Participants: Bill Santos (Host), George Knight
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201101
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00:01 >>BILL: ON TODAY'S "IT IS WRITTEN", OUR SPECIAL
00:02 GUEST, DR. GEORGE KNIGHT. 00:05 WE'LL BE STUDYING THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 00:08 SO, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, GET OUT YOUR PENS, 00:09 A PIECE OF PAPER AND YOUR BIBLE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT 00:13 GOING TO WANT TO MISS THIS INTERESTING STUDY. 00:16 "IT IS WRITTEN" BEGINS RIGHT NOW. 00:19 (MUSIC) 00:31 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME... 00:33 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:37 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:41 IT IS WRITTEN . 00:44 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:49 (MUSIC) 00:58 >>BILL: WELL, LET ME WELCOME OUR VIEWERS TO 00:59 THIS WEEKS "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM AND 01:01 LET ME WELCOME MY SPECIAL GUEST, DR. GEORGE KNIGHT. 01:03 DR. KNIGHT WELCOME BACK TO "IT IS WRITTEN". 01:07 >>DR. 01:08 KNIGHT: IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE, BILL. 01:09 >>BILL: WELL, WE ENJOY VERY MUCH WHEN YOU ACCEPT 01:11 OUR INVITATION TO BE HERE AND WE FIND THAT THE 01:12 PROGRAMS THAT YOU DO WITH US ARE SOME OF THE MOST 01:16 INTERESTING. 01:17 WE GET SOME OF THE MOST POSITIVE VIEWER FEEDBACK 01:18 ON THESE PROGRAMS. 01:19 VERY BIBLICAL AND WE ARE BEGINNING TODAY A SERIES 01:20 ON THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 01:26 >>DR. 01:27 KNIGHT: THAT'S RIGHT. 01:28 >>BILL: AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND OUR 01:29 VIEWERS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT LISTENING TO, HELP 01:31 LISTENING TO YOU UNFOLD THE BOOK OF GALATIONS FOR 01:38 US BECAUSE THERE'S CERTAIN COMPLEXITIES 01:39 HERE, AREN'T THERE? 01:41 >>DR. 01:42 KNIGHT: OH YES. 01:43 THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX BOOK. 01:44 THIS IS ONE OF PAUL'S EARLIEST BOOKS, PROBABLY 01:45 WRITTEN ABOUT 50 OR 51 A.D. 01:50 NOW, IF YOU PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE WE'RE TALKING 01:51 ABOUT LESS THAN 20 YEARS AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION AND 01:54 THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS. 01:58 >>BILL: WOW. 01:59 >>DR. 02:01 KNIGHT: THIS AND THE BOOK THESSALIONIANS, 02:01 1THESSALONIANS, ARE THE TWO EARLIEST BOOKS 02:03 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT TO BE WRITTEN DOWN. 02:08 >>BILL: SO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN, ROUGHLY, HOW LONG 02:09 AFTER PAUL'S CONVERSION. 02:12 >>DR. 02:12 KNIGHT: WELL, WE CAN GET INTO THAT. 02:15 THE CHRONOLOGY IS.IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU FIGURE 02:16 SOME OF THESE THINGS. 02:18 BUT PAUL IS GONNA DEAL WITH THE CHRONOLOGY 02:19 IN THIS BOOK. 02:22 >>BILL: SO I THOUGHT, MAYBE, IN THIS FIRST BOOK, 02:23 I THINK WE NEED TO GET A, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SET 02:28 OUT A ROAD MAP.>>DR. 02:30 KNIGHT: THAT'S RIGHT. 02:31 >>BILL:.YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL BE OUR FOCUS ON 02:32 UPCOMING PROGRAMS, MAYBE DO AN OVERVIEW AND LAY 02:34 SOME OF THE CONTEXT THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO GO 02:37 THROUGH THE BOOK, RIGHT? 02:41 >>DR. 02:41 KNIGHT: SOUNDS GOOD. 02:42 >>BILL: SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HOW IT WORKS HERE. 02:44 I PASS THE MANTLE TO YOU AND YOU JUST LEAD US NOW. 02:46 YOU LEAD US ON THIS JOURNEY. 