You know it's a
joy and a privilege
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to speak for the Lord and I know
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that anytime that you
bring a teaching from his
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word. You are
representing the Lord and
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your speaking
for him. At the same
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time it is very
humbling and I say
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that, because in the Bible Jesus
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said in John
6:63, the flesh counts
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for nothing only
the Spirit brings life,
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so I've realized anytime that I
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am speaking, if life
comes from my message
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it is because God brings life,
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I get no credit, no glory.
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But if life does not
come from the message,
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it means one of two
things. It means either
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my flesh got in
the way or your flesh
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got in the way.
So let's go before
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the Lord again
today and let's pray
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that he will
send his holy spirit
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to be our teacher.
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Heavenly Father, we are coming
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now to approach
your throne boldly,
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to praise you Lord. We lift up
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our voices in praise for you are
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worthy of our praise. And we ask
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in the name of Jesus
that you will forgive
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us, of all of our
sins Father. Lord,
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we particularly want
to come and I pray for
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myself, for my
sisters and my brothers
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here in this
audience and around the world.
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I ask I the name
of Jesus Lord that you
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would anoint our
ears, anoint our heart,
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anoint our
spiritual eyes Father.
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Let us see what
you are trying to teach
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us and Father,
let us hear what the
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spirit has to say,
I pray in particular
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Lord that help me to be hidden
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behind the cross. I just want
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to lift Jesus up
that you may draw
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all men to yourself
Lord Jesus and Father
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I also ask in the name of Jesus
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that this will be a
time of great understanding,
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increased understanding,
as we look at grace.
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Lord, we want to
know you, we want
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to be filled with your
spirit please send your
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holy spirit now to
fill me and let every
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word that is spoken
Father come directly
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from your throne
of grace. Lord, I
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cannot do this
without you, apart from
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Jesus I can do
nothing. So I pray in the
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name of Jesus,
send your holy spirit
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now and let us be taught by Him
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and we will give
you all the glory
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and all the
praise, in Jesus holy
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name we pray, Amen. Amen.
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You know this is
such an interesting
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topic and it is something
my title of my presentation
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today is called
the grace pipeline
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and that comes
from a book title.
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I've got a book
that I am writing on
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grace and it has a
particular interest
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to me and I am
going to tell you why.
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I had a friend many
years ago one of her
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favorite scriptures
was Second Timothy 2:13
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and in that scripture it
says if we are faithless,
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he is faithful,
because he cannot deny himself.
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Well, she gave me this
little scripture promise
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and this is well
before the Lord had
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taught me to get
into the Bible and
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to really make his
word life to me before he
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had taught me to
return his promises
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to him in prayer and
so she gave me this little
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scripture promise
and her attitude was in
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the Church that I
was attending at that
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time was, Hey it's
all by grace anyway,
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so Hallelujah
even if I am faithless,
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he's faithful. He is
not going to deny me,
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'cause he can't deny
himself and that became my
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attitude, in fact, it was
the attitude of my church.
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Now let me tell you
something, it is all by
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grace. Amen, Amen.
Everything is by grace,
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but let me read to
you that scripture promise
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in context because
it will change the way
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we look at grace.
We have such a limited
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understanding of
what God's grace is.
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But this, if we
think for one minute
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that we can be
faithless and that Jesus
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is going to be
faithful to us, we're mistaken.
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Lets look at Second
Timothy and we're going to
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begin chapter 2 in verse 11.
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Second Timothy
chapter 2 and verse 11,
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so that we'll
understand what the
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promise is. The Bible says
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the saying is, I'm
beginning with verse 11.
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The saying is sure
and worthy of confidence,
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if we have what? Died with him,
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we shall also live
with him. What does
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that mean to die with Christ?
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It means to die to self, to pick
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up your Cross and be
willing to deny yourself,
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if we had died
with him, we shall also
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live with him. If
we endure we shall
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also reign with him.
Now look at this though,
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if we deny and
disown and reject him,
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what's gonna
happen? He will also deny
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and disown and
reject us. If we are
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faithless, if we do not believe,
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if we are untrue to
him he remains true.
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You know what that
means to remain true?
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It means that he
will remain true to his
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character that he
is faithful to his word
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and his righteous character,
for he cannot deny himself.
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We must look at
grace in a new way
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and when we do we are gonna see
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that grace is so
much more than any of us
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understand.
Grace, I came to the Lord
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and I said Lord
one thing that I know
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for sure is as Paul said
in First Corinthians 15:10.
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He said I am what I
am by the grace of God.
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One thing I was
positive of, is that
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I could do nothing
apart from Jesus, that
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everything in my
life was by grace,
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but I wanted to
understand and here is
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what I want to show you today.
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Grace is God's
pipeline, all blessings,
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every blessing in
your life flows to you
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by the grace of God.
You woke up this morning and
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took a breath by
the grace of God.
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You are here at
this conference by
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the grace of God,
and faith is the faucet,
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if that is
faucet, how you tap into
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the grace
pipeline. You know some of us
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have enough faith to believe God
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for promises about our
finances, if we give him a
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faithful tap, that
he will prove to us
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that he will open up
the store house of blessing
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and pour out
his blessings on us.
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Some of us have
that faith, we've tapped
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into the grace
pipeline there. Yet, we don't
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have the faith to
believe God can save
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our children. Let
me tell you something,
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I wanna give you
two scripture promises,
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if you have
children, who are in trouble
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claim Psalm 1:29 verse 4
that the Lord is righteous,
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that he will cut
your children free
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from the cord of the
wicked that binds them.
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Claim Acts 26:18
that says he will turn,
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open their eyes,
turn them from darkness
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to light, from the
power of Satan to God
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that they may
receive an inheritance among
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those who are sanctified
by faith in Jesus Christ.
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Faith is the
faucet, that's how we tap
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into God's grace
and prayer is the handle
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that turns the faucet
that opens the faucet,
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so prayer is also key to this.
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Trust is the foundation
for the prayer of faith
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and relationship is
the foundation for trust.
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And let me tell you something,
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love is the
foundation for the relationship
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that we have with the Lord.
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So, the greater our
love for God the greater
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the relationship, the
greater the relationship,
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the greater the
trust, the greater the trust
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that we have in God.
The greater our faith
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will be and the
more we will go and turn
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that faucet and open it up
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and the greater our
faith, the greater our
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trust, the greater
our prayer, the greater
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our faith. Have you
ever noticed that when
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you're really
praying about something
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particularly if
you pray in the word
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of God, how it just
absolutely makes faith
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bubble up in
you and you begin to
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overflow with hope
with eager expectation
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of what God is going
to do and the greater the
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faith, the
greater you can draw on
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the grace,
everything comes to us by grace.
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Grace is God's
pipeline. So, when
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I use the word
grace, I have a very
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specific meaning, a
definition in my mind,
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what is grace?
Somebody give me a definition.
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What is grace? Unmerited favor,
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over and over when I asked this
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question that's
the answer I get.
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Let me asked you
another question.
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What does that
mean? What does it
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mean when we say, see
I think that Christians
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are walking in a
lesser state than we
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could be walking
in, because we do not
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understand. We
don't understand what
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faith really is,
to us it's ethereal,
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it's a mystical
thing and that's the way
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we treat grace.
It's like well we know
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its God's redemptive
mercy. God's redemptive
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mercy is what my
friend believe it was,
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when she was saying
if I am faithless to him,
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Shelley don't worry
about it he is still faithful,
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he cannot deny
himself. What Jesus
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said in Matthew 22
in verse 29 he said,
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are you not in
error, because you
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do not know the
scriptures and understand
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the power of God, and he says
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to us in Hosea 46
he said, my people
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are destroyed
from lack of knowledge
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that's when I was
going before the Lord and
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I was saying Lord
explain to me what faith
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is all about. Explain to
me what grace is all about.
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I've got to
know, I don't wanna be
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destroyed because
of my lack of knowledge
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and when I looked
at unmerited favor.
