Hello, friends. Grab
your Bible and a friend
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and sit back as we
explore God's word together
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on this edition of House Calls.
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Welcome back to House Calls.
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We're at your door.
We're knocking asking you
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to come into your
living room once again
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share God's word with you.
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Thank you for inviting us in
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and we appreciate
every single week.
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When you turn to House Calls
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and you join us in this program,
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especially as you're
sending your questions
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and participate as well.
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My name is Pastor John Stanton
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and with me in the
studio is Kevin Hart.
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And Kevin it's a thrilled
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to be able to be
with you here once again.
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I appreciate that. Thank you.
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Yeah! And again we're
thrilled that you also
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are part of this program
by sending in your questions.
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Before we get to
that and our topic today
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we wanna start off with
the word of prayer though.
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So Kevin, would you lead us
to the throne of grace. Sure.
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Father we thank you once
again for the opportunity
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to dig into Your word and to see
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what You would
have us know Lord.
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To see how Your word is
that living agent in our lives
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to cause us and to allow us,
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to empower us to
walk a holy life Lord
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and to live
beyond the inclinations
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of our natural heart
to walk us as a new man
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and a new woman in Christ.
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We just pray your blessing
out pour on this program.
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May all be blessed
and they come to know
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Jesus a little better.
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For do we ask all these things
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in His precious
name, amen. Amen.
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And that is truly our
desire to know Jesus better.
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And that's why we
come here from week to week
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to study the word
with you and we pray that
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that will be our
experience here today.
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We're gonna dive into
our questions at this time.
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Before we do, I just
want to give you the couple,
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We appreciate that every
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from our friends out there.
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So thank you
again for joining us.
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We've had prayer.
It's time now Kevin to dive
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into the word and to
open up our first question.
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Do you have one
to start us off with?
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I do. Question is
in Acts Chapter 19,
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"The seven sons of
Sceva attempt to rebuke Satan
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without authority. They
were beaten and left naked."
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This also occurred
to another individual
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in the Old Testament.
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We discuss this and
this really not an example
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in the Old Testament
where one rebukes the devil
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or earthly people. But, there
is a one in the New Testament
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of certain
instance I can think of.
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But at the end of
the question says,
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I can't find the
passage, okay, please clarify.
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And also how do we modern
individuals stand a chance.
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The demon fear Jesus
and the Apostles but not us.
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I like to turn real
quickly on that story
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in Acts Chapter 19,
the seven sons of Sceva.
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It says now God
worked, verse 11.
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Now God works unusual miracles
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by the hands of Paul,
so that even handkerchiefs
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or aprons were brought
from his body to the sick,
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and the diseases left
them and the evil spirits
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went out of them. Then
some of the itinerant Jewish
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exorcists took it upon
themselves to call the name
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of the Lord Jesus over
those who had evil spirits,
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saying, "We
exorcise you by the Jesus
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whom Paul preaches."
Also there were seven sons
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of Sceva, a Jewish
chief priest, who did so.
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And the evil
spirit answered and said,
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"Jesus I know, and Paul
I know; but who are you?"
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These word, these word
Jews who were trying to benefit,
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trying to use
what Paul was doing.
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The miracles
that were taking place
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to their own glory
and so they thought that
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they could go
around cast out demons
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by the Jesus who
Paul knew, right,
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and that's the key,
right, exactly, you know,
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and get themselves
maybe a good reputation.
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Above we find is the
evil spirit basically says,
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I know Paul, I knew Jesus
but I have no idea who you are.
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And the answer really is
in the second part of verse 13
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where they say, we
exorcise you by the Jesus
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whom Paul
knows. The problem was,
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it wasn't the
Jesus who they knew.
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They didn't know Jesus
and that's why the demons
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could have cared less
what they were commanding
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at that point. So
that's why the demons
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didn't respond. To
answer the question
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of that caller. Yes,
demons do not fear us.
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They do fear
Christ, His authority.
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They do fear other
celestial beings who come down
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in great power at
times. But they do not fear us
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because we're number
one, we're not immortal,
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we're not...we don't posses
the power that Christ posses.
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We're human but if we
know Jesus as Paul knew Jesus,
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we too can have the
power that Paul had.
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But an example of this problem
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I guess that was asked
will be in Matthew Chapter 17.
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And we find there a
story where the disciples
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faced a dilemma and a
boy was brought to them
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and they could not
cast out this demon.
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Let's see here, we'll pick
it up in Matthew Chapter 17
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and verse...okay let's see,
we'll just pick it up in 18.
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The disciples
couldn't cast out the demon.
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They tell, come and
tell Jesus about it,
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the child is brought to him.
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In verse 18,
Jesus rebuked the demon,
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and it came out of
him, the child was cured
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from that very hour. Then
the disciples came to Jesus
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privately and said why
couldn't we not cast it out?
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So Jesus said
because of your unbelief.
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For surely I say to you,
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if you have faith
as a mustard seed,
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you will say to this
mountain, 'Move from here'
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and it will move, and nothing
will be impossible for you.
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However here is the
key verse. "However,
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this kind does not go out
except by prayer and fasting.
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It did not mean that the
disciples didn't know Jesus,
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they did know
Jesus. But sometimes
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and faith plays such
an important role here
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and it's good because
the Bible say every man
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has been given a
measure of faith.
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You know, it's not
that there some people
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that don't have faith.
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God has given
everybody a measure of faith.
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Right, right. But
sometimes it takes little more
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than just the word.
It takes a little more
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than our daily routine of
spending time with the Lord
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in the morning praying.
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Sometimes it takes
little more than that,
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it takes prayer and fasting.
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So sometimes we need to
give a little more so to speak,
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you know, we got to
plea, we got to beg,
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we got to put bend every,
all of our spiritual energies
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and surrender and
make sure that number one
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is nothing in our own
life we're clinging to.
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So that the Lord
can work through us
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and that we're true
in a state of surrender.
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So yes, the
demons don't fear us,
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but they do fear the
authority of Christ, right.
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And if we know
Jesus as Paul did,
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then we too can
have that same authority.
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Yeah. You know, and
Paul had been having
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an experience of growth,
a growth period with Christ.
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He'd become very personal
and becoming his all basically
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in everything that he did.
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Paul was a very...
a man that could boast
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about anything if he wanted to.
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But he become
very humble, right,
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and I think with great humility
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there comes a lot of
dependence upon Christ
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and His will.
Christ in his strength,
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Christ in his
authority which Paul did.
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And so none of these
things that Paul did that is,
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I mean, amazing story in
that Book of Acts it says
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that even things
that were brought,
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that were from
Paul provided an avenue
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of healing for
them. So this power,
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this authority from
Christ that was given to Paul
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was also passed on by Paul.
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But Paul know
where he was boasting
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which allowed Christ
authority to move freely.
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And the disciples
here in this story
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were still learning.
They were still growing
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and I think God allowed
them to experience a defeat,
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sure, sure, to
show them the importance
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of depending upon
Him for that authority
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and that power.
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And which we need
to learn everyday.
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You know, I've
said a couple of times
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when people talk
about well, you know,
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I just say in Jesus name
and the devil will leave.
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And it's like this thought,
this preconceived how I'll go
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about eliminating
the power of the enemy
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if I ever come across him.
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But I think the biggest
thing that we can remember
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upfront is that if
we're depending upon Jesus,
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that we allow Him to
do the rebuking, exactly.
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The Lord rebuke
you not I rebuke you,
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that is very
important for us to remember
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because we've nothing to offer
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that would fight the enemy.
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We're totally weak and
totally depended upon Christ.
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And He gave us, Jesus gave us
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the ultimate example
that when the temptations
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in the wilderness, you
know, thus it is written.
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You know, it is written and so,
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so we find that the
authority rest in God's word
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and the words that
Christ gave us. Yeah.
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And Paul is very
careful to make sure that
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no one put their faith
in him, right, you know,
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if a handkerchief from
his pocket healed someone
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and they came and said oh,
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and they came to worship him.
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Paul wouldn't
accept that. No, no.
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You know, it'll be
very tempting for some
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individuals which is why we saw
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the seven sons of
Sceva, that's what they want.
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Hey we can wield this
power. Yeah, this great.
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We're running out
this thing., you know.
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But, yeah good point and
good question for sending
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that in because I
think we can all learn a lot.
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It's a good reminder of
our dependence upon Christ.
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I've a question
here one fairly quick one
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and then one
that's a little longer.
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It comes from Darlene.
Thank you Darlene for sending
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this in. I was
listening to our local Christian
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radio program and
the host made a comment
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that the last supper was on
a Wednesday, is this correct?
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You know, I just
wanna share here briefly
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we've had this question before.
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Many try to move
back, I guess I would say
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the Garden of Gethsemane
experience the upper room
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experience to Wednesday,
the last supper as well
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in the upper room
to Wednesday because
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they are trying to
fit in the three days
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and three nights of Jonah.
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And they don't
understand necessarily
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that the Bible
beliefs in one thing
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first inclusive reckoning rule,
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which is very important.
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So if you're talking
about any specific day
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you've to include that
day, even though it's a part,
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even though it's an
hour too you include that day
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in the count. And
that's how the Hebrew mindset
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always worked, always worked.
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And so when you're
thinking, you know,
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when Jesus made the
statement that, you know,
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I will raise this temple
up and referring to Himself
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in three days.
We're talking about
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His crucifixion happened
on Friday which was very clear
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from scriptures. Read
Luke, I believe its transition
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from 23 to 24, it talks
about how on the preparation day
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is when He passed
away on the cross.
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They buried Him on that
day, He rested in the grave
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on the Sabbath and
then on Sunday morning
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when the first, sun was
first starting to come up
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of course He rose
from the grave, right,
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from the tomb. So
you've three days there
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in the mindset of the Hebrew
using inclusive reckoning,
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there were three
days, Friday, Saturday,
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Sunday resurrection day.
And so there was no problem
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with that. In our
mindset, you know,
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in our culture today,
we try to fit every piece
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or every hour of
every day and so preachers
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or teachers will
sometimes try to move that back
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and say well, you know, it
didn't happened on Thursday
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it happened on Wednesday, right.
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And there is a problem
there. We answered I think
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a question recently about Jonah,
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as Jonah was in the
belly of a whale three days
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and three nights.
Well we find in answer
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to that question, you know,
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well where is your third night.
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Not only it's inclusive
reckoning we find that Christ
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experience in the
Garden of Gethsemane
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began the
separation from His Father.
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He talked about I'm
sorrowful even unto death.
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I mean He was pouring
out sweat and drops of blood
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on to the ground
because of the agony
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He was in even at that point.
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He was drinking from
the cup of God's wrath,
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of His Father's
wrath tasting it.
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And so in that
respect His agony,
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His experience even betrayed
into the hands of sinners
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and the sin he drink
that night on Thursday night
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began to process that He
experienced on the cross.
