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>>WELCOME TO
SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE
TUNING IN WHEREVER YOU ARE FROM.
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WE KNOW WE HAVE AN EXTENDED
SABBATH SCHOOL FAMILY AROUND THE
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WORLD AND EACH WEEK WE ARE SO
EXCITED THAT WE GET TO SING AND
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STUDY TOGETHER WITH YOU, WHETHER
YOU ARE LISTENING ON THE RADIO,
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WATCHING LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE,
OR ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION
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NETWORKS. WE ARE
JUST GLAD YOU'RE JOINING
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WITH US AND WE HAVE
ANOTHER STUDY WITH YOU TODAY.
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AND, OF COURSE, BEFORE WE DO
THAT, WE ALWAYS SING OURS - AND
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YOUR - FAVORITE SONGS.
AND SO, WE'RE GOING TO START
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WITH #614 - SOUND THE BATTLE
CRY - AND WE'RE GOING TO DO
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ALL THREE STANZAS
- #614. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE YOUR
SOLDIERS TODAY, AND I PRAY THAT
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YOU'LL GIVE US THAT ZEAL AND
THAT FIRE THAT WE WILL TAKE THE
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MESSAGE TO THE WORLD AND THAT,
IN OUR DAILY LIVES, WE WILL BE
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LIVING EXAMPLES TO THOSE AROUND
US - THAT WE ARE TRULY YOURS.
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AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL JUST
SPEAK TO US TODAY, THAT YOU WILL
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BE WITH OUR EXTENDED FAMILY
AROUND THE WORLD - EACH AND
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EVERY ONE OF THEM
- THERE ARE SO MANY.
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THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
THAT WE HAVE TO STUDY TOGETHER,
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AND FOR OUR SPEAKER.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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OUR LESSON STUDY TODAY IS
ENTITLED, FROM SLAVES TO HEIRS ,
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AND YOU FIND IT IN
THE ADVENTIST QUARTERLY.
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IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE OF THESE,
YOU CAN CONTACT YOUR LOCAL
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ADVENTIST CHURCH
AND GET ONE OF THEM.
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IT'S THE GOSPEL IN GALATIANS
AND WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH
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THIS. AND, TODAY,
IT'S LESSON #8 AND
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IT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US
BY CARISSA MCSHERRY, WHO IS THE
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AFCOE
- THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF
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EVANGELISM - SO CARISSA'S GOING
TO BE BRINGING US OUR LESSON
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STUDY, AND WE KNOW
THAT YOU WILL BE BLESSED.
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>>GOOD MORNING
AND HAPPY SABBATH.
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>>GOOD MORNING.
>>IS IT A HAPPY SABBATH?
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>>YES. >>AMEN.
ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW,
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JUST THIS MORNING, AS I
WAS DRIVING TO CHURCH, I WAS
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THINKING ABOUT HOW OFTEN I
TAKE THIS SABBATH BLESSING FOR
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GRANTED. IT'S
WHAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE
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WEEK, BUT WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
BLESSING IT IS, EVERY SINGLE
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WEEK, TO GATHER TOGETHER WITH
LIKE BELIEVERS, TO STUDY THE
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WORD OF GOD, AND TO
GROW IN GRACE TOGETHER.
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IT'S A BLESSING, AMEN? >>AMEN.
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>>AMEN. THIS WEEK WE
HAVE BEEN STUDYING THE TOPIC
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FROM SLAVE TO HEIR -
LOOKING AT THE LATTER PORTION OF
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GALATIANS 3 AND THEN DIVING INTO
GALATIANS CHAPTER 4, SO THAT IS
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WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT TOGETHER THIS MORNING.
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BUT FIRST, I JUST WANT TO
REMIND YOU OF OUR FREE OFFER.
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IT IS CALLED, AGAIN, THE
HIGH COST OF THE CROSS - IT'S AN
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EXCELLENT LITTLE BOOKLET AND I
WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK IT
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OUT. YOU CAN
RECEIVE IT BY CALLING
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866-STUDY-MORE - 866-STUDY-MORE
- AND JUST MENTION
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THAT IT IS OFFER #156. IF
YOU HAVE YOUR QUARTERLY THIS
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MORNING, OUR MEMORY TEXT IS
FOUND IN GALATIANS CHAPTER 4 AND
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VERSE 7 - GALATIANS CHAPTER 4
AND VERSE 7. IF YOU WOULD JUST
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READ THAT ALOUD WITH ME.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "SO YOU ARE NO
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LONGER A SLAVE, BUT A
SON; AND IF A SON, THEN AN HEIR
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THROUGH GOD." THOSE
ARE BEAUTIFUL WORDS AND
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TRULY, IN ESSENCE,
IT EXPRESSES THE GOSPEL.
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'YOU ARE NO LONGER A SLAVE,
BUT A SON; AND IF A SON, THEN AN
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HEIR THROUGH GOD.' YOU SEE,
ADOPTION, AS WE'RE GOING TO BE
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SPEAKING OF TODAY, WAS ACTUALLY
A VERY COMMON PRACTICE IN ROME
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DURING THE TIME THAT PAUL
WAS WRITING THIS LETTER TO THE
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GALATIANS. IT
TYPICALLY OCCURRED UPON THE
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MORE WEALTHY CLASS -
THOSE THAT ARE MORE WELL OFF.
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YOU SEE, IT WAS VERY MUCH A
REQUIREMENT IN THOSE DAYS THAT
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YOU HAD AN HEIR - A MALE HEIR.
SO, FOR THOSE THAT DID NOT HAVE
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CHILDREN OR, PERHAPS YOU HAD FAR
TOO MANY CHILDREN AND CHILDREN
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WERE EXPENSIVE TO HAVE -
EXPENSIVE TO RAISE - AND SO,
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TYPICALLY, THAT WAS
FROWNED UPON. SO IF YOU HAD MANY
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CHILDREN, SOMEONE WHO DID NOT
HAVE A CHILD, OR MAYBE ONLY HAD
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DAUGHTERS, WOULD
ADOPT ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN.
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NOW, THE CHILD THEY ADOPTED FROM
YOU WAS NOT TYPICALLY THE LAST
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BORN - THE OOPS - IT
WAS NOT THE UNWANTED CHILD.
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OFTEN THE ONE THAT WAS ADOPTED
WAS THE ELDEST CHILD - THE ONE
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THAT HAD PROVEN THEIR CHARACTER
AND THEIR FAITHFULNESS.
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THAT CHILD WOULD THEN BE ADOPTED
BY SOMEONE IN THE UPPER CLASS.
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THAT CHILD WOULD BE PAID FOR
- THERE WOULD BE A SUM OF MONEY
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THAT WAS EXCHANGED FOR THIS
ADOPTION, AND THAT CHILD WOULD
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THEN BECOME A FULL HEIR
OF THAT NEW ADOPTED FAMILY.
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HE WOULD TAKE ON THE
NAME OF THAT FAMILY AS WELL.
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NOW ADOPTION WAS NOT CONSIDERED
TO BE A SHAMEFUL THING OR A
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SECRETIVE THING. IT
WAS VERY OPEN AND, IN FACT,
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VERY MUCH
ENCOURAGED IN SOME SITUATIONS.
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YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH
SOME OF THE NAMES OF VERY FAMOUS
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INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE, IN
FACT, ADOPTED. MEN SUCH AS NERO,
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TIBERIUS, AND
AUGUSTUS. THEY WERE ALL ADOPTED.
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SO, AS PAUL IS ADDRESSING THIS
LETTER TO THE GALATIANS, HE'S,
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AGAIN, LOOKING AT THIS CONTEXT
OF WHAT ADOPTION MEANS AND
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REMINDING US THAT THAT IS THE
EXPERIENCE THAT GOD WANTS EVERY
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SINGLE ONE OF US TO HAVE TODAY.
WE ARE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING,
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IN OUR LESSON, THREE QUESTIONS:
HOW DO WE BECOME CLOTHED WITH
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CHRIST AND HEIRS OF HIS KINGDOM?
SECONDARILY, HOW MIGHT WE, WHO
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HAVE BEEN GOD'S CHILDREN, SLIDE
BACK INTO THE SLAVERY OF WORKS?
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AND, LASTLY, HOW DO WE DAILY
CLOTHE OURSELVES IN THE DEATH
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AND
RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST?
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BUT, BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THIS
TOPIC MUCH DEEPER, WOULD YOU
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JUST BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME AS
WE PRAY? HEAVENLY FATHER, GOD,
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LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU
FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL SABBATH DAY.
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LORD, I JUST THANK YOU THAT WE
CAN OPEN YOUR WORD AND THAT WE
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CAN WORSHIP YOU AS OUR LORD AND
AS OUR GOD. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE
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PRAY FOR YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AND,
LORD, TODAY, AS WE OPEN YOUR
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WORD, MAY YOU OPEN OUR HEARTS.
WE THANK YOU, FATHER AND WE
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PRAY, TRUSTING IN THE NAME
OF JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, AMEN.
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WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN OUR STUDY
WITH SUNDAY'S LESSON ENTITLED
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OUR CONDITION IN CHRIST .
TURN, WITH ME, IN YOUR BIBLES TO
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GALATIANS CHAPTER
3, VERSES 26 TO 27.
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ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER
WHO WILL BE READING THAT FOR US.
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WE ARE IN GALATIANS
CHAPTER 3, VERSES 26 AND 27.
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>>"FOR YOU ARE ALL SONS OF GOD
THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS.
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FOR AS MANY OF YOU AS WERE
BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST HAVE PUT ON
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CHRIST." >>OKAY.
SO WE ARE ALL SONS
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THROUGH WHAT?
THROUGH - >>CHRIST.
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>>THROUGH CHRIST,
BUT WHAT THROUGH CHRIST?
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>>SONS OF GOD.
>>WE ARE ALL SONS OF GOD
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THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST. IS
THAT CORRECT? WE MUST HAVE THAT
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FAITH IN CHRIST IN ORDER TO BE
THOSE SONS. "FOR AS MANY OF YOU
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AS WERE BAPTIZED"
HAVE PUT ON JESUS CHRIST.
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SO WE ARE SEEING HERE
THAT THERE IS A CONNECTION.
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WHEN YOU ARE BAPTIZED, YOU
ARE PUTTING ON JESUS CHRIST.
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TO PUT ON JESUS CHRIST?
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TURN WITH ME IN YOUR BIBLES, AS
WE FURTHER ILLUSTRATE THIS, TO
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ROMANS - IN ROMANS CHAPTER 6
AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT VERSES 3
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THROUGH 6 - ROMANS CHAPTER 6
- AGAIN, THE SAME AUTHOR HERE,
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PAUL, IS SPEAKING. WE
ARE IN ROMANS CHAPTER 6,
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VERSES 3 THROUGH 6. THE
BIBLE TELLS US THIS MORNING,
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"OR DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT AS
MANY OF US AS WERE BAPTIZED INTO
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CHRIST JESUS WERE
BAPTIZED INTO HIS" - WHAT?
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>>HIS DEATH. >>INTO
HIS DEATH - "THEREFORE
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WE WERE BURIED WITH HIM THROUGH
BAPTISM INTO DEATH, THAT JUST
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AS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE
DEAD BY THE GLORY OF THE FATHER,
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EVEN SO WE ALSO SHOULD WALK IN
NEWNESS OF LIFE." I'M GOING TO
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PAUSE THERE FOR A JUST A MOMENT.
NOTICE, DO WE DIE SO THAT WE MAY
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REMAIN DEAD? NO, WHY DO WE DIE?
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>>SO THAT WE CAN
BE RAISED WITH HIM.
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>>SO THAT WE CAN BE RAISED
TO LIFE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
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YOU SEE, AGAIN, THAT'S
THE BEAUTY OF THE GOSPEL.
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HE DOESN'T WANT YOU
TO MERELY REMAIN DEAD.