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Let's look at
unmerited, what does that mean?
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It's unearned, it's
undeserved. The unmerited
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favor, it's
unearned, undeserved favor.
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What is favor? Favor
is, have you ever had
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a party favor? Did
you know favor is the gift
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of God. The
unearned, undeserved gifts
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of God. James 117
says that God is the
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giver of every
good and perfect gift.
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It comes down to us
through his grace pipeline,
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but there is more to
this as I studied out
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grace I have found
that it is more than just
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the gifts of God. The
second meaning and write
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this down if you
are taking notes,
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because the second
meaning for grace is grace
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is the divine assistance
and supernatural power
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for salvation. Grace
is God's divine assistance
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and supernatural
power for salvation.
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I want to, lets take
those two definitions.
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The unearned,
undeserved gifts of God
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and the divine assistance,
the supernatural power
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for salvation and
let's look at God's
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three greatest gifts of grace.
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Do you remember the
story in John chapter 4,
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when Jesus met
the woman at the Well.
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Here was the Samaritan
woman, her life was a mess,
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had five husbands
before the sixth man
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she was living
with, but then she met
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the seventh man,
the number of perfection
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and when she came to him.
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She was in his
vicinity when she drove near
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to him even by
accident, not knowing
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and he spoke with
her, she was amazed
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that he would speak
first to a woman, particular
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to a Samaritan,
'cause she perceived
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he was Jewish, but
you know what happened
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she starts this
dialogue, our God Christ
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started the dialogue with her,
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and as they were
talking all of a sudden
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Jesus says to her if
only you knew the gift of God.
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The one who stands before you,
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if only you
knew the gift of God,
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and who it is that
is speaking to you.
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You would ask
of him and he would
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give you living
water, water that would well
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up to everlasting
life in you. Jesus Christ
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is the greatest
gift of grace that God
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ever bestowed upon this world.
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And in Colossians
127 the Bible says
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it is Christ in you
that is your hope of glory.
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What is glory?
When Moses said oh Lord
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show me your
glory, show me your glory,
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the Lord came
down and he proclaimed
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his character,
his loving kindness,
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his mercifulness,
his patience with us.
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The glory of God
is his character,
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Christ in you is
your hope of glory,
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but let me share
something with you
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from Colossians
1:26, lets put that
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from Colossians
1:26, lets put that
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framework around Christ in us,
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the hope of glory.
In Colossians 1:26,
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the Bible says
this, He is talking about
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the mystery of
salvation. He says the
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mystery of which
was hidden for ages
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and generations,
but it's now revealed
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to his holy
people to whom God was
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pleased to make
known, how great for the
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gentiles are the
riches of the glory of this
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mystery. How many
are gentiles in here.
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Hallelujah. I was a
gentile now and I'm a spiritual
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Jew, but he says
this is the riches
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of the glory of this mystery.
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Christ within and among you,
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the hope of glory. Him we preach
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and proclaim
warning and admonishing
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everyone and
instructing everyone
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in all wisdom that we
may present every person
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mature as full grown,
fully initiated into the body
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of Christ. Complete
and perfect in Christ.
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Now listen what Paul
says for this I labor,
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I'm in verse 29
striving, striving with all
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and in the Greek I
am gonna use a Greek
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translation here, striving
with all the super human
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energy which is so
mightily, which he so mightily
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enkindles and works within me.
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When Christ is in you,
he is your hope of glory
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and he brings that
supernatural energy.
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He is the one who is
working it out in you,
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so if Christ is the
greatest gift of grace
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what's another. What
do you think might be
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the second
greatest gift of grace, not
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only something
that is undeserved and
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unearned gift,
but something, someone
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who brings to us
divine assistance
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and supernatural
energy and power for
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salvation. Who am I
speaking of, the Holy Spirit,
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when Jesus before
he ascended, he told
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his disciples. He said
go to Jerusalem and wait,
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wait for the gift that
God has promised in Acts 16 he
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says, wait for the
promise of the Father,
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for John truly
baptized with water,
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but you will be
baptized with the holy spirit,
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not many days from
now and that when you
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receive the holy
spirit you will receive power,
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power to do what
for verse 8 says,
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power to be my
witnesses into Samaria, Judea
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and all of the World.
Grace is the Holy Spirit
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living in you, can
you see why you cannot
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say, oh if I am
faithless he is faithful,
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'cause he cannot deny himself.
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Grace is more than
just his redemptive mercy.
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It is more than just his
gifts grace is God's power
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in you, God is the
one who is going to
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do the work in
you to cause you, to
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will and to do
according to his good pleasure.
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Now let me, let me
see if you can guess what
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might be the third
gift. The third, greatest gift
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of his grace.
We've got Christ in us,
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our hope of
glory. The Holy Spirit,
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the baptism of
the Holy Spirit, the
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Spirit of God
that work within us.
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What else has
God given us that has
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transforming
power for a Godly life?
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The Bible, the
word of God, the Bible
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is another and I
believe the third greatest gift
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of God's grace. He tells
us in Second Timothy 3:16,
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listen to this all
scripture is given,
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it's a gift and it
was given by inspiration
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of God it is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof,
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for correction, for
instruction in righteousness
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that the man of
God may be complete,
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thoroughly equipped
for every good work.
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Are you thoroughly
equipped, if you're not,
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got into the
Bible. This word is alive
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and active. It is
sharper than any two
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edged sword and you
know something interesting
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in the Greek the
word there for two edged
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sword is Distoman.
You know what it means,
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the literal translation,
it means double mouthed.
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The word is sharper
than any double mouth
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sword and the way I
said it is the first edge
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struck when God
spoke and the second edge
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strikes when I
speak it, as I return
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the word of God
to him in prayer as I
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speak it over my
life, as I pray it over my
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children. It
does not return void,
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isn't that God's
promise from Isaiah 55 verse 11,
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Hallelujah you ought to be
getting excited right about
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now, it does not return
void, because Jeremiah 1:12
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says, he watches over
his word to perform it.
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Jesus said in Matthew
4:4, man shall not live
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by bread alone, but by
every word that proceeds
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from the mouth of
God and listen to what
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God told Ezekiel,
in Ezekiel 2:7 and 8.
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He says to the Prophet
Ezekiel, you shell speak
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my words to them
whether they hear
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or whether they
refuse, because they are
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a rebellious
people. But you son of man
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hear what I say to
you, hear my words,
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do not be rebellious
like that rebellious house,
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open your mouth and
eat what I give you.
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God wants you today
to hear what the Spirit
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has to say. To open your mouth
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and eat these
words, that means pull them
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inside of you
and say oh Lord plant
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these words in my heart.
Let them do a great work.
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James 1:22 says
this, therefore lay aside
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all filthiness and
overflow of wickedness
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and receive with
meekness, with humility,
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the implanted word which
is able to save your souls.
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But he be doers of the
word and not hears only
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deceiving yourself. If
you are familiar with the
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program that God
bless me with exalting his
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word here on 3ABN, the
theme text of that program
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is Psalm 138 verse
2 and in the Hebrew
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and you will see it in
some translations not in all,
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but in the Hebrew
this is the way it says,
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God exalts his name,
why do you think he exalts
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his name? It
represents his character;
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it represents all that
he is. He exalts his name
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and his word above
all things and he exalts
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his word even
above his name, why?
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Why would God exalt
his word above his name,
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because in the
beginning was the word and the
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word was with
God and word was God
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and he became flesh
and tabernacle among us
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and he, Jesus Christ,
the living word, sacrificed.
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He shared his life
blood that we might be saved.
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It is the life of
Christ, it is the life of the
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Holy Spirit, it's
the transforming power
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the living word
of God, living in us
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that gives us
the divine assistance
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and supernatural
power for salvation.
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It is Jesus and the
spirit and the word of God
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that is sanctifying us
and saving us Hallelujah.
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No wonder, no
wonder Jesus said in
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Second Corinthians
12:9, my grace is sufficient
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for you for my
power, my power Jesus
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said is made
perfect in your weakness.