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So there is again
three days and three night
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that you got...Thursday night,
Friday night, Saturday night,
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you've got Friday, Saturday,
of course Sunday morning.
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So you don't have to
force fit this thing.
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You know, the Bible is
very clear and especially
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with regard to Luke
Chapter 22, 23 actually 23, 24.
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Look at that
you'll find the days
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are spelled out very clearly
there is to what happened.
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And you run, and
you run into problems
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when you really
try to, you know,
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put scripture round
here and there to try to fit,
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you know, what our logical
minds what we're used to.
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You in the process
depicting other scripture.
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Yeah, exactly, the
Preparation Day says it all.
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Preparation is always Friday.
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That's right. And the
night before it was Garden
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of Gethsemane and the
belly of the earth, you know,
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that was, yeah, so the
experiences going through.
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Anyway thank you very
much for that question.
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Now our question I
think may take a little longer
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but hopefully not so
much. Is a question that comes
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from Nikrisha. Thank
you very much Nikisha.
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Nikisha, or
Nikrisha, I don't know exactly
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how that's
pronounced but forgive me
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if I said it wrong. My
husband and I are confused
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about which day is the
true Bible seventh day Sabbath.
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The Hebrew lunar calendar
seems to be the calendar
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the Israelites followed
after their Exodus from Egypt.
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Based upon the dates
given in Exodus 12, 18 and 22
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when they killed the
Passover Lamb on the 14th day
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of the month. Then I
suggest the children of Israel
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traveled all night of the
14th and then finally crossed
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the Red Sea as
morning approached
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which would have been
the 15th the Sabbath day.
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Exodus 14, 24 to
27 in numbers 33:3.
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And she goes on to
talk about some other dates
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that connect in with the
lunar calendar, you know,
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that the calendar of
the Jews, the Israelites
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back then and the Jews
even during Christ day.
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Here's one of the things
that we really need to remember.
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The Jews did base their calendar
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upon the lunar cycle, 360 day.
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It's a 360 days cycle 30
days for each month times 12.
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However the Sabbath was
not based upon that calendar.
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They said that the
weekly, the seventh-day Sabbath,
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the Fourth Commandment
Sabbath was not based
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upon the lunar calendar,
is based upon the week.
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That is the only reason
why we have a week today
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is because God
created the world in six days
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and on the seventh day
He rested from all that
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He had done. Now there
are ceremonial Sabbaths
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that coincide with
the lunar calendar,
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but not the weekly Sabbath.
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Weekly Sabbath is
based always upon the week,
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so don't get confused
by what should be tied
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to lunar calendar
issues and what should be tied
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to the weekly cycle.
The seventh-day Sabbath
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is always been tied
to the weekly Sabbath.
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The Jews had been
keeping it for centuries now,
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but even prior to that
Israelites, prior to that,
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you have the Patriarchs,
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,
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and goes way back to
creation we know this.
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So we shouldn't,
don't get confused,
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there is this
theory out there now that
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the seventh-day Sabbath
is also tied to the lunar
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kind of the lunisolar
calendar system so to speak,
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and there are some
papers spread out on this.
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You know, what to me
nonsense. Absolutely!
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It is so biblically it
lacks or biblical theology
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that lacks for
good hermeneutics,
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for good acts of Jesus
which is the pulling out
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of the scripture
what the scripture says.
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There is so much added
in there to make it fit,
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it just doesn't work.
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No it doesn't. And even
when the calendar changes
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throughout the
centuries, the Julian calendar,
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the Gregorian calendar,
a calendar, none of those,
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both those calendars
never affected the weekly cycle.
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It never shifted what
day, because some people say
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well how do we know? You know,
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because the calendar is changed.
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So maybe Tuesday
really was the original
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seventh-day Sabbath.
But no, it's never changed.
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And even the Romans recognized
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the Jewish
festivals and recognized
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when those
festivals occurred, right.
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So we don't need to
worry ourselves that
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we're not keeping the
original seventh-day Sabbath.
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It's never changed, the
Jews were extremely careful.
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You know, one thing we
know from Jewish history
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is that when it came to
numbers, when it came to,
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you know, cycles they
were very on top of that, yes.
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That never changed.
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They didn't miss a
day, they didn't miss... No.
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You know, there is a
simple principle here
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as well that we
need to think about.
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God makes clear the
things that are required of man
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for his salvation.
Number one, by grace
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we've been saved through faith.
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He requires that
we give up our life,
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repent of our
sins, and put our life
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in Christ in His
hands and by His works
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we're saved not our
own. Secondly, He requires
00:17:08.99\00:17:11.96
that we as a, as we
walk with Christ that we keep
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His commandments,
that we follow in His ways,
00:17:15.46\00:17:17.43
that we obey Him,
His own obedience there,
00:17:17.44\00:17:19.87
that's the
requirement. And so God requires
00:17:19.88\00:17:22.85
that we remain in
Christ through our corporation
00:17:22.86\00:17:26.26
with Him as He
grows us, as He changes,
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as He makes us the
new. And part of that is the
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Ten Commandments. But
if the Ten Commandments
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that are required. God will
not make it a rocket science
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to figure out
what day is required
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in the Fourth Commandment.
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And He simply says the
seventh day is the Sabbath
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of the Lord thy God.
Then He ties it to creation.
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So you see without a doubt
there that creation which is,
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it happens in a week,
in six days of that week
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and the seventh day
tied to that is the bases
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for which the Fourth Commandment
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is put into
operation and put into effect.
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And that's where we
go to find out which day
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is the seventh day.
And that cycle as you said
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has never changed because
the calendar has changed.
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When it changed to the,
is it the Julian calendar
00:18:07.63\00:18:10.73
when we changed to. I
think it went from October 4, 5
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or something to 15 but
the day did not change.
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It still went from
say Thursday to Friday
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or whatever day I
can't remember it was,
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but the weekly cycle
did not change whatsoever.
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But people want to throw
this stuff out there, you know,
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it's like the thing
we talked about recently
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with making majors out of minors
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with regard to the dailying.
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And I think, and I think
honestly with some people
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it's an attempt to excuse it.
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So you don't have to observe it.
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You know, I mean come from
all kinds of different mottos
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May not be their
attempt, but or their intent,
00:18:43.20\00:18:46.06
but it ends up
being what happens
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and we've to be
very careful with that.
00:18:47.63\00:18:49.61
So I encourage you,
you gonna find every wind
00:18:49.62\00:18:53.29
of doctrine out there,
but make sure you're keeping
00:18:53.30\00:18:56.13
the word and make sure
also that you're in harmony
00:18:56.14\00:18:58.66
with others who are
keeping in the word.
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The multitude of counselors
is very important here.
00:19:00.84\00:19:03.43
And if we listen to one person
00:19:03.44\00:19:05.09
or even if there is another
person that gets together
00:19:05.10\00:19:07.05
to champion that.
We need to make sure
00:19:07.06\00:19:08.81
that we're staying in
harmony with the direction
00:19:08.82\00:19:11.54
that God has set forth in
His word and through His Church.
00:19:11.55\00:19:15.59
And that comes,
the safety there comes
00:19:15.60\00:19:17.61
in the multitude of counselors.
00:19:17.62\00:19:18.82
And we encourage
you to make sure that
00:19:18.83\00:19:20.13
you stay in
harmony with that, because
00:19:20.14\00:19:22.47
that's where the
safety is. Stay in the boat,
00:19:22.48\00:19:25.37
stay in the boat.
As, as one writer said,
00:19:25.38\00:19:26.53
stay in the boat don't
depart from the ship now,
00:19:26.54\00:19:28.88
it's too late
stay with the brethren
00:19:28.89\00:19:30.74
and stay with
above. All right, thank you
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again for all your questions.
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We'll wrapped up there, so
it gives us a little more time
00:19:34.41\00:19:36.52
a few minutes more to
cover our the last part
00:19:36.53\00:19:38.77
of our topic today.
But I want to end here
00:19:38.78\00:19:41.43
by saying that you
can send your questions
00:19:41.44\00:19:43.20
into housecalls@3abn.org,
its housecalls@3abn.org
00:19:43.21\00:19:51.81
and we'll make sure we
take those questions in
00:19:51.82\00:19:54.27
and do our best to
provide biblical answers
00:19:54.28\00:19:56.66
for each and everyone of
them. Thank you very much.
00:19:56.67\00:20:00.13
Our topic we got
in, just really to dive
00:20:00.14\00:20:02.76
into the heavy
part, the meaty part last,
00:20:02.77\00:20:05.15
in our last program.
And today we're gonna get
00:20:05.16\00:20:07.96
into the subject
of the power of grace,
00:20:07.97\00:20:11.14
more in looking at the
aspect of what that power means
00:20:11.15\00:20:14.49
to the life of the
Christian. When we give our life
00:20:14.50\00:20:17.74
to Christ we're saved
by His grace through faith.
00:20:17.75\00:20:21.11
Then as Christ continues
to pour out that grace upon us
00:20:21.12\00:20:23.91
to give us power and strength
for living the Christian life
00:20:23.92\00:20:26.62
what does that
mean to us individually.
00:20:26.63\00:20:28.84
You know, how
should we pray for grace?
00:20:28.85\00:20:30.50
How should we look to
God to provide for our needs?
00:20:30.51\00:20:33.02
We, ourselves cannot supply it.
00:20:33.03\00:20:34.95
We don't have the power
and strength to supply it.
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That's what we're
gonna cover today.
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I wouldn't mind
throwing out a verse.
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Yeah, let's start
off with the verse.
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Just bringing from
that. And it's the beginning
00:20:42.63\00:20:45.01
of Romans Chapter 6,
"What shall we say then?
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Shall we continue in
sin, that grace may abound?"
00:20:47.92\00:20:51.40
You know, Paul
previous talked about where sin
00:20:51.41\00:20:52.96
was grace was
much more, you know,
00:20:52.97\00:20:55.00
but then he builds that
up and then he finally says
00:20:55.01\00:20:57.22
because he realizes that
some people are gonna say,
00:20:57.23\00:20:59.12
oh okay, well let's
keep sin into the God's grace
00:20:59.13\00:21:01.19
will abound, you know. Right.
00:21:01.20\00:21:02.87
So then he starts
Chapter 6 here saying,
00:21:02.88\00:21:05.01
"No, does not continue
sin, that grace may abound.
00:21:05.02\00:21:09.20
Certainly not. How
shall you who died to sin
00:21:09.21\00:21:12.63
and here's the thing, you know,
00:21:12.64\00:21:13.61
when you come to
Christ, we die with Christ,
00:21:13.62\00:21:17.08
so to speak through baptism.
00:21:17.09\00:21:18.67
"How shall you who
died to sin live any longer?
