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00:01 >>BILL: WELL, TODAY ON IT IS WRITTEN'S PROGRAM, WE
00:02 ARE BACK WITH DR. KNIGHT AS WE GO THROUGH THE BOOK 00:06 OF ROMANS. GO GET YOUR BIBLES AND WE BEGIN OUR 00:08 EXPLORATION IN JUST A MOMENT. 00:13 (MUSIC) 00:21 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . . 00:24 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE 00:28 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD 00:33 IT IS WRITTEN 00:35 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:40 (MUSIC) 00:51 >>BILL: LET ME WELCOME OUR VIEWERS TO OUR IT IS 00:52 WRITTEN PROGRAM AND DR. 00:54 KNIGHT, WELCOME BACK. 00:55 >>DR. KNIGHT: GOOD TO BE BACK, BILL. >>BILL: WE 00:57 APPRECIATE YOU LEADING US THROUGH THIS WALK THROUGH 00:58 THE BOOK OF ROMANS. I'VE TOLD THE VIEWERS TO GET 01:02 THEIR BIBLES BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE BOOK 01:07 RIGHT NOW. BUT MAYBE BEFORE WE DO THAT YOU 01:08 COULD, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE THAT MAYBE WEREN'T 01:10 WITH US LAST WEEK, YOU COULD JUST QUICKLY 01:12 REVIEW.YOU SAID THERE WERE THREE PURPOSES FOR 01:13 THE WRITING.>>DR. KNIGHT: THREE MAJOR PURPOSES 01:16 FOR THE WRITING.NUMBER ONE WAS TO CREATE A MISSIONARY 01:19 BASE. HE'D USED UP HIS TERRITORY FOR PIONEER 01:20 MISSIONARY WORK IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANIAN. HE 01:24 NOW WANTED TO GO TO SPAIN AND JUST AS IN THE EAST HE 01:28 USED ANTIOCH UP IN SERIA AS A MISSIONARY HOME BASE, 01:29 NOW HE WANTS TO USE ROME. 01:35 AND IF HE'S GONNA USE ROME, OF COURSE, THEY'VE 01:36 GOT TO KNOW WHO HE IS. SO THIS IS AN INTRODUCTION TO 01:42 PAUL, THE APOSTLE. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. KNIGHT: THAT'S 01:45 THE FIRST PURPOSE. A SECOND PURPOSE IS IF HE'S 01:46 GONNA USE THEM THEY BETTER GET ALONG. YOU'VE BEEN A 01:51 PASTOR; YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU GET A CONGREGATION 01:54 THAT'S NOT GETTING ALONG YOU'RE IN DEEP TROUBLE. 01:55 SO THIS CONGREGATION WAS DIVIDED ALONG THE FRONTIER 02:00 OF JEW AND GENTILE. SO HE WANTS TO NOTE THAT ALL ARE 02:07 IN THE SAME PROBLEM, ALL NEED THE SAME 02:08 HELP, SALVATION IS FOR EVERYBODY. THAT'S THE 02:11 SECONDARY PURPOSE. TO UNITE THE JEWISH AND 02:16 GENTILE POPULATIONS SO THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER AND 02:17 PROVIDE A SOLID MISSIONARY HOME BASE. BUT THERE'S A 02:22 THIRD PURPOSE AND THAT IS THAT PAUL, ON HIS WAY TO 02:31 ROME, WILL FIRST STOP BY IN JERUSALEM TO TAKE 02:32 A GIFT FROM THE GENTILE CHRISTIANS TO THE JEWISH 02:38 CHRISTIANS. A PEACE OFFERING. MEANWHILE, SOME 02:42 OF THE NON-CHRISTIAN JEWS DIDN'T LIKE PAUL AND 02:43 THAT'S PUTTING IT MILDLY, AND HE THOUGHT HE MIGHT 02:49 NOT LIVE BEYONG THAT STAGE. AND SO HE WRITES A 02:54 THEOLOGICAL STATEMENT, "THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE". 02:55 THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE FOR ALL PROPERITY. THAT'S ONE 03:02 PURPOSE OF THE THEOLOGICAL PURPOSE. THE SECOND ONE IS 03:05 TO DEMONSTRATE TO BOTH THE JEWS AND GENTILES IN ROME 03:06 THAT HE IS TRULY ORTHODOX. 