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HE IS SAYING YOU ARE
DEAD. YOU HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED.
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WHY? SO THAT YOU
CAN RISE AGAIN - SO
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THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE
THAT BEAUTIFUL, ABUNDANT LIFE.
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CONTINUING IN VERSE 5, "FOR IF
WE HAVE BEEN UNITED TOGETHER IN
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THE LIKENESS OF HIS DEATH,
CERTAINLY WE ALSO SHALL BE IN
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THE LIKENESS OF HIS
RESURRECTION," - NOTICE, IF WE
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ARE NOT UNITED IN HIS DEATH,
WE CANNOT BE UNITED IN HIS -
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>>RESURRECTION.
>>RESURRECTION. BEFORE WE CAN
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EXPERIENCE THE RESURRECTION,
WE MUST EXPERIENCE THE DEATH.
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VERSE 6, "KNOWING THIS, THAT OUR
OLD MAN WAS CRUCIFIED WITH HIM,
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THAT THE BODY OF SIN MIGHT BE
DONE AWAY WITH, THAT WE SHOULD
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NO LONGER BE SLAVES OF
SIN." THE BIBLE SAYS, HERE, THAT
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SIN IS A SLAVE MASTER.
SIN KEEPS US IN BONDAGE.
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BUT HERE, JESUS IS SAYING, 'YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BE IN BONDAGE, I
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WANT YOU TO EXPERIENCE THE
POWER OF THE RESURRECTION.'
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IT SPEAKS OF OUR
OLD MAN BEING WHAT?
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>>DEAD. >>CRUCIFIED - BEING DEAD
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AND BEING
CRUCIFIED. NOW, WAS CRUCIFIXION
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A BEAUTIFUL PROCESS? >>NO.
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>>WAS THAT SOMETHING YOU
WOULD DESIRE TO EXPERIENCE? NO.
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CRUCIFIXIONS WERE
PAINFUL, WERE THEY NOT?
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AND, SOMETIMES IN THAT SURRENDER
PROCESS, WE MIGHT FEEL AS THOUGH
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WE WANT TO COME
DOWN FROM THAT CROSS.
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'LORD, THIS CRUCIFIXION, I DON'T
KNOW ABOUT THAT.' BUT GOD IS
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SAYING, 'NO, COME TO ME IN YOUR
ENTIRETY. THE DEPTHS OF THAT
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SURRENDER AND, AS YOU ARE
CRUCIFIED WITH ME, AS YOU GIVE
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ALL TO ME, THEN YOU
WILL EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY
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OF THAT RESURRECTED LIFE.'
FURTHER ILLUSTRATING THIS, WE
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ARE GOING TO TURN TO COLOSSIANS
CHAPTER 3, VERSES 9 THROUGH
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10 - GALATIANS, EPHESIANS,
PHILIPPIANS - COLOSSIANS CHAPTER
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3, LOOKING AT VERSES 9 AND 10.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "DO NOT LIE TO
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ONE ANOTHER, SINCE YOU HAVE PUT
OFF THE OLD MAN WITH HIS DEEDS,
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AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW
MAN WHO IS RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE
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ACCORDING TO THE IMAGE
OF HIM WHO CREATED HIM."
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NOTICE, WHAT ARE WE
PUTTING OFF? >>THE OLD MAN.
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>>THE OLD MAN. AND IN ITS PLACE,
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WHAT DO WE PUT ON? >>CHRIST.
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>>THE NEW MAN, JESUS
CHRIST, IN HIS IMAGE.
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WE ARE RENEWED IN THE
KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST.
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE
RENEWED? NEW - RE-NEWED - RIGHT?
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TO BE MADE NEW ONCE AGAIN.
AND JESUS IS SAYING, THE WAY
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THAT YOU CAN BE MADE NEW ONCE
AGAIN - THE WAY THAT YOU CAN
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EXPERIENCE THAT NEW
BIRTH IS THROUGH WHAT?
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>>THE HOLY SPIRIT. >>THE
HOLY SPIRIT DOES THE WORK
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- WE ARE RENEWED
IN HIM THROUGH A -
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>>KNOWLEDGE.
>>KNOWLEDGE. THROUGH A KNOWLEDGE
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OF WHAT? THE
KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST -
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THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS CRUCIFIXION
- THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS LIFE.
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IT IS THROUGH THE CHARACTER
OF JESUS CHRIST - IT IS THROUGH
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LOOKING UNTO JESUS, THE AUTHOR
AND THE FINISHER OF OUR FAITH,
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THAT WE CAN COME TO
THAT RENEWED EXPERIENCE.
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YOU SEE, IF I JUST LOOK AT
MYSELF ALL DAY LONG AND SAY,
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'WOW, I'M SO
SELFISH. WOW, I'M SO PROUD.
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WOW, I'M SO THIS - I'M SO THAT.'
I AM TURNING MY LOOKS AND I AM
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BECOMING EVEN MORE
SELFISH. AND I FIND NO VICTORY
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LOOKING IN MYSELF.
AND HERE WE ARE REMINDED,
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LOOKING UNTO JESUS,
RENEWED IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM.
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JOHN CHAPTER 17 AND VERSE 3
TELLS US, "AND THIS IS ETERNAL
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LIFE, THAT THEY
MAY" - WHAT? >>KNOW YOU.
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>>"THAT THEY MAY KNOW
YOU." ETERNAL LIFE IS ALL ABOUT
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KNOWING JESUS - ABOUT HAVING
THAT PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
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HIM. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
IS ANOTHER TEXT TO CONSIDER.
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AS WE LOOK AT JESUS WE BECOME
TRANSFORMED INTO HIS IMAGE.
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BUT AS WE ARE CONSIDERING WHAT
IT MEANS TO PUT OFF AND PUT ON,
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I WANT TO
CONSIDER VERSES 11 TO 13.
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WE ARE IN
COLOSSIANS 3, VERSES 11 TO 13.
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THE BIBLE SAYS, "WHERE
THERE IS NEITHER GREEK NOR JEW,
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CIRCUMCISED NOR UNCIRCUMCISED,
BARBARIAN, SCYTHIAN, SLAVE NOR
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FREE, BUT CHRIST
IS ALL AND IN ALL.
00:16:49.47\00:16:53.14
THEREFORE, AS THE ELECT OF GOD,
HOLY AND BELOVED, PUT ON TENDER
00:16:53.17\00:16:57.61
MERCIES, KINDNESS, HUMILITY,
MEEKNESS, LONGSUFFERING; BEARING
00:16:57.65\00:17:03.69
WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND FORGIVING
ONE ANOTHER, IF ANYONE HAS A
00:17:03.72\00:17:08.19
COMPLAINT AGAINST ANOTHER; EVEN
AS CHRIST FORGAVE YOU, SO YOU
00:17:08.22\00:17:13.06
ALSO MUST DO." >>AMEN.
00:17:13.09\00:17:16.16
>>NOW NOTICE, WHEN IT LOOKS
AT THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT A
00:17:16.20\00:17:18.60
CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE 'PUTTING
ON', WHO DOES THAT REMIND YOU
00:17:18.63\00:17:22.64
OF? >>JESUS.
00:17:22.67\00:17:25.21
>>JESUS CHRIST, DOES IT
NOT? YOU LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL
00:17:25.24\00:17:28.84
EXAMPLE AND YOU LOOK AT YOUR OWN
HEART - I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
00:17:28.88\00:17:31.48
LIKE ME, I SAY, 'WOE
IS ME FOR I AM UNDONE'.
00:17:31.51\00:17:34.78
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT JESUS WE SEE
THAT EXAMPLE PERFECTLY LIVED OUT
00:17:34.82\00:17:39.49
IN HIS LIFE AND WE KNOW, BY
FAITH, THAT IF JESUS LIVED THAT
00:17:39.52\00:17:43.26
LIFE, HE, TOO, CAN LIVE IT
THROUGH US TODAY. GOD IS CALLING
00:17:43.29\00:17:48.66
US TO PUT ON THESE
THINGS TO THE POWER OF GOD.
00:17:48.70\00:17:52.20
NOW JUST AS A SMALL SIDE
NOTE HERE, PLEASE DO PAY SPECIAL
00:17:52.23\00:17:56.27
ATTENTION TO VERSE 11, WHERE IT
SPEAKS ABOUT THERE BEING NEITHER
00:17:56.30\00:18:00.04
GREEK NOR JEW,
CIRCUMCISED NOR UNCIRCUMCISED.
00:18:00.08\00:18:04.11
WE ARE GOING TO FIND A SIMILAR
VERSE IN GALATIANS 3, VERSE 28,
00:18:04.15\00:18:08.22
THAT HAS BEEN THE
CENTER OF MUCH CONTROVERSY.
00:18:08.25\00:18:10.52
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THIS
TEXT IN MIND IN ORDER SO THAT WE
00:18:10.55\00:18:13.32
CAN HAVE AN
ACCURATE UNDERSTANDING.
00:18:13.36\00:18:16.69
NOTICE, AGAIN, IT SAYS,
"...CHRIST IS ALL AND IN ALL."
00:18:16.73\00:18:20.00
SO THE CONTEXT THERE, AGAIN, IS
NOT THIS GROUP, THAT GROUP, THIS
00:18:20.03\00:18:23.13
GROUP, THAT GROUP - IT DOESN'T
MATTER YOUR BACKGROUND, IT
00:18:23.16\00:18:25.93
DOESN'T MATTER YOUR ETHNICITY,
IT DOESN'T MATTER YOUR ECONOMIC
00:18:25.97\00:18:28.47
STATUS, CHRIST IS
ALL IN ALL. >>AMEN.
00:18:28.50\00:18:33.98
>>WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
WITH THIS THOUGHT IN ZECHARIAH
00:18:34.01\00:18:37.91
CHAPTER 3. I LOVE THIS
STORY OF JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST.
00:18:37.95\00:18:44.55
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ IT
LATER IN ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 3.
00:18:44.59\00:18:47.89
THE BIBLE TELLS THAT JOSHUA THE
HIGH PRIEST WAS STANDING BEFORE
00:18:47.92\00:18:51.49
THE ANGEL OF THE LORD AND THE
DEVIL CAME AND BEGAN TO ACCUSE
00:18:51.53\00:18:56.16
HIM. WE KNOW THAT THE DEVIL
IS THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN.
00:18:56.20\00:19:00.67
HE LOVES TO COME IN, FIND OUR
FAULTS, AND CRITICIZE AND SAY,
00:19:00.70\00:19:04.67
'OH, YOU'LL
NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH.
00:19:04.71\00:19:06.11
LOOK AT YOUR FAULTS.' AND THERE,
AS JOSHUA STOOD BEFORE THE LORD,
00:19:06.14\00:19:10.28
HIS GARMENTS,
WERE THEY CLEAN? >>NO.
00:19:10.31\00:19:13.38
>>NO, THEY WERE
FILTHY, FILTHY RAGS.
00:19:13.42\00:19:18.12
AND HE STANDS BEFORE HIM IN HIS
IMPURITY AND THE DEVIL POINTS
00:19:18.15\00:19:21.66
OUT EVERY FLAW. AND
THEN JESUS, THE LORD, LOOKS
00:19:21.69\00:19:27.76
UPON JOSHUA AND HE SAYS, 'REMOVE
THOSE GARMENTS.' NOTICE, IT'S
00:19:27.76\00:19:32.27
NOT JOSHUA THAT
DOES THE REMOVING.
00:19:32.30\00:19:34.70
GOD REMOVES THOSE FILTHY
GARMENTS AND DOES HE LEAVE HIM
00:19:34.74\00:19:37.97
NAKED? >>NO.
00:19:38.01\00:19:39.67
>>NO, WHAT DOES HE THEN
DO? HE CLOTHED HIM THEN WITH
00:19:39.71\00:19:44.08
THAT ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
SO, ALSO, IN OUR EXPERIENCE,
00:19:44.11\00:19:49.32
WHO TOOK OFF THE
ROBE? GOD DID, RIGHT?
