Participants: Scott Moore (Host)
Series Code: LOE
Program Code: LOE000010
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00:01 The harvest truly is plenteous but the laborers are few.
00:03 Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest 00:06 that He will... He will send forth laborers into His harvest. 00:10 Also, I heard the voice of the Lord say: 00:13 "Who shall I send? " 00:15 "And who will go for us? " 00:17 Then said I: "Here am I, send me... send me. " 00:23 Life on the Edge will enable you to be an effective harvester 00:26 for the Lord. We now invite you into our classroom 00:30 to come experience LIFE. 00:43 We'd like to welcome you back 00:45 to the Lay Institute for Evangelism. 00:47 We're located here on the campus of Pine Lake Retreat 00:50 in Central Florida. 00:52 We'd also like to welcome those 00:53 of you that are at home. 00:54 and that are watching 00:55 the Lay Institute for Evangelism 00:57 whether you're on a DVD, 00:58 you may be on the Internet. 00:59 You may be on one of the 01:01 networks, but we're just glad that you're here with us. 01:03 We're going to be studying God's law today. 01:06 Does God expect His people to pay any attention 01:09 to the law that He set out back in the Old Testament? 01:12 And that's going to be our focus today as we study. 01:15 But it's going to be centered - that focus on the law - 01:18 is going to be centered around Christ. 01:20 So we're going to go now to our screen, 01:22 and if you'll notice the title of this study 01:25 is The Law of God. Now what's our code here? 01:28 Our code is LG. So when you're marking this in your Bibles 01:31 you simply use the code LG. 01:34 Just like in all of our other studies, this study too 01:38 has a purpose. And the purpose of this study is: 01:52 Remember that the keeping of God's law is not in order 01:56 to be saved. The keeping of God's law 01:59 is an expression of our love for our Creator. 02:04 Our love for our Redeemer. 02:06 Our love for our High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary. 02:10 Our love for our soon-coming King. 02:12 The keeping of God's law is a simple expression 02:17 of your love for Jesus. 02:20 And so that's what we're going to talk about today. 02:22 Each one of our studies, again, are centered on Jesus. 02:26 And I need four volunteers. 02:28 Before we go to our graphic... 02:29 Maybe we've already been there 02:30 and you got a quick glimpse of it. 02:32 But I need four people to volunteer 02:33 very quickly. All right, I've got three there 02:36 and then why don't you come up here. 02:37 And I just need you to stand right here. 02:39 Just go ahead and stand right here and I'm going to 02:41 label each one of you. 02:43 And so you are going to be the law. 02:48 OK, you're the law. 02:50 And you are going to be sin. 02:52 I'm sorry, Vanessa, but you... OK. All right. 02:56 Just for the... This is just for the sake of the illustration. 02:58 You're going to be grace, Tim. 03:00 And you are going to be Jesus. That's absolutely right. 03:05 So you have heard people say 03:07 that God's law has been done away with. 03:10 Have you ever heard people say that? 03:12 I've heard people say that in my ministry over and over 03:15 again. So what we're going to do is we're just going to go ahead 03:18 and we're going to tell the law to sit down. 03:21 Because the law has been done away with according to some 03:24 people. Now if we do away with God's law, 03:28 the Bible tells us that sin is the transgression 03:32 or the breaking or the living contrary to God's law. 03:36 So if we don't have the law any more, then 03:38 we don't have sin. OK, so sin, you may have a seat. 03:42 The Bible tells us that Jesus was full of grace and truth. 03:48 We're going to learn in our study today 03:50 that God's grace is the same thing or synonymous 03:56 with God's power. 03:58 Grace is God's power that teaches us to overcome sin. 04:02 But remember, if we've done away with the law 04:05 then we no longer have what? Sin. 04:08 And if we don't have sin we don't need grace... 04:11 which is the power of God to overcome sin. 04:13 So grace, you can have a seat. Thank you very much. 04:15 Now the Bible says that the law, the transgression of the law, 04:20 is sin. And we would need power to overcome sin 04:24 or we would need grace to overcome sin, but... 04:26 but we don't have grace any more so we don't then need the Author 04:30 of grace which is Jesus. 04:33 So Jesus, you can get out of our lives as well. 04:35 Now see, are you comfortable... Are any of you comfortable 04:38 getting rid of Jesus? 04:41 OK, so if... Why aren't you comfortable 04:44 getting rid of Jesus? 04:46 Because He is our Savior. 04:48 We need Jesus to save us. 04:50 Jesus is going to save us by giving us grace 04:54 or power to overcome sin which is defined in scripture 04:59 as the transgression of God's law. 05:02 So now let's go to our Center It on the screen here. 05:06 It says: 05:29 I don't know about you, but I'm very uncomfortable 05:32 being without Jesus 05:35 because I need His power to overcome my own struggle 05:39 where my flesh wants to live differently than what God 05:42 has prescribed for me in His Word. 05:45 Our next graphic here shows 05:48 all of the texts that we are using in The Law of God study. 05:53 These are the texts again. Those of you that are at home - 05:55 those of you that are here in the classroom, you have heard 05:58 this before - but those of you that are at home 05:59 these are the texts that you are going to write 06:01 in the front or the back of your Bible 06:03 so that you can reference them 06:04 as you're giving your Bible study. 06:06 So you can see those there, and these texts are 06:09 divided into four different groups. 06:11 The first group is, of course, about Jesus. 06:14 Then grace, then sin... and then the law. 06:18 I also have these on another graphic for you 06:20 so that you can see those texts just a little bit better. 06:23 And all of these texts that you're looking at here: 06:25 you see Jesus, you see grace, and then you see 06:27 sin and the law. All of these texts will be 06:30 on our screen as we go through our study. 06:33 We're going to look at a concept. 06:36 Prior to our study today on your screen you will notice 06:40 that I have antichrist on the one side of your screen 06:43 and Jesus Christ on the other side of your screen. 06:45 Pastor Sizemore did two presentations previous to this 06:50 one on the antichrist power. 06:53 You remember those presentations on the antichrist power. 06:56 And one of the verses that he focused on in those studies 06:59 was Daniel chapter 7 verse 25. 07:02 So let's turn in our Bibles to Daniel chapter 7 07:08 and verse 25. So you're simply going to the Old Testament 07:12 book of Daniel. Right after Ezekiel you have Daniel 07:16 chapter 7 and verse 25. 