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WE HAVE - ARE JUST SO GLAD THAT
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>>IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL
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AGAIN THIS MORNING AND OUR
CHURCH FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD.
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WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN SABBATH
SCHOOL STUDY HOUR, THIS MORNING,
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WITH SOME SINGING - #163 IN YOUR
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VERSES OF #163. PLEASE
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>>AT THIS TIME WE
WANT TO JUST WELCOME CHUCK
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HOLTRY TO BEGIN THIS SABBATH
SCHOOL STUDY HOUR WITH US TODAY.
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR
JOHN. GOOD MORNING, THOSE OF
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YOU HERE AT GRANITE
BAY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
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AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE
WATCHING ON LINE OR LATER, HAPPY
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SABBATH. THIS
MORNING, OUR SUBJECT IS
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PAUL'S PASTORAL APPEAL
IN THE BOOK OF GALATIANS.
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WE'RE LOOKING AT
GALATIANS CHAPTER 4:12-20.
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BUT BEFORE WE DO, I JUST WANT TO
ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE WITH
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US, IF YOU'D JUST
BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, AS WE ENTER
INTO A TIME OF STUDY OF YOUR
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WORD, WE RECOGNIZE THAT
IT'S BY YOUR SPIRIT THAT WE CAN
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UNDERSTAND THIS WORD AND WE'RE
PRAYING FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO
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BE WITH US
HERE. WE THANK YOU, IN
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JESUS' NAME, AMEN. >>AMEN.
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>>I WAS ON THE PHONE
WITH MY COLPORTEUR LEADER.
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I WAS DOING BIG BOOKING, WHICH
IS SELLING LARGE SETS OF BOOKS -
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ANYWHERE FROM $300.00 TO
$500.00 - AND I WAS FEELING MY
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INADEQUACY, SO MUCH
SO THAT I WANTED TO QUIT.
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SO I CALLED HIM UP AND
I ASKED FOR A WAY TO QUIT.
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'I DON'T WANT TO BE THE LEADER
ANY LONGER' AND HIS RESPONSE, I
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WON'T FORGET IT BECAUSE
IT DISTURBED ME SO MUCH.
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HE SAID, 'CHUCK, ANY MAN WHO
PUTS HIS HAND TO THE PLOW AND
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LOOKETH BACK IS NOT FIT
FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.'
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AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS
A LITTLE BIT TOO ROUGH.
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(LAUGHTER) I DON'T KNOW HOW THE
GALATIANS FELT WHEN PAUL WROTE
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THEM. YOU MAY
HAVE NOTICED, AS WE'VE
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GONE THROUGHOUT THIS
LESSON, PAUL IS NOT MINCING
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WORDS WITH THEM.
HIS WORDS ARE STRONG.
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HIS REBUKE IS CLEAR. BY
THE WAY, THAT MAN WHO SAID
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THAT TO ME IS A GOOD FRIEND
OF MINE TODAY. I RESPECT HIS
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LEADERSHIP TO THIS DAY, BUT
I SURE DIDN'T LIKE IT THAT DAY.
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I THINK I EVEN HUNG UP ON
HIM, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
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I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH, AS WE
START - WE'RE LOOKING AT PAUL'S
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PASTORAL APPEAL, BUT BEFORE
I GET TO THE PASTORAL PART, HIS
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SPEAKING FROM HIS HEART, IN A
VERY DEEP WAY, I WANT TO LOOK AT
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SOME OF THE THINGS HE SAID UP TO
THIS POINT - KIND OF A REVIEW,
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IF YOU WILL.
GALATIANS CHAPTER 1, VERSE 6,
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HE SAID, "I MARVEL THAT YOU ARE
TURNING AWAY SO SOON FROM HIM
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WHO CALLED YOU IN THE GRACE OF
CHRIST, TO A DIFFERENT GOSPEL,"
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- THAT'S - THAT'S
NOT KIND WORDS PER SE.
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MAYBE IT IS KIND,
BUT IT'S NOT LIGHT WORDS.
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VERSE 10, "FOR DO I
NOW PERSUADE MEN, OR GOD?
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OR DO I SEEK TO PLEASE MEN?
FOR IF I STILL PLEASED MEN, I
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WOULD NOT BE A
BONDSERVANT OF CHRIST."
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AGAIN, HE'S HINTING AT THEM THAT
THEY ARE TRYING TO PLEASE MEN.
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THEN THERE'S CHAPTER 2, VERSE
14 - CHAPTER 2, VERSE 14, PAUL
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SAID, "BUT WHEN I SAW THAT THEY
WALKED NOT UPRIGHTLY ACCORDING
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TO THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL, I
SAID UNTO PETER BEFORE THEM ALL,
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'IF THOU, BEING A JEW, LIVEST
AFTER THE MANNER OF GENTILES,
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AND NOT AS DO THE JEWS, WHY
COMPELLEST THOU THE GENTILES TO
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LIVE AS DO THE JEWS?'" HE
WASN'T JUST SPEAKING TO THE
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GALATIANS, HE WAS EVEN WILLING
TO TAKE ON THE - ONE OF THE
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PATRIARCHS OF THE
EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
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PAUL HAD NO PROBLEM SAYING WHAT
HE FELT HE NEEDED TO SAY IF HE
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FELT IT NEEDED TO BE SAID.
VERSE 21 OF CHAPTER 2, "I DO NOT
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FRUSTRATE THE GRACE OF GOD:
FOR IF RIGHTEOUSNESS CAME BY THE
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LAW, THEN CHRIST
IS DEAD IN VAIN."
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STRONG WORDS FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE
LOOKING AT SAVING THEMSELVES
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THROUGH THE ACTS OR
THE WORKS OF THE LAW.
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CHAPTER 3, VERSES 2 AND 3,
"THIS ONLY WOULD I LEARN OF YOU,
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RECEIVED YE THE SPIRIT BY
THE WORKS OF THE LAW, OR BY THE
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HEARING OF FAITH?
ARE YE SO FOOLISH?
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HAVING BEGUN IN THE SPIRIT,
ARE YE NOW MADE PERFECT BY THE
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FLESH?" AND I CAN
IMAGINE, I'M READING
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THIS IN GALATIA AND THE HAIR ON
THE BACK OF MY NECK IS STARTING
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TO RAISE UP AND I'M THINKING,
'NUH UH, YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT.
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YOU CALLED ME A FOOL.' THE BIBLE
SAYS TO CALL NO MAN A FOOL.
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PAUL, I HAVE SOME WORDS FOR YOU.
ACTUALLY, HE DOESN'T CALL THEM
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A FOOL; HE SAYS
THEY'RE BEING FOOLISH.
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AND THEN IT SAYS IN VERSES
11 AND 12 - AND, AGAIN, WE'RE
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LOOKING AT SOME OF THE STRONG
WORDS, AS WE START OUT THIS
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WEEK, THAT PAUL WAS
MAKING TO THE GALATIANS.
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CHAPTER 3, VERSES 11 AND 12,
"BUT THAT NO MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY
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THE LAW IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, IT
IS EVIDENT: FOR, THE JUST SHALL
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LIVE BY FAITH. AND
THE LAW IS NOT OF FAITH:
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BUT, THE MAN THAT DOETH
THEM SHALL LIVE IN THEM."
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IF YOU'RE LIVING BY THE
LAW, YOU DON'T HAVE FAITH.
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NOW I'D LIKE TO GO TO THE VERSES
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING WHAT WE
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ARE GOING TO BE STUDYING TODAY.
AND YOU LOOKED AT THESE LAST
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WEEK, BUT I LIKE TO
REVIEW THEM, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
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VERSES 9, 10, AND 11 OF CHAPTER
4 - 9, 10, AND 11 OF CHAPTER 4,
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"BUT NOW, AFTER THAT YE HAVE
KNOWN GOD, OR RATHER ARE KNOWN
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OF GOD, HOW TURN YE AGAIN TO
THE WEAK AND BEGGARLY ELEMENTS,
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WHEREUNTO YE DESIRE
AGAIN TO BE IN BONDAGE?
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YE OBSERVE DAYS, AND
MONTHS, AND TIMES, AND YEARS.
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I AM AFRAID OF YOU," - OR FOR
YOU - "LEST I HAVE BESTOWED UPON
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YOU LABOR IN VAIN."
STRONG WORDS THAT PAUL IS SAYING
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TO THE CHURCH IN GALATIA.
AND NOW, EVEN THOUGH THESE
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WORDS, BEFORE, WERE STRONG,
AND THESE WORDS, BEFORE, WERE
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WRITTEN IN A FIRST-PERSON
INFORMAL WAY, PAUL SWITCHES
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GEARS AGAIN, ONE MORE TIME,
AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN VERSE
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12 OF GALATIANS CHAPTER 4.
AND HE SAYS, FOR ME, SOMETHING
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THAT IS THE MAIN
FOCUS OF THIS LESSON.
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IN FACT, IF YOU'VE STUDIED YOUR
LESSON, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THAT
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VERSE 12 IS THE MAIN FOCUS FOR
THE FIRST HALF OF THIS LESSON.
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IT SAYS THIS: "YE KNOW HOW
THROUGH" - EXCUSE ME, VERSE 12 -
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"BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU, BE
AS I AM; FOR I AM AS YE ARE: YE
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HAVE NOT INJURED ME AT ALL."
I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT FIRST
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PHRASE "BRETHREN, I BESEECH
YOU," - BESEECH IS SO KING
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JAMES ENGLISH, ISN'T IT?
BESEECH - WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
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IT'S COMING FROM THE GREEK WORD
'DEOMAI' WHICH MEANS ALMOST 'TO
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PLEAD; TO BEG' -
'PLEASE, I'M PLEADING WITH YOU.
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I'M BEGGING WITH YOU, I WANT YOU
TO BE AS I AM.' KING JAMES SAYS
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'I BESEECH YOU', NEW
KING JAMES SAYS, 'I URGE YOU'.
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THE NEW INTERNATIONAL SAYS, 'I
BEG OF YOU' - I LIKE THAT - NIV:
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'I PLEAD WITH YOU'. IT
MEANS 'TO PLEADINGLY REQUEST'.
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PAUL IS PLEADING WITH THEM FOR
ONE SPECIFIC THING AND YOU CAN
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SEE IT IN VERSE 19.
HERE'S THE WHOLE CONTEXT - WE'RE
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GOING TO COVER EVERYTHING IN
FIVE MINUTES AND THEN THE REST
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OF YOU CAN JUST SING SONGS.
NO, WE'LL FINISH UP THE LESSON.
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SOMETIMES I'D BE TEMPTED TO
DO THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO
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TODAY. VERSE 19 - VERSE 19
HE SAYS, "MY LITTLE CHILDREN, OF
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WHOM I TRAVAIL IN BIRTH
AGAIN UNTIL CHRIST BE" - WHAT? -
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'TIL CHRIST BE WHAT? >>FORMED.
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>>"FORMED IN YOU," - THE WHOLE
PURPOSE - THE WHOLE FOCUS OF
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THIS SECTION IS PASTORAL APPEAL
- IS 'I WANT CHRIST FORMED IN
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YOU' - THAT'S WHAT I'M WANTING
- THAT'S WHAT I'M DESIRING MORE
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THAN ANYTHING ELSE. NO,
YOU CAN'T SAVE YOURSELF BY
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YOUR WORKS. WHAT'S
MOST IMPORTANT IS CHRIST
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MUST COME IN YOUR LIFE - HE MUST
COME AND BE PART OF WHO YOU ARE.
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CHRIST IN YOU IS MY DESIRE.
"MY LITTLE CHILDREN, OF WHOM I
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TRAVAIL IN BIRTH AGAIN UNTIL
CHRIST BE FORMED IN YOU," - THIS
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IDEA OF TRAVAILING IN BIRTH
- I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT.
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I'VE SEEN IT AND IT WAS ONE
OF THE SCARIEST THINGS I'VE EVER
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SEEN MY WIFE DO
IS TRAVAIL IN BIRTH.
