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00:35 >>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS, AND WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL 00:37 STUDY HOUR COMING TO YOU HERE FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY 00:40 ADVENTIST CHURCH. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR ONLINE 00:42 MEMBERS AND, ALSO, THOSE OF YOU WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD. 00:45 WELCOME TO OUR LESSON STUDY TODAY. 00:47 ALSO TO THE MEMBERS AND THE VISITORS RIGHT HERE AT THE 00:49 GRANITE BAY CHURCH, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU SABBATH AFTER 00:52 SABBATH HERE, READY TO STUDY GOD'S WORD. 00:54 WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH THE LESSON ON GALATIANS - THE BOOK 00:58 OF GALATIANS IS WHAT THE THEME OF OUR STUDY IS. 01:00 TODAY WE'RE ON LESSON #4, WHICH IS ENTITLED JUSTIFICATION BY 01:04 FAITH ALONE - A GREAT REFORMATION THEME - 01:08 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE - THAT'S LESSON #4. 01:10 FOR OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE WATCHING, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A 01:13 COPY OF THE LESSON AND YOU WANT TO STUDY ALONG WITH US, JUST GO 01:16 TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE - AMAZINGFACTS.ORG - AND YOU CAN 01:20 DOWNLOAD LESSON #4 AND STUDY WITH US. 01:23 WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT GOES ALONG WITH OUR THEME FOR TODAY, 01:27 A BOOK WRITTEN BY PASTOR DOUG ENTITLED ASSURANCE: 01:29 JUSTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE . THIS IS OUR FREE OFFER TODAY, IF 01:33 YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE IT, JUST GIVE US A CALL ON OUR 01:36 RESOURCE PHONE NUMBER - THAT'S 866-788-3966 - AND YOU 01:41 CAN ASK FOR OFFER #727. THOSE OF YOU OUTSIDE OF NORTH 01:45 AMERICA, YOU CAN ALSO READ OUR FREE OFFER BY JUST GOING TO 01:48 THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE - AMAZINGFACTS.ORG . 01:52 WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR TIME OF STUDY, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO 01:55 BEGIN BY LIFTING OUR VOICES IN SONG. 01:57 I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG LEADERS TO COME JOIN ME. 02:05 >>GOOD MORNING, SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR FAMILY. 02:08 IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SING WITH YOU 02:11 THIS MORNING, AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN OUR SINGING WITH THE 02:13 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH HYMNAL #567. 02:17 WE'LL SING ALL FOUR VERSES OF HAVE THINE OWN WAY, LORD . 02:21 (PIANO MUSIC) 05:02 >>AND, FOR OUR NEXT SONG, #301 - NEARER, STILL NEARER - AND WE'LL 05:07 SING ALL VERSES OF NEARER, STILL NEARER ALSO. (A CAPELLA) 08:49 >>DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP 08:51 YOUR WORD AND, INDEED, DRAW NEAR TO YOU THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES. 08:54 TODAY, AS WE STUDY A VERY IMPORTANT THEME - A THEME THAT 08:57 HAS JUST SPARKED GREAT REFORMATION IN THE CHURCH - THE 09:01 THEME OF JUSTIFICATION - WE PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME AND 09:04 GUIDE OUR HEARTS, OUR MINDS, LORD, IMPRESS UPON US THIS 09:07 WONDERFUL GOOD NEWS AND MAY WE APPLY IT TO OUR LIVES, FOR WE 09:11 ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. OUR LESSON THIS MORNING IS GOING 09:15 TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG. 09:19 >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY 09:22 THAT IS JOINING US. WE NOT ONLY HAVE, NOW, OUR 09:25 PEOPLE WATCHING LIVE ON THE INTERNET, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF 09:29 WEEKS WE STARTED TO USE FACEBOOK LIVE FOR BOTH OUR SABBATH SCHOOL 09:33 SERVICE AND CHURCH, SO I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO TUNE IN. 09:37 WE ARE CONTINUING IN OUR STUDY ON GALATIANS AND TODAY OUR 09:42 LESSON IS #4 - IT IS JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE . 09:46 AS PASTOR ROSS WAS SAYING, A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT. 09:49 AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE - THE MEMORY VERSE IS GALATIANS 2:20. 09:53 NOW, WE DO MEMORY VERSES EVERY WEEK AND, I THINK, IF WE'D ALL 09:57 BE HONEST, WE'D ADMIT WE DIDN'T REMEMBER THE MEMORY VERSE. 10:01 BUT THIS IS ONE YOU OUGHT TO REMEMBER. 10:03 SOME OF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE REMEMBERED THIS, BUT WHY 10:06 DON'T YOU SAY IT OUT LOUD WITH ME? 10:07 IN YOUR LESSON - IT'S FROM THE ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION, WHICH 10:10 IS - IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE AUTHORIZED VERSIONS. 10:14 ARE YOU READY? GALATIANS 2:20, "I HAVE BEEN 10:18 CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST; IT IS NOT LONGER I WHO LIVE, BUT CHRIST 10:23 WHO LIVES IN ME; AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I 10:28 LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF 10:33 FOR ME." THAT'S A WONDERFUL VERSE. 10:37 IT'S TELLING US, NOW, THAT WE LIVE A NEW LIFE THROUGH CHRIST. 10:41 SO, OUR MISSION TODAY, IF YOU SHOULD CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT, IS 10:45 WE ARE GOING TO BE COVERING GALATIANS CHAPTER 2, VERSES 15 10:50 THROUGH THE END OF THAT CHAPTER - GALATIANS 2, VERSES 15-21. 10:55 AND SO, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE AT LEAST 10:57 GET OUR ASSIGNMENT DONE, I'M JUST GOING TO READ THESE VERSES. 11:00 IT'S NOT THAT MANY VERSES - IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GET SOMETHING IN 11:03 CONTEXT, RIGHT? SO GALATIANS 2:15-21, "WE WHO 11:09 ARE JEWS BY NATURE, AND NOT SINNERS OF THE GENTILES," - I'LL 11:13 EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS IN A MINUTE - "KNOWING THAT A MAN IS 11:16 NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW BUT BY FAITH IN JESUS 11:19 CHRIST, EVEN WE HAVE BELIEVED IN CHRIST JESUS, THAT WE MIGHT BE 11:25 JUSTIFIED BY FAITH IN CHRIST AND NOT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW; FOR 11:29 BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW NO FLESH SHALL BE JUSTIFIED. 11:33 "BUT IF, WHILE WE SEEK TO BE JUSTIFIED BY CHRIST, WE 11:36 OURSELVES ALSO ARE FOUND SINNERS, IS CHRIST THEREFORE A 11:40 MINISTER OF SIN? CERTAINLY NOT! 11:43 FOR IF I BUILD AGAIN THOSE THINGS WHICH I DESTROYED, I MAKE 11:46 MYSELF A TRANSGRESSOR. FOR I THROUGH THE LAW DIED TO 11:51 THE LAW THAT I MIGHT LIVE TO GOD. 11:53 I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST; IT IS NO LONGER I WHO 11:56 LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME; AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE IN 12:00 THE FLESH I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND 12:04 GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME. I DO NOT SET ASIDE THE GRACE OF 12:08 GOD; FOR IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES THROUGH THE LAW, THEN 12:12 CHRIST DIED IN VAIN." OKAY, SO NOW, NO MATTER HOW FAR 12:17 ALONG IN THE LESSON WE GET, WE AT LEAST READ THE ASSIGNMENT. 