03:11 SO IT'S A THREE-FOLD PURPOSE: PRACTICAL, HE 03:12 NEEDED A MISSIONARY BASE; STRATEGIC, LET'S GET THESE 03:16 PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER; AND THEOLOGICAL, LET'S SET 03:20 THE FOUNDATION FOR THE GOSPEL. >>BILL: THAT'S IT. 03:21 OKAY, WELL, LET'S, LET'S MOVE IN. >>DR. KNIGHT: 03:26 WELL, WE START WITH THE FIRST VERSE. >>BILL: OKAY. 03:30 >>DR. KNIGHT: HE IDENTIFIES HIMSELF. PAUL, 03:31 A SERVANT HERE.NOW SERVANT HERE, A GREEK WORD HERE 03:36 'ADOLOS' MEANS SLAVE. I MEAN, THIS GUY IS TOTALLY 03:38 OWNED BY JESUS CHRIST. 03:39 HE'S GONNA COME LATER ON IN THE BOOK AND HE'S GONNA 03:42 SAY, EVERYBODY'S A SLAVE TO SOMEBODY. YOU DON'T 03:43 HAVE ANY CHOICES ABOUT SLAVERY. IT'S YOUR CHOICE, 03:47 BILL. DO YOU WANT TO BE A SLAVE TO CHRIST OR A SLAVE 03:51 TO THE DEVIL? HE SAYS AND HE'S WAVING HIS FLAG, I'M 03:52 A SLAVE OF JESUS, I BELONG TO HIM 100% AND IT SAYS 03:57 CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE AN APOSTLE JUST MEANS 'ONE 04:03 WHO'S SENT', 'ONE WHO IS SENT BY JESUS CHRIST'. 04:04 WE WON'T SPEND LONG WITH CHAPTER ONE HERE BUT I 04:11 DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW VERSES, THAT IS THE 04:15 FIRST HALF OF CHAPTER ONE. SOMETHING THAT WE 04:16 MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY, VERSE FIVE IS TALKING 04:23 ABOUT THE RESERRECTED CHRIST, "THROUGH WHOM WE 04:26 HAVE RECEIVED GRACE, AN APOSTLESHIP TO BRING ABOUT 04:27 THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH". 04:30 AND WE NOTED THAT ONE OF THE THEMED TEXTS, ONE OF 04:31 THE THEMED THOUGHTS OF ROMANS IS THIS PHRASE 'THE 04:35 OBEDIENCE OF FAITH'. AND HOW DO WE KNOW THAT'S A 04:40 THEME? WELL, WHEN YOU FRAME A PICTURE, THE FRAME 04:41 KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE PICTURE. 04:47 IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH AND IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF 04:52 ROMANS WE HAVE THIS PHRASE 'THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH' 04:53 AND IN THE BOOK ITSELF IT'S GONNA SHOW US 04:57 HOW FAITH LEADS US TO OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST. 05:02 THAT'S ONE THEME. BUT WHEN YOU GET OVER HERE TO VERSE 05:04 16, NOW YOU'RE REALLY IN TO WHAT PAUL WANTS TO 05:09 TALK ABOUT. THIS IS THE INTRODUCTION TO THE MOST 05:14 INFLUENCIAL DOCUMENT.I'M NOT TALKING 05:15 ABOUT CHRISTIAN, I MEAN DOCUMENTS.>>BILL: PERIOD. 05:20 >>DR. KNIGHT:.PERIOD, IN WESTERN HISTORY. CERTAINLY 05:24 IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY. 05:25 LET'S READ THIS, VERSE 16, CHAPTER ONE, "FOR I'M NOT 05:28 ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL". 05:29 AND, OF COURSE, BILL, YOU KNOW WHAT THE GOSPEL 05:35 MEANS. IT MEANS 'GOOD NEWS'. I MEAN, GOOD NEWS 05:36 ABOUT WHAT? YOU'RE LOST AND NOW YOU'RE FOUND, 05:41 YOU'RE SICK AND NOW YOU'RE HEALED. I KNOW WE'LL GET 05:47 INTO THE GOOD NEWS. IT IS THE POWER OF GOD. NOW, 05:49 MOST PEOPLE HERE PROBABLY READ ENGLISH. YOU WOULD 05:54 NEVER FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT WORD 'POWER' IS IN PAUL'S 06:01 LANGUAGE. IT'S 'DIAMUS', 'DYNAMITE'. >>BILL: OH 06:02 WOW. >>DR. KNIGHT: IT'S THE DYNAMITE OF GOD. 06:08 >>BILL: WOW. DR. KNIGHT: IT CAN REALLY CHANGE YOUR 06:12 LIFE. >>BILL: INCREDIBLE. 