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I REMEMBER DISTINCTLY BEING
GRABBED AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS
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TRYING TO RIP SKIN OFF MY BODY.
SHE JUST HAD THAT MUCH INTENSITY
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AS SHE WAS GOING
THROUGH A CONTRACTION.
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AND HERE IS THIS - THIS
PHRASEOLOGY THAT'S BEING USED
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HERE, 'I TRAVAIL IN BIRTH' - "MY
LITTLE CHILDREN...I TRAVAIL IN
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BIRTH" - THAT - I DON'T - I
DON'T UNDERSTAND - SOMEONE SAID
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GIVING BIRTH TO
CHILDREN IS A LABOR OF LOVE.
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IF YOU DON'T MIND THE PLAY ON
WORDS, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A STORY
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I JUST READ ABOUT THIS WEEK AND
I'LL MAKE SURE I SAY THIS LADY'S
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NAME RIGHT. IN MARCH
OF 2012 A LADY BY THE
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NAME OF JOANNA KRZYSTYNIAK GAVE
BIRTH TO TWO TWINS - TWO TWINS
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- YEAH, TWO TWINS -
AFTER - ARE YOU READY?
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75 DAYS OF LABOR.
CONSIDERED BY MANY PROBABLY
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THE WORLD'S LONGEST LABOR.
AND SOMEONE'S GOING TO SAY,
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'WELL, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE,
CHUCK.' WELL, LET ME EXPLAIN
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SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
HAPPENED THAT WILL HELP MAKE A
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LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE.
JOANNA WAS PREGNANT WITH
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TRIPLETS AND AT THE 21-WEEK MARK
SHE WENT INTO LABOR AND, IN THAT
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LABOR, GAVE BIRTH TO HER
FIRST OF THE THREE TRIPLETS
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- FIRST ONE CAME OUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AT 21 WEEKS,
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YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO
SURVIVE AND THIS BABY DIED.
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DESPERATELY WANTING TO SOMEHOW,
IF POSSIBLE, SAVE THE LIVES OF
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THE OTHER TWO, SHE
ASKED WHAT SHE COULD DO.
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AND THE DOCTOR SAID,
'HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU.
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WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU
AND ELEVATE YOUR FEET UP ON A
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30-DEGREE ANGLE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU LAY
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THERE AND GIVE YOU SOME SPECIAL
MEDICINE AND - FOR MY MEDICAL
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FRIENDS - TOCOLYSIS -
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT.
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ANYHOW, THE PURPOSE OF IT WAS
TO SUPPRESS HER CONTRACTIONS.
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SO SHE WAS HAVING CONTRACTIONS -
SUPPRESSED THOSE CONTRACTIONS -
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BEING AT A 30-DEGREE ANGLE AND
STAY THERE - YOU HAD TO EAT YOUR
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FOOD THAT WAY, USE THE RESTROOM
THAT WAY, BE BATHED THAT WAY -
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YOU HAD TO LAY THERE UNTIL
YOU'RE READY TO GIVE BIRTH.
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SO FROM WEEK 21 TO WEEK 32,
JOANNA LAID IN THAT POSITION -
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SUPPRESSED CONTRACTIONS - THEY
HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN THE - THE
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UMBILICAL CORD OF THE FIRST
CHILD AND PUT IT BACK INSIDE.
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THEY SAID THE BIGGEST THING
THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT WAS
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INFECTION, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
THEY SAID IT WAS LIKE HAVING
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A TIME BOMB - WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN? WELL, JOANNA MADE IT AND
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AT 32 WEEKS DELIVERED TWO
HEALTHY BABIES - ABOUT FOUR
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POUNDS APIECE - AND - AMAZING.
HERE'S WHAT JOANNA SAID - SHE
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SAID, "I WAS RELIEVED THAT
THERE WAS A CHANCE TO KEEP THE
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PREGNANCY AND TO GIVE THE
BABIES A CHANCE TO BE BORN
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SUCCESSFULLY." 'I WAS
RELIEVED THAT I WAS GOING
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TO HAVE A CHANCE TO LET THESE
BABIES BE BORN SUCCESSFULLY.
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I'M GOING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES' -
IF I CAN REPHRASE IT - 'TO HELP
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THESE BABIES BE BORN
SUCCESSFULLY.' AND THAT IS WHAT
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PAUL WAS SAYING: 'I WANT TO
DO WHAT IT TAKES TO HELP YOUR
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SPIRITUAL BIRTH TO BE
SUCCESSFUL. I DON'T CARE HOW
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LONG THE TRAVAIL MUST BE,
I'M WILLING TO GO THROUGH IT SO
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THERE'S A SUCCESSFUL SPIRITUAL
BIRTH IN YOUR LIFE.' AND THAT'S
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WHY HE USES THE PHRASE, IN
VERSE 19, 'I WILL TRAVAIL AGAIN.
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I DID IT ONCE, I'M GOING TO HAVE
TO DO IT AGAIN AND I'M WILLING
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TO DO IT FOR THE
SUCCESS - SUCCESSFUL BIRTH'.
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IT IS THIS HEART OF PAUL THAT
WE SEE IN VERSE 12, 'I BESEECH
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THEE' - 'I PLEAD WITH YOU -
I BEG YOU - AND VERSE 19 - I'M
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TRAVAILING IN BIRTH FOR YOU,
AS A FATHER - OF COURSE, FATHERS
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DON'T FULLY
GRASP IT, I UNDERSTAND.
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THIS HEART OF PAUL IS WHAT GIVES
HIM ABILITY TO SAY SOME OF THE
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THINGS THAT HE'S GOING TO
BE SAYING A LITTLE BIT LATER.
00:17:03.99\00:17:06.82
I BELIEVE THAT HAVING A HEART
LIKE PAUL'S, OF COMPLETE PASSION
00:17:06.86\00:17:12.49
FOR THOSE WHO ARE YOUR CHILDREN
GIVES YOU ABILITY SAY THINGS TO
00:17:12.53\00:17:16.23
THEM THAT OTHER
PEOPLE CAN'T SAY.
00:17:16.26\00:17:19.20
I - GROWING UP - I'M A TEACHER
AND I HAVE, AT TIMES, GONE UP TO
00:17:19.23\00:17:23.04
CHILDREN AND SAID THINGS
AND THEY SAY, 'YOU CAN'T TELL ME
00:17:23.07\00:17:24.97
THAT. YOU'RE NOT MY DAD.'
OF COURSE THAT FRUSTRATES ME.
00:17:25.01\00:17:28.84
I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS FOR THEM.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER TRIED THAT
00:17:28.88\00:17:32.95
WHEN I WAS FIVE
YEARS OLD, LET ME TELL YOU.
00:17:32.98\00:17:35.32
BUT, IN A WAY, I'M HOPING
THAT THOSE SAME CHILDREN ARE
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LISTENING TO THEIR
DADS AND MOMS, RIGHT?
00:17:40.42\00:17:43.53
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A FATHER
AND MOTHER, THEY PUT SO MUCH
00:17:43.56\00:17:46.29
INTO YOU - YOU KNOW, I'D BETTER
BE CAREFUL I DON'T GET TOO
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SIDETRACKED WITH THIS, BUT NOW
THAT I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND I'VE
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PUT SEVEN YEARS OF LABOR INTO
HER - NOT THAT KIND OF LABOR -
00:17:53.60\00:17:58.57
SEVEN YEARS OF EFFORT INTO HER
- MAN, SOME GUY'S GOING TO COME
00:17:58.61\00:18:04.48
ALONG, WALTZ INTO HER LIFE, HAS
DONE NOTHING, AND SAY, 'I LOVE
00:18:04.51\00:18:09.62
HER.' I'M GOING
TO BE LIKE, 'NUH UH.
00:18:09.65\00:18:11.05
YOU DON'T LOVE HER. I LOVE HER.
00:18:11.09\00:18:13.46
YOU'VE GOT TO
PROVE YOUR LOVE.' RIGHT?
00:18:13.49\00:18:15.82
YEAH, PRAY FOR MY DAUGHTER.
(LAUGHTER) BUT THERE'S THAT
00:18:15.86\00:18:20.23
EFFORT THAT WE PUT INTO AND
THAT'S THE EFFORT I'M SEEING IN
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THE LIFE OF PAUL PUTTING
INTO THE LIVES OF THE GALATIANS.
00:18:22.66\00:18:25.40
AND THAT'S A FOCUS THAT I'M
REALLY THANKFUL THAT THE LESSON
00:18:25.43\00:18:28.27
BROUGHT OUT. AGAIN,
LET'S GO BACK TO CHAPTER
00:18:28.30\00:18:31.54
4, VERSE 12, AND LET'S READ
THAT PASSAGE AGAIN - THAT VERSE.
00:18:31.57\00:18:34.88
"BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU" - AND
WE LOOKED AT THAT - THAT NEXT
00:18:34.91\00:18:38.08
PHRASE SAYS, "BE
AS I" - BE AS I. WHY?
00:18:38.11\00:18:46.35
YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ 1
CORINTHIANS - I'M GOING TO GIVE
00:18:46.39\00:18:48.82
YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A
BIBLE STUDY THIS MORNING.
00:18:48.86\00:18:50.56
I GUESS WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT
SINCE IT'S SABBATH SCHOOL - 1
00:18:50.59\00:18:53.03
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 11 - IF YOU
COULD TURN THERE WITH ME - THESE
00:18:53.06\00:18:55.16
ARE SOME OF THE SCRIPTURES THAT
ARE LAID OUT IN YOUR LESSON -
00:18:55.20\00:18:57.37
JUST GREAT ANALOGIES THAT
ARE COMING OUT OF HERE - 1
00:18:57.40\00:19:00.20
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 11 AND VERSE
1, HE SAYS, "BE YE FOLLOWERS OF
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ME, EVEN AS I
ALSO AM OF CHRIST."
00:19:07.54\00:19:14.25
NOW, HERE, HE'S TALKING ABOUT
WANTING THEM TO ACT LIKE THEM -
00:19:14.28\00:19:19.25
BE A FOLLOWER OF ME
BECAUSE I FOLLOW CHRIST.
00:19:19.29\00:19:23.02
THE IDEA IS: FOLLOW ME, ACT LIKE
ME - I'M PUTTING THAT WORD IN
00:19:23.06\00:19:27.93
THERE ON PURPOSE - ACT
LIKE ME. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT
00:19:27.96\00:19:31.43
GALATIANS 4 IS SAYING.
LET'S LOOK AT GALATIANS 4 AGAIN.
00:19:31.47\00:19:38.84
WHAT WAS THAT
PHRASE? IT DIDN'T SAY 'ACT',
00:19:38.87\00:19:40.64
WHAT WAS THE WORD? HELP ME OUT.
GALATIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 12,
00:19:40.68\00:19:46.88
"BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU," -
WHAT IS THAT? GALATIANS CHAPTER
00:19:46.92\00:19:55.26
4 AND VERSE 12, "BRETHREN,
I BESEECH YOU," - WHAT
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>>BECOME. >>BECOME AS I AM.
00:19:59.26\00:20:03.13
OR KING JAMES SAYS, "BE AS I
AM;" - THE CONCEPT IS NOT HERE,
00:20:03.16\00:20:07.40
ACTION. THE
CONCEPT HERE IS BEING.
00:20:07.44\00:20:11.97
THAT'S KEY TO NOTICE.
THIS ISSUE WITH THE GALATIANS
00:20:12.01\00:20:17.05
- YES, THEY WERE DOING SOME
ACTIONS, BUT THE ISSUE WAS NOT
00:20:17.08\00:20:20.38
THEIR ACTIONS SO
MUCH AS THEIR HEART.
00:20:20.42\00:20:23.35
THEY WERE TRYING TO EARN THEIR
OWN SALVATION THROUGH THEIR
00:20:23.39\00:20:29.09
ACTIONS. PAUL
WASN'T GOING TO TELL THEM
00:20:29.12\00:20:31.39
TO ACT, HE WAS GOING TO
TELL THEM 'YOU NEED TO' - WHAT?
