Participants: Chuck Holtry
Series Code: SSH
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00:35 >>WE JUST WANT TO WELCOME EVERY ONE OF YOU TO 00:37 SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR. WE HAVE - ARE JUST SO GLAD THAT 00:42 YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO COME WITH - BE WITH US TODAY HERE AT THE 00:47 GRANITE BAY CHURCH AND THOSE THAT ARE VISITING 00:49 WITH US ONLINE. WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER THAT'S 00:53 AVAILABLE TO YOU AND IT'S BOOK #792 AND IT'S - IF YOU WOULD 01:02 CALL 866-788-3966 AND YOU COULD ALSO CALL 866-STUDY-MORE. 01:16 WE'RE JUST SO GLAD THAT YOU ALL COULD JOIN US HERE. 01:19 WE'D ALSO INVITE THE SINGERS TO COME OUT AT THIS TIME AND BEGIN 01:25 OUR SERVICE INTO THE STUDY HOUR. >>IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL 01:35 AGAIN THIS MORNING AND OUR CHURCH FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD. 01:40 WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR, THIS MORNING, 01:43 WITH SOME SINGING - #163 IN YOUR ADVENTIST CHURCH HYMNAL IS WHAT 01:48 WE'RE GOING TO SING FIRST - AT THE CROSS - WE'LL SING ALL THREE 01:50 VERSES OF #163. PLEASE JOIN WITH US. (PIANO MUSIC) 04:20 >>AT THIS TIME WE WANT TO JUST WELCOME CHUCK 04:22 HOLTRY TO BEGIN THIS SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR WITH US TODAY. 04:34 >>THANK YOU, PASTOR JOHN. GOOD MORNING, THOSE OF 04:36 YOU HERE AT GRANITE BAY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. 04:40 AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING ON LINE OR LATER, HAPPY 04:44 SABBATH. THIS MORNING, OUR SUBJECT IS 04:49 PAUL'S PASTORAL APPEAL IN THE BOOK OF GALATIANS. 04:53 WE'RE LOOKING AT GALATIANS CHAPTER 4:12-20. 04:56 BUT BEFORE WE DO, I JUST WANT TO ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE WITH 04:58 US, IF YOU'D JUST BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME. 05:03 FATHER IN HEAVEN, AS WE ENTER INTO A TIME OF STUDY OF YOUR 05:06 WORD, WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S BY YOUR SPIRIT THAT WE CAN 05:11 UNDERSTAND THIS WORD AND WE'RE PRAYING FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO 05:15 BE WITH US HERE. WE THANK YOU, IN 05:17 JESUS' NAME, AMEN. >>AMEN. 05:30 >>I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH MY COLPORTEUR LEADER. 05:35 I WAS DOING BIG BOOKING, WHICH IS SELLING LARGE SETS OF BOOKS - 05:40 ANYWHERE FROM $300.00 TO $500.00 - AND I WAS FEELING MY 05:44 INADEQUACY, SO MUCH SO THAT I WANTED TO QUIT. 05:48 SO I CALLED HIM UP AND I ASKED FOR A WAY TO QUIT. 05:52 'I DON'T WANT TO BE THE LEADER ANY LONGER' AND HIS RESPONSE, I 05:55 WON'T FORGET IT BECAUSE IT DISTURBED ME SO MUCH. 06:00 HE SAID, 'CHUCK, ANY MAN WHO PUTS HIS HAND TO THE PLOW AND 06:06 LOOKETH BACK IS NOT FIT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.' 06:11 AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT TOO ROUGH. 06:14 (LAUGHTER) I DON'T KNOW HOW THE GALATIANS FELT WHEN PAUL WROTE 06:21 THEM. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, AS WE'VE 06:24 GONE THROUGHOUT THIS LESSON, PAUL IS NOT MINCING 06:27 WORDS WITH THEM. HIS WORDS ARE STRONG. 06:30 HIS REBUKE IS CLEAR. BY THE WAY, THAT MAN WHO SAID 06:34 THAT TO ME IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE TODAY. I RESPECT HIS 06:36 LEADERSHIP TO THIS DAY, BUT I SURE DIDN'T LIKE IT THAT DAY. 06:40 I THINK I EVEN HUNG UP ON HIM, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. 06:43 I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH, AS WE START - WE'RE LOOKING AT PAUL'S 06:47 PASTORAL APPEAL, BUT BEFORE I GET TO THE PASTORAL PART, HIS 06:51 SPEAKING FROM HIS HEART, IN A VERY DEEP WAY, I WANT TO LOOK AT 06:55 SOME OF THE THINGS HE SAID UP TO THIS POINT - KIND OF A REVIEW, 06:58 IF YOU WILL. GALATIANS CHAPTER 1, VERSE 6, 07:03 HE SAID, "I MARVEL THAT YOU ARE TURNING AWAY SO SOON FROM HIM 07:08 WHO CALLED YOU IN THE GRACE OF CHRIST, TO A DIFFERENT GOSPEL," 07:12 - THAT'S - THAT'S NOT KIND WORDS PER SE. 07:16 MAYBE IT IS KIND, BUT IT'S NOT LIGHT WORDS. 07:19 VERSE 10, "FOR DO I NOW PERSUADE MEN, OR GOD? 07:23 OR DO I SEEK TO PLEASE MEN? FOR IF I STILL PLEASED MEN, I 07:26 WOULD NOT BE A BONDSERVANT OF CHRIST." 07:28 AGAIN, HE'S HINTING AT THEM THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO PLEASE MEN. 07:33 THEN THERE'S CHAPTER 2, VERSE 14 - CHAPTER 2, VERSE 14, PAUL 07:39 SAID, "BUT WHEN I SAW THAT THEY WALKED NOT UPRIGHTLY ACCORDING 07:42 TO THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL, I SAID UNTO PETER BEFORE THEM ALL, 07:46 'IF THOU, BEING A JEW, LIVEST AFTER THE MANNER OF GENTILES, 07:49 AND NOT AS DO THE JEWS, WHY COMPELLEST THOU THE GENTILES TO 07:52 LIVE AS DO THE JEWS?'" HE WASN'T JUST SPEAKING TO THE 07:55 GALATIANS, HE WAS EVEN WILLING TO TAKE ON THE - ONE OF THE 07:58 PATRIARCHS OF THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 08:02 PAUL HAD NO PROBLEM SAYING WHAT HE FELT HE NEEDED TO SAY IF HE 08:05 FELT IT NEEDED TO BE SAID. VERSE 21 OF CHAPTER 2, "I DO NOT 08:12 FRUSTRATE THE GRACE OF GOD: FOR IF RIGHTEOUSNESS CAME BY THE 08:16 LAW, THEN CHRIST IS DEAD IN VAIN." 08:19 STRONG WORDS FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE LOOKING AT SAVING THEMSELVES 08:24 THROUGH THE ACTS OR THE WORKS OF THE LAW. 08:28 CHAPTER 3, VERSES 2 AND 3, "THIS ONLY WOULD I LEARN OF YOU, 08:33 RECEIVED YE THE SPIRIT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW, OR BY THE 08:38 HEARING OF FAITH? ARE YE SO FOOLISH? 08:42 HAVING BEGUN IN THE SPIRIT, ARE YE NOW MADE PERFECT BY THE 08:44 FLESH?" AND I CAN IMAGINE, I'M READING 08:48 THIS IN GALATIA AND THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF MY NECK IS STARTING 08:51 TO RAISE UP AND I'M THINKING, 'NUH UH, YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT. 08:53 YOU CALLED ME A FOOL.' THE BIBLE SAYS TO CALL NO MAN A FOOL. 08:57 PAUL, I HAVE SOME WORDS FOR YOU. ACTUALLY, HE DOESN'T CALL THEM 09:01 A FOOL; HE SAYS THEY'RE BEING FOOLISH. 09:05 AND THEN IT SAYS IN VERSES 11 AND 12 - AND, AGAIN, WE'RE 09:08 LOOKING AT SOME OF THE STRONG WORDS, AS WE START OUT THIS 09:11 WEEK, THAT PAUL WAS MAKING TO THE GALATIANS. 09:14 CHAPTER 3, VERSES 11 AND 12, "BUT THAT NO MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY 09:20 THE LAW IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, IT IS EVIDENT: FOR, THE JUST SHALL 09:25 LIVE BY FAITH. AND THE LAW IS NOT OF FAITH: 09:29 BUT, THE MAN THAT DOETH THEM SHALL LIVE IN THEM." 09:33 IF YOU'RE LIVING BY THE LAW, YOU DON'T HAVE FAITH. 09:38 NOW I'D LIKE TO GO TO THE VERSES IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING WHAT WE 09:44 ARE GOING TO BE STUDYING TODAY. AND YOU LOOKED AT THESE LAST 09:48 WEEK, BUT I LIKE TO REVIEW THEM, IF YOU DON'T MIND. 09:50 VERSES 9, 10, AND 11 OF CHAPTER 4 - 9, 10, AND 11 OF CHAPTER 4, 09:59 "BUT NOW, AFTER THAT YE HAVE KNOWN GOD, OR RATHER ARE KNOWN 10:03 OF GOD, HOW TURN YE AGAIN TO THE WEAK AND BEGGARLY ELEMENTS, 10:09 WHEREUNTO YE DESIRE AGAIN TO BE IN BONDAGE? 