Participants: Bill Santos (Host), George Knight
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201103
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00:01 >>BILL: ON TODAY'S "IT IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM WE ARE
00:02 CONTINUING OUR EXPLORATION OF THE BOOK OF GALATIONS 00:04 WITH OUR SPECIAL GUEST, DR. GEORGE KNIGHT. "IT IS 00:09 WRITTEN" BEGINS RIGHT NOW. 00:14 (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. 00:42 (MUSIC) 00:51 >> BILL: WELL, LET ME WELCOME ALL OF OUR VIEWERS 00:52 TO THIS WEEKS PROGRAM. 00:54 THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US TODAY 00:55 YOU KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE HAVE BEEN 00:58 MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE BOOK OF GALATIONS AND 01:01 LEADING US ON THAT EXPLORATION HAS BEEN OUR 01:02 SPECIAL GUEST, DR. KNIGHT AND HE'S BACK WITH 01:06 US AGAIN THIS WEEK. THANK YOU, DR. KNIGHT, FOR BEING 01:08 HERE. >>DR. KNIGHT: GOOD TO BE HERE BILL. IT'S 01:09 HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ALREADY IN OUR THIRD WEEK. 01:12 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO, WE HAVE.IN OUR FIRST 01:14 WEEK WE GOT AN OVERVIEW, A GOOD CONTEXT OF WHAT SOME 01:15 OF THE CHALLENGES AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT 01:23 PAUL WAS FACING, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HIS THEOLOGY 01:27 AND THEN LAST WEEK, CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO WHERE 01:28 HE ASSERTS HIS AUTHORITY. 01:33 >>DR. KNIGHT: HE HAS TO PROVE THAT HE HAS SOME 01:34 AUTHORITY. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: 01:38 .IN ORDER TO ASSERT IT. 01:39 >>BILL: THERE WAS SOME UNDERMINING THERE OF HIS 01:41 AUTHORITY AND HIS CALLING. 01:42 >>DR. KNIGHT: THAT'S RIGHT. >>BILL:.AND SO, WE 01:44 GOT THAT, HE GOES THROUGH THAT AND GIVE US A LITTLE 01:50 BIT OF THAT BACKGROUND AND POSITIONS HIMSELF, 01:52 ESTABLISHES SOME CREDENTIALS FOR WHY HE'S 01:55 ABLE TO TEACH WHAT HE CAN TEACH. >>DR. KNIGHT: HE'S 02:01 GOT TO PROVE THAT HE IS AN APOSTLE EQUAL TO THOSE 02:02 DISCIPLES.>>BILL: RIGHT. 02:06 >>DR. KNIGHT:.WHO BECAME APOSTLES AT THE DEATH OF 02:07 JESUS. >>BILL: YES. AND I THINK THIS OTHER POINT 02:09 THAT I THOUGHT, AT LEAST IT RESONATED WITH ME, WITH 02:12 THIS IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE GOSPEL AND IF 02:13 IT'S NOT, IF IT'S NOT THIS TRUTH THEN.HE CALLS IT 02:16 A DIFFERENT GOSPEL, RIGHT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THERE. 02:20 THERE'S ONE TRUTH. >>DR. 02:21 KNIGHT: ONE GOSPEL. 02:21 >>BILL: I'M AMAZED, HE SAYS. >>DR. KNIGHT: AND 02:26 HE'S GOING TO BRING THAT TO A CLIMAX AT THE END OF 02:29 CHAPTER, CHAPTER THREE. 02:30 AS TO HOW THAT FITS INTO OUR LIFE TODAY. YOU KNOW, 02:36 BILL, YOU GET DOWN TO THE END OF THE CHAPTER AND 02:37 THERE'S NOT MUCH ROOM FOR DISCRIMINATION. SEXUAL, 02:41 RACIAL. >>BILL: SURE. 02:41 >>DR. KNIGHT:.OR ANY OTHER KIND. BECAUSE, IF WE 02:46 ARE ALL LOST AND IF WE ARE ALL SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH 02:51 FAITH, WE ARE ONE FAMILY. 02:52 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 02:52 >>DR. KNIGHT: AND THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH REALLY 02:57 NEEDS TO LIVE THIS OUT IN EVERY COMMUNITY IN WHICH 03:02 WE EXIST. >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. NOW YOU HAD 03:03 SAID IN CHAPTERS THREE AND FOUR NOW, HE'S DEALING 03:06 WITH THIS THEOLOGY. IS THAT.>>DR. KNIGHT: YES, 03:09 CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO BASICALLY DEAL WITH THE 03:10 HISTORY OF THE PROBLEM WHICH HE PROVES 03:15 IS GOING BACK HISTORICALLY DEMONSTRATES THAT HE WAS A 03:20 TRUE APOSTLE, AT LEAST EQUAL TO PETER, AND, OF 03:21 COURSE, HE HAD TO SHOW HOW HE CONFRONTED PETER. HE 03:26 CAME OFF WINNER. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH, 03:30 I'M EQUAL TO PETER. BUT HE HAS TO DO THIS. THIS 03:31 IS NOT SOMETHING THAT PAUL WANTED TO DO. I DON'T 03:34 THINK PAUL WANTED TO DOWNPLAY THE AUTHORITY OF 03:38 ANOTHER APOSTLE. THAT WAS NOT HIS PURPOSE. BUT PETER 03:39 DID WHAT WAS WRONG.