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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU
HAVE JOINED US, AS YOU ALWAYS DO
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EVERY WEEK, TO
STUDY GOD'S WORD TOGETHER.
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WHETHER YOU'RE RIGHT HERE IN OUR
AUDIENCE - WE HAVE MANY VISITORS
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HERE WITH US TODAY - OR AROUND
THE COUNTRY, ACROSS THE WORLD -
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WE STUDY TOGETHER, WE SING
TOGETHER, WE PRAY TOGETHER, AND
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SOON AND VERY SOON WE WILL BE
SEEING JESUS TOGETHER AND LIVING
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FOREVER IN HEAVEN. I CAN
HARDLY WAIT FOR THAT DAY.
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BUT UNTIL THEN WE WILL SING.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TODAY WITH
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'IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE,
GOD ONLY WISE' - HYMN #21.
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THIS COMES AS A REQUEST FROM
AGNES IN THE UK, MARK IN CHINA,
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IRBAN IN TRINIDAD AND TOBEGO,
LYDIA IN GEORGIA - OF THE UNITED
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STATES - AND DAVE FROM INDIANA.
HYMN #21 - 'IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE,
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GOD ONLY WISE'.
WE'LL SING ALL FOUR VERSES.
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>>IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL
HYMN - A FAVORITE HYMN THAT YOU
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WOULD LIKE TO SING WITH US
ON A COMING STUDY TOGETHER.
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IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
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'SACCENTRAL.ORG', CLICK ON THE
'CONTACT US' LINK AND THERE YOU
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CAN REQUEST ANY HYMN IN OUR
HYMNAL AND WE WILL SING THAT
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WITH YOU ON A
COMING PRESENTATION.
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TODAY'S NEW HYMN IS - FOR THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE USUALLY JOINING
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US, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE
HYMNAL AND LEARNING THE HYMNS
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THAT ARE LOST TO MOST PEOPLE.
HYMN #102 IS A REQUEST FROM NO
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ONE THIS WEEK SO IT IS A
BRAND-NEW HYMN TO EVERYBODY.
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IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY BUT IT'S
SO BEAUTIFUL - THE WORDS AND THE
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MUSIC THAT GO
TOGETHER ARE BEAUTIFUL.
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HYMN #102 - 'UNTO THE HILLS'
AND WE'RE GOING TO SING ALL FOUR
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VERSES TO GIVE YOU A
CHANCE TO LEARN IT THIS MORNING.
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>>AMEN. LET'S PRAY.
OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE DO
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ADORE YOU AND THAT IS WHY WE'RE
HERE IS BECAUSE WE'VE COME TO
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WORSHIP YOU, TO SIT AT YOUR
FEET, TO LISTEN TO THE WORDS
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THAT YOU HAVE TO PRESENT TO US
THROUGH PASTOR DOUG AND THAT WE
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CAN BECOME MORE LIKE YOU AND
THAT WE CAN BE SHINING LIGHTS.
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SO LORD, PLEASE
FILL US WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
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HELP US TO DO OUR
PART TO HASTEN YOUR COMING.
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PLEASE BE WITH PASTOR DOUG TODAY
AS HE BRINGS US WORDS OF LIFE.
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AND, LORD, MAY WE EACH OF US
LEAVE THIS PLACE MORE EQUIPPED
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AND MORE IN LOVE WITH YOU - TO
SERVE YOU AND TO HELP BRING THIS
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EARTH'S HISTORY TO A CLOSE THAT
WE CAN LIVE WITH YOU FOREVER.
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WE PRAY THESE THINGS
IN YOUR NAME, JESUS, AMEN.
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OUR STUDY TODAY WILL BE BROUGHT
TO US BY PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR.
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>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH JOLYNE
AND OUR SINGERS AND MUSICIANS.
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THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
I'D NEVER HEARD THOSE SONGS
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EITHER, BUT THEY'RE VERY PRETTY
AND WE SHOULD SING SOME OF THOSE
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MORE. GREETINGS.
HAPPY SABBATH, FRIENDS.
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AND I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE
WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE AND OUR
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EXTENDED CLASS - SOME
ARE WATCHING VIA SATELLITE
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AROUND THE WORLD.
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NOW, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO
DO SOMETHING HERE - WE LIKE TO
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SOMETIMES ASSUME PEOPLE WHO ARE
WATCHING ALL MAY KNOW EVERYTHING
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GOING ON AND I KNOW THAT THE
CHURCH FAMILY HERE IS AWARE, BUT
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SOME WHO ARE WATCHING
ARE WONDERING, YOU KNOW, THE
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SCHEDULE SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED
A LITTLE BIT. BACK IN JANUARY -
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THE END OF JANUARY - I,
TECHNICALLY, CEASED TO BE THE
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SENIOR PASTOR OF SACRAMENTO
CENTRAL. THIS CHURCH PLANTED A
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CHURCH IN GRANITE BAY -
OH, ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO.
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AND THE LORD HAS BLESSED AND
WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT AS THE
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TIME CAME THAT I'D EVENTUALLY
SHIFT - TRANSFER OVER THERE AND
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- WHICH HAPPENED THE END OF
JANUARY. CHALLENGE IS WE STILL
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DON'T HAVE A CHURCH.
WE'RE RENTING FACILITIES FROM
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ANOTHER CHURCH AND I
JUST WANT TO SAY 'THANK YOU'.
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SACRAMENTO CENTRAL HAS BEEN NICE
ENOUGH TO LET ME BE AT LEAST A
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GUEST TEACHER SOMETIMES HERE AT
SACRAMENTO CENTRAL AND I'M VERY
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THANKFUL FOR THAT, BUT SOMETHING
HAPPENED WHILE I WAS IN GERMANY
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AND I'M JUST VERY EXCITED TO
SHARE WITH OUR EXTENDED MEMBERS
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THAT ARE ONLINE AND
OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE -
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE PASTOR
CHRIS BUTTERY TO COME UP AND -
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NOW YOU'VE SEEN PASTOR
CHRIS TEACH A NUMBER OF TIMES
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BECAUSE HE'S PART
OF OUR STAFF HERE.
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SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN HERE WITH CENTRAL CHURCH?
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>>I'VE BEEN HERE FOR
JUST UNDER A YEAR AND A HALF.
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>>YEAH, AND IT WAS ABOUT A
YEAR AND A HALF AGO OR A COUPLE
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MONTHS BEFORE THAT, I
CALLED PASTOR CHRIS AND HIS WIFE
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JENNIFER AND SAID WE WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE THEM BE PART OF OUR TEAM
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HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL AND
IN THE BACK OF MY MIND I KNEW
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THE DAY MIGHT COME WHERE I WOULD
BE GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE AND I
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WAS JUST PRAYERFUL THAT THE
CONGREGATION AND THE CONFERENCE
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WOULD SEE WISDOM IN HIS STAYING
ON IN THAT CAPACITY AND THEY'VE
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SEEN THE LIGHT. SO, IT
SOMETIMES IS A LONG PROCESS IN
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SEARCHING FOR A NEW SENIOR
PASTOR BUT - YOU KNOW, THERE'S
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MEETINGS WITH THE BOARD
AND MEETINGS WITH THE SEARCH
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COMMITTEE WITH THE CONFERENCE,
BUT I THINK IT WAS LAST SABBATH
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YOU WERE OFFICIALLY
INTRODUCED AS THE SENIOR PASTOR.
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>>YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
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>>AND SO I WAS JUST VERY EXCITED
- I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU
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FORMALLY AS THE
SENIOR TO OUR ONLINE MEMBERS.
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THERE ARE MEMBERS OF SACRAMENTO
CENTRAL AROUND THE WORLD.
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SOME I MET THAT WERE IN EUROPE
LAST WEEK AND YOU'RE GOING TO
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CONTINUE. I THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO
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MAYBE SAY A WORD ABOUT
- DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS?
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>>WE HAVE PLANS.
PROBABLY NOT AS GREAT AS YOUR
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PLANS BUT WE
HAVE SOME PLANS, YES.
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AND, AGAIN, PASTOR DOUG, JUST
- IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE
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WITH YOU AND WORK WITH YOU THIS
LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SOME AND
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SO I RECOGNIZE - AND I TOLD
THE CONGREGATION AND OUR ONLINE
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VIEWERS LAST WEEK THAT I
CERTAINLY HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL
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AND IT'S CERTAINLY A
HUMBLING TASK THAT'S BEFORE US.
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BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT A
NEW PAGE - A NEW CHAPTER -
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IN SACRAMENTO CENTRAL'S FUTURE.
SOME FOLK DO ASK US WHETHER
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CENTRAL STUDY HOUR MIGHT BE
CONTINUING AND WE HOPE TO SEE
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IT CONTINUE IN SOME CAPACITY
SO FOLK CAN CONTINUE TO VIEW AND
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TUNE IN AS WELL. BUT
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE
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LORD MIGHT HAVE IN
STORE FOR US HERE. YES.
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>>AMEN. WELL, YOU KNOW, I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE
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FOR US TO JUST HAVE PRAYER
TOGETHER FOR PASTOR CHRIS.
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I THINK I SEE
JENNIFER NOT TOO FAR AWAY.
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WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP?
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NOW, AGAIN, YOU'VE SEEN JENNIFER
SINGING MANY TIMES - THOSE WHO
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WATCH SABBATH SCHOOL - BUT I
DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S EVER SAID A
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LOWER THIRD, 'JENNIFER BUTTERY,
THE PASTOR'S WIFE' AND SO SOME
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PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE
MADE THAT CONNECTION.
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IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED BUT I WOULD
JUST LIKE TO HAVE THEM HERE
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BEFORE YOU. BEING A PASTOR
OF THE CENTRAL CHURCH IN THE
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CAPITAL OF CALIFORNIA IS A BIG
RESPONSIBILITY AND IT'S ONLY BY
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PRAYER, I THINK, WE NEED TO PRAY
FOR GOD'S SPIRIT TO BE ON THIS
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COUPLE AND THAT THE LORD WILL
GIVE THEM WISDOM AND JUST BLESS
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THIS CHURCH - THAT IT WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A LIGHT BOTH IN
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THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND, AMEN?
SO WHY DON'T YOU BOW YOUR HEADS
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WITH ME AS WE PRAY
AND THOSE WHO ARE VIEWING.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE JUST ARE SO
THANKFUL FOR THE ASSURANCE THAT
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YOU ARE ON THE THRONE AND AS WE
SURRENDER OUR LIVES TO YOU THAT
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YOU WILL BLESS AND YOU WILL
GUIDE AND AS WE'RE WILLING TO DO
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YOUR WILL YOU'LL GIVE US
STRENGTH AND WISDOM TO DO THE
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TASKS AND TO FULFILL THE
MINISTRY YOU HAVE FOR US.
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LORD, RIGHT NOW, IN A SPECIAL
SENSE, WE PRAY THAT YOU'LL
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CONTINUE TO BLESS PASTOR
CHRIS AND JENNIFER BUTTERY.
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BE WITH THEIR
FAMILY AND THEIR CHILDREN.
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WE PRAY, ALSO, YOU'LL BE WITH
THE THOMPSONS - PASTOR MIKE AND
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HELEN - AND AS THEY SEARCH,
ALSO, TO REPLACE SOME VACANCIES
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FOR THE PASTORAL STAFF
HERE, JUST GUIDE IN THAT WHOLE
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PROCESS. LORD, YOU'VE BLESSED
THIS CHURCH IN MANY WAYS.
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WE PRAY YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BLESS
IN EVEN GREATER, MORE ABUNDANT
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WAYS. AND SO WE JUST COMMIT THEM
TO YOUR CARE, PRAY THAT YOU'LL
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FILL THEM WITH YOUR SPIRIT, AND
WE THANK YOU BECAUSE WE BELIEVE
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YOU WILL BECAUSE WE'RE
ASKING IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
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AMEN. THANK YOU
AND GOD BLESS YOU.
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AND I, AGAIN, WANT TO THANK
CENTRAL CHURCH FOR LETTING ME
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CONTINUE TO - AT LEAST FOR
A LITTLE WHILE - BE A GUEST
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TEACHER HERE. I LOVE
TEACHING AND THIS LESSON,
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IN PARTICULAR, TODAY IS
A VERY IMPORTANT LESSON.
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FIRST I SHOULD SAY WE HAVE A
SPECIAL GIFT OFFER - IT'S GOT A
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STRANGE TITLE AND IT'S CALLED
'SQUARE CIRCLES AND CARNAL
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CHRISTIANS'. NOW A
SQUARE CIRCLE SOUNDS LIKE
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AN OXYMORON, RIGHT? AND
SO IS A CARNAL CHRISTIAN.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE STUDYING, IN
A LITTLE BIT, ROMANS CHAPTER 7,
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WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT
CHAPTER TO UNDERSTAND -
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SOMETIMES MISUNDERSTOOD.
IF IT IS MISUNDERSTOOD, THE
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RESULTS CAN BE
CATASTROPHIC IN YOUR THEOLOGY.
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AND SO, THIS BOOK HELPS EXPLAIN
THAT IN A WAY THAT EVERYBODY CAN
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UNDERSTAND. I WAS EVEN
READING IT THIS MORNING.
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SO WE'LL SEND
IT TO YOU FOR FREE.