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Do you not know
that so many of us
00:21:22.38\00:21:23.73
as were baptized into
Jesus Christ were baptized
00:21:23.74\00:21:25.74
into his death?
Therefore we are buried with him
00:21:25.75\00:21:28.05
through baptism unto
death that just as Christ
00:21:28.06\00:21:30.78
was raised from the dead
by the glory of the Father,
00:21:30.79\00:21:33.51
even so we also
should walk the same
00:21:33.52\00:21:36.63
as we were before." No, it's
not what the verse said, no.
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Even so we should
walk in newness of life.
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Okay. So... You
know, praise the Lord
00:21:42.58\00:21:45.10
for that because you
are actually connecting
00:21:45.11\00:21:46.56
in Ephesians 2:10.
Because God prepared the works
00:21:46.57\00:21:51.32
before Him that we should
walk, walked in them, right.
00:21:51.33\00:21:54.57
And here you're
quoting again from Paul saying
00:21:54.58\00:21:58.05
that we should walk
in the newness of life.
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Paul in Romans 8 talks
about walking in the spirit.
00:22:00.54\00:22:04.46
Walking in the spirit.
00:22:04.47\00:22:05.44
So the walk with Christ is
so dependent upon His grace,
00:22:05.45\00:22:10.77
His strength, His
power, not ourselves.
00:22:10.78\00:22:13.72
You know, the program
we did before Obedience
00:22:13.73\00:22:15.32
versus Legalism, that
was the distinguishing factor
00:22:15.33\00:22:17.49
between the both, the two.
00:22:17.50\00:22:19.61
Obedience is when you depend
upon Christ for His strength
00:22:19.62\00:22:22.86
and you walk in His
grace, you walk in His strength
00:22:22.87\00:22:26.22
and under His power.
Legalism is when you trust
00:22:26.23\00:22:29.26
in your own will power
and strength and try to walk
00:22:29.27\00:22:31.97
and hold your life
in harmony with His
00:22:31.98\00:22:33.93
without His
power, that's legalism.
00:22:33.94\00:22:36.91
And grace
actually is a global word,
00:22:36.92\00:22:38.71
this isn't just isolated to
Bible. Actually even in some,
00:22:38.72\00:22:42.83
there have been some who
interpreted the word grace
00:22:42.84\00:22:45.50
in Hindu religion
as being something that
00:22:45.51\00:22:48.53
you merit based on your
works. And that's not we are
00:22:48.54\00:22:51.78
talking about here,
no. This isn't something
00:22:51.79\00:22:53.54
that you work for and
then God says oh good job,
00:22:53.55\00:22:56.05
I'm gonna give you grace now.
00:22:56.06\00:22:57.80
No, it's the grace
that empowers you to work,
00:22:57.81\00:23:00.82
to do the good work. Absolutely.
00:23:00.83\00:23:02.53
So... Works are
impossible for us to do
00:23:02.54\00:23:05.47
without the
grace of God. Exactly.
00:23:05.48\00:23:07.16
And so that's really
Ephesians 2:8 through 10,
00:23:07.17\00:23:09.42
right there and that's
what you're talking about here.
00:23:09.43\00:23:11.74
For someone to say and
this goes back to the Jew verse
00:23:11.75\00:23:15.39
that we read in our
first, in our first program
00:23:15.40\00:23:18.19
which was that some
have crept in unnoticed
00:23:18.20\00:23:21.07
who turn the grace of God
00:23:21.08\00:23:22.12
into a license for immorality.
00:23:22.13\00:23:23.67
Paul is also
debunking that notion.
00:23:23.68\00:23:25.74
He is saying, she
just go ahead and sinning,
00:23:25.75\00:23:27.57
so grace can
abound. Of course not!
00:23:27.58\00:23:30.00
Grace is to deliver
you from the power of sin.
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That's a very important point.
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Amen, praise God.
Now let's look at,
00:23:35.04\00:23:37.74
kind of to recap from
where we went from last,
00:23:37.75\00:23:41.50
the last program
to where we're today.
00:23:41.51\00:23:44.52
We define the difference
between grace and mercy.
00:23:44.53\00:23:47.57
Grace receiving a
power or something from God
00:23:47.58\00:23:50.50
that we don't deserve,
that's His unmerited favor,
00:23:50.51\00:23:54.17
that's His
blessing bestowed upon us.
00:23:54.18\00:23:56.52
Mercy is not receiving judgment,
00:23:56.53\00:23:58.55
not receiving from
God, something we actually
00:23:58.56\00:24:00.39
do deserve. So now as
we shift them into grace
00:24:00.40\00:24:03.49
and we look at the
true meaning of grace
00:24:03.50\00:24:05.29
and its power and
strength. We read a verse
00:24:05.30\00:24:09.50
from 2 Corinthians
12:9, "My grace is sufficient
00:24:09.51\00:24:11.94
for you: for my
strength is made perfect
00:24:11.95\00:24:14.31
in your weakness."
And then now a new verse
00:24:14.32\00:24:18.76
I'll share here with you from
Ephesians Chapter 3 verse 7,
00:24:18.77\00:24:22.79
"Where Paul says
that he became a minister
00:24:22.80\00:24:25.24
according to the
gift of the grace of God
00:24:25.25\00:24:28.40
given to me by the
effective working of His power."
00:24:28.41\00:24:33.41
Now I love that,
because in here Paul is saying
00:24:33.42\00:24:37.43
that he became a
minister by the grace of God
00:24:37.44\00:24:41.55
for the effective
working of his power, right.
00:24:41.56\00:24:45.57
There is no power in
our life. There is no power
00:24:45.58\00:24:48.59
in my life as a
pastor. I can have no strength
00:24:48.60\00:24:51.83
unless God bestow His
grace upon me every single day
00:24:51.84\00:24:56.02
throughout the
day. That is the power
00:24:56.03\00:24:58.61
I get from God
that enables me to live
00:24:58.62\00:25:01.61
the Christ like life. And Kevin,
00:25:01.62\00:25:05.39
I wanna share
something, I wanna confess
00:25:05.40\00:25:07.84
and maybe you can
probably identify with me here.
00:25:07.85\00:25:11.37
There are days I
wake up and I get going
00:25:11.38\00:25:14.81
and I hit the day
running, haven't spent time
00:25:14.82\00:25:17.37
with the Lord like I
should, haven't prayed
00:25:17.38\00:25:20.28
and asked for His grace and
I haven't asked for His power
00:25:20.29\00:25:23.04
to fill me through
the indwelling spirit.
00:25:23.05\00:25:26.39
And I'm going through
that day and all of a sudden
00:25:26.40\00:25:28.43
I'm a little irritated,
little angry, little upset.
00:25:28.44\00:25:32.23
I lash back at somebody,
I'm little harsh my wife says
00:25:32.24\00:25:35.12
well almost that
kind was hurtful.
00:25:35.13\00:25:37.74
And I convicted
right there, you know what,
00:25:37.75\00:25:39.62
I haven't spent this day,
00:25:39.63\00:25:41.47
haven't started
this day with Jesus.
00:25:41.48\00:25:44.24
And it's not that
I've lived the day unsaved,
00:25:44.25\00:25:51.35
God in His mercy
doesn't throw me out.
00:25:51.36\00:25:55.43
But He doesn't forsake you.
00:25:55.44\00:25:56.48
You don't throw a
family member out because
00:25:56.49\00:25:57.88
they make a mistake, but
He is patiently there waiting,
00:25:57.89\00:26:00.86
you know, looking for
me to ask for the grace,
00:26:00.87\00:26:03.25
the power to live that
day which I haven't done.
00:26:03.26\00:26:06.68
I'm powerless!
And it's daily choice.
00:26:06.69\00:26:08.95
It has to be a daily
choice. I've got to get back
00:26:08.96\00:26:11.15
on my knees and
sometimes it's too late.
00:26:11.16\00:26:13.16
Oh, not too late,
it's too late in the day
00:26:13.17\00:26:16.11
to where it really
matters a lot for that day.
00:26:16.12\00:26:18.41
And then you
find yourself saying,
00:26:18.42\00:26:19.95
Lord please give
me grace, forgive me.
00:26:19.96\00:26:22.35
Give me grace and mercy
because it's not going well
00:26:22.36\00:26:26.89
and I thought... I look
forward to that, absolutely.
00:26:26.90\00:26:28.19
I confess that that
happens to me sometimes
00:26:28.20\00:26:30.42
and I need to
remind myself each day
00:26:30.43\00:26:32.68
when I wake up. Lord,
I pray for the baptism
00:26:32.69\00:26:36.43
of the Holy Spirit. I die
daily to my sin as Paul said.
00:26:36.44\00:26:41.01
I seek your grace
through the outpouring
00:26:41.02\00:26:44.05
of your Holy Spirit in
my life, bring that pour out
00:26:44.06\00:26:46.07
that grace upon me, so
that I might live this day
00:26:46.08\00:26:49.08
with You at the
center of my life
00:26:49.09\00:26:52.59
and with Your power as
my strength to overcome
00:26:52.60\00:26:55.60
the temptation when it comes,
00:26:55.61\00:26:56.76
because I know
it's gonna come. Sure.
00:26:56.77\00:26:58.25
And it's when we don't do that,
00:26:58.26\00:26:59.70
when we don't
spend time in the word
00:26:59.71\00:27:01.49
and with Christ
that we overcome.
00:27:01.50\00:27:05.01
It seemed to be
acting more upon impulse than
00:27:05.02\00:27:07.22
reason and
power, you know. Yeah.
00:27:07.23\00:27:09.71
It's almost like
you're saying somebody says
00:27:09.72\00:27:11.03
some that blind
sight us and, you know,
00:27:11.04\00:27:13.71
you lash back and
then you're like oh where
00:27:13.72\00:27:15.99
that come from. Yeah,
I didn't spend that time
00:27:16.00\00:27:19.08
with the Lord this morning.
And that's what it goes back
00:27:19.09\00:27:22.01
to relationship
which really goes back to,
00:27:22.02\00:27:24.79
you know, the whole
work of salvation, you know,
00:27:24.80\00:27:27.10
it's an invitation to a
life transforming relationship
00:27:27.11\00:27:30.99
with Christ. And
if it's a relationship
00:27:31.00\00:27:32.68
we got to spend time with Him.
00:27:32.69\00:27:34.19
And if we don't
spend... well, we know
00:27:34.20\00:27:35.26
what happens if we don't
spend time with our wives.
00:27:35.27\00:27:37.44
We know with any relationship,
00:27:37.45\00:27:38.56
you don't spend
time with the person,
00:27:38.57\00:27:39.73
it dismantles,
it crumbles. Yeah.
00:27:39.74\00:27:43.14
So yes,
absolutely, got to spend time.
