(MUSIC) >>HELLO FRIENDS.
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WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU BACK
TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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MY NAME IS JËAN ROSS.
I'M ONE OF THE PASTORS AT THE
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GRANITE BAY CHURCH. AND
IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
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YOU'RE JOINING US, WE'VE BEEN
STUDYING THROUGH OUR SABBATH
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SCHOOL QUARTERLY AND WE'VE BEEN
LOOKING AT THE BOOK OF JAMES.
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IF YOU'D LIKE TO FOLLOW ALONG
WITH US THROUGH OUR STUDY, YOU
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CAN GO TO THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH
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YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE LESSON
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DOUG WILL BE
STUDYING WITH US THIS EVENING.
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AGAIN, WELCOME EVERYONE IN
OUR LOCAL AUDIENCE, WE'RE GLAD
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THAT YOU'RE ALL HERE TODAY AND
HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ALL GEARED UP
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AND READY TO
DIG INTO GOD'S WORD.
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THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT STUDY
AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THE VARIOUS
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THEMES BROUGHT TO VIEW IN ONE OF
THE FIRST BOOKS WRITTEN IN THE
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NEW TESTAMENT -
WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE JAMES.
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SOME GREAT, INSIGHTFUL
INFORMATION - PRACTICAL
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INFORMATION THAT WE CAN USE AS
CHRISTIANS IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE
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- IN OUR
INTERACTION WITH OTHER PEOPLE -
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HOW WE CAN GROW CLOSER TO GOD.
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BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR STUDY,
AS ALWAYS, WE WANT TO ASK GOD'S
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SPECIAL BLESSING TO GUIDE US IN
THE STUDY OF HIS WORD, SO LET'S
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JUST BOW OUR HEADS
FOR A WORD OF PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN WE THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE
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HAVE TO STUDY THE BIBLE. WE
JUST ASK FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT
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TO COME AND GUIDE OUR HEARTS
AND OUR MINDS AND, LORD, IMPRESS
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UPON US THOSE IMPORTANT LESSONS
THAT YOU WOULD WANT US TO KNOW.
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THANK YOU, LORD,
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
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BE WITH THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING
AND LISTENING, WHEREVER THEY
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MIGHT BE, AND LEAD US ALL
INTO A DEEPER AND A FULLER
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UNDERSTANDING FOR
YOUR WILL FOR OUR LIVES,
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FOR WE ASK THIS
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG,
WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU.
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS AND
THANK YOU, FRIENDS - MEMBERS OF
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THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH - FOR
LETTING US HIJACK OUR REGULAR
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PRAYER MEETING AND TURN IT INTO
OUR SABBATH SCHOOL TIME WHILE
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WE'RE IN
TRANSITION WITH A BUILDING.
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AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT OUR
REGULAR BACKGROUND, BUT RIGHT
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NOW AMAZING FACTS IS IN THE
PROCESS OF RENOVATING AN OFFICE
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WAREHOUSE BUILDING NOT TOO FAR
FROM OUR OFFICE, THAT WILL BE
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HOSTING THE
GRANITE BAY CONGREGATION.
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AND, IN THE MEANTIME, WE WANT
TO BE ABLE TO KEEP STUDYING THE
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LESSON BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE
ALL AROUND THE WORLD THAT TUNE
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IN FOR OUR STUDY
TIME. AND SO THE GRANITE BAY
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CONGREGATION WAS NICE ENOUGH
TO SAY, 'WE'LL STUDY THE LESSON
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TWICE. WE'LL DO IT BOTH IN
CHURCH AND DURING OUR PRAYER
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MEETING TIME. SO
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
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TODAY WE ARE ON LESSON #6
DEALING WITH THE VERY IMPORTANT
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SUBJECT OF FAITH AND WORKS.
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I SHOULD ALSO SAY IT'S SOMEWHAT
OF A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT.
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AND PASTOR ROSS MENTIONED
WE DO HAVE A FREE OFFER.
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I SHOULD ALSO TELL YOU THAT THE
FREE OFFER - YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT
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AT THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE,
BUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S REALLY
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NEAT IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE THE STUDY ITSELF - THE
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SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON ITSELF,
THE BOOK OF JAMES LESSON #6,
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WE NOW HAVE THE PDF -
WE HAVE PERMISSION TO MAKE
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AVAILABLE TO YOU
THE PDF OF THAT LESSON.
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YOU CAN GO TO THE AMAZING
FACTS WEBSITE, YOU CAN GO TO THE
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'GRANITEBAYSDA.ORG' WEBSITE AND
DOWNLOAD THERE THE INFORMATION
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SO YOU CAN HAVE THE LESSON.
YOU CAN HAVE THE FREE OFFER.
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OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT THE BIBLE
- AND THEN WE'LL UPLOAD OUR
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NOTES ALSO, FOR WHATEVER THEY'RE
WORTH, OF THIS PARTICULAR STUDY.
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WELL, IN OUR STUDY GUIDE FOR
TONIGHT WE'VE GOT, LIKE I SAID,
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A VERY IMPORTANT STUDY DEALING
WITH THE SUBJECT OF FAITH AND
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WORKS AND - SOMEWHAT OF A
CONTROVERSIAL STUDY BECAUSE IT
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SEEMS LIKE THERE'S TWO EXTREMES
IN THE CHURCH THAT SOME BELIEVE
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IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY WORKS -
WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE PEOPLE?
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LEGALISTS, WE SAY. AND
IF SOMEBODY BELIEVES THAT -
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LET'S SAY THEY TAKE THE GRACE
OPTION TOO FAR - WE DON'T CALL
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THEM LEGALISTS, DO WE?
IT'S KIND OF LIKE RIGHTEOUSNESS
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BY PRESUMPTION.
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE CALL IT
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TURNING GRACE TO
DISGRACE OR SLOPPY AGAPE.
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THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
INSULTING TERMS FOR THOSE WHO
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SAY, 'WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE SAVED
BY GRACE YOU CAN JUST LIVE LIKE
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THE REST OF THE WORLD. IT'S
SORT OF ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED.
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I COME TO JESUS, SAY A PRAYER'
- AND THEN YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING
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DIFFERENTLY. AND
SO THERE'S LIKE THIS
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CONFLICT BETWEEN
THESE TWO EXTREMES.
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SOMETHING I THOUGHT - WELL, LET
ME START WITH OUR MEMORY VERSE -
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JAMES 2:26. AND IF
YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR
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LESSON IT'S IN THE
NEW KING JAMES VERSION.
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I INVITE YOU TO ALL SAY
THAT WITH ME. YOU READY?
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JAMES 2:26, "FOR AS THE BODY
WITHOUT THE SPIRIT IS DEAD, SO
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FAITH WITHOUT
WORKS IS DEAD ALSO."
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NOW, WHAT OTHER NEW TESTAMENT
WRITER DOES IT SOUND LIKE JAMES
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IS TOTALLY OPPOSITE FROM HERE?
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE WRITERS
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OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, WHO WROTE
MOST OF THE NEW TESTAMENT? PAUL.
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DO PEOPLE OFTEN TURN TO PAUL
AND TRY AND MAKE IT SOUND LIKE
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BECAUSE WE'RE SAVED BY GRACE,
WORKS SHOULD NEVER AT ALL BE
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CONSIDERED? LET ME
READ A VERY FAMOUS VERSE.
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IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 2 YOU'VE
GOT THIS - AND YOU GO TO VERSE 8
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- EPHESIANS 2, VERSE 8, "FOR
BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED
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THROUGH FAITH, AND THAT NOT
OF YOURSELVES; IT IS THE GIFT OF
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GOD, NOT OF WORKS,
LEST ANYONE SHOULD BOAST."
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OKAY, NOW WITHOUT PEEKING AT
YOUR BIBLE, WHAT DOES THE NEXT
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VERSE SAY, VERSE 9
- OH, YOU'RE PEEKING!
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I SEE SOMEONE PEEKING.
YEAH, VERSE 10, I'M SORRY.
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NOTICE: "FOR WE ARE HIS
WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST
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JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS." WE
ARE CREATED FOR GOOD WORKS.
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WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH
FAITH - NOT OF WORKS - BUT WHEN
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WE ARE NEW CREATURES, OLD THINGS
ARE PASSED AWAY, ALL THINGS ARE
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MADE NEW. WE ARE
CREATED FOR (GOOD WORKS).
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WHAT IS
CONSIDERED IN THE JUDGMENT?
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'BEHOLD, HE COMES IN THE CLOUDS
TO REWARD EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS
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HIS WORKS SHALL BE.' WE'RE - NOW
WE'RE SAVED BY GRACE, WHY WOULD
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GOD JUDGE US BY OUR
WORKS AND SAVE US BY GRACE?
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DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE
OPPOSITES OR DO YOUR WORKS
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DEMONSTRATE IF YOU
ARE SAVED BY GRACE?
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NOW IN JAMES - HE MAKES
A PRETTY STRONG STATEMENT.
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HE SAID, 'IF YOU SAY, 'I'M SAVED
BY FAITH'' - BY FAITH ALONE' BUT
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YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGE IN
BEHAVIOR, HE SAYS 'FAITH WITHOUT
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WORKS IS' WHAT? 'DEAD.'
I HEARD OF A MOM WHO WAS
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UPSTAIRS TRYING TO HELP GET HER
LITTLE GIRL READY FOR THE DAY.
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SHE SAID, 'WHERE
ARE YOUR SLIPPERS?'
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AND THE LITTLE THREE OR
FOUR-YEAR-OLD SAID, 'THEY'RE
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DOWNSTAIRS IN THE KITCHEN.' AND
SHE SAID, 'WHAT ARE THEY DOING
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DOWN THERE?' THE
DAUGHTER SAID, 'MOM, THEY'RE
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NOT DOING ANYTHING DOWN
THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO FEET IN
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THEM.' AND IF THERE IS NO SPIRIT
IN YOUR LIFE, THERE'LL BE NO
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WORKS. AND SO IT
STANDS TO REASON, IF
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YOU ARE A NEW CREATURE AND YOU
HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU WILL
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BE DOING THE WORKS OF CHRIST.
THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT.
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SO, FIRST SECTION HERE, UNDER
'DEAD FAITH' - TALK ABOUT THAT
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FOR A MINUTE. JAMES
SAYS, IN JAMES 2:14 -
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AND, AGAIN, YOU NOTICE WE ARE
PLODDING THROUGH EACH OF THESE
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LESSONS, GETTING
A LITTLE FURTHER.
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YOU'LL BE ALL THE WAY THROUGH
THE BOOK OF JAMES WHEN WE'RE
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DONE WITH THIS
QUARTER, SO YOU'LL BE SCHOLARS.
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JAMES 2:14, "WHAT DOES IT
PROFIT, MY BRETHREN, IF SOMEONE
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SAYS HE HAS FAITH BUT DOES NOT
HAVE WORKS? CAN FAITH SAVE HIM?"
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WELL, THE QUICK ANSWER WOULD
BE YES, FAITH CAN SAVE HIM.
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BUT JAMES IS SAYING IF A PERSON,
AFTER THEY ACCEPT JESUS, STOPS
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AT FAITH, THEN IT
DOESN'T SAVE THEM.
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LET ME SEE IF I
CAN ILLUSTRATE THAT.
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WERE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL -
THE WHOLE EXODUS EXPERIENCE AND
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THE SAVING OF THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL, IS A MICROCOSM OF
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SALVATION. WHAT HE
DID TO SAVE THAT NATION
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FROM SLAVERY IS WHAT HE
DOES TO SAVE US FROM SIN.
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SO, WERE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
SAVED FROM EGYPT BECAUSE THEY
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OBEYED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?
DID THE TEN COMMANDMENTS COME
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BEFORE OR AFTER HE SAVED THEM
FROM SLAVERY? IT CAME AFTER.
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WHAT CAME FIRST, THE LAW OR
THE LAMB IN THE EXODUS STORY?
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REMEMBER, THE WHOLE
PASSOVER WAS BASED ON THE LAMB.
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THEY BEGAN THEIR JOURNEY AFTER
SACRIFICING THE LAMB - LAST OF
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THE PLAGUES WAS THE PASSOVER
- THEY SACRIFICED THE LAMB.
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THEY SPRINKLED THE BLOOD. THEY
BEGAN THE JOURNEY THE NEXT DAY.
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MATTER OF FACT, THEY WERE
SUPPOSED TO EAT THAT MEAL WITH
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THEIR SHOES ON AND THE
STAFF IN THE HAND - MEANING THE
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COMMENCEMENT OF THE
JOURNEY HINGED ON THE LAMB.
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THEY HADN'T EVEN HEARD THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS COME FROM MOUNT
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SINAI. IT
DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAD NO
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KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, THERE'S VARYING
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DEGREES OF THE LAW THEY ALL KNEW
BEFORE IT WAS EVEN WRITTEN DOWN.
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JOSEPH KNEW THAT
ADULTERY WAS A SIN, RIGHT?
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WAY BACK BEFORE THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS - AND CAIN - THAT
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GOES PRETTY FAR BACK -
CAIN KNEW THAT MURDER WAS A SIN.
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AND THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR
THAT THEY HAD A GOOD CONCEPT OF
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IDOLATRY BEING WRONG
AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS
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BEFORE YOU EVER
GET TO MOUNT SINAI.
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SO AFTER HE SAVED THEM, WHEN HE
GIVES THEM THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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- THE FIRST OF THE TEN - AND WE
TALKED ABOUT THIS - IT SAYS, 'I
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AM THE LORD YOUR GOD THAT
BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF
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EGYPT, OUT OF
THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE.