02:49 >>DR. 02:50 KNIGHT: WELL, YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK AT THE BOOK OF 02:51 GALATIONS, IT'S REALLY A BOOK ABOUT WHAT IT 02:52 MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN. 02:55 HOW DO YOU BECOME A CHRISTIAN? 02:58 AND, OF COURSE, THE BOOK OF GALATIONS WOULD NEVER 02:59 BE HERE IF CHRISTIANITY WAS A SUBSET OF JUDISM. 03:07 >>BILL: I SEE. 03:08 >>DR. 03:10 KNIGHT: BUT WHEN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 03:10 PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE APOSTLE PAUL, BEGAN TO 03:15 GO INTO THE GENTILE WORLD THEN PROBLEMS BEGAN TO 03:19 ARISE. 03:22 HOW YOU DO INTEGRATE GENTILE CHRISTIANS 03:23 WITH JEWISH CHRISTIANS? 03:27 AND SO YOU HAVE RELIGIOUS ISSUES AND, ALSO AS 03:28 YOU WILL SEE HAVE, RACIAL ISSUES. 03:35 AND PAUL HAS PROBABLY TWO BOOKS THAT WE 03:36 THINK OF THE GOSPEL. 03:40 AND, OF COURSE, LAST YEAR WE DID THE BOOK OF ROMANS. 03:45 >>BILL: YES. 03:46 THAT'S RIGHT. 03:47 >>DR. 03:48 KNIGHT: AND ROMANS IS A GREAT BOOK, 03:49 IT SPELLS IT OUT. 03:50 GALATIONS COVERS MUCH OF THE SAME TERRITORY BUT 03:51 IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY. 03:57 WITH GALATIONS WE HAVE A PROBLEM. 04:01 SOME OF THE JEWISH BELIEVERS SAID PAUL 04:02 IS WATERING DOWN CHRISTIANITY. 04:09 >>BILL: OKAY. 04:10 >>DR. 04:11 KNIGHT: OH YEAH. 04:12 PAUL IS, PAUL IS TELLING EVERYBODY THAT YOU 04:13 ARE SAVED BY GRACE WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, 04:14 YOU'VE GOT THE IDEA. 04:15 YOU'RE SAVED BY GRACE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING 04:16 TO DO WITH THE LAW. 04:18 BUT, WAIT A MINUTE, SAID THESE GUYS, HOW DID 04:19 ABRAHAM GET THE SIGN THAT HE WAS IN THE COVENENT? 04:27 WELL, IT WAS BY CIRCUMCISION. 04:33 AND SO, BASICALLY WHAT YOU HAVE IS A BUNCH OF 04:34 BELIEVERS WHO COME AND BEGIN TO ATTACK PAUL AND 04:38 SAY, HEY, THIS MAN IS NOT PREACHING THE TRUTH. 04:45 GRACE IS ALRIGHT BUT THERE'S THINGS THAT 04:46 YOU MUST DO ALSO. 04:53 IT'S GRACE PLUS WORKS. IS,T BECOME A JEW BEFORE YOU 04:59 CAN BECOME A CHRISTIAN. 05:05 AND THAT, THE ISSUE AT HAND HAPPENED 05:06 TO BE CIRCUMCISION. 05:09 OF COURSE, ONE COULD THINK OF OTHER THINGS TOO. 05:11 THE JEWISH YEARLY FESTIVALS AND CERTAIN 05:12 DIETARY ISSUES, OTHER THINGS. 05:18 BUT CIRCUMCISION BECAME THE FOCAL POINT. 05:19 AND WITH THAT, PROBABLY, WE NEED TO GIVE A LARGER 05:20 CONTEXT TO THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 05:28 AND THAT IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE GOSPEL ACCORDING 05:29 TO THE APOSTLE PAUL. 05:30 AND I THINK, BILL, IF WE GO TO THREE DIFFERENT 05:31 PASSAGES AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THESE. 05:39 ROMANS, THE FIRST CHAPTER, ROMANS 1, VERSES 16 AND 05:40 17, PAUL WRITES, "FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED 05:52 OF THE GOSPEL. 05:54 IT IS THE POWER OF GOD FOR SALVATION TO 05:55 EVERYONE WHO HAS FAITH. 05:59 TO THE JEW FIRST AND ALSO TO THE GREEK FOR IN IT THE 06:00 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS REVEALED THROUGH FAITH FOR 06:05 FAITH AS IT IS WRITTEN, HE WHO THROUGH FAITH IS 06:09 RIGHTEOUS SHALL LIVE". 06:13 WELL THE BIG WORD THERE IS FAITH, ISN'T IT. 06:15 >>BILL: YES. 06:16 >>DR. 06:17 KNIGHT: IT'S THE GOSPEL OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OR 06:18 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 06:18 AND NOTICE ANOTHER WORD HERE, THE GOSPEL, WHICH 06:19 IS THE GOOD NEWS, IS THE POWER. 06:28 THE GREEK WORD IS 'DENIMUS'. 06:30 WE GET OUR WORD DYNAMITE FROM THAT. 06:31 IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. 