00:19:49.35\00:19:53.56
IT WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT'S WORK
FOR THAT ROBE TO BE REMOVED.
00:19:53.59\00:19:56.52
AND WHO PUT ON
THE NEW ROBE? >>GOD.
00:19:56.56\00:19:58.59
>>GOD DID. YOU SEE,
BOTH JUSTIFICATION AND
00:19:58.63\00:20:03.00
SANCTIFICATION
ARE THE WORK OF GOD.
00:20:03.03\00:20:07.24
>>AMEN.
>>SOMETIMES WE THINK THAT WE
00:20:07.27\00:20:09.44
BEGAN THIS GOOD WORK
AND WE CAN COMPLETE IT.
00:20:09.47\00:20:13.31
OR MAYBE WE THINK THAT, YOU
KNOW, 'I WAS CONVERTED, I GAVE
00:20:13.34\00:20:17.38
MY LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST, HE
FORGAVE ME, I WAS BAPTIZED, I
00:20:17.41\00:20:20.85
WAS CLEANSED, NOW THE REST OF MY
LIFE I'M GOING TO MAKE IT WORK.
00:20:20.88\00:20:24.35
THE REST OF MY LIFE I'M GOING TO
HANDLE IT SO I CAN BE APPROVED
00:20:24.39\00:20:27.49
OF GOD.' IS THAT THE CASE?
NO, THE SAME ONE WHO BEGAN THIS
00:20:27.52\00:20:33.80
GOOD WORK IN YOU IS THE
SAME ONE WHO WILL BE FAITHFUL
00:20:33.83\00:20:36.90
TO COMPLETE IT. AND HE
WILL, BY HIS GRACE, COMPLETE IT.
00:20:36.93\00:20:43.20
>>AMEN.
>>PHILIPPIANS CHAPTER 2 AND
00:20:43.24\00:20:46.61
VERSE 12 TELLS US TO WORK
OUT OUR OWN SALVATION WITH WHAT?
00:20:46.64\00:20:51.65
>>FEAR AND
TREMBLING. >>FEAR AND TREMBLING.
00:20:51.68\00:20:55.52
YOU SEE, SOME PEOPLE
LEAVE - THEY STOP AT THAT VERSE.
00:20:55.55\00:20:59.49
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE AN
ENJOYABLE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE?
00:20:59.52\00:21:02.02
>>NO. >>'WORK OUT
YOUR OWN SALVATION.
00:21:02.06\00:21:06.16
IT IS UP TO YOU. YOU
WORK YOUR WAY TO HEAVEN.'
00:21:06.19\00:21:10.07
HOWEVER, VERSE 13 PUTS IT IN ITS
PROPER CONTEXT: "FOR IT IS GOD
00:21:10.10\00:21:16.40
WHO WORKS IN YOU BOTH
TO WILL AND TO DO FOR HIS
00:21:16.44\00:21:21.88
GOOD PLEASURE." YOU
SEE, THAT FEAR AND TREMBLING
00:21:21.91\00:21:26.95
IS MERELY US COMING TO GOD
AND SURRENDERING OUR LIVES AND
00:21:26.98\00:21:30.29
SAYING, 'GOD, I
HAVE THESE FILTHY RAGS.
00:21:30.32\00:21:32.72
PLEASE TAKE THEM OFF OF
ME AND PUT ON YOUR ROBE.
00:21:32.75\00:21:37.66
GOD, I DON'T HAVE THE POWER
TO EVEN TAKE THEM OFF, BUT I AM
00:21:37.69\00:21:40.86
SURRENDERING TO YOU BECAUSE I
KNOW YOU HAVE THE POWER.' FEAR
00:21:40.90\00:21:45.53
AND TREMBLING IS COMING TO GOD
AND SEEKING THAT SURRENDER WITH
00:21:45.57\00:21:48.64
ALL OF OUR HEART. AND
IT IS GOD WHO NOT ONLY
00:21:48.67\00:21:53.48
CREATES THE DESIRE WITHIN US,
BUT WHO IS ABLE TO COMPLETE IT.
00:21:53.51\00:22:01.62
THE SAME GOD THAT BEGAN THAT
GOOD WORK IN US WILL BE FAITHFUL
00:22:01.65\00:22:05.59
TO COMPLETE IT TODAY.
LET'S DIVE BACK TO GALATIANS -
00:22:05.62\00:22:11.79
BACK TO GALATIANS CHAPTER
3 AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE
00:22:11.83\00:22:16.03
CONSIDERING VERSES 28 AND 29 -
GALATIANS CHAPTER 3:28 AND 29 -
00:22:16.06\00:22:25.34
IF YOU WOULD READ
THAT FOR US, PLEASE.
00:22:25.37\00:22:26.71
THANK YOU.
>>"THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR
00:22:26.74\00:22:28.84
GREEK, THERE IS NEITHER SLAVE
NOR FREE, THERE IS NEITHER MALE
00:22:28.88\00:22:32.18
NOR FEMALE; FOR YOU ARE
ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS.
00:22:32.21\00:22:36.58
AND IF YOU ARE CHRIST'S,
THEN YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S SEED, AND
00:22:36.62\00:22:39.82
HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE."
00:22:39.85\00:22:41.89
>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS TEXT, AS I MENTIONED
00:22:41.92\00:22:45.13
EARLIER, HAS BEEN THE
CENTER OF MUCH CONTROVERSY.
00:22:45.16\00:22:48.76
BUT IF WE LOOK AT IT IN
THE CONTEXT IN WHICH PAUL IS
00:22:48.80\00:22:52.13
SPEAKING IT, I BELIEVE THAT THE
CONTEXT MAKES IT QUITE CLEAR.
00:22:52.17\00:22:57.37
HE IS SAYING HERE, 'IT DOES NOT
MATTER IF YOU ARE JEW OR IF YOU
00:22:57.41\00:23:01.54
ARE GREEK; IT DOESN'T MATTER IF
YOU ARE AMERICAN OR IF YOU ARE
00:23:01.58\00:23:05.18
ANY OTHER NATIONALITY;
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR
00:23:05.21\00:23:08.08
BACKGROUND IS; IT DOESN'T MATTER
IF YOU ARE A LAWYER, A DOCTOR, A
00:23:08.12\00:23:13.19
MECHANIC, A CONSTRUCTION WORKER,
A TEACHER, OR A PASTOR; YOU ARE
00:23:13.22\00:23:20.06
OF EQUAL VALUE
BEFORE JESUS CHRIST.
00:23:20.10\00:23:23.30
>>AMEN. >>DO YOU
BELIEVE THAT, TODAY?
00:23:23.33\00:23:25.70
>>AMEN.
>>REGARDLESS OF YOUR BACKGROUND,
00:23:25.73\00:23:28.54
REGARDLESS OF YOUR ECONOMIC
STATUS, YOU ARE OF EQUAL
00:23:28.57\00:23:32.57
VALUE BEFORE JESUS CHRIST.
YOUR ROLE IN THE BODY - YOUR
00:23:32.61\00:23:37.38
ROLE IN THE CHURCH
- IS CRUCIAL. >>AMEN.
00:23:37.41\00:23:42.22
>>WE ARE ALL A PART OF THAT BODY
OF CHRIST AND SOMETIMES WE THINK
00:23:42.25\00:23:45.35
THAT THE PASTOR IS THE ONE WHO
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF
00:23:45.39\00:23:48.99
THAT BODY. BUT THE BIBLE
SAYS, 'NO, THAT'S NOT IT.
00:23:49.02\00:23:53.16
1 CORINTHIANS 12 - WE ARE ALL
A PART OF THAT BODY OF CHRIST.
00:23:53.19\00:23:56.83
WE HAVE EQUAL
IMPORTANCE BEFORE GOD.
00:23:56.87\00:23:59.60
>>AMEN.
>>SECONDARILY, THE POINT THAT IS
00:23:59.63\00:24:01.70
BEING BROUGHT OUT HERE: THERE IS
NO ADVANTAGE TO YOU BEING BORN A
00:24:01.74\00:24:06.94
JEW; NO ADVANTAGE TO YOU BEING
BORN A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST -
00:24:06.98\00:24:12.91
IF YOU THINK THAT THAT IS
WHAT WILL GIVE YOU SALVATION.
00:24:12.95\00:24:18.82
THERE IS NO SALVATION IN YOU
BEING A PASTOR; NO SALVATION IN
00:24:18.85\00:24:22.36
YOU BEING WHATEVER CHRISTIAN IT
MAY BE. THE SALVATION IS FOUND
00:24:22.39\00:24:25.96
IN JESUS CHRIST. >>AMEN.
00:24:25.99\00:24:28.16
>>WE CANNOT WORK
OUR WAY INTO HEAVEN.
00:24:28.20\00:24:31.33
NOW, AGAIN, GRANTED, AS WE COME
CLOSER TO JESUS CHRIST, WE COME
00:24:31.37\00:24:34.67
CLOSER INTO A DESIRE TO
BE IN HARMONY WITH HIS WORD.
00:24:34.70\00:24:38.61
BUT IT IS THROUGH THAT
RELATIONSHIP THAT WE ARE SAVED.
00:24:38.64\00:24:42.41
IT IS THROUGH GRACE BY FAITH
THAT WE EXPERIENCE SALVATION,
00:24:42.44\00:24:46.28
NOT BY WORKS LEST
ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST.
00:24:46.31\00:24:50.89
IS THAT CLEAR FROM THE
WRITINGS OF PAUL, TODAY?
00:24:50.92\00:24:52.62
>>YES. >>AMEN.
00:24:52.65\00:24:54.46
THAT IS A
CRUCIAL, CRUCIAL POINT.
00:24:54.49\00:24:58.06
1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 12 AND
VERSE 13 FURTHER ILLUSTRATES IT
00:24:58.09\00:25:03.30
- FURTHER REINFORCES THIS FACT,
WHERE PAUL SAYS, "FOR BY ONE
00:25:03.33\00:25:07.54
SPIRIT WE WERE ALL BAPTIZED INTO
ONE BODY-WHETHER JEWS OR GREEKS,
00:25:07.57\00:25:14.91
WETHER SLAVES OR FREE-AND HAVE
ALL BEEN MADE TO DRINK INTO ONE
00:25:14.94\00:25:20.85
SPIRIT." YOU SEE,
AGAIN, REGARDLESS OF
00:25:20.88\00:25:23.72
OUR BACKGROUND, WE
ARE ONE IN JESUS CHRIST.
00:25:23.75\00:25:27.72
NOW, FOR US, AS WE'RE READING
THIS, WE THINK, 'WELL, OF
00:25:27.76\00:25:30.66
COURSE.' FOR US IT MAY NOT BE
THAT DIFFICULT TO SWALLOW BUT,
00:25:30.69\00:25:35.50
AGAIN, REMEMBER THE TIME PERIOD
THAT PAUL WAS WRITING HERE.
00:25:35.53\00:25:40.14
REMEMBER, AGAIN, THAT THE JEWS,
HISTORICALLY, DURING THIS TIME,
00:25:40.17\00:25:44.74
WOULD PASS THE OTHER WAY, RATHER
THAN TO COME IN CONTACT WITH A
00:25:44.77\00:25:47.91
GENTILE. YOU DON'T WANT THEIR
SHADOW TO COME UPON YOU BECAUSE
00:25:47.94\00:25:51.58
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE UNCLEAN.
AND THE VIEW OF WOMEN, OF
00:25:51.61\00:25:55.68
COURSE, WAS ALSO PUT
DOWN IN MANY INSTANCES.
00:25:55.72\00:25:59.52
SO HERE, AS PAUL IS WRITING
THESE WORDS, FOR SOME PEOPLE
00:25:59.55\00:26:02.09
THEY WERE A
LITTLE HARD TO SWALLOW.