00:20:31.43\00:20:34.96
'BE' - OR BECOME - 'LIKE I AM.'
YOU KNOW, YOUR LESSON SAYS THIS,
00:20:35.00\00:20:43.61
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SO
NICE I'D LIKE TO READ IT.
00:20:43.64\00:20:46.57
"THE TROUBLE IN GALATIA IS NOT
UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR OR AN UNGODLY
00:20:46.61\00:20:50.65
LIFESTYLE, AS IN
THE CHURCH IN CORINTH.
00:20:50.68\00:20:53.08
THE ISSUE IN GALATIA IS ROOTED
IN THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY
00:20:53.11\00:20:56.55
ITSELF. IT WAS MORE
ABOUT BEING THAN BEHAVIOR.
00:20:56.58\00:21:02.79
SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU:
WHAT IS PAUL'S FOCUS IN THE BOOK
00:21:02.82\00:21:06.43
OF GALATIANS? YOU'VE
BEEN LISTENING TO THE BOOK OF
00:21:06.46\00:21:11.97
GALATIANS FOR A LONG TIME.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE EXCITED
00:21:12.00\00:21:18.31
ABOUT BEING ON TV RIGHT NOW SO
YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO YELL OUT.
00:21:18.34\00:21:22.31
BUT HELP ME OUT, SOMEONE. WHAT -
00:21:22.34\00:21:25.75
>>YOU'RE NOT SAVED BY
THE LAW. >>THANK YOU, SIR.
00:21:25.78\00:21:27.38
SO WE'RE NOT SAVED BY
THE LAW, WE'RE SAVED BY WHAT?
00:21:27.42\00:21:29.68
>>GRACE. >>WE'RE
SAVED BY FAITH, RIGHT?
00:21:29.72\00:21:32.65
SALVATION BY FAITH
VERSUS SALVATION BY WORKS.
00:21:32.69\00:21:35.49
AND, OF COURSE,
GRACE IS A PART OF THAT.
00:21:35.52\00:21:39.23
WHAT IS PAUL'S FOCUS,
NOW, HERE IN GALATIANS 4?
00:21:39.26\00:21:41.10
WE JUST LOOKED AT IT - VERSE
12 - VERSE 19 - WHAT IS PAUL'S
00:21:41.13\00:21:44.63
FOCUS FOR THEM -
THIS WHOLE APPEAL?
00:21:44.67\00:21:47.50
WHAT DOES HE WANT TO
HAPPEN IN THE GALATIANS' LIVES?
00:21:47.54\00:21:49.94
>>BECOME LIKE
CHRIST. >>THAT'S RIGHT.
00:21:49.97\00:21:53.31
AND,
SPECIFICALLY, HAVE CHRIST WHAT?
00:21:53.34\00:21:56.04
>>IN THEM. >>IN
THEM - CHRIST FORMED
00:21:56.08\00:21:58.21
WITHIN. THANK YOU
FOR THAT, BROTHER.
00:21:58.25\00:22:00.45
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SO,
WHEN HE SAYS, 'BE LIKE ME',
00:22:00.48\00:22:06.96
HE'S SAYING, 'JUST LIKE CHRIST
LIVES IN ME, AND THAT IS MY
00:22:06.99\00:22:11.86
SALVATION, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL
BE THE SAME WAY AND NOT DEPEND
00:22:11.89\00:22:17.07
ON YOUR ACTIONS TO BRING
IT, BUT YOU ALLOW CHRIST TO
00:22:17.10\00:22:20.00
BE FORMED IN YOU. >>AMEN.
00:22:20.04\00:22:22.00
>>THAT IS THE BURDEN
- THE DESIRE - OF PAUL.
00:22:22.04\00:22:26.41
SO WHEN HE SAYS, 'BE LIKE ME',
THAT'S WHAT HE MEANS WHEN HE
00:22:26.44\00:22:28.58
SAYS, 'BE LIKE ME'.
NOW WE DON'T STRUGGLE WITH
00:22:28.61\00:22:32.35
THIS TODAY,
THANKFULLY. OR DO WE?
00:22:32.38\00:22:37.99
DO WE STRUGGLE, TODAY,
WITH THE IDEA THAT ACTING LIKE A
00:22:38.02\00:22:44.46
CHRISTIAN IS EASIER
THAN BEING A CHRISTIAN?
00:22:44.49\00:22:52.50
NO - YES - I SEE THE RECOGNITION
- IT'S SO EASY FOR US TO PUT ON
00:22:52.53\00:22:58.54
- AND I USE THIS PHRASE A LOT
WHEN I SHARE - A FAÇADE - TO ACT
00:22:58.57\00:23:05.25
A CERTAIN WAY WHEN WE'RE
IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE.
00:23:05.28\00:23:07.82
BUT THAT'S - THAT'S THE DANGER
THAT WAS BEING DEALT WITH IN THE
00:23:07.85\00:23:11.59
CHURCH OF GALATIA, OF COURSE,
A LITTLE BIT TO A STRONGER
00:23:11.62\00:23:14.52
DISTANCE, RIGHT? A
LITTLE BIT GREATER THAN WHAT
00:23:14.56\00:23:15.76
I'M - BUT WE DO FACE IT TODAY.
WE DO FACE THIS - THE STRUGGLE
00:23:15.79\00:23:20.56
OF THE CHURCH OF GALATIA TODAY
BECAUSE WE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIKE
00:23:20.60\00:23:23.67
TO DO SOMETIMES MORE
THAN PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO BE.
00:23:23.70\00:23:27.20
IT'S EASIER TO DO
SOMETHING THAN TO BE SOMETHING.
00:23:27.24\00:23:32.07
I TELL YOU, AS - AT LEAST FOR
ME - AS A PARENT, SOMETIMES IT'S
00:23:32.11\00:23:39.21
EASIER TO ACT OUT - AS A
GOOD PARENT - THAN TO BE A GOOD
00:23:39.25\00:23:42.25
PARENT. BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, PARENTING IS
00:23:42.28\00:23:44.89
SOMETHING THAT COMES
FROM THE HEART. IS THAT RIGHT?
00:23:44.92\00:23:48.22
YES, IT IS.
PARENTING IS SOMETHING
00:23:48.26\00:23:50.46
THAT COMES FROM THE HEART.
BEING KIND TO MY CHILDREN,
00:23:50.49\00:23:55.40
BECAUSE I KNOW I'M
SUPPOSED TO, WON'T LAST LONG.
00:23:55.43\00:23:59.50
BEING KIND TO MY CHILDREN,
BECAUSE I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR
00:23:59.53\00:24:01.54
THEM AT ANY TIME, WILL LAST
FOREVER IF I KEEP THAT, RIGHT?
00:24:01.57\00:24:06.64
THAT'S WHERE THE POWER IS IN A
PERSON'S LIFE, AND IT'S THE SAME
00:24:06.68\00:24:09.98
THING FOR US AS CHRISTIANS.
IF YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING
00:24:10.01\00:24:14.35
FOR GOD BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO, YOU'RE GOING TO
00:24:14.38\00:24:17.49
GET WORN OUT SOONER OR LATER.
BUT, IF YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE
00:24:17.52\00:24:21.09
YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH HIM - YOU
HAVE MADE HIM LORD OF YOUR LIFE
00:24:21.12\00:24:24.66
AND YOU WILLINGLY SUBMIT TO
HIM AND SAY, 'TELL ME, LORD,
00:24:24.69\00:24:27.23
WHAT YOU WANT.' THAT KIND OF
EXPERIENCE - THAT KIND OF EXPER
00:24:27.30\00:24:32.23
- THAT KIND OF BEING IS WHAT
- IS THE POWER OF CHRISTIANITY.
00:24:32.27\00:24:36.44
WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT'S
WHEN WE HAVE STRUGGLES IN OUR
00:24:36.47\00:24:39.31
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE.
THERE'S A QUOTATION FROM
00:24:39.34\00:24:43.28
SKETCHES FROM THE LIFE OF PAUL
. I'M GOING TO READ IT NOW - I'M
00:24:43.31\00:24:46.48
GOING TO READ IT AT THE
END OF OUR LESSON BECAUSE
00:24:46.51\00:24:47.85
IT'S JUST POWERFUL.
AND THE WRITER, HERE, ELLEN
00:24:47.88\00:24:52.25
WHITE, IS - IS SAYING THINGS
IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY.
00:24:52.29\00:24:56.36
SO LISTEN CAREFULLY TO WHAT'S
BEING SAID, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
00:24:56.39\00:24:59.59
"TO SUBSTITUTE THE EXTERNAL
FORMS OF RELIGION FOR HOLINESS
00:24:59.63\00:25:04.90
OF HEART AND LIFE IS STILL
AS - IS STILL AS PLEASING TO THE
00:25:04.93\00:25:10.57
UNRENEWED NATURE AS IN
THE DAYS OF THE APOSTLES."
00:25:10.61\00:25:14.41
WHAT SHE IS SAYING IS THAT
IN THE DAYS OF THE APOSTLES IT
00:25:14.44\00:25:16.28
WASN'T PLEASING AND
IT'S NOT PLEASING TODAY.
00:25:16.31\00:25:20.52
SHE GOES, 'IT'S JUST AS PLEASING
TODAY AS IT WAS THEN' - AND THAT
00:25:20.55\00:25:23.12
IS WHAT? TO
SUBSTITUTE THE EXTERNAL FORMS
00:25:23.15\00:25:26.19
OF RELIGION FOR
HOLINESS OF HEART AND LIFE.'
00:25:26.22\00:25:30.16
EXTERNAL FORMS ARE
EASY. IT'S NOT HARD.
00:25:30.19\00:25:34.10
WE HAVE TRADITIONS
THAT ARE FUN TO DO.
00:25:34.10\00:25:37.30
IT'S PART OF WHO WE
ARE. IN FACT, I LOVE THE
00:25:37.33\00:25:40.10
ADVENTIST FAMILY. I
LOVE ADVENTIST CULTURE.
00:25:40.14\00:25:44.07
MY WIFE AND I WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY.
00:25:44.11\00:25:47.38
IF I HAVE TO CHOOSE WHAT PLACE
I'M GOING TO BE, I LIKE HANGING
00:25:47.41\00:25:51.08
OUT WITH A BUNCH OF
ADVENTISTS. YEAH, IT'S FUN.
00:25:51.11\00:25:56.15
YOU KNOW WHAT A BIG
FRANK IS. A HAYSTACK.
00:25:56.18\00:25:59.35
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
DO AND WAIT 'TIL SUNDOWN AND WE
00:25:59.39\00:26:02.06
WON'T DO THIS AND WE DO DO
THAT AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO
00:26:02.09\00:26:04.36
DISCUSS IT, RIGHT? BUT,
GOD'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
00:26:04.39\00:26:11.20
IN MY LIFE AND IN YOUR
LIFE WAY BEYOND THE EXTERNAL.
00:26:11.23\00:26:14.94
EXTERNAL FORMS ARE IRRELEVANT.
WHAT GOD'S LOOKING FOR IS - LET
00:26:14.97\00:26:19.94
ME HAVE IT HERE -
HOLINESS OF HEART AND LIFE.
00:26:19.97\00:26:23.75
THAT'S WHAT GOD'S
WANTING. THAT'S WHAT I WANT.
00:26:23.78\00:26:28.05
BUT HOLINESS OF HEART AND LIFE
IS ACTUALLY MORE DIFFICULT THAN
00:26:28.08\00:26:32.65
EXTERNAL ACTS. WE'RE
GOING TO TOUCH ON THAT IN
00:26:32.69\00:26:36.42
OUR LAST LESSON - ON OUR
LAST DAY, SO I'M JUST GOING
00:26:36.46\00:26:37.76
TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.
SO, GOD'S CALL IS THAT
00:26:37.79\00:26:40.20
WE WOULD BE, RIGHT? HE'S
CALLING US TO BE SOMETHING.
00:26:40.23\00:26:44.07
HE'S CALLING FOR
A STATE OF BEING.
