Hello friends, grab your Bible
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and a friend and sit
back as we explore God's word
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together on this
edition of House Calls.
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Well friends, welcome to another
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House Calls program.
We are so glad you have
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chosen to tune in.
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As you know my
name is John Lomacang
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and I have with me today
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my good friend John Stanton.
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It's good to be here John,
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as always looking
forward to another program.
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You look taller for
some reason, what is it?
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Yeah, I'm not
taller, I guarantee you that
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I certainly
hope I'm not growing,
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I think 6'9" a
little over 6'9" is enough.
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For those of you
who have invited me
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to come to your
home, John invite him,
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you think I'm tall,
everybody talks about
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how tall I'm when I come
to wherever they invite me,
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6'10" he's never barefoot.
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He says 6'9" with shoes 6'10",
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he's a tall guy, really
nice guy though, and John..
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Well, you know it's interesting,
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we have been
doing this program for,
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do you know over two years?
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It's amazing, I
didn't know that.
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It hardly seem yeah,
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it's been over two years now.
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Yeah, you do have a
little bit more gray.
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Yeah, a little
more gray, you too.
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Okay, I'm letting
mine show now, but..
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Well, let's go to
the Lord in prayer John,
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we wanna start
off on the right foot.
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We have a very exacting program
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and that's the way to start.
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Let's do that. Father in heaven,
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again we thank you
so much for bringing us
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all here to this time and place,
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we pray that your
spirit will be sent to our aid,
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to guide and direct
us to the scriptures,
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in Jesus name, amen, amen.
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Thank you so much for
that wonderful prayer John.
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You know friends,
we are so thankful that
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you have your
Bibles and your pens,
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because we are going to
get into the Bible together.
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And remember that your
questions make our program
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very interesting. So,
if you have any questions
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you want to send to us,
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send those to
housecalls@3abn.org
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that's housecalls@3abn.org.
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And for those of
you who don't have email
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you do such a wonderful
job of mailing them to us,
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continue to do that.
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But John, I'll let you
start with our question today,
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because you have
some interesting ones.
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Sure, we got a
question from Barbara, okay.
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She says, tell me
if Baptism is necessary
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for one to die in Christ,
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or is it merely
an act of obedience?
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What about those who do not know
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the importance of Baptism,
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thank you so much for your help.
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Good question
Barbara, we thank you so much
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for sending that in.
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I like to go to a text
to answer this question.
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Of course we
want to do that right?
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We want to go
God's word to answer
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all our questions,
and this one is found
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in Acts chapter
2, Acts chapter 2
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in verse 37 and 38,
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we will read those two verses.
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Verse 37 says, Now
when they heard this,
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and this is the
response to Peter's preaching,
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remember, the early
church had just begun,
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the apostles
begin to preach about
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Christ and his
death, his resurrection,
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and his ascension
and here's the response
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that we're getting.
Now when they heard this,
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they were cut to the heart,
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and said to Peter
and the rest of the
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apostles, men and brethren,
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what shall we do?
Then Peter said to them,
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Repent, John,
what's the first thing
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they need to do?
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Repent. Repent, and
let every one of you be
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baptized in the
name of Jesus Christ
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for the remission of sins,
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and you shall receive
the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Two things,
repent and be baptized.
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That's right. You
know sometimes John
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I think we get a
little bit confused
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about the subject of baptism,
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because we almost
make it the requirement
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for salvation,
but you know the Bible
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does say that
repentance brings salvation.
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So, by our act of repentance
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and proclaiming our
faith in Jesus Christ,
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we become
justified by his blood.
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But, the response of that faith,
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the response of that
is our act of obedience
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to be baptized, that's right.
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It's a
proclamation publicly that
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we are going to
die to our old life
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and live in the
newness of Christ Jesus
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from that point forward.
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And in the way
you see here early on,
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faith and works going together,
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that's right. Hand in hand,
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the faith is what's saves you,
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it's a free gift from
God, the work of obedience
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to be baptized, to
put aside the old life
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and move into the
newness of Jesus Christ
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is our act of
obedience to be sanctified
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from that point
on our walk with God,
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day by day.
But, the question is,
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do you have to be
baptized to be saved?
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Well, point blank no,
but, okay it's always a but,
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but changes things, doesn't it?
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There are many
who maybe have been
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on their dead bed,
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who have
confessed, who repentant
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and accept Christ
and they've been saved.
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I wouldn't question that,
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but they haven't been baptized.
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The question is,
what is your response
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if you can be
baptized with the opportunity
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that stands before you?
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Absolutely. The command is,
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be baptized into Christ Jesus,
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because God wants to
do something in your life.
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And he has a plan for your life,
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and wants to
workout that salvation
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that he's given you.
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So, if you resist
that call to be baptized,
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that command,
there is a problem,
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but if you have no
opportunity to be baptized
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then you know
understanding it properly,
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salvation isn't taken from you.
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But, with the opportunity,
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yes, we should be baptized.
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Now Jesus has done
something for those,
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and I know this
is coming to others
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and you may have
heard this before,
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but Jesus has been baptized
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and did he need to be
baptized from his sin?
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No. He didn't
have an old life that
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he needed to put away.
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Right. But, I
believe in that act,
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he was showing us
the obedience that
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we need to have in
our response to faith
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and being baptized into Christ.
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And so, you know
I would even suggest
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that you know he
did that for those maybe
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who have not had an
opportunity to be baptized.
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But I know maybe
you have some things
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to share John,
I'll let you go ahead
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and share a perspective.
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You know when you
talk about baptism
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and this subject is a
very important subject.
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It's amazing that
baptism involves water.
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And when we talk
about the being born again,
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you think about the first birth,
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all of us to some
degree are housed in a fluid,
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that's right and before
we are born the first time,
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Right. I thought it was
significant how the Lord
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uses water as a
symbol of baptism
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to the new life. But it
even goes a step further,
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because baptism
symbolizes death.
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The water, burial,
the coming up out of water
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the walking into
the newness of life.
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Which is the why it's immersion.
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Exactly. Look at
Romans chapter 6,
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this is a beautiful comparison
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and it's amazing you
started with that question,
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because my very next
question takes us right
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to Romans and we
didn't plan that,
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but notice what it's says here.
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Starting with verse 3,
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and I'm reading the
New King James Version
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it says, oh do you
not know that as many
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of us as were
baptized into Christ Jesus
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were baptized into his death?
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And so the very
first thing that baptism
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symbolizes is an
outward expression
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of an inward
death to the old man,
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that's right. That old
man of sin that was with us
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from the time
of our first birth,
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as in Adam, all die
First Corinthians 15 verse 22,
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even so in Christ
shall all be made alive.
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So, you will notice,
baptized into Christ Jesus.
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Now verse 4, Therefore
we were buried with him
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through baptism into death:
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that just as Christ
was raised from the dead
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by the glory of the Father,
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even so we also should
walk in newness of life.
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And here's the key text,
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For if we have
been united together
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in the likeness of His death,
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that's baptism, that's right,
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certainly we also
shall be in the likeness
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of His
resurrection, because what have
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we put to death?
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Coming up out of the water.
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going down to the watery grave
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and coming up on the other side.
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We are symbolizing we
have die to that old man,
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and that's why verse
6 read that for us John.
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Knowing this, that
our old man was crucified
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with Him, that the
body of sin might be
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done away with,
and that we should
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no longer be slaves of sin.
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That's right in the last..
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This is what
salvation was about anyway.
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Freedom from sin.
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That's right,
for he who has died
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has been freed from sin.
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And so, people
would want to know
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how did you know,
how does the person
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know that we have died to sin,
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how are we declaring that?
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Well, first of
all we have repented,
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repentance is
the first step, Lord,
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I need a new life,
I need a new start.
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And it's the
goodness of God by the way
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that leads us to
repentance, that's right.
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So, when we see
how good God is to us,
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we want to repent,
he changes our heart.
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Then we take
that next step into,
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and I talked about
this, how baptism is a step
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into the three phases.
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At first, it's
stepped into a relationship,
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a working of relationship,
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I call this a relationship,
a saving relationship.
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And then a growing relationship,
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so we first entered
a saving relationship,
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that's what that
salvation is all about.
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Then we enter a
growing relationship through
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baptism and the new life.
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And then we also enter
a working relationship.
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See, so many
people want to be saved
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and want to grow,
but how many people
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want to be involved in
the working relationship.
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But yes, is it
necessary to be baptized,
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if you dying to the
old man and being born
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to the new yes,
But, if you cannot be,
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if you're not physically able,
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the Lord has made
provision for that,
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and that's what John has , amen.
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We have a question from Margery,
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very good question. Thank
Margery for this question.
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The Bible tells us
that all have sinned
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and come short
of the glory of God,
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it also says
that our righteousness
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is as filthy rags,
but we see that Jesus,
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Jesus Christ also
taking a form of man,
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lived a sinless life on earth.
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Is it possible for
anyone to live a sinless life?
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Please explain
why or why not with
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scriptural references?
Now you know friends,
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that's an entire
Bible study. It is.
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But, I'm gonna try to
get to the point because
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I think this is a
very pertinent question.
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Couple of things
I wanna point out
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and I want to go
to Romans 6 by the way
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and then we're
gonna look at Romans 7
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and a short few
verses in Romans 8,
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but where I want to
begin and I'm gonna put
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a piece of paper
here, so that I don't lose
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Romans 6. I want to begin with
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a few texts and John,
if you could help me out.
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First John
chapter 2 and verse 1,
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this is a text
that I wanna begin
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by sharing with you.
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First John
chapter 2 and verse 1,
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that's a very
important text, go ahead John.
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My little children,
these things I write to you,
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so that you may not sin.
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And if anyone
sins, we have an advocate
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with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous.
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Okay, he says I'm
writing these things,
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so that you not
sin, but if you do,
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now notice the
text here, many people
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that understand
the Greek application
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of that is I'm
writing this to you so that
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you do not
practice sinning, right.