10:12 YE OBSERVE DAYS, AND MONTHS, AND TIMES, AND YEARS. 10:14 I AM AFRAID OF YOU," - OR FOR YOU - "LEST I HAVE BESTOWED UPON 10:19 YOU LABOR IN VAIN." STRONG WORDS THAT PAUL IS SAYING 10:24 TO THE CHURCH IN GALATIA. AND NOW, EVEN THOUGH THESE 10:27 WORDS, BEFORE, WERE STRONG, AND THESE WORDS, BEFORE, WERE 10:30 WRITTEN IN A FIRST-PERSON INFORMAL WAY, PAUL SWITCHES 10:34 GEARS AGAIN, ONE MORE TIME, AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN VERSE 10:37 12 OF GALATIANS CHAPTER 4. AND HE SAYS, FOR ME, SOMETHING 10:44 THAT IS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS LESSON. 10:47 IN FACT, IF YOU'VE STUDIED YOUR LESSON, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THAT 10:50 VERSE 12 IS THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS LESSON. 10:55 IT SAYS THIS: "YE KNOW HOW THROUGH" - EXCUSE ME, VERSE 12 - 11:02 "BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU, BE AS I AM; FOR I AM AS YE ARE: YE 11:09 HAVE NOT INJURED ME AT ALL." I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT FIRST 11:12 PHRASE "BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU," - BESEECH IS SO KING 11:20 JAMES ENGLISH, ISN'T IT? BESEECH - WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 11:26 IT'S COMING FROM THE GREEK WORD 'DEOMAI' WHICH MEANS ALMOST 'TO 11:31 PLEAD; TO BEG' - 'PLEASE, I'M PLEADING WITH YOU. 11:36 I'M BEGGING WITH YOU, I WANT YOU TO BE AS I AM.' KING JAMES SAYS 11:43 'I BESEECH YOU', NEW KING JAMES SAYS, 'I URGE YOU'. 11:46 THE NEW INTERNATIONAL SAYS, 'I BEG OF YOU' - I LIKE THAT - NIV: 11:50 'I PLEAD WITH YOU'. IT MEANS 'TO PLEADINGLY REQUEST'. 11:55 PAUL IS PLEADING WITH THEM FOR ONE SPECIFIC THING AND YOU CAN 12:01 SEE IT IN VERSE 19. HERE'S THE WHOLE CONTEXT - WE'RE 12:03 GOING TO COVER EVERYTHING IN FIVE MINUTES AND THEN THE REST 12:06 OF YOU CAN JUST SING SONGS. NO, WE'LL FINISH UP THE LESSON. 12:11 SOMETIMES I'D BE TEMPTED TO DO THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO 12:13 TODAY. VERSE 19 - VERSE 19 HE SAYS, "MY LITTLE CHILDREN, OF 12:19 WHOM I TRAVAIL IN BIRTH AGAIN UNTIL CHRIST BE" - WHAT? - 12:23 'TIL CHRIST BE WHAT? >>FORMED. 12:25 >>"FORMED IN YOU," - THE WHOLE PURPOSE - THE WHOLE FOCUS OF 12:28 THIS SECTION IS PASTORAL APPEAL - IS 'I WANT CHRIST FORMED IN 12:32 YOU' - THAT'S WHAT I'M WANTING - THAT'S WHAT I'M DESIRING MORE 12:35 THAN ANYTHING ELSE. NO, YOU CAN'T SAVE YOURSELF BY 12:39 YOUR WORKS. WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS CHRIST 12:42 MUST COME IN YOUR LIFE - HE MUST COME AND BE PART OF WHO YOU ARE. 12:46 CHRIST IN YOU IS MY DESIRE. "MY LITTLE CHILDREN, OF WHOM I 12:49 TRAVAIL IN BIRTH AGAIN UNTIL CHRIST BE FORMED IN YOU," - THIS 12:53 IDEA OF TRAVAILING IN BIRTH - I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT. 12:56 I'VE SEEN IT AND IT WAS ONE OF THE SCARIEST THINGS I'VE EVER 12:59 SEEN MY WIFE DO IS TRAVAIL IN BIRTH. 13:04 I REMEMBER DISTINCTLY BEING GRABBED AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS 13:08 TRYING TO RIP SKIN OFF MY BODY. SHE JUST HAD THAT MUCH INTENSITY 13:12 AS SHE WAS GOING THROUGH A CONTRACTION. 13:14 AND HERE IS THIS - THIS PHRASEOLOGY THAT'S BEING USED 13:17 HERE, 'I TRAVAIL IN BIRTH' - "MY LITTLE CHILDREN...I TRAVAIL IN 13:23 BIRTH" - THAT - I DON'T - I DON'T UNDERSTAND - SOMEONE SAID 13:29 GIVING BIRTH TO CHILDREN IS A LABOR OF LOVE. 13:34 IF YOU DON'T MIND THE PLAY ON WORDS, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A STORY 13:38 I JUST READ ABOUT THIS WEEK AND I'LL MAKE SURE I SAY THIS LADY'S 13:40 NAME RIGHT. IN MARCH OF 2012 A LADY BY THE 13:44 NAME OF JOANNA KRZYSTYNIAK GAVE BIRTH TO TWO TWINS - TWO TWINS 13:51 - YEAH, TWO TWINS - AFTER - ARE YOU READY? 13:55 75 DAYS OF LABOR. CONSIDERED BY MANY PROBABLY 14:02 THE WORLD'S LONGEST LABOR. AND SOMEONE'S GOING TO SAY, 14:06 'WELL, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE, CHUCK.' WELL, LET ME EXPLAIN 14:08 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT WILL HELP MAKE A 14:09 LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE. JOANNA WAS PREGNANT WITH 14:11 TRIPLETS AND AT THE 21-WEEK MARK SHE WENT INTO LABOR AND, IN THAT 14:18 LABOR, GAVE BIRTH TO HER FIRST OF THE THREE TRIPLETS 14:23 - FIRST ONE CAME OUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, AT 21 WEEKS, 14:26 YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO SURVIVE AND THIS BABY DIED. 14:30 DESPERATELY WANTING TO SOMEHOW, IF POSSIBLE, SAVE THE LIVES OF 14:35 THE OTHER TWO, SHE ASKED WHAT SHE COULD DO. 14:39 AND THE DOCTOR SAID, 'HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU. 14:41 WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU AND ELEVATE YOUR FEET UP ON A 14:44 30-DEGREE ANGLE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU LAY 14:46 THERE AND GIVE YOU SOME SPECIAL MEDICINE AND - FOR MY MEDICAL 14:52 FRIENDS - TOCOLYSIS - I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. 14:58 ANYHOW, THE PURPOSE OF IT WAS TO SUPPRESS HER CONTRACTIONS. 15:03 SO SHE WAS HAVING CONTRACTIONS - SUPPRESSED THOSE CONTRACTIONS - 15:05 BEING AT A 30-DEGREE ANGLE AND STAY THERE - YOU HAD TO EAT YOUR 15:11 FOOD THAT WAY, USE THE RESTROOM THAT WAY, BE BATHED THAT WAY - 15:15 YOU HAD TO LAY THERE UNTIL YOU'RE READY TO GIVE BIRTH. 15:19 SO FROM WEEK 21 TO WEEK 32, JOANNA LAID IN THAT POSITION - 15:26 SUPPRESSED CONTRACTIONS - THEY HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN THE - THE 15:31 UMBILICAL CORD OF THE FIRST CHILD AND PUT IT BACK INSIDE. 15:35 THEY SAID THE BIGGEST THING THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT WAS 15:36 INFECTION, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. THEY SAID IT WAS LIKE HAVING 15:39 A TIME BOMB - WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? WELL, JOANNA MADE IT AND 15:44 AT 32 WEEKS DELIVERED TWO HEALTHY BABIES - ABOUT FOUR 15:50 POUNDS APIECE - AND - AMAZING. HERE'S WHAT JOANNA SAID - SHE 15:56 SAID, "I WAS RELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A CHANCE TO KEEP THE 15:59 PREGNANCY AND TO GIVE THE BABIES A CHANCE TO BE BORN 16:04 SUCCESSFULLY." 'I WAS RELIEVED THAT I WAS GOING 16:07 TO HAVE A CHANCE TO LET THESE BABIES BE BORN SUCCESSFULLY. 16:10 I'M GOING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES' - IF I CAN REPHRASE IT - 'TO HELP 16:13 THESE BABIES BE BORN SUCCESSFULLY.' AND THAT IS WHAT 16:17 PAUL WAS SAYING: 'I WANT TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO HELP YOUR 16:21 SPIRITUAL BIRTH TO BE SUCCESSFUL. I DON'T CARE HOW 16:24 LONG THE TRAVAIL MUST BE, I'M WILLING TO GO THROUGH IT SO 16:28 THERE'S A SUCCESSFUL SPIRITUAL BIRTH IN YOUR LIFE.' AND THAT'S 16:32 WHY HE USES THE PHRASE, IN VERSE 19, 'I WILL TRAVAIL AGAIN. 16:37 I DID IT ONCE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN AND I'M WILLING 16:39 TO DO IT FOR THE SUCCESS - SUCCESSFUL BIRTH'. 16:44 IT IS THIS HEART OF PAUL THAT WE SEE IN VERSE 12, 'I BESEECH 16:48 THEE' - 'I PLEAD WITH YOU - I BEG YOU - AND VERSE 19 - I'M 16:52 TRAVAILING IN BIRTH FOR YOU, AS A FATHER - OF COURSE, FATHERS 16:56 DON'T FULLY GRASP IT, I UNDERSTAND. 