[ "Praise to the
Lord, the Almighty" plays ]
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>> Please stand with me.
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[ Congregation singing ]
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You may be seated. [
"Blessed be Your Name" plays ]
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Sing along with us.
Blessed be Your name, Lord.
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Every blessing.
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Let me hear you.
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[ "I Will Exalt You" plays ]
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Give it all to God.
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Sing with me.
"I will exalt You."
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One more time.
Sing "I will exalt You."
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>> Well, happy Sabbath, boys and
girls. Nice to see all of you
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here. Yep, it's the last Sabbath
of January already. But I'm so
glad that you're out
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here. Nice to see
you. You look great.
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All right. So, one of my
favorite story scouts, she found
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this story. Happened Monday. So
we're talking pretty fresh.
Happened north of Lake Tahoe in
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California. So it's winter
there, like it's winter here.
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And two boys -- Let's see --
Dean Ortiz and Neale Shutler,
are driving, 12:15 in the
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morning. So that's
Monday morning. Very early.
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Pitch black outside, and it's
snowing, did I mention? They're
on Highway 89 north of
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Lake Tahoe, when all of a
sudden, there is what's called a
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whiteout. Do you know what a
whiteout is? You're driving down
the road, and that snow just
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kind of goes -- Pshew! -- and
the headlights are piercing. You
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can't see. You can't see a
thing. David is driving. He's
slowing the car down
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slower, slower, slower, because
you don't know where you're
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going. When all of a sudden, it
cleared, and he hit a bump. It
was a bump of snow in the
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middle of the road. And before
they could adjust to that bump
of snow, before they
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could even move and think, up
the mountain, 200 feet up, comes
a wall of snow 12 feet tall.
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And that wall of snow comes down
faster, faster, faster, comes to
the road and where that little
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car -- where David and Neale are
in, when that little car looks
up -- Boom! -- under 12 feet of
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snow. Can you
believe that? "Hey, hey.
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What happened? What happened?
What happened? Hey, Neale, can
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you see anything?" "No, I
can't. Look out the window."
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"I can't see anything. Look
out your window." "I can't see
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anything, either." You know why?
They're under the snow. "[ Gasps
] What are we gonna do?
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Nobody knows we're here. Do
you got your cellphone?" "Yes, I
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do." "Pull it out."
"Okay." "Do you have any bars?"
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"Ooh, not very many bars."
"Well, we better decide what we
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should do. And let's just do
what the right thing would be."
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So they did. And let's see a
picture of them. They did a
selfie in the snow underneath.
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There are the windows covered
with snow, every direction.
"Well, we might as well get this
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on Facebook if this is it." Can
you believe that? And with the
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next breath, they dialed -- What
numbers did they dial? -- 911.
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They got ahold of the North
Tahoe Fire Department. Took them
less than an hour for the
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paramedics to come. And when the
paramedics arrived, here's the
picture the paramedics saw
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before the car was dug out.
That's with the car dug out.
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Under that snow. And next
picture, please. There's the big
hole where the car has gone in.
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Ooh, my, my, my. Oh, I tell you
what, boys and girls, some days
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are good days, and some aren't
so good. Some nights, the same.
But listen, listen, listen.
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When Jesus is your Savior and
your forever friend, it doesn't
matter, good day, bad night --
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It doesn't matter. He is always
with us anywhere, any time.
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Jesus says, "Abide in me,
and I in you. And I'm with you
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always." What a friend. How many
are thankful that Jesus is with
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us always? Even under 12 feet of
snow, he is still with us. Life
feels like it's crashing in
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sometimes, he is still with us.
Would somebody like to thank
Jesus for always being with us?
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Sissy, I saw your hand first.
You come on up here. All right.
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Let's close our -- Let's close
our eyes and fold our hands. And
what's your first name?
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>> Jerianna. >> Jerianna is
gonna pray. Come on, let's close
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our eyes with Jerianna. And
she's gonna thank Jesus for
being with us always.
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>> Thank you, Jesus. Thank
you for this day. Thank you for
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being with us always. And we
thank you for everything you've
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done for us. Help everyone to
obey God and you. And help the
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people to raise from the dead.
In your name, amen. >> Amen,
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Jerianna. Beautiful prayer. Boys
and girls, as you go quietly and
reverently -- Thank
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you, Jerianna. As you go quietly
and reverently back to your
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seats, thank you, Jesus. You
are with us all the time. Amen.
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[ Choir vocalizing ]
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>> ¤ I've been in the storm so
long ¤ ¤ I've been in the storm
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so long, children ¤ ¤ I've
been in the storm so long ¤
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¤ Oh, give me a little time
to pray ¤ [ Choir vocalizing ]
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>> ¤ Oh, let me tell my mother
how I come along ¤ ¤ Give me
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time to pray ¤ ¤ With a hung
down head and an aching heart ¤
>> ¤ Oh, give me a little time
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to pray ¤ [ Choir vocalizing ]
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>> ¤ I've been in the storm so
long ¤ ¤ I've been in the storm
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so long, children ¤ ¤ I've
been in the storm so long ¤
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¤ Oh, give me a
little time to pray ¤ ¤ Oh ¤
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¤ When I get to heaven,
I'll walk unabowed ¤ ¤ Give me a
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little time to pray ¤ ¤ There'll
be nobody there to turn me out ¤
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¤ Give me a little time
to pray ¤ >> ¤ To pray ¤
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>> ¤ I've been in the storm so
long ¤ ¤ I've been in the storm
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so long, children ¤ >>
I've been in the storm so long ¤
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>> ¤ Long ¤ ¤ Just give
me a little time to pray ¤
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[ Choir vocalizing ] ¤ To
pray ¤ [ Choir vocalizing ]
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¤ To pray ¤ >> ¤
To pray ¤ [ Applause ]
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>> Thank you, choir.
