Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: SSH
Program Code: SSH021445
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00:01 (MUSIC) >>HELLO FRIENDS.
00:35 WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. 00:38 MY NAME IS JEAN ROSS. I'M ONE OF THE PASTORS AT THE 00:40 GRANITE BAY CHURCH. AND IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 00:43 YOU'RE JOINING US, WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH OUR SABBATH 00:45 SCHOOL QUARTERLY AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE BOOK OF JAMES. 00:49 IF YOU'D LIKE TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH US THROUGH OUR STUDY, YOU 00:52 CAN GO TO THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH WEBSITE, 'GRANITEBAYSDA.ORG' AND 00:57 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE LESSON SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH US. 01:00 YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE AND YOU CAN 01:03 DOWNLOAD THE LESSON ON THE BOOK OF JAMES - IT'S JUST 01:06 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG' - YOU CAN CLICK ON THE LESSON THAT WE'LL 01:10 BE LOOKING AT TODAY AND STUDY ALONG WITH US. 01:13 WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT GOES ALONG WITH OUR STUDY FOR TODAY, 01:16 IT'S ENTITLED 'HIDDEN EYES AND CLOSED EARS.' 01:19 AND IF YOU WOULD CALL OUR FREE RESOURCE LINE, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO 01:23 SEND THIS TO YOU. 01:24 THE NUMBER TO CALL IS 866-788-3966 OR 866-STUDY-MORE 01:33 AND YOU CAN ASK FOR FREE OFFER #726 AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND 01:38 THAT TO YOU. IT GOES ALONG WITH WHAT PASTOR 01:40 DOUG WILL BE STUDYING WITH US THIS EVENING. 01:42 AGAIN, WELCOME EVERYONE IN OUR LOCAL AUDIENCE, WE'RE GLAD 01:45 THAT YOU'RE ALL HERE TODAY AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ALL GEARED UP 01:48 AND READY TO DIG INTO GOD'S WORD. 01:50 THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT STUDY AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THE VARIOUS 01:53 THEMES BROUGHT TO VIEW IN ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS WRITTEN IN THE 01:58 NEW TESTAMENT - WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE JAMES. 02:00 SOME GREAT, INSIGHTFUL INFORMATION - PRACTICAL 02:03 INFORMATION THAT WE CAN USE AS CHRISTIANS IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE 02:08 - IN OUR INTERACTION WITH OTHER PEOPLE - 02:09 HOW WE CAN GROW CLOSER TO GOD. 02:11 BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR STUDY, AS ALWAYS, WE WANT TO ASK GOD'S 02:15 SPECIAL BLESSING TO GUIDE US IN THE STUDY OF HIS WORD, SO LET'S 02:18 JUST BOW OUR HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER. 02:21 DEAR FATHER, ONCE AGAIN WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE 02:23 HAVE TO STUDY THE BIBLE. WE JUST ASK FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT 02:26 TO COME AND GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS AND, LORD, IMPRESS 02:29 UPON US THOSE IMPORTANT LESSONS THAT YOU WOULD WANT US TO KNOW. 02:33 THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 02:35 BE WITH THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING AND LISTENING, WHEREVER THEY 02:37 MIGHT BE, AND LEAD US ALL INTO A DEEPER AND A FULLER 02:40 UNDERSTANDING FOR YOUR WILL FOR OUR LIVES, 02:42 FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 02:46 THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG, WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU. 02:50 >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS AND THANK YOU, FRIENDS - MEMBERS OF 02:54 THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH - FOR LETTING US HIJACK OUR REGULAR 02:58 PRAYER MEETING AND TURN IT INTO OUR SABBATH SCHOOL TIME WHILE 03:02 WE'RE IN TRANSITION WITH A BUILDING. 03:04 AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT OUR REGULAR BACKGROUND, BUT RIGHT 03:07 NOW AMAZING FACTS IS IN THE PROCESS OF RENOVATING AN OFFICE 03:11 WAREHOUSE BUILDING NOT TOO FAR FROM OUR OFFICE, THAT WILL BE 03:14 HOSTING THE GRANITE BAY CONGREGATION. 03:16 AND, IN THE MEANTIME, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP STUDYING THE 03:19 LESSON BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD THAT TUNE 03:22 IN FOR OUR STUDY TIME. AND SO THE GRANITE BAY 03:25 CONGREGATION WAS NICE ENOUGH TO SAY, 'WE'LL STUDY THE LESSON 03:28 TWICE. WE'LL DO IT BOTH IN CHURCH AND DURING OUR PRAYER 03:31 MEETING TIME. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. 03:33 TODAY WE ARE ON LESSON #6 DEALING WITH THE VERY IMPORTANT 03:38 SUBJECT OF FAITH AND WORKS. 03:40 I SHOULD ALSO SAY IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT. 03:44 AND PASTOR ROSS MENTIONED WE DO HAVE A FREE OFFER. 03:48 I SHOULD ALSO TELL YOU THAT THE FREE OFFER - YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT 03:51 AT THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE, BUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S REALLY 03:55 NEAT IS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE STUDY ITSELF - THE 03:58 SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON ITSELF, THE BOOK OF JAMES LESSON #6, 04:02 WE NOW HAVE THE PDF - WE HAVE PERMISSION TO MAKE 04:05 AVAILABLE TO YOU THE PDF OF THAT LESSON. 04:08 YOU CAN GO TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE, YOU CAN GO TO THE 04:10 'GRANITEBAYSDA.ORG' WEBSITE AND DOWNLOAD THERE THE INFORMATION 04:15 SO YOU CAN HAVE THE LESSON. YOU CAN HAVE THE FREE OFFER. 04:17 OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT THE BIBLE - AND THEN WE'LL UPLOAD OUR 04:20 NOTES ALSO, FOR WHATEVER THEY'RE WORTH, OF THIS PARTICULAR STUDY. 04:26 WELL, IN OUR STUDY GUIDE FOR TONIGHT WE'VE GOT, LIKE I SAID, 04:30 A VERY IMPORTANT STUDY DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT OF FAITH AND 04:32 WORKS AND - SOMEWHAT OF A CONTROVERSIAL STUDY BECAUSE IT 04:38 SEEMS LIKE THERE'S TWO EXTREMES IN THE CHURCH THAT SOME BELIEVE 04:41 IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY WORKS - WHAT DO YOU CALL THOSE PEOPLE? 04:45 LEGALISTS, WE SAY. AND IF SOMEBODY BELIEVES THAT - 04:49 LET'S SAY THEY TAKE THE GRACE OPTION TOO FAR - WE DON'T CALL 04:55 THEM LEGALISTS, DO WE? IT'S KIND OF LIKE RIGHTEOUSNESS 04:59 BY PRESUMPTION. I'VE HEARD PEOPLE CALL IT 05:05 TURNING GRACE TO DISGRACE OR SLOPPY AGAPE. 05:08 THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF INSULTING TERMS FOR THOSE WHO 05:10 SAY, 'WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE SAVED BY GRACE YOU CAN JUST LIVE LIKE 05:13 THE REST OF THE WORLD. IT'S SORT OF ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED. 05:16 I COME TO JESUS, SAY A PRAYER' - AND THEN YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING 05:19 DIFFERENTLY. AND SO THERE'S LIKE THIS 05:21 CONFLICT BETWEEN THESE TWO EXTREMES. 05:24 SOMETHING I THOUGHT - WELL, LET ME START WITH OUR MEMORY VERSE - 05:27 JAMES 2:26. AND IF YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR 05:30 LESSON IT'S IN THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION. 05:33 I INVITE YOU TO ALL SAY THAT WITH ME. YOU READY? 05:36 JAMES 2:26, "FOR AS THE BODY WITHOUT THE SPIRIT IS DEAD, SO 05:43 FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD ALSO." 05:47 NOW, WHAT OTHER NEW TESTAMENT WRITER DOES IT SOUND LIKE JAMES 05:53 IS TOTALLY OPPOSITE FROM HERE? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE WRITERS 06:00 OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, WHO WROTE MOST OF THE NEW TESTAMENT? PAUL. 06:02 DO PEOPLE OFTEN TURN TO PAUL AND TRY AND MAKE IT SOUND LIKE 06:05 BECAUSE WE'RE SAVED BY GRACE, WORKS SHOULD NEVER AT ALL BE 06:10 CONSIDERED? LET ME READ A VERY FAMOUS VERSE. 06:13 IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 2 YOU'VE GOT THIS - AND YOU GO TO VERSE 8 06:19 - EPHESIANS 2, VERSE 8, "FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED 06:23 THROUGH FAITH, AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES; IT IS THE GIFT OF 06:28 GOD, NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANYONE SHOULD BOAST." 06:34 OKAY, NOW WITHOUT PEEKING AT YOUR BIBLE, WHAT DOES THE NEXT 06:37 VERSE SAY, VERSE 9 - OH, YOU'RE PEEKING! 06:40 I SEE SOMEONE PEEKING. YEAH, VERSE 10, I'M SORRY. 