Participants: Bill Santos (Host), George Knight
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201102
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00:01 >>BILL: ON THIS WEEK'S "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM WE ARE
00:02 CONTINUING OUR STUDY OF THE BOOK OF GALATIONS 00:05 WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST, DR. GEORGE KNIGHT. "IT IS 00:09 WRITTEN" BEGINS RIGHT NOW. 00:13 (MUSIC) 00:24 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME... 00:26 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:30 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:34 IT IS WRITTEN . . . 00:37 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:41 (MUSIC) 00:52 >>BILL: WELL LET ME WELCOME ALL OF OUR VIEWERS 00:53 TO THE "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR 00:54 JOINING US AGAIN THIS WEEK. AND LET ME WELCOME 00:56 BACK OUR SPECIAL GUEST, DR. GEORGE KNIGHT. DR. 00:57 KNIGHT, WELCOME BACK. 01:00 >>DR. KNIGHT: IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU BILL 01:01 LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS STUDY TOGETHER. >>BILL: 01:03 WELL, WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 01:05 LAST WEEK YOU SET THE GROUND WORK AND, SORT OF, 01:06 GAVE US THE CONTEXT. AND THIS WEEK WE'RE GOING TO 01:11 GET RIGHT INTO THE BOOK. 01:11 I THINK THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS YOU 01:15 HAD MENTIONED. SO LET ME ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS TO 01:18 GO AND GET THEIR BIBLES OUT AND GO GET A PEN, A 01:19 PIECE OF PAPER BECAUSE THERE'S SOME EXCITING 01:22 STUFF COMING. SO, PAUL IS HERE, READY TO GO, AND IS 01:30 FACING SOME CHALLENGES TO HIS AUTHORITY, TO 01:31 HIS THEOLOGY, TO HIS UNDERSTANDING OF THEOLOGY 01:38 AND HE FEELS HE NEEDS TO RESPOND TO THIS, RIGHT? 01:42 >>DR. KNIGHT: THAT'S RIGHT. HE HAS TO RESPOND 01:43 BECAUSE THESE JEWISH CHRISTIANS, WHICH WE CALL 01:45 THE JUDIZERS, ARE MAKING INROADS ON THIS GROUP OF 01:51 CONVERTS AND PAUL SAYS, WAIT A MINUTE. YOU'RE 01:52 UNDOING EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE DONE. THIS 01:56 IS A CRISIS IN PAUL'S SITUATION. >>BILL: YES. 02:00 EVERYTHING HE'S BUILT UP IS NOW BEING TORN DOWN 02:01 >>DR. KNIGHT: THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE 02:03 LOOKING AT A CHALLENGE TO PAUL'S APOSTLESHIP, WE'RE 02:04 LOOKING AT A CHALLENGE TO HIS MESSAGE. I MEAN, 02:05 AFTERALL, IF HE'S ONLY A SECOND-RATE APOSTLE HE'S 02:13 ONLY GOT A SECOND-RATE MESSAGE. >>BILL: EXACTLY. 02:16 >>DR. KNIGHT: IT'S PRETTY EASY TO FIGURE OUT, RIGHT? 02:17 >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. 02:18 KNIGHT: SO, I MEAN, HE STARTS RIGHT OFF. IN VERSE 02:19 ONE, "PAUL, AN APOSTLE, NOT FROM MAN, THROUGH 02:21 MAN," UH OH, YOU GOT THE IDEA? YEAH, RIGHT OFF THE 02:27 BAT HE DOESN'T, HE GOES RIGHT INTO IT. THIS IS A 02:28 BOOK IN WHICH PAUL GOES TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER 02:31 RIGHT AWAY. HE'S NOT WASTING ANY TIME. THIS IS 02:35 A, THIS IS A DUEL BETWEEN PAUL, THE APOSTLE, AND 02:36 THOSE WHO THINK THEY HAVE A BETTER GOSPEL THAN PAUL. 02:44 SO, "PAUL, AN APOSTLE, NOT FROM MAN NOR THROUGH MAN 02:50 BUT THROUGH JESUS CHRIST AND GOD THE FATHER WHO 02:51 RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD". 02:54 WOW. HERE WE ARE. HE'S ALREADY BEGINNING TO STATE 02:55 WHO HE IS. HE'S A TRUE APOSTLE AND THAT HE GOT IT 03:02 FROM GOD. >>BILL: RIGHT. 03:03 >>DR. KNIGHT: VERSE 3, "GRACE TO YOU", GRACE WILL 03:06 BE A BIG WORD IN THIS ONE REMEMBER, GRACE IS GETTING 03:10 WHAT YOU DON'T DESERVE. 03:10 IT'S GOD SAYING, BILL, YOU HAVE BEEN A SINNER BUT I 03:13 FORGIVE YOU. SALVATION IS YOURS FOR THE TAKING 03:14 "GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE TO GOD, THE FATHER, AND OUR 03:23 LORD, JESUS CHRIST, WHO GAVE HIMSELF FOR OUR SINS 03:28 TO DELIVER US FROM THIS PRESENT EVIL AGE." SO, IN 03:29 THE FIRST FIVE VERSES PAUL STATES HIS APOSTLESHIP. 