That was absolutely beautiful.
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Oh, God, how true... for this
Earth, for this congregation.
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Been in the storm so long. Time
to pray. As we carve out these
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last few moments, is there good
news in the midst of being in
the storm? There is. Let us see
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it. Let us sense it. Let us
embrace it. In Jesus name, amen.
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¤¤
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>> So, let's talk
about a coin toss.
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You know what a
coin toss is, don't you?
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When they play the Super Bowl,
the two teams, captains from
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both teams, will gather in
the center of the field with a
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referee. He'll
have a coin, not unlike
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this. It'll actually be a
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commemorative coin.
This is a silver dollar.
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He'll say, "All right,
gentlemen, come here, come here,
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come here. This is heads.
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This is tails.
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I want the visiting team to make
the call." Well, who's visiting?
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Everybody's visiting. It's the
team with the worst record of
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the two. "You make the call."
So he'll take that coin, and he
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will flip it up. Only he won't
catch it. It goes to the turf.
Stoops over, picks it up.
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Voilą. Here's the
result. Interestingly enough,
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50 Super Bowl games, 24 of the
times, the team that won the
coin toss won the game.
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So what's the big deal? The big
deal is this, all to make this
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point -- If you're gonna have a
coin toss, you have to have a
coin with two sides on it.
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If it doesn't have two sides,
you're living in a
two-dimensional world.
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Three dimensions -- You have
to have -- Every coin has two
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sides. It's the two sides
together that make the coin
valuable. So, once upon a time,
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God minted a pure gold coin.
Absolutely, exquisitely expe--
The most expensive in
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the universe. And He
called the coin "Salvation."
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And guess what -- It has two
sides. Do you know the two sides
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to the coin of salvation? Open
your Bible up. Let's go. The
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words of Jesus. John chapter 15.
Thank you, Robert, for reading
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in Portuguese. John chapter 15.
Take a look at this. The words
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of Jesus. Two sides to the
salvation coin. So, I'm in the
NIV. I'm gonna find it here.
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You find it in your translation.
Didn't bring a bible, grab the
pew bible in front of you.
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Page 727. Bright red letters.
This is late Thursday night.
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Only 11 disciples now. In less
than 24 hours, Jesus will be
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dead. John 15. Let's
pick it up in verse five.
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Some of your translations
read, "If you abide in me."
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Zero. Nada. Nothing. All right?
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Now, do you see the two sides of
the coin? They're right there.
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Did you see them? Let's write
it down. Grab your study guide
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right now, and let's just
scribble this down because this
is absolutely critical to
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understand the two sides. Find
the study guide in your worship
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bulletin. You didn't get
a worship bulletin? Come on,
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ushers. Here they come. Hold
your hand up. They're gonna get
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a study guide to you. Up in the
balcony, the same. And those of
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you watching right now, we're
glad to have you on live
streaming. You're already on our
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website, so go the website and
run off, real quick, the study
guide. By the way, if you have
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your device with you, you got
your smartphone with you, you
can do it all on the smartphone.
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What's the website?
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Please put it on the screen.
You go to that website, click on
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number three.
What is the series?
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"Storm -- Finding Jesus in the
Gathering Dark" where it says
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"study guide" under part three.
You can do it all on your phone.
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You never have
to have paper again.
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It's a
paperless-study-guide world.
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You'll carry
these with you forever.
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All right, let's go. So
let's fill it in, what we
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just read, the words
of Jesus. Jot it down.
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Jesus speaking, "If you remain
in Me" -- Hit the pause button
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right there. We
will call that -- We will
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call that the "We are in
Christ" side of the coin.
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Remember, there are two sides.
So that's the "We are in Christ"
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side of the coin.
Jot that down, please.
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We are in Christ. So,
Jesus says, "If you remain
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in Me and I
remain in you" -- Oh.
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There's the flip
side of the coin.
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We'll call that the "Christ
is in us" side of the coin.
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Jot that down. "You
remain in me and I remain
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in you, then you
will bear much fruit."
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Plain and simple,
ladies and gentlemen.
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The coin has two sides.
One side is the "We are in
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Christ" side.
Turn the coin over --
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"Christ is in us" side.
You have to have both sides.
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If you don't have both sides,
you don't have the coin, and you
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don't have the value.
Now, let's put it up as a
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graphic. Put it up
as a graphic, please,
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on the screen. Let's
go back to that "We are in
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Christ" side. What's that?
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That is God's
gift of forgiveness.
