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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS,
AND WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL
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STUDY HOUR COMING TO YOU HERE
FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH NEAR
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR
ONLINE MEMBERS AND THOSE WHO ARE
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WATCHING ON THE VARIOUS
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LITERALLY, AROUND THE WORLD.
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THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN TO
STUDY THE LESSON WITH US TODAY.
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I'D ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME OUR
MEMBERS AND OUR VISITORS RIGHT
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HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH
- ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU WEEK
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AFTER WEEK, COMING TO
CHURCH EARLY TO STUDY THE LESSON
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TOGETHER. WE'VE
BEEN STUDYING THROUGH THE
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BOOK OF ROMANS AND TODAY WE FIND
OURSELVES ON LESSON #6 AND IT'S
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ENTITLED ADAM AND
JESUS - LESSON #6.
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ENTITLED ADAM AND JESUS.
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ONLINE. WELL, BEFORE WE GET
TO OUR LESSON, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO
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BEGIN OUR SABBATH SCHOOL TIME
BY LIFTING OUR VOICES IN SONG.
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG
LEADERS TO COME LEAD US IN OUR
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MUSIC THIS
MORNING. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
WE ARE GOING TO SING ABOUT HOW
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JOYFUL IT IS TO LIVE
IN THE SHADOW OF THE LORD.
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AND SO, TODAY, WE'RE GOING
TO BEGIN WITH HYMN #12 - JOYFUL,
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JOYFUL WE ADORE THEE .
WE'RE GOING TO SING ALL THREE
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VERSES AND LET'S SING LOUD.
PULL OUT YOUR HYMNALS AT HOME
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AND LET'S SING
TOGETHER. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE SINGING
THAT VERY LAST VERSE AT THE VERY
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END, IT SAYS "TEACH US
HOW TO LOVE EACH OTHER" -
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WE DO NEED THAT. WE
NEED JESUS' LOVE IN OUR
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HEARTS TO LOVE OUR FELLOW
MAN AROUND US AND TO HELP US TO
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HELP THEM TO THE KINGDOM.
HE IS COMING SOON - PRAISE THE
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LORD, HIS GLORY SHOW - HYMN #25
- WE'RE GOING TO SING ALL THREE
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VERSES OF THIS HYMN AND
PART OF THIS HYMN IS ALLELUIA,
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ALLELUIA - AND THAT HAPPENS
TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE LITTLE
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THINGS IN ANY HYMN
SO, THANK YOU, DEBBIE, FOR
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PICKING THIS ONE. ALLELUIA,
PRAISE THE LORD. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>AT THIS TIME PASTOR ROSS
WILL LEAD US IN OPENING PRAYER.
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(PIANO MUSIC)
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>>LET'S BOW OUR
HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHAT A
PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO GATHER
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IN YOUR PRESENCE ON THIS SABBATH
TO OPEN UP YOUR WORD AND STUDY
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THIS VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT
WE FIND IN THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
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HOW - THAT JESUS IS THE SECOND
ADAM AND THAT HE HAS COME TO
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RESTORE ALL THINGS
THAT THE FIRST ADAM LOST.
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SO WE PRAY YOUR SPECIAL
BLESSING ON OUR TIME TOGETHER.
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BE WITH OUR TEACHER.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE PASTOR
SHAWN BRUMMOND, OUR FAMILY LIFE
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PASTOR HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY
CHURCH, LEAD OUT IN OUR LESSON.
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AND HE AND HIS FAMILY ARE FAIRLY
NEW TO THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH.
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WHAT, HAS IT BEEN ABOUT TWO
MONTHS NOW - ALMOST TWO AND A
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HALF MONTHS? THEY'RE IMPORTS
FROM OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH
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- THEY'RE FROM CANADA -
AND WE'RE JUST DELIGHTED THAT
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THEY'RE HERE. YOU'RE
PROBABLY HAPPY TO BE IN
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CALIFORNIA THIS TIME OF YEAR,
RIGHT? WHERE IT'S NOT TOO COLD -
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AT LEAST NOT AS COLD
AS SOME PARTS OF CANADA.
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WELCOME, AND WE'LL
TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU.
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>>WELL, THANK YOU FOR
THAT INTRODUCTION, PASTOR JËAN.
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IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO
GET TOGETHER WITH MY NEW CHURCH
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FAMILY HERE IN GRANITE BAY.
TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT LESSON #6
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AND, IN LESSON #6, WE HAVE A LOT
OF GOOD STUFF TO BE ABLE TO LOOK
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AT. AND ONE OF MY PRAYERS, IN
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ANTICIPATING OUR CLASS HERE,
TODAY, IS THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH
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TIME. AND SO
WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
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BUT, AS WE OPEN OUR LESSON
STUDIES AND OUR QUARTERLIES TO
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LESSON #6 - PAGE 46 - WE SEE
HERE THAT THE TITLE IS ENTITLED
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ADAM AND JESUS AND, AS PASTOR
JËAN POINTED OUT, WE'RE LOOKING
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AT JESUS AS THE SECOND
ADAM. NOW, SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE
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STUDIED THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT
WITH HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT, AND
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THEY SAY, 'I'VE NEVER HEARD
OF JESUS BEING A SECOND ADAM.
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?'
WELL, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO FIND
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OUT AS WE LOOK AT THIS
VERY IMPORTANT CHAPTER.
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AND SO, OUR MAIN PASSAGE FOR
TODAY IS THE FIFTH CHAPTER OF
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THE BOOK OF ROMANS. I
SEE SOME OF YOU SAYING,
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'OKAY, GOOD.' AT
LEAST MOST OF US, IF
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NOT ALL OF US, KNOW WHAT BOOK
WE'RE IN AND NOW WE KNOW WHAT
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CHAPTER THAT WE'RE GOING
TO BE STUDYING HERE AS WELL.
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YOU KNOW, AS I WAS STUDYING -
AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE LESSON
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STUDY, I WAS NOTICING THE
ARTWORK AT THE VERY TOP, JUST
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UNDER THE TITLE, ON PAGE 46 AND,
AS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT, IT
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REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION AND
I THOUGHT, 'WOW, THAT IS JUST A
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REALLY DEEP SUMMARY OF THE - THE
REALLY - THE WHOLE BIBLE STORY.
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AND, AS I LOOKED AT IT FURTHER,
I REALIZED, YOU KNOW WHAT?
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THAT'S A GREAT SUMMARY IN
REGARDS TO WHAT WE COULD CALL -
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IF WE WERE TO BOIL DOWN ALL OF
THE BIBLE MESSAGE - THE ENTIRE
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BIBLE STORY - IN IT'S GENERAL
SENSE, IT'S REALLY THE STORY OF
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TWO MEN AND TWO TREES.
TWO MEN AND TWO TREES - AND
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THAT'S WHAT WE FIND
IN THE ARTWORK, DON'T WE?
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WHO WAS THE FIRST MAN? >>ADAM.
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>>OKAY, ALL OF US WOULD AGREE
THAT THE FIRST MAN IS ADAM.
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THE FIRST MAN THAT WAS CREATED
- THAT WALKED AND LIVED ON THE
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EARTH - IS ADAM, HIMSELF.
SO HE IS THE REPRESENTATIVE AND
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THE FATHER OF HUMANITY
AS HE BEGAN THE HUMAN RACE.
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AND THEN WE HAVE THE FIRST
TREE. NOW, THE FIRST TREE IS NOT
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ALL THAT POSITIVE, IS IT?
THE FIRST TREE IS THE TREE OF
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THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL,
I HEAR SOME OF YOU SAYING, OKAY?
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SO WE HAVE THE FIRST TREE, WHICH
IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND
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EVIL. DID GOD SAY TO ADAM AND TO
HIS WIFE EVE TO STAY AWAY FROM
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THE TREE? >>YES.
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>>ALRIGHT, HE SAID, 'DO NOT EAT
OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF
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GOOD AND EVIL BECAUSE I'VE ONLY
GIVEN YOU GOOD.' AND SO, WHEN
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ADAM AND EVE GOT UP IN THE
MORNING, THAT'S ALL THEY KNEW
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WAS GOOD. THEY KNEW
LIFE. THEY KNEW LOVE.
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THEY KNEW HARMONY. THEY
LIVED IN PERFECT HARMONY.
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ALL THEY KNEW IN THEIR HEARTS
AND IN THEIR MINDS AND IN THEIR
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WORDS AND IN
THEIR THOUGHTS WAS GOOD.
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AND SO, GOD SAID, 'LISTEN, IF
YOU EAT OF THIS PARTICULAR TREE,
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IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO TRUST AND
OBEY ME, THEN LO AND BEHOLD, YOU
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WILL FIND THAT THERE ARE
GOING TO BE SOME VERY SERIOUS
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CONSEQUENCES. AND
THE ULTIMATE WORSE
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CONSEQUENCE WILL
BE THAT OF' - >>DEATH.
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>>'DEATH. YOU WILL SURELY DIE.'
AND THEN WE COME TO THE SECOND
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MAN OF THE BIBLE STORY -
THE STORY OF TWO MEN AND TWO
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TREES - AND THAT
IS NONE OTHER THAN?
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>>JESUS. >>JESUS.
AND SO, HERE WE HAVE
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JESUS AS THE SECOND MAN.
NOW HE'S INSTRUMENTAL BECAUSE
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HE CAME TO UNDO EVERYTHING THAT
ADAM AND THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
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OF GOOD AND EVIL HAD
MESSED THINGS UP WITH.
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AND WE'RE GOING TO STUDY THAT IN
THE BOOK OF ROMANS AS IT KIND OF
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SUMMARIZES THE
BIBLE STORY FOR US THERE.
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THE SECOND TREE IS THE TREE THAT
JESUS DIED ON. NOW SOME OF YOU
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MAY SAY, 'WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT'S A CROSS, IT'S NOT A
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TREE.' WELL, YOU KNOW, I HAVE
BIBLE - BIBLE VERIFICATION ON
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THAT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE
WRITINGS OF PETER IN 1 AND 2
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PETER, PETER, AT LEAST
ONCE, AND MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN
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ONCE, HAD REFERRED TO THE CROSS
THAT JESUS DIED ON AS A TREE.
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AND, SIMPLY PUT, THE CROSS WAS
MADE OUT OF A - OUT OF A TREE.
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IN FACT, IT WAS JUST TWO CRUDE
PIECES OF LUMBER THAT THE ROMANS
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WOULD TAKE FROM A TREE - A TRUNK
OR A THICK BRANCH - AND JUST
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NAILED TWO OF THOSE
PIECES TOGETHER TO MAKE A CROSS.
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AND SO JESUS DIED
ON THE SECOND TREE.
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AND SO, I THOUGHT, WHAT A
PROFOUND SUMMARY OF THE BIBLE -
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OF THE BIBLE STORY -
TWO MEN AND TWO TREES.
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WELL, BEFORE WE LOOK AT ADAM AND
JESUS BEING THE SECOND ADAM, WE
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WANT TO LOOK AT SOME POWERFUL
VERSES THAT WE FIND AT THE VERY
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BEGINNING OF ROMANS, AND SO
LET'S GO TO THE BOOK OF ROMANS
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CHAPTER 5, HERE TODAY, ROMANS
CHAPTER 5, AND WE'RE GOING TO
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START BY READING THE
FIRST COUPLE OF VERSES - ROMANS
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CHAPTER 5 - AND WE'LL START BY
LOOKING AT VERSES 1 THROUGH 2.
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ROMANS CHAPTER 5, VERSE 1
SAYS, "THEREFORE, HAVING BEEN
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JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WE HAVE
PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD
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JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH WHOM ALSO
WE HAVE ACCESS BY FAITH INTO
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THIS GRACE IN WHICH WE STAND,
AND REJOICE IN HOPE OF THE GLORY
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OF GOD." NOW THOSE ARE TWO
POWERFUL VERSES, ARE THEY NOT?
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ALRIGHT, THESE ARE
VERY, VERY POWERFUL VERSES.
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NOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING
THAT OCCURRED AS PASTOR DOUG WAS
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LEADING OUT IN OUR STUDY OF
ROMANS CHAPTER 4 IN LESSON STUDY
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#5, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME
VERY REAL WISDOM IN WHAT HE DID
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AND I FEEL COMPELLED TO DO
THE SAME THING AS WE START BY
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LOOKING AT THESE TWO
VERY IMPORTANT VERSES.
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YOU KNOW, SADLY, BECAUSE,
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE SIN IN THIS
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WORLD BECAUSE ADAM AND EVE
HAD EATEN FROM THE TREE OF THE
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KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL AND
THAT OPENED THE FLOODGATES, NOT
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ONLY TO MAKING OUR NATURE CHANGE
AND US NOW HAVING KNOWLEDGE AND
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EVEN A BENT TOWARDS EVIL AND
TOWARDS SIN, BUT IT ALSO OPENED
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UP THE FLOODGATES FOR THE DEVIL
- FOR SATAN - AND FOR HIS ARMY
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OF FALLEN ANGELS OR, AS THE
BIBLE ALSO CALLS THEM, DEMONS.
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THAT ALSO GAVE THEM ACCESS, NOW,
TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE ENTIRE
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PLANET. BEFORE THAT, THEY ONLY
HAD ACCESS TO THE TREE OF THE
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KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.
AND SO, FROM THAT POINT ON, WE
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HAVE ENTERED INTO A VERY REAL
SPIRITUAL WARFARE, HAVE WE NOT?