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And he goes on to say just that,
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the practice of
sin, okay, go ahead.
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And, did you want
to read that passage?
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No, no, no, no, go ahead.
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Okay, but then you look at
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First John 3 and verse
9, notice what it says,
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here's another text
and these are the texts
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that come up in the discussion
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of can we be
sinless, can we be prefect.
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Whoever has been
born of God does not sin,
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there is again the
application does not
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practice sin, here is
the reason for His seed
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remains in him;
and he cannot sin,
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because he has been born of God.
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The in Christ and I'm
gonna use the word motif,
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the in Christ application
of scripture points out
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a number of things. Now,
I can best illustrate this
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with a glove in hand.
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Now a glove in and of itself
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has absolutely no
life. I should have thought
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about that and brought
a glove with me. You have?
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I have a glove
with me but I can't use
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it right now,
because I'll have to get up
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and go get it. But,
the glove has absolutely
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no life in and of
itself and so just consider
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the glove as a
person being dead to sin,
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can't do
anything. They can't move,
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they can't
function, because they said
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they're now dead,
that old man has been
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put to dead, but if
Christ comes into that glove,
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if he now was the
life in that glove,
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that glove has a new
life from other source
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and it no longer does
what it did before it died.
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So, Christ in us is
the hope of the glory
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and you find over and
over again what causes us
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to be righteous
and sinless is his
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righteousness
being imputed to us.
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In other words,
you're covered in his robe
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and if he is
sinless at what point
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do you have to continue
to strive to be sinless.
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The catch in this
whole thing is in Romans 6
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and I want you to get this now.
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You know, I wanna, let
me read this here before
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we go there. Sure. It says,
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Whoever abides in
Him does not sin, right.
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This is from First
John chapter 3, and verse 9.
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And then he goes on
define what that means,
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Whoever sins has
neither seen Him nor known Him.
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And some would
say, wow, so then..
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What verse are you
reading by the way?
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I'm reading verse,
beginning in verse 6, okay.
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And so some would say well,
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you know there are
some who have sinned,
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does that mean
they are not in Christ?
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Well, let's read on,
we've got to go verse 7, okay.
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Little children,
let no one deceive you.
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He who practices
righteousness is righteous,
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that's right, just
as He is righteous.
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In other words, the
practice of righteousness
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shows that you are in
Christ and abiding in him,
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that's right. The
practice of sin shows that
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you are not in
Christ, but he next verse says
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that you are of the devil.
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It's the practice
John as you're saying,
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it's the habitual practicing
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of whichever
life that you chose.
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And so, some may strive
to practice righteousness,
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yet commit a sin
because they failed
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on occasion, and
that's where your first
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verse comes into
play which it says,
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if any man sins,
we have an advocate
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with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous.
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And here's
something I have to say before
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you go to
Romans, go right ahead,
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I'm happy. We have a
record book in heaven,
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don't we? That's right.
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And our sins are
recorded on that record book,
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but the thing
about being in Christ
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is at the moment that you sin,
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the blood is applied in behalf
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of us by Jesus Christ.
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And so that's what it's saying,
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if anyone says
we have an advocate
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with the father, he
sees, oh he's my child,
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his sinned
covered, that's right.
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We're not exposed,
that's the wonder of
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being and abiding in Christ.
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He is our
intercessor, but when we sin
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and the sin
continues to be recorded,
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Jesus starts to say, oh boy,
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there is a
habitual re-practicing
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of this and then of course
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we see in Hebrews chapter 10
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that those who
commit willful sin,
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they are no longer
remains a sacrifice for.
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In other words the
blood of Christ that
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was applied for
your sin, once it becomes
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habitual or
willful, there no longer
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is the application of
that blood, his sacrifice.
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And then you become exposed.
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No sacrifice that
is made or intercession
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that is made for your sin.
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I was want to give
the practical application
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of salvation being in
Christ and the practice
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of sin or the
practice of righteousness.
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Now, let's go to Romans.
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Well, that was a
good foundation you laid.
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Because, when you think about
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Paul's
application and understanding
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of what is
required of the Christian,
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when he or she gives
his or her life to Christ,
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he is in essence saying,
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you have a wonderful new start.
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In other words,
you have been saved,
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first of all,
justification is saved from the
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penalty of sin,
you've taken off of dead row,
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like John just pointed out.
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All those sins
that required your death
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has been atoned for.
So, therefore because
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Jesus died, his
atonement is now applied to you,
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you no longer
have to die physically.
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But, you have to die
spiritually everyday.
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So, when you are saved
from the penalty of sin,
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that's justification,
that's the first stage.
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The sin's being wiped
away, but here's the beauty
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of the daily life.
The Lord wants to save us
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from the power of
sin, the beauty of that is,
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we still have
something that's going
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to cause us to
stumble every now and then.
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And look at
Romans 6 and verse 12,
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here is what we
talked about the choice.
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We read that a moment ago,
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talking about
those who are dead to sin
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cannot live any longer in it.
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But notice verse 12,
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here is the choice part.
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Therefore, do not let sin reign
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in your mortal body,
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that you should observe it,
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or should obey it in its lusts.
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And do not present your members
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as instruments of
unrighteousness to sin,
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but present
yourselves to God as being
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alive from the
dead, and your members
00:16:35.67\00:16:38.39
as instruments of
righteousness to God.
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For sin shall not
have dominion over you,
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for you are not
under law but under grace.
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Somebody heard
me read that in this
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and they said,
there you guys go,
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we are not under the law,
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we are under grace.
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I want you to also
understand something
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as to why Paul
says don't let sin reign
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in your mortal body,
because there is something
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that we are
incapable of doing John,
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unless we're born again.
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I believe it's Matthew
7 verse 15 that's says,
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A good tree
cannot bear bad fruit,
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and a bad tree
cannot bear good fruit.
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That is the law of reciprocity
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or reciprocating
values, in other words
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you can't get a bad
thing out of something
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good and you can't
get a good thing out
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of something bad, right.
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So, what happens here
is a lot of people say
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well I'm so glad
that Jesus' death
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has freed us from the law.
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But I want you to
understand what law
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he is talking
about. Now, let's look at
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Romans chapter 7 and verse 22
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and we're gonna
look at verse 23,
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just a touch of few things,
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because we'll
start with verse 21,
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because Paul's
experience after he was born
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again was one of frustration,
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which is what
people that are newly born
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in Christ often experience.
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He says in verse
21, I find then a law,
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that evil is present with me,
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the one who wills to do good.
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I find there is a
law here I wanna do good,
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but there is a law
here that evil is present
00:18:11.37\00:18:14.24
with me. Look at verse 22,
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For I delight in
the law of God according
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to the inward man, but verse 23,
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But I see another
law in my members,
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warring against
the law of my mind,
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and bringing me into captivity
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to the law of sin,
which is in my members.
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The law of my
mind, the law of God,
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the law of sin and death.
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He says, what is in
essence saying is this
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human nature that is
still in my mortal body
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is now in conflict
with the God of my mind.
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And there is a
battle going on here,
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that's why daily
the only way the battle
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can be won as if we die daily.
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Let me give you good news,
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can you live a sinless life,
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look at the beauty
of the text and John,
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read this for us, this
is the text that talks us,
00:18:57.51\00:18:59.50
that gives us the
secret to living that daily,
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victorious, sinless
life in Christ Jesus,
00:19:02.98\00:19:06.59
Romans 8 and verse 1 and 2.
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Therefore, there is therefore,
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Now no
condemnation to those who are
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in Christ Jesus, who
do not walk according
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to the flesh, but
according to the Spirit.
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For the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
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has made me free from
the law of sin and death.
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Okay, look at the beauty here,
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no condemnation,
free, no condemnation,
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free, those are the
two aspects that you have
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to focus on, no condemnation,
00:19:35.25\00:19:37.22
therefore are
you abiding in sin?
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Because if you're abiding in sin
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there is condemnation.
If you're abiding in sin
00:19:40.90\00:19:43.64
there is not
freedom but bondage,
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that's right. No condemnation,
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freedom why?
Because the law of the
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spirit of life, the
spirit of God in our lives
00:19:50.13\00:19:52.83
is able to accomplish through us
00:19:53.18\00:19:54.83
what we cannot in
this mortal flesh.
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Last part, save
from the penalty,
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daily saved from the power,
00:19:59.67\00:20:01.20
but you have to keep
trusting in the power
00:20:01.52\00:20:03.25
of God's Holy
Spirit until we are one day
00:20:03.26\00:20:05.18
saved from the presence of sin.
00:20:05.19\00:20:06.85
And it says, I can do
all things through Christ
00:20:07.56\00:20:09.67
who strengthens me.
We can't do it ourselves,
00:20:09.68\00:20:11.85
cannot, because the old
man would come up again.
00:20:12.38\00:20:14.42
But, if we do it
in the Christ Jesus
00:20:15.00\00:20:16.81
yes we can live a
victorious Christian
00:20:16.82\00:20:19.03
life day by day. And I think
00:20:19.04\00:20:20.94
that's what all of us want.
00:20:20.95\00:20:22.02
Everyone of us wants that,
00:20:22.03\00:20:23.25
yes, but don't
let that old man back
00:20:23.26\00:20:24.66
in the house,
because he will become
00:20:24.67\00:20:26.88
full strength, the
moment that we decide
00:20:26.89\00:20:30.16
to resist the spirit of God
00:20:30.17\00:20:31.74
and practice the old
life. Now we have about
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just before we
get into our topic
00:20:35.29\00:20:36.50
about 7 more minutes or so,
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do you have
another question for us,
00:20:37.61\00:20:38.66
what you wanna do?
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Yeah, I do, and
it's says not too long
00:20:39.65\00:20:40.96
of a question. Okay. It says,
00:20:40.97\00:20:43.00
I don't know who
sent, doesn't give
00:20:43.38\00:20:44.94
their name, but it
says, my question is,
00:20:44.95\00:20:46.91
if God is all
knowing, does he know
00:20:46.92\00:20:49.72
who will be saved
and who will not be?
