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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS.
WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY
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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR ONLINE
MEMBERS AND ALSO THOSE JOINING
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US ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
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SCHOOL STUDY HOUR - ALSO TO THE
MEMBERS AND THE VISITORS RIGHT
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HERE IN GRANITE BAY,
WELCOME. WE'RE GLAD YOU ARE HERE
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TO STUDY GOD'S WORD. NOW,
A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE STARTED
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A NEW LESSON QUARTERLY
ENTITLED SALVATION BY FAITH:
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THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
TODAY WE'RE ON LESSON #3 OF OUR
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STUDY OF THIS
VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
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IT'S ACTUALLY ENTITLED - TODAY'S
LESSON IS ENTITLED THE HUMAN
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CONDITION - SO WE'LL BE GETTING
INTO THAT HERE IN JUST A FEW
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MOMENTS AND STUDYING WHAT THE
BOOK OF ROMANS HAS TO SAY ABOUT
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THE HUMAN CONDITION.
BEFORE WE DO, THOUGH, FOR THOSE
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WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR
STUDY, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO BEGIN
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BY LIFTING OUR VOICES IN SONG.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG
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LEADERS TO COME JOIN ME ON STAGE
AND WE'LL BE SINGING TOGETHER
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AND THEN WE'LL HAVE
PRAYER AND GET TO OUR STUDY.
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(PIANO MUSIC)
>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
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WE ARE EXCITED THAT YOU'RE
JOINING WITH US AND IT'S TIME TO
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SING YOUR
FAVORITE SONGS AND OURS.
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SO OUR FIRST ONE TODAY IS #100 -
GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS - AND
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WE'RE GOING - THERE'S ONLY THREE
STANZAS, SO WE'RE GOING TO SING
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ALL THREE OF THEM. JOIN
WITH US - #100. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SINGING
ALONG WITH US. AT THIS TIME,
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PASTOR ROSS IS GOING TO
HAVE OUR OPENING PRAYER.
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>>LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR
PRAYER. DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN,
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WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE
ABLE TO COME BEFORE YOU ON THIS
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BEAUTIFUL SABBATH MORNING, AND
OPEN UP YOUR WORD - AND STUDY
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THIS VERY IMPORTANT
BOOK - THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
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AND, LORD, AS THE BIBLE REVEALS
TO US OUR NEED OF A SAVIOR, I
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PRAY THAT WE WOULD REACH UP
IN FAITH AND RECEIVE EVERYTHING
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THAT HEAVEN WISHES TO GIVE.
WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE GIFT
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THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED THROUGH
CHRIST - THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE
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ON OUR BEHALF, THAT WE CAN BE
FORGIVEN, WE CAN BE CLEANSED, WE
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CAN BE ADOPTED INTO YOUR FAMILY.
SO, THIS MORNING, LORD, AS WE
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TALK ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT
THEME AND OUR RECOGNITION OF OUR
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NEED OF YOUR GRACE, WE DO
ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME AND
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GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS.
LEAD US. LORD, INTO A CLEAR
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UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR LOVE
AND YOUR GOODNESS TO EACH OF US,
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FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME,
AMEN. OUR LESSON THIS MORNING IS
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GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY
PASTOR MARSHALL MCKENZIE, OUR
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PUBLISHING DIRECTOR AT AMAZING
FACTS. HE HAS TAUGHT SABBATH
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SCHOOL SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.
MARSHALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
WOW, BIG TOPIC THAT WE'RE GOING
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TO COVER IN THIS LESSON - THE
HUMAN CONDITION. YOU KNOW, IN
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OUR WORLD TODAY, MOST PEOPLE
LIKE TO, AT SOME POINT, TALK
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ABOUT THEMSELVES. I'M SURE,
AT SOME POINT, WE'VE SHARED OUR
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH OTHERS
THAT WE'VE COME IN CONTACT WITH,
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BUT THE ONE THING THAT WE OFTEN
DON'T REALLY LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
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IS OUR HUMAN CONDITION. MUCH OF
OUR WORLD REALLY WANTS TO AVOID
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THIS SUBJECT, AND WE DO A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS TO AVOID THIS
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SUBJECT. BUT WHEN YOU
STUDY SCRIPTURE, FROM GENESIS TO
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REVELATION, AND HERE,
SPECIFICALLY, IN THE BOOK OF
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ROMANS, PAUL STARTS TO KIND
OF HELP US UNDERSTAND OUR HUMAN
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CONDITION, AND
THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
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IF WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND
SALVATION, AND WE WANT TO HAVE
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THE SALVATION THAT CHRIST OFFERS
BY FAITH ALONE, WE NEED TO
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BEGIN, REALLY, WITH
OUR HUMAN CONDITION.
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AND SO, THIS MORNING WE'RE GOING
TO BE STUDYING LESSON #3 - THE
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HUMAN CONDITION - AND WE'RE
GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME
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BIBLE PASSAGES THAT RELATE
TO OUR HUMAN CONDITION, AS GOD
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HELPS US TO
RIGHTLY UNDERSTAND IT.
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I'VE FOUND, AS I'VE STUDIED
THROUGH THIS LESSON, I'VE FOUND
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IT TO BE, NOT ONLY APPROPRIATE
FOR THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE,
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BUT I'VE ALSO FOUND IT TO
BE CHALLENGING AND ENCOURAGING,
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ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
THIS BIBLICAL TRUTH ABOUT OUR
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HUMAN CONDITION HELPS US TO
UNDERSTAND OUR GREATEST NEED.
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NOW WE, LIVING LIFE, FIND
THAT WE NEED CERTAIN THINGS ON A
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DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, BUT THE
GREATEST NEED THAT WE HAVE
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REALLY CAN ONLY BE UNDERSTOOD
WHEN WE BEGIN FROM THE BASIS OF
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OUR HUMAN CONDITION.
AND SO, PAUL, IN THE BOOK OF
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ROMANS, BRINGS THIS TO
OUR ATTENTION WHEN HE SAYS, IN
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ROMANS CHAPTER 3, VERSE 12 -
HE SAYS, "THERE IS NONE WHO DOES
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GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE."
NOW THAT'S AN INTERESTING AND
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INSPIRED STATEMENT BY THE
APOSTLE, PAUL. THERE IS HOW
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MANY? HOW MANY THAT
DOES GOOD? HE SAYS NONE.
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NOW, I'VE HEARD IT IN MY YEARS
OF CANVASSING - YOU KNOW, TAKING
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CHRISTIAN BOOKS FROM DOOR
TO DOOR - OVER THE THOUSANDS OF
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DOORS THAT I'VE GONE TO,
OFTENTIMES YOU GET TO THE DOOR
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AND THEY OPEN THE DOOR AND
THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE, 'WHAT ARE
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YOU DOING HERE?' AND
YOU SHARE A BIBLICAL BOOK
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WITH THEM AND MANY TIMES I'VE
HEARD PEOPLE SAY, 'I DON'T NEED
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THAT, I'M A GOOD PERSON.'
AND THAT'S THEIR BASIS, WHICH IS
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INTERESTING, FOR
REJECTING BIBLICAL TRUTH.
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AND YET, PAUL, IN THE BOOK
OF ROMANS, HELPS US GRASP THIS
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UNDERSTANDING - "THERE IS NONE
WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN
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ONE." I'VE
WALKED AWAY FROM THOSE
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DOORS MANY TIMES
WONDERING, 'LORD, HOW DID WE
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GET TO THIS POINT?' -
WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF
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DENY BIBLICAL TRUTH
BECAUSE, WE FEEL IN SOME SORT OF
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WAY, WE'RE ABOVE
IT. WE'RE GOOD ENOUGH.
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WE DON'T NEED TO BE ANY
BETTER, WE'RE GOOD ENOUGH.
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'I'M A GOOD PERSON.' AND THE
LESSON BROUGHT FORTH A POINT,
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THAT REALLY KIND OF ANSWERED,
IN SOME WAYS, MY WONDERING,
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THINKING ABOUT THOSE SITUATIONS.
AND IT TALKED ABOUT COMPARING
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OURSELVES AMONG OURSELVES IS
EASY. WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME.
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WE TEND TO LOOK AT SOMEBODY ELSE
AND WE COMPARE OURSELVES WITH
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THAT OTHER PERSON AND, IN DOING
THAT VERY THING, WE TEND TO KIND
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OF PUT OURSELVES
ABOVE THE OTHER PERSON.
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SO, OVER TIME, WE START
TO THINK OF OURSELVES, WHAT?
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BETTER THAN WE OUGHT
TO THINK OF OURSELVES.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING,
THERE WAS A STATEMENT IN THE
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LESSON, IT SAID, "AFTER ALL,
WE CAN ALWAYS FIND SOMEONE WORSE
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THAN OURSELVES TO
COMPARE OURSELVES WITH."
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THAT TRUE? IF YOU
LOOK LONG ENOUGH, IF
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YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH, I'M SURE
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND SOMEONE
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WORSE THAN YOURSELF.
AND, IN THAT PROCESS, YOU'RE
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GOING TO MAKE YOURSELF
BETTER THAN YOU REALLY ARE.
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AND SO, I BELIEVE THAT GOD
CONSISTENTLY BRINGS US BACK TO
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THIS POINT OF OUR
HUMAN CONDITION. NOW, IT'S
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INTERESTING, TURN WITH ME TO
ROMANS CHAPTER 12 FOR A MINUTE.
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I'M KIND OF GOING BACK IN ROMANS
HERE - ROMANS CHAPTER 12 - WE'RE
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GOING TO KIND OF HANG AROUND
ROMANS 1, 2, AND 3, BUT NOTICE
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WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL HAS TO SAY
- ROMANS CHAPTER 12 AND VERSE 3
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- HE SAYS, "FOR I SAY, THROUGH
THE GRACE GIVEN UNTO ME," - NOW
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THIS IS INTERESTING, PAUL IS AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO CAME FACE TO FACE
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WITH WHO? JESUS CHRIST, HIMSELF.