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AND THE BIBLE OPENS THAT UP
FOR US IN THE VERY FIRST TWO
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CHAPTERS - GENESIS
CHAPTER 2, GOD SAYS,
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'LISTEN, THERE'S AN ENEMY AND
THERE IS A WARFARE THAT BEGAN IN
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HEAVEN AND HAS COME DOWN
TO THE EARTH AND DO NOT EAT
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OF THAT TREE, OKAY? YOU
SHALL SURELY DIE.' AND THEN,
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OF COURSE, CHAPTER 3 TALKS ABOUT
THE SERPENT REPRESENTING THAT
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SERPENT OF OLD, SATAN - AND THE
DEVIL. AND SO, BECAUSE OF THAT
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VERY SAD REALITY, WE HAVE AN
ENEMY THAT'S VERY REAL - THAT'S
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VERY TRUE - AND HE'S AN
ENEMY OF ALL THAT IS GOOD.
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HE'S AN ENEMY OF
ALL THAT IS TRUE.
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HE'S AN ENEMY OF
ALL THAT IS RIGHTEOUS.
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AND, BECAUSE SATAN IS VERY
HIGHLY INTELLIGENT AND HE'S ALSO
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A VERY ACTIVE FORCE IN
DISTORTING GOD'S REVEALED TRUTH,
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IT'S VERY RARE - IN FACT, I
DON'T THINK IT EVER EXISTS THAT
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WHEREVER PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO
STUDY THE WORD OF GOD, THE DEVIL
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AND HIS DEMONS BECOME VERY, VERY
ACTIVE AND ARE DOING EVERYTHING
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THEY CAN TO COUNTERACT THE
POWERFUL TRUTHS OF THE BIBLE AND
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THEY TRY TO DISTORT IT AND TAKE
IT OUT OF CONTEXT AND MISUSE IT
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AND SO ON, AND MAKE IT SAY
SOMETHING THAT IT IS NOT SAYING.
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AND SO, TODAY, I WOULD LIKE
TO START BY LOOKING AT THESE TWO
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POWERFUL VERSES BY EXAMINING AND
TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
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IT IS NOT SAYING. AND,
AGAIN, BECAUSE PASTOR DOUG
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AND MANY OF US WERE TOGETHER
LAST WEEK IN OUR STUDY, DID SUCH
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A GREAT JOB OF ANSWERING THAT
QUESTION IN CONCERN TO ROMANS
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CHAPTER 4, I ONLY NEED TO -
JUST TO TOUCH ON IT BRIEFLY HERE
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TODAY AND REVIEW ONE OF THE
PLACES THAT HE BROUGHT US AND
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WE'LL LOOK AT ONE ADDITIONAL
ONE, AS WELL, HERE TODAY.
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NOW, LAST WEEK, WE PEEKED
AHEAD A LITTLE BIT, DIDN'T WE?
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DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?
WE PEEKED AHEAD TO ROMANS
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CHAPTER 6 AND WE
READ VERSES 1 AND 2.
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AND SO, HERE WE HAVE A BIBLICAL
EXAMPLE OF WHAT PASTOR DOUG DID
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LAST WEEK AND WHAT I'M
DOING RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS -
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SOMETIMES IT'S IMPORTANT, NOT
ONLY TO KNOW WHAT A PASSAGE IS
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SAYING, BUT ALSO TO KNOW
WHAT A PASSAGE IS NOT SAYING.
00:15:59.72\00:16:04.66
AND SO, HERE WE HAVE
PAUL DOING THAT EXACT THING.
00:16:04.69\00:16:08.03
AND HE DOES IT A NUMBER OF TIMES
THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK CALLED
00:16:08.06\00:16:10.67
ROMANS. AND SO HE SAYS,
"WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN?
00:16:10.70\00:16:13.60
SHALL WE CONTINUE IN
SIN THAT GRACE MAY ABOUND?"
00:16:13.64\00:16:16.64
- AND THEN VERSE 2
HE GIVES THE ANSWER.
00:16:16.67\00:16:18.07
WHAT'S THE
ANSWER? >>CERTAINLY NOT!
00:16:18.11\00:16:19.64
>>"CERTAINLY NOT!" -
HE TELLS US, DOESN'T HE?
00:16:19.67\00:16:21.94
WHAT'S
SYNONYMOUS WITH 'CERTAINLY'?
00:16:21.98\00:16:23.71
>>ABSOLUTELY.
>>ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS
00:16:23.75\00:16:25.91
THINKING OF.
YES, 'ABSOLUTELY NOT!'
00:16:25.95\00:16:28.35
WHAT ABOUT 'DEFINITELY NOT!'
OKAY, SO VERY, VERY CLEARLY PAUL
00:16:28.38\00:16:33.29
IS WANTING AND NEEDING
TO BE ABLE TO AVOID ANY
00:16:33.32\00:16:36.89
MISUNDERSTANDINGS OR
DISTORTIONS OF OUR UNDERSTANDING
00:16:36.93\00:16:40.13
OF THE WORD OF GOD. AND
SO IT SAYS, "CERTAINLY NOT!
00:16:40.16\00:16:42.66
HOW SHALL WE WHO DIED TO
SIN LIVE ANY LONGER IN IT?"
00:16:42.70\00:16:46.00
- HE'S SAYING, 'LISTEN,
IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE,
00:16:46.03\00:16:48.14
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE TO BECOME
A CHRISTIAN MEANS TO DIE TO
00:16:48.17\00:16:51.44
YOURSELF AND DIE TO - >>SINS.
00:16:51.47\00:16:53.81
>>DIE TO SIN. AND SO, DOES
IT MAKE SENSE TO GET UP AND SAY,
00:16:53.84\00:16:56.11
'OH BOY, I BETTER GO AHEAD AND
SIN A LITTLE MORE SO THAT GRACE
00:16:56.14\00:16:58.81
CAN ABOUND THAT MUCH MORE.'
WELL, NO. WELL, LET'S LOOK AT
00:16:58.85\00:17:03.79
ONE OTHER PASSAGE - MATTHEW
CHAPTER - NOW KEEP YOUR THUMB IN
00:17:03.82\00:17:06.35
ROMANS 5 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
WE'RE GOING TO STAY FOR MOST OF
00:17:06.39\00:17:09.92
OUR STUDY HERE TODAY, BUT LET'S
GO TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 7 AND
00:17:09.96\00:17:13.63
VERSE 21 - MATTHEW CHAPTER 7 AND
VERSE 21. I WANT TO INVITE YOU
00:17:13.66\00:17:21.67
TO COME TO THE BOOK OF MATTHEW
NOW, CHAPTER 7 AND VERSE 21.
00:17:21.70\00:17:25.74
NOW, I HAVE TO WARN YOU AHEAD OF
TIME, EVEN AS WE LOOK AT THIS,
00:17:25.77\00:17:28.21
YOU KNOW, I SHARE THIS DURING
DIFFERENT PROPHECY SEMINARS AND
00:17:28.24\00:17:31.85
SUCH, AND I WILL BE SURPRISED IF
DAVID STEWARD DOESN'T SHARE THAT
00:17:31.88\00:17:37.32
HERE, LOCALLY, WITH OUR
OWN PROPHECY SEMINAR THAT HE'S
00:17:37.35\00:17:40.06
SHARING, NIGHT BY NIGHT,
THROUGHOUT THE FOUR NIGHTS OF
00:17:40.09\00:17:42.86
THE WEEKEND AND FRIDAY,
SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND MONDAY.
00:17:42.89\00:17:48.26
MATTHEW CHAPTER 7 AND VERSE
21 - WE FIND, HERE, A VERY SAD
00:17:48.30\00:17:54.07
PROPHECY. IT'S A
FUTURE PREDICTION THAT
00:17:54.10\00:17:56.44
JESUS SAYS IS
GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
00:17:56.47\00:17:58.41
IT'S ONE THAT I
WISH DIDN'T EXIST.
00:17:58.44\00:18:00.54
I CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK FOR OUR
LORD AND TELL YOU THAT I KNOW,
00:18:00.58\00:18:05.65
FOR CERTAIN, HE WISHES IT
DIDN'T EXIST, BUT JESUS KNOWS
00:18:05.68\00:18:10.05
THE BEGINNING FROM
THE END, DOESN'T HE?
00:18:10.09\00:18:12.32
AND JESUS KNOWS THAT THERE'S
GOING TO BE SOME SAD ENDINGS
00:18:12.35\00:18:15.36
WHEN JESUS COMES BACK AGAIN,
NOT ONLY FOR THOSE OUTSIDE THE
00:18:15.39\00:18:19.36
CHURCH, BUT ALSO FOR SOME OF US
INSIDE THE CHURCH, JESUS SAYS IN
00:18:19.39\00:18:24.70
THIS PROPHECY AS
WELL. SO LET'S READ IT.
00:18:24.73\00:18:26.77
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
JESUS IS GIVING IT TO US, NOT TO
00:18:26.80\00:18:28.80
BE A DOWNER, BUT TO BE ABLE TO
PROTECT US FROM THE DECEPTIONS
00:18:28.84\00:18:32.77
OF THE DEVIL - TO PROTECT
US FROM DIFFERENT LIES THAT
00:18:32.81\00:18:36.51
HE TRIES TO GIVE US.
SO LET'S READ VERSE 21.
00:18:36.54\00:18:38.38
IT SAYS, "NOT EVERYONE WHO SAYS
TO ME, 'LORD, LORD,' SHALL ENTER
00:18:38.41\00:18:41.82
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BUT HE
WHO DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER
00:18:41.85\00:18:46.19
IN HEAVEN." - VERSE
22 - HE GOES ON - HE
00:18:46.22\00:18:49.66
SAYS, "MANY WILL SAY TO ME IN
THAT DAY," - BY THE WAY, IS MANY
00:18:49.69\00:18:53.86
A SMALL GROUP OR A
LARGE GROUP? >>LARGE.
00:18:53.90\00:18:56.43
>>IT'S A LARGE
GROUP, ISN'T IT? YEAH.
00:18:56.46\00:18:59.20
"MANY WILL SAY TO ME IN THAT
DAY, 'LORD, LORD, HAVE WE NOT
00:18:59.23\00:19:02.87
PROPHESIED IN YOUR NAME, CAST
OUT DEMONS IN YOUR NAME, AND
00:19:02.90\00:19:06.37
DONE MANY WONDERS IN YOUR NAME?'
AND THEN I WILL DECLARE TO THEM,
00:19:06.41\00:19:11.11
'I NEVER KNEW YOU; DEPART FROM
ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE'" - WHAT?
00:19:11.15\00:19:15.58
>>INIQUITY. >>'YOU
WHO PRACTICE INIQUITY' OR
00:19:15.62\00:19:17.92
YOU WHO PRACTICE "LAWLESSNESS!"
INIQUITY AND LAWLESSNESS
00:19:17.95\00:19:21.39
IS TO BREAK GOD'S LAW. AND
SO, HERE, VERY SADLY, JESUS
00:19:21.42\00:19:25.83
IS PREDICTING - HE
SAYS, 'YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:19:25.86\00:19:27.46
ONE OF THE SADDEST REALITIES IN
CONCERN TO THE SECOND COMING OF
00:19:27.50\00:19:30.27
JESUS IS THAT SOME WHO ARE
ACTIVE CHURCH-GOING, RELIGIOUS
00:19:30.30\00:19:34.30
CHRISTIANS THAT USE THE
NAME OF JESUS - 'LORD, LORD' -
00:19:34.34\00:19:38.67
WILL FIND THEMSELVES
OUTSIDE OF SALVATION.
00:19:38.71\00:19:42.41
JESUS SAYS, 'LISTEN, YOU HAVE
BOUGHT INTO A LIE THAT REALLY
00:19:42.44\00:19:46.82
HAS - HAS DISQUALIFIED YOU FOR
HEAVEN, AND THAT IS THE LIE THAT
00:19:46.85\00:19:52.09
YOU CAN WILLFULLY BREAK GOD'S
LAW AND STILL GO TO HEAVEN.
00:19:52.12\00:19:56.99
AND THE BIBLE TEACHES THE
EXACT OPPOSITE, DOESN'T IT?
00:19:57.03\00:19:59.93
OKAY, HOW CAN YOU WHO DIE
TO SIN LIVE ANY LONGER IN IT?
00:19:59.96\00:20:05.50
AND SO THIS BRINGS OUT A VERY
VITAL POINT THAT I THINK THAT WE
00:20:05.53\00:20:07.80
NEED TO TALK ABOUT ON A REGULAR
BASIS, BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY
00:20:07.84\00:20:12.04
REAL AND VERY COMMON LIE THAT IS
PROPAGATED UNDER THE BANNER OF
00:20:12.07\00:20:17.38
RELIGION AND HAS BEEN PROPAGATED
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
00:20:17.41\00:20:21.95
GOD LOVES EVERY ONE
OF US UNCONDITIONALLY.
00:20:21.98\00:20:24.55
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? >>AMEN.
00:20:24.59\00:20:26.12
>>OKAY, GOD LOVES
EVERY SINGLE PERSON EQUALLY.
00:20:26.15\00:20:30.16
HE IS NO RESPECTER OF
PERSONS WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE.
00:20:30.19\00:20:33.66
IN OTHER WORDS,
HE LOVES ME, OKAY?
00:20:33.70\00:20:36.77
AND HE LOVES YOU JUST AS MUCH
AS HE LOVES THE PERSON DOWN THE
00:20:36.80\00:20:39.63
STREET RIGHT NOW, THAT IS
INJECTING DRUGS INTO HIS SYSTEM
00:20:39.67\00:20:43.44
AND IS INVOLVED IN ALL KINDS
OF THIEVERY AND - AND WICKEDNESS
00:20:43.47\00:20:47.78
AND IS USING GOD'S NAME A
HUNDRED TIMES A DAY AND DRAGGING
00:20:47.81\00:20:51.85
GOD'S REPUTATION AND
HIS NAME THROUGH THE MUD.