00:20:50.30\00:20:52.00
And how do you
explain that people
00:20:53.04\00:20:54.53
will choose God
while he knows that
00:20:54.54\00:20:56.43
they will not be saved.
00:20:56.44\00:20:57.41
How can people
change, to me it seems
00:20:58.51\00:21:02.01
as if they have no
choice over the whole thing.
00:21:02.02\00:21:03.99
And so he's talking
about predestination here
00:21:04.40\00:21:06.35
and I think there is
a difference of opinion
00:21:06.36\00:21:09.41
on this subject
of predestination
00:21:09.42\00:21:10.84
and I believe the
Bible does not predetermine
00:21:11.36\00:21:14.17
anyone to be lost. In
fact, we read in Titus 2:11,
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okay, let's look at Titus 2:11,
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it's a short
verse but I think a very
00:21:22.06\00:21:23.63
profound verse, one
that we need to know,
00:21:23.64\00:21:26.49
God's plan for
everyone who has ever lived.
00:21:26.50\00:21:28.72
And just how far
the reaching the grace
00:21:29.22\00:21:31.67
of God really
is, beautiful text.
00:21:31.68\00:21:33.52
It says, For the
grace of God that brings
00:21:33.53\00:21:35.94
salvation has
appeared to all men,
00:21:35.95\00:21:40.08
that's everyone.
Everyone has an opportunity
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to be saved by the grace of God.
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So, now without
foundation being laid
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we can say that
obviously that means
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no one is
predetermined or predestined
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to be lost. But yet,
aside this whole idea
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of predestination,
predetermination,
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God is omnipotent
he is all knowing,
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that's right. And so
while he knows the end
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from beginning,
yet he still doesn't
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predetermine or predestine
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anyone to be lost,
or anyone to be saved,
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it goes the same for that too.
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And so the issue more
or less with God's all
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knowing is that
although he does I believe
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John it even tells
us a little bit more
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about the character of God.
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That he will love us
in spite of who we are.
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Yeah, and
omniscient is all knowing,
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yeah, omniscient is all knowing,
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yeah,
omnipotent is all reigning.
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But anyway, the
fact is though that
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is as far as
his grace toward us,
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his love toward us,
right. He loves us no matter
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who we are or what we do?
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But, he loves us
enough to not leave us there,
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and that's his goal,
he wants to accept us
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to accept the
salvation that God through
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Christ Jesus has given us.
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But even if we don't accept it,
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he still loves us
enough to continue
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to work on us. Even
if he knows in the end
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we would not be saved, right?
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So, even knowing
that he still pursues
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and gives us every
opportunity to receive
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Christ into our life and
to workout that salvation,
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which is what is
predetermined for us,
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that's what the
text I want to go to.
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But, before you
go to that next text,
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I think you need to
go to verse 12 of Titus 2
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because when you
said the grace of God,
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there is part of
your walk with God
00:23:18.71\00:23:20.63
that so many of us
when we think about
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our walk with God
this is the part that
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so many of us don't
really place a lot of
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emphasis on, because it requires
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something of us.
Look at verse 12,
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because remember Matthew 28,
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go therefore
and teach baptizing,
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and then teaching
them to observe all things
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that I've commanded you,
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but the word
teaching also applies here.
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Read verse 12, John,
for us, this is amazing.
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Teaching us that,
denying ungodliness
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and worldly lusts,
we should live soberly,
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righteously and
godly in this present age.
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Okay, notice, teaching
us that denying ungodliness.
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So, to be a disciple of Christ
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you've got to deny yourself,
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there are a lot
of people that yes,
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they want the grace of God,
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but they don't
want to deny themselves.
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They want to know that,
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yes God loves them
no matter what they do,
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which is true,
but God is not going
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to condone
everything you do and just say,
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well I love you, so I'm
just closing my eyes to it.
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No, the Bible says,
he will not overlook
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nor he well, nor
will he declare innocent
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the one who is guilty.
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He will not overlook,
nor will he condone our sin,
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right, but he will
teach us by the Spirit's
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residence that you
need to deny yourself.
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And so, that could be done.
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We don't want to
be sinning Christians,
00:24:30.25\00:24:31.84
leaning on the
grace of God as Paul says,
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do we continue and
sin that grace may abound?
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Certainly not. Romans 6:1.
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Right, and that's the
sanctification process
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of that salvation experience,
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there you go,
the growing in Christ
00:24:42.51\00:24:43.50
that we do. It is never
our fault for being lost,
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for God's fault
for being lost, okay.
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It's always our
fault for being lost
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if in fact that is what happens.
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But, listen to this,
Romans verse chapter 8,
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Romans chapter 8
verses 29 and 30,
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the book of the day.
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Gives us also some
very good council, okay.
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It says, For whom He foreknew,
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He also predestined to be what?
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Conformed, conformed
to the image of His Son,
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that He might be
the first born among
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many brethren. In
other words if anything
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he predestined
us to be like Jesus,
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everyone and that's
what the grace of God
00:25:20.93\00:25:24.17
comes and merges
in with our response
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to that grace.
And begins to work us,
00:25:27.10\00:25:29.63
work in us the
character building process,
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to make us more
like Jesus Christ.
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So that's what he
wants for our life,
00:25:36.19\00:25:37.68
he gives us that
grace, not just to eliminate
00:25:37.69\00:25:41.03
the penalty for the
sin that we have committed,
00:25:41.04\00:25:43.87
but also to be able to
eliminate the day by day
00:25:43.88\00:25:47.45
failure that we
have living in these
00:25:48.63\00:25:50.98
mortal bodies to sin,
the law of sin in our lives.
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And so we are predestined to be
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conformed or change
into the image of Jesus,
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and it says in verse 30,
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Moreover whom He
predestined for that
00:25:59.64\00:26:01.76
purpose to
conformed, be conformed to the
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image of Christ, He also called;
00:26:04.29\00:26:06.78
whom He called,
these He also justified;
00:26:06.79\00:26:09.55
and in whom He justified these,
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He also glorified.
In the end we will live
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and reign with Christ forever.
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And so, that's
the process of it.
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John, we have
touched on some things
00:26:18.11\00:26:20.54
here today that
are very powerful
00:26:20.55\00:26:21.86
in the scope of the new life.
00:26:21.87\00:26:23.57
You notice, the
theme has been staying
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quite a bit on the new life,
00:26:25.09\00:26:26.18
walking in Christ
and having the power.
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What the Lord
predestined you sir and ma'am
00:26:28.17\00:26:31.52
to be is in John
chapter 1 verse 12 and verse 13.
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This is what he
predestined us to be,
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right, in other words
this is what he has made
00:26:40.48\00:26:42.32
provision for us to become.
00:26:42.33\00:26:43.60
But, there is a part
that you have to partake of.
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But as many as received Him,
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the Bible says in
verse 12 of John chapter 1,
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to them He gave
the right or the power
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to become children of God,
00:26:57.46\00:26:59.23
to those who
believe in His name:
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who are born, not of blood,
00:27:01.08\00:27:03.00
nor of the will of the flesh,
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nor of the will
of man, but of God.
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So, he was made it
possible for everyone of us
00:27:08.05\00:27:10.63
to be sons and daughters of God.
00:27:10.99\00:27:14.29
So, that preparation
has been made long before
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you even accepted it,
but when you receive him,
00:27:17.14\00:27:19.52
that's where the
beauty of the word
00:27:20.08\00:27:21.79
predestination comes in.
00:27:21.80\00:27:23.11
He has set this a
long time ago in place
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and now you've accepted it
00:27:26.64\00:27:27.76
and you are His son,
you are His daughter,
00:27:27.77\00:27:29.47
you are His child.
Wow! A lot of questions,
00:27:29.54\00:27:33.57
we have a ton more,
but keep sending questions
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if you have of them
to housecalls@3abn.org,
00:27:35.76\00:27:39.97
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00:27:39.98\00:27:42.11
And some of you
have expressed having us
00:27:42.55\00:27:45.30
respond by email.
So we have not read
00:27:45.31\00:27:48.05
your question on the air.
00:27:48.21\00:27:49.18
And, so if you
haven't heard your question
00:27:49.48\00:27:51.62
and you listed
response by email,
00:27:51.63\00:27:53.52
that's what we will
try and make a great
00:27:53.93\00:27:56.01
attempt to do, yes.
Now we have a this subject
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today John is about the Christ.
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Well, we've been
talking about Jesus,
00:28:01.05\00:28:02.48
that's right.
What Jesus is to us,
00:28:02.49\00:28:04.71
not only our
salvation but our daily walk
00:28:04.72\00:28:06.59
and growth up into the spirit
00:28:07.07\00:28:09.52
or the image of Christ,
00:28:09.53\00:28:10.89
but now let's
find out who Christ is?
00:28:11.35\00:28:13.10
You know John, the
world has recognized over
00:28:13.43\00:28:15.56
and over that Jesus lived,
00:28:15.57\00:28:16.67
I mean the fact of
the matter is no matter
00:28:16.68\00:28:19.26
what country you
are living in right now,
00:28:19.27\00:28:20.90
you go by the
calendar. It could be civil,
00:28:21.18\00:28:23.77
it could be religious,
it doesn't really matter.
00:28:23.95\00:28:26.16
The fact of the
matter is you all agree that
00:28:26.65\00:28:28.71
we are in the year 2006,
00:28:28.72\00:28:31.02
the year of our
Lord Anno Domini,
00:28:31.03\00:28:33.02
which is the word
meaning, Latin word,
00:28:33.03\00:28:35.78
the year of our
Lord, Anno annual, annual.
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We find that clearly
everything is focused
00:28:39.09\00:28:42.32
around the existence of Christ.
00:28:42.33\00:28:44.51
I mean the fact is he existed.
00:28:44.52\00:28:46.67
But, is He God?
