Almighty Father,
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You alone are holy.
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You are my refuge,
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I will trust in You.
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You are a tower...
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a mighty fortress.
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You are my strength and shield;
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You are God.
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Almighty Father,
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You alone are holy.
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You guide my footsteps
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that I may not fall.
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In joy or sorrow
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I will exalt You.
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You are my righteousness,
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You are God.
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Almighty Father,
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You alone are holy.
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You are Creator;
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You are all in all.
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Yours is the power,
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yours is the glory,
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yours is the majesty.
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You
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are
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God.
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Amen!
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Tonight:
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What's That In My Looking Glass?
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Shall we pray. Father, please
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open up our hearts now
as we move into Your Word.
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Teach us this night
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and help us, Mighty
Father, to be hearers
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and doers of Your Word
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because we want
to be like Jesus.
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We thank you in
Jesus' name, Amen.
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Looking glass...
A looking glass is
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an 18th century term
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for what we
normally call a mirror.
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A mirror is a very handy thing.
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It does not say anything
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and yet it can
tell us quite a lot.
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There are
certain things that we do
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that we would find very
difficult if we didn't have
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a mirror. And as such,
we may think that mirrors
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are modern
inventions. But the truth is
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they are really quite old.
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Archaeologists
have found mirrors
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dating back to the Greco-Roman
era... long before the
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days of Christ.
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Ancient mirrors were
made of highly-polished copper
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or silver or bronze or tin.
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There are all kinds of mirrors.
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There are plain
mirrors and concave mirrors
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and convex mirrors and
spherical-aberration mirrors
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I found and parabolic mirrors
and convergent-beam mirrors
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and all kinds of mirrors.
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Mirrors, mirrors upon mirrors.
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Modern mirrors trace their
origin to a fellow by the name
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of Joshua von Liebing
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who made the first
modern mirror in 1835.
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Mirrors are very
interesting things.
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They reflect light.
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They tell the truth.
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And so the truth
is that we humans
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have been checking
ourselves out in mirrors
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for a long time.
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We need mirrors.
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You have to have a mirror.
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For most men, we
need a mirror to shave.
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Now I have
developed the ability to shave
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without a mirror. Very easy...
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I start the razor here
and just take it on around.
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But for most men, they
need a mirror to shave.
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We need a mirror to
tie our tie correctly
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and make sure that that
knot is just in the middle.
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You've got to have a nice
little mirror to make sure
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that the knot is right where you
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want the knot to be.
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Getting our clothes
straight requires a mirror.
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For many women,
applying make-up and face powder
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requires a mirror.
Now, men like to think
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that women hog the
mirror more than men.
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But if the truth be told
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there are a lot of men
who spend a lot of time
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in the mirror also.
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In our home,
luckily we have 1-1/2 baths
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because if we didn't, we'd
have trouble in the morning.
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Irma likes time in the mirror.
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I like time in the mirror.
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And we decide who's going
to get what mirror, you know,
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as we get up. The first
person in the big mirror
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gets the big mirror. The other
person takes the little mirror.
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That's how it works for us.
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There is a famous picture.
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A little video
vignette in New York City
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of a woman driving
down the highway at some...
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oh, I guess, 70 or
80 miles an hour...
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She's got the visor down.
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She's steering the
car with her elbows.
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In her one hand she has
a powder puff and powder.
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In the other hand
she has a mascara wand
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and she's driving with her
elbows while applying make-up
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driving down the highway.
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She cannot see
where she's going.
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Her eyes are
fastened on the mirror
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as she is doing her
face driving down the highway
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at 70 miles an hour.
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And the insurance company
that made that commercial
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put up words that said:
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"She's out there, and
you don't want to meet her. "
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That is their
advertisement for not driving
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without insurance.
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Though most
people don't need it,
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we tend to brush our teeth
in front of a mirror, don't we?
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You don't really need
to but it's just a habit.
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We use full-length mirrors
to see how our outfits look.
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We comb and style
and brush our hair
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in front of the mirror.
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I, of course, don't
have that problem...
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but many of you do!
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And if you ever make the mistake
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of appearing in
public with one black sock
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and one brown sock,
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or one black shoe
and one brown shoe,
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or a piece of
spinach is in your teeth,
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the first thing
they will say is:
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"Didn't you
look in the mirror? "
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Didn't you see what you looked
like before you left the house?
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On the other hand,
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there are some people
who are always in the mirror.
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Umm-hmm.
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They never pass a
mirror without taking
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a little glance.
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A mirror doesn't say
anything, ladies and gentlemen,
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and yet it has the ability
to tell us when we look good
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and when we look bad.
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It doesn't invent anything.
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It simply reflects what's there.
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And a mirror's value
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is directly proportional
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to its accuracy in
reflecting what it sees.
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In other words, if a mirror
doesn't tell you the truth,
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it's not of value.
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A good mirror reflects
the image as the image is.
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It doesn't tell you anything.
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It doesn't take
away, it doesn't add.
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It simply reflects the image.
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That's what makes
a mirror valuable.
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If you had a looking
glass or reflecting pool,
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you wouldn't know
what you looked like
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until you looked in that mirror.
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Good mirrors don't lie.
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I say it again:
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good mirrors do not lie.