12:20 SO LET'S BEGIN STUDYING THIS - AND I WANT TO BACK UP AGAIN TO 12:24 VERSE 15, WHICH SAYS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE THINK MIGHT SOUND A 12:29 LITTLE BIT STRONG, "WE WHO ARE JEWS BY NATURE, AND NOT SINNERS 12:34 OF THE GENTILES," - THEY'RE CALLING ALL OF THE GENTILES 12:38 SINNERS - WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY THAT? 12:40 THE GREEK WORD THERE, FOR THE 'SINNERS', IS HAMARTOLOS - 12:47 HAMARTOLOS - AND IT SIMPLY MEANS 'A HEATHEN' - MERELY ONE WHO HAS 12:52 NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUE GOD. SO, IF SOMEBODY CALLED YOU A 12:56 SINNER, YOU WOULDN'T TAKE THAT VERY NICELY, BUT WHAT HE'S 12:59 REALLY SAYING HERE IS THE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW GOD. 13:03 THE JEWS, THEY BELIEVE, WERE CALLED AND CHOSEN BY GOD, HAD A 13:06 RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, HAD BEEN GIVEN THE ORACLES OF GOD, AND 13:10 SO, WHAT PAUL IS SAYING IS, WHEN WE WHO ARE JEWS BY NATURE - 13:14 WE'RE BORN AND RAISED WITH THE RELIGION AND THE CULTURE OF THE 13:17 JEWS AND NOT OF THE HEATHEN - THE GENTILES. 13:21 NOW, FIRST THING YOU NEED TO ASK ABOUT THIS VERSE: 13:25 WHO IS PAUL SPEAKING TO IN GALATIANS 2:15? 13:33 READ BACK IN GALATIANS 2:14 - MOST PEOPLE DON'T CATCH THIS - 13:40 GALATIANS 2:14, "BUT WHEN I SAW THAT THEY WERE NOT 13:43 STRAIGHTFORWARD ABOUT THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL, I SAID TO PETER 13:48 BEFORE THEM ALL," - SO WHO IS HE TALKING TO IN CHAPTER 14? 13:53 - "I SAID TO PETER" - SO HE'S TELLING THE GALATIANS ABOUT A 13:56 CONVERSATION HE HAD IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS WITH WHO? 14:00 WITH PETER, BECAUSE HE THOUGHT PETER WAS ACTING THE HYPOCRITE. 14:03 VERSE 15 IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT STATEMENT. 14:07 THERE'S NO PAUSE IN THE THOUGHT. SO WHAT YOU'RE READING HERE 14:10 IN VERSE 15, CHAPTER 2 OF GALATIANS, IS PAUL CONTINUING 14:15 TO SAY A QUESTION THAT HE ASKED PETER. 14:19 HE SAYS, "WE WHO ARE JEWS BY NATURE, AND NOT SINNERS OF THE 14:22 GENTILES," - AND HE GOES ON TO SAY, "KNOWING THAT A MAN IS NOT 14:26 JUSTIFIED BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW BUT BY FAITH IN JESUS 14:28 CHRIST, EVEN WE HAVE BELIEVED IN CHRIST JESUS, THAT WE MIGHT BE 14:33 JUSTIFIED BY FAITH IN CHRIST AND NOT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW; 14:36 FOR BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW NO FLESH SHALL BE JUSTIFIED." 14:39 SO, AT LEAST THROUGH THE END OF VERSE 16, HE'S EXPLAINING A 14:45 CONVERSATION HE HAD - A CHALLENGE HE GAVE TO PETER - 14:48 ABOUT 'WHY ARE YOU PRETENDING THAT YOU'RE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH 14:54 AND NOT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW UNTIL THE VISITORS CAME FROM 14:58 JERUSALEM AND FROM JAMES, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU START TO ACT LIKE A 15:02 JEW AGAIN AND ACT LIKE WE'RE JUSTIFIED BY THE LAW. 15:06 AND SO, HE'S CONFRONTING PETER PUBLICLY WITH THE STATEMENT. 15:09 SO WHAT YOU'RE READING HERE IN THESE VERSES - AT LEAST VERSES 15:11 14 THROUGH 16, IS WHAT PAUL SAID TO PETER, OKAY? 15:17 PAUL USES THE WORD 'JUSTIFIED' IN CHAPTER 2, VERSES 16 AND 17 15:22 FOUR TIMES. NOW HERE'S ONE OF THE MOST 15:24 IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WE CAN ASK IN THIS STUDY: WHAT DOES 15:28 THE WORD 'JUSTIFY' OR 'JUSTIFICATION' MEAN? 15:32 I THINK THE WORD 'JUSTIFY' OR 'JUSTIFICATION' IS FOUND ABOUT 15:35 53 TIMES IN THE BIBLE; WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 15:41 I MEAN THE WHOLE REFORMATION PIVOTED ON AN UNDERSTANDING OF 15:44 THAT WORD - 'THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH' - JUSTIFICATION. 15:51 I HEARD ONE EVANGELIST PUT IT THIS WAY: WHEN YOU SAY 15:55 'JUSTIFICATION' IT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU COME TO CHRIST, AND BY 15:59 FAITH IN CHRIST, YOU ACCEPT THE FORGIVENESS THAT HE OFFERS 16:02 BECAUSE HE DIED AND SUFFERED IN YOUR PLACE. 16:04 HE LOOKS UPON YOU JUST AS IF YOU HAD NEVER SINNED. 16:09 AND SO, IT'S 'JUST-AS-IF - ICATION'. 16:13 GET IT? IF YOU THINK OF IT THAT WAY AND IT KIND OF MAKES IT 16:18 EASIER TO REMEMBER WHAT IT MEANS. IT'S - THE LORD LOOKS AT 16:21 YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE ACCEPTED CHRIST, JUST AS IF YOU HAD NEVER 16:25 SINNED AND SO IT'S CALLED 'JUST-AS-IF - ICATION'. 16:31 BUT, OF COURSE, THAT'S REALLY NOT WHAT THE WORDS MEAN. 16:33 IT MEANS 'TO JUSTIFY' - AND A DEFINITION OF JUSTIFY WOULD MEAN 16:37 'THE ACTION OF SHOWING SOMETHING TO BE RIGHT OR REASONABLE' - YOU 16:41 EVER TRY TO JUSTIFY YOURSELF? YOU'RE DEFENDING YOUR ACTIONS. 16:45 BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT - THE DEFINITION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 16:48 IT'S MORE THE SECOND DEFINITION: 'THE ACTION OF DECLARING OR 16:51 MAKING RIGHTEOUS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD'. WHEN SOMEONE IS DECLARED 16:57 OR MADE RIGHTEOUS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, THEY ARE JUSTIFIED BY 17:01 GOD. THAT IS JUSTIFICATION. NOW, WHAT ARE SOME 17:05 EXAMPLES OF JUSTIFICATION? IT USES ONE FROM ABRAHAM WE'LL 17:08 GET TO IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT - THE THIEF ON THE CROSS. 17:14 WE ALL KNOW THAT JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED BETWEEN TWO THIEVES - 17:19 ONE ON THE RIGHT, ONE ON THE LEFT, JESUS IN THE MIDDLE. 17:22 IT'S INTERESTING - THOSE TWO THIEVES REPRESENT ALL OF 17:24 HUMANITY - ONE SAVED, ONE LOST. THEY BOTH WANTED TO BE SAVED. 17:29 ONE CALLED OUT FOR HELP AND HE CALLED JESUS LORD AND HE 17:35 REPENTED OF HIS SINS. HE SAYS, 'WE ARE GETTING WHAT WE 17:37 DESERVE', HE CONFESSED JESUS, HE ASKED, AND HE BELIEVED. 17:42 HE WILL BE SAVED. THE OTHER ONE WANTED TO BE 17:45 SAVED, BUT HE SAID, 'IF YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD'. 17:49 DOES 'IF' DENOTE FAITH OR DOES 'IF' DENOTE DOUBT? 17:55 HE WILL NOT BE SAVED. THOSE TWO MEN, WHO WERE HOPELESS 17:58 TO SAVE THEMSELVES, REPRESENT ALL OF HUMANITY. 18:00 WE ARE ALL HELPLESS TO SAVE OURSELVES. 18:02 THOSE TWO MEN WHO WERE GUILTY AND DYING, REPRESENT ALL OF 18:06 HUMANITY. WE ARE ALL GUILTY AND 18:07 UNDER A DEATH SENTENCE. ONE WAS SAVED - WAS HE SAVED 18:11 BECAUSE OF WORKS HE DID WITH HIS HANDS? 18:14 WHAT WAS THE CONDITION OF HIS HANDS WHEN HE CALLED FOR HELP? 18:18 THEY WERE NAILED. HE COULD NOT SAVE HIMSELF. 18:22 AND SO HE CALLED OUT TO JESUS SAYING, 'LORD, REMEMBER ME WHEN 18:25 YOU COME INTO YOUR KINGDOM.' THAT MEANS HE CALLED LORD - 18:27 JESUS HIS LORD AND HE CALLED HIM HIS KING. 18:32 JESUS TURNED TO HIM AND EVERYONE, OF COURSE, MIXES THIS 18:34 UP IN THE SEQUENCE OF THINGS. 18:36 THEY SAY THAT JESUS SAID TO HIM, 'VERILY I SAY TO YOU, TODAY 18:41 YOU'LL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE.' HE DIDN'T SAY THAT. 18:44 HE SAID, 'VERILY I SAY TO YOU TODAY,' - COMMA - 'YOU'LL BE 18:48 WITH ME IN PARADISE.' HE IS SIMPLY EMPHASIZING, 'I'M MAKING 18:51 A STATEMENT TODAY, WHEN I DON'T LOOK LIKE A KING AND A LORD, 18:55 THAT I AM PROMISING YOU PARADISE' AND PEOPLE HAVE PUT 18:58 THE COMMA IN THE WRONG PLACE, BUT THE SCRIPTURES HAD IT RIGHT. 19:03 WAS HE SAVED? WILL THAT MAN - THAT THIEF - BE RESURRECTED? 19:06 >>YES. >>WHICH RESURRECTION? 19:08 >>FIRST. >>FIRST RESURRECTION. 19:11 SO HE'S GOING TO BE SAVED BECAUSE OF ALL THE GOOD WORKS HE 19:14 DID. >>NO. 19:17 >>WILL HE BE DECLARED JUST BY GOD? 19:19 DID JESUS DECLARE HIM JUST? HE SAID, 'YOU'LL BE WITH ME IN 19:22 MY KINGDOM' - AND ONLY THOSE WHO ARE JUSTIFIED WILL BE SAVED. 19:27 SO HOW DOES HE GET JUSTIFIED? HE LOOKED TO CHRIST IN 19:34 FAITH AND ASKED FOR MERCY. THAT MAN, HE DID NOT DO 19:43 ANY WORKS OF THE LAW. NOW, WHEN SOMEONE SAID, 'HOW CAN 19:48 WE DO THE WORKS OF GOD, HOW DID JESUS RESPOND? 