00:26:44.10\00:26:46.10
I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT A FEW
PASSAGES - 1 JOHN CHAPTER 4,
00:26:46.13\00:26:47.97
VERSE 17, AND THEN WE'LL
BE GOING TO 1 JOHN CHAPTER 3.
00:26:48.00\00:26:51.11
1 JOHN CHAPTER 4 - NOW THE -
JOHN IS AN INCREDIBLE WRITER.
00:26:51.14\00:26:58.75
HE REALLY
FOCUSES ON BEING A LOT.
00:26:58.78\00:27:02.48
IN CHAPTER 4, VERSE 17 HE MAKES
THIS STATEMENT: "HEREIN IS OUR
00:27:02.52\00:27:08.82
LOVE MADE PERFECT, THAT WE
MAY HAVE BOLDNESS IN THE DAY OF
00:27:08.86\00:27:14.10
JUDGMENT: BECAUSE AS HE
IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD."
00:27:14.10\00:27:21.57
THAT'S A STATE OF
BEING: AS HE IS, SO ARE WE.
00:27:21.60\00:27:24.74
BY THE WAY, THE ONLY WAY
THAT YOU AND I COULD BE AS HE
00:27:24.77\00:27:26.47
IS, IS TO HAVE HIM FORMED
IN OUR LIFE - GALATIANS 4:19.
00:27:26.51\00:27:30.18
THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU AND I CAN
BE AS HE IS, IS TO HAVE HIM IN
00:27:30.21\00:27:32.48
US AND THEN WE ARE HIM -
WELL, HE IS IN US - GALATIANS 2.
00:27:32.51\00:27:37.39
1 JOHN CHAPTER 3 - 1 JOHN
CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 2, "BELOVED,
00:27:37.42\00:27:45.03
NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD, AND
IT DOTH NOT YET APPEAR WHAT WE
00:27:45.06\00:27:49.40
SHALL BE: BUT WE KNOW THAT, WHEN
HE SHALL APPEAR, WE SHALL BE
00:27:49.43\00:27:52.47
LIKE HIM; FOR WE
SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS."
00:27:52.50\00:27:55.54
AGAIN, WHAT GOD IS
LOOKING FOR IS A STATE OF BEING.
00:27:55.57\00:28:00.78
NOT EXTERNAL FORMS OF RELIGION,
IT'S GOT TO BE A STATE OF BEING.
00:28:00.81\00:28:05.38
THAT'S WHAT GOD IS LOOKING
FOR HERE IN 1 JOHN CHAPTER 3,
00:28:05.41\00:28:08.08
VERSE 2. 1 PETER
- BECAUSE JOHN'S NOT
00:28:08.12\00:28:10.95
THE ONLY ONE WHO
SHARES THIS THOUGHT.
00:28:10.99\00:28:13.25
1 PETER CHAPTER 1 - EXCUSE ME, 2
PETER CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 4 - 2
00:28:13.29\00:28:20.43
PETER CHAPTER 1, VERSE 4
SAYS, "WHEREBY ARE GIVEN UNTO US
00:28:20.46\00:28:24.80
EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS
PROMISES: THAT BY THESE YE MIGHT
00:28:24.83\00:28:32.07
BE PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE
NATURE," - THAT YOU MIGHT BE -
00:28:32.11\00:28:38.75
NOT THAT YOU MIGHT ACT LIKE THE
DIVINE NATURE, BUT YOU MIGHT BE
00:28:38.78\00:28:43.39
PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE.
ACTING LIKE GOD IS NOT AN
00:28:43.42\00:28:48.72
OPTION IF HE'S NOT IN YOU.
YOU MUST HAVE A STATE OF BEING.
00:28:48.76\00:28:53.13
ACTIONS MUST
FOLLOW A STATE OF BEING.
00:28:53.16\00:28:55.46
IF THEY PRECEDE IT, IT'S PURE
LEGALISM AND IT'S DETRIMENTAL TO
00:28:55.50\00:28:59.50
YOUR
SPIRITUALITY. VERY DANGEROUS.
00:28:59.53\00:29:03.14
AND ONE LAST ONE, JOHN CHAPTER
17 AND VERSE 21 - THIS IS THE
00:29:03.17\00:29:09.91
APPEAL - THE PRAYER FOR UNITY
THAT JESUS MAKES THERE RIGHT
00:29:09.94\00:29:15.02
BEFORE THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
- JOHN CHAPTER 17 AND VERSE 21.
00:29:15.05\00:29:19.39
I'M SO GLAD THAT, UNDER
INSPIRATION, JOHN HAS RECOUNTED
00:29:19.42\00:29:22.09
THIS - THIS PRAYER TO US - JOHN
CHAPTER 17 AND VERSE 21, "THAT
00:29:22.12\00:29:26.86
THEY ALL MAY BE ONE;" -
HE'S PRAYING ABOUT - FOR HIS
00:29:26.90\00:29:30.37
FOLLOWERS - "...THAT THEY ALL
MAY BE ONE AS THOU, FATHER, ART
00:29:30.40\00:29:34.04
IN ME, AND I IN THEE, THAT THEY
ALSO MAY BE ONE IN US: THAT THE
00:29:34.07\00:29:39.54
WORLD MAY BELIEVE
THAT THOU HAST SENT ME."
00:29:39.57\00:29:43.35
BEING, THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS FOR
US, BEING - A STATE OF BEING.
00:29:43.38\00:29:52.02
SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A
PERSONAL QUESTION THIS MORNING.
00:29:52.05\00:29:56.12
LOOK AT YOUR LIFE.
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A
00:29:56.16\00:29:58.79
MORE OF A STATE OF
BEING? MAYBE YOU ALREADY
00:29:58.83\00:30:00.86
HAVE A STATE OF BEING.
HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THERE IS
00:30:00.90\00:30:04.77
AN INFILTRATION, SOMETIMES,
OF SOME EXTERNAL FORMS THAT HAVE
00:30:04.80\00:30:08.10
NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING,
JUST HAVE TO DO WITH PLEASING?
00:30:08.14\00:30:11.64
RIGHT? BY THE
WAY, THAT'S WHAT THE
00:30:11.67\00:30:13.11
GALATIANS ARE
STRUGGLING WITH, RIGHT?
00:30:13.14\00:30:14.54
THEY'RE TRYING TO
PLEASE. AND WHAT GOD'S
00:30:14.58\00:30:16.85
ASKING THEM TO IS BE.
PLEASING IS NOT WHAT WE NEED TO
00:30:16.88\00:30:20.82
BE DOING - AT LEAST NOT
PLEASING MAN. WE NEED TO BE.
00:30:20.85\00:30:26.42
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT DAY'S LESSON
IS TAKEN OFF OF GALATIANS 4,
00:30:26.45\00:30:31.89
VERSE 12. I THINK
WE'VE SPENT THREE DAYS
00:30:31.93\00:30:34.66
ON THAT. "...I
BESEECH YOU, BE AS I AM;" -
00:30:34.73\00:30:38.40
AND WHAT'S THAT NEXT
PHRASE IN VERSE 12? AMEN.
00:30:38.43\00:30:43.64
COULD SOMEONE SAY
THAT A LITTLE LOUDER?
00:30:43.67\00:30:44.77
I MISSED IT.
GALATIANS 4, VERSE 12, AFTER IT
00:30:44.81\00:30:47.98
SAYS, "BE AS I AM;" WHAT'S
THE NEXT THING THAT IT SAYS?
00:30:48.01\00:30:53.75
>>"FOR I AM AS YE ARE:"
- NOW THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE
00:30:53.78\00:30:56.38
CONFUSING - BE LIKE ME
'CAUSE I'M GONNA BE LIKE YOU.'
00:30:56.42\00:31:00.46
THAT'S NOT EXACTLY
WHAT PAUL'S MEANING HERE.
00:31:00.49\00:31:04.56
WELL, HE'S MEANING WHAT HE'S
MEANING, BUT LET ME LOOK AT IT
00:31:04.59\00:31:07.13
BEFORE I GET MYSELF
CONFUSED UP FRONT, OKAY?
00:31:07.20\00:31:12.53
GALATIANS 4, VERSE 12, HE SAYS,
"BE - I AM AS YE ARE:" - WHAT
00:31:12.57\00:31:17.87
DOES THAT MEAN TO
PAUL - TO BE LIKE YOU?
00:31:17.91\00:31:21.71
1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 9 IS THE
PASSAGE THE LESSON USES TO HELP
00:31:21.74\00:31:25.78
EXPLAIN IT. IT'S
A GREAT PASSAGE - 1
00:31:25.81\00:31:27.65
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 9 AND WE'RE
GOING TO START IN VERSE 19.
00:31:27.68\00:31:31.22
SO, IF YOU COULD TURN TO PAUL'S
WRITING TO THE CHURCH OF CORINTH
00:31:31.25\00:31:35.22
- 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 9
AND VERSE 19 - 1 CORINTHIANS
00:31:35.26\00:31:42.83
CHAPTER 9 AND
VERSE 19 - IT SAYS THIS,
00:31:42.86\00:31:48.77
"FOR THOUGH I BE FREE
FROM ALL MEN, YET HAVE I
00:31:48.80\00:31:51.87
MADE MYSELF SERVANT UNTO ALL,
THAT I MIGHT GAIN THE MORE."
00:31:51.91\00:31:56.24
HE SAID, 'OKAY, EVEN THOUGH I'M
A FREE PERSON, I'M GOING TO MAKE
00:31:56.28\00:31:59.48
MYSELF A SERVANT.' MY QUESTION
IS HOW? WELL, WE HAVEN'T
00:31:59.51\00:32:02.52
ANSWERED THAT YET. THEN
HE SAYS, FOR THIS REASON:
00:32:02.55\00:32:07.26
"THAT I MIGHT GAIN THE
MORE." SO WHY AM I GOING TO
00:32:07.29\00:32:11.19
MAKE MYSELF A SERVANT? SO
I CAN GAIN. HOW AM I GOING TO
00:32:11.23\00:32:14.46
MAKE MYSELF A SERVANT? HE
HASN'T TOLD US YET IN VERSE
00:32:14.50\00:32:16.80
19. LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 20.
"AND UNTO THE JEWS I BECAME AS
00:32:16.83\00:32:21.10
A JEW, THAT I MIGHT GAIN
THE JEWS;" - OH, THAT'S WHAT HE
00:32:21.14\00:32:23.71
MEANS 'TO BECOME LIKE
A SERVANT' - A SERVANT.
00:32:23.74\00:32:26.88
'I AM GOING TO BECOME LIKE
THEM SO THAT I MIGHT WIN THEM.
00:32:26.91\00:32:31.55
THAT'S MY PURPOSE.' OKAY -
CONTINUES IN VERSE 20, "TO THEM
00:32:31.58\00:32:36.32
THAT ARE UNDER THE LAW, AS UNDER
THE LAW, THAT I MIGHT GAIN THEM
00:32:36.35\00:32:39.12
THAT ARE UNDER THE LAW;" - SO
I'M GOING TO GO TO THIS GROUP OF
00:32:39.15\00:32:41.39
PEOPLE, I'M GOING TO BECOME LIKE
THEM SO THAT I MIGHT WIN THEM.'
00:32:41.42\00:32:45.79
SOME OF YOU ALREADY HAVE
A LITTLE BIT OF RED FLAGS.
00:32:45.83\00:32:47.56
'THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS,
CHUCK.' YEAH, IT CAN BE
00:32:47.60\00:32:49.76
DANGEROUS, BUT LET'S KEEP -
LET'S KEEP LOOKING AT VERSE 21,
00:32:49.80\00:32:53.07
"TO THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT LAW,
AS WITHOUT LAW," - AND THEN HE
00:32:53.10\00:32:58.01
MAKES IT CRYSTAL CLEAR - PUTS A
LITTLE PARENTHETICAL STATEMENT.