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Absolutely, it is
the power of Christ,
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the power of God. The
power of the Holy Spirit,
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the power of the
word. This is grace,
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do you see what I'm,
I mean is this beginning
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to make sense to you.
There are people bless
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their hearts I
used to be one of them,
00:24:46.62\00:24:48.88
that I thought grace
was just this umbrella
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that I kind, do
you what I am saying,
00:24:53.54\00:24:59.29
it was cheap grace. It didn't
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require anything of
me, it didn't require
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that I
surrendered to God it was just
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I believed that
Jesus is the son of God.
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I believed that he,
or that he has taken
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my sins upon him.
I believe that I am
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saved by grace, but I
don't have to obey him.
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There is not much
else I have to do,
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its by grace. Let me
tell you something grace
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gives us the power to obey.
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And we are going to look
at that in just a moment.
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As, I did this study years ago.
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I understood how Paul could say,
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I am what I am
by the grace of God
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and he said his grace
was not without affect.
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No, I worked harder
than them all Paul said,
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yet not I but the
grace of God in me.
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The grace of God
will make you work hard.
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Does that makes
sense? Yes. It is
00:25:59.12\00:26:02.73
not just some mystical
ethereal thing our here.
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It's God's grace
the power of his spirit,
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Christ in you, the
power of his word that
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makes you work
hard. You know, I want to
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share some things
about the good news
00:26:17.26\00:26:19.88
of God's Gospel of
grace and I had such a
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difficult time limiting
myself to these 10 things,
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but in the time
that we've got to share
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I want to just
limit it to 10 things.
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So let me just briefly
I am going to run through
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these quickly and
we're gonna look at
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each one. Everything
is by grace, by the time
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we finish here each
one of us are going to
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recognize our
absolute total dependence
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upon the Lord. We
are called by grace,
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repentance is by
grace, we are saved by grace,
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we learn by grace, our
righteousness is by grace,
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we are
sanctified by grace, we even
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love by grace, we
obey by grace, we develop
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the divine nature
of Christ by grace
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and we reign in
this life by grace.
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Grace is a power in
your life that I want
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you to understand
and in the short time
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we are just going
to have to go over this
00:27:16.31\00:27:18.53
kind of skimming the
top, but lets look at it.
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Number one, we
are called by grace.
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Second Timothy 1:8
and 9, the Bible says
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therefore do not be
ashamed of the testimony
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of Lord nor of me
his prisoner Paul is
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writing to
Timothy, but share with me
00:27:31.77\00:27:34.47
in the sufferings
for the Gospel according
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to the power of
God, are you suffering?
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There are some
suffering souls here,
00:27:40.04\00:27:42.87
it's by God's
grace, you are suffering
00:27:42.90\00:27:46.54
for the Gospel
according to the power of God.
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Who has saved us and called us
00:27:50.31\00:27:53.07
with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
00:27:53.10\00:27:56.78
when he called me
to full time ministry
00:27:56.81\00:27:59.59
I was one of the least
likely candidates in the world.
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It was by God's
grace that he called me
00:28:02.83\00:28:05.70
to full time
ministry and you know what
00:28:05.73\00:28:08.08
who he doesn't
call the equipped,
00:28:08.11\00:28:10.48
he equips the
called. Amen, Amen.
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So, he says here
in Second Timothy 1:9,
00:28:13.27\00:28:16.04
according to the power
of God who has saved us,
00:28:16.07\00:28:20.16
called us with a holy
calling, not according
00:28:20.19\00:28:22.88
to our work, but
according to his own purpose
00:28:22.91\00:28:26.66
and grace, which was
given to us in Christ Jesus
00:28:26.69\00:28:32.98
before time began. We
are all called by grace
00:28:33.01\00:28:39.06
and God's grace is
so magnanimous that he
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doesn't want
anyone to perish. Amen.
00:28:43.85\00:28:47.09
Not a single
soul. He offers, he says
00:28:47.12\00:28:50.99
here is the grace
pipeline, now tap into
00:28:51.02\00:28:54.40
it by faith and
you will be blessed.
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Number two, repentance
is by grace, it's a gift.
00:28:57.81\00:29:03.56
You know we are
called to confess our sins
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before the Lord,
First John 1:9 says that, if
00:29:07.42\00:29:10.20
we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just
00:29:10.23\00:29:13.22
to forgive us sins and cleans us
00:29:13.25\00:29:16.19
of all unrighteousness.
Yet sometimes, we
00:29:16.22\00:29:19.82
think that we can
repent by ourselves,
00:29:19.85\00:29:21.82
do you know what repentance is?
00:29:21.85\00:29:23.51
It is a change of heart;
it is a change of attitude.
00:29:23.54\00:29:26.75
It is if we walking
in this direction to turn
00:29:26.78\00:29:29.43
around and go in
this direction, that's
00:29:29.46\00:29:31.26
what repentance is,
and the Bible tells us
00:29:31.29\00:29:33.75
in Jeremiah 13:23
that we cannot change
00:29:33.78\00:29:37.04
ourselves anymore
than an Ethiopian can
00:29:37.07\00:29:39.43
change his skin or a
leper can change his spots.
00:29:39.46\00:29:42.07
And the Bible
tells us in Romans 8:13,
00:29:42.10\00:29:44.70
it is only by the
power of the Holy Spirit
00:29:44.73\00:29:47.03
that we can put to death
the misdeeds of our flesh.
00:29:47.06\00:29:51.00
So, let me prove
to you that repentance
00:29:51.03\00:29:53.41
is a gift, Acts 5:31
and 32, Acts 5:31 and 32,
00:29:53.44\00:29:56.98
Acts 5:31 and 32,
00:29:57.01\00:30:00.00
Paul is talking
about Jesus and he said,
00:30:01.38\00:30:04.45
Him God has
exalted to his right hand
00:30:04.48\00:30:08.19
to be Prince and
savior, to give repentance
00:30:08.22\00:30:13.85
to Israel and
forgiveness of sins
00:30:13.88\00:30:16.65
and we are his
witness to these things and so
00:30:16.68\00:30:20.19
also is the holy
spirit whom God has given
00:30:20.22\00:30:23.12
to those who
obey him. It is God,
00:30:23.42\00:30:28.10
who gives us repentance, how?
00:30:28.13\00:30:31.27
By Jesus living in us by
the power of the Holy Spirit,
00:30:31.30\00:30:36.40
the Baptism of the
Holy Spirit, by the power
00:30:36.43\00:30:39.54
of his word that
is how we repent.
00:30:39.57\00:30:43.86
I can know more
turn away from a sin
00:30:43.89\00:30:47.74
of mine on my own
and stay turned away
00:30:47.77\00:30:50.69
than I could
change my skin or a leper
00:30:50.72\00:30:54.56
can change his spots.
Number 3, we are saved
00:30:54.59\00:31:00.10
by grace, that
ought to make you shout.
00:31:00.13\00:31:03.21
Hallelujah, for by
grace Ephesians 2:8-10,
00:31:03.24\00:31:09.26
Ephesians 2:8-10 for
by grace you have been
00:31:09.29\00:31:13.80
saved through
faith. Salvation comes
00:31:13.83\00:31:17.35
down that grace
pipeline, we tap in to
00:31:17.38\00:31:20.05
it by faith and he
says, that nod of yourself it
00:31:20.08\00:31:24.36
is the gift of God,
it is the grace of God,
00:31:24.39\00:31:27.44
the unmerited, unearned,
undeserved favor of God.
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Nor of works lest
anyone should boast.
00:31:33.91\00:31:37.36
It goes on in
verse 10 says, for we are
00:31:37.39\00:31:40.96
his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus
00:31:40.99\00:31:44.51
for good works. Now,
wait a minute, he just said
00:31:44.54\00:31:47.97
it's not by good
works that we're saved,
00:31:48.00\00:31:50.10
but we're created
for good works which God
00:31:50.13\00:31:53.84
prepared before him
that we should walk in them.