00:27:43.15\00:27:44.96
So think about this,
so if the devil knows that
00:27:44.97\00:27:48.33
wouldn't he send people
into the church to teach
00:27:48.34\00:27:52.20
that grace is
simply the saving part
00:27:52.21\00:27:54.69
and that let's
add this doctrine.
00:27:54.70\00:27:57.20
One saved always saved to it,
00:27:57.21\00:27:59.56
so that when people
think that it's just kind of
00:27:59.57\00:28:03.22
a favor of God as He
gives you the gift of grace,
00:28:03.23\00:28:05.66
that's all it needed
to start you off with,
00:28:05.67\00:28:07.50
then you are good,
right, and you are good always.
00:28:07.51\00:28:10.27
Isn't it just like him to
kind of throw those doctrines in
00:28:10.28\00:28:13.52
to diminish our need
everyday to depend upon
00:28:13.53\00:28:16.16
the power and strength of God?
00:28:16.17\00:28:17.85
And it's
appealing, it's appealing
00:28:17.86\00:28:20.64
because we're carnal at heart
00:28:20.65\00:28:23.17
and it's not our
inclination to do what is right.
00:28:23.18\00:28:25.90
You don't want
to die to ourselves?
00:28:25.91\00:28:27.16
Oh! No, we don't, you
know, because that takes work...
00:28:27.17\00:28:29.02
Ellen Sister White said
the greatest battle ever fought
00:28:29.03\00:28:31.42
was the battle against self.
00:28:31.43\00:28:32.41
And I know that from experience,
00:28:32.42\00:28:34.19
you know that from experience.
00:28:34.20\00:28:35.61
And wouldn't it, isn't it
appearing just to think well
00:28:35.62\00:28:39.18
it doesn't matter
what kind of person I'm.
00:28:39.19\00:28:40.84
You know, I mean
I don't like myself
00:28:40.85\00:28:42.77
but at least the
Lord's grace just covers me
00:28:42.78\00:28:44.74
and I'm safe, you know.
00:28:44.75\00:28:45.72
So I, so I know
this we're all fighting
00:28:45.73\00:28:47.22
a loosing battle anyway.
00:28:47.23\00:28:48.20
I'm just gonna
throw in the towel and,
00:28:48.21\00:28:49.69
you know, when Jesus
comes then I'll be translated.
00:28:49.70\00:28:51.46
Right. You know,
that's not the way it is.
00:28:51.47\00:28:53.50
Not the way it works. No.
00:28:53.51\00:28:54.92
So it's got an appeal to it,
00:28:54.93\00:28:56.49
but very deceptive appeal to it.
00:28:56.50\00:28:58.71
And it makes God
look good, you know,
00:28:58.72\00:29:00.32
kind of oh, yeah,
sure His grace covers you.
00:29:00.33\00:29:02.38
He is so taller. Yeah.
00:29:02.39\00:29:03.36
He is so
taller, He is so loving,
00:29:03.37\00:29:04.96
you know, but that's not.
00:29:04.97\00:29:06.48
It sounds good, but
the end is really...
00:29:06.49\00:29:08.51
its corrupting ourselves really.
00:29:08.52\00:29:10.34
You know, I feel
almost prompt you right now
00:29:10.35\00:29:12.79
to just kind of make an appeal
00:29:12.80\00:29:13.92
because I know some out
there might be experiencing
00:29:13.93\00:29:16.40
that defeat everyday.
00:29:16.41\00:29:17.71
You know, the
enemy has beat me up
00:29:17.72\00:29:20.13
everyday with this one sin.
00:29:20.14\00:29:22.68
You know, whether
it be a lifestyle issue
00:29:22.69\00:29:24.69
or whether it be, you know,
immoral issue or something,
00:29:24.70\00:29:29.06
you know, that I know God
doesn't want this in my life,
00:29:29.07\00:29:31.37
but I've been beat
up with it everyday
00:29:31.38\00:29:32.79
and I'm just at
the point of giving up.
00:29:32.80\00:29:34.12
Why hasn't God
delivered me, I prayed for it?
00:29:34.13\00:29:36.59
You know, I just
want to encourage you
00:29:36.60\00:29:38.63
in the morning there
are few steps to go through
00:29:38.64\00:29:41.94
in the process
of re-establishing
00:29:41.95\00:29:44.88
that connection with God
00:29:44.89\00:29:46.00
and we talked about
some of them already.
00:29:46.01\00:29:47.72
We talked about dying to self
00:29:47.73\00:29:50.15
and in the first
part of dying to self
00:29:50.16\00:29:52.17
is not stepping out and
going throughout the day
00:29:52.18\00:29:54.25
without spending
time with Christ.
00:29:54.26\00:29:55.55
Dying to self is,
I'm gonna set myself down
00:29:55.56\00:29:58.01
and I'm gonna
spend time in the word
00:29:58.02\00:29:59.57
with my God, my Savior.
00:29:59.58\00:30:02.86
Setting your life,
your will, your way aside
00:30:02.87\00:30:05.59
and allowing Him to come in
00:30:05.60\00:30:06.84
and ask for the Holy Spirit
00:30:06.85\00:30:07.91
to fill you with
strength with power.
00:30:07.92\00:30:10.53
Ask for the grace of
God to renew its part,
00:30:10.54\00:30:14.83
or its peace, its
element within that salvation
00:30:14.84\00:30:18.70
experience that God
promised you from the beginning.
00:30:18.71\00:30:21.41
Don't see it as
a one time event.
00:30:21.42\00:30:23.17
Allow the grace to
have that full impact
00:30:23.18\00:30:26.05
in your life again, in
fact, each and every day.
00:30:26.06\00:30:28.50
And ask Christ to
fill you with His spirit
00:30:28.51\00:30:31.58
which brings
Christ into your life
00:30:31.59\00:30:33.73
and put Him at
the helm of you ship.
00:30:33.74\00:30:36.79
Put Him in the
driver seat of your car
00:30:36.80\00:30:41.41
and ask Him to do
the driving that day.
00:30:41.42\00:30:43.28
Because as you do that
and you're walking daily
00:30:43.29\00:30:46.01
with Christ in the spirit,
00:30:46.02\00:30:47.50
that's when the
temptations come.
00:30:47.51\00:30:49.58
He gives you the power at
the moment to overcome it.
00:30:49.59\00:30:52.77
You don't receive power
00:30:52.78\00:30:54.32
at the moment
the temptation comes.
00:30:54.33\00:30:56.34
You receive power at
the beginning of the day
00:30:56.35\00:30:58.64
that carries you
through the temptations.
00:30:58.65\00:31:00.92
So your battery being charged.
00:31:00.93\00:31:02.65
You know, it's
got to be charged,
00:31:02.66\00:31:03.98
if it's not charged
and you go to get those
00:31:03.99\00:31:05.94
jumper cables to maybe
jump to another battery,
00:31:05.95\00:31:07.97
it's not gonna work. Right.
00:31:07.98\00:31:09.39
How long will a
quick dollar of gas
00:31:09.40\00:31:12.86
in your gas tank
take you? Exactly.
00:31:12.87\00:31:14.59
It'll take you an
hour, but, you know,
00:31:14.60\00:31:16.26
the tempter keeps
coming, you need a full tank
00:31:16.27\00:31:18.72
at the beginning of the day.
00:31:18.73\00:31:19.78
And here's another for
those who are discouraged
00:31:19.79\00:31:21.42
like you're addressing.
Ephesians Chapter 4 verse 7,
00:31:21.43\00:31:25.53
but to each one
of us grace was given
00:31:25.54\00:31:28.66
according to the
measure of Christ's gift.
00:31:28.67\00:31:32.55
To each one of us.
00:31:32.56\00:31:33.66
And His grace has
been given to everybody.
00:31:33.67\00:31:35.56
Grace has been given to you
00:31:35.57\00:31:37.26
according to the
measure of Christ's gift.
00:31:37.27\00:31:39.11
And what was the
measure of Christ gift?
00:31:39.12\00:31:41.95
Infinite! Infinite, you know.
00:31:41.96\00:31:44.23
But it's a gift,
you know, like you said
00:31:44.24\00:31:46.79
think of it as a
gift every morning,
00:31:46.80\00:31:48.03
you got to think
it. That's right.
00:31:48.04\00:31:49.15
And you got to
reach out and take it,
00:31:49.16\00:31:51.34
you know, and
spend time with the Lord
00:31:51.35\00:31:52.78
and thank Him for it. Yeah.
00:31:52.79\00:31:54.60
Hart, you know,
maybe we've been fearful,
00:31:54.61\00:31:58.20
we haven't
understood grace in this way
00:31:58.21\00:31:59.59
and we haven't prayed pour out
00:31:59.60\00:32:00.86
Your grace upon me today.
00:32:00.87\00:32:02.63
You know, this is
why the new meaning,
00:32:02.64\00:32:04.88
new meaning, it's an
old meaning but it needs
00:32:04.89\00:32:06.47
to comeback to the forefront
again, the power of grace,
00:32:06.48\00:32:08.52
this is where
it comes into play.
00:32:08.53\00:32:09.67
Lord, I need your grace today,
00:32:09.68\00:32:11.76
pour out your grace
and harmony throughout day
00:32:11.77\00:32:13.66
with whatever I need.
00:32:13.67\00:32:14.64
Also like you said,
I think in one other,
00:32:14.65\00:32:16.05
I think in the last
program maybe before...
00:32:16.06\00:32:18.08
that we sometimes
focus so much on the mercy
00:32:18.09\00:32:19.92
and we forget about the
empowering aspect of grace.
00:32:19.93\00:32:22.45
You know, wake up in
the morning Bible says,
00:32:22.46\00:32:24.06
His mercies are
new every morning.
00:32:24.07\00:32:25.29
Thank you for your mercy.
00:32:25.30\00:32:26.59
But more than your
mercy Lord, I want power,
00:32:26.60\00:32:28.60
I need your
grace. I need your grace.
00:32:28.61\00:32:30.19
because I know you're merciful.
00:32:30.20\00:32:32.37
And I wouldn't be here
today if you weren't merciful,
00:32:32.38\00:32:34.89
but I want power to overcome,
00:32:34.90\00:32:36.54
you know, the things in my life.
00:32:36.55\00:32:37.78
I want power to
live the Christian life.
00:32:37.79\00:32:39.80
I want power to be
a benevolent person
00:32:39.81\00:32:43.65
to someone or to
have a kind word...
00:32:43.66\00:32:45.47
Giving heart.
giving heart, absolutely.
00:32:45.48\00:32:47.47
You know, just
to recap from those
00:32:47.48\00:32:49.67
who may have
missed the last program.
00:32:49.68\00:32:50.97
Grace, we defined
as receiving something
00:32:50.98\00:32:54.46
that we don't
deserve. Mercy as not receiving
00:32:54.47\00:32:58.48
something that we
do deserve. Right.