06:13 DR. KNIGHT: SO YOU KNOW, PAUL IS TALKING ABOUT BIG 06:19 STUFF. AND, OF COURSE, IT CHANGED HIS LIFE. HE WAS 06:20 A KILLER OF CHRISTIANS BUT NOW HAS BECOME A MISSONARY 06:22 FOR CHRIST AND BASICALLY IT'S THE GOSPEL THAT HAS 06:28 REALLY CHANGED THE WORLD SINCE THE YEAR 2000, I 06:29 MEAN, 2000 YEARS AGO. "IT IS THE POWER OF GOD FOR 06:35 SALVATION TO EVERYONE", THAT'S AN IMPORTANT WORD, 06:40 EVERYONE. "TO THE JEW FIRST AND ALSO TO THE 06:41 GREEK." NOW, WHY DO YOU THINK HE SAID TO THE JEW 06:51 FIRST? >>BILL: IT WENT TO THEM FIRST, DIDN'T IT? 06:54 >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH. IT NOT ONLY WENT TO THEM FIRST, 06:55 IT CAME FROM THEM. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: 06:57 S WHEN PAUL CAME TO A VILLAGE IN A GREEK WORLD, 07:02 IN THE BOOK OF ACTS, WHAT'S HE DO? HE FINDS 07:03 A SYNAGOGUE, HE REALIZES THAT THERE'S A BASE OF 07:06 BELIEVERS AND HE WILL BUILD UPON THAT OLD 07:10 TESTAMENT UNDERSTANDING AND SAY, LOOK IT, I KNOW 07:11 WHO THE MESSIAH IS. I KNOW WHO YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING 07:18 FOR. AND HE GOES TO THE JEWS AND TEACHES THEM AND 07:21 FROM THERE THEY OUTREACH TO THE GENTILE WORLD. SO, 07:22 RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING PAUL IS REALLY SETTING 07:27 US UP. "I'M NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL; IT'S THE 07:32 DYNAMITE OF GOD FOR SALVATION TO EVERYONE WHO 07:33 HAS FAITH." AND FAITH IS USED ABOUT FIVE TIMES IN 07:38 THE NEXT VERSE. FAITH IS REALLY HOW WE ACCEPT GOD'S 07:45 POWER TO SALVATION. WELL, THAT'S THE INTRODUCTION 07:46 THAT, WE MIGHT SAY, IS THE GREAT THEME TEXT OF THE 07:53 BOOK OF ROMANS. >>BILL: IT SETS THE TONE. >>DR. 07:57 KNIGHT: THAT SETS THE TONE AND THE OBEDIENCE OF 07:58 FAITH. YOU'VE GOT THESE TWO GREAT STATEMENTS. NOW, 08:01 IF YOU'RE GONNA GET SAVED YOU'VE PROBABLY GOT A 08:08 PROBLEM SOMEWHERE. >>BILL: RIGHT. YOU'VE GOT TO 08:09 BE SAVED FROM SOMETHING. 08:13 >>DR. KNIGHT: YOU'VE GOT TO BE SAVED FROM 08:14 SOMETHING. AND SO, PAUL GETS INTO THIS VERY 08:17 COMPLEX, COMPLEX IN ONE WAY NOT SO COMPLEX IN 08:23 ANOTHERWAY, BUT AN ELONGATED DISCUSSION OF 08:24 SIN. IN FACT, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY 08:31 PLACE.NO, THERE'S NO PLACE IN SCRIPTURE THAT 08:33 DISCUSSES THE HUMAN PROBLEM OF REBELLION OR 08:34 SIN, NO PLACE IN ALL OF SCRIPTURE, MORE COMPLETE 08:39 THAN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE CHAPTERS OF ROMANS. VERSE 08:47 18 OF CHAPTER ONE, "FOR THE WRATH OF GOD 08:48 IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN AGAINST ALL UNGODLINESS 08:53 AND WICKEDNESS". OH MY, WHAT'S THE WRATH OF GOD? 09:00 DOES GOD GET ANGRY LIKE US AND LOSE HIS TEMPER? NOT 09:01 REALLY. WHAT THE WRATH OF GOD.THAT PHRASE IS USED 09:06 580 TIMES, AT LEAST, IN SCRIPTURE. WHAT IT REALLY 09:11 MEANS IS THAT GOD IS TIRED OF SEEING BABIES DIE. HE'S 09:12 TIRED OF AUSCHWITZS. HE'S TIRED OF ROWANDAS. HE'S 09:18 TIRED OF IRAQS. HE'S TIRED OF SEEING HIS OWN PEOPLE 09:21 SUFFER. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 09:22 KNIGHT: AND SO THERE'S GONNA COME A TIME WHEN GOD 09:25 SAYS, 'THAT'S ENOUGH'. THAT'S FINISHED. 09:26 EVERYBODY.WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT AS WE WORK THROUGH 09:31 THIS BOOK THAT EVERYBODY'S UNDER CONDEMNATION FOR ALL 09:35 WHO'VE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD 09:36 IN A SENSE, WE'RE BORN, TILTED IN THE WRONG 09:40 DIRECTION. WE'RE SELFISH, WE'RE MEAN, SOME OF US ARE 09:46 JUST PROUD OF OUR GOODNESS. THAT'S WHAT 09:47 I CALL THE 'VEGETARIAN SINS.' THERE'S NASTY 09:50 PEOPLE AND THERE'S GOOD SELF-RIGHTEOUS CHURCH TYPE 09:55 PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE WORSE. YOU REMEMBER 09:56 CHRIST, CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED BY THE CHURCH 09:58 PEOPLE. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 09:59 KNIGHT: YEAH. SO, WE'VE GOT THIS PROBLEM. WE WON'T 10:03 GO INTO GREAT DETAIL HERE BUT THE REST OF CHAPTER 10:07 ONE DEALS WITH WHAT I CALL THE 'NASTY SINNER'. 10:08 ADULTERERS AND ON AND ON, THIEVES, YOU KNOW, THESE 10:15 ARE THE GENTILES. YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A ROTTEN BUNCH 10:22 OF SINNERS. ALL OF YOU. BUT AS PAUL IS 10:23 SAYING THIS, I CAN JUST IMAGINE.>>BILL: THE JEWS 10:31 ARE GOING, 'AHHH'. >>DR. 10:32 KNIGHT:.THE CHURCH PEOPLE ARE SITTING THERE GOING, 10:36 'AMEN, WE'VE GOT THEM NOW'. >>BILL: GOOD THING 10:38 I'M NOT ONE OF THEM. >>DR. 10:39 KNIGHT: AND SO, IN CHAPTER TWO.IN CHAPTER ONE HE SETS 10:42 THE NEED FOR SALVATION FOR THE GENTILES, EWWW, 10:43 UNTOUCHABLES. IN CHAPTER TWO.>>BILL: UH, OH. >>DR. 10:49 KNIGHT:.HE GOES TO THE CHURCH. HE GOES TO THE 10:52 JEWISH BELIEVERS. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: VERSE 10:53 ONE, "THEREFORE, YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE, OH MAN, WHOEVER 10:56 YOU ARE WHEN YOU JUDGE ANOTHER FOR IN PASSING 11:03 JUDGMENT UPON HIM YOU CONDEMN YOURSELF BECAUSE 11:05 YOU THE JUDGE ARE DOING THE SAME THING". UH, 11:08 OH, NOW, PAUL USES GOOD PSYCHOLOGY. HE CONDEMNS 11:16 THE GENTILES AND ALL THE JEWS ARE IN THE 'AMEN 11:17 CORNER'. NOW HE SAYS, WAIT A MINUTE. >>BILL: YOU 11:26 GUYS ARE IN THE SAME BOAT. 11:27 >>DR. KNIGHT: YOU GUYS ARE IN THE SAME BOAT. AND THEN 11:30 HE GOES ON IN THIS CHAPTER TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THE 11:36 JEWS WERE CONDEMNED BY THE LAW, WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS 11:37 OF MOSES. WHEREAS, THE GENTILES, THEY DIDN'T HAVE 11:45 THAT BOOK BUT THEY HAD ENOUGH OF THE LAW IN THEIR 11:48 HEADS. I MEAN, THEY KNEW IT WAS WRONG TO MURDER, 11:49 THEY KNEW IT WAS WRONG TO DO THESE THINGS. AND SO, 11:51 SOME OF THEM HAD A GREATER UNDERSTANDING THAN OTHERS 11:55 BUT ALL OF THEM HAD ENOUGH THAT THEY KNEW WHAT THEY 11:56 WERE DOING WAS WRONG. AND THEN HE GETS DOWN INTO 12:02 CHAPTER THREE.OH, EXCUSE ME; I'M NOT FINISHED WITH 12:10 CHAPTER TWO. PAUL WANTS TO WORK THESE BELIEVERS OVER 12:11 A BIT MORE. AND HE SAYS, YOU GUYS ARE PROUD BECAUSE 12:16 YOU'VE BEEN CIRCUMSIZED IN THE FLESH, HE SAYS YOU CAN 12:18 BE CIRCUMSIZED IN THE FLESH AND STILL BE LOST 12:19 YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR HEART CIRCUMSIZED. AND 12:24 THEN IN THE FIRST TEN VERSES.EXCUSE ME; IN THE 12:29 MIDDLE OF CHAPTER THREE HE HAS SEVERAL QUOTATIONS 12:30 DEMONSTRATING THAT ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE SINNERS. 12:38 HE'S GOT TO GET THE JEWS ONTO HIS ARGUMENT SO HE 12:45 QUOTES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. STARTS IN VERSE 12:46 9, UH, VERSE 8, VERSE 10, "NONE IS RIGHTEOUS, NO 12:53 NOT ONE". VERSE 12, "ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE AND DOWN 12:58 WRONG". AND HE GOES ON AND ON AND ON. AND THEN 12:59 HE COMES DOWN TO HIS CONCLUSION AS HE MOVES 13:05 TOWARD THE END OF CHAPTER THREE, VERSE 20, "FOR NO 13:12 HUMAN BEING WILL BE JUSTIFIED IN HIS SIGHT BY 13:13 WORKS OF THE LAW, THROUGH THE LAW COMES THE 13:21 KNOWLEDGE OF