00:20:51.88\00:20:54.98
GOD LOVES THAT PERSON
AS MUCH AS HE LOVES YOU.
00:20:55.02\00:20:58.89
GOD'S LOVE FOR EVERY SINGLE
HUMAN BEING IS UNCONDITIONAL,
00:20:58.92\00:21:03.06
AND I HOPE THAT IF YOU NEVER
UNDERSTOOD THAT TODAY, THAT YOU
00:21:03.09\00:21:06.63
MIGHT BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND
THAT IMPORTANT TRUTH, TODAY.
00:21:06.66\00:21:09.86
NOW, THAT BEING SAID, THE DEVIL
COMES ALONG AND HE - HE KIND OF
00:21:09.90\00:21:14.00
- HE DOES THIS SO MASTERFULLY
- HE COMES ALONG AND HE TWISTS
00:21:14.04\00:21:17.01
THAT AND HE SAYS, 'NOT ONLY DOES
GOD LOVE YOU UNCONDITIONALLY,
00:21:17.04\00:21:21.44
BUT HE ACCEPTS YOU
UNCONDITIONALLY,' OKAY?
00:21:21.48\00:21:25.38
AND I'VE HEARD THAT
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
00:21:25.41\00:21:28.15
AND THAT'S JUST NOT
TRUE. GOD LOVES US ALL
00:21:28.18\00:21:30.82
UNCONDITIONALLY.
HIS LOVE KNOWS NO BIAS.
00:21:30.85\00:21:34.86
BUT ACCEPTANCE
IS SALVATION, OKAY?
00:21:34.89\00:21:39.53
ACCEPTANCE MEANS THAT HE BRINGS
YOU INTO HIS ETERNAL FAMILY FOR
00:21:39.56\00:21:43.33
ALL OF ETERNITY AND GOD DOES
NOT ACCEPT US UNCONDITIONALLY.
00:21:43.37\00:21:49.40
THERE IS A VERY REAL CONDITION
AND WE READ IT IN THE FIRST
00:21:49.44\00:21:51.54
VERSE OF ROMANS
CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 1.
00:21:51.57\00:21:55.04
SO LET'S RETURN BACK TO THAT -
ROMANS CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 1, IT
00:21:55.08\00:21:57.38
SAYS, "THEREFORE, HAVING
BEEN JUSTIFIED BY" - WHAT?
00:21:57.41\00:21:59.85
>>FAITH. >>"BY FAITH," - THERE'S
00:21:59.88\00:22:02.95
THE CONDITION, ISN'T IT.
ALRIGHT, SO GOD SAYS, 'LISTEN, I
00:22:02.98\00:22:05.89
LOVE YOU WITH AN UNENDING LOVE
AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING, EVEN
00:22:05.92\00:22:10.36
WHEN YOU'RE USING MY NAME IN
VAIN AND TURNING YOUR BACK ON
00:22:10.39\00:22:14.03
ME, I WILL STILL
SHINE MY SUN UPON YOU.'
00:22:14.10\00:22:17.67
DIDN'T JESUS SAY THAT? 'I
WILL STILL RAIN MY RAIN UPON
00:22:17.70\00:22:21.17
YOU.' WE JUST GOT RAIN THE
OTHER DAY, WASN'T THAT NICE?
00:22:21.20\00:22:24.67
YOU KNOW, SO JESUS RAINS HIS
RAIN AND HE SHINES HIS SUN UPON
00:22:24.71\00:22:30.05
THE RIGHTEOUS AND
THE UNRIGHTEOUS. WHY?
00:22:30.08\00:22:31.75
BECAUSE HE LOVES
ALL PEOPLE, DOESN'T HE?
00:22:31.78\00:22:34.12
AND HE'S TRYING TO DRAW US, WITH
THAT LOVE, INTO A SAVING FAITH
00:22:34.15\00:22:38.45
THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
MEET THAT CONDITION THAT WE CAN
00:22:38.49\00:22:40.82
ACCEPT THE FREE GIFT OF
ETERNAL LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST.
00:22:40.86\00:22:45.59
AND SO, THEREFORE, WE HAVE BEEN
JUSTIFIED BY FAITH - THEREFORE,
00:22:45.63\00:22:49.16
WE HAVE MET THAT CONDITION.
NOW, THE CONDITION OF FAITH IS
00:22:49.20\00:22:55.14
SOMETHING THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND.
00:22:55.17\00:22:57.07
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT, JUST
BRIEFLY, RIGHT NOW, AND IF WE
00:22:57.11\00:22:59.07
HAVE TIME AT THE END, BY SOME
MIRACLE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK
00:22:59.11\00:23:01.74
ABOUT THAT JUST A
LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
00:23:01.78\00:23:03.21
BUT A TRUE SAVING FAITH IS
ONE THAT SURRENDERS TO GOD.
00:23:03.24\00:23:07.15
A TRUE SAVING FAITH IS ONE THAT
BEGINS WITH A FULL TRUST IN GOD
00:23:07.18\00:23:11.55
THAT TRUSTS HIM AND SURRENDERS
ENOUGH TO OBEY HIM IN ALL
00:23:11.59\00:23:15.26
THINGS. THAT
FAITH IS ONE THAT IS A
00:23:15.29\00:23:18.99
NATURAL AND REASONABLE CONDITION
TO RECEIVING THE GREATEST
00:23:19.03\00:23:23.13
GIFT OF ALL TIME, WHICH IS
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE.
00:23:23.16\00:23:29.17
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN
00:23:29.20\00:23:31.61
OUR LESSON STUDY.
ALRIGHT, SO NOW THAT WE LOOKED
00:23:31.64\00:23:35.44
AT IT AND MADE SURE THAT WE'RE
CLEAR ON WHAT VERSES 1 AND 2 ARE
00:23:35.48\00:23:39.81
NOT SAYING TO US, WE COME BACK
TO THE MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION
00:23:39.85\00:23:44.12
AND THAT IS, WHAT IS GOD
SAYING TO US IN THE FIRST TWO
00:23:44.15\00:23:48.12
VERSES OF ROMANS CHAPTER 5?
WELL, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS
00:23:48.16\00:23:53.33
PARTICULAR VERSE, AND THE REASON
THAT I HAVE IT HIGHLIGHTED
00:23:53.36\00:23:56.36
WITH MY FAVORITE COLOR IN THIS
PARTICULAR STUDY BIBLE OF MINE
00:23:56.40\00:24:00.60
IS BECAUSE IT IS A CONCLUSION
AND A SUMMARY OF WHAT PAUL HAS
00:24:00.64\00:24:04.04
BEEN WORKING - AND GOD WITH HIM
- HAS BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO
00:24:04.07\00:24:07.11
MAKE HIS CASE. YOU
SEE, REALLY, THE FIRST FOUR
00:24:07.14\00:24:10.75
CHAPTERS OF ROMANS IS BUILDING
UP TO THE PUNCH LINE WHICH IS
00:24:10.78\00:24:13.62
VERSES 1 AND 2
OF ROMANS CHAPTER 5.
00:24:13.65\00:24:16.02
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS
I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I WAS
00:24:16.05\00:24:18.32
INVITED TO BE ABLE TO TEACH
ON THIS PARTICULAR LESSON STUDY,
00:24:18.35\00:24:21.29
BECAUSE THESE ARE TWO OF MY
FAVORITE VERSES IN ALL OF THE
00:24:21.32\00:24:23.53
BIBLE, LET ALONE
THE BOOK OF ROMANS.
00:24:23.56\00:24:26.09
"THEREFORE, HAVING BEEN
JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WE HAVE
00:24:26.13\00:24:29.33
PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST," - 'THEREFORE' IS
00:24:29.36\00:24:35.90
A KEY WORD THERE, ISN'T IT?
THEREFORE, IN OTHER WORDS, IS
00:24:35.94\00:24:38.77
POINTING TO WHAT IS
BEING SPOKEN OF BEFOREHAND.
00:24:38.81\00:24:41.51
IN THIS CASE, I BELIEVE, ALL
THE WAY BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF
00:24:41.54\00:24:43.71
ROMANS.
"THEREFORE," - BECAUSE OF THE
00:24:43.75\00:24:46.01
CASE THAT I'VE BEEN MAKING, WE
HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED BY FAITH AND
00:24:46.05\00:24:50.42
THEREFORE WE
HAVE PEACE WITH WHO?
00:24:50.45\00:24:53.82
WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD.
ROMANS CHAPTER 4, WE FIND THAT
00:24:53.86\00:24:58.23
THREE TIMES THE
WORD 'IMPUTED' IS USED.
00:24:58.26\00:25:00.96
CHRIST'S IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS
IS GIVEN TO US IN PLACE OF OUR
00:25:01.00\00:25:05.97
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, THAT WE MIGHT
HAVE HOPE IN SALVATION THROUGH
00:25:06.00\00:25:09.57
CHRIST. AND SO THE
WORD 'IMPUTED' - THAT
00:25:09.60\00:25:12.34
WHICH IS CREDITED TO
US - IS USED THREE TIMES.
00:25:12.37\00:25:17.08
SO THAT'S THE ONLY CHAPTER THAT
USES THE WORD 'IMPUTED', BY THE
00:25:17.11\00:25:19.08
WAY. I WANT TO
READ PAGE 47, IF YOU
00:25:19.11\00:25:22.98
HAVE YOUR QUARTERLY STUDIES
THERE, I JUST WANT TO QUOTE JUST
00:25:23.02\00:25:25.75
ONE OR TWO SENTENCES
THERE ON SUNDAY'S LESSON STUDY.
00:25:25.79\00:25:29.12
IT'S THE FIRST PARAGRAPH - LAST
SENTENCE - THE FIRST PARAGRAPH,
00:25:29.16\00:25:33.63
LAST SENTENCE. IT
SAYS, "THE PERFECT LIFE THAT
00:25:33.66\00:25:35.56
JESUS LIVED ON THIS EARTH,
HIS PERFECT LAW KEEPING HAS
00:25:35.60\00:25:40.10
BEEN CREDITED TO US". -
THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING
00:25:40.14\00:25:43.10
'IMPUTED' - "AT THE SAME
TIME ALL OF OUR SINS HAVE
00:25:43.14\00:25:47.91
BEEN LAID ON JESUS. DO
YOU BELIEVE THAT, FRIENDS?
00:25:47.94\00:25:52.58
JESUS DIED FOR THE ENTIRE
GUILT AND SIN FOR ALL THE WORLD,
00:25:52.61\00:25:55.85
INCLUDING OUR GUILT THAT IS
REPRESENTED BY OUR PRESENCE HERE
00:25:55.88\00:26:00.59
TODAY. NOW, THE
INTERESTING THING IS
00:26:00.62\00:26:04.09
THAT WHEN I STARTED TO STUDY
ROMANS CHAPTER 5 IN DEPTH, LIKE
00:26:04.13\00:26:07.03
I NEVER HAVE BEFORE, IN GETTING
READY FOR OUR LESSON STUDY
00:26:07.03\00:26:09.46
TODAY, I DISCOVERED THAT GOD
SWITCHES GEARS AND HE MOVES FROM
00:26:09.50\00:26:12.63
THE WORD 'IMPUTED' TO THAT
OF GIFT. DID YOU PICK THAT UP?
00:26:12.67\00:26:16.91
NOW THE WORD 'GIFT' IS SO
IMPORTANT TO GOD THAT HE REPEATS
00:26:16.94\00:26:19.61
IT SIX DIFFERENT TIMES IN THIS
ONE CHAPTER ALONE - SIX TIMES
00:26:19.64\00:26:23.51
GOD USES THE WORD 'GIFT'.
AND, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THREE OF
00:26:23.55\00:26:26.45
THOSE TIMES - LET ME MAKE SURE I
GET ALL THREE FINGERS UP - THREE
00:26:26.48\00:26:32.15
OF THOSE TIMES WE FIND THAT
HE USES THE WORD 'FREE', OKAY?
00:26:32.19\00:26:38.39
SO HE USES 'GIFT' SIX TIMES AND
THREE OF THOSE TIMES HE USES THE
00:26:38.43\00:26:41.13
WORD 'FREE'. NOW, IS
A GIFT EVER NOT FREE?
00:26:41.16\00:26:45.37
>>YEAH. >>DON'T SAY IT TOO FAST.
00:26:45.40\00:26:51.64
BY DEFINITION, CAN A
GIFT EVER NOT BE FREE?
00:26:51.67\00:26:55.84
NO, BY DEFINITION, A GIFT ALWAYS
HAS TO BE FREE, OTHERWISE IT'S
00:26:55.88\00:26:59.91
NOT A GIFT, IS IT? IT
MIGHT BE A DEAL, IF YOU PAY
00:26:59.95\00:27:03.85
JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR
IT, BUT IT'S ALL - IT'S
00:27:03.89\00:27:05.69
NOT A GIFT, IS IT? OKAY?
BUT GOD WANTS US TO - IT'S
00:27:05.72\00:27:08.56
ALMOST LIKE GOD IS WANTING US
TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT,
00:27:08.59\00:27:11.53
'LISTEN, JUST IN CASE YOU FORGET
WHAT 'GIFT' IS DEFINED AS, I'M
00:27:11.56\00:27:14.50
GOING TO PUT THE WORD 'FREE'
IN FRONT OF IT JUST THREE TIMES.