07:20 Daniel chapter 7 and verse 25. 07:23 The Word of God says this... Daniel 7:25. 07:27 Make sure those of you at home you're getting your Bibles, 07:29 you're reading this with us. 07:30 Speaking of the antichrist in Daniel 7:25 07:35 God's Word says: "And he shall speak pompous words 07:38 against the Most High, 07:41 shall persecute the saints of the Most High, 07:44 and shall intend to change 07:47 times and laws. 07:51 Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time, 07:53 and times, and half a time. " 07:55 So the antichrist power wants to do what? 07:59 He wants to do two things: he wants to change God's time 08:03 and he wants to change God's law. 08:06 That's right. Now let's go to Matthew chapter 5 verse 17. 08:11 This is a text that we are going to use in our study today. 08:15 But we're doing just a little bit of pre-work 08:18 prior to getting to that study so that we can understand 08:21 God's law in light of antichrist and Jesus Christ. 08:25 So we're going to Matthew chapter 5 verse 17. 08:27 I actually have this on a graphic here. 08:30 Matthew chapter 5 verse 17 Jesus says: 08:53 So just go right back to our screen there. 08:56 The antichrist wants to change God's law; 08:59 Jesus Christ says the law will not change. 09:02 Is that concept clear? 09:04 So any interpretation of scripture 09:08 that seeks to change God's law 09:12 is a product of who? Antichrist. 09:15 Let me re... Let me re-state that. 09:18 Any interpretation of scripture 09:21 that seeks to change God's Ten Commandment moral law 09:26 is a product of antichrist. 09:30 If... if God was going to change His own law, 09:34 then antichrist wouldn't even care, would he? 09:36 Because, you know, let God just be wishy-washy 09:38 and change His law. But no! God is the same yesterday, 09:41 today, and forever. God in Malachi 3:6 He says He 09:44 WILL NOT change. 09:46 So God's law is just as eternal as God Himself. 09:50 Antichrist wants to flip that law upside down - 09:53 change a little bit of it - so that we are deceived 09:55 and we are worshiping antichrist. 09:57 But Jesus Christ says that His law is not going to change. 10:01 So keep that in mind. After we finish our study today 10:06 probably in another one of our programs - 10:08 I don't know if we'll get to it in this one - 10:10 if we don't, you want to remember this. 10:12 We are going to be studying the difficult passages 10:16 in the scripture or the interesting passages 10:19 in the scripture that talk about God's law. 10:21 And some of those are being twisted or wrested 10:25 to Christians' destruction. 10:27 You know, Peter even... Peter when he was talking about 10:30 some of Paul's writings... Peter said that some of the things 10:33 that Paul said were difficult to understand. 10:36 And so we... we ourselves can expect that we're going to 10:39 have to study deeper in order to understand those verses. 10:43 Well you remember when we were talking we said we had 10:45 law then we had sin then we had grace 10:48 then we had who? Jesus. And that's exactly what our next 10:51 graphic says, isn't it? Jesus. 10:53 What we are going to do now is we are going to study 10:55 about Jesus... the first part of our four parts here. 11:00 And we're going to turn in our Bibles 11:03 to our first Law of God text. 11:06 And that's going to be Acts chapter 4 verses 10 through 12. 11:10 You'll mark that in your Bible with the code 1LG. 11:13 Put that in a circle... draw the line. 11:16 And since we haven't been anywhere yet 11:17 you don't write anything above the line. 11:19 But Matthew 1:21 is where we will be going next. 11:22 So we're opening our Bibles - opening now our Bibles - 11:25 to Acts chapter 4 verses 10 through 12. 11:29 Now Mike is going to read that for us, if he will. 11:32 And we are... the reason that we are reading starting in verse 10 11:36 is because that gives us the name that verse 12 11:40 talks about. So we are in Acts chapter 4 11:43 and verse 10. 11:48 And most of us are there. Robert is almost there, 11:53 so why don't we go ahead and read now. 11:55 "Be it known unto you all and to all the people of Israel 11:58 that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth 12:01 whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, 12:04 even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole. 12:08 This is the stone which was set at naught of you builders 12:11 which is become the head of the corner. 12:13 Neither is there salvation in any other 12:16 for there is none other name under heaven given among men 12:19 whereby we must be saved. " 12:21 So scripture here tells us - 12:23 the reason we read verses 10 through 12: 12:25 we start in verse 10 to get the name of Jesus. 12:28 And then verse 12 told us that there is no other name 12:32 under heaven given among men 12:35 by which we must be... what's the word? 12:37 Saved. 12:38 So there's only one name 12:41 under heaven given to us 12:43 that we can be saved by 12:44 and that is the name of Jesus Christ. 12:47 That's absolutely right. 12:49 Well, Jesus came to save us. 12:52 What did Jesus come to save us from? 12:57 Sin. Can you give me a Bible reference for that? 13:01 Can you give me a Bible reference for that? 13:03 What did Jesus come to save us from? 13:05 Well if you would... remembered on the screen there 13:08 our next reference was what? Matthew 1:21. 13:11 So that's exactly where we're going now. 13:13 The Law of God study second text is Matthew 1:21. 13:17 We're going to Matthew 1:21 so that we can understand 13:22 what is it that God came to save us... or that 13:26 Jesus came to save us from. 13:28 And can you read Matthew 1:21 for us, Darlene? 13:31 "And she will bring forth a son, and ye shall call 13:34 His name Jesus for He shall save His people 13:37 from their sins. " 13:39 Now Darlene did an incredible job there, didn't she, 13:41 of making sure she was making eye contact with her audience. 13:44 Those of you at home saw that. 13:46 Those that were here in the classroom just saw her 13:47 looking at a camera... but she was looking at you. 13:50 And when you give these Bible studies you want to make sure 13:52 that you are looking at the people that you are 13:54 giving these Bible studies to. 13:56 You need to make sure that that eye contact is consistent, 13:59 and you can do that if you practice. 14:02 So get your Bible out. After this program is over 14:06 go stand in front of a mirror and read to yourself. 14:09 Put your finger there so you don't lose your place 14:11 and just read. And look ahead while you're reading 14:14 so that you can give some eye contact while you're talking. 