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00:01 >>BILL: TODAY ON THE "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM,
00:02 WE ARE CONTINUING OUR EXPLORATION OF THE BOOK 00:04 OF ROMANS WITH DR. GEORGE KNIGHT. SO, GO GET YOUR 00:07 BIBLES, TURN IT TO CHAPTER SIX OF ROMANS, GET YOUR 00:08 PAD AND YOUR PEN, AND GET READY FOR AN EXCITING 00:13 BIBLE STUDY. "IT IS WRITTEN" BEGINS RIGHT NOW. 00:19 (MUSIC) 00:28 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . . 00:31 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:34 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:39 IT IS WRITTEN . . . 00:41 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:47 (MUSIC) 00:58 >>BILL: WELL, WELCOME TO TODAY'S "IT IS WRITTEN" 00:59 PROGRAM. DR. KNIGHT, WELCOME BACK. >>DR. 01:01 KNIGHT: WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, BILL, IT'S GOOD TO BE 01:03 BACK. WE'RE STUDYING MY FAVOURITE BOOK. >>BILL: 01:04 WELL, WONDERFUL. WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME VIEWERS 01:06 THAT ARE JOINING US FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. WE 01:09 DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THE REVIEW 01:10 BUT IF WE COULD JUST QUICKLY.BECAUSE WE'VE 01:13 GOTTEN UP TO CHAPTER FIVE.>>DR. KNIGHT: THAT'S 01:16 RIGHT. >>BILL:.AND IF YOU COULD MAYBE IN JUST 01:17 A MINUTE OR TWO GIVE US A QUICK SYNOPSIS OF WHAT'S 01:19 ALREADY COVERED AND THEN WE WANT TO GET RIGHT INTO 01:22 CHAPTER SIX AND GO FORWARD. >>DR. KNIGHT: 01:23 GOOD. WELL, THE FIRST HALF OF CHAPTER ONE IS JUST 01:25 PAUL BASICALLY INTRODUCING HIMSELF AND, YOU KNOW, 01:29 HERE I AM AND SETTING SOME THEMES ABOUT SALVATION, 01:30 ABOUT THE GOSPEL. AND THEN IN THE SECOND HALF HE 01:37 BEGINS TO INTRODUCE THE PROBLEM THAT MUST BE 01:43 CURED. THE PROBLEM THAT ALL OF US ARE UNDER 01:44 CONDEMNATION SUBJECT TO DEATH, WHY? BECAUSE OF THE 01:48 PROBLEM OF SIN. THE SECOND HALF OF CHAPTER ONE DEALS 01:53 WITH THE SINS OF THE GENTILES, WHAT I CALL THE 01:54 NASTY PEOPLE AND THEN WE GET TO CHAPTER TWO AND 01:59 CHAPTER TWO DEALS WITH THE SINS OF THE CHURCH PEOPLE 02:07 OF THAT DAY, THE JEWISH PEOPLE. OH, YOU THINK 02:08 YOU'RE SO SMUG, YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN OTHER 02:14 PEOPLE. YOU HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. >>BILL: PROBLEM. 02:19 >>DR. KNIGHT: WHICH BRINGS US TO CHAPTER THREE. ALL 02:20 HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. 02:23 THEREFORE, GOD HAS A PLAN OF SALVATION, NOT THROUGH 02:30 THE LAW.THE LAWS GOOD BUT THAT'S NOT HOW YOU GET 02:31 SAVED. THE FUNCTION OF THE LAW IS TO SAY YOU'RE 02:34 A SINNER AND IT POINTS YOU TO JESUS AND HIS GRACE AND 02:38 HIS SACRIFICE WHICH YOU ACCEPT BY FAITH. AND AS WE 02:39 MOVE THROUGH WE FIND OUT THAT THE GREATEST JEW 02:46 OF ALL TIME, ABRAHAM, WAS SAVED BY FAITH. TRUE 02:52 FAITH. WE MOVE INTO CHAPTER FIVE AND WE HAVE 02:53 PEACE WITH GOD. >>BILL: BEAUTIFUL. >>DR. KNIGHT: 02:59 BECAUSE YOU'RE JUSTIFIED, COUNTED RIGHTEOUS BY 03:02 FAITH. >>BILL: EXCELLENT. 03:03 SO, WE MOVE INTO CHAPTER SIX. WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM 03:11 CHAPTER SIX GOING FORWARD? 03:12 >>DR. KNIGHT: WELL, THE FIRST THING WE LEARN IS IN 03:14 THE BACKGROUND THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SAYING, 03:15 THIS GUY TEACHES GRACE. 