00:27:14.56\00:27:17.37
AND SO, WE HAVE SOME VERY
POWERFUL GOOD NEWS THAT GOD HAS
00:27:17.40\00:27:19.80
A GIFT - GOD HAS A PRESENT THAT
HE EARNED AT A VERY GREAT PRICE
00:27:19.83\00:27:24.71
ON A CROSS - ON A TREE
ON A HILL CALLED CALVARY.
00:27:24.74\00:27:30.11
WELL, THE SECOND HALF OF VERSE 1
IN ROMANS CHAPTER 5 TELLS US THE
00:27:30.15\00:27:33.38
RESULTS OF THIS POWERFUL GOSPEL
TRUTH IN YOUR LIFE AND MINE - IN
00:27:33.42\00:27:36.69
OUR HEARTS - HE SAYS,
"THEREFORE, HAVING BEEN
00:27:36.72\00:27:39.05
JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WE HAVE
PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD
00:27:39.09\00:27:44.63
JESUS CHRIST," - DO YOU
HAVE THAT PEACE, FRIENDS?
00:27:44.66\00:27:48.80
HAVE YOU FOUND THAT PEACE THAT
IS FOUND IN JUSTIFICATION BY
00:27:48.83\00:27:51.67
FAITH BECAUSE WHAT JESUS HAS
DONE IN YOUR PLACE - BECAUSE HE
00:27:51.70\00:27:55.90
HAS CREDITED HIS PERFECT LIFE
IN PLACE OF YOUR IMPERFECT LIFE?
00:27:55.94\00:28:01.24
THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US THIS
BEAUTIFUL GIFT THAT WE MIGHT
00:28:01.28\00:28:04.08
HAVE PEACE WITH A HOLY
GOD? NOW, YOU'VE HEARD MORE THAN
00:28:04.11\00:28:09.02
ONCE DURING OUR SABBATH SCHOOL
LESSONS AND DURING WORSHIP
00:28:09.05\00:28:11.39
SERVICE AND SUCH THAT THIS MONTH
IS NOT A SMALL MONTH BECAUSE IT
00:28:11.42\00:28:14.59
IS THE 500TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE REFORMATION.
00:28:14.62\00:28:18.56
500 YEARS AGO, TO THIS MONTH,
IS THE DATE IN WHICH THAT ROMAN
00:28:18.59\00:28:23.63
CATHOLIC PRIEST, BY THE NAME OF
MARTIN LUTHER, HAD NAILED HIS 95
00:28:23.67\00:28:27.74
THESES AGAINST THE SALE OF
INDULGENCES WITHIN HIS CHURCH,
00:28:27.77\00:28:33.64
AND THAT BEGAN WHAT WE NOW
CALL THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION.
00:28:33.68\00:28:36.85
AND MARTIN LUTHER, BY
FAR, IS ONE OF MY HEROES.
00:28:36.88\00:28:39.15
YOU KNOW, BEFORE KNOWING THE
TRUTH THAT WE'VE BEEN STUDYING
00:28:39.18\00:28:42.02
SO FAR IN THE FIRST FOUR, AND
NOW THE FIFTH BOOK OF ROMANS,
00:28:42.05\00:28:45.42
MARTIN LUTHER FACED
SOME VERY PAINFUL YEARS.
00:28:45.45\00:28:48.32
ALL THE YEARS THAT HE WAS A MONK
AND THEN, LATER, WHEN HE WAS
00:28:48.36\00:28:50.73
ORDAINED AS A PRIEST, ALL
THROUGH THOSE YEARS HE HAD SOME
00:28:50.76\00:28:54.76
VERY PAINFUL YEARS. WHY?
00:28:54.83\00:28:57.60
BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING TO FIND
PEACE WITH A PERFECTLY HOLY GOD
00:28:57.63\00:29:01.70
AND IT WASN'T
WORKING OUT VERY WELL.
00:29:01.74\00:29:05.57
NOW, WHEN ONE STUDIES THIS
STORY, AND I HAVE AT DIFFERENT
00:29:05.61\00:29:08.34
TIMES - IN COLLEGE AND THEN
IN THE YEARS SINCE - IT BECOMES
00:29:08.38\00:29:11.08
VERY OBVIOUS THAT MARTIN
LUTHER WAS A VERY HONEST MAN.
00:29:11.11\00:29:14.95
AND, NOT ONLY WAS HE HONEST WITH
OTHERS, BUT HE WAS ALSO VERY
00:29:14.98\00:29:17.79
HONEST WITH GOD AND HE
WAS HONEST WITH HIMSELF.
00:29:17.82\00:29:20.92
AND SO, EVERY TIME HE TRIED
TO APPROACH THIS PERFECTLY HOLY
00:29:20.96\00:29:25.13
GOD, HIS RESPONSE WAS REPEATEDLY
THE SAME, OF WHAT PETER
00:29:25.16\00:29:29.40
RESPONDED WHEN HE WAS IN
THE BOAT ONE DAY WITH JESUS.
00:29:29.43\00:29:32.13
SOME OF YOU ARE NODDING
- YOU REMEMBER THE STORY.
00:29:32.17\00:29:33.84
LUKE CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 8 -
IN LUKE CHAPTER 5 AND VERSE 8 WE
00:29:33.87\00:29:37.34
FIND THERE THAT JESUS HAD JUST,
BEFORE THAT VERSE, HAD PERFORMED
00:29:37.37\00:29:41.34
A VERY POWERFUL FISHING MIRACLE.
AND JESUS, I MEAN, PETER, BEING
00:29:41.38\00:29:45.78
A LONG-TIME FISHERMAN - A
VETERAN FISHERMAN - HE KNEW THAT
00:29:45.81\00:29:50.02
THERE'S NO WAY THAT WHAT JUST
HAPPENED COULD HAPPEN WITHOUT
00:29:50.05\00:29:53.46
JESUS DOING SOME KIND OF
VERY POWERFUL, DIVINE MIRACLE.
00:29:53.49\00:29:58.56
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE HAD THIS
REVELATION IN HIS HEART LIKE HE
00:29:58.59\00:30:03.57
HAD NEVER HAD UNTIL THAT
TIME. HE KNEW JESUS WAS A VERY
00:30:03.60\00:30:06.50
POWERFUL RABBI - VERY EFFECTIVE
TEACHER - AND HE KNEW THAT HE
00:30:06.53\00:30:11.51
WAS A VERY GOOD CARPENTER, BUT
ALL OF A SUDDEN HE REALIZED HE
00:30:11.54\00:30:15.61
WAS SITTING IN THE VERY
SAME BOAT AS GOD HIMSELF.
00:30:15.64\00:30:20.92
AND PETER KNEW HOW HOLY GOD WAS.
AND SUDDENLY, HE SAYS, AS HE
00:30:20.95\00:30:25.09
FALLS ON HIS KNEES BEFORE
JESUS, HE SAYS, 'DEPART FROM ME
00:30:25.12\00:30:28.02
FOR I AM A' - >>SINNER.
00:30:28.06\00:30:29.96
>>'A SINFUL MAN, O LORD.' AND
THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, MARTIN
00:30:29.99\00:30:34.96
LUTHER - POOR MARTIN LUTHER, HE
WENT THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE FOR
00:30:35.00\00:30:37.23
YEARS - 'DEPART FROM ME FOR I AM
A SINFUL MAN.' MARTIN LUTHER WAS
00:30:37.27\00:30:43.30
VERY HONEST.
MARTIN LUTHER WAS NOT IN
00:30:43.34\00:30:44.91
THE BUSINESS OF PRETENDING.
HE WAS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF
00:30:44.94\00:30:47.78
PRETENDING EVERYTHING WAS OKAY
BETWEEN HIMSELF AND A HOLY GOD.
00:30:47.81\00:30:52.01
NOW, MARTIN LUTHER WAS MORE
RIGHTEOUS THAN MOST, TO BE SURE.
00:30:52.05\00:30:55.02
WHEN YOU READ HIS LIFE, BEFORE
HE EVEN DISCOVERED THE GREAT
00:30:55.05\00:30:57.32
TRUTH OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH,
HIS FAITH WAS VERY SINCERE.
00:30:57.35\00:31:01.19
HIS MOTIVATIONS WERE
PURE. HE HAD ALREADY COMMITTED
00:31:01.22\00:31:04.43
TO THE LAW OF GOD. HE
HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THE LAW
00:31:04.46\00:31:06.26
OF GOD, UNLIKE SOME OF US,
AS PROTESTANTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
00:31:06.29\00:31:08.86
STILL FIGHTING THE
LAW AS HARD AS WE CAN.
00:31:08.90\00:31:11.60
BUT NOT MARTIN LUTHER, HE
ACCEPTED THE LAW. HE WAS OKAY
00:31:11.63\00:31:14.90
WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
HE WAS OKAY WITH ALL THE
00:31:14.94\00:31:17.61
REVEALED WILL
OF GOD IN HIS LIFE.
00:31:17.64\00:31:19.94
THAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM -
THAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM AT ALL.
00:31:19.97\00:31:24.25
THE PROBLEM WAS THAT MARTIN
LUTHER WAS HONEST WITH HIMSELF.
00:31:24.28\00:31:27.88
AND WHEN MARTIN LUTHER LOOKED
AS HIMSELF AND THEN HE LOOKED AT
00:31:27.92\00:31:30.42
THE HOLY JESUS, HE SAW SOME
VERY REAL SHORTCOMINGS IN HIS
00:31:30.45\00:31:34.86
CHARACTER THAT STILL EXISTED.
HE UNDERSTOOD THAT HIS THOUGHT
00:31:34.89\00:31:38.29
LIFE WAS STILL NOT
EXACTLY WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
00:31:38.33\00:31:42.00
SOMETIMES THE WORDS THAT
HE SAID WEREN'T EXACTLY THAT
00:31:42.03\00:31:45.33
CHRIST-LIKE.
SOMETIMES HIS ACTIONS
00:31:45.37\00:31:47.77
WERE OUT OF PLACE.
NOW, SADLY, AT THE TIME, THE
00:31:47.80\00:31:52.31
REASON THAT HE WENT THROUGH THIS
PAIN FOR SO LONG WAS, WELL, THE
00:31:52.34\00:31:56.78
ONLY THING THAT HIS CHURCH HAD
TO OFFER HIM WAS HIS OWN WORKS.
00:31:56.81\00:31:59.85
AND SO THEY JUST GOT HIM WORKING
REALLY HARD - AND HE WORKED
00:31:59.88\00:32:02.78
HARDER THAN ANY OTHER MONK,
PROBABLY - MAYBE IN HISTORY.
00:32:02.82\00:32:05.82
HE USED TO FLOG HIMSELF AND
HE WOULD FLOG HIMSELF UNTIL HE
00:32:05.85\00:32:08.89
WOULD PASS OUT ON THE
FLOOR IN HIS MONASTERY.
00:32:08.92\00:32:13.09
AND THE POOR MONK MASTER - OR
WHAT THEY CALLED THE LEADER OF
00:32:13.13\00:32:16.23
THE MONKS IN THAT PARTICULAR
- THEY WOULD FIND MARTIN - HE
00:32:16.26\00:32:18.33
WOULD FIND MARTIN LUTHER
THERE, YOU KNOW, ALL BRUISED AND
00:32:18.37\00:32:21.14
BLEEDING AND PASSED OUT, TRYING
AS HARD AS HE POSSIBLY COULD
00:32:21.17\00:32:25.34
WORK TO DO EVERYTHING THE
CHURCH TOLD HIM, ALL TO THE -NTH
00:32:25.37\00:32:29.31
DEGREE, TO BE ABLE TO FIND
THAT PEACE BEFORE A HOLY GOD.
00:32:29.34\00:32:33.72
NOW, AGAIN, MARTIN
LUTHER WAS VERY HONEST.
00:32:33.75\00:32:36.79
MARTIN LUTHER WAS HONEST
AND THAT HONESTY TOLD HIM THINGS
00:32:36.82\00:32:40.16
WEREN'T GOING VERY WELL.
THAT WHICH HIS CHURCH TAUGHT HIM
00:32:40.19\00:32:43.86
AND LED HIM WAS
NOT DOING VERY WELL.
00:32:43.89\00:32:47.13
AND SO, AGAIN, HIS FAITH AND HIS
MOTIVATION WAS SINCERE, BUT WHAT
00:32:47.20\00:32:50.43
HE DESPERATELY NEEDED WAS THAT
WHICH HIS CHURCH HAD ALREADY
00:32:50.47\00:32:53.74
REPLACED, LONG AGO,
WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
00:32:53.77\00:32:56.71
IT HAD LONG AGO BURIED THIS
TRUTH AND IT REPLACED IT WITH A
00:32:56.74\00:33:00.04
SYSTEM OF WORKS. AND
SO, HERE WE FIND THAT MARTIN
00:33:00.08\00:33:04.41
LUTHER FINDS WHAT HE DESPERATELY
NEEDS AND THAT IS THE GREAT
00:33:04.45\00:33:07.05
TRUTH OF
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE.
00:33:07.08\00:33:10.15
AND THEN, WHEN HE CAME TO VERSES
LIKE ROMANS CHAPTER 5 AND VERSES
00:33:10.19\00:33:13.32
1 AND 2, HE
REALIZED, 'THAT'S ME!