14:17 The point of Matthew chapter 1 and verse 21 14:20 was to show us that we are going to be saved from what? 14:24 Sin. "And His name shall be called Jesus 14:29 for He shall save His people from their sins. " 14:33 So we started out in Acts chapter 4. 14:36 We found out that Jesus is the only name that we can be 14:40 saved by. What is it that we need to be saved from? 14:43 We went to Matthew 1:21 and we found out that 14:45 Jesus came to save us from our sins. That's absolutely right. 14:49 Now what is it that Jesus brings into our lives... 14:54 what is it that Jesus brings into our lives 14:57 when we accept Him? 14:58 What is it that Jesus brings into our lives 15:01 when we accept Him? And for this answer 15:03 we're going to go to our third text in this study. 15:07 And that third text is I Corinthians chapter 1 15:11 and verse 24. I Corinthians chapter 1 15:15 and verse 24. And we'll go ahead and let Shelleta 15:18 read this for us as soon as we are all there. 15:20 I still hear some... some pages turning. 15:23 Now the reason that we wait for those of you at home... 15:25 the reason we wait until everyone gets to that reference 15:29 is so they can see it from their Bible. 15:31 Many people have a Bible that maybe Grandma gave them 15:34 or Great-grandma and it's special to them. 15:36 And that's... many people say "You know, that's the only Bible 15:39 I'm going to use. " And so when you're giving 15:41 these Bible studies, allow people to find it 15:43 in their own Bibles. So Shelleta can you read that for us? 15:46 "For unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, 15:50 Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. " 15:53 OK. So we ask Jesus Christ to come into our lives 15:58 and what does Jesus bring into our lives? 16:01 There's two things listed there in that text. 16:03 He brings power and He brings wisdom. 16:07 Have you ever gotten yourself into one of those situations 16:09 where you like uh-uh-uh-uh, I just don't know what to do? 16:11 I mean, if I go this way it just seems like it's a bad choice. 16:14 If I go this way, it's just a bad choice. 16:15 I should have never made the first bad choice 16:17 to get me where I was. 16:18 You've been in those situations. 16:20 Well Christ brings to us His power 16:24 and His wisdom so we don't have to get that uh-uh-uh-uh look. 16:29 We can just rely on Christ, can't we? 16:33 Now have you ever heard anyone say: "You know, 16:35 when... my life just got so bad I just hit rock bottom 16:40 and the only place I could look was up. " 16:42 Have you ever heard anybody say that? 16:44 Well I have a theory on what rock bottom is. 16:46 You want to hear that theory? 16:47 The theory about rock bottom is this: 16:50 in I Corinthians chapter 10 verse 4 16:53 it says that Christ is the Rock. 16:57 So I think when we hit rock bottom 16:59 we don't really hit a literal rock, we hit THE ROCK. 17:03 And of course when you smash into something 17:06 and it then enshrouds you and you open your eyes, 17:08 all you can see is Jesus. 17:10 So when we hit rock bottom we need that power of God. 17:14 And literally when we hit rock bottom we are hitting THE ROCK, 17:17 Jesus Christ. And He just wraps His arms around us. 17:20 It doesn't matter what struggle we have. 17:22 Doesn't matter what sin turns our world over 17:25 day after day... Jesus is there to give us His power. 17:31 Now the next reference that we are going to go to 17:34 talks about God's power - talks about God's grace 17:40 being given to us. You remember Jesus is the Author of grace. 17:43 If we went to John chapter 1 verse 14 17:46 John chapter 1... I'll just quote it for you. 17:48 John chapter 1 verse 14 says: 17:50 "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. " 17:53 And that Word, of course, is Jesus. 17:56 "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us 17:58 and we beheld His glory, 18:01 the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, 18:04 full of" what? "Grace and truth. " 18:09 So Jesus was full of grace. 18:13 When we accept Jesus into our lives 18:15 I Corinthians 1:24 told us 18:17 that we get the power of God and we get the wisdom of God. 18:22 And this would be a good point for us to remember: 18:24 that maybe some of us when we're marking our Bibles 18:28 or when we're memorizing the scripture here 18:30 at Lay Institute for Evangelism for our quiz - 18:33 which I forgot to give you yesterday 18:35 which we'll probably do this afternoon - 18:37 when we're memorizing it's good for us to remember 18:41 that it's easier for us to memorize things 18:43 with the power of God and the wisdom of God. 18:47 If we ask Jesus to come into us, you know, the Bible describes 18:50 God's power in a slightly different way 18:52 in our next reference. On your screen you will see there 18:55 that our fourth Law of God text or reference 18:59 is I Peter 1:13. 19:01 So when you're marking this you're in I Peter 1:13 19:05 you put 4LG to indicate that you're in the fourth text. 19:08 You draw that line. Above the line we just came from 19:11 Where did we come from? 19:12 Where did we come from? I Corinthians 1:24. 19:16 And then the reference we are going to go to is what? 19:18 Ephesians 2:8. That's absolutely right. 19:21 So Anita, can you go ahead and read for us 19:23 I Peter chapter 1 and verse 13. 19:27 "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind. 19:32 Be sober and hope to the end for the grace that is to be 19:36 brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. " 19:40 Thank you. So when we accept Jesus... 19:43 when we accept Jesus into our lives we receive His power 19:48 and His wisdom. Now the Bible said there in I Peter 1:13 19:52 that grace is given to us at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 19:57 When Jesus becomes real to you, 20:00 He who is full of grace brings that grace into your life 20:04 and you receive His power. 20:07 Now the next three references... 20:10 We're going to go three references and we're going to 20:13 read those in rapid succession. 20:15 And as those graphics go by on your screen 20:19 you'll see that they go pretty quick 20:21 'cause we're just going to go from one graphic to the next. 20:23 But then on the last graphic there on these three texts 20:26 we are going to parallel three principles that we find 20:32 in each one of these verses. 20:34 We're going to parallel three principles that we find 20:37 in each one of these verses. 20:38 So our next reference is Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8. 20:42 You see that on your screen... well, you probably don't 20:46 because we're going to skip what's there and we're going to 20:49 Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 8. 20:53 We had already done our review so it wasn't necessary for us 20:56 to... to use that graphic there. 