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What you are is what you see!
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And if you don't
like what you see,
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don't blame the mirror.
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Can you say Amen? Amen.
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I say it again:
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if you don't like what you see,
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it's not the mirror's fault.
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Umm-hmm.
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Because the mirror
doesn't invent anything.
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It simply tells you
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if you're good or if you're bad.
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Our first text is Titus
chapter 2. What book did I say?
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I'm in the second
chapter of the book of Titus...
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Titus chapter 2 and we're going
to be reading verses 11 and 12.
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Here we go. Titus chapter 2
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verses 11 and 12:
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Can you say Amen?
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So then, it is
grace, ladies and gentlemen,
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that allows us to
participate in the experience
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that we call
salvation. Can you say Amen?
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Grace makes salvation available,
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reachable, attainable,
dare I say... affordable.
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It is by the grace of God
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that we can acquire
salvation for every man,
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every woman,
every boy, every girl
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who is now
living, whoever will live,
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and who has ever lived.
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If someone asks you
"How do I get saved? "
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your answer ought to be
short and sweet and simple:
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"I am saved by grace. "
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One of the most important texts
on the theology of salvation,
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justification,
and sanctification...
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It was the foundation
text for Luther's 95 Theses -
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his 95 propositions - that
he nailed to the Catholic church
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at Wittenberg is
found in Ephesians chapter 2
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verse 8. And I
think next to John 3:16
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it is one of the most
beautiful and sublime texts
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in the entire Bible.
It is incredibly powerful
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and liberating! It
is a foundation text
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for the Word of
God... so let's go there.
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Ephesians chapter
2... What book did I say?
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Ephesians. You're with
me. Ephesians chapter 2
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and verse 8. It is foundational
to the salvation experience.
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The Bible says:
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So the grace that saves us
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is a God-given
gift. Can you say Amen?
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It's a gift... grace is a gift.
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And the limousine that
brings you the gift of grace
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is faith. It cannot be earned.
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It cannot be worked for.
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It cannot be
ascertained through striving.
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Grace, ladies and
gentlemen, is a gift
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and faith is a gift.
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Can you say Amen?
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Ephesians chapter
3... What book did I say?
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Ephesians. You're with
me. You can talk to me...
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it's quite all
right. I'm not offended.
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Amen!
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Ephesians
chapter 3 verses 6 and 7:
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Again, the grace
of God is a gift.
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Grace is a gift. Say it with me.
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Grace is a gift.
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Now say this: faith is a gift.
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Faith is a gift.
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So grace is a
gift; faith is a gift.
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And they both come to us
wrapped in a bow of love from?
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God!
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Now, what does this have to do
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with my mirror?
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Well, here's my problem.
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Here's my problem.
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Jesus Himself said
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John 14:15
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"If you love Me, keep... " What?
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"Keep My commandments. "
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"Keep My commandments. "
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I John chapter 3 verse 2
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I John chapter 3 verse
2... what book did I say?
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I John 3:2. Let's turn to that.
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That's how we
know that we know Him.
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If we keep the commandments,
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it speaks of a relationship
with Jesus Christ. Amen?
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If... if you're
married to a person,
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there are certain things you do,
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there are certain
things you don't do
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that are part of a
marriage relationship.
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Commandment keeping is
part of the relationship
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with Jesus. "If you love
Me, keep My commandments. "
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Verse 4... Verse 4 says:
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"He who says I know Him and
does not keep His commandments
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is a liar and the
truth is not in him. "
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"Truth is not in him. " So... if
you don't keep the commandments
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and you say you love Jesus,
you're not telling the truth.
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Bible says you're lying
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because the symbol of
a relationship with Jesus
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is keeping the commandments.
Does that make sense?
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Does it?
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Yeah. Why would you say "I'm in
a love relationship with Jesus"
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and then Jesus
says "do this for Me"
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and you say: "Nope,
not going to do it. "
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That's like you
say: "Honey, I love you.
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I love you, I
love you, I love you. "
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And she says: "OK,
give me a glass of water. "
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"Nope. "
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If you love me,
give me a glass of water.
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Jesus said: "If you love
Me, keep My commandments. "
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Well then, here's a problem.
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The problem is there
are commandments to be kept.
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I cannot keep them.
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I've got a problem.
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Let's go to Galatians
chapter 3 and verse 19.
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Galatians chapter 3... 19.
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What book did I say?
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Galatians. OK, let's go:
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Galatians 3:19...
what purpose does it do?
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The law shows
us when we're right
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and when we're wrong.
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The law of God,
then, gives us a picture
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of ourselves.
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That says that the
law of God then is a what?
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It's a mirror.
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The commandments
of God are a mirror.
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When we look at the
commandments we see ourselves
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as we really
are. Can you say Amen?
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They don't add anything.
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They don't take away anything.
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They give us an accurate
picture of what we look like.
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I John chapter 3. We're
doing a little Bible hopping.
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I John chapter 3.
What book did I say?
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I John chapter 3.
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All right. Here we go:
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If you have an Old Testament -
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rather a King James Bible -
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it says: "Whosoever commits
sin also transgresses the law
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for sin is the
transgression of the law. "
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And of course, those
of you who know Greek know
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that there are several
words that are translated sin.