Was He just a good man?
00:28:47.04\00:28:50.37
Was He a prophet?
Was he the son of God?
00:28:50.90\00:28:53.30
Was He mighty or almighty?
00:28:54.03\00:28:55.91
What does the Bible
say about the fact that
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he did exist, it's a
record that Jesus existed,
00:28:59.03\00:29:04.02
but I think one of
the strongest points
00:29:04.03\00:29:05.98
of proving his
divinity and proving that
00:29:05.99\00:29:09.28
he didn't show up by accident
00:29:09.29\00:29:11.33
or wasn't some
good teacher that tried
00:29:11.65\00:29:13.91
to exert some divine authority,
00:29:13.92\00:29:15.33
was to show that
through prophecy,
00:29:16.09\00:29:17.56
the Bible talked about
what was going to happen
00:29:18.04\00:29:20.15
to lead up to his coming
00:29:20.16\00:29:21.18
and how are those
things were fulfilled
00:29:21.63\00:29:23.22
and are yet being fulfilled.
00:29:23.55\00:29:24.67
You know, and that's
the way the Lord does
00:29:24.68\00:29:26.93
things anyway, because
these prophecies show us
00:29:26.94\00:29:30.90
and point to the fact
that Jesus was to come
00:29:30.91\00:29:33.62
the first time he appeared.
00:29:34.04\00:29:35.39
And prophecy is
given again to the church
00:29:35.84\00:29:38.49
through the books
of Daniel, Revelation,
00:29:38.50\00:29:40.28
and minor prophets, to
show that when he comes
00:29:40.78\00:29:43.23
a second time
that he's coming right
00:29:43.24\00:29:45.34
on time as well. And
so we see the prophecy
00:29:45.35\00:29:48.44
is that very thing
that helps us to identify
00:29:48.45\00:29:51.57
that Jesus is who He
is, who He says He is,
00:29:51.98\00:29:54.57
fully divine, the son of God.
00:29:54.58\00:29:56.21
Who saves us, who has come
00:29:56.82\00:29:58.27
and is the savior
of the world to save us
00:29:58.28\00:29:59.61
from our sins. And so...
00:29:59.62\00:30:00.61
let's go and lets
take a journey here through
00:30:01.70\00:30:04.37
the prophecies identifying
Christ's first advent,
00:30:04.77\00:30:08.44
there you go.
00:30:08.85\00:30:09.82
And that's what
we're gonna spend time on,
00:30:09.83\00:30:11.11
prophecies
identifying his first advent,
00:30:11.26\00:30:13.37
his first
coming. And I know that
00:30:13.93\00:30:15.88
we are gonna start in Genesis,
00:30:15.89\00:30:17.24
way back at the beginning.
00:30:17.25\00:30:18.34
It talks about him from
the very start doesn't it?
00:30:18.64\00:30:20.72
That sure does.
And a lot of people
00:30:20.79\00:30:22.53
don't identify this
text as a promise, but it is.
00:30:22.54\00:30:26.68
It's the promise
of a coming Messiah.
00:30:27.46\00:30:29.69
And so turn with us
to Genesis chapter 3,
00:30:30.24\00:30:32.58
Genesis chapter 3.
That's way back there.
00:30:34.02\00:30:36.52
Yeah, the
beginning. That's right,
00:30:37.44\00:30:38.41
that's a long time
ago, before computers.
00:30:38.42\00:30:42.56
Genesis chapter 1 and 2,
00:30:43.41\00:30:44.78
prior to the entrance of sin,
00:30:45.77\00:30:46.86
Genesis 3, the fall of man.
00:30:46.87\00:30:48.75
And right after the fall of man,
00:30:49.62\00:30:51.02
we see this wonderful
promise introduced to us,
00:30:51.03\00:30:54.68
verse 15, in fact
let's start off with 14.
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So the Lord God
said to the serpent:
00:31:00.09\00:31:01.67
"Because you have done this,
00:31:01.68\00:31:03.50
you are cursed
more than all cattle,
00:31:04.72\00:31:06.72
And more than
every beast of the field;
00:31:07.45\00:31:08.81
On your belly you shall go,
00:31:08.82\00:31:10.43
and you shall eat dust
all the days of your life.
00:31:10.89\00:31:13.97
And I will put enmity between
00:31:15.13\00:31:17.32
you and the woman,
00:31:17.49\00:31:19.39
and between your
seed and her seed;
00:31:20.22\00:31:22.37
He shall bruise your head,
00:31:23.02\00:31:24.43
and you shall bruise His heel."
00:31:24.44\00:31:27.12
Now go back to
the sentence John,
00:31:27.32\00:31:28.60
I want, you say
that word ever so lightly
00:31:28.61\00:31:31.03
and between your
seed and her seed
00:31:31.58\00:31:33.77
and the next the word is what?
00:31:33.78\00:31:35.14
He, He, okay that
He is the prophecy,
00:31:35.32\00:31:40.39
that's right. Read the last part
00:31:40.50\00:31:41.62
of the verse again. He
shall bruise your head,
00:31:41.63\00:31:43.45
And you shall bruise His heel,
00:31:43.90\00:31:46.14
referring to Jesus Christ,
that's right, that's right.
00:31:46.64\00:31:49.09
So, when Jesus was
prophesied here coming,
00:31:49.35\00:31:52.38
we talk about his as
the plan of salvation.
00:31:53.32\00:31:55.86
It's like the
fire alarm is working,
00:31:56.33\00:31:59.62
it's
functioning. And just so that
00:31:59.93\00:32:03.11
you don't think
that by lighting a match
00:32:03.38\00:32:05.08
you're gonna burn
the building down.
00:32:05.09\00:32:06.45
I want you to look around you,
00:32:06.55\00:32:07.80
there are fire
alarms, sprinkler systems ,
00:32:08.08\00:32:10.55
this room is fire proof,
00:32:10.99\00:32:12.38
you don't have the last say.
00:32:12.76\00:32:13.73
So when Satan by his temptation,
00:32:13.80\00:32:16.27
when Adam and Eve yielded.
00:32:16.28\00:32:17.79
Eve deceived, Adam yield to sin.
00:32:18.64\00:32:20.39
God has a plan in place.
00:32:20.75\00:32:21.91
And he says,
Satan, right now it may
00:32:22.04\00:32:23.79
look like you
have the upper hand,
00:32:23.80\00:32:25.34
but when I come, the only thing
00:32:25.97\00:32:28.31
you're going to do
to me is bruise my heel,
00:32:28.32\00:32:30.41
but what I'm going
to do to you is bruise
00:32:30.95\00:32:33.21
your head and where do to step
00:32:33.22\00:32:35.02
when you wanna kill somebody?
00:32:35.34\00:32:36.44
Well mortal wounds are usually
00:32:37.38\00:32:38.35
suffered in your head.
00:32:38.36\00:32:39.33
Now was this
fulfilled is the question.
00:32:40.81\00:32:43.30
Well yes, it is being fulfilled,
00:32:44.08\00:32:45.76
okay. So, let's to Galatians,
00:32:46.30\00:32:49.55
Galatians chapter
4, you're gonna see
00:32:49.56\00:32:51.99
that we will go
from Old Testament
00:32:52.00\00:32:54.19
to the New
Testament. Prophecy fulfillment
00:32:54.20\00:32:56.93
throughout our study here today.
00:32:56.94\00:32:59.00
Galatians chapter
4, John, you have that?
00:32:59.86\00:33:01.34
You wanna read that?
00:33:01.35\00:33:02.32
Sure, it says,
but when the fullness
00:33:02.33\00:33:03.73
of time had come,
God sent forth His Son,
00:33:03.74\00:33:07.22
born of a woman,
born under the law.
00:33:07.98\00:33:12.09
So, this
prophecy was made at least
00:33:12.55\00:33:15.89
and it's
reckoned about 4000 years
00:33:16.06\00:33:18.10
before it occurred. And so,
00:33:18.11\00:33:19.99
when you look at
that, I could imagine John,
00:33:20.53\00:33:22.74
many of the
prophets and patriarchs
00:33:23.00\00:33:24.96
and even the women of the day.
00:33:24.97\00:33:26.39
Who heard this carried down from
00:33:26.90\00:33:29.29
generation to
generation that one day
00:33:29.30\00:33:31.19
the promised
seed is going to come.
00:33:31.20\00:33:33.04
Can you imagine how women felt
00:33:33.26\00:33:34.31
when they got pregnant.
00:33:34.32\00:33:35.29
Is it possible
that I could have,
00:33:36.24\00:33:37.78
be having the son
of God, right. But,
00:33:37.79\00:33:40.20
what made the difference,
00:33:41.50\00:33:42.47
look at the next
one, Galatians 3:19.
00:33:42.48\00:33:45.58
Yes, Galatians 3:19,
For I through the law
00:33:46.01\00:33:48.41
died to the law
that I might live to God.
00:33:48.42\00:33:50.80
That was 2, excuse me, okay, 19,
00:33:51.76\00:33:53.73
here we go the
purpose what purpose
00:33:53.74\00:33:55.61
then does the law serve?
00:33:56.20\00:33:57.92
It was added
because of transgressions,
00:33:58.34\00:34:00.52
till the Seed
should come to whom
00:34:01.03\00:34:03.46
the promise was
made; and it was appointed
00:34:03.47\00:34:05.73
through angels by
the hand of a mediator.
00:34:05.74\00:34:09.63
So, there was a seed promised,
00:34:09.67\00:34:11.82
there was a promised seed
00:34:12.36\00:34:14.10
and that's where
Genesis 3 and verse 15 comes in.
00:34:14.38\00:34:16.53
This seed is going,
there is going to be enmity
00:34:16.85\00:34:20.30
between serpent and Christ.
00:34:20.31\00:34:23.47
And the woman is granted,
00:34:24.38\00:34:25.64
the woma is the church,
00:34:25.65\00:34:26.62
the woman is
granted this enmity.