20:58 So let's go to Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 there, Dosung, 21:01 and we're going to see three principles here 21:03 and you tell me what those principles are after you read it 21:05 all right? "For by grace are ye saved through faith 21:10 and that not of yourselves... it is the gift of God. " 21:15 OK, so we... Dosung, we see three principles in there. 21:18 What do we see? The Bible says 21:20 "For you have been... " For by what? Grace 21:23 you have been saved through faith. 21:27 So those are the three principles that we're pulling 21:29 out of this text. For by grace 21:32 you have been saved through faith. 21:36 So I'll just say that again. Maybe you can get a mental 21:37 picture if I move back and forth here. 21:39 For by grace you have been saved through faith. 21:45 That's right. Now we'll go to our next slide 21:47 which is I Peter chapter 1 verses 3 through 5. 21:52 Now we're starting in verse 3 so that we can get the context 21:56 that leads us up to verse 5. 21:59 Just this week when I was doing prayer meeting 22:02 I was at the Lady Lake Seventh-day Adventist church 22:04 in Lady Lake, Florida. 22:05 And there was a lady that was reading the passage 22:09 that I asked her to read but she just kept reading. 22:12 She just kept reading right after the passage that 22:15 I had asked for her to read. 22:17 And... and I said: "OK, that's enough. " 22:18 And she says: "No, no, no, no, no. I want to get the context 22:21 of what I'm reading. " And so we were very gracious 22:24 and we let her finish what she needed to do there. 22:27 But so we're starting in I Peter chapter 1 verse 3, 22:30 Robert, because we want to get the context 22:33 of what it says in verse 5. So if you'll give me just 22:36 two shakes of a lamb's tail - 22:39 I'm not exactly sure how long that is, 22:41 but I'd like to get there with us - so I Peter chapter 1 22:44 beginning in verse 3. 22:46 And if you could read that for us, Robert? 22:51 "His divine power has given to us all things 22:56 that pertain to light and godliness 23:02 through the knowledge of Him who called us 23:04 by the glory of virtue 23:09 which has been given to us exceedingly great and precious 23:15 promise. " OK, now, something has just occurred to me: 23:18 that we are in II Peter according to your Bible 23:21 but we need to read I Peter. You were reading II Peter 23:25 chapter 1 verses 3 through 5. 23:27 We need to read I Peter chapter 1 verses 3 through 5. 23:30 OK. So everybody, maybe you at home were doing the same thing 23:34 and you got into the wrong verse so go ahead and flip back over 23:36 to the left and we'll be there right now. 23:38 Go ahead, Robert. "Blessed be the God and Father 23:41 of our Lord Jesus Christ 23:44 who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again 23:50 to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ 23:54 from the dead to an inheritance 23:59 incorruptible and undefiled 24:02 that does not fade away - reserved in heaven for you 24:07 who are kept by the power of God through faith 24:12 for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. " 24:18 Very nice. Now remember, Robert, when you're reading 24:21 you want to - I know that you are struggling with the 24:23 pronunciation of the words there and that's all right 24:25 because we're all learning here - but you remember that you 24:28 want to maintain that eye contact when you're... 24:31 when you're reading. And so maybe some of you at home 24:33 were able to see... hey, this guy isn't making eye contact 24:36 as much as he should. And if that's what you were saying 24:38 that's good... because you were paying attention. 24:40 And of course Robert... he knows he's got to look at that camera 24:43 but he's just struggling a little bit 24:45 with the pronunciation of the words. 24:47 But let's look at verse 5 again. 24:49 Verse 5 says: "Who are kept 24:52 by the power of God through faith 24:56 for salvation ready to be revealed 25:01 in the last time. " So the scripture says there that 25:04 those people that are ready for the second coming of Christ 25:07 are kept by what? The power of God 25:11 unto salvation by their faith. 25:15 Now if you remember back in Ephesians 25:18 chapter 2 verse 8 we said we are saved by 25:21 grace through... oh, oh, hang on a second... 25:25 We are saved by grace 25:28 through faith. Feel like I'm in an exercise program here. 25:31 Isn't that cool? And then we just read 25:34 in I Peter chapter 1 and verse 5 25:37 "Who are kept by the... " what? "Power of God" 25:41 then what does it say? Through what? 25:43 "faith for salvation. " That's right. 25:48 So we see this parallel here between faith and... 25:52 well, faith... the same word was used... 25:54 then salvation and saved was used 25:57 and then grace and the power of God were used. 26:00 So we're seeing here that grace is the power of God 26:05 that saves us through our faith. That's absolutely right. 26:10 So we'll go to our third reference 26:12 where we're going to get these same principles 26:14 that Dosung began to bring out when we started this 26:18 in Ephesians 2:8. 26:19 So on your screen you'll notice that we are in the seventh 26:22 Law of God text. This is Romans 1:16. 26:25 You will mark 7LG. Put a circle around that turkey. 26:28 On the top of that line you're going to write I Peter 1:3-5. 26:32 That's just where we came from. Underneath that line 26:34 you write Titus 2:11,12. 26:37 And then in our next graphic 26:39 we are going to just recap everything we've done. 26:42 So Ryan, this is you. And we are in Romans chapter 1. 26:46 Romans is in the Old or New Testament? 26:48 It's in the New Testament. Now why don't we do this: 26:51 Ryan, why don't you help me find this verse. 26:54 Let's just pretend that I have no clue where Romans is. 26:58 Help me find it. 26:59 In the New Testament it's past Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. 27:03 OK, so New Testament. 27:05 It's going to be past Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, 27:09 Acts and then Romans... Acts and then Romans, OK. 27:13 I'm still in Acts here. Acts is a pretty long book, isn't it? 27:17 All right, I'm there. All right, so 27:20 what verse are we going to be at here, Ryan? Sixteen. 27:23 Verse 16. So remember that when you're giving this Bible study 27:25 you may need to help people get to that reference. 27:28 So go ahead and read that for us, would you. 27:30 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ 27:32 for it is the power of God unto salvation 27:35 to everyone that believeth... 27:37 to the Jew first and also to the Greek. " 27:40 Very good eye contact there on the last part, Ryan. 27:43 So what we see here, it says: "For I am not ashamed 27:46 of the" what? "gospel of Christ for it is 27:49 the power of God unto" what? 27:53 salvation "salvation for everyone who believes. " 27:58 So over here in this area of our classroom was faith. 