00:32:58.49\00:33:00.40
So mercy is God giving it to us,
00:33:00.41\00:33:03.23
giving something to
us, power, strength,
00:33:03.24\00:33:05.33
a blessing, whatever it is.
00:33:05.34\00:33:07.26
We don't deserve it,
but He still gives it to us.
00:33:07.27\00:33:09.24
Mercy is He doesn't
judge us, He doesn't condemn,
00:33:09.25\00:33:12.37
He gives us
opportunity to walk with Him
00:33:12.38\00:33:15.37
and to be created a new. Right.
00:33:15.38\00:33:17.42
And so that is the mercy of God.
00:33:17.43\00:33:19.58
And so that's the difference
we talked about last time,
00:33:19.59\00:33:22.09
I'm not sure we recap that.
00:33:22.10\00:33:23.19
But let me read a verse here,
00:33:23.20\00:33:24.27
Kevin, as we could as
go forward from Romans 1
00:33:24.28\00:33:27.55
and I think you
almost got there in your,
00:33:27.56\00:33:29.54
or maybe little
passage actually in Romans 1
00:33:29.55\00:33:31.64
where you quoted
from. Romans 1 verse 5 says,
00:33:31.65\00:33:34.40
Through Him we received grace
00:33:34.41\00:33:37.20
and apostleship for what,
for obedience to the faith.
00:33:37.21\00:33:41.87
So grace is given to us
00:33:41.88\00:33:44.14
so that we might obey our faith.
00:33:44.15\00:33:46.98
The faith that we've
began in our relationship
00:33:46.99\00:33:50.63
in our walk with
Christ. Right, exactly.
00:33:50.64\00:33:52.25
So grace is
there to give us power
00:33:52.26\00:33:54.12
and strength to obey.
All right, now let me share
00:33:54.13\00:33:58.06
something here
to kind of take this
00:33:58.07\00:34:00.12
to kind of a next
step. I've a friend of mine
00:34:00.13\00:34:02.89
and he is doing a lot of
studying and experimenting.
00:34:02.90\00:34:08.56
He works for a company,
I won't name the company
00:34:08.57\00:34:10.20
to kind of put him on the spot,
00:34:10.21\00:34:11.20
but he works for
a company that does
00:34:11.21\00:34:12.43
a lot of research
in the area of soy.
00:34:12.44\00:34:15.62
And as you know
Adventist have been big on soy
00:34:15.63\00:34:18.33
for a long time, you know.
00:34:18.34\00:34:20.12
And, so there are
definitely some health benefits
00:34:20.13\00:34:22.70
in eating a healthy
lifestyle that include soy.
00:34:22.71\00:34:26.81
Too much soy is not good,
but a level of soy provides
00:34:26.82\00:34:29.73
protein that we
need for our life.
00:34:29.74\00:34:30.90
So anyway he is doing
the, his company is doing
00:34:30.91\00:34:33.40
research on this,
and they've blow down
00:34:33.41\00:34:38.06
to what they believe they found
00:34:38.07\00:34:40.10
which is the mechanism
of action, so to speak.
00:34:40.11\00:34:43.48
The thing that
provides the active agent
00:34:43.49\00:34:46.58
for the health
benefits we receive in soy
00:34:46.59\00:34:50.46
and that active
agent is called lunasin.
00:34:50.47\00:34:54.42
And you may heard, hear
of this in the future coming
00:34:54.43\00:34:56.35
from this company.
Anyway it's called lunasin,
00:34:56.36\00:34:59.36
so they are trying to
extract or create beans
00:34:59.37\00:35:03.05
and even flower
from the soybeans
00:35:03.06\00:35:05.39
that have high levels of lunasin
00:35:05.40\00:35:07.85
that provide more of a benefit,
00:35:07.86\00:35:10.26
that provides also the
active agent for health. Right.
00:35:10.27\00:35:13.89
And so in doing this, you know,
00:35:13.90\00:35:15.84
as I was thinking about this.
00:35:15.85\00:35:17.34
I thought, you know,
they considered this text
00:35:17.35\00:35:21.20
Ephesians 2 verses 8
and 9 there and 10 included.
00:35:21.21\00:35:25.86
For by grace we've
been saved through faith.
00:35:25.87\00:35:28.97
And I thought wait a minute.
00:35:28.98\00:35:30.36
Faith is really so to
speak the mechanism of action.
00:35:30.37\00:35:33.98
The activating
agent for grace. Right.
00:35:33.99\00:35:37.87
so when we engage our
faith which is active.
00:35:37.88\00:35:40.81
We put our faith in trusting
God praying for His grace
00:35:40.82\00:35:44.20
that activates God
in moving His heart
00:35:44.21\00:35:47.31
toward us to give us,
bestow upon us His grace.
00:35:47.32\00:35:51.46
So several times I
know that Jesus said
00:35:51.47\00:35:54.38
your faith has healed you,
you faith has made you well.
00:35:54.39\00:35:58.85
Or when they
couldn't cast out the demon,
00:35:58.86\00:36:00.79
you didn't have enough faith.
00:36:00.80\00:36:03.15
Faith was this
activating agent that often
00:36:03.16\00:36:05.53
we don't want to exercise.
00:36:05.54\00:36:07.38
We're trying to do
ourselves, but we need
00:36:07.39\00:36:09.69
to exercise the
faith that God has given.
00:36:09.70\00:36:11.73
Now, I like the way you put it,
00:36:11.74\00:36:13.10
everyone is
given a measure of it.
00:36:13.11\00:36:14.69
You've got faith,
right, you need to exercise it.
00:36:14.70\00:36:17.92
And as you exercise it,
that mechanism of action
00:36:17.93\00:36:21.42
that moves the hand of
God, your faith will grow.
00:36:21.43\00:36:25.60
That's why I lik
Hebrews 11:6, it says,
00:36:25.61\00:36:28.55
"But without faith it is
impossible to please Him,
00:36:28.56\00:36:31.34
for he who come
to God must believe
00:36:31.35\00:36:33.54
that He exists.
But not just that
00:36:33.55\00:36:35.67
but that He is a
rewarder of those
00:36:35.68\00:36:37.98
who diligently seek Him.
00:36:37.99\00:36:39.26
If you are
diligently seeking God,
00:36:39.27\00:36:41.58
then you're
certainly number one,
00:36:41.59\00:36:42.56
you obviously have
to believe He exists.
00:36:42.57\00:36:44.57
But when you're
actively exercising in those
00:36:44.58\00:36:47.43
faith muscles we
want to use that term,
00:36:47.44\00:36:49.41
God will reward that and
that's the beauty of faith,
00:36:49.42\00:36:52.40
you know, and
obviously Jesus said
00:36:52.41\00:36:54.12
if anyone has
faith as a mustard seed
00:36:54.13\00:36:55.38
and in fact, it was relevant
to the story of the disciples
00:36:55.39\00:36:58.69
that couldn't cast out
the demon out of that boy.
00:36:58.70\00:37:01.69
When you think
of a mustard seed,
00:37:01.70\00:37:03.73
some will say the
size of mustard seed,
00:37:03.74\00:37:06.20
but I think Jesus
says as a mustard seed.
00:37:06.21\00:37:08.78
Look at the conditions in
which a mustard seed grows
00:37:08.79\00:37:11.48
or any seed for
that matter, right.
00:37:11.49\00:37:13.17
Dark, dirty, damp,
cold, it's uncomfortable, yes.
00:37:13.18\00:37:16.23
But, yet those are the
very conditions in which
00:37:16.24\00:37:18.04
life springs out, you know,
00:37:18.05\00:37:20.63
where that seed will flourish.
00:37:20.64\00:37:22.27
And so if in those conditions
we can flourish in Christ,
00:37:22.28\00:37:26.49
that's what is
faith, yeah, you know.
00:37:26.50\00:37:28.67
You know, you really opened
00:37:28.68\00:37:31.68
just a whole huge thing for me.
00:37:31.69\00:37:33.53
When you quoted
that verse because
00:37:33.54\00:37:35.40
without faith it's
impossible to please Him,
00:37:35.41\00:37:37.55
but those who do
exercise faith, He rewards.
00:37:37.56\00:37:41.58
You know, we talked,
we already defined grace
00:37:41.59\00:37:43.96
as being the favor
of God bestowed upon us,
00:37:43.97\00:37:47.89
that includes reward.
00:37:47.90\00:37:50.02
So whether it be a
blessing that comes,
00:37:50.03\00:37:52.23
whether it be
strength, that's a blessing.
00:37:52.24\00:37:54.86
But those are
also a reward of faith.
00:37:54.87\00:37:58.05
Right, Exactly.
00:37:58.06\00:37:59.03
So faith comes
first to activate to move
00:37:59.04\00:38:01.88
the hand of God that
blesses, that rewards us.
00:38:01.89\00:38:05.89
And that reward
is often times grace
00:38:05.90\00:38:08.59
in our life, you know.
00:38:08.60\00:38:10.56
Yeah, praise the
Lord. You know, and that's
00:38:10.57\00:38:13.03
what a great way to
think about our experience
00:38:13.04\00:38:15.58
of salvation
today on this earth.
00:38:15.59\00:38:17.40
We're experiencing the
rewards of heaven early.
00:38:17.41\00:38:22.08
We don't have to
wait for the rewards
00:38:22.09\00:38:23.84
of the kingdom to
come, but we can be rewarded
00:38:23.85\00:38:26.97
or experience
those rewards even today
00:38:26.98\00:38:28.98
as we live and walk in Christ.
00:38:28.99\00:38:31.27
And that's what makes the
Christian walk so enjoyable.
00:38:31.28\00:38:33.26
You know, we don't have
to walk with our heads down,
00:38:33.27\00:38:35.58
moping and
groping in this world.
00:38:35.59\00:38:36.85
We're not left unto ourselves.
00:38:36.86\00:38:38.46
You know, we serve
a God who loves us,
00:38:38.47\00:38:40.62
who cares for us, who
said He will never leave us
00:38:40.63\00:38:42.54
nor forsake us, and He
has provided grace for us.
00:38:42.55\00:38:45.83
So every time a
circumstance arise,
00:38:45.84\00:38:47.26
a challenge put it that way,
00:38:47.27\00:38:48.67
in our life
we're not left alone.
00:38:48.68\00:38:50.51
God will provide grace
and it's a joy knowing that,
00:38:50.52\00:38:54.70
you know. It's a
joy knowing that when,
00:38:54.71\00:38:57.70
you know, the sum
total of your income
00:38:57.71\00:39:02.55
does not equal the sum
total of your out going bills.
00:39:02.56\00:39:07.40
That's right, that's right.
00:39:07.41\00:39:08.45
That God still has grace.