06:45 NOTICE: "FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST 06:49 JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS." WE ARE CREATED FOR GOOD WORKS. 06:55 WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH - NOT OF WORKS - BUT WHEN 07:00 WE ARE NEW CREATURES, OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY, ALL THINGS ARE 07:03 MADE NEW. WE ARE CREATED FOR (GOOD WORKS). 07:06 WHAT IS CONSIDERED IN THE JUDGMENT? 07:09 'BEHOLD, HE COMES IN THE CLOUDS TO REWARD EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS 07:12 HIS WORKS SHALL BE.' WE'RE - NOW WE'RE SAVED BY GRACE, WHY WOULD 07:15 GOD JUDGE US BY OUR WORKS AND SAVE US BY GRACE? 07:18 DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE OPPOSITES OR DO YOUR WORKS 07:23 DEMONSTRATE IF YOU ARE SAVED BY GRACE? 07:27 NOW IN JAMES - HE MAKES A PRETTY STRONG STATEMENT. 07:31 HE SAID, 'IF YOU SAY, 'I'M SAVED BY FAITH'' - BY FAITH ALONE' BUT 07:35 YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR, HE SAYS 'FAITH WITHOUT 07:39 WORKS IS' WHAT? 'DEAD.' I HEARD OF A MOM WHO WAS 07:45 UPSTAIRS TRYING TO HELP GET HER LITTLE GIRL READY FOR THE DAY. 07:48 SHE SAID, 'WHERE ARE YOUR SLIPPERS?' 07:50 AND THE LITTLE THREE OR FOUR-YEAR-OLD SAID, 'THEY'RE 07:53 DOWNSTAIRS IN THE KITCHEN.' AND SHE SAID, 'WHAT ARE THEY DOING 07:57 DOWN THERE?' THE DAUGHTER SAID, 'MOM, THEY'RE 07:59 NOT DOING ANYTHING DOWN THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO FEET IN 08:01 THEM.' AND IF THERE IS NO SPIRIT IN YOUR LIFE, THERE'LL BE NO 08:11 WORKS. AND SO IT STANDS TO REASON, IF 08:14 YOU ARE A NEW CREATURE AND YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU WILL 08:17 BE DOING THE WORKS OF CHRIST. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT. 08:21 SO, FIRST SECTION HERE, UNDER 'DEAD FAITH' - TALK ABOUT THAT 08:26 FOR A MINUTE. JAMES SAYS, IN JAMES 2:14 - 08:30 AND, AGAIN, YOU NOTICE WE ARE PLODDING THROUGH EACH OF THESE 08:33 LESSONS, GETTING A LITTLE FURTHER. 08:35 YOU'LL BE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JAMES WHEN WE'RE 08:36 DONE WITH THIS QUARTER, SO YOU'LL BE SCHOLARS. 08:40 JAMES 2:14, "WHAT DOES IT PROFIT, MY BRETHREN, IF SOMEONE 08:43 SAYS HE HAS FAITH BUT DOES NOT HAVE WORKS? CAN FAITH SAVE HIM?" 08:48 WELL, THE QUICK ANSWER WOULD BE YES, FAITH CAN SAVE HIM. 08:53 BUT JAMES IS SAYING IF A PERSON, AFTER THEY ACCEPT JESUS, STOPS 08:57 AT FAITH, THEN IT DOESN'T SAVE THEM. 09:01 LET ME SEE IF I CAN ILLUSTRATE THAT. 09:04 WERE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL - THE WHOLE EXODUS EXPERIENCE AND 09:09 THE SAVING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, IS A MICROCOSM OF 09:12 SALVATION. WHAT HE DID TO SAVE THAT NATION 09:14 FROM SLAVERY IS WHAT HE DOES TO SAVE US FROM SIN. 09:17 SO, WERE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SAVED FROM EGYPT BECAUSE THEY 09:23 OBEYED THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? DID THE TEN COMMANDMENTS COME 09:27 BEFORE OR AFTER HE SAVED THEM FROM SLAVERY? IT CAME AFTER. 09:31 WHAT CAME FIRST, THE LAW OR THE LAMB IN THE EXODUS STORY? 09:38 REMEMBER, THE WHOLE PASSOVER WAS BASED ON THE LAMB. 09:42 THEY BEGAN THEIR JOURNEY AFTER SACRIFICING THE LAMB - LAST OF 09:45 THE PLAGUES WAS THE PASSOVER - THEY SACRIFICED THE LAMB. 09:48 THEY SPRINKLED THE BLOOD. THEY BEGAN THE JOURNEY THE NEXT DAY. 09:51 MATTER OF FACT, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO EAT THAT MEAL WITH 09:54 THEIR SHOES ON AND THE STAFF IN THE HAND - MEANING THE 09:57 COMMENCEMENT OF THE JOURNEY HINGED ON THE LAMB. 10:01 THEY HADN'T EVEN HEARD THE TEN COMMANDMENTS COME FROM MOUNT 10:03 SINAI. IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAD NO 10:05 KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S VARYING 10:08 DEGREES OF THE LAW THEY ALL KNEW BEFORE IT WAS EVEN WRITTEN DOWN. 10:12 JOSEPH KNEW THAT ADULTERY WAS A SIN, RIGHT? 10:15 WAY BACK BEFORE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - AND CAIN - THAT 10:18 GOES PRETTY FAR BACK - CAIN KNEW THAT MURDER WAS A SIN. 10:22 AND THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THEY HAD A GOOD CONCEPT OF 10:27 IDOLATRY BEING WRONG AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS 10:30 BEFORE YOU EVER GET TO MOUNT SINAI. 10:32 SO AFTER HE SAVED THEM, WHEN HE GIVES THEM THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 10:38 - THE FIRST OF THE TEN - AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS - IT SAYS, 'I 10:42 AM THE LORD YOUR GOD THAT BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF 10:44 EGYPT, OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE. 10:46 I AM THE GOD THAT SAVED YOU.' IS WHAT HE'S SAYING. 10:49 THEN HE SAYS, 'THOU SHALT NOT HAVE OTHER GODS, DON'T USE MY 10:52 NAME IN VAIN, DON'T WORSHIP GRAVEN IMAGES' - I GOT THEM OUT 10:55 OF ORDER, SORRY - 'REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, HONOR YOUR FATHER 10:58 AND MOTHER' - AND HE GOES THROUGH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 11:00 BASICALLY HE'S SAYING, 'I'VE SAVED YOU. NOW, IF YOU LOVE ME, 11:03 KEEP MY TEN COMMANDMENTS.' OKAY, WERE THEY SAVED FROM SLAVERY 11:07 BY THE LAW OR BY THE LAMB? BY FAITH IN THE SHED BLOOD OF 11:12 THE LAMB AND THEN THEY JUST HAD TO FOLLOW. 11:16 DID THEY ENTER THE PROMISED LAND IF THEY REFUSED TO OBEY THE LAW? 11:20 AFTER BEING SAVED BY GOD'S GRACE - GOD SAID, 'I DIDN'T SAVE YOU 11:25 BECAUSE YOU ARE A WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 11:27 YOU ARE A STIFF-NECKED AND STUBBORN PEOPLE.' THEY WEREN'T 11:29 SAVED BY WORKS, THEY WERE SAVED BY GRACE. 11:32 AFTER HE SAVES THEM BY GRACE, THEY'RE NOT QUITE IN THE 11:35 PROMISED LAND YET. THEY DON'T MAKE IT TO THE 11:37 PROMISED LAND IF THEY PERSIST IN REFUSING TO TRUST AND OBEY GOD. 11:42 NOW, I KNOW THAT CONFUSES SOME PEOPLE. THE THIEF ON THE CROSS 11:48 IS AN EXAMPLE THAT AS SOON AS YOU ACCEPT THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB 11:52 YOU ARE FORGIVEN AND ACCEPTED - YOU ARE SAVED. 11:55 IF HE HAD BEEN SOMEHOW RESCUED AND TAKEN OFF THE CROSS, 11:59 I EXPECT HE WOULD HAVE LIVED A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE BECAUSE 12:02 OF THE LOVE OF JESUS THAT TOOK HIS PLACE. 12:04 I ALWAYS WISH - YOU KNOW, THERE'S LEGENDS - THERE'S 12:07 NOTHING IN HISTORY TO PROVE IT - I ALWAYS WISH THAT YOU COULD 12:13 FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO BARABBAS AFTER HE HEARD THEM 12:18 SAY, 'SET BARABBAS FREE. CRUCIFY JESUS ON HIS CROSS.' 12:24 AND SUDDENLY SOMEONE TAKES HIS PLACE. 12:26 HE WAS ON DEATH ROW. HE WAS GOING TO DIE. 12:28 HE WAS UNDER A DEATH PENALTY LIKE US AND THEN SUDDENLY THE 12:31 ROMANS CUT THE ROPES. HE SAYS, 'NOW WHAT?' 12:33 HE SAYS, 'YOU'RE FREE. HERE'S YOUR STUFF. 12:34 YOU CAN GO HOME.' 'WHY?' 'THAT GUY THERE IS GOING TO DIE 12:37 ON YOUR CROSS.' AND YOU WONDER, DID HE JUST GO BACK TO HIS OLD 12:40 WAYS? DID HE FIND OUT MORE ABOUT JESUS 12:42 AND BECOME A FOLLOWER? YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T KNOW. 12:46 AND I GUESS THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S UP TO YOU. 12:49 WE'RE ALL SORT OF LIKE BARABBAS. JESUS DIED ON OUR CROSS. 12:52 HE TOOK OUR PLACE. IT'S THE LOVE OF GOD THAT 12:56 CONSTRAINS US TO BE DIFFERENT CREATURES THEN. 12:59 ALRIGHT, SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME COLOSSIANS 2:13. 13:03 I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THAT FIRST VERSE. 13:05 ALRIGHT, YOU'LL BE NEXT. JUST A MINUTE, EMMA. 13:07 I'M GOING TO READ JAMES 2:26. NOW THIS, OF COURSE, IS OUR 13:10 MEMORY VERSE, "FOR AS THE BODY WITHOUT THE SPIRIT IS DEAD, SO 13:13 FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD." I READ AN AMAZING FACT YEARS AGO 13:19 - YEAH, HERE IT IS. STORMY NIGHT, 1910 - A GROUP OF 13:24 TRAVELING MUSICIANS ARRIVED IN THE CITY OF RIGA ON THE BALTIC 13:27 SEA, TO FULFILL A CONCERT ENGAGEMENT. THE WEATHER WAS 13:31 TERRIBLE, THOUGH AND THE CONDUCTOR OF THE ORCHESTRA TRIED 13:34 TO PERSUADE THE MANAGER OF THE HALL TO CANCEL THE CONCERT. 13:38 THE MANAGER SAID, 'LOOK, WE'VE ADVERTISED IT.' - HE SAYS - 13:41 'IF ONE PERSON COMES YOU HAVE TO DO THE CONCERT.' HE SAID, 'NO 13:44 ONE'S GOING TO COME OUT IN THIS WEATHER.' IT WAS BLOWING, IT WAS 13:47 RAINING, IT WAS JUST A TERRIBLE STORM AND THE MANAGER CAME BACK 13:51 AND SAID, 'LOOK, WE HAVE A MAN SITTING OUT THERE.' AND SO ALL 13:53 THE GUYS IN THE ORCHESTRA SAID, 'OH, ALRIGHT.' AND SO THEY GO 13:56 OUT AND THEY PLAY THE ENTIRE CONCERT. THE MAN'S SITTING IN 13:59 THE MIDDLE THERE - OLD FELLOW - HE'S JUST SITTING THERE SMILING 14:02 THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. AND THEN HE SAT THERE WHEN 14:04 THEY GOT DONE AND THEY THOUGHT, 'ARE WE GOING TO DO AN ENCORE?' 