00:26:02.12\00:26:04.03
AND HE IS SAYING, 'DON'T ALLOW
THOSE PREJUDICES TO HOLD YOU
00:26:04.06\00:26:07.50
AWAY FROM JESUS
CHRIST. WE ARE ONE AND WE ARE
00:26:07.50\00:26:11.80
ALL IN JESUS CHRIST.
THERE IS NO DISTINCTION.
00:26:11.83\00:26:17.17
NOW WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE INTO MONDAY'S LESSON.
00:26:17.21\00:26:20.41
THE CONCEPT IS, ENSLAVED
TO ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES .
00:26:20.44\00:26:26.31
WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO
GALATIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSES 1
00:26:26.35\00:26:30.32
THROUGH 3 - GALATIANS
CHAPTER 4, VERSES 1 TO 3.
00:26:30.35\00:26:35.52
>>"NOW I SAY THAT THE HEIR, AS
LONG AS HE IS A CHILD, DOES NOT
00:26:35.56\00:26:39.79
DIFFER AT ALL FROM A SLAVE,
THOUGH HE IS MASTER OF ALL, BUT
00:26:39.83\00:26:43.83
IS UNDER GUARDIANS AND STEWARDS
UNTIL THE TIME APPOINTED BY THE
00:26:43.87\00:26:47.10
FATHER. EVEN SO WE, WHEN WE WERE
CHILDREN, WERE IN BONDAGE UNDER
00:26:47.14\00:26:52.07
THE ELEMENTS OF THE
WORLD." >>THANK YOU.
00:26:52.11\00:26:55.91
THANK YOU, VICKY, I APPRECIATE
IT. I'M GOING TO NOW CONTINUE
00:26:55.94\00:26:58.65
WITH VERSE 9, JUST A COMPARISON
TO WHAT WAS JUST READ.
00:26:58.68\00:27:05.19
"BUT NOW AFTER YOU HAVE
KNOWN GOD OR RATHER ARE KNOWN BY
00:27:05.22\00:27:09.89
GOD, HOW IS IT THAT YOU TURN
AGAIN TO THE WEAK AND BEGGARLY
00:27:09.92\00:27:14.73
ELEMENTS, TO WHICH YOU
DESIRE AGAIN TO BE IN BONDAGE?
00:27:14.73\00:27:18.57
YOU OBSERVE DAYS AND
MONTHS AND SEASONS AND YEARS.
00:27:18.60\00:27:21.30
I AM AFRAID FOR YOU, LEST I
HAVE LABORED FOR YOU IN VAIN."
00:27:21.34\00:27:27.11
THE SABBATH SCHOOL QUARTERLY
BROUGHT OUT A VERY INTERESTING
00:27:27.14\00:27:29.44
POINT ON PAGE 66 AND I
WANT TO JUST READ IT TO YOU HERE
00:27:29.48\00:27:33.48
BRIEFLY. THEY MENTIONED
"PAUL IS REFERRING, HERE, TO THE
00:27:33.52\00:27:38.72
RUDIMENTARY
PRINCIPLES OF RELIGIOUS LIFE.
00:27:38.75\00:27:42.12
IF SO, PAUL IS SAYING THAT THE
OLD TESTAMENT PERIOD, WITH ITS
00:27:42.16\00:27:46.53
LAWS AND ITS SACRIFICES,
WAS MERELY A GOSPEL PRIMER THAT
00:27:46.56\00:27:51.27
OUTLINED THE BASICS OF
SALVATION. THUS, AS IMPORTANT
00:27:51.30\00:27:55.80
AND INSTRUCTIONAL AS THE
CEREMONIAL LAWS WERE TO ISRAEL,
00:27:55.84\00:27:59.24
THEY WERE ONLY
SHADOWS OF WHAT WAS TO COME.
00:27:59.27\00:28:04.68
THEY NEVER WERE INTENDED
TO TAKE THE PLACE OF CHRIST.
00:28:04.71\00:28:08.58
SO, FOR THE GALATIANS TO RETURN
TO THOSE BASIC ELEMENTS AFTER
00:28:08.62\00:28:12.15
CHRIST HAD ALREADY COME WOULD
BE LIKE THE ADULT SON, IN PAUL'S
00:28:12.19\00:28:16.52
ANALOGY, WANTING
TO BE A MINOR AGAIN."
00:28:16.56\00:28:22.16
SO HERE THEY ARE CLINGING TO THE
CEREMONIAL LAWS WHEN CHRIST WAS
00:28:22.20\00:28:26.37
THERE IN THE VERY PRESENCE.
AS A WAY OF ILLUSTRATING THIS,
00:28:26.40\00:28:32.64
IMAGINE, WITH ME,
THAT A SON GOES OFF TO WAR.
00:28:32.67\00:28:38.28
THE MOTHER IS
WORRIED ABOUT HER SON.
00:28:38.31\00:28:40.55
SHE MISSES HER SON.
SHE LONGS TO EMBRACE
00:28:40.58\00:28:43.22
HER SON AGAIN.
SHE FEARS THE DANGERS
00:28:43.25\00:28:46.22
THAT HE WILL FACE. THERE
ON THE MANTLE, THERE, SHE
00:28:46.25\00:28:49.66
HAS A BEAUTIFUL
PICTURE OF HER SON.
00:28:49.69\00:28:54.30
AND, OCCASIONALLY, ESPECIALLY
WHEN SHE'S FEELING LONELY, SHE
00:28:54.36\00:28:57.13
TAKES DOWN THAT PICTURE AND SHE
SITS ON THE COUCH AND SHE JUST
00:28:57.17\00:29:00.80
LOOKS AT THAT
PICTURE SO LOVINGLY.
00:29:00.84\00:29:04.11
AND SHE LOOKS INTO HIS EYES -
THOSE EYES THAT SHE CAN'T WAIT
00:29:04.14\00:29:07.01
TO SEE AGAIN, AND SHE LOOKS
AT THE PICTURE AND MAYBE CRIES A
00:29:07.04\00:29:10.45
TEAR OR TWO AND MAYBE KIND
OF RUBS HER FINGER ALONG THE
00:29:10.48\00:29:14.52
PICTURE AS SHE'S
SITTING THERE ADMIRING IT.
00:29:14.55\00:29:17.79
THE MONTHS PASS BY AND THE WAR
IS OVER AND, ONE DAY, HER SON
00:29:17.82\00:29:23.09
COMES HOME, THROWS OPEN THE
FRONT DOOR, AND SAYS, 'SURPRISE!
00:29:23.12\00:29:26.70
I'M HERE! I'M HOME!'
AND HE HEARS SILENCE.
00:29:26.73\00:29:32.00
HE GOES INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND
SEES HIS MOTHER SITTING THERE ON
00:29:32.03\00:29:34.77
THE COUCH LOOKING AT THIS
PICTURE, ADORING IT, HOLDING IT
00:29:34.80\00:29:39.01
CLOSE TO HER. AND THE
SON SAYS, 'MOM, I'M HOME!'
00:29:39.04\00:29:44.08
'MOM, I'M HERE!'
'MOM, I'M ALIVE!'
00:29:44.11\00:29:48.58
AND THE MOTHER IGNORES HIM
AS SHE CONTINUES TO STARE AT THE
00:29:48.62\00:29:52.12
PICTURE. CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS
00:29:52.15\00:29:55.29
SCENE TAKING PLACE?
HOPEFULLY NOT, RIGHT?
00:29:55.32\00:30:00.56
IT SOUNDS ABSURD, BECAUSE
WHAT WOULD ANY MOTHER DO?
00:30:00.60\00:30:07.60
SHE'S GONNA THROW THAT PICTURE
TO THE SIDE - DOESN'T CARE IF IT
00:30:07.64\00:30:10.34
BREAKS IN THE PROCESS - SHE
IS JUMPING UP TO GRAB HER SON.
00:30:10.37\00:30:15.68
AND, YOU SEE, THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT, UNFORTUNATELY, DID NOT
00:30:15.71\00:30:18.68
HAPPEN TO THE
JEWISH NATION AT LARGE.
00:30:18.71\00:30:22.48
GRANTED, THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS
WITHIN THE NATION THAT DID
00:30:22.52\00:30:25.12
ACCEPT CHRIST BUT, AT LARGE,
THE JEWISH NATION HELD ONTO THAT
00:30:25.15\00:30:29.79
PICTURE AND THEY CONTINUED TO
LOVE IT AND TO ADORE IT AND TO
00:30:29.82\00:30:33.63
BECOME SO FOCUSED ON THE
CEREMONIAL LAWS, THAT THEY
00:30:33.66\00:30:37.50
MISSED THE VERY ONE WHO WAS
SYMBOLIZED BY THOSE LAWS - THE
00:30:37.53\00:30:43.71
VERY ONE WHOSE
PRESENCE WAS THERE WITH THEM.
00:30:43.74\00:30:47.04
THEY WERE SO FOCUSED ON
SACRIFICING THE LAMB THAT THEY
00:30:47.08\00:30:49.71
DIDN'T REALIZE THAT MESSIAH, THE
LAMB - JESUS CHRIST - WAS BEFORE
00:30:49.74\00:30:52.88
THEM. IS THERE
A RISK THAT WE CAN
00:30:52.91\00:30:57.92
DO THE SAME THING TODAY? >>YES.
00:30:57.95\00:31:01.19
>>NO, WE DO NOT
KEEP THE CEREMONIAL LAWS.
00:31:01.22\00:31:03.83
WE BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST - IN
HIS REALITY TODAY - BUT COULD IT
00:31:03.86\00:31:08.96
BE THAT SOMETIMES WE GET
CAUGHT UP IN THE FORMS - IN THE
00:31:09.00\00:31:13.07
CEREMONIES? MAYBE IN THE DUTIES?
00:31:13.10\00:31:17.11
THEY MAY EVEN BE RIGHT. DO
YOU SEE THE CEREMONIAL LAWS
00:31:17.14\00:31:20.04
WERE ESTABLISHED FOR A
PURPOSE? JESUS, IN FACT, IS
00:31:20.08\00:31:23.55
THE ONE WHO GAVE THEM.
THEY WERE THERE TO POINT TO HIM.
00:31:23.58\00:31:28.78
BUT, SOMETIMES EVEN IN OUR
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE, EVEN THE
00:31:28.82\00:31:31.59
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN
TO US TO POINT TO JESUS, WE CAN
00:31:31.62\00:31:35.89
MAKE AN IDOL IN
AND OF THEMSELVES.
00:31:35.92\00:31:40.10
FOR INSTANCE, DO WE SOMETIMES
BECOME SO FOCUSED ON ALL THE
00:31:40.13\00:31:44.57
WORK WE NEED TO DO AT CHURCH
OR A SABBATH SCHOOL PROGRAM?
00:31:44.60\00:31:49.54
OR 'GOT TO BE AT CHURCH 9:30 ON
SABBATH MORNING BECAUSE THAT'S
00:31:49.57\00:31:53.41
WHAT I DO'? 'THAT'S MY CUSTOM.'
AND WE BECOME SO FOCUSED ON THE
00:31:53.44\00:31:59.15
CEREMONIES THAT WE
FORGET THE MEANING BEHIND THEM.
00:31:59.18\00:32:04.02
DO YOU SEE THIS? >>AMEN.
00:32:04.05\00:32:07.06
>>NOW IS IT IMPORTANT TO GATHER
TOGETHER IN CHURCH ON SABBATHS?
00:32:07.09\00:32:09.62
>>YES. >>YES, 'NOT FORSAKING THE
00:32:09.66\00:32:11.89
ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES
TOGETHER' THAT IS CRUCIAL.
00:32:11.93\00:32:14.50
BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO
ILLUSTRATE IS, IF I AM DOING
00:32:14.56\00:32:17.43
THESE THINGS BECAUSE I'M TRYING
TO WORK MY WAY INTO FAVOR WITH
00:32:17.47\00:32:20.44
GOD, IF I AM DOING THESE THINGS
AS A WAY TO EARN MY SALVATION,
00:32:20.47\00:32:24.94
I'VE MISSED THE MARK.