00:34:26.87\00:34:28.60
Which simply means
that if we boil it down.
00:34:29.10\00:34:30.59
When a person
becomes a Christian,
00:34:31.50\00:34:32.91
the reason why there
is so much discomfort
00:34:33.27\00:34:34.67
after we have become
a Christian is because
00:34:35.04\00:34:36.86
right and wrong are
so starkly contrasted,
00:34:37.18\00:34:40.50
you know as we
would say black and white
00:34:40.75\00:34:42.48
or the phrase
maybe. And this discomfort
00:34:42.76\00:34:45.67
to do wrong has been
given to us as a gift,
00:34:45.68\00:34:48.83
so that we would not
just plunge head long
00:34:48.99\00:34:51.48
into transgression,
00:34:51.49\00:34:52.46
without there being a governor,
00:34:52.75\00:34:54.51
if I could use a
phrase or something to harness
00:34:54.88\00:34:57.23
our desire to fall into sin.
00:34:57.54\00:34:58.84
But how is that possible?
00:34:59.24\00:35:00.53
The seed was promised to come
00:35:00.96\00:35:03.16
and that seed is
Christ. And John,
00:35:03.17\00:35:04.82
if you look at
the next reference,
00:35:04.83\00:35:06.15
this really bring it home there.
00:35:06.27\00:35:07.73
Yeah, this is found in Romans,
00:35:07.88\00:35:09.39
chapter 1, verses 3 and 4,
00:35:09.40\00:35:11.04
concerning His Son
Jesus Christ our Lord,
00:35:11.85\00:35:14.51
who was born of
the seed of David
00:35:14.52\00:35:16.48
according to the
flesh, and declared
00:35:16.90\00:35:19.01
to be the Son of
God with power according
00:35:19.02\00:35:21.19
to the Spirit of holiness,
00:35:21.20\00:35:22.75
by the
resurrection from the dead.
00:35:23.33\00:35:24.83
Isn't that wonderful?
So, look at Second Timothy
00:35:24.86\00:35:27.42
2 in verse 8 again
before we cap off this section.
00:35:27.43\00:35:29.87
Okay, you're gonna
force me to rapidly turn.
00:35:31.11\00:35:33.53
Well actually,
you have it there.
00:35:34.63\00:35:36.29
I do have, I do have,
00:35:36.30\00:35:37.27
I've been going through yes,
00:35:38.23\00:35:39.60
okay here we go.
Remember that Jesus Christ,
00:35:39.61\00:35:41.70
of the seed of
David, was raised from
00:35:41.71\00:35:44.58
the dead according to my gospel.
00:35:44.59\00:35:46.50
Okay, so when the
gospel was there preached
00:35:46.57\00:35:48.89
and Timothy is
talking about this
00:35:48.90\00:35:50.17
and Paul is writing
a letter to Timothy,
00:35:50.18\00:35:52.70
he is saying, notice the seed,
00:35:53.09\00:35:55.19
the seed, the seed,
the key there is the seed
00:35:55.20\00:35:57.91
Jesus Christ did
come and you know what's
00:35:57.92\00:36:01.77
amazing about this John,
00:36:01.78\00:36:02.83
we are gonna go
to the section next,
00:36:02.84\00:36:04.17
because Jesus
identifies with so many of us,
00:36:04.44\00:36:07.47
none of us needs to ever
be discouraged that Jesus
00:36:07.99\00:36:11.15
does not identify with us.
00:36:11.16\00:36:12.45
He has such a
lineage and when walk through
00:36:12.98\00:36:15.47
the lineage of Jesus now,
00:36:15.48\00:36:16.81
it's gonna give us
identities of individuals
00:36:17.16\00:36:18.93
that had
weaknesses in their lives,
00:36:18.94\00:36:20.86
yet Jesus was tempted
in all points like we are,
00:36:21.28\00:36:23.65
yet he didn't sin.
Isn't that wonderful?
00:36:24.02\00:36:26.16
This divine created,
this divine creator dwelt
00:36:26.53\00:36:33.25
in human flesh but he identified
00:36:33.26\00:36:36.18
with human
descendants all throughout
00:36:36.19\00:36:39.89
time of names which we know,
00:36:39.90\00:36:42.02
yet he didn't sin.
00:36:42.42\00:36:43.39
Let's begin to
look at that lineage,
00:36:43.43\00:36:44.95
I'll read it here,
00:36:45.25\00:36:46.57
first of all
Genesis 12 and verse 3.
00:36:47.26\00:36:49.04
The Bible talks about
Jesus as being through
00:36:49.64\00:36:51.35
the lineage of
Abraham, here is the promise.
00:36:51.36\00:36:54.64
Genesis 12 verse 3,
00:36:56.43\00:36:57.44
I will bless
those who bless you,
00:36:57.48\00:36:59.74
And I will curse
him who curse you;
00:37:00.18\00:37:02.70
And in you all the families
00:37:03.04\00:37:05.11
of the earth shall be blessed.
00:37:05.12\00:37:08.44
The Lord made a
promise not only to Abraham
00:37:08.78\00:37:12.22
but you will find
further that the promise
00:37:12.73\00:37:15.27
was made through
the seed of Abraham.
00:37:15.28\00:37:17.59
We'll find out who
that seed is in a moment,
00:37:18.24\00:37:19.95
but then look at the
Matthew 1 and verse 1,
00:37:20.34\00:37:23.13
the book of the
genealogy of Jesus Christ,
00:37:23.83\00:37:26.04
the son of David, we
mentioned that before
00:37:26.49\00:37:28.18
the son of
Abraham, that's right.
00:37:28.84\00:37:30.32
The question is whose son is he?
00:37:30.33\00:37:31.61
The son of God, that's right.
00:37:33.66\00:37:35.16
But identifying
through all these human
00:37:35.49\00:37:36.89
instrumentalities,
but now he had another
00:37:36.90\00:37:38.85
seed that he was
connected to also.
00:37:38.86\00:37:40.36
Yes, in fact if we
find in Genesis again,
00:37:41.79\00:37:44.36
chapter 17 verse
19, Then God said:
00:37:44.37\00:37:47.81
"No, Sarah your wife
shall bear you a son,
00:37:47.82\00:37:50.50
and you shall
call his name Isaac;
00:37:50.51\00:37:52.48
I will establish
My covenant with him
00:37:53.05\00:37:54.65
for an everlasting covenant,
00:37:54.66\00:37:56.58
and with his
descendants after him.
00:37:57.16\00:37:59.38
So, the
descendants that came after
00:38:00.22\00:38:02.26
Abraham and after Isaac,
00:38:02.27\00:38:03.73
the continued
blessing would flow from God.
00:38:04.35\00:38:07.12
And you get this
John, now Abraham we know
00:38:07.88\00:38:10.16
is not alive
today, that's a fact.
00:38:10.17\00:38:12.58
We know that David
is not alive today,
00:38:13.06\00:38:15.68
that's a fact. And by the way
00:38:15.69\00:38:17.30
David is not in heaven
00:38:17.31\00:38:18.38
either and neither is Abraham,
00:38:18.39\00:38:19.94
just wanna make that clear,
00:38:20.20\00:38:21.40
scriptural
references will point that out.
00:38:21.48\00:38:23.98
Isaac is not alive
today, but we have descendants
00:38:24.71\00:38:28.97
and when we talk about lineage,
00:38:28.98\00:38:30.89
being connected with a line,
00:38:31.27\00:38:33.54
what makes the
existence of Christ so valid
00:38:34.23\00:38:37.55
is you can
trace his family line.
00:38:38.02\00:38:40.53
That is his earthly family line
00:38:40.79\00:38:42.23
and his heavenly family line.
00:38:42.64\00:38:44.55
Let's look at the
earthly family line by looking
00:38:44.91\00:38:47.69
at this seed of
Isaac, in Luke chapter 3
00:38:47.70\00:38:50.93
verse 23 and 24, you
wanna read that for us John?
00:38:50.94\00:38:53.29
Yes, it says, now
Jesus Himself began
00:38:54.31\00:38:56.52
His ministry at
about thirty years of age,
00:38:56.53\00:38:58.87
being as was
supposed the son of Joseph,
00:38:59.61\00:39:01.89
the son of Heli,
the son of Jacob,
00:39:02.37\00:39:04.84
the sun of Isaac,
the son of Abraham,
00:39:05.49\00:39:07.86
the son of
Terah, the son of Nahor.
00:39:07.87\00:39:10.01
Okay, notice, all these
people he identifies with,
00:39:10.12\00:39:12.77
that's right. A
continued family line,
00:39:12.85\00:39:14.83
so if you said now John,
00:39:15.11\00:39:16.42
how do I know you're a Stanton?
00:39:17.45\00:39:19.12
Well, I could start by
taking his word for it,
00:39:20.78\00:39:24.04
or he could start
saying well let me take
00:39:24.82\00:39:26.64
you through my family,
history, or let's play,
00:39:26.65\00:39:32.31
this category say
whatever you call it family.
00:39:33.52\00:39:35.38
The ancestor, the family tree,
00:39:35.39\00:39:37.55
tree okay there we
go. Might start work
00:39:37.56\00:39:40.65
and not stick
with you this morning,
00:39:41.08\00:39:42.47
at least in regard to that.
00:39:42.94\00:39:44.26
Whatever that was.
00:39:44.67\00:39:45.64
You're supposed to
be good. That's a tree.
00:39:45.69\00:39:47.13
Okay, pictionary,
whatever they call it.
00:39:47.27\00:39:49.17
He probably doesn't
have an family tree,
00:39:50.61\00:39:52.16
we know he does.
But, and his family tree
00:39:52.56\00:39:55.79
has more than one branch,
that's a beautiful thing.
00:39:55.80\00:39:58.67
But, when you
follow the family tree,
00:39:59.13\00:40:00.93
the Stanton's
family, that name goes
00:40:00.94\00:40:03.92
farther back and
a lot of people say,
00:40:03.93\00:40:05.38
like my wife would say,
00:40:05.39\00:40:06.44
her ancestry
goes back to Scotland.