>>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: 03:44 .AND PAUL STOOD UP TO HIM. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 03:46 KNIGHT: ON THE BASIS OF THE UNITY OF THE GOSPEL 03:48 AND WE'RE ALL SAVED IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. 03:52 >>BILL: THE SAME WAY. 03:52 >>DR. KNIGHT: AND THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THAT 03:55 BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE IN VERSE 16, THAT "NOBODY IS SAVED 03:57 BY WORKS OF THE LAW BUT WE ARE SAVED BY OUR FAITH 03:58 IN JESUS CHRIST". WHO THEN COMES TO INDWELL 04:05 US IN THAT POWERFUL PASSAGE.>>BILL: YES. >>DR. 04:09 KNIGHT:.I'VE BEEN CRUCIFIED BY CHRIST 04:09 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: CHAPTER TWENTY OF CHAPTER 04:11 TWO, "I'VE BEEN CRUCIFIED BY CHRIST. IT IS NO LONGER 04:14 I WHO LIVE BUT CHRIST WHO LIVES IN ME". YOU KNOW, 04:15 BILL, IF EVERY CHRISTIAN HAD CHRIST LIVING IN THEM 04:20 WOULDN'T THE WORLD BE A WONDERFUL PLACE? >>BILL: 04:31 ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. KNIGHT: IN FACT, EVEN THE CHURCH 04:32 WOULD BE A WONDERFUL PLACE. >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. 04:34 IT WOULD. WASN'T IT GHANDI WHO SAID, "I WOULD HAVE 04:35 BEEN A CHRISTIAN IF CHRISTIANS HADN'T ACTED 04:36 MORE LIKE CHRISTIANS", RIGHT? IF THEY HAD BEEN, 04:40 IF THEY ACTUALLY LIVED OUT IN THEIR LIVES WHAT THE 04:42 LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST, RIGHT? >>DR. KNIGHT: 04:43 THAT'S RIGHT. >>BILL: THAT'S A RESPONSIBLE 04:44 THOUGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: ACTUALLY, I SAW A BUMPER 04:46 STICKER ONE TIME. 04:47 IT SAYS, 'JESUS, SAVE ME.' THEN DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IN 04:48 SMALL PRINT, 'FROM YOUR PEOPLE'. WELL, I DON'T 04:49 THINK THE 'FROM YOUR PEOPLE' PART WAS 04:52 CHRISTIANS, IT WAS CHURCH MEMBERS. >>BILL: RIGHT. 04:57 >>DR. KNIGHT: AND BILL, I THINK PAUL IS REALLY 04:58 TRYING TO RESCUE HIS PEOPLE. HE WANTS ALL 05:02 THE CHURCH MEMBERS TO BE CHRISTIANS. AND AS PASTORS 05:06 THAT'S OUR MINISTRY. 05:06 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: NOT ONLY TO EVANGELIZE THE 05:10 WORLD OUT THERE BUT TO EVANGELIZE THE CHURCH 05:11 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: SO THAT THEY KNOW 05:14 JESUS CAN LIVE WITHIN THEM >>BILL: YES. WELL, I GUESS 05:17 WITH THAT LITTLE OVERVIEW, JUST BRINGING OUT VIEWERS 05:18 UP TO SPEED WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WITH US THE LAST 05:23 COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND JUST TO REMIND THEM YOU CAN 05:25 ALWAYS GO ON OUR WEBSITE TO SEE THE PAST EPISODES 05:26 ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED 05:29 THOSE. WE'RE GOING TO HEAD INTO, IS IT CHAPTERS THREE 05:35 AND FOUR THIS WEEK? >>DR. 05:36 KNIGHT: THAT'S IT. >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. KNIGHT: AND 05:37 PAUL STARTS OFF RUNNING JUST AS HE DID BACK IN 05:38 CHAPTER ONE AND VERSE SIX, "I'M ASTONISHED HOW 05:43 QUICKLY YOU'VE DESERTED THE TRUE GOSPEL". >>BILL: 05:46 THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR KNIGHT: NOW, VERSE ONE, 05:47 "OH FOOLISH GALATIONS", I MEAN, COME ON NOW. >>BILL: 05:52 TALK ABOUT MAKING FRIENDS AND INFLUENCING PEOPLE, 05:55 RIGHT? >>DR. KNIGHT: YEAH, YEAH. THIS IS WHAT HE WAS 05:56 ACCUSED OF, IS TRYING TO BE A POPULAR 05:58 PREACHER.>>BILL: RIGHT. 05:59 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT:..AND ONLY PREACHING GRACE SO 06:02 THE PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF 06:05 THESE THINGS, LIKE CIRCUMCISION. >>BILL: 06:06 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: PAUL IS NOT A REAL PREACHER. 06:10 HE'S NOT GIVING THE.WE CALL IT 'THE STRAIGHT 06:12 TESTIMONY'. >>BILL: RIGHT. 