00:39:08.46\00:39:09.59
You know, He hasn't
left us or forsaken us.
00:39:09.60\00:39:12.58
That's nice though
we can ask for that
00:39:12.59\00:39:13.75
and we can certainly believe
that He will give it to us.
00:39:13.76\00:39:15.92
Yeah, you know,
I think day by day
00:39:15.93\00:39:17.90
as we experience the
grace of God in our lives,
00:39:17.91\00:39:20.40
He is doing something in
us. He is getting us ready.
00:39:20.41\00:39:22.44
I know that one in
the recent program,
00:39:22.45\00:39:25.65
I think part one of
this we had a question about
00:39:25.66\00:39:30.66
what's the importance of knowing
00:39:30.67\00:39:32.65
that Christ is in the
most holy verses holy,
00:39:32.66\00:39:36.13
His transition
from one of the next
00:39:36.14\00:39:38.20
and how that the
most Holy is involving
00:39:38.21\00:39:40.47
the cleansing of sin,
the putting away of sin,
00:39:40.48\00:39:43.32
the purifying of sin.
00:39:43.33\00:39:45.11
Well, the Bible
in the New Testament
00:39:45.12\00:39:47.44
not only in the Book of
Hebrews it supports that,
00:39:47.45\00:39:49.98
it tested that as
we grow in Christ,
00:39:49.99\00:39:52.65
as we walk in
Christ and He bestows
00:39:52.66\00:39:55.17
that grace upon us. He
is doing it for a reason,
00:39:55.18\00:39:57.43
He is doing it to
cleanse us, to purify us.
00:39:57.44\00:40:00.67
And so I'm gonna read
Titus Chapter 2 verses 11 to 14
00:40:00.68\00:40:05.88
and let's see how
this text might jump
00:40:05.89\00:40:08.27
out of this more
than maybe it had before
00:40:08.28\00:40:10.57
understanding grace in this way.
00:40:10.58\00:40:12.55
You know, it's been
power and strength from God,
00:40:12.56\00:40:14.45
in a way that
purifies and cleanses us
00:40:14.46\00:40:17.17
in preparation
for Christ return.
00:40:17.18\00:40:19.62
Titus Chapter 2 verse 11,
00:40:19.63\00:40:22.54
"For the grace of
God that brings salvation
00:40:22.55\00:40:25.68
has appeared to all men.
00:40:25.69\00:40:28.35
Teaching us,
notice grace teaches us,
00:40:28.36\00:40:32.81
it teaches us that denying
ungodliness and worldly lusts
00:40:33.39\00:40:37.42
we should live
soberly, righteously, and Godly,
00:40:37.45\00:40:40.18
in this present age
looking for the blessed hope,
00:40:40.19\00:40:43.50
and glorious
appearing of our great God
00:40:43.51\00:40:46.11
and our Savior Jesus Christ;
00:40:46.12\00:40:47.32
who gave Himself for
us, that He might redeem us
00:40:47.33\00:40:50.43
from every lawless
deed, and purify for Himself
00:40:50.44\00:40:54.16
His own special people,
zealous for good works."
00:40:54.17\00:40:58.06
You see the
consequences then of grace.
00:40:58.24\00:41:00.36
Grace is appeared to all men,
a clear statement God is there,
00:41:00.37\00:41:03.70
prepared His grace
is poured out upon men.
00:41:03.71\00:41:06.95
We can't partake of that grace.
00:41:06.96\00:41:08.81
In the end of it the verse says
00:41:08.82\00:41:09.96
His own special
people I think, yeah.
00:41:09.97\00:41:13.26
His people should be
a reflection of Himself.
00:41:13.27\00:41:16.93
Just like usually a son
is a reflection of the father
00:41:16.94\00:41:19.74
in most cases, you know.
00:41:19.75\00:41:21.29
If we're Christs', if
we call God our father
00:41:21.30\00:41:26.46
and Christ our Lord, shouldn't
there be some resemblance,
00:41:26.47\00:41:29.99
you know, what I
mean. Absolutely.
00:41:30.39\00:41:31.87
I mean it's undeniable,
00:41:31.88\00:41:32.85
it's all
throughout the New Testament.
00:41:32.86\00:41:34.03
His people have always
been chosen throughout time
00:41:34.04\00:41:36.43
to exemplify His
character and to do His works.
00:41:36.44\00:41:40.37
That's why His works
are prepared before hand.
00:41:40.38\00:41:42.77
We keeps coming back
to that Ephesians 2:10.
00:41:42.78\00:41:44.69
So this, you see this
progression of the grace of God
00:41:44.70\00:41:47.93
appearing to all men teaching us
00:41:47.94\00:41:49.98
to deny
ungodliness and worldly lust.
00:41:49.99\00:41:53.57
In other words, it's not,
now I've been saved I can,
00:41:53.58\00:41:56.69
I'm not accountable to
God for keeping His law
00:41:56.70\00:41:59.61
and doing things that he should.
00:41:59.62\00:42:00.90
No, this verse is
quiet the opposite.
00:42:00.91\00:42:02.30
I've received the grace of God,
00:42:02.31\00:42:04.09
He pours out that grace on me,
00:42:04.10\00:42:05.34
so that I might
resist and not allow myself
00:42:05.35\00:42:09.13
to be corrupted again to fall
back into the old way of life.
00:42:09.14\00:42:12.64
To live soberly, righteously,
and godly in this present age.
00:42:12.86\00:42:16.55
And I'll tell you
there has never been an age
00:42:16.56\00:42:18.79
as there is today where God's
grace is so needed in that,
00:42:18.80\00:42:24.57
it is exemplified.
00:42:24.58\00:42:26.18
It is revealed in
our works, in who we are,
00:42:26.19\00:42:28.66
in our character
we show who God is.
00:42:28.67\00:42:31.84
We show who God is through
our relationship with Him
00:42:31.85\00:42:34.41
and especially in our
relationship with each other.
00:42:34.42\00:42:37.61
You know, Jesus said by
this all men will know that
00:42:37.62\00:42:40.86
you're my disciples, if
you have love for one another.
00:42:40.87\00:42:43.69
There should certainly be a,
00:42:44.27\00:42:45.88
obviously a
vertical relationship, right,
00:42:45.89\00:42:48.88
indicate and an
expression of that relationship
00:42:48.89\00:42:51.35
should be seen in
our life and actions.
00:42:51.36\00:42:53.01
But there is also a
horizontal relationship
00:42:53.02\00:42:55.92
between us and our fellow men.
00:42:55.93\00:42:57.82
That should also reflect
that ultimate relationship
00:42:57.83\00:43:01.49
we have with Christ.
00:43:01.50\00:43:02.47
So how does grace,
00:43:02.48\00:43:04.90
if we are recipients of grace
is there a way that we can,
00:43:04.91\00:43:07.30
you know, give grace to others
00:43:07.31\00:43:09.56
I guess if you
want to put there some.
00:43:09.57\00:43:11.11
Yeah, absolute. You
know, one of the things
00:43:11.12\00:43:12.09
that I think about, you
know, you commented love.
00:43:12.10\00:43:13.42
You know, elsewhere in scripture
00:43:14.73\00:43:16.20
I'm not remembering
exactly what verse it is,
00:43:16.21\00:43:18.20
but it talks about
that the love of God
00:43:18.21\00:43:19.44
is poured into our hearts.
00:43:19.45\00:43:21.93
We need, we can't love,
00:43:21.94\00:43:25.02
you cannot
conjure up a godly love
00:43:25.03\00:43:27.66
unconditional love
for your fellow man.
00:43:27.67\00:43:29.86
No, because we're
selfish by nature.
00:43:29.87\00:43:31.13
Yeah, probably the
closest thing to I would say
00:43:31.14\00:43:33.03
if you wanted to
conjure it up would be
00:43:33.04\00:43:34.91
when a parent has
love for his child.
00:43:34.92\00:43:37.04
But that even can vain over time
00:43:37.92\00:43:39.69
because if a child becomes
disobedient, disrespectful,
00:43:39.70\00:43:42.33
you can kind of loose
that experience at times.
00:43:42.34\00:43:46.00
But there is
always that attachment.
00:43:46.01\00:43:47.01
But God wants to pour
that love into our heart
00:43:47.79\00:43:50.21
for all mankind and He
does that by His grace.
00:43:50.22\00:43:53.92
So even grace is
tied to our change,
00:43:53.93\00:43:57.86
the change, the love
change that happens within us.
00:43:57.87\00:44:01.10
When you say Lord
pour out your love into me,
00:44:01.11\00:44:03.94
because I don't have
that love that you have.
00:44:03.95\00:44:05.73
You're saying by your
grace give me your love.
00:44:05.74\00:44:10.40
You know, make me more
loving because I don't have it.
00:44:10.41\00:44:13.68
And people like that, you know.
00:44:13.69\00:44:15.72
Nobody would deny the
fact that people are attracted
00:44:15.73\00:44:19.29
to other people who are
very loving and kind, yes.
00:44:19.30\00:44:22.04
And we don't see lot
of that this day and age.
00:44:22.05\00:44:24.13
We see, we live in a
world where people are,
00:44:24.14\00:44:27.94
I guess I use the term
blood thirsty, you know.
00:44:27.95\00:44:31.06
Recently there was a huge trial
00:44:31.07\00:44:33.54
that got national
attention with a young lady.
00:44:33.55\00:44:35.26
She was
acquitted from the charges
00:44:35.27\00:44:38.04
she was made and
people were angry.
00:44:38.05\00:44:40.88
You know, they were
just upset, there was riots,
00:44:40.89\00:44:43.45
there was picketing injustice.
00:44:43.46\00:44:44.93
First thing for justice,
but if that were their own child
00:44:44.94\00:44:48.56
they wouldn't want
justice, would they.
00:44:48.57\00:44:50.41
You know, so we need
to see grace and mercy.
00:44:50.42\00:44:54.76
Which is why we entrust in Lord
and say vengeance is mine ...,
00:44:54.77\00:44:57.55
exactly, I will
repay says the Lord.
00:44:57.56\00:45:00.07
You know, here's another
text along the lines of grace,
00:45:00.08\00:45:02.27
purifying us and
creating good works.
00:45:02.28\00:45:06.76
Second Corinthians 9 verse 8
00:45:06.77\00:45:09.58
says, "And God is able to make
all grace abound toward you."
00:45:09.59\00:45:15.20
Notice that, not
just a single event
00:45:15.21\00:45:17.96
but all grace abound toward you
00:45:17.97\00:45:20.72
that you always having
all sufficiency in all things
00:45:20.73\00:45:26.45
may have an
abundance for every good work.
00:45:26.46\00:45:29.23
So the grace will
abound towards us from God
00:45:29.24\00:45:32.79
that we've
sufficiency and in abundance
00:45:32.80\00:45:35.81
to create or to
generate good works in us.