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JUST CALL 866-STUDY-MORE -
THAT'S 866-788-3966 - I THINK
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WE'VE REPRINTED IT EVEN, WITH
A NEW COVER - AND ASK FOR THE
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OFFER NUMBER THAT APPEARS
ON YOUR SCREEN. IT'S FREE.
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READ IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH
SOMEBODY AND YOU'LL FIND THAT A
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BLESSING. AND THAT'S EVERYBODY.
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IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THIS BOOK
IT REALLY HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND
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ROMANS 7. AND OUR
LESSON TODAY IS ON
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CHRIST AND HIS LAW.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR
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QUARTERLY DEALING
WITH CHRIST AND HIS LAW.
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IT'S LESSON #7, IN PARTICULAR,
'CHRIST, THE END OF THE LAW'.
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NOW WHY IS IT THAT JUST THE
TITLE ITSELF CAN SOMETIMES THROW
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PEOPLE - 'CHRIST, THE END OF
THE LAW'? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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DOES THAT MEAN WHEN
JESUS CAME THERE'S NO MORE LAW?
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DIDN'T JESUS SAY SOMETHING IN
MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 - I THINK IT'S
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VERSE 17 - 'THINK
NOT THAT I'VE COME TO
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DESTROY THE LAW
AND THE PROPHETS.
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I'VE NOT COME TO DESTROY BUT
TO FILL FULL - FULFILL' - THAT'S
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WHAT THAT MEANS - 'FOR WHOSOEVER
SHALL TELL MEN TO BREAK THE
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LEAST OF THESE COMMANDMENTS'
- OR - 'WHOEVER SHALL BREAK THE
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LEAST OF THESE COMMANDMENTS AND
TEACH OTHERS TO DO SO WILL BE
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CALLED LEAST IN
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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BUT WHOEVER WILL DO AND TEACH
THEM WILL BE CALLED GREAT IN THE
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KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.' AND THE RICH
YOUNG RULER CAME TO JESUS AND
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SAID, 'WHAT GOOD THING SHOULD
I DO THAT I MIGHT HAVE ETERNAL
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LIFE?'AND JESUS SAID,
'KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS.'
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HE SAID, 'WHICH ONES?'
AND JESUS BEGAN TO QUOTE THE
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TEN COMMANDMENTS. SO
WHEN IT SAYS 'CHRIST, THE END
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OF THE LAW', THIS LESSON IS
ACTUALLY QUOTING A VERSE FROM
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ROMANS BUT IT IS A VERSE
THAT IS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD AND
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THAT'S VWHY WE'VE GOT
A LESSON ON THIS SUBJECT.
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OUR MEMORY VERSE IS FROM ROMANS
10, VERSE 4 AND THIS IS THE
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SOURCE OF THE TITLE FOR THE
LESSON - ROMANS 10:4 - AND IT
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COMES FROM THE NEW
REVISED STANDARD VERSION.
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IF YOU COULD SAY IT
WITH ME - ARE YOU READY?
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ROMANS 10:4, "FOR CHRIST IS THE
END OF THE LAW SO THAT THERE MAY
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BE RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR
EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES."
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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OKAY, WELL WE'RE GOING TO GET
TO THAT IN JUST A SECOND, BUT TO
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START WITH WE'RE GOING TO GO
ON TO 'WHERE SIN ABOUNDED' - THE
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FIRST PART OF THIS LESSON - AND
I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO TURN IN
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YOUR BIBLES TO ROMANS 5.
WE'RE GOING TO GET TO ROMANS 7
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IN JUST A MINUTE BUT FIRST
WE'VE GOT TO BUILD A FOUNDATION.
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ROMANS IS A BOOK THAT IF
YOU READ IT - JUST ONE VERSE BY
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ITSELF OR ONE LITTLE SECTION BY
ITSELF, YOU CAN MISS THE THOUGHT
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BECAUSE ROMANS - THE
BOOK OF ROMANS IS LIKE
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MOUNT EVEREST IN
THE WRITINGS OF PAUL.
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IT GIVES YOU A PANORAMA OF
THE WHOLE PLAN OF SALVATION.
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IT'S JUST AN INCREDIBLE BOOK,
BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW AS HE'S
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LEADING PEOPLE IN THEIR THINKING
SO THAT WHEN YOU GET TO A
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CERTAIN POINT YOU SAY, 'AH, THIS
MAKES SENSE BECAUSE OF WHAT HE
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SAID BEFORE AND WHAT HE SAYS
AFTER.' SO JOIN ME IN ROMANS
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CHAPTER 5 AND WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT WHERE SIN ABOUNDS.
00:17:26.60\00:17:31.66
AND START WITH VERSE 12,
"THEREFORE, JUST AS THROUGH ONE
00:17:31.66\00:17:37.83
MAN SIN ENTERED THE WORLD," -
THAT ONE MAN BEING ADAM - "AND
00:17:37.83\00:17:41.50
DEATH THROUGH SIN, AND THUS
DEATH SPREAD TO ALL MEN, BECAUSE
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ALL SINNED - (FOR UNTIL THE LAW
SIN WAS IN THE WORLD, BUT SIN IS
00:17:44.66\00:17:51.13
NOT IMPUTED
WHERE THERE IS NO LAW."
00:17:51.13\00:17:55.53
- HE SAYS, 'UNTIL THE LAW
SIN WAS IN THE WORLD.' IN OTHER
00:17:55.53\00:17:58.20
WORDS, UNTIL THE LAW WAS GIVEN
BY MOSES ON MOUNT SINAI - OR BY
00:17:58.20\00:18:01.53
THE LORD ON MOUNT SINAI - WAS
THERE SIN IN THE WORLD STILL?
00:18:01.53\00:18:06.10
WAS IT A SIN TO COMMIT ADULTERY
BEFORE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS WERE
00:18:06.10\00:18:08.43
WRITTEN DOWN? WAS
MURDER A SIN? WAS LYING A SIN?
00:18:08.43\00:18:12.73
DID GOD TELL CAIN
THAT MURDER WAS A SIN?
00:18:12.73\00:18:15.86
DID JOSEPH SAY TO POTIPHAR'S
WIFE ADULTERY WAS A SIN?
00:18:15.86\00:18:19.06
THAT WAS BEFORE
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
00:18:19.06\00:18:20.83
SO PAUL IS MAKING AN ARGUMENT
EVEN BEFORE THE LAW WAS SPOKEN
00:18:20.83\00:18:24.50
THERE WAS LAW BECAUSE THERE WAS
SIN AND WHERE THERE IS NO LAW
00:18:24.50\00:18:30.80
THERE IS NO SIN. YOU
KNOW, I WAS IN GERMANY ON
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THE AUTOBAHN AND PEOPLE WERE
DRIVING BY AT A HUNDRED MILES AN
00:18:33.93\00:18:36.36
HOUR - LITERALLY - OR FASTER!
WE WERE DRIVING A HUNDRED AT ONE
00:18:36.36\00:18:40.60
POINT - NOT KILOMETERS, MILES
PER HOUR - AND IT WAS PERFECTLY
00:18:40.60\00:18:46.80
LEGAL BECAUSE IT WAS A SECTION
OF THE ROAD WHERE THERE IS NO
00:18:46.80\00:18:50.16
SPEED LIMIT AND IT'S PRETTY
AMAZING. ANY OF YOU EVER BEEN
00:18:50.16\00:18:53.16
TO THE AUTOBAHN?
IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
00:18:53.16\00:18:57.10
SO HE'S JUST
MAKING THAT ARGUMENT HERE.
00:18:57.10\00:18:59.80
AND THEN YOU GO ON TO VERSE 14,
"NEVERTHELESS DEATH REIGNED FROM
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ADAM TO MOSES, EVEN OVER THOSE
WHO HAD NOT SINNED ACCORDING TO
00:19:03.76\00:19:06.70
THE LIKENESS OF THE
TRANSGRESSION OF ADAM, WHO IS A
00:19:06.70\00:19:09.53
TYPE OF HIM WHO WAS TO COME."
- ADAM IS A TYPE OF CHRIST -
00:19:09.53\00:19:12.93
"BUT THE FREE GIFT
IS NOT LIKE THE OFFENSE.
00:19:12.93\00:19:15.96
FOR IF BY THE ONE MAN'S OFFENSE"
- ADAM - "MANY DIED, MUCH MORE
00:19:15.96\00:19:20.36
THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE GIFT
BY THE GRACE OF THE ONE MAN,
00:19:20.36\00:19:23.63
JESUS CHRIST, ABOUNDED TO
MANY." - THROUGH ADAM'S SIN
00:19:23.63\00:19:27.06
DEATH PASSED ON ALL MEN,
BUT THROUGH CHRIST'S VICTORY,
00:19:27.06\00:19:30.90
THAT ETERNAL LIFE
CAN GO TO ALL MEN.
00:19:30.90\00:19:33.90
HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE THAT
ADAM FELL AND WE ALL SUFFERED AS
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A RESULT? IT'S VERY
REAL EVERY DAY, RIGHT?
00:19:36.03\00:19:40.86
DO YOU BELIEVE JUST AS MUCH THAT
JESUS SUCCEEDED AND THROUGH THE
00:19:40.86\00:19:43.90
SECOND ADAM WE CAN HAVE VICTORY?
WE CAN HAVE RIGHTEOUSNESS?
00:19:43.90\00:19:46.80
WE CAN HAVE HEAVEN?
ADAM FELL IN A GARDEN.
00:19:46.80\00:19:50.26
JESUS OVERCAME IN A WILDERNESS.
00:19:50.26\00:19:52.56
ON THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK
ADAM WENT TO SLEEP AND HIS SIDE
00:19:52.56\00:19:57.56
WAS OPENED UP
AND OUT CAME A WIFE.
00:19:57.56\00:20:00.63
ON THE SIXTH DAY OF THE
WEEK JESUS WENT TO SLEEP ON THE
00:20:00.63\00:20:02.66
CROSS. HE SAID,
'IT IS FINISHED.' HIS
00:20:02.66\00:20:04.46
SIDE WAS OPENED BY A SPEAR AND
IN THE BLOOD AND WATER THAT CAME
00:20:04.46\00:20:07.86
OUT HIS BRIDE WAS
BORN - THE CHURCH.
00:20:07.86\00:20:10.76
SO THAT'S WHY IT SAYS
JESUS IS LIKE THE SECOND ADAM.
00:20:10.76\00:20:14.53
ALRIGHT, I WANT
TO JUMP AHEAD HERE.
00:20:14.53\00:20:16.30
GO TO VERSE 20, "MOREOVER" - I'M
IN ROMANS VERSE 5:20 - "MOREOVER
00:20:16.30\00:20:20.40
THE LAW ENTERED THAT
THE OFFENSE MIGHT ABOUND.
00:20:20.40\00:20:23.83
BUT WHERE SIN ABOUNDED, GRACE
ABOUNDED MUCH MORE, SO THAT AS
00:20:23.83\00:20:28.80
SIN REIGNED IN DEATH, EVEN
SO GRACE MIGHT REIGN THROUGH
00:20:28.80\00:20:32.00
RIGHTEOUSNESS TO ETERNAL LIFE
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD."
00:20:32.00\00:20:36.06
YOU KNOW, I LIVED SORT OF
UNAWARE OF THE LAW OF GOD - I
00:20:36.06\00:20:39.20
KNEW THINGS WERE RIGHT
AND WRONG, BUT ONCE I STARTED
00:20:39.20\00:20:41.23
READING THE BIBLE AND - I
THOUGHT I WAS OKAY COMPARED TO
00:20:41.23\00:20:44.23
OTHER PEOPLE, BUT I READ THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS AND ONCE I READ THE
00:20:44.23\00:20:48.26
LAW, SIN ABOUNDED. I
REALIZED, 'WOW' - BECAUSE I
00:20:48.26\00:20:52.86
BECAME AWARE HOW
FAST I HAD BEEN DRIVING.
00:20:52.86\00:20:55.40
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE
SPEED LIMIT WAS - I'M USING THIS
00:20:55.40\00:20:57.46
METAPHORICALLY - YOU
KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
00:20:57.46\00:21:00.40
ALRIGHT, I WANT SOMEONE
TO LOOK SOMETHING UP FOR ME.
00:21:00.40\00:21:04.26
SOMEBODY HAS PROVERBS
6:23 - WHO HAS THAT VERSE?
00:21:04.26\00:21:06.96
HOLD YOUR HAND UP. OVER HERE?
LET'S GET YOU A MICROPHONE.
00:21:06.96\00:21:08.80
HOLD YOUR HAND UP SO
THEY CAN SEE WHERE YOU ARE.
00:21:08.80\00:21:11.40
AND THEN IN A MINUTE I'M GOING
TO GET TO JOHN 15:22 - YOU GOT
00:21:11.40\00:21:15.66
THAT OVER HERE? DO WE
HAVE A MICROPHONE ON THIS SIDE?
00:21:15.66\00:21:17.93
OKAY, HE'LL BRING
YOU - HOLD YOUR HAND UP -
00:21:17.93\00:21:19.66
HE'LL BRING YOU A MICROPHONE.
