Live from the
3ABN Worship Center,
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welcome to the
Pillars Of Our Faith event.
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On a hill far away
stood an old rugged cross,
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the emblem of
suffering and shame.
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And I love that old cross
where the dearest and best
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for a world of
lost sinners was slain.
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So I'll cherish
the old rugged cross,
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till my trophies
at last I lay down.
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I will cling to
the old rugged cross,
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and exchange it some day
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for a crown.
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To the old rugged
cross I will ever be true,
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its shame and its
reproach gladly bear.
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Then He'll call me some
day to my home far away,
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where His glory forever
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I'll share.
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So I'll cherish that
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old rugged cross,
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until my trophies
at last I lay down.
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Yes, I will cling to
the old rugged cross,
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and exchange it some day soon
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for a crown.
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I'll exchange it some day
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for a crown.
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Thank you Pastor Lomacang.
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Well, our next speaker
this evening is Shelley Quinn.
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And she's been with us here
at 3ABN now for several years
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so we all know that
she's a very gifted teacher.
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She's also a very gifted author.
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And she's an amazing
author, as a matter of fact.
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Just recently, the Lord
impressed upon her heart
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to write a book on prayer.
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Pressing Into His Presence,
I think is the name of it.
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You know, it took her 24
days to write that book from
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cover to cover.
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She is a gracious lady, a
lady of integrity and honor.
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And I am just pleased
to introduce her to you
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this afternoon.
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But before she comes,
Reggie Smith is going to
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come and sing for us
as well, another one of
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our Pillars songs.
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Reggie, what's the name of
the song you're going to sing?
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Now Is The Day.
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That was beautiful.
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Well, it is so good to be
here with you and it is my
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great privilege
today, to present to you
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the doctrine of
justification, sanctification,
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and glorification.
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That's my privilege.
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The challenge is to get
that all into this hour.
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So let's go ahead and pray.
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Heavenly Father, we come
before You in the name of Jesus
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asking, Father, that
You'll get me out of the way,
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that You'll speak through me.
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Send Your Holy
Spirit to be our teacher,
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give us ears to hear what
the Holy Spirit has to say.
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And may Your
word change our life.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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You know, we have
already established that Satan
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was created as
Lucifer, a perfect angel.
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And he was perfectly upright,
in right standing with God.
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But something happened
when iniquity entered his heart.
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What happened?
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He fell, he became
bent over with his sin.
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So the first sin that was ever
experienced was the sin of what?
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Pride. Yes, amen.
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Now, there's an interesting
little scripture in Habakkuk 2:4
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and it says this,
"Behold the proud,
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his soul is not
upright in him. "
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So the proud does
not have an upright soul.
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"But the just
shall live by faith. "
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Faith in what?
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Faith in God's plan of salvation
offered as a free gift to us
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who will open our
hearts to receive it.
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Jesus Christ completed
everything that we need for
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justification, sanctification,
and glorification.
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It is all about His
life, His righteousness,
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about His work to accomplish
the divine will of God.
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And Jesus is
magnified in everything,
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for we live and move
and have our being in Him.
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Let me give you, before we...
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What I'm going to do is just
give you quick definitions of
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justification, sanctification,
and glorification.
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Then we'll kind of delve
into it as deep as time permits.
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Justification is being
judged as free of guilt.
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We are put in right standing
with God, made righteous
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through the work that Jesus
Christ accomplished for us.
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How many of you have ever
watched an episode of CSI?
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We have a few people
willing to admit it here.
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For those of you who haven't
and for our world viewers,
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CSI is a program about
crime scene investigators
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who are going out and they are
looking for forensic evidence.
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Forensic evidence is evidence
that you can bring before
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a judge, either to prove
the guilt or the innocence
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of the accused.
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Now, when we think
about justification, this is a
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forensic act, a
judicial act of God.
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And it is all about,
justification is accomplished
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through the imputed
righteousness of Jesus Christ.
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The righteousness that
was credited to our overdrawn
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spiritual bank account.
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We have a debt that
we could never repay.
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Because the
wages of sin is death.
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So it's all about what
Jesus has accomplished.
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And in justification, the
blood of Jesus is applied to
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our records up there
on the books of heaven
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and the sins are blotted out.
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Christ's character stands
in place of our character.
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Hallelujah.
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Romans 8:33 says it this way.
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"Who shall bring a
charge against God's elect?
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It is God who justifies. "
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And what justification
does for the repentant sinner
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is that it frees us
from the penalty of sin.
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Now sanctification is
something, it is a process
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of character transformation.
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It sets us free
from the power of sin.
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We are set apart
from the profane,
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we are consecrated
for God's holy work,
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and we are made holy.
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Did you know that's
God's will for your life?
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You know, people
are always saying,
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"What's God's will for my life?"
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1 Thessalonians 4:3 says, "This
is the will of God for you,
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your sanctification. "
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Sanctification occurs through
the imparted righteousness
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of Jesus Christ.
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This is the righteousness
that is poured into our hearts
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and our minds.
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Sanctification is Christ in us.
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Our only hope of glory.
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When we are sanctified, we
are made one with Christ Jesus.
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And by sanctification,
Christ is formed in us and our
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natural lives are transformed
into spiritual lives.
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Can you imagine what it's like
when we've finally reached that
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point where His love, His
holiness, His faith, His purity,
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are really ours?
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It's His goodness
manifested in us and through us.
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Sanctification is the
natural progression of
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the Christian life.
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And justification just is
the first step that give us...
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We heard David Shin earlier
talking, I told him I had to
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take this out of my sermon.
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The justification was in
the outer court of the sanctuary
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at the altar of burnt offering.
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But sanctification is when
you naturally go forward into
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the holy place.
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Now,
glorification is also a process.
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2 Corinthians 3:18 says that,
"we all, with unveiled face,
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beholding as in a mirror... "
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This is the mirror.
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"... the glory or image
of God, are being transformed
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from glory to glory,
as by the Holy Spirit. "
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Glory, what is God's glory?
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His character.
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So sanctification and
glorification, in some parts,
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are very similar because there's
that character transformation
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going on in the
process of sanctification.
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And as we are changed
to be more like Jesus,
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we are being glorified.
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And we're going to look
at that in just a moment.
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But what I'd like you
to do right now is turn to
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Zechariah chapter 3.
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And while you do that,
something I left out was
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glorification is
ultimately consummated when this
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mortality puts on
immortality at the resurrection.
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But Zechariah chapter 3.
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Let me set this up for you.
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Joshua was the first
high priest after they
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came out of captivity.
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He is standing before the Lord,
before the Angel of the Lord.
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And who is the
Angel of the Lord?
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Jesus.
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And all, you know,
almost every Bible scholar
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agrees that Jesus Christ
is the Angel of the Lord.