19:51 'THIS IS THE WORK OF GOD, THAT YOU BELIEVE ON THE ONE WHOM HE 19:54 HAS SENT.' SO IS THERE A WORK FOR EVERYBODY TO DO TO BE SAVED? 19:58 >>YES. >>AT LEAST THE WORK 20:00 OF BELIEVING, RIGHT? BUT NOW, HYPOTHETICALLY, 20:05 THAT THIEF WILL BE SAVED. HE WAS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. 20:09 HE WAS NOT JUSTIFIED BY ANYTHING GOOD HE HAD DONE. 20:11 IF BY SOME QUIRK OF PROVIDENCE, AFTER THAT MAN ACCEPTED JESUS 20:17 AND HE FELT PEACE SWEEP OVER HIS SOUL - EVEN THOUGH HE'S 20:19 SUFFERING PHYSICALLY AND HE'S DYING - IF ALL OF A SUDDEN A 20:24 LETTER HAD COME FROM PILATE THAT SAID, 'YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN 20:26 REPRIEVED. YOU'RE BEING FORGIVEN. YOU'RE BEING PARDONED. 20:31 WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE CRUCIFIED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET A 20:32 CROWBAR, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE NAILS OUT, WE'RE GOING TO BRING 20:34 YOU DOWN, WRAP UP YOUR HANDS, AND SET YOU FREE.' SO, SUPPOSING 20:39 HE COULD SURVIVE AND RECOVER FROM HIS WOUNDS, HE'S NOW BEEN 20:43 JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. WOULD HE LIVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE? 20:48 >>HOPEFULLY. >>WE HOPE SO. YOU WOULD HOPE 20:53 THAT HE WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL THAT HE HAS BEEN SAVED, BOTH BY 20:57 CHRIST AND PILATE PARDONING HIM, THAT HE WOULD NOT GO BACK AND 21:01 CONTINUE STEALING. SO NOW, IF HE WALKS IN A NEW 21:06 WAY OF LIFE, THAT IS CALLED SANCTIFICATION. 21:09 SANCTIFICATION THAT IS THE APPROVED KIND OF SANCTIFICATION, 21:14 COMES AFTER REAL JUSTIFICATION. WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN DECLARED 21:19 JUST, YOU LOVE THE LORD SO MUCH FOR FORGIVING YOU, YOU WANT TO 21:22 LIVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE. WE LOVE HIM BECAUSE HE 21:25 FIRST LOVED US, RIGHT? AND SO, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN 21:28 JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WE NOW WANT TO LIVE HOLY LIVES. 21:33 THAT'S SANCTIFICATION. AND THEN, WHEN THE LORD COMES, 21:36 BECAUSE WE HAVE JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH AND WE LIVE THE HOLY LIFE, 21:41 WE THEN EXPERIENCE GLORIFICATION AND GET THE NEW BODIES. 21:45 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHEN THEY WERE SAVED FROM EGYPT, WERE 21:48 THEY SAVED BECAUSE OF THEIR GOOD WORKS OR WERE THEY SAVED BECAUSE 21:54 THEY FOLLOWED THE LORD - BECAUSE OF HIS MERCY - BECAUSE OF THE 21:57 LAMB? RIGHT? BUT THEN, AFTER THEY WERE SAVED 22:01 FROM THEIR SLAVERY, DID THEY MAKE IT TO THE PROMISED LAND 22:05 IF THEY REFUSED TO OBEY? NO. 22:09 SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SAVED OR JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, IF WE 22:13 CONTINUE TO WILLFULLY LIVE IN SIN, DO WE EXPERIENCE SALVATION? 22:19 THAT'S WHY - YOU KEEP READING IN GALATIANS - PAUL SAID, "BUT IF, 22:25 WHILE WE SEEK TO BE JUSTIFIED BY CHRIST, WE OURSELVES ALSO ARE 22:28 FOUND SINNERS, IS CHRIST THEREFORE A MINISTER OF SIN?" 22:31 - GOD FORBID! - "CERTAINLY NOT!" 22:33 - DON'T THINK THAT! NOW I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. 22:36 ALRIGHT, NEXT SECTION: WORKS OF THE LAW . 22:39 PAUL SAYS, THREE TIMES, IN GALATIANS 2:16 THAT A PERSON IS 22:43 NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW. 22:46 WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY THE EXPRESSION 'WORKS OF THE LAW'? 22:51 ARE WE JUSTIFIED BY OBEDIENCE OR DO WE OBEY BECAUSE WE'RE 22:55 JUSTIFIED? DO WE DO GOOD WORKS TO BE SAVED 22:58 OR DO WE DO THE GOOD WORKS BECAUSE WE ARE SAVED? 23:04 DOES A TREE PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT BECAUSE YOU PUT A LABEL ON THE 23:10 TREE THAT SAYS THIS IS A GOOD FRUIT TREE, OR DOES IT PRODUCE 23:15 GOOD FRUIT BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD FRUIT TREE? 23:18 AND THIS IS WHAT JESUS SAYS, 'YOU'LL KNOW THEM BY THEIR 23:20 FRUITS'. THE ESSENCE OF THE TREE 23:21 CREATES A DIFFERENT FRUIT. WHEN YOU ARE BORN AGAIN, YOU 23:26 WILL HAVE BORN-AGAIN FRUIT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 23:30 AND SO, THE WORKS OF THE LAW - WHY IS THE LAW THERE? 23:33 IS THE LAW THERE TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF WHO WE ARE? 23:37 OR IS THE LAW SIMPLY THERE AS A MIRROR AND A STANDARD TO SHOW US 23:40 WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG? SO THREE TIMES HE SAYS, 'BY 23:43 THE WORKS OF THE LAW NO ONE IS JUSTIFIED. 23:45 NOW, WHEN I READ THAT - AND LET ME - BY THE WAY, I'LL READ VERSE 23:48 16 TO YOU AGAIN - AND THIS IS GALATIANS 2:16, "KNOWING THAT A 23:53 MAN IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW, BUT BY FAITH 23:57 IN JESUS CHRIST, EVEN WE HAVE BELIEVED IN CHRIST JESUS, THAT 24:00 WE MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH IN CHRIST AND NOT BY THE WORKS 24:03 OF THE LAW; FOR BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW NO FLESH SHALL BE 24:07 JUSTIFIED." WHAT LAW IS HE TALKING ABOUT? REALLY ALL OF IT. 24:14 IS ANYONE JUSTIFIED BY THE CEREMONIAL WORKS OF THE LAW? 24:18 IS ANYONE JUSTIFIED BY CIVIL WORKS OF THE LAW - THERE'S CIVIL 24:21 LAW - IS ANYONE JUSTIFIED BY THE HEALTH LAWS? 24:25 THERE WAS HEALTH LAW. THOSE THINGS ALL MAY BE 24:27 GOOD, BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE JUSTIFICATION - WE'RE NOT 24:31 JUSTIFIED BECAUSE WE DON'T LIE AND WE DON'T STEAL. 24:36 WE'RE NOT JUSTIFIED BY SABBATH KEEPING. 24:38 THE PEOPLE WHO CRUCIFIED JESUS RAN HOME TO KEEP THE SABBATH. 24:42 THAT DIDN'T JUSTIFY THEM. SO WE'RE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. 24:47 AND THEN, IF WE HAVE GENUINE FAITH, YOU'LL SEE A CHANGE. 24:50 NOW, WHEN I READ THIS - WELL, WAIT, I'M GETTING AHEAD OF 24:55 MYSELF - SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR ME, ROMANS 2, VERSE - 24:58 I'M SORRY, ROMANS 3:28. HAFDIS, YOU'LL HAVE THAT? 25:01 ALRIGHT, YOU'RE UP TO BAT RIGHT AFTER ME. 25:03 I'M GOING TO READ ROMANS 2:15, "(...WHO SHOW THE WORK 25:07 OF THE LAW WRITTEN IN THEIR HEARTS. THEIR CONSCIENCE ALSO 25:11 BEARING WITNESS, AND BETWEEN THEMSELVES THEIR THOUGHTS 25:14 ACCUSING OR ELSE EXCUSING THEM)" - AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT 25:17 THE PAGANS WHO CAN EVEN SHOW THE WORKS OF THE LAW ARE WRITTEN IN 25:21 THEIR HEART OR THEIR CONSCIENCE. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ, 25:25 FOR US, ROMANS 3:28. >>"THEREFORE WE CONCLUDE THAT A 25:30 MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH APART FROM THE DEEDS OF THE LAW." 25:35 >>NOTICE HOW HE WORDS IT HERE: HE'S JUSTIFIED BY FAITH APART 25:38 FROM OR SEPARATED FROM THE WORKS OF THE LAW - IT'S TWO SEPARATE 25:40 THINGS - A PERSON WHO IS A LAW-KEEPING PERSON - WHO - WHAT 25:45 KIND OF NEIGHBOR DO YOU WANT? >>A LAW KEEPING. 25:49 >>I MEAN, DON'T - ISN'T THAT A GOOD THING TO HAVE A LAW-KEEPING 25:52 PERSON? SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. THAT'S NOT WHERE WE GET OUR 25:56 JUSTIFICATION BEFORE GOD BECAUSE ACCORDING - IF YOU'RE GOING TO 25:59 GO BY THE LAW, ALL YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS BREAK IT ONCE AND THE 26:02 PENALTY FOR SIN IS WHAT? >>DEATH. 