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I AM THE GOD THAT SAVED
YOU.' IS WHAT HE'S SAYING.
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THEN HE SAYS, 'THOU SHALT NOT
HAVE OTHER GODS, DON'T USE MY
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NAME IN VAIN, DON'T WORSHIP
GRAVEN IMAGES' - I GOT THEM OUT
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OF ORDER, SORRY - 'REMEMBER THE
SABBATH DAY, HONOR YOUR FATHER
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AND MOTHER' - AND HE GOES
THROUGH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
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BASICALLY HE'S SAYING, 'I'VE
SAVED YOU. NOW, IF YOU LOVE ME,
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KEEP MY TEN COMMANDMENTS.' OKAY,
WERE THEY SAVED FROM SLAVERY
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BY THE LAW OR BY THE LAMB?
BY FAITH IN THE SHED BLOOD OF
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THE LAMB AND THEN
THEY JUST HAD TO FOLLOW.
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DID THEY ENTER THE PROMISED LAND
IF THEY REFUSED TO OBEY THE LAW?
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AFTER BEING SAVED BY GOD'S GRACE
- GOD SAID, 'I DIDN'T SAVE YOU
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BECAUSE YOU ARE
A WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
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YOU ARE A STIFF-NECKED AND
STUBBORN PEOPLE.' THEY WEREN'T
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SAVED BY WORKS,
THEY WERE SAVED BY GRACE.
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AFTER HE SAVES THEM BY
GRACE, THEY'RE NOT QUITE IN THE
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PROMISED LAND YET.
THEY DON'T MAKE IT TO THE
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PROMISED LAND IF THEY PERSIST IN
REFUSING TO TRUST AND OBEY GOD.
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NOW, I KNOW THAT CONFUSES SOME
PEOPLE. THE THIEF ON THE CROSS
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IS AN EXAMPLE THAT AS SOON AS
YOU ACCEPT THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
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YOU ARE FORGIVEN AND
ACCEPTED - YOU ARE SAVED.
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IF HE HAD BEEN SOMEHOW
RESCUED AND TAKEN OFF THE CROSS,
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I EXPECT HE WOULD HAVE LIVED
A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE BECAUSE
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OF THE LOVE OF
JESUS THAT TOOK HIS PLACE.
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I ALWAYS WISH - YOU
KNOW, THERE'S LEGENDS - THERE'S
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NOTHING IN HISTORY TO PROVE IT
- I ALWAYS WISH THAT YOU COULD
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FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO
BARABBAS AFTER HE HEARD THEM
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SAY, 'SET BARABBAS FREE.
CRUCIFY JESUS ON HIS CROSS.'
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AND SUDDENLY
SOMEONE TAKES HIS PLACE.
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HE WAS ON DEATH
ROW. HE WAS GOING TO DIE.
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HE WAS UNDER A DEATH PENALTY
LIKE US AND THEN SUDDENLY THE
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ROMANS CUT THE
ROPES. HE SAYS, 'NOW WHAT?'
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HE SAYS, 'YOU'RE
FREE. HERE'S YOUR STUFF.
00:12:33.56\00:12:34.96
YOU CAN GO HOME.' 'WHY?'
'THAT GUY THERE IS GOING TO DIE
00:12:34.96\00:12:37.33
ON YOUR CROSS.' AND YOU WONDER,
DID HE JUST GO BACK TO HIS OLD
00:12:37.33\00:12:40.30
WAYS? DID HE FIND
OUT MORE ABOUT JESUS
00:12:40.30\00:12:42.56
AND BECOME A FOLLOWER? YOU
KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.
00:12:42.56\00:12:46.23
AND I GUESS THAT'S
BECAUSE THAT'S UP TO YOU.
00:12:46.23\00:12:49.83
WE'RE ALL SORT OF LIKE BARABBAS.
JESUS DIED ON OUR CROSS.
00:12:49.83\00:12:52.86
HE TOOK OUR PLACE.
IT'S THE LOVE OF GOD THAT
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CONSTRAINS US TO BE
DIFFERENT CREATURES THEN.
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ALRIGHT, SOMEONE LOOK
UP FOR ME COLOSSIANS 2:13.
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I DON'T KNOW WHO
HAS THAT FIRST VERSE.
00:13:03.50\00:13:05.10
ALRIGHT, YOU'LL BE
NEXT. JUST A MINUTE, EMMA.
00:13:05.10\00:13:07.33
I'M GOING TO READ JAMES 2:26.
NOW THIS, OF COURSE, IS OUR
00:13:07.33\00:13:10.13
MEMORY VERSE, "FOR AS THE BODY
WITHOUT THE SPIRIT IS DEAD, SO
00:13:10.13\00:13:13.56
FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD."
I READ AN AMAZING FACT YEARS AGO
00:13:13.56\00:13:19.46
- YEAH, HERE IT IS.
STORMY NIGHT, 1910 - A GROUP OF
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TRAVELING MUSICIANS ARRIVED IN
THE CITY OF RIGA ON THE BALTIC
00:13:24.70\00:13:27.83
SEA, TO FULFILL A CONCERT
ENGAGEMENT. THE WEATHER WAS
00:13:27.83\00:13:31.43
TERRIBLE, THOUGH AND THE
CONDUCTOR OF THE ORCHESTRA TRIED
00:13:31.43\00:13:34.93
TO PERSUADE THE MANAGER OF
THE HALL TO CANCEL THE CONCERT.
00:13:34.93\00:13:38.20
THE MANAGER SAID, 'LOOK, WE'VE
ADVERTISED IT.' - HE SAYS -
00:13:38.20\00:13:41.06
'IF ONE PERSON COMES YOU HAVE
TO DO THE CONCERT.' HE SAID, 'NO
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ONE'S GOING TO COME OUT IN THIS
WEATHER.' IT WAS BLOWING, IT WAS
00:13:44.90\00:13:47.00
RAINING, IT WAS JUST A TERRIBLE
STORM AND THE MANAGER CAME BACK
00:13:47.00\00:13:51.00
AND SAID, 'LOOK, WE HAVE A MAN
SITTING OUT THERE.' AND SO ALL
00:13:51.00\00:13:53.13
THE GUYS IN THE ORCHESTRA SAID,
'OH, ALRIGHT.' AND SO THEY GO
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OUT AND THEY PLAY THE ENTIRE
CONCERT. THE MAN'S SITTING IN
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THE MIDDLE THERE - OLD FELLOW -
HE'S JUST SITTING THERE SMILING
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THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.
AND THEN HE SAT THERE WHEN
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THEY GOT DONE AND THEY THOUGHT,
'ARE WE GOING TO DO AN ENCORE?'
00:14:04.96\00:14:07.46
'NO, NOT FOR ONE PERSON.' SO
THEY STARTED TO PACK IT UP AND
00:14:07.46\00:14:09.73
THE MANAGER CAME OUT TO TELL THE
MAN THAT THE CONCERT WAS OVER
00:14:09.73\00:14:12.56
AND TOUCHED THE MAN - SHOOK
THE MAN - REALIZED HE WAS DEAD.
00:14:12.56\00:14:16.96
HE HAD COME IN AND SAT DOWN AND
HAD A HEART ATTACK OR SOMETHING
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LIKE THAT AND THEY HAD PLAYED AN
ENTIRE CONCERT FOR A DEAD MAN.
00:14:20.40\00:14:24.56
NOW HERE'S THE
REST OF THE STORY.
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BECAUSE THEY DID THIS AND THEY
DID NOT TAKE THE EARLIER SHIP
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OVER TO FINLAND - THE FERRY THEY
WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON SANK THAT
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NIGHT - AND SO
BECAUSE THEY HAD DONE
00:14:33.53\00:14:38.76
THAT CONCERT FOR A DEAD
MAN, THEY WERE ALL SAVED.
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HOW THAT FITS IN WITH MY SERMON
- OR MY LESSON HERE - I REALLY
00:14:43.20\00:14:45.86
DON'T KNOW BUT I JUST - THE IDEA
OF - SOMETIMES A PERSON LOOKS
00:14:45.86\00:14:51.00
LIKE - BY THE WAY, I'VE PREACHED
TO CONGREGATIONS THAT ARE LIKE
00:14:51.00\00:14:53.20
THAT BEFORE. THEY
LOOK LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE
00:14:53.20\00:14:56.26
ALIVE BUT YOU CAN'T TELL.
BUT IT'S EASY FOR US TO CONFUSE
00:14:56.26\00:15:01.86
WHO IS REALLY SPIRITUALLY
ALIVE AND WHO IS NOT.
00:15:01.86\00:15:06.36
AND A PERSON MIGHT SAY, YOU
KNOW, 'I'VE GOT FAITH AND THAT
00:15:06.36\00:15:09.53
MEANS THAT I'M A BELIEVER.'
BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST FAITH.
00:15:09.53\00:15:12.40
IT OUGHT TO BE SEEN
IN THE WORKS OF THE LIFE.
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HERE'S JUST SOME OTHER EXAMPLES
- HOW THAT WORD 'DEAD' IS USED,
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BIBLICALLY, WITH A SPIRITUAL
MEANING. IF YOU READ, FOR
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INSTANCE, IN REVELATION
3:1, JESUS SAYS "AND UNTO THE
00:15:22.93\00:15:26.00
ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN SARDIS
WRITE; 'THESE THINGS SAITH HE
00:15:26.00\00:15:30.53
THAT HATH THE SEVEN SPIRITS
OF GOD, AND THE SEVEN STARS; 'I
00:15:30.53\00:15:34.30
KNOW THY WORKS, THAT THOU HAST
A NAME THAT THOU LIVEST, AND ART
00:15:34.30\00:15:39.00
DEAD.''" SO NOW, IS THAT JUST
FOR THE CHURCH OF SARDIS OR CAN
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IT BE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE LAST
DAYS WHO, OUTWARDLY THEY'VE GOT
00:15:44.06\00:15:47.80
A NAME THAT THEY'RE BELIEVERS
BUT, SPIRITUALLY, INSIDE THEY'RE
00:15:47.80\00:15:51.03
DEAD. AND, GO
AHEAD, WHY DON'T YOU
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READ COLOSSIANS - I
THINK YOU'VE GOT 2:13.
00:15:54.53\00:15:57.96
>>AND YOU, BEING DEAD IN YOUR
SINS AND THE UNCIRCUMCISION OF
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YOUR FLESH, HATH HE
MADE ALIVE TOGETHER WITH HIM,
00:16:01.16\00:16:04.46
HAVING FORGIVEN
YOU ALL TRESPASSES."
00:16:04.46\00:16:07.36
>>BEFORE WE'RE SAVED, HOW
DOES THE BIBLE CONSIDER US?
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SPIRITUALLY DEAD. YOU
REMEMBER IN MATTHEW 8:22,
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SOMEONE CAME TO JESUS AND SAID,
'LORD, I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU BUT
00:16:16.10\00:16:18.13
FIRST I'VE GOT TO WAIT AND BURY
MY FATHER.' IN OTHER WORDS, DAD
00:16:18.13\00:16:21.93
WAS GETTING OLD AND THEY KNEW
THAT HIS DEMISE WAS IMMINENT AND
00:16:21.93\00:16:25.26
HE SAID, YOU KNOW, 'I CAN'T DO
THAT RIGHT NOW.' JESUS KIND OF
00:16:25.26\00:16:28.06
SHOCKS US WITH HIS
ANSWER. HE SAID, 'FOLLOW ME.
00:16:28.06\00:16:31.43
LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD.'
AND THE FIRST TIME, WHEN I READ
00:16:31.43\00:16:36.10
THAT, IN MY MIND, BECAUSE I
HAD NO CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND, I
00:16:36.10\00:16:40.00
ALWAYS TOOK EVERYTHING LITERALLY
AND, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T
00:16:40.00\00:16:43.06
UNDERSTAND THE METAPHORS THAT
JESUS USED AND - I WAS REALLY
00:16:43.06\00:16:46.13
TROUBLED WHEN JESUS SAID, 'IF
YOUR RIGHT HAND OFFENDS YOU, CUT
00:16:46.13\00:16:48.40
IT OFF.' BECAUSE I THOUGHT -
YEAH, I WAS A SHOPLIFTER BACK
00:16:48.40\00:16:51.90
THEN. I THOUGHT, 'OH
MAN, NOW WHAT DO I DO?'
00:16:51.90\00:16:55.36
SO THEN I STARTED REALIZING HE'S
SPEAKING METAPHORICALLY IN SOME
00:16:55.36\00:16:58.40
OF THESE TERMS. BUT
WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS
00:16:58.40\00:17:00.56
'LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD' I,
IN MY MIND, I WAS CONJURING UP
00:17:00.56\00:17:04.63
PICTURES OF ZOMBIES
CONDUCTING FUNERALS.
00:17:04.63\00:17:07.00
I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT
'WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?'
00:17:07.00\00:17:08.23
I MEAN, ISN'T
THAT WHAT YOU THINK OF?
00:17:08.23\00:17:09.46
WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE?
BUT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THOSE
00:17:09.46\00:17:12.40
WHO WERE DEAD IN
TRESPASSES AND SINS.
00:17:12.40\00:17:15.40
JESUS SAID - OR JOHN ACTUALLY
SAYS IT, 'HE THAT HAS THE SON
00:17:15.40\00:17:19.23
HAS LIFE. HE THAT
HAS NOT THE SON HAS NOT
00:17:19.23\00:17:22.60
LIFE.' IT'S THOSE THAT
HAVE JESUS THAT HAVE LIFE.