00:40:07.87\00:40:10.64
Well, part of my
ancestry goes back to France,
00:40:11.58\00:40:13.93
then a part to the Philippines,
00:40:14.34\00:40:15.74
then a part to American Indians,
00:40:15.96\00:40:17.36
than a part to Africa.
00:40:17.37\00:40:18.55
See so you
follow that family line,
00:40:19.26\00:40:20.68
you get together and
say, man what a composite,
00:40:20.69\00:40:22.80
what a mixture,
Jesus family line.
00:40:23.25\00:40:25.56
Abraham, Isaac, David, Jacob.
00:40:26.25\00:40:30.32
And that's why the
Bible says through that seed
00:40:31.12\00:40:33.69
all the nations of the
earth will be blessed, right.
00:40:34.06\00:40:37.51
That's what that whole benefit,
00:40:37.52\00:40:38.95
so when you start going through
00:40:38.96\00:40:40.03
the family line and you say,
00:40:40.04\00:40:41.67
he also has not
only a family line
00:40:42.14\00:40:44.35
but he's a
descendent of someone.
00:40:44.36\00:40:46.37
So let's now begin to
unpack his descendents
00:40:46.89\00:40:49.14
and see where he came from.
00:40:49.15\00:40:50.43
I'll read this one and then
00:40:51.88\00:40:52.85
we'll go to the
fulfillment of that.
00:40:52.86\00:40:54.18
Jesus is also a
descendent of Jacob.
00:40:54.88\00:40:57.44
Now how many
sons did Jacob have?
00:40:57.94\00:41:00.33
He had 12 sons,
and if we thought
00:41:01.08\00:41:02.05
that the blessing
came through his 12 sons,
00:41:04.19\00:41:06.33
then we really
didn't need Jesus.
00:41:06.54\00:41:08.43
Look at Numbers 24 and verse 17,
00:41:09.38\00:41:11.75
giving the prophesy of Jesus
00:41:12.11\00:41:14.07
being a descendent of Jacob,
00:41:14.30\00:41:15.79
I see Him, and in the
New King James Version
00:41:17.11\00:41:19.63
word Him is
capitalize, but not now;
00:41:19.64\00:41:22.77
I behold Him, but not near;
00:41:23.60\00:41:26.04
why because it's a prophesy.
00:41:26.23\00:41:27.74
A Star shall come out of Jacob;
00:41:28.20\00:41:30.61
A Scepter shall
rise out of Israel,
00:41:31.23\00:41:34.15
And batter the brow of Moab,
00:41:35.30\00:41:38.16
And destroy all
the sons of tumult.
00:41:38.31\00:41:41.26
So, what's happening?
00:41:42.45\00:41:43.42
A star shall
come out of a Jacob.
00:41:43.43\00:41:45.38
Now John, if you
remember very well,
00:41:45.75\00:41:48.23
the identifying factor here
00:41:49.73\00:41:51.29
is the start
coming out of Jacob.
00:41:51.30\00:41:52.94
And Matthew points
this out in his lineage
00:41:53.09\00:41:55.23
and the breaking down
of the lineage of Christ.
00:41:55.44\00:41:57.66
And what does
Matthew 1 and verse 2 say?
00:41:57.99\00:41:59.70
Abraham begot
Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob,
00:42:00.32\00:42:02.65
and Jacob begot
Judah and his brothers.
00:42:02.83\00:42:05.15
And when you begin
to go all the way back
00:42:05.37\00:42:06.54
in Matthew 1 to the
lineage you will see it all,
00:42:06.55\00:42:09.51
get all the way
down to Zechariah,
00:42:09.52\00:42:11.45
then right down to Jesus, right.
00:42:12.36\00:42:14.07
That whole entire family line
00:42:14.16\00:42:15.79
but I think it's interesting
00:42:16.23\00:42:17.21
that at the birth of
Jesus, what did the wise man
00:42:17.22\00:42:20.99
follow to find
a way he was born?
00:42:21.00\00:42:23.50
They followed what
they thought was a star,
00:42:23.98\00:42:25.81
the star of Christ
pointing them to Christ child.
00:42:27.35\00:42:29.67
Showing that a star was born,
00:42:29.97\00:42:31.70
that's right. The star,
00:42:31.71\00:42:33.19
the bright and morning star,
00:42:33.55\00:42:34.87
which in fact was
what that was pointing to.
00:42:35.08\00:42:37.40
But, there is another
family line that Jesus has,
00:42:37.41\00:42:40.87
Jesus also would be of
the family line of Judah.
00:42:41.47\00:42:45.21
And I was about to say it,
00:42:45.69\00:42:46.69
but I would give it
away of the family line
00:42:46.70\00:42:49.58
of Judah and Judah was
one of the sons of Jacob.
00:42:49.59\00:42:53.00
You notice how it's going down,
00:42:53.31\00:42:55.06
you know Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,
00:42:55.41\00:42:58.82
Judah notice how silting down.
00:42:58.99\00:43:01.10
We getting from the
larger picture narrowing,
00:43:01.96\00:43:03.72
down and what are
the chances let's think
00:43:03.73\00:43:06.65
about it this way
John, what are the chances,
00:43:06.66\00:43:08.92
if I were to put all
the information that's true
00:43:09.87\00:43:12.71
about Jesus
into a mega computer.
00:43:12.72\00:43:15.50
And put the
names of every person
00:43:17.52\00:43:19.46
that has ever
lived, every male child
00:43:19.47\00:43:21.86
ever lived on this
planet. All the names,
00:43:21.87\00:43:26.01
all the
prophecies, all the statistics.
00:43:27.24\00:43:29.91
What's the chance
of all that information
00:43:32.09\00:43:33.92
narrowing down and
pointing to just one person,
00:43:34.34\00:43:36.60
coincidentally.
Oh that's infinity,
00:43:37.34\00:43:40.39
I'm it's out there.
00:43:40.40\00:43:41.56
Billions, I mean we're talking
00:43:42.00\00:43:43.10
about hundreds
of billions to one.
00:43:43.11\00:43:44.44
If you put okay, he was from
00:43:44.94\00:43:47.76
the descended of the Abraham,
00:43:47.77\00:43:49.05
descended of
Isaac, descended of David,
00:43:49.41\00:43:51.28
descended of
Jacob, descended of Judah.
00:43:51.63\00:43:55.71
He was supposed to be
born in this location,
00:43:56.39\00:43:58.05
that location.
He was supposed to,
00:43:58.27\00:43:59.77
and when we begin to
put all this together
00:43:59.96\00:44:01.18
and by the friends we
are not gonna possibly
00:44:01.19\00:44:02.78
crack all the code this program.
00:44:02.79\00:44:04.53
But, when you
begin to look it all
00:44:05.41\00:44:06.38
the possibilities and all the,
00:44:06.39\00:44:08.28
as one person says,
if you have eight numbers
00:44:08.73\00:44:12.14
then you have
millions of combinations,
00:44:12.68\00:44:15.17
eight numbers, but
if you have billions
00:44:15.90\00:44:18.04
of people for all those
prophecies to be narrowed
00:44:18.05\00:44:21.18
down as you put this
information into a computer
00:44:21.19\00:44:24.42
and to bring up one
person Jesus of Nazareth,
00:44:24.73\00:44:27.88
yeah, the chances are nil.
00:44:27.95\00:44:30.16
That's why I say it's infinite,
00:44:30.31\00:44:31.52
you see beyond the
billions of chances.
00:44:32.27\00:44:33.87
It is pointing to
Christ because Christ
00:44:33.88\00:44:36.23
is the only one it
could be and he is our savior,
00:44:36.61\00:44:39.44
our Lord and
savior, the son of God.
00:44:39.45\00:44:41.40
Now here's what I wanna do,
00:44:42.02\00:44:43.18
I want somebody to
get this really quickly,
00:44:43.54\00:44:44.78
if I said okay.
John Stanton lives
00:44:45.10\00:44:49.29
in Springfield, Illinois.
00:44:49.30\00:44:51.07
They go to the
phone book John Stanton,
00:44:52.33\00:44:53.93
lots of Stantons in Springfield,
00:44:54.24\00:44:56.09
Illinois maybe
not a ton of them,
00:44:56.10\00:44:57.42
but more than
one. Okay, but this
00:44:57.43\00:45:00.21
John Stanton also lived
in Thompsonville Illinois,
00:45:00.22\00:45:03.47
okay John Stanton who lived in
00:45:04.05\00:45:05.64
Springfield and Thompsonville,
00:45:05.65\00:45:07.07
okay well that
narrows down the numbers
00:45:07.09\00:45:08.44
of Stantons in
Springfield, maybe he could find
00:45:08.45\00:45:11.64
you right
there. But John Stanton
00:45:11.65\00:45:13.28
who was born in California,
00:45:13.29\00:45:14.74
oh okay well
Springfield, Thompsonville,
00:45:15.77\00:45:19.34
California. John Stanton
00:45:19.35\00:45:22.30
who also lived in Saint Louis,
00:45:22.31\00:45:23.62
okay wait, wait,
wait. And so to find
00:45:24.48\00:45:26.74
the John Stanton
I'm trying to lead
00:45:26.75\00:45:28.32
you to in Springfield,
I got to add all these,
00:45:28.33\00:45:30.93
John Stanton
who attended collage
00:45:31.33\00:45:32.37
in Southern California
and in Northern California.
00:45:32.38\00:45:34.35
John Stanton whose 6'9"
barefoot 6'10" with shoes.
00:45:35.14\00:45:38.25
John Stanton
whose wife's name is,
00:45:39.73\00:45:41.32
all these statistics friends
00:45:41.89\00:45:43.40
and it narrows down to okay,
00:45:43.88\00:45:45.72
I know who you're talking about.