16:58 THIS HEART OF PAUL IS WHAT GIVES HIM ABILITY TO SAY SOME OF THE 17:03 THINGS THAT HE'S GOING TO BE SAYING A LITTLE BIT LATER. 17:06 I BELIEVE THAT HAVING A HEART LIKE PAUL'S, OF COMPLETE PASSION 17:12 FOR THOSE WHO ARE YOUR CHILDREN GIVES YOU ABILITY SAY THINGS TO 17:16 THEM THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN'T SAY. 17:19 I - GROWING UP - I'M A TEACHER AND I HAVE, AT TIMES, GONE UP TO 17:23 CHILDREN AND SAID THINGS AND THEY SAY, 'YOU CAN'T TELL ME 17:25 THAT. YOU'RE NOT MY DAD.' OF COURSE THAT FRUSTRATES ME. 17:28 I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS FOR THEM. I WOULD HAVE NEVER TRIED THAT 17:32 WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, LET ME TELL YOU. 17:35 BUT, IN A WAY, I'M HOPING THAT THOSE SAME CHILDREN ARE 17:40 LISTENING TO THEIR DADS AND MOMS, RIGHT? 17:43 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A FATHER AND MOTHER, THEY PUT SO MUCH 17:46 INTO YOU - YOU KNOW, I'D BETTER BE CAREFUL I DON'T GET TOO 17:48 SIDETRACKED WITH THIS, BUT NOW THAT I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND I'VE 17:53 PUT SEVEN YEARS OF LABOR INTO HER - NOT THAT KIND OF LABOR - 17:58 SEVEN YEARS OF EFFORT INTO HER - MAN, SOME GUY'S GOING TO COME 18:04 ALONG, WALTZ INTO HER LIFE, HAS DONE NOTHING, AND SAY, 'I LOVE 18:09 HER.' I'M GOING TO BE LIKE, 'NUH UH. 18:11 YOU DON'T LOVE HER. I LOVE HER. 18:13 YOU'VE GOT TO PROVE YOUR LOVE.' RIGHT? 18:15 YEAH, PRAY FOR MY DAUGHTER. (LAUGHTER) BUT THERE'S THAT 18:20 EFFORT THAT WE PUT INTO AND THAT'S THE EFFORT I'M SEEING IN 18:22 THE LIFE OF PAUL PUTTING INTO THE LIVES OF THE GALATIANS. 18:25 AND THAT'S A FOCUS THAT I'M REALLY THANKFUL THAT THE LESSON 18:28 BROUGHT OUT. AGAIN, LET'S GO BACK TO CHAPTER 18:31 4, VERSE 12, AND LET'S READ THAT PASSAGE AGAIN - THAT VERSE. 18:34 "BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU" - AND WE LOOKED AT THAT - THAT NEXT 18:38 PHRASE SAYS, "BE AS I" - BE AS I. WHY? 18:46 YOU KNOW, IF YOU READ 1 CORINTHIANS - I'M GOING TO GIVE 18:48 YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BIBLE STUDY THIS MORNING. 18:50 I GUESS WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT SINCE IT'S SABBATH SCHOOL - 1 18:53 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 11 - IF YOU COULD TURN THERE WITH ME - THESE 18:55 ARE SOME OF THE SCRIPTURES THAT ARE LAID OUT IN YOUR LESSON - 18:57 JUST GREAT ANALOGIES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF HERE - 1 19:00 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 11 AND VERSE 1, HE SAYS, "BE YE FOLLOWERS OF 19:07 ME, EVEN AS I ALSO AM OF CHRIST." 19:14 NOW, HERE, HE'S TALKING ABOUT WANTING THEM TO ACT LIKE THEM - 19:19 BE A FOLLOWER OF ME BECAUSE I FOLLOW CHRIST. 19:23 THE IDEA IS: FOLLOW ME, ACT LIKE ME - I'M PUTTING THAT WORD IN 19:27 THERE ON PURPOSE - ACT LIKE ME. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT 19:31 GALATIANS 4 IS SAYING. LET'S LOOK AT GALATIANS 4 AGAIN. 19:38 WHAT WAS THAT PHRASE? IT DIDN'T SAY 'ACT', 19:40 WHAT WAS THE WORD? HELP ME OUT. GALATIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 12, 19:46 "BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU," - WHAT IS THAT? GALATIANS CHAPTER 19:55 4 AND VERSE 12, "BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU," - WHAT 19:59 >>BECOME. >>BECOME AS I AM. 20:03 OR KING JAMES SAYS, "BE AS I AM;" - THE CONCEPT IS NOT HERE, 20:07 ACTION. THE CONCEPT HERE IS BEING. 20:12 THAT'S KEY TO NOTICE. THIS ISSUE WITH THE GALATIANS 20:17 - YES, THEY WERE DOING SOME ACTIONS, BUT THE ISSUE WAS NOT 20:20 THEIR ACTIONS SO MUCH AS THEIR HEART. 20:23 THEY WERE TRYING TO EARN THEIR OWN SALVATION THROUGH THEIR 20:29 ACTIONS. PAUL WASN'T GOING TO TELL THEM 20:31 TO ACT, HE WAS GOING TO TELL THEM 'YOU NEED TO' - WHAT? 20:35 'BE' - OR BECOME - 'LIKE I AM.' YOU KNOW, YOUR LESSON SAYS THIS, 20:43 AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SO NICE I'D LIKE TO READ IT. 20:46 "THE TROUBLE IN GALATIA IS NOT UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR OR AN UNGODLY 20:50 LIFESTYLE, AS IN THE CHURCH IN CORINTH. 20:53 THE ISSUE IN GALATIA IS ROOTED IN THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY 20:56 ITSELF. IT WAS MORE ABOUT BEING THAN BEHAVIOR. 21:02 SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU: WHAT IS PAUL'S FOCUS IN THE BOOK 21:06 OF GALATIANS? YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE BOOK OF 21:12 GALATIANS FOR A LONG TIME. I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE EXCITED 21:18 ABOUT BEING ON TV RIGHT NOW SO YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO YELL OUT. 21:22 BUT HELP ME OUT, SOMEONE. WHAT - 21:25 >>YOU'RE NOT SAVED BY THE LAW. >>THANK YOU, SIR. 21:27 SO WE'RE NOT SAVED BY THE LAW, WE'RE SAVED BY WHAT? 21:29 >>GRACE. >>WE'RE SAVED BY FAITH, RIGHT? 21:32 SALVATION BY FAITH VERSUS SALVATION BY WORKS. 21:35 AND, OF COURSE, GRACE IS A PART OF THAT. 21:39 WHAT IS PAUL'S FOCUS, NOW, HERE IN GALATIANS 4? 21:41 WE JUST LOOKED AT IT - VERSE 12 - VERSE 19 - WHAT IS PAUL'S 21:44 FOCUS FOR THEM - THIS WHOLE APPEAL? 21:47 WHAT DOES HE WANT TO HAPPEN IN THE GALATIANS' LIVES? 21:49 >>BECOME LIKE CHRIST. >>THAT'S RIGHT. 21:53 AND, SPECIFICALLY, HAVE CHRIST WHAT? 21:56 >>IN THEM. >>IN THEM - CHRIST FORMED 21:58 WITHIN. THANK YOU FOR THAT, BROTHER. 22:00 VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SO, WHEN HE SAYS, 'BE LIKE ME', 22:06 HE'S SAYING, 'JUST LIKE CHRIST LIVES IN ME, AND THAT IS MY 22:11 SALVATION, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE THE SAME WAY AND NOT DEPEND 22:17 ON YOUR ACTIONS TO BRING IT, BUT YOU ALLOW CHRIST TO 22:20 BE FORMED IN YOU. >>AMEN. 22:22 >>THAT IS THE BURDEN - THE DESIRE - OF PAUL. 22:26 SO WHEN HE SAYS, 'BE LIKE ME', THAT'S WHAT HE MEANS WHEN HE 22:28 SAYS, 'BE LIKE ME'. NOW WE DON'T STRUGGLE WITH 22:32 THIS TODAY, THANKFULLY. OR DO WE? 22:38 DO WE STRUGGLE, TODAY, WITH THE IDEA THAT ACTING LIKE A 22:44 CHRISTIAN IS EASIER THAN BEING A CHRISTIAN? 22:52 NO - YES - I SEE THE RECOGNITION - IT'S SO EASY FOR US TO PUT ON 22:58 - AND I USE THIS PHRASE A LOT WHEN I SHARE - A FAÇADE - TO ACT 23:05 A CERTAIN WAY WHEN WE'RE IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE. 23:07 BUT THAT'S - THAT'S THE DANGER THAT WAS BEING DEALT WITH IN THE 23:11 CHURCH OF GALATIA, OF COURSE, A LITTLE BIT TO A STRONGER 23:14 DISTANCE, RIGHT? A LITTLE BIT GREATER THAN WHAT 23:15 I'M - BUT WE DO FACE IT TODAY. WE DO FACE THIS - THE STRUGGLE 23:20 OF THE CHURCH OF GALATIA TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIKE 23:23 TO DO SOMETIMES MORE THAN PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO BE. 23:27 IT'S EASIER TO DO SOMETHING THAN TO BE SOMETHING. 23:32 I TELL YOU, AS - AT LEAST FOR ME - AS A PARENT, SOMETIMES IT'S 23:39 EASIER TO ACT OUT - AS A GOOD PARENT - THAN TO BE A GOOD 23:42 PARENT. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PARENTING IS 23:44 SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM THE HEART. IS THAT RIGHT? 23:48 YES, IT IS. PARENTING IS SOMETHING 23:50 THAT COMES FROM THE HEART. BEING KIND TO MY CHILDREN, 23:55 BECAUSE I KNOW I'M SUPPOSED TO, WON'T LAST LONG. 23:59 BEING KIND TO MY CHILDREN, BECAUSE I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR 24:01 THEM AT ANY TIME, WILL LAST FOREVER IF I KEEP THAT, RIGHT? 24:06 THAT'S WHERE THE POWER IS IN A PERSON'S LIFE, AND IT'S THE SAME 24:10 THING FOR US AS CHRISTIANS. IF YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING 24:14 FOR GOD BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO, YOU'RE GOING TO 24:17 GET WORN OUT SOONER OR LATER. BUT, IF YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE 24:21 YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH HIM - YOU HAVE MADE HIM LORD OF YOUR LIFE 24:24 AND YOU WILLINGLY SUBMIT TO HIM AND SAY, 'TELL ME, LORD, 24:27 WHAT YOU WANT.' THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE - THAT KIND OF EXPER 24:32 - THAT KIND OF BEING IS WHAT - IS THE POWER OF CHRISTIANITY. 24:36 WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE STRUGGLES IN OUR 24:39 CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. THERE'S A QUOTATION FROM 24:43 SKETCHES FROM THE LIFE OF PAUL . I'M GOING TO READ IT NOW - I'M 24:46 GOING TO READ IT AT THE END OF OUR LESSON BECAUSE 24:47 IT'S JUST POWERFUL. AND THE WRITER, HERE, ELLEN 24:52 WHITE, IS - IS SAYING THINGS IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY. 24:56 SO LISTEN CAREFULLY TO WHAT'S BEING SAID, IF YOU DON'T MIND. 24:59 "TO SUBSTITUTE THE EXTERNAL FORMS OF RELIGION FOR HOLINESS 25:04 OF HEART AND LIFE IS STILL AS - IS STILL AS PLEASING TO THE 25:10 UNRENEWED NATURE AS IN THE DAYS OF THE APOSTLES." 25:14 WHAT SHE IS SAYING IS THAT IN THE DAYS OF THE APOSTLES IT 25:16 WASN'T PLEASING AND IT'S NOT PLEASING TODAY. 25:20 SHE GOES, 'IT'S JUST AS PLEASING TODAY AS IT WAS THEN' - AND THAT 25:23 IS WHAT? TO SUBSTITUTE THE EXTERNAL FORMS 25:26 OF RELIGION FOR HOLINESS OF HEART AND LIFE.' 25:30 EXTERNAL FORMS ARE EASY. IT'S NOT HARD. 25:34 WE HAVE TRADITIONS THAT ARE FUN TO DO. 25:37 IT'S PART OF WHO WE ARE. IN FACT, I LOVE THE 25:40 ADVENTIST FAMILY. I LOVE ADVENTIST CULTURE. 25:44 MY WIFE AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY. 25:47 IF I HAVE TO CHOOSE WHAT PLACE I'M GOING TO BE, I LIKE HANGING 25:51 OUT WITH A BUNCH OF ADVENTISTS. YEAH, IT'S FUN. 25:56 YOU KNOW WHAT A BIG FRANK IS. A HAYSTACK. 25:59 YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AND WAIT 'TIL SUNDOWN AND WE 26:02 WON'T DO THIS AND WE DO DO THAT AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO 26:04 DISCUSS IT, RIGHT? BUT, GOD'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING 26:11 IN MY LIFE AND IN YOUR LIFE WAY BEYOND THE EXTERNAL. 26:14 EXTERNAL FORMS ARE IRRELEVANT. WHAT GOD'S LOOKING FOR IS - LET 26:19 ME HAVE IT HERE - HOLINESS OF HEART AND LIFE. 26:23 THAT'S WHAT GOD'S WANTING. THAT'S WHAT I WANT. 26:28 BUT HOLINESS OF HEART AND LIFE IS ACTUALLY MORE DIFFICULT THAN 26:32 EXTERNAL ACTS. WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON THAT IN 26:36 OUR LAST LESSON - ON OUR LAST DAY, SO I'M JUST GOING 26:37 TO LEAVE IT AT THAT. SO, GOD'S CALL IS THAT 26:40 WE WOULD BE, RIGHT? HE'S CALLING US TO BE SOMETHING. 26:44 HE'S CALLING FOR A STATE OF BEING. 26:46 I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT A FEW PASSAGES - 1 JOHN CHAPTER 4, 26:48 VERSE 17, AND THEN WE'LL BE GOING TO 1 JOHN CHAPTER 3. 26:51 1 JOHN CHAPTER 4 - NOW THE - JOHN IS AN INCREDIBLE WRITER. 26:58 HE REALLY FOCUSES ON BEING A LOT. 27:02 IN CHAPTER 4, VERSE 17 HE MAKES THIS STATEMENT: "HEREIN IS OUR 27:08 LOVE MADE PERFECT, THAT WE MAY HAVE BOLDNESS IN THE DAY OF 27:14 JUDGMENT: BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD." 27:21 THAT'S A STATE OF BEING: AS HE IS, SO ARE WE. 27:24 BY THE WAY, THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU AND I COULD BE AS HE 27:26 IS, IS TO HAVE HIM FORMED IN OUR LIFE - GALATIANS 4:19. 27:30 THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU AND I CAN BE AS HE IS, IS TO HAVE HIM IN 27:32 US AND THEN WE ARE HIM - WELL, HE IS IN US - GALATIANS 2. 27:37 1 JOHN CHAPTER 3 - 1 JOHN CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 2, "BELOVED, 27:45 NOW ARE WE THE SONS OF GOD, AND IT DOTH NOT YET APPEAR WHAT WE 27:49 SHALL BE: BUT WE KNOW THAT, WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, WE SHALL BE 27:52 LIKE HIM; FOR WE SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS." 27:55 AGAIN, WHAT GOD IS LOOKING FOR IS A STATE OF BEING. 28:00 NOT EXTERNAL FORMS OF RELIGION, IT'S GOT TO BE A STATE OF BEING. 28:05 THAT'S WHAT GOD IS LOOKING FOR HERE IN 1 JOHN CHAPTER 3, 28:08 VERSE 2. 1 PETER - BECAUSE JOHN'S NOT 28:10 THE ONLY ONE WHO SHARES THIS THOUGHT. 28:13 1 PETER CHAPTER 1 - EXCUSE ME, 2 PETER CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 4 - 2 28:20 PETER CHAPTER 1, VERSE 4 SAYS, "WHEREBY ARE GIVEN UNTO US 28:24 EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES: THAT BY THESE YE MIGHT 28:32 BE PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE," - THAT YOU MIGHT BE - 28:38 NOT THAT YOU MIGHT ACT LIKE THE DIVINE NATURE, BUT YOU MIGHT BE 28:43 PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE. ACTING LIKE GOD IS NOT AN 28:48 OPTION IF HE'S NOT IN YOU. YOU MUST HAVE A STATE OF BEING. 28:53 ACTIONS MUST FOLLOW A STATE OF BEING. 28:55 IF THEY PRECEDE IT, IT'S PURE LEGALISM AND IT'S DETRIMENTAL TO 28:59 YOUR SPIRITUALITY. VERY DANGEROUS. 29:03 AND ONE LAST ONE, JOHN CHAPTER 17 AND VERSE 21 - THIS IS THE 29:09 APPEAL - THE PRAYER FOR UNITY THAT JESUS MAKES THERE RIGHT 29:15 BEFORE THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE - JOHN CHAPTER 17 AND VERSE 21. 29:19 I'M SO GLAD THAT, UNDER INSPIRATION, JOHN HAS RECOUNTED 29:22 THIS - THIS PRAYER TO US - JOHN CHAPTER 17 AND VERSE 21, "THAT 29:26 THEY ALL MAY BE ONE;" - HE'S PRAYING ABOUT - FOR HIS 29:30 FOLLOWERS - "...THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE AS THOU, FATHER, ART 29:34 IN ME, AND I IN THEE, THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE ONE IN US: THAT THE 29:39 WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT THOU HAST SENT ME." 29:43 BEING, THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS FOR US, BEING - A STATE OF BEING. 29:52 SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A PERSONAL QUESTION THIS MORNING. 29:56 LOOK AT YOUR LIFE. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A 29:58 MORE OF A STATE OF BEING? MAYBE YOU ALREADY 30:00 HAVE A STATE OF BEING. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THERE IS 30:04 AN INFILTRATION, SOMETIMES, OF SOME EXTERNAL FORMS THAT HAVE 30:08 NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING, JUST HAVE TO DO WITH PLEASING? 30:11 RIGHT? BY THE WAY, THAT'S WHAT THE 30:13 GALATIANS ARE STRUGGLING WITH, RIGHT? 