JESUS IS SAYING, 'NO, THE
00:32:24.97\00:32:28.74
SABBATH IS ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP
WITH ME - COMING CLOSER TO ME.
00:32:28.78\00:32:34.65
THAT IS WHAT I
WANT YOU TO EXPERIENCE.
00:32:34.68\00:32:37.15
THAT IS THE
BLESSING OF THE SABBATH.'
00:32:37.19\00:32:40.29
>>AMEN. >>IS THAT
CLEAR THIS MORNING?
00:32:40.32\00:32:42.26
>>AMEN. >>ARE WE
EXPERIENCING THE FULL
00:32:42.29\00:32:44.76
BLESSING THAT GOD DESIRES
TO GIVE TO US, OR ARE WE,
00:32:44.79\00:32:47.56
SOMETIMES, HOLDING
ON TO THE CEREMONIES?
00:32:47.60\00:32:52.07
ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT
THAT PAUL IS BRINGING OUT.
00:32:52.10\00:32:55.77
HE ASKS, 'WHY ARE YOU DESIRING
TO BE IN BONDAGE YET AGAIN?
00:32:55.80\00:33:02.31
GOD HAS MADE YOU FREE SO WHY,
THEN, ARE YOU DESIRING TO RETURN
00:33:02.34\00:33:06.78
TO BONDAGE?' YOU SEE
THE GALATIANS, MANY OF
00:33:06.82\00:33:10.42
THEM HAD BEEN
WORSHIPERS OF IDOLS.
00:33:10.45\00:33:13.46
THESE PAGAN PRACTICES -
PRACTICES WHERE YOU HAVE TO WORK
00:33:13.49\00:33:17.09
YOUR WAY INTO FAVOR WITH THE
GODS - SACRIFICING UNDER THEM TO
00:33:17.13\00:33:22.10
APPEASE THEIR WRATH.
AND THEY, THEN, TOOK THIS
00:33:22.13\00:33:26.10
MENTALITY INTO THEIR
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE.
00:33:26.13\00:33:29.47
THEY ARE NOW EMBRACING THE
CEREMONIES, YET AGAIN - THE
00:33:29.50\00:33:33.61
JEWISH CUSTOMS - AS A WAY OF,
AGAIN, WORKING THEMSELVES INTO
00:33:33.64\00:33:37.65
FAVOR WITH GOD.
AND PAUL IS SAYING,
00:33:37.68\00:33:40.65
'WHY ARE YOU DOING
THAT? YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN SET
00:33:40.68\00:33:44.15
FREE FROM THE BONDAGE.
DON'T ENTER INTO IT YET AGAIN.
00:33:44.19\00:33:49.89
YOU CANNOT WORK YOUR
WAY INTO FAVOR WITH GOD.
00:33:49.92\00:33:53.16
IT IS A FREE GIFT THAT I AM
OFFERING TO YOU TODAY.' AMEN.
00:33:53.19\00:34:00.50
TURN WITH ME IN YOUR
BIBLES TO JOHN CHAPTER 8.
00:34:00.54\00:34:05.84
HOW DO WE EXPERIENCE THE
FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE TODAY?
00:34:05.87\00:34:12.45
WE ARE IN JOHN CHAPTER 8 AND WE
ARE GOING TO BEGIN IN VERSE 31.
00:34:12.48\00:34:19.22
THE BIBLE SAYS, IN JOHN CHAPTER
8 AND VERSE 31, "THEN JESUS SAID
00:34:19.25\00:34:24.26
TO THOSE JEWS WHO BELIEVED HIM,
'IF YOU ABIDE IN MY WORD, YOU
00:34:24.29\00:34:28.63
ARE MY DISCIPLES INDEED.
AND YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND
00:34:28.66\00:34:33.54
THE TRUTH SHALL'" - DO WHAT?
00:34:33.57\00:34:35.24
>>MAKE YOU FREE.
>>"MAKE YOU FREE."
00:34:35.27\00:34:37.57
NOTICE, THE TRUTH
SHALL MAKE YOU FREE.
00:34:37.61\00:34:41.61
VERSE 33, "THEY ANSWERED HIM,
'WE ARE ABRAHAM'S DESCENDANTS,'"
00:34:41.64\00:34:45.85
- IN OTHER WORDS,
'WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?
00:34:45.88\00:34:48.72
DON'T YOU KNOW THAT JUST
BY OUR HERITAGE WE ARE SAVED?
00:34:48.75\00:34:53.72
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN IN BONDAGE
TO ANYONE.' - "HOW CAN YOU SAY,
00:34:53.76\00:34:57.73
'YOU WILL BE MADE FREE'?
JESUS ANSWERED THEM, 'MOST
00:34:57.76\00:35:01.60
ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, WHOEVER
COMMITS SIN IS A SLAVE OF SIN.'"
00:35:01.63\00:35:08.10
HAVE YOU FELT THAT
SLAVERY FROM SIN BEFORE?
00:35:08.14\00:35:11.61
SIN IS A CRUEL TASKMASTER.
VERSE 35, "AND A SLAVE DOES NOT
00:35:11.64\00:35:17.05
ABIDE IN THE HOUSE FOREVER,
BUT A SON ABIDES FOREVER.
00:35:17.08\00:35:23.72
THEREFORE IF THE SON MAKES YOU
FREE, YOU SHALL BE FREE INDEED."
00:35:23.75\00:35:30.29
HOW DO WE
EXPERIENCE FREEDOM TODAY?
00:35:30.33\00:35:32.66
>>THROUGH CHRIST.
>>IT'S THROUGH CHRIST.
00:35:32.69\00:35:35.06
IF THE SON SHALL MAKE YOU
FREE, YOU SHALL BE PARTLY FREE?
00:35:35.10\00:35:39.77
YOU SHALL BE MOSTLY
FREE? YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED.
00:35:39.80\00:35:44.94
THERE IS NO EXCEPTION HERE.
IF THE SON IS THE ONE WHO MAKES
00:35:44.97\00:35:48.01
YOU FREE, YOU SHALL BE
FREE COMPLETELY INDEED.
00:35:48.04\00:35:53.72
I FOUND IT INTERESTING, AS
I'M LOOKING AT THIS CONTRAST,
00:35:53.75\00:35:57.19
NOTICE, AGAIN, IN VERSE 32,
IT SAYS, "AND YOU SHALL KNOW THE
00:35:57.22\00:36:01.52
TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH
SHALL MAKE YOU FREE."
00:36:01.56\00:36:05.49
AND THEN IN VERSE 36 IT SAYS
THAT "...THE SON MAKES YOU FREE,
00:36:05.53\00:36:09.23
YOU SHALL BE FREE
INDEED." SO WHAT ARE THE TWO
00:36:09.26\00:36:13.67
THINGS HERE THAT BRING
FREEDOM? >>CHRIST AND THE TRUTH.
00:36:13.70\00:36:17.47
>>AH - ARE THEY TWO
THINGS OR ARE THEY ONE?
00:36:17.51\00:36:21.08
YOU MENTIONED
JESUS IS THE TRUTH.
00:36:21.11\00:36:23.81
THAT IS CORRECT.
THE TRUTH MAKES YOU FREE
00:36:23.85\00:36:26.95
- JESUS MAKES YOU FREE.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SOMEONE SAY
00:36:26.98\00:36:30.22
BEFORE, 'YOU KNOW,
I BELIEVE IN JESUS.
00:36:30.25\00:36:32.25
I LOVE JESUS, BUT
FORGET TALKING ABOUT DOCTRINE'?
00:36:32.29\00:36:36.29
YOU'VE HEARD THIS, RIGHT?
'JUST FOCUS ON JESUS.' BUT
00:36:36.32\00:36:40.20
DOCTRINE IS MERELY
TEACHING. IT IS AN ILLUSTRATION.
00:36:40.23\00:36:45.07
IT IS THE REVEALING
OF THE CHARACTER OF GOD.
00:36:45.10\00:36:49.30
AND SO, HERE, HE'S SAYING,
'JESUS AND HIS TRUTH, THEY BOTH
00:36:49.34\00:36:52.74
SET YOU FREE BECAUSE THEY ARE
ONE AND THE SAME.' IT IS MERELY
00:36:52.77\00:36:56.31
THE CHARACTER
OF CHRIST REVEALED.
00:36:56.34\00:37:00.25
THEREFORE, IF I WANT TO
EXPERIENCE FREEDOM, WHAT DO I
00:37:00.28\00:37:04.55
NEED TO DO?
>>COME CLOSER TO GOD.
00:37:04.59\00:37:06.65
>>COME CLOSER TO JESUS CHRIST.
HOW DO I COME CLOSER TO HIM?
00:37:06.69\00:37:10.66
>>HIS TRUTH.
>>THROUGH HIS TRUTH.
00:37:10.69\00:37:12.86
'THY WORD IS TRUTH.' SO IF I
AM PRAYING TODAY AND I'M SAYING,
00:37:12.89\00:37:17.70
'LORD, I WANT A
CLOSER EXPERIENCE WITH YOU.
00:37:17.73\00:37:20.34
I WANT TO BE RENEWED IN
THE KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST.
00:37:20.37\00:37:24.51
I WANT TO EXPERIENCE THAT
FREEDOM FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN
00:37:24.54\00:37:28.64
AND THAT CRUEL TASKMASTER OVER
ME', THE WAY THAT I EXPERIENCE
00:37:28.68\00:37:33.28
THIS FREEDOM AND SALVATION
TODAY IS BY KNOWING HIM.
00:37:33.31\00:37:37.82
>>AMEN. >>IT'S BY
SPENDING THAT TIME
00:37:37.85\00:37:40.56
IN HIS WORD AND ALLOWING
THAT CREATIVE WORD TO RECREATE
00:37:40.59\00:37:45.29
OUR HEARTS TODAY. AND
THAT IS THE EXPERIENCE THAT
00:37:45.33\00:37:49.03
GOD IS NOT ONLY CALLING
US TO, BUT GOD IS ALSO MAKING
00:37:49.06\00:37:53.30
PROVISION FOR TODAY.
WHOEVER COMMITS SIN, HE WAS
00:37:53.34\00:38:00.68
ILLUSTRATING
AGAIN, IS A SLAVE OF SIN.
00:38:00.71\00:38:03.28
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE SLAVES
OF SIN AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
00:38:03.31\00:38:06.85
JESUS AND EXPERIENCE THE FREEDOM
THAT HE HAS OFFERED TO US.
00:38:06.88\00:38:12.19
IMAGINE, WITH ME, THAT THERE IS
A CHILD BORN - THE MOTHER WAS A
00:38:12.22\00:38:17.19
DRUG ADDICT - THE CHILD
WAS BORN ADDICTED TO DRUGS.
00:38:17.23\00:38:22.26
MAYBE YOU'VE HEARD OF THESE
SCENARIOS BEFORE WHERE THE CHILD
00:38:22.30\00:38:24.83
LITERALLY GOES THROUGH
WITHDRAWALS IN THE HOSPITAL AS
00:38:24.87\00:38:28.20
THEY ARE COMING OFF THIS
ADDICTION TO THESE DRUGS.
00:38:28.24\00:38:32.31
IMAGINE A FAMILY COMES IN
AND ADOPTS THAT CHILD AND THEY
00:38:32.34\00:38:36.44
NURTURE THAT CHILD AND THEY CARE
FOR THAT CHILD, THEY PROVIDE FOR
00:38:36.48\00:38:40.22
THAT CHILD - THAT CHILD
IS THEIRS. THEY LOVE HIM.
