>>BILL: ON TODAY'S "IT IS WRITTEN", OUR SPECIAL 00:00:01.03\00:00:02.00 GUEST, DR. GEORGE KNIGHT. 00:00:02.00\00:00:05.00 WE'LL BE STUDYING THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 00:00:05.00\00:00:08.90 SO, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, GET OUT YOUR PENS, 00:00:08.90\00:00:09.90 A PIECE OF PAPER AND YOUR BIBLE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT 00:00:09.90\00:00:13.23 GOING TO WANT TO MISS THIS INTERESTING STUDY. 00:00:13.23\00:00:16.63 "IT IS WRITTEN" BEGINS RIGHT NOW. 00:00:16.63\00:00:18.53 (MUSIC) 00:00:19.53\00:00:30.06 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME... 00:00:31.00\00:00:33.50 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:00:33.80\00:00:36.86 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:00:37.20\00:00:41.53 IT IS WRITTEN . 00:00:41.86\00:00:44.13 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:00:44.53\00:00:48.40 (MUSIC) 00:00:49.23\00:00:58.36 >>BILL: WELL, LET ME WELCOME OUR VIEWERS TO 00:00:58.80\00:00:59.70 THIS WEEKS "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM AND 00:00:59.70\00:01:01.60 LET ME WELCOME MY SPECIAL GUEST, DR. GEORGE KNIGHT. 00:01:01.60\00:01:03.90 DR. KNIGHT WELCOME BACK TO "IT IS WRITTEN". 00:01:03.90\00:01:07.36 >>DR. 00:01:07.36\00:01:08.63 KNIGHT: IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE, BILL. 00:01:08.63\00:01:09.90 >>BILL: WELL, WE ENJOY VERY MUCH WHEN YOU ACCEPT 00:01:09.90\00:01:11.00 OUR INVITATION TO BE HERE AND WE FIND THAT THE 00:01:11.00\00:01:12.23 PROGRAMS THAT YOU DO WITH US ARE SOME OF THE MOST 00:01:12.23\00:01:16.03 INTERESTING. 00:01:16.03\00:01:17.03 WE GET SOME OF THE MOST POSITIVE VIEWER FEEDBACK 00:01:17.03\00:01:18.03 ON THESE PROGRAMS. 00:01:18.03\00:01:19.63 VERY BIBLICAL AND WE ARE BEGINNING TODAY A SERIES 00:01:19.63\00:01:20.60 ON THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 00:01:20.60\00:01:26.03 >>DR. 00:01:26.03\00:01:27.23 KNIGHT: THAT'S RIGHT. 00:01:27.23\00:01:28.53 >>BILL: AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND OUR 00:01:28.53\00:01:29.66 VIEWERS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT LISTENING TO, HELP 00:01:29.66\00:01:31.73 LISTENING TO YOU UNFOLD THE BOOK OF GALATIONS FOR 00:01:31.73\00:01:38.26 US BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAIN COMPLEXITIES 00:01:38.26\00:01:39.26 HERE, AREN'T THERE? 00:01:39.26\00:01:41.46 >>DR. 00:01:41.46\00:01:42.40 KNIGHT: OH YES. 00:01:42.40\00:01:43.50 THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX BOOK. 00:01:43.50\00:01:44.70 THIS IS ONE OF PAUL'S EARLIEST BOOKS, PROBABLY 00:01:44.70\00:01:45.66 WRITTEN ABOUT 50 OR 51 A.D. 00:01:45.66\00:01:50.86 NOW, IF YOU PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE WE'RE TALKING 00:01:50.86\00:01:51.90 ABOUT LESS THAN 20 YEARS AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION AND 00:01:51.90\00:01:54.76 THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS. 00:01:54.76\00:01:58.33 >>BILL: WOW. 00:01:58.33\00:01:59.70 >>DR. 00:01:59.70\00:02:01.03 KNIGHT: THIS AND THE BOOK THESSALIONIANS, 00:02:01.03\00:02:01.93 1THESSALONIANS, ARE THE TWO EARLIEST BOOKS 00:02:01.93\00:02:03.86 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT TO BE WRITTEN DOWN. 00:02:03.86\00:02:08.86 >>BILL: SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN, ROUGHLY, HOW LONG 00:02:08.86\00:02:09.93 AFTER PAUL'S CONVERSION. 00:02:09.93\00:02:12.00 >>DR. 00:02:12.00\00:02:12.96 KNIGHT: WELL, WE CAN GET INTO THAT. 00:02:12.96\00:02:15.26 THE CHRONOLOGY IS.IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU FIGURE 00:02:15.26\00:02:16.23 SOME OF THESE THINGS. 00:02:16.23\00:02:18.80 BUT PAUL IS GONNA DEAL WITH THE CHRONOLOGY 00:02:18.80\00:02:19.73 IN THIS BOOK. 00:02:19.73\00:02:22.50 >>BILL: SO I THOUGHT, MAYBE, IN THIS FIRST BOOK, 00:02:22.50\00:02:23.53 I THINK WE NEED TO GET A, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SET 00:02:23.53\00:02:28.36 OUT A ROAD MAP.>>DR. 00:02:28.36\00:02:30.33 KNIGHT: THAT'S RIGHT. 00:02:30.33\00:02:31.53 >>BILL:.YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL BE OUR FOCUS ON 00:02:31.53\00:02:32.46 UPCOMING PROGRAMS, MAYBE DO AN OVERVIEW AND LAY 00:02:32.46\00:02:34.20 SOME OF THE CONTEXT THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO GO 00:02:34.20\00:02:37.93 THROUGH THE BOOK, RIGHT? 00:02:37.93\00:02:41.06 >>DR. 00:02:41.06\00:02:41.96 KNIGHT: SOUNDS GOOD. 00:02:41.96\00:02:42.90 >>BILL: SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS HERE. 00:02:42.90\00:02:44.33 I PASS THE MANTLE TO YOU AND YOU JUST LEAD US NOW. 00:02:44.33\00:02:46.73 YOU LEAD US ON THIS JOURNEY. 