26:05 >>SO WE'VE GOT TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING BEYOND THE LAW. 26:07 EVEN IF YOU SIN ONE TIME AND YOU BECOME A GOOD LAW-KEEPING PERSON 26:11 - YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE PARTICULARS, BUT I REMEMBER JUST 26:14 READING THAT THEY ARRESTED A MAN WHO WAS GUILTY OF A PRISON 26:24 ESCAPE AND, AFTER ESCAPING FROM PRISON, HE LIVED THIRTY YEARS AS 26:28 A GOOD LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN. BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID? 26:33 THEY PUT HIM BACK IN PRISON. NOW THEY REDUCED HIS SENTENCE 26:38 BECAUSE THEY SAID THOSE THIRTY YEARS HE WAS FREE, HE WAS A 26:41 MODEL CITIZEN, BUT HE DID ESCAPE FROM PRISON, AND YOU CAN'T 26:46 ENCOURAGE PRISONERS TO SAY, 'LOOK, IF YOU CAN GET OUT AND 26:49 STAY GOOD FOR THIRTY YEARS, WE'LL LET YOU GO. 26:52 YOU SEE, WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE DOES THAT SEND TO THE PRISONER? 26:55 IF I CAN JUST GET OUT AND KIND OF HIDE IN SOCIETY THEN, YOU 26:59 KNOW, STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS IS UP. 27:02 SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THERE WAS A - ANOTHER GAL WHO, UP IN 27:06 WASHINGTON, SHE WAS IN THE 60S PROTEST AND CONNECTED WITH A 27:10 BOMB THREAT OR SOMETHING AND SHE ESCAPED AND LIVED LIKE 35, 40 27:15 YEARS AND WAS A REALTOR AND VERY WELL KNOWN AND LOVED IN HER 27:19 COMMUNITY AND ALL OF HER FRIENDS LOVED HER AND THEY FOUND OUT 27:22 THAT SHE HAD A DIFFERENT NAME AND SHE HAD A CRIMINAL RECORD 27:25 AND SHE HAD BEEN PART OF SOME KIND OF HIPPIE TERRORIST GROUP 27:27 AND - AND THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 27:30 THEY GAVE HER, LIKE, SIX MONTHS AND THEN THEY LET HER OUT 27:34 BECAUSE THEY REALIZED SHE WAS NO THREAT - BUT SHE HAD TO PAY 27:36 SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JUST 27:39 BREAK OUT. SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS 27:42 BREAK THE LAW ONE TIME AND YOU'RE GUILTY. 27:46 SO IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE BY GRACE THAT ANYBODY IS SAVED. 27:49 SO, NOW WE GO INTO THE SECTION THE BASIS - THE TRUE BASIS FOR 27:54 OUR JUSTIFICATION - TRUSTING - IS IT TRUSTING IN OUR GOOD 27:58 WORKS? CAN YOU THINK OF ANY STORIES IN THE BIBLE OF BIBLE 28:02 HEROES OR CHARACTERS THAT SOMEHOW THOUGHT THEIR GOOD WORKS 28:05 WERE GOING TO GIVE THEM CREDIT? A COUPLE CAME TO MIND - I 28:09 THOUGHT YOU MIGHT THINK OF SOME I HADN'T THOUGHT OF. 28:10 I THOUGHT OF A COUPLE BUT I THINK THERE'S OTHERS. 28:13 HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN ISAIAH THE PROPHET CAME TO 28:15 HEZEKIAH AND HE SAID, 'YOU BETTER GET YOUR WILL IN ORDER - 28:20 SET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER - BECAUSE THIS SICKNESS YOU'VE 28:22 GOT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO RECOVER BUT YOU'RE GOING TO DIE'? 28:26 AND IT TELLS US THEN - THIS IS 2 KINGS 20, VERSE 2, "THEN HE 28:31 TURNED HIS FACE TOWARD THE WALL, AND PRAYED TO THE LORD, SAYING, 28:33 'REMEMBER NOW, O LORD, I PRAY, HOW I HAVE WALKED BEFORE YOU IN 28:39 TRUTH AND WITH A LOYAL HEART, AND HAVE DONE WHAT WAS GOOD IN 28:43 YOUR SIGHT.' AND HEZEKIAH WEPT BITTERLY." 28:45 WHAT IS HEZEKIAH PLEADING FOR THAT GOD MIGHT ANSWER HIS 28:49 PRAYER? IS HE PLEADING FOR THE MERCY OF 28:51 GOD OR IS HE PLEADING HIS GOOD WORKS? 28:53 >>HIS GOOD WORKS. >>HE'S SAYING - YEAH - HE'S 28:56 SAYING, 'LORD, I'VE BEEN A GOOD KING. 28:58 I'VE LED THE PEOPLE TO SERVE YOU. 29:00 I'VE HAD - THERE'S SO MANY KINGS THAT DIDN'T DO THAT, BUT I'VE 29:02 BEEN DOING IT AND HERE YOU'RE TAKING ME OUT EARLY.' AND, BY 29:07 THE WAY, WE'RE ALL TERMINAL, BUT HE GAVE HIM ANOTHER FIFTEEN 29:10 YEARS AFTER THIS. HE PRAYED AND GOD SAID, 29:13 'OKAY.' GOD HEARD HIS PRAYER. BUT IT WAS INTERESTING, GOD 29:15 ANSWERED HIS PRAYER, BUT HE'S SAYING, 'I'VE BEEN GOOD.' 29:19 NEHEMIAH DID IT TWO OR THREE TIMES. 29:22 NEHEMIAH 13:14, "REMEMBER ME, O MY GOD, CONCERNING THIS, AND DO 29:26 NOT WIPE OUT MY GOOD DEEDS THAT I HAVE DONE FOR THE HOUSE OF MY 29:30 GOD," - LOOK LORD, I'VE DONE THESE GOOD THINGS FOR YOU - "AND 29:33 FOR ITS SERVICES!" THEN YOU GO TO CHAPTER 13, VERSE 29:37 22, "...REMEMBER ME, O MY GOD, CONCERNING THIS ALSO, AND SPARE 29:40 ME ACCORDING TO THE GREATNESS OF YOUR MERCY!" 29:43 WELL, THERE, HE'S ASKING FOR MERCY. 29:45 THE FORMER ONE HE'S PLEADING HIS GOOD DEEDS. 29:47 SO, I GUESS, ONE CANCELS OUT THE OTHER. 29:50 CAN YOU THINK OF ANY STORIES IN THE BIBLE WHERE SOMETIMES THEY 29:52 SORT OF WERE LOOKING TO THEIR GOOD WORKS? 29:56 THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT CASES WHERE - I KNOW, MY MIND HAS JUST 30:01 JUMPED OUT AT ME A FEW TIMES WHEN I COULD SEE THAT THEY WERE 30:03 PLEADING. WHEN THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT 30:06 ZECHARIAH AND ELIZABETH - IT INTRODUCES THE PARENTS 30:10 OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. HOW DOES IT IDENTIFY THEM? 30:14 'THEY WERE RIGHTEOUS, WALKING IN ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE 30:17 LORD.' THE QUESTION IS WERE THEY DECLARED RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE THEY 30:22 WALKED IN ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OR WERE THEY DECLARED RIGHTEOUS 30:27 - OR WERE THEY RIGHTEOUS - WAIT, IT'S NOT - I'M SAYING THIS WRONG 30:32 - OR WERE THEY WALKING IN ALL THE COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE THEY 30:33 WERE RIGHTEOUS? THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. 30:36 AND - BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE OBEDIENT. 30:38 THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WERE SINLESS. 30:41 JOB WAS A PERFECT AND UPRIGHT MAN - WELL, THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE 30:43 WAS SINLESS, BUT HERE WAS SOMEONE WHO OBEYED GOD. 30:46 YOU NOTICE THAT JOB PLEADS HIS GOOD WORKS, DOESN'T HE? 30:50 A COUPLE OF TIMES. HE SAYS, 'YEAH, I FED THE POOR. 30:52 I CARED FOR THE WIDOW' - HE SAID, 'THERE WAS NO ONE HUNGRY 30:54 AROUND ME' - AND SO, HE KIND OF SAYS, 'LORD, WHY IS THIS 30:57 HAPPENING? I DID ALL THESE RIGHT THINGS. 31:00 THE MESSAGE OF JOB IS BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE AND GOOD 31:03 THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE. ALRIGHT, SO WE DON'T 31:06 TRUST IN OUR WORKS. PHILIPPIANS 3:9, "AND BE FOUND 31:10 IN HIM, NOT HAVING MY OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHICH IS FROM THE 31:15 LAW, BUT THAT WHICH IS THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST, THE 31:19 RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS FROM GOD BY FAITH;" - SO IN THE JUDGMENT 31:23 DAY, SUPPOSE THAT YOU WERE A GOOD, MODEL CITIZEN. 31:26 I'VE ACTUALLY MET PEOPLE BEFORE AND I TALK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR 31:30 SALVATION AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, 'HAVE YOU CONFESSED AND REPENTED 31:34 OF YOUR SINS?' AND THEY KIND OF LOOKED AT ME SURPRISED AND SAID, 31:38 'I'VE GONE TO CHURCH ALL MY LIFE. I DON'T REALLY HAVE 31:42 ANYTHING TO REPENT OF.' I'M THINKING, 'ARE YOU SERIOUS?' 31:47 REALLY, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT WHERE 31:49 SOMEBODY COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING THEY EVER SINNED. 31:52 THEY SAID - AND I THOUGHT, 'THEY MUST NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT SIN IS 31:58 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SIN IS - IT'S PRIDE ALSO - IT'S SELFISHNESS. 