28:04 Right here was salvation or saved, and over here 28:07 we had two things: we had grace and the power of God. 28:11 Grace is the power of God 28:15 that helps us overcome through faith. 28:20 Now we've got this all on the screen here. 28:24 Grace... Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8... we're studying grace 28:29 Ephesians 2 verse 8 says: "For by grace you have been 28:31 saved through faith. " I Peter 1:3-5 says: 28:36 "Who are kept by the power of God unto salvation 28:40 through" what was it? "faith. " That's right. 28:42 And then Romans 1:16: "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ 28:45 for it is the power of God unto salvation 28:50 to those that believe... to the Jew first 28:52 and then also to the" gentiles or the "Greek. " 28:55 So you see there grace is the power of God 28:58 that saves those who believe. 29:03 Is that concept clear? 29:06 You've got three texts where you are simply paralleling 29:10 grace with the power of God 29:12 and then saved in salvation 29:14 and then faith or belief. 29:16 The three principles are in every one of those references 29:20 showing us that grace is the power of God 29:26 that saves those who believe. 29:30 Grace is the power of God that saves 29:34 those who believe. 29:38 Now on your screen there you see that we are going now to 29:42 Titus chapter 2 verses 11,12. 29:46 So let's go there. Titus chapter 2 29:49 verses 11 and 12. 29:53 And Titus is in the T section of the New Testament. 29:57 Titus is in the T section of the New Testament. 30:01 And the T section is in what? We've learned this here. 30:05 The T section is in alphabetical order, that's absolutely right. 30:09 And we're in Titus chapter 2 verse 11. 30:14 And, Tom, this is going to be you. 30:16 "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared 30:21 to all men teaching us that denying ungodliness 30:26 and worldly lusts we should live soberly, 30:30 righteously, and godly in the present age. " 30:33 So grace... grace has appeared to how many people? 30:39 All people. The Bible says there 30:42 "For the grace of God that brings salvation 30:46 has appeared to all men. " What does grace bring to us? 30:51 Salvation. And how many people did it appear to? 30:54 All men... that's right. 30:56 "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared 30:58 to all men teaching us. " 31:01 What does the teaching? Grace. 31:06 "Teaching us that denying ungodliness 31:11 and worldly lusts... " 31:13 What is ungodliness and worldly lusts? 31:16 Sin. That's absolutely right. 31:18 "Teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts 31:24 we should live soberly, righteously, 31:29 and godly in the present age. " 31:33 Now your version, Tom, said "in this present world" 31:37 isn't that right? Is that what your version said? 31:39 No, it says present age as well. Does somebody have 31:41 the old King James version? What does that say? 31:44 "In this present world. " 31:47 So God supplies Jesus who is full of grace. 31:53 Jesus who is full of grace supplies us 31:57 with His power so that we can learn 32:01 because the Bible says that grace "teaches us, " 32:04 doesn't it? That means it is a learning process. 32:08 It's a learning process. We call that sanctification, don't we? 32:12 We call that sanctification. 32:14 That's the process of a lifetime. 32:16 Grace that has appeared to all men 32:20 that brings us salvation teaches us 32:24 to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts. 32:30 Have you ever thought to yourself: "Man, 32:33 I'm sick of struggling with this thing. 32:36 I'm tired of struggling with this issue in my life. 32:39 I want to get freedom from this issue that is in my life. " 32:44 The Bible says in I Corinthians 15:57 32:47 that we can have victory through Jesus Christ. 32:51 We can have victory through Jesus Christ. 32:54 So grace teaches us two things: to deny ungodliness 32:59 and worldly lusts. 33:00 Now when you are giving this Bible study to someone 33:03 you want to be very interactive with that person. 33:07 Be very interactive with that person. 33:09 So when you're reading there in Titus chapter 2 33:12 it says: "for the grace of God that brings salvation" 33:15 you would ask that person: 33:17 "What is it that brings salvation? " 33:19 And the answer would be? Grace, that's right. 33:22 The grace of God. "For the grace of God that brings salvation 33:25 has appeared to all men. " 33:27 And so you would simply say, Bill: 33:28 "How many men did the grace of God appear to? " 33:31 All men. That's absolutely right. 33:33 "Teaching us... " And just like I asked you 33:37 when you're giving this Bible study, you ask this person 33:39 that you're studying with: "What is doing the teaching? " 33:45 The grace of God. That's absolutely right. 33:47 It is the grace of God that is doing the teaching 33:50 and it is teaching us to do two things. What? 33:53 Or to not do two things. 33:56 It's teaching us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts 34:00 and it is teaching us to do what? 34:03 Live soberly, righteously, and godly... when? 34:07 In this present age. 34:09 Are you sure that doesn't mean at the second coming? 34:15 What makes you so sure, Mike? 34:17 Because it says "in this present world. " 34:21 That's absolutely right. 34:22 Don't ever let anyone tell you, my friends, 34:25 that God cannot give you the power 34:27 to overcome your struggles. 34:29 You may be struggling with some- thing in your life right now. 34:33 Notice this. This text isn't in our Bible study, but 34:36 let's go to it anyway. Let's go to Philippians chapter 4... 34:39 Philippians chapter 4. So we are in Timothy... 34:43 I'll help us all find it. We'll turn to the left 34:46 from Timothy. So we're going to 34:48 turn to the left to the book of 34:49 Philippians. 34:51 Philippians chapter 4 34:52 and verse 19. 34:54 Not 19 but verse 13. 34:57 Philippians chapter 4 verse 13. 34:59 For the person that is struggling with the sin 35:02 in their life... for the person that just doesn't feel like 35:07 they can overcome even though they have Jesus 35:10 who is the power of God in their life... 35:13 this is what the Bible says in Philippians chapter 4 35:17 and verse 13. It says: 35:20 "I can do all things through Christ 35:24 who strengthens me. " 35:26 How many things can you do 35:28 through Christ that gives you strength? 35:30 That's right. You can do ALL THINGS through Christ. 35:33 How is it that you can do all things through Christ? 35:36 You can do all things through Christ because of what, Mike? 35:40 Because He's the One that gives us strength. 35:42 So when we ask Jesus into our lives, what does He bring 35:45 with Him? He brings power. See... we'll that's not too big. 35:48 But He brings power, doesn't He? 35:51 And we need that power. 