14:07 'NO, NOT FOR ONE PERSON.' SO THEY STARTED TO PACK IT UP AND 14:09 THE MANAGER CAME OUT TO TELL THE MAN THAT THE CONCERT WAS OVER 14:12 AND TOUCHED THE MAN - SHOOK THE MAN - REALIZED HE WAS DEAD. 14:16 HE HAD COME IN AND SAT DOWN AND HAD A HEART ATTACK OR SOMETHING 14:20 LIKE THAT AND THEY HAD PLAYED AN ENTIRE CONCERT FOR A DEAD MAN. 14:24 NOW HERE'S THE REST OF THE STORY. 14:26 BECAUSE THEY DID THIS AND THEY DID NOT TAKE THE EARLIER SHIP 14:29 OVER TO FINLAND - THE FERRY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON SANK THAT 14:33 NIGHT - AND SO BECAUSE THEY HAD DONE 14:38 THAT CONCERT FOR A DEAD MAN, THEY WERE ALL SAVED. 14:43 HOW THAT FITS IN WITH MY SERMON - OR MY LESSON HERE - I REALLY 14:45 DON'T KNOW BUT I JUST - THE IDEA OF - SOMETIMES A PERSON LOOKS 14:51 LIKE - BY THE WAY, I'VE PREACHED TO CONGREGATIONS THAT ARE LIKE 14:53 THAT BEFORE. THEY LOOK LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE 14:56 ALIVE BUT YOU CAN'T TELL. BUT IT'S EASY FOR US TO CONFUSE 15:01 WHO IS REALLY SPIRITUALLY ALIVE AND WHO IS NOT. 15:06 AND A PERSON MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW, 'I'VE GOT FAITH AND THAT 15:09 MEANS THAT I'M A BELIEVER.' BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST FAITH. 15:12 IT OUGHT TO BE SEEN IN THE WORKS OF THE LIFE. 15:15 HERE'S JUST SOME OTHER EXAMPLES - HOW THAT WORD 'DEAD' IS USED, 15:19 BIBLICALLY, WITH A SPIRITUAL MEANING. IF YOU READ, FOR 15:22 INSTANCE, IN REVELATION 3:1, JESUS SAYS "AND UNTO THE 15:26 ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN SARDIS WRITE; 'THESE THINGS SAITH HE 15:30 THAT HATH THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD, AND THE SEVEN STARS; 'I 15:34 KNOW THY WORKS, THAT THOU HAST A NAME THAT THOU LIVEST, AND ART 15:39 DEAD.''" SO NOW, IS THAT JUST FOR THE CHURCH OF SARDIS OR CAN 15:44 IT BE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS WHO, OUTWARDLY THEY'VE GOT 15:47 A NAME THAT THEY'RE BELIEVERS BUT, SPIRITUALLY, INSIDE THEY'RE 15:51 DEAD. AND, GO AHEAD, WHY DON'T YOU 15:54 READ COLOSSIANS - I THINK YOU'VE GOT 2:13. 15:57 >>AND YOU, BEING DEAD IN YOUR SINS AND THE UNCIRCUMCISION OF 16:01 YOUR FLESH, HATH HE MADE ALIVE TOGETHER WITH HIM, 16:04 HAVING FORGIVEN YOU ALL TRESPASSES." 16:07 >>BEFORE WE'RE SAVED, HOW DOES THE BIBLE CONSIDER US? 16:11 SPIRITUALLY DEAD. YOU REMEMBER IN MATTHEW 8:22, 16:16 SOMEONE CAME TO JESUS AND SAID, 'LORD, I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU BUT 16:18 FIRST I'VE GOT TO WAIT AND BURY MY FATHER.' IN OTHER WORDS, DAD 16:21 WAS GETTING OLD AND THEY KNEW THAT HIS DEMISE WAS IMMINENT AND 16:25 HE SAID, YOU KNOW, 'I CAN'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW.' JESUS KIND OF 16:28 SHOCKS US WITH HIS ANSWER. HE SAID, 'FOLLOW ME. 16:31 LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD.' AND THE FIRST TIME, WHEN I READ 16:36 THAT, IN MY MIND, BECAUSE I HAD NO CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND, I 16:40 ALWAYS TOOK EVERYTHING LITERALLY AND, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T 16:43 UNDERSTAND THE METAPHORS THAT JESUS USED AND - I WAS REALLY 16:46 TROUBLED WHEN JESUS SAID, 'IF YOUR RIGHT HAND OFFENDS YOU, CUT 16:48 IT OFF.' BECAUSE I THOUGHT - YEAH, I WAS A SHOPLIFTER BACK 16:51 THEN. I THOUGHT, 'OH MAN, NOW WHAT DO I DO?' 16:55 SO THEN I STARTED REALIZING HE'S SPEAKING METAPHORICALLY IN SOME 16:58 OF THESE TERMS. BUT WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS 17:00 'LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD' I, IN MY MIND, I WAS CONJURING UP 17:04 PICTURES OF ZOMBIES CONDUCTING FUNERALS. 17:07 I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT 'WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?' 17:08 I MEAN, ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU THINK OF? 17:09 WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE? BUT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THOSE 17:12 WHO WERE DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SINS. 17:15 JESUS SAID - OR JOHN ACTUALLY SAYS IT, 'HE THAT HAS THE SON 17:19 HAS LIFE. HE THAT HAS NOT THE SON HAS NOT 17:22 LIFE.' IT'S THOSE THAT HAVE JESUS THAT HAVE LIFE. 17:26 IF YOU READ IN 1 TIMOTHY 5:6, "BUT SHE WHO LIVES IN PLEASURE 17:31 IS DEAD WHILE SHE LIVES." SO A PERSON COULD BE LIVING AND 17:36 IF THEY'RE JUST LIVING FOR THE PURPOSE OF EARTHLY PLEASURE, 17:39 THEY CAN BE SPIRITUALLY DEAD AT THE SAME TIME. 17:42 NOW LET'S REMEMBER WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT - FAITH WITHOUT 17:46 WORKS - IS DEAD. NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT - WHAT IS 17:51 THE GREAT CHAPTER IN THE BIBLE? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE GREAT 17:53 CHAPTERS IN THE BIBLE THAT TALK ABOUT FAITH, WHAT CHAPTER COMES 17:56 INTO YOUR MIND? HEBREWS 11. 17:59 SOMETIMES THEY CALL THAT 'THE HALL OF FAITH' BECAUSE THERE THE 18:02 WRITER, WHICH, BY THE WAY, I BELIEVE IS PAUL, HE JUST GOES 18:06 THROUGH AND CHRONICLES ALL OF THE GREAT HEROES OF FAITH 18:09 STARTING ALL THE WAY WITH GENESIS - AND HE DOESN'T COVER 18:12 THEM ALL BUT HE COVERS A LOT OF THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS. 18:15 AND I JUST TOOK A FEW AND LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IT SAYS 'BY FAITH 18:21 ABEL OFFERED.' WELL, BECAUSE OF FAITH HE DID SOMETHING. 18:25 'BY FAITH NOAH PREPARED.' 'BY FAITH ABRAHAM' - HE COMES UP 18:32 LATER IN OUR LESSON - 'OBEYED. BY FAITH HE OBEYED.' DOES GOD 18:38 SAY 'IF YOU'VE GOT FAITH YOU NO LONGER NEED TO OBEY?' 18:40 OR DO WE OBEY BY FAITH? THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 18:43 I HEAR A LOT ABOUT GRACE AND PEOPLE THINK THAT GRACE IS, 18:47 SOMEHOW, A GIANT COVER UP FOR SIN BUT, ACTUALLY, THE GRACE OF 18:55 GOD IS A POWER THAT GOD GIVES US TO OBEY. 18:59 HE GIVES US GRACE TO DO WHAT HE ASKS US TO DO. 19:02 BY FAITH, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS NOAH FOUND GRACE AS WELL. 19:06 BY FAITH ABRAHAM OBEYED. BY FAITH THE HARLOT RAHAB - SHE 19:09 COMES UP LATER. IT'S INTERESTING THAT PAUL 19:11 MENTIONS ABRAHAM AND RAHAB AND JAMES IN THE LESSON. 19:15 YOU'LL SEE HE MENTIONS ABRAHAM AND RAHAB. 19:17 BY FAITH THE HARLOT RAHAB RECEIVED. 19:20 AND YOU START GOING THROUGH THAT HALL OF FAITH AND YOU'LL FIND 19:22 OUT THAT EACH ONE OF THE HEROES OF FAITH THEN DEMONSTRATES THEIR 19:26 FAITH BY WHAT THEY DID. THAT'S WHY JAMES SAID, 'SHOW ME 19:30 YOUR FAITH WITHOUT YOUR WORKS AND I WILL SHOW YOU MY FAITH BY 19:33 MY WORKS.' AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A WHOLE SECTION HERE OF 19:40 QUOTES. LET ME SEE - HERE IT IS. 19:45 ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO ON RECORD. 19:49 JESUS SAYS WE'RE SAVED BY WORKS. NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO TAKE THAT 19:53 CLIP ALL BY ITSELF. THEY'RE GOING TO EDIT IT OUT AND 19:55 PLAY IT AND PLAY IT AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE REST OF 19:57 WHAT I SAY. THAT'S REALLY TO TEASE YOU. 20:00 DO YOU KNOW JESUS SAID THAT? LET ME TELL YOU. 20:04 JOHN 6:28 AND 29, "THEN THEY SAID TO HIM," - THEY'RE TALKING 20:10 TO JESUS - "'WHAT SHALL WE DO, THAT WE MAY WORK THE WORKS OF 20:14 GOD?' AND JESUS SAID TO THEM, 'THIS IS 20:18 THE WORK OF GOD, THAT YOU BELIEVE...'" SO IF SOMEONE SAYS 20:25 'THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY SALVATION. 20:27 IT'S ENTIRELY BY FAITH.' YOU EVER HEARD THAT? BELIEVING - 20:33 ACCORDING TO JESUS - THIS IS THE WORK THAT YOU SHOULD DO. 20:37 BELIEVE. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF BELIEVING 20:39 EVER FELT LIKE WORK TO YOU, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE 20:43 AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES EFFORT TO STEP OUT IN FAITH. 20:48 AND JESUS - SOMEBODY SAID 'WHAT IS THE WORK?' 20:50 THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK THAT ANY OF US DO THAT CONTRIBUTES TO 20:54 OUR SALVATION - THIS IS WHAT I WAS TEASING ABOUT - IS BELIEF. 20:58 BUT WHAT DOES THAT BELIEF PRODUCE? 21:03 HOW DO YOU DEMONSTRATE BELIEF? 