00:02:46.73\00:02:49.33 >>DR. 00:02:49.33\00:02:50.30 KNIGHT: WELL, YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK AT THE BOOK OF 00:02:50.30\00:02:51.30 GALATIONS, IT'S REALLY A BOOK ABOUT WHAT IT 00:02:51.30\00:02:52.63 MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN. 00:02:52.63\00:02:55.80 HOW DO YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN? 00:02:55.80\00:02:58.43 AND, OF COURSE, THE BOOK OF GALATIONS WOULD NEVER 00:02:58.43\00:02:59.40 BE HERE IF CHRISTIANITY WAS A SUBSET OF JUDISM. 00:02:59.40\00:03:07.46 >>BILL: I SEE. 00:03:07.46\00:03:08.66 >>DR. 00:03:08.66\00:03:10.00 KNIGHT: BUT WHEN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 00:03:10.00\00:03:10.83 PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE APOSTLE PAUL, BEGAN TO 00:03:10.83\00:03:15.23 GO INTO THE GENTILE WORLD THEN PROBLEMS BEGAN TO 00:03:15.23\00:03:19.90 ARISE. 00:03:19.90\00:03:22.60 HOW YOU DO INTEGRATE GENTILE CHRISTIANS 00:03:22.60\00:03:23.46 WITH JEWISH CHRISTIANS? 00:03:23.46\00:03:27.76 AND SO YOU HAVE RELIGIOUS ISSUES AND, ALSO AS 00:03:27.76\00:03:28.73 YOU WILL SEE HAVE, RACIAL ISSUES. 00:03:28.73\00:03:35.16 AND PAUL HAS PROBABLY TWO BOOKS THAT WE 00:03:35.16\00:03:36.03 THINK OF THE GOSPEL. 00:03:36.03\00:03:40.46 AND, OF COURSE, LAST YEAR WE DID THE BOOK OF ROMANS. 00:03:40.46\00:03:45.23 >>BILL: YES. 00:03:45.23\00:03:46.80 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:03:46.80\00:03:47.86 >>DR. 00:03:47.86\00:03:48.80 KNIGHT: AND ROMANS IS A GREAT BOOK, 00:03:48.80\00:03:49.56 IT SPELLS IT OUT. 00:03:49.56\00:03:50.90 GALATIONS COVERS MUCH OF THE SAME TERRITORY BUT 00:03:50.90\00:03:51.86 IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY. 00:03:51.86\00:03:57.73 WITH GALATIONS WE HAVE A PROBLEM. 00:03:57.73\00:04:01.60 SOME OF THE JEWISH BELIEVERS SAID PAUL 00:04:01.60\00:04:02.46 IS WATERING DOWN CHRISTIANITY. 00:04:02.46\00:04:09.66 >>BILL: OKAY. 00:04:09.66\00:04:10.76 >>DR. 00:04:10.76\00:04:11.70 KNIGHT: OH YEAH. 00:04:11.70\00:04:12.73 PAUL IS, PAUL IS TELLING EVERYBODY THAT YOU 00:04:12.73\00:04:13.63 ARE SAVED BY GRACE WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, 00:04:13.63\00:04:14.63 YOU'VE GOT THE IDEA. 00:04:14.63\00:04:15.83 YOU'RE SAVED BY GRACE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING 00:04:15.83\00:04:16.73 TO DO WITH THE LAW. 00:04:16.73\00:04:18.06 BUT, WAIT A MINUTE, SAID THESE GUYS, HOW DID 00:04:18.06\00:04:19.00 ABRAHAM GET THE SIGN THAT HE WAS IN THE COVENENT? 00:04:19.00\00:04:27.73 WELL, IT WAS BY CIRCUMCISION. 00:04:27.73\00:04:33.36 AND SO, BASICALLY WHAT YOU HAVE IS A BUNCH OF 00:04:33.36\00:04:34.46 BELIEVERS WHO COME AND BEGIN TO ATTACK PAUL AND 00:04:34.46\00:04:38.06 SAY, HEY, THIS MAN IS NOT PREACHING THE TRUTH. 00:04:38.06\00:04:45.60 GRACE IS ALRIGHT BUT THERE'S THINGS THAT 00:04:45.60\00:04:46.50 YOU MUST DO ALSO. 00:04:46.50\00:04:53.90 IT'S GRACE PLUS WORKS. IS,T BECOME A JEW BEFORE YOU 00:04:53.90\00:04:59.63 CAN BECOME A CHRISTIAN. 00:04:59.63\00:05:05.26 AND THAT, THE ISSUE AT HAND HAPPENED 00:05:05.26\00:05:06.06 TO BE CIRCUMCISION. 00:05:06.06\00:05:09.10 OF COURSE, ONE COULD THINK OF OTHER THINGS TOO. 00:05:09.10\00:05:11.43 THE JEWISH YEARLY FESTIVALS AND CERTAIN 00:05:11.43\00:05:12.40 DIETARY ISSUES, OTHER THINGS. 00:05:12.40\00:05:18.16 BUT CIRCUMCISION BECAME THE FOCAL POINT. 00:05:18.16\00:05:19.93 AND WITH THAT, PROBABLY, WE NEED TO GIVE A LARGER 00:05:19.93\00:05:20.90 CONTEXT TO THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 00:05:20.90\00:05:28.23 AND THAT IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GOSPEL ACCORDING 00:05:28.23\00:05:29.30 TO THE APOSTLE PAUL. 00:05:29.30\00:05:30.66 AND I THINK, BILL, IF WE GO TO THREE DIFFERENT 00:05:30.66\00:05:31.63 PASSAGES AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THESE. 00:05:31.63\00:05:39.73 ROMANS, THE FIRST CHAPTER, ROMANS 1, VERSES 16 AND 00:05:39.73\00:05:40.80 17, PAUL WRITES, "FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED 00:05:40.80\00:05:52.36 OF THE GOSPEL. 00:05:52.36\00:05:54.10 IT IS THE POWER OF GOD FOR SALVATION TO 00:05:54.10\00:05:55.00 EVERYONE WHO HAS FAITH. 00:05:55.00\00:05:59.36 TO THE JEW FIRST AND ALSO TO THE GREEK FOR IN IT THE 00:05:59.36\00:06:00.50 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS REVEALED THROUGH FAITH FOR 00:06:00.50\00:06:05.53 FAITH AS IT IS WRITTEN, HE WHO THROUGH FAITH IS 00:06:05.53\00:06:09.73 RIGHTEOUS SHALL LIVE". 00:06:09.73\00:06:13.23 WELL THE BIG WORD THERE IS FAITH, ISN'T IT. 00:06:13.23\00:06:15.16 >>BILL: YES. 00:06:15.16\00:06:16.20 >>DR. 00:06:16.20\00:06:17.10 KNIGHT: IT'S THE GOSPEL OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OR 00:06:17.10\00:06:18.06 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 00:06:18.06\00:06:18.56 AND NOTICE ANOTHER WORD HERE, THE GOSPEL, WHICH 00:06:18.56\00:06:19.73 IS THE GOOD NEWS, IS THE POWER. 