOME, OPEN IT UP TO #645.
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THIS IS A REQUEST FROM WILSON
IN CANADA, MAISIE AND KARL IN
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FRANCE, SILVERWYNN IN THAILAND,
ASHOOK IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
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AND MANY MORE
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
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WE'RE GOING TO SING ALL FOUR
STANZAS - 'GOD OF OUR FATHERS'.
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>>WONDERFUL. THANK YOU,
HANDERSON, FOR ADDING ALL THAT
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EXTRA STUFF THAT IS NOT WRITTEN
IN THE HYMNAL. I LOVE IT.
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IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SONG THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SING WITH US
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ON AN UPCOMING
PROGRAM, IT IS SO SIMPLE.
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JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE
'SACCENTRAL.ORG' AND CLICK ON
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THE 'CONTACT US' LINK AND YOU
CAN SEND IN YOUR FAVORITE SONG.
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IF IT'S IN THE HYMNAL
WE WILL SING THAT FOR YOU.
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#78 IS OUR NEW SONG AS
WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK OUR WAY
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THROUGH THE HYMNAL
SINGING THE SONGS WE DON'T KNOW.
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WE'VE LEARNED A LOT OF NEW SONGS
THIS YEAR - WELL, IT'S BEEN OVER
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A YEAR SINCE WE STARTED THIS,
I THINK, AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE
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ABOUT TWELVE YEARS TO FINISH
SINGING THROUGH THE HYMNAL SO
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BEAR WITH US. #78
'FOR GOD SO LOVED US'.
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WE'RE GOING TO
SING ALL FOUR STANZAS.
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THIS IS A REQUEST FROM AMEIDI
IN BELIZE, LEON IN CALIFORNIA,
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JOSEFIN IN IRELAND, HOWARD AND
DIANE IN MISSISSIPPI, GILBERT IN
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THE PHILIPPINES, AND GRACE
IN TANZANIA AND THERE WERE A FEW
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MORE PEOPLE THAT
REQUESTED THIS SONG. #78 -
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'FOR GOD SO LOVED US'.
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>>GOD LOVES US AND WE ARE HIS
CHILDREN AND HE EVEN LOVES ME.
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SOME OF THESE SONGS, THEY
HAVE SUCH LOVELY WORDS TO THEM.
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AND YOU FIND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
THE HYMNS - YOU READ THE STORIES
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ON, YOU KNOW, HOW - WHY
THEY WERE WRITTEN AND WHAT THE
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EXPERIENCES OF THE
PEOPLE WERE THAT WROTE THEM.
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AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOME OF THESE
- THE MAJORITY OF THEM - SUCH
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AMAZING STORIES OF EXPERIENCES
THAT PEOPLE HAVE GONE THROUGH
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AND IT USUALLY SEEMS THAT A
BIG EXPERIENCE - SOMETHING THAT
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IMPACTS YOU, USUALLY MAKES THESE
WONDERFUL HYMNS THE RESULT OF
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THAT EXPERIENCE. SO
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE
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LEARNING THESE AND
I HOPE YOU ARE TOO.
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AT THIS TIME LET'S
BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR LOVING US.
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AND WE ARE YOUR CHILDREN AND
SOMETIMES WE'RE VERY NAUGHTY BUT
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WE KNOW THAT YOU DO LOVE
US. AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
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DYING ON THE CROSS FOR US SO
THAT ONE DAY WE CAN BE IN HEAVEN
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WITH YOU, OUR
LOVING, HEAVENLY FATHER.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING
US TOGETHER TO OPEN UP YOUR WORD
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AND STUDY TOGETHER. I
PRAY THAT YOU'LL BE WITH EACH
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ONE HERE IN THE SANCTUARY AND
OUR EXTENDED FAMILY AROUND THE
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WORLD. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR EACH ONE.
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AND I PRAY THAT WE WILL RECEIVE
THE BLESSING THAT YOU HAVE FOR
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US. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AT
THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY IS
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GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO
US BY PASTOR MIKE THOMPSON.
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HE IS OUR HEALTH AND VISITATION
PASTOR HERE AT CENTRAL CHURCH.
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>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHORISTERS
AND HANDERSON, THANK YOU SO
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MUCH. THAT WAS A NICE PIECE OF
MUSIC OUT THERE. VERY RELAXING.
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IT'S MY PLEASURE TODAY TO
BE ABLE TO WELCOME YOU ALSO TO
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CENTRAL STUDY HOUR.
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BEFORE WE BEGIN WE HAVE OUR
USUAL OFFER THAT I WANT TO MAKE
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AVAILABLE TO THOSE OF YOU WHO
ARE HERE AND ALSO THE VIEWERS.
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THIS IS OFFER #102 AND IT'S
CALLED 'THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN'.
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IF YOU CALL THE
NUMBER 1-866-STUDY-MORE OR
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1-866-788-3966 AMAZING FACTS
WILL SEND THIS TO YOU IF YOU
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LIVE IN THE CONTINENTAL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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IT'S CALLED
'THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN'.
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IT'S LOOKING AT THREE STEPS:
CONFESSION, FORGIVENESS, AND
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CONVERSION - THE NEW BIRTH.
AND IF WE CAN EXPERIENCE THESE
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BY FAITH, THE DOOR
OF HEAVEN IS OPEN WIDE.
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NOT THAT THAT DOOR OPENS BECAUSE
OF THE THINGS WE DO, THERE'S
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ACTUALLY - THERE'S NO VIRTUE IN
OUR CONFESSION, THE VIRTUE IS IN
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THE ONE WHO FORGIVES US WHEN
WE CONFESS AND THAT'S JESUS.
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SO TODAY WE'RE ON LESSON
#7 IN OUR QUARTERLY BOOK 'THE
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SANCTUARY' AND IT'S CALLED
TODAY 'CHRIST OUR SACRIFICE'.
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SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT TODAY
AND THERE'S A MEMORY TEXT FROM 1
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PETER CHAPTER 2,
VERSE 24 IN THE LESSON.
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SPEAKING OF CHRIST IT SAID, "'HE
HIMSELF BORE OUR SINS' IN HIS
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BODY ON THE CROSS, SO THAT WE
MIGHT DIE TO SINS AND LIVE FOR
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RIGHTEOUSNESS; 'BY HIS
WOUNDS YOU HAVE BEEN HEALED.'"
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WE'LL DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE
MORE IN A MOMENT, BUT IN THE
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INTRODUCTION PAGE IN THE LESSON
WE READ THIS - IT'S DOWN NEAR
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THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE - IT
SAYS, 'THIS WEEK WE WILL STUDY
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DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF CHRIST'S
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND SEE WHAT
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HIS ONCE-FOR-ALL
DEATH HAS PROVIDED FOR US.'
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HE PROVIDED MANY THINGS IN THIS
LIFE BUT, ULTIMATELY, ETERNAL
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LIFE, WHICH IS
WAITING FOR US IN THE NEXT.
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SO SUNDAY IS
ENTITLED 'JESUS IN ISAIAH 53'.
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I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY KIND
OF SAYING THIS: GOD HAS NEVER
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GOTTEN USED TO SIN.
HE'S NEVER GOTTEN USED TO IT.
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HE'S WITNESSED IT FOR MUCH
LONGER THAN WE HAVE IN OUR FEW
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YEARS OF LIFE. HE'S
BEEN WITNESSING IT FOR
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CLOSE TO 6,000 YEARS.
HE'S NEVER GOTTEN USED TO IT.
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WE, UNFORTUNATELY - AND IT'S
NOTHING TO BOAST ABOUT - WE'RE
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QUITE INSENSITIVE TO EVIL.
WE'RE BORN AS WE ARE INTO A
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FALLEN WORLD. WE'RE
BORN WITH FALLEN NATURES
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AND THE NATURAL TENDENCY
IS TO TAKE THE DOWN ROAD.
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SO IN A LARGE DEGREE
WE'RE QUITE DESENSITIZED TO THE
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OFFENSIVENESS OF
SIN. BUT AGAIN I SAY
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IT'S NOT SO WITH
GOD. GOD HATES INIQUITY.
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AND I'VE DESCRIBED IT THIS WAY
BEFORE: THE MOMENT WE SIN, GOD'S
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WRATH IS IMMEDIATELY PRIMED AND
PREPARED TO GO FORTH AND MEET
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OUR SIN AND US AND CONSUME
THE SIN AND US ALL AT ONCE, JUST
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LIKE THAT - CONSUME
US UNTIL WE ARE NO MORE.
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THAT WOULD BE
WHAT WE DESERVE, RIGHT?
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YET, IN SPITE OF THE
MULTIPLICITY OF OUR EVILS, WE'RE
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ALL STILL HERE. GOD
HAS NOT CONSUMED US. WHY?
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BECAUSE - THIS IS ALMOST LIKE
THE LAST LESSON THAT I DID HERE
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ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
ALMOST THE SAME THING - BECAUSE
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FOR OUR GOD IS A JUST GOD
AND HE WILL SURELY PUNISH SIN.
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HE'S EQUALLY A
MERCIFUL GOD - LONGSUFFERING,
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NOT WILLING THAT
ANY SHOULD PERISH.
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IT SAYS IN PSALM 103:8 "THE LORD
IS MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS, SLOW
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TO ANGER, AND
ABOUNDING IN MERCY."
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NOW THIS DOESN'T MEAN FOR
ONE INSTANT THAT GOD WILL EVER
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EXCUSE A SIN. EVERY
TRANSGRESSION IS DULY
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NOTED AND PRIMED TO
RECEIVE ITS JUST REWARD.
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INDEED GOD LOATHES IT, HE
DESPISES IT, AND HE WILL NEVER
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EXCUSE ONE SINGLE
VIOLATION OF HIS LAW.
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IT IS ALL
WRITTEN DOWN IN THE BOOK.
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AND YET, AT THE SAME TIME, HE
WILL FREELY FORGIVE EVERY SINGLE
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VIOLATION OF HIS LAW NO MATTER
HOW GREAT THAT TRANSGRESSION
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MIGHT BE BECAUSE, IN HIS GREAT
MERCY - THIS IS WHY HE CAN DO
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THIS - AND YOU KNOW WHERE
I'M GOING - WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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ISAIAH 53 - GOD GAVE JESUS TO
BECOME GUILTY IN OUR PLACE AND
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TO BE OUR SUBSTITUTE TO SUFFER
THE SENTENCE OF EXECUTION - TO
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SUFFER THE WRATH OF GOD AND THE
DIVINE JUSTICE SO THAT WE COULD
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BE SPARED FROM THAT. AND
ALL THIS THAT WE'RE TALKING
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ABOUT IS VERY CLEARLY PREFIGURED
IN ISAIAH 53 - WRITTEN ABOUT 700
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YEARS BEFORE JESUS EVER SET FOOT
UPON THIS EARTH IN HUMAN FORM.