00:17:22.60\00:17:26.90
IF YOU READ IN 1 TIMOTHY 5:6,
"BUT SHE WHO LIVES IN PLEASURE
00:17:26.90\00:17:31.76
IS DEAD WHILE SHE LIVES."
SO A PERSON COULD BE LIVING AND
00:17:31.76\00:17:36.60
IF THEY'RE JUST LIVING FOR
THE PURPOSE OF EARTHLY PLEASURE,
00:17:36.60\00:17:39.56
THEY CAN BE SPIRITUALLY
DEAD AT THE SAME TIME.
00:17:39.56\00:17:42.96
NOW LET'S REMEMBER WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT - FAITH WITHOUT
00:17:42.96\00:17:46.20
WORKS - IS DEAD. NOW
WHEN YOU LOOK AT - WHAT IS
00:17:46.20\00:17:51.30
THE GREAT CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE?
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE GREAT
00:17:51.30\00:17:53.73
CHAPTERS IN THE BIBLE THAT TALK
ABOUT FAITH, WHAT CHAPTER COMES
00:17:53.73\00:17:56.70
INTO YOUR MIND? HEBREWS 11.
00:17:56.70\00:17:59.56
SOMETIMES THEY CALL THAT 'THE
HALL OF FAITH' BECAUSE THERE THE
00:17:59.56\00:18:02.40
WRITER, WHICH, BY THE WAY, I
BELIEVE IS PAUL, HE JUST GOES
00:18:02.40\00:18:06.13
THROUGH AND CHRONICLES ALL
OF THE GREAT HEROES OF FAITH
00:18:06.13\00:18:09.33
STARTING ALL THE WAY WITH
GENESIS - AND HE DOESN'T COVER
00:18:09.33\00:18:12.33
THEM ALL BUT HE COVERS A
LOT OF THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS.
00:18:12.33\00:18:15.30
AND I JUST TOOK A FEW AND LOOK,
FOR INSTANCE, IT SAYS 'BY FAITH
00:18:15.30\00:18:21.06
ABEL OFFERED.' WELL, BECAUSE
OF FAITH HE DID SOMETHING.
00:18:21.06\00:18:25.93
'BY FAITH NOAH PREPARED.'
'BY FAITH ABRAHAM' - HE COMES UP
00:18:25.93\00:18:32.66
LATER IN OUR LESSON - 'OBEYED.
BY FAITH HE OBEYED.' DOES GOD
00:18:32.66\00:18:38.16
SAY 'IF YOU'VE GOT FAITH
YOU NO LONGER NEED TO OBEY?'
00:18:38.16\00:18:40.50
OR DO WE OBEY BY
FAITH? THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
00:18:40.50\00:18:43.36
I HEAR A LOT ABOUT GRACE
AND PEOPLE THINK THAT GRACE IS,
00:18:43.36\00:18:47.00
SOMEHOW, A GIANT COVER UP FOR
SIN BUT, ACTUALLY, THE GRACE OF
00:18:47.00\00:18:55.00
GOD IS A POWER THAT
GOD GIVES US TO OBEY.
00:18:55.00\00:18:59.23
HE GIVES US GRACE TO
DO WHAT HE ASKS US TO DO.
00:18:59.23\00:19:02.80
BY FAITH, YOU KNOW, IT
SAYS NOAH FOUND GRACE AS WELL.
00:19:02.80\00:19:06.76
BY FAITH ABRAHAM OBEYED. BY
FAITH THE HARLOT RAHAB - SHE
00:19:06.76\00:19:09.96
COMES UP LATER. IT'S
INTERESTING THAT PAUL
00:19:09.96\00:19:11.76
MENTIONS ABRAHAM AND
RAHAB AND JAMES IN THE LESSON.
00:19:11.76\00:19:15.60
YOU'LL SEE HE
MENTIONS ABRAHAM AND RAHAB.
00:19:15.60\00:19:17.36
BY FAITH THE
HARLOT RAHAB RECEIVED.
00:19:17.36\00:19:20.13
AND YOU START GOING THROUGH THAT
HALL OF FAITH AND YOU'LL FIND
00:19:20.13\00:19:22.10
OUT THAT EACH ONE OF THE HEROES
OF FAITH THEN DEMONSTRATES THEIR
00:19:22.10\00:19:26.13
FAITH BY WHAT THEY DID.
THAT'S WHY JAMES SAID, 'SHOW ME
00:19:26.13\00:19:30.53
YOUR FAITH WITHOUT YOUR WORKS
AND I WILL SHOW YOU MY FAITH BY
00:19:30.53\00:19:33.63
MY WORKS.' AND SO, YOU KNOW,
I'VE GOT A WHOLE SECTION HERE OF
00:19:33.63\00:19:40.96
QUOTES. LET ME SEE - HERE IT IS.
00:19:40.96\00:19:45.23
ALRIGHT, I'M
GOING TO GO ON RECORD.
00:19:45.23\00:19:49.20
JESUS SAYS WE'RE SAVED BY WORKS.
NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO TAKE THAT
00:19:49.20\00:19:53.23
CLIP ALL BY ITSELF.
THEY'RE GOING TO EDIT IT OUT AND
00:19:53.23\00:19:55.60
PLAY IT AND PLAY IT AND THEY'RE
NOT GOING TO GET THE REST OF
00:19:55.60\00:19:57.46
WHAT I SAY. THAT'S
REALLY TO TEASE YOU.
00:19:57.46\00:20:00.03
DO YOU KNOW JESUS
SAID THAT? LET ME TELL YOU.
00:20:00.03\00:20:04.30
JOHN 6:28 AND 29, "THEN THEY
SAID TO HIM," - THEY'RE TALKING
00:20:04.30\00:20:10.16
TO JESUS - "'WHAT SHALL WE DO,
THAT WE MAY WORK THE WORKS OF
00:20:10.16\00:20:14.93
GOD?' AND JESUS
SAID TO THEM, 'THIS IS
00:20:14.93\00:20:18.66
THE WORK OF GOD, THAT YOU
BELIEVE...'" SO IF SOMEONE SAYS
00:20:18.66\00:20:25.36
'THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO
TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY SALVATION.
00:20:25.36\00:20:27.83
IT'S ENTIRELY BY FAITH.'
YOU EVER HEARD THAT? BELIEVING -
00:20:27.83\00:20:33.83
ACCORDING TO JESUS - THIS
IS THE WORK THAT YOU SHOULD DO.
00:20:33.83\00:20:37.00
BELIEVE. NOW, I
DON'T KNOW IF BELIEVING
00:20:37.00\00:20:39.66
EVER FELT LIKE WORK TO YOU, BUT
SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE
00:20:39.66\00:20:43.30
AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES
EFFORT TO STEP OUT IN FAITH.
00:20:43.30\00:20:48.60
AND JESUS - SOMEBODY
SAID 'WHAT IS THE WORK?'
00:20:48.60\00:20:50.73
THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK THAT
ANY OF US DO THAT CONTRIBUTES TO
00:20:50.73\00:20:54.00
OUR SALVATION - THIS IS WHAT
I WAS TEASING ABOUT - IS BELIEF.
00:20:54.00\00:20:58.16
BUT WHAT DOES
THAT BELIEF PRODUCE?
00:20:58.16\00:21:03.93
HOW DO YOU DEMONSTRATE BELIEF?
00:21:03.93\00:21:08.36
I NEVER FORGOT - IN THE STORY OF
DANIEL AND THE LION'S DEN - THE
00:21:08.36\00:21:11.70
WORDING THAT'S USED WHEN
DANIEL'S PULLED UP OUT OF THE
00:21:11.70\00:21:13.93
LION'S DEN AND IT SAYS, 'NO
MANNER OF HARM WAS FOUND ON HIM
00:21:13.93\00:21:17.63
BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN GOD.'
WELL, DID DANIEL JUST BELIEVE OR
00:21:17.63\00:21:22.70
DID HE DO SOMETHING TO SHOW
HIS BELIEF? WHAT DID DANIEL DO?
00:21:22.70\00:21:27.16
WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE WAS COWERING
AND HIDING THEIR FAITH BECAUSE
00:21:27.16\00:21:30.93
OF THE KING'S LAW - THEY DIDN'T
WANT TO GO TO THE LIONS, DANIEL
00:21:30.93\00:21:34.16
SAID, 'I'M GOING TO
TRUST GOD.' HE MAY HAVE TAKEN -
00:21:34.16\00:21:38.26
HE PROBABLY HAD
TO THINK ABOUT IT.
00:21:38.26\00:21:40.76
THE DEVIL PROBABLY WAS TEMPTING
DANIEL TO THINK, YOU KNOW, 'LOOK
00:21:40.76\00:21:44.06
AT ALL THE GOOD YOU CAN DO IF
YOU DON'T JUST THROW YOURSELF IN
00:21:44.06\00:21:46.43
FRONT OF A TRAIN RIGHT NOW
AND JUST CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS AND
00:21:46.43\00:21:49.66
DON'T KNEEL DOWN, THAT LOOKS
TOO MUCH LIKE YOU'RE PRAYING.
00:21:49.66\00:21:52.06
LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ADMIRING THE
SUNSET.' AND - BECAUSE HE WAS
00:21:52.06\00:21:55.06
PRAYING TOWARDS THE SUN SETTING
AT THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE HE
00:21:55.06\00:21:58.53
WAS PRAYING TOWARD JERUSALEM AND
HE WAS IN BABYLON - 'JUST LOOK
00:21:58.53\00:22:01.10
LIKE YOU'RE ADMIRING THE SUNSET
AND PRAY QUIETLY. DON'T OPEN
00:22:01.10\00:22:03.90
YOUR MOUTH AND PRAY.' BUT DANIEL
DID EVERYTHING HE COULD VISIBLY
00:22:03.90\00:22:08.10
DO TO SHOW THAT HE WAS
PRAYING. HE OPENED HIS WINDOW.
00:22:08.10\00:22:11.90
HE GOT IN THE PHYSICAL POSTURE
OF PRAYER - HE PROBABLY FOLDED
00:22:11.90\00:22:14.76
HIS HANDS OR LIFTED THEM UP -
AND THEN HE PRAYED OUT LOUD AND
00:22:14.76\00:22:18.10
HE JUST WENT ALL THE WAY TO
SAY 'I'M NOT GOING TO HIDE.' HE
00:22:18.10\00:22:21.83
SHOWED HIS FAITH AND IT SAYS
'BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN GOD.'
00:22:21.83\00:22:25.06
SO WHEN SHADRACH, MESHACH AND
ABEDNEGO DID NOT BOW DOWN THEY
00:22:25.06\00:22:30.36
SHOWED THEY BELIEVED IN GOD,
BUT THEY SHOWED THEIR FAITH BY
00:22:30.36\00:22:33.63
WORKS. NOW THOSE
ARE WORKS WHERE WE'RE
00:22:33.63\00:22:35.76
TALKING ABOUT SOME GREAT TRIAL,
BUT SHOWING OUR FAITH BY OUR
00:22:35.76\00:22:41.73
WORKS IS REALLY DEMONSTRATED
IN THE LITTLE THINGS OF LIFE
00:22:41.73\00:22:45.76
EVERY DAY. IT'S WHEN YOU CAN
THINK OF A SARCASTIC QUIP TO SAY
00:22:45.76\00:22:53.43
TO SOMEBODY THAT MAYBE HURT YOUR
FEELINGS BUT YOU SAY 'NO, THAT'S
00:22:53.43\00:22:57.50
NOT GRACIOUS. JESUS WOULDN'T DO
THAT. THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS 'SAY
00:22:57.50\00:23:01.40
SOMETHING NICE. DON'T BE BITING.
DON'T BE UNKIND.' OR YOU HAVE AN
00:23:01.40\00:23:06.06
OPPORTUNITY TO LET
SOMEONE GET AHEAD OF YOU.
00:23:06.06\00:23:07.96
YOU'RE BOTH HEADING FOR THE
SAME AISLE THERE IN WALMART AND
00:23:07.96\00:23:11.26
YOU'RE TRYING - YOU KNOW THAT TO
SPEED UP A LITTLE BIT AND YOU'RE
00:23:11.26\00:23:14.16
GOING TO BEAT THEM BECAUSE ALL
THE REGISTERS ARE BUSY AND YOU
00:23:14.16\00:23:17.26
REALIZE, 'I'M NOT GOING TO
RACE IN TO TRY AND DUCK INTO THE
00:23:17.26\00:23:19.83
AISLE BEFORE THAT PERSON' AND
JUST PAUSE AND SAY, 'I'M GOING
00:23:19.83\00:23:22.66
TO LET YOU GO FIRST.' THAT'S
SHOWING YOUR FAITH BY YOUR
00:23:22.66\00:23:24.66
WORKS. JUST LITTLE
THINGS OF TRYING TO
00:23:24.66\00:23:27.63
PRACTICE REAL CHRISTIANITY EVERY
DAY IS HOW YOU'RE SHOWING YOUR
00:23:27.63\00:23:31.66
FAITH - DOING WHAT JESUS WOULD
DO IN ALL THESE SITUATIONS.
00:23:31.66\00:23:34.80
IN THE FAMILY - THAT'S WHERE
IT'S THE TOUGHEST IS WITH THE
00:23:34.80\00:23:38.13
PEOPLE CLOSEST TO YOU BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THAT YOU CAN BE
00:23:38.13\00:23:40.76
UNCHRISTLIKE
SOMETIMES IN YOUR WORKS.
00:23:40.76\00:23:43.90
BUT I THINK THAT'S
WHAT JAMES IS SAYING.