00:06:19.73\00:06:28.00 THE GREEK WORD IS 'DENIMUS'. 00:06:28.00\00:06:30.26 WE GET OUR WORD DYNAMITE FROM THAT. 00:06:30.26\00:06:31.83 IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. 00:06:31.83\00:06:35.10 BUT ONE OF THE KEY WORDS IN THE GOSPEL ACCORDING 00:06:35.10\00:06:36.23 TO PAUL IS FAITH. 00:06:36.23\00:06:38.70 THAT TAKES US NOW TO EPHESIANS, THE 00:06:38.70\00:06:39.56 SECOND CHAPTER. 00:06:39.56\00:06:45.66 AS WE BEGIN TO GET A HANDLE ON WHAT PAUL 00:06:45.66\00:06:46.56 MEANS BY THE GOSPEL. 00:06:46.56\00:06:55.33 HE DOESN'T USE THE WORD GOSPEL HERE BUT HE DOES 00:06:55.33\00:06:56.36 USE HIS FAVORITE GOSPEL WORDS. 00:06:56.36\00:07:02.33 >>BILL: I'M SORRY. 00:07:02.33\00:07:03.36 THAT WAS EPHESIANS TWO. >>DR. 00:07:03.36\00:07:04.96 KNIGHT: SECOND, EPHESIANS THE SECOND CHAPTER, 00:07:04.96\00:07:06.06 VERSES EIGHT TO TEN. 00:07:06.06\00:07:07.16 >>BILL: OKAY. 00:07:07.16\00:07:08.26 >>DR. 00:07:08.26\00:07:09.33 KNIGHT: OKAY, "FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN 00:07:09.33\00:07:10.26 SAVED THROUGH FAITH". 00:07:10.26\00:07:14.80 >>BILL: YES. 00:07:14.80\00:07:16.00 >>DR. 00:07:16.00\00:07:16.93 KNIGHT: NOTICE, ACCORDING TO PAUL, YOU'RE 00:07:16.93\00:07:17.93 NOT SAVED BY YOUR FAITH. 00:07:17.93\00:07:18.76 FAITH IS, FAITH IS GOD EMPOWERING US TO REACH OUT 00:07:18.76\00:07:19.80 AND TAKE HOLD OF HIS FREE GIFT. 00:07:19.80\00:07:25.83 AND THAT'S WHAT GRACE IS. 00:07:25.83\00:07:26.96 IT'S A FREE GIFT. 00:07:26.96\00:07:28.20 >>BILL: YES. 00:07:28.20\00:07:29.20 >>DR. 00:07:29.20\00:07:30.10 KNIGHT: AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL 00:07:30.10\00:07:30.90 TO GET THIS CONCEPT. 00:07:30.90\00:07:31.83 THAT GRACE IS NOT SOME KIND OF A BARGAIN. 00:07:31.83\00:07:35.66 YOU KNOW, YOU DO PART AND GOD DOES PART AND IF 00:07:35.66\00:07:36.63 YOU'RE REALLY WEAK GOD WILL DO MORE. 00:07:36.63\00:07:41.76 NO. 00:07:41.76\00:07:42.73 NO. 00:07:42.73\00:07:43.70 IT IS TOTALLY A GIFT. 00:07:43.70\00:07:44.76 AND I DON'T CARE.>>BILL: 100%. 00:07:44.76\00:07:45.93 >>DR. 00:07:45.93\00:07:46.83 KNIGHT:.JEW OR GENTILE. 00:07:46.83\00:07:48.03 SEE THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTED TO DO BACK IN ROMANS, AS 00:07:48.03\00:07:49.06 PAUL EXPLAINED IN ROMANS, TO THE JEW FIRST AND 00:07:49.06\00:07:50.03 ALSO TO THE GREEK. 00:07:50.03\00:07:53.56 HE WANTS TO SHOW HOW ALL PEOPLE ARE SAVED 00:07:53.56\00:07:54.40 IN.>>BILL: IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. 00:07:54.40\00:07:59.53 >>DR. 00:07:59.53\00:08:00.60 KNIGHT:.WAY. 00:08:00.60\00:08:01.63 THESE ARE IMPORTANT IDEAS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO 00:08:01.63\00:08:02.76 SHOW UP IN OUR STUDY OF GALATIONS. 00:08:02.76\00:08:04.66 >>BILL: OKAY. 00:08:04.66\00:08:05.63 >>DR. 00:08:05.63\00:08:06.50 KNIGHT: "FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH 00:08:06.50\00:08:07.53 FAITH AND THIS IS NOT YOUR OWN DOING, IT IS 00:08:07.53\00:08:08.70 THE GIFT OF GOD. 00:08:08.70\00:08:14.83 " THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF. 00:08:14.83\00:08:18.13 HERE YOU HAVE PAUL, WE'RE GOING TO COME TO PAUL'S 00:08:18.13\00:08:19.16 OWN LIFE IN A MINUTE, BUT YOU HAVE PAUL WHO WORKED 00:08:19.16\00:08:22.90 HARD.>>BILL: I WAS GOING TO SAY, YEAH, WASN'T IT 00:08:22.90\00:08:28.43 PAUL, HIS WHOLE ADULT LIFE HE'D BEEN TRYING 00:08:28.43\00:08:29.50 TO GENERATE HIS OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS. 00:08:29.50\00:08:30.93 >>DR. 00:08:30.93\00:08:31.83 KNIGHT: YEAH. 00:08:31.83\00:08:32.90 I MEAN, SO.>>BILL: WHAT A DRASTIC SHIFT FOR HIM. 00:08:32.90\00:08:34.40 >>DR. 00:08:34.40\00:08:35.36 KNIGHT: WHEN PAUL MEETS JESUS ON THE ROAD TO 00:08:35.36\00:08:36.30 DAMASCUS IT JUST BLOWS HIS LIFE WIDE OPEN. 00:08:36.30\00:08:40.00 >>BILL: COMPLETELY RIGHT AROUND, YEAH. 00:08:40.00\00:08:41.40 >>DR. 00:08:41.40\00:08:42.33 KNIGHT: YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT SHOULD DO THE SAME 00:08:42.33\00:08:43.33 THING FOR EACH OF US. 00:08:43.33\00:08:44.10 CHRISTIANITY IS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. 00:08:44.10\00:08:47.56 IT'S NOT JUST - GETTING SAVED IS NOT JUST, 00:08:47.56\00:08:48.50 HEY, I'VE BEEN SAVED. 00:08:48.50\00:08:51.20 >>BILL: YES. 00:08:51.20\00:08:52.20 AND LIFE GOES ON, YEAH. 00:08:52.20\00:08:53.40 >>DR. 00:08:53.40\00:08:54.30 KNIGHT: YEAH, LIFE GOES ON LIKE NORMAL. 00:08:54.30\00:08:55.63 YEAH. 00:08:55.63\00:08:56.46 YOU'RE JUST A, YOU KNOW, A NICE LITTLE SINNER NOW. 00:08:56.46\00:08:57.90 >>BILL: YEAH. 00:08:57.90\00:08:58.96 YEAH. 00:08:58.96\00:08:59.83 >>DR. 00:08:59.83\00:09:00.73 KNIGHT: NOW. 00:09:00.73\00:09:01.63 OKAY. 00:09:01.63\00:09:02.50 >>BILL: SOMEONE ONCE SAID, AFTER YOU ARE SAVED YOUR 00:09:02.50\00:09:03.53 SHOULD BE UNRECOGNIZEABLE LIKE THE BLIND MAN 00:09:03.53\00:09:04.46 WHO WAS CURED AND WAS NO LONGER RECOGNIZED BY HIS 00:09:04.46\00:09:05.83 NEIGHBOURS. 