ALRIGHT, AND AS WE'RE GETTING
00:21:19.66\00:21:22.20
READY FOR THAT, I'D LIKE TO READ
ROMANS 7:7, "WHAT SHALL WE SAY
00:21:22.20\00:21:26.40
THEN? IS THE LAW SIN? GOD
FORBID! NAY, I HAD NOT KNOWN
00:21:26.40\00:21:31.13
SIN, BUT BY THE LAW:
FOR I HAD NOT KNOWN LUST,
00:21:31.13\00:21:34.10
EXCEPT THE LAW HAD SAID,
'THOU SHALT NOT COVET.'" -
00:21:34.10\00:21:37.00
HE GOES ON TO SAY, 'WHERE
THERE IS NO LAW THERE IS NO
00:21:37.00\00:21:39.30
TRANSGRESSION.' BY THE WAY, IF
CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW -
00:21:39.30\00:21:44.26
SOME PEOPLE TAKE THAT TO MEAN
THAT WHEN JESUS CAME THE LAW IS
00:21:44.26\00:21:46.53
DONE AWAY WITH - IF
CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW
00:21:46.53\00:21:50.06
IS THERE STILL SIN
IN THE WORLD TODAY?
00:21:50.06\00:21:53.06
LET ME REPEAT PAUL: 'WHERE THERE
IS NO LAW THERE IS NO SIN.' IF
00:21:53.06\00:21:57.73
THERE'S STILL SIN,
MUSTN'T THERE ALSO BE A LAW?
00:21:57.73\00:22:01.90
YEAH, SO THE LAW - WHEN IT SAYS
CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW, IT
00:22:01.90\00:22:04.33
DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE DID AWAY
WITH THE LAW. WE'LL GET TO THAT
00:22:04.33\00:22:07.46
IN A MINUTE. ARE WE READY
THEN? GO AHEAD AND READ FOR US
00:22:07.46\00:22:10.60
PROVERBS 6:23.
>>PROVERBS 6:23, "FOR THE
00:22:10.60\00:22:16.76
COMMANDMENT IS A LAMP, AND
THE LAW A LIGHT; REPROOFS OF
00:22:16.76\00:22:23.60
INSTRUCTION ARE
THE WAY OF LIFE."
00:22:23.60\00:22:26.16
>>SO WHY WOULD GOD
DO AWAY WITH LIGHT?
00:22:26.16\00:22:29.40
THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD
IS A LIGHT - IT'S A LAMP -
00:22:29.40\00:22:33.53
IT ILLUMINATES.
IT DOES NOT SAVE.
00:22:33.53\00:22:36.93
WHAT DOES LIGHT
DO? LIGHT REVEALS.
00:22:36.93\00:22:38.70
LIGHT EXPOSES THINGS.
LIGHT MAKES THINGS MANIFEST.
00:22:38.70\00:22:42.80
JAMES COMPARES THE LAW TO A
MIRROR BECAUSE A MIRROR SHOWS A
00:22:42.80\00:22:46.70
REFLECTION OF SOMETHING
THAT MAY NEED ATTENTION.
00:22:46.70\00:22:49.73
AND SO IT DOESN'T SAVE. IT
WAS NEVER INTENDED TO SAVE.
00:22:49.73\00:22:54.53
CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW
FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS MEANING: IF
00:22:54.53\00:22:58.46
SOMEONE IS LOOKING UPON THE LAW
AS A SOURCE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, HE
00:22:58.46\00:23:01.00
PUT THAT TO AN END.
THE LAW NEVER DID BRING
00:23:01.00\00:23:03.83
RIGHTEOUSNESS. WHAT
THE LAW DOES - IT AMPLIFIES
00:23:03.83\00:23:09.56
OUR NEED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THE LAW AMPLIFIES OUR NEED.
00:23:09.56\00:23:15.23
I MIGHT THINK, YOU KNOW, 'I NEED
TO TAKE A SHOWER ONCE A WEEK AND
00:23:15.23\00:23:19.00
WASH MY FACE, BUT LOOKING IN THE
MIRROR THAT MIGHT BE AMPLIFIED.
00:23:19.00\00:23:23.90
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
AND SO THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF
00:23:23.90\00:23:27.13
THE LAW. IT'S NOT TO SAVE.
00:23:27.13\00:23:29.36
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD,
READ FOR US JOHN 15:22.
00:23:29.36\00:23:33.43
>>JOHN 15:22, "IF I HAD NOT COME
AND SPOKEN TO THEM, THEY WOULD
00:23:33.43\00:23:39.96
HAVE NO SIN, BUT NOW THEY
HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR THEIR SIN."
00:23:39.96\00:23:42.96
>>ALRIGHT, NOW IS THERE
MORE ACCOUNTABILITY ONCE THERE'S
00:23:42.96\00:23:46.93
A KNOWLEDGE OF
WHAT GOD'S WILL IS?
00:23:46.93\00:23:49.93
JESUS SAYS IN LUKE - AND I DON'T
REMEMBER THE VERSE - BUT HE
00:23:49.93\00:23:53.03
SAID, 'HE THAT KNEW HIS MASTER'S
WILL AND DID NOT DO IT WILL BE
00:23:53.03\00:23:56.86
BEATEN WITH MANY STRIPES AND HE
THAT KNEW HIS MASTER'S - DID NOT
00:23:56.86\00:24:01.63
KNOW HIS MASTER'S WILL AND DID
NOT DO IT WILL BE BEATEN WITH
00:24:01.63\00:24:03.96
FEW STRIPES.' IN OTHER WORDS,
'YOU ARE MORE ACCOUNTABLE WHEN
00:24:03.96\00:24:07.76
YOU KNOW THAN WHEN YOU DON'T
KNOW.' AND EVEN EVERY COURT
00:24:07.76\00:24:11.30
SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY, THEY TAKE
THINGS - THERE'S A DIFFERENT
00:24:11.30\00:24:16.50
PUNISHMENT FOR WHAT THEY CALL
'PREMEDITATED MURDER' - IT MEANS
00:24:16.50\00:24:19.06
IT WAS PLANNED.
IT WAS CALCULATED.
00:24:19.06\00:24:21.13
SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS, YOU
KNOW, IN A FIGHT ON THE STREET,
00:24:21.13\00:24:25.50
THEN THEY CALL IT MANSLAUGHTER.
IT WASN'T PREMEDITATED.
00:24:25.50\00:24:28.16
AND SO, HAVING A KNOWLEDGE
IN ADVANCE MAKES YOU MORE
00:24:28.16\00:24:32.03
RESPONSIBLE. AND THIS
IS WHAT PAUL IS SAYING
00:24:32.03\00:24:36.13
- THE LAW IS THERE TO
MAKE US MORE RESPONSIBLE.
00:24:36.13\00:24:39.50
NOW LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SECTION
HERE AND IT COVERS ROMANS 6:15
00:24:39.50\00:24:43.60
THROUGH 23. AND SOMEONE LOOK
UP FOR ME ROMANS 7, VERSE 12.
00:24:43.60\00:24:48.43
WHO HAS THAT VERSE? WE'VE GOT
A HAND? DO WE HAVE SOMEONE WE
00:24:48.43\00:24:52.03
GAVE THAT VERSE TO?
OKAY, HOLD YOUR HAND UP.
00:24:52.03\00:24:55.30
WE'LL GET TO YOU
IN JUST A MOMENT.
00:24:55.30\00:24:56.73
AND IN THE MEANTIME, I'M GOING
TO TAKE YOU TO ROMANS 6 AND
00:24:56.73\00:24:59.80
WE'RE GOING TO BE READING
VERSES 15 TO 23. "WHAT THEN?
00:24:59.80\00:25:05.36
SHALL WE SIN BECAUSE WE ARE
NOT UNDER LAW BUT UNDER GRACE?
00:25:05.36\00:25:09.86
CERTAINLY NOT!" - IF
YOU HAVE KING JAMES IT
00:25:09.86\00:25:11.93
SAYS, 'GOD FORBID!'
- DON'T EVEN THINK IT.
00:25:11.93\00:25:15.23
SHALL WE CONTINUE IN SIN
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW?
00:25:15.23\00:25:19.00
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE NOT
UNDER THE LAW? DOES NOT UNDER
00:25:19.00\00:25:23.70
THE LAW MEAN NOT UNDER A
RESPONSIBILITY TO OBEY THE LAW?
00:25:23.70\00:25:28.03
ARE CHRISTIANS STILL OBLIGATED
TO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS? SHOULD
00:25:28.03\00:25:34.26
CHRISTIANS - ONCE YOU ACCEPT
JESUS, DO YOU HAVE MORE OF AN
00:25:34.26\00:25:37.06
OBLIGATION OR
LESS OF AN OBLIGATION?
00:25:37.06\00:25:41.23
I WOULD THINK MORE BECAUSE,
FIRST OF ALL, WHEN YOU REALIZE
00:25:41.23\00:25:44.06
THAT IT'S YOUR LAWLESSNESS THAT
PUT HIM ON THE CROSS, WHY WOULD
00:25:44.06\00:25:47.76
YOU WANT TO INCREASE
YOUR LAWLESSNESS AFTER YOU'VE
00:25:47.76\00:25:50.63
ACCEPTED HIS FORGIVENESS?
NOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:25:50.63\00:25:54.20
A CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE THE MOST
LAW-KEEPING PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S
00:25:54.20\00:25:58.50
FOR OUR SINS - TRANSGRESSION
OF THE LAW - THAT JESUS DIED.
00:25:58.50\00:26:02.50
SO THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE NOT
UNDER THE LAW MEANS THAT WE'RE
00:26:02.50\00:26:05.70
NOT UNDER THE OBLIGATION
TO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS -
00:26:05.70\00:26:07.93
THAT'S NOT AT
ALL WHAT PAUL MEANT.
00:26:07.93\00:26:10.80
THAT'S WHY PAUL SAID, 'LEST
YOU MISUNDERSTAND, SHOULD WE
00:26:10.80\00:26:13.16
CONTINUE TO BREAK GOD'S
LAW THAT GRACE MIGHT ABOUND?
00:26:13.16\00:26:16.33
GOD FORBID! PERISH THE THOUGHT.
00:26:16.33\00:26:18.06
DON'T THINK IT.' AND YET, I HEAR
PASTORS SAY THAT ALL THE TIME.
00:26:18.06\00:26:21.60
THEY TAKE THIS PHRASE 'UNDER THE
LAW' TO MEAN AN OBLIGATION TO
00:26:21.60\00:26:25.73
OBEY AND THEY SAY, 'WE'RE NOT
UNDER THE LAW, WE'RE NO LONGER
00:26:25.73\00:26:28.10
UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO
KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.'
00:26:28.10\00:26:31.46
HAVE YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE?
I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, BUT
00:26:31.46\00:26:35.00
WHENEVER I HEAR SOMEONE SAY
THIS I PIN THEM DOWN A LITTLE
00:26:35.00\00:26:37.16
BIT AND I SAY, 'WAIT,
LET ME JUST - HELP ME.
00:26:37.16\00:26:40.96
ARE YOU SAYING THAT SINCE WE'RE
NOT UNDER THE LAW, THAT MEANS WE
00:26:40.96\00:26:44.43
DON'T NEED TO KEEP THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS ANYMORE?
00:26:44.43\00:26:47.16
AND THEY REALIZE WHERE IT'S
GOING AND THEY SAY, 'OH, WELL,
00:26:47.16\00:26:48.73
WE'RE NOT UNDER THE OLD LAW.'
I SAY, 'IS IT OKAY TO LIE?'
00:26:48.73\00:26:51.56
'NO.' 'IS IT OKAY TO
STEAL?' 'NO.' 'COMMIT ADULTERY?'
00:26:51.56\00:26:55.73
'NO.' 'COVET MY NEIGHBOR'S GOODS
OR SPOUSE?' 'NO.' AND YOU GO
00:26:55.73\00:27:01.26
THROUGH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
- 'CAN I PRAY TO STATUES?
00:27:01.26\00:27:03.90
CAN I WORSHIP OTHER GODS?'
'NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
00:27:03.90\00:27:06.26
OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO KEEP
ALL OF THOSE.' AND THEN YOU SAY,
00:27:06.26\00:27:08.60
'REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY.'
'WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW.' I'VE
00:27:08.60\00:27:12.83
SEEN THAT DANCE SO MANY TIMES I
WOULD THINK THAT SOMEBODY WOULD
00:27:12.83\00:27:16.23
REALIZE IT'S SUSPICIOUS.
THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE
00:27:16.23\00:27:20.63
TEN COMMANDMENTS UNTIL YOU
GET TO THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT.
00:27:20.63\00:27:23.63
AND THEY, BASICALLY, INVENTED
THIS WHOLE NEW THEOLOGY THAT
00:27:23.63\00:27:26.63
'NOT UNDER THE LAW'
MEANS YOU'RE NOT UNDER AN
00:27:26.63\00:27:28.33
OBLIGATION TO KEEP
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
00:27:28.33\00:27:30.56
THEY SAY, 'WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE
BECAUSE THOSE COMMANDMENTS ARE
00:27:30.56\00:27:33.96
RESTATED IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT.' THAT'S NOT TRUE.
00:27:33.96\00:27:37.96
THEY SAY THE ONLY COMMANDMENT
NOT RESTATED IN THE NEW
00:27:37.96\00:27:40.36
TESTAMENT IS THE FOURTH
COMMANDMENT - THE SABBATH.
00:27:40.36\00:27:42.90
THAT'S NOT TRUE. THAT'S WHAT
YOU CALL A CHRISTIAN URBAN MYTH.