00:33:13.36\00:33:15.86
I HAVE FOUND THE PEACE
THAT COMES WITH THE GIFT OF
00:33:15.89\00:33:18.73
JUSTIFICATION - WHAT CHRIST HAS
DONE IN MY PLACE.' I WANT TO ASK
00:33:18.76\00:33:26.27
A QUESTION, AND I'M HESITANT
TO ASK IF YOU SHOULD - YOU KNOW,
00:33:26.30\00:33:28.80
I'M GOING TO GO LIKE THIS
AND SAY, 'HOW MANY PEOPLE FIND -
00:33:28.84\00:33:30.54
BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE
ARRIVED AT PERFECT HOLINESS?
00:33:30.57\00:33:35.14
ALRIGHT, NOW I'M JUST PUTTING
MY HAND UP AS AN EXAMPLE, NOT
00:33:35.18\00:33:38.05
BECAUSE I COUNT MYSELF AS
SOMEBODY THAT HAS ARRIVED.
00:33:38.08\00:33:41.15
I STAND WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL;
I HAVE NOT YET APPREHENDED - I
00:33:41.18\00:33:43.89
HAVE NOT YET
ARRIVED. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY?
00:33:43.92\00:33:48.19
I'M GLAD NOBODY PUT THEIR HAND
UP AND THAT YOU'RE AS HONEST
00:33:48.22\00:33:50.23
WITH YOURSELF AS I AM AND AS
MARTIN LUTHER IS, AND WAS, WITH
00:33:50.26\00:33:53.40
HIMSELF. YOU SEE,
THE LARGEST CHALLENGE
00:33:53.43\00:33:56.73
THAT WE ALL FACE, IS THE
CHALLENGE OF BEING IN THE FACE
00:33:56.77\00:34:01.47
OF A PERFECTLY HOLY
GOD IN OUR OWN UNHOLINESS.
00:34:01.50\00:34:08.71
AND THE ONLY SOLUTION THAT THE
BIBLE GIVES TO US IS FOUND IN
00:34:08.74\00:34:11.81
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST -
IS FOUND IN THE GOSPEL OF JESUS
00:34:11.85\00:34:16.65
CHRIST. WHEN WE
COME TO A TRUE SAVING
00:34:16.69\00:34:19.59
FAITH IN CHRIST, WHICH ALWAYS
INCLUDES A COMPLETE AND FULL
00:34:19.62\00:34:23.39
REPENTANCE OF ALL KNOWN SIN
- WHEN WE MEET THAT CONDITION,
00:34:23.43\00:34:27.76
GOD MAKES SWEEPING AND DRAMATIC
CHANGES IN OUR LIFESTYLE -
00:34:27.83\00:34:31.50
HE CLEANS UP OUR
LANGUAGE - OUR FOUL LANGUAGE.
00:34:31.53\00:34:35.47
HE GIVES US VICTORY
OVER VARIOUS ADDICTIONS.
00:34:35.50\00:34:38.57
HE HELPS US TO BE ABLE TO SHED
MANY BAD BEHAVIORS IN GENERAL.
00:34:38.61\00:34:42.68
HE HELPS US TO EXPERIENCE WHAT
JESUS HAD TAUGHT NICODEMUS IN
00:34:42.71\00:34:45.68
THE NIGHT. ONE
DAY, LONG BEFORE MARTIN
00:34:45.71\00:34:48.05
LUTHER CAME ALONG, BEFORE YOU
AND I CAME ALONG, THAT YOU MUST
00:34:48.08\00:34:51.02
BE BORN AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO
NOT ONLY SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD,
00:34:51.05\00:34:56.22
BUT ALSO TO ENTER
THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
00:34:56.26\00:34:59.36
WHEN YOU ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN,
FOR WHATEVER YEARS THAT LEAD UP
00:34:59.39\00:35:01.43
TO THE TIME WHEN YOU MAKE THAT
DECISION FOR CHRIST, AND YOU
00:35:01.46\00:35:04.93
OPEN YOUR HEART TO HIM AND YOU
SURRENDER ALL TO HIM, AND YOU
00:35:04.97\00:35:09.80
CONFESS ALL YOUR KNOWN SINS AND
YOU REPENT FROM ALL YOUR KNOWN
00:35:09.84\00:35:13.07
SINS, THEN JESUS FLOODS IN
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HE DOES
00:35:13.11\00:35:16.54
SOMETHING MAGICAL - HE
DOES SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL -
00:35:16.58\00:35:19.35
THAT ONLY HE CAN DO. HE
BEGINS TO CHANGE US FROM THE
00:35:19.38\00:35:21.75
INSIDE OUT, AND HE BEGINS TO
MAKE THESE SWEEPING CHANGES AND
00:35:21.78\00:35:25.95
THE MORE SINFUL WE WERE AND
THE MORE WRAPPED UP IN THE WORLD
00:35:25.99\00:35:29.32
THAT WE WERE, THE MORE
DRAMATIC THAT EXCHANGE IS.
00:35:29.36\00:35:32.73
NOW THAT'S NOT TO BE ABLE
TO DOWNPLAY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
00:35:32.76\00:35:35.73
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE
BEEN RAISED IN THE FAITH.
00:35:35.76\00:35:37.90
YOU KNOW, SO OFTEN WE TALK ABOUT
THAT AND THOSE WHO ARE RAISED IN
00:35:37.93\00:35:40.57
THE FAITH SOMETIMES ARE TEMPTED
AND THE DEVIL COMES ALONG AND
00:35:40.60\00:35:42.67
SAYS, 'YEAH,
THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED.'
00:35:42.70\00:35:44.27
NO, FRIENDS, YOU ARE
MORE FORTUNATE THAT I AM.
00:35:44.31\00:35:47.54
I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO BE ABLE
TO REPLAY THOSE FIRST TWENTY
00:35:47.58\00:35:51.55
YEARS OF MY LIFE
WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE CHRIST.
00:35:51.58\00:35:54.55
ANYTHING TO GET RID OF ALL THOSE
MEMORIES OF THE DIFFERENT SINFUL
00:35:54.58\00:35:58.72
AND SHAMEFUL THINGS
THAT I WAS WRAPPED UP IN.
00:35:58.75\00:36:02.02
THE GREATEST ADVANTAGE THAT
YOU HAVE, IF YOU WERE BORN IN A
00:36:02.06\00:36:04.26
CHRISTIAN HOME, IS TO HAVE GODLY
PARENTS THAT RAISED YOU IN THE
00:36:04.29\00:36:07.83
FAITH AND THE
HOPE OF JESUS CHRIST.
00:36:07.86\00:36:14.20
SO WE BECOME MARKEDLY DIFFERENT
PEOPLE WHEN WE HAVE CHRIST IN
00:36:14.24\00:36:16.64
OUR LIFE, WHEN COMPARED
TO OUR LIFE BEFORE CHRIST.
00:36:16.67\00:36:19.41
BUT DOES THAT MEAN THAT
WE ARRIVE AT PERFECT HOLINESS
00:36:19.44\00:36:22.48
DURING THOSE FIRST DRAMATIC
WEEKS OR MONTHS AND THEN REMAIN
00:36:22.51\00:36:25.38
THAT WAY 24/7 FOR THE REST
OF OUR LIFE UNTIL JESUS COMES?
00:36:25.41\00:36:30.29
IN OTHER WORDS, DO WE ARRIVE AT
PERFECT HOLINESS AND THERE'S NO
00:36:30.32\00:36:32.72
MORE GROWTH YET TO BECOME?
WELL, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO
00:36:32.75\00:36:36.59
CONFESS THAT I LOVE GOD
WITH ALL MY HEART, MY SOUL,
00:36:36.62\00:36:38.73
AND MY STRENGTH. AND I
ALSO HAVE TO CONFESS THAT
00:36:38.76\00:36:41.43
I LOVE HIS LAW AND I DELIGHT IN
HIS LAW NIGHT AND DAY, BUT I'M
00:36:41.46\00:36:46.60
THE FIRST TO SAY
THAT I WISH THAT WAS TRUE.
00:36:46.63\00:36:49.07
HOW I WISH GOD WAS ALREADY
FINISHED WITH ME - HOW I WISH
00:36:49.10\00:36:52.74
I'D NEVER STUMBLED EVER AGAIN
- HOW I WISH I ALWAYS TALKED
00:36:52.77\00:36:56.85
LOVINGLY TO MY WIFE EVERY
MOMENT OF EVERY DAY - AND TO MY
00:36:56.88\00:37:00.15
CHILDREN. I WISH
THAT WAS TRUE, BUT
00:37:00.18\00:37:04.02
GOD IS STILL WORKING ON
ME. GOD IS STILL WORKING ON ME.
00:37:04.05\00:37:07.56
YOU KNOW, BAPTISM IS RIGHTLY
COMPARED TO A BIRTH AND IT'S
00:37:07.59\00:37:11.06
SPOKEN ABOUT
THAT WAY MANY TIMES.
00:37:11.09\00:37:14.36
WHY? BECAUSE IT IS THAT.
WHEN WE ARE FRESH OUT OF THE
00:37:14.36\00:37:17.30
WATER, WE'RE
BABIES IN THE FAITH.
00:37:17.33\00:37:19.10
YOU SEE, BAPTISM IS THE MARK
OF A BIRTH IN YOUR WALK WITH
00:37:19.13\00:37:22.00
CHRIST, IT'S NOT THE
MARK OF A GRADUATION, OKAY?
00:37:22.04\00:37:27.54
THE GRADUATION COMES AS
WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN HIM.
00:37:27.58\00:37:30.01
NOW, WHEN WE REACH THAT PERFECT
REFLECTION OF CHRIST, I'M NOT
00:37:30.05\00:37:32.41
SURE. AND I'M NOT
HERE TO BE ABLE TO
00:37:32.45\00:37:34.55
DEBATE THAT BETWEEN YOU AND ME.
BUT ONE THING I DO KNOW IS THE
00:37:34.58\00:37:37.05
BIBLE TALKS A LOT ABOUT GROWING
IN THE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST.
00:37:37.09\00:37:42.16
THAT'S THE GROWTH PROCESS AND
IT'S THE WORK OF A LIFETIME, AS
00:37:42.19\00:37:45.49
ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS HAD
WRITTEN IN SOME OF HER WORKS.
00:37:45.53\00:37:49.63
THE SECOND KEY TO THE GOSPEL -
THE SECOND HALF OF THE GOSPEL -
00:37:49.66\00:37:51.97
IS CALLED, NOT JUSTIFICATION,
BUT SANCTIFICATION.
00:37:52.00\00:37:56.54
ALRIGHT? THAT'S
THE SECOND HALF OF THE
00:37:56.57\00:37:58.41
GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST -
THOSE SWEEPING CHANGES THAT COME
00:37:58.44\00:38:02.01
IN AS THE HOLY SPIRIT STARTS
TO DO THAT ROOTING OUT OF SIN IN
00:38:02.04\00:38:05.68
OUR LIFE AND IN OUR THOUGHTS AND
IN OUR MOTIVATIONS AND CHANGES
00:38:05.71\00:38:08.55
THOSE WITH THAT OF WHAT IS GOOD
AND RIGHTEOUS AND PURE AND HOLY.
00:38:08.58\00:38:13.79
AND WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS
THAT, STARTING NEXT WEEK, WE'RE
00:38:13.82\00:38:16.32
GOING TO DIVE INTO ROMANS
CHAPTER 6 AND ROMANS CHAPTER 6,
00:38:16.36\00:38:19.39
7, AND 8 ARE THE THREE CHAPTERS
THAT GOD DEVOTES SIMPLY TO THAT
00:38:19.43\00:38:23.57
SECOND HALF OF THE GOSPEL -
SANCTIFICATION IN JESUS CHRIST -
00:38:23.60\00:38:28.70
SANCTIFICATION
ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT.
00:38:28.74\00:38:33.48
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING,
KNOWING THAT A CHRISTIAN WOULD
00:38:33.51\00:38:35.68
BE GROWING INTO CHRIST'S
HOLINESS OVER THE YEARS AFTER
00:38:35.71\00:38:38.45
THEY GIVE THEIR HEARTS TO JESUS,
JESUS COUNSELED SOMETHING VERY
00:38:38.48\00:38:41.88
IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US WHEN HE
COUNSELED US ON OUR PRAYER LIFE.
00:38:41.92\00:38:46.55
EVERYBODY KNOWS THE
LORD'S PRAYER, RIGHT?
00:38:46.59\00:38:49.06
'OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED BE THY NAME' - THE LORD
00:38:49.09\00:38:52.56
JESUS SAID - 'THY KINGDOM COME,
THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT
00:38:52.59\00:38:56.16
IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE
US THIS DAY OUR DAILY
00:38:56.20\00:38:59.50
BREAD AND FORGIVE
US OUR' - >>TRESPASSES.
00:38:59.53\00:39:04.01
>>SINS - OUR TRESPASSES -
OUR DEBTS - EVEN 'AS WE FORGIVE
00:39:04.04\00:39:07.61
THOSE WHO SIN AGAINST US.
YOU SEE, JESUS LOOKED INTO THE
00:39:07.64\00:39:12.28
FUTURE, AFTER YOU ACCEPTED JESUS
IN YOUR HEART, AND HE KNEW THAT
00:39:12.31\00:39:15.75
THERE WERE TIMES THAT, NOT ONLY
WOULD YOU HAVE TO CONFESS TO
00:39:15.78\00:39:17.72
YOUR WIFE OR TO YOUR HUSBAND, TO
YOUR CHILDREN, TO YOUR NEIGHBOR,
00:39:17.75\00:39:21.12
BUT YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE TO
CONFESS THAT BEFORE THE FATHER.