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You've got anomia,
padeptoma, malusmeth,
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hamartia. Hamartia
means missing the mark
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like you're shooting at
something and you miss the mark.
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The Bible says that's sin.
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You've got paraptoma which
means you're walking along side
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the law but not on the law.
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You're not walking in
the footsteps of Christ.
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You're walking on a
parallel path... that is sin.
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Then you've got anomia
which is called lawlessness
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which is what the
text is using here.
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It says "whosoever
commits sin acts lawless" -
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acts as though there is no law -
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for sin is lawlessness. "
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You have to have
law, ladies and gentlemen,
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to define sin.
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No sin... no law.
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The only reason
speeding is illegal
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is because somebody
said 55 miles an hour
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is the speed limit.
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If you go above
55 miles an hour,
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you're breaking the law.
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I remember one time I
was trying to hurry up
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to get to
prayer meeting, Pastor.
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Going to prayer meeting
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and I had my foot on
the accelerator really fast.
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And the New York City
Police pulled me over.
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And I had my
clergy sign in the window.
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And they said:
"Are you a minister? "
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I said: "Yeah. " He
said: "Where're you going? "
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I said: "I'm going to
church and I'm a little late. "
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He said: "Well, you
were going about... "
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Well, I won't tell
how fast I was going...
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I was going
above the speed limit.
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He said: "Do you
believe in God? "
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I said: "Yeah, I do. "
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He said: "Well, if
you don't slow down,
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you're going to
meet your boss... "
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and he said "Have a nice day"
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and he let me go.
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Now I could have
just tore out of there,
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you know, to try to
get to church fast, but
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I took my time and I went
right at 55... maybe 56...
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maybe 57...
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but I didn't speed any more
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because I
needed to keep the law.
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We need the law, ladies
and gentlemen, to show us
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what sin is. Can you say Amen?
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No law... no sin.
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The law sets the parameters.
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The law shows us
when we're right;
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the law shows us
when we're wrong.
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The law shows
us when we're good;
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the law shows us when we're bad.
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The law, then, is a mirror!
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It serves as a mirror
to show us how we are.
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And if you don't like
what you see in the mirror,
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is it the mirror's fault?
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No! You've got
to change the image.
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The mirror just
tells you the truth...
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and if you don't like it, then
you've got to make the changes.
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The Bible says "the law
of the Lord is perfect. "
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Amen? "The law of
the Lord is perfect. "
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The problem is: we are not!
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The law is
perfect. The law is fine.
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Law looks pretty good.
The problem is... I don't.
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Not the law's
fault... the fault is in me
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so I realize my imperfections
when I go to the mirror.
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I see my warts and my
scabs and my acne and my
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mismatched socks and the
spinach caught in my tooth
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and my crooked tie.
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I see all of that
when I look in the law.
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But if I didn't have the
mirror I would not see myself.
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So the law, then, is a mirror.
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Sometimes, you know, I
hear things being preached...
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as I watch
television and other places
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I hear things being preached
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and I wonder as I hear
these different theologies
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"Did that guy look in the
mirror before he started that? "
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Did he look in the same mirror
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and come up with that theology?
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He's looking in a different
mirror than I'm looking in.
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I don't know
what he's looking in.
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So when I look in the mirror
I see myself ugliness and all.
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Now don't look at me... because
the same mirror that shows me
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my warts shows you yours. Amen?
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So rather than looking at mine,
you look in your own mirror.
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Amen!
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So I see myself. I
see how good I look,
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I see how bad I look.
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I see myself as I really am.
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How do I know that I'm not
so good and that I look bad?
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Romans chapter 3 verse
23. What book did I say?
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Romans 3:23. So you're
awake. You're still with me.
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Romans 3:23. I know
it's hot in here tonight.
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It is very, very warm.
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They tell me this is Chicago...
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by tomorrow there could be
20 feet of snow on the ground.
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So I don't know.
Tonight it's warm!
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But Romans 3:23
has something to say.
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How many have sinned?
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How many have sinned?
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Everybody! "All have sinned. "
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How many is all?
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All.
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Is there anybody in
here that's not all?
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So I could say in the
province of southern Illinois
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all ya'll have sinned.
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That's what they say
down in southern Illinois...
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"all ya'll have sinned. "
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We don't say that in New York.
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We say "you-uns. " Not really...
that's western New York.
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All includes
you and includes me.
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We all have sinned and
come short of the glory of God.
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So the same mirror that says
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I have sinned
and I don't look good
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says you have sinned
and you don't look good.
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The problem is:
that's enough to depress me!
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When I look in the
mirror of God's law,
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I see how bad I look.
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I can come away depressed
because everybody has sinned.
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And then three chapters
later in 6:23 it tells me
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the wages of sin is...
that's pretty depressing.
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The wages of sin is
death and everybody has sinned
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so everybody deserves
to... Boy, that's depressing.
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God doesn't leave us
in that depressing state.
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Galatians chapter
3... What book did I say?
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Oh, praise God!
You're still with me.
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Galatians chapter 3
verses 24 through 26.