21:08 I NEVER FORGOT - IN THE STORY OF DANIEL AND THE LION'S DEN - THE 21:11 WORDING THAT'S USED WHEN DANIEL'S PULLED UP OUT OF THE 21:13 LION'S DEN AND IT SAYS, 'NO MANNER OF HARM WAS FOUND ON HIM 21:17 BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN GOD.' WELL, DID DANIEL JUST BELIEVE OR 21:22 DID HE DO SOMETHING TO SHOW HIS BELIEF? WHAT DID DANIEL DO? 21:27 WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE WAS COWERING AND HIDING THEIR FAITH BECAUSE 21:30 OF THE KING'S LAW - THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO THE LIONS, DANIEL 21:34 SAID, 'I'M GOING TO TRUST GOD.' HE MAY HAVE TAKEN - 21:38 HE PROBABLY HAD TO THINK ABOUT IT. 21:40 THE DEVIL PROBABLY WAS TEMPTING DANIEL TO THINK, YOU KNOW, 'LOOK 21:44 AT ALL THE GOOD YOU CAN DO IF YOU DON'T JUST THROW YOURSELF IN 21:46 FRONT OF A TRAIN RIGHT NOW AND JUST CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS AND 21:49 DON'T KNEEL DOWN, THAT LOOKS TOO MUCH LIKE YOU'RE PRAYING. 21:52 LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ADMIRING THE SUNSET.' AND - BECAUSE HE WAS 21:55 PRAYING TOWARDS THE SUN SETTING AT THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE HE 21:58 WAS PRAYING TOWARD JERUSALEM AND HE WAS IN BABYLON - 'JUST LOOK 22:01 LIKE YOU'RE ADMIRING THE SUNSET AND PRAY QUIETLY. DON'T OPEN 22:03 YOUR MOUTH AND PRAY.' BUT DANIEL DID EVERYTHING HE COULD VISIBLY 22:08 DO TO SHOW THAT HE WAS PRAYING. HE OPENED HIS WINDOW. 22:11 HE GOT IN THE PHYSICAL POSTURE OF PRAYER - HE PROBABLY FOLDED 22:14 HIS HANDS OR LIFTED THEM UP - AND THEN HE PRAYED OUT LOUD AND 22:18 HE JUST WENT ALL THE WAY TO SAY 'I'M NOT GOING TO HIDE.' HE 22:21 SHOWED HIS FAITH AND IT SAYS 'BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN GOD.' 22:25 SO WHEN SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO DID NOT BOW DOWN THEY 22:30 SHOWED THEY BELIEVED IN GOD, BUT THEY SHOWED THEIR FAITH BY 22:33 WORKS. NOW THOSE ARE WORKS WHERE WE'RE 22:35 TALKING ABOUT SOME GREAT TRIAL, BUT SHOWING OUR FAITH BY OUR 22:41 WORKS IS REALLY DEMONSTRATED IN THE LITTLE THINGS OF LIFE 22:45 EVERY DAY. IT'S WHEN YOU CAN THINK OF A SARCASTIC QUIP TO SAY 22:53 TO SOMEBODY THAT MAYBE HURT YOUR FEELINGS BUT YOU SAY 'NO, THAT'S 22:57 NOT GRACIOUS. JESUS WOULDN'T DO THAT. THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS 'SAY 23:01 SOMETHING NICE. DON'T BE BITING. DON'T BE UNKIND.' OR YOU HAVE AN 23:06 OPPORTUNITY TO LET SOMEONE GET AHEAD OF YOU. 23:07 YOU'RE BOTH HEADING FOR THE SAME AISLE THERE IN WALMART AND 23:11 YOU'RE TRYING - YOU KNOW THAT TO SPEED UP A LITTLE BIT AND YOU'RE 23:14 GOING TO BEAT THEM BECAUSE ALL THE REGISTERS ARE BUSY AND YOU 23:17 REALIZE, 'I'M NOT GOING TO RACE IN TO TRY AND DUCK INTO THE 23:19 AISLE BEFORE THAT PERSON' AND JUST PAUSE AND SAY, 'I'M GOING 23:22 TO LET YOU GO FIRST.' THAT'S SHOWING YOUR FAITH BY YOUR 23:24 WORKS. JUST LITTLE THINGS OF TRYING TO 23:27 PRACTICE REAL CHRISTIANITY EVERY DAY IS HOW YOU'RE SHOWING YOUR 23:31 FAITH - DOING WHAT JESUS WOULD DO IN ALL THESE SITUATIONS. 23:34 IN THE FAMILY - THAT'S WHERE IT'S THE TOUGHEST IS WITH THE 23:38 PEOPLE CLOSEST TO YOU BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT YOU CAN BE 23:40 UNCHRISTLIKE SOMETIMES IN YOUR WORKS. 23:43 BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT JAMES IS SAYING. 23:46 HE SAID IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY THAT IS - THEY'RE HUNGRY OR THEY'RE 23:50 COLD, DON'T JUST SAY YOU'RE GOING TO SAY A PRAYER FOR THEM. 23:55 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE WRITERS GO THROUGH A LITANY OF 23:59 TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE PEOPLE WHO WERE ONCE SAVED, BECAUSE THEY 24:03 STOPPED BELIEVING, WERE THEN LOST. 24:07 I KNOW THAT OUR SONS ENGAGED IN SOME INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS AT 24:13 A SCHOOL REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED. 24:18 IF A PERSON PERSISTS IN KNOWN SIN, EVEN AFTER THEY'VE COME TO 24:24 JESUS BY FAITH, ARE THEY SAVED? HEBREWS 10:26, 'FOR IF WE SIN 24:34 WILLFULLY AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, 24:38 THERE NO LONGER REMAINS A SACRIFICE FOR SINS, BUT A 24:42 CERTAIN FEARFUL EXPECTATION OF JUDGMENT, AND FIERY INDIGNATION 24:45 WHICH WILL DEVOUR THE ADVERSARIES." IF WE CONTINUE TO 24:48 SIN WILLFULLY AFTER WE KNOW WHAT GOD'S WILL IS. 24:50 THAT DOESN'T MEAN IF YOU FALL AFTER YOU KNOW, IT MEANS IF YOU 24:54 WILLFULLY CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT 24:58 SUPPOSED TO DO, THEN IT'S - YOU CAN BE IN DANGER OF GRIEVING 25:02 AWAY THE HOLY SPIRIT. THAT'S SERIOUS. 25:05 IT DOESN'T MEAN - MOST OF US HAVE SINNED WILLFULLY. 25:07 I VENTURE TO SAY ALL OF US HAVE SINNED WILLFULLY. 25:10 SO IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A SIN, IT'S TALKING ABOUT PERSISTING IN 25:12 IT. SO THIS IDEA - CAN YOU THINK OF 25:15 ANYONE IN THE BIBLE THAT HAD THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THAT ACCEPTED 25:17 GOD, THEY EVIDENTLY WERE SAVED BY GRACE, BUT THEN 25:22 THEY REBELLED AND THEY TURNED AWAY? 25:25 KING SAUL WAS CALLED BY GOD, FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, EVEN 25:29 PROPHESIED AND HE FINALLY GRIEVED AWAY THE HOLY SPIRIT. 25:33 GOD WOULDN'T SPEAK TO HIM AND HE FELL ON HIS OWN SWORD. 25:36 HOW ABOUT BALAAM, WAS HE A PROPHET? 25:39 FOR HIM TO BE A PROPHET HE WAS CALLED BY GOD. 25:43 GOD PROPHESIED THROUGH HIM BUT HE COVETED AFTER THE REWARD OF 25:48 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF - FILTHY LUCRE OF WICKEDNESS, RATHER, AND HE 25:51 ENDED UP DYING. HE WAS SLAIN BECAUSE HE TOOK THE 25:54 SIDE OF THE MOABITES IN THE BATTLE. JUDAS. 25:58 JUDAS WAS ONE OF THE APOSTLES. NOW SOME WILL ARGUE, 'WELL HE 26:03 WAS NEVER SAVED.' HE WENT OUT PREACHING. 26:05 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE TWELVE CAME BACK AND SAID, 26:08 'EVEN THE DEVILS ARE SUBJECT UNTO US.' 26:09 HE WAS OUT TEACHING WITH THE REST OF THEM. 26:11 I'M SURE - WE KNOW PETER SAID THINGS WHERE JESUS HAD TO TURN 26:15 TO PETER AND SAY, 'GET BEHIND ME, SATAN.' SO ALL OF THE 26:18 DISCIPLES WERE ARGUING AMONG - THEY ALL WERE KIND OF IN THE 26:21 SAME BOAT OF GOING THROUGH A CONVERSION PROCESS WHILE THEY 26:23 WERE FOLLOWING JESUS. JUDAS STILL HAD HOPE DURING THAT 26:26 TIME ALSO, BUT HE PERSISTED. AND EVEN THOUGH THE LORD USED 26:31 HIM AND HE WAS ONE OF THE TWELVE, HE KILLED HIMSELF. 26:36 AND SO, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO SAY, 'ONCE I SAY A PRAYER AND I 26:41 COME TO JESUS, THEN I CAN'T BE LOST. 26:45 HE WILL NEVER LET GO OF YOU, BUT WE DON'T LOSE OUR FREEDOM TO LET 26:48 GO OF HIM. AND SO - AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS 26:52 - THIS IS A STRUGGLE BECAUSE - ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, 26:55 THEY JUST THINK, 'OH, I'M NEVER GOING TO MAKE IT. 26:57 I'VE GOT SO MANY PROBLEMS.' AND THEY WANT THAT PURITY OF HEART. 27:02 'WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?' THERE IS ASSURANCE THAT A 27:06 BELIEVER CAN HAVE. 'HE WHO HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN 27:09 YOU WILL PERFORM IT.' THE BIBLE CALLS HIM THE AUTHOR AND 27:13 FINISHER OF OUR FAITH. GOD IS GOING TO FINISH WHAT HE 27:15 STARTED IF WE CONTINUE COMING TO HIM AND TURNING TO HIM. 27:19 GOD'LL MAKE YOU SO MISERABLE IN YOUR SIN YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE UP 27:22 GOD OR GIVE UP SIN. YEAH, SOMETHING HAPPENS. 27:26 BUT YOU KEEP COMING TO HIM AND YOU'LL GO THROUGH A STRUGGLE AND 27:30 YOUR HEART MIGHT BE BROKEN LIKE PETER - 27:31 HE WENT OUT AND WEPT BITTERLY. 27:32 LIKE MARY WEPT AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GO THROUGH THAT 27:35 CONVERSION WHERE YOU JUST SAY, 'I'M TOTALLY GOING TO GIVE 27:37 MYSELF TO GOD.' AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT PEACE. 27:41 ALRIGHT, BACK TO OUR LESSON. SO WE'RE UNDER THE SECTION 27:43 TALKING ABOUT DEAD FAITH. AND THEN HE SAYS IN JAMES 2, 27:48 TALKING ABOUT THE PRACTICAL - JAMES 2:15 - PRACTICAL SIDE. 27:52 HE MENTIONS THIS METAPHOR AGAIN, "IF A BROTHER OR SISTER IS NAKED 27:56 AND DESTITUTE OF DAILY FOOD," - NOW HE'S TALKING ABOUT - YOU 27:59 NOTICE HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A PERSON WHO'S WANTING DESSERT. 28:03 HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A PERSON WHO'S WANTING DESIGNER CLOTHES. 