30:14 THEY'RE TRYING TO PLEASE. AND WHAT GOD'S 30:16 ASKING THEM TO IS BE. PLEASING IS NOT WHAT WE NEED TO 30:20 BE DOING - AT LEAST NOT PLEASING MAN. WE NEED TO BE. 30:26 ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT DAY'S LESSON IS TAKEN OFF OF GALATIANS 4, 30:31 VERSE 12. I THINK WE'VE SPENT THREE DAYS 30:34 ON THAT. "...I BESEECH YOU, BE AS I AM;" - 30:38 AND WHAT'S THAT NEXT PHRASE IN VERSE 12? AMEN. 30:43 COULD SOMEONE SAY THAT A LITTLE LOUDER? 30:44 I MISSED IT. GALATIANS 4, VERSE 12, AFTER IT 30:48 SAYS, "BE AS I AM;" WHAT'S THE NEXT THING THAT IT SAYS? 30:53 >>"FOR I AM AS YE ARE:" - NOW THAT SOUNDS A LITTLE 30:56 CONFUSING - BE LIKE ME 'CAUSE I'M GONNA BE LIKE YOU.' 31:00 THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT PAUL'S MEANING HERE. 31:04 WELL, HE'S MEANING WHAT HE'S MEANING, BUT LET ME LOOK AT IT 31:07 BEFORE I GET MYSELF CONFUSED UP FRONT, OKAY? 31:12 GALATIANS 4, VERSE 12, HE SAYS, "BE - I AM AS YE ARE:" - WHAT 31:17 DOES THAT MEAN TO PAUL - TO BE LIKE YOU? 31:21 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 9 IS THE PASSAGE THE LESSON USES TO HELP 31:25 EXPLAIN IT. IT'S A GREAT PASSAGE - 1 31:27 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 9 AND WE'RE GOING TO START IN VERSE 19. 31:31 SO, IF YOU COULD TURN TO PAUL'S WRITING TO THE CHURCH OF CORINTH 31:35 - 1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 9 AND VERSE 19 - 1 CORINTHIANS 31:42 CHAPTER 9 AND VERSE 19 - IT SAYS THIS, 31:48 "FOR THOUGH I BE FREE FROM ALL MEN, YET HAVE I 31:51 MADE MYSELF SERVANT UNTO ALL, THAT I MIGHT GAIN THE MORE." 31:56 HE SAID, 'OKAY, EVEN THOUGH I'M A FREE PERSON, I'M GOING TO MAKE 31:59 MYSELF A SERVANT.' MY QUESTION IS HOW? WELL, WE HAVEN'T 32:02 ANSWERED THAT YET. THEN HE SAYS, FOR THIS REASON: 32:07 "THAT I MIGHT GAIN THE MORE." SO WHY AM I GOING TO 32:11 MAKE MYSELF A SERVANT? SO I CAN GAIN. HOW AM I GOING TO 32:14 MAKE MYSELF A SERVANT? HE HASN'T TOLD US YET IN VERSE 32:16 19. LET'S LOOK AT VERSE 20. "AND UNTO THE JEWS I BECAME AS 32:21 A JEW, THAT I MIGHT GAIN THE JEWS;" - OH, THAT'S WHAT HE 32:23 MEANS 'TO BECOME LIKE A SERVANT' - A SERVANT. 32:26 'I AM GOING TO BECOME LIKE THEM SO THAT I MIGHT WIN THEM. 32:31 THAT'S MY PURPOSE.' OKAY - CONTINUES IN VERSE 20, "TO THEM 32:36 THAT ARE UNDER THE LAW, AS UNDER THE LAW, THAT I MIGHT GAIN THEM 32:39 THAT ARE UNDER THE LAW;" - SO I'M GOING TO GO TO THIS GROUP OF 32:41 PEOPLE, I'M GOING TO BECOME LIKE THEM SO THAT I MIGHT WIN THEM.' 32:45 SOME OF YOU ALREADY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RED FLAGS. 32:47 'THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS, CHUCK.' YEAH, IT CAN BE 32:49 DANGEROUS, BUT LET'S KEEP - LET'S KEEP LOOKING AT VERSE 21, 32:53 "TO THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT LAW, AS WITHOUT LAW," - AND THEN HE 32:58 MAKES IT CRYSTAL CLEAR - PUTS A LITTLE PARENTHETICAL STATEMENT. 33:00 PAUL WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS READERS DID NOT 33:02 MISUNDERSTAND - "(BEING NOT WITHOUT LAW TO GOD, BUT UNDER 33:08 THE LAW TO CHRIST,) THAT I MIGHT GAIN THEM THAT ARE WITHOUT LAW." 33:12 - 'I'M GOING TO BE LIKE THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A LAW, BUT I'M 33:13 GOING TO STILL HAVE A LAW, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE TO GOD. 33:15 I'M GOING TO FOLLOW GOD'S LAW, BUT I'M GOING TO BE AS MUCH LIKE 33:19 THEM AS I CAN IN SOME WAYS, TO WIN THEM.' 33:22 I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY 33:25 SAY IN THEOLOGICAL TERMS? THEY CALL THIS 33:27 CONTEXTUALIZATION. I GET NERVOUS SOMETIMES WHEN YOU 33:30 GET BIG ACADEMIC TERMS, BECAUSE THE ACADEMIC TERM HAS DIFFERENT 33:36 MEANINGS BASED UPON WHO'S SAYING IT. SO DO YOU MIND IF I SPEAK IN 33:40 A SIMPLE LANGUAGE? CONTEXTUALIZATION MEANS THIS: 33:45 SPEAKING IN MY OPINION - SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN 33:50 A WAY THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING - SHARING 33:54 THE GOSPEL IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND. 33:59 THERE'S ALL KINDS OF TERMINOLOGIES - THEY CAN TAKE 34:00 THAT IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT. 34:06 BEING LIKE THE GALATIANS DOESN'T MEAN BEING LIKE THEIR SPIRITUAL 34:12 CONDITION, IT MEANS BEING LIKE THEIR CULTURAL CONDITION AS FAR 34:17 AS POSSIBLE, TO HELP THEIR SPIRITUAL CONDITION. 34:21 SO HE'S NOT SAYING, 'I'M GOING TO BECOME UNSPIRITUAL BECAUSE 34:24 YOU'RE UNSPIRITUAL AND, HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BOTH BECOME 34:26 SPIRITUAL TOGETHER.' THAT'S NOT WHAT PAUL'S SAYING TO THE CHURCH 34:28 IN GALATIA. WHAT HE'S SAYING IS, 'I AM GOING 34:33 TO REMAIN CONNECTED WITH MY HEAVENLY FATHER AND I'M GOING TO 34:36 ADAPT SOME THINGS THAT ARE FROM YOUR CULTURE TO HELP REACH 34:40 YOU.' CONTEXTUALIZATION. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, DID 34:46 JESUS EVER CONTEXTUALIZE? ABSOLUTELY. A LOT OF TIMES. 34:53 REMEMBER, EVEN AS A YOUNG BOY - LUKE CHAPTER 2 - YOUNG BOY - 34:57 JESUS IS IN THE TEMPLE - HE IS TWELVE YEARS OLD. 35:01 HE IS SPEAKING TO THE DOCTORS AND HE'S USING THEIR AUTHORITY 35:07 AND THEIR TEACHING TO SHOCK THEM, IF YOU WILL, AND TO SHARE 35:11 THINGS THAT - YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS IN DESIRE OF AGES ? 35:13 IT SAID, 'IF THE THOUGHTS THAT HE HAD OPENED UP TO THEIR MIND 35:17 WERE FOLLOWED OUT, IT WOULD HAVE PREPARED THE NATION TO RECEIVE 35:20 HIM AS THE SAVIOR. AS A TWELVE YEAR OLD. 35:23 BUT HE DIDN'T GO IN THERE AND SAY, 'HEY, I'VE GOT SOMETHING I 35:25 NEED TO TELL YOU. I'M THE SON OF GOD.' NO, HE WENT 35:28 IN, IN A WAY THAT THEY COULD UNDERSTAND AND SAID, 'LET ME 35:32 JUST ACT LIKE A STUDENT.' 'OH, THAT'S INTERESTING. 35:35 WHAT DOES IT SAY IN ISAIAH? OH, OKAY.' AND SO HE'S SAYING 35:39 THINGS THAT HELP THEM LEARN IN A WAY THAT THEY COULD UNDERSTAND, 35:42 BY SHOWING RESPECT TO THEM IN THEIR POSITION. 35:45 WHAT ABOUT ZACCHEUS? LUKE CHAPTER 19. 35:51 DID HE REACH OUT IN A WAY TO ZACCHEUS - IN A WAY THAT 35:54 ZACCHEUS COULD UNDERSTAND? ABSOLUTELY. 35:57 AND I CAN GO BY A LOT OF THEM, BUT I NOTICE OUR TIME SO I'M 35:59 GOING TO GO - SPEED UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. 36:02 MATTHEW - THE DISCIPLE MATTHEW, WHO USED TO BE A PUBLICAN, HAD A 36:07 GREAT FEAST WHEN HE WAS ACCEPTED AS A DISCIPLE AND HE INVITED ALL 36:10 HIS PUBLICAN FRIENDS TO COME TO THE FEAST AND HE INVITED WHO TO 36:14 COME TO THE FEAST? >>JESUS. 36:15 >>JESUS. DID JESUS GO TO THE PUBLICAN'S FEAST? 36:18 YES. THAT IS REACHING THEM IN A WAY THEY COLD UNDERSTAND. 36:23 WAS HE PULLING DOWN A SIX-PACK OF COORS AND ENJOYING HIMSELF? 