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00:01 >>BILL: ON TODAY'S "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM, WE HAVE
00:02 OUR FOURTH EPISODE OF EXPLORING ROMANS WITH DR. 00:04 GEORGE KNIGHT. IF YOU'VE BEEN WITH US BEFORE YOU 00:09 KNOW THE DRILL. GO GET YOUR BIBLES, GET A PEN, 00:10 GET A PIECE OF PAPER AND GET READY FOR THIS 00:14 BIBLE STUDY. WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. 00:19 (MUSIC) 00:29 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME . . . 00:32 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:35 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:39 IT IS WRITTEN . . . 00:42 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:47 (MUSIC) 00:59 >>BILL: WELL, DR. KNIGHT, WELCOME BACK FOR OUR 01:00 FOURTH AND FINAL PROGRAM IN THIS SERIES IN THE BOOK 01:03 OF ROMANS. YOU HAVE WALKED US THROUGH AND I'LL TELL 01:05 YOU, THIS HAS BEEN SUCH AN ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE 01:06 FOR ME AND, I KNOW, FOR MANY OF OUR VIEWERS ALSO. 01:12 >>DR. KNIGHT: GOOD. GLAD I WAS HELPFUL, BILL. >>BILL: 01:15 DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS AND 01:16 WHAT IS ACTUALLY HERE. 01:18 MAYBE, JUST AS A QUICK RECAP, YOU HAD OUTLINED 01:19 IN THE FIRST EPISODE THE THREE PURPOSES FOR WHICH 01:25 THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN AND MAYBE WE COULD START WITH 01:31 THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOMEBODY WHO MAY BE 01:32 JOINING US FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND THEN LET'S JUST 01:36 CARRY ON FROM WHERE WE LEFT OFF THE LAST TIME. 01:38 >>DR. KNIGHT: WELL, OKAY. 01:39 THE FIRST PURPOSE IS THAT PAUL HAS A NEED FOR A 01:40 MISSION BASE IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE 01:41 MEDITERRAIN. HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO GO TO SPAIN; HE 01:45 NEEDS ROME AS A MISSION BASE. THAT'S THE FIRST 01:48 PURPOSE. BUT, IF HE'S GOING TO USE THEM AS 01:50 A MISSION BASE, THEY'D BETTER GET ALONG. THEY 01:52 BETTER REALIZE THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, ALL OF 01:55 THEM HAVE THE SAME SALVATION AND THEREFORE 01:56 THEY'RE ONE CHURCH, BOTH JEW AND GENTILE. THERE'S 02:01 HOPE FOR ALL IN CHRIST AND THEN THIRDLY, PAUL 02:05 BEFORE HE WENT TO ROME KNEW HE HAD TO GO TO 02:06 JERUSALEM AND HE WASN'T WINNING A POPULARITY 02:10 CONTEST WITH SOME OF THE PHAROSIC AND ? PARTY THERE 02:15 AND HE KNEW HE MIGHT NOT MAKE IT OUT. WELL, HE 02:16 REALLY DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT. 02:20 HE MADE IT OUT IN CHAINS. 02:21 SO HIS WHOLE MISSIONARY CAREER WAS CHANGED BY THAT 02:24 TRIP AND PAUL WANTED TO DO TWO THINGS IN TERMS OF 02:25 A THEOLOGICAL STATEMENT. 02:29 ONE, HE WANTED A THEOLOGICAL STATEMENT 02:31 FOR CHRISTIANS EVERYWHERE ABOUT THE PLAN OF 02:35 SALVATION. AND NUMBER TWO; HE WANTED TO PROVE TO THE 02:38 ROMAN JEWS AND GENTILES THAT HE WAS TRULY 02:39 ORTHODOX. AND AS YOU RECALL, BILL, WE STARTED 02:44 OUT OR PAUL STARTED OUT WITH THE PROBLEM. >>BILL: 02:47 YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: ALL ARE SINNERS. >>BILL: YES. 02:48 >>DR. KNIGHT: ALL DESERVE DEATH BUT GOD HAS A GOSPEL 02:51 WITH POWER, DYNOMITE TO CHANGE YOUR LIVES. YOU ARE 03:01 JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. 03:02 YOU DON'T HAVE TO EARN IT. 03:03 YOU CAN'T EARN IT. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: THE 03:07 LAW IS GOOD AND HOLY AND JUST AND SPIRITUAL BUT its 03:11 FUNCTION IS NOT SALVATION, LIKE A LADDER, CLIMBING UP 03:12 TO HEAVEN. THE FUNCTION OF THE LAW IS TO SAY, YOU 03:16 ARE A SINNER. AND WE TOOK A LOOK AND WE REALIZE AS 03:22 PAUL MOVES INTO ROMANS SIX THROUGH EIGHT, WHICH IS 03:23 WHAT WE DID LAST WEEK, IS THAT SALVATION IS NOT JUST 03:28 GETTING JUSTIFIED, IT'S ALSO WALKING WITH JESUS. 