03:36 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 03:36 KNIGHT: BUT HE'S GONNA HAVE TO PROVE IT. >>BILL: 03:43 OKAY. >>DR. KNIGHT: OKAY? 03:43 HE NOT ONLY STATES HIS APOSTLESHIP BUT HE ALSO 03:46 STATES IN SOME REFORM HIS GOSPEL. >>BILL: RIGHT. 03:52 >>DR. KNIGHT: GRACE AND PEACE. JESUS CHRIST GAVE 03:53 HIMSELF TO DELIVER US. 03:55 THAT'S THE GOSPEL. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: NOW, 03:56 IN VERSE 6, USUALLY AFTER PAUL GETS FINISHED WITH 03:59 HIS GREETINGS HE DOES A NICE PASTORAL THING. HE 04:09 SAYS, YOU FOLKS ARE PRETTY GOOD CHRISTIANS. >>BILL: 04:10 YEAH. >>DR. KNIGHT: I MEAN, YOU GO 04:13 TO THESSALONIANS. >>BILL: YEAH, YEAH. >>DR. KNIGHT: 04:15 HE SAYS I HAVE SO MUCH TO COMMEND YOU FOR. >>BILL: 04:16 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: THIS IS PAUL THE APOSTLE WITH 04:21 THE SOFT TOUCH. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: WELL, 04:26 HE'S NOT GONNA COME OUT WITH A SOFT TOUCH. >>BILL: 04:27 YEAH. NOT HERE. >>DR. 04:27 KNIGHT: IN VERSE 6 HE COMES OUT WITH A FIST 04:28 >>BILL: YEAH. YES. >>DR. 04:29 KNIGHT: VERSE 6 AND NOW WE'RE IN IT. "I AM 04:30 ASTONISHED THAT YOU ARE SO QUICKLY DESERTING HIM WHO 04:36 CALLED YOU IN THE GRACE OF CHRIST AND TURNING TO A 04:43 DIFFERENT GOSPEL." 04:43 WELL, ACCORDING TO PAUL A DIFFERENT GOSPEL IS NO 04:50 GOSPEL AT ALL. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. THERE'S 04:51 ONE GOSPEL. >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH. EITHER YOU'VE GOT 04:54 GOOD NEWS OR YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD NEWS. >>BILL: 04:57 RIGHT. RIGHT. >>DR. 04:57 KNIGHT: "NOT THAT THERE IS", VERSE 7, "NOT THAT 05:01 THERE IS ANOTHER GOSPEL BUT THERE ARE SOME WHO 05:02 TROUBLE YOU". >>BILL: WOW. 05:03 >>DR. KNIGHT: NOW, YOU GOT THE IDEA? WE'VE GOT 05:04 TROUBLEMAKERS HERE, "AND WANT TO PERVERT THE GOSPEL 05:10 OF CHRIST. BUT EVEN IF WE OR AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN 05:20 SHOULD PREACH TO YOU A GOSPEL WHICH IS CONTRARY 05:21 TO YOU, LET HIM BE A CURSED". IN FACT, HE'S 05:25 SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS THAT HE USES THE SAME PHRASE AT 05:30 THE END OF VERSE 9. "LET HIM BE A CURSED. >>BILL: 05:31 YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: I MEAN THAT'S CALLING DAMNATION 05:35 ON HIM. >>BILL: WOW. >>DR. 05:36 KNIGHT: WE MAY THINK THAT THIS IS PRETTY SERIOUS 05:39 TALK. IT IS. >>BILL: YES. 05:40 >>DR. KNIGHT: PAUL IS SAYING YOU ARE DESTROYING 05:45 THE WHOLE PLAN OF SALVATION BY YOUR FALSE 05:52 TEACHING. NOW, WE HAVEN'T GOT TO THAT FALSE TEACHING 05:53 IN THE LETTER BUT, DEFINITELY, PAUL SEES THIS 05:58 AS AN UNDERMINING OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE. >>BILL: 06:06 SO, IT'S LIKE HE'S TRYING TO TELL THEM, LISTEN, I 06:07 KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL ABOUT. >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH. 06:09 >>BILL: I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT AND I'M GOING TO 06:12 DEAL WITH THIS. >>DR. 06:12 KNIGHT: YEAH. AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU, WE DID A 06:13 LITTLE OF THIS LAST WEEK, THE REASON HE KNOWS THAT 06:14 THEY'RE ALL ABOUT IS HE USED TO BE ONE OF THEM. 06:19 >>BILL: RIGHT. OKAY. >>DR. 06:19 KNIGHT: HE WAS A PHAROSY. 06:20 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 06:21 THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 06:21 KNIGHT: HE WAS A PHAROSY. 06:22 A JEW OF THE JEWS. COULD BOAST MORE THAN ANY 06:23 OF THEM. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 06:26 KNIGHT:.ABOUT ALL THE GOOD THINGS HE'D ACCOMPLISHED. 06:27 SO, PAUL HAS BEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS. >>BILL: 06:28 I KNOW WHERE YOU GUYS ARE COMING FROM BECAUSE I WAS 06:31 THERE. >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH. 06:32 YEAH. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 06:32 KNIGHT: THIS IS, THIS IS REALITY. >>BILL: YES. 06:33 >>DR. KNIGHT: YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, BILL, WE LOOK 06:35 AT THESE LETTERS LIKE THEY'RE JUST SOMETHING, 06:38 YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE. 06:39 THEY'RE THEOLOGY. >>BILL: YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. >>DR. 06:43 KNIGHT: NO. THIS IS LIFE. 06:44 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 06:44 KNIGHT: AND FOR PAUL THE DEFINITION OF THE GOSPEL 06:46 IS LIFE AND DEATH. ETERNAL LIFE AND ETERNAL DEATH. 06:53 >>BILL: YEAH. 06:54 >>DR. KNIGHT: SO, "I'M ASTONISHED THAT YOU'RE SO 06:56 QUICKLY DESERTING AND GOING TO A DIFFERENT 06:57 GOSPEL". NOW, WHEN PAUL GETS FINISHED WITH 07:03 THE FIRST TEN VERSES.OH, WE'VE GOT TO GO VERSE TEN. 07:10 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: "AM I NOW SEEKING THE 07:11 FAVOUR OF MAN OR OF GOD OR AM I TRYING TO PLEASE 07:13 MEN?" NOW, WHAT IS THE IDEA HERE? PEOPLE WERE 07:21 SAYING PAUL IS MAKING SALVATION EASY. HE'S.YOU 07:22 KNOW, I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT 07:30 IN OUR DAY. >>BILL: YES. 07:31 ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. KNIGHT: THERE'S JUST NOT GRACE. 07:32 YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING FOR IT. >>BILL: THAT'S 07:34 RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 07:35 KNIGHT: YOU KNOW, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO, SINCE 07:37 THE COMBAT WAS OVER CIRCUMCISION I IMAGING 07:38 THAT THERE WERE NOT LARGE NUMBERS OF ADULT MALES 07:42 STANDING IN LINE TO JOIN THE JEWISH CHURCH. >>BILL: 07:46 RIGHT. YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: PAUL WAS MAKING IT EASY. 07:47 >>BILL: TOO EASY, YEAH. 07:49 >>DR. KNIGHT: YOU ARE SAVED BY GRACE. YOU DON'T 07:50 HAVE TO BECOME A JEW FIRST. >>BILL: YES, THAT'S 07:53 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: OH MY. SO PAUL SETS THE 07:54 STAGE. HE'S A TRUE APOSTLE. THE FIRST COUPLE 07:55 OF PARAGRAPHS. AND THEN THE PROBLEM. PEOPLE 07:58 ARE PREACHING A DIFFERENT GOSPEL. NOW, HE MUST COME 08:05 TO HIS OWN CREDENTIALS. 08:06 AND HE'S GONNA SPEND A LONG TIME ON THAT. VERSE 08:14 11, "FOR I WOULD HAVE YOU KNOW, BRETHEREN, THAT THE 08:15 GOSPEL WHICH WAS PREACHED BY ME WAS NOT MAN'S 08:19 GOSPEL". WELL, HEY, HE GOES ON. "FOR I DID NOT 08:26 RECEIVE IT FROM MAN, NOR WAS I TAUGHT IT BUT IT 08:26 CAME FROM A REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST". AND THEN 08:33 HE GOES INTO HIS OWN BIOGRAPHY. "FOR YOU'VE 08:38 HEARD OF MY FORMER LIFE IN JUDISM, HOW I PERSECUTED 08:39 THE CHURCH OF GOD, VIOLENTLY AND TRIED TO 08:41 DESTROY IT. I ADVANCED IN JUDISM BEYOND MANY OF MY 08:46 OWN AGE AMONG THE PEOPLE". 08:46 WELL, SO HERE'S THE APOSTLE. WHO IS THIS GUY? 08:54 WHERE.ARE YOU REALLY AN APOSTLE? I MEAN, AFTERALL, 08:55 YOU WERE NOT ONE OF THE TWELVE. >>BILL: THAT'S 08:58 RIGHT. YOU WERE NOT THERE WHEN JESUS WAS THERE. 09:00 >>DR. KNIGHT: AND IF YOU GO TO ACTS, THE FIRST 09:01 CHAPTER, WHEN THEY'RE SAYING, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO 09:04 YOU CHOOSE A NEW APOSTLE ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS 09:07 WAS YOU HAD TO SEE JESUS. 09:08 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 09:08 KNIGHT: WELL, THAT'S ONE REASON, HE SAYS IN 09:11 1CORINTHIANS, THAT THERE WERE SOME 500 PEOPLE THAT 09:14 SAW JESUS AFTER THE RESURRECTION AND I WAS ONE 09:15 OF THEM. HE DID SEE JESUS. 09:19 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: HE'S GOT TO PROVE THIS. 09:20 I HE A SECOND-RATE APOSTLE OR AN APOSTLE AT 09:23 ALL? WHERE DID HE GET HIS INFORMATION? DID HE GET IT 09:27 FROM THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM 09:28 >>BILL: NOT FROM ANY MAN. 09:33 >>DR. KNIGHT: YOU SEE, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS 09:34 WE HAVE THESE JEWISH CHRISTIANS WHO ARE SAYING, 09:38 LOOK IT, WE ARE SENT BY PETER, WE ARE SENT BY 09:40 JAMES. NOW, THIS IS JAMES WHO GOT CONVERTED AFTER 09:42 PENTACOST. THAT IS JAMES, THE BROTHER OF JESUS, HEAD 09:49 OF THE JERUSALEM CHURCH JAMES AND PAUL SENT US. WE 09:57 HAVE AUTHORITY FROM REAL APOSTLES AND YOU ARE JUST 09:58 A.