00:27:42.90\00:27:46.66
SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY THINGS OVER
AND OVER AGAIN - THEY THINK IT
00:27:46.66\00:27:48.53
MUST BE TRUE AND THEY
DON'T EVER SEARCH IT OUT.
00:27:48.53\00:27:50.76
ACTUALLY, YOU DON'T FIND
ANYWHERE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
00:27:50.76\00:27:54.40
WHERE IT SAYS, 'THOU SHALT NOT
HAVE OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.' SO
00:27:54.40\00:27:58.70
CAN WE BREAK
THAT COMMANDMENT? NO.
00:27:58.70\00:28:02.60
'DON'T TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD
IN VAIN' - THAT'S THE ONE - YOU
00:28:02.60\00:28:05.20
DON'T FIND THAT
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
00:28:05.20\00:28:06.63
WHERE DOES IT SAY IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT, 'DON'T TAKE THE NAME
00:28:06.63\00:28:08.53
OF THE LORD IN VAIN'?
CAN WE BREAK THAT THEN?
00:28:08.53\00:28:13.66
DO WE FIND THE
FOURTH COMMANDMENT REPEATED
00:28:13.66\00:28:15.70
AND ADDRESSED IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT?
00:28:15.70\00:28:18.33
YEAH, HEBREWS
CHAPTER 4, FOR ONE THING.
00:28:18.33\00:28:21.26
ACTS CHAPTER 13 - THERE'S A
NUMBER OF PLACES WHERE IT TALKS
00:28:21.26\00:28:24.93
ABOUT KEEPING THE
SABBATH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
00:28:24.93\00:28:27.86
SO THAT ARGUMENT THAT, 'WELL,
IT'S NOT REPEATED.' - I HEARD
00:28:27.86\00:28:31.56
ONE EVANGELIST SAY IT THIS WAY:
'MANY EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS
00:28:31.56\00:28:35.86
REALLY STRUGGLE TO GET RID OF
THE SABBATH. IT'S LIKE A MAN WHO
00:28:35.86\00:28:38.36
HAS A SORE FINGER AND IN ORDER
TO DEAL WITH THAT SORE FINGER HE
00:28:38.36\00:28:41.93
CUTS OFF ALL TEN FINGERS
AND SEWS NINE OF THEM BACK ON.
00:28:41.93\00:28:46.73
AND SO, TO GET RID OF THE
SABBATH THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO
00:28:46.73\00:28:49.00
GET RID OF ALL TEN, THEY
REATTACH NINE OF THEM, AND
00:28:49.00\00:28:53.33
REALLY, THE PROBLEM
IS, WE SHOULD KEEP ALL TEN.
00:28:53.33\00:28:57.70
AND WHEN CHRIST SAYS WE'RE
NOT UNDER THE LAW - THIS IS WHAT
00:28:57.70\00:29:00.40
UNDER THE LAW MEANS - WE ARE NOT
UNDER THE CURSE - OR THE PENALTY
00:29:00.40\00:29:05.26
- OF THE LAW,
WE ARE UNDER GRACE.
00:29:05.26\00:29:07.46
WHEN YOU SIN YOU'RE UNDER
THE CONDEMNATION OF THE LAW.
00:29:07.46\00:29:10.96
YOU'RE UNDER THE
PENALTY - THE DEATH PENALTY.
00:29:10.96\00:29:13.03
AFTER YOU'RE FORGIVEN, PRAISE
GOD, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE ARE
00:29:13.03\00:29:16.13
NO LONGER UNDER
THE PENALTY OF THE LAW.
00:29:16.13\00:29:18.33
IT DOESN'T MEAN AN
OBLIGATION TO OBEY THE LAW.
00:29:18.33\00:29:21.33
AND SO, BUT I'VE HEARD IT
TWISTED IN SO MANY - MILLIONS OF
00:29:21.33\00:29:27.06
CHRISTIANS THINK THIS
VERSE MEANS WE ARE NOT UNDER AN
00:29:27.06\00:29:31.40
OBLIGATION TO KEEP THE LAW.
THAT'S NOT WHAT HE'S SAYING.
00:29:31.40\00:29:34.70
"DO YOU NOT KNOW" - AND LISTEN
TO PAUL - LET HIM SPEAK FOR
00:29:34.70\00:29:37.00
HIMSELF - VERSE 16 - ROMANS
6:16, "DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT TO
00:29:37.00\00:29:42.50
WHOM YOU PRESENT YOURSELVES
SLAVES TO OBEY, YOU ARE THAT
00:29:42.50\00:29:45.73
ONE'S SLAVES WHOM YOU
OBEY, WHETHER OF SIN" -
00:29:45.73\00:29:48.43
BREAKING THE LAW - "LEADING
TO DEATH, OR OF OBEDIENCE" -
00:29:48.43\00:29:51.40
KEEPING THE LAW -
"LEADING TO RIGHTEOUSNESS?
00:29:51.40\00:29:54.13
BUT GOD BE THANKED THAT THOUGH
YOU WERE SLAVES OF SIN, YET YOU
00:29:54.13\00:29:57.46
OBEYED FROM THE HEART THAT FORM
OF DOCTRINE TO WHICH YOU WERE
00:29:57.46\00:30:00.46
DELIVERED. AND
HAVING BEEN SET FREE FROM
00:30:00.46\00:30:03.03
SIN, YOU BECAME
SLAVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:30:03.03\00:30:06.13
I SPEAK IN HUMAN TERMS BECAUSE
OF THE WEAKNESS OF YOUR FLESH.
00:30:06.13\00:30:09.60
FOR JUST AS YOU PRESENTED
YOUR MEMBERS AS SLAVES OF
00:30:09.60\00:30:12.16
UNCLEANNESS, AND OF LAWLESSNESS"
- YOU CAN'T MISUNDERSTAND WHAT
00:30:12.16\00:30:15.83
HE MEANS HERE - BEFORE YOU
WERE SAVED YOU WERE SLAVES TO
00:30:15.83\00:30:19.20
LAWLESSNESS - "SO NOW PRESENT"
- LAWLESS MEANS WITHOUT THE LAW,
00:30:19.20\00:30:23.80
RIGHT?
LAWBREAKING - DO WE ALL AGREE?
00:30:23.80\00:30:26.66
IF I TELL YOU SOMEONE'S AN
OUTLAW ARE THEY LAW-ABIDING OR
00:30:26.66\00:30:29.36
NOT? THEY'RE LAWLESS.
00:30:29.36\00:30:32.03
OKAY, PAUL IS VERY CLEAR HERE -
"LEADING TO MORE LAWLESSNESS," -
00:30:32.03\00:30:37.70
I'M IN VERSE 19 - "SO NOW
PRESENT YOUR MEMBERS AS SLAVES
00:30:37.70\00:30:40.96
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HOLINESS.
FOR WHEN YOU WERE SLAVES OF SIN,
00:30:40.96\00:30:44.93
YOU WERE FREE IN
REGARD TO RIGHTEOUSNESS."
00:30:44.93\00:30:47.53
- IN OTHER WORDS, YOU ARE
SEPARATED FROM RIGHTEOUSNESS -
00:30:47.53\00:30:49.33
"WHAT FRUIT DID YOU HAVE THEN IN
THE THINGS OF WHICH YOU ARE NOW
00:30:49.33\00:30:52.83
ASHAMED? FOR THE END OF
THOSE THINGS IS DEATH. BUT NOW,
00:30:52.83\00:30:56.90
HAVING BEEN SET FREE FROM
SIN, AND HAVING BECOME SLAVES
00:30:56.90\00:31:00.36
OF GOD, YOU HAVE YOUR FRUIT TO
HOLINESS" - A LAW OF OBEDIENCE -
00:31:00.36\00:31:05.20
"AND THE END, EVERLASTING LIFE.
FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH,
00:31:05.20\00:31:09.33
BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL
LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD."
00:31:09.33\00:31:13.10
ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS
THERE. AND SOMEONE, I THINK, IS
00:31:13.10\00:31:16.03
READY TO READ ROMANS 7:12. WHERE
ARE YOU? BACK HERE? OH BACK
00:31:16.03\00:31:20.40
HERE. OKAY, GOOD, ARE WE READY?
LET'S GO AHEAD AND READ THAT.
00:31:20.40\00:31:23.86
>>ROMANS 7:12,
"THEREFORE THE LAW IS HOLY, AND
00:31:23.86\00:31:29.86
THE COMMANDMENT
HOLY AND JUST AND GOOD."
00:31:29.86\00:31:34.43
>>ONLY A FEW
THINGS ARE CALLED 'HOLY'.
00:31:34.43\00:31:36.56
BY THE WAY, THE ONLY PLACE
IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS YOU FIND
00:31:36.56\00:31:38.83
THE WORD 'HOLY' IS IN
THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT.
00:31:38.83\00:31:41.96
ONLY A FEW THINGS ARE HOLY AND
DID JESUS COME TO DO AWAY WITH
00:31:41.96\00:31:46.40
SOMETHING THAT IS HOLY AND
JUST AND GOOD TO REPLACE IT WITH
00:31:46.40\00:31:50.23
SOMETHING UNHOLY,
UNJUST, AND BAD? OF COURSE NOT.
00:31:50.23\00:31:55.33
SO PAUL IS SAYING THERE'S NO
PROBLEM WITH THE LAW, THE LAW'S
00:31:55.33\00:31:58.00
FUNCTION,
THOUGH, IS NOT TO SAVE.
00:31:58.00\00:31:59.33
THAT'S THE POINT THAT HE'S
MAKING AND YOU KNOW WHY PAUL IS
00:31:59.33\00:32:02.83
MAKING THAT POINT?
HE'S TALKING HERE IN ROMANS
00:32:02.83\00:32:06.26
ABOUT HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
WAS PAUL - WOULD HE CONSIDER
00:32:06.26\00:32:11.86
HIMSELF A LAWKEEPER BEFORE
HE KNEW JESUS WAS THE MESSIAH?
00:32:11.86\00:32:16.03
SURE. HE WAS A PHARISEE OF
THE PHARISEES - THAT'S HIS OWN
00:32:16.03\00:32:19.00
WORDS. DID PHARISEES MAKE A
BIG DEAL ABOUT THE LAW? YEAH.
00:32:19.00\00:32:22.73
DID THEY EVEN - WERE
THEY EVEN A LITTLE LEGALISTIC?
00:32:22.73\00:32:26.90
ISN'T LEGALISM THINKING
YOU'RE SAVED BY THE LAW?
00:32:26.90\00:32:30.23
PAUL IS TALKING ABOUT HIS
OWN EXPERIENCE ABOUT THE TIME HE
00:32:30.23\00:32:33.36
THOUGHT HE WAS BEING SAVED BY
THE LAW AND HE FINALLY REALIZED
00:32:33.36\00:32:36.40
THE LAW DOES NO SAVING.
00:32:36.40\00:32:38.23
SALVATION AND FORGIVENESS
COMES FROM THE GRACE OF GOD AND
00:32:38.23\00:32:41.83
THROUGH THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST.
00:32:41.83\00:32:43.53
AND SO - NOW THE
LAW SERVES A PURPOSE.
00:32:43.53\00:32:48.43
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS FIRST
LEARNING TO DRIVE, A LOT OF YOU
00:32:48.43\00:32:52.76
PROBABLY FANCY
YOURSELF PRETTY GOOD DRIVERS.
00:32:52.76\00:32:55.10
HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER
WHEN YOU WERE FIRST LEARNING TO
00:32:55.10\00:32:57.93
DRIVE, THERE WAS A DRIVING
MANUAL PUT OUT BY THE STATE AND
00:32:57.93\00:33:01.46
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CALIFORNIA'S
DMV DRIVING HAND BOOK AND THERE
00:33:01.46\00:33:04.30
WERE REGULATIONS. HOW MANY TOOK
THE TEST? ANYONE DRIVING YOU
00:33:04.30\00:33:06.83
DIDN'T TAKE THE TEST? JUST
WANT TO - WE WANT TO GET YOU ON
00:33:06.83\00:33:09.83
CAMERA RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
WE WANT YOU OFF THE ROADS.
00:33:09.83\00:33:14.50
SO WE ALL TOOK A TEST - THERE'S
A LOT OF LAWS ABOUT WHEN TO
00:33:14.50\00:33:17.90
PASS, WHEN NOT TO
PASS, WHAT THE LINES MEAN.
00:33:17.90\00:33:20.23
YOU DON'T WANT SOMEONE COMING
TOWARDS YOU NOT KNOWING WHAT
00:33:20.23\00:33:22.16
THOSE LINES MEAN - SOLID LINES,
DOTTED LINES, YELLOW LINES,
00:33:22.16\00:33:24.83
WHITE - THERE'S A - THEY
ALL MEAN SOMETHING, RIGHT?
00:33:24.83\00:33:27.46
AND YOU PROBABLY STUDIED THAT
BOOK AND TOOK A TEST AND I'M
00:33:27.46\00:33:32.96
ASSUMING YOU PASSED. HOW
MANY OF YOU CARRY THAT BOOK
00:33:32.96\00:33:35.53
IN YOUR GLOVE BOX
NOW? I SEE SOME OF YOU DO.
00:33:35.53\00:33:39.26
WELL, THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S
OKAY. I KNOW IT PRETTY WELL.
00:33:39.26\00:33:43.40
I'VE SORT OF GOT IT IN MY HEART.