00:09:05.83\00:09:06.76 AND THEY SAID, COULD THIS BE HIM? 00:09:06.76\00:09:08.00 THIS CAN'T BE HIM. 00:09:08.00\00:09:09.00 >>DR. 00:09:09.00\00:09:09.93 KNIGHT: THAT'S RIGHT. 00:09:09.93\00:09:11.00 >>BILL: LIFE HAS BEEN CHANGED. 00:09:11.00\00:09:12.36 >>DR. 00:09:12.36\00:09:13.23 KNIGHT: "WHEREBY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN 00:09:13.23\00:09:14.03 SAVED THROUGH FAITH. 00:09:14.03\00:09:14.86 THIS IS NOT YOUR OWN DOING. 00:09:14.86\00:09:16.06 IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD NOT BECAUSE OF WORKS. 00:09:16.06\00:09:17.33 " >>BILL: IT'S PRETTY DIRECT THERE. 00:09:17.33\00:09:22.93 NO BEATING AROUND THE BUSH. 00:09:22.93\00:09:24.10 >>DR. 00:09:24.10\00:09:24.80 KNIGHT: YEAH. 00:09:24.80\00:09:25.80 "LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST. 00:09:25.80\00:09:27.90 " I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT. 00:09:27.90\00:09:29.26 IT WOULD BE KIND OF NICE, BILL, IF I COULD 00:09:29.26\00:09:30.20 WORK MY WAY TO HEAVEN. 00:09:30.20\00:09:31.86 ALL THROUGH ETERNITY YOU COULD HEAR 00:09:31.86\00:09:32.66 ME TELL ABOUT IT. 00:09:32.66\00:09:35.03 >>BILL: (LAUGHTER) >>DR. 00:09:35.03\00:09:36.36 KNIGHT: WHEREAS, DWIGHT L. 00:09:36.36\00:09:38.93 MOODY, THE GREAT EVANGELIST SAID IT'S A 00:09:38.93\00:09:39.90 GOOD THING NOBODY CAN MAKE IT ON THEIR OWN STEAM 00:09:39.90\00:09:42.23 BECAUSE IF THEY DID WE'D NEVER HEAR THE END OF IT. 00:09:42.23\00:09:45.20 NO. 00:09:45.20\00:09:46.26 NOT BECAUSE OF WORKS. 00:09:46.26\00:09:47.96 WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO WORKS BECAUSE ACCORDING 00:09:47.96\00:09:49.00 TO PAUL THERE'S BAD WORKS AND THERE'S GOOD WORKS. 00:09:49.00\00:09:55.96 SO, WE DON'T WANT TO JUST GET RID OF WORKS. 00:09:55.96\00:10:00.03 WE WANT TO FIND OUT HOW THEY FIT IN. 00:10:00.03\00:10:02.56 >>BILL: OKAY. 00:10:02.56\00:10:03.70 >>DR. 00:10:03.70\00:10:04.60 KNIGHT: BUT IT'S NOT HOW YOU GET SAVED. 00:10:04.60\00:10:06.10 NO, NO. 00:10:06.10\00:10:07.30 THAT'S A GIFT. 00:10:07.30\00:10:08.60 NOT BECAUSE OF WORKS. 00:10:08.60\00:10:10.10 "LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP 00:10:10.10\00:10:11.20 CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS". 00:10:11.20\00:10:18.50 >>BILL: RIGHT. 00:10:18.50\00:10:19.83 >>DR. 00:10:19.83\00:10:20.63 KNIGHT: SURE. 00:10:20.63\00:10:21.50 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UNPACK THIS AND WE'RE 00:10:21.50\00:10:22.46 GONNA LET THEM DO IT IN THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 00:10:22.46\00:10:24.53 >>BILL: OKAY. 00:10:24.53\00:10:25.63 >>DR. 00:10:25.63\00:10:26.60 KNIGHT: SO WE'VE LOOKED AT TWO TEXTS SO FAR. 00:10:26.60\00:10:28.10 WE HAVE ROMANS 1, VERSES 16 AND 17, WHERE PAUL 00:10:28.10\00:10:29.06 DEFINES THE GOSPEL AS JUSTIFICATION OR 00:10:29.06\00:10:33.30 RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. 00:10:33.30\00:10:34.73 HERE HE BEGINS TO EXPLAIN IT JUST A BIT MORE. 00:10:34.73\00:10:39.03 THAT YOU ARE SAVED BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH. 00:10:39.03\00:10:49.26 NOT OF WORKS. 00:10:49.26\00:10:51.00 >>BILL: RIGHT. 00:10:51.00\00:10:52.16 >>DR. 00:10:52.16\00:10:53.10 KNIGHT: PERIOD. 00:10:53.10\00:10:53.93 NOW, 1 CORINTHIANS, THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER, 00:10:53.93\00:10:54.86 1CORINTHIANS:15, THE FIRST FEW VERSES, "NOW, I WOULD 00:10:54.86\00:11:01.00 REMIND YOU, BRETHERN, IN WHAT TERMS I PREACH TO YOU 00:11:01.00\00:11:08.80 THE GOSPEL, WHICH YOU RECEIVED, BY WHICH YOU ARE 00:11:08.80\00:11:09.83 STAND, BY WHICH YOU ARE SAVED". 00:11:09.83\00:11:15.36 VERSE THREE, "FOR I DELIVERED TO YOU AS OF THE 00:11:15.36\00:11:16.46 FIRST IMPORTANCE WHAT I ALSO RECEIVED, THAT 00:11:16.46\00:11:19.50 CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS". 00:11:19.50\00:11:22.66 THERE IS THE BASIS FOR THE GOSPEL OF PAUL. 00:11:22.66\00:11:28.30 HOW CAN GOD EXTEND GRACE? 00:11:28.30\00:11:31.33 BECAUSE JESUS PAVED THE WAY BY A 00:11:31.33\00:11:32.20 SACRIFICIAL DEATH. 00:11:32.20\00:11:37.13 THE CROSS OF CHRIST IS ABSOLUTELY CENTRAL. 00:11:37.13\00:11:40.60 BUT A DEAD SAVIOUR WON'T DO YOU MUCH GOOD. 00:11:40.60\00:11:43.66 >>BILL: RIGHT. 00:11:43.66\00:11:44.73 >>DR. 00:11:44.73\00:11:45.63 KNIGHT: SO, THE GOOD NEWS IS NOT JUST THE CROSS. 00:11:45.63\00:11:47.10 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 00:11:47.10\00:11:48.13 >>DR. 00:11:48.13\00:11:49.03 KNIGHT: THE GOOD NEWS, PAUL GOES ON, "CHRIST 00:11:49.03\00:11:50.00 DIED FOR OUR SINS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 00:11:50.00\00:11:51.36 THE SCRIPTURES AND THAT HE WAS BURIED AND THAT HE WAS 00:11:51.36\00:11:54.13 RAISED ON THE THIRD DAY. 00:11:54.13\00:11:56.66 " THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE SERVE A RISEN SAVIOUR. 