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Forgiveness. You
got this in your study
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guide. That's God's gift of
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forgiveness. With the
"Christ is in us" side,
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that's God's gift of
fruit. Both are gifts.
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The fruit, the forgiveness.
Two sides of the coin.
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Two gifts. The first
side of the coin, the
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gift of forgiveness, that's
the theological term called
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"justification." We
don't use this language.
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This generation
doesn't even know.
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What are you talking about?
We don't use it anymore, but
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that's what that building over
there calls it -- justification.
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The other side of the coin,
"Christ is in us," that's what
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they call "sanctification."
Now, you see what's on there in
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yellow? That's
what came to me after we
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printed the study guide, so
you're gonna have to scribble
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this down real quick
because the contrast goes on.
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On the "We are in Christ" side
of the coin, that's what changes
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our external status.
Forgiveness, justification.
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It changes our external
status. Flip the coin over.
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"Christ is in us" side of the
coin -- that's what -- that's
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what changes our internal state.
Something changes inside of us.
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One more. Keep writing.
The "We are in Christ" side of
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the coin -- that's what declares
our righteousness, our right
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being. You flip the coin over.
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What's that side of the
coin? "Christ is in us."
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That's what
demonstrates our righteousness.
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Now, this is gonna
come clear in just a moment.
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But the two sides. You
say, "Dwight, but listen.
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Come on. Please.
What's the big deal?
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Who cares, two sides?"
Ah. Here's the big deal.
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Keep the graphic up, please.
Because some people are in
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big trouble. You know why?
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Because they emphasize
only one side of the coin.
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They act as if there is no other
side. So you can do that with
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the "We are in Christ." You just
say, "Hey, hallelujah. I'm
saved. Grace, grace, grace.
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Yo! Give me a high five, Jesus."
And that's all they talk about.
The flip side is just as true.
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Some people jump to the bottom,
and they say, "Christ is in us."
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"Hey, behavior. You got to get
your behavior together. You got
to have fruit in your
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life." And that's all they talk
about. You need to be able to
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spot those kind of people,
because the moment you see them,
they only got half a coin.
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And one-sided coins are of
no value. You have to have both
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sides. The coin of salvation.
Jesus says there are two sides
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to it. And Paul comes along, and
he says, "Amen." Yeah, Paul
agrees with Christ.
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Put the words on the
screen. Galatians 2:20.
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"I am crucified with Christ" --
Oh, hit the pause button there.
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Scribble it into
your study guide.
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That's the "We
are in Christ" side.
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You weren't at
Calvary. I wasn't in Calvary.
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But He took us to Calvary,
and He took our sins there.
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We are in Christ. "I am
crucified with Christ --
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nevertheless I
live. Yet not I, but --"
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Oh, here it comes.
Christ lives where?
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"In me." That's
the "Christ in us" side
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of the same coin. Keep reading.
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There they are, ladies and
gentlemen -- two sides to the
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salvation coin -- "We are
in Christ," "Christ is in us."
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And once you know these two
sides, you're gonna spot it all
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the way through the New
Testament. Boom, boom, boom,
boom, boom. But with your
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permission, I'd like to
concentrate on the second side
of the coin. Because, actually,
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#RxF4Now, our little series last
fall, we were focusing on the
"We are in Christ."
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Now, futile times we have, with
the "Storm" series, let's flip
00:27:56.07\00:28:01.48
the coin over. "Christ is in
us." "Is that just Jesus's words
that bring that to us?
00:28:01.48\00:28:05.28
One little line, and you're
making a big case out of it? Are
00:28:05.28\00:28:08.32
you kidding?" Get your pen
running. I'm not gonna comment
on a single one of these verses.
00:28:08.32\00:28:11.42
I'm gonna run them by you. Here
they come. Six in a row. Write
00:28:11.42\00:28:15.02
them down. That's the second
side we're gonna concentrate on.
00:28:19.83\00:28:22.70
We just read that as
well, but now fresh territory.
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Keep reading. Paul
says, "I pray that Christ
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may dwell in your
hearts." Christ in, inside.
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This is one of the big
ones for "Christ in us."
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One more. And by the
way, he's speaking to
00:28:59.90\00:29:02.57
the storm generation, the
end-game storm generation.
00:29:02.57\00:29:05.61
It's called Laodicea.
He speaks these words to
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Laodicea. Revelations 3:20.
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Christ in you.
00:29:19.12\00:29:20.69
"Yeah, but come on, Dwight.
I mean, why are you making such
00:29:24.06\00:29:26.76
a big deal about the
second side of the coin?"
00:29:26.76\00:29:29.53
Oh, I'll tell you
why. We just read it.
00:29:29.53\00:29:31.67
Write it down. John
15:5. What did we read?
00:29:31.67\00:29:34.07
"I am the Vine --" Jot it
down -- "you are the branches.
00:29:34.07\00:29:37.47
If you remain in Me and I
in you, you will bear much --"
00:29:37.47\00:29:42.84
What? What's the next
word? You'll "bear much fruit."
00:29:42.84\00:29:47.85
For the God of the universe
-- I'm talking about the Father,
00:29:47.85\00:29:49.82
the Son, and the Holy Spirit
-- for the God of the Universe,
00:29:49.82\00:29:52.45
"bearing fruit is a huge deal."