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But now I want you to take
this testimony here, this story,
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and make it personal.
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Joshua is standing
before the Angel of the Lord
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It's you standing
before the Angel of the Lord.
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Think about that in your mind.
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And the Bible says that he
is clothed in filthy garments.
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What do you mean the high priest
is clothed in filthy garments?
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What does Isaiah say
in Isaiah 64 verse 4?
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"All of our righteousness
is as filthy rags before Him. "
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The very best that
Shelley Quinn can do is nothing.
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It's just like
filth before the Lord.
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So without God,
I can do nothing.
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So here's Joshua
standing before the High Priest.
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Satan, the accuser
of the brethren comes in
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and he is standing
there to oppose Joshua.
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And he's pointing his
little finger at him and saying,
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"He has transgressed the law,
he is not worthy to be saved,
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nor are the people
worthy to be saved. "
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Now, he didn't think
that Joshua should be restored
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to divine favor.
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Was he right?
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You know, when you think about
it, God does have a perfect
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standard for living, doesn't He.
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And that perfect standard
of living is His divine law,
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His law of love which is a
reflection of His character.
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And He does command
created beings to conform to
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that law, doesn't He.
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But what do we do if
we are standing before the
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Angel of the Lord and here
we are in these filthy garments
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as Joshua was.
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And Satan the accuser is
pointing his finger and says,
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"Shelley Quinn
deserves to die. "
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See, what Satan didn't
take into account was God's
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plan of salvation.
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For all have sinned and fallen
short of the glory of God,
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but the Lord speaks
to Satan and He says,
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"The Lord rebuke you, Satan.
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Is this not a brand
plucked from the fire?"
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How many of you are
brands plucked from the fire?
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Amen.
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Now let's look at
what Zechariah 3 says
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in verse 4, "Then He, Jesus,
answered and spoke to those
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who stood before Him
saying, 'Take away the filthy
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garments from him. '"
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This is remission of sins.
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"And He says to
him," to Joshua, to Robert,
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to Betty, to Linda, to Shelley,
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"He says, 'See, I have removed
your iniquity from you. '"
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This is the perfect
picture of justification.
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"I will clothe
you with rich robes. "
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This imputed
righteousness of Jesus Christ
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that has been
reckoned to our account.
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And then He said, "Let
them put a clean turban
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on his head. "
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The priest wore a turban
and on their turban it said,
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"Holiness to the Lord. "
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This is, in my mind, as they
put this, the scripture says,
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"so they put a clean
turban on his head. "
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It's a picture of
a sanctified mind.
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"And they put the
clothes on him and the Angel of
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the Lord stood by approving. "
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Doesn't that excite you to think
if Joshua, the high priest,
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who I imagine was a pretty
righteous man, is what we would
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take into account, if he can
stand there in all of his best
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and not be good enough but Jesus
says, "Here, take those off.
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Let Me put My robe of
righteousness around you.
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Here, let Me
put My miter on you,
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'Holiness to the Lord. '"
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Now turn to Romans 3:23.
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Romans 3:23.
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There is no such thing
as personal righteousness.
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I am always amazed when
someone comes to me and says,
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"Do you believe in
righteousness by faith?"
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That's the only kind of
righteousness that there is.
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Because no created being
measures up to the standard
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that God holds out.
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And you know what?
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Satan is not omnipresent.
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We're always saying, "You
know, the devil made me do it. "
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No, but one of
his unholy alliance.
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What he has is he's got
all of these little unholy
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angels out there.
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And they're out there sent
with assignments to trip us up.
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But then they also act as
those CSI agents to collect
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the forensic evidence against
us and to take it back to
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Satan and say, "Ha ha,
I caught Shelley Quinn.
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She was gossiping. "
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Uh-ho, now, so he can
go to the Lord and say,
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"She doesn't
deserve Your divine favor. "
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But what he's overlooking
is God's plan of salvation.
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Romans 3:23
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Justification
is an act of grace.
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"For all have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God. "
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In the Greek, this is
a present active tense.
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All have sinned and continue to
fall short of the glory of God.
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I don't know that there's, I
can honestly tell you there's
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never been one day that
I have been able to attain
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to God's perfect character.
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How about you when
you think about that?
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But look at verse 24.
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"Being justified freely by
His grace through the redemption
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that is in Christ Jesus. "
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Isaiah 53 says in verse
11, he says, "By His knowledge
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My righteous Servant
shall justify many for He
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shall bear their iniquities. "
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We have One who has
born our iniquities.
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Now flip over to Romans 5.
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Romans 5, actually Romans 5
and 7 are wonderful chapters
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to understand justification.
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Romans 5, "But God demonstrates
His own love toward us, in that
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while we were still... " what?
00:21:57.28\00:22:00.82
"... sinners,
Christ died for us.
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Much more then, having
now been justified... " how?
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"... by His blood, we shall be
saved from wrath through Him. "
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Justification happens
when we repent and accept the
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Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior,
when we give our heart to Him.
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And God credits to
our account the atonement
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provided by Jesus Christ.
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We are justified
through His atoning blood
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and adopted as children of God.
00:22:36.56\00:22:38.52
But then when we
repent, we also know that
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He has, not only
given us the divine mercy
00:22:42.74\00:22:47.64
by crediting Christ's
righteousness, His perfect
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conformity to the
law, to our account,
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but the sinner is also restored
at that point before God.
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Here we were like
Habakkuk, as Habakkuk said,
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we were bent over.
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And the minute that we receive
Christ or we repent of our sins,
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we are in right
standing with God.
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Isn't that exciting to
think that you can be in right
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standing with the Holy God?
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When you can say, "I am
justified, it is just as if
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I'd never sinned. "
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Hallelujah.
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Now continuing on
in Romans 5, verse 16.
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"For the judgment which
came from one offense... "
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That's Adam's offense and
we know what that judgment was.
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It's death.
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"... resulted in condemnation,"
the spiritual death,
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"... but the free
gift," of salvation,
00:23:43.32\00:23:45.97
"which came from many offenses
resulted in justification. "
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Into that right
standing with God.
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That new spiritual
life that we've been given.
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"For if by the one man's
offense," Adam's offense,
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"death reigned through the
one, much more those who receive
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abundance of grace and
the gift of righteousness
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will reign in life
through Christ Jesus. "
00:24:09.56\00:24:13.77
Isn't that exciting.
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Think about that.
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You have received
an abundance of grace
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and the gift of righteousness.
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And he goes on in verse 18
to say, "Therefore, as through
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one man's offense judgment
came to all men resulting in
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condemnation, even so through
one Man's righteous act,"
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speaking of Jesus, "the
free gift came to all men,
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resulting in
justification of life.