00:23:43.90\00:23:46.00
HE SAID IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY THAT
IS - THEY'RE HUNGRY OR THEY'RE
00:23:46.00\00:23:50.60
COLD, DON'T JUST SAY YOU'RE
GOING TO SAY A PRAYER FOR THEM.
00:23:50.60\00:23:55.30
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE
WRITERS GO THROUGH A LITANY OF
00:23:55.30\00:23:59.23
TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE PEOPLE WHO
WERE ONCE SAVED, BECAUSE THEY
00:23:59.23\00:24:03.76
STOPPED
BELIEVING, WERE THEN LOST.
00:24:03.76\00:24:07.43
I KNOW THAT OUR SONS ENGAGED IN
SOME INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS AT
00:24:07.43\00:24:13.73
A SCHOOL REGARDING THE SUBJECT
OF ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED.
00:24:13.73\00:24:18.60
IF A PERSON PERSISTS IN KNOWN
SIN, EVEN AFTER THEY'VE COME TO
00:24:18.60\00:24:24.36
JESUS BY FAITH, ARE THEY SAVED?
HEBREWS 10:26, 'FOR IF WE SIN
00:24:24.36\00:24:34.43
WILLFULLY AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH,
00:24:34.43\00:24:38.70
THERE NO LONGER REMAINS
A SACRIFICE FOR SINS, BUT A
00:24:38.70\00:24:42.13
CERTAIN FEARFUL EXPECTATION OF
JUDGMENT, AND FIERY INDIGNATION
00:24:42.13\00:24:45.43
WHICH WILL DEVOUR THE
ADVERSARIES." IF WE CONTINUE TO
00:24:45.43\00:24:48.06
SIN WILLFULLY AFTER WE
KNOW WHAT GOD'S WILL IS.
00:24:48.06\00:24:50.40
THAT DOESN'T MEAN IF YOU FALL
AFTER YOU KNOW, IT MEANS IF YOU
00:24:50.40\00:24:54.43
WILLFULLY CONTINUE TO DO
WHAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT
00:24:54.43\00:24:58.20
SUPPOSED TO DO, THEN IT'S -
YOU CAN BE IN DANGER OF GRIEVING
00:24:58.20\00:25:02.20
AWAY THE HOLY
SPIRIT. THAT'S SERIOUS.
00:25:02.20\00:25:05.66
IT DOESN'T MEAN - MOST
OF US HAVE SINNED WILLFULLY.
00:25:05.66\00:25:07.93
I VENTURE TO SAY ALL OF
US HAVE SINNED WILLFULLY.
00:25:07.93\00:25:10.16
SO IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A SIN,
IT'S TALKING ABOUT PERSISTING IN
00:25:10.16\00:25:12.63
IT. SO THIS IDEA
- CAN YOU THINK OF
00:25:12.63\00:25:15.20
ANYONE IN THE BIBLE THAT HAD
THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THAT ACCEPTED
00:25:15.20\00:25:17.73
GOD, THEY EVIDENTLY
WERE SAVED BY GRACE, BUT THEN
00:25:17.73\00:25:22.13
THEY REBELLED
AND THEY TURNED AWAY?
00:25:22.13\00:25:25.93
KING SAUL WAS CALLED BY GOD,
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, EVEN
00:25:25.93\00:25:29.33
PROPHESIED AND HE FINALLY
GRIEVED AWAY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:25:29.33\00:25:33.50
GOD WOULDN'T SPEAK TO HIM
AND HE FELL ON HIS OWN SWORD.
00:25:33.50\00:25:36.26
HOW ABOUT
BALAAM, WAS HE A PROPHET?
00:25:36.26\00:25:39.00
FOR HIM TO BE A
PROPHET HE WAS CALLED BY GOD.
00:25:39.00\00:25:43.53
GOD PROPHESIED THROUGH HIM BUT
HE COVETED AFTER THE REWARD OF
00:25:43.53\00:25:48.20
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF - FILTHY LUCRE
OF WICKEDNESS, RATHER, AND HE
00:25:48.20\00:25:51.46
ENDED UP DYING. HE WAS
SLAIN BECAUSE HE TOOK THE
00:25:51.46\00:25:54.96
SIDE OF THE MOABITES
IN THE BATTLE. JUDAS.
00:25:54.96\00:25:58.20
JUDAS WAS ONE OF THE APOSTLES.
NOW SOME WILL ARGUE, 'WELL HE
00:25:58.20\00:26:03.16
WAS NEVER SAVED.'
HE WENT OUT PREACHING.
00:26:03.16\00:26:05.53
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE
TWELVE CAME BACK AND SAID,
00:26:05.53\00:26:08.00
'EVEN THE DEVILS
ARE SUBJECT UNTO US.'
00:26:08.00\00:26:09.73
HE WAS OUT TEACHING
WITH THE REST OF THEM.
00:26:09.73\00:26:11.26
I'M SURE - WE KNOW PETER SAID
THINGS WHERE JESUS HAD TO TURN
00:26:11.26\00:26:15.43
TO PETER AND SAY, 'GET
BEHIND ME, SATAN.' SO ALL OF THE
00:26:15.43\00:26:18.50
DISCIPLES WERE ARGUING AMONG
- THEY ALL WERE KIND OF IN THE
00:26:18.50\00:26:21.50
SAME BOAT OF GOING THROUGH A
CONVERSION PROCESS WHILE THEY
00:26:21.50\00:26:23.96
WERE FOLLOWING JESUS.
JUDAS STILL HAD HOPE DURING THAT
00:26:23.96\00:26:26.76
TIME ALSO, BUT HE PERSISTED.
AND EVEN THOUGH THE LORD USED
00:26:26.76\00:26:31.10
HIM AND HE WAS ONE OF THE
TWELVE, HE KILLED HIMSELF.
00:26:31.10\00:26:36.90
AND SO, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO
SAY, 'ONCE I SAY A PRAYER AND I
00:26:36.90\00:26:41.90
COME TO JESUS,
THEN I CAN'T BE LOST.
00:26:41.90\00:26:45.40
HE WILL NEVER LET GO OF YOU, BUT
WE DON'T LOSE OUR FREEDOM TO LET
00:26:45.40\00:26:48.76
GO OF HIM. AND SO -
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
00:26:48.76\00:26:52.50
- THIS IS A STRUGGLE BECAUSE
- ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE,
00:26:52.50\00:26:55.43
THEY JUST THINK, 'OH,
I'M NEVER GOING TO MAKE IT.
00:26:55.43\00:26:57.46
I'VE GOT SO MANY PROBLEMS.' AND
THEY WANT THAT PURITY OF HEART.
00:26:57.46\00:27:02.96
'WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?'
THERE IS ASSURANCE THAT A
00:27:02.96\00:27:06.86
BELIEVER CAN HAVE. 'HE
WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN
00:27:06.86\00:27:09.33
YOU WILL PERFORM IT.' THE
BIBLE CALLS HIM THE AUTHOR AND
00:27:09.33\00:27:13.13
FINISHER OF OUR FAITH.
GOD IS GOING TO FINISH WHAT HE
00:27:13.13\00:27:15.53
STARTED IF WE CONTINUE COMING
TO HIM AND TURNING TO HIM.
00:27:15.53\00:27:19.46
GOD'LL MAKE YOU SO MISERABLE IN
YOUR SIN YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE UP
00:27:19.46\00:27:22.30
GOD OR GIVE UP SIN.
YEAH, SOMETHING HAPPENS.
00:27:22.30\00:27:26.63
BUT YOU KEEP COMING TO HIM AND
YOU'LL GO THROUGH A STRUGGLE AND
00:27:26.63\00:27:30.23
YOUR HEART MIGHT
BE BROKEN LIKE PETER -
00:27:30.23\00:27:31.66
HE WENT OUT AND WEPT BITTERLY.
00:27:31.66\00:27:32.86
LIKE MARY WEPT AND, YOU
KNOW, YOU'LL GO THROUGH THAT
00:27:32.86\00:27:35.23
CONVERSION WHERE YOU JUST
SAY, 'I'M TOTALLY GOING TO GIVE
00:27:35.23\00:27:37.90
MYSELF TO GOD.' AND
YOU CAN HAVE THAT PEACE.
00:27:37.90\00:27:41.03
ALRIGHT, BACK TO OUR LESSON.
SO WE'RE UNDER THE SECTION
00:27:41.03\00:27:43.10
TALKING ABOUT DEAD FAITH.
AND THEN HE SAYS IN JAMES 2,
00:27:43.10\00:27:48.63
TALKING ABOUT THE PRACTICAL
- JAMES 2:15 - PRACTICAL SIDE.
00:27:48.63\00:27:52.40
HE MENTIONS THIS METAPHOR AGAIN,
"IF A BROTHER OR SISTER IS NAKED
00:27:52.40\00:27:56.50
AND DESTITUTE OF DAILY FOOD,"
- NOW HE'S TALKING ABOUT - YOU
00:27:56.50\00:27:59.63
NOTICE HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT
A PERSON WHO'S WANTING DESSERT.
00:27:59.63\00:28:03.80
HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A PERSON
WHO'S WANTING DESIGNER CLOTHES.
00:28:03.80\00:28:07.00
HE'S TALKING ABOUT A PERSON
WHO HAS NO CLOTHES AND NO DAILY
00:28:07.00\00:28:09.66
FOOD. AND YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN.
JESUS SAYS IF YOU'VE GOT TWO
00:28:09.66\00:28:16.70
SHIRTS AND SOMEONE HAS NONE, THE
CHRISTIAN THING TO DO IS SHARE
00:28:16.70\00:28:21.10
WITH THOSE THAT
ARE SHIVERING, RIGHT?
00:28:21.10\00:28:23.60
'IF A BROTHER OR SISTER' - IT'S
NOT JUST PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE,
00:28:23.60\00:28:27.30
IT SAYS 'ONE OF YOUR OWN.'
YOU KNOW, YOU'D BE SURPRISED IF
00:28:27.30\00:28:30.56
YOU READ THROUGH
THE NEW TESTAMENT.
00:28:30.56\00:28:32.26
THE MAJORITY OF WHAT IT SAYS
ABOUT CHARITY, NOT ALL, BUT THE
00:28:32.26\00:28:36.10
MAJORITY OF WHAT IT SAYS
ABOUT CHARITY - IT SAYS THAT
00:28:36.10\00:28:38.13
CHRISTIANS SHOULD SHOW BROTHERLY
KINDNESS AMONG EACH OTHER TO
00:28:38.13\00:28:41.56
START WITH AND THEN, FROM THERE,
GO ON AND SHOW IT TO THE WORLD.
00:28:41.56\00:28:45.23
BUT THAT IS PRETTY
CONSISTENT TEACHING.
00:28:45.23\00:28:48.66
AND THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD AND
THEY DON'T HAVE CLOTHES AND YOU
00:28:48.66\00:28:52.66
SAY TO THEM, "DEPART IN PEACE"
- BECAUSE I'VE GOT FAITH - "'BE
00:28:52.66\00:28:56.56
WARMED AND FILLED,' BUT YOU DO
NOT GIVE THEM THE THINGS WHICH
00:28:56.56\00:28:59.70
ARE NEEDED FOR THE
BODY, WHAT DOES IT PROFIT?
00:28:59.70\00:29:02.10
THUS ALSO FAITH BY ITSELF, IF IT
DOES NOT HAVE WORKS, IS DEAD."
00:29:02.10\00:29:05.76
WHAT PROFIT IS IT?
ALRIGHT, NOW LET'S TALK A LITTLE
00:29:05.76\00:29:08.23
BIT ABOUT SAVING FAITH. AND
SOMEONE LOOK UP GALATIANS 5:6.
00:29:08.23\00:29:12.63
YOU'LL HAVE THAT
NEXT, OKAY CATHY?
00:29:12.63\00:29:15.63
JAMES 2:18 - MOVING ON -
"BUT SOMEONE WILL SAY, 'YOU HAVE
00:29:15.63\00:29:19.63
FAITH, AND I HAVE WORKS.'
SHOW ME YOUR FAITH WITHOUT YOUR
00:29:19.63\00:29:22.96
WORKS, AND I WILL SHOW
YOU MY FAITH BY MY WORKS."
00:29:22.96\00:29:27.13
HOW ARE WE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL?
A COUPLE WAYS YOU CAN SHARE THE
00:29:27.13\00:29:31.93
GOSPEL: 1) YOU VERBALLY REASON
WITH PEOPLE AND 2) IS YOU CAN
00:29:31.93\00:29:36.23
SHOW THEM WHAT YOU
BELIEVE BY YOUR LIFE.
00:29:36.23\00:29:38.90
A SERMON WITH SHOES ON
IS ALWAYS MORE EFFECTIVE.
00:29:38.90\00:29:43.10
YOU EVER HEARD THE
EXPRESSION 'TALK IS CHEAP.'
00:29:43.10\00:29:46.53
ANYONE CAN TALK.
00:29:46.53\00:29:48.33
I REMEMBER HEARING THIS PASTOR
IN INDIA WAS PREACHING TO A
00:29:48.33\00:29:55.66
HOUSE FULL OF PEOPLE - IT WAS
A HOME, IT WASN'T A CHURCH - AND
00:29:55.66\00:30:00.33
WHILE HE WAS TALKING HE NOTICED
THAT ONE LADY - SHE LOOKED A
00:30:00.33\00:30:04.13
LITTLE CYNICAL. SHE
GOT UP AND SHE LEFT.