36:27 NO, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT JESUS WAS DOING. BUT WAS HE MINGLING 36:32 WITH THEM IN A WAY THAT THEY COULD UNDERSTAND? YES. 36:35 WAS HE REACHING THEM IN THE POSITION WHERE THEY WERE AT? 36:37 YES. BEAUTIFUL PICTURE WE SEE HERE. 36:41 THE DEMONIACS, THE WOMAN AT THE WELL, THE HEALING OF THE 36:44 DAUGHTER OF THE CANAANITE WOMAN - REMEMBER THOSE SOLDIERS, THEY 36:48 WERE SENT DURING THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES, SIX MONTHS BEFORE 36:51 JESUS' DEATH? JESUS IS SPEAKING AT THE FEAST OF 36:53 TABERNACLES AND THE LEADERSHIP SAID, 'LET'S CAPTURE HIM NOW.' 36:58 YOU KNOW, IN REALITY, JESUS WOULD HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED, 37:02 POSSIBLY SIX MONTHS EARLIER, BUT IT WASN'T TIME YET. 37:07 IT WASN'T IN GOD'S TIME TABLE, BECAUSE GOD DOES THINGS - 37:09 EVERYTHING - ON TIME. BUT IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED 37:12 BUT GOD DIDN'T ALLOW IT. THAT WAS AT THE FEAST OF 37:15 TABERNACLES SIX MONTHS BEFORE PASSOVER. 37:17 AND WHEN THEY SENT THESE SOLDIERS TO GO TAKE HIM, THEY 37:20 CAME BACK EMPTY HANDED TO THE LEADERSHIP AND THE PRIESTS SAID, 37:24 'WHERE IS HE?' AND THE RESPONSE WAS THIS: 37:27 'NEVER A MAN SPAKE LIKE THIS ONE.' AND THEY WERE VERY 37:30 FURIOUS. 'WHAT? YOU BELIEVE HIM TOO?' AMAZING. 37:35 DID JESUS REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY WERE AT? 37:38 THE ROMAN SOLDIERS WERE ASTOUNDED. 37:41 THE CANAANITE WOMAN WAS GIVEN FAITH AND HOPE. 37:44 THE WOMAN AT THE WELL OF SAMARIA WAS GIVEN - ACCEPTED CHRIST AS 37:50 HER PERSONAL SAVIOR. ZACCHEUS A PUBLICAN, MATTHEW A 37:53 PUBLICAN - JESUS REACHED PEOPLE WHERE THEY WERE AT WHILE 37:58 NEVER LOSING HIS HOLD ON GOD. THAT IS WHAT GOD'S CALLING US TO 38:03 DO, I BELIEVE, AND THAT'S WHAT PAUL IS SAYING 38:05 'I'M DOING TO YOU. I WANT YOU TO BE LIKE ME. 38:07 I WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS CHRIST FORMED WITHIN YOU, BECAUSE I'M 38:12 DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO REACH YOU AND SPEAK IN A WAY THAT YOU 38:15 CAN UNDERSTAND.' THAT'S THE PICTURE WE'RE SEEING HERE IN 38:17 GALATIANS 4, VERSE 12. ALRIGHT, I READ A BOOK RECENTLY 38:26 THAT WAS MOVING TO ME. IT WAS ABOUT A MISSIONARY TO 38:31 THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA AREA OF INDONESIA - SO NOT PAPUA NEW 38:34 GUINEA, BUT IN THAT SECTION OF INDONESIA - THAT ISLAND. 38:39 HE WENT THERE WHEN THERE WERE A LOT OF HEAD HUNTERS - STILL HEAD 38:42 HUNTING AND CANNIBALISM TAKING PLACE - HIS NAME WAS DON 38:45 RICHARDSON, SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY OF DON 38:48 RICHARDSON, AND HE WROTE A BOOK CONCERNING WHAT WAS TAKING 38:52 PLACE. HE WENT TO THIS TRIBE TO SHARE 38:54 CHRIST WITH THEM AND, AS HE GOT TO THE POINT OF SHARING THE 38:57 STORY OF JESUS, HE TOLD THEM THE STORY OF JESUS AND HE RAN 39:01 INTO A SERIOUS PROBLEM. WHEN HE DESCRIBED THE BETRAYAL 39:05 OF JESUS BY JUDAS AND THE RESULTING CAPTURE AND THEN 39:10 CRUCIFIXION, HE WAS HOPING TO PORTRAY HOW GREAT CHRIST WAS, 39:14 BUT THESE TRIBESMEN WERE AMAZED WITH JUDAS. 39:18 THEY SAID, 'JUDAS IS THE MAN.' THAT WAS THE MINDSET - THEY WERE 39:23 SAYING THAT. 'JUDAS IS THE REAL MAN. 39:26 HE'S THE ONE WE'D WANT TO BE LIKE. 39:28 HERE HE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DECEPTIVE AND EVENTUALLY HE GETS 39:34 HIS EVEN WAY WITHOUT ANYONE KNOWING ABOUT IT 'TIL THE VERY 39:37 END. AWESOME. AND SO HERE IS DON RICHARDSON 39:41 THINKING, 'HOW CAN I BREAK THROUGH TO THIS MINDSET WHERE 39:45 JUDAS IS THE HERO AND JESUS IS THE WEAK MAN?' 39:50 AND HE FOUND THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THEIR CULTURE THAT 39:54 I BELIEVE MAYBE GOD IMPLANTED THAT ALLOWED THEM TO SEE CHRIST 40:00 IN A BEAUTIFUL WAY. YOU HAVE TO READ ABOUT IT. 40:05 IT'S IN A BOOK CALLED PEACE CHILD . 40:06 NO, I'LL TELL YOU IN TWO MINUTES. 40:13 WHEN TWO ENEMY TRIBES WOULD COME TOGETHER - AND THE WHOLE GOAL 40:15 WAS TO - THEY HAD THIS PHRASE IN THEIR LINE CALLED 'FATTENING 40:19 WITH FRIENDSHIP FOR THE SLAUGHTER' - SO YOU'D BEFRIEND 40:23 SOMEONE WHO WAS OF THE ENEMY TRIBE AND TRY TO MAKE THEM 40:25 THINK THAT IT WAS A REAL FRIENDSHIP. 40:27 YOU MAY EVEN BE FRIENDS FOR A YEAR OR TWO. 40:29 AND THEN, WHEN THEY'RE COMPLETELY TRUSTING, YOU KILL 40:31 THEM AND EAT THEM - AND THAT WAS THE THOUGHT. 40:35 THAT'S WHY THEY APPRECIATED JUDAS. 40:37 SO TO COUNTERACT THAT, IF THERE WAS A BATTLE BETWEEN TWO ENEMY 40:43 TRIBES AND IT WAS ABOUT TO START, THE WAY TO BRING PEACE 40:47 WAS THAT ONE MAN FROM THIS TRIBE WOULD TAKE HIS CHILD - I'M GOING 40:50 TO MOVE ACROSS THE STAGE JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE - HE WOULD TAKE 40:52 HIS CHILD AND HE WOULD TAKE HIS CHILD FROM HIS WIFE'S ARMS AND 40:57 RUN TOWARDS THE ENEMY'S TRIBE - THEY WOULD MEET IN A FIELD OR 41:01 SOMETHING - AND HAND HIS BABY TO THEM. 41:05 AT THE SAME EXACT TIME, SOMEONE FROM THAT TRIBE WOULD TAKE THEIR 41:08 SON AND RUN ACROSS WITH THE WIFE SCREAMING BEHIND, 'DON'T DO IT!' 41:12 AND DROP OFF THE BABY ON THIS SIDE. 41:14 NOW THERE'S A BABY FROM EITHER TRIBE IN THE OPPOSITE CAMP. 41:19 AND IT WAS THIS: THAT IS THE PEACE CHILD. 41:22 AS LONG AS THAT CHILD IS ALIVE, WAR CANNOT HAPPEN. 41:28 AS LONG AS THAT CHILD IS ALIVE, WAR CANNOT HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU 41:31 HAVE ONE OF OURS AND WE DON'T WANT TO ACCIDENTALLY KILL ONE OF 41:35 OURS IN THE BATTLE. DO YOU SEE THAT THINKING? 41:39 THE WORST THING THAT YOU COULD EVER DO WAS KILL A PEACE CHILD. 41:44 IT WAS THE WORST OF ALL CRIMES. AND INSTANTLY, DON RICHARDSON 41:47 SAID, 'IT WAS LIKE THE LIGHT BROKE OPEN. 41:49 HERE IS THE KEY TO ENTER WITH THE GOSPEL. 41:52 JESUS IS THE PEACE CHILD.' HE IS. 41:56 AND HE WILL NEVER DIE. SO PEACE WILL BE FOREVER. 42:00 BUT JUDAS, BETRAYING HIM, WAS KILLING THE PEACE CHILD AND THAT 42:05 WAS THE WORST CRIME THAT COULD EVER BE TAKEN. 42:07 INSTANTLY THE WHOLE SCENARIO SWITCHED AND THEY SAW - AND 42:11 THROUGH A SERIES OF EVENTS OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS, HE SOON HAD A 42:14 WHOLE GROUP OF BELIEVERS THERE AMONG THIS HEAD-HUNTING 42:17 CANNIBALISTIC TRIBE TURN OVER AND CONVERT TO JESUS. WHY? 42:21 BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO CONTEXTUALIZE THE GOSPEL. 42:24 DID HE CHANGE THE GOSPEL? NO. DID HE REACH THEM 42:28 WHERE THEY WERE AT? YES. 42:30 DID HE SPEAK IN A WAY THEY COULD UNDERSTAND? 42:32 AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER - SO MANY OTHER ONES - I 42:35 HAD A WHOLE LIST HERE OF STORIES OF DIFFERENT TRIBES AND 42:38 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GOD - IT'S IMPLANTED IN THOSE CULTURES THAT 42:41 WE CAN USE WHEN SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH THEM. AMAZING. 42:44 AGAIN, THAT BOOK IS PEACE CHILD BY DON RICHARDSON - VERY 42:47 FASCINATING STORY - YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TOUGH STOMACH TO READ 42:50 SOME OF IT, THOUGH. WE'VE NOW LOOKED AT GALATIANS 42:54 4:12 - WE MADE THAT OUR MAIN FOCUS SO FAR IN THIS LESSON. 