00:32:58.04\00:33:00.94
PAUL WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT HIS READERS DID NOT
00:33:00.98\00:33:02.64
MISUNDERSTAND - "(BEING NOT
WITHOUT LAW TO GOD, BUT UNDER
00:33:02.68\00:33:07.98
THE LAW TO CHRIST,) THAT I MIGHT
GAIN THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT LAW."
00:33:08.02\00:33:12.15
- 'I'M GOING TO BE LIKE THOSE
WHO DON'T HAVE A LAW, BUT I'M
00:33:12.19\00:33:13.86
GOING TO STILL HAVE A LAW,
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE TO GOD.
00:33:13.89\00:33:15.96
I'M GOING TO FOLLOW GOD'S LAW,
BUT I'M GOING TO BE AS MUCH LIKE
00:33:15.99\00:33:19.06
THEM AS I CAN IN
SOME WAYS, TO WIN THEM.'
00:33:19.09\00:33:22.26
I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S
SAYING. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY
00:33:22.30\00:33:25.33
SAY IN THEOLOGICAL
TERMS? THEY CALL THIS
00:33:25.37\00:33:27.74
CONTEXTUALIZATION. I GET
NERVOUS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU
00:33:27.77\00:33:30.77
GET BIG ACADEMIC TERMS, BECAUSE
THE ACADEMIC TERM HAS DIFFERENT
00:33:30.81\00:33:36.78
MEANINGS BASED UPON WHO'S SAYING
IT. SO DO YOU MIND IF I SPEAK IN
00:33:36.81\00:33:40.88
A SIMPLE LANGUAGE?
CONTEXTUALIZATION MEANS THIS:
00:33:40.92\00:33:44.99
SPEAKING IN MY OPINION -
SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN
00:33:45.02\00:33:50.06
A WAY THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING - SHARING
00:33:50.09\00:33:54.76
THE GOSPEL IN A WAY
THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND.
00:33:54.83\00:33:58.97
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF
TERMINOLOGIES - THEY CAN TAKE
00:33:59.00\00:34:00.70
THAT IN DIFFERENT WAYS,
BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT.
00:34:00.74\00:34:06.54
BEING LIKE THE GALATIANS DOESN'T
MEAN BEING LIKE THEIR SPIRITUAL
00:34:06.57\00:34:12.08
CONDITION, IT MEANS BEING LIKE
THEIR CULTURAL CONDITION AS FAR
00:34:12.11\00:34:17.32
AS POSSIBLE, TO HELP
THEIR SPIRITUAL CONDITION.
00:34:17.35\00:34:21.86
SO HE'S NOT SAYING, 'I'M GOING
TO BECOME UNSPIRITUAL BECAUSE
00:34:21.89\00:34:24.16
YOU'RE UNSPIRITUAL AND,
HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BOTH BECOME
00:34:24.19\00:34:26.19
SPIRITUAL TOGETHER.' THAT'S NOT
WHAT PAUL'S SAYING TO THE CHURCH
00:34:26.23\00:34:28.73
IN GALATIA. WHAT HE'S
SAYING IS, 'I AM GOING
00:34:28.76\00:34:33.10
TO REMAIN CONNECTED WITH MY
HEAVENLY FATHER AND I'M GOING TO
00:34:33.13\00:34:36.67
ADAPT SOME THINGS THAT ARE
FROM YOUR CULTURE TO HELP REACH
00:34:36.71\00:34:40.38
YOU.' CONTEXTUALIZATION.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, DID
00:34:40.41\00:34:46.65
JESUS EVER CONTEXTUALIZE?
ABSOLUTELY. A LOT OF TIMES.
00:34:46.68\00:34:53.42
REMEMBER, EVEN AS A YOUNG BOY
- LUKE CHAPTER 2 - YOUNG BOY -
00:34:53.46\00:34:57.36
JESUS IS IN THE TEMPLE
- HE IS TWELVE YEARS OLD.
00:34:57.39\00:35:01.30
HE IS SPEAKING TO THE DOCTORS
AND HE'S USING THEIR AUTHORITY
00:35:01.33\00:35:07.20
AND THEIR TEACHING TO SHOCK
THEM, IF YOU WILL, AND TO SHARE
00:35:07.24\00:35:11.41
THINGS THAT - YOU KNOW
WHAT IT SAYS IN DESIRE OF AGES ?
00:35:11.44\00:35:13.81
IT SAID, 'IF THE THOUGHTS THAT
HE HAD OPENED UP TO THEIR MIND
00:35:13.84\00:35:17.21
WERE FOLLOWED OUT, IT WOULD HAVE
PREPARED THE NATION TO RECEIVE
00:35:17.25\00:35:20.18
HIM AS THE SAVIOR.
AS A TWELVE YEAR OLD.
00:35:20.22\00:35:23.79
BUT HE DIDN'T GO IN THERE AND
SAY, 'HEY, I'VE GOT SOMETHING I
00:35:23.82\00:35:25.39
NEED TO TELL YOU. I'M
THE SON OF GOD.' NO, HE WENT
00:35:25.42\00:35:28.22
IN, IN A WAY THAT THEY COULD
UNDERSTAND AND SAID, 'LET ME
00:35:28.26\00:35:32.36
JUST ACT LIKE A STUDENT.'
'OH, THAT'S INTERESTING.
00:35:32.39\00:35:35.76
WHAT DOES IT SAY IN ISAIAH?
OH, OKAY.' AND SO HE'S SAYING
00:35:35.80\00:35:39.60
THINGS THAT HELP THEM LEARN IN A
WAY THAT THEY COULD UNDERSTAND,
00:35:39.63\00:35:42.64
BY SHOWING RESPECT TO
THEM IN THEIR POSITION.
00:35:42.67\00:35:45.51
WHAT ABOUT
ZACCHEUS? LUKE CHAPTER 19.
00:35:45.54\00:35:51.61
DID HE REACH OUT IN A WAY
TO ZACCHEUS - IN A WAY THAT
00:35:51.65\00:35:54.65
ZACCHEUS COULD
UNDERSTAND? ABSOLUTELY.
00:35:54.68\00:35:57.75
AND I CAN GO BY A LOT OF THEM,
BUT I NOTICE OUR TIME SO I'M
00:35:57.79\00:35:59.89
GOING TO GO - SPEED
UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
00:35:59.92\00:36:02.06
MATTHEW - THE DISCIPLE MATTHEW,
WHO USED TO BE A PUBLICAN, HAD A
00:36:02.09\00:36:07.96
GREAT FEAST WHEN HE WAS ACCEPTED
AS A DISCIPLE AND HE INVITED ALL
00:36:07.96\00:36:10.50
HIS PUBLICAN FRIENDS TO COME TO
THE FEAST AND HE INVITED WHO TO
00:36:10.53\00:36:14.04
COME TO THE FEAST? >>JESUS.
00:36:14.07\00:36:15.50
>>JESUS. DID JESUS GO
TO THE PUBLICAN'S FEAST?
00:36:15.54\00:36:18.37
YES. THAT IS REACHING THEM
IN A WAY THEY COLD UNDERSTAND.
00:36:18.41\00:36:23.28
WAS HE PULLING DOWN A SIX-PACK
OF COORS AND ENJOYING HIMSELF?
00:36:23.31\00:36:27.58
NO, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT JESUS
WAS DOING. BUT WAS HE MINGLING
00:36:27.62\00:36:32.32
WITH THEM IN A WAY THAT
THEY COULD UNDERSTAND? YES.
00:36:32.35\00:36:35.46
WAS HE REACHING THEM IN THE
POSITION WHERE THEY WERE AT?
00:36:35.49\00:36:37.79
YES. BEAUTIFUL
PICTURE WE SEE HERE.
00:36:37.83\00:36:41.03
THE DEMONIACS, THE WOMAN AT
THE WELL, THE HEALING OF THE
00:36:41.06\00:36:44.50
DAUGHTER OF THE CANAANITE WOMAN
- REMEMBER THOSE SOLDIERS, THEY
00:36:44.53\00:36:48.50
WERE SENT DURING THE FEAST OF
TABERNACLES, SIX MONTHS BEFORE
00:36:48.54\00:36:51.44
JESUS' DEATH? JESUS IS
SPEAKING AT THE FEAST OF
00:36:51.47\00:36:53.78
TABERNACLES AND THE LEADERSHIP
SAID, 'LET'S CAPTURE HIM NOW.'
00:36:53.81\00:36:58.68
YOU KNOW, IN REALITY,
JESUS WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED,
00:36:58.71\00:37:02.48
POSSIBLY SIX MONTHS
EARLIER, BUT IT WASN'T TIME YET.
00:37:02.52\00:37:07.59
IT WASN'T IN GOD'S TIME
TABLE, BECAUSE GOD DOES THINGS -
00:37:07.62\00:37:09.56
EVERYTHING - ON TIME.
BUT IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED
00:37:09.59\00:37:11.99
BUT GOD DIDN'T ALLOW
IT. THAT WAS AT THE FEAST OF
00:37:12.03\00:37:15.50
TABERNACLES SIX
MONTHS BEFORE PASSOVER.
00:37:15.53\00:37:17.73
AND WHEN THEY SENT THESE
SOLDIERS TO GO TAKE HIM, THEY
00:37:17.77\00:37:20.74
CAME BACK EMPTY HANDED TO THE
LEADERSHIP AND THE PRIESTS SAID,
00:37:20.77\00:37:24.31
'WHERE IS HE?' AND
THE RESPONSE WAS THIS:
00:37:24.34\00:37:27.21
'NEVER A MAN SPAKE LIKE
THIS ONE.' AND THEY WERE VERY
00:37:27.24\00:37:30.55
FURIOUS. 'WHAT? YOU
BELIEVE HIM TOO?' AMAZING.
00:37:30.58\00:37:35.72
DID JESUS REACH
PEOPLE WHERE THEY WERE AT?
00:37:35.75\00:37:38.82
THE ROMAN
SOLDIERS WERE ASTOUNDED.
00:37:38.85\00:37:41.46
THE CANAANITE WOMAN
WAS GIVEN FAITH AND HOPE.
00:37:41.49\00:37:44.79
THE WOMAN AT THE WELL OF SAMARIA
WAS GIVEN - ACCEPTED CHRIST AS
00:37:44.83\00:37:50.47
HER PERSONAL SAVIOR.
ZACCHEUS A PUBLICAN, MATTHEW A
00:37:50.50\00:37:53.57
PUBLICAN - JESUS REACHED
PEOPLE WHERE THEY WERE AT WHILE
00:37:53.60\00:37:58.07
NEVER LOSING HIS HOLD ON GOD.
THAT IS WHAT GOD'S CALLING US TO
00:37:58.11\00:38:02.98
DO, I BELIEVE, AND
THAT'S WHAT PAUL IS SAYING
00:38:03.01\00:38:05.45
'I'M DOING TO YOU. I
WANT YOU TO BE LIKE ME.
00:38:05.48\00:38:07.92
I WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS CHRIST
FORMED WITHIN YOU, BECAUSE I'M
00:38:07.95\00:38:12.09
DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO REACH
YOU AND SPEAK IN A WAY THAT YOU
00:38:12.12\00:38:15.29
CAN UNDERSTAND.' THAT'S THE
PICTURE WE'RE SEEING HERE IN
00:38:15.32\00:38:17.96
GALATIANS 4, VERSE 12.
ALRIGHT, I READ A BOOK RECENTLY
00:38:17.99\00:38:26.70
THAT WAS MOVING TO ME.
IT WAS ABOUT A MISSIONARY TO
00:38:26.74\00:38:31.11
THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA AREA
OF INDONESIA - SO NOT PAPUA NEW
00:38:31.14\00:38:34.91
GUINEA, BUT IN THAT SECTION
OF INDONESIA - THAT ISLAND.