00:30:04.13\00:30:06.13
HE THOUGHT, 'OH WELL, SHE'S
GONE.' AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
00:30:06.13\00:30:09.23
YOU'RE PREACHING, YOU'LL TOUCH
ON A TOUGH SUBJECT, YOU'LL SEE
00:30:09.23\00:30:11.40
SOMEONE SAY 'HUH!' AND
THEY WALK OUT AND I'VE HAD
00:30:11.40\00:30:14.20
THAT HAPPEN
BEFORE. YOU KIND OF WONDER.
00:30:14.20\00:30:16.73
THEN I'VE SEEN PEOPLE GET UP AND
WALK OUT AND I THINK, 'OH WHAT
00:30:16.73\00:30:18.46
DID I SAY?' AND
THEN THEY COME BACK IN.
00:30:18.46\00:30:19.83
SO YOU NEVER KNOW. WELL, HE
WAS DOING THAT AND SHE LEFT.
00:30:19.83\00:30:22.96
SHE WAS GONE FOR A LITTLE WHILE
AND SHE CAME BACK IN AND AFTER
00:30:22.96\00:30:26.73
THE SERVICE HE SAID, 'AT FIRST
I THOUGHT I SAW YOU GO OUT AND
00:30:26.73\00:30:30.56
I THOUGHT YOU
WEREN'T COMING BACK.
00:30:30.56\00:30:31.86
SHE SAID, 'WELL, I WENT OUT AND
I TALKED TO YOUR DRIVER AND I
00:30:31.86\00:30:37.10
ASKED THE DRIVER - I SAID, 'THIS
CHRISTIAN MAN THAT YOU'RE TAKING
00:30:37.10\00:30:40.30
AROUND AND HE'S SPEAKING -
DOES HE LIVE WHAT HE'S SAYING?'
00:30:40.30\00:30:45.03
AND THE DRIVER SAID,
'YES, HE DOES. HE'S A GOOD MAN.'
00:30:45.03\00:30:47.56
SHE SAID, 'THEN I FIGURED
I'D COME BACK IN, I'D KEEP
00:30:47.56\00:30:49.40
LISTENING.' AND SO, YOU
KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WATCH.
00:30:49.40\00:30:53.16
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON ARGUMENT
OR CRITICISM THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT
00:30:53.16\00:30:57.93
CHRISTIANITY? HYPOCRITES. WHY?
BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT PEOPLE AND
00:30:57.93\00:31:04.03
THEY SAY, 'OH, THEY SAY THEY'RE
CHRISTIANS BUT LOOK AT WHAT THEY
00:31:04.03\00:31:06.43
DO.' AND SO
PREACHING'S IMPORTANT.
00:31:06.43\00:31:11.33
I BELIEVE VERY MUCH IN
COMMUNICATING AND TEACHING BUT I
00:31:11.33\00:31:15.86
THINK THE GOSPEL IS GOING TO GO
BY LIKE WILDFIRE WHEN CHRISTIANS
00:31:15.86\00:31:18.83
REALLY PRACTICE
THEIR FAITH IN THEIR LIVES.
00:31:18.83\00:31:22.23
IF WE CONTINUE TO SAY 'GRACE,
GRACE, GRACE' AND WE DON'T TALK
00:31:22.23\00:31:25.76
ABOUT REALLY LIVING THE LIFE,
THEN WE'RE MISSING OUT BECAUSE
00:31:25.76\00:31:29.23
IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART.
JESUS SAID, 'ALL MEN WILL KNOW
00:31:29.23\00:31:32.23
THAT YOU'RE MY DISCIPLES BECAUSE
YOU TALK ABOUT GRACE.' HE SAID -
00:31:32.23\00:31:37.66
NO, WE DO NEED
TO TALK ABOUT GRACE.
00:31:37.66\00:31:39.80
THE REASON I'M HARPING ON THIS
IS BECAUSE I'M HEARING GRACE
00:31:39.80\00:31:43.13
ABUSED IN A LOT OF CHURCHES.
HE SAID PEOPLE WILL KNOW YOU ARE
00:31:43.13\00:31:47.83
HIS DISCIPLES BY YOUR LOVE FOR
ONE ANOTHER.' AND THAT'S TO BE
00:31:47.83\00:31:51.36
DEMONSTRATED WITH
WHAT WE WOULD CALL WORKS.
00:31:51.36\00:31:54.26
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE WORD
'WORKS' BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE
00:31:54.26\00:31:56.60
WORK AND SOME
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE WORK.
00:31:56.60\00:31:58.40
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT
THE WORK IS, RIGHT?
00:31:58.40\00:32:00.26
IF YOU TELL YOUR KIDS, 'I'VE GOT
SOME WORK FOR YOU.' DOES THAT
00:32:00.26\00:32:03.50
MAKE THEM HAPPY? AND,
YOU KNOW, SO JUST EVEN THE
00:32:03.50\00:32:07.73
VERY - IT'S A BAD WORD FOR
ADVERTISING IT BECAUSE WHEN WE
00:32:07.73\00:32:11.03
THINK ABOUT WORKS WE'RE
THINKING ABOUT BEHAVIOR.
00:32:11.03\00:32:13.66
THAT'S ANOTHER WORD THAT
CONJURES UP - WHEN YOU'RE KIDS
00:32:13.66\00:32:15.96
AND YOU HEAR ABOUT BEHAVIOR,
DID THAT ALWAYS GIVE YOU WARM
00:32:15.96\00:32:17.90
FEELINGS? OR DID IT - IT'S
USUALLY BAD BEHAVIOR, RIGHT?
00:32:17.90\00:32:21.93
AND SO, THE WORDS 'WORKS'
AND 'BEHAVIOR' CAN EVEN MAKE
00:32:21.93\00:32:24.76
CHRISTIANS UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE
IT JUST CONJURES UP ALL THE
00:32:24.76\00:32:26.93
WRONG KIND OF FEELINGS.
00:32:26.93\00:32:29.10
BUT IT'S REALLY
TALKING ABOUT LIFESTYLE.
00:32:29.10\00:32:32.20
SO ALL THESE THINGS - THE BIBLE
SAYS 'GOOD WORKS' - IT'S TALKING
00:32:32.20\00:32:35.10
ABOUT BEING CHRIST-LIKE
AND THAT SHOULD BE A GOAL.
00:32:35.10\00:32:38.33
THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT
WE EMBRACE - THAT WE'RE EXCITED
00:32:38.33\00:32:40.23
ABOUT - BEING LIKE JESUS.
NOT JUST THE WORDS OF THE BIBLE,
00:32:40.23\00:32:44.00
BUT LIVING THE LIFE OF
THE WORD, WHICH IS CHRIST.
00:32:44.00\00:32:47.46
OKAY, JAMES 2, VERSE 8 - I
READ THIS ALREADY - "WE ARE HIS
00:32:47.46\00:32:51.80
WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST
JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS WHICH GOD
00:32:51.80\00:32:56.00
PREPARED BEFOREHAND
THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM."
00:32:56.00\00:32:58.30
AND THEN YOU CAN GO TO ROMANS 4.
WHAT IS THE FRUIT OF SALVATION?
00:32:58.30\00:33:05.76
ROMANS 4:4, "NOW TO HIM WHO
WORKS, THE WAGES ARE NOT COUNTED
00:33:05.76\00:33:11.66
AS GRACE BUT AS
DEBT." I HEARD ABOUT L.L.
00:33:11.66\00:33:15.36
BEAN, THEY SENT OUT THIS E-MAIL
TO, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY HUNDREDS
00:33:15.36\00:33:22.90
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, AND IT
SAID, 'OPEN FOR YOUR FREE OFFER
00:33:22.90\00:33:27.76
- YOUR BONUS OFFER' AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE THEY FELL FOR IT.
00:33:27.76\00:33:32.03
THEY OPENED THE E-MAIL AND
IT SAID, 'LEARN HERE HOW TO EARN
00:33:32.03\00:33:34.53
YOUR BONUS POINTS.'
WELL IT STARTS OUT WITH THE
00:33:34.53\00:33:38.20
TITLE SAYING 'GIFT' AND THEN YOU
OPEN IT UP IT SAYS IT'S A GIFT
00:33:38.20\00:33:42.13
TO BE EARNED. NOW,
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY
00:33:42.13\00:33:45.70
BEEN TRICKED INTO OPENING
ENVELOPES AND E-MAIL LIKE THAT
00:33:45.70\00:33:48.13
BEFORE AND THEN YOU FIND
OUT IT'S NOT REALLY A GIFT.
00:33:48.13\00:33:52.00
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN
TRICKED INTO READING SOME MAIL
00:33:52.00\00:33:55.16
OR IT SAYS, 'YOU HAVE
WON! THREE MILLION DOLLARS!
00:33:55.16\00:34:00.20
YOU ARE A FINALIST!' OH,
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I
00:34:00.20\00:34:04.93
SHOULD SAY THIS BUT I HAD ONE
DEAR OLD SAINT - I WON'T TELL
00:34:04.93\00:34:08.16
YOU WHAT CHURCH IT WAS -
AND THEY CAME UP TO ME AND SAID,
00:34:08.16\00:34:11.20
'PASTOR, I'VE GOT TO HAVE AN
APPOINTMENT, I NEED TO TALK TO
00:34:11.20\00:34:13.26
YOU.' SO I SAID 'OKAY.' SO
WE MADE AN APPOINTMENT, WE SAT
00:34:13.26\00:34:15.66
DOWN, AND THEY SAID, 'I'M ABOUT
TO COME INTO A LOT OF MONEY AND
00:34:15.66\00:34:20.20
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
I PLAN ON MAKING A VERY GENEROUS
00:34:20.20\00:34:26.13
CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHURCH AND
I'M PREPARING TO GET TEN MILLION
00:34:26.13\00:34:30.10
DOLLARS.' AND THAT
MADE ME VERY HAPPY.
00:34:30.10\00:34:32.90
AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
BROUGHT IT UP BUT I SAID,' SO,
00:34:32.90\00:34:36.90
HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT?'
AND THEY PULLED AN ENVELOPE OUT
00:34:36.90\00:34:40.16
FROM SOME SWEEPSTAKES AND IT
SAID - YEAH - IT SAID, 'YOU ARE
00:34:40.16\00:34:44.26
THE FINAL FINALISTS' AND THIS
DEAR POOR SAINT - I HAD TO TRY
00:34:44.26\00:34:48.86
TO EXPLAIN TO THEM
THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING.
00:34:48.86\00:34:52.10
AND IT WAS JUST - EVERY -
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE GOT THE SAME
00:34:52.10\00:34:55.40
LETTER. BUT YEAH, YOU EVER
BEEN FOOLED INTO THINKING YOU'VE
00:34:55.40\00:35:00.33
GOT SOMETHING AND YOU
FOUND OUT YOU DIDN'T REALLY?
00:35:00.33\00:35:02.53
BUT WHEN JESUS IS OFFERING
US THE GIFT OF EVERLASTING LIFE,
00:35:02.53\00:35:06.56
IT'S NOT LIKE
THERE'S STRINGS ATTACHED.
00:35:06.56\00:35:09.50
HE SAYS, 'I REALLY DO
GIVE YOU EVERLASTING LIFE.'
00:35:09.50\00:35:12.46
THEN BECAUSE WE ARE SO HAPPY
ABOUT THIS NEW LIFE, WE WANT TO
00:35:12.46\00:35:17.23
DO WHAT PLEASES THE LORD.
AND, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
00:35:17.23\00:35:22.00
WHAT SIN WOULD BE OF SO
MUCH VALUE THAT YOU WOULD GAMBLE
00:35:22.00\00:35:25.90
EVERLASTING LIFE FOR IT?
IF YOU BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT
00:35:25.90\00:35:27.90
EVERLASTING LIFE, YOU ACT
DIFFERENTLY. IF YOU REALLY
00:35:27.90\00:35:30.96
BELIEVE HE'S GIVEN IT TO YOU.
JOHN 6 - OH, I ALREADY READ THAT
00:35:30.96\00:35:36.36
TO YOU - HEBREWS 10:24 - IT SAYS
- YES, IT'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE -
00:35:36.36\00:35:40.70
"LET US CONSIDER ONE ANOTHER IN
ORDER TO STIR UP LOVE AND GOOD
00:35:40.70\00:35:46.33
WORKS," - WHAT GOES TOGETHER?
LOVE - TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE
00:35:46.33\00:35:51.46
SUMMED UP IN LOVE - LOVE AND
GOOD WORKS - "LET US CONSIDER
00:35:51.46\00:35:55.76
ONE ANOTHER IN ORDER TO
STIR UP LOVE AND GOOD WORKS, NOT
00:35:55.76\00:35:58.90
FORSAKING THE ASSEMBLING OF
OURSELVES TOGETHER, AS IS THE
00:35:58.90\00:36:01.96
MANNER OF SOME, BUT EXHORTING
ONE ANOTHER." OH, RAN INTO A
00:36:01.96\00:36:09.80
BROTHER THIS WEEK AND DIDN'T
MAKE IT TO CHURCH - IT'S BEEN
00:36:09.80\00:36:16.16
SEVERAL WEEKS SINCE THEY'VE BEEN
IN CHURCH AND THEY SAID, 'OH,
00:36:16.16\00:36:19.56
YOU KNOW, I WAS OUT IN NATURE.'
AND YOU ALMOST FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
00:36:19.56\00:36:23.86
BEING WORKS ORIENTED WHEN YOU
SAY, 'YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO BE
00:36:23.86\00:36:28.86
GATHERING TOGETHER FOR CORPORATE
WORSHIP ON GOD'S SABBATH DAY.
00:36:28.86\00:36:32.46
THAT'S PART OF THE SABBATH.
IT'S CALLED A HOLY CONVOCATION.