03:18 HUH, HE MUST NOT BE A VERY GOOD CHRISTIAN. READ WHAT 03:19 IT SAYS, "WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN? ARE WE TO 03:26 CONTINUE IN SIN THAT GRACE MAY ABOUND?" OH MY, WHAT 03:31 DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, IF GOD GETS GLORY FROM 03:32 FORGIVING US, WOULDN'T IT BE JUST AS GOOD, BILL, 03:38 IF WE WENT OUT AND SINNED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE? GOD 03:40 WOULD GET MORE GLORY, THERE WOULD BE MORE GRACE 03:41 I MEAN, YOU FIND THE SAME ACCUSATION BACK IN 03:46 CHAPTER THREE AND YOU COME TO THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE 03:50 ALWAYS SAYING, YOU KNOW, CHEAP GRACE, CHEAP GRACE 03:51 YOU TALK ABOUT GRACE, YOU'RE NOT A GOOD GOSPEL 03:56 PREACHER, ALL YOU'VE GOT IS CHEAP GRACE. SO, THAT'S 03:58 WHAT PAUL IS REALLY SAYING HERE. HE'S TAKING HIS 03:59 CRITICS AND HE'S PUTTING WORDS IN THEIR MOUTH, 04:04 IN WHICH TO BUILD HIS ARGUMENT. HE DOES THIS ALL 04:10 THE WAY THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS. SO, WE'LL READ 04:11 THAT AGAIN WITH THAT IN MIND, "SHALL WE SAY THEN 04:15 ARE WE TO CONTINUE IN SIN THAT GRACE MAY ABOUND". BY 04:23 NO MEANS. WHAT DOES YOUR.>>BILL: "MAY IT NEVER 04:24 BE." >>DR. KNIGHT: "MAY IT NEVER". THIS IS THE 04:28 STRONGEST NEGATIVE THAT PAUL CAN USE AND HE USES 04:32 IT OVER AND OVER AS HE PUTS HIS ACCUSER OUT THERE 04:33 WITH A QUESTION THAT HE WANTS TO ANSWER. BY 04:36 NO.NEVER. >>BILL: THIS IS RIDICULOUS. >>DR. KNIGHT: 04:42 THAT IS A RIDICULOUS ARGUMENT. >>BILL: RIGHT. 04:43 >>DR. KNIGHT: SEE, FOR PAUL.LET PAUL SAY IT, I 04:47 DON'T WANT TO SAY IT. "BY NO MEANS, HOW CAN WE WHO 04:54 HAVE DIED TO SIN STILL LIVE IN IT?" NOW, WE'VE 04:55 HAD THREE CHAPTERS OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 05:01 THAT'S WHAT GOD DID FOR ME. HE SAYS, YOU HAVE 05:09 BELIEVED IN THE CHRIST WHO DIED FOR YOU, WAS 05:10 RESERRECTED, HE GIVES YOU ON THE BASIS 05:15 OF THAT SACRIFICE AND RESERRECTION, HE GIVES YOU 05:19 GRACE. HE GIVES YOU GRACE AND YOU ACCEPT IT 05:20 BY FAITH. >>BILL: IT'S A GIFT. >>DR. KNIGHT: AND 05:26 I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT, HE SAYS, THAT EXPERIENCE 05:29 WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. 05:30 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 05:31 KNIGHT: PAUL NEVER SEPARATES LAW AND GRACE. 05:35 HE NEVER SEPARATES JUSTIFICATION AND 05:38 SANCTIFICATION. NO. ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED IN 05:39 CHRIST YOU WILL WALK WITH HIM. REMEMBER 1:5 AND 05:44 16:26.>>BILL: YES. THE OBEDIENCE. >>DR. KNIGHT: 05:51 THE FRAMING TEXTS. THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH. HE 05:52 GIVES THREE CHAPTERS OF JUSTIFICATION; HE'S GOING 05:55 TO GIVE SIX CHAPTERS TO OBEDIENCE. WALKING IN 05:59 FAITH WITH CHRIST. IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, IF 06:01 YOU'VE ACCEPTED GOD'S GRACE, YOU HAVE DIED TO 06:08 SIN AS A WAY OF LIFE. YOU HAVE.YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 06:14 LIVE IN REBELLION AGAINST GOD ANYMORE. >>BILL: AND 06:15 ONCE YOU'VE RECOGNIZED THE SIZE OF THE DEBT THAT 06:18 WAS PAID, CAN'T HELP BUT CHANGE YOU. >>DR. KNIGHT: 06:22 NO. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS WORD OVER IN CHAPTER 06:23 TWELVE ON TRANSFORMATION. 06:25 WE'LL COME TO THAT WORD NEXT WEEK. TREMENDOUS WORD 06:26 THAT WHEN JESUS COMES INTO YOUR LIFE HE CHANGES YOUR 06:32 HEART, HE CHANGES YOUR MIND. AND YOU'VE DIED TO 06:36 SIN; YOU'VE BEEN RESERRECTED TO SOMETHING 06:37 ELSE. THAT'S WHAT PAUL'S GOING TO SAY HERE. 06:40 SO, OKAY, I GET KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THESE 06:44 VERSES. YOU CAN TELL THAT. 06:46 >>BILL: THAT'S GREAT. 