06:35 BUT ONE OF THE KEY WORDS IN THE GOSPEL ACCORDING 06:36 TO PAUL IS FAITH. 06:38 THAT TAKES US NOW TO EPHESIANS, THE 06:39 SECOND CHAPTER. 06:45 AS WE BEGIN TO GET A HANDLE ON WHAT PAUL 06:46 MEANS BY THE GOSPEL. 06:55 HE DOESN'T USE THE WORD GOSPEL HERE BUT HE DOES 06:56 USE HIS FAVORITE GOSPEL WORDS. 07:02 >>BILL: I'M SORRY. 07:03 THAT WAS EPHESIANS TWO. >>DR. 07:04 KNIGHT: SECOND, EPHESIANS THE SECOND CHAPTER, 07:06 VERSES EIGHT TO TEN. 07:07 >>BILL: OKAY. 07:08 >>DR. 07:09 KNIGHT: OKAY, "FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN 07:10 SAVED THROUGH FAITH". 07:14 >>BILL: YES. 07:16 >>DR. 07:16 KNIGHT: NOTICE, ACCORDING TO PAUL, YOU'RE 07:17 NOT SAVED BY YOUR FAITH. 07:18 FAITH IS, FAITH IS GOD EMPOWERING US TO REACH OUT 07:19 AND TAKE HOLD OF HIS FREE GIFT. 07:25 AND THAT'S WHAT GRACE IS. 07:26 IT'S A FREE GIFT. 07:28 >>BILL: YES. 07:29 >>DR. 07:30 KNIGHT: AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL 07:30 TO GET THIS CONCEPT. 07:31 THAT GRACE IS NOT SOME KIND OF A BARGAIN. 07:35 YOU KNOW, YOU DO PART AND GOD DOES PART AND IF 07:36 YOU'RE REALLY WEAK GOD WILL DO MORE. 07:41 NO. 07:42 NO. 07:43 IT IS TOTALLY A GIFT. 07:44 AND I DON'T CARE.>>BILL: 100%. 07:45 >>DR. 07:46 KNIGHT:.JEW OR GENTILE. 07:48 SEE THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTED TO DO BACK IN ROMANS, AS 07:49 PAUL EXPLAINED IN ROMANS, TO THE JEW FIRST AND 07:50 ALSO TO THE GREEK. 07:53 HE WANTS TO SHOW HOW ALL PEOPLE ARE SAVED 07:54 IN.>>BILL: IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. 07:59 >>DR. 08:00 KNIGHT:.WAY. 08:01 THESE ARE IMPORTANT IDEAS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO 08:02 SHOW UP IN OUR STUDY OF GALATIONS. 08:04 >>BILL: OKAY. 08:05 >>DR. 08:06 KNIGHT: "FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH 08:07 FAITH AND THIS IS NOT YOUR OWN DOING, IT IS 08:08 THE GIFT OF GOD. 08:14 " THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF. 08:18 HERE YOU HAVE PAUL, WE'RE GOING TO COME TO PAUL'S 08:19 OWN LIFE IN A MINUTE, BUT YOU HAVE PAUL WHO WORKED 08:22 HARD.>>BILL: I WAS GOING TO SAY, YEAH, WASN'T IT 08:28 PAUL, HIS WHOLE ADULT LIFE HE'D BEEN TRYING 08:29 TO GENERATE HIS OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS. 08:30 >>DR. 08:31 KNIGHT: YEAH. 08:32 I MEAN, SO.>>BILL: WHAT A DRASTIC SHIFT FOR HIM. 08:34 >>DR. 08:35 KNIGHT: WHEN PAUL MEETS JESUS ON THE ROAD TO 08:36 DAMASCUS IT JUST BLOWS HIS LIFE WIDE OPEN. 08:40 >>BILL: COMPLETELY RIGHT AROUND, YEAH. 08:41 >>DR. 08:42 KNIGHT: YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT SHOULD DO THE SAME 08:43 THING FOR EACH OF US. 08:44 CHRISTIANITY IS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. 08:47 IT'S NOT JUST - GETTING SAVED IS NOT JUST, 08:48 HEY, I'VE BEEN SAVED. 08:51 >>BILL: YES. 08:52 AND LIFE GOES ON, YEAH. 08:53 >>DR. 08:54 KNIGHT: YEAH, LIFE GOES ON LIKE NORMAL. 08:55 YEAH. 08:56 YOU'RE JUST A, YOU KNOW, A NICE LITTLE SINNER NOW. 08:57 >>BILL: YEAH. 08:58 YEAH. 08:59 >>DR. 09:00 KNIGHT: NOW. 09:01 OKAY. 09:02 >>BILL: SOMEONE ONCE SAID, AFTER YOU ARE SAVED YOUR 09:03 SHOULD BE UNRECOGNIZEABLE LIKE THE BLIND MAN 09:04 WHO WAS CURED AND WAS NO LONGER RECOGNIZED BY HIS 09:05 NEIGHBOURS. 09:06 AND THEY SAID, COULD THIS BE HIM? 09:08 THIS CAN'T BE HIM. 09:09 >>DR. 09:09 KNIGHT: THAT'S RIGHT. 09:11 >>BILL: LIFE HAS BEEN CHANGED. 09:12 >>DR. 09:13 KNIGHT: "WHEREBY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN 09:14 SAVED THROUGH FAITH. 09:14 THIS IS NOT YOUR OWN DOING. 09:16 IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD NOT BECAUSE OF WORKS. 09:17 " >>BILL: IT'S PRETTY DIRECT THERE. 