>>BILL: SECOND-RATE. 10:03 >>DR. KNIGHT:.A LATE COMER. DON'T LISTEN TO 10:04 PAUL. HIS GOSPEL IS ONLY A PARTIAL GOSPEL. THERE'S 10:06 MORE TO IT THAN GRACE THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN 10:11 JUST ACCEPTING IT. NOW, YOU'VE GOT TO BECOME A JEW 10:12 FIRST. >>BILL: WOW. >>DR. 10:18 KNIGHT: AND FOR A MALE THAT MEANT CIRCUMCISION 10:19 IT ALSO MEANT KEEPING ALL OF THE CEREMONIAL 10:22 LAWS.>>BILL: RIGHT. 10:22 >>DR. KNIGHT:.OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. SO, STARTING IN 10:27 VERSE 18, PAUL IS GOING TO TELL US THAT THERE IS NO 10:36 WAY, NO WAY, THAT HE COULD HAVE GOT HIS GOSPEL FROM 10:37 THE APOSTLES IN JERUSALEM. 10:44 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 10:45 KNIGHT: VERSE 18, "THEN AFTER THREE YEARS I WENT 10:47 UP TO JERUSALEM", AFTER HE'D BEEN PREACHING FOR 10:48 THREE YEARS.>>BILL: THEN I WENT TO JERUSALEM. >>DR. 10:52 KNIGHT:.THEN, YEAH, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN PREACHING 10:57 THIS GOSPEL FOR THREE YEARS. THEN I WENT 10:58 TO JERUSALEM TO VISIT CEPHEUS. NOW CEPHEUS IS 11:00 A GREEK MEANING OF PETER >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 11:08 KNIGHT: "AND REMAINED WITH HIM 15 DAYS". I ONLY 11:09 STAYED 15 DAYS WITH HIM. 11:12 >>BILL: TWO WEEKS, YEAH. 11:12 >>DR. KNIGHT: I JUST GOT INTO TOWN AND WE LEFT 11:14 AGAIN. "BUT I SAW NONE OF THE OTHER APOSTLES 11:15 EXCEPT JAMES, THE LORD'S BROTHER." NOW, THIS WAS SO 11:18 SERIOUS THAT HE SWEARS AN OATH IN VERSE 12. >>BILL: 11:22 WOW. YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: I'M NOT LYING, BROTHERS. 11:23 I'M NOT LYING. "THEN I WENT IN THE REGIONS OF 11:27 SYRIA AND CELIA", AND HE GOES PREACHING MORE. SO, 11:31 IN HIS FIRST THREE YEARS.HE PREACHED FOR 11:32 THREE YEARS AFTER HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN, THEN 11:37 HE GOES AND STAYS FOR 15 DAYS JUST TO TELL HIM WHAT 11:42 HE WAS PREACHING AND TO TRY TO GET A WORKING 11:43 RELATIONSHIP WITH PETER AND JAMES. >>BILL: RIGHT. 11:46 >>DR. KNIGHT: CHAPTER TWO, VERSE ONE, "THEN AFTER 14 11:51 YEARS", SO PAUL IS NOW BEEN PREACHING, YOU KNOW, 11:52 17 YEARS.>>BILL: 17 YEARS. 11:59 >>DR. KNIGHT:. "I WENT UP TO JERUSALEM WITH BARNABUS 12:00 TAKING TITUS WITH ME. I WENT UP BY REVELATION." 12:03 THAT IS THAT GOD GAVE HIM A REVELATION THAT HE 12:09 SHOULD GO UP TO JERUSALEM AND MEET WITH THE 12:10 APOSTLES. "AND I LAYED BEFORE THEM, BUT PRIVATELY 12:13 BEFORE THOSE WHO WERE REPUTE, THE GOSPEL WHICH I 12:18 PREACH AMONG THE GENTILES LEST SOMEHOW I SHOULD 12:19 BE RUNNING OR HAD RUN IN VAIN. NOW THAT VERSE 12:22 THERE, WELL PEOPLE MIGHT THINK, WELL, PAUL HAS 12:27 DOUBTS ABOUT HIS GOSPEL? 12:27 NO. HE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE 12:31 KNEW WHAT HE WAS PREACHING, THAT THEY WERE 12:32 ALL PREACHING THE SAME THING SO THAT THEY WOULD 12:35 NOT UNDERMINE HIS WORK >>BILL: RIGHT. RIGHT, 12:38 OKAY. >>DR. KNIGHT: THAT'S WHAT HE MEANS. SO PAUL 12:39 IS THERE AND HE'S TELLING THEM EXACTLY WHAT HE'S 12:40 TEACHING. VERSE THREE, "BUT EVEN TITUS, WHO WAS 12:45 WITH ME, WAS NOT COMPELLED TO BE CIRCUMSIZED THOUGH 12:47 HE WAS A GREEK". THERE'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT PART. 12:52 IT'S ALL RIGHT. THIS GUY, TITUS.PETER AND JAMES 12:56 DIDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEM IN HIM NOT BEING CIRCUMSIZED 12:57 "BUT BECAUSE OF FALSE BRETHEREN SECRETLY BROUGHT 13:03 IN, SLIPPED IN TO SPY ON OUR FREEDOM WHICH WE HAVE 13:10 IN CHRIST JESUS THAT THEY MIGHT BRING US INTO 13:11 BONDAGE, TO THEM WE DID NOT YEILD SUBMISSION EVEN 13:14 FOR A MOMENT." AND WE GO DOWN NOW INTO THE MIDDLE 13:21 OF VERSE SEVEN OR ACTUALLY THE BEGINNING OF 