00:36:32.46\00:36:35.40
AND WE ARE TO STIR UP
EACH OTHER. WE ARE TO EVEN -
00:36:35.40\00:36:40.46
HE'S TELLING US THAT WE SHOULD
MAKE EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE -
00:36:40.46\00:36:43.40
NOTICE THAT? 'EXHORTING' -
WHAT DOES EXHORT MEAN? EXHORTING
00:36:43.40\00:36:47.40
ONE ANOTHER - HAVE YOU NOTICED
- IS IT JUST ME - THAT EVEN
00:36:47.40\00:36:51.83
SABBATH KEEPERS ARE BECOMING
SLOPPY ABOUT REGULAR WORSHIP?
00:36:51.83\00:36:57.00
I MEAN, THINGS HAPPEN, I MEAN,
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GET SICK
00:36:57.00\00:37:00.10
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS,
BUT WHENEVER OUR FAMILY TRAVELS
00:37:00.10\00:37:03.10
WE LOOK UP LOCAL CHURCHES AND
WE SAY PART OF OUR VACATION IS
00:37:03.10\00:37:06.76
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CHURCH.
00:37:06.76\00:37:09.43
USUALLY IT HELPS BECAUSE
I'M PREACHING SOMEWHERE - NOT
00:37:09.43\00:37:11.66
ALWAYS, BUT EVEN WHEN I'M NOT -
YOU KNOW WHAT SOMETIMES HAPPENS
00:37:11.66\00:37:16.40
IS WE GO ON VACATION AND SOMEHOW
WE'LL BE SKIING OR WHATEVER IT
00:37:16.40\00:37:20.73
IS AND SOMEONE WILL FIND OUT -
'PASTOR DOUG'S IN TOWN.' OR YOU
00:37:20.73\00:37:23.30
SHOW UP - 'OH, CAN YOU PREACH?'
AND SO I GET INVITED TO PREACH.
00:37:23.30\00:37:27.06
BUT WE ALWAYS MAKE THAT PART
OF THE SABBATH PLAN AND I THINK
00:37:27.06\00:37:31.93
THAT'S THE WAY
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
00:37:31.93\00:37:33.83
"EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER"
BECAUSE WE NEED EACH OTHER.
00:37:33.83\00:37:37.70
IT'S SAYING THAT WE NEED TO
KEEP EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE.
00:37:37.70\00:37:40.06
NOW, IF YOU NOTICE THAT SOMEBODY
HAS ACCEPTED JESUS BUT THERE'S
00:37:40.06\00:37:44.20
SOMETHING THAT - IN THEIR
WORKS - THAT CONTRADICTS THEIR
00:37:44.20\00:37:52.13
PROFESSION AND YOU WERE TO
APPROACH THAT BROTHER OR SISTER
00:37:52.13\00:37:56.46
AND SAY, 'BROTHER/SISTER, YOU
KNOW, YOU'RE CHRISTIAN AND' -
00:37:56.46\00:38:01.50
MAYBE IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO
CHURCH BUT MAYBE THERE'S JUST
00:38:01.50\00:38:04.20
SOME REAL INCONSISTENCY IN THEIR
LIFE - MAYBE THEY'RE STRUGGLING
00:38:04.20\00:38:07.33
WITH BAD HABITS OR JUST SOME
UNGODLY BEHAVIOR - WHATEVER.
00:38:07.33\00:38:11.03
AND IF YOU CALL THEM ON
THAT, IS THAT RIGHT OR WRONG?
00:38:11.03\00:38:16.86
WHAT ARE YOU
ACCUSED OF WHEN YOU DO THAT?
00:38:16.86\00:38:20.03
IF YOU TRY TO CALL A BROTHER OR
SISTER TO BE ACCOUNTABLE OR TO
00:38:20.03\00:38:25.70
RAISE THE STANDARD, YOU'RE
ACCUSED OF JUDGING AND THEY SAY,
00:38:25.70\00:38:29.53
'JUDGE NOT. YOU'RE CASTING
STONES. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
00:38:29.53\00:38:31.66
DON'T JUDGE ME.' BUT
IS THAT REALLY AN ACCURATE
00:38:31.66\00:38:35.60
USE OF THAT VERSE
OR DOES GOD WANT US?
00:38:35.60\00:38:39.93
- WHAT DID CAIN SAY TO GOD WHEN
HE SAID 'WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER?'
00:38:39.93\00:38:44.43
HE SHRUGGED AND SAID,
'AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?'
00:38:44.43\00:38:46.53
WHAT A - WHAT A SARCASTIC THING
TO SAY TO YOUR CREATOR AFTER
00:38:46.53\00:38:50.90
YOU'VE KILLED YOUR BROTHER.
AND HE USES THE ANALOGY OF LIKE
00:38:50.90\00:38:54.63
A SHEPHERD - BECAUSE ABEL
WAS A SHEPHERD - 'I'M NOT HIS
00:38:54.63\00:38:56.40
SHEPHERD. WHY DO I - HE NEEDS
TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.' SO GOD
00:38:56.40\00:38:59.53
DIDN'T KNOW - BUT THAT'S
THE ATTITUDE - 'YOU TAKE CARE OF
00:38:59.53\00:39:02.40
YOURSELF. I'LL TAKE CARE OF
MYSELF. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.'
00:39:02.40\00:39:05.36
BUT IF YOU'RE IN A FAMILY AND IF
YOU'RE IN A CHURCH, IS THERE A
00:39:05.36\00:39:10.26
TIME TO CALL EACH OTHER, IN A
LOVING WAY - THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
00:39:10.26\00:39:14.36
WE SHOULD APPROACH THEM
IN A SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS.
00:39:14.36\00:39:16.83
THAT'S ONE THING - CONSIDERING
YOURSELF - WE SHOULD DO IT
00:39:16.83\00:39:19.76
MEEKLY, CONSIDER YOURSELF -
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HOLIER THAN
00:39:19.76\00:39:23.23
THOU, BUT PLEASE DON'T FALL FOR
THAT VERY COMMON PROPAGANDA THAT
00:39:23.23\00:39:30.60
WE'RE ALL BEING TOLD THAT
CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT HOLD EACH
00:39:30.60\00:39:33.46
OTHER
ACCOUNTABLE FOR GODLY LIVING.
00:39:33.46\00:39:35.83
IF WE NEVER SAY ANYTHING TO EACH
OTHER, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO
00:39:35.83\00:39:38.23
THE STANDARDS IN THE CHURCH?
IT'LL CONTINUE TO GO TO THE
00:39:38.23\00:39:42.50
LOWEST DENOMINATOR.
IT'LL JUST SIPHON ON DOWN AND
00:39:42.50\00:39:47.33
PRETTY SOON NOTHING
STANDS FOR ANYTHING.
00:39:47.33\00:39:49.83
WE'RE TO EXHORT ONE ANOTHER SO
THAT THERE SHOULD BE THESE GODLY
00:39:49.83\00:39:53.63
WORKS - THE FRUITS OF THE
SPIRIT SHOULD BE IN OUR LIVES.
00:39:53.63\00:39:57.33
ALRIGHT, LET'S GO UNDER 'FAITH
OF DEMONS' - THAT DOESN'T SOUND
00:39:57.33\00:40:02.73
LIKE A HAPPY SUBJECT
BUT JAMES TALKS ABOUT IT.
00:40:02.73\00:40:05.20
JAMES 2:19, "YOU BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS ONE GOD. YOU DO WELL.
00:40:05.20\00:40:08.93
EVEN THE DEMONS
BELIEVE - AND TREMBLE!"
00:40:08.93\00:40:11.13
WHY DID JAMES SAY
THAT? YOU CAN JUST HEAR IT.
00:40:11.13\00:40:15.63
JAMES IS TALKING TO SOMEONE
ABOUT THEIR BEHAVIOR AND HE
00:40:15.63\00:40:18.56
SAID, 'I BELIEVE' AND 'WE'RE
SAVED BY FAITH. I BELIEVE.
00:40:18.56\00:40:21.66
AS LONG AS I BELIEVE - JUST
BELIEVE.' AND JAMES IS GOING,
00:40:21.66\00:40:26.53
'YOU BELIEVE. THAT'S
GREAT. ARE YOU AWARE THAT DEVILS
00:40:26.53\00:40:28.86
BELIEVE AND IT'S
NOT SAVING THEM?'
00:40:28.86\00:40:32.06
THAT'S, I THINK,
WHERE HE'S COMING FROM.
00:40:32.06\00:40:34.53
I THINK THAT'S A SAFE
EXEGESIS OF THAT VERSE.
00:40:34.53\00:40:37.43
NOW, DO DEVILS
BELIEVE THAT GOD EXISTS?
00:40:37.43\00:40:41.70
LET'S LOOK AT A FEW VERSES.
00:40:41.70\00:40:45.16
IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 8:28 AND 29,
"WHEN HE HAD COME TO THE OTHER
00:40:45.16\00:40:50.73
SIDE, TO THE COUNTRY OF THE
GERGESENES, THERE MET HIM TWO
00:40:50.73\00:40:54.10
DEMON-POSSESSED MEN," - NOW,
IF YOU READ IN MARK AND LUKE IT
00:40:54.10\00:40:56.83
SAYS THEIRS ONE
DEMON-POSSESSED MAN.
00:40:56.83\00:40:58.56
THERE WERE PROBABLY TWO OF THEM
- ONE WAS A LOT MORE UP FRONT
00:40:58.56\00:41:01.76
AND OUTSPOKEN AND SO TWO OF THE
GOSPEL WRITERS FOCUSED ON THE
00:41:01.76\00:41:05.00
ONE IN PARTICULAR - "THERE
MET HIM TWO DEMON-POSSESSED MEN,
00:41:05.00\00:41:08.46
COMING OUT OF THE TOMBS,
EXCEEDINGLY FIERCE, SO THAT NO
00:41:08.46\00:41:10.80
ONE COULD PASS THAT WAY.
AND SUDDENLY THEY CRIED OUT,
00:41:10.80\00:41:13.93
SAYING, 'WHAT HAVE WE TO DO
WITH YOU, JESUS, YOU SON OF GOD?
00:41:13.93\00:41:18.36
HAVE YOU COME HERE TO
TORMENT US BEFORE THE TIME?'"
00:41:18.36\00:41:20.66
DID THE DEVILS
KNOW WHO JESUS WAS?
00:41:20.66\00:41:23.30
DID THEY SAY THAT
WAS GOING TO SAVE THEM?
00:41:23.30\00:41:26.00
DID THEY BELIEVE IN JESUS?
NOW WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, DID
00:41:26.00\00:41:30.56
THEY BELIEVE THAT
JESUS WAS THE SON OF GOD?
00:41:30.56\00:41:33.06
DOES THE DEVIL BELIEVE
THAT JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS?
00:41:33.06\00:41:36.93
WAS HE THERE? I'LL
VENTURE TO SAY THAT THE
00:41:36.93\00:41:40.13
DEVIL BELIEVES MORE THAN ANYONE
HERE THAT JESUS DIED FOR OUR
00:41:40.13\00:41:43.26
SINS. HE NOT ONLY HAS A
VIDEOTAPE, HE WAS A WITNESS OF
00:41:43.26\00:41:48.96
THE WHOLE THING. IS
THAT GOING TO SAVE HIM?
00:41:48.96\00:41:52.63
SO JUST BELIEVING THE BIBLE'S
TRUE AND BELIEVING THAT JESUS
00:41:52.63\00:41:55.10
DIED FOR YOUR SINS,
DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAVE YOU.
00:41:55.10\00:41:57.30
AND, BY THE WAY, JAMES SAYS IN
THE BEGINNING - IN JAMES 2:19 -
00:41:57.30\00:42:01.73
"YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE
IS ONE GOD. YOU DO WELL."
00:42:01.73\00:42:03.56
YOU KNOW WHY HE SAID THAT?
WHEN YOU WERE A HEBREW, THE MOST
00:42:03.56\00:42:08.83
HOLY STATEMENT YOU COULD
UTTER WAS CALLED THE 'SHEMA' AND
00:42:08.83\00:42:13.23
THAT'S IN DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER
6, VERSE 4 WHERE IT SAYS, "HEAR
00:42:13.23\00:42:16.63
O ISRAEL: THE LORD
OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE!"
00:42:16.63\00:42:21.40
AND THEY ALL USED TO SAY,
'I BELIEVE IN THE ONE GOD OF
00:42:21.40\00:42:24.60
ISRAEL.' AND SO JAMES IS SAYING,
'WELL, YOU BELIEVE THERE'S ONE
00:42:24.60\00:42:27.66
GOD, THAT'S
WONDERFUL. SO DOES THE DEVIL.
00:42:27.66\00:42:30.56
AND SO HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING,
'IT'S WONDERFUL THAT YOU BELIEVE
00:42:30.56\00:42:33.16
THIS TEACHING.' AND, AGAIN,
JUST TO GIVE YOU THE HISTORICAL
00:42:33.16\00:42:37.16
CONTEXT, WHAT DID
THE GREEKS BELIEVE?
00:42:37.16\00:42:40.26
ONE GOD OR MANY? WHAT
DID THE ROMANS BELIEVE?
00:42:40.26\00:42:43.63
ONE GOD OR MANY? THEY
HAD A PANTHEON OF GODS.
00:42:43.63\00:42:47.43
AND THE EGYPTIANS
- ONE GOD OR MANY?
00:42:47.43\00:42:50.23
MOST OF THE RELIGIONS
THAT SURROUNDED ISRAEL WERE
00:42:50.23\00:42:53.63
POLYTHEISTIC - THEY WERE
JUST BELIEVING IN ALL THIS,
00:42:53.63\00:42:56.20
YOU KNOW, THEY COULDN'T KEEP UP.