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Ummm... Galatians chapter
3 verse 24. Let's pick it up:
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So when you look at the law and
you're depressed at what you see
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it's OK... because the
function of this mirror
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is to help me
realize that my success
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will be found in Jesus.
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Amen? Yeah!
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My success will
be found in the Lord.
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It's the law's job
to drive us to Jesus.
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The law is holy,
just, and good. I am not.
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How do I get right? Go
to Jesus! Can you say Amen?
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That's the key. So
when I look in the mirror
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I don't like what I see and
I am forced to the realization
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that I have no way
to change my image.
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"The law" - Romans
7:2... 7:12 rather:
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"is holy, just, and good. "
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Romans 7:14 says:
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I'm born to sin.
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That's the problem.
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I've got a holy
law and a holy God
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and yet I am carnal.
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So what do I do?
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Well, Romans
chapter 8 verses 7 and 8.
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What book did I say?
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Romans chapter 8.
You're finding it for me
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and finding it with me, rather.
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Romans 8 verse 7:
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That's...
that's... that's tough.
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In my flesh I can't please God.
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I can't make God happy.
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I look in the mirror;
I see my imperfection.
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There's nothing
I can do about it.
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I'm in a fix!
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Romans chapter 3 and verse 20.
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In the book of Romans,
chapter 3 and verse 20:
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That's the purpose of the law.
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Not to depress you.
Not to make you sad.
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Simply to let you
know where you stand.
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If I... If I have this... come
out with this towel on my head
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and nobody tells me,
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I won't know until I go and...
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look. That's the
function of the law:
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to let you know where you stand.
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And if you didn't have the law,
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you wouldn't know
how and where you stood.
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But even plastic surgery
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can't correct my faults.
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Can't do it!
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Go to a good dentist; get
your teeth fixed. Not enough.
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Tummy tuck... not enough.
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Ears bobbed... not enough.
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Hair replacement...
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not enough.
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Because the problems
that I have aren't physical.
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They're heart problems.
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They're inside my soul,
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and it takes the
power of the living God
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to do something
about those problems.
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So what's going to
happen? What do I do?
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Romans chapter 5 verse 8.
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We're in the book of...
You know, let me commend you
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to read the book of Romans.
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If you want to
read a powerful book
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that is chuck full
of powerful statements,
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read Paul's
letter to the Romans.
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Just statement after statement
after statement after statement
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that affirm us on our Christian
walk. It is a powerful book,
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and I dare say that a good
Christian ought to read Romans
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at least once a
year. It is a powerful book
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in the New Testament!
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Romans chapter 5
verse 8. Here we go:
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King James says commendeth...
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Isn't that a powerful statement?
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God didn't wait
for you to get right.
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God didn't wait for you to
get cleaned up and perfect.
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God didn't wait for you
to get all nice and neat.
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God died for you in
the face of Jesus Christ
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while you were still sinning.
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Commends His
love; proves His love;
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demonstrates His love.
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"That while we were yet
sinners Christ died for us. "
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I'm in Romans 5:20 now.
Romans chapter 5 verse 20:
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If you have a Bible and a little
pen, put a line under that.
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Powerful text.
Incredibly powerful text!
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That's a text you
can plant your feet on.
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"Where sin abounds,
grace does much more abound. "
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Now that says to me
- among other things -
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it doesn't
matter what your sin is.
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You know, we like to
talk about each others' sins.
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Well she did that and he did
that and I would never do that.
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Yet you're doing something else.
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Um-hmmm.
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That text lets me
know that it doesn't matter
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what your sin is. It
doesn't matter what you've done.
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"Where sin abounds,
grace does abound much more. "
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So whatever you've
done, if you confess your sins
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He is "faithful
and just to forgive
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and to cleanse. "
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"Grace aboundeth much more. "
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I'm so glad for
the grace of God.
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Romans chapter 6 verse 14.
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Romans 6:14.
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Underline that text please.
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The Bible is saying here:
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"Sin's not going to
control you anymore. "
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You hear me?
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Sin is not going to
determine your life any more.
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It's not going to have dominion.
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It's not going to
control your past.
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It's not going to
control your present.
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And praise God it is not
going to control your future.
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Sin is not going to
be the determining factor
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as to where you will spend
eternimy... eternity, rather.
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It is not going to
have dominion over your life
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because you're
not under the law.
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Under the law does not mean
that the law's done away with.
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It simply means you're not
left to the penalty of the law.
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You don't have
to suffer any more.
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You see, all the law can say is:
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"Murray, you need
to take that towel
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and wipe that
sweat off your head.
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That's what it says.
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But it's not the mirror's fault
that I've got to do the wiping.
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It's my fault!
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Amen.
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Because if I stood up here
maybe and talked very quietly
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and never moved
maybe I wouldn't do that...
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but I can't do that, so
I've got to move, Pastor.
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And I get excited... praise God!
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So it's not the mirror's fault.
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Sin doesn't have
dominion over me.
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Doesn't control my future.
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Romans chapter 8 verse 1.
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Love this text. Love
it, love it, love it!
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The book is Romans:
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That's what the law does:
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condemns... because it
tells you when you're wrong.
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Isn't that wonderful?
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Isn't that wonderful! They don't
walk according to the flesh.
00:33:59.71\00:34:02.85
They walk
according to the Spirit.