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SO, FOR THIS REASON, THIS
MORNING, WE ARE CALLED TO, KIND
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OF - IF WE CAN, ASK GOD TO HELP
YOU DO THIS - DE-CLUTTER OUR
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MINDS FROM A THOUSAND
DISTRACTIONS - DE-CLUTTER OUR
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MINDS FROM A THOUSAND
DISTRACTIONS - BE STILL, BE
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SILENT - SOBERLY, PRAYERFULLY
CONSIDER AND CONTEMPLATE JUST
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WHAT JESUS HAS DONE TO EFFECT
FOR US THIS WONDERFUL MEANS
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WHEREBY WE CAN
HAVE ETERNAL SALVATION.
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AND ALSO DE-CLUTTER OUR MINDS
AND FOCUS SO THAT WE CAN ALSO
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CONSIDER WHAT HE EXPERIENCED IN
HIS HUMAN FLESH IN GETHSEMANE -
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WELL, ACTUALLY, ALL THROUGH
HIS LIFE - ALL THROUGH HIS LIFE.
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BUT ESPECIALLY - IT REACHED
A CLIMAX IN GETHSEMANE AND UPON
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THE CROSS. I WANT US
TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER
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TODAYSUFFERING - PHYSICALLY,GH -
EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY - THAT WE
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AGAIN CAN BE THE RECIPIENTS
OF SUCH A PRICELESS GIFT.
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IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO DO THAT
IN ABOUT FIVE OR TEN MINUTES I
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HAVE JUST ON THIS SECTION,
BUT LET'S - LET'S ASK GOD
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TO HELP US GRASP IT.
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ISAIAH 53 AND VERSE 3 TELLS US,
"HE WAS DESPISED AND REJECTED
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OF MEN; A MAN OF SORROWS,
AND ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF."
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JESUS WAS
ACQUAINTED WITH ALL THE ABOVE.
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HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS
LIKE TO SUFFER REJECTION.
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IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN REJECTED
IT'S A WHOLE WORLD OF PAIN JUST
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IN ITSELF. BUT YOU
SEE, THE SUFFERINGS OF
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CHRIST, THEY'RE IN LAYERS
AND IT'S EASY TO JUST LOOK AT A
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CROSS AND SAY, 'HEY,
HE WAS NAILED TO A CROSS.
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IT WAS A HARD TIME HE HAD.'
NO, THE PHYSICAL PAIN HE FELT -
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BAD AS IT WAS - WAS ALMOST
INSIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO THE
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OTHER FLAVORS AND SHAPES AND
FORMS OF SUFFERING THAT HE WENT
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THROUGH IN HIS
MIND AND IN HIS HEART.
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SO REJECTION WAS ONE THING, BAD
AS IT WAS, BUT JESUS SUFFERED
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MANY OTHER WAYS BECAUSE OF
SIN AND I'M GOING TO MENTION ONE
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NOW. JESUS SUFFERED JUST BY
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WITNESSING THE
COMMISSION OF SIN.
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THERE'S A COUPLE OF STATEMENTS
I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
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THE FIRST ONE IS FROM ISAIAH
- SORRY, FROM 'DESIRE OF AGES'
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PAGE 88, THEN ANOTHER ONE
FROM 'DESIRE OF AGES' PAGE 111.
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THE FIRST ONE SAYS, SPEAKING OF
JESUS, HE HATED BUT ONE THING IN
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THIS WORLD AND THAT WAS SIN.
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HE HATED BUT ONE
THING AND THAT WAS SIN.
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NOW LISTEN, JESUS "COULD NOT
WITNESS A WRONG ACT WITHOUT PAIN
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WHICH IT WAS
IMPOSSIBLE TO DISGUISE."
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IN OTHER WORDS, HE COULD BE
WALKING THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE,
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PEOPLE JOSTLING HIM, AND YOU MAY
SEE A FATHER OR A MOTHER TURN
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AROUND ON THEIR CHILD AND JUST -
JUST LET THE CHILD HAVE IT - YOU
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KNOW, CHILDREN GET IMPATIENT
- AND JUST CURSE THEIR OWN CHILD
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OR SLAP THE CHILD. WHEN
JESUS SAW THINGS LIKE THAT
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AND EVEN LESS, IT CAUSED HIM
SUCH PAIN THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
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FOR HIM TO DISGUISE.
NEXT THING, FROM 'DESIRE OF
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AGES' 111, "EVERY SIN, EVERY
DISCORD, EVERY DEFILING LUST
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THAT TRANSGRESSION HAD BROUGHT,
WAS TORTURE TO HIS SPIRIT."
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GOING BACK AGAIN TO WHAT I SAID:
GOD HAS NEVER GOTTEN USED TO
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SIN. WE HAVE. WE HAVE.
BUT HE WAS SO SINLESS, SO PURE
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IN HIS HEART WHEN HE WITNESSED
A WRONG ACT OR HE HEARD A WRONG
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TONE OF VOICE, IT WAS
TORTURE TO HIS SPIRIT.
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SO HE SUFFERED
MERELY BY WITNESSING SIN.
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NOW, KEEP THIS IN MIND - KEEP
THIS IN MIND, BECAUSE I'M GOING
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TO READ ISAIAH 53, VERSE 6 -
KEEP THIS IN MIND THAT IT WAS A
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CONSIDER THE FACT THAT HE BORE
BUT OUR SINS SO WE CAN HAVE A
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GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND
APPRECIATION OF THE INFINITE
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MAGNITUDE OF CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS
JUST BEING IN THE PRESENCE OF
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SIN. ISAIAH 53:6
TELLS US, "ALL WE
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LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY; WE
HAVE TURNED EVERY ONE TO HIS OWN
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WAY; AND THE LORD HATH LAID
ON HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL."
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SO FOLLOW ME NOW, IF IT WAS
INFINITELY PAINFUL FOR JESUS TO
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WITNESS SIN, WHAT WAS IT LIKE
WHEN HE ACTUALLY TOOK UPON HIM
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OUR SINS? IT
ADDS A WHOLE DIFFERENT
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DIMENSION TO THE
MAGNITUDE OF HIS SUFFERING.
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HOW GREAT WAS HIS SUFFERING
WHEN - THE BIBLE TELLS US IN
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CORINTHIANS 'HE BECAME SIN'.
HE NEVER SINNED - DON'T LET
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ANYBODY MISUNDERSTAND ME - HE
NEVER SINNED EVEN BY A THOUGHT.
00:18:19.83\00:18:23.63
YOU CAN READ THAT
ALSO IN 'DESIRE OF AGES'.
00:18:23.63\00:18:25.80
HE WAS PRISTINE, PURE AND
SINLESS BUT HE BECAME - WHEN HE
00:18:25.80\00:18:30.23
TOOK OUR SINS - HE BECAME
THE PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL AND,
00:18:30.23\00:18:35.96
THEREFORE, THE THEOLOGIANS TELL
US WHAT CHRIST DID NOT ASSUME -
00:18:35.96\00:18:41.96
HE COULD NOT RESOLVE FOR US - SO
UNLESS HE ASSUMED OUR SINS AND
00:18:41.96\00:18:47.13
MADE THEM HIS OWN PERSONAL
PROPERTY - THOUGH HE NEVER,
00:18:47.13\00:18:49.73
NEVER COMMITTED THEM, HE COULD
NOT RESOLVE OUR ISSUE OF 'WHAT
00:18:49.73\00:18:54.70
CAN WE DO WITH OUR SINS?'
'HOW CAN WE GET RID OF THESE SO
00:18:54.70\00:18:57.63
WE CAN BE SPARED FROM ETERNAL
DEATH?' SO CHRIST ASSUMED THEM.
00:18:57.63\00:19:03.26
NOT IN SOME PHILOSOPHICAL - NOT
IN SOME KIND OF THEORETICAL WAY,
00:19:03.26\00:19:09.20
BUT HE TOOK THEM. HE
BECAME A PART - THEY BECAME A
00:19:09.20\00:19:13.66
PART OF HIS ACTUAL BEING - HIS
HUMAN FLESH - SUCH AS WE HAVE.
00:19:13.66\00:19:20.86
I HOPE YOU CAN FOLLOW ME.
00:19:20.86\00:19:22.66
SO ALL THE PUTREFYING FILTH
OF THE HUMAN RACE - ALL THE
00:19:22.66\00:19:28.30
CORRUPTION, ALL THE DEFILEMENT
INFUSED, AS IT WERE, HIS MORTAL
00:19:28.30\00:19:33.80
FLESH TO BECOME
PART OF HIS OWN BEING.
00:19:33.80\00:19:37.43
WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THIS
AS WE SHOULD. ISAIAH 53:5 SAYS,
00:19:37.43\00:19:45.36
"HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR
TRANSGRESSIONS," - IF YOU HAVE
00:19:45.36\00:19:48.36
THE KING JAMES THERE'S
A MARGINAL READING THERE.
00:19:48.36\00:19:51.66
FOR THE WORD 'WOUNDED' WE
HAVE IN THE MARGIN 'TORMENTED'.
00:19:51.66\00:19:56.36
HE WAS TORMENTED
FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS.
00:19:56.36\00:20:01.43
NOT JUST TORMENTED THROUGH THE
PHYSICAL PAIN, BUT THE TORMENT
00:20:01.43\00:20:05.76
OF FINDING HIMSELF SO UTTERLY
DEFILED BY THE SIN OF EVERY MAN,
00:20:05.76\00:20:13.46
WOMAN AND CHILD.
00:20:13.46\00:20:18.03
I TRIED TO FIND WORDS TO
DESCRIBE THIS AND, ACTUALLY,
00:20:18.03\00:20:22.03
THEY COME OUT PRETTY GRAPHIC SO
I WANT TO BE CAREFUL, BUT IT'S
00:20:22.03\00:20:26.76
AS IF HE HAD CLINGING TO HIM
THIS VILE, STENCHING SLIME THAT
00:20:26.76\00:20:31.93
HE LONGED TO WASH OFF - LIKE
HE'D BEEN THROWN IN A CESSPIT OF
00:20:31.93\00:20:35.90
HUMAN WICKEDNESS AND HE COMES
OUT AND HE'S GOT THIS VILE SLIME
00:20:35.90\00:20:40.40
JUST ALL OVER HIM.