00:38:40.25\00:38:43.99
AND WHEN HE BECOMES A TEENAGER
THE PARENTS SIT HIM DOWN AND
00:38:44.02\00:38:47.49
THEY SAY, 'YOU KNOW, WE LOVE YOU
SO MUCH THAT WE WANT TO OFFER
00:38:47.52\00:38:51.86
YOU FREEDOM - FULL FREEDOM -
SO IF YOU WANT TO USE DRUGS - WE
00:38:51.89\00:38:56.36
KNOW YOU HAVE AN INCLINATION
TOWARDS IT ANYWAYS, BECAUSE OF
00:38:56.40\00:38:59.53
YOUR MOTHER'S HISTORY, AND SO,
IF YOU WANT TO USE DRUGS, JUST
00:38:59.57\00:39:03.87
KNOW THAT WE LOVE YOU ENOUGH
THAT YOU'RE FREE TO DO THAT.'
00:39:03.91\00:39:08.14
IS THAT WHAT THE
ADOPTED FAMILY WOULD SAY?
00:39:08.18\00:39:10.35
>>NO. >>NO.
00:39:10.38\00:39:12.85
'WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH THAT
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO DO THAT.
00:39:12.88\00:39:16.32
WE SEE HOW DESTRUCTIVE IT IS AND
WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE
00:39:16.35\00:39:21.29
CAN TO KEEP YOU FROM THAT
LIFESTYLE - MAKE EVERY PROVISION
00:39:21.32\00:39:27.20
POSSIBLE FOR YOU.' YOU SEE,
SOMETIMES PEOPLE MISUNDERSTAND
00:39:27.23\00:39:31.63
THE FREEDOM THAT GOD IS OFFERING
AND THEY SAY, 'WELL, NOW THAT
00:39:31.67\00:39:35.60
I'M FREE IN CHRIST. I
CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT.
00:39:35.64\00:39:39.71
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I DO,
I AM FREE IN JESUS CHRIST.' BUT,
00:39:39.74\00:39:44.85
HERE, WE ARE TOLD THAT THAT
FREEDOM MEANS I DON'T HAVE TO GO
00:39:44.88\00:39:48.58
BACK INTO THAT BONDAGE.
THAT FREEDOM MEANS THAT I CAN
00:39:48.62\00:39:51.99
HAVE VICTORY IN MY LIFE
AND THAT THAT VICTORY IS
00:39:52.02\00:39:55.76
ASSURED TO US TODAY. >>AMEN.
00:39:55.79\00:39:59.26
>>1 JOHN CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE
9. A FAMILIAR TEXT TO US ALL, IT
00:39:59.29\00:40:04.27
SAYS THAT "IF WE CONFESS
OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND
00:40:04.30\00:40:08.57
JUST TO" - >>FORGIVE.
00:40:08.60\00:40:10.77
>>FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO" -
00:40:10.81\00:40:14.28
>>CLEANSE. >>"CLEANSE US FROM
00:40:14.31\00:40:15.84
ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS." YOU
SEE, OFTENTIMES I SEE THIS
00:40:15.88\00:40:20.62
FROM MANY CHRISTIANS - OR I HEAR
THIS - THE FIRST PART OF THAT
00:40:20.65\00:40:25.62
PASSAGE IS FULLY
ACCEPTED. YOU CONFESS YOUR SINS,
00:40:25.65\00:40:29.32
JESUS WILL FORGIVE YOU.
BUT THEY FORGET OR THEY FAIL TO
00:40:29.36\00:40:34.36
INCLUDE THAT SECOND
PORTION. IF WE CONFESS, HE WILL
00:40:34.36\00:40:38.47
FORGIVE AND CLEANSE US.
YOU SEE, IF I LEAVE OFF THE
00:40:38.50\00:40:45.81
CLEANSING, I AM NOT
TRULY REVEALING THE GOSPEL.
00:40:45.84\00:40:49.44
THE GOSPEL HAS THE POWER, NOT
ONLY TO FORGIVE, BUT ALSO TO DO
00:40:49.48\00:40:52.71
WHAT? >>TO CLEANSE.
00:40:52.75\00:40:54.45
>>TO CLEANSE. NOT ONLY TO
FORGIVE BUT TO EMPOWER US.
00:40:54.48\00:40:59.29
NOT ONLY TO GIVE US THE FREEDOM
THAT IS BEING PROMISED HERE IN
00:40:59.32\00:41:03.02
GALATIANS 4, BUT ALSO TO EMPOWER
US TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT
00:41:03.06\00:41:09.00
FREEDOM - TO NOT ENTER BACK
INTO THAT BONDAGE OF SIN, BUT TO
00:41:09.03\00:41:14.50
CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE
THAT FREEDOM IN JESUS CHRIST.
00:41:14.54\00:41:20.71
TURN WITH ME TO GALATIANS
CHAPTER 4 - GALATIANS CHAPTER 4
00:41:20.74\00:41:26.35
AND WE ARE IN VERSE 16 NOW.
A COUNSEL FROM PAUL THAT WE CAN
00:41:26.38\00:41:32.35
POSSIBLY CONNECT WITH
TODAY - GALATIANS CHAPTER
00:41:32.39\00:41:37.03
4 AND VERSE 16.
PAUL IS SAYING, "HAVE I
00:41:37.06\00:41:40.70
THEREFORE BECOME YOUR ENEMY
BECAUSE I TELL YOU THE TRUTH?"
00:41:40.73\00:41:47.94
HERE THE GALATIANS LOVED PAUL -
THEY WERE WILLING TO GIVE THEIR
00:41:47.97\00:41:51.07
LIVES FOR PAUL - AND NOW PAUL
IS GIVING THEM A BIT OF A HEFTY
00:41:51.11\00:41:55.38
REBUKE. AND HE
SAYS, 'AM I NOW YOUR
00:41:55.41\00:41:59.05
ENEMY BECAUSE I HAVE
REVEALED THE TRUTH TO YOU?'
00:41:59.08\00:42:05.39
YOU KNOW THE OLD ADAGE
'DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER'?
00:42:05.42\00:42:09.22
DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER IF
THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT GOD HAS
00:42:09.26\00:42:12.73
SENT. PROVERBS
CHAPTER 27 AND VERSE
00:42:12.76\00:42:14.76
6 TELLS US, "FAITHFUL ARE
THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND, BUT
00:42:14.83\00:42:20.74
THE KISSES OF AN
ENEMY ARE DECEITFUL."
00:42:20.77\00:42:24.71
FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS OF
A FRIEND, BUT THE KISSES OF AN
00:42:24.74\00:42:27.48
ENEMY ARE DECEITFUL.
ARE THERE TIMES WHERE WE
00:42:27.51\00:42:31.78
NEED TO SPEAK THE
WORD? SEASONED WITH
00:42:31.81\00:42:35.25
GRACE - ABSOLUTELY. BUT
PAUL LOVED THIS GROUP OF
00:42:35.28\00:42:39.35
PEOPLE SO MUCH THAT HE
DESIRED THEM TO BE SET FREE.
00:42:39.39\00:42:43.22
AND HE WAS WILLING TO PUT
HIMSELF ON THE LINE, EVEN IF IT
00:42:43.26\00:42:46.70
MADE SOME DIFFICULTIES IN
THEIR RELATIONSHIPS, BECAUSE HE
00:42:46.73\00:42:50.97
GENUINELY CARED ABUT
THEM. SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE.
00:42:51.00\00:42:59.31
DID PAUL, IN GALATIANS, CALL
OUT ANOTHER BELIEVER - IN FACT,
00:42:59.34\00:43:04.75
PUBLICLY? WHO
WAS THAT INDIVIDUAL?
00:43:04.78\00:43:07.62
>>PETER. >>PETER.
00:43:07.65\00:43:09.28
IN GALATIANS CHAPTER 2, PAUL
PUBLICLY CALLS OUT PETER BECAUSE
00:43:09.32\00:43:15.02
HE WOULD NO LONGER KEEP COMPANY
WITH THE GENTILES WHEN THE JEWS
00:43:15.06\00:43:18.73
WERE AROUND. HE
WAS BEING A HYPOCRITE.
00:43:18.76\00:43:22.30
HE WAS LIVING A DOUBLE LIFE.
AND, BECAUSE IT WAS A PUBLIC
00:43:22.33\00:43:25.27
SIN, PAUL CALLED IT OUT
PUBLICLY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I
00:43:25.30\00:43:29.47
APPRECIATE SO MUCH? IS
THE RESPONSE THAT PETER GAVE.
00:43:29.50\00:43:35.41
IT'S NOT RECORDED IN THAT
PASSAGE, PER SE, BUT WHEN YOU
00:43:35.44\00:43:38.28
READ ACTS OF THE APOSTLES AND
OTHER COMMENTARY, YOU SEE THAT
00:43:38.31\00:43:41.65
PETER, THEN, AFTER HE RECEIVED
THIS REBUKE - AND HELP ME OUT
00:43:41.68\00:43:46.39
HERE, HOW MANY OF US
WANT TO BE PUBLICLY REBUKED?
00:43:46.42\00:43:49.22
(LAUGHTER) DOES
THAT SOUND ENJOYABLE?
00:43:49.26\00:43:51.36
>>NO. >>ABSOLUTELY NOT.
00:43:51.39\00:43:54.46
BUT PETER, AFTER RECEIVING THIS
PUBLIC REBUKE, HE COULD HAVE
00:43:54.46\00:43:57.63
BEEN ANGRY. HE
COULD HAVE BEEN MAD.
00:43:57.67\00:43:59.43
HE COULD HAVE CALLED PAUL ALL
SORTS OF THINGS, BUT INSTEAD, HE
00:43:59.47\00:44:02.80
TOOK IT HUMBLY. HE
ACCEPTED THE REBUKE.
00:44:02.84\00:44:06.47
'YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT.' AND
WE READ IN ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
00:44:06.51\00:44:09.61
THAT HE WENT TO THE OTHERS AND
AS FAR AS WAS WITHIN HIS POWER,
00:44:09.64\00:44:14.12
HE SOUGHT TO CORRECT THIS
MISTAKE THAT HAD BEEN MADE.
00:44:14.15\00:44:18.79
HE SOUGHT TO MAKE
THAT CHANGE IN HIS LIFE.
00:44:18.82\00:44:22.09
HOW DO WE RESPOND
WHEN WE'RE CORRECTED?
00:44:22.12\00:44:24.83
ARE WE WILLING TO HUMBLE
OURSELVES AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW
00:44:24.86\00:44:27.60
WHAT? YOU'RE
RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:44:27.60\00:44:30.73
I SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE
THAT. WILL YOU FORGIVE ME?'
00:44:30.77\00:44:35.27
ARE WE HUMBLE IN THE SIGHT
OF GOD AND WILLING TO MAKE THAT
00:44:35.30\00:44:38.37
RESTITUTION WHERE NEEDED?
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK, NOW, AT
00:44:38.41\00:44:43.08
TUESDAY'S LESSON, GOD
SENDING FORTH HIS SON .
00:44:43.11\00:44:47.92
GALATIANS CHAPTER
4, VERSES 4 THROUGH 7.
00:44:47.95\00:44:52.89
THANK YOU. >>"BUT
WHEN THE FULLNESS OF THE
00:44:52.92\00:44:55.22
TIME HAD COME, GOD SENT FORTH
HIS SON, BORN OF A WOMAN, BORN
00:44:55.26\00:45:01.76
UNDER THE LAW, TO REDEEM THOSE
WHO WERE UNDER THE LAW, THAT WE
00:45:01.80\00:45:07.90
MIGHT RECEIVE
THE ADOPTION AS SONS.
00:45:07.94\00:45:12.44
AND BECAUSE YOU ARE SONS, GOD
HAS SENT FORTH THE SPIRIT OF HIS
00:45:12.47\00:45:17.25
SON INTO YOUR HEARTS,
CRYING OUT, 'ABBA, FATHER!'
00:45:17.28\00:45:23.22
THEREFORE YOU ARE NO LONGER A
SLAVE BUT A SON, AND IF A SON,
00:45:23.25\00:45:29.86
THEN AN HEIR OF
GOD THROUGH CHRIST."