06:12 >>DR. KNIGHT: PAUL SAYS, LOOK IT, GRACE IS STRAIGHT 06:14 TESTIMONY. "OH FOOLISH GALATIONS, WHO HAS 06:15 BEWITCHED YOU? BEFORE WHO'S EYES JESUS CHRIST 06:23 WAS PUBLICLY PORTRAYED AS CRUCIFIED." I WANT TO STOP 06:32 HERE WITH THIS WORD 'CRUCIFIED'. YOU KNOW, 06:33 EARLIER ON, PAUL TELLS US IN CHAPTER ONE HE WAS 06:38 A PERSECUTOR OF CHRISTIANS >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: 06:44 DO YOU KNOW WHY HE HATED CHRIST? BECAUSE CHRIST 06:45 WAS CRUCIFIED. HOW COULD A CRIMINAL BE MESSIAH? 06:47 MESSIAH WAS TO BE KING. 06:48 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 06:52 KNIGHT: AND SUDDENLY THE THING THAT HE HATED MOST 06:53 ABOUT CHRISTIANITY BECOMES THE VERY CENTRE OF THE 06:59 GOSPEL. >>BILL: RIGHT. 07:00 >>DR. KNIGHT: WHEN JESUS.WHEN PAUL REALIZES, 07:03 HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE OLD 07:08 TESTAMENT IT IS A CRUCIFIED, A LAMB OF 07:09 GOD WHO DIES FOR US. SO CRUCIFIXION WENT FROM 07:14 BEING THE MOST HATEFUL PART OF CHRISTIANITY TO 07:18 THE VERY CENTRE. WHAT IS IT HE SAYS IN GALATIONS, 07:19 "I GLORY IN THE CROSS OF CHRIST". OKAY, SO. "OH 07:24 FOOLISH GALATIONS WHO HAS BEWITCHED ME, BEWITCHED 07:29 YOU, LET ME".VERSE TWO, "LET ME ASK YOU THIS, 07:30 DID YOU RECEIVE SPIRIT BY WORKS OF THE LAW 07:35 OR BY HEARING WITH FAITH? 07:36 NOTICE THESE BELIEVERS ARE CHRISTIANS. THEY HAD 07:42 RECEIVED THE SPIRIT. PAUL IS NOT TALKING TO PEOPLE 07:47 WHO DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A GENUINE EXPERIENCE 07:48 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 07:52 KNIGHT: BUT HERE'S PEOPLE WHO HAD A GENUINE 07:53 EXPERIENCE WHO GOT MISLEAD BY SOME FALSE TEACHERS 07:56 WHO SAY, LOOK IT. WE'VE GOT THE WHOLE TRUTH. YOUR 08:03 PREACHER, PAUL, HE'S ONLY GIVING YOU PART OF IT OF 08:04 THE TRUTH. >>BILL: RIGHT. 08:08 >>DR. KNIGHT: BUT WE'VE GOT THE WHOLE TRUTH. 08:09 AND, YOU KNOW, BILL, AS A PASTOR YOU'VE PROBABLY 08:11 FOUND SOME OF THESE PEOPLE IN SOME OF THE CHURCHES 08:15 YOU'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH. 08:15 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: YOU KNOW. THEY'RE SAYING, 08:17 YOU KNOW, THE PREACHER, THE CHURCH DOESN'T HAVE 08:18 THE TRUTH. COME LISTEN TO US. WE'VE GOT THE TRUE 08:23 LIGHT. >>BILL: RIGHT. 08:23 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: AND I'VE SEEN SO MANY 08:26 BEWITCHED. >>BILL: YES. 08:27 >>DR. KNIGHT: I'M GONNA TELL YOU THIS. YOU KNOW 08:30 THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT; THOU SHALT NEVER TRUST THE 08:32 THEOLOGIANS. WELL YOU COULD PARAPHRASE THAT 08:33 AND SAY, THOU SHALL NEVER TRUST A PASTOR. YOU ALWAYS 08:37 GO TO THE BIBLE. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: JUST 08:42 LIKE TIMOTHY.THESSALONIANS SAY, YOU SHOULD TEST THE 08:43 PROPHETS. YOU NEED TO TEST EVERY TEACHER THAT THEY 08:47 ARE ACCORDING TO GOD'S WORD. >>BILL: THAT'S 08:50 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: NONE OF US CAN EVER STAND 08:51 OUTSIDE OR ABOVE THE WRITTEN WORD. AND ISN'T 08:56 THAT WHAT 'IT IS WRITTEN' IS ALL ABOUT? >>BILL: 08:59 ABSOLUTELY, IT IS. >>DR. 09:00 KNIGHT: OKAY, NOW, WE'RE GONNA GET DOWN.LET'S GO TO 09:07 VERSE FIVE, "DOES HE WHO SUPPLIES THE SPIRIT TO YOU 09:08 AND WORKS MIRACLESS AMONG YOU DO SO BY WORKS OF THE 09:12 LAW, OR BY HEARING WITH FAITH?" OKAY, WHAT IS IT 09:17 GOING TO BE? YOU GUYS ARE OBVIOUSLY CHRISTIANS, 09:18 YOU'VE BEEN CONVERTED, YOU'VE WORKED MIRACLES, 09:23 YOU DO THIS, YOU DO THAT, YOU HAVE HAD A GENUINE 09:26 EXPERIENCE, HOW DID YOU RECEIVE THAT EXPERIENCE 09:27 THEN HE GOES INTO THE WITNESS OF ABRAHAM 09:33 BEGINNING IN VERSE SIX, "THUS ABRAHAM 'BELIEVED 09:38 GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 09:39 SO YOU SEE THAT IT IS MEN OF FAITH WHO ARE THE SONS 09:47 OF ABRAHAM." AND THEN HE CONTINUES TO QUOTE DOWN AT 09:56 THE END OF VERSE EIGHT, "AND YOU SHALL ALL THE 09:57 NATIONS BE BLESSED." THIS WORD 'NATIONS' IN THE 10:03 GREEK IS 'GENTILES' >>BILL: OH WELL. >>DR. 10:09 KNIGHT: SO, ALL THE GENTILES WERE TO BE 10:10 BLESSED THROUGH ABRAHAM. 10:11 NOW THE KEY ISSUE IS, WHAT WAS IT ABOUT ABRAHAM THAT 10:13 MADE HIM SPECIAL? AND THE ARGUMENT WILL BE 10:20 OVER CIRCUMCISION BECAUSE ABRAHAM SAID CIRCUMCISION 10:25 WAS A SIGN OF THE COVENANT. >>BILL: YES. 10:26 >>DR. KNIGHT: OKAY, HERE YOU ARE, YOU'VE BEEN 10:29 CIRCUMCISED, AS A MALE THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE A 10:32 PART OF GOD'S PEOPLE. 