13:22 VERSE SEVEN, "BUT ON THE CONTRARY WHEN THEY SAW 13:27 THAT I HAD BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE GOSPEL TO THE 13:31 UNCIRCUMSIZED JUST AS PETER HAD BEEN ENTRUSTED 13:32 TO THE GOSPEL TO THE CIRCUMCISION." ANYWAY, 13:36 WHAT THEY'RE SAYING HERE IS, PAUL SAYS, THESE GOOD 13:42 BROTHERS, THE APOSTLES, THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH 13:43 IN JERUSALEM REALIZED THAT GOD HAD CALLED TO PREACH 13:48 TO THE GENTILES. HE CALLS THEM UNCIRCUMSIZED BECAUSE 13:53 THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE. 13:53 >>BILL: RIGHT. RIGHT. 13:54 >>DR. KNIGHT: BUT THESE ARE SHORTHAND EXPRESSIONS. 13:57 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: YOU HAVE YOUR MISSION, 14:00 PAUL. YOU GO TO THE GENTILES. WE HAVE 14:01 OUR MISSION. WE'RE TO GO.>>BILL: TO GO TO THE 14:04 JEWS. >>DR. KNIGHT:. YEAH, SO, THE FIRST THING HE HAS 14:06 TO DEMONSTRATE IS THAT HE DID NOT GET HIS GOSPEL 14:07 FROM THE APOSTLES BUT THE APOSTLES AGREED TO 14:15 IT.>>BILL: YEAH. >>DR. 14:16 KNIGHT: AND THEY HAD NO BURDEN TO GET TITUS 14:19 CIRCUMSIZED. SO THAT'S HIS FIRST STEP IN HIS 14:23 ARGUMENT. THAT HIS CALLING IS OF DIVINE ORIGIN. THE 14:24 NEXT THING THAT HE M IS TO PROVE THAT HE'S AT 14:33 LEAST AS GOOD AN APOSTLE AS PETER. OKAY. SO LET'S 14:38 GET DOWN TO VERSE 11. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 14:39 KNIGHT: THAT WHEN CEPHEUS, THAT IS PETER, CAME TO 14:42 ANTIOCH I OPPOSED HIM TO HIS FAITH BECAUSE HE STOOD 14:51 CONDEMNED. I'M TELLING YOU BILL, SOMETIMES I READ THE 14:52 NEW TESTAMENT AND I THINK, OH, THE CHURCH BACK 14:56 IN THOSE DAYS, THE GOOD BROTHERS.>>BILL: THEY GOT 14:59 ALONG. >>DR. KNIGHT:.THEY GOT ALL GOT LONG. BUT I 15:01 CALL THIS THE GOOD NEWS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. >>BILL: 15:05 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T ALL 15:08 GET ALONG. AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR ONE REASON 15:09 BECAUSE WE STILL DON'T ALL GET ALONG. >>BILL: 15:12 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: WE HAVE STRONG OPINIONS AND 15:13 SOMETIMES WE HAVE WEAKNESSES. >>BILL: THAT'S 15:14 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: WELL, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT PETER 15:17 WAS WEAK BEFORE PENTACOST >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 15:18 KNIGHT: BUT AFTER HE GOT BAPTIZED BY THE SPIRIT, 15:19 DID HE STILL HAVE WEAKNESSES? YOU BET. 15:21 >>BILL: OF COURSE. HE'S HUMAN, RIGHT? >>DR. 15:24 KNIGHT: YEAH. SO PAUL SAYS, "I OPPOSED HIM TO 15:25 HIS FACE BECAUSE HE STOOD CONDEMNED". NOW WATCH THE 15:29 SITUATION. "FOR BEFORE CERTAIN MEN CAME FROM 15:34 JAMES HE ATE WITH THE GENTILES." >>BILL: OOPS. 15:35 YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: THAT IS, HE TREATED THEM AS 15:38 EQUALS. >>BILL: EQUALS. 15:39 RIGHT. HE DIDN'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE. >>DR. KNIGHT: 15:42 "BUT WHEN HE CAME BACK AND SEPARATED HIMSELF, FEARING 15:43 THE CIRCUMCISION PARTY", THAT IS THE JUDIZERS, THE 15:44 FALSE TEACHERS, "AND WITH HIM THE REST OF THE JEWS 15:50 ACTED INSINCERELY SO THAT EVEN BARNABUS WAS CARRIED 15:56 AWAY BY THEIR INSINCERITY". LET'S PUT 15:57 THIS IN CONTEXT. HERE'S PETER EATING WITH THE 16:03 GENTILES, YOU KNOW. THE JEWS HAD A RULE. YOU CAN'T 16:08 EAT.>>BILL: ASSOCIATE. 16:09 ANYTHING. ANY ASSOCIATION WITH THEM. RIGHT. >>DR. 16:12 KNIGHT: NO. BUT PETER HAD A VISION ON THIS TOPIC. 16:13 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 16:14 >>DR. KNIGHT: ACTS, THE TENTH CHAPTER. >>BILL: 16:15 THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 16:16 KNIGHT: HE SAW THE SHEEP LET DOWN FROM HEAVEN OF 16:17 UNCLEAN ANIMALS AND HE SAID, LORD, I'VE NEVER 16:19 EATEN ANYTHING UNCLEAN IN MY LIFE. >>BILL: THAT'S 16:22 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: THE LORD TOLD HIM LATER IN THE 16:23 VISION, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT UNCLEAN ANIMALS. I'M 16:26 NOT TALKING ABOUT EATING I'M TALKING ABOUT.