00:45:29.89\00:45:34.86
>>AMEN. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I LOVE THE PERSONAL
00:45:34.93\00:45:38.53
CONNECTION THERE.
NOTICE, 'YOU ARE AN HEIR' - YOU
00:45:38.57\00:45:42.07
ARE A CHILD OF GOD AND,
BECAUSE YOU ARE SUCH, YOU CRY
00:45:42.10\00:45:45.07
OUT 'ABBA, FATHER'.
NOTICE THAT'S A VERY
00:45:45.11\00:45:49.48
AFFECTIONATE
PHRASE. IT WOULD BE LIKE
00:45:49.51\00:45:51.28
SAYING, 'DADDY'. YOU
ARE NOT A FOSTER CHILD.
00:45:51.31\00:45:55.75
'YOU ARE NOT IN A GROUP
HOME WHERE YOU SAY, 'MR.
00:45:55.78\00:45:57.99
AND MRS. JOHNSON',
YOU ARE MY ADOPTED CHILD.
00:45:58.02\00:46:01.89
YOU ARE A CO-HEIR. YOU
ARE A CHILD OF THE KING.'
00:46:01.92\00:46:07.60
ABBA FATHER - THAT PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP THAT CHRIST
00:46:07.66\00:46:10.83
WANTS TO HAVE WITH US.
NOTICE, IT STATES THAT CHRIST
00:46:10.87\00:46:14.90
CAME IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME.
CHRIST CAME EXACTLY ON TIME.
00:46:14.94\00:46:21.64
WE SEE, IN DANIEL CHAPTER
9, THAT IT WAS PREDICTED - WHAT
00:46:21.68\00:46:25.35
YEAR JESUS WOULD BE BORN -
ABOUT 500 YEARS EARLIER THAN THE
00:46:25.38\00:46:28.88
BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST. SO YES,
HE CAME ON TIME, PROPHETICALLY
00:46:28.92\00:46:33.49
SPEAKING, BUT ALSO CULTURALLY
AND POLITICALLY SPEAKING AS
00:46:33.52\00:46:37.39
WELL. OF COURSE, WE SEE THAT
MOST OF THE COUNTRIES, THEY WERE
00:46:37.43\00:46:41.03
UNDER THAT GOVERNMENT -
GOVERNMENT RULING POWER - OF
00:46:41.06\00:46:45.27
ROME. GREEK WAS A COMMON
LANGUAGE AT THAT TIME AND, IN
00:46:45.30\00:46:50.01
FACT, THE SCRIPTURES HAD BEEN
WRITTEN IN GREEK FOR ABOUT THE
00:46:50.04\00:46:53.44
LAST 200 YEARS - OR AT LEAST
BEEN AVAILABLE IN GREEK - FOR
00:46:53.48\00:46:56.71
ABOUT 200 YEARS
BEFORE THE COMING OF CHRIST.
00:46:56.75\00:46:59.88
SO THERE WAS AN
INCREASED INTEREST IN RELIGION.
00:46:59.91\00:47:03.85
NOTICE THAT THE PROPHECY OF A
MESSIAH COMING WAS FIRST GIVEN
00:47:03.89\00:47:08.42
ABOUT 4,000 YEARS
BEFORE JESUS ACTUALLY CAME.
00:47:08.46\00:47:13.73
CAN YOU IMAGINE WAITING
4,000 YEARS FOR A PROMISE TO BE
00:47:13.76\00:47:16.30
FULFILLED? THE
JEWISH NATION, YOU COULD
00:47:16.33\00:47:19.67
IMAGINE, MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT
THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE FULFILLED
00:47:19.70\00:47:22.50
AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF WAITING.
HAVE YOU EVER WAITED A LONG TIME
00:47:22.54\00:47:26.81
FOR GOD TO
FULFILL A PROMISE FOR YOU?
00:47:26.84\00:47:30.41
AND YOU HOPED IT WOULD
HAPPEN LIKE YESTERDAY, RIGHT?
00:47:30.45\00:47:34.45
AND, INSTEAD, YOU KEEP WAITING
AND WAITING AND WONDERING, 'WHEN
00:47:34.48\00:47:37.92
WILL THAT FULFILLMENT
COME?' DESIRE OF AGES, P. 32
00:47:37.95\00:47:42.49
TELLS US THIS: "LIKE THE
STARS IN THE VAST CIRCUIT OF
00:47:42.52\00:47:47.00
THEIR APPOINTED PATH, GOD'S
PURPOSES KNOW NO HASTE AND NO
00:47:47.03\00:47:52.07
DELAY." LIKE THE STARS IN THEIR
00:47:52.10\00:47:55.97
APPOINTED PATH, GOD'S PURPOSES
KNOW NO HASTE AND NO DELAY.
00:47:56.00\00:48:03.18
JUST AS JESUS CAME RIGHT
ON TIME, SO, ALSO, YOU CAN BE
00:48:03.21\00:48:07.28
ASSURED TODAY THAT THE PROMISES
HE HAS ASSURED YOU OF WILL BE
00:48:07.32\00:48:11.55
FULFILLED. HE KNOWS THE
BEST TIME. HE KNOWS WHEN.
00:48:11.59\00:48:16.96
BUT BELIEVE THAT
CHRIST WILL DO IT AGAIN TODAY.
00:48:16.99\00:48:22.43
TURN WITH ME AGAIN TO MATTHEW
CHAPTER 20 AS WE BEGIN TO WIND
00:48:22.46\00:48:25.13
THIS UP. WE ARE IN
MATTHEW CHAPTER 20 AND VERSE 28.
00:48:25.17\00:48:32.37
MATTHEW CHAPTER 20 AND VERSE 28.
THE BIBLE SAYS, IN MATTHEW 20,
00:48:32.41\00:48:44.89
VERSE 28, "JUST AS THE SON OF
MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED,
00:48:44.92\00:48:49.32
BUT TO SERVE, AND TO GIVE
HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR MANY."
00:48:49.36\00:48:56.00
THE SON CAME TO BE WHAT? >>SIN.
00:48:56.03\00:48:59.27
>>A RANSOM. HE
CAME TO PAY THAT PRICE.
00:48:59.30\00:49:03.14
IN FACT, ISAIAH 52, VERSE 3
SAYS, "YOU HAVE SOLD YOURSELVES
00:49:03.17\00:49:07.71
FOR NOTHING," - WHEN WE GIVE
OURSELVES TO THE WORLD, WE TRULY
00:49:07.74\00:49:12.41
HAVE SOLD OURSELVES FOR NOTHING
- "YOU HAVE SOLD YOURSELVES FOR
00:49:12.45\00:49:16.48
NOTHING, AND YOU SHALL
BE REDEEMED WITHOUT MONEY."
00:49:16.52\00:49:20.96
WE, TOO, WERE
REDEEMED WITHOUT MONEY.
00:49:20.99\00:49:23.69
WE WERE REDEEMED BY THE VERY
LIFE - THE VERY BLOOD OF JESUS
00:49:23.73\00:49:27.66
CHRIST. YOU SEE,
HERE, AGAIN WE ARE TOLD
00:49:27.66\00:49:30.30
THAT WE ARE
CO-HEIRS WITH JESUS CHRIST.
00:49:30.33\00:49:33.27
WE ARE RECEIVING
THAT INHERITANCE FROM GOD.
00:49:33.30\00:49:36.00
WHAT MUST OCCUR BEFORE
AN INHERITANCE IS GIVEN?
00:49:36.04\00:49:39.51
>>A DEATH. >>A DEATH.
00:49:39.54\00:49:42.64
AND JESUS DIED SO
THAT WE COULD BE RANSOMED.
00:49:42.68\00:49:45.61
JESUS DIED SO THAT WE
COULD RECEIVE THAT INHERITANCE.
00:49:45.65\00:49:50.39
THE STORY IS TOLD OF A PASTOR
WHO WAS ONCE TALKING WITH A
00:49:50.42\00:49:53.15
NON-BELIEVING FRIEND OF HIS
AND HE TOLD HIM OF A BOY WHO HAD
00:49:53.19\00:49:58.69
BEEN IN VENEZUELA AND WAS
KIDNAPPED - AND THE FATHER PAID
00:49:58.73\00:50:03.00
ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO RECEIVE
THAT CHILD AGAIN - TO RANSOM HIS
00:50:03.03\00:50:08.70
CHILD BACK. AND HE
ASKED HIS NON-BELIEVING
00:50:08.74\00:50:11.54
FRIEND, 'YOU KNOW, WAS THAT
WORTH IT? A MILLION DOLLARS?
00:50:11.57\00:50:15.24
I'M SURE YOU COULD FIND A
BOY FOR CHEAPER THAN THAT.
00:50:15.28\00:50:17.65
WAS IT WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS?'
00:50:17.68\00:50:19.95
AND THE FRIEND SAID, 'WELL,
TO THE FATHER, IT WAS.' AND SO,
00:50:19.98\00:50:25.62
ALSO, IN OUR LIFE TODAY, IF YOU
EVER QUESTION YOUR VALUE - IF
00:50:25.65\00:50:28.72
YOU EVER QUESTION YOUR WORTH,
REMEMBER THAT YOUR LIFE WAS
00:50:28.76\00:50:32.03
WORTH THE SON OF GOD - THAT YOU
WERE WORTH THAT RANSOM OF JESUS
00:50:32.06\00:50:37.40
CHRIST THAT WAS PAID SO THAT
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE UNDER THAT
00:50:37.43\00:50:41.57
BONDAGE AND CONTINUE TO GO
BACK INTO THAT WORKS-ORIENTED
00:50:41.60\00:50:45.44
RELIGION, BUT, INSTEAD, WE CAN
EXPERIENCE THE FREEDOM THAT IS
00:50:45.47\00:50:49.14
FOUND IN JESUS CHRIST - THE
FREEDOM THAT EMPOWERS US - THE
00:50:49.18\00:50:53.95
FREEDOM THAT GIVES
US THAT NEW LIFE TODAY.
00:50:53.98\00:50:58.05
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE IN THIS
LESSON THAT I DESIRE TO COVER,
00:50:58.09\00:51:01.42
BUT, OF COURSE,
TIME GOES TOO FAST.
00:51:01.46\00:51:03.89
BUT, IN ESSENCE, I WANT TO LEAVE
US WITH THIS THOUGHT AS I CLOSE
00:51:03.93\00:51:06.93
WITH A STORY. WHAT IS
THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE
00:51:06.96\00:51:11.23
BETWEEN A SLAVE AND AN HEIR?
YOU SEE, WHEN YOU ARE A SLAVE,
00:51:11.27\00:51:18.17
WHAT YOU DO PLEASES THE MASTER.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE AN HEIR, WHO
00:51:18.21\00:51:24.65
YOU ARE PLEASES THE MASTER.
SO TODAY, WHO YOU ARE - THE
00:51:24.68\00:51:31.29
PERSON JESUS CREATED YOU
TO BE - YOU PLEASE THE MASTER.
00:51:31.32\00:51:37.66
THE TRUE STORY IS TOLD OF A
HUSBAND AND WIFE - THEY HAD COME
00:51:37.69\00:51:42.40
OUT WEST IN THE LATE 1800S,
SETTLING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.
00:51:42.43\00:51:47.30
THEY WERE NEWLYWEDS, DIDN'T HAVE
ANY CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN, JUST
00:51:47.34\00:51:50.34
A LITTLE PLOT OF LAND -
NOT TOO MUCH TO THEIR NAME.
00:51:50.37\00:51:54.28
BUT THEY HAD A DESIRE TO BUILD
UP THEIR LAND AND THEIR PROFITS
00:51:54.31\00:51:58.41
AND SO ONE DAY THE HUSBAND GOES
TO THE WIFE AND SAYS, 'ELLA, I
00:51:58.45\00:52:01.45
NEED TO BUY A HORSE.'