00:45:45.73\00:45:46.77
If we that in conversation,
00:45:46.95\00:45:48.30
it narrows it down
very quickly, right.
00:45:48.31\00:45:50.02
And sometimes when
we get a person's name
00:45:50.03\00:45:51.65
we identify them with
all those particular factors.
00:45:51.71\00:45:54.01
Well friends, the
Bible is overwhelming,
00:45:54.82\00:45:56.64
historians, atheists,
agnostics, communists,
00:45:56.96\00:46:03.96
all recognize,
they may not worship,
00:46:04.05\00:46:06.35
but they
recognize the fact of Jesus.
00:46:06.85\00:46:09.11
And these prophecies,
we have to understand
00:46:09.50\00:46:11.34
these prophecies
were given thousands
00:46:11.35\00:46:13.04
of years before. I mean,
00:46:13.05\00:46:15.64
so this isn't just
something where some
00:46:15.82\00:46:17.80
people wrote a book,
00:46:17.81\00:46:18.78
one person had
this argument John,
00:46:19.19\00:46:20.63
I kind of fun to share this.
00:46:20.64\00:46:22.57
He was an atheist and
he thought he would really
00:46:23.53\00:46:24.96
had a good argument
mand you heard of something
00:46:24.97\00:46:26.36
called circular reasoning?
00:46:26.37\00:46:27.52
Yes, well
circular reasoning says
00:46:27.53\00:46:29.79
that you can't
use a book to be able
00:46:29.80\00:46:34.29
to give validity to that book.
00:46:34.30\00:46:36.22
In other words,
you can't use the thing
00:46:36.23\00:46:37.27
in itself to make it valid.
00:46:37.28\00:46:39.09
And so one person said,
00:46:40.00\00:46:40.97
you can't the
Bible to prove Jesus,
00:46:40.98\00:46:44.30
because it's circular reasoning.
00:46:44.85\00:46:46.91
And the theologian
that was there studying
00:46:47.93\00:46:50.01
and talking with
him, said, wait a minute,
00:46:50.52\00:46:52.12
no, no, no this
isn't circular reasoning
00:46:52.95\00:46:54.43
because this is one book.
00:46:54.44\00:46:55.87
This is a harmonious
book we call the Bible,
00:46:56.74\00:46:58.80
but it is 66
books, that's right.
00:46:58.99\00:47:01.80
Written by
different authors throughout
00:47:01.92\00:47:03.58
thousands of years,
00:47:03.59\00:47:04.66
all with the same themes,
00:47:05.17\00:47:06.69
that's right,
pointing to the same savior.
00:47:07.12\00:47:08.89
And you can't just,
that doesn't just happen,
00:47:10.24\00:47:13.54
that's right and he was left
00:47:14.02\00:47:16.34
there kind of dumb founded,
00:47:16.35\00:47:17.50
how do you respond to that?
00:47:17.51\00:47:18.93
The answer is you
can't, your only response
00:47:19.57\00:47:22.84
is Jesus is the son of God.
00:47:22.85\00:47:25.21
I like that's why they
call the Bible a cannon,
00:47:25.85\00:47:28.10
there you go. It
blows the arguments away,
00:47:29.15\00:47:32.59
yeah it really does.
So, that's a beautiful,
00:47:32.60\00:47:35.21
I'm glad you brought that out,
00:47:35.22\00:47:36.19
because that's a
beautiful illustration to see
00:47:36.20\00:47:37.69
that the Bible is not
one book that somebody
00:47:37.70\00:47:39.83
sat down and
craftily put together
00:47:40.04\00:47:42.15
to make their
point. That's right.
00:47:42.68\00:47:44.60
But, these are people
who never met each other.
00:47:44.61\00:47:46.73
People who never
walked the same roads,
00:47:47.21\00:47:48.88
some cases never
spoke the same languages,
00:47:49.19\00:47:51.33
in many cases
lived in different time,
00:47:51.81\00:47:53.89
in all cases most of
them live the different times
00:47:53.90\00:47:56.72
and the different circumstance
00:47:56.73\00:47:58.23
and different countries,
00:47:58.24\00:47:59.21
different cultures
and they come up with
00:47:59.22\00:48:01.19
the same conclusion
and I like that way.
00:48:01.20\00:48:03.74
You know matter
after go with me to the end
00:48:04.05\00:48:05.42
of book of John
before we go to the next one.
00:48:05.43\00:48:07.56
The end of the book of John,
00:48:08.57\00:48:09.62
this is so beautiful
the way the Bible writer,
00:48:11.19\00:48:13.16
I think my favorite
word today John is beautiful,
00:48:13.38\00:48:15.12
I've been saying
that like over and over.
00:48:15.13\00:48:16.56
So, write me an email,
it's in your vocabulary,
00:48:16.99\00:48:18.65
your new word, new word.
00:48:18.66\00:48:20.77
But if we read the
end of the book of John,
00:48:21.53\00:48:23.55
I'm getting there
now, John is already there.
00:48:23.56\00:48:25.93
I will read it,
okay verse 24 and 25.
00:48:26.98\00:48:29.15
Read verse 24 and
25. This is the disciple
00:48:29.16\00:48:30.63
who testifies of these things,
00:48:31.26\00:48:33.35
and wrote these things;
00:48:33.71\00:48:34.87
and we know that his
testimony is what? True.
00:48:35.18\00:48:38.26
And John 21 and verse 25.
00:48:38.27\00:48:39.67
And there are also many other
00:48:40.62\00:48:42.04
things that Jesus did,
00:48:42.05\00:48:43.54
which if they were
written one by one,
00:48:43.94\00:48:46.33
I suppose that even
the world itself could
00:48:46.34\00:48:49.85
not contain the books
that would be written. Amen.
00:48:49.86\00:48:53.54
Amen, friends, did you get that?
00:48:53.55\00:48:56.05
The world itself and now,
00:48:56.40\00:48:58.57
this is what so fascinating
about this whole idea
00:48:58.58\00:49:01.45
is he only had a three-and-half
00:49:01.68\00:49:03.72
year ministry. What
if, what if had a ten year
00:49:03.73\00:49:08.53
ministry how big would
the big New Testament be.
00:49:08.54\00:49:11.48
What if we still
on earth ministering
00:49:12.15\00:49:14.05
in this actual
Christly, Christ form as he was
00:49:14.28\00:49:19.61
during the days of
his earthly ministry.
00:49:19.62\00:49:21.21
Just three-and-half
years and John is saying
00:49:21.78\00:49:24.09
if they wrote down
everything that Jesus said,
00:49:24.67\00:49:26.45
the world, no, notice,
he didn't say the world
00:49:27.25\00:49:30.07
couldn't chronicle.
00:49:31.11\00:49:32.08
He said the
world couldn't contain,
00:49:32.09\00:49:33.79
yeah. We're talking serious,
00:49:34.38\00:49:37.25
serious volumes, in other words
00:49:37.77\00:49:40.59
all the lives
that Jesus touched,
00:49:40.60\00:49:42.41
if everybody wrote about it,
00:49:42.99\00:49:44.36
it couldn't contain it.
00:49:45.72\00:49:46.69
Let's continue to go
back to the scriptures,
00:49:48.64\00:49:50.27
the cannon, and begin to see
00:49:50.94\00:49:52.24
the beautiful
unfolding of this wonderful
00:49:52.25\00:49:54.10
person Jesus.
Genesis 49 and verse 10
00:49:54.11\00:49:58.15
indicates that Jesus
would be from Judah's
00:49:58.81\00:50:01.11
lines listen to
this. The scepter shall not
00:50:01.12\00:50:04.18
depart from
Judah, Nor a lawgiver
00:50:04.19\00:50:07.20
from between his
feet, Until Shiloh comes;
00:50:07.21\00:50:10.97
And to Him shall be the
obedience of the people.
00:50:11.34\00:50:15.77
Shiloh is an ancient Jewish word
00:50:16.21\00:50:18.73
meaning the Messiah, Shiloh.
00:50:19.13\00:50:21.97
And so in other
words, they're saying,
00:50:22.30\00:50:24.78
the power is not
going to depart from Judah,
00:50:24.82\00:50:27.89
the lawgiver is not going to,
00:50:28.37\00:50:30.44
his establishment is not going
00:50:31.47\00:50:33.88
to be removed
until Shiloh comes.
00:50:33.89\00:50:37.23
In other words the
power is going to shift hands
00:50:38.16\00:50:39.87
from the nation to
the one who brought
00:50:40.18\00:50:41.92
the nation into existence.
00:50:41.93\00:50:43.28
So, that nation is
gonna continue carrying
00:50:43.73\00:50:45.41
on the lineage and
message until Shiloh comes,
00:50:45.42\00:50:48.09
the very one who
has this message planted
00:50:48.10\00:50:51.96
in the lives of those of Judah.
00:50:51.97\00:50:53.54
When he comes,
we're gonna point to him,
00:50:53.84\00:50:56.29
not to his nation
anymore but to him directly,
00:50:56.49\00:50:58.46
was that fulfilled? Look
at the fulfillment of that.
00:50:59.06\00:51:02.51
Yes it was, Luke
3:33, the son of Amminadab,
00:51:03.02\00:51:08.33
the son of Ram,
the son of Hezron,
00:51:08.96\00:51:11.04
the son of
Perez, the son of Judah,
00:51:11.05\00:51:13.58
there it is. And people wonder
00:51:13.59\00:51:15.14
why we talk about Luke 3,
00:51:15.15\00:51:16.49
well when you look at chapter 3
00:51:17.12\00:51:18.54
in Luke it goes down
the lineage of Jesus,
00:51:18.55\00:51:21.53
linking him to all of
these also linking him
00:51:22.16\00:51:24.62
as the son of Judah.