YOU KNOW HOW YOU'D FEEL?
00:20:40.40\00:20:42.13
YOU WANT TO GET IN THE
SHOWER AND WASH IT OFF - BUT HE
00:20:42.13\00:20:44.83
COULDN'T. HE WAS
INVESTED WITH THEM.
00:20:44.83\00:20:50.66
SO THAT, IN ITSELF, WAS
PART OF THE SUFFERINGS OF JESUS.
00:20:50.66\00:20:53.86
AND IF YOU READ ISAIAH 53 IT'S
RIGHT THERE IF YOU'LL ASK GOD TO
00:20:53.86\00:20:59.10
REVEAL THAT TO YOU IN THOSE
QUIET MOMENTS, WHICH IS OFTEN
00:20:59.10\00:21:03.23
WHEN GOD DOES
THIS KIND OF THING.
00:21:03.23\00:21:05.40
AND BECAUSE THERE HE WAS SO
DEFILED, IN GOD'S EYES GOD IS
00:21:05.40\00:21:09.10
RIGHTEOUS, RIGHT?
DOES GOD LOVE SIN?
00:21:09.10\00:21:11.46
GOD LOATHES SIN - HE HATES SIN.
00:21:11.46\00:21:14.10
AND SOMEBODY HAD TO PAY
THE PRICE FOR SIN AND GOD HAD A
00:21:14.10\00:21:17.20
CHOICE OF EITHER LOATHING
US AS WE BECAME THE EPITOME OF
00:21:17.20\00:21:21.76
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OR LOATHING HIS
OWN SON WHEN HE TOOK THE SINS
00:21:21.76\00:21:26.90
FOR US AND
BECAME SIN PERSONIFIED.
00:21:26.90\00:21:29.33
AND SO WHEN JESUS HUNG ON THE
CROSS INVESTED WITH OUR SINS,
00:21:29.33\00:21:37.66
THIS WAS HARD FOR GOD.
THIS WAS HIS BELOVED SON.
00:21:37.66\00:21:42.20
IT WAS PART OF HIS OWN BEING AND
YET GOD LOOKED UPON HIS OWN SON
00:21:42.20\00:21:49.86
AS AN OFFENSE IN HIS OWN EYES
WHEN HE TOOK OUR INIQUITY UPON
00:21:49.86\00:21:54.33
HIM. AND JESUS KNEW THAT.
00:21:54.33\00:21:57.36
JESUS KNEW THAT THIS WONDERFUL
HEAVENLY FATHER WHO HAD ALWAYS
00:21:57.36\00:22:02.93
BEEN WITH HIM ON HIS EARTHLY
SOJOURN AND WITH WHOM HE'D
00:22:02.93\00:22:06.46
ALWAYS BEEN ONE FROM ETERNITY
- FOR CHRIST WAS NOT A CREATED
00:22:06.46\00:22:09.56
BEING FROM HIS DIVINE SIDE.
00:22:09.56\00:22:12.50
THIS FELLOWSHIP THAT JESUS HAD
HAD FOR ALL ETERNITY NOW - HE
00:22:12.50\00:22:16.93
SEES HIS FATHER TURN HIS
FACE AWAY AND THERE'S THAT AWFUL
00:22:16.93\00:22:21.53
FEELING THAT HE'S SO
OFFENSIVE IN HIS FATHER'S EYES.
00:22:21.53\00:22:26.26
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN - HAVE YOU
EVER HAD ANXIETY SEPARATION -
00:22:26.26\00:22:30.70
OR SEPARATION ANXIETY?
YOU SEE PUPPIES GO THROUGH IT.
00:22:30.70\00:22:36.56
YOU SEE CHILDREN GO THROUGH IT.
JESUS DRANK A CUP OF SEPARATION
00:22:36.56\00:22:43.23
ANXIETY FOR THE WHOLE HUMAN
RACE AND YET, WHAT DID HE DO?
00:22:43.23\00:22:50.96
HE JUST QUIETLY DRUNK IT
AND SUFFERED IT. YOU SEE,
00:22:50.96\00:22:58.83
IT'S ALL PART OF THE LAYERS
THAT HE WAS GOING THROUGH.
00:22:58.83\00:23:02.76
WE SO OFTEN READ ISAIAH 53 AND
WE READ ABOUT GETHSEMANE AND WE
00:23:02.76\00:23:07.36
THINK ABOUT THE CROSS AND,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO SHALLOW AND
00:23:07.36\00:23:10.53
SUPERFICIAL. I
MEAN, AREN'T WE? I AM.
00:23:10.53\00:23:12.86
IT'S ONLY IN MORE SERIOUS
MOMENTS I START TO GET THIS.
00:23:12.86\00:23:16.96
WE SEE THE CROSS AND
IT'S AS IF 'THERE'S THE CROSS.
00:23:16.96\00:23:19.73
BAD THING FOR JESUS.' AND
WE'RE GONE. WE NEED TO SPEND
00:23:19.73\00:23:26.63
TIME THERE AND THINK ABOUT IT
BECAUSE IT'S ONLY AS WE DO THIS
00:23:26.63\00:23:31.76
- LIKE GOD, WE CAN LEARN
TO HAVE A HATRED FOR SIN.
00:23:31.76\00:23:38.23
BECAUSE UNLESS, BELOVED, WE
LEARN TO HATE SIN, WE'LL NEVER
00:23:38.23\00:23:43.63
HAVE THE INCENTIVE OR
DESIRE TO BE SEPARATED FROM IT.
00:23:43.63\00:23:48.53
AND GOD CANNOT TAKE US TO HEAVEN
IF WE HAVE DIVIDED AFFECTIONS.
00:23:48.53\00:23:53.90
WHEN WE SAY, 'OH
LORD, I LOVE YOU.'
00:23:53.90\00:23:55.26
BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'VE GOT
SOME LITTLE THINGS HERE THAT -
00:23:55.26\00:23:58.93
THE TENDRILS OF OUR AFFECTION
HAVE WOUND AROUND SOME SECRET
00:23:58.93\00:24:02.33
VICE. GOD SAYS, 'I LOVE YOU BUT
00:24:02.33\00:24:04.46
I CANNOT TAKE YOU.'
YOU'VE GOT TO SEVER THEM ALL.
00:24:04.46\00:24:09.90
AND IT'S ONLY AT THE CROSS THAT
WE GET THE INCENTIVE TO HATE SIN
00:24:09.90\00:24:14.23
BECAUSE THEN WE SEE WHAT IT'S
DONE TO JESUS AND WE SAY, 'OH, I
00:24:14.23\00:24:19.13
WANT TO QUIT THIS.' AND GOD HAS
THE GRACE TO HELP US DO THAT.
00:24:19.13\00:24:25.40
THAT'S WHY I SAY HE BECAME THE
VERY PERSONIFICATION OF HUMAN
00:24:25.40\00:24:28.70
WICKEDNESS ALL, IF YOU
LIKE, DISTILLED INTO ONE BEING.
00:24:28.70\00:24:33.80
IF YOU CAN TRY AND IMAGE THAT.
THERE ON THE - AND THERE ON THE
00:24:33.80\00:24:37.26
CROSS, BECAUSE HE BECAME
THE PERSONIFICATION OF ALL THE
00:24:37.26\00:24:41.30
WICKEDNESS OF THE WORLD ALL
DISTILLED INTO ONE BEING AND GOD
00:24:41.30\00:24:46.56
LOOKED AT HIM - HIS SON THAT HE
LOVED - AND YET JUSTICE DEMANDED
00:24:46.56\00:24:50.36
THAT SOMEBODY PAY THE PRICE.
AND SO GOD LOOKED AND HIS OWN
00:24:50.36\00:24:56.06
SON BECAME AN
OFFENSE IN HIS OWN EYES.
00:24:56.06\00:25:02.20
THERE ON THE CROSS JESUS
PROVOKED THE RIGHTEOUS ANGER OF
00:25:02.20\00:25:05.53
GOD AGAINST ALL OUR EVIL
WHICH HE BORE FOR OUR SAKES.
00:25:05.53\00:25:11.73
AND LIKE A MAGNET - AS JESUS
HUNG THERE - LIKE A MAGNET HE
00:25:11.73\00:25:14.56
DREW FORTH UPON HIMSELF THE
ACCUMULATED WRATH OF GOD WHICH
00:25:14.56\00:25:20.80
DESCENDED UPON
HIM WITHOUT MERCY.
00:25:20.80\00:25:25.50
ON A BARREN HILL, NAILED TO A
CROSS, JESUS, LIKE A LIGHTNING
00:25:25.50\00:25:33.46
ROD, STUCK UP THERE IN A DARK,
BROODING AND VIOLENT STORM WAS
00:25:33.46\00:25:41.70
UNSPARINGLY SMITTEN FROM ABOVE -
PUNISHED MERCILESSLY - DESTROYED
00:25:41.70\00:25:48.86
AND WASTED BY HIS
FATHER'S OWN HAND. ALL FOR US.
00:25:48.86\00:25:58.46
IT WAS HIM OR IT WAS US AND AS
BAD AS IT WAS FOR HIM, BOTH THE
00:25:58.46\00:26:06.96
FATHER AND JESUS DECIDED THEY'D
RATHER STAND - GOD WOULD RATHER
00:26:06.96\00:26:11.96
STAND BESIDE THE SIDE OF HIS
SON'S CROSS AND WATCH HIM SUFFER
00:26:11.96\00:26:18.03
THAN STAND BESIDE OUR
CROSS AND WATCH US SUFFER.
00:26:18.03\00:26:23.46
'DESIRE OF AGES' 756, "HE, THE
SIN BEARER, ENDURES THE WRATH OF
00:26:23.46\00:26:27.70
DIVINE JUSTICE AND FOR
THY SAKE BECOMES SIN ITSELF."
00:26:27.70\00:26:32.43
NOW SOME PEOPLE MAY ASK, 'YOU
KNOW, IS SIN REALLY SO BAD THAT
00:26:32.43\00:26:37.06
JESUS HAD TO SUFFER SO
INCREDIBLY MUCH FROM ITS
00:26:37.06\00:26:40.86
CONSEQUENCES?'
THE ANSWER IS 'YES'.
00:26:40.86\00:26:44.03
'AND IS GOD SO PARTICULAR THAT
HE WOULDN'T EVEN SPARE HIS OWN
00:26:44.03\00:26:48.93
SON WHEN IT CAME TO EXPRESSING
HIS DISPLEASURE TOWARD SIN?'