00:33:43.40\00:33:44.93
HOW MANY OF YOU SORT OF -
IT'S SECOND NATURE FOR YOU NOW?
00:33:44.93\00:33:47.76
ISN'T THAT WHAT
THE LAW SHOULD BE?
00:33:47.76\00:33:50.73
WHERE IT'S IN OUR MINDS AND
IN OUR HEARTS SO IT BECOMES LIKE
00:33:50.73\00:33:54.00
ALMOST A NATURAL
RESPONSE TO OBEY THE LAWS?
00:33:54.00\00:33:57.86
I MEAN, I HAD TO THINK SO HARD
TO TURN ON MY TURN SIGNAL WHEN I
00:33:57.86\00:34:02.03
WAS FIRST LEARNING TO DRIVE THAT
WHEN MY DRIVING INSTRUCTOR TOOK
00:34:02.03\00:34:06.63
ME OUT - THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING
- HE SAID, 'TURN SIGNAL.
00:34:06.63\00:34:10.33
YOU FORGOT TURN SIGNAL -
CHANGING LANES - TURN SIGNAL.'
00:34:10.33\00:34:13.20
AND IT GOT SO BAD THAT NOW I'M
UP ON THE COUNTRY ROADS - I'M ON
00:34:13.20\00:34:15.76
DIRT ROADS TWELVE MILES
FROM ANYBODY AND I GO AROUND THE
00:34:15.76\00:34:18.63
CORNER I TURN ON MY TURN
SIGNAL. THERE'S NOBODY UP THERE.
00:34:18.63\00:34:21.30
I'M JUST SURROUNDED BY A CLOUD
OF DUST ON A DIRT ROAD AND I'M
00:34:21.30\00:34:23.40
TURNING ON MY TURN
SIGNAL. IT'S JUST -
00:34:23.40\00:34:24.66
IT'S A HABIT NOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
00:34:24.66\00:34:28.46
AND SO - BUT THAT'S KIND OF -
WHEN YOU WALK WITH JESUS AND YOU
00:34:28.46\00:34:32.73
LIVE THAT KIND OF LIFE AND YOU
STUDY HIS WORD AND IT BECOMES IN
00:34:32.73\00:34:35.66
YOUR HEART - ISN'T
THAT THAT NEW COVENANT?
00:34:35.66\00:34:38.13
WHEN YOU'RE GOVERNED BY LOVE FOR
GOD THEN YOU START DRIVING RIGHT
00:34:38.13\00:34:44.10
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE
LAW WRITTEN IN YOUR HEART.
00:34:44.10\00:34:46.60
DEUTERONOMY 6, VERSE 6 - JUST A
COUPLE MORE THOUGHTS ON THE LAW
00:34:46.60\00:34:50.20
HERE, "AND THESE WORDS" - IN
DEUTERONOMY 5 - MOSES RECITES -
00:34:50.20\00:34:57.66
HE REPEATS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
- "AND THESE WORDS WHICH I
00:34:57.66\00:35:00.53
COMMAND YOU TODAY
SHALL BE IN YOUR HEART.
00:35:00.53\00:35:02.53
YOU SHALL TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY
TO YOUR CHILDREN, AND SHALL TALK
00:35:02.53\00:35:05.83
OF THEM WHEN YOU SIT IN YOUR
HOUSE, WHEN YOU WALK BY THE WAY,
00:35:05.83\00:35:08.66
WHEN YOU LIE DOWN,
AND WHEN YOU RISE UP.
00:35:08.66\00:35:10.80
YOU SHALL BIND THEM AS A SIGN ON
YOUR HAND, AND THEY SHALL BE AS
00:35:10.80\00:35:13.73
FRONTLETS BETWEEN YOUR EYES.
YOU SHALL WRITE THEM ON THE
00:35:13.73\00:35:16.93
DOORPOSTS OF YOUR
HOUSE AND ON YOUR GATES."
00:35:16.93\00:35:19.70
NOW, THIS WAS REALLY
MEANT TO BE A SYMBOL.
00:35:19.70\00:35:23.53
WHEN GOD SAYS YOU SHOULD HAVE
THEM IN YOUR HEART, DID THAT
00:35:23.53\00:35:26.76
MEAN LITERALLY TO OPEN YOUR
HEART AND PUT THEM IN THERE?
00:35:26.76\00:35:30.30
WHEN HE SAID THEY SHOULD BE ON
YOUR DOORS AND ON YOUR GATES -
00:35:30.30\00:35:33.56
WELL, THERE'S NO
HARM IN DOING THAT.
00:35:33.56\00:35:36.33
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GO INTO THE
HOME - A JEWISH HOME - SOMETIMES
00:35:36.33\00:35:39.66
THERE'LL BE A LITTLE SCROLL AND
YOU'LL SEE THEM KISS IT AND PUT
00:35:39.66\00:35:43.30
THEIR FINGER TO IT AND IT'S
SUPPOSED TO HAVE A LITTLE PIECE
00:35:43.30\00:35:45.23
OF THE LAW WRITTEN
INSIDE THIS LITTLE -
00:35:45.23\00:35:47.30
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE WORD FOR
IT - ANYWAYS, IT'S A JEWISH WORD
00:35:47.30\00:35:50.53
FOR THE LITTLE ELEMENT OF THE
LAW THAT IS IN THIS SILVER BOX
00:35:50.53\00:35:56.00
NAILED TO THE DOOR.
00:35:56.00\00:35:57.20
AND YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN
THE PHARISEES THAT HAVE THESE
00:35:57.20\00:36:00.46
PHYLACTERIES - THEY'VE GOT A
LITTLE LEATHER BOX WITH THE LAW
00:36:00.46\00:36:02.86
ON THE FOREHEAD AND THEY'VE
GOT ONE TIED TO THEIR WRISTS AND
00:36:02.86\00:36:06.10
THEY THINK THERE'S SOME
SPIRITUAL MERIT - SHOWING THEIR
00:36:06.10\00:36:09.70
HOLINESS BY HAVING, LITERALLY,
THE LAW TIED ON THEIR HAND AND
00:36:09.70\00:36:12.76
ON THEIR FOREHEAD
AND ON THEIR GATES.
00:36:12.76\00:36:15.16
BUT WHAT DID MOSES MEAN?
SURROUND YOURSELF WITH IT.
00:36:15.16\00:36:19.23
IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR HAND - IN
YOUR ACTIONS - IN YOUR HEART -
00:36:19.23\00:36:21.70
YOUR AFFECTIONS - IN
YOUR HEAD - IN YOUR THOUGHTS.
00:36:21.70\00:36:23.93
NOW THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE DID ANY OF YOU SEE THE
00:36:23.93\00:36:28.90
NEW YOUTUBE? I JUST
PUT IT UP ON MY FACEBOOK
00:36:28.90\00:36:30.83
LAST NIGHT - AMAZING - SOME OF
YOU SAW IT - AMAZING FACTS JUST
00:36:30.83\00:36:34.00
PUT OUT A NEW YOUTUBE ON THE
MARK OF THE BEAST - EXPLAINING
00:36:34.00\00:36:36.20
WHAT THE MARK IS. IS
IT SYMBOLIC OR FIGURATIVE?
00:36:36.20\00:36:39.56
AND WE QUOTE THIS VERSE AND
YOU CAN GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS
00:36:39.56\00:36:42.90
WEBSITE - WE'LL HAVE IT
THERE - BUT IT'S ONLY - IT'S A
00:36:42.90\00:36:45.60
FOUR-MINUTE YOUTUBE BECAUSE
PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND THE MARK.
00:36:45.60\00:36:48.30
THEY THINK IT'S A PHYSICAL LINE.
THEY THINK IT'S A TATTOO, A
00:36:48.30\00:36:51.13
BARCODE, A COMPUTER CHIP.
YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE SOME
00:36:51.13\00:36:55.23
MECHANISM THAT THE BEAST POWER
WILL USE TO CONTROL BUYING AND
00:36:55.23\00:36:58.76
SELLING, BUT A CREDIT CARD
IS NOT THE MARK OF THE BEAST.
00:36:58.76\00:37:04.00
AND WHERE IS THE
MARK OF THE BEAST?
00:37:04.00\00:37:06.66
THE HAND AND
THE FOREHEAD, RIGHT?
00:37:06.66\00:37:09.23
THIS IS A CLUE - WHEN MOSES SAYS
'THESE WORDS SHALL BE IN YOUR
00:37:09.23\00:37:13.16
HAND AND BETWEEN YOUR EYES' -
HE SYMBOLICALLY MEANS THE LAW OF
00:37:13.16\00:37:16.86
THE LORD. HOW MANY
PEOPLE IN REVELATION
00:37:16.86\00:37:18.70
HAVE A MARK? WHAT PERCENTAGE?
00:37:18.70\00:37:22.16
A HUNDRED PERCENT - A
HUNDRED PERCENT HAVE A MARK.
00:37:22.16\00:37:26.56
THEY EITHER HAVE THE SEAL OF
GOD OR THEY HAVE THE MARK OF THE
00:37:26.56\00:37:30.16
BEAST. YOU NOTICE
HOW I WORDED THAT?
00:37:30.16\00:37:32.16
EVERYBODY HAS SOME
KIND OF DISTINGUISHING MARK.
00:37:32.16\00:37:35.30
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
ARE YOU ALL WITH ME?
00:37:35.30\00:37:37.93
AND THE WHOLE WORLD'S GOING
TO GET POLARIZED INTO ONE OF TWO
00:37:37.93\00:37:39.86
GROUPS. THE SEAL
OF GOD IS THE LAW OF
00:37:39.86\00:37:42.93
GOD IN THE HEAD AND IN THE
HAND - IT'S IN THE HEART REALLY.
00:37:42.93\00:37:48.53
AND IN THAT LAW THERE'S A
SPECIAL COMMANDMENT THAT TALKS
00:37:48.53\00:37:51.43
ABOUT HOLINESS AND WORSHIPING
GOD BECAUSE THE BIG BATTLE IN
00:37:51.43\00:37:54.70
THE LAST DAYS IS ABOUT WORSHIP.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THE DEVIL
00:37:54.70\00:37:58.33
ATTACKS THE LAW AND THAT'S
WHY WE'RE STUDYING THIS SUBJECT.
00:37:58.33\00:38:01.23
SO MANY PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND.
IS IT STILL A GOOD IDEA FOR
00:38:01.23\00:38:04.90
CHRISTIANS TO DO
WHAT MOSES SUGGESTED?
00:38:04.90\00:38:07.10
TO SURROUND OURSELVES WITH THE
LAW OF GOD - WHEN WE LAY DOWN,
00:38:07.10\00:38:09.83
WHEN WE RISE UP?
TO TEACH IT TO THEM?
00:38:09.83\00:38:11.56
HAVE IT IN OUR HANDS AND IN OUR
HEARTS AND IN OUR HEADS AND ON
00:38:11.56\00:38:14.03
OUR DOORS AND - SHOULDN'T
WE KNOW THE LAW OF GOD?
00:38:14.03\00:38:19.90
WE'RE NOT SAVED BY IT, BUT IN
TEACHING THE WORD - 'THY WORD IS
00:38:19.90\00:38:24.10
A LAMP UNTO MY FEET' - IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THE
00:38:24.10\00:38:27.53
MIRROR OF THE LAW - TO
HAVE THE LIGHT OF THE LAW -
00:38:27.53\00:38:30.26
TO REVEAL OUR
NEED OF CHRIST, AMEN?
00:38:30.26\00:38:33.83
SO, THAT'S JUST A
VERY IMPORTANT POINT THERE.
00:38:33.83\00:38:36.70
LET ME READ SOMETHING - THIS IS
IN YOUR LESSON FROM 'ACTS OF THE
00:38:36.70\00:38:39.56
APOSTLES' PAGE 393 - "PAUL
HAD EVER EXALTED THE DIVINE LAW.
00:38:39.56\00:38:46.73
HE HAD SHOWN THAT IN THE LAW
THERE IS NO POWER TO SAVE MAN
00:38:46.73\00:38:51.30
FROM THE
PENALTY OF DISOBEDIENCE.
00:38:51.30\00:38:53.10
WRONGDOERS MUST REPENT OF
THEIR SINS AND HUMBLE THEMSELVES
00:38:53.10\00:38:56.83
BEFORE GOD, WHOSE JUST WRATH
THEY'VE INCURRED BY BREAKING HIS
00:38:56.83\00:39:00.20
LAW. AND THEY
MUST EXERCISE FAITH IN
00:39:00.20\00:39:02.60
THE BLOOD OF CHRIST AS
THEIR ONLY MEANS OF PARDON."
00:39:02.60\00:39:06.96
SO, FOR THOSE WHO THINK THAT
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS BELIEVE
00:39:06.96\00:39:09.93
THAT WE'RE SAVED BY KEEPING THE
LAW, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANY
00:39:09.93\00:39:12.93
MORE THAN AN EVANGELICAL
BELIEVES THEY'RE SAVED BY NOT
00:39:12.93\00:39:15.60
COMMITTING ADULTERY.
BUT EVANGELICALS TEACH THEIR
00:39:15.60\00:39:18.83
FLOCK NOT TO COMMIT
ADULTERY - IS THAT LEGALISM?