You know why? Jot this down.
00:29:52.45\00:29:56.32
"Because it is --" Fruit is "the
only way to show that the branch
00:29:56.32\00:30:03.13
is truly connected to the Vine.
No fruit, there's no connection.
00:30:03.13\00:30:08.04
No connection, there's
no fruit. It's a big deal.
00:30:08.04\00:30:12.01
In fact, Jesus tells a
parable over here in Luke.
00:30:12.01\00:30:15.04
It's a parable. We
never read this one, do we?
00:30:15.04\00:30:18.05
Luke chapter 13. But
he's making the point.
00:30:18.05\00:30:20.22
Watch this. Luke chapter
13. Beginning in verse 6.
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And Jesus told this parable.
Here comes the parable now.
00:30:24.65\00:30:27.79
"A man had a fig tree
growing in his vineyard."
00:30:27.79\00:30:29.82
So Jesus was in the
vineyard in John 15.
00:30:29.82\00:30:31.99
We're still in the vineyard.
But here is this one little fig
00:30:31.99\00:30:34.66
tree growing up
out of the vineyard.
00:30:34.66\00:30:37.17
And the gardener jumps up,
he says, "Sir, hold it, hold it,
00:30:54.92\00:30:57.69
hold it."
00:30:57.69\00:30:59.22
Would you jot that down, please?
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Ladies and gentlemen, make no
mistake about it. God very much
00:31:18.17\00:31:24.78
wants fruit. You know why?
Because fruit-bearing is proof
to anybody who asks -- who asks,
00:31:24.78\00:31:34.82
who wants to know if I'm
connected to the Vine. For
anybody who observes, who
00:31:34.82\00:31:42.00
wants to ascertain, are you
connected to the Vine? It's a
big deal for God because
00:31:42.00\00:31:48.90
it's God's character on the
line. And if He has people who
00:31:48.90\00:31:52.11
are connected to Him, they'll
bear the fruit of who He is.
00:31:52.11\00:31:57.65
It's a big deal. You say, "Well,
I suppose it's a big deal,
Dwight. But you know what?
00:31:57.65\00:32:00.05
It really depends on what kind
of fruit you're talking about."
Well, how about this fruit?
00:32:00.05\00:32:02.92
On the screen again.
00:32:02.92\00:32:03.82
"The fruit --"
Write that in, please.
00:32:05.92\00:32:08.96
So, what did Jesus say?
"If you abide in me and I abide
00:32:24.41\00:32:27.18
in you, you will
bear much fruit."
00:32:27.18\00:32:29.54
In other words, it's gonna show.
Reminds me of that day when
Satan came sauntering into
00:32:29.71\00:32:34.02
the council room in heaven. God
spots Satan walking in. He says,
00:32:34.02\00:32:39.22
"Yo, Satan. You see that friend
of mine down there? I mean, has
00:32:39.22\00:32:43.79
anybody gotten closer to me than
that man named Job? What do you
00:32:43.79\00:32:46.53
think of Job?" And Satan just
shoots back, "Yeah, God, I'll
tell you what. You turn off your
00:32:46.53\00:32:50.50
little blessing machine,
and he'll turn away from you. I
00:32:50.50\00:32:55.67
promise you." God pauses for
a moment. He thinks. He said,
00:32:55.67\00:32:58.47
"Okay." I'll turn off the
blessing machine. You can have
00:32:58.47\00:33:03.98
at it with him. Only
don't you kill him. All right?"
00:33:03.98\00:33:08.52
In the Book of Job, there's this
stunning narrative of a man who,
00:33:08.68\00:33:12.02
in the midst of crippling
calamities -- I mean, we're
00:33:12.02\00:33:14.49
talking about loss of property,
loss of the beloved ones, loss
00:33:14.49\00:33:18.13
of personal health --
relentlessly is hanging on to
00:33:18.13\00:33:22.03
his trust in God. In
fact, for me -- Okay, for me,
00:33:22.03\00:33:25.00
the stunning of all stunning
lines in Job is this one -- When
00:33:25.00\00:33:30.61
he sobs his confession and he
says, "Even though He slays me,
00:33:30.61\00:33:38.31
I'm gonna trust Him."
00:33:38.31\00:33:41.12
Man, if I could borrow language
that's gonna come from 2,000
years after Job, I'd say, "Look
00:33:41.28\00:33:47.02
at Job. Obviously here he is
abiding in Christ, and Christ is
00:33:47.02\00:33:53.40
clearly abiding in him because
just look at the fruit. "Have
you seen my friend Job?"
00:33:53.40\00:34:00.90
"Have you seen my friend
Tony?" "Have you seen my friend
00:34:00.90\00:34:11.58
Stanley?" Look. What
does Job say? Jot it down.
00:34:11.58\00:34:16.05
How did Jesus put it
when he was on Earth?
00:34:25.13\00:34:26.70
Hebrews 2:13 says this
was his life confession.
00:34:26.70\00:34:29.43
Hebrews 2:13 -- "I
will put My trust in Him."
00:34:29.43\00:34:34.54
"I will put My trust in Him."
00:34:34.54\00:34:36.87
Jesus says, "Abide
in me and I in you."