10:32 YOU ARE A PART OF THE CONVENANT PEOPLE. PAUL IS 10:35 GOING TO SAY.>>BILL: NO. THAT'S NO GOOD. 10:36 >>DR. KNIGHT: BEFORE CIRCUMCISION, ABRAHAM WAS 10:41 COUNTED RIGHTEOUS. EVEN BEFORE THE CIRCUMCISION, 10:46 BY FAITH. HE BELIEVED IN GOD IN SPITE OF THE 10:47 DIFFICULTIES HE AND SARAH FACED. I MEAN, AFTERALL, 10:55 YOU'RE GOING TO BE A FATHER AT 100 YEARS OLD, 10:59 YOUR WIFE IS 90. COME ON NOW, THAT TAKES A MIRACLE 11:00 >>BILL: YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. 11:05 >>DR. KNIGHT: IT TOOK FAITH. ABRAHAM WAS COUNTED 11:06 RIGHTEOUS BY FAITH. THIS WAS ALL PART OF THE 11:12 ARGUMENT. IT SEEMS STRANGE TO US BECAUSE WE DON'T 11:15 ARGUE THESE THINGS. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND 11:17 THE BOOK OF GALATIONS, WE HAVE TO. >>BILL: RIGHT. 11:18 >>DR. KNIGHT: OKAY. NOW, PAUL IS GOING TO TURN, IN 11:27 VERSE 10, TO THE FUNCTION OF THE LAW AND THE 11:28 FUNCTION OF THE CROSS. AND HE'S GOING TO SPEND THE 11:34 REST OF THE CHAPTER, PRETTY MUCH, ON THESE 11:37 TOPICS. VERSE 10, "FOR ALL WHO RELY ON WORKS 11:38 OF THE LAW ARE UNDER A CURSE". >>BILL: OKAY. 11:41 >>DR. KNIGHT: WHAT DO YOU THINK HE MEANS THERE, 11:44 BILL? >>BILL: WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A LADDER 11:45 FOR SALVATION. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK IT THAT 11:47 WAY, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK THAT WAY. >>DR. 11:50 KNIGHT: YEAH. I MEAN, AFTERALL, WHAT DOES THE 11:51 LAW SAY? IT SAYS, IF YOU DO THIS.>>BILL: YOU'RE 11:52 CURSED. >>DR. KNIGHT: YOU'RE A SINNER. WHAT'S 11:57 THE REWARD FOR SIN? 11:58 >>BILL: THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. >>DR. KNIGHT: 12:01 YEAH, WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. "FOR ALL WHO RELY 12:02 ON WORKS OF THE LAW ARE UNDER A CURSE". THE 12:06 LAW HAS A FUNCTION, SAYS PAUL, TO SHOW YOU OVER AND 12:10 OVER.>>BILL: TO SHOW YOU YOU'RE A SINNER. >>DR. 12:11 KNIGHT: I CAN SHOW YOU YOU'RE A SINNER BUT I 12:12 CAN'T.>>BILL: DO AWAY WITH THAT SIN. >>DR. KNIGHT: I 12:16 CAN'T DO AWAY WITH THE SIN. NO, THAT'S THE 12:17 FUNCTION OF THE LAW. 12:19 >>BILL: YEAH. >>DR. 12:19 KNIGHT: YOU ARE A SINNER. 12:20 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 12:21 KNIGHT: THAT'S AS FAR AS THE LAW CAN TAKE YOU 12:22 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 12:24 >>DR. KNIGHT: DOES THE LAW HAVE A GOOD FUNCTION 12:25 >>BILL: YEAH. >>DR. 12:26 KNIGHT: YES. >>BILL: IMPORTANT FUNCTION. >>DR. 12:27 KNIGHT: YEAH. I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO WAKE 12:29 UP. THE LAW HAS A WAKE UP CALL >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 12:32 >>DR. KNIGHT: OKAY. "FOR ALL WHO RELY ON WORKS OF 12:33 THE LAW ARE UNDER A CURSE, FOR AS WRITTEN CURSE".IT 12:36 GOES ON THERE. AND THEN DOWN HERE IN VERSE ELEVEN, 12:43 "NOW IT IS EVIDENT THAT NO MAN IS JUSTIFIED BEFORE 12:44 GOD BY THE LAW; FOR 'HE WHO THROUGH FAITH IS 12:48 RIGHTEOUS SHALL LIVE'; BY FAITH, BUT THE LAW DOES 12:55 NOT REST ON FAITH, FOR 'HE WHO DOES THEM SHALL LIVE 12:56 BY THEM'." OKAY, WHAT PAUL IS REALLY SAYING HERE IS 13:00 THAT IF YOU KEEP PART OF THE LAW, YOU'VE GOT TO 13:04 KEEP IT ALL. I MEAN, IF IT SAYS, THOU SHALT NOT STEAL 13:05 AND YOU'RE NOT A THIEF BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN BEARING 13:10 FALSE WITNESS, NOW WAIT A MINUTE. >>BILL: THAT'S NOT 13:13 GONNA WORK. >>DR. KNIGHT: YOU'RE STILL COOKED. 13:14 EVERY.IF YOU DECIDE THAT SALVATION IS BY THE 13:16 LAW, THIS IS WHERE FALSE PERFECTIONISM COMES 13:20 IN.