00:39:18.83\00:39:22.60
EVANGELICALS TEACH THEIR
FLOCK NOT TO STEAL, RIGHT?
00:39:22.60\00:39:26.66
DON'T MOST
CHRISTIANS TEACH THAT?
00:39:26.66\00:39:28.43
SO DO WE BECOME
LEGALISTS BY ALSO TEACHING
00:39:28.43\00:39:31.73
'REMEMBER THE SABBATH
DAY'? THAT'S NOT FAIR.
00:39:31.73\00:39:34.86
YOU MEAN BECAUSE WE DO A HUNDRED
PERCENT OF THE COMMANDMENTS
00:39:34.86\00:39:36.80
INSTEAD OF NINETY
PERCENT, WE BECOME LEGALISTS?
00:39:36.80\00:39:39.16
NO, IT'S THE SAME PRINCIPLE.
WE'RE SAVED BY GRACE FROM ALL
00:39:39.16\00:39:42.66
DISOBEDIENCE, BUT YOU
STILL TEACH THE LAW, RIGHT?
00:39:42.66\00:39:47.80
OKAY, SO NOW LET'S GET TO THAT
DIFFICULT PASSAGE THAT I REALLY
00:39:47.80\00:39:52.60
PRAY WE ALL UNDERSTAND. GO
TO ROMANS CHAPTER 7, VERSE 15.
00:39:52.60\00:39:58.33
NOW, IN ROMANS 6 AND IN ROMANS 8
AND IN ROMANS 5 PAUL IS TALKING
00:39:58.33\00:40:06.00
ABOUT THE WONDERFUL LIBERTY AND
FREEDOM AND DELIVERANCE WE HAVE
00:40:06.00\00:40:09.16
IN JESUS - THIS NEW LIFE, THIS
NEW HEART, THE JOY, THE PRAISE -
00:40:09.16\00:40:14.10
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN,
OUT OF NOWHERE, IN ROMANS 7, HE
00:40:14.10\00:40:17.60
DESCRIBES THIS VERY
DEPRESSING CONDITION AND PEOPLE
00:40:17.60\00:40:22.83
MISUNDERSTAND. THEY'RE GOING,
'WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT?'
00:40:22.83\00:40:25.26
LET ME READ THIS TO YOU - ROMANS
7:15, "FOR WHAT I AM DOING, I DO
00:40:25.26\00:40:31.10
NOT UNDERSTAND. FOR
WHAT I WILL TO DO, THAT I DO
00:40:31.10\00:40:33.90
NOT PRACTICE; BUT
WHAT I HATE, THAT I DO.
00:40:33.90\00:40:37.56
IF THEN I DO WHAT I WILL NOT TO
DO, I AGREE WITH THE LAW THAT IT
00:40:37.56\00:40:41.86
IS GOOD. BUT NOW,
IT IS NO LONGER I WHO
00:40:41.86\00:40:44.00
DO IT, BUT SIN
THAT DWELLS IN ME."
00:40:44.00\00:40:46.46
NOW, I'VE JUST GO TO PAUSE
HERE - SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE - AND
00:40:46.46\00:40:50.06
THIS IS THE PART THAT I JUST
HOPE EVERYBODY WILL WAKE UP AND
00:40:50.06\00:40:53.06
ENGRAVE IN YOUR MIND. SOME
PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT PAUL IS
00:40:53.06\00:40:58.13
DESCRIBING WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO
BE THE REGULAR EXPERIENCE OF A
00:40:58.13\00:41:02.50
CONVERTED
CHRISTIAN IN THESE VERSES.
00:41:02.50\00:41:05.33
MANY CHRISTIANS DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT, THEY BELIEVE PAUL IS
00:41:05.33\00:41:09.53
DESCRIBING HERE WHAT
HIS STRUGGLE WAS AS SAUL THE
00:41:09.53\00:41:13.56
PHARISEE, WHERE HE HAD NO
PEACE WHEN IT CAME TO TRYING
00:41:13.56\00:41:17.76
TO FIND
RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH THE LAW.
00:41:17.76\00:41:20.53
IF WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN
SAY, 'WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO
00:41:20.53\00:41:24.63
CONTINUE TO SIN, BUT I'M
NOT RESPONSIBLE, IT'S SIN THAT
00:41:24.63\00:41:26.83
DWELLS IN ME.' I REMEMBER WHEN I
LIVED ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION
00:41:26.83\00:41:31.33
- THEY STRUGGLE WITH ALCOHOL -
AND SOMETIMES THEY'D DO THE MOST
00:41:31.33\00:41:34.40
EMBARRASSING, EVEN DEADLY,
THINGS UNDER THE INFLUENCE, BUT
00:41:34.40\00:41:38.86
THEIR ATTITUDE WAS - AMONG
MANY - 'WELL, IT WASN'T ME, IT
00:41:38.86\00:41:42.23
WAS THE ALCOHOL.' AND IT'S
ALMOST LIKE THEY SAID, 'I'M NOT
00:41:42.23\00:41:45.06
RESPONSIBLE, IT WAS THE
ALCOHOL.' WELL, BUT YOU'RE
00:41:45.06\00:41:49.16
RESPONSIBLE WHEN YOU
CHOOSE TO DRINK THE ALCOHOL.
00:41:49.16\00:41:52.66
AND SO, SOME PEOPLE HAVE THIS
ATTITUDE, 'WELL, I SIN BUT I
00:41:52.66\00:41:56.53
ACCEPTED JESUS SO IT DOESN'T
MATTER BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO
00:41:56.53\00:41:59.10
WORRY ABOUT SIN. IT'S
JUST THE SIN THAT DWELLS IN ME.
00:41:59.10\00:42:02.06
IT'S JUST THE
NORMAL EXPERIENCE.'
00:42:02.06\00:42:03.63
AND THEY GIVE UP MAKING ANY
EFFORT TO REPENT AND TURN FROM
00:42:03.63\00:42:06.76
THEIR SINS BECAUSE THEY THINK
THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE
00:42:06.76\00:42:10.13
NORMAL
EXPERIENCE. THAT'S DANGEROUS.
00:42:10.13\00:42:12.90
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE
DEVIL WANTS PEOPLE TO THINK.
00:42:12.90\00:42:14.70
LISTEN, LET ME CONTINUE HERE,
"FOR I KNOW THAT IN ME (THAT IS,
00:42:14.70\00:42:18.03
IN MY FLESH) NOTHING GOOD
DWELLS; FOR TO WILL IS PRESENT
00:42:18.03\00:42:21.33
WITH ME,"' - THE DESIRE TO DO
RIGHT IS PRESENT WITH ME - "BUT
00:42:21.33\00:42:25.06
HOW TO PERFORM WHAT
IS GOOD I DO NOT FIND."
00:42:25.06\00:42:28.06
- I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
DO WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.
00:42:28.06\00:42:30.30
IS THAT THE ONGOING EXPERIENCE
OF THE CHRISTIAN - HOPELESSNESS?
00:42:30.30\00:42:33.53
WHERE YOU HAVE NO
IDEA HOW TO DO GOD'S WILL?
00:42:33.53\00:42:35.90
WE KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT WE CAN'T
DO IT - "FOR THE GOOD THAT I
00:42:35.90\00:42:38.23
WILL TO DO, I DO NOT DO;" -
NOW WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THAT -
00:42:38.23\00:42:42.36
ME TOO, RIGHT? BUT IS THAT
SUPPOSED TO BE THE PATTERN?
00:42:42.36\00:42:46.23
"THE GOOD THAT I WILL TO DO,
I DO NOT DO; BUT THE EVIL I WILL
00:42:46.23\00:42:49.90
NOT TO DO, THAT I PRACTICE."
- SO THIS IS THE NEW BORN-AGAIN
00:42:49.90\00:42:53.30
CHRISTIAN: THE EVIL YOU DON'T
WANT TO DO, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
00:42:53.30\00:42:55.33
GOING TO DO. WELL, WHY BE A
CHRISTIAN? - NOW IF I DO WHAT I
00:42:55.33\00:43:01.80
WILL NOT TO DO, IT IS NO
LONGER I WHO DO IT, BUT SIN THAT
00:43:01.80\00:43:04.46
DWELLS IN ME. I FIND THEN A LAW,
THAT EVIL IS PRESENT WITH ME,
00:43:04.46\00:43:09.76
THE ONE WHO WILLS TO DO GOOD.
FOR I DELIGHT IN THE LAW OF GOD
00:43:09.76\00:43:13.90
ACCORDING TO THE INWARD
MAN." - I MEAN, I SEE THE LAW.
00:43:13.90\00:43:16.16
IT MAKES SENSE AND - WILL THERE
BE A DAY WHEN EVEN THE WICKED
00:43:16.16\00:43:19.16
FALL BEFORE THE LORD
AND DECLARE HE'S JUST?
00:43:19.16\00:43:22.96
SO YOU CAN BE LOST AND
STILL DECLARE THAT GOD IS JUST.
00:43:22.96\00:43:26.60
DID BALAAM - DIDN'T BALAAM
TRY TO CURSE ISRAEL AND HE SAID,
00:43:26.60\00:43:30.73
'LET ME DIE THE
DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS?
00:43:30.73\00:43:33.46
I MEAN, HE PRAISED
THE GOODNESS OF GOD.
00:43:33.46\00:43:35.56
AND YET, HE
CONTINUED TO CHASE AFTER MONEY.
00:43:35.56\00:43:37.70
SO THE IDEA THAT ONLY
PEOPLE THAT ARE ABJECT -
00:43:37.70\00:43:40.50
ABANDONED TO SIN -
CAN SAY THAT IS NOT TRUE.
00:43:40.50\00:43:44.50
A LOT OF SINNERS OUT THERE KNOW
GOD IS GOOD AND THE LAW IS JUST
00:43:44.50\00:43:48.33
- "FOR I DELIGHT IN THE LAW OF
GOD ACCORDING TO THE INWARD MAN.
00:43:48.33\00:43:50.46
BUT I SEE ANOTHER LAW IN MY
MEMBERS, WARRING AGAINST THE LAW
00:43:50.46\00:43:53.83
OF MY MIND, AND BRINGING ME
INTO CAPTIVITY TO THE LAW OF SIN
00:43:53.83\00:43:57.16
WHICH IS IN MY MEMBERS.
O WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM!"
00:43:57.16\00:44:03.13
- SO IS THAT THE CONDITION OF
THE SAVED CHRISTIAN? WRETCHED?
00:44:03.13\00:44:07.46
I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO
BE A GREAT EVANGELISM SLOGAN,
00:44:07.46\00:44:11.60
"COME, BE A CHRISTIAN. BE
A WRETCHED MAN AND WOMAN IN
00:44:11.60\00:44:16.40
CONSTANT CONFLICT.
KNOWING WHAT YOU SHOULD DO -
00:44:16.40\00:44:19.70
NEVER ABLE TO DO IT.' BOY,
THAT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO DO
00:44:19.70\00:44:23.36
EVANGELISM WITH THAT AS OUR
MOTTO - "O WRETCHED MAN THAT I
00:44:23.36\00:44:28.06
AM! WHO WILL DELIVER ME
FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH?"
00:44:28.06\00:44:30.63
- NOW WE ALL KNOW
ABOUT THIS BODY OF DEATH.
00:44:30.63\00:44:32.13
BY THE WAY, WHEN PAUL SAYS,
'BODY OF DEATH' MANY SCHOLARS
00:44:32.13\00:44:35.76
BELIEVE HE'S ALLUDING TO A VERY
DESPICABLE PRACTICE THE ROMANS
00:44:35.76\00:44:41.93
HAD FOR THE
VERY WORST CRIMINALS.
00:44:41.93\00:44:43.86
IF YOU THINK
CRUCIFIXION WAS THE WORST THING,
00:44:43.86\00:44:45.60
THEY HAD ONE THING WORSE -
THEY WOULD ACTUALLY CHAIN YOU TO
00:44:45.60\00:44:50.56
A DEAD BODY. THEY
WOULD CHAIN A LIVING PERSON
00:44:50.56\00:44:53.83
- A CRIMINAL - IN A DUNGEON - TO
A DEAD BODY THAT WAS DECOMPOSING
00:44:53.83\00:44:58.00
AND SO THE CONTAGION OF
THAT DEAD BODY WOULD EVENTUALLY
00:44:58.00\00:45:01.06
SPREAD TO THEM AND THEY
WOULD DIE FROM IT - FROM THE
00:45:01.06\00:45:06.13
CONTAMINATION AND PAUL
IS REFERENCING THAT AND HE'S
00:45:06.13\00:45:10.83
SAYING, 'I FEEL LIKE I AM
CHAINED TO THIS BODY OF DEATH.
00:45:10.83\00:45:14.26
HERE I'VE GOT THIS DESIRE TO
BE A CHRISTIAN BUT I'VE GOT THIS
00:45:14.26\00:45:16.76
CARNAL NATURE AND I CAN'T
GET AWAY FROM IT. WHAT DO I DO?
00:45:16.76\00:45:21.86
AND EVERYBODY IN THE CONVERSION
PROCESS EXPERIENCES THAT.
00:45:21.86\00:45:26.06
THERE IS A STRUGGLE. PAUL
IS DESCRIBING THE STRUGGLE
00:45:26.06\00:45:30.00
FOR DELIVERANCE - THIS WRETCHED
BATTLE BETWEEN THE SPIRIT AND
00:45:30.00\00:45:34.26
THE FLESH. DID THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL JUST
00:45:34.26\00:45:36.83
WAVE A HANKY AND LEAVE EGYPT OR
WAS THERE A TREMENDOUS STRUGGLE?