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For as by one man's disobedience
many were made sinners,
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so also by one Man's obedience
many will be made righteous. "
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You know, Isaiah
said in Isaiah 61:10,
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"I will greatly rejoice
and take joy in the Lord
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who has covered me, He
has clothed me with the
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garment of salvation
and He has covered me with a
00:25:12.51\00:25:16.51
robe of righteousness. "
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And
justification results in peace;
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peace of mind, peace with God.
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No longer are we at odds
with God, but now we have
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true peace with God.
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Look back in Romans 5 verse 1.
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It says, "Therefore, having
been justified by faith.. "
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How are we justified?
00:25:40.23\00:25:41.52
By faith. Faith in what?
00:25:41.55\00:25:43.46
In Jesus and what He
has accomplished for us.
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"... we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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through whom also we have
access by faith into this grace
00:25:50.52\00:25:55.98
in which we stand. "
00:25:56.01\00:25:58.35
Let me tell you something, grace
is more than a gift of God.
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Grace is a
supernatural power, the divine
00:26:01.89\00:26:05.32
assistance for salvation.
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And we have access by faith into
this grace in which we stand.
00:26:08.18\00:26:13.08
"And we rejoice in
hope of the glory of God. "
00:26:13.11\00:26:16.88
Hope there is eager expectation.
00:26:17.47\00:26:19.49
We rejoice in the eager
expectation of receiving
00:26:19.52\00:26:22.89
the glory of God,
the character of God.
00:26:22.92\00:26:25.86
By faith we accept that divine
justice was met at the cross.
00:26:25.89\00:26:32.27
We are pronounced
just by our Creator Judge.
00:26:32.30\00:26:37.87
God declares that the
punishment, don't miss
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this part because if you
miss this part, you will not
00:26:42.03\00:26:44.65
understand justification.
00:26:44.68\00:26:47.21
When God looks at our
record and we've received Christ
00:26:47.24\00:26:52.98
and all He sees is that
blood stained smear of His
00:26:53.01\00:26:57.75
precious Son's
blood on our record book,
00:26:57.78\00:27:01.67
what He says is,
"There's no forensic evidence
00:27:01.70\00:27:04.77
against them. "
00:27:04.80\00:27:05.90
He's saying, He's declaring
that punishment cannot be
00:27:06.94\00:27:11.49
justly inflicted
because there is no forensic
00:27:11.52\00:27:15.43
evidence against us.
00:27:15.46\00:27:17.05
You know, Jesus
tells a parable in Luke 18.
00:27:17.56\00:27:20.31
And He tells it
saying, He begins it by saying,
00:27:20.83\00:27:23.98
this parable is for
those who trusted in themselves
00:27:24.01\00:27:28.47
that they were righteous.
00:27:28.50\00:27:30.00
Hmm, hmm, hmm.
00:27:30.76\00:27:32.02
As C.A. would
say, "Hmm, hmm, hmm. "
00:27:32.05\00:27:34.54
He's telling this about the
Pharisee and the tax collector
00:27:35.28\00:27:40.16
who are in the
temple and they're praying.
00:27:40.19\00:27:43.18
And the Pharisee is saying,
"Oh Lord," in that voice,
00:27:43.21\00:27:46.97
"I thank You that I am
not like other sinners;
00:27:47.00\00:27:50.87
extortioners,
unjust, adulterers,
00:27:50.90\00:27:54.74
or even like this tax collector.
00:27:54.77\00:27:57.16
Oh Lord, I give
a tithe every week.
00:27:57.19\00:28:02.01
Oh Lord, I fast twice a week.
00:28:02.04\00:28:05.25
Lord, I'm
caffeine free. I'm a vegan.
00:28:05.28\00:28:08.44
I'm not like this other one. "
00:28:08.85\00:28:11.68
And then the tax collector,
standing over, won't even
00:28:12.47\00:28:16.78
really approach, he's standing
there and he's beating his chest
00:28:16.81\00:28:21.54
and he can't even
look up to heaven.
00:28:21.57\00:28:23.92
His head is hung down in shame.
00:28:23.95\00:28:26.35
He recognizes his sin.
00:28:26.38\00:28:28.45
He recognizes there's nothing
he can do to save himself.
00:28:28.48\00:28:31.50
And he says, "Oh Lord, be
merciful to me, a sinner. "
00:28:31.53\00:28:36.77
And listen what
Jesus says in Luke 18:14.
00:28:36.80\00:28:39.92
"I tell you, this man," the
tax collector, "went down to his
00:28:39.95\00:28:44.71
house justified, he went down
justified rather than the other.
00:28:44.74\00:28:50.35
For everyone who exalts
himself will be humbled,
00:28:50.38\00:28:54.79
and he who humbles
himself will be exalted. "
00:28:54.82\00:28:58.35
Now you should still
be in Romans, flip back to
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Romans chapter 3.
00:29:01.20\00:29:02.68
If tithing, fasting
twice a week, keeping the law,
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if this won't justify us,
let's look at what Paul says
00:29:10.74\00:29:14.39
in Romans 3:27.
00:29:14.42\00:29:16.09
He says, "Where
is boasting then?
00:29:16.12\00:29:20.02
It is excluded.
00:29:20.05\00:29:21.51
By what Law? Of works?
00:29:22.25\00:29:24.02
No, but by the law of faith.
00:29:24.05\00:29:26.41
Therefore we conclude
that a man is justified... "
00:29:26.44\00:29:32.09
How?
00:29:32.12\00:29:33.09
..."by faith apart from," what?
00:29:33.10\00:29:35.27
"... the deeds of the law. "
00:29:35.30\00:29:37.19
It's not law keeping that's
going to make you justified.
00:29:37.22\00:29:40.47
That Pharisee was a law keeper.
00:29:40.50\00:29:42.34
But look what Paul says
in verse 31 because that
00:29:42.37\00:29:44.99
is really important.
00:29:45.02\00:29:46.62
He says, "Do we then make
void the law through faith?
00:29:46.65\00:29:50.85
Certainly not.
00:29:50.88\00:29:52.19
On the contrary, we
establish the law. "
00:29:52.22\00:29:57.57
Justification is a
gift declaring that Christ's
00:29:58.57\00:30:02.46
righteousness
has been given to us.
00:30:02.49\00:30:04.43
Christ, who perfectly
satisfied the law of God.
00:30:04.46\00:30:10.01
The law of God is not relaxed.
00:30:10.04\00:30:12.61
It is not set aside.
00:30:12.64\00:30:14.45
But it is
declared to be fulfilled
00:30:14.96\00:30:18.34
in Christ's righteousness and
then credited to our account.
00:30:18.37\00:30:22.45
So when God declares
us justified, guess what?