09:22 NO BEATING AROUND THE BUSH. 09:24 >>DR. 09:24 KNIGHT: YEAH. 09:25 "LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST. 09:27 " I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT. 09:29 IT WOULD BE KIND OF NICE, BILL, IF I COULD 09:30 WORK MY WAY TO HEAVEN. 09:31 ALL THROUGH ETERNITY YOU COULD HEAR 09:32 ME TELL ABOUT IT. 09:35 >>BILL: (LAUGHTER) >>DR. 09:36 KNIGHT: WHEREAS, DWIGHT L. 09:38 MOODY, THE GREAT EVANGELIST SAID IT'S A 09:39 GOOD THING NOBODY CAN MAKE IT ON THEIR OWN STEAM 09:42 BECAUSE IF THEY DID WE'D NEVER HEAR THE END OF IT. 09:45 NO. 09:46 NOT BECAUSE OF WORKS. 09:47 WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO WORKS BECAUSE ACCORDING 09:49 TO PAUL THERE'S BAD WORKS AND THERE'S GOOD WORKS. 09:55 SO, WE DON'T WANT TO JUST GET RID OF WORKS. 10:00 WE WANT TO FIND OUT HOW THEY FIT IN. 10:02 >>BILL: OKAY. 10:03 >>DR. 10:04 KNIGHT: BUT IT'S NOT HOW YOU GET SAVED. 10:06 NO, NO. 10:07 THAT'S A GIFT. 10:08 NOT BECAUSE OF WORKS. 10:10 "LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP 10:11 CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS". 10:18 >>BILL: RIGHT. 10:19 >>DR. 10:20 KNIGHT: SURE. 10:21 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UNPACK THIS AND WE'RE 10:22 GONNA LET THEM DO IT IN THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 10:24 >>BILL: OKAY. 10:25 >>DR. 10:26 KNIGHT: SO WE'VE LOOKED AT TWO TEXTS SO FAR. 10:28 WE HAVE ROMANS 1, VERSES 16 AND 17, WHERE PAUL 10:29 DEFINES THE GOSPEL AS JUSTIFICATION OR 10:33 RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. 10:34 HERE HE BEGINS TO EXPLAIN IT JUST A BIT MORE. 10:39 THAT YOU ARE SAVED BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH. 10:49 NOT OF WORKS. 10:51 >>BILL: RIGHT. 10:52 >>DR. 10:53 KNIGHT: PERIOD. 10:53 NOW, 1 CORINTHIANS, THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER, 10:54 1CORINTHIANS:15, THE FIRST FEW VERSES, "NOW, I WOULD 11:01 REMIND YOU, BRETHERN, IN WHAT TERMS I PREACH TO YOU 11:08 THE GOSPEL, WHICH YOU RECEIVED, BY WHICH YOU ARE 11:09 STAND, BY WHICH YOU ARE SAVED". 11:15 VERSE THREE, "FOR I DELIVERED TO YOU AS OF THE 11:16 FIRST IMPORTANCE WHAT I ALSO RECEIVED, THAT 11:19 CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS". 11:22 THERE IS THE BASIS FOR THE GOSPEL OF PAUL. 11:28 HOW CAN GOD EXTEND GRACE? 11:31 BECAUSE JESUS PAVED THE WAY BY A 11:32 SACRIFICIAL DEATH. 11:37 THE CROSS OF CHRIST IS ABSOLUTELY CENTRAL. 11:40 BUT A DEAD SAVIOUR WON'T DO YOU MUCH GOOD. 11:43 >>BILL: RIGHT. 11:44 >>DR. 11:45 KNIGHT: SO, THE GOOD NEWS IS NOT JUST THE CROSS. 11:47 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 11:48 >>DR. 11:49 KNIGHT: THE GOOD NEWS, PAUL GOES ON, "CHRIST 11:50 DIED FOR OUR SINS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 11:51 THE SCRIPTURES AND THAT HE WAS BURIED AND THAT HE WAS 11:54 RAISED ON THE THIRD DAY. 11:56 " THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE SERVE A RISEN SAVIOUR. 11:59 SO HERE'S THE BASIS FOR THE GOSPEL. 12:08 AND I THINK ONE OTHER PASSAGE BEFORE WE GO TO 12:09 GALATIONS ITSELF AND THAT WOULD BE ROMANS, THE 12:10 THIRD CHAPTER, ROMANS THE THIRD CHAPTER BECAUSE THIS 12:18 REALLY, PAUL REALLY GETS VERY POINTED HERE. 12:26 VERSE 20, "FOR NO HUMAN BEING WILL BE JUSTIFIED, 12:27 THAT IS COUNTED RIGHTEOUS, IN HIS SIGHT BY WORKS OF 12:33 THE LAW SINCE THROUGH THE LAW COMES KNOWLEDGE OF 12:38 SIN". 12:41 OKAY. 12:41 SO THE LAW IS NOT A LADDER TO HEAVEN BUT WHATS IT DO? 12:45 >>BILL: SAYS BEWARE OF SIN. 12:49 >>DR. 12:50 KNIGHT: SAYS BILL, YOU'RE A SINNER. 12:51 >>BILL: YEAH. 12:52 THAT'S RIGHT. 12:53 IT'S A MIRROR. 