00:26:48.93\00:26:52.43
THE ANSWER IS 'YES'.
GOD COULD NOT SPARE HIM.
00:26:52.43\00:26:57.50
IN 'DESIRE OF AGES' AGAIN, PAGE
693 THERE IS A STATEMENT - THE
00:26:57.50\00:27:04.63
IMMEDIATE CONTEXT IS CHRIST
HANGING ON THE CROSS - SORRY,
00:27:04.63\00:27:08.23
THE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT IS
GETHSEMANE BUT YOU CAN EQUALLY
00:27:08.23\00:27:12.20
APPLY THIS TO BOTH THE
CROSS AS WELL AND I THINK YOU'LL
00:27:12.20\00:27:15.00
UNDERSTAND THIS WHEN
I READ IT SO WE CAN SEE
00:27:15.00\00:27:17.96
HOW OFFENSIVE IS SIN TO GOD.
00:27:17.96\00:27:20.46
IT SAYS, "COULD MORTALS
HAVE VIEWED THE AMAZEMENT OF THE
00:27:20.46\00:27:23.70
ANGELIC HOST, AS IN SILENT
GRIEF THEY WATCHED THE FATHER
00:27:23.70\00:27:28.63
SEPARATING HIS BEAMS OF LIGHT,
LOVE AND GLORY FROM HIS BELOVED
00:27:28.63\00:27:34.13
SON" - IT SAYS 'IF WE COULD
UNDERSTAND THIS, THEN' IT SAYS,
00:27:34.13\00:27:37.50
"THEY" - WE - WE "WOULD BETTER
UNDERSTAND HOW OFFENSIVE IN HIS
00:27:37.50\00:27:43.20
SIGHT IS SIN." IN
ISAIAH 53 IT'S ALL THERE FOR
00:27:43.20\00:27:53.33
US TO CONTEMPLATE AND WE
NEED TO READ THIS CHAPTER.
00:27:53.33\00:27:58.80
WE NEED TO READ IT. 'YOUTH
INSTRUCTOR' DECEMBER 20, 1900,
00:27:58.80\00:28:01.90
IT SAYS THIS ABOUT
ISAIAH 53 - IT SAYS,
00:28:01.90\00:28:04.13
"THIS CHAPTER SHOULD BE STUDIED.
00:28:04.13\00:28:06.40
THE ENTIRE CHAPTER SHOULD
BE COMMITTED TO MEMORY." WHY?
00:28:06.40\00:28:10.43
NOT JUST SO YOU CAN WIN IN
SOME BIBLE QUIZ, BUT SO YOU CAN
00:28:10.43\00:28:13.66
CONTEMPLATE WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING.
00:28:13.66\00:28:17.70
SO WE CAN ALL CONTEMPLATE IT ON
OUR KNEES AND ASKING GOD THAT WE
00:28:17.70\00:28:21.56
MIGHT GRASP IT AND GET IT
AND SO THAT SIN WILL, INDEED, BE
00:28:21.56\00:28:25.23
OFFENSIVE AND
WE'LL HATE THE STUFF.
00:28:25.23\00:28:28.56
CONTINUING THE STATEMENT,
"THOSE" - THOSE - WE'RE ALL VERY
00:28:28.56\00:28:34.70
PROUD BEINGS,
AREN'T WE? AREN'T WE JUST?
00:28:34.70\00:28:38.56
I'M AS PROUD AS THEY COME. I'LL
JUST COME CLEAN. PROUD AND VAIN
00:28:38.56\00:28:44.36
- MANY A TIME GOD HAS TO HUMBLE
ME. I'M CONFESSING THIS MORNING.
00:28:44.36\00:28:50.06
YOU MIGHT BE OKAY - I'M NOT -
BUT IF YOU STRUGGLE WITH PRIDE
00:28:50.06\00:28:55.33
YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO TO GET THAT
DARN STUFF OUT OF YOU AND IT'S
00:28:55.33\00:29:01.53
AT THE CROSS. YOU
SEE IT IN ISAIAH 53.
00:29:01.53\00:29:04.16
LET ME READ THIS: "THOSE WHO
ARE LIFTED UP WITH PRIDE, WHOSE
00:29:04.16\00:29:10.26
SOULS ARE FILLED WITH VANITY"
- 'I WANT TO BE SEEN, LORD.'
00:29:10.26\00:29:14.86
I'M A LEADER IN
THE CHURCH, YOU KNOW.
00:29:14.86\00:29:17.26
I CAN BE A PASTOR, I
CAN BE AN ELDER, A DEACON.
00:29:17.26\00:29:22.70
I MIGHT BE THE HEAD DEACONESS
OR A SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER.
00:29:22.70\00:29:26.73
I MIGHT BE THE
MINISTER OF MUSIC.
00:29:26.73\00:29:28.73
I MIGHT BE THE ONE IN
CHARGE OF THE OUTREACH.
00:29:28.73\00:29:31.70
I MIGHT BE ALL OF THESE
THINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, SO OFTEN
00:29:31.70\00:29:34.10
WE SO LOVE AN
AUDIENCE, DON'T WE?
00:29:34.10\00:29:37.26
AND WE'RE SO GOOD AT COVERING
IT WITH THIS GUISE OF HUMILITY.
00:29:37.26\00:29:42.53
CHARLES DICKENS WROTE A STORY
ONCE - DAVID COPPERFIELD - AND
00:29:42.53\00:29:46.13
THERE WAS A MAN IN THAT STORY
CALLED URIAH HEEP AND ALL HE
00:29:46.13\00:29:49.26
COULD SAY WAS, 'OH,
WE'RE EVER SO HUMBLE.
00:29:49.26\00:29:51.70
WE'RE EVER SO HUMBLE.' AND
SO AS CHRISTIANS WE CAN BE,
00:29:51.70\00:29:53.66
'OH, WE'RE EVER SO HUMBLE.'
BUT INSIDE WE CAN JUST HAVE
00:29:53.66\00:29:56.90
RAGING PRIDE. WE GET
PRETTY GOOD AT COVERING IT.
00:29:56.90\00:30:00.43
LITTLE KIDS - WHAT
YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.
00:30:00.43\00:30:02.60
THEY'RE SELFISH, THEY'RE MEAN,
THEY'RE PROUD AND IT SHOWS.
00:30:02.60\00:30:05.76
BUT AT LEAST THEY
AREN'T HYPOCRITES.
00:30:05.76\00:30:07.80
WE'RE SO SOPHISTICATED
AND WE'RE ABLE TO COVER IT.
00:30:07.80\00:30:11.70
GOD SEES IT ALL
AND HE WANTS IT OUT.
00:30:11.70\00:30:16.86
'THOSE WHO ARE LIFTED UP WITH
PRIDE WHOSE SOULS ARE FILLED
00:30:16.86\00:30:19.66
WITH VANITY, SHOULD LOOK UPON
THIS PICTURE OF THEIR REDEEMER'
00:30:19.66\00:30:24.20
- AS IN ISAIAH 53 - 'AND
HUMBLE THEMSELVES IN THE DUST.
00:30:24.20\00:30:29.83
ITS INFLUENCE WILL SUBDUE AND
HUMBLE THE SOUL DEFILED BY SIN
00:30:29.83\00:30:34.90
AND UPLIFTED BY
SELF-EXALTATION.'
00:30:34.90\00:30:39.80
WHO WAS LIFTED UP BY
SELF-EXALTATION AND STARTED ALL
00:30:39.80\00:30:42.93
THIS MESS IN THE
FIRST PLACE? LUCIFER, YEAH.
00:30:42.93\00:30:47.23
AND THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL
FAR FROM THE TREE, DOES IT?
00:30:47.23\00:30:51.60
BUT WE CAN HAVE
A DIFFERENT PARENT.
00:30:51.60\00:30:53.43
WE CAN HAVE GOD.
WE CAN HAVE JESUS.
00:30:53.43\00:30:55.70
SO LET US BE HUMBLE AND CHANGE
AS WE LOOK UPON THIS PICTURE OF
00:30:55.70\00:30:59.33
OUR SUFFERING REDEEMER. WE
NEED TO LOOK AND BE CHANGED.
00:30:59.33\00:31:03.13
NOW I'M NOT STILL DONE WITH
THIS SECTION AND TIME'S GOING,
00:31:03.13\00:31:05.83
BUT I FEEL I
HAVE TO PROCEED HERE.
00:31:05.83\00:31:09.46
IT'S SAD TO SAY THERE ARE MANY
WHO WILL NOT TAKE THE TIME TO
00:31:09.46\00:31:14.40
TAKE ISAIAH 53 OR OTHER RELATED
PASSAGES AND CONTEMPLATE THEM
00:31:14.40\00:31:19.86
AND HAVE A LOOK AT THE
SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST AND
00:31:19.86\00:31:23.03
UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WENT
THROUGH AND, THEREFORE, THEY
00:31:23.03\00:31:25.03
COUNT THE SUFFERINGS OF
CHRIST ALMOST AS A LIGHT THING.
00:31:25.03\00:31:30.23
JUST, YOU KNOW,
NOTHING THAT SERIOUS.
00:31:30.23\00:31:32.76
AND THEY CLING TO THE SINS THAT
BIND THEM FAST THROUGH THEIR
00:31:32.76\00:31:38.36
AFFECTIONS. BUT
WHAT A PRICE OF SUFFERING
00:31:38.36\00:31:42.46
SUCH INDIVIDUALS WILL
ULTIMATELY HAVE TO PAY.
00:31:42.46\00:31:47.06
HEBREWS 10, VERSE 29, IT SAYS,
"OF HOW MUCH SORER PUNISHMENT,
00:31:47.06\00:31:55.30
SUPPOSE YE, SHALL HE BE THOUGHT
WORTHY, WHO HATH TRODDEN UNDER
00:31:55.30\00:31:59.73
FOOT THE SON OF GOD, AND
HATH COUNTED THE BLOOD OF THE
00:31:59.73\00:32:03.10
COVENANT, WHEREWITH HE WAS
SANCTIFIED, AN UNHOLY THING, AND
00:32:03.10\00:32:08.93
HATH DONE DESPITE
UNTO THE SPIRIT OF GRACE?"