32:03 IT'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT COVER - MOST OF US FALL IN THOSE 32:07 CATEGORIES. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BE 32:12 PLEADING OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. WOULD YOU WANT TO GO AND STAND 32:15 BEFORE THE LORD IN THE JUDGMENT AND SAY, 'LOOK, I HAVE BEEN 32:17 99.9% - MY RIGHTEOUSNESS IS GOOD.' OR WOULD YOU RATHER 32:22 HAVE JESUS' RIGHTEOUSNESS? SO THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING HERE. 32:26 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR ME, ROMANS 3:27 IN JUST A MOMENT, 32:30 OKAY? LET ME READ THAT VERSE AGAIN - 32:32 PHILIPPIANS 3:9, "AND BE FOUND IN HIM, NOT HAVING MY OWN 32:36 RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHICH IS FROM THE LAW, BUT THAT WHICH IS 32:40 THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS FROM 32:43 GOD BY FAITH;" - WHICH IS THE SUPERIOR RIGHTEOUSNESS? 32:47 WHICH IS A HIGHER QUALITY RIGHTEOUSNESS? 32:50 OBVIOUSLY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST. 32:53 GO AHEAD, READ THAT VERSE FOR US. 32:56 >>ROMANS 3:27, "WHERE IS BOASTING THEN? 33:00 IT IS EXCLUDED. BY WHAT LAW? 33:05 OF WORKS? NO, BUT BY THE LAW OF FAITH." 33:10 >>WHEN WE HUMBLY ACCEPT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST - THAT 33:15 HE'S GIVEN - THAT HE'S PROVIDED BY OFFERING HIS LIFE AND HIS 33:19 SUFFERINGS AND HIS BLOOD, THEN HOW CAN WE BOAST ABOUT BEING 33:23 RIGHTEOUS? SO IF ANYBODY IS RIGHTEOUS - IF 33:27 THEY'RE TRULY RIGHTEOUS, WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? 33:29 FROM CHRIST. SO, IF ANYONE IS RIGHTEOUS, DOES 33:33 ANYONE HAVE A RIGHT TO BOAST ABOUT THAT? 33:35 IF YOU'RE BOASTING ABOUT YOUR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS, YOU'RE 33:38 PROBABLY NOT SAVED. IS THAT SAFE TO SAY? 33:43 FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE YOU'RE BOASTING, SECOND OF ALL YOU'RE 33:45 BOASTING ABOUT A FLAWED RIGHTEOUSNESS. 33:48 AND SO, IF ANY OF US REALLY ARE RIGHTEOUS, WE HAVE NOTHING TO 33:51 BOAST ABOUT BECAUSE IT WAS GIVEN TO US AS A GIFT - YOU CAN'T 33:54 REALLY BRAG ABOUT THAT. ROMANS 1:17, "FOR IN IT THE 33:59 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS REVEALED FROM FAITH TO FAITH; AS IT IS 34:03 WRITTEN, 'THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.'" 34:06 BY THE WAY, THAT'S THE WONDERFUL STATEMENT MADE IN 34:09 CONNECTION WITH ABRAHAM. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT, AS WE'RE 34:11 TRYING TO DECIPHER GALATIANS - GALATIANS IS A DEEP BOOK. 34:15 GALATIANS IS A BOOK THAT IS OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD, NEXT TO 34:21 ROMANS AND ROMANS IS A GOOD WAY TO DECIPHER GALATIANS. 34:27 SO YOU NOTICE WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH AND FINDING THE KEYS 34:29 TO UNLOCK GALATIANS IN ROMANS. 34:32 HERE'S A STATEMENT I WANT TO READ TO YOU FROM ELLEN WHITE. 34:36 IT'S FROM THE BOOK FAITH AND WORKS - P. 18 AND 19, "THERE IS 34:39 NOT A POINT THAT NEEDS TO BE DWELT UPON MORE EARNESTLY, 34:44 REPEATEDLY, MORE FREQUENTLY, OR ESTABLISHED MORE FIRMLY IN THE 34:48 MINDS OF ALL THAN" - OKAY, I'M GOING TO JUST DO THE DRUM ROLL - 34:55 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, AGAIN, WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY. LOOK AT 34:58 THE EMPHASIS SHE PLACES - "THERE IS NOT A POINT THAT NEEDS 35:02 TO BE DWELT UPON MORE EARNESTLY, REPEATED MORE FREQUENTLY, NOR 35:07 ESTABLISHED MORE FIRMLY IN THE MINDS OF ALL" - EVERYBODY - 35:11 "THAN" - HERE IT COMES - "THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF FALLEN MAN 35:16 MERITING ANYTHING BY HIS OWN BEST GOOD WORKS. SALVATION IS 35:22 THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST ALONE. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 35:26 BECAUSE I'VE HEARD PEOPLE USE HER WRITINGS TO TRY TO SAY THE 35:29 OPPOSITE - AND SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT. 35:32 SHE BELIEVED WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH ALONE, WHICH IS, OF 35:36 COURSE, THE TITLE OF OUR LESSON. ROMANS 5 - I'M SORRY - ROMANS 35:40 4:5-8 - THIS ALSO BEARS OUT OUR POINT HERE IN THIS SECTION. 35:47 "BUT TO HIM WHO DOES NOT WORK BUT BELIEVES ON HIM WHO 35:50 JUSTIFIES THE UNGODLY, HIS FAITH IS ACCOUNTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, 35:55 JUST AS DAVID ALSO DESCRIBES THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE MAN TO WHOM 35:59 GOD IMPUTES RIGHTEOUSNESS APART FROM WORKS: 'BLESSED ARE THOSE 36:03 WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS ARE FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS ARE 36:06 COVERED; BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD SHALL NOT IMPUTE 36:10 SIN.'" WHO KNOWS, WHERE IS PAUL QUOTING FROM? 36:17 WHAT PSALM OF DAVID WAS HE QUOTING? 36:20 PSALM 32 - YEAH - IT'S NOT PSALM 51. 36:22 PSALM 51 IS ANOTHER ONE THAT DEALS WITH FORGIVENESS. 36:26 BUT HE'S TALKING ABOUT BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE TRANSGRESSION 36:29 IS FORGIVEN - TO WHOM THE LORD DOES NOT IMPUTE INIQUITY. 36:33 WHY IS HE NOT DECLARED SINFUL? BECAUSE GOD HAS FORGIVEN HIM. 36:37 WHAT DID NATHAN THE PROPHET SAY TO DAVID AFTER DAVID SAID, 'I 36:42 HAVE SINNED'? WE JUST GOT DONE WITH A 45-WEEK 36:45 SESSION ON DAVID - IT WASN'T THAT LONG, BUT IT WAS LONG. 36:49 WHAT DID NATHAN SAY? 'YOUR SIN IS PUT AWAY.' WHY? 36:58 WHAT DID DAVID DO TO DESERVE HAVING THE SIN OF MURDER AND 37:01 ADULTERY PUT AWAY? HE DIDN'T DESERVE IT, 37:05 HE DESERVED DEATH. HE REPENTED AND HE CONFESSED. 37:10 AND WHEN HE CRIED, REPENTED AND CONFESSED, GOD SAID, 'I PUT AWAY 37:13 YOUR SIN. DO YOU REMEMBER THE STORY IN 37:15 ISAIAH CHAPTER 6, WHERE ISAIAH SEES THE LORD IN HIS GLORY AND 37:22 THEN HE REALIZES HIS SINFULNESS AND HE SAYS, 'WOE 37:24 IS ME, I AM UNDONE. I AM A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS AND I 37:27 DWELL IN THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE OF UNCLEAN LIPS. 37:29 FOR MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE KING, THE LORD OF HOSTS.' SOON 37:32 AS HE REPENTS AND CONFESSES, WHAT HAPPENS? 37:35 GOD SENDS AN ANGEL WITH A COAL FROM THE ALTAR, TOUCHES HIS 37:38 LIPS, AND SAYS, 'YOUR INIQUITY IS TAKEN AWAY AND YOUR SIN IS 37:41 PURGED.' WHEN YOUR SIN IS TAKEN AWAY AND 37:44 YOUR INIQUITY IS PURGED, YOU ARE JUSTIFIED. 37:49 WHAT LED TO HIS JUSTIFICATION, GOOD WORKS? 37:52 HE HADN'T DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENT. 37:54 THE ONLY THING HE DID WAS REPENT AND CONFESS. 37:57 BUT, EVIDENTLY, HE BELIEVED WHAT THE LORD SAID, BECAUSE WHEN THE 38:00 LORD SAID, 'WHO SHALL I SEND?' AND 'WHO WILL GO FOR US?' 38:02 ISAIAH SAID, 'SEND ME.' HE JUST SAID HE WAS A MAN OF UNCLEAN 38:04 LIPS, WHY WOULD YOU SEND HIM TO TELL ANYONE ANYTHING? 38:07 BECAUSE HE'D BEEN JUSTIFIED. HOW LONG DID IT TAKE BETWEEN THE 38:11 TIME HE REPENTED AND CONFESSED AND JUSTIFICATION? 38:16 IT WAS IMMEDIATE. THAT'S A WONDERFUL TRUTH. 38:18 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? THAT IF YOU REPENT AND CONFESS 38:21 YOUR SINS NOBODY NEEDS TO LEAVE HERE TODAY - OR WHEREVER 38:25 YOU HAPPEN TO BE WATCHING - UNJUSTIFIED. 38:29 THAT IT'S ALWAYS A PRAYER AWAY THAT GOD DECLARES US JUSTIFIED. 38:33 'BUT, PASTOR DOUG' - DON'T SAY 'BUT' - THAT MEANS YOU DON'T 38:38 BELIEVE. IF YOU ACCEPT IT BY FAITH, THAT 38:43 GOD SAID IT, IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST 38:47 TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL 38:49 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. THAT'S JUSTIFICATION, RIGHT? 