03:34 WHAT WE CALL SANCTIFICATION. AND THAT 03:35 TOOK US TO THE END OF CHAPTER EIGHT AND THEN AT 03:38 THE END OF CHAPTER EIGHT WE REALIZE AS PAUL MAKES 03:42 THIS GREAT, THUNDERING CONCLUSION THAT NOTHING 03:43 CAN SEPARATE US FROM GOD. 03:49 BUT I DID SUGGEST THAT THERE'S ONE THING THAT CAN 03:50 AND THAT'S US. WE CAN GIVE UP, WE CAN QUIT, WE CAN 03:59 SPIT IN GOD'S FACE, WE CAN SIN, WE CAN LIVE A LIFE OF 04:03 REBELLION. THAT CAN SEPARATE US FROM GOD 04:04 >>BILL: OUR CHOICE. >>DR. 04:10 KNIGHT: OUR CHOICE. JUST LIKE WE CHOOSE TO WALK 04:11 WITH CHRIST, WE CAN CHOOSE NOT TO WALK WITH CHRIST. 04:14 JUST AS I CAN SAY, "FORGIVE ME FOR MY SINS", 04:18 I CAN SAY, "NUTS, I'LL DO WHAT I WANT". >>BILL: 04:19 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: THAT'S A CHOICE. A FAITH 04:25 CHOICE OR AN ANTI. >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. KNIGHT: 04:28 NOW WE COME TO PROBABLY.WE STILL HAVE HALF THE BOOK 04:29 LEFT AND WE'VE GOT.>>BILL: ONE PROGRAM LEFT. >>DR. 04:34 KNIGHT:.ONE DAY. I'M REALLY GONNA GO THROUGH 04:40 CHAPTERS NINE, TEN, AND ELEVEN RATHER QUICKLY 04:41 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 04:44 KNIGHT: NINE, TEN, AND ELEVEN ARE: HOW DO THE 04:45 JEWS AND GENTILES FIT INTO THE PLAN OF SALVATION? AND 04:48 THE ARGUMENT IN A NUTSHELL IS THIS. DON'T COMPLAIN 04:55 BECAUSE GOD CHOSE THE GENTILES TO BE IN THE 04:56 CHURCH. I MEAN, AFTERALL, DIDN'T HE CHOOSE YOU 05:01 FIRST. >>BILL: RIGHT. 05:02 >>DR. KNIGHT: AND IF HE CHOSE YOU, DOESN'T HE HAVE 05:07 A RIGHT.>>BILL: TO CHOOSE SOMEBODY ELSE. >>DR. 05:10 KNIGHT:.CHOOSE SOMEBODY ELSE IN ADDITION TO 05:11 YOU >>BILL: SURE. >>DR. 05:14 KNIGHT: AND YOU'RE NOT BETTER. YES, YOU WERE 05:15 FIRST. GOD GAVE THE GOSPEL THROUGH YOU BUT HIS GREAT 05:19 CONCLUSION, HIS GREAT CONCLUSION OVER HERE IN 05:22 VERSE 32 AND THAT IS, "ALL MEN HAVE BEEN DISOBEDIENT, 05:23 WHY? THAT HE MAY HAVE MERCY UPON ALL". THE 05:28 FUNCTION OF THESE THREE CHAPTERS IS TO DEMONSTRATE 05:36 TO BOTH SIDES OF THE CHURCH WHO WERE HAVING 05:37 PROBLEMS ON THE RACIAL ISSUE, IS THAT YOU'RE ALL 05:44 SAVED EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. AND THAT YOU'VE ALL 05:49 BEEN CHOSEN BY AN ACT OF GOD'S GRACE. AND, OF 05:51 COURSE, THAT CHOSENNESS COMES WITH A VERY 05:57 LOADED THEOLOGICAL WORD 'PREDESTINATED'. BUT 06:01 PREDESTINATION JUST MEANS GOD CHOSE EVERY ONE OF 06:02 US FOR SALVATION. JEW AND GENTILE BUT, YOU'VE GOT 06:08 TO RESPOND. AND THAT'S JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 06:17 THAT'S HOW COME RIGHT IN THE THEME CHAPTER, THEME 06:18 VERSES OF CHAPTER ONE, "FOR THE GOSPEL 06:22 IS THE POWER OF GOD INTO SALVATION TO THE JEW FIRST 06:27 AND ALSO TO THE GREEK BY FAITH". WE HAVE TO CHOOSE. 06:29 ALL OF US. NOW, LET'S GET DOWN TO CHAPTER TWELVE, 06:36 VERSE ONE. I'LL TELL YOU, WE'RE GETTING INTO SOME 06:43 REALLY GOOD STUFF HERE. 06:44 OKAY, "I APPEAL TO YOU THEREFORE, BRETHEREN". I'D 06:50 SAY SISTERS HERE ALSO; IN TODAY'S CULTURE DO YOU 06:51 THINK WE COULD INCLUDE THE LADIES? >>BILL: I WOULD 06:55 THINK SO. >>DR. KNIGHT: THINK THEY WERE ACTUALLY 06:56 INCLUDED HERE UNDER BRETHEREN. "I APPEAL TO 06:57 YOU THEREFORE BRETHEREN, BY THE MERCIES OF GOD TO 07:01 PRESENT YOUR BODIES AS A LIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY AND 07:06 ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, WHICH IS YOUR SPIRITUAL WORSHIP 07:07 I THINK THIS WORD 'LIVING SACRIFICE' IS SOMETHING 07:14 WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT, BILL, 07:19 THAT I COULD DIE FOR CHRIST. IT MIGHT BE HARD. 07:20 I MEAN, ONE GUY SAYS, I DON'T MIND DYING; I JUST 07:27 DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND WHEN IT HAPPENS. DYING IS 07:30 NOT NECESSARILY PLEASANT BUT YOU ONLY HAVE TO DIE 07:31 ONCE. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 07:34 KNIGHT: GO HAS ASKED US TO BE A LIVING SACRIFICE. 07:35 I MEAN, THAT'S MUCH MORE SERIOUS. A SACRIFICE DIES 07:39 ONCE. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 07:40 KNIGHT: A LIVING SACRIFICE IS LIVING.