00:34:03.05\00:34:05.70
"No condemnation. " So I'm
not under condemnation any more.
00:34:07.25\00:34:10.59
I'm not
exceeding the speed limit.
00:34:10.89\00:34:12.94
I don't have to worry
about getting a ticket.
00:34:13.24\00:34:15.00
I don't have to worry about
the policeman pulling me over
00:34:15.10\00:34:16.81
because I'm not
under condemnation...
00:34:16.92\00:34:18.93
I'm safe in Jesus. Praise God!
00:34:19.13\00:34:21.84
James chapter 1:25 and 2:12
00:34:22.14\00:34:27.33
call it the "law of liberty. "
00:34:27.53\00:34:29.32
Not only does the
law not hold you down
00:34:29.62\00:34:31.95
it frees you. Law's
not an oppressive thing.
00:34:32.25\00:34:35.43
Not something
trying to hold you down.
00:34:35.63\00:34:37.16
It actually frees you.
00:34:37.46\00:34:39.53
It frees us from the tyranny...
from the condemnation.
00:34:39.83\00:34:43.60
Now Pastor Disney, I
want you to go in the back
00:34:43.90\00:34:45.15
and bring my little
zippered blue and black case.
00:34:45.35\00:34:47.21
I've got something I want to
show the folk in just a minute.
00:34:47.41\00:34:49.16
Let's go to James
chapter 1 verse 22.
00:34:50.86\00:34:53.32
What book did I say?
James chapter 1 and verse 22.
00:34:53.42\00:34:56.80
Coming to an end; we'll be
done in just a few minutes.
00:34:56.83\00:34:58.54
Here we go: James 1 and 22...
00:34:58.74\00:35:01.05
Not enough to
just hear the Word.
00:35:13.05\00:35:16.97
You've got to make
changes. Thank you, Pastor.
00:35:17.27\00:35:19.97
That's just what I needed.
00:35:20.28\00:35:21.74
I'm going to use
it in just a second.
00:35:21.84\00:35:23.26
We've got to be
able to make changes.
00:35:23.56\00:35:26.50
We've got to hear the Word
and then put it into practice.
00:35:26.90\00:35:30.93
Now let's pick it
up at verses 23 and 24.
00:35:31.13\00:35:33.32
This kind of
ties it all together.
00:35:33.62\00:35:36.37
Verses 23 and 24, same chapter:
00:35:36.67\00:35:39.76
He's looking at
himself in a mirror.
00:35:52.02\00:35:54.33
"For he observes
himself, goes away,
00:35:56.48\00:36:00.76
and immediately" does what?
00:36:00.81\00:36:02.87
"Forgets. "
00:36:03.17\00:36:04.88
You see yourself in the mirror,
00:36:05.08\00:36:06.37
you forget what you just saw.
00:36:06.57\00:36:09.27
God has told you: "Hey, man,
00:36:09.57\00:36:12.35
woman, you need Jesus. "
00:36:12.65\00:36:15.50
I do!
00:36:16.75\00:36:18.58
And then you turn around
and you forget all about Him.
00:36:18.88\00:36:22.54
You go back to the
things of the world.
00:36:22.84\00:36:25.63
You go back to your lifestyle
00:36:25.93\00:36:27.96
and you forget what
you saw in the mirror.
00:36:28.17\00:36:30.78
But every time you
turn to that mirror
00:36:30.98\00:36:32.69
that mirror gives
you the same image.
00:36:32.89\00:36:35.20
It doesn't
change; it cannot lie.
00:36:35.50\00:36:37.38
It will always
tell you the truth.
00:36:37.58\00:36:39.27
The thing is, you've
got to put into practice
00:36:39.57\00:36:42.90
what the mirror has told you.
00:36:43.20\00:36:45.58
When the law says you
are outside of the law,
00:36:45.88\00:36:48.02
you've got to change.
00:36:48.32\00:36:49.74
When the policeman
says you are speeding,
00:36:50.04\00:36:51.67
you've got to stop
speeding. Amen? And Amen.
00:36:51.97\00:36:55.61
Now if my tie is crooked
and I look in this mirror,
00:36:55.91\00:37:00.40
and I don't like this tie
and I don't like what I see,
00:37:00.70\00:37:04.79
I could just...
00:37:05.09\00:37:08.54
break the mirror.
00:37:08.84\00:37:11.02
How's my tie?
00:37:11.12\00:37:13.31
I can't see it.
00:37:15.53\00:37:17.80
How's my tie?
00:37:19.00\00:37:20.33
Still crooked.
00:37:20.73\00:37:22.16
Mirror's fault? No!
00:37:22.46\00:37:24.89
Where does the
change have to come?
00:37:25.02\00:37:26.89
In me!
00:37:27.13\00:37:29.03
Because every time I go to a
mirror I'm going to see what?
00:37:29.33\00:37:32.12
Crooked tie.
00:37:32.42\00:37:34.05
And unless I
change my crooked tie
00:37:34.35\00:37:39.30
I'll never be like I should be.
00:37:39.61\00:37:43.07
I won't be like Jesus.
00:37:43.38\00:37:46.08
So we cannot change. We
should not blame the mirror.