AND ELLA LOOKS AT HIM,
00:52:01.48\00:52:04.75
ADORINGLY, AND SAYS,
'WELL, SURE, HONEY, BUT
00:52:04.79\00:52:06.72
WHILE YOU'RE IN TOWN, I NEED
FLOUR AND SUGAR AND COTTON AND'
00:52:06.76\00:52:10.96
- YOU GUYS KNOW THE
HONEY-DO LIST, RIGHT?
00:52:10.99\00:52:14.60
AND SO HE SAID, 'WELL, YES,
DEAR.' AND THE NEXT MORNING HE
00:52:14.63\00:52:17.10
SET OFF IN HIS LITTLE
BUGGY AND HE WENT TO TOWN.
00:52:17.13\00:52:20.24
HE GOES TO THE GENERAL
STORE AND HE TELLS THE MANAGER,
00:52:20.27\00:52:22.80
'HEY, I'M
LOOKING TO BUY A HORSE.
00:52:22.84\00:52:24.04
I NEED A NICE, BIG, STRONG HORSE
TO WORK IN MY FIELDS.' AND THE
00:52:24.07\00:52:28.51
MANAGER SAYS, 'WELL, I HAVE JUST
THE HORSE YOU'RE TALKING OF.'
00:52:28.54\00:52:31.95
HE LET HIM OUT BACK TO PASTURE
THERE AND HE LOOKED AT THE HORSE
00:52:31.98\00:52:36.65
THAT, INDEED, WAS
THE HORSE OF HIS DREAMS.
00:52:36.69\00:52:39.42
AND HE BEGAN TO BARTER BACK
AND FORTH, FINALLY ARRIVING AT A
00:52:39.45\00:52:42.66
PRICE. HE SAID, 'I'LL TAKE IT!
SOLD!' BUT THE MAN REPLIED, 'NOT
00:52:42.69\00:52:48.56
SO FAST. IF YOU
WANT THIS HORSE, YOU GET
00:52:48.60\00:52:53.20
THE BOY.' IF YOU WANT
THE HORSE, YOU GET THE BOY.
00:52:53.23\00:53:00.61
HE POINTED OVER TO A BAIL OF HAY
AND A LITTLE BOY, THREE OR FOUR
00:53:00.64\00:53:03.71
YEARS OLD SITTING LOOKING FAR
TOO ALONE IN THIS BIG OLD WORLD.
00:53:03.75\00:53:09.42
IF YOU WANT THE
HORSE, YOU GET THE BOY.
00:53:09.45\00:53:14.39
OF COURSE, WHAT WAS
THIS MAN GOING TO DO?
00:53:14.42\00:53:16.46
YOU SEE, THIS BOY'S FAMILY HAD
COME ACROSS ON A WAGON TRAIN.
00:53:16.49\00:53:19.66
SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO THE
FAMILY - IT WAS LOST IN HISTORY
00:53:19.69\00:53:22.93
- BUT ALL THAT WAS LEFT
WAS THE BOY AND THE HORSE.
00:53:22.96\00:53:27.00
IF YOU WANT THE
HORSE, YOU GET THE BOY.
00:53:27.04\00:53:31.41
HE CONTINUED HIS SHOPPING WITH
A HEAVY HEART - THEY DIDN'T EVEN
00:53:31.44\00:53:33.84
HAVE ANY CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN,
HOW COULD HE COME HOME THAT DAY
00:53:33.88\00:53:36.44
WITH A HORSE AND
FLOUR AND COTTON AND A SON?
00:53:36.48\00:53:40.22
TELL ME, GENTLEMEN, HOW DO
YOU SPRING THAT ON YOUR WIFE?
00:53:40.25\00:53:45.49
AND, AS HE SET OFF FOR HOME
IN HIS BUGGY, HE FINALLY GOT THE
00:53:45.52\00:53:49.99
COURAGE TO LOOK BEHIND HIM
AT THE HORSE TIED TO THE BACK OF
00:53:50.03\00:53:53.90
HIS BUGGY AND THE
LITTLE BOY SITTING NEXT TO HIM.
00:53:53.93\00:53:58.17
OF COURSE, HE COULDN'T LEAVE
THAT LITTLE BOY BEHIND. 'BOY,
00:53:58.20\00:54:01.20
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?' 'HARRY.'
'WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME?'
00:54:01.24\00:54:05.47
'HARRY.' YOU SEE, THE LITTLE BOY
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HIS LAST NAME.
00:54:05.51\00:54:09.68
NOW, NATHAN REALIZED THAT HE
NEEDED A PLAN AND HE NEEDED A
00:54:09.71\00:54:12.28
PLAN FAST. 'HARRY, WHEN WE GET
HOME, I WANT YOU TO RUN UP TO
00:54:12.31\00:54:18.42
ELLA AND TELL HER, 'MOMMY, I'M
HOME!' THEY BEGAN TO PRACTICE
00:54:18.45\00:54:24.83
BACK AND FORTH - 'MOMMY, I'M
HOME!' AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE
00:54:24.86\00:54:29.46
THEY, INDEED, WERE PULLING
UP THAT DRIVEWAY FOR HOME.
00:54:29.50\00:54:34.07
YOU CAN IMAGINE THE NERVES THAT
NATHAN WAS FEELING AS HE SEES
00:54:34.10\00:54:36.87
ELLA STANDING THERE
ON HIS PORCH LOOKING OUT.
00:54:36.91\00:54:39.81
THEY PULL UP AND STOP IN FRONT
OF THE HOUSE, BUT BOTH NATHAN
00:54:39.84\00:54:42.98
AND HARRY ARE FROZEN TO THE
SEAT. WITH A LITTLE NUDGE FROM
00:54:43.01\00:54:47.35
NATHAN, HARRY CLIMBS DOWN,
RUNS UP THOSE STAIRS, GRABS ELLA
00:54:47.38\00:54:54.39
AROUND THE WAIST AND
SAYS, 'MOMMY, I'M HOME!'
00:54:54.42\00:54:58.36
(LAUGHTER) WITHOUT A SECOND
THOUGHT, ELLA REACHED DOWN,
00:54:58.39\00:55:05.03
PICKED HIM UP, HUGGED HIM TIGHT
AND SAID, 'YES, MY SON, YOU ARE
00:55:05.07\00:55:12.61
HOME.' YOU SEE, THIS STORY IS
PRECIOUS TO ME BECAUSE ELLA AND
00:55:12.64\00:55:17.45
NATHAN WERE THE FIRST
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN MY
00:55:17.48\00:55:19.75
FAMILY. THEY WENT
ON TO ADOPT MANY MORE
00:55:19.78\00:55:23.02
CHILDREN AND TO HAVE MANY
MORE CHILDREN AND THIS STORY HAS
00:55:23.05\00:55:26.45
BEEN PASSED ALONG
THROUGH THE GENERATIONS.
00:55:26.49\00:55:29.39
BUT I LOVE THE BEAUTIFUL
SPIRITUAL PICTURE THAT IT GIVES
00:55:29.42\00:55:32.36
US AS WELL. OF THE
DAY WHEN, BY THE GRACE OF
00:55:32.39\00:55:35.36
GOD, WE WILL BE IN HEAVEN
BEFORE JESUS CHRIST - OF JESUS
00:55:35.40\00:55:39.50
BRINGING US BEFORE THE FATHER.
IMAGINE, ON THAT DAY, LOOKING
00:55:39.53\00:55:43.81
INTO THE FATHER'S FACE AND
SAYING, 'FATHER, I'M HOME!'
00:55:43.84\00:55:47.21
>>AMEN. >>AND
HEARING GOD TELL YOU,
00:55:47.24\00:55:50.21
'YES, MY SON - YES, MY
DAUGHTER, YOU ARE HOME.'
00:55:50.25\00:55:58.19
>>AMEN. >>DO YOU
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
00:55:58.22\00:55:59.75
DAY, TODAY? >>AMEN.
00:55:59.79\00:56:01.46
>>AMEN. I LOOK FORWARD TO
THE DAY WHEN WE WILL FINALLY BE
00:56:01.49\00:56:05.53
HOME. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU,
AGAIN, TO CALL FOR THIS FREE
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OFFER. I KNOW THAT YOU
WILL ENJOY IT AND IT WILL BE A
00:56:09.20\00:56:11.90
BLESSING AS WE CONTINUE
OUR JOURNEY WITH JESUS CHRIST.
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AND KEEP YOU UNTIL WE
MEET AGAIN NEXT WEEK. (MUSIC)
00:56:21.61\00:56:35.99
>>FRIENDS, ONE OF THE AMAZING
THINGS THAT YOU'LL OFTEN FIND IN
00:56:36.02\00:56:38.03
THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS,
LIKE HERE ON FIJI, IS THE VAIVAI
00:56:38.06\00:56:41.50
PLANT. NOW, IN
NORTH AMERICA, IF YOU
00:56:41.53\00:56:43.57
WANT TO BUILD A FENCE YOU'VE GOT
TO GET FENCE POSTS AND THEN YOU
00:56:43.60\00:56:45.90
PUT THE WOODEN FENCE POSTS IN
THE GROUND AND THEN AFTER A FEW
00:56:45.93\00:56:49.40
YEARS THEY'RE GOING TO ROT
AND BREAK OFF, UNLESS THEY'RE
00:56:49.44\00:56:51.11
SPECIALLY TREATED. BUT
HERE, THEY'VE GOT THESE
00:56:51.14\00:56:53.68
TREES - THE VAIVAI TREE - THEY
CAN CUT THEM RIGHT OUT OF THE
00:56:53.71\00:56:56.64
WOODS, THEY'LL TAKE A STICK,
THEY STICK IT IN THE GROUND, AND
00:56:56.68\00:57:00.05
BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MUCH RAIN
AND PRECIPITATION, IT BEGINS TO
00:57:00.08\00:57:03.42
SPROUT AND TURNS
INTO A LIVING FENCE POST.
00:57:03.45\00:57:06.25
IT MAKES UP ITS MIND THAT IT'S
GOING TO FLOURISH WHEREVER YOU
00:57:06.29\00:57:08.26
STICK IT, WHICH IS A
GOOD LESSON FOR YOU AND ME.
00:57:08.29\00:57:11.66
SO YOU MIGHT WONDER SOMETIMES
IF YOU'VE GOT A PURPOSE IN LIFE.
00:57:11.69\00:57:14.73
YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
GROWING SORT OF SPORADICALLY IN
00:57:14.76\00:57:16.77
EVERY DIRECTION, AND THEN ALONG
COMES THIS PERSON WHO CUTS YOU
00:57:16.80\00:57:20.00
DOWN AND CARRIES YOU OFF, HE
STICKS YOU IN THE GROUND BUT YOU
00:57:20.04\00:57:24.14
LOOK BACK AND
SAY, 'THERE WAS A PLAN.
00:57:24.17\00:57:26.94
THERE WAS A PURPOSE.' GOD KNOWS
HOW TO TEACH US HOW TO PROSPER
00:57:26.98\00:57:30.75
WHERE HE PLANTS US. YOU
MIGHT WONDER WHY THE LORD
00:57:30.78\00:57:33.42
HAS PUT YOU WHERE HE HAS IN
LIFE, BUT YOU CAN PUT DOWN ROOTS
00:57:33.45\00:57:36.48
AND YOU CAN GROW AND YOU CAN
SERVE A GREAT PURPOSE FOR GOD.
00:57:36.52\00:57:39.42
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE GOD SAYS IN
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 29, 'I KNOW THE
00:57:39.45\00:57:42.99
PLANS THAT I'VE GOT FOR YOU
TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE.' GOD HAS A
00:57:43.02\00:57:46.03
PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE, FRIENDS,
AND HE CAN HELP YOU TO PROSPER
00:57:46.06\00:57:48.93
AND GROW WHEREVER
YOU'RE PLANTED. (MUSIC)
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