AND PAUL, IN COMING FACE TO FACE
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WITH JESUS CHRIST, HIMSELF,
UNDERSTOOD HIS WHAT? HIS TRUE
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HUMAN CONDITION. HE WAS ON HIS
WAY - REMEMBER? - TO DAMASCUS
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AND HE WAS GOING TO PERSECUTE
THE CHRISTIANS AND HE COMES FACE
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TO FACE WITH GOD, HIMSELF, AND
HE REALIZES HIS HUMAN CONDITION.
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SO PAUL BEGINS - AN INDIVIDUAL,
WHO UNDERSTOOD HIS HUMAN
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CONDITION - SAYS, "THROUGH THE
GRACE GIVEN UNTO ME, TO EVERY
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MAN THAT IS AMONG YOU, NOT
TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY
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THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK; BUT TO
THINK SOBERLY, ACCORDING AS GOD
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HATH DEALT TO EVERY
MAN THE MEASURE OF FAITH."
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PAUL SAYS - PAUL HAD RECEIVED
THE GRACE THAT GOD WAS OFFERING
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AND HE RECEIVED IT WHEN
HE SAW WHO HE REALLY WAS.
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AND SO, HE TURNS, THEN, TO THE
CHRISTIANS IN ROMANS, HE SAYS,
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'LISTEN, YOU OUGHT NOT TO THINK
OF YOURSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN YOU
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OUGHT' - BECAUSE YOU
LOSE YOUR HUMAN CONDITION.
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YOU LOSE THE UNDERSTANDING OF
WHO WE REALLY ARE WITHOUT GOD.
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YOU KNOW, PAUL SAID, IN ROMANS
CHAPTER 7, HE SAYS, "O WRETCHED
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MAN THAT I AM!" ROMANS
CHAPTER 7, VERSE 24, "WHO
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SHALL DELIVER ME FROM
THE BODY OF THIS DEATH?"
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PAUL, AGAIN, IS
EXPRESSING HIS HUMAN CONDITION.
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ISN'T IT ANY WONDER THAT
PAUL TALKS ABOUT GRACE SO OFTEN?
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BECAUSE PAUL
UNDERSTOOD HIS HUMAN CONDITION.
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SO, TO RECEIVE THE SALVATION
THAT GOD WANTS TO OFFER US BY
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FAITH, WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND OUR WHAT?
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OUR TRUE HUMAN CONDITION
- OUR TRUE HUMAN CONDITION.
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BUILDING ON THIS, MONDAY'S
LESSON - I'M GOING TO SKIP
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SUNDAY FOR A SECOND,
BUT I WILL COME BACK TO IT.
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MONDAY'S LESSON POINTS THIS OUT
AND THERE'S A POINT THAT'S MADE
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IN MONDAY'S LESSON
CONTRASTING US WITH GOD.
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IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN LOOK
AMONG OURSELVES AND WE CAN THINK
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OF OURSELVES BETTER THAN WE ARE,
BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY TAKE A
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LOOK AT YOURSELF IN THE CONTEXT
OF WHO GOD IS, ALL OF A SUDDEN
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THE PICTURE CHANGES AND YOU FIND
YOURSELF ABOUT, OH, THAT BIG, IN
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LIGHT OF HOW BIG GOD
REALLY IS, AND IT'S BROUGHT OUT.
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AND THE APOSTLE PAUL AND OTHERS
IN SCRIPTURE BEAR THIS FACT OUT.
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NOTICE, WITH ME, ISAIAH - I'M
ACTUALLY GOING TO GO BACK TO THE
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OLD TESTAMENT FOR A SECOND,
NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE
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PROPHET ISAIAH WHEN HE
COMES INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD,
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HIMSELF. OKAY? ISAIAH
CHAPTER 6 - AND I'LL JUST
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READ TO YOU VERSES 1
THROUGH 5 - ISAIAH CHAPTER 6,
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VERSES 1 THROUGH 5 - NOTICE WHAT
ISAIAH SAYS, "IN THE YEAR THAT
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KING UZZIAH DIED I SAW ALSO THE
LORD SITTING UPON A THRONE, HIGH
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AND LIFTED UP," - WHO DOES
HE SEE? HE SEES THE LORD, OKAY?
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HE'S IN THE PRESENCE OF
GOD. HE SAYS, "AND THE TRAIN OF
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HIS ROBE FILLED THE TEMPLE.
ABOVE IT STOOD THE SERAPHIMS:
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EACH ONE HAD SIX WINGS; WITH TWO
HE COVERED HIS FACE, WITH TWO HE
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COVERED HIS FEET,
AND WITH TWO HE FLEW.
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AND ONE CRIED TO ANOTHER AND
SAID: 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE
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LORD OF HOSTS; THE WHOLE
EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY!'
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AND THE POSTS OF THE DOOR WERE
SHAKEN BY THE VOICE OF HIM WHO
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CRIED OUT, AND THE
HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE.
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SO I SAID, 'WOE IS ME, FOR
I AM UNDONE!'" - NOTICE HIS
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TESTIMONY, NOW - "WOE IS ME, FOR
I AM UNDONE! BECAUSE I AM A MAN
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OF UNCLEAN LIPS, AND I DWELL IN
THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE OF UNCLEAN
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LIPS; FOR MY EYES HAVE SEEN"
- WHOM? - 'I'VE SEEN THE KING.'
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AND WHEN HE CAME FACE TO FACE
WITH THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD
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OF LORDS, WHEN HE CAME FACE
TO FACE WITH GOD HIMSELF, IN HIS
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HOLY TEMPLE, HE SAW HIS
WHAT? HIS HUMAN CONDITION.
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AND HE EXPRESSES HIS HUMAN
CONDITION AND, BELIEVE ME, IN
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THE PRESENCE OF GOD,
THIS IS OUR CONDITION.
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ALL OF US CAN RELATE HERE, WITH
THE PROPHET ISAIAH - AND WE NEED
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TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS. "WOE IS ME!
FOR I AM UNDONE, BECAUSE I AM A
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MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS AND I DWELL
IN THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE OF
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UNCLEAN LIPS;" - ISAIAH REALIZES
WHO HE IS, AND HE REALIZES
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THE CONDITION OF WHAT?
EVERYBODY THAT SURROUNDS HIM.
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"FOR" - HE SAYS - "MY EYES
HAVE SEEN THE KING, THE LORD OF
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HOSTS." AND THIS IS IMPORTANT.
THIS IS A VALUABLE LESSON FOR
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ISAIAH BECAUSE JUST AFTER
THIS REVEALING OF HIS HUMAN
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CONDITION, GOD SAYS TO
ISAIAH, 'WHO WILL GO FOR US?'
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'WHO WILL I SEND?' AND
ISAIAH SAYS, 'LORD, SEND
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ME.' JUST BECAUSE ISAIAH SAW
HIS HUMAN CONDITION DIDN'T MEAN
00:18:51.96\00:18:57.57
THAT GOD COULDN'T USE HIM
BUT, BECAUSE HE SAW HIS HUMAN
00:18:57.60\00:19:02.47
CONDITION, THAT
MEANT GOD COULD USE HIM.
00:19:02.50\00:19:08.51
BECAUSE WHO WAS GOING TO
GET THE GLORY IN THAT SITUATION?
00:19:08.54\00:19:12.98
SEE, BEFORE, WE SEE OUR HUMAN
CONDITION, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO
00:19:13.01\00:19:16.89
GET THE GLORY - WE'RE ALWAYS
GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO BOAST
00:19:16.92\00:19:21.59
ABOUT. BUT WHEN
WE KEEP OUR CONDITION
00:19:21.62\00:19:26.59
IN MIND, THERE'S ONLY ONE THING
WE CAN BOAST ABOUT - THERE'S
00:19:26.63\00:19:31.83
ONLY ONE GOD THAT
WE CAN BOAST ABOUT.
00:19:31.87\00:19:38.11
AND SO, WHEN WE SEE THIS IN
ISAIAH - NOTICE, WITH ME, JOB
00:19:38.14\00:19:40.58
CHAPTER 42 - HERE'S ANOTHER
EXAMPLE OF THIS IN JOB CHAPTER
00:19:40.61\00:19:44.68
42 - JOB CHAPTER 42 - AND
LEADING UP TO JOB'S TESTIMONY,
00:19:44.71\00:19:53.89
THERE'S AN INTERESTING
SITUATION THAT TAKES PLACE.
00:19:53.92\00:19:58.49
YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES WE ALL
DESIRE TO ASK GOD QUESTIONS.
00:19:58.53\00:20:03.00
'GOD, WHY
THIS?' 'GOD, WHY THAT?'
00:20:03.03\00:20:05.43
AND WE GO ON AND WE QUESTION
AND WE QUESTION AND WE QUESTION.
00:20:05.47\00:20:08.50
IN THIS SITUATION, IN THE BOOK
OF JOB, FROM JOB 38 TO 42, GUESS
00:20:08.54\00:20:15.68
WHO'S ASKING THE QUESTIONS?
THE SCRIPT HAS BEEN SWITCHED
00:20:15.71\00:20:23.85
AND NOW GOD IS
ASKING JOB THE QUESTIONS.
00:20:23.89\00:20:28.32
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF GOD
APPROACHED YOU AND SAID, 'LET ME
00:20:28.36\00:20:30.69
ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.'
WE'D ALL BE LIKE, 'UH, THAT'S A
00:20:30.73\00:20:37.37
LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WE THOUGHT
OF IT BEFORE.' I DON'T KNOW,
00:20:37.40\00:20:41.77
REALLY, IF I WANT GOD
TO ASK ME SOME QUESTIONS.
00:20:41.80\00:20:46.04
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU STUDY
SCRIPTURE, GOD IS ALWAYS ASKING
00:20:46.07\00:20:48.08
QUESTIONS. JESUS
ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS
00:20:48.11\00:20:52.08
TO MAKE US REFLECT - TO
THINK ABOUT WHO WE ARE IN
00:20:52.11\00:20:56.72
LIGHT OF WHO GOD IS. AND
THIS IS WHAT GOD DOES WITH
00:20:56.75\00:21:00.39
JOB AND HE TALKS ABOUT
CREATION - ALL THE THINGS
00:21:00.42\00:21:04.43
THAT HE HAD CREATED.