28:07 HE'S TALKING ABOUT A PERSON WHO HAS NO CLOTHES AND NO DAILY 28:09 FOOD. AND YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN. JESUS SAYS IF YOU'VE GOT TWO 28:16 SHIRTS AND SOMEONE HAS NONE, THE CHRISTIAN THING TO DO IS SHARE 28:21 WITH THOSE THAT ARE SHIVERING, RIGHT? 28:23 'IF A BROTHER OR SISTER' - IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE ON THE OUTSIDE, 28:27 IT SAYS 'ONE OF YOUR OWN.' YOU KNOW, YOU'D BE SURPRISED IF 28:30 YOU READ THROUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT. 28:32 THE MAJORITY OF WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT CHARITY, NOT ALL, BUT THE 28:36 MAJORITY OF WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT CHARITY - IT SAYS THAT 28:38 CHRISTIANS SHOULD SHOW BROTHERLY KINDNESS AMONG EACH OTHER TO 28:41 START WITH AND THEN, FROM THERE, GO ON AND SHOW IT TO THE WORLD. 28:45 BUT THAT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT TEACHING. 28:48 AND THEY DON'T HAVE FOOD AND THEY DON'T HAVE CLOTHES AND YOU 28:52 SAY TO THEM, "DEPART IN PEACE" - BECAUSE I'VE GOT FAITH - "'BE 28:56 WARMED AND FILLED,' BUT YOU DO NOT GIVE THEM THE THINGS WHICH 28:59 ARE NEEDED FOR THE BODY, WHAT DOES IT PROFIT? 29:02 THUS ALSO FAITH BY ITSELF, IF IT DOES NOT HAVE WORKS, IS DEAD." 29:05 WHAT PROFIT IS IT? ALRIGHT, NOW LET'S TALK A LITTLE 29:08 BIT ABOUT SAVING FAITH. AND SOMEONE LOOK UP GALATIANS 5:6. 29:12 YOU'LL HAVE THAT NEXT, OKAY CATHY? 29:15 JAMES 2:18 - MOVING ON - "BUT SOMEONE WILL SAY, 'YOU HAVE 29:19 FAITH, AND I HAVE WORKS.' SHOW ME YOUR FAITH WITHOUT YOUR 29:22 WORKS, AND I WILL SHOW YOU MY FAITH BY MY WORKS." 29:27 HOW ARE WE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL? A COUPLE WAYS YOU CAN SHARE THE 29:31 GOSPEL: 1) YOU VERBALLY REASON WITH PEOPLE AND 2) IS YOU CAN 29:36 SHOW THEM WHAT YOU BELIEVE BY YOUR LIFE. 29:38 A SERMON WITH SHOES ON IS ALWAYS MORE EFFECTIVE. 29:43 YOU EVER HEARD THE EXPRESSION 'TALK IS CHEAP.' 29:46 ANYONE CAN TALK. 29:48 I REMEMBER HEARING THIS PASTOR IN INDIA WAS PREACHING TO A 29:55 HOUSE FULL OF PEOPLE - IT WAS A HOME, IT WASN'T A CHURCH - AND 30:00 WHILE HE WAS TALKING HE NOTICED THAT ONE LADY - SHE LOOKED A 30:04 LITTLE CYNICAL. SHE GOT UP AND SHE LEFT. 30:06 HE THOUGHT, 'OH WELL, SHE'S GONE.' AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES 30:09 YOU'RE PREACHING, YOU'LL TOUCH ON A TOUGH SUBJECT, YOU'LL SEE 30:11 SOMEONE SAY 'HUH!' AND THEY WALK OUT AND I'VE HAD 30:14 THAT HAPPEN BEFORE. YOU KIND OF WONDER. 30:16 THEN I'VE SEEN PEOPLE GET UP AND WALK OUT AND I THINK, 'OH WHAT 30:18 DID I SAY?' AND THEN THEY COME BACK IN. 30:19 SO YOU NEVER KNOW. WELL, HE WAS DOING THAT AND SHE LEFT. 30:22 SHE WAS GONE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND SHE CAME BACK IN AND AFTER 30:26 THE SERVICE HE SAID, 'AT FIRST I THOUGHT I SAW YOU GO OUT AND 30:30 I THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T COMING BACK. 30:31 SHE SAID, 'WELL, I WENT OUT AND I TALKED TO YOUR DRIVER AND I 30:37 ASKED THE DRIVER - I SAID, 'THIS CHRISTIAN MAN THAT YOU'RE TAKING 30:40 AROUND AND HE'S SPEAKING - DOES HE LIVE WHAT HE'S SAYING?' 30:45 AND THE DRIVER SAID, 'YES, HE DOES. HE'S A GOOD MAN.' 30:47 SHE SAID, 'THEN I FIGURED I'D COME BACK IN, I'D KEEP 30:49 LISTENING.' AND SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WATCH. 30:53 WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON ARGUMENT OR CRITICISM THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT 30:57 CHRISTIANITY? HYPOCRITES. WHY? BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT PEOPLE AND 31:04 THEY SAY, 'OH, THEY SAY THEY'RE CHRISTIANS BUT LOOK AT WHAT THEY 31:06 DO.' AND SO PREACHING'S IMPORTANT. 31:11 I BELIEVE VERY MUCH IN COMMUNICATING AND TEACHING BUT I 31:15 THINK THE GOSPEL IS GOING TO GO BY LIKE WILDFIRE WHEN CHRISTIANS 31:18 REALLY PRACTICE THEIR FAITH IN THEIR LIVES. 31:22 IF WE CONTINUE TO SAY 'GRACE, GRACE, GRACE' AND WE DON'T TALK 31:25 ABOUT REALLY LIVING THE LIFE, THEN WE'RE MISSING OUT BECAUSE 31:29 IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART. JESUS SAID, 'ALL MEN WILL KNOW 31:32 THAT YOU'RE MY DISCIPLES BECAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT GRACE.' HE SAID - 31:37 NO, WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT GRACE. 31:39 THE REASON I'M HARPING ON THIS IS BECAUSE I'M HEARING GRACE 31:43 ABUSED IN A LOT OF CHURCHES. HE SAID PEOPLE WILL KNOW YOU ARE 31:47 HIS DISCIPLES BY YOUR LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER.' AND THAT'S TO BE 31:51 DEMONSTRATED WITH WHAT WE WOULD CALL WORKS. 31:54 PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE WORD 'WORKS' BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE 31:56 WORK AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE WORK. 31:58 IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE WORK IS, RIGHT? 32:00 IF YOU TELL YOUR KIDS, 'I'VE GOT SOME WORK FOR YOU.' DOES THAT 32:03 MAKE THEM HAPPY? AND, YOU KNOW, SO JUST EVEN THE 32:07 VERY - IT'S A BAD WORD FOR ADVERTISING IT BECAUSE WHEN WE 32:11 THINK ABOUT WORKS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BEHAVIOR. 32:13 THAT'S ANOTHER WORD THAT CONJURES UP - WHEN YOU'RE KIDS 32:15 AND YOU HEAR ABOUT BEHAVIOR, DID THAT ALWAYS GIVE YOU WARM 32:17 FEELINGS? OR DID IT - IT'S USUALLY BAD BEHAVIOR, RIGHT? 32:21 AND SO, THE WORDS 'WORKS' AND 'BEHAVIOR' CAN EVEN MAKE 32:24 CHRISTIANS UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE IT JUST CONJURES UP ALL THE 32:26 WRONG KIND OF FEELINGS. 32:29 BUT IT'S REALLY TALKING ABOUT LIFESTYLE. 32:32 SO ALL THESE THINGS - THE BIBLE SAYS 'GOOD WORKS' - IT'S TALKING 32:35 ABOUT BEING CHRIST-LIKE AND THAT SHOULD BE A GOAL. 32:38 THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE EMBRACE - THAT WE'RE EXCITED 32:40 ABOUT - BEING LIKE JESUS. NOT JUST THE WORDS OF THE BIBLE, 32:44 BUT LIVING THE LIFE OF THE WORD, WHICH IS CHRIST. 32:47 OKAY, JAMES 2, VERSE 8 - I READ THIS ALREADY - "WE ARE HIS 32:51 WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS WHICH GOD 32:56 PREPARED BEFOREHAND THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM." 32:58 AND THEN YOU CAN GO TO ROMANS 4. WHAT IS THE FRUIT OF SALVATION? 33:05 ROMANS 4:4, "NOW TO HIM WHO WORKS, THE WAGES ARE NOT COUNTED 33:11 AS GRACE BUT AS DEBT." I HEARD ABOUT L.L. 33:15 BEAN, THEY SENT OUT THIS E-MAIL TO, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY HUNDREDS 33:22 OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, AND IT SAID, 'OPEN FOR YOUR FREE OFFER 33:27 - YOUR BONUS OFFER' AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY FELL FOR IT. 33:32 THEY OPENED THE E-MAIL AND IT SAID, 'LEARN HERE HOW TO EARN 33:34 YOUR BONUS POINTS.' WELL IT STARTS OUT WITH THE 33:38 TITLE SAYING 'GIFT' AND THEN YOU OPEN IT UP IT SAYS IT'S A GIFT 33:42 TO BE EARNED. NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY 33:45 BEEN TRICKED INTO OPENING ENVELOPES AND E-MAIL LIKE THAT 33:48 BEFORE AND THEN YOU FIND OUT IT'S NOT REALLY A GIFT. 33:52 HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN TRICKED INTO READING SOME MAIL 33:55 OR IT SAYS, 'YOU HAVE WON! THREE MILLION DOLLARS! 34:00 YOU ARE A FINALIST!' OH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF I 34:04 SHOULD SAY THIS BUT I HAD ONE DEAR OLD SAINT - I WON'T TELL 34:08 YOU WHAT CHURCH IT WAS - AND THEY CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, 34:11 'PASTOR, I'VE GOT TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, I NEED TO TALK TO 34:13 YOU.' SO I SAID 'OKAY.' SO WE MADE AN APPOINTMENT, WE SAT 34:15 DOWN, AND THEY SAID, 'I'M ABOUT TO COME INTO A LOT OF MONEY AND 34:20 I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I PLAN ON MAKING A VERY GENEROUS 34:26 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHURCH AND I'M PREPARING TO GET TEN MILLION 34:30 DOLLARS.' AND THAT MADE ME VERY HAPPY. 34:32 AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT BROUGHT IT UP BUT I SAID,' SO, 34:36 HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT?' AND THEY PULLED AN ENVELOPE OUT 34:40 FROM SOME SWEEPSTAKES AND IT SAID - YEAH - IT SAID, 'YOU ARE 34:44 THE FINAL FINALISTS' AND THIS DEAR POOR SAINT - I HAD TO TRY 34:48 TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING. 34:52 AND IT WAS JUST - EVERY - TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE GOT THE SAME 34:55 LETTER. BUT YEAH, YOU EVER BEEN FOOLED INTO THINKING YOU'VE 35:00 GOT SOMETHING AND YOU FOUND OUT YOU DIDN'T REALLY? 