00:37:46.38\00:37:51.14
Takes Jesus to make
these changes in my life. Amen?
00:37:51.44\00:37:55.98
Now I'm going to need
seven quick volunteers.
00:37:56.28\00:37:58.11
I'm going to need
seven young people.
00:37:58.31\00:37:59.55
Seven young
people. I need children.
00:37:59.85\00:38:01.73
Seven young
people... One, two, I need some
00:38:02.03\00:38:04.39
young people really fast. Young
people; need some little ones.
00:38:04.49\00:38:06.37
Young people really
fast. I want you to come.
00:38:06.68\00:38:08.43
Come very quickly.
00:38:08.73\00:38:09.83
Come quickly; come quickly.
Seven; I need seven of you.
00:38:10.13\00:38:12.35
OK, really fast.
00:38:12.56\00:38:13.62
Seven young people.
00:38:13.92\00:38:16.92
Seven young people.
00:38:17.27\00:38:19.94
I need seven of you.
00:38:20.24\00:38:24.64
And...
00:38:24.94\00:38:30.37
Aye-yi-yi-yi-yi...
00:38:30.68\00:38:32.97
Ha ha ha ha!
00:38:33.17\00:38:34.88
I don't believe it.
00:38:35.18\00:38:38.86
My... seven young people.
00:38:39.16\00:38:43.90
There we go... there we are!
00:38:45.30\00:38:48.41
There we are. Almost got afraid.
00:38:48.75\00:38:50.51
I thought I left
this home for a second.
00:38:50.62\00:38:52.03
All right. Now, I want
you to line up right here.
00:38:52.33\00:38:54.32
Just line up next to him.
Straight line... give me a line
00:38:54.62\00:38:55.85
right here. Straight line.
00:38:56.05\00:38:57.09
Give me a line real
fast... give me a line.
00:38:57.39\00:38:59.21
Face that way.
Face those people.
00:38:59.51\00:39:00.99
You come here...
00:39:01.19\00:39:02.81
and you come
here and you come here
00:39:03.12\00:39:04.89
and you come
here and you come here
00:39:05.09\00:39:06.99
and you come here
and you come here.
00:39:07.19\00:39:10.99
There... there!
00:39:11.29\00:39:14.22
There.
00:39:14.52\00:39:16.32
God bless you. OK.
00:39:16.62\00:39:18.72
OK. Now, I want you to
hold these signs up for me
00:39:20.48\00:39:24.03
when I give them to you.
00:39:24.33\00:39:25.99
All right. Here we go.
00:39:26.29\00:39:27.62
We're going to start on
the far end. Hold this up.
00:39:27.92\00:39:31.52
Just hold it
right in front of you.
00:39:31.82\00:39:32.90
Can you see that? Hold it
straight up in front of you.
00:39:33.01\00:39:34.97
What is that? Law.
00:39:35.17\00:39:36.73
OK. Now whenever I point to that
sign I want you to say that.
00:39:36.94\00:39:39.13
Let's practice. This is the?
00:39:39.33\00:39:40.57
Law. This is the?
00:39:40.77\00:39:42.46
Law. A little
louder... This is the?
00:39:42.66\00:39:44.69
Law. Amen!
00:39:44.89\00:39:46.09
The law is a transcript
of the character of God.
00:39:46.30\00:39:50.19
Amen? So then, the?
00:39:50.50\00:39:52.85
Law is unchangeable.
00:39:53.05\00:39:55.29
It does not change
because God does not change.
00:39:55.59\00:39:58.70
The Law is the mirror.
00:39:59.00\00:40:01.91
The mirror is the Law.
00:40:02.21\00:40:04.97
So we have the Law:
00:40:05.27\00:40:07.30
transcript of
the character of God.
00:40:07.60\00:40:09.11
Now this is Sin. What is this?
00:40:09.41\00:40:13.33
Sin. This is? Sin. All right.
00:40:13.63\00:40:16.16
Sin is the
transgression of the Law.
00:40:16.46\00:40:19.54
This - sin - is the
transgression of the?
00:40:19.64\00:40:23.61
Law. If you don't have -
Law - you don't have Sin.
00:40:23.81\00:40:27.56
So Sin is the
transgression of the Law.
00:40:27.86\00:40:30.84
Praise the Lord. You got it?
00:40:31.14\00:40:33.12
No Law, no Sin.
00:40:33.32\00:40:36.60
No Law, no Sin. Amen!
00:40:36.80\00:40:39.71
You're doing well.
00:40:40.01\00:40:41.65
This is Grace. This is Grace.
00:40:41.95\00:40:47.46
Grace is pardon for Sin which
is a transgression of the Law.
00:40:47.76\00:40:53.12
We need Grace
because all of us commit Sin
00:40:53.42\00:40:57.18
which means all
of us break the Law.
00:40:57.38\00:40:59.48
We are saved by
Grace through faith
00:40:59.78\00:41:02.45
and that not of yourselves...
it is a gift of God.
00:41:02.65\00:41:05.89
We are saved by amazing Grace
00:41:06.19\00:41:09.39
which is pardon for Sin
00:41:09.69\00:41:11.69
which is
transgression of the Law.
00:41:11.89\00:41:13.77
Now you folks are
starting to fatigue on me.