NOW JOB HAS NO ANSWER, LIKE
00:21:04.46\00:21:08.56
'WERE YOU THERE
WHEN I DID THIS?'
00:21:08.60\00:21:11.17
'NO, I WASN'T.' AND HE
KEPT ASKING HIM THESE QUESTIONS.
00:21:11.20\00:21:16.74
AND WHEN YOU READ THIS, YOU GET
SMALLER - IF YOU PUT YOURSELF IN
00:21:16.77\00:21:20.54
JOB'S SHOES, YOU START TO THINK
OF YOURSELF LESS AND LESS AND
00:21:20.58\00:21:25.85
LESS - OKAY?
THAT'S VERY GOOD, OKAY?
00:21:25.88\00:21:31.62
NOTICE, WITH ME, JOB 42 - SO
WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF THIS,
00:21:31.65\00:21:34.26
NOTICE JOB'S CONFESSION OR
HIS TESTIMONY, JUST LIKE THAT OF
00:21:34.29\00:21:38.26
ISAIAH'S. IT SAYS,
"THEN JOB ANSWERED THE
00:21:38.29\00:21:40.63
LORD AND SAID: 'I KNOW THAT YOU
CAN DO EVERYTHING," - WHAT ARE
00:21:40.66\00:21:46.87
- WHAT WOULD OUR LIVES BE
LIKE IF WE LIVED THAT WAY?
00:21:46.90\00:21:48.87
'LORD, I KNOW THAT
YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING.
00:21:48.90\00:21:52.67
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH YOU.'
HE SAYS, "AND THAT NO PURPOSE OF
00:21:52.71\00:21:59.48
YOURS CAN BE WITHHELD FROM
YOU. YOU ASKED, 'WHO IS THIS
00:21:59.51\00:22:05.75
WHO HIDES COUNSEL
WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE?'
00:22:05.79\00:22:08.69
THEREFORE I HAVE UTTERED WHAT
I DID NOT UNDERSTAND, THINGS TOO
00:22:08.72\00:22:14.56
WONDERFUL FOR ME,
WHICH I DID NOT KNOW.
00:22:14.60\00:22:19.37
LISTEN, PLEASE, AND LET
ME SPEAK; YOU SAID, 'I WILL
00:22:19.40\00:22:22.20
QUESTION YOU, AND YOU SHALL
ANSWER ME.' I HAVE HEARD OF YOU
00:22:22.24\00:22:26.27
BY THE HEARING OF THE
EAR, BUT NOW MY EYE SEES YOU.
00:22:26.31\00:22:30.98
THEREFORE I ABHOR" -
WHAT? - "MYSELF, AND REPENT
00:22:31.01\00:22:36.35
IN DUST AND ASHES." THE
SCRIPT HAS BEEN FLIPPED AND
00:22:36.38\00:22:44.09
NOW JOB SEES GOD
FOR WHO HE REALLY IS.
00:22:44.13\00:22:49.76
JOB NEEDED TO BE REMINDED, IN
THIS SITUATION, OF WHO GOD IS.
00:22:49.80\00:22:55.20
BUT, TO BE REMINDED OF WHO GOD
IS, JOB, ULTIMATELY, HAD TO COME
00:22:55.24\00:22:59.37
TO THE PLACE, AGAIN, OF SEEING
WHAT? HIS HUMAN CONDITION. HIS
00:22:59.41\00:23:08.28
HUMAN CONDITION WITHOUT
GOD. THIS IS HIS TESTIMONY.
00:23:08.32\00:23:11.72
HE SAYS, "THEREFORE I ABHOR
MYSELF, AND REPENT IN DUST AND
00:23:11.75\00:23:16.96
ASHES." WHAT
WOULD THE WORLD BE LIKE
00:23:16.99\00:23:20.70
IF WE ACKNOWLEDGED
OUR HUMAN CONDITION?
00:23:20.73\00:23:25.27
RATHER THAN RUN FROM IT, RATHER
THAN AVOID IT, RATHER THAN TRY
00:23:25.30\00:23:29.17
TO PASS IT OFF ON SOMEBODY ELSE,
WHAT WOULD THE DIFFERENCE BE IF
00:23:29.20\00:23:35.11
WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE
OUR TRUE HUMAN CONDITION?
00:23:35.14\00:23:40.38
NOW, IN JUST A MINUTE I HAVE
SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO READ A
00:23:40.42\00:23:42.35
VERSE FOR US FROM THE LESSON,
BUT BEFORE I DO, I WANT TO GIVE
00:23:42.38\00:23:45.22
YOU ONE OTHER EXAMPLE IN
SCRIPTURE - PSALMS 51, VERSES 3
00:23:45.25\00:23:50.13
THROUGH 5 - I'M JUST GOING TO
- I TYPED IT OUT SO THAT I COULD
00:23:50.16\00:23:52.79
READ IT TO YOU,
BUT IT'S ABOUT DAVID.
00:23:52.83\00:23:55.43
AS DAVID COMES FACE TO FACE WITH
GOD, THROUGH THE PROPHET NATHAN,
00:23:55.46\00:24:01.54
ABOUT HIS SLEEPING WITH
BATHSHEBA AND DAVID, AGAIN, IS
00:24:01.57\00:24:07.61
REMINDED OF HIS HUMAN CONDITION.
AND, FRIENDS, WE ARE ALL IN THE
00:24:07.64\00:24:12.51
SAME BOAT AS JOB, AS ISAIAH, AS
DAVID - AND THE LIST CAN GO ON -
00:24:12.55\00:24:19.65
EVEN AS PAUL - WE'RE
ALL IN THE SAME BOAT.
00:24:19.69\00:24:24.13
IT SAYS - DAVID WRITES, "FOR I
ACKNOWLEDGE MY TRANSGRESSIONS" -
00:24:24.16\00:24:28.66
VERSES 3 THROUGH 5 OF
PSALMS 51 - "I ACKNOWLEDGE MY
00:24:28.70\00:24:33.13
TRANSGRESSIONS AND MY
SIN IS ALWAYS BEFORE ME."
00:24:33.17\00:24:37.31
HIS SIN IS WHAT? ALWAYS BEFORE
HIM. ISN'T THIS THE CASE, THE
00:24:37.34\00:24:43.31
CLOSER WE DRAW TO GOD, THE MORE
WE SEE OUR SINFULNESS AND, YET,
00:24:43.35\00:24:48.35
THE MORE WE SEE HOW GREAT
OUR SAVIOR IS IN THAT PROCESS.
00:24:48.38\00:24:52.89
HE SAYS, "MY SINS ARE ALWAYS
BEFORE ME, AGAINST YOU, YOU ONLY
00:24:52.92\00:24:56.39
HAVE I SINNED AND DONE THIS EVIL
IN YOUR SIGHT, THAT YOU MAY BE
00:24:56.42\00:25:00.46
FOUND JUST WHEN YOU SPEAK
AND BLAMELESS WHEN YOU JUDGE.
00:25:00.50\00:25:05.87
BEHOLD, I WAS BROUGHT FORTH
IN INIQUITY AND IN SIN MY MOTHER
00:25:05.90\00:25:09.27
CONCEIVED ME."
SPEAKING OF THIS SIN, WHICH
00:25:09.30\00:25:16.01
TRULY IS OUR CONDITION. WE'RE
ALL - WITHOUT GOD, WE'RE IN SIN
00:25:16.04\00:25:24.25
AND WE FACE ITS WEAKNESSES
ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
00:25:24.29\00:25:29.42
AND MONDAY'S LESSON - THERE'S A
VERSE AND I'VE ASKED SOMEONE TO
00:25:29.46\00:25:32.96
READ ROMANS CHAPTER 3, VERSE 23,
AND PAUL, IN ROMANS, STARTS TO
00:25:32.99\00:25:38.97
BRING THIS OUT -
ROMANS 3, VERSE 23.
00:25:39.00\00:25:43.17
>>"FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND
FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD,"
00:25:43.20\00:25:48.08
>>HOW MANY HAVE
SINNED? ALL HAVE SINNED.
00:25:48.11\00:25:53.11
THERE IS NO ONE THAT IS
EXCLUDED FROM THIS PASSAGE.
00:25:53.15\00:25:59.29
THERE IS NO HUMAN THAT IS
EXCLUDED FROM THIS CONDITION.
00:25:59.32\00:26:06.36
BY THE WAY, WE'VE ALL, AT
SOME POINT OR ANOTHER, CHOSEN TO
00:26:06.39\00:26:11.47
FOLLOW SIN,
RATHER THAN A SAVIOR.
00:26:11.50\00:26:15.97
AND THE BIBLE
CONTINUALLY BRINGS THIS OUT.
00:26:16.00\00:26:20.14
IN ROMANS CHAPTER 3, VERSE 10 -
NOTICE, WITH ME, ROMANS CHAPTER
00:26:20.18\00:26:23.38
3 - PAUL, SPEAKING OF OUR HUMAN
CONDITION - ROMANS CHAPTER 3,
00:26:23.41\00:26:30.95
VERSE 10 - ROMANS CHAPTER 3,
VERSE 10 - HE SAYS, "AS IT IS
00:26:30.99\00:26:43.30
WRITTEN: 'THERE IS NONE" - WHAT?
- "RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE;" - HE
00:26:43.33\00:26:52.57
SAYS THERE'S NOT ONE GOOD
AND THERE IS NOT ONE RIGHTEOUS.
00:26:52.61\00:26:58.95
WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS? SIN.
00:26:58.98\00:27:03.99
WHAT IS SIN, AS IT
IS DEFINED IN SCRIPTURE?
00:27:04.02\00:27:07.32
SIN IS THE TRANSGRESSION
OF GOD'S MORAL LAW.