>>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 13:21 KNIGHT:.YOU MUST DO EVERY PART. AND IF YOU FAIL, 13:24 EVEN IN THE SMALLEST PART, YOU ARE CONDEMNED. >>BILL: 13:25 GUILTY. >>DR. KNIGHT: VERSE 13, HERE WE COME TO 13:30 POWERFUL PASSAGE, "CHRIST REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE 13:35 OF THE LAW, HAVING BECOME A CURSE FOR US." JESUS 13:36 TOOK OUR SIN. SO, IN CORINTHIANS FIVE, VERSE 13:45 20 SAYS IT A BIT DIFFERENT IT SAYS, "JESUS BECAME SIN 13:47 FOR US." >>BILL: FOR US. 13:47 >>DR. KNIGHT: JOHN 5, WHAT IS IT, 29, JOHN THE 13:52 BAPTIST LOOKS OUT AND HE SEES JESUS AND HE SAYS, 13:53 "BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF 13:58 THE WORLD". JESUS DIED ON OUR BEHALF. HE TOOK THE 14:07 PENALTY FOR THE CURSE OF THE LAW. BECAME A CURSE 14:08 FOR US. VERSE 14, "THAT IN CHRIST JESUS THE 14:17 BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME UPON THE GENTILES 14:20 THAT ALL NATIONS MAY BE BLESSED THROUGH ABRAHAM" 14:21 OKAY, THEN HE GETS INTO QUITE AN ARGUMENT 14:28 HERE ABOUT ABRAHAM AND THE CONVENANT, WHICH WE'RE NOT 14:32 GOING TO HAVE TIME FOR BUT WE DO WANT TO GO TO 14:33 WHAT PAUL SAYS ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF THE LAW. 14:36 >>BILL: OKAY. >>DR. 14:37 KNIGHT: OKAY, VERSE 19, PAUL IS GOING TO ANSWER 14:41 A QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS NOT HERE BUT IF YOU'RE 14:46 SAVED BY GRACE.>>BILL: WHY THE LAW? >>DR. KNIGHT:.WHY 14:47 THE LAW? >>BILL: WHY THE LAW? ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. 14:52 KNIGHT: YEAH. I MEAN, THIS IS A PRETTY SERIOUS 14:53 QUESTION. >>BILL: YES. 14:54 >>DR. KNIGHT: AND THEN YOU SEE THE SAME THING OVER IN 14:55 THE BOOK OF ROMANS. 14:55 ANYBODY THAT DEALS WITH GRACE, THAT GOD GIVES YOU 15:01 SALVATION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING FOR 15:02 IT.>>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 15:03 KNIGHT:.YOU'VE STILL GOT THE DEAL, THEN WHY DOES 15:04 THE LAW.>>BILL: RIGHT. 15:09 >>DR. KNIGHT:.COUNT? AND DOWN HERE IN VERSE 21, 15:10 HE SAYS, "IS THE LAW THEN AGAINST THE PROMISES OF 15:16 GOD? CERTAINLY NOT; FOR IF A LAW HAD BEEN GIVEN WHICH 15:22 COULD MAKE ALIVE, THEN RIGHTEOUSNESS WOULD INDEED 15:23 BE BY THE LAW." SO, YOU SEE, HE'S TALKING ABOUT 15:28 WHAT THE LAW IS NOT FOR >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 15:31 KNIGHT: THEN IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH HE'S GOING TO 15:32 TELL US WHAT IT IS FOR, OKAY? VERSE 23, "NOW 15:35 BEFORE FAITH CAME, WE WERE CONFINED UNDER THE LAW, 15:40 KEPT UNDER STRAINT UNTIL FAITH SHOULD BE REVEALED." 15:41 NOW, FAITH IS REALLY THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST, WHO WE 15:47 HAVE FAITH IN. AND HE WILL BE REVEALED. VERSE 24, 15:54 VERY IMPORTANT VERSE.>>BILL: YES. YES. 15:55 >>DR. KNIGHT: "SO THAT THE LAW WAS OUR CUSTODIAN 15:57 UNTIL CHRIST CAME, THAT WE MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED BY 16:02 FAITH." NOW, THIS WORD 'CUSTODIAN', IF YOU READ 16:03 IT IN THE KING JAMES VERSION, IT REALLY SAYS 16:10 'TEACHER' OR 'PEDIGOG' >>BILL: YEAH. MINE, I HAVE 16:17 THE NESV, SAYS 'OUR TUTOR'. >>DR. KNIGHT: OUR 16:18 TUTOR. >>BILL: YEAH. >>DR. 16:20 KNIGHT: NOW, WHAT THIS CUSTODIAN REALLY WAS IN 16:21 THE GREEK LANGUAGE IS THE PERSON THAT LEADS YOU TO 16:26 THE TEACHER. >>BILL: OH. 16:26 SEE. OKAY. >>DR. KNIGHT: IT'S NOT THE TEACHER 16:30 ITSELF. >>BILL: OKAY. 16:31 >>DR. KNIGHT: SO THE FUNCTION OF THE LAW IS 16:32 TO LEAD US TO THE TRUE TEACHER. >>BILL: RIGHT. 16:37 >>DR. KNIGHT: AND THIS IS TRUE HISTORICALLY FOR 16:37 THE WHOLE JEWISH NATION. 16:40 EVERYTIME THEY HAD A SACRIFICE, REMEMBER THE 16:41 LAMBS? >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 16:44 KNIGHT: AND THE GOATS? 16:44 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: EVERY SACRIFICE, WHAT DID 16:47 IT MEAN? >>BILL: IT WAS POINTING TO JESUS CHRIST. 16:48 >>DR. KNIGHT: IT WAS POINTING TO JESUS CHRIST 16:52 AS THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD. >>BILL: THAT'S 16:53 RIGHT. 16:54 IT WAS LEADING.>>DR. 16:54 KNIGHT THAT'S RIGHT. 16:56 >BILL:.LEADING TO THE TUTOR. >>DR. KNIGHT: TO 16:57 THE TRUE GOD. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. TO THE 16:58 TUTOR. >>DR. KNIGHT: THIS WAS JUST AN ILLUSTRATION. 17:01 >>BILL: THE TUTOR. THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: THIS 17:02 LAMB DIED IN YOUR PLACE. 