00:38:34.94\00:38:39.75
HE WENT THERE WHEN THERE WERE A
LOT OF HEAD HUNTERS - STILL HEAD
00:38:39.78\00:38:42.22
HUNTING AND CANNIBALISM
TAKING PLACE - HIS NAME WAS DON
00:38:42.25\00:38:45.79
RICHARDSON, SOME OF YOU MAY BE
FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY OF DON
00:38:45.82\00:38:48.56
RICHARDSON, AND HE WROTE A
BOOK CONCERNING WHAT WAS TAKING
00:38:48.59\00:38:51.99
PLACE. HE WENT TO
THIS TRIBE TO SHARE
00:38:52.03\00:38:54.50
CHRIST WITH THEM AND, AS HE
GOT TO THE POINT OF SHARING THE
00:38:54.56\00:38:56.97
STORY OF JESUS, HE TOLD THEM
THE STORY OF JESUS AND HE RAN
00:38:57.00\00:39:01.60
INTO A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
WHEN HE DESCRIBED THE BETRAYAL
00:39:01.64\00:39:05.34
OF JESUS BY JUDAS AND THE
RESULTING CAPTURE AND THEN
00:39:05.37\00:39:10.01
CRUCIFIXION, HE WAS HOPING
TO PORTRAY HOW GREAT CHRIST WAS,
00:39:10.05\00:39:14.05
BUT THESE TRIBESMEN
WERE AMAZED WITH JUDAS.
00:39:14.08\00:39:18.72
THEY SAID, 'JUDAS IS THE MAN.'
THAT WAS THE MINDSET - THEY WERE
00:39:18.75\00:39:23.89
SAYING THAT.
'JUDAS IS THE REAL MAN.
00:39:23.93\00:39:26.70
HE'S THE ONE
WE'D WANT TO BE LIKE.
00:39:26.73\00:39:28.83
HERE HE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY
DECEPTIVE AND EVENTUALLY HE GETS
00:39:28.86\00:39:34.14
HIS EVEN WAY WITHOUT ANYONE
KNOWING ABOUT IT 'TIL THE VERY
00:39:34.17\00:39:37.14
END. AWESOME. AND SO
HERE IS DON RICHARDSON
00:39:37.17\00:39:41.34
THINKING, 'HOW CAN I BREAK
THROUGH TO THIS MINDSET WHERE
00:39:41.38\00:39:45.18
JUDAS IS THE HERO AND
JESUS IS THE WEAK MAN?'
00:39:45.21\00:39:50.09
AND HE FOUND THAT THERE WAS
SOMETHING IN THEIR CULTURE THAT
00:39:50.12\00:39:54.56
I BELIEVE MAYBE GOD IMPLANTED
THAT ALLOWED THEM TO SEE CHRIST
00:39:54.59\00:40:00.83
IN A BEAUTIFUL WAY.
YOU HAVE TO READ ABOUT IT.
00:40:00.86\00:40:05.43
IT'S IN A BOOK
CALLED PEACE CHILD .
00:40:05.47\00:40:06.84
NO, I'LL TELL
YOU IN TWO MINUTES.
00:40:06.87\00:40:13.17
WHEN TWO ENEMY TRIBES WOULD COME
TOGETHER - AND THE WHOLE GOAL
00:40:13.21\00:40:15.78
WAS TO - THEY HAD THIS PHRASE
IN THEIR LINE CALLED 'FATTENING
00:40:15.81\00:40:19.65
WITH FRIENDSHIP FOR THE
SLAUGHTER' - SO YOU'D BEFRIEND
00:40:19.68\00:40:23.28
SOMEONE WHO WAS OF THE
ENEMY TRIBE AND TRY TO MAKE THEM
00:40:23.32\00:40:25.65
THINK THAT IT WAS
A REAL FRIENDSHIP.
00:40:25.69\00:40:27.12
YOU MAY EVEN BE
FRIENDS FOR A YEAR OR TWO.
00:40:27.16\00:40:29.12
AND THEN, WHEN THEY'RE
COMPLETELY TRUSTING, YOU KILL
00:40:29.16\00:40:31.86
THEM AND EAT THEM -
AND THAT WAS THE THOUGHT.
00:40:31.89\00:40:35.20
THAT'S WHY THEY
APPRECIATED JUDAS.
00:40:35.23\00:40:37.20
SO TO COUNTERACT THAT, IF THERE
WAS A BATTLE BETWEEN TWO ENEMY
00:40:37.23\00:40:43.41
TRIBES AND IT WAS ABOUT TO
START, THE WAY TO BRING PEACE
00:40:43.44\00:40:47.18
WAS THAT ONE MAN FROM THIS TRIBE
WOULD TAKE HIS CHILD - I'M GOING
00:40:47.21\00:40:50.75
TO MOVE ACROSS THE STAGE JUST A
LITTLE BIT HERE - HE WOULD TAKE
00:40:50.78\00:40:52.85
HIS CHILD AND HE WOULD TAKE HIS
CHILD FROM HIS WIFE'S ARMS AND
00:40:52.88\00:40:57.75
RUN TOWARDS THE ENEMY'S TRIBE
- THEY WOULD MEET IN A FIELD OR
00:40:57.79\00:41:01.66
SOMETHING - AND
HAND HIS BABY TO THEM.
00:41:01.69\00:41:05.09
AT THE SAME EXACT TIME, SOMEONE
FROM THAT TRIBE WOULD TAKE THEIR
00:41:05.13\00:41:08.46
SON AND RUN ACROSS WITH THE WIFE
SCREAMING BEHIND, 'DON'T DO IT!'
00:41:08.50\00:41:12.27
AND DROP OFF THE
BABY ON THIS SIDE.
00:41:12.30\00:41:14.64
NOW THERE'S A BABY FROM EITHER
TRIBE IN THE OPPOSITE CAMP.
00:41:14.67\00:41:19.04
AND IT WAS THIS:
THAT IS THE PEACE CHILD.
00:41:19.07\00:41:22.34
AS LONG AS THAT CHILD IS
ALIVE, WAR CANNOT HAPPEN.
00:41:22.38\00:41:28.48
AS LONG AS THAT CHILD IS ALIVE,
WAR CANNOT HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU
00:41:28.52\00:41:31.95
HAVE ONE OF OURS AND WE DON'T
WANT TO ACCIDENTALLY KILL ONE OF
00:41:31.99\00:41:35.46
OURS IN THE BATTLE.
DO YOU SEE THAT THINKING?
00:41:35.49\00:41:38.99
THE WORST THING THAT YOU COULD
EVER DO WAS KILL A PEACE CHILD.
00:41:39.03\00:41:44.03
IT WAS THE WORST OF ALL CRIMES.
AND INSTANTLY, DON RICHARDSON
00:41:44.07\00:41:46.97
SAID, 'IT WAS LIKE
THE LIGHT BROKE OPEN.
00:41:47.00\00:41:49.04
HERE IS THE KEY TO
ENTER WITH THE GOSPEL.
00:41:49.07\00:41:52.04
JESUS IS THE
PEACE CHILD.' HE IS.
00:41:52.07\00:41:56.41
AND HE WILL NEVER DIE.
SO PEACE WILL BE FOREVER.
00:41:56.44\00:42:00.28
BUT JUDAS, BETRAYING HIM, WAS
KILLING THE PEACE CHILD AND THAT
00:42:00.32\00:42:05.35
WAS THE WORST CRIME
THAT COULD EVER BE TAKEN.
00:42:05.39\00:42:07.86
INSTANTLY THE WHOLE SCENARIO
SWITCHED AND THEY SAW - AND
00:42:07.89\00:42:11.29
THROUGH A SERIES OF EVENTS OVER
A COUPLE OF YEARS, HE SOON HAD A
00:42:11.33\00:42:14.83
WHOLE GROUP OF BELIEVERS
THERE AMONG THIS HEAD-HUNTING
00:42:14.83\00:42:17.37
CANNIBALISTIC TRIBE TURN
OVER AND CONVERT TO JESUS. WHY?
00:42:17.40\00:42:20.97
BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO
CONTEXTUALIZE THE GOSPEL.
00:42:21.00\00:42:24.21
DID HE CHANGE THE
GOSPEL? NO. DID HE REACH THEM
00:42:24.24\00:42:28.44
WHERE THEY WERE AT? YES.
00:42:28.48\00:42:30.28
DID HE SPEAK IN A WAY
THEY COULD UNDERSTAND?
00:42:30.31\00:42:32.65
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY
OTHER - SO MANY OTHER ONES - I
00:42:32.68\00:42:35.15
HAD A WHOLE LIST HERE OF
STORIES OF DIFFERENT TRIBES AND
00:42:35.18\00:42:38.95
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GOD - IT'S
IMPLANTED IN THOSE CULTURES THAT
00:42:38.99\00:42:41.79
WE CAN USE WHEN SHARING
THE GOSPEL WITH THEM. AMAZING.
00:42:41.82\00:42:44.56
AGAIN, THAT BOOK IS PEACE
CHILD BY DON RICHARDSON - VERY
00:42:44.59\00:42:47.46
FASCINATING STORY - YOU HAVE
TO HAVE A TOUGH STOMACH TO READ
00:42:47.50\00:42:50.07
SOME OF IT, THOUGH.
WE'VE NOW LOOKED AT GALATIANS
00:42:50.10\00:42:54.80
4:12 - WE MADE THAT OUR MAIN
FOCUS SO FAR IN THIS LESSON.
00:42:54.84\00:42:58.44
AS WE'RE CLOSING UP, THERE'S
JUST TWO MORE DAYS AND I WOULD
00:42:58.47\00:43:01.41
LIKE TO TOUCH ON THEM THIS WAY:
GALATIANS CHAPTER 4 AND VERSES
00:43:01.44\00:43:05.85
12 THROUGH 15 - AND WE'RE GOING
TO EXTEND THE NEXT FEW VERSES -
00:43:05.88\00:43:15.09
GALATIANS 4 STARTING WITH VERSE
12, "BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU, BE
00:43:15.12\00:43:19.09
AS I AM; FOR I AM AS YE ARE:
YE HAVE NOT INJURED ME AT ALL.
00:43:19.13\00:43:22.56
YE KNOW HOW THROUGH INFIRMITY OF
THE FLESH I PREACHED THE GOSPEL
00:43:22.60\00:43:25.40
UNTO YOU AT THE FIRST." HE
SAID - YOU KNOW, I WAS - I'M
00:43:25.43\00:43:27.87
NOT SURE ALL THE SCENARIOS
- THEY HAVE ALL THIS GUESSWORK
00:43:27.90\00:43:29.77
GOING ON IN THE QUARTERLY BUT,
FOR SOME REASON, WHEN PAUL WAS
00:43:29.80\00:43:34.11
THERE THE FIRST TIME, HE
WAS SICK AND, IN SPITE OF HIS
00:43:34.14\00:43:36.75
SICKNESS, IN SPITE OF HIS
DISEASE - WHATEVER IT WAS - HE
00:43:36.78\00:43:39.18
PREACHED THE
GOSPEL TO THEM. IT SAYS,
00:43:39.21\00:43:40.78
"THROUGH...INFIRMITY...I
PREACHED...UNTO YOU.
00:43:40.82\00:43:42.02
AND MY TEMPTATION, WHICH WAS
IN MY FLESH YE DESPISED NOT," -
00:43:42.05\00:43:45.75
THEY DIDN'T DESPISE HIM BECAUSE
HE HAD THIS DISEASE - THIS
00:43:45.79\00:43:48.16
SICKNESS - NO DESPISING - "NOR
REJECTED; BUT RECEIVED ME AS AN
00:43:48.19\00:43:54.73
ANGEL OF GOD,
EVEN AS CHRIST JESUS."
00:43:54.73\00:43:56.60
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF
THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE GALATIANS.
00:43:56.63\00:43:59.27
HERE IS PAUL, WEAK WITH SOME
KIND OF ILLNESS - INFIRMITY -
00:43:59.30\00:44:04.87
AND HE'S PREACHING TO THEM
IN THE MIDST OF IT AND THEY TAKE
00:44:04.91\00:44:09.41
HIM, INSTEAD OF DESPISING
HIM FOR HIS SICKNESS BECAUSE,
00:44:09.44\00:44:12.58
OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT
WEARING ON THEM AS WELL, INSTEAD
00:44:12.61\00:44:15.22
OF DESPISING - INSTEAD OF
REJECTING HIM FOR THAT, THEY
00:44:15.25\00:44:17.45
ACCEPTED HIM EVEN AS IF
HE WAS FROM HEAVEN ITSELF.