>>BILL: 07:45 EVERYDAY. >>DR. KNIGHT:.A LIFE WITH CHRIST 07:49 THROUGHOUT. WE FOUND THE METAPHOR LAST WEEK, 07:50 'WALKING'. ONCE YOU'RE BAPTIZED AND 07:51 RAISED.>>BILL: TO NEWNESS OF LIFE. >>DR. KNIGHT:.TO 07:55 NEWNESS OF LIFE. YOU WALK THE WAY OF JESUS. HERE WE 07:56 HAVE THE SAME THING, THAT A CHRISTIANS LIFE IS TO 08:00 BE LIVING SACRIFICE. NOT A DEAD ONE. IT'S A DYNAMIC 08:07 CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 08:08 >>BILL: AGAIN, TOUCHING ON THAT FACT THAT THERE'S AN 08:11 EXTERNAL DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT'S HAPPENED ON THE 08:12 INSIDE. >>DR. KNIGHT: OH, YEAH. YEAH, I MEAN, IN 08:16 EFFECT, GOD NEEDS THAT FOR THE JUDGMENT AGAINST HIM. 08:22 IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE APOCYLPSE, WHAT WE CALL 08:23 THE BOOK OF REVELATION; ALL THE SONGS IN THE 08:26 APOCYLPSE ARE HOLY AND JUST AND TRUE ARE GOD IN 08:30 HIS WAYS. HE HAS A RIGHT TO DO WHAT HE DOES TO 08:31 BRING EARTH'S HISTORY TO COMPLETION, WHICH MEANS, 08:34 DESTROYING THE WICKED. 08:35 HOW CAN GOD BE JUST IF EVERYBODY'S A SINNER? DOES 08:37 IT MAKE ANY SENSE THAT HE SAVES SOME AND NOT OTHERS? 08:47 >>BILL: NOT OTHERS. RIGHT. 08:48 >>DR. KNIGHT: WELL, THE EVIDENCE IS IN A CHANGED 08:50 LIFE. GOD ALSO GOES UNDER JUDGMENT. >>BILL: RIGHT. 08:51 >>DR. KNIGHT: HAS YOUR HEART REALLY BEEN CHANGED? 08:56 OR ARE YOU GONNA GET UP THERE AND START RIPPING 09:01 THE GOD OFF THE STREETS UP THERE, YOU KNOW, CHIPPING 09:02 AWAY AT THE PEARLY GATES. 09:05 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 09:06 KNIGHT: I DON'T THINK THAT GOD WANTS TO REINVENT THE 09:08 PROBLEM OF SIN. >>BILL: NO. >>DR. KNIGHT: BUT, 09:09 NOW, WATCH VERSE TWO OF CHAPTER TWELVE, "DO NOT 09:12 BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD" HE'S TALKING TO 09:18 CHRISTIANS. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO 09:19 BE ACTING LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. "BUT BE TRANSFORMED 09:25 BY THE RENEWAL OF YOUR MIND THAT YOU MIGHT PROVE 09:31 WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD, WHAT IS GOOD AND 09:32 ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT." 09:36 NOW, PERFECT REALLY MEANS MATURE. >>BILL: OKAY. 09:37 >>DR. KNIGHT: IT DEALS WITH THE CHARACTER 09:41 OF GOD. NOW, THE WORD I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS 09:44 'TRANSFORMED'. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. KNIGHT: THAT'S 09:45 A VERY INTERESTING GREEK WORD THAT 09:49 WE USE IN ENGLISH. IT'S METAMORPHASIS. >>BILL: OH, 09:53 OKAY. >>DR. KNIGHT: DID YOU TAKE A CLASS IN 09:54 BIOLOGY, BILL? >>BILL: I DID, SIR. >>DR. 09:56 KNIGHT: YOU REMEMBER WHAT BIOLOGY, YOU REMEMBER WHAT 09:58 METAMORPHASIS WAS? >>BILL: IT WAS TO CHANGE, WASN'T 09:59 IT? >>DR. KNIGHT: YES. TO CHANGE. YOU KNOW, 10:00 YOU'VE GOT THESE LITTLE CATAPILLARS THAT'S, YOU 10:02 KNOW, THEY'RE WORMS WITH LEGS. THEY CRAWL ON THE 10:03 GROUND. AND MOST, I MEAN, IF MY WIFE HAD ONE OF 10:09 THESE CATAPILLARS CRAWL INTO HER LUNCH BASKET SHE 10:15 WOULD NOT BE EXCITED. 10:17 SHE'D PROBABLY SAY SOMETHING LIKE, 'GET THIS 10:18 THING OUT OF HERE'. 10:19 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 10:20 KNIGHT: SO, NOBODY LIKES CATAPILLARS AS MUCH AS 10:23 BUTTERFLIES. I MEAN, A WORM THAT CAN FLY... 10:27 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 10:28 KNIGHT:.AND HAVE BEAUTIFUL COLOURS ON IT. THAT'S 10:29 METAMORPHASIS. WE USE IT EVERYDAY. GOD WANTS TO 10:30 TAKE PEOPLE AND WHEN THEY MET JESUS, HE WANTS TO 10:38 TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES. HE WANTS TO TAKE WORMS AND 10:43 MAKE US INTO BUTTERFLIES. 