00:34:40.61\00:34:46.72
"The faith of Jesus is
revealed --" Jot it down one
00:34:46.72\00:34:49.02
more time -- "in the
fruit of the Spirit."
00:34:49.02\00:34:51.92
The fruit. Okay,
here's "Desire of Ages."
00:34:51.92\00:34:54.36
Oh, this is
dynamite. Watch this.
00:34:54.36\00:34:56.96
That's what fruit is.
It's just, "Yo, man, look at
00:35:08.17\00:35:10.87
that guy. Reminds me of
God." But it gets even better.
00:35:10.87\00:35:14.68
Watch this.
00:35:14.68\00:35:15.78
You know why? Because
the fruit of the Spirit
00:35:25.92\00:35:27.26
doesn't come by labor.
Doesn't come by grunting and
00:35:27.26\00:35:29.92
straining. "I'm gonna get this."
00:35:29.92\00:35:31.69
It comes by
abiding. By abiding in Him.
00:35:31.69\00:35:36.16
"Abide in me and I in you."
So, we got four apple trees on
00:35:36.16\00:35:40.04
our little property.
And boy, when they're going,
00:35:40.04\00:35:45.31
delicious fruit. But
I'll tell you the truth.
00:35:45.31\00:35:51.91
I go out in the
middle of the night.
00:35:51.91\00:35:53.92
No kidding. This is true.
I go out in the middle of the
00:35:53.92\00:35:56.05
night, and I
stand near those trees.
00:35:56.05\00:35:58.52
And I have never, in the middle
of the night, ever heard those
00:35:58.52\00:36:03.19
apple trees sobbing, "I am
trying so hard to bear fruit,
00:36:03.19\00:36:07.86
but nothing's coming.
I'm grunting. I'm panting.
00:36:07.86\00:36:11.33
I'm straining. But
no fruit is popping out.
00:36:11.33\00:36:14.77
Poor, pitiful me."
00:36:14.77\00:36:20.41
Never. Never heard it. You know
why? Because these four little
00:36:20.58\00:36:25.85
apple trees, they abide in the
soil, and the soil abides in
them. They abide under the
00:36:25.85\00:36:32.55
glorious sun, and the sun abides
in them. They abide in the
showers of rain, and the rain
00:36:32.55\00:36:39.46
abides in them. They just stand
there, and apparently, they bear
00:36:39.46\00:36:44.67
fruit from that quiet abiding.
So maybe that's what's supposed
00:36:44.67\00:36:51.14
to be with us.
What did we just read?
00:36:51.14\00:36:52.04
"The Savior does not bid us
labor --" work, strain, groan --
00:36:52.21\00:36:56.81
"to bear fruit."
Can I put it this way?
00:36:56.81\00:36:59.81
Let's just shift the metaphors
here, move from fruit to
00:36:59.81\00:37:02.35
relationships.
00:37:02.35\00:37:05.12
When you fall in love with
somebody, and you have. When you
00:37:05.29\00:37:11.33
fall in love with somebody, you
really end up abiding in that
person. And that person abides
00:37:11.33\00:37:18.47
in you. You don't grunt.
You don't growl. You don't grit
00:37:18.47\00:37:21.87
yourself into love. You abide in
a very special friendship that
00:37:21.87\00:37:29.04
deepens the more you abide in
each other. You talk. You
listen. You keep reminding
00:37:29.04\00:37:34.45
yourself, "Two ears, one mouth,
two ears, one mouth," to
remember the lesson.
00:37:34.45\00:37:40.32
But the more time you spend
together, the deeper it grows.
No kidding. Really.
00:37:40.32\00:37:46.96
The more time. The more
heartache, the more pain, the
00:37:46.96\00:37:51.80
more tears you go through
together, the deeper grows your
love for her, your love for him.
00:37:51.80\00:37:57.87
You don't take a pill to
get this. You don't grunt.
00:37:57.87\00:38:05.15
You just abide in her, in him.
Even as she, as he, abides in
00:38:05.15\00:38:11.32
you. And ever so surely, ever so
slowly, you begin to change.
It's how it works in a
00:38:11.32\00:38:18.86
relationship. Love changes you.
The most powerful book I've ever
00:38:18.86\00:38:24.47
read on marriage is written
by a Canadian author named Mike
00:38:24.47\00:38:28.20
Mason. Title of the book, "The
Mystery of Marriage: As Iron
00:38:28.20\00:38:31.07
Sharpens Iron." In my humble
opinion, here is an absolutely
brilliant observation.
00:38:31.07\00:38:36.75
Put the words on
the screen for you.
00:38:36.91\00:38:38.85
"Yet ironically, it is
some of --" I love this.
00:38:57.70\00:39:00.67
So, if you're heading
down that pathway, jot it down.
00:39:16.58\00:39:19.49
That's what Jesus is talking
about when he says, "Abide in
00:39:27.76\00:39:30.33
me and I in you. You
will bear much fruit."
00:39:30.33\00:39:33.34
Be prepared for change.