00:11:56.66\00:11:59.73 SO HERE'S THE BASIS FOR THE GOSPEL. 00:11:59.73\00:12:08.13 AND I THINK ONE OTHER PASSAGE BEFORE WE GO TO 00:12:08.13\00:12:09.13 GALATIONS ITSELF AND THAT WOULD BE ROMANS, THE 00:12:09.13\00:12:10.90 THIRD CHAPTER, ROMANS THE THIRD CHAPTER BECAUSE THIS 00:12:10.90\00:12:18.96 REALLY, PAUL REALLY GETS VERY POINTED HERE. 00:12:18.96\00:12:26.33 VERSE 20, "FOR NO HUMAN BEING WILL BE JUSTIFIED, 00:12:26.33\00:12:27.33 THAT IS COUNTED RIGHTEOUS, IN HIS SIGHT BY WORKS OF 00:12:27.33\00:12:33.63 THE LAW SINCE THROUGH THE LAW COMES KNOWLEDGE OF 00:12:33.63\00:12:38.33 SIN". 00:12:38.33\00:12:41.36 OKAY. 00:12:41.36\00:12:41.73 SO THE LAW IS NOT A LADDER TO HEAVEN BUT WHATS IT DO? 00:12:41.73\00:12:45.43 >>BILL: SAYS BEWARE OF SIN. 00:12:45.43\00:12:49.53 >>DR. 00:12:49.53\00:12:50.40 KNIGHT: SAYS BILL, YOU'RE A SINNER. 00:12:50.40\00:12:51.73 >>BILL: YEAH. 00:12:51.73\00:12:52.63 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:12:52.63\00:12:53.56 IT'S A MIRROR. 00:12:53.56\00:12:54.23 >>DR. 00:12:54.23\00:12:55.10 KNIGHT: YEAH AND YOU NEED JESUS, OKAY? 00:12:55.10\00:12:56.40 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 00:12:56.40\00:12:57.43 >>DR. 00:12:57.43\00:12:58.26 KNIGHT: VERSE 21, UH, VERSE 23, "ALL HAVE SINNED 00:12:58.26\00:12:59.30 AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. 00:12:59.30\00:13:02.03 THEY ARE JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE AS A GIFT THROUGH 00:13:02.03\00:13:03.16 THE REDEMPTION WHICH IS A PURCHASE WHICH IS 00:13:03.16\00:13:07.70 IN CHRIST JESUS. 00:13:07.70\00:13:09.33 " THAT'S ENOUGH. 00:13:09.33\00:13:11.20 GOD'S GOSPEL IS CLEAR ACCORDING TO PAUL. 00:13:11.20\00:13:17.20 WELL, THAT'S CLEAR ENOUGH. 00:13:17.20\00:13:20.00 >>BILL: YES. 00:13:20.00\00:13:22.06 >>DR. 00:13:22.06\00:13:23.13 KNIGHT: BUT THE PROBLEM.>>BILL: SO 00:13:23.13\00:13:23.93 WHAT HAPPENED HERE? 00:13:23.93\00:13:25.60 >>DR. 00:13:25.60\00:13:27.60 KNIGHT: BUT THE PROBLEM COMES IN THAT SOME OF THE 00:13:27.60\00:13:28.63 PEOPLE SAID NO, NO, NO, NO THAT IS NOT THE WAY. 00:13:28.63\00:13:35.46 PAUL, PAUL IS MISLEAD. 00:13:35.46\00:13:36.50 BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT LET'S GO TO PHILLIPIANS 00:13:36.50\00:13:37.53 THREE REALLY QUICK. 00:13:37.53\00:13:44.36 WE'VE GOT TO DO PAUL AS A PERSON. 00:13:44.36\00:13:46.36 >>BILL: OKAY. 00:13:46.36\00:13:48.43 >>DR. 00:13:48.43\00:13:49.30 KNIGHT: PHILLIPIANS THE THIRD CHAPTER AND HE'S 00:13:49.30\00:13:50.30 GONNA ACTUALLY RAISE SOME OF THE GALATIONS 00:13:50.30\00:13:53.36 ISSUES IN THESE VERSES. 00:13:53.36\00:13:56.23 >>BILL: OKAY. 00:13:56.23\00:13:57.30 >>DR. 00:13:57.30\00:13:58.06 KNIGHT: AND IT'S GONNA SET US UP FOR GALATIONS. 00:13:58.06\00:14:01.03 AND IT'S NOT NICE LANGUAGE. 00:14:01.03\00:14:02.16 VERSE 2, "LOOK OUT FOR THE DOGS. 00:14:02.16\00:14:03.33 " YOU GET THE IDEA THAT PAUL'S NOT REALLY HAPPY 00:14:03.33\00:14:04.36 ABOUT THESE PEOPLE. 00:14:04.36\00:14:09.30 >>BILL: NO, HE'S NOT REALLY HAPPY. 00:14:09.30\00:14:10.53 >>DR. 00:14:10.53\00:14:11.43 KNIGHT: "LOOK OUT FOR THE EVIL WORKERS. 00:14:11.43\00:14:12.66 LOOK OUT FOR THOSE WHO MUTILATE THE FLESH. 00:14:12.66\00:14:16.73 " NOW, WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT MUTILATION 00:14:16.73\00:14:17.66 HERE, HE'S TALKING ABOUT CIRCUMCISION. 00:14:17.66\00:14:21.76 >>BILL: MY TRANSLATION SAYS A FALSE 00:14:21.76\00:14:22.70 CIRCUMCISION, YEAH. 00:14:22.70\00:14:24.43 DR. KNIGHT: YEAH. 00:14:24.43\00:14:25.50 "FOR WE ARE THE TRUE CIRCUMCISION. 00:14:25.50\00:14:29.10 " UH OH. 00:14:29.10\00:14:30.03 "THE TRUE AND THE FALSE CIRCUMCISION. 00:14:30.03\00:14:31.76 " PAUL IN ROMANS WILL CALL IT THE CIRCUMCISION 00:14:31.76\00:14:32.73 OF THE HEART. 00:14:32.73\00:14:34.06 WHAT PAUL IS REALLY SAYING IS THE OUTWARD SIGN IS NOT 00:14:34.06\00:14:35.16 THE IMPORTANT THING IT'S THAT GOD IS TAKING 00:14:35.16\00:14:41.06 CARE OF THE HEART. 00:14:41.06\00:14:42.60 BUT LET'S GO ON, "FOR WHERE THE TRUE 00:14:42.60\00:14:43.43 CIRCUMCISION TO WORSHIP GOD IN SPIRIT AND GLORY 00:14:43.43\00:14:46.46 IN CHRIST JESUS AND PUT NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH. 00:14:46.46\00:14:52.96 THOUGH I MYSELF HAVE REASON FOR THE CONFIDENCE 00:14:52.96\00:14:53.93 IN THE FLESH ALSO. 00:14:53.93\00:14:59.06 IF ANY OTHER MAN THINKS HE HAS REASON FOR CONFIDENCE 00:14:59.06\00:15:00.20 IN THE FLESH, I HAVE MORE". 00:15:00.20\00:15:07.46 NOW, WATCH PAUL BOAST. 