10:44 HE WANTS TO CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL OUT OF 10:46 OUR LIVES. AND HOW DOES HE DO THAT? "BY THE RENEWAL 10:47 OF YOUR MIND". REMEMBER LAST WEEK WE TALKED 10:53 ABOUT THE JEWISHNESS.TWO WEEKS AGO, IT'S NOT BEING 11:00 SOMETHING ON THE OUTWARD PART OF YOUR LIFE, YOU 11:01 NEED TO CIRCUMSIZE YOUR HEART. AND JESUS SAYS, 11:04 IT'S OUT OF THE HEART, OR OUT OF THE MIND THAT COMES 11:09 THEFT AND ADULTERY AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. THAT'S 11:11 MATTHEW 15. GOD WANTS TO RENEW OUR MIND AND OUT OF 11:16 RENEWED MIND WILL BECOME A NEW WAY OF LIVING. AND 11:25 THEN THAT'S THE INTRODUCTION, REALLY, TO 11:26 CHAPTERS TWELVE, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, AND THE FIRST 11:34 HALF OF FIFTEEN. LIVING THE TRANSFORMED LIFE. HOW 11:42 DOES THIS OPERATE IN THE REAL WORLD? WELL, HE 11:43 GIVES SO MANY, SO MANY ILLUSTRATIONS. LET'S JUST 11:48 BEGIN TO PICK UP A COUPLE OF VERSES NOW AND THEN. 11:53 VERSE THREE OF CHAPTER TWELVE, "FOR BY THEN THE 11:54 GRACE GIVEN TO ME I BID EVERYONE AMONG YOU NOT 12:00 TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN HE OUGHT TO 12:04 THINK". WELL, THAT'S PRETTY TRANSFORMED NOW, 12:05 ISN'T IT? IS THIS THE WAY POLITICS OPERATES IN 12:08 CANADA? I MEAN, MOHAMAD ALI IS ONE OF MY 12:14 NEIGHBOURS AT THE UNIVERSITY I TEACH. 12:15 HE LIVES IN THE SAME COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW THE 12:17 TITLE OF HIS BOOK, DON'T YOU? >>BILL: NO. >>DR. 12:19 KNIGHT: 'I'M THE GREATEST'. >>BILL: I'M THE 12:20 GREATEST. >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH. THE CHRISTIAN HAS 12:22 A DIFFERENT SONG, HAS A DIFFERENT TITLE. 'CHRIST 12:25 IS THE GREATEST'. LET HIM BE GREATER AND LET ME BE 12:27 SMALLER. AND WE EVEN THINK OF OUR NEIGHBOURS BETTER 12:31 THAN OURSELVES. I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY TRANSFORMED, 12:37 DON'T YOU THINK? >>BILL: THAT'S PRETTY TRANSFORMED. 12:38 >>DR. KNIGHT: NOT NORMAL. 12:39 >>BILL: THAT'S VERY COUNTER CULTURAL. >>DR. 12:40 KNIGHT: I ALWAYS SAY THAT CHRISTIANITY IS 12:42 FOR ABNORMAL PEOPLE. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE ARE 12:43 TOO MANY OF US IN THE CHURCH WHO ARE NORMAL. 12:45 SO, THIS IS PRETTY TRANSFORMED. >>BILL: 12:49 YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: "I BID EVERYONE OF YOU TO NOT 12:52 THINK OF HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN ANOTHER THING 12:53 BUT TO THINK WITH SOBER JUDGMENT", AND IT GOES ON 12:56 IN VERSE SIX, "GOD GIVES US EACH GIFTS". SO WE GET 12:59 A DISCUSSION OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS. EVERY ONE OF US, 13:01 BILL, HAS A TALENT THAT WE CAN USE FOR GOD. THAT 13:08 DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING IN THE 13:13 CHURCH. MOST OF GOD'S HEROES ARE LAY PEOPLE 13:14 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 13:21 KNIGHT: I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT, SOME OF US ARE CALLED 13:22 TO WORK IN THE CHURCH. 13:23 OTHERS, I MEAN.WHAT DID JESUS SAY ABOUT THE LITTLE 13:24 WIDOW? SHE PUT IN HER TWO MITES AND HE SAID SHE 13:28 GAVE MORE THAN THEM ALL >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 13:31 >>DR. KNIGHT: BUT SHE GAVE WHAT SHE HAD. THEN DOWN 13:32 IN VERSE NINE .THE FIRST THING HE WANTS TO SAY 13:35 ABOUT TRANSFORMED LIVING IS 'DON'T ARGUE AMONG 13:43 YOURSELF, WHO'S GOING TO BE THE ELDER IN THE 13:44 CHURCH. WHO'S GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT'. JUST 13:47 USE GOD'S GIFTS AND LIVE LIKE A CHRISTIAN. >>BILL: 13:53 THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 13:54 KNIGHT: I'VE PASTORED SOME CHURCHES I WISHED HAD READ 13:56 THESE VERSES. OKAY, THEN HE GOES ON ABOUT CHRISTIAN 13:57 CONDUCT IN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, VERSE NINE, 14:05 "LET YOUR LOVE BE GENUINE, HATE ONES EVIL, FAST WHICH 14:11 IS GOOD, LOVE ONE ANOTHER WITH BROTHERLY AFFECTION, 14:12 OUTDO ONE ANOTHER IN SHOWING HONOUR". >>BILL: 14:17 WOW. >>DR. KNIGHT: WOW, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. I 14:20 BELIEVE IN COMPETITION. 