35:53 One of our cameramen is over there flexing 35:54 and I think that's hilarious because I beat him... 35:57 I beat him in arm wrestling the other day. 35:59 Yeah! So when... if any of us are struggling 36:04 with something in our life, my friends, we need Jesus 36:09 don't we. Because Jesus brings with Him grace 36:14 or POWER. That's absolutely right. 36:18 The power... not just any power. That's right, Mike. 36:22 He brings the power of God. 36:25 So Titus tells us that the grace of God is going to help us 36:31 overcome. Now when you're giving this Bible study 36:33 you need to help people overcome. 36:35 At this point, Robert, somebody may be saying to you 36:38 "But Robert, you don't know what's going on in my life. " 36:41 And it's... people will say that to you. 36:45 And you say: "You know, it doesn't matter 36:47 whether I know what's going on in your life or not 36:49 Jesus knows what's going on in your life. 36:53 and Jesus will help you overcome it. 36:55 Let's look at one more promise. 36:57 You want to see one more promise to help us overcome? 37:00 You want to see one more? All right, let's do that then. 37:02 And again, this isn't in your study so just take this 37:04 for what it's worth... which is a lot when you're struggling 37:07 with something. Let's go to Matthew chapter 19. 37:12 Matthew. Going to Matthew chapter 19 37:18 and verse 26. 37:23 Jesus has just finished talking to the disciples here 37:26 in Matthew chapter 19. Well, let's read verse 23 as well. 37:30 Matthew chapter 19 verse 23 37:32 and you guys at home see if I give you some good eye contact 37:34 on this, all right? Now you in class, 37:37 you can be the judge as well. 37:38 "Then Jesus said to His disciples: 37:40 'assuredly I say to you that it is hard for a rich man 37:45 to enter the kingdom of heaven. 37:47 And again I say to you it is easier 37:50 for a camel to go through the eye of a needle 37:53 than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. ' " 37:57 So Jesus here is talking about salvation, isn't He? 38:01 Specifically He's talking... in this, when He's speaking here 38:04 to the disciples, to His followers... 38:06 He's specifically talking about a rich man and how difficult 38:09 it is. And you know, I'm not rich 38:13 so I don't know what makes the struggle different 38:16 unless you just are so comfortable that you don't 38:18 feel that you have a need. But Jesus says here it's hard 38:22 for this rich person to be saved. 38:23 But notice what His disciples said in verse 25. 38:26 "His disciples when they heard it they were greatly astonished 38:30 saying: 'Who then can be saved? ' " 38:35 "Who then can be saved? " 38:36 And you and I could ask the same question. 38:38 We could ask: "How is it that I can be saved 38:42 because I know how dreadfully sinful I am. " 38:45 And here's the promise, verse 26: 38:48 "But Jesus looked at them and said to them: 38:51 'With men this is impossible. ' " 38:55 But then what does He say? 38:57 "But with God all things are possible. " 39:04 Is it too impossible for those of us 39:09 that have accepted Jesus to overcome what we are struggling 39:14 with in our life? 39:15 Now these are promises that you want to write down. 39:18 You will use these promises time and time again. 39:23 If any of you ever went visiting with me - and you will 39:26 be able to do that by the grace of God - 39:28 during Pastor Sizemore's evangelistic meetings 39:30 beginning on November the 7th at the Leesburg Church... 39:33 If you go visiting with us, 39:36 you will hear us use many of the same texts 39:40 over and over again. And the reason that we do that... 39:44 well, not only because we're familiar with them but they're 39:47 very, very potent texts. 39:50 They really give that person that you're studying with hope. 39:53 They give that person that's coming to your 39:54 evangelistic meeting hope because God will give us 39:58 the strength to overcome. 40:01 Any questions on our study so far? 40:04 We've gone over Jesus. 40:06 Jesus is the power of God. 40:10 Jesus is full of grace. 40:12 Jesus is the One that can help us overcome, 40:15 and He gives us that grace - which is His power - 40:19 to overcome. Any questions on what we've covered so far? 40:23 All right. Everybody seems pretty clear about that. 40:25 Let's go to our... let's go to our next slide. 40:28 Our next slide - our next reference that we are going to 40:32 go to is I John chapter 3 and verse 4. 40:36 Because we're teaching here, we're in a learning... 40:39 a learning arena, the people that are taking the video 40:43 are right now going to have to jump several slides forward 40:47 in their presentation. So what we're going to do is 40:50 we're going to go to I John chapter 3 verse 4. 40:52 We are going to begin to look at sin. 40:55 We're going to look at sin. I John chapter 3 and verse 4. 41:01 So let's go there. I John chapter 3... 41:04 Can anybody help me find I John? 41:06 Can somebody help me find I John? 41:08 Where's your microphone at? Where's that microphone at? 41:10 OK. Mrs. Gloria, help me find I John. 41:13 How do I get there? Well this is the second... 41:16 Hold that just a little closer to your mouth. There you are! 41:18 OK. We were just in Philippians. Go to the right. 41:20 OK, I'm turning to the right from Philippians. 41:23 And then we have... 41:28 the Peters and then the Johns. 41:30 I've gotten to Revelation. Where do I need to go now? 41:32 Go back. Yeah, go left to... Got to go left 41:35 from Revelation. Closer to Revelation or closer to John 41:37 where we were? Closer to Revelation. 41:41 Closer to Revelation. 41:43 OK. And, oh, I see III John so I guess it's probably - yes - 41:47 to the left of that. It's I John. 41:49 All right. I John chapter 3 and what verse are we going to? 41:54 Verse 4. Verse 4. OK, can you read that for us? 41:59 Verse 4: "Whoever commits sin 42:04 also commits lawlessness and sin is lawlessness. " 42:10 OK. So what we've done so far in our study 42:13 we talked about Jesus. 42:14 We talked about grace and what grace can do for us. 42:18 And now we've made a transition over to here and we're talking 42:20 about what? We're talking about sin. 42:24 Now there are three definitions of sin in scripture 42:28 that I'm aware of. Now you may know more 42:31 and if so just blurt those out and we'll talk about them. 42:34 But the Bible says in James 4:17 42:37 It says: "If any man knows to do good and does it not, 42:42 to him it is sin. " 42:44 Then in Romans, I believe it's Romans chapter 14, 42:47 in the very last verse, and I hope I'm quoting the Bible 42:52 correctly here. It's in the last verse of Romans 14. 