00:51:24.63\00:51:26.84
And so the beauty of that is,
00:51:27.58\00:51:29.01
but I like this
next one John and I want
00:51:29.47\00:51:30.93
you to read this one Isaiah 9,
00:51:30.94\00:51:32.78
this is one of the
favorite texts that often
00:51:33.00\00:51:34.87
you know around the Christmas
00:51:35.13\00:51:36.10
season people say this one,
00:51:36.11\00:51:37.58
it's in the son
it's just a powerful text
00:51:37.59\00:51:39.88
but it has an
eternal import to it,
00:51:40.24\00:51:41.87
talking about
the fact that Jesus
00:51:42.08\00:51:44.38
would be the heir
of David's throne.
00:51:44.92\00:51:48.09
It's found in Isaiah 9 verse 7,
00:51:48.57\00:51:50.45
of the increase of
His government and peace
00:51:51.10\00:51:53.58
there will be no end,
upon the throne of David
00:51:53.59\00:51:56.59
and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish
00:51:56.60\00:51:59.79
it with judgment and justice,
00:51:59.80\00:52:01.61
from that time
forward, even forever.
00:52:01.83\00:52:03.89
The zeal of the Lord of
hosts will perform this.
00:52:04.20\00:52:07.17
Okay, in other
words this is gonna happen
00:52:07.18\00:52:08.69
because the power of
the Lord and so when Jesus
00:52:08.70\00:52:11.33
came I like the way
that it talks about this,
00:52:11.34\00:52:14.57
it talks about him as being
00:52:15.05\00:52:16.15
the head of a government.
Now do you know if any
00:52:16.60\00:52:19.63
government that don't have laws?
00:52:19.64\00:52:21.31
Well neither would you
find the law that exists
00:52:21.91\00:52:24.47
today to be obituary but
a part of God's government,
00:52:24.48\00:52:28.47
look at the fulfillment of that
00:52:29.02\00:52:30.04
in Luke 1 verse 32 and 33, John.
00:52:30.38\00:52:32.29
He will be great,
00:52:33.92\00:52:34.89
and will be called
the Son of the Highest;
00:52:35.21\00:52:37.17
and the Lord God
will give Him the throne
00:52:37.68\00:52:39.81
of His father David.
And He will reign over
00:52:39.82\00:52:42.00
the house of Jacob forever,
00:52:42.01\00:52:43.43
and of His kingdom
there will be no end.
00:52:43.97\00:52:46.54
Okay. Now I'm gonna
use the word beautiful
00:52:46.55\00:52:49.49
again because Jacob,
because David had some
00:52:49.50\00:52:52.90
problems in his life,
but notice Jesus identified
00:52:52.91\00:52:58.22
with the person in
spite of his problems,
00:52:58.56\00:53:00.67
overcame by the power of God,
00:53:00.83\00:53:02.74
and Jesus was
preserve through his line.
00:53:03.35\00:53:05.39
And the throne,
where was David's throne,
00:53:06.13\00:53:08.65
well that throne
really wasn't David's,
00:53:09.02\00:53:10.61
anymore than the temple
that was build by Solomon
00:53:11.31\00:53:13.39
was Solomon's
temple, that's right.
00:53:13.40\00:53:15.15
But, Solomon had
such influence that today
00:53:15.16\00:53:17.01
we remember it
as Solomon's temple.
00:53:17.02\00:53:18.72
And today we
remember it as David's throne,
00:53:19.47\00:53:21.09
but it wasn't Solomon's
temple it was God's temple,
00:53:21.10\00:53:23.48
it wasn't David's throne,
00:53:23.49\00:53:24.47
it was God's throne. I
notice the lineage there,
00:53:24.48\00:53:27.79
because of that fact his
kingdom will have no end,
00:53:28.54\00:53:31.98
David's kingdom and his
reign did come to an end,
00:53:32.38\00:53:35.99
but the reign of Jesus Christ
00:53:36.18\00:53:37.44
has absolutely no
end. He was anointed
00:53:37.86\00:53:41.52
as the eternal one and David,
00:53:41.53\00:53:43.54
the Psalmist records that
00:53:43.55\00:53:44.86
in Psalms 45 verse 6 and 7.
00:53:45.39\00:53:47.22
Maybe you want to
read that for us, John?
00:53:48.58\00:53:49.90
Yeah, Your throne, O
God, is forever and ever;
00:53:49.91\00:53:54.06
A scepter of righteousness
00:53:54.34\00:53:55.68
is the scepter of Your kingdom.
00:53:55.69\00:53:57.52
You love righteousness
and hate wickedness;
00:53:58.17\00:54:00.20
Therefore God,
Your God has anointed
00:54:00.55\00:54:03.27
You with the oil of gladness
00:54:03.28\00:54:05.06
more than Your companions.
00:54:05.43\00:54:06.94
And then Hebrews,
the writer of Hebrews
00:54:07.81\00:54:10.36
brings this
fulfilling point out strongly
00:54:10.37\00:54:12.92
when he says in Hebrews
1 beginning with verse 8.
00:54:12.93\00:54:15.60
But to the Son, write that down,
00:54:16.44\00:54:18.37
Hebrews 1
beginning with verse 8.
00:54:18.38\00:54:20.19
But to the Son,
He says Your throne,
00:54:20.81\00:54:23.55
O God, is forever and ever.
00:54:23.98\00:54:26.10
Now John, before I even go
00:54:26.25\00:54:27.22
any further and
the text is some people
00:54:27.23\00:54:28.46
that don't
think of Jesus as God.
00:54:28.47\00:54:30.02
And they will have a
difficult challenge with that
00:54:31.53\00:54:33.10
and we may get some emails,
00:54:33.11\00:54:34.31
but I want you to
notice that we didn't write
00:54:34.69\00:54:36.18
this text and you
did write it either,
00:54:36.19\00:54:38.59
that's right. Your throne but
00:54:39.36\00:54:41.50
to the son he says your throne,
00:54:41.51\00:54:43.19
O God, is forever. A
scepter of righteousness
00:54:43.35\00:54:47.71
is the scepter of Your kingdom.
00:54:47.72\00:54:49.65
You have loved righteousness
00:54:50.43\00:54:51.82
and hated lawlessness;
00:54:51.83\00:54:53.08
Therefore God, Your God,
00:54:53.09\00:54:55.14
has anointed You
With the oil of gladness
00:54:55.15\00:54:57.30
more than Your companions.
00:54:57.31\00:54:58.65
And notice that
it says therefore God
00:54:58.78\00:55:00.61
it calls Jesus God right there,
00:55:00.62\00:55:02.10
this right.
Therefore God, Your God,
00:55:02.46\00:55:05.21
has anointed You
With the oil of gladness
00:55:05.22\00:55:07.17
more than Your companions.
00:55:07.18\00:55:08.35
And verse 10, And You, Lord,
00:55:09.67\00:55:12.04
in the beginning
laid the foundation
00:55:12.82\00:55:16.04
of the earth, And the heavens
00:55:16.05\00:55:17.10
are the work of Your hands.
00:55:17.11\00:55:18.51
Lot of people think
that Jesus was created,
00:55:18.68\00:55:20.70
yeah. He couldn't be
the created one because
00:55:21.49\00:55:24.18
he laid the
foundations of the earth.
00:55:24.19\00:55:26.47
And it says in verse
11, They will perish,
00:55:27.08\00:55:29.24
but You remain;
00:55:29.25\00:55:30.22
they will all grow
old like a garment;
00:55:30.77\00:55:32.69
Like a cloak, You
will fold them up,
00:55:33.08\00:55:35.57
And they will be
changed. But You are the same,
00:55:35.89\00:55:39.16
And Your years will not fail,
00:55:39.65\00:55:42.33
yes. How long is
Jesus is gonna be around?
00:55:42.34\00:55:44.17
Forever, forever.
00:55:44.64\00:55:46.58
Now before the program ends,
00:55:47.44\00:55:48.63
what I wanna point
out is that the Bible
00:55:48.71\00:55:50.15
also made it clear
and we are gonna cover
00:55:50.16\00:55:52.15
another program we
maybe not force this one,
00:55:52.16\00:55:54.42
but John, when you
think about that today
00:55:54.43\00:55:56.24
what encouragement
does that give you to know
00:55:56.25\00:55:58.44
that you are a son
of one who is eternal.
00:55:58.45\00:56:02.46
Well, it gives me
hope, because you see,
00:56:03.75\00:56:06.68
all of us we're
mortal, we're mortal beings,
00:56:07.62\00:56:10.03
we're a fallen, sinful people
00:56:10.04\00:56:11.96
and we have no hope if it work
00:56:12.17\00:56:13.95
for someone outside of
us, to come to redeem us.
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And knowing that person
is eternal it help gives me
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hope that the
promise that he's given me
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to give me eternal
life that I can take
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a hold of that and
I will live forever.
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And that's the
promise for everyone of us.
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What happens if a
person makes a promise,
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you see now your
promise is only good
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as long as you're around.
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How long is
Jesus promise good for?
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And that's the standard contract
00:56:37.74\00:56:39.02
we live with today, right.
00:56:39.03\00:56:40.33
The contract is
only as long as you can
00:56:40.34\00:56:42.46
fulfill your par of the deal
00:56:42.47\00:56:43.65
and if you're dead
it's over, it's over.
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He ever lives, he
ever lives to make
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intersection for us
friends and so the good news
00:56:49.60\00:56:51.94
is we have a promise
today which you hold on to,
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that's right and I hold on to.
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And in our next
program we're gonna unfold
00:56:57.65\00:56:59.54
more about he reality
of Christ, that's right.
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But, what we wanna
encourage you to do friends
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is take your
Bible, begin to look at
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some of the Old
Testament prophecies and look
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at the New
Testament fulfillment,
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you will begin in the
first chapters of Matthew,
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first three chapters of Luke,
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first chapter of
John, you will discover
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that what was said
in the Old Testament
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really has come to pass.
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And so the Lord is gonna one day
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come to you and
make a house call,
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we pray that when he does,
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he will find you
faithful and studying his word.
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Until we will see you again,
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may you have a
wonderful day in our
00:57:29.84\00:57:31.53
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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