14:21 I BELIEVE WE OUGHT TO COMPETE IN HONOURING THE 14:23 OTHER PERSON MORE THAN OURSELVES. THAT'S.IT'S 14:24 BEGINNING TO SOUND LIKE THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT 14:28 DOWN THERE IN VERSE 13 >>BILL: YES. ABSOLUTELY, 14:30 IT IS. >>DR. KNIGHT: VERSE 14, "BLESS THOSE WHO 14:31 PERSECUTE YOU. BLESS THEM AND DO NOT CURSE THEM". 14:33 OY, YOY, YOY. DOWN VERSE 19, "BELOVED, NEVER AVENGE 14:37 YOURSELVES BUT LEAVE IT TO THE WRATH OF GOD FOR WHAT 14:38 IS WRITTEN, VENGENCE IS MINE". OH HOW HARD 14:43 IT IS, BILL, TO LIVE THE TRANSFORMED LIFE. SOMEBODY 14:48 PUNCHES ME WHAT'S MY FIRST REACTION? >>BILL: YOU 14:49 WANT TO PUNCH BACK. >>DR. 14:52 KNIGHT: YEAH, HARDER. 14:53 THEY DESERVE IT. >>BILL: THEY'VE EARNED IT. >>DR. 14:56 KNIGHT: BUT YOU KNOW, BILL, HERE'S AN 14:57 ILLUSTRATION OF GRACE, 'I LIKE GETTING GRACE, I 14:59 JUST DON'T LIKE PASSING IT ON' >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 15:01 >>DR. KNIGHT: I LIKE GETTING WHAT I DON'T 15:02 DESERVE BUT I'M GONNA GIVE YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU 15:04 DESERVE. NO, NO. IF YOU'RE WALKING WITH JESUS, IF 15:07 YOU'RE WALKING WITH JESUS YOU HAVE A TRANSFORMED 15:08 MIND AND YOU'RE LIVING AS A LIVING SACRIFICE. YOU'RE 15:16 ON THE ALTER OF GOD. I THINK THAT THIS IS PRETTY 15:22 SERIOUS, THIS CHAPTER. 15:23 >>BILL: VERY SERIOUS. 15:24 >>DR. KNIGHT: THEN IT GOES ON TO CHAPTER THIRTEEN AND 15:27 IT TALKS ABOUT THE FIRST SEVEN VERSES. WE COULD 15:33 SPEND A LOT OF TIME THERE. 15:34 I'M GONNA PASS OVER THEM RATHER QUICKLY BUT IT'S 15:36 PICKING UP ON WHAT JESUS SAID, 'GIVE TO CAESAR WHAT 15:37 IS CAESAR'S AND GIVE TO GOD WHAT IS GOD'S'. AND 15:41 RECOGNIZING THAT GOD HAS APPOINTED A CIVIL 15:46 GOVERNMENT. EVEN A BAD GOVERNMENT IS BETTER THAN 15:47 NO GOVERNMENT AT ALL. THEN VERSE.OH, I REALLY WANT 15:51 TO GET DOWN TO VERSE EIGHT THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE'RE 16:00 GONNA READ ALL OF VERSES EIGHT TO TEN. >>BILL: 16:01 OKAY. >>DR. KNIGHT: THE CALL TO LOVE. THIS IS WHAT 16:04 THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL IS ALL ABOUT. "OWE NO ONE 16:10 ANYTHING EXCEPT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. FOR HE WHO 16:12 LOVES HIS NEIGHBOUR HAS FULFILLED THE LAW." THAT'S 16:17 PRETTY POWERFUL. PAUL IS NOT AGAINST THE LAW. IN 16:23 FACT, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE TEN COMMANDMENT LAW 16:24 HOW DO WE KNOW THAT? VERSE NINE, "THE COMMANDMENT 16:30 YOU SHALL NOT COMMITT ADULTERY, YOU SHOULD NOT 16:33 KILL, YOU SHOULD NOT STEAL, YOU SHOULD NOT 16:34 COVET, AND IN ANY OTHER COMMANDMENT ARE SUMMED UP 16:37 IN THIS SENTENCE YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS 16:39 YOURSELF. LOVE DOES NO WRONG TO A NEIGHBOUR; 16:40 THEREFORE, LOVE IS THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW". 16:43 YOU KNOW THE REAL PROBLEM IS, BILL, IS THAT TOO MANY 16:48 PEOPLE THINK IF THEY'RE JUST GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE, 16:49 OH, I'M A GOOD CHRISTIAN. 16:53 I DON'T STEAL; I DON'T USE GOD'S NAME IN VAIN. I TRY 16:55 TO, YOU KNOW. >>BILL: YES. 17:02 >>DR. KNIGHT: AND I'VE MET SOME CHRISTIANS WHO 17:03 ARE MEANER THAN THE DEVIL. 17:06 THEY'VE GOT THE OUTWARD. 17:07 THEY'RE NOT "BAD PEOPLE" ACCORDING TO THE 17:12 COMMANDMENTS BUT THEY HAVEN'T HAD THEIR HEART 17:13 CHANGED. >>BILL: RIGHT. 17:20 >>DR. KNIGHT: THERE'S STILL A SLUG-LIKE 17:21 THING.>>BILL: YES. NOT A BUTTERFLY. THE WORM WITH 17:23 THE LEGS. >>DR. KNIGHT: THEY'VE GOT WINGS PASTED 17:25 ON OR AS JESUS WOULD SAY OVER IN MATTHEW, THEY'RE 17:26 WHITE WAR SUPPLICKERS? 17:29 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 17:30 KNIGHT: YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DEVIL IS PRETTY SMART. 