00:45:36.83\00:45:41.63
IN GETTING OUT OF
EGYPT, WAS THERE A STRUGGLE?
00:45:41.63\00:45:43.86
IS THERE SOMETIMES A
STRUGGLE WHEN A BABY IS BORN?
00:45:43.86\00:45:47.46
I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS
TO MAKE IT EASIER TODAY, BUT IT
00:45:47.46\00:45:49.63
DIDN'T USED TO BE THAT
WAY. RACHEL DIED GIVING BIRTH.
00:45:49.63\00:45:53.63
IT WAS A TREMENDOUS STRUGGLE
AND SO THE CONVERSION STRUGGLE -
00:45:53.63\00:45:59.30
PEOPLE GO BACK AND FORTH
AND SAY, 'WHO WILL DELIVER ME?'
00:45:59.30\00:46:02.60
HAVE YOU EVER READ
ELLEN WHITE'S STORY?
00:46:02.60\00:46:04.43
THE STRUGGLE - SHE HAD DAYS
OF DARKNESS SAYING, 'WHO WILL
00:46:04.43\00:46:07.23
DELIVER ME?' AND
THEN SHE FOUND IT AND SHE
00:46:07.23\00:46:08.93
WAS CONVERTED AND SHE PRAISED
GOD AND SHE WAS ON CLOUD NINE.
00:46:08.93\00:46:11.93
SHE EXPERIENCED
A REAL CONVERSION.
00:46:11.93\00:46:13.56
SHE UNDERSTOOD IT.
THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS US TO
00:46:13.56\00:46:16.46
HAVE - WHERE WE HAVE
A BORN-AGAIN EXPERIENCE.
00:46:16.46\00:46:20.10
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE MY
HEART GOES OUT TO THE MILLIONS -
00:46:20.10\00:46:24.96
AND I DON'T - I'M NOT
EXAGGERATING - MILLIONS OF
00:46:24.96\00:46:27.20
CHRISTIANS OUT THERE THAT
THINK PAUL IS DESCRIBING WHAT IS
00:46:27.20\00:46:30.26
SUPPOSED TO BE THE
NORMAL EXPERIENCE -
00:46:30.26\00:46:32.56
THE DAILY
EXPERIENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN.
00:46:32.56\00:46:35.30
PAUL IS DESCRIBING HERE WHAT
WAS HIS STRUGGLE AS A PHARISEE.
00:46:35.30\00:46:40.63
PAUL WENT THREE DAYS WITHOUT
EATING OR DRINKING AFTER HE RAN
00:46:40.63\00:46:43.03
INTO CHRIST AND THERE
WAS A TREMENDOUS STRUGGLE.
00:46:43.03\00:46:46.03
LET ME FINISH HERE - "BUT I
SEE ANOTHER LAW IN MY MEMBERS,
00:46:46.03\00:46:49.70
WARRING AGAINST THE LAW OF
MY MIND, AND BRINGING ME INTO
00:46:49.70\00:46:52.16
CAPTIVITY TO THE LAW OF
SIN WHICH IS IN MY MEMBERS.
00:46:52.16\00:46:55.03
O WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM!
WHO WILL DELIVER ME FROM THIS
00:46:55.03\00:46:57.83
BODY OF DEATH? I
THANK GOD - THROUGH JESUS
00:46:57.83\00:47:02.00
CHRIST OUR LORD!" -
SO IS THERE DELIVERANCE?
00:47:02.00\00:47:04.63
THROUGH WHOM? CHRIST.
AND THEN HE BACKS UP AND HE
00:47:04.63\00:47:08.83
SAYS, "SO THEN, WITH THE MIND I
MYSELF SERVE THE LAW OF GOD, BUT
00:47:08.83\00:47:12.00
WITH THE FLESH THE LAW OF
SIN." WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
00:47:12.00\00:47:15.33
DOES THAT MEAN WE ARE TO GO ON
SERVING THE LAW OF SIN WITH OUR
00:47:15.33\00:47:18.30
FLESH? NO, HE'S JUST SAYING THE
OPERATION - THIS LAW OF SIN IS
00:47:18.30\00:47:24.40
IN OUR FLESH AND WE'RE GOING TO
WANT TO SERVE GOD WITH OUR MIND
00:47:24.40\00:47:28.76
BUT WE CAN BE DELIVERED
FROM THE CONTROL OF THE FLESH -
00:47:28.76\00:47:33.16
LET ME SEE HERE. I WANT TO
READ SOMETHING - THIS IS FROM
00:47:33.16\00:47:36.10
ADAM CLARKE - ADAM CLARKE
IS A GREAT COMMENTARY WRITER.
00:47:36.10\00:47:40.16
HE WAS THE
RIGHT-HAND MAN OF JOHN WESLEY -
00:47:40.16\00:47:43.76
"THAT ALL THAT IS SAID IN THIS
CHAPTER OF THE CARNAL MAN SOLD
00:47:43.76\00:47:47.66
UNDER SIN DID
APPLY TO SAUL OF TARSUS."
00:47:47.66\00:47:50.66
- NOTICE HE DIDN'T SAY 'PAUL'
- SAUL, BEFORE HIS CONVERSION -
00:47:50.66\00:47:54.00
"NO MAN CAN DOUBT THAT WHAT
IS HERE SAID CAN EVER BE, WITH
00:47:54.00\00:47:58.43
PROPRIETY, APPLIED
TO PAUL THE APOSTLE.
00:47:58.43\00:48:01.46
WHO CAN BELIEVE, OF THE
FORMER, ALL IS NATURAL?"
00:48:01.46\00:48:04.26
- IT MAKES SENSE THAT SAUL
OF TARSUS WOULD TALK ABOUT THIS
00:48:04.26\00:48:06.56
STRUGGLE OF HIS CONVERSION WHILE
A PHARISEE - "OF THE LATTER, ALL
00:48:06.56\00:48:10.50
HERE" - IT WOULD BE MONSTROUS
AND ABSURD, IF NOT BLASPHEMOUS
00:48:10.50\00:48:14.40
TO BELIEVE PAUL IS DESCRIBING
THE ONGOING EXPERIENCE OF THE
00:48:14.40\00:48:17.43
CHRISTIAN AS A WRETCHED
ONE. YOU KNOW 'AMAZING GRACE'?
00:48:17.43\00:48:21.76
THAT SAVED A WHAT? SAVED A
WRETCH LIKE ME. SAVED A WRETCH
00:48:21.76\00:48:25.23
FROM WHAT? FROM WRETCHEDNESS.
WE'RE SAVED FROM IT.
00:48:25.23\00:48:28.30
LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER PART OF
ADAM CLARKE'S COMMENT ON THIS,
00:48:28.30\00:48:31.36
"HAD HE BEEN IN CAPTIVITY TO THE
LAW OF SIN AND DEATH AFTER HIS
00:48:31.36\00:48:34.36
CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, WHAT
DID HE GAIN BY THAT CONVERSION?
00:48:34.36\00:48:38.76
NOTHING FOR HIS PERSONAL
HOLINESS. HAD HE FOUND NO
00:48:38.76\00:48:42.13
SALVATION UNDER AN INEFFICIENT
LAW AND HE WAS LEFT IN THE
00:48:42.13\00:48:46.06
THRALLDOM UNDER AN EQUALLY
INEFFICIENT GOSPEL, THE VERY
00:48:46.06\00:48:49.96
GENIUS OF CHRISTIANITY
DEMONSTRATES THAT NOTHING
00:48:49.96\00:48:52.63
LIKE THIS CAN,
WITH ANY PROPRIETY,
00:48:52.63\00:48:54.83
BE SPOKEN OF AS A
GENUINE CHRISTIAN."
00:48:54.83\00:48:57.86
AND YET PASTORS - NOT JUST
EVANGELICAL - EVEN IN OUR OWN
00:48:57.86\00:49:02.50
CHURCH - ARE TEACHING
THEIR FLOCK THIS IS THE NORMAL
00:49:02.50\00:49:05.50
EXPERIENCE - THE DAILY
EXPERIENCE - THIS IS WHAT YOU
00:49:05.50\00:49:08.20
EXPECT BEING A CHRISTIAN.
IS IT ANY WONDER CHRISTIANS
00:49:08.20\00:49:11.10
DON'T LOOK HAPPY? BECAUSE THEY
THINK THAT THEY ARE CONTINUALLY
00:49:11.10\00:49:16.70
- LET ME READ TO
YOU FROM GALATIANS.
00:49:16.70\00:49:19.20
GALATIANS 5 - WHO
WROTE GALATIANS? PAUL DID.
00:49:19.20\00:49:22.93
GALATIANS 5:16, "I SAY THEN:
WALK IN THE SPIRIT, AND YOU
00:49:22.93\00:49:27.80
SHALL NOT FULFILL
THE LUST OF THE FLESH.
00:49:27.80\00:49:30.56
FOR THE FLESH LUSTS AGAINST THE
SPIRIT, AND THE SPIRIT AGAINST
00:49:30.56\00:49:33.26
THE FLESH;" - THERE'S THAT
BATTLE AGAIN - "AND THESE ARE
00:49:33.26\00:49:35.73
CONTRARY TO ONE ANOTHER, SO THAT
YOU DO NOT DO THE THINGS THAT
00:49:35.73\00:49:38.93
YOU WISH." - ISN'T HE DESCRIBING
THE SAME STRUGGLE HERE? -
00:49:38.93\00:49:42.03
"BUT IF YOU ARE LED BY
THE SPIRIT, YOU ARE NOT
00:49:42.03\00:49:45.36
UNDER THE LAW."
- UNDER WHAT LAW?
00:49:45.36\00:49:47.00
UNDER THE LAW OF THE FLESH -
"NOW THE WORKS OF THE FLESH ARE
00:49:47.00\00:49:50.20
EVIDENT, WHICH ARE: ADULTERY,
FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS,
00:49:50.20\00:49:53.63
LASCIVIOUSNESS, IDOLATRY,
WITCHCRAFT, HATRED, VARIANCE,
00:49:53.63\00:49:56.33
EMULATIONS, WRATH, STRIFE,
SEDITIONS, HERESIES, ENVYINGS,
00:49:56.33\00:50:00.00
MURDERS, DRUNKENNESS,
REVELINGS, AND SUCH LIKE: OF
00:50:00.00\00:50:03.70
WHICH I TELL YOU BEFORE, AS
I HAVE ALSO TOLD YOU IN TIME
00:50:03.70\00:50:05.56
PAST," - NOTICE - "THAT THEY
WHICH DO SUCH THINGS SHALL NOT
00:50:05.56\00:50:08.80
INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
- IF YOU ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT
00:50:08.80\00:50:12.03
YOU WILL NOT WALK ACCORDING TO
THE LUSTS OF THE FLESH. IS THAT
00:50:12.03\00:50:15.73
CLEAR? AND HE'S DESCRIBING
THE SAME STRUGGLE HERE.
00:50:15.73\00:50:19.33
BUT WE ARE NOT LEFT TO BE LOSERS
IN THAT BATTLE. THE LORD WANTS
00:50:19.33\00:50:23.86
US TO HAVE VICTORY IN THAT
BATTLE. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?
00:50:23.86\00:50:28.86
NOTICE - HE GOES ON TO SAY, "BUT
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE,
00:50:28.86\00:50:35.20
JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING,
GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH,
00:50:35.20\00:50:38.00
MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE:
AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW."
00:50:38.00\00:50:40.40
SO YOU'RE IN THE LAW OF GOD.
THERE'S NO LAW AGAINST HAVING
00:50:40.40\00:50:44.80
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
THERE IS A LAW AGAINST THE OTHER
00:50:44.80\00:50:48.03
THINGS IF YOU
ARE LED BY THE FLESH.
00:50:48.03\00:50:51.00
YOU KNOW, I WAS READING -
ACTUALLY, THIS IS AN EXCERPT
00:50:51.00\00:50:53.63
FROM JOE CREWS' BOOK THAT WE'RE
OFFERING ON 'SQUARE CIRCLES AND
00:50:53.63\00:50:58.16
CARNAL CHRISTIANS'. CAN
YOU IMAGINE HOW THESE WORDS
00:50:58.16\00:51:01.90
COULD EVER
APPLY TO THE SPIRITUAL
00:51:01.90\00:51:03.16
GIANT WHO WAS PAUL? "I
AM CARNAL SOLD UNDER SIN.
00:51:03.16\00:51:07.63
BRINGING ME INTO THE
CAPTIVITY OF THE LAW OF SIN.
00:51:07.63\00:51:10.46
WHAT I HATE, THAT I DO.
O WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM!
00:51:10.46\00:51:13.40
WHO CAN DELIVER ME
FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH?"
00:51:13.40\00:51:15.80
IS THAT WHERE WE'RE LEFT?
OR WHAT DOES THIS MISERABLE
00:51:15.80\00:51:19.86
SIN-BOUND CREATURE HAVE
IN COMMON WITH THE EXPERIENCE
00:51:19.86\00:51:22.33
DESCRIBED IN THE
PREVIOUS CHAPTER?
00:51:22.33\00:51:24.46
NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS IN
CHAPTER 6: "WE ARE DEAD TO SIN.