00:45:35.82\00:45:38.49
So that's the case.
00:45:38.50\00:45:39.92
If His grace creates
good works through in us,
00:45:39.93\00:45:42.30
who is doing the good works?
00:45:42.31\00:45:43.98
God of course is
doing the good work.
00:45:43.99\00:45:45.53
So when someone
says to you, Kevin,
00:45:45.54\00:45:48.14
well, you and the Sabbath thing,
00:45:48.15\00:45:51.59
that's just legalism, you know,
00:45:51.60\00:45:54.21
having to rest on the Sabbath,
00:45:54.22\00:45:56.43
saying that's how
the day not working,
00:45:56.44\00:45:58.14
you know, that's just legalism.
00:45:58.15\00:46:01.20
Your response then
could be, no it's God's grace,
00:46:01.21\00:46:04.85
being poured out upon
me generating the desire
00:46:04.86\00:46:08.58
within my heart to love Him,
00:46:08.59\00:46:10.51
to please Him and to obey Him.
00:46:10.52\00:46:12.95
Sure. And these
are one of the works
00:46:12.96\00:46:14.66
that's I do to obey Him.
00:46:14.67\00:46:15.96
It's as I chose not to murder,
00:46:15.97\00:46:19.51
I chose not to
steal, I chose not to lie.
00:46:19.52\00:46:22.33
Those are commandments.
00:46:22.34\00:46:23.50
I chose not to break
the seventh day Sabbath.
00:46:23.51\00:46:26.16
Which is why David said,
00:46:26.17\00:46:27.24
"Great peace have
they which love thy law."
00:46:27.25\00:46:30.11
Who doesn't want
peace. that's right.
00:46:30.12\00:46:31.91
You know, it's
a beautiful thing.
00:46:31.92\00:46:33.70
Amen. But people see it as,
00:46:33.71\00:46:35.26
you're right people
see it as legalism. Right.
00:46:35.27\00:46:37.16
amidst of rules, you know,
00:46:37.17\00:46:38.78
but no, this is an enjoyment.
00:46:38.79\00:46:40.45
This is the grace of
God living through them
00:46:40.46\00:46:42.29
that generates these good works
00:46:42.30\00:46:43.92
and when you call them legalism
00:46:43.93\00:46:45.11
what do you
doing in fact. Right.
00:46:45.12\00:46:46.69
You're calling God working
through somebody a legalist.
00:46:46.70\00:46:50.40
I mean, you're taking
God not this person in that.
00:46:50.41\00:46:53.67
We have to be
careful of that as well
00:46:53.68\00:46:55.38
because we don't know
the motives of the heart.
00:46:55.39\00:46:58.57
All right, you
know, there is something
00:46:58.58\00:47:00.74
that also I wanted to
kind of conclude our topic
00:47:00.75\00:47:04.25
with today that is
closely tied to grace.
00:47:04.26\00:47:08.55
That is so
necessary and important
00:47:08.56\00:47:09.92
for us to understand.
And that is the difference
00:47:09.93\00:47:12.21
between the two things
that the spirit brings to us.
00:47:12.22\00:47:16.32
The two things
given to the Church
00:47:16.33\00:47:18.43
that directly come as a
result of the spirit's working.
00:47:18.44\00:47:22.40
Because anything the spirit does
00:47:22.41\00:47:24.24
is because of God's grace.
00:47:24.25\00:47:25.64
Because the spirit coming
to us to do something for us
00:47:25.65\00:47:29.78
that we don't
deserve is God's grace.
00:47:29.79\00:47:32.06
It is that simple to understand.
00:47:32.07\00:47:35.58
The Spirit of God
brings two things.
00:47:35.59\00:47:37.20
Number one He brings fruit.
00:47:37.21\00:47:40.71
The fruit of the
spirit are found there
00:47:40.72\00:47:42.25
in Galatians 5:22 and
23 and you see that fruit
00:47:42.26\00:47:45.50
involves in inward change.
Inward change of our life
00:47:45.51\00:47:48.40
the way we
think, the way we act,
00:47:48.41\00:47:50.62
those are the
things that the spirit
00:47:50.63\00:47:53.72
then does within
us by God's grace.
00:47:53.73\00:47:56.49
But there is something else.
00:47:56.50\00:47:57.91
There are gifts of the spirit.
00:47:57.92\00:48:00.48
And those gifts are
given for the identification
00:48:00.49\00:48:02.47
of the Church, for
the moving of the Church
00:48:02.48\00:48:04.56
forward in its work of ministry
00:48:04.57\00:48:06.96
and that is also by God's grace
00:48:06.97\00:48:09.71
and by the work
of the Holy Spirit.
00:48:09.72\00:48:12.00
So in many
respects, in these two things
00:48:12.01\00:48:14.80
no matter which one they are,
00:48:14.81\00:48:16.14
the Holy Spirit is the vehicle
00:48:16.15\00:48:18.40
by which God's
grace is bestowed.
00:48:18.41\00:48:22.20
So we pray that God would
pull out His grace upon us,
00:48:22.21\00:48:24.68
but what we
really praying is that
00:48:24.69\00:48:25.92
the Holy Spirit would work.
00:48:25.93\00:48:27.92
True. Work through us.
00:48:27.93\00:48:29.47
Work through us. So He is...
00:48:29.48\00:48:31.43
in fact, the first
thing, I mentioned fruit first
00:48:31.44\00:48:33.34
because that's
the most important.
00:48:33.35\00:48:34.56
He changes us from
within so He works in us first
00:48:34.57\00:48:38.72
and then He imparts
gifts to us as He changes us
00:48:38.73\00:48:43.45
so that He
might work through us.
00:48:43.46\00:48:45.50
Exactly. These two things
00:48:45.51\00:48:49.18
should not be
confused or merged together.
00:48:49.19\00:48:51.66
And here's where I
want kind of admonish
00:48:51.67\00:48:53.79
the church out
there. If someone is saying
00:48:53.80\00:48:57.16
and I've had this
happened before as a pastor,
00:48:57.17\00:48:58.91
well, you know
pastor, I witness because
00:48:58.92\00:49:02.18
I just am Christ
like. And God changes me
00:49:02.19\00:49:06.98
from within and
people see that and they say,
00:49:06.99\00:49:08.85
you know, you're
a different person.
00:49:08.86\00:49:10.46
And I say praise the Lord.
00:49:10.47\00:49:11.52
You know, first
step encourage them.
00:49:11.53\00:49:13.98
God does change us
that is the witness.
00:49:13.99\00:49:17.29
But God has also
given us a voice,
00:49:17.30\00:49:20.19
He has given us hands and feet,
00:49:20.20\00:49:22.65
He has given us
things that we can use,
00:49:22.66\00:49:26.36
our bodies that we can
be used by Him to bestow
00:49:26.37\00:49:29.75
blessing upon others. Right.
00:49:29.76\00:49:31.66
And that is in
the form of gifts.
00:49:31.67\00:49:34.50
So He changes us, gives us fruit
00:49:34.51\00:49:37.05
and He bestows
gifts upon the Church,
00:49:37.06\00:49:38.99
upon us as individuals.
We all have at least one
00:49:39.00\00:49:42.04
that God will
ask us to use for Him
00:49:42.05\00:49:44.49
for the work of ministry,
for the reaching of the world
00:49:44.50\00:49:48.54
with everlasting Gospel.
00:49:48.55\00:49:49.91
And that is not just
preaching with our mouth,
00:49:49.92\00:49:52.98
there is a gift of preaching,
there is a gift of pastoring.
00:49:52.99\00:49:55.42
There is a gift of teaching.
00:49:55.43\00:49:56.49
But it also involves
the gift of hospitality,
00:49:56.50\00:49:59.45
the gift of helping
others, the gift of giving,
00:49:59.46\00:50:02.32
the gift of encouraging words.
00:50:02.33\00:50:04.43
All these gifts are part of
God's grace manifested to us
00:50:04.44\00:50:08.59
through the work
of that Holy Spirit.
00:50:08.60\00:50:10.52
And you may be
going to that verse right
00:50:10.53\00:50:12.37
because it's almost
kind of what you're saying
00:50:12.38\00:50:14.78
Romans 12 verses 6-10 says,
00:50:14.79\00:50:18.05
"having then gifts
differing according to the grace
00:50:18.06\00:50:22.01
that is given to us,
let us use them, right.
00:50:22.02\00:50:25.74
And into the prophecy,
let us prophecy proportion
00:50:25.75\00:50:28.06
to our faith,
ministry let us minister."
00:50:28.07\00:50:30.18
We have seen there
is stuff more then this
00:50:30.19\00:50:31.87
and, of course, you
find that in verse 8.
00:50:31.88\00:50:33.39
"He who exhorts,
in his exhortation;
00:50:33.40\00:50:34.73
he who gives, with liberality;
00:50:34.74\00:50:37.00
he who leads, with diligence;
00:50:37.01\00:50:38.18
he who shows
mercy, with cheerfulness."
00:50:38.19\00:50:40.32
And then verse 9,
00:50:40.33\00:50:41.30
"let love be without hypocrisy.
00:50:41.31\00:50:42.56
Abhor what is evil.
Cling to what is good."
00:50:42.57\00:50:44.95
Then I go to verse 10, sorry,
00:50:44.96\00:50:46.84
"be kindly
affectionate to one to another."
00:50:46.85\00:50:49.05
this is all in the
same context of the gift,
00:50:49.06\00:50:50.91
the gift of grace,
affectionate to one another
00:50:50.92\00:50:53.79
with brotherly love
and honor giving preference
00:50:53.80\00:50:57.44
to one another. You know...
00:50:57.45\00:51:00.06
Which verse, tell me
which verse you are at?
00:51:00.07\00:51:01.69
Oh, I'm sorry verse
10. Romans 12 verse 10.
00:51:01.70\00:51:04.36
Okay. I just wrapped it up.
00:51:04.37\00:51:05.65
"Be kindly
affectionate to one to another."
00:51:05.66\00:51:08.09
Grace empowers us
like you said should create
00:51:08.10\00:51:11.15
a change with in
us. And then you've got
00:51:11.16\00:51:13.58
the grace that has
given to us different gifts
00:51:13.59\00:51:16.82
but we're to use those
gifts like you're talking
00:51:16.83\00:51:19.08
about for the up
building of the body of Christ
00:51:19.09\00:51:21.15
which is the Church. Amen.
00:51:21.16\00:51:23.19
More simply put a relationship
00:51:23.20\00:51:24.64
with one another, you know.
00:51:24.65\00:51:26.99
The verse you had is not
actually in the thing here.
00:51:27.00\00:51:29.63
It was not
okay. I'm gonna add it
00:51:29.64\00:51:31.04
so that's a really
good one. Yeah, sure.