06:47 WONDERFUL. >>DR. KNIGHT: "BY NO MEANS, HOW CAN WE 06:48 THAT HAVE DIED TO SINS STILL LIVE IN IT. DO YOU 06:54 NOT KNOW THAT ALL OF US WHO HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED 06:56 INTO CHRIST JESUS WERE BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH. 07:01 WE WERE BURIED, THEREFORE, WITH HIM BY BAPTISM INTO 07:09 DEATH. SO AS CHRIST RAISED FROM THE DEAD BY THE GLORY 07:10 OF THE FATHER WE TOO MIGHT WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIGHT." 07:16 THAT'S A POWERFUL PASSAGE. 07:17 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: AND WHAT HE'S REALLY 07:23 TALKING ABOUT IS THE TRANSFORMATION THAT COMES 07:27 INTO A CHRISTIANS LIFE. 07:29 YOU CANNOT BE SAVED BY GRACE AND CONTINUE ON AS A 07:33 WINO.>>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 07:34 KNIGHT:.OR AS A PROUD PHAROSY. >>BILL: RIGHT. 07:38 >>DR. KNIGHT: NO. JESUS DID IT ALL. YOU HAVE NO 07:39 ROOM FOR PRIDE. NOT IN YOUR BADNESS AND NOT IN 07:42 YOUR GOODNESS BUT THERE IS A SIDE LESSON HERE. AS 07:47 YOU'VE BEEN BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH, YOU AND YOU 07:49 WERE RAISED. WELL, WAIT A MINUTE. THIS IS A SIDE 07:54 LESSON ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BAPTISM. WE KIND OF 07:59 FIND IT IN THE GOSPELS WHERE JESUS WENT DOWN INTO 08:00 THE WATER TO GET BAPTIZED. 08:04 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT IF YOU GET SPRINKLED ON. I 08:05 DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT THAT FIGURED OUT OR NOT. AND IN 08:08 THE BOOK OF ACTS, I THINK IT'S PHILLIP WHO SAYS, THE 08:12 EGYPTIAN SAYS WHAT? BEING BAPTIZED, THERE'S A LOT 08:13 OF WATER HERE, A LOT OF WATER. WELL, HERE WE 08:16 HAVE A SYMBOLISM OF WHAT THE ENTIRE CHRISTIAN 08:19 EXPERIENCE IS ALL ABOUT. 08:20 YOU GET BURIED WITH CHRIST; THE WAY OF SIN IS 08:28 BURIED. YOU GET RESERRECTED TO A NEW WAY 08:29 OF LIFE. IT IS BAPTISM BY IMMERSION WHICH IS 08:32 WHAT THE WORD "BAPTISMAL" MEANS. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T 08:36 GET THE SAME SYMBOLISM BY GETTING THE WATER 08:37 SPRINKLED ON YOUR HEAD. 08:39 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 08:40 KNIGHT: SO, THE WHOLE PLAN OF SALVATION IS ACTUALLY 08:42 SYMBOLIZED BY THIS WORD 'BAPTISM'. YOU DIE TO THE 08:43 OLD WAY OF LIFE; YOU'RE RESERRECTED TO A NEW WAY 08:51 OF LIFE. AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BIBLE YOU WILL 08:56 FIND THIS WORD 'WALK'. IN FACT, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF 08:57 THE MOST USED WORDS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. >>BILL: 09:07 WALK. >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH. 09:08 NEARLY ALL OF THE BIBLE WRITERS ARE TALKING ABOUT 09:11 WALKING WITH GOD. SEE, SALVATION IS NOT JUST 09:17 GETTING YOUR NAME CLEARED FROM THE PENALTY 09:18 SALVATION IS SAYING, I'M SO THANKFUL, GOD. I WANT 09:24 TO WALK WITH YOU. AND SO, MY BAPTISM SIGNIFIES THAT 09:32 MY OLD, SELFISH WAY TO LIFE IS GONE. I'VE BEEN 09:33 RAISED TO A NEW WALK WITH GOD. NOW, I'VE GOT TO 09:41 PUT ONE LITTLE THING IN HERE THAT'S NOT IN THIS 09:46 PARTICULAR PASSAGE. WE BETTER GET SOME PEOPLE TO 09:47 REALIZE THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN BAPTIZED 09:51 DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE TOTALLY SINLESS. IT 09:58 REMINDS ME OF