00:32:08.93\00:32:15.83
IF WE DON'T CARE TO CONSIDER
CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS AND, AS A
00:32:15.83\00:32:20.40
CONSEQUENCE, ALLOW THAT TO BE
A CATALYST THAT LEADS US TO THE
00:32:20.40\00:32:24.40
FOOT OF THE CROSS TO BE FORGIVEN
AND CLEANSED AND DELIVERED FROM
00:32:24.40\00:32:28.43
SIN, THEN ONE DAY THE WRATH THAT
JESUS - THE DIVINE WRATH THAT
00:32:28.43\00:32:35.53
JESUS SUFFERED FOR US,
WE WILL SUFFER IT OURSELVES.
00:32:35.53\00:32:41.86
'DESIRE OF AGES' 743,
"GOD SUFFERED HIS WRATH AGAINST
00:32:41.86\00:32:48.13
TRANSGRESSION TO
FALL ON HIS BELOVED SON.
00:32:48.13\00:32:53.26
JESUS WAS TO BE
CRUCIFIED FOR THE SINS OF MEN."
00:32:53.26\00:32:57.00
- NOW LISTEN - "WHAT SUFFERING
THEN WOULD THE SINNER BEAR WHO
00:32:57.00\00:33:02.76
CONTINUED IN SIN?
ALL THE IMPENITENT AND
00:33:02.76\00:33:08.00
UNBELIEVING WILL KNOW A SORROW
AND MISERY THAT LANGUAGE WILL
00:33:08.00\00:33:12.26
FAIL TO EXPRESS." SO
DO YOU WANT JESUS TO HAVE
00:33:12.26\00:33:19.30
DRUNK THAT CUP OF SUFFERING FOR
YOU OR DO YOU WANT TO DRINK IT
00:33:19.30\00:33:24.63
YOURSELF? I KNOW WHAT I WANT.
I WANT HIM TO HAVE DRUNK IT FOR
00:33:24.63\00:33:31.80
ME AND I WANT TO HAVE
APPRECIATED THAT SO MUCH THAT AS
00:33:31.80\00:33:37.13
I SEE HIS LOVE I'LL ALLOW GOD
TO SEPARATE ME FROM EVERY EVIL.
00:33:37.13\00:33:40.73
AND WHEN THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD
FALL UPON THIS EARTH AFTER THE
00:33:40.73\00:33:44.26
CLOSE OF PROBATION, I'LL
HAVE A SHELTER FROM HIS WRATH.
00:33:44.26\00:33:50.10
AND AT THE END OF THE
MILLENNIUM, AS I CLING TO CHRIST
00:33:50.10\00:33:54.13
IN THIS LIFE, I WON'T BE IN ANY
SECOND RESURRECTION, I'LL HAVE
00:33:54.13\00:33:57.23
BEEN IN HEAVEN FOR A THOUSAND
YEARS. AND WHEN THE WICKED
00:33:57.23\00:34:01.63
COME UP IN THE SECOND
RESURRECTION, THERE'S THE GREAT
00:34:01.63\00:34:03.90
WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT AS THEY
STAND AROUND THE NEW JERUSALEM.
00:34:03.90\00:34:08.30
AND AS THEIR LIVES ARE PLAYED
OUT BEFORE THEM, THE BOOKS ARE
00:34:08.30\00:34:11.53
OPEN AND THEY SEE THEIR LIFE
PLAYS OUT BEFORE THEM AND THEY
00:34:11.53\00:34:14.70
SEE THE GREAT SCENES IN THE
HEAVENS ABOVE THE NEW JERUSALEM,
00:34:14.70\00:34:18.66
THEY SEE IT ALL PLAYED OUT - THE
SCENES OF LUCIFER'S REBELLION
00:34:18.66\00:34:23.93
AND THEN HOW HE BROUGHT IT
TO THIS EARTH AND THEN HOW HE
00:34:23.93\00:34:26.46
WROUGHT IN THE HUMAN RACE
AND IN THE COMING OF JESUS.
00:34:26.46\00:34:29.20
AND WHEN HE WAS IN GETHSEMANE
AND ON CALVARY AND HE DRANK THAT
00:34:29.20\00:34:31.70
CUP OF SUFFERING AND THEY'LL SEE
THE WHOLE THING PLAYED OUT AND
00:34:31.70\00:34:36.00
THEY'LL SEE HOW GOD, IN THEIR
LIVES, HE SOUGHT TO GET THEIR
00:34:36.00\00:34:38.73
ATTENTION THROUGH
MANY LITTLE THINGS.
00:34:38.73\00:34:40.80
IT'LL ALL COME BACK TO THEM AND
THEY WILL REALIZE THAT THEY ARE
00:34:40.80\00:34:46.53
LOST AND THEY'VE GOT A CUP OF
SORROW AND WRATH TO DRINK THAT
00:34:46.53\00:34:50.73
THEY WISH THEY COULD BE EXCUSED
FROM BUT IT WILL BE BROUGHT HOME
00:34:50.73\00:34:55.00
WITH SUCH CLARITY THEY REALIZE
THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE.
00:34:55.00\00:35:00.76
NOW WHERE DO YOU WANT
TO BE - INSIDE THE WALL
00:35:00.76\00:35:03.63
OR OUTSIDE THE WALL? INSIDE.
00:35:03.63\00:35:09.63
IT'S THE ONLY WISE THING.
IT'S THE ONLY RIGHT THING.
00:35:09.63\00:35:14.70
SO WE MUST, EVEN IF WE
GO THROUGH SUFFERING, AS WE
00:35:14.70\00:35:19.03
ALLOW GOD TO SEPARATE US
FROM THESE EVILS, IT'S WORTH IT.
00:35:19.03\00:35:23.60
I'D RATHER GO THROUGH THE
SUFFERING OF WITHDRAWAL PAINS
00:35:23.60\00:35:27.90
FROM SOME LITTLE PET SIN THAN GO
THROUGH THE SUFFERINGS THAT WILL
00:35:27.90\00:35:32.80
COME UPON THOSE WHO
COUNT AS LITTLE CONSEQUENCE THE
00:35:32.80\00:35:38.50
SUFFERINGS JESUS TOOK FOR THEM
SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO BEAR
00:35:38.50\00:35:42.06
THEM THEMSELVES. WE
ARE DEALING WITH SERIOUS
00:35:42.06\00:35:46.83
ISSUES HERE. I
HOPE WE REALIZE THIS.
00:35:46.83\00:35:52.46
WE ARE DEALING WITH VERY,
VERY SERIOUS ISSUES HERE BUT LET
00:35:52.46\00:36:00.33
THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN THE LOWEST
AND HAVE, AS WE JUST READ HERE
00:36:00.33\00:36:06.00
IN HEBREWS 10:29, LET THOSE WHO
HAVE FALLEN THE LOWEST AND HAVE
00:36:06.00\00:36:12.80
'TRODDEN UNDERFOOT THE SON OF
GOD, AND HAVE COUNTED THE BLOOD
00:36:12.80\00:36:17.30
OF THE COVENANT AN UNHOLY THING'
- THAT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO DO
00:36:17.30\00:36:22.56
- AND HAVE DESPISED THE SPIRIT
OF GRACE AND GRIEVED THE HOLY
00:36:22.56\00:36:26.33
SPIRIT - LET ALL SUCH KNOW THAT
GOD, YES, TO YOU, WILL EVEN YET
00:36:26.33\00:36:36.43
EXTEND MERCY AND FORGIVENESS
IF YOU WILL SEEK HIS FACE WITH A
00:36:36.43\00:36:43.46
DESIRE TO SINCERELY
TURN FROM EVERY WICKED WAY.
00:36:43.46\00:36:48.06
ISN'T GOD GOOD?
00:36:48.06\00:36:50.53
ISAIAH 55:6 AND 7, "SEEK YE THE
LORD WHILE HE MAY BE FOUND, CALL
00:36:50.53\00:36:57.66
YE UPON HIM WHILE HE IS NEAR:
LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAY,
00:36:57.66\00:37:02.56
AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS
THOUGHTS: AND LET HIM RETURN
00:37:02.56\00:37:06.36
UNTO THE LORD, AND HE WILL HAVE
MERCY UPON HIM; AND TO OUR GOD,
00:37:06.36\00:37:12.90
FOR HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON."
OH, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT WHAT
00:37:12.90\00:37:20.70
DOOM AND GLOOM YOU WOULD
HAVE HEARD THIS MORNING, RIGHT?
00:37:20.70\00:37:23.53
THIS MORNING MY DAUGHTER CALLS
ME - SHE SAYS, 'DAD, YOU'RE THE
00:37:23.53\00:37:25.63
DOOM AND GLOOM PASTOR.'
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TRY TO BRING
00:37:25.63\00:37:28.46
A SILVER LINING AT THE END
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT JESUS DOES,
00:37:28.46\00:37:31.16
RIGHT? THAT'S
WHAT THE BIBLE DOES.
00:37:31.16\00:37:32.56
GOD, IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS,
THROUGH THE PROPHETS, PAINTS NO
00:37:32.56\00:37:35.53
GLORIOUS PICTURE - HE PAINTS OUR
SINS BLACK AND HE TELLS US 'YOU
00:37:35.53\00:37:40.46
DO THIS, YOU GET THAT.
BUT IF YOU'LL TURN TO ME I'LL
00:37:40.46\00:37:45.83
LOVE YOU AS A PARENT
LOVES THEIR ONLY CHILD.
00:37:45.83\00:37:49.66
AND I WANT YOU TO TURN
TO ME. I WILL FORGIVE YOU
00:37:49.66\00:37:53.53
NO MATTER WHAT.' GOD
IS GOOD. GOD IS GOOD.
00:37:53.53\00:38:01.13
IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT WE'D SIT
HERE PRETTY DEPRESSED THROUGH
00:38:01.13\00:38:03.30
THE REST OF THIS
MORNING, I'M SURE.
00:38:03.30\00:38:05.43
BUT LISTEN TO THIS: 'YOUTH
INSTRUCTOR' JANUARY 20, 1900 -
00:38:05.43\00:38:08.96
THE SAME 'YOUTH INSTRUCTOR'
STATEMENT I WAS READING BEFORE -
00:38:08.96\00:38:13.13
THIS IS A BIT MORE - ISAIAH 53 -
IT SAYS "'HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR
00:38:13.13\00:38:18.20
TRANSGRESSIONS. HE WAS
BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES.
00:38:18.20\00:38:23.40
THE CHASTISEMENT OF OUR
PEACE WAS UPON HIM AND WITH HIS
00:38:23.40\00:38:27.16
STRIPES WE ARE HEALED.'"