38:53 HOW DO WE GET IT? BECAUSE HE SAID IT AND I 38:56 BELIEVE IT AND THAT SETTLES IT. THAT'S JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 38:59 IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND, RIGHT? 39:01 AND PAUL, THROUGH GALATIANS, HE'S ALMOST SPENDING MORE TIME 39:04 TRYING TO EXPOSE THE WRONG IDEA OF JUSTIFICATION THAN THE RIGHT 39:11 CONCEPT OF JUSTIFICATION. SO IT'S A GIFT THAT 39:14 COMES BY FAITH. NOW, LET ME SEE, 39:18 WHERE DID I LEAVE OFF? OH YEAH, OKAY. 39:22 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ, FOR ME, ROMANS 14:12, IN JUST A MOMENT. 39:25 IS THAT GOING TO BE YOU, CAROL? WHO HAS THAT ONE? 39:28 DOES SOMEONE HAVE REVELATION - SORRY - REVELATION 14:12. 39:32 >>REVELATION 14:12, "HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS; HERE ARE 39:38 THOSE WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE FAITH OF JESUS." 39:43 >>YOU NOTICE, IN GALATIANS 2:16, HE SAYS, 'THE FAITH OF THE 39:50 MESSIAH THAT WE MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED'. 39:53 IT IS NOT THE FAITH IN JESUS, IT IS THE FAITH OF JESUS. 39:57 JUST LIKE WHAT YOU JUST HEARD IN - I KEPT SAYING ROMANS - 40:00 REVELATION 14:12, 'KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE 40:05 FAITH OF JESUS. SO THE FAITH THAT JESUS HAD 40:09 IN THE FATHER, HE CAME AND DEMONSTRATED FAITH 40:11 FOR US IN HIS LIFE. HE GIVES US HIS FAITH AND WE ARE 40:17 JUSTIFIED BY HAVING THE FAITH OF JESUS. 40:19 AND IT'S FAITH IN HIS WORD AS WELL. 40:23 SO THE GREEK PHRASE THERE IS LITERALLY TRANSLATED AS 'THE 40:27 FAITH' OR 'THE FAITHFULNESS OF JESUS'. 40:31 WE'RE NOT JUSTIFIED ON THE BASIS OF OUR FAITH, BUT ON THE BASIS 40:34 OF CHRIST'S FAITHFULNESS FOR US, WHICH WE CLAIM FOR OURSELVES 40:39 THROUGH OUR FAITH. SO, HOPEFULLY, THAT DIDN'T 40:43 GET TOO COMPLICATED. BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO DELVE 40:45 INTO THAT NEXT SECTION - IT TALKS ABOUT - 40:47 OBEDIENCE OF FAITH . NOW WHEN YOU ARE MADE RIGHTEOUS 40:50 BY FAITH, WHAT DOES THAT PRODUCE? 40:53 AN OBEDIENCE. IT ACTS ITSELF OUT. 40:56 THIS IS THE POINT WHERE MANY CHRISTIANS FAIL. 40:58 A LOT OF EVANGELICAL CHURCHES MESS UP ON THIS POINT AND IT'S 41:02 VERY DANGEROUS NOT TO GET THIS STRAIGHT. 41:04 TO UNDERSTAND THIS JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH, YOU ALMOST HAVE TO GO 41:07 BACK TO THE BEGINNING WHERE IT'S FIRST USED IN RELATION TO 41:11 ABRAHAM, THE FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL. 41:14 GENESIS 15:5 AND 6 - GOD BROUGHT ABRAHAM OUTSIDE, IT WAS AT 41:19 NIGHT, HE SAID 'LOOK UP TOWARDS THE HEAVEN, COUNT THE STARS.' HE 41:23 LOOKED UP AT THAT CLEAR NIGHT - THERE WAS NO LIGHT POLLUTION 41:25 BACK THEN - 'IF YOU'RE ABLE TO NUMBER THEM.' HE SAID, 'SO SHALL 41:29 YOUR DESCENDENTS BE.' - HE'S GOT NO CHILDREN YET AND GOD SAID, 41:31 'YOUR DESCENDENTS WILL BE LIKE THE STARS OF HEAVEN. 41:34 HE CHANGED HIS NAME TO ABRAHAM, WHICH MEANS 'FATHER OF A 41:37 MULTITUDE', BUT HE HAS NO CHILDREN. 41:40 AND IT SAYS, 'ABRAHAM BELIEVED THE LORD' - EVEN THOUGH HE'S AN 41:43 OLD MAN NOW - 'HE BELIEVED THE LORD AND, BECAUSE HE BELIEVED 41:46 THE LORD, HE ACCOUNTED IT TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.' WHAT IF 41:51 ABRAHAM DIDN'T BELIEVE THE LORD? WOULD IT HAVE HAPPENED? 41:57 I WONDER HOW MANY MIRACLES WE HAVE MISSED IN OUR LIFE BECAUSE 42:01 WE DID NOT BELIEVE THE PROMISES OF GOD. 42:06 WHEN GOD TOLD THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, 'I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU 42:09 OUT OF EGYPT AND LEAD YOU INTO THE PROMISED LAND, THOSE WHO DID 42:14 NOT BELIEVE DIED IN THE WILDERNESS. 42:18 THE TEN SPIES WHO SAID, 'WE CANNOT MAKE IT', THEY DIDN'T 42:22 MAKE IT. THE TWO SPIES WHO SAID, 'WE CAN. 42:25 WE ARE ABLE.' THEY MADE IT. 42:27 JESUS SAID, 'BE IT UNTO YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH.' 42:31 ISN'T THAT WHAT HE SAID? AND SO, ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD. 42:35 NOW I THINK THAT GOD, PROVIDENTIALLY, WOULD HAVE 42:37 BROUGHT HIM AROUND. ZECHARIAH DIDN'T BELIEVE GOD 42:40 WHEN GOD SAID, 'YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHILD IN YOUR OLD AGE' 42:43 AND HE WAS STRICKEN DUMB UNTIL THE BABY WAS BORN. 42:46 BUT HE STILL HAD THE BABY, RIGHT? 42:50 SO ISAAC MAY HAVE STILL COME - GOD MIGHT HAVE HAD TO TEACH HIM 42:52 A FEW MORE LESSONS, BUT ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD AND HE WAS COUNTED 42:57 RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE OF HIS FAITH. 42:59 WE ARE DECLARED RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE OF OUR FAITH. 43:03 ANOTHER STORY JESUS POINTS TO, TO ILLUSTRATE RIGHTEOUSNESS BY 43:06 FAITH: HE TALKS ABOUT, AND THIS IS BEFORE THAT GREAT VERSE - 43:09 JOHN 3:16 - EVERYBODY KNOWS, BUT NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS JOHN 3:14 43:13 AND 15 WHERE IT SAYS, "AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SERPENT IN THE 43:17 WILDERNESS, EVEN SO MUST THE SON OF MAN BE LIFTED UP THAT WHOEVER 43:22 BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING 43:26 LIFE." YOU REMEMBER THE STORY? 43:29 THAT PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE MANNA - THEY'D BEEN 43:32 EATING MANNA FOR YEARS. THEY WERE GOING, 'MANNA, MANNA, 43:35 MANNA - WE'RE TIRED OF MANNA IN THE MORNING, MANNA FOR 43:38 LUNCH' - 'WHAT'S FOR DINNER?' 'MANNA'. 43:41 AND THEY SAID, 'OH, IF WE COULD GO BACK TO EGYPT. 43:43 BACK IN EGYPT WE HAD THE ONIONS AND THE GARLIC AND THE FISH.' 43:47 AND THEY THOUGHT - THEY COULD ONLY REMEMBER - ISN'T IT 43:49 INTERESTING, NOSTALGIA - YOU ALWAYS THINK THE GOOD OLD DAYS 43:52 WERE SO GOOD. SOMETIMES THEY WEREN'T SO GOOD. 43:55 THE MEMORIES - YOU THINK THEY WERE GOOD. 43:58 AND THEY START TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE MANNA. 44:00 SO IT SAYS, 'GOD WITHDREW HIS PROTECTION AND THERE WAS A 44:03 PLAGUE OF SERPENTS AND THE PEOPLE WERE BEING BITTEN BY 44:06 THESE DEADLY SERPENTS AND THEY FOUND SNAKES WERE IN THEIR TENTS 44:09 AND THEIR RUGS AND THEIR BOOTS AND THEY'D GET BIT AND THEN 44:14 THEY'D GO THROUGH THE SICKNESS AND EVENTUALLY DIE. 44:17 SO GOD TOLD MOSES - THE PEOPLE CRIED AND THEY PRAYED AND SAID, 44:21 'WE'VE SINNED. FORGIVE US.' AND THEY 44:22 REPENTED AND CONFESSED. GOD SAID, 'OKAY, MOSES IS GOING 44:25 TO PUT A BRONZE SERPENT ON A POLE. 44:28 HE'LL LIFT IT UP HIGH WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE. 44:30 IT'LL BE ON LIKE A SHEPHERD'S STAFF.' 44:34 AND THEY ALL UNDERSTOOD THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT. 44:36 SHEPHERDS WERE FREQUENTLY KILLING SNAKES THAT WOULD 44:38 THREATEN THE SHEEP. IF A SHEEP IS BIT BY A 44:41 VENOMOUS SERPENT, IT WILL DIE. SO THEY WOULD KILL IT. 44:45 AND YOU DON'T PICK UP A VENOMOUS SNAKE WHEN YOU'VE CLOBBERED IT 44:47 WITH A STICK, YOU HAVE A SNAKE STICK - YOU PICK IT UP. 44:50 WHEN I LIVED IN THE CAVE WE KILLED RATTLESNAKES. 44:52 I PICKED IT UP WITH A STICK I HAD, BECAUSE YOU THINK THEY'RE 44:56 DEAD, YOU GO GRAB 'EM AND THEY SNAP AROUND - THEY'RE VERY 44:59 TENACIOUS - SO YOU PICK IT UP, YOU CARRY IT OFF, YOU BURY IT. 45:03 A SNAKE ON A POLE, TO THAT NATION, REPRESENTED A DEFEATED 45:06 SERPENT. IT WAS NOT AN UNCOMMON SIGN FOR 45:09 THEM TO SEE A SHEPHERD CARRYING OFF A SNAKE ON 45:11 THE END OF A STICK. HE DIDN'T GRAB IT. AND THEN THEY'RE TOLD, 45:19 'LOOK AT THAT DEFEATED SERPENT ON THE POLE AND YOU WILL BE 45:24 HEALED OF THE VENOM OF THE SERPENT.' 