AN ISLAMIC STUDENT I HAD WHEN I WAS 09:59 TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY AND HE TOOK 10:01 A PHILOSOPHY CLASS FROM ME NEVER.STUDYING FOR A 10:04 P.H.D. IN MINISTRATION HE HAD TO TAKE MY CLASS. IT 10:05 WAS A CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY AND ONE DAY HE CAME TO ME 10:12 AND SAID, WOULD YOU HELP ME BUY A BIBLE? I THOUGHT 10:17 THAT WAS GREAT, CAME FROM ARABIA, THAT WAS GREAT, 10:18 WANTS TO BUY A BIBLE, MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING. AND 10:21 THEN ANOTHER TIME HE COMES BACK AND SAYS, YOU'VE GOT 10:25 TO HELP ME. HE SAYS I WENT TO A CHURCH, THE FIRST 10:26 TIME I EVER WENT TO A CHRISTIAN CHURCH BEFORE. 10:28 AND I SAY, YEAH, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? HE SAYS, IT 10:33 WAS A BAPTIST CHURCH AND HE SAYS THAT TWO MEN GOT 10:35 UP FRONT AND ONE MAN PUT THE OTHER MAN UNDER THE 10:39 WATER. AND HE SAYS, WHEN THE GUY CAME UP THE FIRST 10:43 ONE SAYS, YOU'RE A NEW MAN. AND THIS BROTHER 10:44 FROM OUTSIDE THE CHRISTIAN WORLD SAYS I LOOKED VERY 10:51 CAREFULLY, THAT WAS THE SAME MAN THAT WENT INTO 10:54 THE WATER. >>BILL: THAT WENT INTO THE WATER. >>DR. 10:55 KNIGHT: I WANT TO TELL YOU, BILL, WHEN I WAS 10:59 BAPTIZED AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN, I WENT INTO THE 11:03 WATER. I DIED TO THE OLD WAY OF LIFE BUT I STILL 11:04 HAD SOME MEMORY. I HAD SOME HABIT TRACKS STAMPED, 11:10 YOU KNOW, INTO THE.AND SO, I HAD A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS 11:15 LEFT. BUT THE BOOK OF.LET'S SAY FIRST JOHN, 11:16 HE KNOWS WE'RE GONNA SIN AND IF WE SIN AND CONFESS 11:20 IT, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST AND HE CLEANSES US. 11:24 THERE'S A SENSE IN WHICH JUSTIFICATION GOES ON. THE 11:25 DIFFERENCE IS AFTER I'M A CHRISTIAN I HATE WHAT I 11:29 HAVE DONE. I HATE WHAT I HAVE DONE. I MIGHT FEEL 11:33 JUSTIFIED IN GETTING MAD WITH MY KIDS OR MY WIFE 11:34 BUT, YOU KNOW, LOSING MY TEMPER IS NEVER THE 11:37 CHRISTIAN WAY. AND SO, I GET ON MY KNEES AND SAY, 11:41 GOD FORGIVE ME, I'M A SINNER AND HE CLEANSES 11:42 ME SO, IN A SENSE, JUSTIFICATION IS DAY BY 11:45 DAY AS WE WALK WITH GOD IF WE WALK WITH GOD AND 11:50 NEVER STUMBLED IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. BUT, I DON'T 11:51 KNOW HOW IT IS WITH YOU, BILL, BUT I HAVE STUMBLED. 11:56 >>BILL: OH, I DO MY SHARE OF STUMBLING. >>DR. 11:58 KNIGHT: I REMEMBER WHERE I STUMBLED BACK IN 1967, ONE 11:59 TIME AND ABOUT EVERY DAY SINCE THEN. ANYWAY, 12:02 SO, YOU'RE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST, RESERRECTED TO A 12:10 NEW WAY OF LIFE. VERSE FIVE, "FOR UNITED IN HIM 12:11 IN A DEATH LIKE HIS WE SHALL CERTAINLY BE UNITED 12:15 WITH HIM IN A RESERRECTION LIKE HIS. WE KNOW THAT OUR 12:19 OLD SELF WAS CRUCIFIED WITH HIM SO THAT THE 12:20 SINFUL BODY MIGHT BE DESTROYED AND WE MIGHT 12:25 NO LONGER BE ENSLAVED TO SIN". AND, JOHN WESLEY, 12:31 THE FOUNDER OF METHODISM, WAS VERY PROFOUND WHEN HE 12:32 SAYS.UM, NOW I LOST THE PHRASE. WHEN HE SAYS, "SIN 12:41 IS CRUCIFIED BUT IT STILL REMAINS". IN OTHER WORDS, 12:47 WE STILL HAVE PROBLEMS IN OUR LIVES BUT WE'RE NO 12:48 LONGER ENSLAVED TO SIN. 12:52 IT'S NO LONGER OUR MASTER. 