SIN." NOW, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIVOT 13:26 POINT IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS. YOU JEWS, YOU'VE 13:27 GOT THE LAW, THAT'S GOOD, THAT'S GOOD. PAUL 13:34 LOVES THE LAW. THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH PAUL AND THE 13:38 LAW. IT'S WHAT PEOPLE DO WITH THE LAW. >>BILL: DO 13:39 WITH THE LAW. RIGHT. >>DR. 13:45 KNIGHT: AND HE SAYS, YOU ARE SO PROUD THAT YOU'VE 13:46 GOT THE LAW BUT MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE USED IT FOR 13:48 THE WRONG PURPOSE. YOU THOUGHT THE LAW WAS A 13:51 LADDER TO GET YOU TO HEAVEN AND REALLY THE LAW 13:52 IS A FINGER TO SAY YOU ARE A SINNER. OKAY. "NO HUMAN 13:56 BEING WILL BE JUSTIFIED IN HIS SIGHT BY WORKS OF THE 14:04 LAW." WE BETTER TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WORD 14:05 'JUSTIFIED'. JUSTIFIED MEANS TO BE COUNTED 14:11 RIGHTEOUS. YOU DON'T GET RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH THE 14:19 LAW. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 14:20 KNIGHT: AND IF SOME OF YOU PEOPLE, WHETHER YOUR 14:24 GENTILES OR JEWS, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY 14:25 DIFFERENCE BUT HE'S SPEAKING TO 14:27 JEWS HERE, NOBODY CAN GET RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH THE 14:31 LAW. THE LAW HAS A FUNCTION, HE SAYS. WELL, 14:32 WE GET THE FUNCTION RIGHT HERE. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 14:36 KNIGHT: "SINCE THROUGH THE LAW COMES THE KNOWLEDGE OF 14:40 SIN". OKAY. SO HERE'S THE LAW, HERE'S GOD'S IDEAL. 14:41 AND YOU FALL SHORT OF THAT IDEAL OR YOU REBEL AGAINST 14:47 THAT IDEAL, THE LAW SAYS, THOU SHALL NOT DO THIS, 14:53 YOU SAY THAT'S ALL RIGHT I'M GONNA DO IT ANYWAY 14:54 THE LAW COMES UP AND PUTS ITS FINGER. THAT IS THE 14:58 BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PAUL. >>BILL: 15:06 OKAY. >>DR. KNIGHT: NUMBER ONE, YOU NEED THE GOSPEL 15:07 BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM. >>BILL: YES, 15:12 YOU'RE A SINNER. >>DR. 15:13 KNIGHT: YOU'RE A SINNER AND THAT LEADS TO 15:15 CONDEMNATION. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: WE 15:17 BETTER GO TO 6:23 HERE, REAL QUICK BECAUSE IT 15:18 SHOWS THE DEPTH OF THE PROBLEM AND WHY THEY NEED 15:22 SALVATION. 6:23, "FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH BUT 15:31 THE FREE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST 15:32 JESUS OUR LORD". THERE IS THE PROBLEM AND THE GOSPEL 15:38 ALL IN ONE VERSE. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 15:43 KNIGHT: WHY IS IT PROBLEMATIC THAT YOU'RE A 15:44 SINNER? BECAUSE "THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH". BY 15:46 THE WAY, IT SAYS "WAGES" WAGES IS SOMETHING YOU 15:51 EARN. WE CAN EARN DEATH BUT WE CAN'T EARN 15:52 SALVATION. IT'S BY GRACE. 15:55 >>BILL: INTERESTING. >>DR. 15:56 KNIGHT: IT'S GODS GIFT. 15:57 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: THAT SETS UP THAT PROBLEM 15:59 IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS AND THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE. 16:03 THE PROBLEM THAT ALL OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IS 16:04 TRYING TO DEAL WITH. THAT GOD HAS A SINFUL WORLD 16:08 AND THAT WORLD IS LOST, IS SUBJECT TO DEATH, AND GOD 16:15 WANTS TO SAVE IT. AND THAT BRINGS US TO ONE OF THE 16:16 GREATEST PASSAGES IN ALL OF SCRIPTURE. SO LET'S GO 16:21 ON HERE. WE'LL START AT VERSE 20 AGAIN BECAUSE WE 16:26 NEED A CONTEXT. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. KNIGHT: 16:28 "NO HUMAN BEING WILL BE JUSTIFIED OR COUNTED 16:30 RIGHTEOUS IN HIS SIGHT BY WORKS OF THE LAW SINCE 16:37 THROUGH THE LAW COMES KNOWLEDGE OF SIN." OKAY, 16:38 VERSE 21, "BUT NOW THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD HAS 16:44 BEEN MANIFESTED APART FROM THE LAW ALTHOUGH THE LAW 16:50 AND THE PROPHET SAYS THE OLD TESTAMENT BEAR WITNESS 16:51 TO IT". NOW, VERSE 22, HERE WE'RE GETTING INTO 16:56 THE REAL HEART OF PAUL'S GOSPEL. "THE RIGHTEOUSNESS 17:00 OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST FOR ALL WHO 17:01 BELIEVE." AND CATCH THAT WORD 'ALL' ONCE AGAIN. 17:08 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: THAT'S BOTH JEWS AND 17:12 GENTILES, THAT'S EVERYBODY. "THE 17:13 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD THROUGH FAITH". FAITH DOES 17:17 NOT EARN US SALVATION, BILL. FAITH IS HOW WE 17:23 GRASP ON TO GOD'S GIFT. 17:24 IT'S ME, IT'S YOU, IT'S OUR VIEWERS SAYING 'YES' 17:31 TO GOD. SIN IS SAYING 'NO' TO GOD. IT'S SAYING 17:32 BUG OFF AND LEAVE ME ALONE. FAITH IS SAYING, 17:36 WAIT, I WANT WHAT YOU HAVE TO OFFER. I WANT YOUR 17:41 GIFT. OKAY. VERSE 22 AGAIN, "THE RIGHTEOUSNESS 17:42 OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST FOR ALL WHO 17:48 BELIEVE FOR THERE IS NO DISTINCTION SINCE ALL", 17:53 THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN, "ALL HAVE SINNED". AND 17:54 WHO'S ALL? >>BILL: THAT'S JEW, GENTILE. >>DR. 17:58 KNIGHT: JEW AND GENTILE, THAT'S THE UNIVERSE. "ALL 18:02 HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, 18:03 THEY'RE JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE." NEW WORD, WHAT'S 18:05 'GRACE'? IT'S GOD GIVING US WHAT WE DON'T DESERVE. 18:20 ACCORDING TO THE ARGUMENT THUS FAR IN ROMANS, IF GOD 18:21 GAVE US WHAT WE DESERVED, WHERE WOULD WE BE? >>BILL: 18:26 DEATH. THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. >>DR. KNIGHT: I 18:29 MEAN, WE WOULDN'T BE. I'VE OFTEN TOLD A CONGREGATION, 18:30 IF I WAS GOD AND GAVE YOU WHAT WE DESERVED, WHAT I'D 18:35 SEE OUT THERE WOULD BE 500 GREASE SPOTS. >>BILL: IN 18:40 THE PEWS. >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH, YOU WOULD BE 18:41 RENDERED DOWN TO NOTHING. 18:43 IF GOD GIVES IT.NOW, IT SAYS "GIVES GRACE AS 18:44 A GIFT". AS A GIFT. NOW LET'S.SOME PEOPLE ARE 18:53 STILL CONFUSED HERE. THEY THINK, YOU KNOW, IF I'M 19:00 JUST A LITTLE BETTER.>>BILL: THERE'S GOT 19:01 TO BE SOMETHING I'VE GOT TO DO. >>DR. KNIGHT:.YEAH, 19:04 I MEAN, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING I CAN DO, I 19:07 MEAN, THIS IS TERRIBLE. 19:08 >>BILL: NO ONE GIVES SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. 19:09 >>DR. KNIGHT: THERE'S GOT TO BE A HOOK IN HERE 19:10 SOMEWHERE. NO, I'M GONNA HELP GOD OUT A BIT. 19:13 SALVATION, GOD CAN GIVE ME WHATEVER I NEED AND I WILL 19:22 KIND OF HELP HIM OUT. 19:23 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 19:24 >>DR. KNIGHT: MAYBE I.>>BILL: I'LL GO AS FAR 19:26 AS I CAN MAYBE HE'LL MAKE UP THE REST. >>DR. KNIGHT: 19:29 YEAH, YEAH. THAT'S NOT A GIFT. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 19:30 KNIGHT: THAT'S A BARGAIN BASEMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S 19:32 A DEAL, THAT'S A BARGAIN WHAT WE GET FROM GOD IS A 19:39 GIFT. HE GIVES.NUMBER ONE; HE GIVES YOU WHAT YOU 19:40 DON'T DESERVE. HE GIVES YOU LIFE WHEN YOU DESERVE 19:44 DEATH. HE DOESN'T BARGAIN WITH YOU. IT IS 100% GIFT. 19:52 >>BILL: WOW. >>DR. KNIGHT: WE FIND SOME REALLY GREAT 19:53 WORDS HERE IN SALVATION. 20:02 IN FACT, ALL THE GREAT, NOT ALL THE GREAT, NEARLY 20:04 ALL OF THE GREAT SALVATION WORDS ARE FOUND HERE. 20:06 SIN, LAW, FAITH, GRACE, JUSTIFICATION, BUT WE'VE 20:15 GOT MORE REDEMPTION WORDS HERE. VERSE 24, "THEY ARE 20:16 JUSTIFIED", REMEMBER THAT, "IS COUNTED RIGHTEOUS BY 20:22 HIS GRACE WHICH IS A GIFT THROUGH THE REDEMPTION 20:29 WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS". 20:31 REDEMPTION REALLY MEANS TO BE BOUGHT BACK. I DON'T 20:37 KNOW, IN CANADA A FEW YEARS AGO, I SUPPOSE LIKE 20:38 IT WAS IN THE STATES, WE HAD THESE LITTLE GREEN 20:43 STAMPS. AND YOU WENT TO A STORE.>>BILL: YES, YES. 20:47 >>DR. KNIGHT:.YOUR MOTHER PROBABLY SAVED UP GREEN 20:48 STAMPS OR BLUE STAMPS OR SOMETHING AND YOU PUT THEM 20:51 IN A LITTLE BOOK. AND WHEN YOU'VE GOT SO MANY BOOKS 20:53 YOU COULD BUY A LAMP OR SOMETHING. THAT WAS CALLED 20:54 THE REDEMPTION CENTRE. 20:57 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 20:58 KNIGHT: YOU BUY IT BACK. THIS IS ONLY THE 20:59 CHIRST.GOD BOUGHT US IN CHRIST JESUS. WE WERE 21:00 IN SLAVERY TO SIN AND HE REDEEMED US. REDEMPTION, 21:07 REDEEM IS ALL ONE WORD VERSE 25, TALKING ABOUT 21:15 JESUS WHO GOD PUT FORTH AS AN EXPIATION OR 21:16 PROPICIATION OR THE BEST WORD.WHAT DO YOU HAVE 21:21 THERE? WHAT TRANSLATION? 21:22 >>BILL: I'VE GOT NESP. 21:23 >>DR. KNIGHT: ATTONING SACRIFICE. >>BILL: IT 21:24 SAYS 'APICIATION'. >>DR. 21:26 KNIGHT: OKAY. 21:27 IN THE NIV IT'S 'ATTONING SACRIFICE'AND THAT'S WHAT 21:29 IT MEANS. THAT JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS FOR 21:30 ME >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 21:33 SOMEONE ELSE TOOK MY PLACE. >>DR. KNIGHT: ISN'T 21:34 THAT WHAT JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID WHEN HE SAW JESUS? 21:36 >>BILL: BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD. >>DR. KNIGHT: BEHOLD 21:42 THE LAMB OF GOD WHICH TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE 21:43 WORLD. AND REMEMBER WHAT THE LAMB WAS IN THE OLD 21:46 TESTAMENT? THE LAMB WAS SLAIN. PUT YOUR HAND ON 21:48 HIS HEAD, FREE SLIT HIS THROAT, CONFESSED THE 21:49 SINS, THE LAMB DIED IN YOUR PLACE. JESUS IS 21:51 THE REAL LAMB OF GOD. 21:52 THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS BY EXPIATION, PROPICIATION, 21:54 ATTONING SACRIFICE. OKAY, "WHO GOD PUT FORTH AS AN 22:00 EXPIATION BY HIS BLOOD TO BE RECEIVED BY FAITH". I'M 22:01 TELLING YOU, THERE'S THE GOSPEL. CHAPTER FOUR, OH, 22:08 WE'VE GOT TO GET DOWN TO THE END OF THIS. PAUL IS 22:14 WORRIED HERE ABOUT THESE JEWS AND SOME CHRISTIANS, 22:15 HE SAYS, "WE THEN OVERTHROW THE LAW BY 22:18 FAITH? BY NO MEANS." IT'S FAITH THAT ESTABLISHES THE 22:23 LAW. I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU NEED GRACE FOR IF 22:24 YOU DON'T HAVE THE LAW. 22:28 >>BILL: IF THERE'S NO LAW, THERE'S NO SIN. >>DR. 22:29 KNIGHT: IF THERE'S NO LAW, THERE'S NO SIN. >>BILL: 22:31 NO SIN, NO NEED FOR GRACE. 