00:41:13.87\00:41:15.36
This is not that hard.
00:41:15.46\00:41:16.51
All right. Now we have Jesus.
00:41:16.81\00:41:22.58
Who is this?
Jesus. Again. Jesus.
00:41:22.78\00:41:26.08
Say it with a little more oomph.
00:41:26.38\00:41:28.00
Jesus! There you go.
00:41:28.30\00:41:30.29
Jesus gives us
Grace which is pardon for
00:41:30.60\00:41:34.88
Sin which is
transgression of the Law.
00:41:35.08\00:41:37.49
We all need Jesus
because we all commit Sin
00:41:37.69\00:41:41.95
so we need His Grace
00:41:42.15\00:41:44.53
which is pardon for Sin which
is the transgression of the Law.
00:41:44.73\00:41:48.87
Uhh, Amen!
00:41:49.17\00:41:51.02
All right. Now we have Gospel.
00:41:51.32\00:41:55.72
So this is Gospel.
00:41:55.86\00:41:57.82
The Gospel is the
good news of Jesus
00:41:58.12\00:42:01.54
who brings us Grace
00:42:01.74\00:42:03.44
which is pardon for Sin
00:42:03.64\00:42:05.84
which is the
transgression of the Law.
00:42:06.04\00:42:08.11
The Gospel...
00:42:08.41\00:42:11.58
The Gospel condemns Sin
00:42:11.78\00:42:15.28
and Jesus condemns Sin.
00:42:15.48\00:42:19.04
So we all need
Grace because Grace
00:42:19.34\00:42:23.33
is pardon for Sin which is
the transgression of the Law.
00:42:23.53\00:42:27.51
Amen. Don't get
tired on me. Stay with me.
00:42:27.81\00:42:29.37
Got a couple more.
00:42:29.40\00:42:30.41
All right. This
is a... Preacher.
00:42:30.71\00:42:35.56
Amen.
00:42:35.86\00:42:38.37
Now, we need a Preacher
to tell us about the Gospel
00:42:38.67\00:42:42.71
which is the good news of Jesus
00:42:42.91\00:42:45.11
who gives us Grace
which is pardon for Sin
00:42:45.31\00:42:48.46
which is the
transgression of the Law.
00:42:48.66\00:42:50.87
Amen.
00:42:51.17\00:42:52.22
The Preacher is the one
who's up here perspiring
00:42:53.32\00:42:57.34
telling you about the Gospel
which is the good news of Jesus
00:42:57.55\00:43:01.49
who gives us Grace
which is pardon for Sin
00:43:01.69\00:43:05.64
which is the
transgression of the Law.
00:43:05.84\00:43:08.93
Amen.
00:43:09.23\00:43:10.43
This is the Church.
00:43:15.71\00:43:17.60
Amen. The Church. The Church.
00:43:18.00\00:43:21.45
We are sitting in a
Church listening to a Preacher
00:43:21.65\00:43:25.37
who is telling
us about the Gospel
00:43:25.57\00:43:27.56
which is the
good news about Jesus
00:43:27.76\00:43:29.99
who gives each of us
Grace which is pardon for Sin
00:43:30.20\00:43:33.84
which is the
transgression of the Law.
00:43:34.05\00:43:37.08
Make sense? It
all ties together.
00:43:37.38\00:43:41.44
If you don't have
this you can't have this.
00:43:41.74\00:43:46.76
So those who say this is done
away for... away with, rather
00:43:47.06\00:43:51.94
are really asking
for license to do this.
00:43:52.14\00:43:57.42
Amen? Yeah.
00:43:57.72\00:44:00.69
If you don't have this
then you don't have that.
00:44:00.99\00:44:04.55
And people who want to do this
00:44:04.85\00:44:06.66
have got to do away with this.
00:44:06.86\00:44:08.73
But they also have got to do
00:44:08.83\00:44:10.55
away with... Jesus.
00:44:10.65\00:44:13.30
Yeah.
00:44:13.60\00:44:15.26
We cannot keep Law
no matter how we try.
00:44:15.76\00:44:20.86
Can't keep the Law. Can't do it.
00:44:21.16\00:44:24.06
Cannot do it; the law
condemns. We cannot do it.
00:44:24.36\00:44:28.60
Because we all
Sin... and this is not...
00:44:28.90\00:44:32.64
you can't will
your way out of this.
00:44:32.84\00:44:34.39
You can't say:
"Today I will not sin. "
00:44:34.96\00:44:38.73
Can't do it.
00:44:38.94\00:44:40.35
Can't... Even if you lay in your
bed, your mind will Sin. Um-hmm.
00:44:40.66\00:44:46.23
And if you don't Sin in
deed you will Sin in thought.
00:44:46.33\00:44:51.62
Amen? Amen. Yeah.
00:44:51.92\00:44:54.16
Driving down the highway
singing a beautiful song...
00:44:54.46\00:44:58.52
somebody cuts you off.
00:44:58.83\00:45:02.15
Sin! Amen?
00:45:02.45\00:45:06.97
You know, I have a friend
- president of a conference -
00:45:07.27\00:45:10.14
bought a brand new
Oldsmobile back in the 1990s.