35:02 BUT WHEN JESUS IS OFFERING US THE GIFT OF EVERLASTING LIFE, 35:06 IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S STRINGS ATTACHED. 35:09 HE SAYS, 'I REALLY DO GIVE YOU EVERLASTING LIFE.' 35:12 THEN BECAUSE WE ARE SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS NEW LIFE, WE WANT TO 35:17 DO WHAT PLEASES THE LORD. AND, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 35:22 WHAT SIN WOULD BE OF SO MUCH VALUE THAT YOU WOULD GAMBLE 35:25 EVERLASTING LIFE FOR IT? IF YOU BELIEVE YOU'VE GOT 35:27 EVERLASTING LIFE, YOU ACT DIFFERENTLY. IF YOU REALLY 35:30 BELIEVE HE'S GIVEN IT TO YOU. JOHN 6 - OH, I ALREADY READ THAT 35:36 TO YOU - HEBREWS 10:24 - IT SAYS - YES, IT'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE - 35:40 "LET US CONSIDER ONE ANOTHER IN ORDER TO STIR UP LOVE AND GOOD 35:46 WORKS," - WHAT GOES TOGETHER? LOVE - TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE 35:51 SUMMED UP IN LOVE - LOVE AND GOOD WORKS - "LET US CONSIDER 35:55 ONE ANOTHER IN ORDER TO STIR UP LOVE AND GOOD WORKS, NOT 35:58 FORSAKING THE ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES TOGETHER, AS IS THE 36:01 MANNER OF SOME, BUT EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER." OH, RAN INTO A 36:09 BROTHER THIS WEEK AND DIDN'T MAKE IT TO CHURCH - IT'S BEEN 36:16 SEVERAL WEEKS SINCE THEY'VE BEEN IN CHURCH AND THEY SAID, 'OH, 36:19 YOU KNOW, I WAS OUT IN NATURE.' AND YOU ALMOST FEEL LIKE YOU'RE 36:23 BEING WORKS ORIENTED WHEN YOU SAY, 'YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO BE 36:28 GATHERING TOGETHER FOR CORPORATE WORSHIP ON GOD'S SABBATH DAY. 36:32 THAT'S PART OF THE SABBATH. IT'S CALLED A HOLY CONVOCATION. 36:35 AND WE ARE TO STIR UP EACH OTHER. WE ARE TO EVEN - 36:40 HE'S TELLING US THAT WE SHOULD MAKE EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE - 36:43 NOTICE THAT? 'EXHORTING' - WHAT DOES EXHORT MEAN? EXHORTING 36:47 ONE ANOTHER - HAVE YOU NOTICED - IS IT JUST ME - THAT EVEN 36:51 SABBATH KEEPERS ARE BECOMING SLOPPY ABOUT REGULAR WORSHIP? 36:57 I MEAN, THINGS HAPPEN, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU GET SICK 37:00 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS, BUT WHENEVER OUR FAMILY TRAVELS 37:03 WE LOOK UP LOCAL CHURCHES AND WE SAY PART OF OUR VACATION IS 37:06 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CHURCH. 37:09 USUALLY IT HELPS BECAUSE I'M PREACHING SOMEWHERE - NOT 37:11 ALWAYS, BUT EVEN WHEN I'M NOT - YOU KNOW WHAT SOMETIMES HAPPENS 37:16 IS WE GO ON VACATION AND SOMEHOW WE'LL BE SKIING OR WHATEVER IT 37:20 IS AND SOMEONE WILL FIND OUT - 'PASTOR DOUG'S IN TOWN.' OR YOU 37:23 SHOW UP - 'OH, CAN YOU PREACH?' AND SO I GET INVITED TO PREACH. 37:27 BUT WE ALWAYS MAKE THAT PART OF THE SABBATH PLAN AND I THINK 37:31 THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. 37:33 "EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER" BECAUSE WE NEED EACH OTHER. 37:37 IT'S SAYING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE. 37:40 NOW, IF YOU NOTICE THAT SOMEBODY HAS ACCEPTED JESUS BUT THERE'S 37:44 SOMETHING THAT - IN THEIR WORKS - THAT CONTRADICTS THEIR 37:52 PROFESSION AND YOU WERE TO APPROACH THAT BROTHER OR SISTER 37:56 AND SAY, 'BROTHER/SISTER, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CHRISTIAN AND' - 38:01 MAYBE IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO CHURCH BUT MAYBE THERE'S JUST 38:04 SOME REAL INCONSISTENCY IN THEIR LIFE - MAYBE THEY'RE STRUGGLING 38:07 WITH BAD HABITS OR JUST SOME UNGODLY BEHAVIOR - WHATEVER. 38:11 AND IF YOU CALL THEM ON THAT, IS THAT RIGHT OR WRONG? 38:16 WHAT ARE YOU ACCUSED OF WHEN YOU DO THAT? 38:20 IF YOU TRY TO CALL A BROTHER OR SISTER TO BE ACCOUNTABLE OR TO 38:25 RAISE THE STANDARD, YOU'RE ACCUSED OF JUDGING AND THEY SAY, 38:29 'JUDGE NOT. YOU'RE CASTING STONES. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. 38:31 DON'T JUDGE ME.' BUT IS THAT REALLY AN ACCURATE 38:35 USE OF THAT VERSE OR DOES GOD WANT US? 38:39 - WHAT DID CAIN SAY TO GOD WHEN HE SAID 'WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER?' 38:44 HE SHRUGGED AND SAID, 'AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?' 38:46 WHAT A - WHAT A SARCASTIC THING TO SAY TO YOUR CREATOR AFTER 38:50 YOU'VE KILLED YOUR BROTHER. AND HE USES THE ANALOGY OF LIKE 38:54 A SHEPHERD - BECAUSE ABEL WAS A SHEPHERD - 'I'M NOT HIS 38:56 SHEPHERD. WHY DO I - HE NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.' SO GOD 38:59 DIDN'T KNOW - BUT THAT'S THE ATTITUDE - 'YOU TAKE CARE OF 39:02 YOURSELF. I'LL TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.' 39:05 BUT IF YOU'RE IN A FAMILY AND IF YOU'RE IN A CHURCH, IS THERE A 39:10 TIME TO CALL EACH OTHER, IN A LOVING WAY - THE BIBLE SAYS THAT 39:14 WE SHOULD APPROACH THEM IN A SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS. 39:16 THAT'S ONE THING - CONSIDERING YOURSELF - WE SHOULD DO IT 39:19 MEEKLY, CONSIDER YOURSELF - YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HOLIER THAN 39:23 THOU, BUT PLEASE DON'T FALL FOR THAT VERY COMMON PROPAGANDA THAT 39:30 WE'RE ALL BEING TOLD THAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT HOLD EACH 39:33 OTHER ACCOUNTABLE FOR GODLY LIVING. 39:35 IF WE NEVER SAY ANYTHING TO EACH OTHER, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO 39:38 THE STANDARDS IN THE CHURCH? IT'LL CONTINUE TO GO TO THE 39:42 LOWEST DENOMINATOR. IT'LL JUST SIPHON ON DOWN AND 39:47 PRETTY SOON NOTHING STANDS FOR ANYTHING. 39:49 WE'RE TO EXHORT ONE ANOTHER SO THAT THERE SHOULD BE THESE GODLY 39:53 WORKS - THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT SHOULD BE IN OUR LIVES. 39:57 ALRIGHT, LET'S GO UNDER 'FAITH OF DEMONS' - THAT DOESN'T SOUND 40:02 LIKE A HAPPY SUBJECT BUT JAMES TALKS ABOUT IT. 40:05 JAMES 2:19, "YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ONE GOD. YOU DO WELL. 40:08 EVEN THE DEMONS BELIEVE - AND TREMBLE!" 40:11 WHY DID JAMES SAY THAT? YOU CAN JUST HEAR IT. 40:15 JAMES IS TALKING TO SOMEONE ABOUT THEIR BEHAVIOR AND HE 40:18 SAID, 'I BELIEVE' AND 'WE'RE SAVED BY FAITH. I BELIEVE. 40:21 AS LONG AS I BELIEVE - JUST BELIEVE.' AND JAMES IS GOING, 40:26 'YOU BELIEVE. THAT'S GREAT. ARE YOU AWARE THAT DEVILS 40:28 BELIEVE AND IT'S NOT SAVING THEM?' 40:32 THAT'S, I THINK, WHERE HE'S COMING FROM. 40:34 I THINK THAT'S A SAFE EXEGESIS OF THAT VERSE. 40:37 NOW, DO DEVILS BELIEVE THAT GOD EXISTS? 40:41 LET'S LOOK AT A FEW VERSES. 40:45 IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 8:28 AND 29, "WHEN HE HAD COME TO THE OTHER 40:50 SIDE, TO THE COUNTRY OF THE GERGESENES, THERE MET HIM TWO 40:54 DEMON-POSSESSED MEN," - NOW, IF YOU READ IN MARK AND LUKE IT 40:56 SAYS THEIRS ONE DEMON-POSSESSED MAN. 40:58 THERE WERE PROBABLY TWO OF THEM - ONE WAS A LOT MORE UP FRONT 41:01 AND OUTSPOKEN AND SO TWO OF THE GOSPEL WRITERS FOCUSED ON THE 41:05 ONE IN PARTICULAR - "THERE MET HIM TWO DEMON-POSSESSED MEN, 41:08 COMING OUT OF THE TOMBS, EXCEEDINGLY FIERCE, SO THAT NO 41:10 ONE COULD PASS THAT WAY. AND SUDDENLY THEY CRIED OUT, 41:13 SAYING, 'WHAT HAVE WE TO DO WITH YOU, JESUS, YOU SON OF GOD? 41:18 HAVE YOU COME HERE TO TORMENT US BEFORE THE TIME?'" 41:20 DID THE DEVILS KNOW WHO JESUS WAS? 41:23 DID THEY SAY THAT WAS GOING TO SAVE THEM? 41:26 DID THEY BELIEVE IN JESUS? NOW WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, DID 41:30 THEY BELIEVE THAT JESUS WAS THE SON OF GOD? 41:33 DOES THE DEVIL BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS? 41:36 WAS HE THERE? I'LL VENTURE TO SAY THAT THE 41:40 DEVIL BELIEVES MORE THAN ANYONE HERE THAT JESUS DIED FOR OUR 41:43 SINS. HE NOT ONLY HAS A VIDEOTAPE, HE WAS A WITNESS OF 41:48 THE WHOLE THING. IS THAT GOING TO SAVE HIM? 41:52 SO JUST BELIEVING THE BIBLE'S TRUE AND BELIEVING THAT JESUS 41:55 DIED FOR YOUR SINS, DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAVE YOU. 41:57 AND, BY THE WAY, JAMES SAYS IN THE BEGINNING - IN JAMES 2:19 - 42:01 "YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ONE GOD. YOU DO WELL." 42:03 YOU KNOW WHY HE SAID THAT? WHEN YOU WERE A HEBREW, THE MOST 42:08 HOLY STATEMENT YOU COULD UTTER WAS CALLED THE 'SHEMA' AND 42:13 THAT'S IN DEUTERONOMY, CHAPTER 6, VERSE 4 WHERE IT SAYS, "HEAR 42:16 O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE!" 42:21 AND THEY ALL USED TO SAY, 'I BELIEVE IN THE ONE GOD OF 42:24 ISRAEL.' AND SO JAMES IS SAYING, 'WELL, YOU BELIEVE THERE'S ONE 42:27 GOD, THAT'S WONDERFUL. SO DOES THE DEVIL. 