00:39:21.16\00:39:27.30
JESUS KNEW THAT WHEN YOU COME
INTO CHRIST, THERE IS A GROWTH
00:39:27.36\00:39:30.93
EXPERIENCE THAT YOU
BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE.
00:39:30.97\00:39:35.77
I APPRECIATE SOMETHING, AND
I WAS VERY ENCOURAGED - IT WAS
00:39:35.80\00:39:38.07
JUST OVER THE LAST FEW RECENT
MONTHS, WHEN OUR LEAD PASTOR,
00:39:38.11\00:39:41.01
DOUG BATCHELOR, HAD CONFIRMED TO
THIS CHURCH WHEN HE SAID, 'YOU
00:39:41.04\00:39:45.31
UNDERSTAND, 'THAT I'M
STILL IN PROGRESS.'' - OKAY?
00:39:45.35\00:39:50.65
'I'M STILL IN
PROGRESS.' WHAT WAS HE SAYING?
00:39:50.69\00:39:55.49
WELL, HE WAS SAYING THAT
'GOD IS STILL WORKING ON ME' -
00:39:55.52\00:39:59.16
GOD IS STILL WORKING ON ME.
NOW THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THAT
00:39:59.19\00:40:02.73
I'D LIKE TO BRING OUT HERE.
EVEN THOSE LIKE PASTOR DOUG AND
00:40:02.76\00:40:05.40
MYSELF AND THE OTHER
PASTORS HERE, WE ALL NEED GOD TO
00:40:05.43\00:40:09.24
CONTINUE TO ROOT OUT THAT
SELFISHNESS - THOSE REMNANT
00:40:09.27\00:40:13.04
PIECES OF SELFISHNESS THAT
STILL COME AND TRY TO SURFACE.
00:40:13.07\00:40:16.95
OR PERHAPS WE'RE BECOMING
SELF-AWARE OF WE CONTINUED TO
00:40:16.98\00:40:19.95
GROW. YOU KNOW,
ONE OF THE THINGS
00:40:19.98\00:40:21.22
ABOUT JESUS IS HE SAYS, 'MANY
THINGS I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU BUT
00:40:21.25\00:40:23.62
NOW YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO
BEAR.' NOW SOME OF THOSE WERE
00:40:23.65\00:40:26.89
CONCERNING PROPHECIES OF THE
FUTURE AND SO ON BUT, YOU KNOW,
00:40:26.92\00:40:29.82
I THINK THAT PRINCIPLE ALSO
APPLIES TO US AS WE CONTINUE TO
00:40:29.86\00:40:33.53
GROW AND, AS I HAVE GROWN AS A
CHRISTIAN OVER THE YEARS, ONE OF
00:40:33.56\00:40:36.40
THE THINGS I'VE DISCOVERED
IS THAT GOD IS VERY GENTLE
00:40:36.43\00:40:38.43
AND CAREFUL IN
EXPOSING MY SHORTCOMINGS.
00:40:38.47\00:40:43.30
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT
PEOPLE NOTICE YOUR SHORTCOMINGS
00:40:43.34\00:40:45.61
A LOT CLEARER THAN YOU DO?
THAT'S THE TRUTH, ISN'T IT?
00:40:45.64\00:40:51.71
NOW, NOT ONLY DO OTHER PEOPLE
NOTICE YOUR SHORTCOMINGS BETTER
00:40:51.75\00:40:54.35
THAN YOU DO, BUT GOD EVEN
NOTICES THEM MORE THAN THOSE WHO
00:40:54.38\00:40:57.32
ARE WATCHING YOU. AND
GOD, SLOWLY, STEP BY STEP,
00:40:57.35\00:41:01.59
REVEALS SOME OF THOSE THINGS
AND HE SAYS, 'SHAWN, THERE'S
00:41:01.62\00:41:04.49
SOMETHING THAT
WE NEED TO WORK ON.'
00:41:04.53\00:41:09.40
SHAWN, THERE'S SOMETHING
THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.
00:41:09.43\00:41:12.47
2 PETER CHAPTER 3 - LEAVE YOUR
THUMB, AGAIN, IN ROMANS CHAPTER
00:41:12.50\00:41:15.00
5 - LET'S GO TO 2 PETER CHAPTER
3 AND VERSE 18 - 2 PETER CHAPTER
00:41:15.04\00:41:20.68
3 AND WE'RE GOING TO
READ THE VERY LAST VERSE.
00:41:20.71\00:41:28.32
IT'S THE LAST VERSE OF PETER'S
BOOK AND, NOT ONLY IS IT THE
00:41:28.35\00:41:31.39
LAST VERSE OF PETER'S BOOK, BUT
IT'S THE VERY LAST WORDS THAT
00:41:31.42\00:41:33.72
HE'S INSPIRED TO LEAVE
WITH THE CHURCH WITH YOU AND ME.
00:41:33.76\00:41:36.79
AND SO, WE'RE GOING TO THE
SECOND BOOK OF PETER - 2 LETTER
00:41:36.83\00:41:39.49
OF PETER - CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE
18 - IT SAYS, "BUT GROW IN THE
00:41:39.53\00:41:44.63
GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR
LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
00:41:44.67\00:41:49.07
TO HIM BE THE GLORY
BOTH NOW AND FOREVER. AMEN."
00:41:49.10\00:41:51.34
CAN YOU SAY
'AMEN', FRIENDS? >>AMEN.
00:41:51.37\00:41:52.81
>>AND SO PETER, OF ALL PEOPLE,
KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO GROW IN
00:41:52.84\00:41:55.54
THE GRACE OF GOD. HAD
PETER ARRIVED AT PERFECT
00:41:55.58\00:41:57.58
HOLINESS WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED?
HAD PETER ARRIVED AT A FAULTLESS
00:41:57.61\00:42:02.98
LIFE AFTER HE HAD RECONCILED
HIMSELF TO GOD AFTER CHRIST'S
00:42:03.02\00:42:06.79
RESURRECTION - THAT BEAUTIFUL
SCENE WHERE CHRIST COMMISSIONED
00:42:06.82\00:42:09.46
HIM AS ONE OF THE SHEPHERDS
OF THE SHEEP OF HIS CHURCH?
00:42:09.49\00:42:13.63
WAS HE LEADING A
FAULTLESS LIFE AFTER THAT?
00:42:13.66\00:42:15.40
>>NO. >>NO.
00:42:15.43\00:42:17.30
PAUL HAD TO CALL
HIM ON IT ONE DAY.
00:42:17.33\00:42:19.10
HE SAID, 'HEY, PETER, YOU'RE
BEING A HYPOCRITE TODAY.' AND
00:42:19.13\00:42:22.27
PETER'S LOOKING BACK AND
FORTH, JUST LIKE 'A HYPOCRITE?'
00:42:22.30\00:42:25.14
'YES, YOU'RE
BEING A HYPOCRITE TODAY.
00:42:25.17\00:42:26.98
YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHED THAT
HYPOCRISY OUT OF YOUR LIFE.' AND
00:42:27.01\00:42:31.58
SO, PETER KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE
TO GROW IN THE GRACE OF GOD.
00:42:31.61\00:42:37.55
AND SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
OVERALL EVIDENCE IN THE LIGHT OF
00:42:37.59\00:42:39.69
THE GIFT OF JUSTIFICATION BY
FAITH THAT WE BRING, AS WE BRING
00:42:39.72\00:42:43.53
OUR SINCERE FAITH BEFORE HIM,
HE SURELY CHANGES US FROM THE
00:42:43.56\00:42:46.53
INSIDE OUT IN A VERY POWERFUL
WAY, AND HE CONTINUES TO DO THAT
00:42:46.56\00:42:49.70
MORE AND MORE AS THE DAYS AND
THE MONTHS AND THE YEARS GO BY.
00:42:49.73\00:42:53.34
IN OTHER WORDS, THE GREAT TRUTH
OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH GIVES
00:42:53.37\00:42:57.04
US TIME TO BE ABLE TO GROW INTO
THE GREAT HOLINESS THAT GOD HAS
00:42:57.07\00:43:00.68
CALLED US TO GROW. AS
PAUL HAS SAID, 'I FORGET
00:43:00.71\00:43:03.14
THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND
AND I REACH FORWARD TO THOSE
00:43:03.18\00:43:05.71
THINGS WHICH ARE AHEAD IN
THE UPWARD CALLING AND THE HIGH
00:43:05.75\00:43:08.98
CALLING OF JESUS
CHRIST, OUR LORD.'
00:43:09.02\00:43:11.09
>>YES. >>WE NEED
TO BE ABLE TO LOOK IN
00:43:11.12\00:43:13.76
THE RIGHT DIRECTION
AND CONTINUE TO GROW.
00:43:13.79\00:43:15.69
IN FACT, WE FIND IT IN THE VERY
SAME PASSAGE - ROMANS CHAPTER 5,
00:43:15.72\00:43:18.56
VERSES 3 THROUGH 5.
WE FIND, HERE, SOME TALK
00:43:18.59\00:43:21.96
ABOUT THAT GROWTH EXPERIENCE.
IN VERSE 3 - LET'S PICK IT UP
00:43:22.00\00:43:24.37
AGAIN IN ROMANS CHAPTER 5 -
IT SAYS, "AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT
00:43:24.40\00:43:26.57
WE ALSO GLORY IN TRIBULATIONS,
KNOWING THAT TRIBULATION
00:43:26.60\00:43:30.24
PRODUCES PERSEVERANCE;
AND PERSEVERANCE," - WHAT?
00:43:30.27\00:43:33.68
>>CHARACTER. >>"CHARACTER; AND
00:43:33.71\00:43:35.74
CHARACTER, HOPE. NOW
HOPE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT,
00:43:35.78\00:43:38.41
BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD HAS BEEN
POURED OUT IN OUR HEARTS BY THE
00:43:38.45\00:43:41.38
HOLY SPIRIT WHO
WAS GIVEN TO US."
00:43:41.42\00:43:43.95
AND THERE'S THAT KEY FACTOR THAT
COMES WITH SINCERE FAITH - THE
00:43:43.99\00:43:47.22
HOLY SPIRIT - THE POWER OF
CHRIST'S PRESENCE IN THE HEART
00:43:47.26\00:43:49.76
TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE US FROM THE
INSIDE OUT - TO WRITE HIS LAW
00:43:49.79\00:43:52.43
UPON OUR HEART. NOT
SO THAT WE CAN GO OUT AND
00:43:52.46\00:43:55.20
WILFULLY SIN OR CHOOSE
OR JUSTIFY SIN IN OUR LIFE.
00:43:55.23\00:43:58.03
NO, OF COURSE
NOT. NOT BY ANY MEANS.
00:43:58.07\00:44:01.00
IN FACT, AS PAUL HAD
SAID SEVERAL TIMES IN ROMANS,
00:44:01.04\00:44:03.17
'CERTAINLY NOT!' DOES
IT NOT SAY IN ACTS CHAPTER
00:44:03.20\00:44:06.27
5 AND VERSE 32 THAT THE
HOLY SPIRIT IS ONLY GIVE
00:44:06.31\00:44:08.74
TO THOSE WHO OBEY HIM? OKAY?
SO THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ONLY GIVEN
00:44:08.78\00:44:14.38
TO THOSE WHO GIVE THEIR
WILLING OBEDIENCE TO CHRIST.
00:44:14.42\00:44:20.06
BUT WE HAVE THAT
GROWTH EXPERIENCE.
00:44:20.09\00:44:21.62
HE'S TALKING ABOUT TRIBULATIONS
THAT GOD BRINGS IN TO US THROUGH
00:44:21.66\00:44:24.16
THE YEARS OF OUR GROWTH
EXPERIENCE AS CHRISTIANS, THAT
00:44:24.19\00:44:27.60
HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BUILD
A BETTER CHARACTER SO THAT WE
00:44:27.66\00:44:31.67
COULD BE MORE HOLY EVEN AS JESUS
IS HOLY - BE MORE LOVING AND
00:44:31.70\00:44:35.07
TRUTHFUL EVEN AS GOD
IS LOVING AND TRUTHFUL.
00:44:35.10\00:44:39.51
WELL, LET'S MOVE ON NOW.
LET'S MOVE ON TO VERSES 6
00:44:39.54\00:44:43.08
THROUGH 11 -
VERSES 6 THROUGH 11.
00:44:43.11\00:44:45.78
NOW, THESE ARE SOME OF
MY FAVORITE VERSES AS WELL.
00:44:45.81\00:44:47.88
THIS IS A
POWERFUL CHAPTER, ISN'T IT?
00:44:47.92\00:44:50.45
CHAPTER - VERSE 6 IT SAYS,
"FOR WHEN WE WERE STILL WITHOUT
00:44:50.49\00:44:52.92
STRENGTH, IN DUE TIME
CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY.
00:44:52.95\00:44:56.49
FOR SCARCELY FOR A RIGHTEOUS
MAN WILL ONE DIE; YET PERHAPS
00:44:56.52\00:44:59.73
FOR A GOOD MAN SOMEONE
WOULD EVEN DARE TO DIE.
00:44:59.76\00:45:03.13
BUT GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN
LOVE TOWARD US, IN THAT WHILE WE
00:45:03.16\00:45:05.57
WERE STILL
SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.
00:45:05.60\00:45:10.94
NOW THAT CAN'T GET MORE
POWERFUL THAN THAT, CAN IT?
00:45:10.97\00:45:13.74
WOW, I LOVE THOSE VERSES.