12:54 >>DR. 12:55 KNIGHT: YEAH AND YOU NEED JESUS, OKAY? 12:56 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 12:57 >>DR. 12:58 KNIGHT: VERSE 21, UH, VERSE 23, "ALL HAVE SINNED 12:59 AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. 13:02 THEY ARE JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE AS A GIFT THROUGH 13:03 THE REDEMPTION WHICH IS A PURCHASE WHICH IS 13:07 IN CHRIST JESUS. 13:09 " THAT'S ENOUGH. 13:11 GOD'S GOSPEL IS CLEAR ACCORDING TO PAUL. 13:17 WELL, THAT'S CLEAR ENOUGH. 13:20 >>BILL: YES. 13:22 >>DR. 13:23 KNIGHT: BUT THE PROBLEM.>>BILL: SO 13:23 WHAT HAPPENED HERE? 13:25 >>DR. 13:27 KNIGHT: BUT THE PROBLEM COMES IN THAT SOME OF THE 13:28 PEOPLE SAID NO, NO, NO, NO THAT IS NOT THE WAY. 13:35 PAUL, PAUL IS MISLEAD. 13:36 BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT LET'S GO TO PHILLIPIANS 13:37 THREE REALLY QUICK. 13:44 WE'VE GOT TO DO PAUL AS A PERSON. 13:46 >>BILL: OKAY. 13:48 >>DR. 13:49 KNIGHT: PHILLIPIANS THE THIRD CHAPTER AND HE'S 13:50 GONNA ACTUALLY RAISE SOME OF THE GALATIONS 13:53 ISSUES IN THESE VERSES. 13:56 >>BILL: OKAY. 13:57 >>DR. 13:58 KNIGHT: AND IT'S GONNA SET US UP FOR GALATIONS. 14:01 AND IT'S NOT NICE LANGUAGE. 14:02 VERSE 2, "LOOK OUT FOR THE DOGS. 14:03 " YOU GET THE IDEA THAT PAUL'S NOT REALLY HAPPY 14:04 ABOUT THESE PEOPLE. 14:09 >>BILL: NO, HE'S NOT REALLY HAPPY. 14:10 >>DR. 14:11 KNIGHT: "LOOK OUT FOR THE EVIL WORKERS. 14:12 LOOK OUT FOR THOSE WHO MUTILATE THE FLESH. 14:16 " NOW, WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT MUTILATION 14:17 HERE, HE'S TALKING ABOUT CIRCUMCISION. 14:21 >>BILL: MY TRANSLATION SAYS A FALSE 14:22 CIRCUMCISION, YEAH. 14:24 DR. KNIGHT: YEAH. 14:25 "FOR WE ARE THE TRUE CIRCUMCISION. 14:29 " UH OH. 14:30 "THE TRUE AND THE FALSE CIRCUMCISION. 14:31 " PAUL IN ROMANS WILL CALL IT THE CIRCUMCISION 14:32 OF THE HEART. 14:34 WHAT PAUL IS REALLY SAYING IS THE OUTWARD SIGN IS NOT 14:35 THE IMPORTANT THING IT'S THAT GOD IS TAKING 14:41 CARE OF THE HEART. 14:42 BUT LET'S GO ON, "FOR WHERE THE TRUE 14:43 CIRCUMCISION TO WORSHIP GOD IN SPIRIT AND GLORY 14:46 IN CHRIST JESUS AND PUT NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH. 14:52 THOUGH I MYSELF HAVE REASON FOR THE CONFIDENCE 14:53 IN THE FLESH ALSO. 14:59 IF ANY OTHER MAN THINKS HE HAS REASON FOR CONFIDENCE 15:00 IN THE FLESH, I HAVE MORE". 15:07 NOW, WATCH PAUL BOAST. 15:09 CIRCUMSIZED ON THE EIGHTH DAY. 15:11 GOOD, MAN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE LAW SAID. 15:13 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 15:14 >>DR. 15:15 KNIGHT: EVERY JEWISH MALE WAS CIRCUMSIZED 15:16 ON THE EIGHTH DAY. 15:17 THAT MEANT THAT HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 15:18 COVENANT PEOPLE. 15:20 AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE THE SIGNIFICANCE 15:21 OF CIRCUMCISION TO, TO BECOMING A JEW. 15:29 JUST LIKE BAPTISM IS TO BECOMING A CHRISTIAN. 15:34 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 15:36 >>DR. 15:38 KNIGHT: THIS IS HOW YOU ENTERED THE COMMUNITY 15:39 IF YOU WERE A JEW. 15:39 SO EVERY JEWISH MALE, PAUL INCLUDED, CIRCUMCISED ON 15:40 THE EIGHTH DAY, AND IF YOU READ THE GOSPELS, 15:43 JESUS BEING A JEW WAS CIRCUMCISED ON THE EIGHTH 15:48 DAY. 15:49 OKAY. 15:50 VERSE 5, "CIRCUMSIZED ON THE EIGHTH DAY, OF THE 15:51 PEOPLE OF ISREAL, OF THE TRIBLE OF BENJAMIN, 15:55 A HEBREW BORN OF HEBREWS, AS TO THE LAW OF PHAROSY". 15:59 NOW, THOSE WERE THE GUYS, THOSE PHAROSIES, THEY 16:00 WERE GOOD PEOPLE REALLY. 16:04 THEY SPENT THEIR ENTIRE LIFE TRYING TO 16:05 KEEP.>>BILL: THE LAW. 16:10 >>DR. 16:11 KNIGHT:.THE LAW. 16:11 IN FACT, THEY HAD THOUSANDS OF RULES ON 16:12 HOW TO KEEP THE LAW. 16:13 "AS TO ZEAL A PERSECUTOR OF THE CHURCH, AS TO 16:13 RIGHTEOUSNESS UNDER THE LAW, BLAMELESS. 