00:31:53.87\00:31:56.85
You know, I meet so many
people they're falling off
00:31:56.88\00:32:01.24
the narrow path,
either this direction or that
00:32:01.27\00:32:04.30
direction. Either,
they believe that they have
00:32:04.33\00:32:07.29
got to work
themselves to Heaven and they
00:32:07.32\00:32:10.79
become legalistic
and they don't have any
00:32:10.82\00:32:13.20
assurance of salvation,
and it's like oh if only,
00:32:13.23\00:32:17.40
I could do more, if only I
did this, if only I did that,
00:32:17.43\00:32:21.31
anybody in here
ever had they do more,
00:32:21.34\00:32:22.98
oh and I have a lady
that I counsel with for
00:32:23.01\00:32:27.63
two years and she
kept saying, I know I am
00:32:27.66\00:32:30.48
not going to be
ready when Jesus returns
00:32:30.51\00:32:32.59
I know I am not, I
just not doing enough,
00:32:32.62\00:32:35.72
I just, you know, I
don't know what's wrong
00:32:35.75\00:32:38.45
with me. And I finally
one day I said you believe
00:32:38.48\00:32:40.52
salvation is by
grace through faith
00:32:40.55\00:32:43.29
and she said yes I do
and I said then you're
00:32:43.32\00:32:45.96
right you're not
ready, she said why?
00:32:45.99\00:32:49.12
And I said 'cause,
you have no faith in the
00:32:49.15\00:32:51.88
power of God to
save you. You've got to
00:32:51.91\00:32:54.99
by faith tap in to
that pipeline you have got
00:32:55.02\00:32:59.81
to say Lord I know I
could never save myself
00:32:59.84\00:33:03.32
I pray that almost
every day, I said Lord I
00:33:03.35\00:33:05.83
thank you for your
calvary plan, I thank you
00:33:05.86\00:33:08.36
that Salvation
is a gift for I know
00:33:08.39\00:33:11.77
I could never save
myself. Your try just
00:33:11.80\00:33:15.25
one day living without
the power the holy spirit,
00:33:15.28\00:33:19.20
or the power of
word the word, or the
00:33:19.23\00:33:21.63
power of Christ in
you, try it for one day,
00:33:21.66\00:33:24.80
you cannot do it can
you? See as Christians
00:33:24.83\00:33:28.70
I am absolutely
convinced that we walk in one of
00:33:28.73\00:33:31.99
two states
everyday, we either wake up
00:33:32.02\00:33:35.36
and we walk in
the power of the Lord
00:33:35.39\00:33:37.78
or we wake and try
to walk in our, our
00:33:37.81\00:33:40.62
flesh power and it is
pitiful. We're to be pitied,
00:33:40.65\00:33:45.06
if we tried are
that. So there are those
00:33:45.09\00:33:46.81
who fall over here to
the right, legalistic,
00:33:46.84\00:33:50.36
trying to work
their way to heaven, not
00:33:50.39\00:33:52.23
having faith, but
then they are those
00:33:52.26\00:33:54.38
who fall off the
narrow path to the left
00:33:54.41\00:33:56.73
and it's like the
Bible says it's not by works,
00:33:56.76\00:33:59.79
I don't have to do any
thing, do you think if the
00:33:59.82\00:34:03.64
power of the Holy Spirit
and the transforming power
00:34:03.67\00:34:07.41
of the word of God
and the trans and the life
00:34:07.44\00:34:10.17
of Christ is in you that
you're not going to do good
00:34:10.20\00:34:12.24
works. Right here he
says, we are his workmanship,
00:34:12.27\00:34:15.46
we are his work of art,
no one is just like you,
00:34:15.49\00:34:21.79
God made you unique,
you are his workmanship,
00:34:21.82\00:34:25.54
created in Christ
Jesus for good works,
00:34:25.57\00:34:30.59
which God prepared before
hand that we should walk in
00:34:30.62\00:34:34.21
him and if anybody
in here is not sure,
00:34:34.24\00:34:36.83
if you don't have the
assurance of salvation,
00:34:36.86\00:34:39.89
I want you to just
write this script down,
00:34:39.92\00:34:42.49
don't go there now but
you can go there afterwards.
00:34:42.52\00:34:44.78
First John 5:10-12,
First John 5:10-12 says
00:34:44.81\00:34:49.89
this that if you are in
Christ Jesus, any one who
00:34:49.92\00:34:56.95
has Christ and is in Christ
is saved, they have eternal
00:34:56.98\00:35:02.02
life. Anyone who
doesn't have him doesn't,
00:35:02.05\00:35:05.76
you are only thing to
do is get up each morning
00:35:05.79\00:35:09.22
and make sure
you're surrendered and that
00:35:09.25\00:35:11.20
you are looking to
God for his direction
00:35:11.68\00:35:15.58
and for his
salvation. Number. 4, is we
00:35:16.02\00:35:18.97
learn by grace,
did you know that?
00:35:19.00\00:35:22.01
There are some learning
men out here that may have a
00:35:22.04\00:35:25.48
PhD or ThD, they may
have their degree in,
00:35:25.51\00:35:29.05
the doctoral degree
in theology and if they
00:35:29.08\00:35:32.42
don't have the holy
spirit alive in them,
00:35:32.45\00:35:36.85
let me tell you
something, they don't understand
00:35:36.88\00:35:38.82
the word of God
they will sit and argue
00:35:38.85\00:35:41.60
over Manusha in the
word, something that has,
00:35:41.63\00:35:45.51
you know I just
recently had the opportunity
00:35:45.54\00:35:47.88
to develop a relationship
with Dr. Alberto Treiyer,
00:35:47.91\00:35:51.88
a precious man of
God, two doctoral degrees,
00:35:51.91\00:35:54.99
two, and you know
what this man did,
00:35:55.02\00:35:57.59
he said I'm ready to
go back and be a Pastor.
00:35:57.62\00:36:01.23
God called me to be
Pastor 'cause he said
00:36:01.26\00:36:03.83
up here with among those who are
00:36:03.86\00:36:05.80
with doctoral
degrees, he said some times
00:36:05.83\00:36:08.28
the conservation is
such that it's like what
00:36:08.31\00:36:11.07
does it matter, does
this matter to salvation,
00:36:11.10\00:36:14.00
so he is out
working with the people,
00:36:14.03\00:36:15.96
we learned by grace
First Corinthians 2:12 through
00:36:15.99\00:36:18.86
13, it says this, Now
we've received not the spirit
00:36:18.89\00:36:22.51
of the world, but the
Spirit who is from God,
00:36:22.54\00:36:25.24
that we might know
the things that have been
00:36:25.27\00:36:27.39
freely given to us
by God, these things
00:36:27.42\00:36:30.44
we also speak, not in
words which man's wisdom
00:36:30.47\00:36:34.63
teaches, but which
the Holy Spirit teaches,
00:36:34.66\00:36:38.03
comparing spiritual
things with spiritual.
00:36:38.06\00:36:40.91
But the natural man
does not receive the things
00:36:40.94\00:36:44.94
of the Spirit of God for
they are foolishness to him,
00:36:44.97\00:36:48.29
nor can he know
them because they were
00:36:48.32\00:36:50.76
spiritually discerned.
You can only, when you pickup
00:36:50.79\00:36:53.80
his word, everyday
when you're reading the word
00:36:53.83\00:36:56.85
of God pray and
ask God to send his
00:36:56.88\00:37:00.42
Holy Spirit to be
your teacher, you can't get
00:37:00.45\00:37:03.39
into this word and
sometimes I've even done
00:37:03.42\00:37:05.29
it myself, I pick
this up and I started,
00:37:05.32\00:37:07.67
I am gonna work on a
new sermon or a new teaching
00:37:07.70\00:37:10.72
and I will pickup the
word of God I started going
00:37:10.75\00:37:13.26
from head
knowledge and all of sudden I
00:37:13.29\00:37:15.24
realized, Lord
forgive me. I can't bring life
00:37:15.27\00:37:18.56
to your people,
only you can so let me
00:37:18.59\00:37:21.37
Lord now send your
Spirit to be my teacher,
00:37:21.40\00:37:24.79
lead me show me what you
want to teach the people.