Revolutionary change. Ever so
slowly, ever so surely,
00:39:33.50\00:39:40.01
that change just creeps into
your relationship. Well, the
00:39:40.01\00:39:45.58
question that begs itself is,
"How should we abide, He in us,
and us in Him?" As it turns out,
00:39:45.58\00:39:55.22
this coin -- As it turns out,
the faith of Jesus is absolutely
essential for both sides of the
00:39:55.22\00:40:00.96
coin. The faith of Jesus. The
question is, Jesus's faith when
he was here, "How did he
00:40:00.96\00:40:08.34
get his faith?" Oh, come
on. Remember that moment?
00:40:08.34\00:40:12.84
Satan materializes -- Shoo! --
materializes himself. He's
standing in front of the
00:40:12.84\00:40:16.78
emaciated and famished God-made
flesh, the Son of God. And with
that assault of three
00:40:16.78\00:40:24.45
blinding temptations, Jesus
picks up the challenge. And have
you noticed, all three
00:40:24.45\00:40:33.09
temptation, when He responds to
the temptation, He begins with
the identical words.
00:40:33.09\00:40:36.97
What are the words? Do you
remember? "It is written." Yeah.
00:40:36.97\00:40:44.21
In fact, that first temptation
responds -- Jot it down in your
00:40:44.37\00:40:47.01
study guide.
00:40:47.01\00:40:47.74
Every word. Now,
remember, when God speaks a
00:40:56.79\00:40:58.69
word -- When the omnipotent
God speaks a word, the word
00:40:58.69\00:41:02.22
instantly creates
the reality it describes.
00:41:02.22\00:41:04.46
So when Jesus quotes the word
back to the tempter, and he
says, "Man shall not live by
00:41:04.63\00:41:11.40
bread alone," in the very
speaking of the word, divine
power is unleased in him, and he
00:41:11.40\00:41:16.04
can stare at those stones that
he could turn into bread, and he
can say no to his appetite, just
00:41:16.04\00:41:21.48
like that. Where'd the power
come from? It was supernaturally
00:41:21.48\00:41:25.41
infused in him because he
believed the word. And he says,
"Man shall not live
00:41:25.41\00:41:28.52
by bread alone."
Pshew! All three times.
00:41:28.52\00:41:34.79
The Word of God was huge
for Jesus. As he abided in the
00:41:34.79\00:41:40.63
Father, and the Father abided
in him, the word was the key. In
00:41:40.63\00:41:46.97
fact, watch this. Jesus is
obviously saturated with the
Psalms, the prayer book of his
00:41:46.97\00:41:52.51
faith community. He has
memorized the Psalms. The book
of Hebrews chapter 10 says these
00:41:52.51\00:41:58.18
are actually words Jesus quoted.
Jot them down. This is from
00:41:58.18\00:42:02.38
Psalm 40:8. Jesus speaking...
00:42:02.38\00:42:03.42
So he quotes the promise, and
he says amen to it, and, boom,
00:42:09.36\00:42:14.36
written all over the
walls of his heart and his mind.
00:42:14.36\00:42:16.87
And guess what -- you and I
say amen to it, all over us, the
00:42:16.87\00:42:21.27
Word, the Law of
God in our heart.
00:42:21.27\00:42:25.54
Psalm 119:11.
00:42:25.54\00:42:27.38
The Word of God is the secret to
Jesus abiding in Him and He in
00:42:34.72\00:42:38.29
Jesus all through his
life, all through his mission.
00:42:38.29\00:42:41.16
And get this. I had never seen
this before. But even as he is
00:42:41.32\00:42:47.50
expiring, he's been hanging on
the cross for six hours.
Darkness is moving in to swallow
00:42:47.50\00:42:53.10
him up. In that moment just
before death -- I never knew
00:42:53.10\00:42:58.47
this before. Did you? -- Jesus
goes to an embedded promise in
00:42:58.47\00:43:06.68
the Psalms. I'm indebted to
Camron Schofield for showing me
this in his book "Heralding the
00:43:06.68\00:43:12.99
Loud Cry." Watch this. You
remember when Jesus dies.
Finally at the end, he cries out
00:43:12.99\00:43:18.06
a rather triumphant exclamation.
Do you remember what it was? "It
--" What? "is finished."
00:43:18.06\00:43:26.00
And then the seventh word of the
cross, right after he says, "It
is finished," the final
00:43:26.00\00:43:29.97
word -- "Father --" And how's
it go? "Father, into Your hands
00:43:29.97\00:43:35.88
I commit my Spirit." Now, people
have come -- and I've taught the
00:43:35.88\00:43:40.68
cross through the years --
people have come and said, "Hey,
Dwight. I mean, how do you
00:43:40.68\00:43:44.09
explain that faith?" And you
know what I've said? It's kind
of a wimpy reply, but
00:43:44.09\00:43:49.02
this is what I've used for years
-- "Well, you know, Jesus,
before he came to Calvary, he
00:43:49.02\00:43:54.20
was telling everybody, 'I'll
be dead for three days, and then
00:43:54.20\00:43:56.83
I'll come up. I'll be dead for
three days, and then I'll rise
up. I'll be dead for three days,
00:43:56.83\00:43:59.57
and I'll rise up.'" So Jesus
remembers the promise. He
remembers what he's been
00:43:59.57\00:44:03.54
telling everybody, and he hangs
on to that. And how wrong that
00:44:03.54\00:44:08.48
interpretation is. Thank
you, Camron. You know what Jesus
00:44:08.48\00:44:13.01
does? As the darkness in
overwhelming him, just as it's
about to suck him up, Jesus puts
00:44:13.01\00:44:21.76
his finger on an embedded
promise in the Psalms. Write it
down. It's Psalm 16.