00:27:07.36\00:27:12.36
WHEN WE BREAK
GOD'S LAW, THAT IS SIN.
00:27:12.39\00:27:17.70
BUT THE OPPOSITE OF
SIN IS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:27:17.73\00:27:22.64
RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE KEEPING, BY
THE GRACE OF GOD, THE VERY LAW
00:27:22.67\00:27:28.51
OF GOD. PSALMS
119:172 - AND, IN JUST A
00:27:28.54\00:27:32.71
MINUTE, I'LL HAVE SOMEONE ELSE
READ ANOTHER VERSE FOR US, BUT
00:27:32.75\00:27:36.58
JUST BEFORE THAT, NOTICE PSALMS
119, VERSE 172 SAYS, "MY TONGUE
00:27:36.62\00:27:43.39
SHALL SPEAK OF YOUR
WORD, FOR ALL YOUR COMMANDMENTS
00:27:43.43\00:27:49.90
ARE RIGHTEOUSNESS." I
LOVE THAT PASSAGE FROM
00:27:49.93\00:27:54.14
THE PSALMIST - "ALL YOUR
COMMANDMENTS ARE RIGHTEOUSNESS."
00:27:54.17\00:28:00.91
BUT PAUL SAYS, 'ALL HAVE' -
WHAT? 'SINNED AND COME SHORT OF
00:28:00.94\00:28:06.51
THE GLORY OF GOD.' YOU KNOW,
JESUS, WHEN HE WALKED ON THE
00:28:06.55\00:28:09.42
EARTH, HE SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES,
'YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS MUST EXCEED
00:28:09.45\00:28:16.49
THAT OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES.' IN
00:28:16.52\00:28:21.40
OTHER WORDS, WHAT THE PHARISEES
THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING WAS
00:28:21.43\00:28:24.83
RIGHTEOUS WHEN, IN
REALITY, IT WAS SIN.
00:28:24.87\00:28:32.81
YOU KNOW, ISAIAH SAID THERE
WOULD COME A TIME WHEN PEOPLE
00:28:32.84\00:28:35.61
WOULD CALL GOOD
EVIL AND EVIL GOOD.
00:28:35.64\00:28:38.05
FRIENDS, WE'RE
LIVING IN THAT TIME.
00:28:38.08\00:28:42.32
THE MESSAGE OUT
THERE IS SO MIXED UP.
00:28:42.35\00:28:46.89
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
FOR A CLEAR ANSWER.
00:28:46.92\00:28:51.23
A CLARION CALL FOR
TRUTH - AND HERE IT IS.
00:28:51.26\00:28:56.83
WE ALL ARE IN NEED OF A SAVIOR
BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE SINNED AND
00:28:56.87\00:29:03.74
NO ONE IS BETTER
THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
00:29:03.77\00:29:08.21
WE ALL HAVE THIS HUMAN CONDITION
- THIS HUMAN CONDITION.
00:29:08.24\00:29:16.02
WE'VE ALL COMMITTED SIN.
00:29:16.05\00:29:19.75
WE'VE ALL BROKEN THE LAW OF GOD,
AND YET, GOD STILL LONGS FOR US
00:29:19.79\00:29:27.20
TO LIVE RIGHTEOUSLY AND GODLY.
BUT WE DO THAT IN CHRIST JESUS.
00:29:27.23\00:29:33.57
BUT, TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR HUMAN CONDITION.
00:29:33.60\00:29:37.97
HERE'S ANOTHER VERSE
I'VE ASKED SOMEONE TO READ.
00:29:38.01\00:29:39.67
IT'S JEREMIAH CHAPTER 17, VERSE
9. NOTICE HOW JEREMIAH, LOOKING
00:29:39.71\00:29:44.81
AT THE HUMAN
CONDITION, DESCRIBES IT.
00:29:44.85\00:29:48.22
>>JEREMIAH 17:9, "THE HEART IS
DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND
00:29:48.25\00:29:54.89
DESPERATELY
WICKED; WHO CAN KNOW IT?"
00:29:54.92\00:29:59.19
>>HOW MANY OF
YOU LIKE THAT FACT?
00:29:59.23\00:30:03.80
BUT IT'S A FACT, WHETHER WE
LIKE IT OR NOT, OUR HEARTS ARE
00:30:03.83\00:30:10.97
DESPERATELY WICKED AND
WE CAN'T EVEN KNOW THEM.
00:30:11.01\00:30:18.41
THIS IS OUR CONDITION.
WE'RE IN NEED, ARE WE NOT?
00:30:18.45\00:30:23.65
WE'RE ALL IN GREAT
NEED. SO, HAVE THINGS CHANGED?
00:30:23.69\00:30:30.33
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HUMAN
CONDITION, HAVE THINGS CHANGED?
00:30:30.36\00:30:34.03
TUESDAY'S LESSON
TALKS ABOUT PROGRESS.
00:30:34.10\00:30:37.43
HAVE WE - FROM THE FIRST CENTURY
TO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -
00:30:37.47\00:30:42.37
HAVE WE EVOLVED
TO BE BETTER? RIGHT?
00:30:42.40\00:30:47.91
I WANT TO READ, ACTUALLY, FROM
THE LESSON - RIGHT FROM THE TOP,
00:30:47.94\00:30:50.65
HERE, IN TUESDAY'S LESSON.
IT SAYS, "AT THE TURN OF THE
00:30:50.68\00:30:53.98
TWENTIETH CENTURY
PEOPLE LIVED WITH THE IDEA THAT
00:30:54.02\00:30:57.49
HUMANITY WAS
IMPROVING." ARE WE IMPROVING?
00:30:57.52\00:31:03.43
"THAT MORALITY WOULD INCREASE
AND THAT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
00:31:03.46\00:31:08.93
WOULD HELP USHER IN A UTOPIA."
WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT THERE.
00:31:08.96\00:31:15.37
"HUMAN BEINGS, IT WAS BELIEVED,
WERE ESSENTIALLY ON THE PATH
00:31:15.40\00:31:19.81
TOWARDS PERFECTION.
THROUGH THE RIGHT KIND OF
00:31:19.84\00:31:23.65
EDUCATION AND MORAL TRAINING,
IT WAS THOUGHT THAT HUMANS COULD
00:31:23.68\00:31:28.22
GREATLY IMPROVE
THEMSELVES AND THEIR SOCIETIES."
00:31:28.25\00:31:33.66
AND YET, WE FIGHT OVER SO MANY
THINGS AND THE DIVISIONS JUST
00:31:33.69\00:31:38.06
CONTINUE TO GROW.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE ROMAN
00:31:38.09\00:31:40.80
EMPIRE, HOW, OVER
TIME, IT DESTROYED ITSELF
00:31:40.83\00:31:44.57
FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
FRIENDS, LEFT TO OUR HUMAN
00:31:44.60\00:31:49.20
CONDITION, THAT'S WHAT WE WILL
ULTIMATELY DO TO EACH OTHER.
00:31:49.24\00:31:54.01
LEFT TO OUR HUMAN CONDITION,
WE'LL DESTROY OURSELVES.
00:31:54.04\00:32:01.65
IT GOES ON: "ALL OF THIS WAS
SUPPOSED TO START HAPPENING EN
00:32:01.68\00:32:07.09
MASSE AS WE ENTERED INTO THE
BRAVE NEW WORLD OF THE TWENTIETH
00:32:07.12\00:32:11.09
CENTURY. NOW WE'RE IN
THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.
00:32:11.13\00:32:14.56
HAS IT CHANGED FROM THE
FIRST CENTURY UNTIL NOW?
00:32:14.56\00:32:18.50
HAVE WE PROGRESSED? VERY
INTERESTING. NO WE HAVEN'T.
00:32:18.53\00:32:23.54
MATTER OF FACT, THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY IS RECORDED AS THE MOST
00:32:23.57\00:32:28.01
VIOLENT AND
BARBARIC IN ALL OF HISTORY.
00:32:28.04\00:32:33.88
AND IT'S NOT GETTING ANY BETTER.
NOTICE, WITH ME, ROMANS CHAPTER
00:32:33.92\00:32:38.19
1 - I WANT TO READ
A FEW VERSES TO YOU.
00:32:38.22\00:32:40.89
PAUL, DESCRIBING THE SITUATION
IN THE FIRST CENTURY, AND YOU
00:32:40.92\00:32:47.36
TELL ME IF WE'VE
IMPROVED ON THIS, OKAY?
00:32:47.40\00:32:51.97
ROMANS CHAPTER 1 - I'LL JUST
START WITH VERSE 25 - OR 22 -
00:32:52.00\00:32:58.01
AND THEN I'LL READ
25 THROUGH 32, OKAY?
00:32:58.04\00:33:00.71
ROMANS CHAPTER 1 - NOTICE, PAUL
SAYS, CONCERNING - OKAY - VERSE
00:33:00.74\00:33:06.55
24 - I'LL JUMP BACK ONE -
"THEREFORE GOD ALSO GAVE THEM UP
00:33:06.58\00:33:10.12
TO UNCLEANNESS, IN THE LUSTS OF
THEIR HEARTS, TO DISHONOR THEIR
00:33:10.15\00:33:14.06
BODIES AMONG THEMSELVES, WHO
EXCHANGED THE TRUTH OF GOD FOR
00:33:14.09\00:33:18.03
THE LIE, AND WORSHIPED AND
SERVED THE CREATURE RATHER THAN
00:33:18.06\00:33:21.96
THE CREATOR, WHO IS
BLESSED FOREVER. AMEN."
00:33:22.00\00:33:26.87
AND NOTICE, HE GOES ON, "FOR
THIS REASON GOD GAVE THEM UP TO
00:33:26.90\00:33:29.84
VILE PASSIONS. FOR
EVEN THEIR WOMEN EXCHANGED
00:33:29.87\00:33:32.84
THE NATURAL USE FOR
WHAT IS AGAINST NATURE.