00:45:13.78\00:45:15.48
HERE WE HAVE PAUL TALKING
ABOUT THE INS AND OUTS OF
00:45:15.51\00:45:17.38
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH AND
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST - THE
00:45:17.41\00:45:20.22
SACRIFICE OF JESUS ON THE CROSS,
BEARING THE SINS OF THE WORLD.
00:45:20.25\00:45:23.32
AND AS HE'S COMING HE'S
OVERWHELMED WITH THE LOVE OF
00:45:23.35\00:45:25.82
CHRIST THAT IS POURED OUT UPON
HIMSELF AND UPON MANKIND - UPON
00:45:25.85\00:45:29.46
PETER - I MEAN, PAUL, WHO
COUNTED HIMSELF THE CHIEF OF
00:45:29.49\00:45:32.13
SINNERS AND AS HE'S
DEMONSTRATING - AS HE'S
00:45:32.16\00:45:34.40
RUMINATING AND AS HE'S
MEDITATING ON THESE TRUTHS AND
00:45:34.46\00:45:37.47
HE'S INSPIRED BY THE SPIRIT
OF PROPHECY AND WRITING THE
00:45:37.50\00:45:40.37
SCRIPTURES, WE FIND HERE
THAT PAUL SAYS, 'SCARCELY FOR A
00:45:40.40\00:45:43.20
RIGHTEOUS MAN WILL SOMEONE DIE.'
MAYBE FOR A GOOD MAN SOMEONE
00:45:43.24\00:45:46.37
MIGHT EVEN DARE TO DIE -
AND THAT HAS HAPPENED AT TIMES,
00:45:46.41\00:45:48.91
HASN'T IT? WE HAVE
SOME VERY RIGHTEOUS
00:45:48.94\00:45:51.31
CAUSES IN WHICH PEOPLE HAVE
RISKED THEIR LIVES AND EVEN LOST
00:45:51.35\00:45:54.25
THEIR LIVES FOR THAT CAUSE AND
FOR THE LEADER OF THAT CAUSE.
00:45:54.28\00:45:57.72
SOME OF THE KEY FIGURES THAT I
CAN THINK OF IS GANDHI OR MARTIN
00:45:57.75\00:46:03.02
LUTHER KING, IN HISTORY.
AND PEOPLE HAVE RISKED OR
00:46:03.06\00:46:05.83
EVEN LOST THEIR LIVES
FOR THESE RIGHTEOUS CAUSES.
00:46:05.86\00:46:10.50
NOW THAT'S HUMAN LOVE. AND
SO, HERE'S PAUL AND HE SAYS,
00:46:10.53\00:46:14.20
'HUMAN LOVE, THERE'S THE
BAR RIGHT THERE. THERE'S THE
00:46:14.24\00:46:16.27
STANDARD.' HE SAID,
'YOU THINK THAT'S GOOD?
00:46:16.30\00:46:19.17
NOW LET'S LOOK AT GOD'S LOVE.'
00:46:19.21\00:46:21.58
HE SAYS, 'NOW WE'RE
GOING TO LOOK AT GOD'S LOVE.
00:46:21.61\00:46:23.35
GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS LOVE
IN THAT WHILE WE WERE STILL
00:46:23.38\00:46:27.58
SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.'
IN OTHER WORDS, NOT WHEN WE WERE
00:46:27.62\00:46:30.72
ALREADY DEVOTED TO HIM AND
SURRENDERED TO HIM AND LIVING
00:46:30.75\00:46:32.95
FOR HIM AND PRAYING BEFORE HIM -
NO, WHILE WE WERE STILL TURNING
00:46:32.99\00:46:35.69
OUR BACK ON HIM, WHILE WE WERE
MOCKING HIM AND SPITTING ON HIM
00:46:35.72\00:46:38.96
AND BEATING HIM AND DRIVING HIM
TO A CROSS WITH NAILS, WHILE WE
00:46:38.99\00:46:45.47
WERE ENGAGING IN ALL KINDS OF
WICKEDNESS, WHEN WE CALLED GOD
00:46:45.50\00:46:47.80
AN ENEMY AND WE COUNTED
OURSELVES HIS ENEMY, THAT'S WHEN
00:46:47.84\00:46:50.94
CHRIST DIED FOR - HAVE YOU EVER
DIED FOR SOMEONE THAT HATES YOU?
00:46:50.97\00:46:55.44
HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED DYING
FOR SOMEONE THAT HATES YOU AND
00:46:55.48\00:46:58.65
HAS DONE ALL KINDS OF HORRIBLE
THINGS TO YOU - SPIT ON YOU,
00:46:58.68\00:47:00.95
BEAT YOU, AND DID HORRIBLE
THINGS TO YOUR CHILDREN.
00:47:00.98\00:47:05.55
AND NOW, THE ONLY WAY THAT
PERSON'S GOING TO SURVIVE IS IF
00:47:05.59\00:47:08.59
YOU GIVE YOUR
LIFE IN THEIR PLACE.
00:47:08.62\00:47:11.29
WHO'S GOING TO LINE UP?
I DON'T SEE A LOT OF HANDS.
00:47:11.33\00:47:16.80
THAT'S THE LOVE
OF CHRIST, IS IT NOT?
00:47:16.83\00:47:19.80
THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE IS TELLING
US HERE, IS THAT THE LOVE OF
00:47:19.83\00:47:22.90
CHRIST IS UP IN THE STRATOS -
HUMAN LOVE GOES TO ABOUT HERE,
00:47:22.94\00:47:26.57
GOD'S LOVE - WE CAN'T EVEN
CONTAIN IT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT
00:47:26.61\00:47:29.74
TALL ENOUGH. I'D HAVE TO
BE TALLER THAN THE ATMOSPHERE.
00:47:29.78\00:47:32.88
HE'S WAY UP IN THE STRATOSPHERE
SOMEWHERE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE
00:47:32.91\00:47:35.82
BAR OF GOD'S LOVE, AND THAT'S
THE BAR THAT GOD CALLS US TO.
00:47:35.85\00:47:41.92
IN VERSE 10 HE SAYS - WELL,
VERSE 9, LET'S READ ON, IT SAYS,
00:47:41.96\00:47:45.09
"MUCH MORE THEN, HAVING NOW
BEEN JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD,
00:47:45.13\00:47:48.23
WE SHALL BE SAVED
FROM WRATH THROUGH HIM.
00:47:48.26\00:47:50.57
FOR IF WHEN WE WERE ENEMIES"
- SO NOW HE GOES SYNONYMOUS WITH
00:47:50.60\00:47:53.80
SINNERS IN VERSE 8, YOU KNOW HE
CALLS US ENEMIES - "FOR...WHEN
00:47:53.84\00:47:56.40
WE WERE ENEMIES WE
WERE RECONCILED" - TO GOD.
00:47:56.44\00:48:02.34
NOT WHEN WE WERE ATTRACTIVE,
BUT WHEN WE WERE HIS ENEMIES DID
00:48:02.38\00:48:07.08
JESUS DIE FOR US - "...WE WERE
RECONCILED TO GOD THROUGH THE
00:48:07.12\00:48:09.82
DEATH OF HIS SON, MUCH
MORE, HAVING BEEN RECONCILED, WE
00:48:09.85\00:48:12.59
SHALL BE SAVED BY HIS LIFE."
IN OTHER WORDS, CHRIST DID
00:48:12.62\00:48:15.19
EVERYTHING HE
NEEDED TO DO ON HIS PART.
00:48:15.22\00:48:17.03
HE'S SAYING, 'LISTEN, YOU CAN
SWEAR ON MY NAME, YOU CAN ABUSE
00:48:17.06\00:48:19.53
ME, YOU CAN SPIT ON ME, YOU CAN
MOCK ME, YOU CAN DO ALL KINDS OF
00:48:19.56\00:48:23.00
WICKEDNESS AND I'M STILL GOING
TO RECONCILE YOU TO MY FATHER.
00:48:23.03\00:48:26.50
I'M STILL GOING TO DIE ON
THAT CROSS AND BEAR ALL OF THAT
00:48:26.53\00:48:28.77
HORRIBLE SIN AND MUCH OF
IT, WHICH IS BEING THROWN AT ME.
00:48:28.80\00:48:35.34
AND THEN I'M GOING
TO OFFER YOU A GIFT.
00:48:35.38\00:48:38.48
AND IF YOU RECEIVE THAT GIFT,
ACCORDING TO THE CONDITION OF A
00:48:38.51\00:48:41.18
FULL SURRENDERED HEART, AND YOU
GIVE ME YOUR FULL OBEDIENCE AND
00:48:41.22\00:48:46.92
TRUST, I WILL SAVE YOU FOR ALL
OF ETERNITY.' YOU SEE, JESUS DID
00:48:46.96\00:48:54.63
EVERYTHING HE NEEDED TO DO ON
HIS PART AND HE'S JUST WAITING
00:48:54.66\00:48:57.73
FOR US TO DO OUR PART TO BE ABLE
TO GIVE OUR FULL SURRENDER TO
00:48:57.77\00:49:01.27
HIM. AND THEN, AS
PAUL SAID EVERY DAY
00:49:01.30\00:49:03.67
AFTER THAT, 'I DIE DAILY'
HE WROTE IN ONE OF HIS LETTERS.
00:49:03.71\00:49:08.74
CHRIST HAS BEEN CALLING YOU
TO DIE FOR CHRIST - TO GIVE YOUR
00:49:08.78\00:49:13.18
LIFE FOR HIM, EVEN AS HE HAS
ALREADY GIVEN HIS LIFE FOR YOU.
00:49:13.21\00:49:17.35
'HE WHO FOLLOWS AFTER ME' -
JESUS SAYS - 'MUST PICK UP HIS
00:49:17.39\00:49:19.45
CROSS DAILY AND FOLLOW AFTER
ME.' YOU MUST DIE TO YOURSELF
00:49:19.49\00:49:23.49
AND LIVE FOR JESUS, AND
THEN YOU'RE SAVED FOR ALL OF
00:49:23.53\00:49:27.23
ETERNITY. WELL,
WE'VE ONLY GOT A FEW
00:49:27.23\00:49:30.50
MINUTES LEFT AND WE HAVE THAT
LAST POWERFUL CHAPTER - THE LAST
00:49:30.53\00:49:33.80
HALF OF THE POWERFUL CHAPTER
- ROMANS CHAPTER 5 - AND THAT
00:49:33.84\00:49:36.74
IS THE CHAPTER OF TWO ADAMS.
NOW, OF COURSE, WE DON'T HAVE
00:49:36.77\00:49:39.71
NEARLY ENOUGH TIME TO READ
THROUGH IT ALL, BUT GUESS WHAT?
00:49:39.74\00:49:42.38
THERE'S SOMETHING VERY
INTERESTING I DISCOVERED ABOUT
00:49:42.41\00:49:44.05
THE LAST HALF IS THAT THERE'S
A WHOLE LOT OF REPETITION AND,
00:49:44.08\00:49:47.08
APPARENTLY, THIS TRUTH IS SO
IMPORTANT THAT JESUS MADE SURE
00:49:47.12\00:49:50.32
THAT HE REPEATED IT SIX
DIFFERENT TIMES - WELL, FIVE
00:49:50.35\00:49:53.36
DIFFERENT TIMES, I SHOULD SAY
- 15, 16, 17, 18, AND 19, JESUS
00:49:53.39\00:49:57.93
REPEATS THE SAME THING
THROUGH HIS PROPHET PAUL.
00:49:57.96\00:50:01.50
HE REPEATS THE SAME
THING FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES.
00:50:01.53\00:50:05.20
AND WE FIND THAT FROM VERSES 15
THROUGH 19, BUT LET'S READ VERSE
00:50:05.23\00:50:08.87
12 AS THE INTRODUCTION FIRST
- VERSE 12, IT SAYS, "THEREFORE,
00:50:08.90\00:50:11.84
JUST AS THROUGH ONE MAN SIN
ENTERED THE WORLD," - WHO'S THAT
00:50:11.87\00:50:14.48
ONE MAN? THAT'S
ADAM - ATE FROM THAT
00:50:14.51\00:50:16.85
FIRST TREE - THE ADAM - THE TREE
OF GOOD AND EVIL - "THEREFORE,
00:50:16.88\00:50:20.18
JUST AS THROUGH ONE MAN SIN
ENTERED THE WORLD, AND DEATH
00:50:20.22\00:50:23.42
THROUGH SIN, AND THUS DEATH
SPREAD TO ALL MEN, BECAUSE"
00:50:23.45\00:50:26.65
- HOW MANY HAVE SINNED? >>ALL.
00:50:26.69\00:50:28.26
>>ALL HAVE SINNED -
"BECAUSE ALL HAVE SINNED."
00:50:28.29\00:50:32.39
AND SO HERE WE HAVE THE
INTRODUCTION OF THE FIRST ADAM
00:50:32.43\00:50:34.13
OF TWO ADAMS. NOW
LET'S JUST CONFIRM THAT
00:50:34.20\00:50:36.16
JESUS IS THE SECOND ADAM AND
THEN WE'LL READ VERSES 15 AND
00:50:36.20\00:50:39.50
19 - LET'S GO QUICKLY TO 1
CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 15 - IT'S
00:50:39.53\00:50:43.47
THE VERY NEXT BOOK, SO JUST
GO ONE BOOK AHEAD TO ROMANS - OR
00:50:43.51\00:50:46.68
FROM ROMANS - AND GO
TO CHAPTER 15, QUICKLY AND
00:50:46.71\00:50:49.81
WE'LL READ VERSE 45. 1
CORINTHIANS 15 AND VERSE 45.