00:30:22.48\00:30:27.60
That entitles us to all
the privileges, all the rewards
00:30:27.63\00:30:32.51
that perfect obedience
to the law entitles us.
00:30:32.54\00:30:37.43
And faith is the only instrument
by which we can seize hold
00:30:37.46\00:30:42.77
of Jesus Christ,
seize hold of justification.
00:30:42.80\00:30:46.93
You know, in the Bible
Paul persuasively argues
00:30:46.96\00:30:50.56
one aspect of justification.
00:30:50.59\00:30:53.65
And he does it from
the stand point of before
00:30:53.68\00:30:58.89
the act of being justified.
00:30:58.92\00:31:00.91
He says good works are not
the ground for justification.
00:31:00.94\00:31:05.12
Man is not justified
by conformity to the law
00:31:05.15\00:31:09.41
or dependant on
rights or ceremonies.
00:31:09.88\00:31:13.09
But we are only
justified by the work of God.
00:31:13.12\00:31:15.78
Yet Paul says, good works, as
we just saw while in verse 31,
00:31:15.81\00:31:22.11
are not the ground, but
they are the consequence
00:31:22.14\00:31:26.16
of justification.
00:31:26.19\00:31:27.76
When we are justified,
we will establish the law.
00:31:27.79\00:31:32.73
Now turn to James chapter 2.
00:31:32.76\00:31:35.32
Because sometimes people
will say, "Well, Paul says this
00:31:35.73\00:31:40.03
but James says that. "
00:31:40.06\00:31:41.67
Paul was arguing the aspect
of the doctrine of justification
00:31:41.70\00:31:48.31
before you're justified,
and what James is doing
00:31:48.34\00:31:52.42
is persuasively arguing
a different aspect of the
00:31:52.45\00:31:56.30
doctrine of justification
from the standpoint
00:31:56.33\00:31:59.48
after you're justified.
00:31:59.51\00:32:01.29
James says in James 2:20, we'll
begin, "But do you want to know,
00:32:01.32\00:32:06.88
O foolish man, that
faith without works is dead?
00:32:06.91\00:32:11.25
Was not Abraham our father
justified by works when he
00:32:11.28\00:32:13.99
offered Isaac
his son on the alter?
00:32:14.02\00:32:15.65
Do you see that faith was
working together with his works,
00:32:15.68\00:32:20.64
and by works
faith was made perfect.
00:32:20.67\00:32:25.38
And the scripture
was fulfilled which said,
00:32:25.41\00:32:28.59
'Abraham believed God,
and it was accounted to him
00:32:28.62\00:32:31.28
for righteousness. '
00:32:31.31\00:32:32.50
And he was called
the friend of God. "
00:32:32.53\00:32:36.81
Can we be a friend of God if
we have not given Him our heart
00:32:37.32\00:32:43.57
and walking in obedience to Him?
00:32:43.60\00:32:46.04
But he goes on in verse
24, he says, "You see then
00:32:46.07\00:32:49.12
that a man is justified by
works and not by faith only. "
00:32:49.15\00:32:53.56
So what James is doing here is
arguing that after we have been
00:32:53.59\00:32:58.37
justified, we will conform
to God's law as evidence of
00:32:58.40\00:33:04.36
our genuine faith, as evidence
that we have been justified.
00:33:04.39\00:33:11.26
Genuine faith seeks to
obey the divine will of God.
00:33:11.73\00:33:17.39
And I'll tell you what, if we're
not obeying God's divine will,
00:33:17.42\00:33:22.78
I mean, that's indispensable
to true religion, is it not?
00:33:23.79\00:33:27.04
So true justification
then leads to sanctification.
00:33:27.07\00:33:33.42
Let me give you Matthew 6:12, we
don't have time to turn there.
00:33:34.31\00:33:39.55
Listen to this and listen
for which part is justification
00:33:39.58\00:33:42.76
and sanctification.
00:33:42.79\00:33:43.76
This is the Lord's prayer.
00:33:43.77\00:33:45.02
Jesus said,
"Forgive us our debts. "
00:33:45.05\00:33:48.74
What is that?
00:33:48.77\00:33:49.74
Justification or sanctification?
00:33:50.01\00:33:51.84
Justification.
00:33:51.87\00:33:53.72
"Forgive us our debts. "
00:33:53.75\00:33:54.81
We don't have the
ability to repay this debt.
00:33:54.84\00:33:57.49
"Forgive us this debt. "
00:33:57.52\00:33:59.20
But then He goes on and says,
"Do not lead us into temptation,
00:33:59.23\00:34:04.16
but deliver us from evil. "
00:34:04.19\00:34:06.88
What's that?
00:34:06.91\00:34:07.88
Sanctification.
00:34:07.97\00:34:09.66
When our sin debt is forgiven,
we're anxious not to offend God.
00:34:09.69\00:34:13.99
We desire sanctification.
00:34:14.02\00:34:16.40
Personal holiness is not
the cause of our justification,
00:34:16.43\00:34:22.57
but it is the consequence
of our justification.
00:34:22.60\00:34:25.44
So justification
takes just a moment.
00:34:26.11\00:34:30.97
When we repent, when you
have repented of your sin,
00:34:31.00\00:34:34.85
don't beat yourself up.
00:34:34.88\00:34:36.31
Don't keep confessing it
over and over, and being under
00:34:36.34\00:34:41.10
that condemnation.
00:34:41.13\00:34:42.75
But now
sanctification, learning to walk
00:34:42.78\00:34:46.69
in the harmony of His
will, is the work of a lifetime.
00:34:46.72\00:34:51.25
Turn to Hebrews chapter 12.
00:34:51.28\00:34:54.19
Hebrews chapter 12.
00:34:54.22\00:34:56.16
You know, I use to
read where the Lord said,
00:34:57.71\00:35:01.54
"Be holy for I am holy. "
00:35:01.57\00:35:05.58
Does that sound
like a suggestion?
00:35:05.61\00:35:07.60
No it doesn't, does it.
00:35:09.32\00:35:10.79
It sounds like
God's commanding us.
00:35:10.82\00:35:12.81
And let me tell you a secret.
00:35:13.61\00:35:16.05
Any time God
commands us to do anything,
00:35:16.55\00:35:19.44
He will give us the
power to accomplish it.
00:35:19.47\00:35:23.17
His commands are His promise.
00:35:23.89\00:35:27.08
So if God requires us
to be holy, He's saying,
00:35:27.11\00:35:30.80
"I promise you, I
will make you holy. "
00:35:30.83\00:35:33.38
Hebrews 12 verse 14.
00:35:33.41\00:35:35.77
Hebrews 12 verse
14, the Bible says,
00:35:37.04\00:35:40.11
"Pursue holiness, without which
no one will see the Lord. "
00:35:40.14\00:35:47.56
Let me ask you.