00:33:32.87\00:33:36.24
LIKEWISE ALSO THE MEN, LEAVING
THE NATURAL USE OF THE WOMAN,
00:33:36.28\00:33:39.81
BURNED IN THEIR LUST FOR ONE
ANOTHER, MEN WITH MEN COMMITTING
00:33:39.85\00:33:43.62
WHAT IS SHAMEFUL, AND RECEIVING
IN THEMSELVES THE PENALTY OF
00:33:43.65\00:33:46.82
THEIR ERROR WHICH WAS DUE.
AND EVEN AS THEY DID NOT LIKE TO
00:33:46.86\00:33:51.19
RETAIN GOD IN THEIR KNOWLEDGE,"
- NOT A GOOD CHOICE, IS IT?
00:33:51.23\00:33:57.90
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE
- TO NOT RETAIN GOD IN THEIR
00:33:57.93\00:34:01.57
KNOWLEDGE - "GOD GAVE THEM OVER
TO A DEBASED MIND, TO DO THOSE
00:34:01.60\00:34:07.88
THINGS WHICH ARE NOT
FITTING; BEING FILLED WITH ALL
00:34:07.91\00:34:11.01
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS,
SEXUAL IMMORALITY, WICKEDNESS,
00:34:11.05\00:34:13.68
COVETOUSNESS, MALICIOUSNESS;
FULLY OF ENVY, MURDER, STRIFE,
00:34:13.72\00:34:17.72
DECEIT, EVIL-MINDEDNESS;
THEY ARE WHISPERERS, BACKBITERS,
00:34:17.75\00:34:22.42
HATER OF GOD, VIOLENT, PROUD,
BOASTERS, INVENTORS OF EVIL
00:34:22.46\00:34:28.46
THINGS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS,
UNDISCERNING, UNTRUSTWORTHY,
00:34:28.50\00:34:33.54
UNLOVING, UNFORGIVING,
UNMERCIFUL; WHO, KNOWING THE
00:34:33.57\00:34:39.24
RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD, THAT
THOSE WHO PRACTICE SUCH THINGS
00:34:39.27\00:34:41.98
ARE DESERVING OF DEATH, NOT ONLY
DO THE SAME BUT ALSO APPROVE OF
00:34:42.01\00:34:46.48
THOSE WHO" - WHAT?
- "WHO PRACTICE THEM."
00:34:46.51\00:34:49.72
LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE AS PAUL
WRITES IN THE FIRST CENTURY, IS
00:34:49.75\00:34:54.19
IT ANY DIFFERENT IN
THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY?
00:34:54.22\00:34:58.03
NO, IN MANY CASES IT JUST KEEPS
GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND
00:34:58.06\00:35:03.40
WORSE. LEFT TO
OUR HUMAN CONDITION
00:35:03.43\00:35:06.53
WE'LL DESTROY OURSELVES.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.
00:35:06.57\00:35:11.04
AND SATAN WOULD
LOVE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
00:35:11.07\00:35:15.84
SATAN WOULD LOVE
FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
00:35:15.88\00:35:18.15
AND, NOTICE, VERSE 32 - AT THE
VERY END, PAUL SAYS - RIGHT HERE
00:35:18.18\00:35:22.12
HE SAYS, 'LISTEN' - HE SAYS,
"NOT ONLY DO THE SAME, BUT ALSO
00:35:22.15\00:35:26.86
APPROVE OF THOSE
WHO PRACTICE THEM."
00:35:26.89\00:35:29.36
IN OTHER WORDS, NOT ONLY DO
YOU HAVE PEOPLE PRACTICING THESE
00:35:29.39\00:35:31.63
THINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT
YOU HAVE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND -
00:35:31.66\00:35:35.16
WHAT? APPROVING OF IT.
'LET'S JUST BE TOLERANT
00:35:35.20\00:35:40.54
OF ALL THINGS,' -
RIGHT? BUT THIS IS TO HELP
00:35:40.57\00:35:46.47
US UNDERSTAND WHAT? OUR NEED.
00:35:46.51\00:35:50.65
THIS HELPS US
UNDERSTAND WE NEED A SAVIOR.
00:35:50.68\00:35:57.09
WE NEED SOMEONE BIGGER
THAN OURSELVES TO HELP US WITH
00:35:57.12\00:36:01.82
OURSELVES BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT
THIS BIG AND WE'RE NOT REALLY
00:36:01.86\00:36:05.93
CAPABLE OF DOING ANYTHING GOOD
OR ANYTHING RIGHTEOUS - AT ALL.
00:36:05.96\00:36:12.10
AND, TO THINK ANY
DIFFERENTLY, IS A DECEPTION.
00:36:12.13\00:36:17.94
TO THINK OF YOURSELF GREATER
THAN YOU OUGHT, YOU'RE DECEIVING
00:36:17.97\00:36:21.91
YOURSELF. AND THE
SALVATION THAT CHRIST
00:36:21.94\00:36:25.48
OFFERS TO US
WILL JUST PASS US BY.
00:36:25.51\00:36:29.48
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT
TO BE SAVED FROM YOURSELF?
00:36:29.52\00:36:33.72
(LAUGHTER)
RIGHT? FROM YOURSELF -
00:36:33.76\00:36:38.93
THAT'S WHAT JESUS
OFFERS. HE OFFERS SALVATION FROM
00:36:38.96\00:36:42.56
YOURSELF SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE
TO BE DESTROYED AND YOU DON'T
00:36:42.60\00:36:48.77
HAVE TO DESTROY YOURSELF, BUT
THAT YOU CAN HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
00:36:48.80\00:36:54.71
AND LIVE WITH
YOUR CREATOR FOREVER.
00:36:54.74\00:37:00.35
THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND OUR HUMAN CONDITION.
00:37:00.38\00:37:03.72
IN WEDNESDAY'S LESSON, PAUL
STARTS TALKING ABOUT THE JEWS
00:37:03.75\00:37:07.92
AND THE GENTILES.
YOU KNOW, THE JEWS ALWAYS
00:37:07.96\00:37:12.39
THOUGHT THEY WERE WHAT?
BETTER THAN THE GENTILES, RIGHT?
00:37:12.43\00:37:15.66
THEY HAD A HIGH AND
LOFTY VIEW OF THEMSELVES.
00:37:15.70\00:37:19.97
SO THEY MISSED
THEIR HUMAN CONDITION.
00:37:20.00\00:37:23.47
ISN'T IT ANY WONDER THEY
MISSED THE SAVIOR WHEN HE CAME?
00:37:23.51\00:37:28.84
IT SAYS, 'HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN,
BUT HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT.'
00:37:28.88\00:37:34.25
IF YOU HAVE SUCH A HIGH VIEW OF
YOURSELF, YOU'RE GOING TO MISS
00:37:34.28\00:37:36.79
THE SAVIOR WHEN HE COMES TO YOU.
BUT, IF YOU SEE YOURSELF AS YOU
00:37:36.82\00:37:41.39
TRULY ARE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
THE SAVIOR - YOU'RE DESIRING THE
00:37:41.42\00:37:48.06
SAVIOR - YOU WANT THE
SAVIOR BECAUSE YOU'RE AT
00:37:48.10\00:37:52.57
THE END OF YOUR ROPE. AND,
BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU'VE HIT
00:37:52.60\00:37:56.91
ROCK BOTTOM, THERE'S NO
OTHER PLACE TO LOOK THAN UP.
00:37:56.94\00:38:03.91
THERE'S NO OTHER
PLACE. YOU KNOW, GOD WANTED
00:38:03.95\00:38:07.15
NEBUCHADNEZZAR TO SEE THE
SAVIOR SO HE GAVE HIM A DREAM.
00:38:07.18\00:38:11.59
AND IN THAT DREAM HE
DESTROYED HIS WORLD VIEW AND
00:38:11.62\00:38:15.29
NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS LEFT
WITH NOTHING TO CLING TO.
00:38:15.32\00:38:21.03
AND THEN GOD SENT HIS PROPHET
TO GIVE HIM A MESSAGE AND HE WAS
00:38:21.06\00:38:25.87
READY. WE, TOO, CAN BE READY.
THE JEWS AND THE GENTILES - THE
00:38:25.90\00:38:31.01
JEWS THOUGHT THEMSELVES TO
BE GREATER THAN THE GENTILES.
00:38:31.04\00:38:34.54
SO, IN ROMANS CHAPTER 1, AS WE
JUST READ, WHAT GOD ULTIMATELY
00:38:34.58\00:38:38.95
DOES IS HE SAYS, 'OKAY, THIS IS
- HERE'S THE GENTILES - HERE'S
00:38:38.98\00:38:43.25
THE PAGANS - HERE ARE THOSE WHO
HAVE LOST SIGHT OF GOD A LONG
00:38:43.28\00:38:47.06
TIME AGO AND THEY HAVE FALLEN
INTO DEGRADING PRACTICES.' AND
00:38:47.09\00:38:53.73
THEN, IN ROMANS CHAPTER 2, WHAT
PAUL BEGINS TO DO IS HE STARTS
00:38:53.76\00:38:58.00
TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPARTIALITY
OF GOD AND THEN HE STARTS
00:38:58.03\00:39:02.94
DESCRIBING THE JEWISH CONDITION.
BY THE WAY, IN REALITY,
00:39:02.97\00:39:09.98
THEY'RE NO
DIFFERENT. THEY'RE NO DIFFERENT.
00:39:10.01\00:39:14.95
AND THE JEWS
NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
00:39:14.98\00:39:17.59
AND, IN ROMANS CHAPTER 3, PAUL
SPEAKS ABOUT THE WHOLE WORLD
00:39:17.62\00:39:22.02
BEING GUILTY BEFORE GOD.
NOTICE, WITH ME, ROMANS CHAPTER
00:39:22.06\00:39:24.99
3, VERSE 19 - ROMANS CHAPTER 3,
VERSE 19 - HE SAYS, "NOW WE KNOW
00:39:25.03\00:39:36.30
THAT WHATEVER THE LAW SAYS, IT
SAYS TO THOSE WHO ARE UNDER THE
00:39:36.34\00:39:40.04
LAW," - UNDER THE CONDEMNATION
OF THE LAW - THE LAW OF GOD -
00:39:40.08\00:39:46.05
"THAT EVERY MOUTH MAY BE" -
WHAT? - "STOPPED, AND ALL THE
00:39:46.08\00:39:51.25
WORLD MAY BECOME" -
WHAT? - "GUILTY BEFORE GOD."