00:37:24.82\00:37:28.19
Romans 8 6-9 says, To be
carnally minded is death;
00:37:28.22\00:37:32.47
but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace.
00:37:32.50\00:37:35.80
Because the carnal
mind is enmity against God,
00:37:35.83\00:37:39.66
you know what the
word enmity means, hatred.
00:37:39.69\00:37:42.77
The carnal mind is
hatred towards God.
00:37:42.80\00:37:47.47
Next time you're
watching television ask yourself
00:37:50.29\00:37:53.57
what are you
watching, is it the carnal mind
00:37:53.60\00:37:55.88
that put that program
together, that's hatred
00:37:55.91\00:37:59.64
towards God. For it
is not subject to the law
00:37:59.67\00:38:02.90
of God, nor indeed
can be. So then those
00:38:02.93\00:38:08.94
who are in the
flesh cannot please God.
00:38:08.97\00:38:11.19
But you're not in the
flesh, but in the Spirit,
00:38:11.22\00:38:14.09
if indeed the Spirit
of God dwells in you.
00:38:14.12\00:38:16.28
Now if any one does not
have the Spirit of Christ,
00:38:16.31\00:38:18.95
he is not his. Is
the Holy Spirit living
00:38:18.98\00:38:25.07
in your heart? Did
you invite him today?
00:38:25.10\00:38:27.85
Did you say Lord I need
you, I am totally dependent
00:38:27.88\00:38:32.02
upon you. First John
2:27, I want to give a promise
00:38:32.05\00:38:36.06
that if you're in
Christ this ought to make you
00:38:36.09\00:38:38.54
just go, wow Lord
your grace is so amazing
00:38:38.57\00:38:43.67
it is so extreme that I
cannot even comprehend it,
00:38:43.70\00:38:47.87
in First John 2:27 the
Bible says the Anointing
00:38:47.90\00:38:51.99
which you have
received, you Freddy,
00:38:52.02\00:38:56.33
the Anointing that you
have received, you Karen,
00:38:56.36\00:39:00.05
the anointing that
you have received from
00:39:00.08\00:39:05.59
him abides in you and
you do not need any one
00:39:05.62\00:39:10.13
teach you but as that
same anointing teaches
00:39:10.16\00:39:12.99
you concerning all things
and is true and it's not a lie
00:39:13.02\00:39:15.89
and just as it has taught
you, you will abide in him.
00:39:15.92\00:39:19.27
The anointing, you
know the Bible tells us
00:39:19.30\00:39:23.11
in First Corinthians
2:16 we have being given
00:39:23.14\00:39:26.09
the mind of Christ, see
hey how do we get the mind of
00:39:26.12\00:39:30.70
Christ, it's when the
Holy Spirit is living in you
00:39:30.73\00:39:36.02
when Christ dwells in
you and if you want the mind
00:39:36.05\00:39:39.99
of Christ here it is
folks, it is written every word
00:39:40.02\00:39:45.36
was inspired by the
spirit of God, the more of this
00:39:45.39\00:39:49.04
word that you have in
your heart, the more of
00:39:49.07\00:39:51.89
this word that you
pray back to God, that you
00:39:51.92\00:39:54.05
confess over your
life, the more of the mind of
00:39:54.08\00:39:57.21
Christ that you will
operate by, Hallelujah.
00:39:57.24\00:40:00.89
Number 5,
righteousness is by grace,
00:40:01.41\00:40:05.04
both imputed
righteousness and imparted.
00:40:05.07\00:40:08.29
What I am saying
imputed righteousness
00:40:08.85\00:40:11.57
is the righteousness that
Christ credits to our account,
00:40:11.60\00:40:16.00
justifying us.
Imparted righteousness
00:40:16.03\00:40:19.94
is the righteousness
that he works out in
00:40:19.97\00:40:22.33
us day by day as
he is sanctifying us
00:40:22.36\00:40:25.04
by his spirit by his
likeliness and by his word.
00:40:25.07\00:40:28.65
Hallelujah. First
Corinthians 1:30 says,
00:40:28.68\00:40:32.17
it is of him of God
that we are in Christ Jesus
00:40:32.20\00:40:35.78
who has become
for us our wisdom,
00:40:35.81\00:40:39.03
our righteousness,
our sanctification
00:40:39.06\00:40:42.56
and our redemption. Jesus
Christ is your righteousness.
00:40:42.59\00:40:47.56
Second
Corinthians 5:21 says that God
00:40:47.59\00:40:50.63
made him who knew
no sin to be sin for us
00:40:50.66\00:40:54.15
that we might become
what, the righteousness
00:40:54.18\00:40:59.11
of God in Christ
Jesus, are you in Jesus,
00:40:59.14\00:41:04.48
then you righteous, glory
Hallelujah, and there is no
00:41:04.51\00:41:09.54
righteousness. You
know someone asked me once
00:41:09.57\00:41:11.86
not too long ago,
they said do you believe
00:41:11.89\00:41:16.03
in righteousness by
faith and I said I believe
00:41:16.06\00:41:19.18
righteousness by
faith is the only
00:41:19.21\00:41:21.52
kind of
righteousness that there is.
00:41:21.55\00:41:24.26
Isaiah 64:6 says that all
our righteousness is like filthy
00:41:24.29\00:41:30.81
rags before him.
Amen. But the Bible tells us
00:41:30.84\00:41:35.25
Isaiah 61 verse 10, this
ought to be our cry every
00:41:35.28\00:41:41.47
morning to the Lord, I
will greatly rejoice in
00:41:41.50\00:41:44.73
the Lord, my soul
shall be joyful in my God
00:41:44.76\00:41:48.46
for he has clothe
me with the garments of
00:41:48.49\00:41:51.94
salvation he has
covered me with robe of
00:41:51.97\00:41:55.85
righteousness I look
out here and I see so
00:41:55.88\00:41:59.56
many beautiful faces,
clothes, people, daughters
00:41:59.59\00:42:04.20
and sons of God,
clothed with the robe
00:42:04.23\00:42:06.26
of righteousness, but
then I see some who haven't
00:42:06.29\00:42:10.18
yet understood that
is a gift that God will
00:42:10.21\00:42:14.10
give by his grace, we
are sanctified by grace.
00:42:14.13\00:42:17.54
Number 6, sanctified by
grace and our faith in him.
00:42:17.57\00:42:22.00
Acts 26:18 the Lord
told Paul, I am sending
00:42:22.03\00:42:27.96
you to open their
eyes in order turn them
00:42:27.99\00:42:30.46
from darkness to light,
from the power of Satan to
00:42:30.49\00:42:32.62
God. That they may
receive forgiveness of sins
00:42:32.65\00:42:36.33
and inheritance among
those who are sanctified
00:42:36.36\00:42:40.78
by faith in me,
sanctification is a gift,
00:42:40.81\00:42:46.50
it is a gift of God's
grace, it is the divine power
00:42:46.53\00:42:52.28
of God working in
us. That supernatural,
00:42:52.31\00:42:57.95
super human power
that is at work with in us
00:42:57.98\00:43:03.04
for Salvation, we
looked a while ago at
00:43:03.07\00:43:06.43
First Corinthians
1:30, that says Christ is
00:43:06.46\00:43:08.30
our sanctification.
First Thessalonians 5:23
00:43:08.33\00:43:12.04
and 24 says the Father
sanctify us, listen to this.
00:43:12.07\00:43:16.04
Now may the God of
peace himself sanctify you
00:43:16.07\00:43:21.87
completely, who is
doing the work? God.