00:35:48.46\00:35:49.79
Does that make you feel a
little bit afraid to know that
00:35:49.82\00:35:53.06
you're suppose to
be pursuing holiness?
00:35:53.09\00:35:55.15
Yeah.
00:35:55.84\00:35:57.01
It's like, "Oh Lord, what
do I do to pursue holiness?"
00:35:57.51\00:36:01.38
And some of us have this
kind of a convoluted idea
00:36:01.41\00:36:06.60
of what holiness is.
00:36:06.63\00:36:08.31
We've seen these holiness
movements and this is where
00:36:08.34\00:36:11.85
the women have got their hair...
00:36:11.88\00:36:13.40
If anyone's dressed like this,
I haven't seen you and I'm not
00:36:13.70\00:36:16.67
condemning this, but I'm
saying, you know the women
00:36:16.70\00:36:19.46
have got their hair turned
back into that tight little bun
00:36:19.49\00:36:22.52
and their faces are scrubbed and
they've got on these long skirts
00:36:22.55\00:36:27.16
and they walk two
feet behind their husbands
00:36:27.19\00:36:29.29
to show submission.
00:36:29.32\00:36:30.50
And the men are
walking around like this.
00:36:30.53\00:36:33.48
And they're nothing
more than white washed tombs
00:36:34.59\00:36:38.63
with dead bones on the inside
because they've got the idea
00:36:39.52\00:36:45.00
that they can
make themselves holy.
00:36:45.03\00:36:47.51
We cannot make ourselves holy.
00:36:47.54\00:36:50.26
But to pursue means to seek.
00:36:50.29\00:36:53.57
Seek.
00:36:54.21\00:36:55.48
Holiness is sanctification.
00:36:55.51\00:36:57.19
Seek sanctification.
00:36:57.22\00:36:59.34
Now that's not
nearly as scary, is it?
00:36:59.37\00:37:01.51
Seek sanctification, without
which no one will see the Lord.
00:37:01.54\00:37:05.58
See, sanctification
stresses a personal level,
00:37:05.61\00:37:08.84
a personal
dimension of holiness.
00:37:08.87\00:37:11.18
And that is, as we've already
said, God's will for your life.
00:37:11.21\00:37:16.11
There are six ways that I have
found, and I want to deliver
00:37:16.90\00:37:21.59
to you today,
that we are sanctified.
00:37:21.62\00:37:24.29
Usually we think of this as just
the work of the Holy Spirit.
00:37:24.95\00:37:27.97
But there are 6 ways the Bibles
tells us that we are sanctified.
00:37:28.00\00:37:31.63
We are sanctified
through God the Father,
00:37:31.66\00:37:34.19
Jesus Christ, the Holy
Spirit, the word of God,
00:37:34.22\00:37:38.18
by faith, through obedience.
00:37:38.21\00:37:41.06
Six different ways.
00:37:41.09\00:37:43.32
So if we are to pursue holiness,
we are to seek sanctification
00:37:43.35\00:37:49.76
in these six ways.
00:37:49.79\00:37:51.65
Now one thing I want
you to notice, there is no
00:37:51.68\00:37:54.63
number seven on this list.
00:37:54.66\00:37:56.78
We, some of us try, we know
7 is the number of perfection
00:37:56.81\00:38:00.59
or completeness, and some
of us think, "Well, we ought to
00:38:00.62\00:38:03.34
add one more and that is that we
will sanctify by the Pharisee. "
00:38:03.37\00:38:07.12
Do you know what I mean?
00:38:08.09\00:38:09.44
Oh please, please.
00:38:09.47\00:38:13.08
God tells us to
be fishers of men.
00:38:13.11\00:38:17.06
We're to put that beautiful
bait, the wonderful gospel,
00:38:17.09\00:38:23.76
we're to cast out
the word of the gospel.
00:38:23.79\00:38:27.16
But nowhere does He tell us
to be cleaners of those fish.
00:38:27.19\00:38:32.63
We are, yes, to
teach what His word says,
00:38:32.66\00:38:36.21
to be gentle in heart,
teaching in a loving way.
00:38:36.24\00:38:39.74
But, you know, it
amazes me how often I have had
00:38:39.77\00:38:43.62
someone come to me when
I'm out speaking and say,
00:38:43.65\00:38:47.25
"I almost didn't
join the church. "
00:38:47.28\00:38:49.68
Or, "I left the
church for a long time.
00:38:49.71\00:38:52.07
I'm just now come back
because when I first joined,
00:38:52.11\00:38:55.18
sister Jones just chewed me
up one end and down the other
00:38:55.21\00:39:00.00
every Sabbath for
something that I was doing. "
00:39:00.03\00:39:03.30
Because sister Jones took it
upon her to think that she was
00:39:03.33\00:39:07.22
the one to do
the sanctification.
00:39:07.25\00:39:08.90
Do you all know what I'm saying?
00:39:08.93\00:39:10.62
You're being quiet.
00:39:10.65\00:39:12.49
We've got to be careful.
00:39:12.97\00:39:14.41
We are sanctified
by God the Father.
00:39:14.44\00:39:17.28
So we should seek, if
we're going to pursue holiness,
00:39:17.31\00:39:20.22
seek sanctification
through a relationship
00:39:20.25\00:39:23.67
with God the Father.
00:39:23.70\00:39:24.76
We won't have time to look
these up, so just if you're a
00:39:24.79\00:39:27.64
note take, jot
down the scriptures.
00:39:27.67\00:39:30.13
1 Thessalonians 5:23
says, "Now may the God of peace
00:39:30.33\00:39:35.16
Himself sanctify you completely,
and may your whole spirit,
00:39:35.19\00:39:40.11
soul, and body be preserved
blameless at the coming
00:39:40.14\00:39:44.42
of our Lord Jesus Christ. "
00:39:44.45\00:39:46.44
Who's doing the sanctification?
00:39:46.47\00:39:48.45
The God of peace.
00:39:48.48\00:39:50.44
And Jude 1 tells us
it is God the Father.
00:39:50.47\00:39:53.41
Jude says, "To those
who are sanctified, called
00:39:53.44\00:39:57.39
by God the Father and
preserved in Jesus Christ. "
00:39:57.42\00:40:02.14
Hallelujah.
00:40:02.17\00:40:03.21
See, God sanctifies us.
00:40:03.61\00:40:05.49
Paul wrote to the Philippians,
"It is God who works in you
00:40:06.81\00:40:11.81
to will and to do according
to His good purposes. "
00:40:11.84\00:40:18.04
This is God's job.
00:40:18.07\00:40:20.31
He has predestined
you to be conformed to the
00:40:20.34\00:40:24.63
image of His Son.