00:39:51.29\00:39:58.83
GUILTY - GOD WANTS TO
ACKNOWLEDGE - PAUL'S SAYING,
00:39:58.86\00:40:01.30
'LISTEN, ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR
GUILT - ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR TRUE
00:40:01.33\00:40:06.07
CONDITION - DON'T RUN FROM IT,
DON'T THROW IT AWAY - WHETHER
00:40:06.10\00:40:09.54
YOU ARE JEW OR GENTILE, REALIZE
YOU'RE ALL AT THE SAME PLACE.
00:40:09.57\00:40:16.31
THERE IS NOT ONE GROUP
HIGHER THAN ANOTHER GROUP.
00:40:16.34\00:40:18.98
THERE IS NOT ONE GROUP MORE
SUPERIOR THAN ANOTHER GROUP.
00:40:19.01\00:40:22.28
WE ALL HAVE THIS CONDITION.
WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME FOOTING.
00:40:22.32\00:40:28.49
WE'RE ALL AT THE SAME
PLACE. WE'RE ALL STARTING
00:40:28.52\00:40:31.99
FROM THE SAME PLACE.
TO PAUL, UNDERSTANDING OUR
00:40:32.03\00:40:36.77
HUMAN CONDITION CAME
FIRST. THE JEW AND GENTILE
00:40:36.80\00:40:41.17
WERE STANDING TOGETHER.
WHETHER THEY KNEW IT OR NOT,
00:40:41.20\00:40:45.41
THEY WERE TRULY TOGETHER
IN THEIR HUMAN CONDITION.
00:40:45.44\00:40:53.01
JEREMIAH SAYS IT BEST - AND
I'VE ASKED SOMEONE ELSE TO READ
00:40:53.05\00:40:56.22
ANOTHER VERSE,
HERE, IN JUST A MINUTE.
00:40:56.25\00:40:57.92
BEFORE THAT, I'M GOING TO READ
TO YOU JEREMIAH 13, VERSE 23.
00:40:57.95\00:41:02.36
JEREMIAH SAYS - IN RELATIONSHIP
TO THIS CONDITION - HE SAYS,
00:41:02.39\00:41:07.00
"CAN THE ETHIOPIAN CHANGE HIS
SKIN OR THE LEOPARD ITS SPOTS?
00:41:07.03\00:41:14.50
THEN MAY YOU ALSO DO GOOD
WHO ARE ACCUSTOMED TO DO EVIL."
00:41:14.54\00:41:19.11
CAN YOU DO GOOD IF
YOU'RE ACCUSTOMED TO DOING EVIL?
00:41:19.14\00:41:22.98
CAN YOU CHANGE YOUR SKIN COLOR?
CAN A LEOPARD CHANGE HIS SPOTS?
00:41:23.01\00:41:28.08
THINK ABOUT IT. WE CAN'T.
00:41:28.12\00:41:30.02
THE JEW COULDN'T AND
THE GENTILE COULDN'T.
00:41:30.05\00:41:33.56
THE JEW COULDN'T.
THE GREEK COULDN'T DO IT.
00:41:33.59\00:41:37.09
AND SO, THIS IS WHERE, NOW, PAUL
STARTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HOPE
00:41:37.13\00:41:42.93
THAT THERE IS IN CHRIST JESUS
- WHERE THE CHANGE REALLY COMES.
00:41:42.96\00:41:49.77
I'VE ASKED SOMEONE TO READ
ROMANS CHAPTER 5, VERSE 6 -
00:41:49.80\00:41:54.61
ROMANS CHAPTER 5, VERSE
6. >>"FOR WHEN WE WERE STILL
00:41:54.64\00:42:00.08
WITHOUT STRENGTH, IN DUE TIME
CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY."
00:42:00.12\00:42:05.72
>>ISN'T THAT INCREDIBLE?
WHEN WE WERE WITHOUT WHAT?
00:42:05.75\00:42:11.23
WHEN WE WERE WITHOUT STRENGTH.
IN OUR HUMAN CONDITION - WHEN WE
00:42:11.26\00:42:15.53
SEE OURSELVES AS WE REALLY
ARE, WE SEE WE HAVE NO STRENGTH.
00:42:15.56\00:42:22.27
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.
I CAN MAKE A CHOICE, BUT ONLY
00:42:22.30\00:42:28.04
BECAUSE JESUS
GAVE ME THAT ABILITY.
00:42:28.08\00:42:32.71
BUT REALLY, THERE'S
NOTHING FOR ME TO DO.
00:42:32.75\00:42:34.75
AND SO, IT SAYS,
'CHRIST DIED FOR WHO?
00:42:34.78\00:42:39.05
THE UNGODLY. THINK ABOUT
IT. IF YOU DON'T SEE YOURSELF AS
00:42:39.09\00:42:43.79
UNGODLY, AS WE BEGIN, THEN HOW
IS IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO EVER
00:42:43.83\00:42:50.57
ACCEPT THE DEATH
THAT CHRIST DIED FOR US?
00:42:50.60\00:42:54.27
IT SAYS HE DIED FOR THE UNGODLY.
IF I DON'T SEE MYSELF, AT SOME
00:42:54.30\00:42:59.17
POINT, AS UNGODLY, HOW CAN I
TRULY ACCEPT THE SACRIFICE THAT
00:42:59.21\00:43:04.81
CHRIST HAS GIVEN ON MY
BEHALF - HIS WORK ON MY BEHALF?
00:43:04.85\00:43:11.39
BY THE WAY, PAUL SAYS, IN
CORINTHIANS, HE SAYS, YOU KNOW,
00:43:11.42\00:43:14.19
THAT CHRIST'S STRENGTH - HE
SAYS, 'MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT
00:43:14.22\00:43:18.26
FOR YOU, FOR MY STRENGTH IS MADE
PERFECT IN WEAKNESS.' AND THEN
00:43:18.29\00:43:23.60
PAUL GOES ON, SAYING, 'BECAUSE
OF THIS, I WILL GLADLY BOAST IN
00:43:23.63\00:43:27.47
MY INFIRMITIES, THAT THE POWER
OF CHRIST MAY REST UPON ME.'
00:43:27.50\00:43:32.84
WHEN WE SEE OUR HUMAN CONDITION,
WE SEE OUR NEED FOR THE POWER OF
00:43:32.87\00:43:37.31
CHRIST. AND THE GOSPEL CHANGES
00:43:37.35\00:43:42.32
EVERYTHING - THE
GOSPEL CHANGES EVERYTHING.
00:43:42.35\00:43:48.89
NOTICE, WITH ME,
ROMANS CHAPTER 5, VERSE 20.
00:43:48.92\00:43:57.07
WE JUST GOT DONE TALKING
ABOUT HOW ALL ARE UNDER THE LAW.
00:43:57.10\00:44:00.50
LATER, NOTICE WHAT PAUL WRITES
- HE SAYS, "MOREOVER, THE LAW
00:44:00.54\00:44:04.01
ENTERED THAT THE OFFENSE
MIGHT" - WHAT? - "ABOUND."
00:44:04.04\00:44:08.51
SO WE HAVE THE MORAL LAW AND
IT ENTERS AND WE SEE OUR HUMAN
00:44:08.54\00:44:12.48
CONDITION AND THE LAW DRIVES US
MORE AND MORE TO SEE OUR HUMAN
00:44:12.51\00:44:16.62
CONDITION WITHOUT A SAVIOR.
SO THE OFFENSE MIGHT ABOUND,
00:44:16.65\00:44:22.32
"BUT WHERE SIN ABOUNDED," -
HE SAYS - "GRACE ABOUNDED MUCH
00:44:22.36\00:44:27.13
MORE," - JUST - JUST
THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE.
00:44:27.20\00:44:32.50
IF I LIVE MY LIFE UNDERSTANDING
WHO I REALLY AM WITHOUT GOD -
00:44:32.53\00:44:37.64
CONSISTENTLY - WHERE SIN
ABOUNDS, HE SAYS, GRACE DOES
00:44:37.67\00:44:43.68
MUCH MORE ABOUND. I'M
GOING TO LOOK UP TO THE
00:44:43.71\00:44:45.91
SAVIOR AND I'M GOING TO SEE THAT
HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME
00:44:45.95\00:44:50.72
AT EVERY SINGLE TURN IN
MY LIFE, BECAUSE I REALIZE
00:44:50.75\00:44:56.79
MY HUMAN CONDITION. I
CANNOT DO IT WITHOUT HIM.
00:44:56.83\00:45:03.63
YOU KNOW, THIS FACT WAS BROUGHT
TO ME IN MY - ESPECIALLY IN MY
00:45:03.67\00:45:06.80
SENIOR YEAR OF
HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW?
00:45:06.84\00:45:08.44
AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, I
DIDN'T HAVE A VERY GOOD GRADE
00:45:08.47\00:45:10.87
POINT AVERAGE - 1.6 - I DIDN'T
THINK I WAS GOING TO FINISH HIGH
00:45:10.91\00:45:15.44
SCHOOL. I THOUGHT, 'LORD, THIS
IS IMPOSSIBLE.' AND YET, YOU
00:45:15.48\00:45:21.15
KNOW SOMETHING? I REALIZED
MY CONDITION AND I'M NOT THE
00:45:21.18\00:45:24.19
GREATEST STUDENT IN THE
WORLD. I'M JUST NOT THAT
00:45:24.22\00:45:25.89
ACADEMIC TYPE, REALLY. I
ENJOY READING NOW - THE LORD'S
00:45:25.92\00:45:29.36
GIVEN THAT TO ME, BUT THE THING
WAS IS THAT I SAW MY CONDITION
00:45:29.39\00:45:34.56
AND I SAW MY NEED
AND IT WAS AMAZING.