00:51:31.05\00:51:32.43
But thinking about grace,
you know, having the gifts.
00:51:32.44\00:51:34.74
Talking about having
the gifts given to people
00:51:34.75\00:51:36.74
according to the
grace given to you.
00:51:36.75\00:51:39.71
Well, clearly the
connection of grace
00:51:39.72\00:51:41.70
there to gifts and
everything we do as ministers
00:51:41.71\00:51:43.90
for Christ is
part of the experience
00:51:43.91\00:51:46.90
we have in our walk with Him.
00:51:46.91\00:51:49.08
Again back to that,
walks He prepared be,
00:51:49.09\00:51:51.52
works He prepared be for Him
00:51:51.53\00:51:52.82
that we should walk in them.
00:51:52.83\00:51:54.01
Exactly. So it's not by
grace that we've been saved,
00:51:54.02\00:51:56.89
past tense saved once and
for all but save in, you know.
00:51:56.90\00:52:01.86
Amen. You know,
these things are so,
00:52:03.51\00:52:07.11
they all tied
together, don't they? They do.
00:52:07.12\00:52:08.75
I mean grace and works
and food and gifts and faith,
00:52:08.76\00:52:14.89
the activating agent
for all of these things
00:52:14.90\00:52:17.01
and then knowing
that this grace is beyond
00:52:17.02\00:52:19.65
just the free gift of
salvation given to us.
00:52:19.66\00:52:21.95
Once you receive
this and you start to read
00:52:21.96\00:52:23.60
the scriptures
especially New Testament
00:52:23.61\00:52:25.33
where it talks
a lot about grace,
00:52:25.34\00:52:26.93
it expands your knowledge of God
00:52:26.94\00:52:29.33
and His love
for you and His plan
00:52:29.34\00:52:31.84
and His will for your life
in calling you to ministry.
00:52:31.85\00:52:35.14
Sure. And this
activity I speak of,
00:52:35.15\00:52:36.68
you ought to do
words study on grace
00:52:36.69\00:52:38.13
you would find the concordance
tons of uses of the word
00:52:38.14\00:52:42.06
Grace in the New Testament.
I mean it's everywhere
00:52:42.07\00:52:44.57
Amen. And it's
a beautiful thing.
00:52:44.58\00:52:46.36
It is such a critical
component of our salvation
00:52:46.37\00:52:50.74
experience, you
know, because it affects
00:52:50.75\00:52:53.15
everything about who we are.
00:52:53.16\00:52:54.98
I shared a sermon
along these lines.
00:52:54.99\00:52:58.82
I spoke about,
mentioned that recently,
00:52:58.83\00:53:00.37
it's "The Gift
That Keeps On Giving"
00:53:00.38\00:53:01.91
which is great title.
00:53:01.92\00:53:02.92
"The Gift That Keeps On Giving."
00:53:02.93\00:53:03.90
Right, sure.
00:53:03.91\00:53:04.93
I preached this
message and it was,
00:53:04.94\00:53:06.61
you know, before
fairly large audience
00:53:06.62\00:53:09.38
and several came
up to me afterwards
00:53:09.39\00:53:11.76
and these are
Adventist Christians
00:53:11.77\00:53:13.64
who know their scriptures
00:53:13.65\00:53:15.06
and they said
never heard it before.
00:53:15.07\00:53:18.40
Never saw it in my
life, how did I miss that.
00:53:18.41\00:53:21.99
I got to go back
and study Grace again.
00:53:22.00\00:53:24.20
And this wasn't just one or two.
00:53:24.21\00:53:25.44
I mean, five, six,
seven, ten times I heard this.
00:53:25.45\00:53:28.61
Even from pastors. I'm
gonna go back and learn.
00:53:28.62\00:53:32.12
That gives me
some kind of go looking
00:53:32.13\00:53:34.01
and talk about Grace for.
00:53:34.02\00:53:35.23
We sometimes think
that we need to find ways
00:53:35.24\00:53:37.38
to talk about the grace of God,
00:53:37.39\00:53:39.05
and I think we get dumbfounded
00:53:39.06\00:53:41.57
for how to expand that
00:53:41.58\00:53:43.01
because we have
reduced grace to being this
00:53:43.02\00:53:46.00
one time salvation
event or a merited favor.
00:53:46.01\00:53:49.76
When there is so much
more in there about grace
00:53:49.77\00:53:52.38
and I hope and
pray that our listeners
00:53:52.39\00:53:55.41
and our viewers
today are being impacted
00:53:55.42\00:53:56.89
by that because
it impacted my life.
00:53:56.90\00:53:58.87
It changed my life once I
saw this in the Word of God,
00:53:58.88\00:54:02.56
it just means so
much more to me now
00:54:02.57\00:54:04.15
God's grace than
when I've heard it before.
00:54:04.16\00:54:07.00
Yeah, beautiful and really is.
00:54:07.01\00:54:09.09
You know, one thing I like to
end on just maybe really quick
00:54:09.10\00:54:11.79
because we talked
about it a couple of times
00:54:11.80\00:54:14.37
before this thing
about, once saved always saved.
00:54:14.38\00:54:17.02
You know, the
grace of God saved me,
00:54:17.03\00:54:19.24
and it's one of the times that,
00:54:19.25\00:54:20.75
one of the things I struggled
with this term God saved.
00:54:20.76\00:54:24.34
You know, God saved, it's
almost like got milk, right.
00:54:24.35\00:54:27.53
You know, it becomes trivial.
00:54:27.54\00:54:29.91
Well people throw
that around there a lot
00:54:29.92\00:54:31.74
and to me I say I've
been saved or I've got saved,
00:54:31.75\00:54:36.70
I got saved, but I'm being
saved everyday by God's grace.
00:54:36.71\00:54:41.33
It's an ongoing
salvation experience.
00:54:41.34\00:54:44.05
I've always been little bit
worry about that, that seemed...
00:54:44.06\00:54:45.62
Yeah. I would say I
met Christ at this time,
00:54:45.63\00:54:49.22
or I was saved. Yeah, yeah.
00:54:49.23\00:54:52.38
But I bring this out because
this doctrine is out there.
00:54:52.39\00:54:55.02
You know, "once
saved always saved."
00:54:55.03\00:54:56.62
I refer to it is the
doctrine of insecurity.
00:54:56.63\00:55:00.80
And I refer it to
insecurity using insecurity
00:55:00.81\00:55:03.40
because it
usually raises an eyebrow
00:55:03.41\00:55:04.94
because people believe
that this doctrine helps
00:55:04.95\00:55:07.24
to give them security.
00:55:07.25\00:55:09.17
And the question is always
asked and I ask this of some,
00:55:09.18\00:55:14.81
so you're saying that
a person is being saved
00:55:14.82\00:55:16.74
and goes back to the
old lifestyle of murdering
00:55:16.75\00:55:18.78
and drinking and smoking and
all the stuff, so they're saved.
00:55:18.79\00:55:21.80
Well no, and the
answer always is,
00:55:21.81\00:55:25.00
they were never really
saved in the first one.
00:55:25.01\00:55:27.96
You know, they didn't really
get the gift of salvation.
00:55:27.97\00:55:30.93
My question right there is
then how do you know yourself?
00:55:30.94\00:55:34.42
Did you say the right words?
00:55:34.43\00:55:35.81
Did you had the
right experience?
00:55:35.82\00:55:38.30
And if you start to
get into those things
00:55:38.31\00:55:39.86
or you thinking in
your mind maybe I'm,
00:55:39.87\00:55:41.61
you know, maybe I'm not saved.
00:55:41.62\00:55:43.14
You see, I know
I'm saved biblically
00:55:43.15\00:55:46.28
because I'm walking in the
newness of life with Christ.
00:55:46.29\00:55:49.42
Exactly. If I
fall away from Christ
00:55:49.43\00:55:51.63
and I get into
the life of sin again
00:55:51.64\00:55:53.70
I know I need to
repent and comeback to Christ
00:55:53.71\00:55:55.76
and He will save me.
00:55:55.77\00:55:56.78
But I'm not constantly thinking
00:55:56.79\00:55:58.63
am I in or out right now.
00:55:58.64\00:55:59.81
Did I receive the
saving grace of God
00:55:59.82\00:56:02.35
when I asked to be
saved or did I not?
00:56:02.36\00:56:04.13
Right. And now you'll understand
00:56:04.14\00:56:05.23
why it is the doctrine of
insecurity... of insecurity,
00:56:05.24\00:56:07.26
true nothing
secure about that at all.
00:56:07.27\00:56:08.58
Right, did I do it right,
you know, and there is people
00:56:08.59\00:56:10.51
running around thinking
well my life doesn't show
00:56:10.52\00:56:12.84
that I've been saved but,
00:56:12.85\00:56:13.86
you know, they
tell me I got saved.
00:56:13.87\00:56:15.22
Right, how do you know?
00:56:15.23\00:56:16.20
What's the marker, you know.
00:56:16.21\00:56:18.33
And it's this
moving target and it is so,
00:56:18.34\00:56:21.77
it breeds insecurity.
00:56:21.78\00:56:23.44
And so I just want to encourage
our friends out there that,
00:56:23.45\00:56:27.20
that doctrine not only it
is not a biblical doctrine
00:56:27.21\00:56:30.50
but it does exactly the opposite
of what they say it will do.
00:56:30.51\00:56:33.76
It breeds insecurity...
00:56:33.77\00:56:35.55
Which really breads further
rebellion if you think about it.
00:56:35.56\00:56:38.51
Because if
you're not secure about
00:56:38.52\00:56:39.96
how the Lord feels about you,
00:56:39.97\00:56:41.08
if you're not secure in
your salvation experience
00:56:41.09\00:56:42.83
with Him it is discouraging.
00:56:42.84\00:56:45.50
And the more you get discouraged
the more you give up.
00:56:45.51\00:56:47.54
The more you give up,
the more you get into,
00:56:47.55\00:56:49.21
you know, you
really been in deeper ways.
00:56:49.22\00:56:51.42
So... And where
is worthless rags,
00:56:51.43\00:56:53.80
I mean our lives
are as worthless rags
00:56:53.81\00:56:55.64
but we're not
worthless to Christ.
00:56:55.65\00:56:59.44
He paid the
ultimate price for us.
00:56:59.45\00:57:01.46
And friends He paid
the ultimate price for you
00:57:01.47\00:57:04.49
and He offers you the gift
of His grace through faith,
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salvation from your
sins and then offers,
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makes that offer
continuingly through His grace,
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through His Holy Spirit imported
to you to give you power
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and strength to live the
life that Christ is giving you
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from this day forward to
walk in the newness of life
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and harmony with His
way and His precepts.
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We want to encourage you
in that walk today asking you
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for the grace of
Christ in your life.
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God bless you.
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