00:40:24.66\00:40:25.63
That's what Romans 8:29 says.
00:40:25.64\00:40:27.72
And you know what?
00:40:27.75\00:40:28.72
He works all things in
conformity to His will.
00:40:28.74\00:40:32.03
That's what Ephesians 1:11 says.
00:40:32.06\00:40:34.21
So if He's predestined
this, He's going to do a good
00:40:34.24\00:40:37.26
job of doing it.
00:40:37.29\00:40:38.42
So what's our part?
00:40:38.45\00:40:40.11
Our part is to seek first His
kingdom and His righteousness,
00:40:40.14\00:40:45.87
to seek a
relationship with the Lord.
00:40:45.90\00:40:48.65
He's got a plan for our life.
00:40:48.68\00:40:50.93
And He tells us in Jeremiah
29 that when we recognize this,
00:40:50.96\00:40:54.52
we will seek Him with all of
our heart and we will find Him.
00:40:54.55\00:40:58.45
And Hebrews 11:6 tells
us that He rewards those
00:40:58.48\00:41:02.68
who diligently,
earnestly seek Him.
00:41:02.71\00:41:06.33
Now number 2, Christ
is our sanctification.
00:41:07.13\00:41:12.20
Hallelujah.
00:41:12.60\00:41:14.36
You all ought to be
getting excited when you
00:41:14.91\00:41:16.99
think about this.
00:41:17.02\00:41:18.12
So if we're going to pursue
holiness, seek sanctification,
00:41:18.15\00:41:21.91
we should be seeking a
relationship with Christ.
00:41:21.94\00:41:24.73
We should be seeking
to be in Christ Jesus.
00:41:24.76\00:41:28.78
1 Corinthians 1:30 says that
because of Him, because of God,
00:41:28.81\00:41:34.91
we are in Christ.
00:41:34.94\00:41:36.60
Here's Christ, the
head of the church.
00:41:36.63\00:41:38.54
Shelley was over here
before I accepted Him.
00:41:38.57\00:41:41.86
But once I accepted
Jesus Christ, He lined me up.
00:41:41.89\00:41:46.11
I'm in Christ.
00:41:46.14\00:41:47.23
He's now the head and
I am part of His body.
00:41:47.26\00:41:51.31
And He says that He is, He
became for us wisdom from God,
00:41:51.34\00:41:56.44
our righteousness,
our sanctification.
00:41:56.47\00:42:01.99
Jesus is our
sanctification and redemption.
00:42:02.02\00:42:06.35
That's why Paul can
say in 2 Corinthians 5:21,
00:42:07.03\00:42:10.39
"He, God, made Him who
knew no sin to be sin for us
00:42:10.42\00:42:15.02
that we might become
the righteousness of God
00:42:15.05\00:42:19.90
in Christ Jesus. "
00:42:19.93\00:42:22.19
Amen.
00:42:22.22\00:42:23.19
Hebrews 10:10 says, "We are
sanctified through the offering
00:42:24.08\00:42:28.35
of the body of Jesus
Christ once for all. "
00:42:28.38\00:42:32.62
Hebrews 13:12 says we
are sanctified by His blood.
00:42:34.08\00:42:39.19
Listen, "Jesus also, that
He might sanctify the people
00:42:39.22\00:42:44.66
with His own blood,
suffered outside the gate. "
00:42:44.69\00:42:47.82
So, what are we to do?
00:42:48.12\00:42:49.65
We're to put on Christ Jesus.
00:42:49.68\00:42:52.63
We're to put off the
old and put on Jesus Christ.
00:42:52.66\00:42:56.84
And in John 15:5, what
Jesus said is, "Abide in Me.
00:42:56.87\00:43:03.33
I'm the vine, you're the branch.
00:43:03.36\00:43:06.45
Apart from Me,
you can do... " what?
00:43:06.48\00:43:09.05
"... nothing. "
00:43:09.08\00:43:10.53
Now number 3, we are
sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
00:43:10.56\00:43:16.51
So we should pursue
holiness, seek sanctification,
00:43:16.54\00:43:22.04
by seeking to be filled day
by day with His Holy Spirit.
00:43:22.07\00:43:27.09
Through the Spirit we're
born again, we're sanctified,
00:43:27.12\00:43:31.42
He renews our mind, He writes
God's law of love on our hearts,
00:43:31.45\00:43:36.37
and He gives us the
power to live a holy life.
00:43:36.40\00:43:39.74
Listen to this, 2
Thessalonians 2:13.
00:43:39.77\00:43:44.18
"We are bound to give
thanks to God always for you,
00:43:44.21\00:43:47.54
brethren beloved by the
Lord, because God has from the
00:43:47.57\00:43:51.46
beginning chosen you for
salvation through sanctification
00:43:51.49\00:43:56.84
by the Spirit and
belief in the truth. "
00:43:56.87\00:44:01.08
And it is something
that God puts; a new heart.
00:44:01.96\00:44:06.90
He promised from the Old
Testament, "I'll give you a
00:44:06.93\00:44:08.99
new heart and a new spirit. "
00:44:09.02\00:44:10.98
So now turn to
Ephesians 3 verse 16.
00:44:11.01\00:44:15.18
I want to show you something.
00:44:15.21\00:44:16.51
Ephesians 3 and verse 16.
00:44:17.45\00:44:20.81
I was so relieved when
I learned, I don't know,
00:44:23.51\00:44:27.14
is there anyone in here who
suffered from what I suffered?
00:44:27.17\00:44:30.79
I tried so hard to be holy.
00:44:30.82\00:44:34.52
I tried my best and I never felt
I could do enough for the Lord.
00:44:35.79\00:44:41.56
Oh Lord, if only I'd read
my Bible a little bit longer.
00:44:41.66\00:44:44.15
If only I'd pray
a little bit longer.
00:44:44.18\00:44:45.53
If I'd only do
more mission work.
00:44:45.56\00:44:46.82
If I'd only do
this, if I'd only do that.
00:44:46.85\00:44:48.53
Oh Lord, if I could only...
00:44:48.56\00:44:50.37
And you just get exhausted.
00:44:50.40\00:44:52.56
I mean, I just
couldn't be holy enough.
00:44:53.39\00:44:55.49
And then you know what
happens when you get exhausted?
00:44:56.20\00:44:58.90
You start feeling condemned
and you start turning your back
00:44:58.93\00:45:01.97
on the Lord because
it's just like, "I give up. "
00:45:02.00\00:45:04.30
I wonder how many people come
to church Sabbath after Sabbath
00:45:05.10\00:45:09.16
and they're coming because it
is the culturally correct thing
00:45:09.19\00:45:13.40
to do, but in their
hearts they're just numb because
00:45:13.43\00:45:17.02
they think, "I'll
never have salvation. "
00:45:17.05\00:45:19.35
See, if we recognize that
it's God, it's Jesus Christ,
00:45:19.38\00:45:23.46
it's His Spirit sanctifying us.