00:45:10.45\00:45:13.74
Parked in front of
his house, went upstairs.
00:45:14.04\00:45:16.70
Came down the next morning...
all the doors were gone.
00:45:16.90\00:45:21.68
They just took the doors.
00:45:21.99\00:45:23.73
Just the doors.
00:45:24.03\00:45:27.60
Sin... He didn't say anything
00:45:27.90\00:45:31.68
but he sure thought about it!
00:45:31.88\00:45:33.92
You can do this in
thought and in deed.
00:45:36.01\00:45:39.26
Amen? You can Sin in your heart.
00:45:39.56\00:45:43.00
And God reads the
intent of the heart.
00:45:43.30\00:45:47.97
So you can leave the Church
feeling on top of the world...
00:45:48.27\00:45:51.37
feel like you could conquer
the world... and somebody will
00:45:51.67\00:45:54.32
say something or do something
and immediately you will Sin.
00:45:54.42\00:45:58.48
That's why you need Grace. Yeah!
00:45:58.58\00:46:01.47
Because Grace is pardon for Sin
00:46:01.77\00:46:06.50
which is the
transgression of the Law.
00:46:06.70\00:46:08.63
Part of the
justifying experience.
00:46:08.73\00:46:10.61
The moment you say "I
give my life to Jesus, "
00:46:10.81\00:46:13.85
you get credit for
righteousness. Amen?
00:46:14.05\00:46:16.09
That's justification.
The instant you say
00:46:16.29\00:46:18.84
"Jesus, I give
my heart to You, "
00:46:19.04\00:46:20.94
He gives you Grace - um-hmm -
and that includes pardon for Sin
00:46:21.14\00:46:26.02
at that second. And
then that same act of Grace
00:46:26.22\00:46:30.65
allows the Spirit
of God to work in you
00:46:30.75\00:46:33.47
and through you and with you
00:46:33.67\00:46:36.86
so that you
actually become sanctified...
00:46:37.06\00:46:40.51
which means you
actually DO get better
00:46:40.81\00:46:44.38
and better and better.
00:46:44.68\00:46:46.20
Christ at the justification
process pronounces you
00:46:46.50\00:46:50.18
better and good. And then
He sets about through Grace
00:46:50.38\00:46:55.14
to make you what He has
already declared you to be.
00:46:55.34\00:46:58.73
Isn't that wonderful?
00:46:58.93\00:46:59.96
Isn't that great?
00:47:00.16\00:47:01.64
But it doesn't start
until you look into the Law.
00:47:01.94\00:47:06.92
The mirror, the
Law. And the Law says
00:47:07.22\00:47:11.40
"Hey man... hey woman,
00:47:11.43\00:47:14.02
hey boy, hey girl...
00:47:14.22\00:47:16.36
you've got a problem.
00:47:16.56\00:47:18.58
You need to go to Jesus. "
00:47:18.89\00:47:21.87
You need to go right here
00:47:22.17\00:47:24.95
and He will give you
Grace... marvelous Grace.
00:47:25.26\00:47:30.41
Grace that will
pardon and cleanse within.
00:47:30.71\00:47:32.65
John, come on up.
00:47:32.85\00:47:33.87
I want you to sing, and I
know we're running short of time
00:47:34.17\00:47:37.73
but we may have
to go out on this.
00:47:38.04\00:47:39.30
I'm going to ask him
to go out on this song
00:47:39.40\00:47:40.80
umm, because it's a little
longer than we have time left.
00:47:41.10\00:47:44.13
But I want him to sing
this song because it speaks
00:47:44.33\00:47:46.97
what we're talking about. John,
sing the song for us please.
00:47:47.17\00:47:49.33
Time measured out my days.
00:48:09.74\00:48:14.16
Life carried me along.
00:48:16.28\00:48:21.40
In my soul I yearned
00:48:23.83\00:48:27.42
to follow God
00:48:27.62\00:48:30.63
but knew I'd never be
00:48:30.93\00:48:35.06
so strong.
00:48:35.26\00:48:37.31
I looked hard at this world
00:48:37.61\00:48:41.28
to learn how heaven
00:48:41.58\00:48:44.86
could be gained.
00:48:45.26\00:48:49.32
Just where I began
00:48:50.28\00:48:55.02
where human effort
00:48:55.32\00:48:58.35
was all in vain.
00:48:58.65\00:49:03.55
Were it not for grace
00:49:06.41\00:49:12.18
I can tell you where
00:49:13.88\00:49:18.32
I'd be: wand'ring down
00:49:18.62\00:49:22.85
some pointless road to nowhere
00:49:23.05\00:49:27.61
with my salvation up to me.
00:49:27.91\00:49:33.84
And I know how that would go...
00:49:34.14\00:49:38.84
all the battles I would face.
00:49:40.67\00:49:46.58
Forever running
00:49:48.60\00:49:51.40
and losing the race...
00:49:51.70\00:49:55.11
were it not for grace.
00:49:55.41\00:50:01.33
How many want to
say by standing with me
00:50:09.61\00:50:11.70
"Lord, I want to
look in the mirror.
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And if anything in that
mirror that is unlike You,
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give me the
strength to take it away. "
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How many want to be clean and
in the image of Christ Jesus?
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