- THIS IS ALL PART OF THIS
00:38:27.16\00:38:29.43
STATEMENT - "THIS PENALTY
CHRIST BORE FOR THE SINS OF THE
00:38:29.43\00:38:34.53
TRANSGRESSOR. HE HAS
BORNE THE PUNISHMENT FOR
00:38:34.53\00:38:38.56
EVERY MAN AND FOR
THIS REASON HE CAN
00:38:38.56\00:38:43.03
RANSOM EVERY SOUL
HOWEVER FALLEN HIS CONDITION."
00:38:43.03\00:38:49.50
JESUS CAN RANSOM
EVERY SOUL EVER FALLEN.
00:38:49.50\00:38:52.86
THEIR CONDITION: IF THEY ACCEPT
THE LAW OF GOD AS THEIR STANDARD
00:38:52.86\00:38:56.63
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THERE'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF.
00:38:56.63\00:39:00.93
SAY, 'LORD, DO I
HAVE TO OBEY THAT LAW?'
00:39:00.93\00:39:02.53
LISTEN, YOU JUST
COME AND ASK FORGIVENESS.
00:39:02.53\00:39:05.06
YOU ASK HIM TO
COME INTO YOUR HEART.
00:39:05.06\00:39:06.83
THAT LAW WILL BE THERE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHO WILL HELP YOU?
00:39:06.83\00:39:09.56
WHO WILL LIVE OUT THE PRINCIPLES
OF THAT LAW IN YOUR LIFE IF YOU
00:39:09.56\00:39:12.93
LET HIM? JESUS WILL. HE
DID IT IN HIS HUMANITY AND
00:39:12.93\00:39:16.43
HE'LL LIVE IT OUT IN
YOUR HUMANITY. SO WHY?
00:39:16.43\00:39:21.03
WHY SHOULD WE THINK IT SUCH
A FEARFUL THING TO WANT TO OBEY
00:39:21.03\00:39:24.90
GOD AND DO HIS WILL? IT'S A JOY.
00:39:24.90\00:39:29.30
AND SO NOW, WHILE WE'RE LOOKING
AT THIS ISSUE HERE OF THE
00:39:29.30\00:39:33.46
QUESTION OF FORGIVENESS - AS
I SAID A MOMENT AGO, I WANT TO
00:39:33.46\00:39:36.13
KIND OF JUST SKIP AHEAD BRIEFLY
TO THURSDAY'S SECTION CALLED
00:39:36.13\00:39:41.26
'THE GREATEST DANGER'.
I WANT TO JUST LOOK AT TWO
00:39:41.26\00:39:46.66
GET BACK INTO THE EARLIER PART
OF THE WEEK AND LOOK AT SOME
00:39:46.66\00:39:49.86
OTHER THINGS, BUT I THINK
THIS IS IMPORTANT WE DO THIS.
00:39:49.86\00:39:52.36
HEBREWS CHAPTER 6 - I SUPPOSE I
COULD SAY SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR I
00:39:52.36\00:39:59.76
HAVE PEOPLE CALL ME OR THEY TAKE
ME ASIDE AND SAY, 'PASTOR MIKE,
00:39:59.76\00:40:04.56
I JUST - I NEED TO
TALK ABOUT SOMETHING.'
00:40:04.56\00:40:08.50
AND YOU FIND OUT THAT THESE
DEAR SOULS - THEY THINK THEY'VE
00:40:08.50\00:40:11.06
COMMITTED THE UNPARDONABLE SIN.
00:40:11.06\00:40:13.53
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERY
SIX THAT MAY COME TO YOU IN THE
00:40:13.53\00:40:16.53
YEAR, YOU KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY
A LOT MORE THAT DON'T FEEL THEY
00:40:16.53\00:40:20.16
CAN DARE APPROACH YOU AND
THEY'RE WALKING AROUND WITH THIS
00:40:20.16\00:40:22.63
- THIS FEELING
THAT THEY'RE LOST.
00:40:22.63\00:40:26.40
FIRST PASSAGE - HEBREWS 6:4
THROUGH 6 - EXCUSE ME - IT SAYS,
00:40:26.40\00:40:33.60
"FOR IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE
WHO WERE ONCE ENLIGHTENED, AND
00:40:33.60\00:40:38.26
HAVE TASTED OF THE HEAVENLY
GIFT, AND WERE MADE PARTAKERS OF
00:40:38.26\00:40:42.46
THE HOLY GHOST, AND HAVE TASTED
THE GOOD WORD OF GOD, AND THE
00:40:42.46\00:40:46.33
POWERS OF THE WORLD TO COME,"
- THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:40:46.33\00:40:48.16
CHRISTIANS. THEY'VE HAD A
CONVERSION EXPERIENCE EVEN.
00:40:48.16\00:40:54.06
THEN VERSE 6 - "IF THEY SHALL
FALL AWAY, TO RENEW THEM AGAIN
00:40:54.06\00:40:58.96
UNTO REPENTANCE; SEEING THEY
CRUCIFY TO THEMSELVES THE SON OF
00:40:58.96\00:41:03.83
GOD AFRESH, AND PUT
HIM TO AN OPEN SHAME."
00:41:03.83\00:41:09.73
THE ISSUE HERE, IF YOU LOOK AT
THIS PASSAGE - ESPECIALLY VERSE
00:41:09.73\00:41:14.53
6 - THE ISSUE HERE IS NOTHING TO
DO WITH GOD BEING UNWILLING TO
00:41:14.53\00:41:19.90
FORGIVE A
PERSON'S SINS HOWEVER BAD.
00:41:19.90\00:41:24.80
THE ISSUE IS THAT OF THE SINNER
BEING UNWILLING TO REPENT OR
00:41:24.80\00:41:30.96
FINDING THEMSELVES UNABLE TO
REPENT. VERSE 6 AGAIN, "IF THEY
00:41:30.96\00:41:36.53
SHALL FALL AWAY, TO RENEW
THEM AGAIN UNTO REPENTANCE."
00:41:36.53\00:41:39.83
AGAIN, IT'S NOT THE ISSUE OF
REPENTANCE FROM THE HUMAN SIDE -
00:41:39.83\00:41:43.36
AGAIN, IT'S THE ISSUE OF
REPENTANCE FROM THE HUMAN SIDE,
00:41:43.36\00:41:46.10
NOT THE ISSUE OF
FORGIVENESS FROM GOD'S SIDE.
00:41:46.10\00:41:49.66
THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD REMEMBER
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL HAS A
00:41:49.66\00:41:53.43
WAY - HE'S VERY
GOOD AT DOING BAD STUFF.
00:41:53.43\00:41:57.66
HE KNOWS HUMAN
NATURE. HE KNOWS PSYCHOLOGY.
00:41:57.66\00:42:01.96
AND WHAT HE WILL DO - HE'LL LEAD
SOMEBODY INTO SIN AND TELL THEM,
00:42:01.96\00:42:04.56
'GO AHEAD. IT'S OKAY.' THEN
THEY DO IT AND HE COMES DOWN,
00:42:04.56\00:42:07.56
'YOU'VE DONE IT
NOW! YOU'VE DONE IT NOW!'
00:42:07.56\00:42:12.33
AND THEY'RE SMITTEN WITH THIS
FEAR THAT SUDDENLY NOW THE HOLY
00:42:12.33\00:42:16.43
SPIRIT HAS DEPARTED
FROM THEM AND THEY'RE LOST.
00:42:16.43\00:42:21.56
AND YOU CAN BE SURE HE
DOES THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN
00:42:21.56\00:42:25.16
WITH CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
00:42:25.16\00:42:27.90
AND THEY LONG TO BE FORGIVEN
BUT THEY DAREN'T GO TO GOD.
00:42:27.90\00:42:31.36
THEY JUST FEEL CONVINCED THAT
THEY CAN'T EVEN ASK FORGIVENESS.
00:42:31.36\00:42:34.46
AND SO THE TEMPTER COMES AND
HE WHISPERS IN THEIR EAR AND HE
00:42:34.46\00:42:38.00
ACCENTUATES THE SITUATION AND HE
ENLARGES IT AND HE WHISPERS IN
00:42:38.00\00:42:43.26
THEIR EAR - HE SAYS, 'IT'S
NO USE. YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR.
00:42:43.26\00:42:50.03
YOU'VE GRIEVED
AWAY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:42:50.03\00:42:54.33
YOU'VE COMMITTED
THE UNPARDONABLE SIN.
00:42:54.33\00:42:58.20
GOD CAN NO LONGER FORGIVE YOU.
YOU'RE LOST AND GOING TO HELL.'
00:42:58.20\00:43:03.53
SO WHAT DO THESE
PEOPLE DO? WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
00:43:03.53\00:43:06.76
WELL, YOU MIGHT JUST
AS WELL GO AND GET DRUNK.
00:43:06.76\00:43:11.80
IF THAT'S BEEN YOUR SIN IN THE
FIRST PLACE, YOU MIGHT AS WELL
00:43:11.80\00:43:14.76
GO BACK TO THE
BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL.
00:43:14.76\00:43:18.33
YOU MIGHT JUST AS WELL GO AND
GET - BLOW YOUR MIND ON DRUGS TO
00:43:18.33\00:43:21.26
NUMB THE PAIN AND THE FEAR THAT
'I'M LOST AND ALL I CAN LOOK
00:43:21.26\00:43:25.93
FORWARD TO IS THE WRATH
OF GOD AND THE LAKE OF FIRE.'
00:43:25.93\00:43:30.73
OH, THE DEVIL LOVES TO
INSTILL THAT FEAR INTO PEOPLE.
00:43:30.73\00:43:34.90
HE'S A BULLY BUT HE'S A
LIAR BUT SO OFTEN HE'S BELIEVED.
00:43:34.90\00:43:41.56
AND SO PEOPLE - THEY DO THAT.
THEY GO DRINK THEMSELVES INTO
00:43:41.56\00:43:45.40
OBLIVION OR IT'S SO
BAD, WHAT DO THEY DO?
00:43:45.40\00:43:47.56
THEY BUY A GUN AND THEY
- THEY BLOW THEIR HEAD OFF.
00:43:47.56\00:43:53.03
THESE THINGS HAPPEN
FRIENDS. IT HAPPENS.
00:43:53.03\00:43:58.80
WELL, I'M SAYING THIS IN
CASE THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE THIS
00:43:58.80\00:44:03.96
MORNING OR SOMEBODY OUT THERE
LIVE ON THE INTERNET OR SOMEBODY
00:44:03.96\00:44:08.13
WHO MAY WATCH THIS ON HOPE
CHANNEL OR 3ABN THREE WEEKS FROM
00:44:08.13\00:44:11.73
NOW WHEN IT'S EDITED AND
IT GOES UP ON THE SATELLITE.