17:32 HE'S GOT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE IN EVERY CHURCH AND 17:33 WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT THE REAL LAW OF GOD 17:36 IS REFLECTED IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BUT THE TEN 17:42 COMMANDMENTS IS NOT THE LAW. THERE'S SOMETHING 17:43 DEEPER. WHEN THE LAWYER ASKED JESUS, WHAT'S 17:47 THE LAW? WHAT DID HE SAY? 17:48 WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT LAW? >>BILL: TO LOVE GOD 17:51 WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL. LOVE 17:53 YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF. >>DR. KNIGHT: 17:55 YEAH. LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND MIND AND 17:57 SOUL AND THE SECOND IS LIKENED TO IT; YOU SHALL 18:02 LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF. THAT'S MATTHEW 18:03 22, VERSE 36 - 40. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: WHAT 18:08 WE FIND HERE IS THE SAME THING EXCEPT HERE WE HAVE 18:12 THAT SAME THING APPLIED TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. AND, 18:13 OF COURSE, HERE HE APPLIES IT TO THE SECOND 18:20 COMMANDMENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE HAVING 18:23 TROUBLE, LOVING THEIR NEIGHBOUR. NONE OF THESE 18:24 PEOPLE WERE HAVING TROUBLE LOVING GOD. NOW THERE'S 18:27 A SIDELINE THERE. I'VE MET SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY 18:30 CAN LOVE GOD AND HATE THEIR NEIGHBOUR. EVEN IN 18:32 THE CHURCH. >>BILL: RIGHT. 18:36 >>DR. KNIGHT: THEY GET INTO AN ARGUMENT IN THE 18:37 CHURCH BOARD AND TREAT EACH OTHER NASTY. NO, NO, 18:39 NO. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 18:40 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 18:41 KNIGHT: JESUS LINKED THEM TOGETHER. YOU CAN'T LOVE 18:42 GOD WITHOUT LOVING HIS CHILDREN. >>BILL: 18:44 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: NOW THAT'S.THAT TAKES GRACE. 18:47 YOU SEE, GRACE IS NOT JUST FOR GIVING GRACE. IT'S 18:48 TRANSFORMING GRACE. TOO OFTEN CHRISTIANS THINK OF 18:54 GRACE TOO NARROWLY. GRACE IS TRANSFORMING GRACE, 19:02 IT'S CALLING GRACE FIRST. 19:03 YOU ARE CALLED TO BE A CHRISTIAN. >>BILL: RIGHT. 19:04 >>DR. KNIGHT: GOD IS WORKING WITH HIS HOLY 19:05 SPIRIT SAYING, 'WAKE UP, BILL, WAKE UP, BILL'. 19:07 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: AND HE GIVES YOU THE POWER 19:09 TO SAY, 'OKAY, GOD, I HAVE FAITH'. THAT'S CALLING 19:10 GRACE. >>BILL: RIGHT. 19:12 >>DR. KNIGHT: THEN WE HAVE FORGIVING GRACE. I DON'T 19:13 KNOW HOW OLD YOU WERE WHEN YOU BECAME A CHRISTIAN. I 19:19 WAS NINETEEN AND I SAID, 'GOD FORGIVE ME, I'M A 19:22 SINNER' AND I'LL TELL YOU, I REALLY WAS AND GOD 19:23 FORGAVE ME. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, GOD GAVE 19:28 ME TRANSFORMING GRACE. HE GAVE ME THE ABILITY TO BE 19:35 A BUTTERFLY RATHER THAN A SLUG. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 19:36 KNIGHT: AND THEN BEYOND THAT HE GIVES US 19:37 EMPOWERING GRACE. SO THAT WE HAVE THE POWER TO WALK 19:40 WITH JESUS DAY BY DAY BY DAY. NONE OF THIS DO WE 19:41 DESERVE. GOD GIVES IT ALL TO US. BUT WE LEARNED 19:46 OVER IN ROMANS SEVEN THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THIS 19:50 EMPOWERING GRACE SOMETIMES WE TAKE OUR EYES OFF OF 19:51 JESUS. >>BILL: WE STUMBLE. 19:54 THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 19:55 KNIGHT: KIND OF LIKE PETER WALKING ON WATER AND HE 19:59 SAID, WHAT A GREAT GUY I AM AND WHEN HE TOOK HIS 20:00 EYES OFF OF JESUS AND PUT THEM ON HIMSELF HE WENT 20:02 STRAIGHT FOR THE BOTTOM >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 20:05 >>DR. KNIGHT: I THINK I'VE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE ONCE 20:06 OR TWICE. STRAIGHT TO THE BOTTOM, THEN I SCREAM OUT, 20:08 'GOD, FORGIVE ME AGAIN. 