42:58 AS WE'RE CLOSING UP, THERE'S JUST TWO MORE DAYS AND I WOULD 43:01 LIKE TO TOUCH ON THEM THIS WAY: GALATIANS CHAPTER 4 AND VERSES 43:05 12 THROUGH 15 - AND WE'RE GOING TO EXTEND THE NEXT FEW VERSES - 43:15 GALATIANS 4 STARTING WITH VERSE 12, "BRETHREN, I BESEECH YOU, BE 43:19 AS I AM; FOR I AM AS YE ARE: YE HAVE NOT INJURED ME AT ALL. 43:22 YE KNOW HOW THROUGH INFIRMITY OF THE FLESH I PREACHED THE GOSPEL 43:25 UNTO YOU AT THE FIRST." HE SAID - YOU KNOW, I WAS - I'M 43:27 NOT SURE ALL THE SCENARIOS - THEY HAVE ALL THIS GUESSWORK 43:29 GOING ON IN THE QUARTERLY BUT, FOR SOME REASON, WHEN PAUL WAS 43:34 THERE THE FIRST TIME, HE WAS SICK AND, IN SPITE OF HIS 43:36 SICKNESS, IN SPITE OF HIS DISEASE - WHATEVER IT WAS - HE 43:39 PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO THEM. IT SAYS, 43:40 "THROUGH...INFIRMITY...I PREACHED...UNTO YOU. 43:42 AND MY TEMPTATION, WHICH WAS IN MY FLESH YE DESPISED NOT," - 43:45 THEY DIDN'T DESPISE HIM BECAUSE HE HAD THIS DISEASE - THIS 43:48 SICKNESS - NO DESPISING - "NOR REJECTED; BUT RECEIVED ME AS AN 43:54 ANGEL OF GOD, EVEN AS CHRIST JESUS." 43:56 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE GALATIANS. 43:59 HERE IS PAUL, WEAK WITH SOME KIND OF ILLNESS - INFIRMITY - 44:04 AND HE'S PREACHING TO THEM IN THE MIDST OF IT AND THEY TAKE 44:09 HIM, INSTEAD OF DESPISING HIM FOR HIS SICKNESS BECAUSE, 44:12 OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT WEARING ON THEM AS WELL, INSTEAD 44:15 OF DESPISING - INSTEAD OF REJECTING HIM FOR THAT, THEY 44:17 ACCEPTED HIM EVEN AS IF HE WAS FROM HEAVEN ITSELF. 44:22 THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE GALATIANS 44:24 IS A REALLY NICE FRIENDSHIP. AND THAT'S THE PICTURE THAT 44:27 PAUL'S TRYING TO BRING OUT. 'REMEMBER, YOU REALLY LIKE ME.' 44:30 THAT'S WHAT HE'S TRYING TO SAY. 'YOU REALLY LIKE ME. 44:32 YOU'RE NICE TO ME.' IN FACT, HE SAYS THIS IN VERSE 15, "FOR I 44:36 BEAR YOU RECORD, THAT, IF IT HAD BEEN POSSIBLE, YE WOULD HAVE 44:39 PLUCKED OUT YOUR OWN EYES, AND HAVE GIVEN THEM TO ME." 44:41 'YOU WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING FOR ME.' THAT'S THE - AMAZING - 44:48 THIS IS THE PICTURE - THE FRIENDSHIP THE GALATIANS HAD FOR 44:50 PAUL. THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR PAUL. PAUL'S REMINDING THEM NOW. 44:55 YOU EVER DO THAT WITH YOUR FRIENDS SOMETIMES? 44:56 'REMEMBER, WE'RE FRIENDS. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU 44:59 KNOW WE'RE FRIENDS. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE SAYING 45:01 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE FRIENDS. 45:03 WE GO BACK A LONG WAY.' AND THAT'S WHAT PAUL WAS LETTING THE 45:07 CHURCH OF GALATIA KNOW HERE. WHY THE CHANGE? 45:16 WHY IS THERE THIS CHANGE THAT'S TAKEN PLACE? 45:19 OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GREAT FRIENDS. WHY THE CHANGE IN THE 45:22 CHURCH OF GALATIA? I THINK THE ANSWER IS 45:23 FOUND SIMPLY IN VERSE 17. VERSE 17, "THEY" - SPEAKING OF 45:30 THOSE WHO ARE TEACHING THE FALSE DOCTRINE - "ZEALOUSLY AFFECT 45:34 YOU, BUT NOT WELL;" - THEY GIVE YOU THIS ZEAL FOR 45:40 SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOOD. JUST BECAUSE A PERSON HAS ZEAL 45:45 DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GOOD. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SAY 45:51 'AMEN' TO THAT ONE. JUST BECAUSE A PERSON HAS 45:54 ZEAL DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOOD. NOW, I'VE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE 45:56 WHO HAVE PASSIONATE ZEAL ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S SPIRITUAL BUT 46:00 THE END OF THOSE WAYS THEREOF IS NOT GOOD. 46:04 ZEAL IS NOT A DETERMINER OF WHETHER SOMETHING IS RIGHT OR 46:08 WRONG, THE WORD IS THAT. SO HERE WE HAVE THIS ZEAL. 46:14 IN FACT, ROMANS CHAPTER 10 - I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF - I SPENT 46:20 A FEW DAYS WITH A FELLOW SABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER BY THE NAME OF 46:24 CHRIS BUTTERY. DO YOU KNOW CHRIS BUTTERY? 46:27 SO HE AND I ARE BOTH TEACHING THIS LESSON RIGHT NOW AT THE 46:29 SAME TIME AT TWO DIFFERENT CHURCHES. 46:31 AND I'VE BEEN SPENDING TIME - AND HE SHARED THIS PASSAGE WITH 46:34 ME - A FANTASTIC - ROMANS CHAPTER 10 - ROMANS CHAPTER 10 46:38 AND VERSE 2 - ROMANS 10, VERSE 2 SAYS, "FOR I BEAR THEM RECORD 46:44 THAT THEY HAVE A ZEAL OF" - WHO? - "GOD, BUT" - WHAT? 46:52 "NOT ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE." 46:54 HAD THE ZEAL OF GOD BUT NOT ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE. 46:56 AND VERSE 3 SAYS, "FOR THEY BEING IGNORANT OF GOD'S 46:59 RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND GOING ABOUT TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN 47:02 RIGHTEOUSNESS, HAVE NOT SUBMITTED THEMSELVES UNTO THE 47:05 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD." THIS IS THE ISSUE IN GALATIA. 47:09 YES, HE'S SPEAKING ABOUT HIS BRETHREN, THE JEWS, BUT THIS IS 47:13 THE ISSUE THAT'S NOW EVEN TAKING PLACE IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN 47:16 GALATIA. THEY'RE GOING ABOUT TRYING 47:18 TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS. 47:20 THEY HAVE A ZEAL OF GOD BUT IT'S NOT ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE. 47:22 THAT'S ROMANS CHAPTER 10, VERSES 2 AND 3. 47:29 I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION. IS IT FAIR THAT PEOPLE SHOULD 47:43 HAVE TO MINISTER THROUGH INFIRMITIES? 47:49 I MEAN, COME ON, PAUL IS DOING GOD'S WORK. 47:52 WHY SHOULD HE HAVE INFIRMITIES WHEN HE'S TRYING TO DO GOD'S 47:55 WORK? SHOULDN'T A PATH JUST BE WIDE 47:57 OPEN AND CLEAR AND 'GO AHEAD, PAUL. 48:00 I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ROSES ALONG YOUR PATH WITH NO THORNS. 48:04 YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE FOOD YOU CAN EAT. 48:06 I'M GOING TO HEAL YOU OF YOUR THORN IN THE FLESH. 48:08 EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE FINE.' HOW DOES PAUL FEEL ABOUT IT? 48:14 HOW DOES PAUL FEEL ABOUT MINISTERING WITH INFIRMITIES? 48:17 IT'S A GOOD QUESTION FOR US TO ASK. 48:19 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4 - 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4 - 48:23 BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE IS FOUND THERE - VERSES 7 THROUGH 12. 48:27 I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON IT BRIEFLY - 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 4 48:31 STARTING WITH VERSE 7. PAUL IS SPEAKING HERE AND 48:35 SO THIS IS HIS VIEW ABOUT MINISTERING WHILE 48:38 HAVING INFIRMITIES. HE SAYS, IN VERSE 7, "BUT WE 48:42 HAVE THIS TREASURE IN" - WHAT KIND OF VESSELS? 48:44 >>EARTHEN. >>"EARTHEN VESSELS, THAT THE 48:46 EXCELLENCY OF THE POWER MAY BE OF" - WHO? 48:48 >>GOD. >>"GOD, AND NOT OF" - 48:51 >>US. >>"US." SO HE SAYS HAVING 48:53 INFIRMITIES OR BEING IN AN EARTHEN VESSEL HELPS SHOW GOD'S 48:56 POWER EVEN BETTER. 'EVEN THOUGH I'M MESSED UP, IT SHOWS GOD'S 49:00 POWER.' IT BRINGS THE GLORY WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. 49:03 THEN IT CONTINUES IN VERSE 10 - I'M GOING TO SKIP 8 AND 9 - I'M 49:06 GOING TO COME BACK TO IT - VERSE 10 SAYS, "ALWAYS BEARING ABOUT 49:09 IN THE BODY OF THE DYING OF THE LORD JESUS," - ALWAYS BEARING 49:15 ABOUT IN MY BODY OF THE DYING OF THE LORD JESUS. 