00:15:07.46\00:15:09.13 CIRCUMSIZED ON THE EIGHTH DAY. 00:15:09.13\00:15:11.56 GOOD, MAN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE LAW SAID. 00:15:11.56\00:15:13.76 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 00:15:13.76\00:15:14.83 >>DR. 00:15:14.83\00:15:15.90 KNIGHT: EVERY JEWISH MALE WAS CIRCUMSIZED 00:15:15.90\00:15:16.93 ON THE EIGHTH DAY. 00:15:16.93\00:15:17.83 THAT MEANT THAT HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 00:15:17.83\00:15:18.70 COVENANT PEOPLE. 00:15:18.70\00:15:20.26 AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE THE SIGNIFICANCE 00:15:20.26\00:15:21.33 OF CIRCUMCISION TO, TO BECOMING A JEW. 00:15:21.33\00:15:29.86 JUST LIKE BAPTISM IS TO BECOMING A CHRISTIAN. 00:15:29.86\00:15:34.06 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 00:15:34.06\00:15:36.33 >>DR. 00:15:36.33\00:15:38.03 KNIGHT: THIS IS HOW YOU ENTERED THE COMMUNITY 00:15:38.03\00:15:39.03 IF YOU WERE A JEW. 00:15:39.03\00:15:39.43 SO EVERY JEWISH MALE, PAUL INCLUDED, CIRCUMCISED ON 00:15:39.43\00:15:40.46 THE EIGHTH DAY, AND IF YOU READ THE GOSPELS, 00:15:40.46\00:15:43.30 JESUS BEING A JEW WAS CIRCUMCISED ON THE EIGHTH 00:15:43.30\00:15:48.33 DAY. 00:15:48.33\00:15:49.30 OKAY. 00:15:49.30\00:15:50.23 VERSE 5, "CIRCUMSIZED ON THE EIGHTH DAY, OF THE 00:15:50.23\00:15:51.20 PEOPLE OF ISREAL, OF THE TRIBLE OF BENJAMIN, 00:15:51.20\00:15:55.16 A HEBREW BORN OF HEBREWS, AS TO THE LAW OF PHAROSY". 00:15:55.16\00:15:59.53 NOW, THOSE WERE THE GUYS, THOSE PHAROSIES, THEY 00:15:59.53\00:16:00.60 WERE GOOD PEOPLE REALLY. 00:16:00.60\00:16:04.53 THEY SPENT THEIR ENTIRE LIFE TRYING TO 00:16:04.53\00:16:05.36 KEEP.>>BILL: THE LAW. 00:16:05.36\00:16:10.16 >>DR. 00:16:10.16\00:16:11.03 KNIGHT:.THE LAW. 00:16:11.03\00:16:11.73 IN FACT, THEY HAD THOUSANDS OF RULES ON 00:16:11.73\00:16:12.60 HOW TO KEEP THE LAW. 00:16:12.60\00:16:13.03 "AS TO ZEAL A PERSECUTOR OF THE CHURCH, AS TO 00:16:13.03\00:16:13.96 RIGHTEOUSNESS UNDER THE LAW, BLAMELESS. 00:16:13.96\00:16:25.03 " PAUL, PAUL COULD BE PRETTY PROUD OF HIMSELF. 00:16:25.03\00:16:27.33 AND THIS YOUNG MAN, BILL, HE'D COME TO THE TOP 00:16:27.33\00:16:28.30 OF THE HEAP, AS WE'D SAY. 00:16:28.30\00:16:32.40 >>BILL: RIGHT. 00:16:32.40\00:16:33.43 >>DR. 00:16:33.43\00:16:34.23 KNIGHT: AS JUST A YOUNG MAN HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 00:16:34.23\00:16:35.30 SANDHEDRIAN, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE JEWISH NATION. 00:16:35.30\00:16:39.73 >>BILL: THAT'S VERY EXCLUSIVE. 00:16:39.73\00:16:41.03 >>DR. 00:16:41.03\00:16:41.90 KNIGHT: YEAH. 00:16:41.90\00:16:42.76 HE WAS ONE OF THE ELITE OF THE ELITE. 00:16:42.76\00:16:44.36 PAUL WAS A MAN. 00:16:44.36\00:16:47.20 >>BILL: HE HAD ARRIVED. 00:16:47.20\00:16:48.40 >>DR. 00:16:48.40\00:16:49.20 KNIGHT: YUP. 00:16:49.20\00:16:50.06 HE WAS ON THE FAST TRACK TO THE TOP 00:16:50.06\00:16:50.83 AND HE'D MADE IT. 00:16:50.83\00:16:52.23 >>BILL: YES. 00:16:52.23\00:16:53.26 >>DR. 00:16:53.26\00:16:54.16 KNIGHT: IN TERMS OF BOASTING, ACCORDING TO THE 00:16:54.16\00:16:55.16 FLESH, NOBODY COULD OUT DO PAUL. 00:16:55.16\00:16:58.20 AND WHEN IT CAME TO PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS, 00:16:58.20\00:16:59.16 HE WAS RIGHT OUT THERE IN FRONT. 00:16:59.16\00:17:02.53 >>BILL: YES. 00:17:02.53\00:17:03.46 >>DR. 00:17:03.46\00:17:04.30 KNIGHT: YOU REMEMBER OVER THERE IN THE BOOK OF 00:17:04.30\00:17:05.26 ACTS, WHAT'S HAPPENING? 00:17:05.26\00:17:05.76 WELL, THEY'RE GONNA STONE STEVEN. 00:17:05.76\00:17:07.16 PAUL IS IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE OPERATION. 00:17:07.16\00:17:12.76 >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. 00:17:12.76\00:17:13.90 >>DR. 00:17:13.90\00:17:14.76 KNIGHT: SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT 00:17:14.76\00:17:15.73 WE NEED FOR BACKGROUND. 00:17:15.73\00:17:17.93 WHO WAS PAUL? 00:17:17.93\00:17:18.90 WHAT'S HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE JEWISH CHURCH? 00:17:18.90\00:17:20.70 OKAY, NOW, VERSE 7, "BUT WHATEVER GAIN I HAD I 00:17:20.70\00:17:21.66 COUNT IT A LOSS FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST. 00:17:21.66\00:17:32.76 INDEED I COUNT EVERYTHING AS LOSS BECAUSE SURPASSING 00:17:32.76\00:17:33.83 WORTH OF KNOWING CHRIST JESUS, MY LORD. 00:17:33.83\00:17:39.90 FOR HIS SAKE, I HAVE SUFFERED THE 00:17:39.90\00:17:40.70 LOSS OF ALL THINGS. 00:17:40.70\00:17:42.03 " CHRISTIANITY COST SOMETHING TO 00:17:42.03\00:17:42.76 THE APOSTLE PAUL. 00:17:42.76\00:17:49.13 >>BILL: YES. 00:17:49.13\00:17:50.53 ACCORDING TO HIM, EVERYTHING, RIGHT? 00:17:50.53\00:17:51.70 >>DR. 00:17:51.70\00:17:52.66 KNIGHT: YEAH. 00:17:52.66\00:17:53.53 I MEAN, HE LOST HIS POSITION IN SOCIETY. 00:17:53.53\00:17:54.83 I HAVE TO BE FRANK. 00:17:54.83\00:17:55.80 I LOST EVERYTHING. 00:17:55.80\00:17:56.73 OF COURSE, I DIDN'T COME FROM A 00:17:56.73\00:17:57.46 CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND. 00:17:57.46\00:17:58.40 I LOST MY JOB. 00:17:58.40\00:17:59.50 I LOST, YOU KNOW, MY FRIENDS. 