20:09 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 20:11 >>DR. KNIGHT: FORGIVE ME AGAIN. AND SO, THIS IS A 20:12 CIRCLE. GOD CALLS ME BACK. 20:15 I'M ON MY KNEES, HE FORGIVES ME, HE TRANSFORMS 20:16 ME, HE EMPOWERS ME AND LIFE IS A JOURNEY. >>BILL: 20:21 IT KEEPS GOING. >>DR. 20:22 KNIGHT: SO, LOVE IS THE FULFILLING OF THE 20:28 LAW. WHEN I LOVE GOD, I WILL.WHAT PAUL IS REALLY 20:34 SAYING IS IF YOU LOVE GOD YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP ALL 20:35 HIS COMMANDMENTS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE RIPPING 20:39 OFF YOUR NEIGHBOUR, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE USING HIS 20:42 HUSBAND AND WIFE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW 20:43 AND HE GOES TO THE FIRST COMMANDMENT, YOU'RE NOT 20:44 GOING TO USE HIS NAME IN VAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE 20:46 INTERESTED IN HIS SABBATH, HIS HOLY DAY, AND RIGHT 20:47 ON DOWN, RIGHT ON DOWN THE LIST. LOVE IS FULFILLING. 20:48 YOU CAN HAVE THE OUTSIDE WITHOUT HAVING THE INSIDE 20:52 CHANGED. WHAT PAUL IS SAYING HERE, IS YOU NEED 20:53 THE INSIDE CHANGED AND THEN THE OUTSIDE HAS 20:56 MEANING. >>BILL: YES. 20:57 >>DR. KNIGHT: OKAY, SO, THERE IS SO MUCH THAT CAN 21:04 BE SAID HERE BUT LET'S GO ON TO CHAPTER FOURTEEN 21:08 BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY GETTING INTO A BIG 21:09 ARGUMENT OVER HERE. AND WHAT THEY'RE GETTING 21:13 INTO AN ARGUMENT ABOUT, IS SOME PEOPLE, THE JEWS WERE 21:19 JUDGING THE GENTILES BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO 21:21 EVERYTHING THAT THE JEWS THOUGHT THEY SHOULD. 21:25 >>BILL: RIGHT, RIGHT. 21:26 >>DR. KNIGHT: FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S START WITH VERSE 21:27 ONE, "AS FOR THE MAN WHO IS WEAK IN FAITH, WELCOME 21:32 HIM BUT NOT FOR DISPUTES OVER OPINIONS." WHAT PAUL 21:33 IS REALLY SAYING HERE IS, 'LET'S GET ON TO WHAT IS 21:38 REALLY IMPORTANT'. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: VERSE 21:42 FOUR, "WHO ARE YOU TO PASS JUDGMENT ON THE SERVANT OF 21:43 ANOTHER. IT IS BEFORE HIS OWN MASTER THAT HE STANDS 21:46 OR FALLS. OH, MAN ALIVE. 21:47 HERE THESE CHRISTIANS ARE PASSING JUDGMENT ON EACH 21:52 OTHER. WHO'S THE MASTER? 21:53 THE MASTER IS GOD. >>BILL: JESUS CHRIST, YEAH, 21:57 ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. KNIGHT: SO WHEN I PASS JUDGMENT ON 22:00 SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING THIS OR THEY ARE 22:01 DOING THAT, WHAT HAVE I DONE? >>BILL: STEPPED INTO 22:03 THE PLACE OF GOD. >>DR. 22:04 KNIGHT: I MADE MYSELF; I JUST BROKE THE FIRST 22:05 COMMANDMENT. I AM NOW GOD. 22:06 >>BILL: YOU'RE NOT THEIR MASTER, YEAH. >>DR. 22:09 KNIGHT: NO. I'M NOT THEIR MASTER. >>BILL: THAT'S 22:12 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: NOW, WHEN I BECOME THE JUDGE 22:13 OF SOMEBODY ELSE, SHEESH. 22:14 OKAY, WELL, HERE.OH, NO, WE'VE GOT TO STOP DOWN 22:15 HERE IN VERSE TEN. "WOULD YOU PASS JUDGMENT ON YOUR 22:24 BROTHER OR WHY DO YOU DESPISE YOUR BROTHER? FOR 22:28 WE'LL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF GOD". 22:29 WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS, GOD IS GOD, AND I 22:32 BETTER KEEP MY EYES ON THE BIBLE AND ON MY OWN LIFE 22:38 AND MOVE FROM THERE. 22:39 AND HERE WE'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS IN THIS 22:43 PARTICULAR CHAPTER. WE'VE GOT THE PROBLEMS WITH 22:44 FOODS. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 22:47 KNIGHT: WHAT'S THE PROBLEMS WITH FOODS? WE'LL 22:48 GO OVER TO.I THINK IT'S FIRST CORINTHIANS, 22:50 EIGHT.I THINK IT'S EIGHT AND THEY'RE EATING FOODS 22:53 OFFERED TO IDOLS. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: OH, 22:54 NO, NO, NO. DON'T ARGUE ABOUT THIS. SHOULD YOU 22:58 KEEP THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS NOT THE SABBATH BUT THE 23:02 JEWISH HOLIDAYS LIKE THE DAY OF PASSOVER. >>BILL: 23:03 YOM KIPPUR. >>DR. KNIGHT: THESE WERE OPTIONAL. 23:07 AFTERALL, JESUS WAS OUR PASSOVER. >>BILL: YES. 23:10 >>DR. KNIGHT: PENTECOST IS IN THE PAST, ETC. 23:11 DON'T GET INTO THESE JEWISH/GENTILE ARGUMENTS 23:15 IS WHAT HE'S REALLY SAYING. DON'T JUDGE YOUR 23:19 NEIGHBOUR. OKAY, THEN DOWN HERE, LET'S JUST 23:20 MOVE THROUGH HERE QUICKLY. 23:24 WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BILL. THE LAST WORDS 23:25 IN THE CHAPTER, FOURTEEN, "WHATEVER DOES NOT 23:33 PROCEED FROM FAITH IS SIN" REMEMBER, IT'S THE 23:36 OBEDIENCE OF FAITH. YOU DON'T WALK WITHOUT FAITH 23:37 WHATEVER OUR WALK OF LIFE IS, WE WALK WITH JESUS. 