42:54 It says: "For whatsoever is not of faith is sin. " 43:00 And then the third definition is the definition that we see 43:03 right here. The Bible tells us that sin 43:08 is the transgression of God's law. 43:13 Sin is the transgression of God's law. 43:17 Now, Mrs. Gloria, your version said that sin is lawlessness. 43:22 Sin is living your life without regard 43:26 to the law of God. 43:28 So there's a logical question 43:31 that we will want to ask ourselves. 43:33 And that logical question is this: 43:35 If sin - over here - if sin 43:39 is the transgression of God's law, 43:44 then exactly which law are we talking about? 43:49 Well in I John it didn't say God's law. It just said 43:51 "sin is the transgression of the law. " 43:53 And because we are thinking Bible students, 43:56 because we want Biblical answers to our questions, 43:59 we're going to ask this question: what law 44:02 is John talking about when he says "sin is the transgression 44:07 of God's law? " 44:10 So in order to get that we are going to go to our - 44:13 I believe it would be our tenth text - 44:17 And our tenth text - we'll have that graphic up on the screen 44:20 for you in just a moment - our tenth text 44:22 is Romans chapter 7 verse 7. 44:26 And I'm going to ask my cameraman that's getting that 44:28 shot of people's faces to just move out of the way so I can 44:31 catch my computer up to where I need to be. 44:34 So he's just going to move around a little bit 44:37 and those of you at home you just enjoy being at class 44:39 with us here. We're glad you're here with us. 44:41 And Jessica is going to read for us Romans chapter 7 44:45 verse 7. 44:49 Romans chapter 7 verse 7. 44:54 Very nice. And you want to read that for us now? 44:57 Now go ahead and pick that Bible up off of your... 45:00 off of your table there. And you're going to give the 45:02 cameraman some eye contact. So you look right here 45:05 into this camera and you're going to be looking at people 45:07 at home. And they're going to be judging whether or not 45:09 you've got that eye contact that engages them in that study. 45:13 "Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is evil? 45:18 Of course not. The law is not sinful 45:22 but it was the law that showed me my sin. 45:26 I would never have known that coveting is wrong 45:29 if the law had not said 'do not covet. ' " 45:33 OK, so in Romans chapter 7 verse 7 45:37 it... Paul says: "I would not have known sin 45:41 but by the law. " And I was busy moving my slides 45:45 here, so I'm just going to get here. Romans 7 verse 7. 45:48 "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? " 45:52 What is Paul's answer according to this verse? 45:56 Is the law sin? 45:58 God forbid. Certainly not. Bill hollered out "No! " 46:03 Yes, Bill. Good for you, brother. 46:05 What shall we say then? Is the 46:07 law sin? Certainly not! 46:10 On the contrary, 46:13 I would not have known sin 46:16 except through the what? Through the law. 46:20 Well we still haven't answered what law yet, have we, 46:23 in this verse. So just keep reading 46:25 because the reason we're going to this verse is to show the law 46:29 that if we transgress we sin. 46:34 It says there: "For I would not have known covetousness 46:39 unless the law had said 'you shall not covet. ' " 46:46 "I would not have known sin except the law had said 46:49 'you shall not covet. ' " So which law... 46:52 Mrs. Gloria, tell me: which law is it that says 46:57 "You shall not covet? " 46:59 The Ten Commandments. It was the Ten Commandment law, 47:04 isn't it? It's the Ten Commandment law that says 47:07 "You shall not covet. " 47:08 So Paul says that we can know the definition of transgression 47:12 or of breaking the law... We can know the definition of 47:15 the law simply by finding the law that says 47:19 "Thou shalt not covet. " 47:20 And because Mrs. Gloria has been studying the Bible for years 47:23 she knows that the law that says "Thou shalt not covet" 47:26 is the Ten Commandment moral law of God. 47:30 Would you like to look at that law? 47:31 You want to look at that law? 47:33 Shelleta said: "Yes! " I like all those S's there. 47:36 We'll get there, but not right now. 47:38 We're going to look at it, but not right now. 47:41 Go... you still have the microphone there. 47:43 Read for us verse 12: Romans chapter 7 verse 12 47:46 because we have two texts here. We want to firmly establish 47:51 that the law is not sin. 47:53 Paul has already said: "Certainly not! " 47:55 What does he say in verse 12 there, Jessica? 47:59 "But still the law itself is holy and right and good. " 48:04 So the law is what? It is holy; 48:07 it is right; and it is good. 48:11 Isn't that amazing that Jesus is 48:14 holy, He is righteous, and He is the only good Man 48:20 that ever walked on the face of this planet. 48:22 Romans chapter 3 tells us that none of us are good. 48:25 But of course Jesus - who never sinned - is good. 48:30 So the law reflects the character of Christ then, 48:32 doesn't it? Isn't that cool? 48:34 So what then is it? We know what sin is now. 48:38 We know that sin is the transgression or the living 48:42 our life apart from God's law. 48:45 What is it that sin does 48:49 to our relationship with Jesus? 48:54 Separates us. Now I hear you say separate us, but 48:57 because we are studying the Bible with people 49:00 You may be studying the Bible with people that have been 49:02 studying for years and you say 49:04 "What does sin do to our relationship with God? " 49:06 and just like here at the Lay Institute for Evangelism 49:08 you guys said: "separates us. " 49:11 But do you know a reference that tells us that? 49:14 Isaiah 59. Well look there: it's our next reference 49:19 on our slide, isn't it? All right, the 11th Law of God text 49:23 is Isaiah 59 verses 1 and 2. 49:27 So I'll just go ahead and get there and then Vanessa, 49:30 you can read that for us. 49:32 Isaiah... Why don't you help me find Isaiah. Do that for us. 49:35 Help me find Isaiah. 49:36 Where do I go to find Isaiah? 49:39 Middle of the Bible. OK, let's see... middle of the Bible. 49:43 I'm in Proverbs. 49:45 OK. Do I go to the left or the right from Proverbs? 49:48 I go to the right. Why don't you grab that microphone 49:50 and put that up there so the people at home can... 49:53 can be helped as well. 49:54 So we're going to the left or right from Proverbs? 49:57 To the right. And which reference am I going to? 50:00 Isaiah 59. Isaiah 59. 50:04 Now when you're giving Bible studies... 50:06 Let's suppose you're giving Bible studies to a... 50:08 a mother that has two toddlers. 