00:44:21.76\00:44:25.59
Unbelievable.
00:44:25.59\00:44:26.56
Look at these
words. It's Jesus speaking.
00:44:26.73\00:44:29.26
"I will keep my
eyes always on the LORD."
00:44:29.26\00:44:32.47
No matter how dark my life right
now, "I will keep my eyes always
00:44:32.47\00:44:36.67
on the LORD." I
will put my trust in Him.
00:44:36.67\00:44:38.51
Remember, he lives by that.
"I will keep my eyes always on
00:44:38.51\00:44:41.84
the LORD. With him
at My right hand --"
00:44:41.84\00:44:43.85
Now watch this --
"I will not be shaken."
00:44:43.85\00:44:46.25
Why will you not be
shaken as you're dying?
00:44:46.25\00:44:47.85
Keeping reading.
"Because You will not --" Write
00:44:47.85\00:44:50.45
that in -- "You will not abandon
Me to the realm of the grave."
00:44:50.45\00:44:53.86
You will not let
me stay in there.
00:44:53.86\00:44:55.56
You will not keep me in
the grave, in the realm of the
00:44:55.56\00:44:58.09
dead. "You will
not abandon Me to the
00:44:58.09\00:45:02.06
realm of the dead, nor --" Write
that word in -- "will You let
00:45:02.06\00:45:05.07
Your faithful one see decay."
In his mind, as the darkness
00:45:05.07\00:45:11.17
overwhelms him -- In fact,
"Desire of Ages" tells us he
00:45:11.17\00:45:13.38
cannot see past the
portals of the tomb.
00:45:13.38\00:45:15.44
This is a one-way
street into eternal oblivion.
00:45:15.44\00:45:20.65
But in his mind, as he
contemplates that ending, the
Spirit brings back to him a
00:45:20.82\00:45:27.09
promise -- You will not let me
be held captive in the realm of
00:45:27.09\00:45:31.83
the dead. You will not let this
body decay. And so, in a cry of
00:45:31.83\00:45:40.90
sheer faith, "Amen to that
promise. It is finished. Father,
00:45:40.90\00:45:44.41
into Your hands, I commit My
Spirit." Boom, he's dead. But
what God spoke with His lips
00:45:44.41\00:45:52.01
is instantly created. And that
body locked in the realm of the
00:45:52.01\00:46:01.69
dead, not a moment of decay.
Three days later, poof! Isn't
00:46:01.69\00:46:09.36
that amazing? Now, Cameron
Schofield -- I want you to get
his point. Words on the screen.
00:46:09.36\00:46:13.07
"If you don't get anything else
out of this study --" Schofield
writing -- "I want you to listen
00:46:13.07\00:46:17.67
carefully and get this."
00:46:17.67\00:46:19.07
The italics are his. "He
believed that God would keep
00:46:34.52\00:46:39.56
His Word." He died.
00:46:39.56\00:46:44.73
The faith of Jesus -- "I
will put my trust in Him even in
00:46:44.90\00:46:49.64
death." And in that instant
before He dies, the promise
appears to Him that He had read.
00:46:49.64\00:46:55.28
How many times have I read the
Psalms and never thought about
Jesus reading this line?
00:46:55.28\00:46:58.78
He read it. He knew it.
"You will not leave me in the
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realm of the dead. You will
not let my body decay." Amen!
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Dead. And God says, "You
quoted my Word back to me.
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You quoted my
omnipotent Word back to me.
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And because you
believe it, you get it."
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That's the faith of Jesus.
"Here are they that keep the
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commandments of God and
have the faith of Jesus."
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That would be the storm
generation, the end-time
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generation.
They're known with two
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characteristics.
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They keep the commandments
of God, and then there's nothing
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else. It says, "and the faith
of Jesus," meaning the keep the
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faith of Jesus. Your faith won't
get you anywhere. You can't get
00:47:42.66\00:47:46.59
saved by your faith. You and
I can only be saved by the faith
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of the Lord Jesus Himself. The
faith of Jesus. "You abide in
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me. I abide in you." You'll
be okay. Where did Jesus get His
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faith? From the Word of God, of
course. Where do we get -- Where
do we get the faith of Jesus
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from? From the Word of God, of
course. Let me end with this --
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"Desire of Ages." Let me end
with this quotation. "It is
through the Word --" Write that
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in. "It is through the Word that
Christ abides in His followers."
That's how He does it -- through
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the Word. Keep reading.
"The words of Christ --" that
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would be in the Gospels -- "are
sprit and life." That's John
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6:63. Keep reading. "Receiving
Christ's words, you receive the
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life of the Vine. You live by
every word that proceeds out of
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the mouth of God. The life of
Christ in you produces -- " Can
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you believe this? Jot it down.