17:03 >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: BUT THE REAL LAMB WILL 17:04 COME. SO, EVERY TIME A JEWISH PERSON, 17:06 HISTORICALLY, WHEN THEY HAD A SINFUL ACTION OR A 17:13 .THEY HAD TO SOMEHOW PRAY INREGARD TO THE DAILY OR 17:14 A PERSONAL SACRIFICE. THE LAW POINTED THEM TO 17:22 THE NEED OF FORGIVENESS >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 17:29 KNIGHT: AND THE REAL FORGIVENESS, ALL THOSE 17:30 LAMBS, ALL THOSE GOATS, POINTED TO JESUS CHRIST. 17:33 >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. 17:33 >>DR. KNIGHT: SO THE LAW IS OUR CUSTODIAN. THE ONE 17:38 WHO LEADS US TO CHRIST THAT WE MIGHT BE.READING 17:44 NOW FROM VERSE 24, "THAT WE MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED BY 17:45 FAITH". NOW WATCH THIS ONE, BILL. "BUT NOW THAT 17:51 FAITH HAS COME, WE ARE NO LONGER UNDER A CUSTODIAN;" 17:56 WOW, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE LAW NO LONGER HAS 17:57 A FUNCTION? >>BILL: NO. 18:00 >>DR. KNIGHT: WELL, HISTORICALLY IT'S LOST ITS 18:01 HISTORIC FUNCTION. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: JESUS 18:07 HAS COME. THE LAW, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE OLD 18:11 TESTAMENT, WAS POINTING FORWARD TO THE NEED 18:12 OF SALVATION. A LARGER SALVATION THAN THAT OF 18:14 SHEEPS AND GOATS. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. KNIGHT: BUT, 18:17 HERE'S THE PROBLEM OR HERE'S THE ISSUE. EVERY 18:18 TIME A CHRISTIAN SINS THE CUSTODIAN COMES BACK INTO 18:26 EFFECT. WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? IT SAYS, BILL, YOU'RE 18:34 A SINNER. YOU NEED JESUS. 18:34 >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. 18:35 KNIGHT: AND SO THERE'S AN EXPERIENCIAL ASPECT OF 18:39 THIS. THAT WHEN WE SIN, EVEN AS CHRISTIANS - NOW 18:45 WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW AS A WAY OF SALVATION.>>BILL 18:46 THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 18:48 KNIGHT:.NOBODY EVER WAS. 18:48 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 18:49 KNIGHT: THE LAW ONLY ALWAYS POINTED TO THE 18:50 SOLUTION. >>BILL: RIGHT. 18:51 >>DR. KNIGHT: ALWAYS POINTED TO THE TRUE 18:52 TEACHER. >>BILL: RIGHT. 18:52 >>DR. KNIGHT: BUT EVERY TIME I SIN THE LAW SAYS 18:54 YOU'RE A SINNER,.>>BILL YOU NEED JESUS. >>DR. 18:59 KNIGHT:.YOU NEED TO BE CLEANSED. >>BILL: RIGHT. 19:00 >>DR. KNIGHT: YOU NEED TO GET ON YOUR KNEES. >>BILL: 19:02 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: AND FIRST JOHN 1:9 SAYS, "IF 19:04 WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE'S FAITHFUL AND JUST AND 19:05 HE'LL FORGIVE US". HEBREWS 7:25, "WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE 19:09 TO THE FATHER, JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS." 19:13 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 19:13 KNIGHT: NO. EVERY - SO THE FUNCTION OF THE LAW - THE 19:19 LAW REALLY HAS MORE THAN ONE FUNCTION BECAUSE PAUL 19:20 SAYS IN ROMANS 7, IT'S REALLY A GOOD LAW. >>BILL: 19:24 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: I HAS GOD'S IDEAL. >>BILL: 19:27 RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: OH MY, GOD'S IDEAL, THOU 19:28 SHALT NOT KILL, THOU SHALT NOT, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE 19:30 TEN COMMANDMENTS. THAT SORT OF THING. THAT'S 19:34 GOD'S IDEAL. WHEN I FALL FROM THAT IDEAL, WHEN I 19:35 REBEL AGAINST THAT IDEAL, THEN THE LAW COMES, HAS 19:40 THE LEADERSHIP FUNCTION AND POINTS ME TO JESUS. 19:45 >>BILL: TO JESUS CHRIST, RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: 19:46 THE LAW IS NOT A WAY OF SALVATION BUT THE LAW 19:48 DOES UPHOLD GOD'S IDEALS AND WE'RE GOING TO COME TO 19:53 MORE OF THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF CHAPTERS. AND 19:54 IT CONTINUES TO LEAD US TO CHRIST. WHEN I'M A SINNER, 20:00 WHEN I'VE MADE A MISTAKE, THE LAW IS THE CUSTODIAN, 20:04 IT TAKES ME BY THE HAND AND SAYS YOU NEED HELP 20:05 I'M GOING TO TAKE TO THE MAN WHO CAN HELP YOU. 20:11 >>BILL: RIGHT, RIGHT. 