00:50:49.84\00:50:56.18
IN VERSE 45 IT SAYS, "AND SO
IT IS WRITTEN, 'THE FIRST MAN
00:50:56.22\00:50:59.32
(ADAM) BECAME A LIVING
BEING.' THE LAST ADAM BECAME A
00:50:59.35\00:51:03.69
LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT." IN
VERSE 47 - WE DON'T HAVE
00:51:03.73\00:51:06.19
TIME, BUT IT
BASICALLY SAYS THE SAME THING.
00:51:06.23\00:51:08.23
AND SO, WE HAVE THE FIRST MAN
AND THE SECOND MAN IN THE GREAT
00:51:08.26\00:51:10.83
BIBLE STORY. THE
FIRST ONE MESSED THINGS UP
00:51:10.87\00:51:12.80
FOR US; THE SECOND ONE
CAME AND CLEANED UP THE MESS.
00:51:12.83\00:51:14.87
DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?
AND THAT'S WHAT ROMANS CHAPTER
00:51:14.90\00:51:17.04
5, THE LAST HALF,
IS REALLY TELLING US.
00:51:17.07\00:51:19.61
AND SO, JESUS CAME TO BE - TO
DO THE JOB THAT ADAM SHOULD HAVE
00:51:19.64\00:51:23.55
DONE. ADAM SHOULD HAVE LIVED A
00:51:23.58\00:51:25.71
PERFECTLY OBEDIENT SURRENDERED
LIFE FOR ALL OF ETERNITY.
00:51:25.75\00:51:28.78
AMEN? BUT DID HE DO THAT? NO.
00:51:28.82\00:51:31.92
SO JESUS CAME AND HE SAID, 'I'LL
BE YOUR SUBSTITUTE AND I'LL BE
00:51:31.95\00:51:35.39
THE ADAM THAT ADAM SHOULD HAVE
BEEN.' AND SO, HE REPEATS THE
00:51:35.42\00:51:41.13
SAME THING, IN DIFFERENT
WAYS, FIVE TIMES IN 15 TO 19.
00:51:41.16\00:51:44.37
LET'S READ VERSE 15. IT
SAYS, "BUT THE FREE GIFT
00:51:44.40\00:51:46.70
IS NOT LIKE THE OFFENSE.
FOR IF BY THE ONE MAN'S OFFENSE
00:51:46.74\00:51:49.50
MANY DIED, MUCH MORE THE GRACE
OF GOD AND THE GIFT BY THE GRACE
00:51:49.54\00:51:53.04
OF THE ONE MAN, JESUS
CHRIST, ABOUNDED TO MANY."
00:51:53.07\00:51:57.85
AND THEN, AGAIN, IT REPEATS
ITSELF IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND
00:51:57.88\00:51:59.95
WE'LL PICK IT UP FOR THE LAST
ONE IN 19, IT SAYS, "FOR AS BY
00:52:00.05\00:52:02.62
ONE MAN'S DISOBEDIENCE MANY WERE
MADE SINNERS, SO ALSO BY ONE
00:52:02.65\00:52:08.09
MAN'S OBEDIENCE MANY
WILL BE MADE RIGHTEOUS."
00:52:08.12\00:52:13.43
AND SO HERE WE HAVE THIS
GREAT AND POWERFUL TRUTH THAT
00:52:13.46\00:52:15.86
SUMMARIZES AND BOILS THE ENTIRE
BIBLE STORY DOWN TO TWO MEN AND,
00:52:15.90\00:52:21.64
IN EXTENSION OF THAT, TWO TREES.
00:52:21.67\00:52:25.84
POWERFUL, POWERFUL,
TRUTH THAT IS REPEATED.
00:52:25.87\00:52:28.41
IN FACT, IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT
IT'S REPEATED OVER AND OVER AND
00:52:28.44\00:52:30.75
OVER AGAIN - SIX TIMES, BY THE
WAY, IT'S REPEATED THAT ADAM'S
00:52:30.78\00:52:36.72
ORIGINAL SIN BROUGHT TO ALL
OF US SIN, JUDGMENT, AND, IN
00:52:36.75\00:52:43.96
EXTENSION OF JUDGMENT,
CONDEMNATION, AND, IN EXTENSION
00:52:43.99\00:52:47.10
OF CONDEMNATION, DEATH. I
CAN PICTURE ADAM STANDING UP
00:52:47.13\00:52:53.57
BEFORE US HERE RIGHT
NOW AND SAYING, 'HOW DO
00:52:53.60\00:52:55.34
YOU LIKE ME NOW?'
IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE BEST
00:52:55.37\00:53:00.61
LEGACY TO LEAVE BEHIND, IS
IT? YOU KNOW, SOME OF US HAVE
00:53:00.64\00:53:03.45
SOME VERY RIGHTEOUS AND NOBLE
GRANDFATHERS THAT ARE A GREAT
00:53:03.48\00:53:07.75
EXAMPLE TO US, BUT
ADAM IS NOT ONE OF THOSE
00:53:07.78\00:53:10.95
GRANDFATHERS, IS HE?
NOW, I DO HAVE TO DEFEND ADAM,
00:53:10.99\00:53:14.66
ON THE OTHER HAND, BECAUSE HE
ALSO DOES LEAVE US THE LEGACY,
00:53:14.69\00:53:17.23
NOW THAT WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT
AS HIM, IN THE FACT THAT - THAT
00:53:17.26\00:53:20.56
ADAM SHOWED THE LEGACY - LEFT
THE LEGACY THAT EVEN THOUGH WE
00:53:20.60\00:53:23.90
BLEW IT, WE CAN COME TO
GOD WITH FULL REPENTANCE.
00:53:23.93\00:53:27.84
AND THE BIBLE EVIDENCE SHOWS US
AND TELLS US THAT, INDEED, ADAM
00:53:27.87\00:53:30.81
DID REPENT AND HE DID RECONCILE
HIMSELF BEFORE GOD AND ACCEPTED
00:53:30.84\00:53:35.01
AND SACRIFICED, FOR THE REST
OF HIS LIFE, THE ANIMALS THAT
00:53:35.04\00:53:37.28
POINTED FORWARD TO THE SAVIOR,
JESUS CHRIST, WHO WOULD ONE DAY
00:53:37.31\00:53:40.92
DIE FOR ADAM'S SINS. THAT
ADAM, TOO, MIGHT HAVE HOPE
00:53:40.95\00:53:44.99
FOR ETERNAL LIFE, EVEN AS GOD
HAD ORIGINALLY GIVEN IT TO HIM.
00:53:45.02\00:53:50.63
WELL, HOW DO I WRAP THINGS UP?
00:53:50.66\00:53:52.16
BECAUSE I'VE GOT A LOT MORE
TO SAY THAN I HAVE TIME FOR.
00:53:52.19\00:53:54.73
AS I LOOK AT THE CLOCK, I
REALIZE THAT THERE'S NO WAY I'M
00:53:54.76\00:53:57.23
GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER
ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT THIS
00:53:57.27\00:53:59.70
PARTICULAR CHAPTER BRINGS OUT,
BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE ABLE
00:53:59.73\00:54:05.64
TO KNOW THAT GOD IS SOMETHING
- SOMEBODY THAT HAS DIED FOR US,
00:54:05.67\00:54:13.68
HAS GIVEN US A VERY POWERFUL
GIFT AND THAT HE WANTS US TO BE
00:54:13.72\00:54:17.82
ABLE TO LIVE WITHIN THAT
GIFT AND TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT
00:54:17.85\00:54:20.79
PEACE THAT COMES FROM A SINCERE
FAITH AND SURRENDER TO JESUS
00:54:20.82\00:54:24.46
CHRIST. JESUS IS
THE SECOND ADAM THAT
00:54:24.49\00:54:26.90
LIVED THAT SINLESS LIFE
THAT ADAM SHOULD HAVE LIVED.
00:54:26.93\00:54:29.50
HE DIED A DEATH THAT WE DESERVE
AND, THEREFORE, HE IS NOW ADAM'S
00:54:29.53\00:54:32.17
SUBSTITUTE AND HE'S
ALSO OUR SUBSTITUTE.
00:54:32.20\00:54:36.10
WHEN WE COME TO GOD THROUGH
FAITH IN CHRIST, WE BECOME
00:54:36.14\00:54:39.14
PERFECT IN GOD'S EYES. DO
YOU BELIEVE THAT, FRIENDS?
00:54:39.17\00:54:41.68
WHEN JESUS LOOKS AT YOU
IT'S AS IF YOU HAD NEVER SINNED.
00:54:41.71\00:54:45.51
AS IF YOU HAD NEVER SINNED.
NOW, WHEN GOD LOOKS AT YOU,
00:54:45.55\00:54:49.32
HE SEES YOU THROUGH JESUS.
WHEN WE COME TO GOD IN FAITH, WE
00:54:49.35\00:54:53.99
LEAVE THE DOOMED FAMILY OF ADAM
AND WE ENTER INTO THE ETERNAL
00:54:54.02\00:54:57.06
VICTORIOUS
FAMILY OF JESUS CHRIST.
00:54:57.09\00:54:59.69
IS THAT GOOD
NEWS, FRIENDS? >>AMEN.
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>>IT'S THE BEST NEWS THAT WE CAN
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00:55:01.40\00:55:03.93
MAY WE CONTINUE TO GIVE HIM
TRUE, SINCERE REPENTANCE AND
00:55:03.97\00:55:07.30
FAITH, CONTINUE TO DIE DAILY
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>>HELLO FRIENDS, WE'RE
HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES
00:56:11.63\00:56:13.80
OVERLOOKING THE TAAL VOLCANO AND
LAKE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST
00:56:13.84\00:56:18.21
INTERESTING PIECES OF
GEOGRAPHY IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
00:56:18.24\00:56:21.38
FOR ONE THING, THIS GREAT
CALDARA WAS ONCE THE BIGGEST
00:56:21.41\00:56:24.95
VOLCANO IN THE WORLD, AND NOW IT
HOLDS A LAKE THAT HOLDS ANOTHER
00:56:24.98\00:56:29.18
VOLCANO THAT HAS ANOTHER LITTLE
LAKE IN IT THAT HAS ANOTHER
00:56:29.22\00:56:33.42
LITTLE ISLAND IN IT.
THIS VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED SIX
00:56:33.46\00:56:36.66
TIMES, IN A MAJOR WAY, SINCE THE
1500S AND, EVEN IN 1911, THERE
00:56:36.69\00:56:42.36
WAS AN ERUPTION WHERE OVER
1300 PEOPLE DIED - KILLED BY THE
00:56:42.40\00:56:46.47
SMOKE AND THE ASH
THAT COVERED THE COMMUNITY.
00:56:46.50\00:56:49.34
THERE WERE TSUNAMIS THAT CAME
FROM THE LAKE AND DESTROYED THE
00:56:49.37\00:56:52.57
VILLAGES THAT SURROUNDED
THE BORDERS OF THE LAKE.
00:56:52.61\00:56:55.11
IN FACT, THIS IS ONE OF THE
MOST CAREFULLY MONITORED SEISMIC
00:56:55.14\00:56:58.41
PLACES IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THIS VOLCANO IS BEING WATCHED
00:56:58.45\00:57:01.82
ALL THE TIME AND THEY'VE
NOTICED, AS OF 2006, THAT
00:57:01.85\00:57:05.49
IT APPEARS THAT THE WATER
TEMPERATURES ARE GOING UP.
00:57:05.52\00:57:08.69
THERE'S
INCREASED SEISMIC ACTIVITY.
00:57:08.72\00:57:10.99
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY KNOW
THAT THIS VOLCANO IS A TICKING
00:57:11.03\00:57:14.30
TIMEBOMB PREPARED TO BLOW.
00:57:14.30\00:57:16.97
AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING,
BECAUSE THIS PLACE IS A PLACE OF
00:57:17.00\00:57:19.27
GREAT SEISMIC ACTIVITY,
BUT IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT
00:57:19.30\00:57:22.94
VULCANOLOGISTS KNOW THIS IS
GOING TO BLOW AGAIN SOMEDAY,
00:57:22.97\00:57:25.81
IT IS A POPULAR
TOURIST DESTINATION.
00:57:25.84\00:57:27.88
THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR THE REAL
ESTATE, THEY'RE BUILDING LIKE
00:57:27.91\00:57:30.21
MAD, AND SIT ON
THE EDGE OF DISASTER.
00:57:30.25\00:57:33.15
IT MAKES US THINK ABOUT HOW GOD
HAS GIVEN US SO MANY WARNINGS IN
00:57:33.18\00:57:36.82
HIS WORD THAT THE WORLD IS GOING
TO END, THAT JESUS IS GOING TO
00:57:36.85\00:57:40.29
COME, THAT THE HEAVENS WILL
DISSOLVE WITH A GREAT NOISE AND
00:57:40.32\00:57:43.43
THE ELEMENTS WILL MELT WITH
FERVENT HEAT, SEEING THEN THAT
00:57:43.46\00:57:46.46
ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE
DISSOLVED, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE
00:57:46.49\00:57:49.03
SHOULD WE BE IN ALL HOLY
CONVERSATION AND GODLINESS.
00:57:49.06\00:57:53.34
FRIENDS, ARE YOU BECOMING
DISTRACTED WITH THE TRANQUIL
00:57:53.37\00:57:55.70
VIEWS OF THE WORLD OR ARE YOU
PREPARING FOR THE NEXT WORLD?
00:57:55.74\00:57:59.54
ARE YOU GETTING
READY FOR THE BIG BANG?
00:57:59.57\00:58:02.44
(MUSIC)
00:58:02.48\00:58:17.49