23:41 AND NOW I TELL YOU, HE GOES ON THE FOLLOWING 23:47 CHRIST EXAMPLE, THE FIRST HALF OF FIFTEEN.VERSE 23:49 THIRTEEN, "MAY THE GOD OF HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY 23:54 AND PEACE AND BELIEVING SO THAT BY THE POWER OF HOLY 23:59 SPIRIT YOU MAY ABOUND IN HOPE". THIS IS A POWERFUL 24:00 PASSAGE. KEY WORD, JOY AND HOPE. I'VE BEEN 24:09 TO SOME.I'VE SEEN SOME CHRISTIANS, YOU'D THINK 24:13 THAT THE SIGN OF SANCTIFICATION WAS GETTING 24:14 YOUR FACE CURED IN A PICKLE JAR. I MEAN, THEY 24:17 ARE THE MOST MISERABLE LOOKING PEOPLE. >>BILL: 24:21 YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: NOW, IF I REALIZE THAT GOD HAS 24:22 SAVED ME, I AM FULL OF TWO THINGS.>>BILL: JOY AND 24:26 HOPE. >>DR. KNIGHT:.JOY AND HOPE. >>BILL: 24:32 ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. KNIGHT: AND WE SAY ANOTHER ONE. 24:34 I THINK THAT IT IS FIRST CORINTHIANS, VERSE 24:35 THIRTEEN AND ALSO ROMANS: 13, LOVE. LOVE, JOY, AND 24:38 HOPE. PAUL CANNOT STAY AWAY FROM THOSE THREE 24:39 WORDS. THEY ARE CENTRAL TO THE GOSPEL AND WE WILL 24:45 CLOSE, BILL, WITH VERSE 26, THIS IS CHAPTER 16, 24:50 "THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH". 24:51 >>BILL: THERE'S THE BOOK END, RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: 24:59 OH, MAN, THERE IS THE BOOK END. WE FOUND IT IN 25:00 CHAPTER ONE, VERSE 5, WE FIND IT HERE. WHAT WE 25:06 DON'T WANT IS OBEDIENCE WITHOUT FAITH. >>BILL: 25:08 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: FAITH IS ALWAYS A WALK, HAND 25:09 IN HAND WITH JESUS. WHEN YOU'VE BEEN SAVED YOU 25:13 WANT TO WALK WITH HIM. THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH, SAVED 25:17 BY GRACE, WALKING WITH JESUS BY FAITH, THAT'S THE 25:18 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF ROMANS. >>BILL: 25:23 THANK YOU, DR. KNIGHT. LET US PRAY. FATHER IN HEAVEN, 25:29 THANK YOU FOR THESE PRECIOUS MOMENTS WE HAVE 25:30 SPENT IN YOUR WORD. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE 25:34 TOWARDS US. I PRAY THAT YOU MAY OPERATE IN THE 25:39 LIVES OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. SEND YOUR HOLY 25:40 SPIRIT TO TRANSFORM OUR HEARTS AND MINDS SO WE 25:41 MAY WALK WITH YOU IN THE NEWNESS OF LIFE. IN JESUS' 25:48 NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. 25:49 >>DR. KNIGHT: AMEN. 25:52 (MUSIC) 26:08 >>BILL: WELL, I HOPE THAT THIS JOURNEY THROUGH THE 26:09 BOOK OF ROMANS HAS PEAKED YOUR INTEREST IN BIBLE 26:12 STUDY. WELL, IF IT HAS THE DISCOVER BIBLE STUDY 26:14 COURSE IS A GREAT WAY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOD'S 26:15 WORD. YOU CAN DO THAT BY ENROLLING IN THE COURSE AT 26:20 ITISWRITTENCANADA. WE CAN SEND YOU THE LESSONS BY 26:25 MAIL, THERE IS NO OBLIGATION ON YOUR 26:26 PART, THERE'S NO COST WHATSOEVER. WHAT YOU DO, 26:29 HOWEVER, IS GET A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S 26:33 WILL FOR YOUR LIFE EXPRESSED IN HIS HOLY 26:34 WORD. WE CAN SEND YOU THE FIRST LESSON, RIGHT AWAY. 26:38 HERE'S THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO REQUEST YOUR COPY. 27:13 >>BILL: WELL, DR. KNIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 27:14 LEADING US THROUGH THE BOOK OF ROMANS. IT HAS 27:16 BEEN A BLESSING. >>DR. 27:17 KNIGHT: MY PLEASURE. 27:19 >>BILL: IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET DR. KNIGHT'S BOOK 27:20 "EXPLORING ROMANS", YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE, 27:23 ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA AND THERE WILL BE A LINK TO 27:28 WHERE YOU CAN GET A COPY OF THIS MAGNIFICENT BOOK 27:29 YOU CAN ALSO GET THE FOUR PROGRAMS ON DVD. NOW, WE'D 27:34 LIKE TO SEND THAT TO YOU AS A GIFT IN YOUR RESPONSE 27:41 TO A DONATION OF A MINIMUM OF TWENTY DOLLARS. 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