20:11 >>DR. KNIGHT: ON YOUR KNEES, BUDDY. VERSE 26, 20:13 "FOR IN CHRIST JESUS YOU ARE ALL SONS OF GOD", SONS 20:19 AND DAUGHTERS, "THROUGH FAITH". OH MY, THROUGH 20:21 FAITH. ALL OF US, JEWS AND GENTILES, "FOR AS MANY OF 20:25 YOU AS WERE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST HAVE PUT ON CHRIST. 20:30 THERE IS NEITHER. OH THIS IS A POWERFUL PASSAGE 20:31 "THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK, THERE IS NEITHER 20:35 SLAVE NOR FREE, THERE IS NEIGHER MALE NOR FEMALE; 20:39 FOR YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS." HERE WE 20:40 HAVE THE ULTIMATE EFFECT OF THE GOSPEL. NONE OF US 20:44 CAN DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE WE 20:50 ARE BETTER. NO, WE'RE ALL SINNERS. >>BILL: WE'RE ALL 20:51 ONE. THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 20:54 KNIGHT: AND ANY FORM OF DISCRIMINATION IS 20:55 ANTI-CHRISTIAN. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY, 21:00 VERY IMPORTANT. >>BILL: ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. KNIGHT: 21:04 AND WE COULD HAVE PUT RICH PEOPLE AND POOR PEOPLE BUT 21:05 I THINK THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FREE AND THE BOND 21:07 HERE. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 21:08 KNIGHT: YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. BEFORE THE CROSS IS 21:10 FLAT LAND. >>BILL: YES. 21:10 >>DR. KNIGHT: THERE'S ONE TABLE, NOT TWO, NOT TEN. 21:15 AND VERSE 29, "IF YOU ARE CHRIST'S, THEN YOU ARE 21:23 ABRAHAM'S OFFSPRING, HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE." 21:24 >>BILL: WOW. >>DR. KNIGHT: CHAPTER FOUR GOES IN OUR 21:30 LOVE VERSE 4, "BUT WHEN THE FULLNESS OF THE TIME 21:34 CAME GOD SENT FORTH HIS SON, BORN OF A WOMAN, BORN 21:35 UNDER THE LAW", THAT'S BORN A JEW, "TO REDEEM 21:41 THOSE WHO WERE UNDER THE LAW," THAT IS JEWS, "SO 21:44 THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE ADOPTION." YOU KNOW, THIS 21:45 SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT. WE'RE 21:50 NOT BORN INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD. >>BILL: WE'RE 21:53 ADOPTED. >>DR. KNIGHT: WE'RE ADOPTED. AND THAT'S 21:54 THAT NEW BIRTH EXPERIENCE. 21:56 >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 21:57 KNIGHT: WE NEED TO STUDY MORE THE TOPIC OF 22:00 ADOPTION. AND THEN IN THE REST OF CHAPTER FOUR, TAKE 22:01 VERSE 8, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE MIDDLE OF VERSE 8, 22:08 "HOW CAN YOU TURN BACK AGAIN?" HOW CAN YOU GO, 22:13 HOW CAN YOU REJECT? 22:13 >>BILL: ONCE YOU SEE THIS, HOW CAN YOU GO BACK TO 22:16 WHAT YOU WERE? >>DR. 22:16 KNIGHT: THAT'S RIGHT. ONCE YOU'VE SEE THE GLORY OF 22:20 THE SUN WHAT DO YOU WANT A LITTLE CANDLE FOR? >>BILL: 22:21 THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 22:22 KNIGHT: YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU 22:23 PEOPLE? >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 22:25 KNIGHT: AND HE GOES ON HERE TO TELL THEM, WHEN I 22:26 CAME TO YOU, VERSES 12 AND ON, I HAD BODILY AILMENT, 22:29 IN FACT THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I STAYED, I WAS TOO 22:36 SICK TO GO FORWARD AND HE SAYS, YOU WOULD HAVE TORN 22:37 OUT YOUR VERY EYES FOR ME. 22:39 WHAT'S HAPPENED? >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. KNIGHT: 22:40 THAT THESE PEOPLE LED YOU ASTRAY. SEE, WE CAN NEVER 22:44 MOVE BEYOND THE PROBLEM IN GALATIONS. GALATIONS IS A 22:55 PEARL. AND YOU KNOW, A PEARL FORMS INSIDE AN 22:56 OYSTER BECAUSE SOMETHING'S .>>BILL: AN 23:00 IRRITANT THERE. >>DR. 23:01 KNIGHT:.IRRITATING. AND THESE JUDIZERS CAME IN, 23:04 IF THEY HAD NEVER CAME IN AND TRIED TO DISTORT THE 23:07 GOSPEL IN THIS CHURCH WE WOULD NOT HAVE THESE 23:08 PRECIOUS TRUTHS. >>BILL: YES. ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. 23:12 KNIGHT: SO, WE CAN BE THANKFUL THAT GOD CAN TAKE 23:15 A BAD THING AND MAKE SOMETHING GOOD COME OUT OF 23:16 IT. HE GOES ON AT THE LAST PART TO TALK ABOUT THE TWO 23:22 COVENTANTS: THE COVENANT OF PROMISE AND THE 23:28 COVENANT OF, OF THE FLESH, OR THE COVENANT OF WORKS 23:29 AND HERE IS A POWERFUL PASSAGE BECAUSE IT'S THE 23:36 CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE, THE CHILDREN OF FAITH. AND 23:42 HERE WE HAVE A PARALLEL PASSAGE OF THE NEW 23:43 COVENANT OVER IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS, IT SAYS, IF 23:47 YOU'RE A NEW COVENANT PERSON YOU'RE SINS ARE 23:50 FORGIVEN, YOU'RE COUNTED AS RIGHTEOUS, THIS IS 23:51 HEBREWS 8, VERSES 8 TO 10, AND HE SAYS, "I WILL WRITE 23:57 MY LAW IN YOUR HEARTS". 