"The life of Christ in you
produces the same fruits as in
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Him." That's why when you abide
in Jesus and He abides in you,
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people look at you, and you know
what they're thinking about?
They're not thinking about me.
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They're not thinking about you.
They're thinking, "Man, that guy
is like this with Jesus."
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"That girl is like this
with Jesus." What's showing up?
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The fruits of the Spirit, that's
what's showing up. They say, "I
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recognize that. I recognize
that. I recognize that boy."
They took note that these men
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had been with Jesus. See?
It's the fruit -- Acts 4:13.
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It's the fruit.
That's it. That's it.
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You know what that means?
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We'll finish the sentence here.
"Living in Christ, adhering --"
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or clinging -- "to Christ,
supported by Christ, drawing
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nourishment from Christ,
you bear fruit after --" the
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likeness. The
similitude is the likeness
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of Jesus. I'm
telling you what, ladies and
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gentlemen. See the two sides?
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See, here's the salvation coin.
Two sides. Every side is Jesus.
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It is Jesus from stem to stern.
It is the faith of Jesus -- both
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sides. We are in Christ. He is
in us. It's Jesus from beginning
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to end. And that's good news,
because if it depends on you and
00:49:49.55\00:49:56.36
it depends on me, curtains.
It's not my faith. It's not your
00:49:56.36\00:50:02.50
faith. It's the faith of Jesus
that He's offering you and me
today. I will put my trust in
00:50:02.50\00:50:11.04
Him. You know what that
means? Jot it down. One last
00:50:11.04\00:50:14.24
fill-in-the-blank. "If you want
to abide in Christ and you want
Him to abide in you, every day
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ask for the faith of Jesus as
you read the Word of God." Now,
I'm gonna repeat that a
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thousand times right now. Every
day ask for the faith of Jesus
as you read the Word of
00:50:26.69\00:50:33.06
God. Every day -- In
fact, say it out loud with me.
00:50:33.06\00:50:37.37
Every day ask for the faith
of Jesus as you read the Word of
00:50:37.37\00:50:41.64
God. Come on, let's do it again.
Every day ask for the faith of
Jesus as you read the Word of
00:50:41.64\00:50:48.38
God. That's it. That's it.
00:50:48.38\00:50:51.15
Both sides of the coin are now
dealt with. You're okay, and I'm
00:50:51.15\00:50:57.02
okay, because we have the faith
of Jesus. I'm telling you what.
00:50:57.02\00:51:02.92
I'm just saying. It is through
the Word -- What did we just
00:51:02.92\00:51:09.00
read? It is through the Word
that Christ abides in us. And,
oh, by the way, when Christ
00:51:09.00\00:51:13.64
abides in you and you abide
in Him, guess what. You will not
00:51:13.64\00:51:17.74
only bear much fruit. No, no,
no, no, no, no. But it will be
00:51:17.74\00:51:21.54
the beginning of a story of a
friendship that will last
forever and ever. Amen.
00:51:21.54\00:51:26.48
That's it. That's the
teaching. Take it home.
00:51:26.48\00:51:30.79
Take it into your heart. I want
to pray with you after we sing
00:51:30.79\00:51:36.09
two stanzas -- Ralph Carmichael.
This is a great piece. Steve,
you know this piece well.
00:51:36.09\00:51:41.46
The Savior is waiting to...
enter your heart. It's, "I want
00:51:41.46\00:51:47.87
to come in." It's the Laodicean
invitation. "I'm knocking. Let
00:51:47.87\00:51:51.27
me in." There are only two
stanzas to it, so, ushers,
please stand. Please go.
00:51:51.27\00:51:54.18
And let's go. Let's
sing. [ "The Savior Is Waiting"
00:51:54.18\00:51:57.95
plays ]
00:51:57.95\00:52:00.28
>> ¤ ...take one step toward
the Savior, my friend ¤ ¤ You'll
00:53:37.38\00:53:50.93
find His arms open wide ¤ ¤
Receive Him, and all of your
darkness will end ¤
00:53:50.93\00:54:05.57
¤ Within your
heart He'll abide ¤
00:54:05.57\00:54:15.35
>> Oh, God, what an appeal. The
Savior is standing waiting,
knocking to enter your heart.
00:55:00.20\00:55:14.34
Time and again, He has knocked.
Oh, God, if there -- if there is
somebody here right now who's
00:55:14.34\00:55:28.16
hearing the knocking and knows
who it is, for that man, for
that woman, please...
00:55:28.16\00:55:41.74
just a touch of the faith of
Jesus in that heart to have the
courage to open the door from
00:55:41.74\00:55:49.41
the inside... and invite the
Savior in. Oh, God, it's a big
00:55:49.41\00:56:00.36
deal. We abide in You. You abide
in us. And the fruit grows.
00:56:00.36\00:56:10.83
So thank You. Thank You that
the truth is all wrapped up in
00:56:10.83\00:56:18.17
Jesus, the faith of Jesus. We go
today with that faith in our
hearts, His faith, His
00:56:18.17\00:56:26.65
promise, His Word. And now may
the grace of Jesus and the love
00:56:26.65\00:56:41.43
of the Father and the fellowship
of the Holy Spirit be with us
00:56:41.43\00:56:48.30
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