00:17:59.50\00:18:02.30 THIS WAS SERIOUS STUFF, BECOMING A CHRISTIAN. 00:18:02.30\00:18:04.70 >>BILL: YES. 00:18:04.70\00:18:05.70 "IT COUNTS ALL THINGS AS REFUSE," THAT'S NOT WHAT 00:18:05.70\00:18:06.66 THE KING JAMES VERSION SAYS. 00:18:06.66\00:18:10.86 IT SAYS "DUNG" WHICH IS NOT A NICE WORD, YOU KNOW? 00:18:10.86\00:18:12.83 ANYWAY, PAUL SAYS, THIS IS WORTHLESS NEXT TO 00:18:12.83\00:18:13.80 WHAT I FOUND IN CHRIST. 00:18:13.80\00:18:17.16 OKAY. 00:18:17.16\00:18:18.50 START WITH VERSE 9, "AND FOUND IN HIM NOT HAVING A 00:18:18.50\00:18:19.50 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF MY OWN, BASED ON THE LAW, BUT THAT 00:18:19.50\00:18:27.86 WHICH IS THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUSNESS 00:18:27.86\00:18:32.90 FROM GOD THAT DEPENDS ON FAITH THAT I MAY KNOW HIM 00:18:32.90\00:18:34.00 AND THE POWER", THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN, "THE 00:18:34.00\00:18:39.50 POWER OF THE RESURRECTION. 00:18:39.50\00:18:42.96 " OKAY. 00:18:42.96\00:18:45.66 SO NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF 00:18:45.66\00:18:46.40 THE APOSTLE PAUL. 00:18:46.40\00:18:47.96 HIS VIEW OF THE GOSPEL. 00:18:47.96\00:18:50.93 HIS VIEW OF WHAT HE WAS BEFORE AND THE CONTRAST 00:18:50.93\00:18:51.96 OF WHAT.>>BILL: WHAT HE'S BECOME. 00:18:51.96\00:18:56.20 >>DR. 00:18:56.20\00:18:57.03 KNIGHT:.NO MATTER WHAT WAY YOU LOOK AT PAUL HE 00:18:57.03\00:18:58.03 WAS AN OUTSTANDING PERSON. 00:18:58.03\00:19:00.30 BOTH BEFORE HIS CONVERSION AND AFTER. 00:19:00.30\00:19:05.90 BUT BILL, HE WAS TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 00:19:05.90\00:19:09.80 AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT JESUS, THE SAME THING THAT 00:19:09.80\00:19:10.86 JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAYS YOU MUST BE 00:19:10.86\00:19:14.53 BORN AGAIN TO NICADEMUS. 00:19:14.53\00:19:16.86 YOU MUST BE BORN OF THE SPIRIT. 00:19:16.86\00:19:19.26 IT'S A TOTAL TRANSFORMATION. 00:19:19.26\00:19:23.40 IN FACT, PAUL USES THAT WORD SEVERAL 00:19:23.40\00:19:24.23 TIMES, TRANSFORMATION, METAMORPHASIS. 00:19:24.23\00:19:28.16 SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 00:19:28.16\00:19:29.66 NOW, LET'S GET INTO THE ISSUES OF WHAT'S TROUBLING 00:19:29.66\00:19:30.73 THE PEOPLE IN GALATIA. 00:19:30.73\00:19:34.93 ACTS, THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER. 00:19:34.93\00:19:45.36 THE WHOLE CHURCH IN A CONFERENCE WILL LATER 00:19:45.36\00:19:46.33 HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE GALATION ISSUES. 00:19:46.33\00:19:52.20 >>BILL: OKAY. 00:19:52.20\00:19:53.43 >>DR. 00:19:53.43\00:19:54.33 KNIGHT: LET'S SEE WHAT THEIR, LET'S SEE WHAT THIS 00:19:54.33\00:19:55.36 WHOLE; THIS IS THE FIRST UNIVERSAL CONFERENCE 00:19:55.36\00:19:56.43 OF THE CHURCH. 00:19:56.43\00:19:57.66 >>BILL: RIGHT. 00:19:57.66\00:19:58.86 >>DR. 00:19:58.86\00:19:59.73 KNIGHT: VERSE 1, "BUT SOME MEN CAME DOWN FROM JUDEA 00:19:59.73\00:20:00.76 AND WERE TEACHING THE BRETHEREN UNLESS YOU ARE 00:20:00.76\00:20:04.20 CIRCUMSIZED ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF MOSES YOU 00:20:04.20\00:20:10.13 CANNOT BE SAVED". 00:20:10.13\00:20:13.00 OKAY, THIS PROBLEM WILL GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH AS 00:20:13.00\00:20:14.03 PAUL TRIES TO BRING THIS JEWISH BELIEF SYSTEM, 00:20:14.03\00:20:18.63 WHAT WE CALL CHRISTIANITY, INTO THE GENTILE WORLD. 00:20:18.63\00:20:24.90 HOW DO YOU GET IN? 00:20:24.90\00:20:29.96 PAUL WAS SAYING IT'S A FREE GIFT. 00:20:29.96\00:20:33.16 >>BILL: RIGHT. 00:20:33.16\00:20:34.13 >>DR. 00:20:34.13\00:20:34.96 KNIGHT: OTHERS ARE SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE.>>BILL: YOU 00:20:34.96\00:20:36.03 MIGHT BE CIRCUMSIZED.>>DR. 00:20:36.03\00:20:36.56 KNIGHT: AND THAT MEANS BECOMING A JEW FIRST 00:20:36.56\00:20:37.66 WITH ALL THE JEWISH REGULATIONS. 00:20:37.66\00:20:40.66 >>BILL: RIGHT, ALL THE RITUAL. 00:20:40.66\00:20:42.00 >>DR. 00:20:42.00\00:20:42.93 KNIGHT: NOW LET'S TURN TO THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 00:20:42.93\00:20:44.50 WE'LL START, IN OUR NEXT THREE STUDIES WE'LL START 00:20:44.50\00:20:45.50 RIGHT WITH THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 00:20:45.50\00:20:51.16 FROM HERE WE'LL SET THE CONTEXT. 00:20:51.16\00:20:52.43 >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. 00:20:52.43\00:20:53.46 >>DR. 00:20:53.46\00:20:54.33 KNIGHT: THE BOOK OF GALATIONS COMES ABOUT 00:20:54.33\00:20:55.26 BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WERE SAYING PAUL IS NOT 00:20:55.26\00:21:02.40 A TRUE APOSTLE. 00:21:02.40\00:21:05.06 I MEAN, AFTERALL, DID JESUS APPOINT HIM? 00:21:05.06\00:21:07.16 >>BILL: NO. 00:21:07.16\00:21:08.13 THAT'S RIGHT. 