12:53 WE HAVE A NEW MASTER AND WE'RE NOT ENSLAVED AND 12:58 THAT'S A CRUCIAL WORD. IN THIS CHAPTER IT WILL TALK 12:59 ABOUT SLAVERY AND YOU ONLY HAVE TWO CHOICES: DO 13:00 YOU WANT TO BE A SLAVE TO RIGHTEOUSNESS, DO YOU WANT 13:07 TO BE A SLAVE TO CHRIST OR DO YOU WANT TO 13:08 BE A SLAVE TO SIN AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS? SO, 13:12 ANYWAY, WE HAVE A NEW WALK AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT THE 13:17 AUDIENCE OUT HERE TO REMEMBER. THAT WHEN WE 13:18 COME TO JESUS AND WE'VE SAID, GOD, FORGIVE ME I'M 13:22 A SINNER. BY HIS GRACE HE JUSTIFIES US AND HE SENDS 13:27 US OUT TO WALK WITH HIM. THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT, 13:28 VERSE 12, THIS IS THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR WITH 13:36 WESLEY, "LET NOT SIN THEREFORE REIGN IN YOUR 13:40 MORTAL BODIES". WESLEY'S PHRASE WAS "SIN REMAINS 13:41 BUT IT NO LONGER REIGNS". 13:48 YEAH, YEAH. WE'RE STILL THE SAME PERSON THAT WENT 13:49 DOWN INTO THE WATER BUT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT LORD. 13:51 THAT'S IT. I KNEW IT WAS DOWN THERE SOMEWHERE. NOW, 13:55 VERSE 16, "DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT IF YOU YIELD 13:56 YOURSELVES TO ANYONE AS OBEDIENT SLAVES, YOU'RE A 14:00 SLAVE TO THE ONE WHOM YOU OBEY, EITHER OF SIN WHICH 14:04 LEADS TO DEATH OR OF OBEDIENCE WHICH LEADS TO 14:05 RIGHTEOUSNESS". THERE'S THE PHRASE THAT TELLS 14:09 US HOW MUCH FREE WILL WE REALLY HAVE. WE HAVE THE 14:14 FREE WILL TO CHOOSE BY GOD'S GRACE. TO SERVE HIM 14:15 OR TO SERVE THE DEVIL. 14:17 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 14:18 KNIGHT: BUT WE'RE NOT FREE AGENTS. WHEN PEOPLE THINK, 14:20 OH, I'M JUST NEUTRAL. 14:21 UH, UH, NOBODY IS NEUTRAL. 14:22 AND THEN WE GET TO THE TWO SLAVERIES AND THAT LEADS 14:31 TO THE TWO PATHS. AND WHERE DO THE TWO PATHS 14:36 LEAD, AND OF COURSE THERE'S ONLY TWO PATHS, 14:37 SLAVERY TO SIN, SLAVERY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS, WALKING 14:40 IN SIN, WALKING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND THERE'S 14:47 TWO DESTINATIONS. AND THE DESTINATIONS ARE DOWN HERE 14:48 AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER, "FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS 14:53 DEATH". AND, BY THE WAY, WAGES IS SOMETHING YOU 14:58 EARN. YOU CAN EARN DEATH BUT "THE FREE GIFT OF GOD 14:59 IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS, OUR LORD". TWO 15:04 LORDS, TWO SLAVERIES, TWO PATHS.>>BILL: TWO 15:11 DESTINATIONS. >>DR. 15:12 KNIGHT:.TWO DESTINATIONS THAT'S THE GOSPEL 15:14 ACCORDING TO PAUL AND WE CAN HAVE THE PREFERRED 15:15 DESTINATION BECAUSE WHEN IT'S TALKING ABOUT 15:19 HERE, IT SAYS.THIS IS AN INTERESTING PHRASE, "FOR 15:24 THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH BUT THE FREE GIFT OF 15:25 GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE." OH, ETERNAL LIFE. LIFE THAT 15:30 NEVER ENDS. AND THE OTHER ONE IS ETERNAL DEATH. 15:34 DEATH THAT NEVER ENDS. 15:35 AND, BY THE WAY PLEASE NOTE, BILL, THAT THE BIBLE 15:38 SAYS THAT THE REWARD OF THE WICKED IS DEATH. AND 15:39 WHEN THEY BURN IN HELL FIRE, THEY BURN UNTIL 15:44 THEY'RE BURNED UP. THAT'S HOW COME IT'S CALLED THE 15:47 'SECOND DEATH'. THAT'S A SIDE TOPIC BUT YOU CAN 15:48 SEE THAT ROMANS IS FULL OF SIDE TOPICS, OF BAPTISM 15:54 AND DEATH. WELL, HERE WE GET.SO NOW WE'VE GOTTEN 15:56 RID OF THE PROBLEM OF CONDEMNATION, WE'RE 15:57 JUSTIFIED. AND NOW WE'VE GOT RID OF LAWLESSNESS. 16:06 YOU CAN'T LIVE A LAWLESS LIFE. YOU CAN'T JUST, YOU 16:11 KNOW, BILL, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN 16:12 AND YOU'VE BEEN FORGIVEN DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN HAVE 16:14 SIX WIVES. >>BILL: RIGHT. 