45:27 NOW, WHAT DOCTOR WOULD EVER PRESCRIBE THAT, IF YOU GOT BIT 45:31 BY A SNAKE. >>A CRAZY ONE. 45:33 >>SO, OBVIOUSLY, THIS REQUIRED FAITH. 45:39 AND SO THOSE WHO LOOKED IN FAITH WERE HEALED. 45:44 THEY WERE HEALED BASED ON A LOOK OF FAITH. 45:46 THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID, 'IF I AM LIFTED UP I WILL DRAW ALL MEN.' 45:50 WE LOOK IN FAITH TO CHRIST AND WE ARE HEALED. 45:55 WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY THAT LOOK OF FAITH. 45:57 WE LOOK AT CHRIST ON THE CROSS AND THAT WAS THE - THE LESSON 46:00 HE'S TRYING TO BRING OUT FOR US THERE. 46:02 ROMANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 3, "FOR WHAT DOES THE SCRIPTURE SAY? 46:08 'ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS ACCOUNTED TO HIM FOR 46:11 RIGHTEOUSNESS.'" SAME THING THAT YOU'RE FINDING IN GALATIANS. 46:15 JAMES 2:23, "AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED WHICH SAYS, 46:19 'ABRAHM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS ACCOUNTED TO HIM FOR 46:22 RIGHTEOUSNESS.' AD HE WAS CALLED THE FRIEND OF GOD." 46:25 SO FAITH IS OUR RESPONSE TO BELIEVING IN GOD'S PROMISES. 46:32 SO, WHEN THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT, WE HAVE FAITH. 46:35 IT USED TO ALWAYS IRRITATE ME BEFORE I WAS A CHRISTIAN, I'D 46:37 HEAR SOME PASTOR UP FRONT AT A CHRISTIAN MISSION OR YOU HEAR 46:41 HIM ON TV, THEY'D SAY, 'JUST BELIEVE'. 46:44 I'D SAY, 'YOU'VE GOT TO BE CRAZY, 'JUST BELIEVE' - WHAT DO 46:47 YOU MEAN 'JUST BELIEVE'?' IT'S LIKE YOU GIVE A KID A CAPE 46:50 AND SAY, 'YOU'RE SUPERMAN, JUMP OFF A ROOF. 46:52 JUST BELIEVE.' THAT'S NOT VERY SMART. 46:56 AND SO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO JUMP LIKE THAT, YOU NEED EVIDENCE. 47:00 DOES GOD SUPPLY EVIDENCE FOR OUR FAITH? HE DOES. 47:07 EVEN DAVID, WHEN HE WENT AGAINST GOLIATH - AND YOU'VE HEARD ME 47:10 SAY THIS BEFORE - HE SITES EVIDENCE FIRST, FOR HIS FAITH. 47:16 HE SAID, 'GOD SAVED ME FROM THE BEAR, HE SAVED ME FROM THE LION 47:19 - I BELIEVE, BASED ON THE WAY HE DELIVERED ME THEN, HE CAN 47:22 DELIVER ME NOW.' SO WHEN WE SEE THAT GOD IS FAITHFUL IN KEEPING 47:27 HIS PROMISES, WE HAVE FAITH IN THE OTHER AREAS OF - WHEN WE SEE 47:32 THAT HE'S FAITHFUL IN THE PROPHECIES, THAT THEY COME TRUE, 47:34 WE BELIEVE HIS WORD AND WE HAVE FAITH IN HIS WORD. 47:37 SO HE'S GIVEN US EVIDENCE ON WHICH TO BASE OUR FAITH. 47:40 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WE SHOULD HAVE ABSOLUTE FAITH IN 47:43 THE PROMISES OF GOD BASED ON THE ABUNDANCE OF EVIDENCE. 47:46 LUKE 6:46, JESUS SAID, "BUT WHY DO YOU CALL ME, 'LORD, LORD,' 47:50 AND NOT DO THE THINGS WHICH I SAY?" 47:52 SO, WHEN YOU'VE GOT THAT SAVING FAITH, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN 47:55 THE LIFE? WHAT'S THE RESPONSE OF 48:00 BEING SAVED BY FAITH? WE TRUST GOD AND WE OBEY HIM. 48:05 'WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING 48:09 LIFE.' WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BELIEVE IN HIM? 48:13 IT MEANS TO BE-LIVE IN HIM. YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT BEFORE. 48:17 GO WITH ME, IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL - GO TO DANIEL CHAPTER 6, 48:21 I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING. 48:24 YOU KNOW THE STORY OF DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN? 48:26 DANIEL CHAPTER 6 - AFTER DANIEL SPENDS THE NIGHT WITH THE LIONS 48:30 AND THE KING COMES AND TAKES AWAY THE STONE, AND THEY CALL TO 48:34 DANIEL AND DANIEL SAYS, 'GOD HAS SENT HIS ANGEL AND SHUT THE 48:37 LION'S MOUTH, IT SAYS, "SO DANIEL WAS TAKEN UP OUT OF THE 48:41 DEN, AND NO INJURY WHATEVER WAS FOUND ON HIM," - JUST LIKE THERE 48:46 WAS NO SINGED SMOKE ON SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO WHEN THEY 48:50 CAME UP OUT OF THE FURNACE - "NO INJURY WHATEVER WAS FOUND ON 48:54 HIM," - WHY? - "BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN HIS GOD." 48:58 HOW DID DANIEL BELIEVE IN GOD? WHEN THE KING SAID, 49:02 'CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS. DON'T PRAY PUBLICLY, PRAY 49:04 TO NO ONE BUT ME' - DANIEL BELIEVED, 'NO, I'M 49:07 GOING TO PRAY TO GOD. I BELIEVE GOD IS GOING TO TAKE 49:08 CARE OF ME.' AND GOD TOOK CARE OF HIM BECAUSE HE BELIEVED. 49:13 DANIEL'S BELIEF WAS SEEN IN ACTION. 49:17 REAL CHRISTIAN BELIEF WILL BE SEEN IN ACTION. 49:22 WHEN WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, THEN WE WILL LIVE A SANCTIFIED 49:26 LIFE. OR AT LEAST WE'LL BE 49:28 STRIVING FOR THAT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 49:31 ALRIGHT, SOMEONE READ FOR ME GALATIANS 2:17 - ALRIGHT, JOHN, 49:35 JUST BEFORE YOU DO I'M GOING TO READ A COUPLE OTHER VERSES. 49:38 DOES FAITH PROMOTE SIN? IF WE HAVE FAITH, 49:42 DOES THAT PROMOTE SIN? OR IS IT THE OPPOSITE? 49:44 ROMANS 3:31, "DO WE THEN MAKE VOID THE LAW THROUGH FAITH?" 49:48 - GOD FORBID! - "CERTAINLY NOT! 49:50 ON THE CONTRARY, WE ESTABLISH THE LAW." 49:53 ALRIGHT, YOU GO AHEAD AND READ YOUR VERSE. 49:55 >>GALATIANS 2:17, "BUT IF, WHILE WE SEEK TO BE JUSTIFIED BY 50:00 CHRIST, WE OURSELVES ALSO ARE FOUND SINNERS, IS CHRIST 50:04 THEREFORE A MINISTER OF SIN? CERTAINLY NOT!" 50:08 >>ALRIGHT, GALATIANS IS FREQUENTLY USED AS THE CHAPTER 50:11 IN THE BIBLE WHEN SOME PROFESSED CHRISTIANS WANT TO GET RID OF 50:15 THE LAW. THEY SOMEHOW THINK THEY CAN USE 50:18 THE BOOK OF GALATIANS TO SAY THAT WE CAN LIVE LAWLESS LIVES 50:21 BECAUSE WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. 50:23 PAUL IS SAYING, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK, 'DON'T THINK 50:26 THAT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT.' WHAT IS SIN? 50:31 >>TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW. >>SIN IS BREAKING THE LAW OF GOD 50:33 - IT'S TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW. AND SO, THE IDEA THAT WE ARE TO 50:38 CONTINUE TO SIN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW BUT UNDER 50:42 GRACE - ROMANS 6:15, "WHAT THEN? SHALL WE SIN BECAUSE WE ARE 50:45 NOT UNDER LAW BUT UNDER GRACE?" - SHALL WE BREAK THE LAW 50:48 BECAUSE WE'RE NOT UNDDER THE LAW? - "GOD FORBID!" 50:50 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO NOT BE UNDER THE LAW OR NOT JUSTIFIED 50:54 BY THE WORKS OF LAW? WELL, FOR ONE THING, NOT BEING 50:58 UNDER THE LAW MEANS YOU'RE NOT UNDER THE PENALTY OF THE LAW. 51:01 YOU'RE NOT DEPENDENT ON THE LAW FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 51:05 BUT DO WE OBEY THE LAW? ROMANS 6:1 AND 2, "...SHALL WE 51:10 CONTINUE IN SIN, THAT GRACE MAY ABOUND? GOD FORBID. 51:14 HOW SHALL WE, THAT ARE DEAD TO SIN, LIVE ANY LONGER THEREIN?" 51:18 IS THAT CLEAR? >>YES. 51:21 >>AND IN GALATIANS 5:13, "FOR YOU, BRETHREN, HAVE BEEN CALLED 51:25 TO LIBERTY; ONLY DO NOT USE LIBERTY AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 51:30 THE FLESH," - HE KNEW THAT SOME WOULD SAY, 'OH WE'VE BEEN SAVED. 51:34 WE WERE UNDER BONDAGE BECAUSE OF OUR DISOBEDIENCE UNDER THE CURSE 51:37 OF THE LAW, BUT THROUGH GRACE WE'VE BEEN JUSTIFIED. 