00:43:21.90\00:43:26.36
May the God of
peace himself sanctify you
00:43:26.39\00:43:30.73
completely and may
your whole Spirit, soul
00:43:30.76\00:43:35.05
and body be preserved
blindness at the coming
00:43:35.08\00:43:37.85
of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Now, if I don't hear
00:43:37.88\00:43:42.68
a shout of Amen
after this next scripture
00:43:42.71\00:43:46.55
I am gonna check your pulse.
00:43:46.58\00:43:48.76
He who calls you here
is he say to God peace
00:43:50.73\00:43:54.48
is going to
sanctified you completely, he is
00:43:54.51\00:43:57.03
going to preserve you
blindness by his grace,
00:43:57.06\00:44:00.22
by Christ in you,
by the Holy spirit by
00:44:00.25\00:44:03.72
the word and listen
to this, he who calls you
00:44:03.75\00:44:08.73
is faithful who will
also do it. Amen .Hallelujah,
00:44:08.76\00:44:16.20
it is God who is
going to do this,
00:44:16.23\00:44:19.66
we are absolutely
totally dependent upon
00:44:19.69\00:44:23.78
God for salvation.
We are totally depended
00:44:23.81\00:44:27.56
upon God for all
things Hallelujah.
00:44:27.59\00:44:31.19
The Spirit
sanctifies us, First Peter 1:2
00:44:31.22\00:44:34.59
says that we are
the elect according to
00:44:34.62\00:44:37.18
the full knowledge
of God, the Father in
00:44:37.21\00:44:39.23
sanctification of
the Spirit, for obedience
00:44:39.26\00:44:43.45
and sprinkling of the
blood of Jesus Christ,
00:44:43.48\00:44:46.11
and then the word sanctifies us.
00:44:46.14\00:44:48.91
Jesus said in John
17:17, before he went to
00:44:48.94\00:44:52.12
the Cross he was
praying and he said
00:44:52.15\00:44:56.06
Father sanctify
them by your word,
00:44:56.09\00:45:00.09
by your truth,
your word is truth.
00:45:00.12\00:45:03.37
So what we know
is that all things
00:45:03.40\00:45:07.13
are by the Grace of God, we love
00:45:07.16\00:45:11.70
by the Grace of
God did you know that.
00:45:11.73\00:45:14.53
Mark 12:30, the
Bible says that we
00:45:14.56\00:45:19.61
are to love the
Lord with our heart,
00:45:19.64\00:45:22.71
the most important commandment.
00:45:22.74\00:45:24.20
Love the Lord your God
with all of your heart,
00:45:24.23\00:45:27.18
soul, mind and
strength and to love your
00:45:27.21\00:45:30.31
neighbor as
yourself. Let me ask you,
00:45:30.34\00:45:32.80
are we loving God
with all of our heart,
00:45:32.83\00:45:35.45
soul, mind and strength? Are we?
00:45:35.48\00:45:39.33
Do you put all of your
energy in to loving God,
00:45:39.36\00:45:43.49
is he your top
priority, do you seek first
00:45:43.52\00:45:47.85
the Kingdom of God
before all of things?
00:45:47.88\00:45:49.93
See we cannot do it, I
can't do it I said Lord,
00:45:49.96\00:45:54.27
I can't do it. I cannot
do it Father I don't know
00:45:54.30\00:45:59.20
how to love with all
of my heart, soul, mind
00:45:59.23\00:46:01.66
and strength and
once again he says child,
00:46:01.69\00:46:04.89
rest in me it's by
grace. Romans 5:5 says
00:46:04.92\00:46:10.30
that he sheds
his love abroad in us
00:46:10.33\00:46:16.86
by the power of his Holy Spirit.
00:46:16.89\00:46:20.29
So now I've changed my prayer,
00:46:20.32\00:46:22.98
now when I go before
the Lord I say Father
00:46:23.01\00:46:25.35
I know I can't do
it in my own flesh,
00:46:25.38\00:46:28.27
but Father, how I
praise you that you will
00:46:28.30\00:46:32.61
send your Holy
Spirit, shed your love abroad
00:46:32.64\00:46:36.02
in my heart Lord, pour it out.
00:46:36.05\00:46:38.34
Pour your love into
my heart, Father God
00:46:38.37\00:46:41.49
and teach me, cause
me to love you with all
00:46:41.52\00:46:46.38
of my heart, soul,
mind and strength, cause
00:46:46.41\00:46:48.40
me to love my
neighbor as myself.
00:46:48.43\00:46:51.89
See I only met
Debra Harris yesterday,
00:46:51.92\00:46:54.99
or a day before
but I can tell you I
00:46:55.02\00:46:57.01
love you Debra, I
love you and that's not
00:46:57.04\00:47:00.60
because Shelley
Quinn is something special,
00:47:00.63\00:47:02.77
it's because God put
that love in my heart
00:47:02.80\00:47:06.18
for you, isn't that a
wonderful beautiful truth.
00:47:06.21\00:47:09.34
Now, here I want to
take a few minutes on
00:47:09.37\00:47:12.20
this one, we obey by grace,
00:47:12.23\00:47:15.41
we obey by grace,
you know I recently
00:47:15.44\00:47:20.65
had the blessing
and the privilege
00:47:20.68\00:47:23.18
to coauthor a book
with Danny Shelton,
00:47:23.21\00:47:26.19
The Ten
Commandments Twice Removed,
00:47:26.22\00:47:27.45
there's 5 million
copies of that book
00:47:27.48\00:47:30.43
that have being distributed,
it is being translated
00:47:30.46\00:47:32.85
into or it has been
translated into Spanish,
00:47:32.88\00:47:35.58
it's being
translated into French,
00:47:35.61\00:47:37.41
and you know
something to me the grace
00:47:37.44\00:47:40.59
teacher and anybody
that's ever been to any of my
00:47:40.62\00:47:42.71
revival series or
retreats, they know that I am
00:47:42.74\00:47:45.81
the grace teachers.
I've got some people
00:47:45.84\00:47:49.21
that are writing
to me and saying, your
00:47:49.24\00:47:51.40
preaching this obedience stuff,
00:47:51.43\00:47:53.56
don't you know we
are saved by Grace,
00:47:53.59\00:47:56.76
you don't believe in
Grace you won't believe
00:47:56.79\00:48:00.47
the people that
I've had call me,
00:48:00.50\00:48:01.66
email me and say
you don't know what
00:48:01.69\00:48:05.71
grace is and I will say
let me correct something,
00:48:05.74\00:48:09.04
I want to say you
don't know what grace is.
00:48:10.91\00:48:13.75
Let me read this to
you and you'll see what
00:48:14.88\00:48:16.66
I am saying, this is
what when the Lord first
00:48:16.69\00:48:21.47
called me to full time
ministry he specifically
00:48:21.50\00:48:25.16
told me be still
and know that I am God,
00:48:25.19\00:48:29.00
forget what you think you know,
00:48:29.03\00:48:31.47
come sit my feet
and I will teach you,
00:48:31.50\00:48:34.69
he led on a study
of, you know I was in
00:48:34.72\00:48:39.18
an inter-denominational,
well actually
00:48:39.21\00:48:41.31
I'll say non-denominational
ministry at that time.
00:48:41.34\00:48:44.03
He led me on a
study of first sanctuary
00:48:44.06\00:48:47.87
and in the old and
new covenants and all of
00:48:47.90\00:48:50.49
a sudden as I am
going through this study,
00:48:50.52\00:48:52.42
I am going, thinking my words
00:48:52.45\00:48:57.38
were nailed to the
cross, and you know what
00:48:57.41\00:49:00.06
there is only one
that I wasn't keeping.
00:49:00.09\00:49:01.82
And it was the
Sabbath commandment,
00:49:01.85\00:49:04.71
and so I am going
okay Lord then he led me
00:49:04.74\00:49:07.29
on a study of the
Sabbath and when I
00:49:07.32\00:49:09.05
recognized that
the Sabbath was a day
00:49:09.08\00:49:11.32
he set aside, so
that I could rest in
00:49:11.35\00:49:13.90
that beautiful
understanding as Exodus 31.13
00:49:13.93\00:49:17.69
says that the Sabbath
is a day that signifies
00:49:17.72\00:49:22.54
that he is the one who is
sanctifying me Hallelujah.