49:17 WHAT HE SAYS IN VERSE 11 - HE SAYS, "FOR WE WHICH LIVE ARE 49:19 ALWAYS DELIVERED UNTO DEATH FOR JESUS' SAKE" - BECAUSE WE'RE 49:22 GOING THROUGH THESE TRIALS AND INFIRMITIES - WE'RE ALMOST BEING 49:25 DELIVERED UNTO DEATH FOR JESUS' SAKE. 49:28 BUT NOTICE HIS RESPONSE - BOTH 10 AND 11 - HE SAYS THE SAME 49:31 EXACT WORDS - ALMOST. HERE'S WHY: "THAT THE LIFE ALSO 49:36 OF JESUS MIGHT BE MADE MANIFEST IN OUR BODY." 49:40 'I'M GOING THROUGH ALL THESE TRIALS THAT THE LIFE OF JESUS 49:43 MAY BE MANIFEST IN MY BODY.' YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAYS IN VERSE 11? 49:47 "THAT THE LIFE ALSO OF JESUS MIGHT BE MADE MANIFEST IN OUR 49:49 MORTAL FLESH." HE JUST REPEATS THE SAME THING TWICE IN A ROW. 49:52 THE REASON FOR GOING THROUGH TRIAL, IN THE EYES OF PAUL, IS 49:57 SO THE LIFE OF JESUS COULD BE MANIFEST IN HIS BODY. 50:03 I DON'T KNOW IF I DESIRE INFIRMITIES QUITE LIKE THAT. 50:06 BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DO. 50:08 I WANT TO HAVE THE LIFE OF JESUS MANIFEST IN ME. 50:11 >>AMEN. >>I WANT THAT. 50:14 AND SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY - NO, I DON'T LIKE SAYING THIS, BUT 50:17 SOMETIMES THE BEST WAY TO SEE THE LIFE OF JESUS MANIFESTED IN 50:21 SOMEONE IS WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH TRIAL, AND PAUL REALIZES 50:28 THAT. AND SO, HE MAKES THIS STATEMENT 50:31 IN VERSES 8 AND 9 THAT I THINK IS FANTASTIC. 50:34 "WE ARE TROUBLED ON EVERY SIDE, YET NOT DISTRESSED;" - WHAT WAS 50:39 THE NEXT ONE? - "WE ARE PERPLEXED, BUT 50:46 NOT IN DESPAIR;" - VERSE 9 - "PERSECUTED, BUT NOT FORSAKEN; 50:53 CAST DOWN, BUT NOT DESTROYED;" - PAUL SAID THIS. 50:59 'EVEN THOUGH I AM TROUBLED ON EVERY SIDE' - SOME OF YOU HAVE 51:01 TROUBLES ON EVERY SIDE RIGHT NOW? 51:03 >>YES. >>IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE 51:06 AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH WOULD HAVE TROUBLES ON EVERY SIDE? 51:09 I KNOW IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY, BUT SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE THAT. 51:13 'PERPLEXED' - IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IN HERE, TODAY, 51:16 MIGHT BE PERPLEXED? PAUL SAID, 'I'M PERPLEXED AT 51:19 TIMES.' YOU KNOW WHAT PERPLEXED MEANS? 51:21 'I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING.' FORSAKEN - HAVE YOU 51:27 EVER FELT FORSAKEN? PAUL DID. 51:33 EVER FELT CAST DOWN? SOME OF YOU MAY. 51:39 YOU KNOW THIS LAST SUMMER I WAS SHARING THIS PASSAGE WITH A 51:43 GROUP OF PEOPLE - ACTUALLY, THEY WERE AGE 12 TO 17 - IT WAS A 51:47 YOUTH CAMP. AND I REMEMBER, AS WE COVERED 51:49 THIS IDEA ABOUT BEING FORSAKEN, ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES LOOKED 51:53 AT ME - I COULD ALMOST SEE TEARS IN HER EYES. 51:56 I FORGOT THAT TEENAGERS, SOMETIMES, FEEL FORSAKEN. 52:00 AMAZING. ALL OF US GO THROUGH THESE 52:03 FEELINGS - AND PAUL SAID, 'EVEN THOUGH I FEEL THIS, HERE'S WHAT 52:06 I'M NOT: I'M NOT DISTRESSED; I'M NOT IN DESPAIR; I'M NOT 52:09 FORSAKEN;' - EXCUSE ME, PERSECUTED - I GOT 52:12 THE WRONG THING BACK HERE - 'AND I'M NOT DESTROYED. 52:15 IN SPITE OF THOSE FEELINGS, I AM NOT. 52:20 GOD IS STILL HERE FOR ME. I'M NOT DESTROYED. 52:25 I MAY BE PERPLEXED, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 52:28 I'M NOT IN DESPAIR. I MAY NOT HAVE FIGURED 52:30 EVERYTHING OUT, BUT I KNOW THAT GOD'S IN CHARGE. 52:32 THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO NEED FOR DESPAIR IN MY LIFE. 52:34 THIS IS A PICTURE THAT PAUL IS GIVING US, HERE IN GALATIANS. 52:41 CHAPTER 4, VERSE 16 - I'VE GOT TO CLOSE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO 52:46 CLOSE WITHOUT SHARING THIS. IS THAT OKAY? 52:49 GALATIANS CHAPTER 4, VERSE 16, "AM I THEREFORE BECOME YOUR 53:00 ENEMY, BECAUSE I TELL YOU THE TRUTH?" 53:05 PAUL HAS STARTED OUT BY SAYING, 'I BEG OF YOU LISTEN TO ME. 53:08 I'M LIKE YOUR FATHER. I'M TRAVAILING FOR YOU. I LOVE YOU. 53:13 REMEMBER, WE HAVE THIS GREAT FRIENDSHIP. 53:15 YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ME. REMEMBER THAT? 53:17 NOW, BECAUSE I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, ARE YOU GOING TO HATE ME? 53:23 AM I YOUR ENEMY BECAUSE I TELL YOU THE TRUTH? LET'S FACE IT - 53:26 TRUTH IS SOMETIMES HARD TO SWALLOW, ISN'T IT? 53:30 YOUR HUSBAND COMES HOME AND SAYS, 'YOU KNOW WHAT? 53:32 I NEED TO FIND A NEW JOB.' I THAT HARD TO SWALLOW SOMETIMES? 53:40 SOMEONE TELLS YOU YOUR CLOTHES DON'T MATCH. 53:43 THAT'S A LITTLE BIT EASY TO ACCEPT, ISN'T IT? 53:46 HERE'S ONE: A MECHANIC TELLS YOU THAT YOUR CAR NEEDS REPAIRS. 53:50 THAT'S TRUTH. YOU KNOW, I'VE GOTTEN 53:51 MAD AT MECHANICS BEFORE. I'M ADMITTING THIS. 53:54 'HOW DARE YOU SAY I NEED A THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF 53:57 REPAIRS ON MY CAR? I DON'T HAVE A THOUSAND 53:59 DOLLARS.' AND THEY'RE LIKE, 'I'M JUST THE MESSENGER. 54:01 HAVE MERCY ON ME.' I KNOW, BUT I HATE THE TRUTH. 54:06 SOMETIMES THE TRUTH WE DON'T LIKE AND SOMETIMES WE ATTACK THE 54:09 ONE WHO BRINGS THE TRUTH TO US. AND THAT'S WHAT WE 54:11 SEE TAKING PLACE HERE. I LIKE TO SHARE THAT QUOTATION 54:25 WITH YOU AS WE CLOSE AND THEN ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS. 54:33 WHY DID PAUL GET HATED AS AN ENEMY? 54:38 IT'S BECAUSE THIS: TO SUBSTITUTE THE EXTERNAL FORMS OF RELIGION 54:43 FOR HOLINESS OF HEART AND LIFE IS STILL AS PLEASING TO THE 54:46 UNRENEWED NATURE AS IN THE DAYS OF THE APOSTLES. 54:50 TODAY PEOPLE DON'T WANT - I WOULD SAY, BY AND LARGE, I'M 54:54 SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, EXTERNAL FORMS ARE A WHOLE LOT EASIER 54:59 THAN HOLINESS OF HEART AND LIFE. I'D RATHER JUST DO WHATEVER IT 55:04 TAKES - TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO DO. 55:06 AND YOU SAY, 'SURRENDER TO GOD.' 'NO, NO, NO, NOT THAT ONE. 55:09 TELL ME SOMETHING ELSE. TELL ME WHAT DO I NEED TO DO. 55:12 JUST TELL ME - DO I HAVE TO PAY MORE TITHE? 55:14 I'LL PAY MORE TITHE.' 'NO, NO, NO, NO, IT'S NOT THAT. 55:20 YOU NEED TO SURRENDER.' 'NO, NO, NO, NO, OTHER THAN SURRENDER.' 55:24 AND SOMETIMES THAT'S THE RESPONSE. 55:25 WE WOULD NEVER VERBALIZE IT LIKE THAT. 55:28 BUT THE BIG ISSUE THAT GOD'S LONGING FOR US TODAY IS TO HAVE 55:31 CHRIST FORMED IN US. IT'S NOT LOOKING FOR YOUR 55:36 OUTWARD ACTIONS, THAT'LL COME WHEN CHRIST IS IN YOU - AND 55:40 IN HIS WAY AND HIS TIME. GOD IS LOOKING FOR CHRIST 55:45 TO BE FORMED IN YOU TODAY. >>AMEN. 55:48 >>HE WANTS TO BE FORMED IN ME TODAY. 55:49 HE WANTS US TO HAVE THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE. 55:52 I WANT TO HAVE IT, DO YOU? AMEN. 55:55 LET'S PRAY AS WE CLOSE OUT THIS LESSON. 55:58 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US 56:03 A LESSON OF PLEADING - SPIRITUAL PLEADING IN THE LIFE OF PAUL - 56:09 FATHER, HIS DESIRE FOR THE GALATIANS, WE KNOW, IS YOUR 56:11 DESIRE FOR US AND WE'RE ASKING, TODAY, FATHER, THAT OUR HEARTS 56:15 ARE OPEN. PLEASE SEND YOUR SON INTO US. 56:20 FILL US WITH YOUR SPIRIT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE LIFE OF CHRIST 56:22 WITHIN US. 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