42:30 AND SO HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING, 'IT'S WONDERFUL THAT YOU BELIEVE 42:33 THIS TEACHING.' AND, AGAIN, JUST TO GIVE YOU THE HISTORICAL 42:37 CONTEXT, WHAT DID THE GREEKS BELIEVE? 42:40 ONE GOD OR MANY? WHAT DID THE ROMANS BELIEVE? 42:43 ONE GOD OR MANY? THEY HAD A PANTHEON OF GODS. 42:47 AND THE EGYPTIANS - ONE GOD OR MANY? 42:50 MOST OF THE RELIGIONS THAT SURROUNDED ISRAEL WERE 42:53 POLYTHEISTIC - THEY WERE JUST BELIEVING IN ALL THIS, 42:56 YOU KNOW, THEY COULDN'T KEEP UP. 42:57 I'VE BEEN TO INDIA WHERE OUR DEAR HINDU FRIENDS HAVE 43:02 THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF GODS. YOU CAN'T COUNT THEM ALL. 43:06 YOU COULD BE HINDU YOUR WHOLE LIFE AND NOT KNOW ALL THE GODS. 43:09 AND SO, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, THE JEWS FELT A CERTAIN ARROGANCE 43:15 AND, AGAIN, I'M JEWISH SO I'M NOT - I'M JUST SAYING THAT THEY 43:17 THOUGHT, 'ALL THESE NATIONS ARE DECEIVED BY IDOLATRY BUT I 43:20 BELIEVE IN THE ONE TRUE GOD.' THAT'S GOOD - 43:24 JAMES WAS SAYING, 'GREAT. GOOD FOR YOU. 43:26 THAT'S TRUE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT SAVES YOU BECAUSE THE DEVIL 43:29 BELIEVES THAT TOO.' CAN YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WOULD REALLY 43:32 SHAKE PEOPLE UP TO HEAR JAMES SAY THAT? AND IT'S TRUE. 43:37 GO AHEAD, READ FOR US MARK 3:11. >>"AND THE UNCLEAN SPIRITS, 43:42 WHENEVER THEY SAW HIM, FELL DOWN BEFORE HIM AND CRIED OUT, 43:46 SAYING, 'YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD.'" 43:49 >>WHO WANTS THE DEVIL TO ADVERTISE FOR YOUR EVANGELISTIC 43:52 MEETINGS? YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO 43:55 ALBUQUERQUE IN - NOW JUST A FEW WEEKS - TO DO OUR LANDMARKS OF 43:59 PROPHECY SERIES. BY THE TIME THIS PROGRAM AIRS, I 44:01 EXPECT THE MEETINGS WILL BE IN PROGRESS. 44:03 AND I WAS TELLING SOME OF OUR FRIENDS, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 44:06 HOW TO ADVERTISE THE MEETINGS, THAT THERE WAS AN EVANGELIST IN 44:10 ONE CITY - AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE CITY, I HEARD THIS SAID IN 44:12 AN EVANGELISTIC COUNCIL YEARS AGO - ONE OF THE EVANGELISTS 44:16 HIRED AN ACTOR TO DRESS UP LIKE THE DEVIL AND CARRY A SIGN BACK 44:22 AND FORTH IN FRONT OF THE COLISEUM WHERE THEIR MEETINGS 44:24 WERE AND IT SAID, 'PROPHECY SEMINAR UNFAIR. 44:27 DO NOT ATTEND.' AND HE THOUGHT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE AN 44:31 OPPOSITE EFFECT. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY CLEVER. YOU KNOW, WE 44:35 MIGHT EVEN MAKE THE NEWS IF WE DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 44:38 'DO NOT ATTEND THE LANDMARKS OF PROPHECY' - BUT MAKE SURE YOU 44:41 DRESS HIM UP LIKE THE TYPICAL VIEW OF THE DEVIL, RIGHT? 44:44 AND, OF COURSE, THAT WOULD REINFORCE THE WRONG IMAGE BUT IT 44:48 IS CLEVER ADVERTISING. BUT WHO WOULD WANT THE DEVIL TO 44:53 ADVERTISE FOR THEM? JESUS, WHENEVER HE CAST OUT 44:57 THESE DEVILS THEY'D SAY, 'WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.' AND HE TOLD 44:59 THEM TO BE QUIET. MARK 1:23, "NOW THERE WAS A MAN 45:04 IN THEIR SYNAGOGUE WITH AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT." - 45:08 DO DEVILS GO TO CHURCH? THEY DO. DID JUDAS GO TO CHURCH? 45:16 SOMETIMES THERE'S THIEVES IN THE CHURCH. 45:19 SO DON'T BE DISCOURAGED IF THERE'S HYPOCRITES IN THE 45:21 CHURCH, JESUS HAD HYPOCRITES IN THE CHURCH. 45:23 THE DEVIL WANTS TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY SO THERE'LL ALWAYS BE FALSE 45:27 REPRESENTATIVES - AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS - OH, WAIT A SECOND - 45:31 MARK 1:23 "NOW THERE WAS A MAN IN THEIR SYNAGOGUE WITH AN 45:34 UNCLEAN SPIRIT. AND HE CRIED OUT, SAYING, 'LEAVE US ALONE! 45:37 WHAT HAVE WE'" - NOW IS THERE MORE THAN ONE IN THIS MAN? 45:40 - "'WHAT HAVE WE TO DO WITH YOU, JESUS OF NAZARETH? 45:43 DID YOU COME TO DESTROY US? 45:45 I KNOW WHO YOU ARE - THE HOLY ONE OF GOD!'" 45:47 YOU REMEMBER IN MARK CHAPTER 5 - ACTUALLY, IT'S IN LUKE CHAPTER 45:51 8 WHERE HE CAST THE DEMONS OUT OF THE MAN. 45:54 JESUS SAID, 'WHAT IS YOUR NAME AND THEY SAY 'LEGION, FOR MANY 45:57 DEVILS HAD ENTERED THAT MAN.' AND SO, YES, THE DEVILS BELIEVE. 46:02 AND AGAIN, LUKE 4:41, "AND DEMONS ALSO CAME OUT OF MANY, 46:07 CRYING OUT AND SAYING," - IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE MINISTRY OF 46:09 JESUS - "DEMONS CAME OUT OF MANY, CRYING OUT AND SAYING, 46:13 'YOU ARE THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD!' 46:15 AND HE, REBUKING THEM, DID NOT ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK, FOR THEY 46:18 KNEW THAT HE WAS THE CHRIST." WAS THAT GOING TO SAVE THEM? 46:22 ALRIGHT, JUDE 6 - YOU GOT THAT ONE? 46:27 WE'LL GET TO YOU IN JUST A SECOND. YOU'LL BE DOING JUDE 46:30 VERSE 6 AND REVELATION 12:12, LET ME READ THIS. 46:34 "THEREFORE REJOICE, O HEAVENS, AND YOU WHO DWELL IN THEM! 46:39 WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH AND THE SEA! 46:41 FOR THE DEVIL HAS COME DOWN TO YOU, HAVING GREAT WRATH, BECAUSE 46:45 HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS A SHORT TIME." 46:47 DOES THE DEVIL BELIEVE THAT HE'S GOING TO MEET HIS END? 46:51 HE BELIEVES HE HAS A LIMITED TIME? 46:54 ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ FOR US JUDE, VERSE 6. 46:57 >>"AND THE ANGELS WHO DID NOT KEEP THEIR PROPER DOMAIN, BUT 47:00 LEFT THEIR OWN ABODE, HE HAS RESERVED IN EVERLASTING CHAINS 47:04 UNDER DARKNESS FOR THE JUDGMENT OF THE GREAT DAY." 47:07 >>SO THESE ARE ANGELS WHO WERE ONCE SAVED BUT THEN THEY LOST 47:12 THEIR EVERLASTING ABODE. THEY'RE RESERVED IN CHAINS OF DARKNESS. 47:16 THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE CHAIN - IT TALKS ABOUT SATAN BEING BOUND 47:19 IN REVELATION 20. THESE DEVILS ARE ALL KIND OF 47:21 RESTRICTED TO OUR WORLD NOW. THEY CAN'T MARAUD THROUGH THE 47:25 GALAXIES ANYMORE AND TRY AND TEMPT OTHERS. BALAAM - I TALKED 47:30 ABOUT HIM JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO - BALAAM THE PROPHET. 47:33 HE WAS A PROPHET. HE KNEW ABOUT GOD. HE BELIEVED IN GOD. 47:38 MATTER OF FACT, IN ONE OF HIS PROPHECIES - IN NUMBERS 23:10 HE 47:41 SAYS, "LET ME DIE THE DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS, AND LET MY END BE 47:45 LIKE HIS!" NOW THAT'S A GOOD SENTIMENT THAT 47:48 SHOULD BE EMULATED. BUT DID HE? 47:53 HE DIDN'T DIE THE DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS, EVEN THOUGH HE KNEW 47:55 THAT ISRAEL WAS RIGHT, THAT THEY WERE BLESSED BY GOD, THAT THEIR 48:00 GOD WAS THE RIGHT GOD. HE DIDN'T SURRENDER TO THAT AND 48:04 SO, HE PERISHED. ALRIGHT, NEXT SECTION. 48:09 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ABRAHAM HERE FOR A MOMENT. 48:11 AND SOMEBODY'S GOT HEBREWS 11:17. ALRIGHT, YOU'LL BE NEXT 48:16 AND I'M GOING TO READ JAMES 2:21 - CONTINUING THROUGH JAMES 48:20 CHAPTER 2 - "WAS NOT ABRAHAM OUR FATHER JUSTIFIED BY WORKS 48:25 WHEN HE OFFERED ISAAC HIS SON ON THE ALTAR? 48:28 DO YOU SEE THAT FAITH WAS WORKING TOGETHER WITH HIS WORKS, 48:32 AND BY WORKS FAITH WAS MADE PERFECT? 48:34 AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED WHICH SAYS, 'ABRAHAM BELIEVED 48:38 GOD, AND IT WAS ACCOUNTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS." 48:40 OKAY, YOU EVER HEARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH? 48:43 THERE YOU HAVE IT. ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD AND IT WAS 48:48 COUNTED - OR IMPUTED TO HIM - AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 48:51 WE RECEIVE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST BY FAITH BUT WHAT DID 48:57 ABRAHAM DO TO SHOW HE BELIEVED GOD? HE SURRENDERED EVERYTHING. 49:05 IF SOMEONE SAYS, 'ALRIGHT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS 49:09 YOU'VE GOT TO DO WHAT THAT RICH YOUNG RULER DID. 49:11 YOU'VE GOT TO CASH OUT YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS, GIVE IT TO THE POOR, 49:14 PUT YOUR HOUSE ON THE MARKET, JUST GET YOUR CLOTHES ON YOUR 49:18 BACK AND FOLLOW ME. THAT'D BE PRETTY TOUGH. 49:22 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S HARDER THAN THAT? OFFER YOUR CHILD. 