00:42:56.20\00:42:57.83
I'VE BEEN TO INDIA WHERE
OUR DEAR HINDU FRIENDS HAVE
00:42:57.83\00:43:02.73
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
GODS. YOU CAN'T COUNT THEM ALL.
00:43:02.73\00:43:06.06
YOU COULD BE HINDU YOUR WHOLE
LIFE AND NOT KNOW ALL THE GODS.
00:43:06.06\00:43:09.66
AND SO, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, THE
JEWS FELT A CERTAIN ARROGANCE
00:43:09.66\00:43:15.00
AND, AGAIN, I'M JEWISH SO I'M
NOT - I'M JUST SAYING THAT THEY
00:43:15.00\00:43:17.60
THOUGHT, 'ALL THESE NATIONS
ARE DECEIVED BY IDOLATRY BUT I
00:43:17.60\00:43:20.60
BELIEVE IN THE ONE
TRUE GOD.' THAT'S GOOD -
00:43:20.60\00:43:24.13
JAMES WAS SAYING,
'GREAT. GOOD FOR YOU.
00:43:24.13\00:43:26.40
THAT'S TRUE, BUT THAT'S NOT
WHAT SAVES YOU BECAUSE THE DEVIL
00:43:26.40\00:43:29.50
BELIEVES THAT TOO.' CAN YOU
UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WOULD REALLY
00:43:29.50\00:43:32.80
SHAKE PEOPLE UP TO HEAR
JAMES SAY THAT? AND IT'S TRUE.
00:43:32.80\00:43:37.53
GO AHEAD, READ FOR US MARK 3:11.
>>"AND THE UNCLEAN SPIRITS,
00:43:37.53\00:43:42.53
WHENEVER THEY SAW HIM, FELL
DOWN BEFORE HIM AND CRIED OUT,
00:43:42.53\00:43:46.10
SAYING, 'YOU ARE
THE SON OF GOD.'"
00:43:46.10\00:43:49.40
>>WHO WANTS THE DEVIL TO
ADVERTISE FOR YOUR EVANGELISTIC
00:43:49.40\00:43:52.60
MEETINGS? YOU
KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO
00:43:52.60\00:43:55.50
ALBUQUERQUE IN - NOW JUST A FEW
WEEKS - TO DO OUR LANDMARKS OF
00:43:55.50\00:43:59.00
PROPHECY SERIES. BY THE
TIME THIS PROGRAM AIRS, I
00:43:59.00\00:44:01.70
EXPECT THE MEETINGS
WILL BE IN PROGRESS.
00:44:01.70\00:44:03.46
AND I WAS TELLING SOME OF OUR
FRIENDS, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT
00:44:03.46\00:44:06.46
HOW TO ADVERTISE THE MEETINGS,
THAT THERE WAS AN EVANGELIST IN
00:44:06.46\00:44:10.10
ONE CITY - AND I DON'T REMEMBER
THE CITY, I HEARD THIS SAID IN
00:44:10.10\00:44:12.60
AN EVANGELISTIC COUNCIL YEARS
AGO - ONE OF THE EVANGELISTS
00:44:12.60\00:44:16.66
HIRED AN ACTOR TO DRESS UP LIKE
THE DEVIL AND CARRY A SIGN BACK
00:44:16.66\00:44:22.13
AND FORTH IN FRONT OF THE
COLISEUM WHERE THEIR MEETINGS
00:44:22.13\00:44:24.13
WERE AND IT SAID,
'PROPHECY SEMINAR UNFAIR.
00:44:24.13\00:44:27.56
DO NOT ATTEND.' AND HE THOUGHT
THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE AN
00:44:27.56\00:44:31.80
OPPOSITE EFFECT. I THOUGHT IT
WAS REALLY CLEVER. YOU KNOW, WE
00:44:31.80\00:44:35.03
MIGHT EVEN MAKE THE NEWS
IF WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
00:44:35.03\00:44:38.90
'DO NOT ATTEND THE LANDMARKS
OF PROPHECY' - BUT MAKE SURE YOU
00:44:38.90\00:44:41.56
DRESS HIM UP LIKE THE TYPICAL
VIEW OF THE DEVIL, RIGHT?
00:44:41.56\00:44:44.13
AND, OF COURSE, THAT WOULD
REINFORCE THE WRONG IMAGE BUT IT
00:44:44.13\00:44:48.96
IS CLEVER ADVERTISING. BUT
WHO WOULD WANT THE DEVIL TO
00:44:48.96\00:44:53.50
ADVERTISE FOR THEM?
JESUS, WHENEVER HE CAST OUT
00:44:53.50\00:44:57.86
THESE DEVILS THEY'D SAY, 'WE
KNOW WHO YOU ARE.' AND HE TOLD
00:44:57.86\00:44:59.53
THEM TO BE QUIET. MARK
1:23, "NOW THERE WAS A MAN
00:44:59.53\00:45:04.80
IN THEIR SYNAGOGUE
WITH AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT." -
00:45:04.80\00:45:08.10
DO DEVILS GO TO CHURCH?
THEY DO. DID JUDAS GO TO CHURCH?
00:45:08.10\00:45:16.66
SOMETIMES THERE'S
THIEVES IN THE CHURCH.
00:45:16.66\00:45:19.26
SO DON'T BE DISCOURAGED
IF THERE'S HYPOCRITES IN THE
00:45:19.26\00:45:21.46
CHURCH, JESUS HAD
HYPOCRITES IN THE CHURCH.
00:45:21.46\00:45:23.66
THE DEVIL WANTS TO TURN PEOPLE
AWAY SO THERE'LL ALWAYS BE FALSE
00:45:23.66\00:45:27.23
REPRESENTATIVES - AND UNCLEAN
SPIRITS - OH, WAIT A SECOND -
00:45:27.23\00:45:31.50
MARK 1:23 "NOW THERE WAS A
MAN IN THEIR SYNAGOGUE WITH AN
00:45:31.50\00:45:34.00
UNCLEAN SPIRIT. AND HE CRIED
OUT, SAYING, 'LEAVE US ALONE!
00:45:34.00\00:45:37.06
WHAT HAVE WE'" - NOW IS
THERE MORE THAN ONE IN THIS MAN?
00:45:37.06\00:45:40.63
- "'WHAT HAVE WE TO DO
WITH YOU, JESUS OF NAZARETH?
00:45:40.63\00:45:43.56
DID YOU COME TO DESTROY US?
00:45:43.56\00:45:45.36
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE -
THE HOLY ONE OF GOD!'"
00:45:45.36\00:45:47.76
YOU REMEMBER IN MARK CHAPTER 5
- ACTUALLY, IT'S IN LUKE CHAPTER
00:45:47.76\00:45:51.03
8 WHERE HE CAST THE
DEMONS OUT OF THE MAN.
00:45:51.03\00:45:54.00
JESUS SAID, 'WHAT IS YOUR NAME
AND THEY SAY 'LEGION, FOR MANY
00:45:54.00\00:45:57.96
DEVILS HAD ENTERED THAT MAN.'
AND SO, YES, THE DEVILS BELIEVE.
00:45:57.96\00:46:02.06
AND AGAIN, LUKE 4:41, "AND
DEMONS ALSO CAME OUT OF MANY,
00:46:02.06\00:46:07.63
CRYING OUT AND SAYING," - IT'S
TALKING ABOUT THE MINISTRY OF
00:46:07.63\00:46:09.90
JESUS - "DEMONS CAME OUT OF
MANY, CRYING OUT AND SAYING,
00:46:09.90\00:46:13.03
'YOU ARE THE
CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD!'
00:46:13.03\00:46:15.06
AND HE, REBUKING THEM, DID NOT
ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK, FOR THEY
00:46:15.06\00:46:18.93
KNEW THAT HE WAS THE CHRIST."
WAS THAT GOING TO SAVE THEM?
00:46:18.93\00:46:22.80
ALRIGHT, JUDE 6
- YOU GOT THAT ONE?
00:46:22.80\00:46:27.63
WE'LL GET TO YOU IN JUST A
SECOND. YOU'LL BE DOING JUDE
00:46:27.63\00:46:30.00
VERSE 6 AND REVELATION
12:12, LET ME READ THIS.
00:46:30.00\00:46:34.53
"THEREFORE REJOICE, O HEAVENS,
AND YOU WHO DWELL IN THEM!
00:46:34.53\00:46:39.03
WOE TO THE INHABITANTS
OF THE EARTH AND THE SEA!
00:46:39.03\00:46:41.80
FOR THE DEVIL HAS COME DOWN TO
YOU, HAVING GREAT WRATH, BECAUSE
00:46:41.80\00:46:45.13
HE KNOWS THAT HE
HAS A SHORT TIME."
00:46:45.13\00:46:47.20
DOES THE DEVIL BELIEVE
THAT HE'S GOING TO MEET HIS END?
00:46:47.20\00:46:51.53
HE BELIEVES HE
HAS A LIMITED TIME?
00:46:51.53\00:46:54.40
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD,
READ FOR US JUDE, VERSE 6.
00:46:54.40\00:46:57.56
>>"AND THE ANGELS WHO DID NOT
KEEP THEIR PROPER DOMAIN, BUT
00:46:57.56\00:47:00.96
LEFT THEIR OWN ABODE, HE HAS
RESERVED IN EVERLASTING CHAINS
00:47:00.96\00:47:04.86
UNDER DARKNESS FOR THE
JUDGMENT OF THE GREAT DAY."
00:47:04.86\00:47:07.90
>>SO THESE ARE ANGELS WHO WERE
ONCE SAVED BUT THEN THEY LOST
00:47:07.90\00:47:12.73
THEIR EVERLASTING ABODE. THEY'RE
RESERVED IN CHAINS OF DARKNESS.
00:47:12.73\00:47:16.26
THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE CHAIN -
IT TALKS ABOUT SATAN BEING BOUND
00:47:16.26\00:47:19.10
IN REVELATION 20.
THESE DEVILS ARE ALL KIND OF
00:47:19.10\00:47:21.96
RESTRICTED TO OUR WORLD NOW.
THEY CAN'T MARAUD THROUGH THE
00:47:21.96\00:47:25.76
GALAXIES ANYMORE AND TRY AND
TEMPT OTHERS. BALAAM - I TALKED
00:47:25.76\00:47:30.83
ABOUT HIM JUST A FEW MINUTES
AGO - BALAAM THE PROPHET.
00:47:30.83\00:47:33.53
HE WAS A PROPHET. HE KNEW
ABOUT GOD. HE BELIEVED IN GOD.
00:47:33.53\00:47:38.23
MATTER OF FACT, IN ONE OF HIS
PROPHECIES - IN NUMBERS 23:10 HE
00:47:38.23\00:47:41.60
SAYS, "LET ME DIE THE DEATH OF
THE RIGHTEOUS, AND LET MY END BE
00:47:41.60\00:47:45.16
LIKE HIS!" NOW
THAT'S A GOOD SENTIMENT THAT
00:47:45.16\00:47:48.66
SHOULD BE EMULATED. BUT DID HE?
00:47:48.66\00:47:53.56
HE DIDN'T DIE THE DEATH OF THE
RIGHTEOUS, EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW
00:47:53.56\00:47:55.66
THAT ISRAEL WAS RIGHT, THAT THEY
WERE BLESSED BY GOD, THAT THEIR
00:47:55.66\00:48:00.30
GOD WAS THE RIGHT GOD. HE
DIDN'T SURRENDER TO THAT AND
00:48:00.30\00:48:04.43
SO, HE PERISHED.
ALRIGHT, NEXT SECTION.
00:48:04.43\00:48:09.13
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
ABRAHAM HERE FOR A MOMENT.
00:48:09.13\00:48:11.83
AND SOMEBODY'S GOT HEBREWS
11:17. ALRIGHT, YOU'LL BE NEXT
00:48:11.83\00:48:16.20
AND I'M GOING TO READ JAMES
2:21 - CONTINUING THROUGH JAMES
00:48:16.20\00:48:20.60
CHAPTER 2 - "WAS NOT ABRAHAM
OUR FATHER JUSTIFIED BY WORKS
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WHEN HE OFFERED
ISAAC HIS SON ON THE ALTAR?
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DO YOU SEE THAT FAITH WAS
WORKING TOGETHER WITH HIS WORKS,
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AND BY WORKS
FAITH WAS MADE PERFECT?
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AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED
WHICH SAYS, 'ABRAHAM BELIEVED
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GOD, AND IT WAS ACCOUNTED
TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS."
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OKAY, YOU EVER HEARD
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH?
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THERE YOU HAVE IT.
ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD AND IT WAS
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COUNTED - OR IMPUTED
TO HIM - AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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WE RECEIVE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF CHRIST BY FAITH BUT WHAT DID
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ABRAHAM DO TO SHOW HE BELIEVED
GOD? HE SURRENDERED EVERYTHING.
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IF SOMEONE SAYS, 'ALRIGHT,
IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS
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YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHAT
THAT RICH YOUNG RULER DID.
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YOU'VE GOT TO CASH OUT YOUR BANK
ACCOUNTS, GIVE IT TO THE POOR,
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PUT YOUR HOUSE ON THE MARKET,
JUST GET YOUR CLOTHES ON YOUR
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BACK AND FOLLOW ME.
THAT'D BE PRETTY TOUGH.
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BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S HARDER
THAN THAT? OFFER YOUR CHILD.
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IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD
NOT GIVE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO
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SAVE THEIR CHILD? SO
WHEN ABRAHAM SHOWED THAT HE
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BELIEVED GOD, WHAT TEST CAN
BE BROUGHT TO ANY HUMAN GREATER
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THAN THE LOVE OF A
FATHER FOR THE CHILD?