00:45:23.49\00:45:25.61
Let's look at
this Ephesians 3:16.
00:45:25.64\00:45:28.17
He says, "That He would
grant you," he's praying,
00:45:28.96\00:45:33.12
"that He would grant
you, according to the riches
00:45:33.15\00:45:35.75
of His glory, to be strengthened
with might through His
00:45:35.78\00:45:41.85
Spirit in the inner man. "
00:45:41.88\00:45:43.79
Now skip down to verse 20.
00:45:43.82\00:45:46.40
"Now to Him who is able
to do exceedingly abundantly
00:45:47.00\00:45:51.40
above all that we ask or
think, according to the power
00:45:51.43\00:45:54.09
that works within us. "
00:45:54.12\00:45:55.48
What is that power
that works within us?
00:45:55.51\00:45:58.27
We just looked at it.
00:45:58.30\00:45:59.44
We're strengthened with
might through His Holy Spirit.
00:45:59.47\00:46:03.88
To Him be the glory.
00:46:03.91\00:46:05.83
It's God doing this work in you.
00:46:05.86\00:46:09.23
We are to walk by the Spirit.
00:46:09.26\00:46:13.00
We live in the Spirit,
let us walk in the Spirit.
00:46:13.03\00:46:16.11
And if we do, Paul told the
Galatians, "we will not fulfill
00:46:16.14\00:46:19.57
the lust of the flesh. "
00:46:19.60\00:46:21.14
Romans 8:13 and 14 says this.
00:46:21.17\00:46:26.55
"If you live according
to the flesh you will die.
00:46:27.34\00:46:31.48
But if you, by the
power of the Holy Spirit... "
00:46:32.94\00:46:38.29
Notice there's two agents here.
00:46:38.32\00:46:39.85
"... you, by the power of the
Holy Spirit," you co-operating
00:46:39.88\00:46:45.09
with the Holy Spirit,
"put to death the misdeeds of
00:46:45.12\00:46:49.14
your flesh, you will live. "
00:46:49.18\00:46:51.87
You'll have eternal life.
00:46:51.90\00:46:53.26
You can't do it on your own.
00:46:53.29\00:46:55.58
You can't do it
without the Holy Spirit.
00:46:56.43\00:46:58.64
Guess what, the Holy
Spirit can't do it without you.
00:46:58.67\00:47:00.87
The struggle of
sanctification is surrender.
00:47:00.90\00:47:05.77
I mean, we want
to drive our own bus.
00:47:08.01\00:47:10.85
The struggle of sanctification
is saying, "Ok, I'll let You
00:47:10.88\00:47:14.64
drive and I'll sit over
here in this second seat. "
00:47:14.67\00:47:18.98
But God wants us to know
that the Holy Spirit is the One
00:47:20.97\00:47:25.99
who will teach us, who
will guide us into all truth.
00:47:26.02\00:47:29.29
And how do we
receive the Holy Spirit?
00:47:29.32\00:47:32.40
Luke 11 verse 9,
these are Jesus' words.
00:47:33.10\00:47:36.79
He says, "Ask and it
will be given to you;
00:47:36.82\00:47:40.34
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be
00:47:40.37\00:47:44.17
opened unto you. "
00:47:44.20\00:47:46.07
And you know, again, these
are present active conditions.
00:47:46.10\00:47:50.22
These are linear verbs.
00:47:50.25\00:47:51.72
Jesus is saying, if you wanted
to make a perfect translation
00:47:51.75\00:47:55.30
into English, it
should read this way.
00:47:55.33\00:47:57.52
"Ask and keep on asking,
seek and keep on seeking,
00:47:57.55\00:48:02.27
knock and keep on knocking,
and it will be given to you. "
00:48:02.30\00:48:06.26
And He tell us in verse 13 what
He is instructing us to ask for.
00:48:06.29\00:48:12.04
He says, "If you, being evil,
know how to give good gifts
00:48:12.07\00:48:15.50
to your children, how much
more, how much more will your
00:48:15.53\00:48:19.86
heavenly Father give the
Holy Spirit to those who ask
00:48:19.89\00:48:23.49
and keep on asking. "
00:48:23.52\00:48:24.79
And the reason we have to
keep on asking is not because
00:48:25.44\00:48:28.35
we're begging, it's not
because He's not going to
00:48:28.38\00:48:31.54
give Him to us.
00:48:31.57\00:48:32.54
He is eager to give
the Holy Spirit to us.
00:48:32.55\00:48:35.11
The reason we keep on asking
is because we quench the Spirit.
00:48:35.14\00:48:38.18
I mean, day by day we should get
up and not even leave the house
00:48:39.82\00:48:43.02
until we say, "Lord, fill
me with Your Holy Spirit. "
00:48:43.05\00:48:46.28
We are sanctified by
God's truth, the holy Bible.
00:48:46.31\00:48:52.54
So, if we are going to pursue
holiness, seek sanctification,
00:48:52.57\00:48:58.03
we should seek a
relationship with this word.
00:48:58.06\00:49:01.99
If you want an intimate
relationship with Jesus Christ,
00:49:02.02\00:49:06.24
there's only one way.
00:49:06.27\00:49:08.33
Have an intimate
relationship with His word.
00:49:08.36\00:49:11.39
Jesus prayed in the garden.
00:49:11.42\00:49:13.60
In John 17:17, it
records this beautiful prayer.
00:49:13.63\00:49:16.92
And He says, "Oh Lord,
sanctify them by Your truth.
00:49:16.95\00:49:20.81
Your word is truth. "
00:49:20.84\00:49:23.03
I try to remember to pray that
every time I pick up this Bible.
00:49:23.06\00:49:26.43
"Lord, don't let me just
be studying this to answer the
00:49:26.46\00:49:29.63
Sabbath school, the
quarterly questions.
00:49:29.66\00:49:31.96
But Father God, sanctify me.
00:49:31.99\00:49:34.50
Do a work in me.
00:49:35.00\00:49:36.14
Your word has
transforming power. "
00:49:36.17\00:49:39.11
James says when it's
implanted in the soul,
00:49:39.14\00:49:41.42
it has got the
power to save your soul.
00:49:41.45\00:49:43.69
Plant it in the heart.
00:49:43.72\00:49:44.95
This is a word that
is alive and active.
00:49:45.69\00:49:48.81
This is a word that will
divide and do this little
00:49:48.84\00:49:53.38
surgery on your heart.