23:58 IN THE NEW COVENANT, BILL, THE LAW IS STILL THERE. 24:03 BUT IT'S NEVER, EVER, PERVERTED AS A WAY OF 24:11 SALVATION. IT'S GRACE AND GRACE ONLY, ACCEPTED 24:12 THROUGH FAITH BUT BECAUSE THE LAW IS WRITTEN IN YOUR 24:17 HEART.>>BILL: YES. >>DR. 24:18 KNIGHT:.IT FLOWS INTO YOUR LIFE AND THAT'S GOING TO 24:21 TAKE US TO PAUL'S LAST TWO CHAPTERS, CHAPTERS FIVE 24:25 AND SIX. WHAT DOES CHRISTIANITY MEAN IN YOUR 24:26 DAILY LIFE? >>BILL: WOW. 24:31 THANK YOU. LET US PRAY, LOVING, HEAVENLY FATHER, 24:32 WE THANK YOU FOR THESE MOMENTS WE HAVE SPENT IN 24:39 YOUR WORD. FATHER, PLEASE TAKE THE WORDS THAT WE 24:42 HAVE HEARD HERE AND THROUGH THE WORK YOUR HOLY 24:43 SPIRIT MAKE THEM REAL IN OUR LIVES. BLESS EACH AND 24:47 EVERY VIEWER. I PRAY IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. >>DR. 24:51 KNIGHT: AMEN. 24:55 (MUSIC) 25:11 ARE YOU TRULY HAPPY? 25:12 HAVE YOU STRUGGLED WITH THE PURPOSE 25:13 AND MEANING OF LIFE? 25:16 WHERE CAN YOU FIND ANSWERS TO LIFE'S 25:17 DEEPEST QUESTIONS?.. 25:21 ATTEND THE FREE COUNTDOWN TO LIFE SEMINAR WITH BILL 25:22 SANTOS OF IT IS WRITTEN AND DISCOVER 25:25 LIFE'S PURPOSE. 25:28 OPENING FRIDAY, OCTOBER FOURTEEN AT SEVEN-THIRTY 25:29 PM. MEET BILL SANTOS LIVE IN KAMLOOPS OR VIA 25:32 SATELLITE IN BARRIERE AND LITTLE FORT. 25:36 LOOK FOR THIS FLYER, CALL OR VISIT 25:37 COUNTDOWNTOLIFE.CA 25:41 >>BILL: WELL, I HOPE THESE STUDIES ARE WORKING 25:42 TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEND MORE TIME IN GOD'S WORD. 25:47 AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PRACTICAL WAY OF 25:50 STUDYING THE SCRIPTURE I BELIEVE THE DISCOVER 25:51 BIBLE STUDY GUIDES ARE AN EXCELLENT WAY OF DOING 25:53 THAT. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BEGINNING THAT COURSE, 25:56 WE CAN SEND YOU YOUR FIRST LESSON. IT COMES TO 25:57 YOU POSTAGE PAID, RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR, YOU CAN 26:04 COMPLETE IT AND SEND IT BACK TO US AND WE'LL SEND 26:06 YOU THE NEXT ONE. HERE'S THE INFORMATION YOU NEED 26:07 TO RECEIVE YOUR FIRST LESSON. 27:12 >>BILL: WELL, DR. KNIGHT, THANK YOU AND NEXT WEEK 27:13 WILL BE OUR LAST SEGMENT IN THIS STUDY. >>DR. 27:16 KNIGHT: OKAY. WELL, THE BOOK OF GALATIONS GETS 27:18 BETTER AND BETTER SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 27:19 CHAPTERS FIVE AND SIX. 27:21 >>BILL: WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK 27:22 WITH US. LET ME REMIND YOU AGAIN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO 27:25 GET DR. KNIGHT'S BOOK, "EXPLORING GALATIONS AND 27:29 EPHESIANS", THERE WILL BE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE 27:30 ITISWRITTENCANADA THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO ACQUIRE 27:34 HIS BOOK. I WANT TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT ON THE 27:39 WEBSITE YOU CAN PRE-ORDER THE COMPLETE SET OF FOUR 27:40 PROGRAMS IN THIS SERIES ON DVD. WE WANT TO MAKE 27:46 THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU AS A RESOURCE AND WE'LL BE 27:51 HAPPY TO DO IT FOR A DONATION OF $20. WE ARE 27:52 IN KAMLOOPS; VISIT THE WEBSITE 27:57 ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA TO FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE THIS 28:01 EVENING. I HOPE YOU WILL COME AND SEE US. UNTIL 28:02 NEXT WEEK, MAY THE GOOD LORD ALLOW US THE 28:07 OPPORTUNITY OF BEING BACK TOGETHER AGAIN TO STUDY 28:11 HIS WORD. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU REMEMBER THIS, IT IS 28:12 WRITTEN; NO MAN SHALL LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY 28:18 EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 28:23 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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