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NOT JUST ANY CHILD, THIS IS
THE CHILD THROUGH WHOM ALL THE
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PROMISES WERE GOING TO COME AND
LET'S FACE IT, THIS WAS SARAH'S
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LAST CHANCE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
SHE HAD THIS MIRACULOUS BABY AT
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NINETY. IT'S NOT
LIKE SHE'S - HE'S GOING
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TO COME BACK AND SAY, 'SARAH'
- AND NOW, YOU KNOW, AT THIS
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POINT, ISAAC'S LIKE 17 SO
SARAH'S NOW LIKE 117 - 107,
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SORRY - AND - THAT'S
WHY SHE DOES THE CHECKBOOK.
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SO CAN YOU IMAGINE HIM GOING
BACK AND SAYING, 'SARAH, YOU
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KNOW, I KNOW IT TOOK YOU A LONG
TIME TO PRODUCE A CHILD AND YOU
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PRODUCED ONE, BUT I'VE GONE AND
WRECKED HIM. YOU NEED TO MAKE
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ANOTHER ONE.' SO CAN YOU IMAGINE
THE FAITH THAT IT WOULD TAKE
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HIM? BUT - GO AHEAD, READ
FOR US HEBREWS 11, VERSE 17.
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>>BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS
TESTED, OFFERED UP ISAAC, AND HE
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WHO HAD RECEIVED THE PROMISES
OFFERED UP HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN
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SON, OF WHOM IT WAS SAID,
'IN ISAAC YOUR SEED SHALL BE
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CALLED,' CONCLUDING
THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO
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RAISE HIM UP, EVEN FROM
THE DEAD, FROM WHICH HE ALSO
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RECEIVED HIM IN A
FIGURATIVE SENSE."
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>>IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN IT SAYS,
'WHENCE HE ALSO RECEIVED HIM IN
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FIGURE, ISAAC WAS BOUND ON THE
ALTAR WITH A KNIFE READY TO COME
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DOWN. AS FAR AS
EVERYONE WAS CONCERNED
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HE HAD COMMITTED TO KILLING HIM
AND ISAAC HAD COMMITTED HIMSELF
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TO DYING SO IT WAS LIKE A
RESURRECTION. THAT'S WHY IT SAYS
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HE WAS A FIGURE OF
HAVING RAISED IN THAT POINT.
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ABRAHAM BELIEVED THAT EVEN IF
HE HAD FOLLOWED THROUGH, GOD WAS
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ABLE TO RAISE HIM UP, BECAUSE
GOD HAD MADE A PROMISE AND THAT
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GOD THAT PROMISED THAT THROUGH
ISAAC ALL THE WORLD WOULD BE
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BLESSED, IF HE HAD TO
RAISE HIM UP HE WOULD DO IT.
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NOW THERE HADN'T BEEN ANYBODY
RAISED FROM THE DEAD UP TO THAT
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POINT. ENOCH
WENT TO HEAVEN IN A -
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WELL, WE DON'T KNOW IF HE WENT
IN A CHARIOT OR NOT, BUT HE WENT
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TO HEAVEN. BUT UP
TO ABRAHAM'S TIME THERE
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WERE NO RESURRECTIONS, WERE
THERE? IT'S EASIER FOR YOU AND I
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TO BELIEVE IN A RESURRECTION
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ABOUT A DOZEN
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OF THEM IN THE BIBLE.
ABRAHAM DIDN'T HAVE ANY.
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THAT TAKES A LOT OF FAITH. HE'S
BELIEVING THAT GOD IS GOING TO
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RAISE UP HIS SON
IF HE OFFERS HIM.
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AND SO WHEN IT SAYS, 'ABRAHAM
WAS MADE RIGHTEOUS BY FAITH, AT
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WHAT COST DID HE
DEMONSTRATE HIS FAITH?
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THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE -
WILLINGNESS TO OFFER EVERYTHING.
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ABRAHAM IS CONSIDERED
THE FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL.
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FAITH IS A BIG
THING. ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD.
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IT WAS COUNTED TO
HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT
SAYS ABOUT HIS FAITH?
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GENESIS 26, VERSE 5, "BECAUSE
ABRAHAM OBEYED MY VOICE AND KEPT
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MY CHARGE, MY COMMANDMENTS,
MY STATUTES AND MY LAWS."
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IN CASE ANYBODY WONDERS IF GOD
HAD LAW BEFORE TEN COMMANDMENTS,
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THIS IS A PRETTY CLEAR VERSE.
ABRAHAM BELIEVED - HE'S THE
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FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL.
HE'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE
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GREAT BELIEVER AND WE ARE
CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM BY FAITH,
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THE BIBLE SAYS, BUT WHAT
KIND OF FAITH DID ABRAHAM HAVE?
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ABRAHAM OBEYED MY VOICE, KEPT MY
CHARGE - NOT ONLY COMMANDMENTS
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BUT CHARGES THAT GOD GAVE HIM,
COMMANDMENTS, STATUTES, LAWS -
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ANY KIND OF TESTIMONY -
ORDINANCE - THAT YOU COULD THINK
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OF IS REALLY
INCLUDED IN THIS PASSAGE.
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IT MEANS 'ABRAHAM DID
EVERYTHING I TOLD HIM TO DO.
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HE NOT ONLY OBEYED THE LAWS'
- NOW, WAIT A SECOND, DIDN'T
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ABRAHAM TELL A BIG OLD FIB
WHEN HE WENT TO STAY WITH THE
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EGYPTIANS? HE MIGHT
HAVE CALLED IT A WHITE
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LIE IN OUR TERMINOLOGY TODAY
BECAUSE SHE WAS HIS HALF SISTER,
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BUT IT WAS VERY MISLEADING
TO SAY SARAH WAS HIS SISTER WHEN
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EVERYONE KNEW SHE WAS VERY WELL
HIS WIFE. SO GOD IS LOOKING AT
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THE - HE'S NOT LOOKING
AT WAS ABRAHAM PERFECT?
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HE'S LOOKING AT WHAT IS
THE PATTERN OF ABRAHAM'S LIFE?
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I LIKE THAT QUOTE YOU FIND IN
THE BOOK 'STEPS TO CHRIST' THAT
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IT'S NOT THE OCCASIONAL GOOD
DEED OR THE OCCASIONAL MISDEED
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THAT DETERMINES WHOSE SIDE
WE'RE ON, BUT IT'S THROUGH THE
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HABITUAL WORDS AND ACTS. WHAT
IS THE PATTERN OF YOUR LIFE?
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THE PATTERN OF ABRAHAM'S
LIFE WAS THAT HE OBEYED.
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THAT'S HOW HE SHOWED HIS FAITH.
NOW IT'S INTERESTING, BOTH IN
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HEBREWS AND IN JAMES - JAMES
IDENTIFIES TWO CHARACTERS TO
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DEMONSTRATE THAT WE SHOW
OUR FAITH THROUGH OUR WORKS.
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ABRAHAM AND RAHAB - ABRAHAM,
WAS HE A JEW OR A GENTILE?
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IT'S A TRICK QUESTION. HE WASN'T
EITHER, REALLY. THE JEWS - WE
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GET THE JEWS AS A DERIVATIVE
FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH.
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ABRAHAM WAS THE FATHER OF THE
JEWS SO HE WAS NOT A GENTILE.
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GENTILES WERE
TYPICALLY NON-CIRCUMCISED.
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ABRAHAM HAD THAT COVENANT.
HE WAS THE FATHER OF THE
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HEBREWS. HE WAS
WHAT WE WOULD CALL A
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SEMITE - SEMITIC.
RAHAB IS THE OPPOSITE.
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ABRAHAM IS A MAN
AND HE IS A HEBREW.
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RAHAB IS A WOMAN
AND SHE IS A GENTILE.
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AND SO, BY CHOOSING THESE
TWO OPPOSITE EXTREMES, THE BIBLE
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WRITERS, BOTH PAUL AND
JAMES, ARE DEMONSTRATING -
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IT'S INTERESTING, WHO
WROTE FIRST HEBREWS OR JAMES?
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IF YOU WERE HERE FOR OUR
FIRST PRESENTATION ON JAMES.
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JAMES WAS FIRST.
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SO HERE'S A CASE WHERE PAUL IS
LOOKING AT THE BOOK OF JAMES AND
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HE'S USING THE SAME TWO
ILLUSTRATIONS, BUT IT KIND OF
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DEMONSTRATES GOD DOESN'T HAVE
ONE TYPE OF SALVATION OF WORKS
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FOR JEWS AND HEBREWS AND
ONE OF GRACE FOR GENTILES.
00:55:06.20\00:55:09.73
I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY,
'THEY - THE JEWS - ARE UNDER THE
00:55:09.73\00:55:12.83
DISPENSATION OF LAW. THEY
ARE SAVED BY WORKS.' NONSENSE.
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NOBODY'S SAVED BY WORKS.
IF ABRAHAM IS SAVED BY GRACE
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THEN WHY WOULD ANY
JEW BE SAVED BY WORKS?
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NOBODY'S WORKING
THEIR WAY INTO HEAVEN.
00:55:21.13\00:55:23.46
AND JESUS, YOU KNOW, HE PREACHED
TO ALL THE JEWS - HE ALWAYS TOLD
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AND TAUGHT THAT IT
WAS SALVATION BY GRACE.
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SAME FOR THE GENTILES.
EVERYBODY IS SAVED BY FAITH.
00:55:32.40\00:55:36.00
SO RAHAB, HOW DID SHE
DEMONSTRATE HER FAITH?
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YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE TWO
SPIES CAME? WELL, LET'S READ IT.
00:55:42.46\00:55:45.40
JAMES 2:25,
"LIKEWISE, WAS NOT RAHAB THE
00:55:45.40\00:55:47.73
HARLOT ALSO JUSTIFIED BY
WORKS WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE
00:55:47.73\00:55:51.50
MESSENGERS AND SENT
THEM OUT ANOTHER WAY?"
00:55:51.50\00:55:53.56
BUT WAIT A SECOND, WE JUST READ
IN HEBREWS 11:21 WHERE PAUL SAYS
00:55:53.56\00:55:57.80
"BY FAITH RAHAB PERISHED NOT."
WAS SHE SAVED BY FAITH OR WORKS?
00:55:57.80\00:56:03.43
I HEARD ONE PASTOR - THIS IS AN
IMPERFECT ILLUSTRATION - THERE
00:56:03.43\00:56:09.60
WAS THIS OLD - THIS IS
AN OLD SERMON ILLUSTRATION.
00:56:09.60\00:56:13.50
THIS MAN CAME TO A FERRY WHERE
THEY USED TO HAVE TO ROW YOU
00:56:13.50\00:56:16.70
ACROSS RIVERS. HE WAS
TRAVELING BETWEEN TOWNS,
00:56:16.70\00:56:20.00
HE GOT IN THIS FERRY
BOAT, HE GAVE THEM THE NICKEL.
00:56:20.00\00:56:21.86
THE MAN AT THE FERRY, HE SAT IN
HIS SEAT AND HE BEGAN TO ROW AND
00:56:21.86\00:56:25.36
THE MAN SITTING IN THE PASSENGER
SEAT OF THE LITTLE BOAT, HE
00:56:25.36\00:56:28.56
NOTICES THAT AS THE MAN IS
ROWING HIM ACROSS, THAT AS THE
00:56:28.56\00:56:30.46
PADDLES COME OUT OF THE WATER,
ONE PADDLE HAS GOT BURNED IN IT
00:56:30.46\00:56:33.40
THE WORD 'FAITH' AND THE OTHER
PADDLE HAS GOT THE WORD 'WORKS'
00:56:33.40\00:56:37.50
BURNED IN IT. AND HE SAID, 'I
SEE YOU'VE GOT ONE OAR THAT SAYS
00:56:37.50\00:56:41.33
'FAITH' AND ONE THAT
SAYS 'WORKS,' WHAT'S UP?
00:56:41.33\00:56:43.20
HE SAID 'I'M GLAD YOU ASKED,
WATCH THIS.' AND THE MAN PULLED
00:56:43.20\00:56:45.90
IN ONE OAR AND JUST ROWED
WITH ONE OAR - AND YOU KNOW WHAT
00:56:45.90\00:56:47.90
HAPPENS THEN?
YOU GO IN A CIRCLE.
00:56:47.90\00:56:50.16
HE SAID, 'NOW WATCH WHAT HAPPENS
IF I JUST USE THE WORKS.' HE
00:56:50.16\00:56:53.03
ROWED WITH JUST ONE AND HE SAID,
'IF YOU WANT TO GET ACROSS THE
00:56:53.03\00:56:56.06
RIVER', HE SAYS, 'WE NEED BOTH.'
NOW THAT IS REALLY AN IMPERFECT
00:56:56.06\00:57:00.50
ILLUSTRATION BECAUSE
NOBODY IS SAVED BY WORKS ALONE.
00:57:00.50\00:57:04.70
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT
ARE SAVED BY FAITH ALONE.
00:57:04.70\00:57:07.96
BUT IF YOU ARE SAVED BY FAITH
ALONE, IT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
00:57:07.96\00:57:11.86
WORKS. AND SO,
YOU KNOW, DON'T TAKE
00:57:11.86\00:57:14.43
THAT ILLUSTRATION TOO
FAR BECAUSE IT IS IMPERFECT.
00:57:14.43\00:57:16.90
BUT IT DOES KIND OF PROVE
THE POINT THAT IF YOU REALLY DO
00:57:16.90\00:57:20.10
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