16:25 " PAUL, PAUL COULD BE PRETTY PROUD OF HIMSELF. 16:27 AND THIS YOUNG MAN, BILL, HE'D COME TO THE TOP 16:28 OF THE HEAP, AS WE'D SAY. 16:32 >>BILL: RIGHT. 16:33 >>DR. 16:34 KNIGHT: AS JUST A YOUNG MAN HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 16:35 SANDHEDRIAN, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE JEWISH NATION. 16:39 >>BILL: THAT'S VERY EXCLUSIVE. 16:41 >>DR. 16:41 KNIGHT: YEAH. 16:42 HE WAS ONE OF THE ELITE OF THE ELITE. 16:44 PAUL WAS A MAN. 16:47 >>BILL: HE HAD ARRIVED. 16:48 >>DR. 16:49 KNIGHT: YUP. 16:50 HE WAS ON THE FAST TRACK TO THE TOP 16:50 AND HE'D MADE IT. 16:52 >>BILL: YES. 16:53 >>DR. 16:54 KNIGHT: IN TERMS OF BOASTING, ACCORDING TO THE 16:55 FLESH, NOBODY COULD OUT DO PAUL. 16:58 AND WHEN IT CAME TO PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS, 16:59 HE WAS RIGHT OUT THERE IN FRONT. 17:02 >>BILL: YES. 17:03 >>DR. 17:04 KNIGHT: YOU REMEMBER OVER THERE IN THE BOOK OF 17:05 ACTS, WHAT'S HAPPENING? 17:05 WELL, THEY'RE GONNA STONE STEVEN. 17:07 PAUL IS IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE OPERATION. 17:12 >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. 17:13 >>DR. 17:14 KNIGHT: SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT 17:15 WE NEED FOR BACKGROUND. 17:17 WHO WAS PAUL? 17:18 WHAT'S HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE JEWISH CHURCH? 17:20 OKAY, NOW, VERSE 7, "BUT WHATEVER GAIN I HAD I 17:21 COUNT IT A LOSS FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST. 17:32 INDEED I COUNT EVERYTHING AS LOSS BECAUSE SURPASSING 17:33 WORTH OF KNOWING CHRIST JESUS, MY LORD. 17:39 FOR HIS SAKE, I HAVE SUFFERED THE 17:40 LOSS OF ALL THINGS. 17:42 " CHRISTIANITY COST SOMETHING TO 17:42 THE APOSTLE PAUL. 17:49 >>BILL: YES. 17:50 ACCORDING TO HIM, EVERYTHING, RIGHT? 17:51 >>DR. 17:52 KNIGHT: YEAH. 17:53 I MEAN, HE LOST HIS POSITION IN SOCIETY. 17:54 I HAVE TO BE FRANK. 17:55 I LOST EVERYTHING. 17:56 OF COURSE, I DIDN'T COME FROM A 17:57 CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND. 17:58 I LOST MY JOB. 17:59 I LOST, YOU KNOW, MY FRIENDS. 18:02 THIS WAS SERIOUS STUFF, BECOMING A CHRISTIAN. 18:04 >>BILL: YES. 18:05 "IT COUNTS ALL THINGS AS REFUSE," THAT'S NOT WHAT 18:06 THE KING JAMES VERSION SAYS. 18:10 IT SAYS "DUNG" WHICH IS NOT A NICE WORD, YOU KNOW? 18:12 ANYWAY, PAUL SAYS, THIS IS WORTHLESS NEXT TO 18:13 WHAT I FOUND IN CHRIST. 18:17 OKAY. 18:18 START WITH VERSE 9, "AND FOUND IN HIM NOT HAVING A 18:19 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF MY OWN, BASED ON THE LAW, BUT THAT 18:27 WHICH IS THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUSNESS 18:32 FROM GOD THAT DEPENDS ON FAITH THAT I MAY KNOW HIM 18:34 AND THE POWER", THERE'S THAT WORD AGAIN, "THE 18:39 POWER OF THE RESURRECTION. 18:42 " OKAY. 18:45 SO NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF 18:46 THE APOSTLE PAUL. 18:47 HIS VIEW OF THE GOSPEL. 18:50 HIS VIEW OF WHAT HE WAS BEFORE AND THE CONTRAST 18:51 OF WHAT.>>BILL: WHAT HE'S BECOME. 18:56 >>DR. 18:57 KNIGHT:.NO MATTER WHAT WAY YOU LOOK AT PAUL HE 18:58 WAS AN OUTSTANDING PERSON. 19:00 BOTH BEFORE HIS CONVERSION AND AFTER. 19:05 BUT BILL, HE WAS TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 19:09 AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT JESUS, THE SAME THING THAT 19:10 JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAYS YOU MUST BE 19:14 BORN AGAIN TO NICADEMUS. 19:16 YOU MUST BE BORN OF THE SPIRIT. 19:19 IT'S A TOTAL TRANSFORMATION. 19:23 IN FACT, PAUL USES THAT WORD SEVERAL 19:24 TIMES, TRANSFORMATION, METAMORPHASIS. 