00:49:22.57\00:49:26.48
So then, what
happened though was here is
00:49:26.51\00:49:31.13
someone who had
never taught on obedience.
00:49:31.16\00:49:33.34
I was out teaching
on grace, just didn't
00:49:33.37\00:49:37.41
understand it. I was
teaching on the love of
00:49:37.44\00:49:40.17
God, just didn't
understand it. And now
00:49:40.20\00:49:43.63
I am going well
Lord, if I am supposed to
00:49:43.66\00:49:47.05
obey then how does
this workout with Grace
00:49:47.08\00:49:49.38
and he took me
to Philippians 2:13
00:49:49.41\00:49:51.68
and in Philippians
2:13 first it starts with
00:49:51.71\00:49:54.39
verse 12 and I have
to tell you, I'll just be
00:49:54.42\00:49:56.34
honest. I got stuck on
verse 12 for a couple of weeks
00:49:56.37\00:49:59.64
you know, what verse
12 says in Philippians,
00:49:59.67\00:50:02.14
Paul said, workout
your own salvation with fear
00:50:02.17\00:50:04.52
and trembling. Oh!
Baby I'm telling you I was,
00:50:04.55\00:50:08.01
I was trying to
workout my own salvation
00:50:08.04\00:50:11.89
with knees that were knocking,
00:50:11.92\00:50:14.12
fear and
trembling, because all of a
00:50:14.15\00:50:16.87
sudden obedience was
real to me and the Lord
00:50:16.90\00:50:19.80
then had to give me just
a swift kick to kind of move
00:50:19.83\00:50:22.89
me on and to show
me that what he says
00:50:22.92\00:50:27.07
in verse 13 is the
most important part.
00:50:27.10\00:50:29.90
He says, not in
your own strength, amen.
00:50:29.93\00:50:33.61
For it is God, who
works in you to will, amen,
00:50:33.64\00:50:37.84
and to do or to
act according to his
00:50:37.87\00:50:41.39
good pleasure.
Amen. Now, let me show you
00:50:41.42\00:50:43.31
something that the
Lord showed me those are
00:50:43.34\00:50:45.01
two separate
stages; God works in
00:50:45.04\00:50:47.66
us to will first,
he turns our will if we
00:50:47.69\00:50:51.53
will submit to him
what he does, is he
00:50:51.56\00:50:54.46
changes the
desires of our heart.
00:50:54.49\00:50:56.56
He lines our
will up with his will,
00:50:56.59\00:50:59.36
the more time you
spend in this world,
00:50:59.39\00:51:01.56
the more time you
spend in prayer all of
00:51:01.59\00:51:03.63
the sudden you
will find that God does
00:51:03.66\00:51:05.39
this thing that he does
it so gently, you don't even
00:51:05.42\00:51:07.43
understand it's
going on. And all of a
00:51:07.46\00:51:10.01
sudden he is changing
the desires of your heart,
00:51:10.04\00:51:13.99
his desires become
your desires, his thoughts
00:51:14.02\00:51:17.56
become your
thoughts, amen, and you are
00:51:17.59\00:51:20.10
going Wow! Lord, now
but once that happens
00:51:20.13\00:51:23.70
will God ever
force you to do anything?
00:51:23.73\00:51:26.66
No. So, how does, if
he works in us to will
00:51:26.69\00:51:29.05
when I submit,
how does he work in me
00:51:29.08\00:51:31.68
to act? You know, how
it is? It's like this,
00:51:31.71\00:51:35.08
God says, okay I have
convinced you of this.
00:51:35.11\00:51:38.72
This is my
promise over your life.
00:51:38.75\00:51:40.80
This is what I
am asking you to do.
00:51:40.83\00:51:42.53
Now, Shelley I
want you to turnaround
00:51:42.56\00:51:44.98
and you take one
little step of faith,
00:51:45.01\00:51:47.29
you tap into that
by faith and my grace
00:51:47.32\00:51:50.93
shows up, the
power of the Holy Spirit
00:51:50.96\00:51:52.82
shows up and God
works in you to act
00:51:52.85\00:51:56.51
according to his
good pleasure, amen.
00:51:56.54\00:51:58.84
Hallelujah.
Hebrews 5:9, you know,
00:51:58.87\00:52:02.69
we are saved by
grace, yes, but we are saved
00:52:02.72\00:52:06.33
by grace to obey
by grace. Hebrews 5:9
00:52:06.36\00:52:11.09
says that, "He became the author
00:52:11.12\00:52:13.81
of eternal salvation to
all those who obey him;"
00:52:13.84\00:52:18.92
That's the one, that's
the scripture people are upset
00:52:18.95\00:52:21.28
that I put in this
book, they are saying that's
00:52:21.31\00:52:24.66
taking away grace
and I'm saying no, you
00:52:24.69\00:52:26.39
don't
understand grace. God works
00:52:26.42\00:52:29.38
in us to will
and to act so that we
00:52:29.41\00:52:31.61
may obey him. And
then in First John 3,
00:52:31.64\00:52:35.61
First John 3 verses 7 through 9.
00:52:35.64\00:52:38.29
It is true we are
made righteous by grace,
00:52:38.32\00:52:41.36
it is a gift, he
imputes it, but he also imparts
00:52:41.39\00:52:44.93
righteousness to
us, he is working in
00:52:44.96\00:52:47.29
us and here is
what. He, we are made
00:52:47.32\00:52:50.51
righteous by
grace, so that we can
00:52:50.54\00:52:52.75
practice
righteousness by grace. Amen.
00:52:52.78\00:52:56.05
First John 3, 7 and 9 says this,
00:52:56.08\00:52:59.29
"Little children,
let no one deceive you;
00:52:59.32\00:53:02.58
he who practices
righteousness is righteous
00:53:02.61\00:53:07.43
just as he is
righteous. He who sins
00:53:07.46\00:53:10.35
is of the devil, you
know, this is talking about
00:53:10.38\00:53:12.54
a continual pattern
of sin. For the devil
00:53:12.57\00:53:15.25
has sinned from
the beginning, for this
00:53:15.28\00:53:17.50
purpose the son
of God was manifested
00:53:17.53\00:53:20.04
that he might destroy
the works of the devil.
00:53:20.07\00:53:23.70
When you've got
Jesus living in you,
00:53:23.73\00:53:27.17
when you're
relying on the power of the
00:53:27.20\00:53:29.93
Holy Spirit and the
transforming power of his
00:53:29.96\00:53:31.87
word, God will
work in you to destroy
00:53:31.90\00:53:35.83
the works of the
devil, amen, Hallelujah
00:53:35.86\00:53:38.78
Amen, amen. So,
he says, whoever has
00:53:38.81\00:53:43.17
been born of God
does not sin as a
00:53:43.20\00:53:45.87
continual practice,
for his seed remains
00:53:45.90\00:53:49.18
in him and he
cannot sin because he
00:53:49.21\00:53:51.08
has been born of
God. In First Peter 1:2 we
00:53:51.11\00:53:53.90
looked at that a
while ago that we were
00:53:53.93\00:53:55.62
sanctified by
grace. Now, I want to focus
00:53:55.65\00:53:58.07
on the rest of that
scripture, we are sanctified
00:53:58.10\00:54:01.50
by grace to obey
by grace. It says,
00:54:01.53\00:54:05.46
that those who were
chosen and for known by
00:54:05.49\00:54:07.91
God the Father
consecrate it, sanctify,
00:54:07.94\00:54:11.52
made holy, by the Spirit
to be obedient to the Lord
00:54:11.55\00:54:19.03
Jesus Christ. Do you
see, are you beginning
00:54:19.06\00:54:23.46
to see a picture
that grace isn't just
00:54:23.49\00:54:26.14
something that we
can go, Oh! It's all by
00:54:26.17\00:54:28.65
God's grace. Grace is
power, it is power for
00:54:28.68\00:54:32.36
a holy life, it is
power. The Bible tells us
00:54:32.39\00:54:37.34
in Philippians 1:6 and
I want to be sure that I
00:54:37.37\00:54:40.01
include this one
because once again
00:54:40.04\00:54:42.47
this is something
that makes it exciting.