00:45:34.60\00:45:37.13
AS I SAW GOD'S GRACE AND HIS
ABILITY TO WORK IN MY LIFE, I
00:45:37.17\00:45:40.30
THOUGHT, 'LORD, YOU'RE
GOING TO GET ME THROUGH THIS.
00:45:40.34\00:45:44.57
I SEE MY INSUFFICIENCIES,
BUT I SEE YOUR GRACE.
00:45:44.61\00:45:49.14
I SEE YOUR POWER. PAUL
TALKS ABOUT THIS - ROMANS
00:45:49.18\00:45:51.85
CHAPTER 1, VERSES 16 AND 17 -
ROMANS CHAPTER 1, VERSES 16 AND
00:45:51.88\00:45:57.49
17 - I LOVE THE
WORDS OF PAUL, HERE.
00:45:57.52\00:46:00.56
HE SAYS, 'FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED
OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST FOR IT
00:46:00.59\00:46:04.06
IS THE POWER OF
GOD TO SALVATION.
00:46:04.09\00:46:07.50
FRIENDS, WHEN WE SEE OUR HUMAN
CONDITION AND WE TURN TO GOD AND
00:46:07.50\00:46:12.00
WE LOOK TO THE GOSPEL AND HIS
GOOD NEWS AND HIS POWER TO WORK
00:46:12.03\00:46:16.67
IN OUR LIVES, WE
WON'T BE ASHAMED EITHER.
00:46:16.71\00:46:22.21
I WON'T BE ASHAMED TO SHARE IT
WITH ANYBODY I COME IN CONTACT
00:46:22.24\00:46:25.35
WITH BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I AM
WITHOUT IT - BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT
00:46:25.38\00:46:35.06
I AM TRULY WITHOUT IT.
AND SO, PAUL UNDERSTOOD
00:46:35.09\00:46:40.96
WHAT HE WAS WITHOUT IT.
HE WAS A MURDERER WITHOUT IT.
00:46:40.96\00:46:46.80
HE WAS A LIAR WITHOUT IT.
HE WAS A THIEF WITHOUT IT.
00:46:46.84\00:46:55.61
BUT HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS WITH
IT - AND WHAT IT COULD DO IN THE
00:46:55.64\00:47:00.58
LIVES OF THOSE THAT HE
WOULD COME IN CONTACT WITH.
00:47:00.62\00:47:05.09
HE SAID, 'I'M NOT ASHAMED OF THE
GOSPEL OF CHRIST - THE GOOD NEWS
00:47:05.12\00:47:08.36
OF GOD'S SALVATION - THE FACT
THAT GOD WAS WILLING TO SEND HIS
00:47:08.39\00:47:12.19
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON INTO THIS
WORLD TO LIVE THE LIFE - A TRUE
00:47:12.23\00:47:17.27
LIFE OF OBEDIENCE TO THE
FATHER IN ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS.
00:47:17.30\00:47:21.90
AND THEN HE TAKES UPON HIMSELF
OUR SIN AND HE DIES OUR DEATH SO
00:47:21.94\00:47:27.18
THAT WE MAY HAVE LIFE AND HAVE
IT MORE ABUNDANTLY - SO THAT WE
00:47:27.21\00:47:30.51
MAY HAVE THE POWER TO CHOOSE
THAT WHICH IS PROPER TO GOD.
00:47:30.55\00:47:38.02
AND JOHN SAYS, 'AS TO AS MANY
AS HAVE RECEIVED HIM' - IN JOHN
00:47:38.05\00:47:41.09
CHAPTER 1 - 'TO AS MANY AS
RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM GAVE HE
00:47:41.12\00:47:45.13
POWER TO BECOME THE SONS
OF GOD.' THAT WORD 'POWER' OR
00:47:45.16\00:47:50.80
'RIGHT' IS ACTUALLY THE ABILITY
TO CHOOSE THAT WHICH IS PROPER
00:47:50.83\00:47:56.10
TO GOD. HOW MANY OF YOU WANT
THAT ABILITY? KNOWING YOUR HUMAN
00:47:56.14\00:48:00.84
CONDITION - HOW MANY OF
YOU REALLY DESIRE THAT - THAT
00:48:00.88\00:48:05.51
ABILITY TO CHOOSE, AT EACH STEP,
THAT WHICH IS PROPER TO GOD?
00:48:05.55\00:48:11.65
IN YOUR STRUGGLES, IN
YOUR CHALLENGES, IN YOUR TIGHT
00:48:11.69\00:48:16.19
SITUATIONS, HOW MANY OF YOU WANT
THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE
00:48:16.22\00:48:19.76
CHOOSING THAT
WHICH IS PROPER TO GOD?
00:48:19.79\00:48:23.80
THAT'S WHAT CHRIST
GIVES TO US - CONSISTENTLY.
00:48:23.83\00:48:27.57
AND SO PAUL SAYS, 'I'M NOT
ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST,
00:48:27.60\00:48:30.77
FOR IT IS THE POWER
OF GOD UNTO SALVATION.
00:48:30.81\00:48:34.48
FOR EVERYONE' - NOTICE -
'EVERYONE' - REMEMBER, OUR HUMAN
00:48:34.51\00:48:37.78
CONDITION PUTS US ALL
ON WHAT? THE SAME GROUND.
00:48:37.81\00:48:42.62
SO, THEREFORE, THE SALVATION AND
THE GOSPEL IS GIVEN TO EVERYONE.
00:48:42.65\00:48:48.09
WE'RE ALL AT THE SAME PLACE.
NOW, WE NEED TO SEE OURSELVES AT
00:48:48.12\00:48:51.69
THE SAME PLACE, BUT IN
REALITY, WE ALL ARE THERE.
00:48:51.73\00:48:57.87
HE SAYS, 'FOR EVERYONE WHO
BELIEVES - FOR THE JEW FIRST AND
00:48:57.90\00:49:01.47
ALSO FOR THE GREEK - FOR IN IT'
- FOR IN THE GOSPEL, HE SAYS -
00:49:01.50\00:49:06.04
'THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
IS REVEALED.' HOW MANY OF YOU
00:49:06.07\00:49:10.48
DESIRE TO HAVE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF GOD SHINING FORTH FROM YOUR
00:49:10.51\00:49:14.18
LIFE? THAT SHOULD
BE OUR GREATEST DESIRE.
00:49:14.22\00:49:19.59
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS
REVEALED FROM FAITH TO FAITH.
00:49:19.62\00:49:25.43
AS IT IS WRITTEN, THE
JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.
00:49:25.46\00:49:32.03
WE CAN'T TRULY LIVE BY FAITH
UNLESS WE SEE OUR TRUE HUMAN
00:49:32.07\00:49:38.54
CONDITION. TO
RECEIVE HIM - THE LESSON
00:49:38.57\00:49:44.08
TALKS ABOUT THIS IN THURSDAY
- TO RECEIVE HIM IS TO REPENT.
00:49:44.11\00:49:50.65
TO REPENT IS TO CONFESS ONE'S
TRUE CONDITION AND DIRECTION,
00:49:50.69\00:49:57.29
KNOWING THAT ANOTHER
DIRECTION IN LIFE MUST BE TAKEN.
00:49:57.33\00:50:02.03
IN OTHER WORDS, WE COME TO THAT
PLACE, UNDERSTANDING OUR HUMAN
00:50:02.06\00:50:05.43
CONDITION, UNDERSTANDING THE
DIRECTION WE'RE GOING, AND WE
00:50:05.47\00:50:08.70
REACH OUT TO THE GOODNESS OF
GOD AND WE TURN FROM THAT WAY.
00:50:08.74\00:50:13.98
AND, BY FAITH, AS WE REACH UP
TO THE SAVIOR, HE GIVES US THE
00:50:14.01\00:50:17.95
ABILITY AND THE POWER TO MAKE
THE RIGHT DECISIONS SO THAT WE
00:50:17.98\00:50:21.08
CAN TURN AND WALK ANOTHER
DIRECTION - THE DIRECTION, BY
00:50:21.12\00:50:25.29
THE WAY, THAT IS
HEAVEN-WARD, NOT EARTH-WARD.
00:50:25.32\00:50:32.99
BY FAITH THIS IS TO BE DONE.
00:50:33.03\00:50:35.33
THOSE WHO COME TO HIM MUST
BELIEVE THAT HE IS AND THAT HE'S
00:50:35.36\00:50:39.60
A REWARDER OF THOSE
WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM.
00:50:39.63\00:50:44.31
I WANT TO GO BACK TO ONE PASSAGE
IN ROMANS CHAPTER 1 - I WANT YOU
00:50:44.34\00:50:48.41
TO NOTICE THIS
FOR JUST A MINUTE.
00:50:48.44\00:50:51.38
THIS REALLY STRUCK ME LAST NIGHT
AS I WAS GOING BACK THROUGH THIS
00:50:51.41\00:50:55.02
- THIS ONE VERSE - VERSE 25
- AND I THOUGHT, 'THIS IS AN
00:50:55.05\00:51:02.49
INCREDIBLE VERSE' - AND
I READ IT SEVERAL TIMES.
00:51:02.52\00:51:07.66
THINK ABOUT IT,
JUST FOR A MINUTE.
00:51:07.66\00:51:10.03
IT SAYS, 'WHO EXCHANGED THE
TRUTH OF GOD FOR THE LIE, AND
00:51:10.07\00:51:15.67
WHO WORSHIPED AND SERVED THE
CREATURE RATHER THAN THE CREATOR
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WHO WAS BLESSED FOREVER.' NOW
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION: WHO
00:51:21.54\00:51:24.61
IN THIS PASSAGE IS
BLESSED FOREVER? THE CREATOR.
00:51:24.65\00:51:32.32
GOD, PAUL IS
SAYING, IS BLESSED FOREVER.