00:21:08.13\00:21:09.10 >>DR. 00:21:09.10\00:21:09.93 KNIGHT: HE JUST WASN'T AROUND. 00:21:09.93\00:21:11.26 AND IF HE'S NOT A TRUE APOSTLE.>>BILL: HE DOESN'T 00:21:11.26\00:21:12.30 HAVE THE AUTHORITY. 00:21:12.30\00:21:17.26 >>DR. 00:21:17.26\00:21:18.20 KNIGHT:.HE DOESN'T HAVE THE TRUTH. 00:21:18.20\00:21:19.53 AND HE'S ALRIGHT, AS FAR AS HE GOES. 00:21:19.53\00:21:20.73 THAT GREY STUFF IS ALL RIGHT BUT THAT'S 00:21:20.73\00:21:21.60 NOT GONNA DO IT. 00:21:21.60\00:21:23.96 YOU BETTER GET CIRCUMSIZED BROTHER. 00:21:23.96\00:21:26.00 AND SO, YOU GET THESE PEOPLE ACCUSING PAUL OF 00:21:26.00\00:21:27.00 NOT BEING A TRUE DISCIPLE AND 00:21:27.00\00:21:34.73 THAT HE GOT HIS MESSAGE SECONDHAND.>>BILL RIGHT. 00:21:34.73\00:21:38.50 >>DR. 00:21:38.50\00:21:39.46 KNIGHT:.FROM PETER AND FROM JAMES, THE 00:21:39.46\00:21:40.43 BROTHER OF JESUS. 00:21:40.43\00:21:40.80 AND PAUL REALLY IS KIND OF A MINOR 00:21:40.80\00:21:41.60 PLAYER AND WE ARE SET. 00:21:41.60\00:21:44.90 THAT'S WHAT THESE GUYS ARE SAYING. 00:21:44.90\00:21:48.73 WE CALL THEM THE JUDIZERS. 00:21:48.73\00:21:49.86 WE ARE SET FROM PETER AND JAMES AND WE'RE GONNA 00:21:49.86\00:21:50.86 GIVE YOU THE REAL TRUTH. 00:21:50.86\00:21:54.63 >>BILL: THE REAL TRUTH, RIGHT. 00:21:54.63\00:21:55.86 >>DR. 00:21:55.86\00:21:56.70 KNIGHT: AND SO WE HAVE, PAUL IS GOING 00:21:56.70\00:21:57.53 TO RESPOND TO THIS. 00:21:57.53\00:22:00.33 HE HAS A VERY VIBRANT CHURCH IN GALATIA, HE'S 00:22:00.33\00:22:01.33 GOING TO RESPOND AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE US 00:22:01.33\00:22:03.16 CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO WHICH ARE HISTORY. 00:22:03.16\00:22:07.96 >>BILL: OKAY. 00:22:07.96\00:22:09.33 >>DR. 00:22:09.33\00:22:11.46 KNIGHT: THIS IS HOW I GOT MY GOSPEL. 00:22:11.46\00:22:12.70 >>BILL: RIGHT. 00:22:12.70\00:22:13.73 >>DR. 00:22:13.73\00:22:14.56 KNIGHT: THIS IS HOW IT RELATES TO PETER 00:22:14.56\00:22:15.46 AND HIS MESSAGE. 00:22:15.46\00:22:15.80 >>BILL: RIGHT. 00:22:15.80\00:22:16.66 OKAY. 00:22:16.66\00:22:17.50 >>DR. 00:22:17.50\00:22:18.36 KNIGHT: AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE AGREE AND 00:22:18.36\00:22:19.36 THEN HE HAS TO CONFRONT PETER. 00:22:19.36\00:22:22.13 ANYWAY, SO WE'VE GOT HISTORY. 00:22:22.13\00:22:24.00 >>BILL: SO, WE START WITH HISTORY. 00:22:24.00\00:22:25.46 >>DR. 00:22:25.46\00:22:26.36 KNIGHT: AND THEN WE MOVE TO THEOLOGY. 00:22:26.36\00:22:27.30 >>BILL: OKAY. 00:22:27.30\00:22:28.23 >>DR. 00:22:28.23\00:22:29.03 KNIGHT: THIS IS THE THEOLOGY THAT 00:22:29.03\00:22:29.80 UNDERGERS SALVATION. 00:22:29.80\00:22:30.23 AND THEN WE MOVE TO PRACTICE. 00:22:30.23\00:22:34.80 THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO YOUR LIFE. 00:22:34.80\00:22:36.60 SO THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS DEAL WITH HISTORY. 00:22:36.60\00:22:41.10 CHAPTERS THREE AND FOUR DEAL WITH THEOLOGY. 00:22:41.10\00:22:42.96 CHAPTERS FOUR AND FIVE, EXCUSE ME, FIVE AND 00:22:42.96\00:22:43.93 SIX DEAL WITH PRACTICE. 00:22:43.93\00:22:47.43 >>BILL: THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. 00:22:47.43\00:22:50.63 >>DR. 00:22:50.63\00:22:51.70 KNIGHT: THAT'S RIGHT. 00:22:51.70\00:22:52.73 AND YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING? 00:22:52.73\00:22:53.93 THAT'S THE MODEL OF ALL OF PAUL'S LETTERS. 00:22:53.93\00:22:57.10 THEY ALWAYS START OUT WITH HOW YOU'RE SAVED BUT AFTER 00:22:57.10\00:22:58.20 YOU GET SAVED.>>BILL: SOMETHING HAS TO 00:22:58.20\00:23:02.06 HAPPEN, RIGHT? 00:23:02.06\00:23:03.20 >>DR. 00:23:03.20\00:23:04.23 KNIGHT: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOUR LIFE? 00:23:04.23\00:23:05.50 SO, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PAUL IS SALVATION 00:23:05.50\00:23:06.43 BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH. 00:23:06.43\00:23:11.23 NOT A WORKS LEST ANY PERSON BOASTS BUT WE ARE 00:23:11.23\00:23:12.16 CREATED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE GOSPEL WILL 00:23:12.16\00:23:21.16 CHANGE OUR LIVES. 00:23:21.16\00:23:26.36 >>BILL: I GUESS WE OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THESE 00:23:26.36\00:23:27.50 FOLKS THAT CHOSE TO COME AND UNDERMINE PAUL'S 00:23:27.50\00:23:31.56 MINISTRY HERE. 00:23:31.56\00:23:33.80 >>DR. 00:23:33.80\00:23:34.66 KNIGHT: PRAISE BE TO ROMANS. 00:23:34.66\00:23:35.36 I MEAN, EVERYTIME WE HAVE SOMETHING BAD HAPPEN IN 00:23:35.36\00:23:36.40 OUR LIFE, GOD.8:28, "GOD MAKES IT WORK FOR GOOD 00:23:36.40\00:23:38.80 DESPITE OF IT ALL". 00:23:38.80\00:23:42.80 >>BILL: WELL, YOU HAVE PRIMED US FOR NEXT WEEK AS 00:23:42.80\00:23:43.83 WE GET RIGHT INTO THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 00:23:43.83\00:23:51.13 THANK YOU DR. 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