>>BILL: 16:30 PEOPLE. >>DR. 16:30 KNIGHT:.GENTILES. YOU MAY FEEL FREE TO ASSOCIATE 16:34 WITH THESE. THAT THEY'RE CHRISTIANS. >>BILL: 16:35 ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. KNIGHT: AND SO PETER ATE 16:37 WITH THEM. BUT NOW, PETER ALSO.>>BILL: THE GUYS COME 16:43 FROM HEAD OFFICE .>>DR. 16:43 KNIGHT:.YOU KNOW, BILL, THERE MUST BE A PASTORAL 16:46 LESSON HERE. SOMETIMES, EVEN GOOD CHRISTIANS DON'T 16:47 ALWAYS PRACTICE EVERYTHING THEY KNOW TO BE RIGHT. 16:56 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 16:56 KNIGHT: AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ACT OF GRACE IF 16:59 THEY HAVE A PASTOR OR A FRIEND, WHO IN THE SPIRIT 17:04 OF JESUS, CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT 17:05 PRACTICING WHAT YOU BELIEVE. AND THAT'S WHAT 17:10 PAUL'S DOING HERE. BUT BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE 17:14 NATURE OF THE EVENT, IT'S A LITTLE MORE 17:15 CONFRONTATIONAL THAN PROBABLY ANYBODY WOULD 17:19 LIKE. OKAY. VERSE 14, "BUT WHEN I SAW THAT THEY WERE 17:26 NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD ABOUT THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL, 17:27 I SAID TO CEPHEUS BEFORE THEM ALL, IF YOU BEING A 17:30 JEW LIVE LIKE A GENTILE AND NOT LIKE A JEW, HOW 17:34 CAN YOU COMPELL THE GENTILES TO LIVE LIKE 17:35 JEWS?" THAT IS, IF YOU WERE EATING WITH THESE 17:38 GUYS, BROTHERS, HOW COME NOW? >>BILL: YEAH, WHY IS 17:42 THERE AN ISSUE NOW? >>DR. 17:42 KNIGHT: YEAH. >>BILL: WHAT HAPPENED? >>DR. KNIGHT: 17:45 THEN HE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PLAN OF SALVATION. NOT 17:46 BECAUSE, LIKE IN ROMANS, HE'S GIVING AN EXPOSITION, 17:51 BUT HE WANTS TO SAY, LOOK IT, WE WERE ALL SAVED IN 17:57 THE SAME WAY. AND IT WAS NOT BY KEEPING THE JEWISH 17:58 LAW. NO. WE - THIS IS A GREAT PASSAGE ON 18:04 SALVATION. BUT PAUL IS NOT TALKING ABOUT SALVATION. 18:11 WELL, HE IS BUT IT'S ONLY AS AN ILLUSTRATION. YOU 18:12 DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THIS STUFF. YOU DON'T HAVE TO 18:18 BECOME A JEW FIRST AND GO THROUGH THE CIRCUMCISION 18:21 AND ALL THE REST OF THIS. 18:21 BUT AS A SIDE BENEFIT, WE GET A TREMENDOUS TEACHING 18:25 DOWN HERE IN VERSE 16. "YET WHO KNOWS THAT A 18:27 MAN IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY A WORKS OF THE LAW BUT 18:36 THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. EVEN WE HAVE 18:44 BELIEVED IN CHRIST JESUS IN ORDER TO BE JUSTIFIED 18:45 BY FAITH IN CHRIST AND NOT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW 18:50 BECAUSE BY WORKS OF THE LAW SHALL NO FLESH BE 18:55 JUSTIFIED." HERE WE HAVE ONE OF PAUL'S GREAT 18:56 STATEMENTS ON SALVATION. 19:01 BUT PLEASE REMEMBER HIS PURPOSE IS NOT TO TALK 19:02 ABOUT SALVATION AS A DOCTRINE. HIS PURPOSE 19:09 IS TO SAY, LOOK IT, BOTH JEWS AND GENTILES HAD ONE 19:16 SALVATION THEREFORE THERE SHOULD BE ONE TABLE. 19:17 JEWS NOT EATING AT THAT TABLE.>>BILL: RIGHT. 19:27 >>DR. KNIGHT:.AND GENTILES AT THAT TABLE. LOOK IT, IF 19:30 LAW, IF IT WAS BY, IF IT WAS BY KEEPING THE LAW, 19:31 YEAH, PUT THE JEWS OVER HERE AND THE GENTILES, NO, 19:39 NO, NO. WE WERE ALL SAVED IN.>>BILL: THE SAME WAY. 19:43 >>DR. KNIGHT:.ONE WAY. 19:43 >>BILL: THE SAME WAY. 19:44 >>DR. KNIGHT: AND HE WILL BUILD, HE WILL TAKE THIS 19:45 WORD FAITH NOW AND HE WILL BRING IT INTO THE ARGUMENT 19:48 ABOUT ABRAHAM. WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT IN THE NEXT 19:49 COUPLE OF CHAPTERS BUT I'LL JUST INTRODUCE IT 19:54 RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE THE JEWS SAID THE BIG THING 19:58 ABOUT ABRAHAM IS THAT HE WAS CIRCUMSIZED. >>BILL: 19:59 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO 20:03 BE A CHILD OF ABRAHAM. BUT PAUL WILL GO BACK TO THE 20:06 OLD TESTAMENT AND SAY, WAIT A MINUTE.