19:28 SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 19:29 NOW, LET'S GET INTO THE ISSUES OF WHAT'S TROUBLING 19:30 THE PEOPLE IN GALATIA. 19:34 ACTS, THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER. 19:45 THE WHOLE CHURCH IN A CONFERENCE WILL LATER 19:46 HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE GALATION ISSUES. 19:52 >>BILL: OKAY. 19:53 >>DR. 19:54 KNIGHT: LET'S SEE WHAT THEIR, LET'S SEE WHAT THIS 19:55 WHOLE; THIS IS THE FIRST UNIVERSAL CONFERENCE 19:56 OF THE CHURCH. 19:57 >>BILL: RIGHT. 19:58 >>DR. 19:59 KNIGHT: VERSE 1, "BUT SOME MEN CAME DOWN FROM JUDEA 20:00 AND WERE TEACHING THE BRETHEREN UNLESS YOU ARE 20:04 CIRCUMSIZED ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM OF MOSES YOU 20:10 CANNOT BE SAVED". 20:13 OKAY, THIS PROBLEM WILL GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH AS 20:14 PAUL TRIES TO BRING THIS JEWISH BELIEF SYSTEM, 20:18 WHAT WE CALL CHRISTIANITY, INTO THE GENTILE WORLD. 20:24 HOW DO YOU GET IN? 20:29 PAUL WAS SAYING IT'S A FREE GIFT. 20:33 >>BILL: RIGHT. 20:34 >>DR. 20:34 KNIGHT: OTHERS ARE SAYING, WAIT A MINUTE.>>BILL: YOU 20:36 MIGHT BE CIRCUMSIZED.>>DR. 20:36 KNIGHT: AND THAT MEANS BECOMING A JEW FIRST 20:37 WITH ALL THE JEWISH REGULATIONS. 20:40 >>BILL: RIGHT, ALL THE RITUAL. 20:42 >>DR. 20:42 KNIGHT: NOW LET'S TURN TO THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 20:44 WE'LL START, IN OUR NEXT THREE STUDIES WE'LL START 20:45 RIGHT WITH THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 20:51 FROM HERE WE'LL SET THE CONTEXT. 20:52 >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. 20:53 >>DR. 20:54 KNIGHT: THE BOOK OF GALATIONS COMES ABOUT 20:55 BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WERE SAYING PAUL IS NOT 21:02 A TRUE APOSTLE. 21:05 I MEAN, AFTERALL, DID JESUS APPOINT HIM? 21:07 >>BILL: NO. 21:08 THAT'S RIGHT. 21:09 >>DR. 21:09 KNIGHT: HE JUST WASN'T AROUND. 21:11 AND IF HE'S NOT A TRUE APOSTLE.>>BILL: HE DOESN'T 21:12 HAVE THE AUTHORITY. 21:17 >>DR. 21:18 KNIGHT:.HE DOESN'T HAVE THE TRUTH. 21:19 AND HE'S ALRIGHT, AS FAR AS HE GOES. 21:20 THAT GREY STUFF IS ALL RIGHT BUT THAT'S 21:21 NOT GONNA DO IT. 21:23 YOU BETTER GET CIRCUMSIZED BROTHER. 21:26 AND SO, YOU GET THESE PEOPLE ACCUSING PAUL OF 21:27 NOT BEING A TRUE DISCIPLE AND 21:34 THAT HE GOT HIS MESSAGE SECONDHAND.>>BILL RIGHT. 21:38 >>DR. 21:39 KNIGHT:.FROM PETER AND FROM JAMES, THE 21:40 BROTHER OF JESUS. 21:40 AND PAUL REALLY IS KIND OF A MINOR 21:41 PLAYER AND WE ARE SET. 21:44 THAT'S WHAT THESE GUYS ARE SAYING. 21:48 WE CALL THEM THE JUDIZERS. 21:49 WE ARE SET FROM PETER AND JAMES AND WE'RE GONNA 21:50 GIVE YOU THE REAL TRUTH. 21:54 >>BILL: THE REAL TRUTH, RIGHT. 21:55 >>DR. 21:56 KNIGHT: AND SO WE HAVE, PAUL IS GOING 21:57 TO RESPOND TO THIS. 22:00 HE HAS A VERY VIBRANT CHURCH IN GALATIA, HE'S 22:01 GOING TO RESPOND AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE US 22:03 CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO WHICH ARE HISTORY. 22:07 >>BILL: OKAY. 22:09 >>DR. 22:11 KNIGHT: THIS IS HOW I GOT MY GOSPEL. 22:12 >>BILL: RIGHT. 22:13 >>DR. 22:14 KNIGHT: THIS IS HOW IT RELATES TO PETER 22:15 AND HIS MESSAGE. 22:15 >>BILL: RIGHT. 22:16 OKAY. 22:17 >>DR. 22:18 KNIGHT: AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE AGREE AND 22:19 THEN HE HAS TO CONFRONT PETER. 22:22 ANYWAY, SO WE'VE GOT HISTORY. 22:24 >>BILL: SO, WE START WITH HISTORY. 22:25 >>DR. 22:26 KNIGHT: AND THEN WE MOVE TO THEOLOGY. 22:27 >>BILL: OKAY. 22:28 >>DR. 22:29 KNIGHT: THIS IS THE THEOLOGY THAT 22:29 UNDERGERS SALVATION. 22:30 AND THEN WE MOVE TO PRACTICE. 