16:15 >>DR. KNIGHT: I MEAN, EVEN SIX ON THE SIDE, NOT 16:17 FORMERLY MARRIED WHICH IS PROBABLY AGAINST THE LAW. 16:20 BUT, YOU'VE GOT TO WALK WITH GOD. >>BILL: JUST FOR 16:21 THE RECORD, I ONLY HAVE ONE WIFE AND NONE ON THE 16:28 SIDE. >>DR. KNIGHT: OKAY, GOOD. YOU'RE DOING BETTER 16:31 THAN THE WOMAN AT THE WELL. >>BILL: THAT'S 16:32 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: SO, OKAY, WHAT ABOUT THE LAW? 16:35 DOES IT HAVE A PLACE IN THE CHRISTIANS LIFE? WELL, 16:42 WE TALKED ABOUT THE...LAST WEEK, WE TALKED, JUST A 16:43 BIT, OVER IN 3:31 IT SAYS, 'DOES FAITH DO AWAY WITH 16:46 THE LAW?' AND PAUL SAYS, NO, IT ESTABLISHES IT. WHY 16:47 WOULD A CHRISTIAN WANT TO HAVE THE LAW ESTABLISHED 16:48 IN THEIR LIVES? WELL, LET'S GO ON HERE. LET'S 16:55 JUST START WITH VERSE 12 OF CHAPTER SEVEN, "SO THE 17:01 LAW IS HOLY", WOW, "AND THE COMMANDMENT IS HOLY, 17:03 JUST AND GOOD". AND IF YOU READ DOWN HERE IN VERSE 17:08 14 YOU KNOW THAT "THE LAW IS SPIRITUAL". SO THERE'S 17:11 SOMETHING GOOD IN THE LAW. 17:13 I MEAN, AFTER ALL, IF THE LAWS ARE A REFLECTION OF 17:17 GOD'S CHARACTER AND IT'S HIS IDEAL, I MEAN, DO YOU 17:18 KNOW OF ANY CHRISTIANS WHO ARE ARGUING THAT ADULTERY 17:22 IS THE WAY WE OUGHT TO GO, OR THIEVRY OR USING GOD'S 17:26 NAME IN VAIN. >>BILL: OF COURSE NOT. >>DR. KNIGHT: 17:27 THE LAW IS HOLY, IT'S GOOD; IT SHOWS US THE WAY 17:31 OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND WHAT DID PAUL THAT SIN WAS OVER 17:35 IN ROMANS 3:20? "SIN IS THE BREAKING OF THE LAW. 17:36 THAT'S HOW COME YOU NEED GRACE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE 17:43 GOING THROUGH LIFE AND YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG THE 17:45 GREAT LAW OF, FINGER OF THE LAW.YOU KNOW, I WAS 17:46 TOLD AS A PREACHER YOU SHOULD NEVER POINT AT 17:50 OTHER PEOPLE.I'M NOT A PREACHER RIGHT NOW, I'M 17:52 THE LAW. THE LAW SAYS, OKAY, YOU THINK YOU'RE A 17:53 NICE GUY, I SAW THE WAY YOU LOOKED AT THAT LADY, 18:01 BONG. HERE COMES THE LAW INTO, INTO EFFECT. >>BILL: 18:05 YEAH. >>DR. KNIGHT: OKAY, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT 18:06 CHAPTER SEVEN SAYS ABOUT THE LAW. VERSE SEVEN, 18:13 OKAY, LET'S SUMMARIZE IT THAT THE LAW'S HOLY, JUST, 18:19 GOOD, AND SPIRITUAL. 18:20 NOTHING WRONG WITH THE LAW. AND PAUL WANTS TO 18:28 SHOW US THE DEPTHS OF THE LAW AND THAT'S WHAT HE 18:29 DOES IN VERSE SEVEN. "AND WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN, 18:34 THAT THE LAW IS SIN? BY NO MEANS. YET, IF I'D NOT 18:38 BEEN FOR THE LAW, I'D HAVE NOT SHOWN WHAT SIN IS. I 18:39 SHOULD HAVE NOT KNOWN WHAT IT IS TO COVET IF THE LAW 18:44 HAD NOT SAID THOU SHALL NOT COVET." NOW WHY DO YOU 18:50 THINK HE PICKED OUT THE TENTH COMMANDMENT HERE 18:52 AS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE DEPTH OF THE LAW? >>BILL: 18:57 GOOD QUESTION. >>DR. 18:58 KNIGHT: WELL, I'M GONNA TELL YOU. BECAUSE WE'RE 19:00 ON TV WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO DISCUSS THESE 19:02 THINGS SO I'LL JUST TELL YOU WITHOUT DISCUSSING IT 19:03 EVERY OTHER LAW ON THE.IS A BEHAVIOUR. EITHER YOU'RE 19:08 WORSHIPPING A FALSE GOD OR YOU'RE STEALING OR YOU'RE 19:18 BREAKING THE SABBATH OR YOU'RE MURDERING. IT'S AN 19:19 ACTION. THERE'S NO ACTION IN COVETNESS. IT'S IN YOUR 19:25 HEAD. YOU'RE JEALOUS OF YOUR NEIGHBOUR. HE'S GOT 19:30 THIS NICE NEW CAR AND YOU COVET IT. IT'S IN YOUR 19:31 HEAD WHAT.AND JESUS TAUGHT THE SAME THING 19:34 IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: 19:38 IT'S NOT THE PERSON THAT MURDERS SOMEBODY; IT'S THE 19:39 PERSON THAT'S ANGRY. IT'S IN YOUR HEAD. AND IN 19:42 MATTHEW 15, JESUS SAY THAT SIN FLOWS OUT OF THE HEART 19:48 AND MIND. IT'S NOT; IT'S NOT JUST THE OUTWARD 19:49 ACTIONS. SIN IS FORMED IN YOUR MIND. >>BILL: WOW. 19:58 >>DR. KNIGHT: AND YOU CAN CLEAN UP THE OUTSIDE, 20:02 BILL,.