49:27 IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD NOT GIVE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO 49:30 SAVE THEIR CHILD? SO WHEN ABRAHAM SHOWED THAT HE 49:33 BELIEVED GOD, WHAT TEST CAN BE BROUGHT TO ANY HUMAN GREATER 49:38 THAN THE LOVE OF A FATHER FOR THE CHILD? 49:40 NOT JUST ANY CHILD, THIS IS THE CHILD THROUGH WHOM ALL THE 49:43 PROMISES WERE GOING TO COME AND LET'S FACE IT, THIS WAS SARAH'S 49:47 LAST CHANCE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SHE HAD THIS MIRACULOUS BABY AT 49:52 NINETY. IT'S NOT LIKE SHE'S - HE'S GOING 49:53 TO COME BACK AND SAY, 'SARAH' - AND NOW, YOU KNOW, AT THIS 49:56 POINT, ISAAC'S LIKE 17 SO SARAH'S NOW LIKE 117 - 107, 50:01 SORRY - AND - THAT'S WHY SHE DOES THE CHECKBOOK. 50:07 SO CAN YOU IMAGINE HIM GOING BACK AND SAYING, 'SARAH, YOU 50:11 KNOW, I KNOW IT TOOK YOU A LONG TIME TO PRODUCE A CHILD AND YOU 50:14 PRODUCED ONE, BUT I'VE GONE AND WRECKED HIM. YOU NEED TO MAKE 50:16 ANOTHER ONE.' SO CAN YOU IMAGINE THE FAITH THAT IT WOULD TAKE 50:22 HIM? BUT - GO AHEAD, READ FOR US HEBREWS 11, VERSE 17. 50:27 >>BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS TESTED, OFFERED UP ISAAC, AND HE 50:32 WHO HAD RECEIVED THE PROMISES OFFERED UP HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN 50:35 SON, OF WHOM IT WAS SAID, 'IN ISAAC YOUR SEED SHALL BE 50:39 CALLED,' CONCLUDING THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO 50:42 RAISE HIM UP, EVEN FROM THE DEAD, FROM WHICH HE ALSO 50:46 RECEIVED HIM IN A FIGURATIVE SENSE." 50:49 >>IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN IT SAYS, 'WHENCE HE ALSO RECEIVED HIM IN 50:51 FIGURE, ISAAC WAS BOUND ON THE ALTAR WITH A KNIFE READY TO COME 50:55 DOWN. AS FAR AS EVERYONE WAS CONCERNED 50:58 HE HAD COMMITTED TO KILLING HIM AND ISAAC HAD COMMITTED HIMSELF 51:02 TO DYING SO IT WAS LIKE A RESURRECTION. THAT'S WHY IT SAYS 51:05 HE WAS A FIGURE OF HAVING RAISED IN THAT POINT. 51:09 ABRAHAM BELIEVED THAT EVEN IF HE HAD FOLLOWED THROUGH, GOD WAS 51:12 ABLE TO RAISE HIM UP, BECAUSE GOD HAD MADE A PROMISE AND THAT 51:15 GOD THAT PROMISED THAT THROUGH ISAAC ALL THE WORLD WOULD BE 51:19 BLESSED, IF HE HAD TO RAISE HIM UP HE WOULD DO IT. 51:23 NOW THERE HADN'T BEEN ANYBODY RAISED FROM THE DEAD UP TO THAT 51:27 POINT. ENOCH WENT TO HEAVEN IN A - 51:31 WELL, WE DON'T KNOW IF HE WENT IN A CHARIOT OR NOT, BUT HE WENT 51:34 TO HEAVEN. BUT UP TO ABRAHAM'S TIME THERE 51:37 WERE NO RESURRECTIONS, WERE THERE? IT'S EASIER FOR YOU AND I 51:40 TO BELIEVE IN A RESURRECTION BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ABOUT A DOZEN 51:42 OF THEM IN THE BIBLE. ABRAHAM DIDN'T HAVE ANY. 51:45 THAT TAKES A LOT OF FAITH. HE'S BELIEVING THAT GOD IS GOING TO 51:48 RAISE UP HIS SON IF HE OFFERS HIM. 51:51 AND SO WHEN IT SAYS, 'ABRAHAM WAS MADE RIGHTEOUS BY FAITH, AT 51:57 WHAT COST DID HE DEMONSTRATE HIS FAITH? 52:02 THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE - WILLINGNESS TO OFFER EVERYTHING. 52:07 ABRAHAM IS CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL. 52:10 FAITH IS A BIG THING. ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD. 52:14 IT WAS COUNTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 52:15 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT HIS FAITH? 52:17 GENESIS 26, VERSE 5, "BECAUSE ABRAHAM OBEYED MY VOICE AND KEPT 52:24 MY CHARGE, MY COMMANDMENTS, MY STATUTES AND MY LAWS." 52:29 IN CASE ANYBODY WONDERS IF GOD HAD LAW BEFORE TEN COMMANDMENTS, 52:31 THIS IS A PRETTY CLEAR VERSE. ABRAHAM BELIEVED - HE'S THE 52:36 FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL. HE'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE 52:39 GREAT BELIEVER AND WE ARE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM BY FAITH, 52:43 THE BIBLE SAYS, BUT WHAT KIND OF FAITH DID ABRAHAM HAVE? 52:46 ABRAHAM OBEYED MY VOICE, KEPT MY CHARGE - NOT ONLY COMMANDMENTS 52:51 BUT CHARGES THAT GOD GAVE HIM, COMMANDMENTS, STATUTES, LAWS - 52:54 ANY KIND OF TESTIMONY - ORDINANCE - THAT YOU COULD THINK 52:58 OF IS REALLY INCLUDED IN THIS PASSAGE. 53:00 IT MEANS 'ABRAHAM DID EVERYTHING I TOLD HIM TO DO. 53:03 HE NOT ONLY OBEYED THE LAWS' - NOW, WAIT A SECOND, DIDN'T 53:06 ABRAHAM TELL A BIG OLD FIB WHEN HE WENT TO STAY WITH THE 53:10 EGYPTIANS? HE MIGHT HAVE CALLED IT A WHITE 53:13 LIE IN OUR TERMINOLOGY TODAY BECAUSE SHE WAS HIS HALF SISTER, 53:16 BUT IT WAS VERY MISLEADING TO SAY SARAH WAS HIS SISTER WHEN 53:19 EVERYONE KNEW SHE WAS VERY WELL HIS WIFE. SO GOD IS LOOKING AT 53:26 THE - HE'S NOT LOOKING AT WAS ABRAHAM PERFECT? 53:29 HE'S LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE PATTERN OF ABRAHAM'S LIFE? 53:32 I LIKE THAT QUOTE YOU FIND IN THE BOOK 'STEPS TO CHRIST' THAT 53:36 IT'S NOT THE OCCASIONAL GOOD DEED OR THE OCCASIONAL MISDEED 53:39 THAT DETERMINES WHOSE SIDE WE'RE ON, BUT IT'S THROUGH THE 53:42 HABITUAL WORDS AND ACTS. WHAT IS THE PATTERN OF YOUR LIFE? 53:45 THE PATTERN OF ABRAHAM'S LIFE WAS THAT HE OBEYED. 53:48 THAT'S HOW HE SHOWED HIS FAITH. NOW IT'S INTERESTING, BOTH IN 53:51 HEBREWS AND IN JAMES - JAMES IDENTIFIES TWO CHARACTERS TO 53:55 DEMONSTRATE THAT WE SHOW OUR FAITH THROUGH OUR WORKS. 53:59 ABRAHAM AND RAHAB - ABRAHAM, WAS HE A JEW OR A GENTILE? 54:08 IT'S A TRICK QUESTION. HE WASN'T EITHER, REALLY. THE JEWS - WE 54:12 GET THE JEWS AS A DERIVATIVE FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. 54:15 ABRAHAM WAS THE FATHER OF THE JEWS SO HE WAS NOT A GENTILE. 54:19 GENTILES WERE TYPICALLY NON-CIRCUMCISED. 54:22 ABRAHAM HAD THAT COVENANT. HE WAS THE FATHER OF THE 54:25 HEBREWS. HE WAS WHAT WE WOULD CALL A 54:29 SEMITE - SEMITIC. RAHAB IS THE OPPOSITE. 54:34 ABRAHAM IS A MAN AND HE IS A HEBREW. 54:37 RAHAB IS A WOMAN AND SHE IS A GENTILE. 54:39 AND SO, BY CHOOSING THESE TWO OPPOSITE EXTREMES, THE BIBLE 54:44 WRITERS, BOTH PAUL AND JAMES, ARE DEMONSTRATING - 54:47 IT'S INTERESTING, WHO WROTE FIRST HEBREWS OR JAMES? 54:51 IF YOU WERE HERE FOR OUR FIRST PRESENTATION ON JAMES. 54:53 JAMES WAS FIRST. 54:54 SO HERE'S A CASE WHERE PAUL IS LOOKING AT THE BOOK OF JAMES AND 54:58 HE'S USING THE SAME TWO ILLUSTRATIONS, BUT IT KIND OF 55:01 DEMONSTRATES GOD DOESN'T HAVE ONE TYPE OF SALVATION OF WORKS 55:06 FOR JEWS AND HEBREWS AND ONE OF GRACE FOR GENTILES. 55:09 I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY, 'THEY - THE JEWS - ARE UNDER THE 55:12 DISPENSATION OF LAW. THEY ARE SAVED BY WORKS.' NONSENSE. 55:17 NOBODY'S SAVED BY WORKS. IF ABRAHAM IS SAVED BY GRACE 55:18 THEN WHY WOULD ANY JEW BE SAVED BY WORKS? 55:21 NOBODY'S WORKING THEIR WAY INTO HEAVEN. 55:23 AND JESUS, YOU KNOW, HE PREACHED TO ALL THE JEWS - HE ALWAYS TOLD 55:28 AND TAUGHT THAT IT WAS SALVATION BY GRACE. 55:32 SAME FOR THE GENTILES. EVERYBODY IS SAVED BY FAITH. 55:36 SO RAHAB, HOW DID SHE DEMONSTRATE HER FAITH? 55:42 YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE TWO SPIES CAME? WELL, LET'S READ IT. 55:45 JAMES 2:25, "LIKEWISE, WAS NOT RAHAB THE 55:47 HARLOT ALSO JUSTIFIED BY WORKS WHEN SHE RECEIVED THE 55:51 MESSENGERS AND SENT THEM OUT ANOTHER WAY?" 55:53 BUT WAIT A SECOND, WE JUST READ IN HEBREWS 11:21 WHERE PAUL SAYS 55:57 "BY FAITH RAHAB PERISHED NOT." WAS SHE SAVED BY FAITH OR WORKS? 56:03 I HEARD ONE PASTOR - THIS IS AN IMPERFECT ILLUSTRATION - THERE 56:09 WAS THIS OLD - THIS IS AN OLD SERMON ILLUSTRATION. 56:13 THIS MAN CAME TO A FERRY WHERE THEY USED TO HAVE TO ROW YOU 56:16 ACROSS RIVERS. HE WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN TOWNS, 56:20 HE GOT IN THIS FERRY BOAT, HE GAVE THEM THE NICKEL. 56:21 THE MAN AT THE FERRY, HE SAT IN HIS SEAT AND HE BEGAN TO ROW AND 56:25 THE MAN SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF THE LITTLE BOAT, HE 56:28 NOTICES THAT AS THE MAN IS ROWING HIM ACROSS, THAT AS THE 56:30 PADDLES COME OUT OF THE WATER, ONE PADDLE HAS GOT BURNED IN IT 56:33 THE WORD 'FAITH' AND THE OTHER PADDLE HAS GOT THE WORD 'WORKS' 56:37 BURNED IN IT. AND HE SAID, 'I SEE YOU'VE GOT ONE OAR THAT SAYS 56:41 'FAITH' AND ONE THAT SAYS 'WORKS,' WHAT'S UP? 56:43 HE SAID 'I'M GLAD YOU ASKED, WATCH THIS.' AND THE MAN PULLED 56:45 IN ONE OAR AND JUST ROWED WITH ONE OAR - AND YOU KNOW WHAT 56:47 HAPPENS THEN? YOU GO IN A CIRCLE. 56:50 HE SAID, 'NOW WATCH WHAT HAPPENS IF I JUST USE THE WORKS.' HE 56:53 ROWED WITH JUST ONE AND HE SAID, 'IF YOU WANT TO GET ACROSS THE 56:56 RIVER', HE SAYS, 'WE NEED BOTH.' 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