22:34 THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO YOUR LIFE. 22:36 SO THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS DEAL WITH HISTORY. 22:41 CHAPTERS THREE AND FOUR DEAL WITH THEOLOGY. 22:42 CHAPTERS FOUR AND FIVE, EXCUSE ME, FIVE AND 22:43 SIX DEAL WITH PRACTICE. 22:47 >>BILL: THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. 22:50 >>DR. 22:51 KNIGHT: THAT'S RIGHT. 22:52 AND YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING? 22:53 THAT'S THE MODEL OF ALL OF PAUL'S LETTERS. 22:57 THEY ALWAYS START OUT WITH HOW YOU'RE SAVED BUT AFTER 22:58 YOU GET SAVED.>>BILL: SOMETHING HAS TO 23:02 HAPPEN, RIGHT? 23:03 >>DR. 23:04 KNIGHT: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOUR LIFE? 23:05 SO, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PAUL IS SALVATION 23:06 BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH. 23:11 NOT A WORKS LEST ANY PERSON BOASTS BUT WE ARE 23:12 CREATED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE GOSPEL WILL 23:21 CHANGE OUR LIVES. 23:26 >>BILL: I GUESS WE OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THESE 23:27 FOLKS THAT CHOSE TO COME AND UNDERMINE PAUL'S 23:31 MINISTRY HERE. 23:33 >>DR. 23:34 KNIGHT: PRAISE BE TO ROMANS. 23:35 I MEAN, EVERYTIME WE HAVE SOMETHING BAD HAPPEN IN 23:36 OUR LIFE, GOD.8:28, "GOD MAKES IT WORK FOR GOOD 23:38 DESPITE OF IT ALL". 23:42 >>BILL: WELL, YOU HAVE PRIMED US FOR NEXT WEEK AS 23:43 WE GET RIGHT INTO THE BOOK OF GALATIONS. 23:51 THANK YOU DR. KNIGHT. 23:52 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORD OF PRAYER. 23:54 GRACIOUS, LOVING, HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR 23:55 THE CLARITY OF YOUR WORD. 23:58 AND WE THANK YOU, HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT IN YOUR 23:59 IMMENSE LOVE YOU OFFER US SALVATION AS A GIFT THAT 24:03 WE CAN CLAIM THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. 24:10 PLEASE BE WITH EACH AND EVERY VIEWER. 24:13 I PRAY IN JESUS' NAME. 24:15 AMEN. 24:17 >>DR. 24:18 KNIGHT: AMEN. 24:20 (MUSIC) 24:44 >>BILL: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOD'S 24:45 GIFT OF SALVATION, THERE'S A WONDERFUL RESOURCE. IT'S 24:48 A LITTLE BOOKLET CALLED 'WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT 24:53 SALVATION'. WE'D LOVE TO SEND IT TO YOU AS A GIFT, 24:54 FREE OF CHARGE. HERE'S THE INFORMATION YOU NEED 24:59 TO ASK FOR YOUR COPY. 26:02 >>SO, DR. KNIGHT, WHAT DO WE HAVE IN STORE FOR OUR 26:03 VIEWERS NEXT WEEK? >>DR. 26:05 KNIGHT: SOME PRETTY EXCITING STUFF, BILL 26:05 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 26:07 KNIGHT: GALATIONS, FIRST AND SECOND CHAPTERS, IN 26:08 WHICH PAUL IS FACED OFF BY HIS ACCUSERS, IN 26:10 WHICH HE HAS TO PROVE HIS APOSTLESHIP AND BEFORE HE 26:15 GETS FINISHED, HE GETS INTO A CONFRONTATION WITH 26:16 PETER. >>BILL: WOW. >>DR. 26:21 KNIGHT: THE MOST EXPLOSIVE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN 26:22 TWO APOSTLES IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE. >>BILL: CANúT 26:24 WAIT. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 26:27 ACQUIRE DR. KNIGHTúS BOOK, "A COMMENTARY ON GALATIONS 26:28 AND EPHESIANS", VISIT OUR WEBSITE 26:35 ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA AND THERE THERE WILL BE A LINK 26:40 THAT WILL HELP YOU ACQUIRE THIS BOOK. IF YOU 26:41 WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS SERIES, ONCE ITúS 26:45 COMPLETED, ON DVD YOU CAN PRE-ORDER THAT BY CALLING 26:50 THE 1-800 NUMBER, AND FOR A DONATION OF $20 WE WILL 26:51 MAKE THIS SERIES AVAILABLE TO YOU ON DVD. 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