>>BILL: ALL YOU WANT. >>DR. KNIGHT:.AND 20:03 STILL BE ROTTEN. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: THIS 20:06 IS REALLY A STROKE OF GENIUS. >>BILL: THIS IS 20:09 BRILLIANT. >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH. >>BILL: IT IS 20:10 BRILLIANT. >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH, I HAD NOT KNOWN WHAT 20:12 SIN WAS. I MEAN, HERE'S PAUL, HE'S A PHAROSY, HE 20:14 SPENT ALL HIS LIFE FOOLING AROUND WITH THE 20:15 LAW >>BILL: YEAH. >>DR. 20:16 KNIGHT: ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY 20:17 RULES ON HOW TO KEEP THE SABBATH. I MEAN, JUST 20:19 LAWS, LAWS, LAWS, LAWS. HE SAYS, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW 20:23 WHAT THE LAW MEANT UNTIL IT SAID, THOU SHALL NOT 20:24 COVET. SUDDENLY I REALIZED IT'S INTERNAL. IT'S NOT 20:27 JUST BEHAVIOUR. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 20:29 KNIGHT: IT'S HOW YOU THINK. IT'S WHAT MAKE 20:31 YOU DO SOMETHING. THE MOTIVATION OF YOUR LIFE. 20:33 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 20:34 >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH, SALVATION TAKES PLACE 20:37 IN THE HEART. SO THAT'S ANOTHER. SO CHAPTER SEVEN 20:42 IS A GREAT LAW CHAPTER. 20:43 NOW, LET'S GO UP TO 14 AGAIN. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 20:49 KNIGHT: "WE KNOW THAT THE LAW IS SPIRITUAL BUT I AM 20:50 CARNAL SOLD UNTO SIN". UH, OH. HERE WE ARE. WE'VE 20:56 GOT A GOOD LAW AND WE'VE GOT HUMAN BEINGS. AND PAUL 21:05 SAYS, I STRUGGLE. I KNOW WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING BUT 21:06 SOMETIMES I HAVE A HARD TIME.>>BILL: DOING WHAT 21:11 I SHOULD BE DOING. RIGHT. 21:12 >>DR. KNIGHT: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER EXPERIENCED 21:13 THIS PROBLEM OR NOT >>BILL: OH, YES, SIR. 21:15 >>DR. KNIGHT: I KNOW PEOPLE ARGUE A LOT ABOUT 21:16 THIS PASSAGE, EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS. BUT WE KNOW IT'S 21:17 A CONVERTED PERSON BECAUSE VERSE 22 SAYS, "I DELIGHT 21:20 IN THE LAW OF GOD". 21:21 THAT'S THE CRY OF THE CONVERTED PERSON. HOW MANY 21:27 CHRISTIANS WANT TO DO AWAY WITH THE LAW? WELL, 21:28 PAUL WASN'T ONE OF THEM. 21:32 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 21:33 KNIGHT: HE SAYS, IT'S SPIRITUAL, IT'S GOOD, IT'S 21:36 HOLY, I DELIGHT IN IT. 21:37 THE PROBLEM, PAUL SAYS, IS NOT THE LAW. THE 21:38 PROBLEM.>>BILL: THE PROBLEM IS ME. >>DR. 21:39 KNIGHT:.IS ME. AND I GO BACK TO THE ILLUSTRATION 21:41 OF THE ISLAMIC. SAME OLD GUY. YOU MAY HAVE A NEW 21:44 HEART BUT YOU'VE GOT THE SAME ROTTEN BODY WITH THAT 21:45 HUNK OF BRAIN THAT PLAYS SOME BAD TUNES. >>BILL: 21:48 YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: OKAY. 21:49 SO, VERSE 24, PAUL DEALS WITH A STRUGGLE THAT HE 21:56 GOES THROUGH. WHICH ALL OF US GO THROUGH. WE KNOW 22:01 WHAT'S RIGHT BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS DO IT. "RETCHED 22:02 MAN THAT I AM, WHO WILL DELIVER ME FROM THIS BODY 22:08 OF DEATH? THANKS BE TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR 22:14 