22:32 >>DR. KNIGHT: SO, PAUL WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE GET 22:34 A BALANCE. IT'S NOT WHAT DIETRICH BONHOPHER, THE 22:36 GREAT THEOLOGIAN, WOULD CALL CHEAP GRACE. THERE IS 22:37 NO CHEAP GRACE. YOU NEVER SEPARATE THE LAW AND 22:45 GRACE. THEY CANNOT BE SEPARATED IN SCRIPTURE. 22:48 IT'S FAITH THAT UPHOLDS THE LAW. WELL, WE'RE 22:49 DEALING WITH A BUNCH OF.HALF THE CONGREGATION 22:53 IS JEWISH, SO WHAT ABOUT ABRAHAM? THAT'S CHAPTER 22:55 FOUR. HOW DID ABRAHAM GET SAVED? BY FAITH. >>BILL: 22:56 SURE. >>DR. KNIGHT: DID THAT FAITH COME BEFORE HE 23:03 WAS CIRCUMSIZED OR AFTER BEFORE HE WAS A JEW OR 23:07 AFTER? AH HA. IT WAS BEFORE. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 23:08 KNIGHT: AND SO, PAUL GOES ON WITH HIS ARGUMENT 23:13 AND THEN IN CHAPTER FIVE HE CONCLUDES THE GREAT 23:16 DISCUSSION OF JUSTIFICATION, VERSE 23:17 FIVE.CHAPTER FIVE, VERSE ONE, "THEREFORE, SINCE 23:21 WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD 23:26 THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST". THE RIFT HAS BEEN 23:27 HEALED. WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY GOD'S GRACE. WE 23:31 ACCEPT IT BY FAITH. VERSE 2, "THROUGH HIM WE'VE 23:41 OBTAINED ACCESS TO THIS GRACE, IN WHICH WE STAND, 23:42 AND WE REJOICE IN OUR HOPE OF SHARING THE GLORY OF 23:48 GOD". I MEAN, HERE'S THE FRUIT OF OUR SALVATION. WE 23:54 HAVE HOPE. AND HOPE IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS AND IN THE 23:55 WHOLE NEW TESTAMENT IS NOT WISHFUL THINKING. >>BILL: 24:01 IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN CLING ON TO. >>DR. KNIGHT: 24:04 IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN CLING ON. GOD HAS MADE HIS 24:05 PROMISE. WE CLAIM IT BY FAITH. WE'RE JUSTIFIED. 24:09 NOW WE HAVE THIS HOPE. 24:10 >>BILL: THANK YOU, DR. 24:15 KNIGHT. LET US PRAY. 24:16 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR JESUS. WE THANK 24:21 YOU FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE IN REDEEMING US AND BUYING 24:22 US BACK. WE CAN HAVE THE HOPE OF ONE DAY STANDING 24:27 IN GLORY AND WORSHIPPING YOU FACE TO FACE. WE THANK 24:32 YOU FOR THIS REALITY. I PRAY THAT YOU MAKE IT REAL 24:34 IN THE LIVES OF EACH AND EVERY VIEWER HERE TODAY. 24:39 IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. 24:40 >>DR. KNIGHT: AMEN. 24:44 (MUSIC) 25:01 >>BILL: I HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS WALK THROUGH 25:02 THE BOOK OF ROMANS. FOR SOME OF YOU, IT MAY HAVE 25:04 ENTICED YOU, ENCOURAGED YOU DIG DEEPER INTO GOD'S 25:10 WORD. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU AN EASY AND EFFECTIVE WAY 25:11 OF DOING THAT IS THROUGH THE DISCOVER BIBLE STUDY 25:16 PROGRAM. YOU CAN ENROLL WITH "IT IS WRITTEN", WE 25:20 WILL SEND YOU THE LESSONS BY MAIL, THERE'S NO COST 25:21 WHATSOEVER. ALL YOU GET IS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF 25:24 GOD'S WORD. IF YOU'D LIKE TO BEGIN AND HAVE US SEND 25:29 YOU THE FIRST LESSON, HERE'S THE INFORMATION 25:30 YOU NEED AND WE'LL SEND IT RIGHT AWAY. 26:36 >>BILL: THANK YOU, DR. 26:37 KNIGHT FOR HELPING US GET THROUGH UP TO CHAPTER FIVE 26:40 AND NEXT WEEK, I ASSUME, WE'LL JUST CARRY ON FROM 26:41 THERE. >>DR. KNIGHT: I THINK WE'LL START 26:43 WITH CHAPTER SIX. SEEMS LOGICAL, DOESN'T IT BILL? 26:45 >>BILL: WONDERFUL. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 26:46 THANK YOU, OUR VIEWERS, FOR BEING WITH US. 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