00:44:11.73\00:44:15.56
IF THERE'S ONE PERSON OUT THERE
IN THIS PREDICAMENT - IN THIS
00:44:15.56\00:44:18.16
DARKNESS - IN THIS
FEAR - LISTEN TO ME.
00:44:18.16\00:44:21.83
LISTEN TO ME PLEASE AND ASK
YOURSELF THIS QUESTION: AS MUCH
00:44:21.83\00:44:27.90
AS I AM HOPELESSLY ENTANGLED IN
SIN - YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDST
00:44:27.90\00:44:34.26
OF IT STILL - AS MUCH AS I AM
HOPELESSLY ENTANGLED IN SIN AND
00:44:34.26\00:44:38.93
HAVE WILLINGLY TRANSGRESSED TIME
AND TIME AGAIN, WOULD I STILL
00:44:38.93\00:44:43.66
LIKE GOD TO FORGIVE ME?
AND IF I HAD THE STRENGTH WOULD
00:44:43.66\00:44:48.36
I LIKE TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE?
IF YOU CAN SAY 'YES' TO THAT
00:44:48.36\00:45:00.43
THAT YOU HAVE NOT GRIEVED AWAYE
ATHE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU HAVE NOT
00:45:00.43\00:45:04.20
COMMITTED THE UNPARDONABLE
SIN. YOU CAN STILL BE SAVED.
00:45:04.20\00:45:08.73
BUT YOU MUST ACT ON THAT DESIRE
AND YOU CANNOT WASTE ANY TIME.
00:45:08.73\00:45:14.86
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'BEHOLD,
TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION.'
00:45:14.86\00:45:20.60
SO DON'T LISTEN TO THE
LIE. READ THE PROMISE OF GOD.
00:45:20.60\00:45:25.16
NOW THE NEXT PASSAGE - HEBREWS
10:26, "FOR IF WE SIN WILLFULLY
00:45:25.16\00:45:32.00
AFTER THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, THERE
00:45:32.00\00:45:35.40
REMAINETH NO MORE
SACRIFICE FOR SINS."
00:45:35.40\00:45:38.23
NO MORE BLOOD TO ATONE - NO MORE
OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS
00:45:38.23\00:45:41.46
THAT I'VE TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT.
IT DOESN'T AVAIL FOR ME ANYMORE.
00:45:41.46\00:45:46.30
WHAT FEAR AND
DREAD SUCH PEOPLE HAVE.
00:45:46.30\00:45:49.53
WELL LET ME GIVE YOU - NOT
TO MAKE LIGHT OF THE SIN - NOT
00:45:49.53\00:45:53.70
DOING THAT, BUT
LET ME READ YOU THIS.
00:45:53.70\00:45:57.63
THIS IS FROM THE SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTIST BIBLE COMMENTARY.
00:45:57.63\00:45:59.83
I CAN TELL YOU MYSELF BUT
THEY'VE WRITTEN IT REALLY GOOD.
00:45:59.83\00:46:02.76
IT SAYS, SIN WILLFULLY - I QUOTE
NOW - THAT IS, "CONTINUE TO SIN
00:46:02.76\00:46:08.56
WILLFULLY" - SO IT'S NOT A ONE
OFF THING - "CONTINUE TO SIN" -
00:46:08.56\00:46:13.90
WHERE IS IT? - "WILLFULLY".
00:46:13.90\00:46:16.73
THE REFERENCE HERE IS NOT TO
SINGLE ACTS OF SIN COMMITTED IN
00:46:16.73\00:46:23.33
A FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR
HEINOUS CHARACTER, BUT TO THE
00:46:23.33\00:46:28.13
ATTITUDE OF MIND THAT PREVAILS
WHEN A PERSON DELIBERATELY
00:46:28.13\00:46:31.90
RENOUNCES CHRIST AND REFUSES
SALVATION AND REJECTS THE HOLY
00:46:31.90\00:46:46.03
SO THE CONTEXT OF HEBREWS 10:26
AND THE COUPLE OR THREE VERSES
00:46:46.03\00:46:50.86
BEFORE - IS NOT SOMEBODY
WHO SINNED ONCE - IN FULL LIGHT,
00:46:50.86\00:46:56.30
YEAH - BAD? YES,
BUT IT'S TALKING ABOUT
00:46:56.30\00:46:59.56
SOMEBODY THAT ONCE HAD
THE EXPERIENCE AND THEY HAVE
00:46:59.56\00:47:02.43
ACTUALLY CHANGED THEIR - THEY
NOW ACTUALLY RENOUNCE CHRIST -
00:47:02.43\00:47:06.46
SAY 'I RE-' - I DON'T
EVEN WANT TO SAY IT, ACTUALLY.
00:47:06.46\00:47:09.33
BUT THEY RENOUNCE THE ONE WHO
DIED FOR THEM ON THE CROSS AND
00:47:09.33\00:47:14.66
THEY DELIBERATELY
REFUSE THE GIFT OF SALVATION.
00:47:14.66\00:47:18.23
NOW IS THERE A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE
00:47:18.23\00:47:20.23
I'M TALKING ABOUT? THERE'S A -
00:47:20.23\00:47:22.10
ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME? YEAH,
OKAY. YOU LOOKED A LITTLE BLANK.
00:47:22.10\00:47:27.00
BUT IT IS AN ATTITUDE OF MIND
THAT 'I DON'T WANT IT - I DON'T
00:47:27.00\00:47:31.46
WANT JESUS.' BUT IF
THE ATTITUDE OF MIND IS
00:47:31.46\00:47:33.30
'LORD, I'VE DONE WRONG
BUT I ASK YOU TO FORGIVE ME.'
00:47:33.30\00:47:38.43
YOU'VE GOT IT. IS
GOD GOOD? YES HE IS.
00:47:38.43\00:47:43.13
HEBREWS 7:25 - IT SAYS,
"WHEREFORE HE IS ABLE ALSO TO
00:47:43.13\00:47:46.96
SAVE THEM TO THE UTTERMOST THAT
COME UNTO GOD BY HIM, SEEING HE
00:47:46.96\00:47:50.93
EVER LIVETH TO MAKE
INTERCESSION FOR THEM."
00:47:50.93\00:47:53.40
SO I WANT TO MOVE ON - WE'VE
GOT EIGHT MINUTES LEFT AND I'M
00:47:53.40\00:47:56.83
WONDERING WHERE
I SHOULD GO NEXT.
00:47:56.83\00:48:00.53
OH, THERE ARE SO
MANY GOOD THINGS.
00:48:00.53\00:48:02.36
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO?
I'M GOING TO GO TO WEDNESDAY.
00:48:02.36\00:48:05.36
I WAS GOING TO FINISH ON THIS
BUT I WILL DO THIS AND IF I'VE
00:48:05.36\00:48:08.03
GOT TIME I'LL GO
BACK SOMEWHERE ELSE.
00:48:08.03\00:48:10.36
BUT WEDNESDAY'S SECTION
'SPOTLESS SACRIFICE' - THERE'S A
00:48:10.36\00:48:14.50
VERSE FROM EXODUS 12:5 AND IT'S
SPEAKING OF THE - GOING BACK TO
00:48:14.50\00:48:20.83
EACH ONE HAD TO BE WITHOUTE
LITTLE GOAT BLEMISH.VER IT WAS -
00:48:24.06\00:48:26.36
IT HAD TO BE A PERFECT SPECIMEN
BECAUSE IT SYMBOLIZED JESUS,
00:48:26.36\00:48:31.63
RIGHT? PERFECT, SINLESS, WITHOUT
ANY BLEMISH. EXODUS 12:5 SAYS -
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JUST THE FIRST PART - IT
SAYS, "YOUR LAMB SHALL BE
00:48:37.76\00:48:39.66
WITHOUT BLEMISH." SO
GOD SAYS, 'WHEN YOU BRING A
00:48:39.66\00:48:41.70
SACRIFICE - YOU'VE GOT A LAMB
YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT - THE SHEEP
00:48:41.70\00:48:45.26
- OFTEN THE GOATS - BUT IT'S
A YOUNG ONE SO IT'S A LAMB -
00:48:45.26\00:48:47.70
MUST BE WITHOUT BLEMISH.
OF COURSE, SYMBOLIC OF CHRIST.
00:48:47.70\00:48:53.66
NOW THE LESSON - AND IT WAS
THIS INNOCENT VICTIM WHOSE BLOOD
00:48:53.66\00:48:58.83
WAS SHED THAT
ATONES FOR OUR SINS.
00:48:58.83\00:49:01.16
NOW THE LESSON SAYS THIS - THIS
IS ACTUALLY ON THE LESSON PAGE
00:49:01.16\00:49:04.70
OF WEDNESDAY - "THIS IS THE
GUARANTEE OF OUR SALVATION" -
00:49:04.70\00:49:09.33
THE SINLESSNESS OF JESUS - "FOR
ONLY A SINLESS ONE COULD BEAR
00:49:09.33\00:49:14.76
OUR SINS FOR US, AND IT IS
HIS PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT
00:49:14.76\00:49:19.50
COVERS US, NOW AND IN THE
JUDGMENT THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS
00:49:19.50\00:49:24.30
IS OUR HOPE OF SALVATION."
00:49:24.30\00:49:30.73
AND, INDEED, IT IS ONLY
THOSE WHO, BY FAITH, HAVE PUT ON
00:49:30.73\00:49:36.46
CHRIST'S ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
THAT WILL BE FOUND WORTHY OF
00:49:36.46\00:49:40.66
ETERNAL LIFE AND THEIR LIVES AND
CHARACTERS, WHEN THEY COME UNDER
00:49:40.66\00:49:44.43
SCRUTINY IN THE
JUDGEMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE
00:49:44.43\00:49:47.60
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST,
THEY WILL BE FOUND ACCEPTABLE.
00:49:47.60\00:49:52.26
THIS IS WHY, IF WE ABIDE IN THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS MOMENT BY
00:49:52.26\00:49:55.63
MOMENT, WE DON'T HAVE TO
BE AFRAID OF THE JUDGMENT.
00:49:55.63\00:49:59.26
WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF IT,
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID.
00:49:59.26\00:50:09.00
DAY ADVENTISTS, THEY'RE FULL
OF PICTFEAR OF THE JUDGMENT.