51:40 WE'RE SAVED. WE'RE FREE.' AND PAUL SAYS, 'THAT'S NOT FREE TO 51:43 SIN. DON'T UNDERSTAND IT THAT WAY.' AND HE'S GUARDING AGAINST 51:48 THAT. YOU'VE BEEN CALLED TO LIBERTY. DON'T USE LIBERTY AS AN 51:51 OPPORTUNITY. PETER TALKS ABOUT THE SAME THING - 1 PETER 2:16 - 51:57 WE ARE TO LIVE "AS FREE, YET NOT USING LIBERTY AS A CLOAK FOR 52:03 VICE, BUT AS BONDSERVANTS OF GOD." 52:06 HAVE YOU SEEN PEOPLE BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK TO 52:08 THEM ABOUT, MAYBE, SOME DISOBEDIENCE IN THEIR LIVES 52:11 THEY'LL SAY, 'OH MAN, DON'T PUT ME UNDER THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW. 52:14 I'M FREE IN CHRIST.' THAT'S DIABOLICAL. 52:18 THEY'RE SAYING, 'THEY'RE FREE TO SIN.' THAT'S NOT WHY JESUS DIED. 52:21 SIN IS WHAT PUT HIM ON THE CROSS. 52:23 IF YOU REALLY LOVE HIM YOU WILL TURN FROM SIN. 52:26 YOU'LL HATE SIN.' SAY AMEN. >>AMEN. 52:29 >>JUDE 4 - JUST ONE CHAPTER - VERSE 4 - "FOR CERTAIN MEN HAVE 52:34 CREPT IN UNNOTICED, WHO LONG AGO WERE MARKED OUT FOR THIS 52:38 CONDEMNATION, UNGODLY MEN, WHO TURN THE GRACE OF OUR GOD INTO 52:43 LEWDNESS AND DENY THE ONLY LORD GOD AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST." 52:51 THEY'RE UNGODLY PEOPLE THAT CREEP INTO THE CHURCH THAT START 52:55 TO USE GRACE AS AN EXCUSE FOR UNGODLINESS AND LEWDNESS. 53:02 AND THERE'S A LOT OF VERSES IN THE BIBLE THAT MAKE IT PRETTY 53:05 CLEAR. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE GREAT 53:06 ONE THAT WE STARTED WITH, WE'LL END WITH, "I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED 53:11 WITH CHRIST; IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN 53:14 ME; AND THE LIFE THAT I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE BY FAITH IN 53:18 THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." 53:21 SO THERE'S NEW LIFE THAT HE'S LIVING. 53:23 SEE, WHEN YOU'RE DEAD TO SIN, YOU LIVE A NEW LIFE. 53:27 ROMANS 6:3 - YOU CAN READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH VERSE 14 - "OR 53:32 DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT AS MANY OF US AS WERE BAPTIZED IN TO CHRIST 53:36 JESUS WERE BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH? 53:38 THEREFORE WE WERE BURIED WITH HIM THROUGH BAPTISM INTO DEATH, 53:42 THAT JUST AS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD BY THE GLORY OF 53:44 THE FATHER, EVEN SO WE ALSO SHOULD WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE." 53:48 - SO WHEN IT SAYS YOU'RE CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST, YOU WALK 53:51 IN A NEWNESS OF LIFE. OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY. 53:53 NEW CREATURE - "FOR IF WE HAVE BEEN UNITED TOGETHER IN THE 53:57 LIKENESS OF HIS DEATH, CERTAINLY WE ALSO SHALL BE IN THE LIKENESS 53:59 OF HIS RESURRECTION, KNOWING THIS, THAT OUR OLD MAN WAS 54:02 CRUCIFIED WITH HIM, THAT THE BODY OF SIN MIGHT BE DONE AWAY 54:06 WITH, THAT WE SHOULD NO LONGER BE SLAVES OF SIN." 54:10 - SO BEING CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST, IS IT CLEAR? THAT'S 54:13 SAYING WE DON'T LIVE THOSE LIVES OF SIN ANYMORE - "FOR HE WHO HAS 54:17 DIED HAS BEEN FREED FROM SIN." DEAD PEOPLE ARE USUALLY 54:20 PRETTY WELL BEHAVED. ALRIGHT, WE'RE OUT OF TIME. 54:24 I THINK WE COVERED THE LESSON BUT, IN CLOSING, I WANT TO 54:26 REMIND OUR VIEWERS WE DO HAVE A FREE OFFER. 54:29 SOMETIMES PEOPLE TUNE IN AFTER WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN THE PROGRAM 54:32 AND THEY MISS THE ANNOUNCEMENT. WE'LL SEND YOU A FREE COPY. 54:35 THIS IS A GOOD BOOK FOR THIS SUBJECT TODAY. 54:37 IT'S CALLED ASSURANCE: JUSTIFICATION MADE SIMPLE - 54:40 ASK FOR OFFER #727 AND CALL THE NUMBER - 866-788-3966. 54:47 AFTER YOU READ IT PLEASE SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 54:48 GOD BLESS YOU, FRIEND. GOD WILLING, WE'LL STUDY HIS 54:51 WORD TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK. (MUSIC) 55:04 >>CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 55:07 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? ACTUALLY, I KNOW THEY CAN'T HEAR 55:11 ME BECAUSE THERE'S NO CELL PHONE RECEPTION HERE. 55:14 WE'RE, RIGHT NOW, STANDING IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS 'A QUIET ZONE' 55:17 AND THERE'S A VERY GOOD REASON FOR THAT. 55:20 HIDDEN, NESTLED AMONG THE JUNGLE MOUNTAINS OF PUERTO RICO, IS A 55:23 GIANT SENTINEL, AN ALUMINUM EAR 1,000 FEET ACROSS. 55:28 LOCATED TEN MILES SOUTH OF THE COASTAL CITY OF ARECIBO, THIS 55:32 ENORMOUS SPACE-AGE PARABOLIC DISH IS AIMED AT THE SKY, 55:36 LISTENING. BUILT IN 1963 BY CORNELL 55:39 UNIVERSITY, THE ARECIBO OBSERVATORY DISH IS ONE OF THE 55:43 LARGEST CURVED FOCUSING ANTENNAE ON EARTH. 55:46 THE DISH SURFACE IS MADE OF NEARLY 40,000 PERFORATED 55:50 ALUMINUM PANELS, EACH MEASURING ABOUT 3-FEET BY 6-FEET AND 55:54 SUPPORTED BY A MESH OF STEEL CABLES. 55:56 THE VAST ANTENNAE SURFACE COVERS 18 ACRES, OR ABOUT THE SAME SIZE 56:00 AS 26 FOOTBALL FIELDS. WHEN THE HUGE TELESCOPE SWITCHES 56:04 TO RADAR MODE, IT BEAMS OUT A POWERFUL SIGNAL OF 1 MILLION 56:08 WATTS, TOWARDS THE PLANETS, MOONS, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS. 56:12 THE FAINT ECHO OF THE SIGNAL BOUNCING OFF ITS ASTRONOMICAL 56:14 TARGETS IS COLLECTED BY THE HUGE DISC AND THEN AMPLIFIED, 56:18 ALLOWING SCIENTISTS TO CREATE SCANNER-LIKE IMAGES AND MAPS OF 56:22 THE OBJECT. BUT ANOTHER PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR 56:24 THE ARECIBO OBSERVATORY IS SETI. SETI'S AN ACRONYM FOR SEARCH 56:29 FOR EXTRA TERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE - THEY'RE LISTENING 56:32 FOR MESSAGES FROM ABOVE. FOR OVER 50 YEARS, RADIO 56:36 ASTRONOMERS HAVE USED THE WORLD'S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE 56:39 TO STUDY THE RADIO SIGNALS EMANATING FROM THE COSMOS. 56:43 WHILE LISTENING TO THE STRANGE SONGS BURIED IN THE HEART OF THE 56:46 DISTANT STARS AND QUASARS, THEY'RE ALSO LISTENING AND 56:49 ANALYZING EVERY SIGNAL FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE. 56:54 IT'S REALLY ASTONISHING, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, FOR MORE 56:56 THAN 50 YEARS NOW THE ARECIBO OBSERVATORY HAS BEEN SCANNING 57:01 THE HEAVENS, SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, WONDERING IF THERE'S 57:04 INTELLIGENT LIFE OUT THERE. YET, IN MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY 57:07 OF LISTENING, SETI HAS NOT IDENTIFIED A SIGNAL RADIO SIGNAL 57:11 THAT SEEMS TO COME FROM EXTRA TERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE. 57:15 PERHAPS THEY'RE MISSING THE FOREST BECAUSE THE TREES ARE IN 57:17 THE WAY. SOME MESSAGES HAVE ACTUALLY 57:20 ALREADY COME FROM SPACE. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US, IN 57:23 THE BOOK OF ROMANS, 'FAITH COMES BY HEARING AND HEARING COMES 57:26 BY THE WORD OF GOD.' IT SEEMS, OFTEN WHEN GOD WANTS TO TALK TO 57:29 US, HE HAS TO TAKE US WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY HEAR HIS VOICE. 57:33 WHEN GOD WANTED TO SPEAK TO ELIJAH, HE ENDED UP DOWN IN THE 57:36 DESERTS OF MOUNT SINAI. THERE WAS A FIRE, AND 57:39 EARTHQUAKE, AND A WIND, BUT GOD WAS NOT IN THE EARTHQUAKE OR THE 57:42 FIRE OR THE WIND, BUT GOD SPOKE THROUGH A STILL SMALL VOICE. 57:46 JESUS WANTS TO TALK TO YOU. HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE, BUT 57:50 YOU NEED TO HAVE A QUIET PLACE WHERE YOU CAN HEAR HIM. 57:52 (PHONE RINGING) OH, IT'S FOR YOU. (MUSIC) 58:03 >>FOR LIFE-CHANGING CHRISTIAN RESOURCES VISIT 58:06 AFBOOKSTORE.COM OR CALL 1-800-538-7275. 58:12 (MUSIC) |
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