00:49:53.41\00:49:55.22
"Jesus," Paul says to
the Ephesians in Ephesians 5
00:49:56.80\00:50:01.16
verse 25-27, "Christ loved
the church and gave Himself
00:50:01.19\00:50:05.89
for her that He might
sanctify her and cleanse her
00:50:05.92\00:50:12.12
by the washing of
the water of the word,
00:50:12.15\00:50:15.94
the He might make her a glorious
bride without spot or wrinkle. "
00:50:15.97\00:50:19.99
As we come to the word,
it washes away the attitudes
00:50:20.49\00:50:26.53
that we have
picked up in the world.
00:50:26.56\00:50:29.61
It renews our mind.
00:50:29.64\00:50:32.71
It is a lamp to our
feet and a light to our path.
00:50:32.74\00:50:36.27
So what should we do?
00:50:36.30\00:50:38.12
Seek to abide in the word.
00:50:38.15\00:50:40.80
What did Jesus say in John 8:31?
00:50:40.83\00:50:43.52
"If you abide in My
word, you are My disciples.
00:50:43.55\00:50:47.89
Then you will know the
truth, and the truth will
00:50:47.92\00:50:52.20
set you free. "
00:50:52.23\00:50:53.28
You can know the truth and
the truth won't set you free
00:50:53.31\00:50:56.87
if you're not
abiding in the word.
00:50:58.18\00:51:00.14
See, knowing the
truth is up here.
00:51:01.87\00:51:05.34
Knowing the
truth is intellectual,
00:51:05.98\00:51:09.06
or it can be intellectual,
but abiding in the truth
00:51:09.09\00:51:12.98
gets it here.
00:51:13.01\00:51:14.43
This is where you're
living in the word of God.
00:51:14.46\00:51:17.31
That's when you're set free.
00:51:17.34\00:51:19.45
Now Romans 10:17 says,
"Faith comes by hearing,
00:51:20.21\00:51:25.35
and hearing by
the word of God. "
00:51:25.38\00:51:26.56
We are sanctified by faith.
00:51:26.59\00:51:28.65
So what we should do is
seek to develop more faith.
00:51:30.06\00:51:35.15
And you know faith
is a gift, isn't it.
00:51:36.35\00:51:38.83
The Bible says that every
one of us have been given a
00:51:38.86\00:51:41.66
measure of faith.
00:51:41.69\00:51:42.70
So how do we create more faith?
00:51:42.73\00:51:45.64
Faith comes by hearing;
hearing by the word of God.
00:51:45.67\00:51:50.84
So the word of God.
00:51:50.87\00:51:52.78
Little word, little faith.
00:51:52.81\00:51:55.35
The more word
that is in your heart,
00:51:56.06\00:51:58.89
the greater your faith will be.
00:51:58.92\00:52:02.32
And so faith is
critical for this.
00:52:03.25\00:52:07.39
We live by faith in Christ.
00:52:09.11\00:52:11.14
We're kept by the
power of God through faith.
00:52:11.17\00:52:14.12
This is the race of faith.
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Now, we are sanctified
for the purpose of obedience.
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I don't know what everybody's
problem is with obedience.
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It is by grace, it is by
the power of God working in us
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to will and to act
according to His good purpose.
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So we should, if we were
going to pursue holiness,
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we should seek sanctification
by seeking to obey.
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1 Peter 1:2, Peter's writing
and he says, "To the elect
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according to the
foreknowledge of God the Father,
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in sanctification of
the Spirit, for obedience. "
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Here's how it says
it in the amplified.
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"You who are chosen and
foreknown by God the Father,
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consecrated, sanctified,
made holy by the Spirit,
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to be obedient to
Jesus Christ, the Messiah. "
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Did you know the
Bible says obedience leads
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to righteousness?
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Romans 6:16, "Do you not
know that to whom your present
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yourselves slaves to obey,
you are that one's slaves whom
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you obey, whether of sin
leading to death or of obedience
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leading to righteousness. "
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Don't think for one minute
that obedience is legalistic.
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We don't obey to be saved,
we obey because we are saved.
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Jesus didn't obey to
become the Son of God.
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He obeyed because
He was the Son of God.
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And John tells us
in 1 John 2:28-29,
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"Little children, abide
in Him that when He appears
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we may have
confidence and not be ashamed
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before Him at His coming.
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If you know that He is
righteous, you know that
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everyone who
practices righteousness... "
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What is righteousness?
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It's God's right
way of doing things.
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"... everyone who practices
righteousness is born of Him. "
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That's why he says, "Be doers of
the word and not hearers only. "
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Glorification.
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I just have a few minutes left.
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Romans 8:30
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Justification
leads to sanctification.
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Sanctification
leads to glorification.
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Romans 8:30 says this.
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"Moreover whom He predestined,
those He also called. "
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By the way, predestiny is not,
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you've got the whole front
row lined up and Him going,
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"One, two, three, four,
five. Ok, Rose, you're in.
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One, two, three,
four, five. Oh, you're in.
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One, two, three, four,
five. Ah ha, you're in. "
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That's not predestination.
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Predestination is
God's Calvary plan,
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that from the beginning He
determined that whoever would
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accept His Son, Jesus Christ, by
faith and what He accomplished
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for him, He predestined
that they would be conformed
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to the image of His Son.
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"So those He
predestined, He also called;
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whom He called,
those He justified;
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whom He justified,
these He also glorified. "
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Isn't that interesting.
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That's in the past tense.
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You are glorified.
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God knows the end
from the beginning.
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He calls things that are
not as though they already were.
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We've already looked
at this whole process.
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2 Corinthians 3:18 talks
about how the Holy Spirit is
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leading us from one level
of God's glory to the next.
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But the final, turn to 1
Corinthians 15, if you will.
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Wouldn't you know, I brought
the wrong Bible with me today.
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This is that little bitty
print that I'm going to have a
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hard time reading.
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1 Corinthians 15 and
let's look at verse 43 first.
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This is glorification.
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Let's start with verse 42.
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"So also is the
resurrection of the dead.
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The body is sown in corruption,
it is raised in incorruption.
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It is sown in
dishonor, it is raised in glory.
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It is sown in
weakness, it is raised in power.
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It is sown a natural body,
it is raised a spiritual body.
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There is a natural body and
there is a spiritual body. "
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Skip down to verse 53.
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Because this is the
consummation of glorification
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when we become
perfectly like Him.
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"For this corruptible
must put on incorruption,
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and this mortal must
put on immortality. "
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The consummation of the glorious
process of what happened,
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what God began at our new birth,
1 John 3:2, John sums it up.
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"Beloved, now we are children
of God; and it has not yet been
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revealed what we shall be, but
we know that when He is revealed
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we shall be..." justified,
sanctified, glorified,
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"we shall be like Him, for
we shall see Him as He is. "
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So also shall we be.
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