00:51:32.35\00:51:37.19
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO SERVE
THE CREATURE WHEN YOU COULD BE
00:51:37.23\00:51:42.16
BLESSED FOREVER? THINK ABOUT
IT. BECAUSE IF WE SERVE GOD AND
00:51:42.20\00:51:49.30
NOT MAN, THIS IS WHERE ALL
THE BLESSINGS COME FROM, BECAUSE
00:51:49.34\00:51:55.38
GOD, HIMSELF, PAUL
SAYS, IS BLESSED FOREVER.
00:51:55.41\00:51:59.25
AND THEN HE SAYS, 'AMEN.' IN
OTHER WORDS, 'SO BE IT.' SO WHEN
00:51:59.28\00:52:07.39
WE SEE OUR HUMAN CONDITION,
WHICH REALLY IS TRUSTING THE
00:52:07.42\00:52:12.49
CREATION - OURSELVES AND
OTHERS MORE THAN THE CREATOR.
00:52:12.53\00:52:17.13
BUT WHEN WE SEE OUR HUMAN
CONDITION AND WE REACH OUT TO
00:52:17.17\00:52:19.40
THE CREATOR, GOD SAYS THERE ARE
BLESSINGS THAT COME WITH THAT -
00:52:19.43\00:52:23.91
TREMENDOUS
AMOUNTS OF BLESSING. WHY?
00:52:23.94\00:52:28.34
BECAUSE THE
CREATOR IS BLESSED FOREVER.
00:52:28.38\00:52:33.11
WOULDN'T WE WANT
TO BE BLESSED FOREVER?
00:52:33.15\00:52:36.52
WE NEED TO SEE OURSELVES FOR WHO
WE REALLY ARE WITHOUT A SAVIOR.
00:52:36.55\00:52:41.12
AND, IN THAT CONDITION, WE
NEED TO REACH UP AND OUT TO THE
00:52:41.16\00:52:44.53
SAVIOR AND, BY THE WAY,
HE'S WALKING RIGHT NEXT TO US.
00:52:44.56\00:52:48.70
THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS WALKING
WITH US ON A DAILY BASIS -
00:52:48.73\00:52:54.20
DESIRING FOR US,
EACH, TO REACH OUT.
00:52:54.24\00:52:59.87
AND SO, BY THE GRACE
OF GOD, MAY WE REACH OUT.
00:52:59.91\00:53:03.14
IN CLOSING, THERE'S ONE
OTHER PASSAGE - MAY WE HAVE THIS
00:53:03.18\00:53:06.41
MINDSET - LUKE CHAPTER 18, VERSE
13 SAYS, "...'GOD, BE MERCIFUL
00:53:06.45\00:53:11.79
TO ME A SINNER!'" IF
WE COULD LIVE OUR LIVES
00:53:11.82\00:53:19.29
WITH THAT PRAYER ON OUR LIPS -
WITH THAT PRAYER IN OUR HEARTS,
00:53:19.33\00:53:24.63
HOW DIFFERENT LIFE WOULD
BE, BECAUSE IN THAT PRAYER, THAT
00:53:24.67\00:53:30.17
SINNER RECEIVES SALVATION.
HE RECEIVED THE GRACE OF GOD AND
00:53:30.21\00:53:35.51
HE WAS ENABLED BY THAT GRACE
TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR GOD.
00:53:35.54\00:53:41.88
OUR HUMAN CONDITION, DON'T
JUST LET IT PASS YOU BY, BUT
00:53:41.92\00:53:46.82
ACKNOWLEDGE IT - UNDERSTAND IT
- BUT THEN UNDERSTAND THAT WHERE
00:53:46.86\00:53:51.53
SIN ABOUNDS, GRACE
DOES MUCH MORE ABOUND.
00:53:51.56\00:53:58.30
LET'S PRAY TOGETHER
AS WE CLOSE THIS LESSON.
00:53:58.33\00:54:02.40
FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS,
00:54:02.44\00:54:08.18
LORD, BECAUSE YOU
ARE BLESSED FOREVER.
00:54:08.21\00:54:13.48
AND, LORD, WE'RE SINFUL - WE'RE
SINNERS, LORD, IN GREAT NEED OF
00:54:13.52\00:54:19.72
A SAVIOR. OUR
HEARTS ARE DESPERATELY
00:54:19.75\00:54:22.22
WICKED ABOVE ALL THINGS AND
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE DEPTHS OF
00:54:22.26\00:54:27.86
THAT WICKEDNESS IN OUR HEARTS
BUT, LORD, WE ASK THAT YOU
00:54:27.93\00:54:30.77
CLEANSE THEM - YOU CLEAN THEM
- SO THAT WE, TRULY, BY FAITH
00:54:30.80\00:54:37.01
CAN EXEMPLIFY IN OUR LIVES
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST.
00:54:37.04\00:54:42.21
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS.
00:54:42.24\00:54:45.41
WE THANK YOU FOR THIS STUDY
IN ROMANS AND THIS TIME WE CAN
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STUDY YOUR WORD
TOGETHER. IN JESUS' PRECIOUS AND
00:54:49.62\00:54:53.39
HOLY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
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>>FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, GOD
USED MARTIN LUTHER TO INSPIRE A
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GREAT REFORMATION; HOWEVER, IN
THE CENTURIES THAT FOLLOWED, THE
00:55:29.16\00:55:33.13
CHURCH HAS SLIPPED OFF THE
BEDROCK OF TRUTH INTO THE VALLEY
00:55:33.16\00:55:36.43
OF LUKEWARM WORLDLINESS.
THAT'S WHY, THIS FALL, I'LL BE
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PRESENTING A BRAND-NEW
NINE-PART SERIES CALLED
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FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH .
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>>HI FRIENDS, YOU KNOW,
THE MODERN FLAGS THAT WE SEE
00:56:06.73\00:56:09.73
FLYING FROM THE TOP OF CAPITAL
BUILDINGS, OR OUT IN FRONT OF
00:56:09.76\00:56:12.47
PATRIOTIC HOMES, REALLY STEM
BACK FROM THE TIMES OF BATTLES
00:56:12.50\00:56:16.17
BEING FOUGHT
BETWEEN WARRING NATIONS.
00:56:16.20\00:56:19.24
THESE BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND
INTRICATELY COLORED BANNERS WERE
00:56:19.27\00:56:22.38
FLOWN HIGH ABOVE THE
BATTLEFIELDS SO THE WARRING
00:56:22.41\00:56:24.51
FORCES WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY,
AMID THE CHAOS AND THE SMOKE AND
00:56:24.55\00:56:27.82
THE FOG OF WAR, WHERE THEIR
FORCES WERE RALLIED AND WHERE
00:56:27.85\00:56:31.09
THEY WERE FIGHTING THE BATTLE.
AND, IF YOU COULD CAPTURE YOUR
00:56:31.12\00:56:33.69
ENEMY'S FLAG, IT WAS
CONSIDERED THE HIGHEST HONOR.
00:56:33.72\00:56:36.99
I WONDER IF THAT'S WHERE WE
GOT THE GAME 'CAPTURE THE FLAG'.
00:56:37.03\00:56:40.50
WITH THE CHANGES IN WAR,
NOW THESE FLAGS ALSO REPRESENT A
00:56:40.53\00:56:44.37
LITTLE MORE OF A DEMARCATION
AND IDENTIFICATION OF DIFFERENT
00:56:44.40\00:56:47.60
NATIONALITIES. TODAY,
THE FLAGS THAT REPRESENT
00:56:47.64\00:56:50.17
THE DIFFERENT NATIONS OF
THE WORLD ARE VERY COLORFUL AND
00:56:50.21\00:56:52.64
DIVERSE AND ALL OF THE
COLORS AND THE SHAPES HAVE
00:56:52.67\00:56:55.11
A SPECIFIC MEANING.
THEY'RE EASY TO DISTINGUISH AND
00:56:55.14\00:56:58.01
RECOGNIZE FROM ONE
ANOTHER. PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST
00:56:58.05\00:57:00.68
INTERESTING FLAGS IN THE WORLD
IS THE FLAG OF THE PHILIPPINES.
00:57:00.72\00:57:04.82
THIS IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT IS
FLOWN DIFFERENTLY IN TIMES OF
00:57:04.85\00:57:07.82
PEACE THAN IT
IS IN TIMES OF WAR.
00:57:07.86\00:57:10.59
DURING TIMES OF PEACE, THE
FILIPINO FLAG, THAT'S COMPOSED
00:57:10.63\00:57:13.26
OF RED, WHITE, BLUE, AND YELLOW,
IS FLOWN WITH THE BLUE SIDE UP.
00:57:13.29\00:57:17.53
BUT, IN TIMES OF WAR, THEY FLIP
IT AROUND AND THE RED SIDE IS UP
00:57:17.57\00:57:21.37
BECAUSE THERE THEY'RE WILLING TO
MAKE SACRIFICES OF THEIR BLOOD
00:57:21.40\00:57:24.47
TO DEFEND THE FREEDOM OF THEIR
COUNTRY. IN THE SAME WAY THAT AN
00:57:24.51\00:57:28.68
EMBASSY THAT IS SITUATED IN A
FOREIGN COUNTRY FLIES THEIR FLAG
00:57:28.71\00:57:32.61
WHILE STILL SURROUNDED BY
ANOTHER NATION, CHRISTIANS ARE
00:57:32.65\00:57:35.95
SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE FLAG OF
GOD'S LOVE FLYING IN THIS FALLEN
00:57:35.98\00:57:39.22
WORLD. YOU CAN READ IN THE BOOK
SONG OF SOLOMON CHAPTER 2, VERSE
00:57:39.25\00:57:42.69
4, "HIS BANNER OVER ME IS LOVE."
LOVE IS THE FLAG THAT IDENTIFIES
00:57:42.72\00:57:47.30
CHRISTIANS AS A UNIQUE
KINGDOM EVEN HERE IN THE WORLD.
00:57:47.36\00:57:51.17
SO, FRIEND, THE BIG QUESTION IS:
HOW ARE YOU FLYING YOUR FLAG?
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(MUSIC)
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