00:50:09.00\00:50:12.00
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THIS
JUDGMENT DOCTRINE AND THEY'RE
00:50:12.00\00:50:14.10
ALL FULL OF FEAR.
THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS
00:50:14.10\00:50:16.56
- THEY'RE NOT SURE -
THEY DON'T HAVE ASSURANCE.'
00:50:16.56\00:50:19.70
I TELL YOU WHAT
- I HAVE ASSURANCE.
00:50:19.70\00:50:22.70
AND I HAVE IT NOT BECAUSE I'M
SMARTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE OR I
00:50:22.70\00:50:25.30
FIGURED IT OUT, I JUST
KNOW THAT JESUS IS MY SAVIOR.
00:50:25.30\00:50:30.73
THIS MORNING I
GAVE HIM MY HEART.
00:50:30.73\00:50:33.76
IT STRUGGLED A BIT, YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES THE OLD MAN DOESN'T
00:50:33.76\00:50:37.23
WANT TO DIE - HE GOES KICKING
AND SCREAMING TO THE - 'NO, I
00:50:37.23\00:50:40.00
DON'T WANT TO GO!' BUT YOU GO.
00:50:40.00\00:50:42.43
YOU GET ON YOUR KNEES AND YOU
OPEN YOUR HEART AND SAY, 'LORD,
00:50:42.43\00:50:45.30
I'M STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW AND
YEAH I COULD GO SIN, BUT LORD
00:50:45.30\00:50:50.83
WHAT KIND OF AN ACT OF
THANKFULNESS AND GRATITUDE WOULD
00:50:50.83\00:50:53.96
THAT BE TO YOU WHEN YOU'VE
POURED YOURSELF OUT FOR ME?
00:50:53.96\00:50:57.10
I DON'T WANT TO BE SUCH A
SELFISH PERSON LORD, BUT YOU'RE
00:50:57.10\00:50:59.56
GOING TO HAVE TO HELP ME BECAUSE
I HAVE THIS FALLEN NATURE THAT -
00:50:59.56\00:51:02.13
IT'S SUCH AN
AFFLICTION BUT I DON'T WANT IT.'
00:51:02.13\00:51:04.70
SO YOU OPEN YOUR HEART AND YOU
TALK IT THROUGH WITH GOD AND HE
00:51:04.70\00:51:07.16
CHANGES YOU. AND SO
JESUS, HE CAME IN THIS
00:51:07.16\00:51:11.30
MORNING AND I HAVE PEACE.
AND IF YOU ASK ME, 'MICHAEL
00:51:11.30\00:51:15.76
THOMPSON, YOU'RE NAME
IS UP NEXT IN THE JUDGMENT.
00:51:15.76\00:51:19.90
ARE YOU SCARED TO
DEATH?' NO, I'M NOT. NOT AT ALL.
00:51:19.90\00:51:24.36
AND I DON'T SAY THAT FLIPPANTLY,
BUT I HAVE A FRIEND AND HE'S GOT
00:51:24.36\00:51:29.50
MY NAME WRITTEN ON THE PALMS
OF HIS HANDS AND I'M WEARING HIS
00:51:29.50\00:51:32.06
CLOTHES AND HE'LL TAKE ME BEFORE
THE THRONE OF GOD AND MY NAME
00:51:32.06\00:51:37.36
WILL COME UP AND I'LL STAND
THERE SERIOUSLY, OF COURSE -
00:51:37.36\00:51:41.10
WE'RE IN GOD'S
PRESENCE IN A COURT OF LAW.
00:51:41.10\00:51:43.23
I'M NOT GOING TO ACT SILLY, I'LL
STAND THERE VERY SOLEMNLY AND
00:51:43.23\00:51:47.03
SERIOUSLY, BUT WITH A SWEET JOY
BECAUSE I'LL HEAR JESUS TALKING
00:51:47.03\00:51:52.70
TO THE FATHER. HE'LL
SAY, 'FATHER, THIS IS MICHAEL.
00:51:52.70\00:51:57.23
THERE'S HIS BOOK. THERE'S SOME
THINGS WRITTEN IN THERE THAT WE
00:51:57.23\00:52:02.83
KNOW THAT - BUT YOU SEE,
HE ASKED FORGIVENESS AND THESE
00:52:02.83\00:52:06.93
SCARS ON MY HAND ARE EVIDENCE
THAT I ATONED FOR THEM.'
00:52:06.93\00:52:10.96
I'LL JUST STAND THERE AND
JESUS WILL DO ALL THE TALKING.
00:52:10.96\00:52:14.40
WHEN IT'S ALL DONE, CALL FOR THE
VERDICT, AND GOD WILL SAY, IN
00:52:14.40\00:52:19.83
HIS MAJESTIC VOICE, 'JESUS,
IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU THEN IT'S
00:52:19.83\00:52:26.96
OKAY WITH ME.' AND GOD
WILL TELL THE RECORDING
00:52:26.96\00:52:30.56
ANGEL 'KEEP MICHAEL THOMPSON'S
NAME IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.'
00:52:30.56\00:52:35.63
I'M NOT SCARED. NOW I
WOULD BE IF I KNEW THAT
00:52:35.63\00:52:41.23
HEART WAS OUT THERE REBELLING
BUT JESUS HAS IT AND I'M SAFE.
00:52:41.23\00:52:46.00
HE TAKES CARE OF US.
WE'RE JUST LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN,
00:52:46.00\00:52:47.83
YOU KNOW. WE CAN'T
TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES
00:52:47.83\00:52:50.06
SO WE'VE GOT TO
HAVE GOD TAKE CARE OF US.
00:52:50.06\00:52:54.26
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING - THOSE
OF YOU WHO TEACH THE CLASS - ON
00:52:54.26\00:52:58.40
WEDNESDAY'S SECTION - I WOULD
SUGGEST YOU GO TO 'CHRIST'S
00:52:58.40\00:53:00.56
OBJECT LESSONS' AND THE CHAPTER
CALLED 'FIT FOR A WEDDING' OR
00:53:00.56\00:53:04.30
'THE WEDDING GARMENT' DEPENDING
ON WHICH FORMAT OF 'CHRIST'S
00:53:04.30\00:53:07.56
OBJECT LESSONS' YOU HAVE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST
00:53:07.56\00:53:10.46
TREATISES - IF I CAN USE THAT
TERM - ON RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH
00:53:10.46\00:53:14.86
THAT YOU WILL EVER
READ. AND IT'S IN SUCH SIMPLE
00:53:14.86\00:53:16.76
LANGUAGE. BUT WE
NEED THE WEDDING GARMENT.
00:53:16.76\00:53:21.30
THIS IS PAGE 310, "BY THE
WEDDING GARMENT IN THE PARABLE
00:53:21.30\00:53:24.33
IS REPRESENTED THE PURE
SPOTLESS CHARACTER WHICH
00:53:24.33\00:53:27.76
CHRIST'S TRUE
FOLLOWERS WILL POSSESS." -
00:53:27.76\00:53:31.20
MOVING ON HERE - IT SAYS,
"THIS ROBE, WOVEN IN THE LOOM OF
00:53:31.20\00:53:34.93
HEAVEN, HAS IN IT NOT
ONE THREAD OF HUMAN DEVISING.
00:53:34.93\00:53:39.36
CHRIST, IN HIS HUMANITY, WROUGHT
OUT A PERFECT CHARACTER AND THIS
00:53:39.36\00:53:43.70
CHARACTER HE
OFFERS TO IMPART IN US."
00:53:43.70\00:53:47.03
- AND THIS LAST STATEMENT - I'M
GOING TO HAVE TO FINISH - "BY
00:53:47.03\00:53:51.10
HIS PERFECT OBEDIENCE HE HAS
MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR EVERY HUMAN
00:53:51.10\00:53:55.53
BEING TO OBEY
GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.
00:53:55.53\00:53:58.26
WHEN WE SUBMIT OURSELVES TO
CHRIST THE HEART IS UNITED WITH
00:53:58.26\00:54:02.40
HIS HEART, THE WILL IS MERGED IN
HIS WILL, THE MIND BECOMES ONE
00:54:02.40\00:54:07.06
WITH HIS MIND, THE THOUGHTS ARE
BROUGHT INTO CAPTIVITY TO HIM.
00:54:07.06\00:54:11.36
WE LIVE HIS LIFE.
THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
00:54:11.36\00:54:14.03
CLOTHED WITH THE
GARMENT OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:54:14.03\00:54:17.13
THEN AS THE LORD LOOKS
UPON US HE SEES NOT THE FIG LEAF
00:54:17.13\00:54:20.03
GARMENT, NOT THE NAKEDNESS AND
DEFORMITY OF SIN, HE SEES HIS
00:54:20.03\00:54:24.50
OWN ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH
IS PERFECT OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW
00:54:24.50\00:54:28.56
OF JEHOVAH." IN WHOSE POWER?
IN CHRIST'S. OUR TIME HAS GONE.
00:54:28.56\00:54:37.63
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE IT
THERE SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND
00:54:37.63\00:54:40.03
YOU AGAIN SEND IN FOR OUR FREE
OFFER 'THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN' -
00:54:40.03\00:54:44.23
OFFER #102 - THREE
STEPS WAS - WHAT WERE THEY?
00:54:44.23\00:54:48.56
CONFESSION,
FORGIVENESS, AND THE NEW BIRTH.
00:54:48.56\00:54:52.20
AND THE DOORS OF HEAVEN,
THROUGH CHRIST'S GRACE AND
00:54:52.20\00:54:55.13
RIGHTEOUSNESS, WILL
OPEN WIDE. IF YOU WANT THIS,
00:54:55.13\00:54:57.46
CALL 1-866-STUDY-MORE
- 1-866-788-3966.
00:54:57.46\00:55:08.96
>>PAUL AND JESUS BOTH PREDICT
THAT THE CHURCH OF GOD BECOMES
00:55:08.96\00:55:13.43
A FORCE AGAINST GOD.
00:55:13.43\00:55:17.03
>>THE RADICAL FAITH THAT JESUS
TAUGHT HAD BECOME THE OFFICIAL
00:55:17.03\00:55:19.60
RELIGION OF THE
EMPIRE THAT MURDERED HIM.
00:55:19.60\00:55:25.80
>>THE SPEED WITH WHICH THE EARLY
CHURCH TOBOGGANED INTO APOSTASY
00:55:25.80\00:55:29.86
WILL TAKE YOUR
BREATH AWAY. (MUSIC)
00:55:29.86\00:55:30.86