00:54:42.50\00:54:44.88
Philippians 1:6
says that, we can be
00:54:44.91\00:54:48.61
confident of this
thing that he who has begun
00:54:48.64\00:54:52.20
a good work in you will
be faithful to complete it.
00:54:52.23\00:54:56.57
Amen. Listen this
is good news, if I'm,
00:54:56.60\00:54:59.18
if I'm saying like I'm
coming down a little harsh
00:54:59.21\00:55:01.50
I'm not, amen, God
want you to know the power
00:55:01.53\00:55:05.16
of grace. Now, let
me go through the last
00:55:05.19\00:55:08.26
two quickly. We
develop the divine nature of
00:55:08.29\00:55:12.72
Jesus Christ by
grace. Open your Bibles
00:55:12.75\00:55:16.19
quickly to
Second Peter 1:2 and 4.
00:55:16.22\00:55:19.92
Second Peter 1:2
and 4, this is one of my
00:55:19.95\00:55:24.13
favorite
scriptures in the whole Bible.
00:55:24.16\00:55:25.74
Of course I say
that over so many
00:55:25.77\00:55:28.07
scriptures that
people are sometime saying,
00:55:28.10\00:55:29.75
do you really
have a favorite? Amen.
00:55:29.78\00:55:32.89
Second Peter chapter
1, we're going to look at,
00:55:35.93\00:55:39.30
lets start with
verse 2, "Grace and peace
00:55:39.33\00:55:43.78
be multiplied to you,"
I'm speaking that over your
00:55:43.81\00:55:46.53
life right now.
"Grace and peace be
00:55:46.56\00:55:49.29
multiplied to
you. Grace and peace be
00:55:49.32\00:55:53.83
multiplied to you,
in the knowledge of God
00:55:53.86\00:55:57.82
and of Jesus our
Lord, as his divine what?
00:55:57.85\00:56:02.69
Power. Power, his divine
power. Sandy, the Holy Spirit
00:56:02.72\00:56:07.44
living in you. The
transforming power of the
00:56:07.47\00:56:10.83
word of God, Christ in
you, your hope of glory
00:56:10.86\00:56:13.44
has given to us all
things that pertained to
00:56:13.47\00:56:16.48
life and Godliness,
through the knowledge
00:56:16.51\00:56:18.62
of him who called us
by his glory and virtue,
00:56:18.65\00:56:21.20
by which by his glory and virtue
00:56:21.23\00:56:23.81
have been given to
us exceedingly great
00:56:23.84\00:56:27.94
and precious
promises. See the promises
00:56:27.97\00:56:30.85
of God are by
grace, there are a gift,
00:56:30.88\00:56:33.53
he has given us
his exceedingly great
00:56:33.56\00:56:36.10
and precious promises,
why? That through them,
00:56:36.13\00:56:39.37
through the
promises of God. You may be
00:56:39.40\00:56:43.35
partakers of the
divine nature, having
00:56:43.38\00:56:48.75
escaped the
corruption of the world.
00:56:48.78\00:56:50.51
That's in this
world through lust.
00:56:50.54\00:56:53.47
It is the more of
this word that you get
00:56:53.50\00:56:57.11
into your heart. The
more of this word that
00:56:57.14\00:56:59.91
becomes arraignment
to you, that you are
00:56:59.94\00:57:02.26
confessing over your
life, that you are putting
00:57:02.29\00:57:04.15
it into practice.
The more you will partake
00:57:04.18\00:57:07.16
of the divine nature.
God has given us; let me
00:57:07.19\00:57:11.30
hear a
Hallelujah, are you all awake?
00:57:11.33\00:57:13.18
He has given us
everything that we need, amen,
00:57:13.21\00:57:17.71
for life and Godliness.
Hallelujah, he is not asking
00:57:17.74\00:57:22.22
you to get out here
and try to work it on
00:57:22.25\00:57:24.10
your own. Amen. He
is not asking you to,
00:57:24.13\00:57:27.87
to scrub your face
and put your hair back
00:57:27.90\00:57:30.34
in the bun and wear
a sack dress and walk
00:57:30.37\00:57:32.74
around on your
knees, praying all day long,
00:57:32.77\00:57:34.98
amen, he is saying I
have given you power,
00:57:35.01\00:57:37.40
I have given you
my divine promises,
00:57:37.43\00:57:40.59
exceedingly great and
precious promises, Cynthia.
00:57:40.62\00:57:44.10
So, that through them
you may become a partaker
00:57:44.13\00:57:47.31
of the divine
nature of Jesus Christ.
00:57:47.34\00:57:50.64
He's given it to us
it's a gift, but yet
00:57:50.67\00:57:54.82
do we have a part in
that, look at verse 4 or 5.
00:57:54.85\00:57:57.91
Verse 5, it says,
"Also for this very reason
00:57:57.94\00:58:02.57
giving all diligence," he
is talking to us now, he said,
00:58:02.60\00:58:07.36
Here's God's part he is
given you everything you need.
00:58:07.39\00:58:10.29
He has given you the
Holy Spirit, he has given you
00:58:10.32\00:58:12.67
the life of Jesus in
you, he has given you his
00:58:12.70\00:58:14.89
word, his precious
promises, his vows are upon
00:58:14.92\00:58:17.85
your life, he will be
faithful to perform them,
00:58:17.88\00:58:20.34
but listen he says,
for this reason giving all
00:58:20.37\00:58:24.33
diligence add, this is
your part, add to your faith
00:58:24.36\00:58:29.04
virtue-to-virtue,
knowledge-to-knowledge,
00:58:29.07\00:58:31.23
self control to self
control, perseverance
00:58:31.26\00:58:33.31
to perseverance,
Godliness-to-Godliness,
00:58:33.34\00:58:36.03
brotherly kindness,
this is working out your own
00:58:36.06\00:58:38.75
salvation with
fear and trebling.
00:58:38.78\00:58:40.44
But not in your own
powerful for it's God who works
00:58:40.47\00:58:43.63
in you to will and
to act, for if these
00:58:43.66\00:58:46.17
things are yours and
abound you will neither
00:58:46.20\00:58:48.35
be buried nor
unfruitful in the knowledge of
00:58:48.38\00:58:50.75
our Lord Jesus Christ,
but he who lacks these things
00:58:50.78\00:58:54.45
is short-sighted
even to blindness. Amen.
00:58:54.48\00:58:56.96
He was forgotten that he
was cleansed from his old
00:58:56.99\00:58:59.54
sins. Therefore
brethren be even more diligent
00:58:59.57\00:59:04.23
to make your call and
election sure, for if you do
00:59:04.26\00:59:08.13
these things you
will never stumble, for an
00:59:08.16\00:59:10.78
entrance will be
supplied to you abundantly
00:59:10.81\00:59:13.31
and to the everlasting
communion of our Lord
00:59:13.34\00:59:15.61
in Jesus Christ. So,
God gives us everything
00:59:15.64\00:59:19.30
we need to develop
the divine nature, but
00:59:19.33\00:59:21.27
just because he has
given you all of his promises,
00:59:21.30\00:59:23.29
if I don't get into this
word and get some of this
00:59:23.32\00:59:25.98
word into me. See God's
done his part and he said,
00:59:26.01\00:59:29.60
Shelley cooperate,
surrender your life
00:59:29.63\00:59:32.60
to me darling and
then verse number 10.
00:59:32.63\00:59:36.12
Number 10, we reign in life
00:59:36.15\00:59:38.91
through grace, we reign in life.
00:59:38.94\00:59:42.96