>>BILL: IT 20:07 ISN'T LIKE THAT. >>DR. 20:10 KNIGHT:.THAT'S ONLY THE OUT WARD SIGN OF AN INWARD 20:11 EXPERIENCE. >>BILL: RIGHT. 20:13 >>DR. KNIGHT: ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD AND WAS 20:14 JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. AND SO ABRAHAM, WE'RE GOING TO 20:22 SEE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF CHAPTERS, BECOMES A 20:26 PRIMARY PLAYER IN THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION. WHAT 20:27 DOES IT MEAN TO BE A CHILD OF ABRAHAM? PAUL IS GOING 20:33 TO ARGUE AS HE DOES HERE, "THAT A MAN", VERSE 16, 20:38 "IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY WORKS OF LAW BUT THROUGH FAITH 20:39 IN JESUS CHRIST. EVEN WE WHO HAVE BELIEVED IN 20:47 CHRIST JESUS IN ORDER TO BE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH IN 20:52 CHRIST, NOT BY WORKS OF THE LAW BECAUSE BY WORKS 20:53 OF THE LAW SHALL NO ONE BE JUSTIFIED. NOW, PAUL 20:58 HAS RAISED SEVERAL ISSUES HERE. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED 21:03 ABOUT ONE. HE'S RAISED THE ISSUE OF FAITH. HOW DOES 21:04 THAT PLAY INTO THE WHOLE COVENANT EXPERIENCE? TO 21:08 BE A PERSON, A BELIEVER IN THE PEOPLE OF GOD BUT HE'S 21:15 ALSO RAISED THE ISSUE OF LAW. AND PAUL IS GOING TO 21:16 HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE WHOLE ISSUE OF LAW IN 21:22 CHAPTER THREE. I MEAN, AFTERALL, ROMANS SEVEN 21:27 PAUL BELIEVES THAT THE LAW IS GOOD, IT'S NOT BAD. BUT 21:29 IN 1TIMOTHY IN THE FIRST CHAPTER, AND ABOUT THE 21:34 FIRST EIGHT OR TEN, HE TELLS US THAT THE LAW IS 21:37 GOOD IF IT'S USED LAWFULLY. >>BILL: 21:37 CORRECTLY. ABSOLUTELY. 21:41 >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH. SO THERE'S A CORRECT WAY AND 21:42 AN INCORRECT WAY THE LAW BUT ONE WAY, AS WE NOTED 21:45 LAST TIME, THE LAW IS NEVER A LADDER TO HEAVEN. 21:52 OKAY. SO HE GOES ONE, VERSE 19, "FOR I THROUGH 21:53 THE LAW, FOR THE LAW," THAT IS HE'S DYING TO THE 22:03 LAW AS A WAY OF SALVATION THAT I MIGHT LIVE TO GOD. 22:08 I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST. THIS IS ONE; THIS 22:09 IS A GREAT MEMORY VERSE, BILL. EVERY CHRISTIAN 22:17 OUGHT TO MEMORIZE THIS PASSAGE. >>BILL: YES. 22:21 ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. KNIGHT: "I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED 22:22 WITH CHRIST IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVE BUT 22:23 CHRIST WHO LIVES IN ME AND THE LIFE I NOW LIVE IN THE 22:26 FLESH I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD WHO LOVED 22:27 ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." OH, THAT'S A 22:33 POWERFUL PASSAGE. >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. KNIGHT: 22:36 WHEN WE COME TO JESUS IT'S A CRUCIFIXION OF 22:37 THE OLD SELF-CENTERED ACHIEVEMENT.>>BILL: YES. 22:41 >>DR. KNIGHT:.ORIENTATION. 22:42 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: AND SAY, GOD THERE IS 22:46 NOTHING I CAN DO; YOU MUST DO IT FOR ME. AND WITH 22:48 THAT WE HAVE THE INTERNALIZATION OF THE 22:49 HOLY SPIRIT. CHRIST LIVES OUT THE PRINCIPLES OF HIS 22:55 LOVE. OR THE PRINCIPLES OF HIS LAW, IF YOU SO DESIRE, 23:01 WITHIN OUR LIVES. WE HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED BUT AS 23:02 ROMANS SIX SAYS, YOU'RE NOT ONLY CRUCIFIED, YOU'RE 23:07 RESURRECTED TO A NEW WAY OF LIFE AND PAUL IS GOING 23:11 TO PLAY OUT THIS THEME, ALSO, IN THE LAST TWO 23:12 CHAPTERS OF GALATIONS. SO HE'S REALLY, IN THESE FEW 23:16 VERSES, 16 DOWN TO 21, HE HAS RAISED ALL THE ISSUES 23:23 HE'S GOING TO BE TREATING IN THE LAST FOUR CHAPTERS 23:24 NOW WHAT DOES FAITH MEAN IN TERMS OF ABRAHAM? HOW 23:29 DOES THE LAW WORK IN OUR LIVES? AND WHAT DOES THIS 23:32 MEAN FOR YOUR WALK WITH GOD? >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 23:33 KNIGHT: NOW, HE'S GOING TO FINISH OFF. >>BILL: YEAH, 23:35 THIS IS INCREDIBLE THE WAY.HE REALLY NAILS IT 23:38 HERE, DOESN'T HE? >>DR. 23:39 KNIGHT: OH YEAH. YEAH. 23:39 >>BILL: THIS IS INCREDIBLE HERE, ISN'T IT? >>DR. 23:43 KNIGHT: "I DO NOT NULLIFY THE GRACE OF GOD FOR IF 23:46 JUSTIFICATION WERE THROUGH THE LAW THEN CHRIST DIED 23:47 TO NO PURPOSE." >>BILL: WOW. YEAH. >>DR. KNIGHT: 23:54 I MEAN, YOU KNOW.