00:44:17.49\00:44:22.52
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE
FRIENDSHIP OF THE GALATIANS
00:44:22.56\00:44:24.63
IS A REALLY NICE FRIENDSHIP.
AND THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT
00:44:24.66\00:44:27.30
PAUL'S TRYING TO BRING OUT.
'REMEMBER, YOU REALLY LIKE ME.'
00:44:27.30\00:44:30.53
THAT'S WHAT HE'S TRYING
TO SAY. 'YOU REALLY LIKE ME.
00:44:30.57\00:44:32.63
YOU'RE NICE TO ME.' IN FACT,
HE SAYS THIS IN VERSE 15, "FOR I
00:44:32.67\00:44:36.47
BEAR YOU RECORD, THAT, IF IT
HAD BEEN POSSIBLE, YE WOULD HAVE
00:44:36.50\00:44:39.11
PLUCKED OUT YOUR OWN EYES,
AND HAVE GIVEN THEM TO ME."
00:44:39.14\00:44:41.94
'YOU WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING
FOR ME.' THAT'S THE - AMAZING -
00:44:41.98\00:44:48.18
THIS IS THE PICTURE - THE
FRIENDSHIP THE GALATIANS HAD FOR
00:44:48.22\00:44:50.72
PAUL. THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR
PAUL. PAUL'S REMINDING THEM NOW.
00:44:50.75\00:44:55.16
YOU EVER DO THAT WITH
YOUR FRIENDS SOMETIMES?
00:44:55.19\00:44:56.86
'REMEMBER, WE'RE
FRIENDS. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU
00:44:56.89\00:44:59.19
KNOW WE'RE FRIENDS. I
DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE SAYING
00:44:59.23\00:45:01.16
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE FRIENDS.
00:45:01.20\00:45:03.43
WE GO BACK A LONG WAY.' AND
THAT'S WHAT PAUL WAS LETTING THE
00:45:03.47\00:45:07.10
CHURCH OF GALATIA
KNOW HERE. WHY THE CHANGE?
00:45:07.14\00:45:16.54
WHY IS THERE THIS
CHANGE THAT'S TAKEN PLACE?
00:45:16.58\00:45:19.18
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GREAT
FRIENDS. WHY THE CHANGE IN THE
00:45:19.21\00:45:22.42
CHURCH OF GALATIA?
I THINK THE ANSWER IS
00:45:22.45\00:45:23.75
FOUND SIMPLY IN VERSE 17.
VERSE 17, "THEY" - SPEAKING OF
00:45:23.79\00:45:30.46
THOSE WHO ARE TEACHING THE FALSE
DOCTRINE - "ZEALOUSLY AFFECT
00:45:30.49\00:45:34.10
YOU, BUT NOT WELL;" -
THEY GIVE YOU THIS ZEAL FOR
00:45:34.13\00:45:40.30
SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOOD.
JUST BECAUSE A PERSON HAS ZEAL
00:45:40.34\00:45:45.77
DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S
GOOD. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SAY
00:45:45.81\00:45:51.31
'AMEN' TO THAT ONE.
JUST BECAUSE A PERSON HAS
00:45:51.35\00:45:54.32
ZEAL DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOOD.
NOW, I'VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE
00:45:54.35\00:45:56.79
WHO HAVE PASSIONATE ZEAL ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT'S SPIRITUAL BUT
00:45:56.82\00:46:00.39
THE END OF THOSE
WAYS THEREOF IS NOT GOOD.
00:46:00.42\00:46:04.83
ZEAL IS NOT A DETERMINER OF
WHETHER SOMETHING IS RIGHT OR
00:46:04.86\00:46:08.23
WRONG, THE WORD IS THAT.
SO HERE WE HAVE THIS ZEAL.
00:46:08.26\00:46:14.80
IN FACT, ROMANS CHAPTER 10 - I
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF - I SPENT
00:46:14.84\00:46:20.28
A FEW DAYS WITH A FELLOW SABBATH
SCHOOL TEACHER BY THE NAME OF
00:46:20.31\00:46:24.68
CHRIS BUTTERY. DO
YOU KNOW CHRIS BUTTERY?
00:46:24.71\00:46:27.15
SO HE AND I ARE BOTH TEACHING
THIS LESSON RIGHT NOW AT THE
00:46:27.18\00:46:29.78
SAME TIME AT TWO
DIFFERENT CHURCHES.
00:46:29.82\00:46:31.69
AND I'VE BEEN SPENDING TIME -
AND HE SHARED THIS PASSAGE WITH
00:46:31.72\00:46:33.99
ME - A FANTASTIC - ROMANS
CHAPTER 10 - ROMANS CHAPTER 10
00:46:34.02\00:46:38.89
AND VERSE 2 - ROMANS 10, VERSE
2 SAYS, "FOR I BEAR THEM RECORD
00:46:38.93\00:46:44.10
THAT THEY HAVE A ZEAL OF"
- WHO? - "GOD, BUT" - WHAT?
00:46:44.13\00:46:52.47
"NOT ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE."
00:46:52.51\00:46:54.21
HAD THE ZEAL OF GOD BUT
NOT ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE.
00:46:54.24\00:46:56.48
AND VERSE 3 SAYS, "FOR
THEY BEING IGNORANT OF GOD'S
00:46:56.51\00:46:59.88
RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND GOING
ABOUT TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN
00:46:59.91\00:47:02.85
RIGHTEOUSNESS, HAVE NOT
SUBMITTED THEMSELVES UNTO THE
00:47:02.88\00:47:05.35
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD."
THIS IS THE ISSUE IN GALATIA.
00:47:05.39\00:47:09.62
YES, HE'S SPEAKING ABOUT HIS
BRETHREN, THE JEWS, BUT THIS IS
00:47:09.66\00:47:13.13
THE ISSUE THAT'S NOW EVEN TAKING
PLACE IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN
00:47:13.16\00:47:16.43
GALATIA. THEY'RE
GOING ABOUT TRYING
00:47:16.46\00:47:18.03
TO ESTABLISH
THEIR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:47:18.07\00:47:20.20
THEY HAVE A ZEAL OF GOD BUT
IT'S NOT ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE.
00:47:20.24\00:47:22.70
THAT'S ROMANS
CHAPTER 10, VERSES 2 AND 3.
00:47:22.74\00:47:29.91
I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.
IS IT FAIR THAT PEOPLE SHOULD
00:47:29.94\00:47:43.29
HAVE TO MINISTER
THROUGH INFIRMITIES?
00:47:43.32\00:47:49.13
I MEAN, COME ON,
PAUL IS DOING GOD'S WORK.
00:47:49.16\00:47:52.37
WHY SHOULD HE HAVE INFIRMITIES
WHEN HE'S TRYING TO DO GOD'S
00:47:52.40\00:47:55.30
WORK? SHOULDN'T
A PATH JUST BE WIDE
00:47:55.34\00:47:57.64
OPEN AND CLEAR
AND 'GO AHEAD, PAUL.
00:47:57.67\00:48:00.31
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ROSES
ALONG YOUR PATH WITH NO THORNS.
00:48:00.34\00:48:04.25
YOU CAN HAVE ALL
THE FOOD YOU CAN EAT.
00:48:04.28\00:48:06.45
I'M GOING TO HEAL YOU
OF YOUR THORN IN THE FLESH.
00:48:06.48\00:48:08.48
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE FINE.'
HOW DOES PAUL FEEL ABOUT IT?
00:48:08.52\00:48:14.79
HOW DOES PAUL FEEL ABOUT
MINISTERING WITH INFIRMITIES?
00:48:14.82\00:48:17.13
IT'S A GOOD
QUESTION FOR US TO ASK.
00:48:17.16\00:48:19.39
2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4
- 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4 -
00:48:19.43\00:48:23.47
BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE IS FOUND
THERE - VERSES 7 THROUGH 12.
00:48:23.50\00:48:26.97
I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON IT BRIEFLY
- 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4
00:48:27.00\00:48:31.94
STARTING WITH VERSE 7.
PAUL IS SPEAKING HERE AND
00:48:31.97\00:48:35.24
SO THIS IS HIS VIEW
ABOUT MINISTERING WHILE
00:48:35.28\00:48:38.25
HAVING INFIRMITIES. HE
SAYS, IN VERSE 7, "BUT WE
00:48:38.28\00:48:42.65
HAVE THIS TREASURE IN"
- WHAT KIND OF VESSELS?
00:48:42.68\00:48:44.65
>>EARTHEN.
>>"EARTHEN VESSELS, THAT THE
00:48:44.69\00:48:46.86
EXCELLENCY OF THE
POWER MAY BE OF" - WHO?
00:48:46.89\00:48:48.46
>>GOD. >>"GOD, AND NOT OF" -
00:48:48.49\00:48:51.23
>>US. >>"US." SO HE SAYS HAVING
00:48:51.26\00:48:53.43
INFIRMITIES OR BEING IN AN
EARTHEN VESSEL HELPS SHOW GOD'S
00:48:53.46\00:48:56.50
POWER EVEN BETTER. 'EVEN THOUGH
I'M MESSED UP, IT SHOWS GOD'S
00:48:56.53\00:49:00.17
POWER.' IT BRINGS THE
GLORY WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
00:49:00.20\00:49:02.97
THEN IT CONTINUES IN VERSE 10 -
I'M GOING TO SKIP 8 AND 9 - I'M
00:49:03.00\00:49:06.84
GOING TO COME BACK TO IT - VERSE
10 SAYS, "ALWAYS BEARING ABOUT
00:49:06.88\00:49:09.88
IN THE BODY OF THE DYING OF THE
LORD JESUS," - ALWAYS BEARING
00:49:09.91\00:49:15.55
ABOUT IN MY BODY OF THE
DYING OF THE LORD JESUS.
00:49:15.58\00:49:17.32
WHAT HE SAYS IN VERSE 11 -
HE SAYS, "FOR WE WHICH LIVE ARE
00:49:17.35\00:49:19.95
ALWAYS DELIVERED UNTO DEATH
FOR JESUS' SAKE" - BECAUSE WE'RE
00:49:19.99\00:49:22.62
GOING THROUGH THESE TRIALS AND
INFIRMITIES - WE'RE ALMOST BEING
00:49:22.66\00:49:25.53
DELIVERED UNTO
DEATH FOR JESUS' SAKE.
00:49:25.56\00:49:28.26
BUT NOTICE HIS RESPONSE - BOTH
10 AND 11 - HE SAYS THE SAME
00:49:28.30\00:49:31.03
EXACT WORDS - ALMOST.
HERE'S WHY: "THAT THE LIFE ALSO
00:49:31.07\00:49:36.71
OF JESUS MIGHT BE
MADE MANIFEST IN OUR BODY."
00:49:36.74\00:49:40.71
'I'M GOING THROUGH ALL THESE
TRIALS THAT THE LIFE OF JESUS
00:49:40.74\00:49:43.38
MAY BE MANIFEST IN MY BODY.' YOU
KNOW WHAT HE SAYS IN VERSE 11?
00:49:43.41\00:49:47.58
"THAT THE LIFE ALSO OF JESUS
MIGHT BE MADE MANIFEST IN OUR
00:49:47.62\00:49:49.65
MORTAL FLESH." HE JUST REPEATS
THE SAME THING TWICE IN A ROW.
00:49:49.68\00:49:52.19
THE REASON FOR GOING THROUGH
TRIAL, IN THE EYES OF PAUL, IS
00:49:52.22\00:49:57.36
SO THE LIFE OF JESUS
COULD BE MANIFEST IN HIS BODY.
00:49:57.39\00:50:02.96
I DON'T KNOW IF I DESIRE
INFIRMITIES QUITE LIKE THAT.