00:51:24.46\00:51:27.60
WE ARE FREE FROM SIN. LET NOT
SIN REIGN IN YOUR MORTAL BODY.
00:51:27.60\00:51:31.06
SIN WILL NOT HAVE
DOMINION OVER YOU.
00:51:31.06\00:51:33.06
WHAT? SHALL WE SIN? GOD FORBID!
00:51:33.06\00:51:35.46
BEING MADE FREE FROM SIN..."
THAT'S THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER.
00:51:35.46\00:51:39.13
SO IN ORDER TO TAKE ROMANS 7,
VERSE 15 ON, TO MEAN THIS IS THE
00:51:39.13\00:51:43.63
ONGOING EXPERIENCE OF THE
CHRISTIAN, YOU'VE GOT TO DO AWAY
00:51:43.63\00:51:46.20
WITH EVERYTHING
ELSE HE SAYS IN ROMANS.
00:51:46.20\00:51:48.96
AND YET, SOME PEOPLE,
THEY BUTCHER THEIR THEOLOGY BY
00:51:48.96\00:51:53.26
GETTING RID OF EVERYTHING THE
BIBLE SAYS ABOUT A VICTORIOUS
00:51:53.26\00:51:55.36
LIFE, THEY EMBRACE PAUL
DESCRIBING HIS LIFE AS A
00:51:55.36\00:51:58.43
PHARISEE - THE STRUGGLE - AND
THEY SAY, 'YEAH, THIS IS JUST
00:51:58.43\00:52:01.70
THE NORMAL, MISERABLE, WRETCHED
EXPERIENCE OF A CHRISTIAN AND WE
00:52:01.70\00:52:04.23
JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.' WOW,
THAT'S SAD. AND HOW COULD PAUL,
00:52:04.23\00:52:11.03
HIMSELF, HARMONIZE THIS WRETCHED
STATE OF ROMANS 7 WITH THE
00:52:11.03\00:52:15.30
SOARING SPIRIT OF SPIRIT-FILLED
VICTORY DESCRIBED IN ROMANS 8?
00:52:15.30\00:52:19.66
LET'S GO THERE REAL
QUICK. GO TO ROMANS 8.
00:52:19.66\00:52:23.73
NOW, NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS IN
VERSE 24 OF CHAPTER 7, ROMANS,
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CHAPTER 7, VERSE 24,
"O WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM!
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WHO WILL DELIVER ME
FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH?
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I THANK GOD - THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST..." - THEN GO TO
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CHAPTER 8, VERSE 1, "THERE IS
THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO
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THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS,
WHO DO NOT WALK ACCORDING TO THE
00:52:44.00\00:52:49.36
FLESH, BUT ACCORDING
TO" - WHAT? - "THE SPIRIT.
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FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF
LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS HAS MADE ME
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FREE FROM THE
LAW OF SIN AND DEATH.
00:52:57.26\00:53:00.26
FOR WHAT THE LAW COULD NOT DO
IN THAT IT WAS WEAK THROUGH THE
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FLESH, GOD DID..."
- WE COULDN'T DO IT.
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PAUL DESCRIBES THE CONDITION,
'WHEN WE COULDN'T DO IT WE WERE
00:53:05.16\00:53:07.23
WEAK THROUGH THE FLESH. HE
SAYS, 'WHAT WE COULDN'T DO,
00:53:07.23\00:53:10.86
CHRIST DID. GOD DID.' HOW?
"BY SENDING HIS OWN SON IN THE
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LIKENESS OF SINFUL FLESH," - HE
TOOK MY FLESH - "ON ACCOUNT OF
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SIN: HE CONDEMNED SIN IN
THE FLESH," - IN HIS LIFE - WHY?
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- "THAT THE RIGHTEOUS
REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW MIGHT BE
00:53:23.76\00:53:27.13
FULFILLED IN US WHO DO NOT
WALK ACCORDING TO THE FLESH BUT
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ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT."
NOW WE KNOW WHAT THE WORKS OF
00:53:30.90\00:53:34.50
THE FLESH ARE,
RIGHT? WE JUST READ THEM.
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WE DO NOT WALK
ACCORDING TO THE FLESH ANYMORE.
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GOD IS CALLING US
TO HOLINESS, RIGHT?
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THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING
TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE LAW.
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OH, LET ME JUST READ A
FEW MORE THINGS REAL QUICK.
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I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
"FOR THOSE WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO
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THE FLESH SET THEIR MINDS ON THE
THINGS OF THE FLESH, BUT THOSE
00:53:52.36\00:53:55.10
WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO
THE SPIRIT, THE THINGS OF THE
00:53:55.10\00:53:56.73
SPIRIT. FOR TO BE
CARNALLY MINDED IS
00:53:56.73\00:53:58.90
DEATH, BUT TO BE SPIRITUALLY
MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACE.
00:53:58.90\00:54:02.83
BECAUSE THE CARNAL MIND IS
ENMITY AGAINST GOD; FOR IT IS
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NOT SUBJECT TO THE LAW
OF GOD, NOR INDEED CAN BE."
00:54:06.03\00:54:08.93
- HE'S ALREADY DESCRIBED THAT
HOPELESS CONDITION - "SO THEN,
00:54:08.93\00:54:11.40
THOSE WHO ARE IN THE
FLESH CANNOT PLEASE GOD."
00:54:11.40\00:54:14.46
YOU CAN'T PLEASE HIM IN THE
FLESH, YOU CAN ONLY PLEASE HIM
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IN THE SPIRIT. WE NEED
TO LIVE SPIRIT-FILLED LIVES.
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"BUT YOU ARE NOT IN THE FLESH"
- I'M IN VERSE 9 - "ROMANS 8,
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VERSE 9 - "BUT YOU ARE NOT IN
THE FLESH BUT IN THE SPIRIT, IF
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INDEED THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS
IN YOU. NOW IF ANYONE DOES NOT
00:54:27.23\00:54:30.56
HAVE THE SPIRIT OF
CHRIST, HE IS NOT HIS."
00:54:30.56\00:54:32.56
- WE NEED TO BE SPIRIT-FILLED
CHRISTIANS, FRIENDS - "AND IF
00:54:32.56\00:54:35.70
CHRIST IS IN YOU, THE BODY
IS DEAD BECAUSE OF SIN" - AND HE
00:54:35.70\00:54:39.73
THAT IS DEAD IS FREE FROM SIN,
PAUL SAID IN ROMANS 6 - "THE
00:54:39.73\00:54:43.26
BODY IS DEAD BECAUSE OF SIN" -
"BUT THE SPIRIT IS LIFE BECAUSE
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OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. BUT
IF THE SPIRIT OF HIM WHO
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RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD
DWELLS IN YOU, HE WHO RAISED
00:54:48.96\00:54:52.13
CHRIST FROM THE DEAD WILL ALSO
GIVE LIFE TO YOUR MORTAL BODIES
00:54:52.13\00:54:55.90
THROUGH HIS SPIRIT
WHO DWELLS IN YOU."
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SO YES, OUR MORTAL BODIES
- THESE CARNAL BODIES WE'RE
00:54:57.96\00:55:00.63
TRAPPED IN - HE GIVES US
NEW LIFE THROUGH HIS SPIRIT.
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I JUST CAN KEEP ON READING BUT
I'VE GOT SOME OTHER THINGS IN MY
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NOTES HERE. YOU KNOW
WHAT I WANT TO DO - I'M
00:55:06.60\00:55:09.53
JUST GOING TO HAVE TO SKIP
A FEW THINGS, FORGIVE ME IF I
00:55:09.53\00:55:11.36
DON'T GET TO EVERYTHING.
BUT TURN WITH ME TO ROMANS
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CHAPTER 10 - WE'VE GOT
TO GET THROUGH THE TITLE.
00:55:14.76\00:55:17.63
WHAT DOES IT MEAN -
IT TALKS ABOUT THE GOAL
00:55:17.63\00:55:21.06
OF THE LAW - "FOR
CHRIST IS THE END OF THE
00:55:21.06\00:55:24.06
LAW FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES."
00:55:24.06\00:55:28.03
WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN
CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW?
00:55:28.03\00:55:31.36
THE WORD 'END' IN GREEK THERE,
IS 'TELOS' AND IT'S TRANSLATED
00:55:31.36\00:55:36.73
'THE END' AND IT CAN BE -
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET A TERMINAL
00:55:36.73\00:55:40.13
WHERE IT'S THE END OF
SOMETHING, BUT IT REALLY MEANS
00:55:40.13\00:55:42.90
WHAT COMPLETES A THING
OR RENDERS IT PERFECT -
00:55:42.90\00:55:46.96
FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU
LOOK IN YOUR BIBLE IN
00:55:46.96\00:55:49.36
1 TIMOTHY 1:5 - NOW I
THINK I GAVE THAT TO SOMEBODY -
00:55:49.36\00:55:53.03
RIGHT HERE, MIKE. LET'S
GET YOU A MICROPHONE AND
00:55:53.03\00:55:54.60
WE'LL LET YOU READ THAT.
WHAT VERSION ARE YOU GOING TO
00:55:54.60\00:55:57.56
READ? NEW KING JAMES?
ALRIGHT, GOOD, I WANT YOU TO
00:55:57.56\00:56:00.36
READ THAT IN THE NEW KING JAMES
VERSION. WHILE HE'S GETTING
00:56:00.36\00:56:02.66
READY TO READ THAT, I'M GOING
TO READ THE KING JAMES VERSION.
00:56:02.66\00:56:05.50
KING JAMES - 1 TIMOTHY 1:5
- IT SAYS, "NOW THE END OF THE
00:56:05.50\00:56:10.66
COMMANDMENT IS CHARITY OUT OF
A PURE HEART" - THE END OF THE
00:56:10.66\00:56:15.16
COMMANDMENT - SAME WORD - TELOS.
ALRIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO READ IT
00:56:15.16\00:56:18.06
NOW IN THE NEW
KING JAMES VERSION.
00:56:18.06\00:56:19.70
>>"NOW THE PURPOSE OF
THE COMMANDMENT IS LOVE..."
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>>WAIT A MINUTE.
I'M GOING TO STOP YOU.
00:56:22.36\00:56:23.90
MINE SAYS 'THE
END' - YOURS SAYS WHAT?
00:56:23.90\00:56:26.23
>>"NOW THE PURPOSE OF THE
COMMANDMENT IS LOVE FROM A PURE
00:56:26.23\00:56:29.70
HEART, FROM A GOOD CONSCIENCE,
AND FROM SINCERE FAITH."
00:56:29.70\00:56:35.30
>>THAT WORD 'END' IS REALLY
TRANSLATED 'THE OBJECT; THE
00:56:35.30\00:56:39.30
PURPOSE' - SO NOW READING ROMANS
10 - "FOR CHRIST IS THE PURPOSE
00:56:39.30\00:56:45.13
OF THE LAW" - CHRIST
IS THE OBJECT OF THE LAW.
00:56:45.13\00:56:48.10
HE IS THE ESSENCE OF THE LAW
- "FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS TO EVERYONE
00:56:48.10\00:56:51.20
WHO BELIEVES." DO
NOT THINK THAT WORD 'END'
00:56:51.20\00:56:53.96
THERE MEANS THAT IT IS KAPUT
- AS THEY WOULD SAY IN GERMANY -
00:56:53.96\00:56:58.73
THAT JESUS CAME TO DO AWAY WITH.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IT MEANS AND
00:56:58.73\00:57:02.60
THERE ARE MANY OTHER - LET ME
READ YOU ONE MORE - 1 PETER 1:9,
00:57:02.60\00:57:07.50
"RECEIVING THE END OF YOUR FAITH
- THE SALVATION OF YOUR SOULS."
00:57:07.50\00:57:10.83
IS OUR FAITH
SUPPOSED TO BE DONE AWAY WITH?
00:57:10.83\00:57:13.36
DOES THE WORD 'END'
THERE MEAN 'DONE AWAY WITH'?
00:57:13.36\00:57:15.13
IT'S THE SAME WORD - TELOS -
AND IT MEANS 'THE OBJECT OF YOUR
00:57:15.13\00:57:19.46
FAITH - THE PURPOSE OF YOUR
FAITH' IS EVEN THE SALVATION OF
00:57:19.46\00:57:22.56
YOUR SOULS. THAT'S
WHAT THE WORD 'END' MEANS.
00:57:22.56\00:57:25.23
SO THE TITLE OF THE LESSON, 'THE
END OF THE LAW' - IT DOESN'T
00:57:25.23\00:57:27.53
MEAN 'THE DOING AWAY WITH THE
LAW' - IT MEANS THE PURPOSE OF
00:57:27.53\00:57:30.93
THE LAW IS
CHRIST. IS THAT CLEAR?
00:57:30.93\00:57:33.56
ALRIGHT, WE'RE OUT OF TIME BUT I
WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY - IF
00:57:33.56\00:57:36.20
YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT AT THE
BEGINNING PLEASE REQUEST AND
00:57:36.20\00:57:40.46
READ THIS BOOK: 'SQUARE
CIRCLES AND CARNAL CHRISTIANS' -
00:57:40.46\00:57:43.66
IT EXPLAINS THESE
CONUNDRUMS IN ROMANS VERY WELL.
00:57:43.66\00:57:46.80
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