>>BILL: HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ARGUE 23:58 THAT? >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH. 23:58 AND REMEMBER THESE ARE NOT JEWS HE'S DEALING WITH. 24:02 THESE ARE CHRISTIAN JEWS WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS 24:03 THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE 24:08 PLAN OF SALVATION BUT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING IS THAT 24:12 GRACE IS NOT ENOUGH. YOU MUST.>>BILL: YOU'VE GOT 24:13 TO DO YOUR PART. >>DR. 24:19 KNIGHT:.YOU MUST ADD WORKS TO GRACE. AND PAUL'S 24:20 SAYING, NO, NO, NO, HOW CAN YOU BE DECEIVED? THAT 24:24 IS ANOTHER GOSPEL AND THERE IS NO OTHER GOSPEL. 24:32 BECAUSE IF JUSTIFICATION IS THE LAW, THROUGH THE 24:33 LAW, YOU DON'T NEED JESUS. 24:38 IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER. 24:39 >>BILL: WHY DID JESUS DIE ON THE CROSS? >>DR. 24:41 KNIGHT: SO, PAUL IS IN A DEATH STRUGGLE AND WE'RE 24:42 GOING TO CONTINUE THAT ON WITH THE THEOLOGY 24:45 IN CHAPTER THREE AND FOUR >>BILL: WONDERFUL. LET US 24:49 PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF 24:50 JESUS. HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY. 24:56 FATHER, IF ANYONE WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE HAS 25:01 NOT YET ACCEPTED THE GIFT OF SALVATION, MAY THEY 25:02 RECEIVE IT NOW. IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. >>DR. 25:07 KNIGHT: AMEN. 25:11 (MUSIC) 25:27 >>BILL: WELL, I HOPE THAT THIS STUDY OF THE BOOK 25:28 OF GALATIONS HAS WET YOUR APPETITE TO LEARN 25:30 MORE ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS CONTAINED IN THIS 25:33 POWERFUL, POWERFUL BOOK, THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 25:34 IF YOU'D LIKE TO BEGIN A COURSE OF BIBLE STUDIES, 25:39 WE HAVE A GREAT TOOL TO HELP YOU. IT'S CALLED THE 25:43 BIBLE, "THE DISCOVER BIBLE STUDY GUIDES". THEY ARE 25:44 FREE; THEY COME BY MAIL, NO OBLIGATION ON YOUR 25:49 PART. YOU JUST COMPLETE THEM, SEND THEM BACK, WE 25:53 SEND YOU THE NEXT ONE. 25:53 IT'S AN EXCELLENT WAY TO GET DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF 25:57 SCRIPTURE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO BEGIN YOUR COURSE, 25:58 HERE'S THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO RECEIVE 26:02 YOUR FIRST LESSON. 27:05 >>BILL: DR. KNIGHT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WE 27:06 LOOK FORWARD TO OUR STUDY NEXT WEEK. >>DR. KNIGHT: 27:07 DO TOO. >>BILL: IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING 27:09 DR. KNIGHT'S BOOK, "EXPLORING GALATIONS AND 27:10 EPHESIANS", THERE WILL BE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE 27:14 ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA WHERE YOU CAN GET THIS BOOK. IF 27:19 YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRE-ORDER THIS SERIES ON 27:20 DVD, YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND FOR A 27:25 DONATION OF $20 WE'D BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU THE 27:29 COMPLETE SERIES ON DVD. REMEMBER TO 27:30 VISIT THE WEBSITE, ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA, YOU 27:34 CAN SEND A PRAYER REQUEST, YOU CAN COMMENT ON THE 27:38 PROGRAMS, AND YOU CAN EVEN SEND A DONATION. WELL, 27:39 WE PRAY THAT THE GOOD LORD WILL GIVE US THE 27:42 OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK TOGETHER WITH YOU AGAIN 27:46 NEXT WEEK. I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US. UNTIL THEN, 27:47 REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY 27:49 BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM 27:54 THE MOUTH OF GOD. 27:59 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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