00:50:03.00\00:50:06.07
BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DO.
00:50:06.10\00:50:08.54
I WANT TO HAVE THE LIFE
OF JESUS MANIFEST IN ME.
00:50:08.57\00:50:10.97
>>AMEN. >>I WANT THAT.
00:50:11.01\00:50:14.44
AND SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY - NO,
I DON'T LIKE SAYING THIS, BUT
00:50:14.48\00:50:17.71
SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY TO SEE
THE LIFE OF JESUS MANIFESTED IN
00:50:17.75\00:50:21.82
SOMEONE IS WHEN THEY'RE GOING
THROUGH TRIAL, AND PAUL REALIZES
00:50:21.85\00:50:28.56
THAT. AND SO, HE
MAKES THIS STATEMENT
00:50:28.59\00:50:31.29
IN VERSES 8 AND 9
THAT I THINK IS FANTASTIC.
00:50:31.33\00:50:34.03
"WE ARE TROUBLED ON EVERY SIDE,
YET NOT DISTRESSED;" - WHAT WAS
00:50:34.10\00:50:39.67
THE NEXT ONE? -
"WE ARE PERPLEXED, BUT
00:50:39.70\00:50:46.61
NOT IN DESPAIR;" - VERSE 9 -
"PERSECUTED, BUT NOT FORSAKEN;
00:50:46.64\00:50:53.82
CAST DOWN, BUT NOT
DESTROYED;" - PAUL SAID THIS.
00:50:53.85\00:50:59.09
'EVEN THOUGH I AM TROUBLED ON
EVERY SIDE' - SOME OF YOU HAVE
00:50:59.12\00:51:01.62
TROUBLES ON
EVERY SIDE RIGHT NOW?
00:51:01.66\00:51:03.32
>>YES. >>IS IT
POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE
00:51:03.36\00:51:06.26
AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH WOULD
HAVE TROUBLES ON EVERY SIDE?
00:51:06.29\00:51:09.03
I KNOW IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY,
BUT SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE THAT.
00:51:09.06\00:51:13.17
'PERPLEXED' - IS IT POSSIBLE
THAT SOMEONE IN HERE, TODAY,
00:51:13.20\00:51:16.57
MIGHT BE PERPLEXED?
PAUL SAID, 'I'M PERPLEXED AT
00:51:16.60\00:51:19.94
TIMES.' YOU KNOW
WHAT PERPLEXED MEANS?
00:51:19.97\00:51:21.41
'I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT'S
HAPPENING.' FORSAKEN - HAVE YOU
00:51:21.44\00:51:27.55
EVER FELT FORSAKEN? PAUL DID.
00:51:27.58\00:51:33.25
EVER FELT CAST
DOWN? SOME OF YOU MAY.
00:51:33.29\00:51:39.39
YOU KNOW THIS LAST SUMMER I
WAS SHARING THIS PASSAGE WITH A
00:51:39.43\00:51:42.96
GROUP OF PEOPLE - ACTUALLY, THEY
WERE AGE 12 TO 17 - IT WAS A
00:51:43.00\00:51:47.27
YOUTH CAMP. AND I
REMEMBER, AS WE COVERED
00:51:47.30\00:51:49.54
THIS IDEA ABOUT BEING FORSAKEN,
ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES LOOKED
00:51:49.57\00:51:53.74
AT ME - I COULD
ALMOST SEE TEARS IN HER EYES.
00:51:53.78\00:51:56.21
I FORGOT THAT TEENAGERS,
SOMETIMES, FEEL FORSAKEN.
00:51:56.24\00:52:00.32
AMAZING. ALL OF
US GO THROUGH THESE
00:52:00.35\00:52:03.05
FEELINGS - AND PAUL SAID, 'EVEN
THOUGH I FEEL THIS, HERE'S WHAT
00:52:03.08\00:52:06.29
I'M NOT: I'M NOT DISTRESSED;
I'M NOT IN DESPAIR; I'M NOT
00:52:06.32\00:52:09.66
FORSAKEN;' - EXCUSE
ME, PERSECUTED - I GOT
00:52:09.69\00:52:12.23
THE WRONG THING BACK
HERE - 'AND I'M NOT DESTROYED.
00:52:12.26\00:52:15.80
IN SPITE OF THOSE
FEELINGS, I AM NOT.
00:52:15.83\00:52:20.04
GOD IS STILL HERE FOR
ME. I'M NOT DESTROYED.
00:52:20.07\00:52:25.01
I MAY BE
PERPLEXED, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:52:25.04\00:52:28.01
I'M NOT IN DESPAIR.
I MAY NOT HAVE FIGURED
00:52:28.04\00:52:30.31
EVERYTHING OUT, BUT I
KNOW THAT GOD'S IN CHARGE.
00:52:30.35\00:52:32.81
THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO
NEED FOR DESPAIR IN MY LIFE.
00:52:32.85\00:52:34.38
THIS IS A PICTURE THAT PAUL
IS GIVING US, HERE IN GALATIANS.
00:52:34.42\00:52:41.66
CHAPTER 4, VERSE 16 - I'VE GOT
TO CLOSE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO
00:52:41.69\00:52:46.73
CLOSE WITHOUT
SHARING THIS. IS THAT OKAY?
00:52:46.76\00:52:49.20
GALATIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE
16, "AM I THEREFORE BECOME YOUR
00:52:49.23\00:53:00.61
ENEMY, BECAUSE I
TELL YOU THE TRUTH?"
00:53:00.64\00:53:05.11
PAUL HAS STARTED OUT BY SAYING,
'I BEG OF YOU LISTEN TO ME.
00:53:05.15\00:53:08.72
I'M LIKE YOUR FATHER. I'M
TRAVAILING FOR YOU. I LOVE YOU.
00:53:08.75\00:53:12.99
REMEMBER, WE HAVE
THIS GREAT FRIENDSHIP.
00:53:13.02\00:53:15.19
YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING
FOR ME. REMEMBER THAT?
00:53:15.22\00:53:17.93
NOW, BECAUSE I TELL YOU THE
TRUTH, ARE YOU GOING TO HATE ME?
00:53:17.96\00:53:23.03
AM I YOUR ENEMY BECAUSE I TELL
YOU THE TRUTH? LET'S FACE IT -
00:53:23.06\00:53:26.33
TRUTH IS SOMETIMES
HARD TO SWALLOW, ISN'T IT?
00:53:26.37\00:53:30.67
YOUR HUSBAND COMES HOME
AND SAYS, 'YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:53:30.71\00:53:32.64
I NEED TO FIND A NEW JOB.' I
THAT HARD TO SWALLOW SOMETIMES?
00:53:32.67\00:53:40.12
SOMEONE TELLS YOU
YOUR CLOTHES DON'T MATCH.
00:53:40.15\00:53:43.39
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT
EASY TO ACCEPT, ISN'T IT?
00:53:43.42\00:53:45.99
HERE'S ONE: A MECHANIC TELLS
YOU THAT YOUR CAR NEEDS REPAIRS.
00:53:46.02\00:53:50.49
THAT'S TRUTH.
YOU KNOW, I'VE GOTTEN
00:53:50.53\00:53:51.83
MAD AT MECHANICS
BEFORE. I'M ADMITTING THIS.
00:53:51.86\00:53:54.93
'HOW DARE YOU SAY I NEED
A THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF
00:53:54.93\00:53:57.03
REPAIRS ON MY CAR? I
DON'T HAVE A THOUSAND
00:53:57.07\00:53:58.97
DOLLARS.' AND THEY'RE
LIKE, 'I'M JUST THE MESSENGER.
00:53:59.00\00:54:01.77
HAVE MERCY ON ME.' I
KNOW, BUT I HATE THE TRUTH.
00:54:01.80\00:54:06.78
SOMETIMES THE TRUTH WE DON'T
LIKE AND SOMETIMES WE ATTACK THE
00:54:06.81\00:54:09.04
ONE WHO BRINGS THE TRUTH
TO US. AND THAT'S WHAT WE
00:54:09.08\00:54:11.41
SEE TAKING PLACE HERE. I
LIKE TO SHARE THAT QUOTATION
00:54:11.45\00:54:25.19
WITH YOU AS WE CLOSE AND
THEN ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.
00:54:25.23\00:54:33.87
WHY DID PAUL GET
HATED AS AN ENEMY?
00:54:33.90\00:54:38.61
IT'S BECAUSE THIS: TO SUBSTITUTE
THE EXTERNAL FORMS OF RELIGION
00:54:38.64\00:54:42.98
FOR HOLINESS OF HEART AND
LIFE IS STILL AS PLEASING TO THE
00:54:43.01\00:54:46.85
UNRENEWED NATURE AS IN
THE DAYS OF THE APOSTLES.
00:54:46.88\00:54:50.22
TODAY PEOPLE DON'T WANT - I
WOULD SAY, BY AND LARGE, I'M
00:54:50.25\00:54:54.96
SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, EXTERNAL
FORMS ARE A WHOLE LOT EASIER
00:54:54.99\00:54:59.69
THAN HOLINESS OF HEART AND LIFE.
I'D RATHER JUST DO WHATEVER IT
00:54:59.73\00:55:04.50
TAKES - TELL ME
WHAT I NEED TO DO.
00:55:04.53\00:55:06.84
AND YOU SAY, 'SURRENDER TO
GOD.' 'NO, NO, NO, NOT THAT ONE.
00:55:06.87\00:55:09.14
TELL ME SOMETHING ELSE.
TELL ME WHAT DO I NEED TO DO.
00:55:09.17\00:55:12.61
JUST TELL ME - DO I
HAVE TO PAY MORE TITHE?
00:55:12.64\00:55:14.61
I'LL PAY MORE TITHE.'
'NO, NO, NO, NO, IT'S NOT THAT.
00:55:14.64\00:55:20.42
YOU NEED TO SURRENDER.' 'NO, NO,
NO, NO, OTHER THAN SURRENDER.'
00:55:20.45\00:55:24.15
AND SOMETIMES
THAT'S THE RESPONSE.
00:55:24.19\00:55:25.39
WE WOULD NEVER
VERBALIZE IT LIKE THAT.
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BUT THE BIG ISSUE THAT GOD'S
LONGING FOR US TODAY IS TO HAVE
00:55:28.32\00:55:31.39
CHRIST FORMED IN US.
IT'S NOT LOOKING FOR YOUR
00:55:31.43\00:55:36.87
OUTWARD ACTIONS, THAT'LL
COME WHEN CHRIST IS IN YOU - AND
00:55:36.90\00:55:40.57
IN HIS WAY AND HIS TIME.
GOD IS LOOKING FOR CHRIST
00:55:40.60\00:55:45.47
TO BE FORMED IN
YOU TODAY. >>AMEN.
00:55:45.51\00:55:47.98
>>HE WANTS TO BE
FORMED IN ME TODAY.
00:55:48.01\00:55:49.94
HE WANTS US TO HAVE
THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
00:55:49.98\00:55:52.25
I WANT TO HAVE IT, DO YOU? AMEN.
00:55:52.28\00:55:55.68
LET'S PRAY AS WE
CLOSE OUT THIS LESSON.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE JUST SO
GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US
00:55:58.62\00:56:03.06
A LESSON OF PLEADING - SPIRITUAL
PLEADING IN THE LIFE OF PAUL -
00:56:03.09\00:56:09.23
FATHER, HIS DESIRE FOR THE
GALATIANS, WE KNOW, IS YOUR
00:56:09.26\00:56:11.40
DESIRE FOR US AND WE'RE ASKING,
TODAY, FATHER, THAT OUR HEARTS
00:56:11.43\00:56:15.04
ARE OPEN. PLEASE
SEND YOUR SON INTO US.
00:56:15.07\00:56:20.04
FILL US WITH YOUR SPIRIT SO THAT
WE CAN HAVE THE LIFE OF CHRIST
00:56:20.08\00:56:22.18
WITHIN US. WE
ASK FOR THIS IN THE
00:56:22.21\00:56:24.65
MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.
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EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING
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