LORD. SO THEN IF I MYSELF SERVE THE LAW OF GOD 22:15 THROUGH MY MIND BUT WITH MY FLESH I SERVE THE 22:19 LAW OF SIN", HERE'S THAT TENSION, "WHO WILL DELIVER 22:30 US?" CHAPTER EIGHT,VERSE ONE, "THERE IS, 22:31 THEREFORE THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION TO THOSE 22:33 WHO WORK IN CHRIST JESUS" JESUS. THIS IS THE GOSPEL 22:41 ACCORDING TO PAUL. HE ALWAYS ENDS UP IN GRACE 22:42 BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT GOD KNOWS THAT WE'RE JUST A 22:47 WEE BIT LESS THAN PERFECT OKAY, NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A 22:56 LOT OF TIME FOR THIS ONE. 22:57 >>BILL: YEAH, WE'VE GOT ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT. 23:06 >>DR. KNIGHT: ABOUT TWO MINUTES, OH, LET'S GET TO 23:07 THE, LET'S GET TO THE REAL HEART OF CHAPTER EIGHT. 23:09 BUT HERE IN THIS ONE WE ARE RESCUED BY THE NEW 23:11 LORD OF OUR LIFE. AND THAT WE GET DOWN HERE TO THE 23:13 MIDDLE OF VERSES 12 TO 17 AND IT SAYS, "THE SPIRIT 23:19 BEARS WITNESS TO OUR SPIRIT, THAT WE ARE THE 23:23 SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD". AND I LOVE THE 23:24 PASSAGE BEGINNING IN VERSE 31, "WHAT THEN SHALL WE 23:31 SAY TO THIS? IF GOD IF FOR US, WHO IS AGAINST US. HE 23:35 WHO DID NOT BEAR HIS OWN SON BUT GAVE HIM UP FOR 23:36 US ALL WILL HE NOT GIVE US ALSO THINGS WITH HIM. WHO 23:40 SHALL BRING ANY CHARGE AGAINST GOD'S ELECT. IT'S 23:44 GOD WHO JUSTIFIES", AND IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON. AND 23:46 THEN THE GREAT CLIMAX OF THE GOSPEL. "KNOWING ALL 23:49 THESE THINGS", VERSE 37, "IN ALL OF THESE THINGS, 23:55 WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERERS THROUGH HIM WHO 23:56 LOVED US. FOR I AM SURE THAT NEITHER DEATH 24:01 NOR LIFE NOR ANGELS NOR PRINCIPALITIES NOR THINGS 24:07 PRESENT NOR THINGS TO COME NOR HEIGHTH NOR DEATH NOR 24:08 ANYTHING ELSE TO COME TO ALL CREATION WILL BE 24:12 ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD IN CHRIST 24:15 JESUS OUR LORD". BROTHER, HANG ON. NOTHING CAN 24:17 SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD EXCEPT OUR CHOICE. 24:22 IT'S BY FAITH THAT WE GRAB A HOLD OF THE GOSPEL. IT'S 24:29 BY REJECTING OUR WALK WITH GOD THAT WE SEPARATE 24:31 OURSELVES FROM GOD. WE CAN SEPARATE OURSELVES BUT 24:36 NOTHING ON THE OUTSIDE CAN. THAT'S CHRISTIAN 24:39 ASSURANCE THAT IS HIGH POINT. >>BILL: THANK YOU, 24:40 DR. KNIGHT. LET US PRAY. 24:44 HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE ASSURANCE 24:45 OF SCRIPTURE THAT SAYS NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US. 24:50 THAT YOU HAVE SENT YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST, TO DIE 24:54 ON THE CROSS TO REDEEM A LOST HUMANITY. FATHER, 24:55 MAY THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET CLAIMED THE GIFT 25:00 OF ETERNAL LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST MAY THEY REACH OUT 25:04 AND CLAIM THAT NOW. 25:05 I PRAY IN HIS NAME NOW, AMEN >>DR. KNIGHT: AMEN. 25:10 (MUSIC) 25:26 >>BILL: WELL, THE DISCOVER BIBLE STUDY COURSE IS 25:27 A WONDERFUL WAY FOR YOU TO DEEPEN YOUR UNDERSTANDING 25:30 OF GOD'S WORD. THE LESSONS COME TO YOU BY MAIL, 25:35 THERE'S NO COST WHATSOEVER ON YOUR PART, THERE'S NO 25:36 OBLIGATION ON YOUR PART. 25:41 BUT IT IS A FABULOUS WAY OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT GOD 25:42 HAS PLACED IN THIS HOLY BOOK. THOUSANDS HAVE 25:48 ALREADY ENROLLED. 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