50:11 I don't know if you've ever been in a home that has 50:13 two toddlers all at one. But for the person that doesn't 50:17 have kids they may go into that home and they may think 50:19 "Oh, this is useless. " 50:21 "How in the world am I going to give a Bible study 50:23 in this environment? " 50:24 Well you need to get past that if you don't have kids. 50:26 You know we had some people at our house last night 50:28 and they said: "Oh, man, your kids are just going crazy 50:31 in the house. " And I was thinking: "You know, 50:33 I didn't know they were going crazy. " 50:34 I mean they were a little loud but for me... You know, 50:37 parents can tune things out. So if you're giving this Bible 50:39 study to a parent that has a couple of kids in there, 50:42 that parent... understand that parent has the ability to 50:45 tune their kids out to a certain degree 50:47 until the yells that their kids are giving get to a certain 50:49 decibel and then you know the kid is hurt. Isn't that right? 50:51 That's exactly right. 50:53 And so if you're giving this text to a mother that's 50:56 taking care of a couple of kids at the same time you're giving 50:58 the Bible study, you'll need to make sure, Vanessa, 51:01 that you are repeating those texts. Repeat those texts. 51:04 So where are we going again, Vanessa. Where are we going? 51:07 Isaiah 59. Isaiah 59. 51:09 And, oh, I'm sorry. What reference is that again? 51:12 Verses 1 and 2. Verses 1... OK. 51:14 Good job, Vanessa. You passed! 51:16 You're passed... you've passed. All right. 51:18 Let's read that. OK. "Behold, the Lord's hand is 51:22 not shortened that it cannot save 51:25 neither His ear heavy that it cannot hear. " 51:28 OK, stop right there. 51:30 Let's not read verse 2 quite yet. 51:32 You remember in the first week here we discussed 51:36 three questions that we needed to ask 51:39 when we are reading verses. 51:41 Do you remember what those three questions were? 51:44 What? Why? So what? 51:49 What? Why? and So what? 51:51 So this text right here if we ask the question 51:54 "What did this text say? " 51:56 what would this text show us? 51:58 Vanessa, what would this text show us? 52:01 There's two things there. 52:03 All you've got to do is read it again. 52:04 Just look at it right now and read it again 52:07 and then you'll see the first one. Start reading. 52:09 Out loud? Out loud. Yeah, that's right. 52:11 We can't hear you if you don't read out loud. 52:14 "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened 52:17 that He cannot save... " 52:19 OK. What's the first thing we learned right there, Vanessa? 52:22 That His hand is not shortened. 52:24 That it what? "Behold, the Lord's hand is 52:28 not shortened that He cannot save. " Save us. 52:32 So the Lord does not have an arm that is too short to reach down 52:35 and grab anyone. 52:37 No matter how far we have gone God's hand is not too short 52:41 to reach to where we are and to pick us up. 52:45 And then what does it say? 52:46 What's the second thing that we learned in that text? 52:48 We're asking what. What's the second thing we learned 52:51 in that text? Go ahead and read it. 52:54 Just read the rest of the text. 52:56 On verses 1 or 2? Verse 1. Read the rest of verse 1. 53:00 You're right, you're right. Sorry. I could be more clear. 53:02 "Neither His ear heavy that it cannot hear. " 53:06 OK. So is God's ear too heavy 53:09 that God cannot hear us when we cry out to Him? 53:13 No. You remember in Philippians 4:13, 53:16 the text we read earlier, it said: "I can do all things 53:19 through Christ that strengthens me. " 53:21 Then we were in Matthew 19:26. He says: "With men this is 53:24 impossible but with God all things are possible. " 53:29 So God's hand is not too short that He can't reach out 53:32 and get you where you are 53:33 when you call to Him and pull you out of it. 53:36 "Nor is His ear too heavy. " 53:39 You know, we're here in Florida 53:41 and those of you that are in Florida watching 53:43 you'll have to forgive me for this... "But neither is His 53:46 hearing aid too dull to hear what you are saying. " 53:52 When that person cries out for God to save him 53:55 God will save him. 53:57 But if we live our live rebelliously against God 54:03 we'll get to a point where sin doesn't even seem sinful 54:06 any more. And if sin doesn't seem sinful, then we're 54:09 not going to ask forgiveness for it. 54:11 Read verse 2 for us, Vanessa. You were doing a great job. 54:14 You're doing a great job. 54:16 "But your iniquities have separated between you 54:20 and your God and your sins have hid His face from you 54:24 that He will not hear. " 54:27 So what does our iniquity or our sin do 54:31 with our relationship to God? 54:33 It separates us. Now we have Biblical reference 54:37 for what we said just a moment ago. 54:40 It says there: "Your iniquities have separated you 54:45 from God. " "Your iniquities have separated you from God 54:50 and your sins have hidden His face from you 54:54 so that He will not hear. " 55:00 I don't know for you, but for me 55:05 I don't want to get to the point where God will not hear me. 55:10 I want to stay so far away from sin 55:14 that I'm just sandwiched up against the rock 55:16 that I slammed into when I was converted. 55:18 I want to be as far away from that sin as I can possibly get. 55:24 So this is what we've learned so far in our Bible study. 55:28 We have learned that Jesus is the source 55:33 or the Author of what? Grace. 55:37 Say it loud. He's the Author of... grace. 55:40 That's right. And grace is the power of God 55:44 that helps us overcome sin. That's right. 55:48 And on the screen you'll see here 55:50 we went to I John 3:4 to show that sin is the transgression 55:54 of the law. We went to Romans 7:7,12 55:58 to show that the law of God is the very law that said 56:01 "Thou shalt not... " Say it loud. "Covet. " That's right. 56:06 Then we went to Isaiah 59:1,2 to show that sin 56:09 separates us from God. 56:13 Sin separates us from God. 56:19 We have decided in this study so far that we are not 56:24 willing to be separated from God. 56:28 Since sin is what separates us 56:32 from God and we don't want to be separated from God 56:37 then what is it that we need? Grace. 56:41 That's right, Mike. We need grace which is the 56:45 power of God to overcome sin. 56:48 Which means that we still need the Author of grace 56:52 who is Jesus because the Bible said in John 1:14 56:57 that "the Word became flesh and dwelt among us 57:00 and we beheld His glory, 57:02 the glory as of the only 57:04 begotten of the Father 57:06 full of grace and truth. " 57:11 Now for those of you that are in this room, 57:13 for those of you that are at home, 57:16 the study's not over. 57:17 We have more to cover in this study. 57:20 But at this particular moment take some time to reflect 57:24 on your life. Are you struggling with things 57:30 in your life and do you need the power of God? 57:36 I believe we do, 57:38 and we'll finish this study in our next program. |
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