The Bible tells us, "In
the beginning was the Word,
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and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God."
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It says to
"Receive with meekness
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the implanted Word
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which is able
to save your souls.
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And to be diligent
to present yourself
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approved to God
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rightly dividing
the word of truth."
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Join us now for the
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Our study today is
Salvation by Faith Alone,
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the Book of Romans.
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Good morning and happy Sabbath.
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We welcome you to
3ABN Sabbath school panel
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where we have been
studying the book of Romans.
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And it's been an
incredible study so far.
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We are all excited
about what God is showing us
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afresh and anew.
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We are being reminded
again of the great teachings,
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the truths that
Paul has revealed to us
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through the book of Romans.
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The title of this whole
study, this quarter study
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is Salvation by Faith Alone
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and we find that so
clearly in the book of Romans.
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I want to tell you something
that Martin Luther said
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concerning this
book, now Martin Luther
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is the father of the
Protestant Reformation.
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He said, "The epistle
is really the chief part
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of the New Testament
and the very purest gospel."
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He went on to say
that every Christian
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should know it word for word,
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by heart as the
daily bread of the soul.
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So let me encourage you.
Study the Book of Romans.
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I hope you have your Bible.
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And we also want you
to have a study guide.
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We are teaching out of
the Seventh-day Adventist
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Adult Study Guide.
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And if you don't have one,
first we encourage you to go
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to your local
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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ask them for a copy,
they'd be so happy to meet you
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and to provide you
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with our Sabbath
School Study Guide
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or you can go to
online to ABSG.Adventist.org.
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I believe that's on your screen,
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go there and you can
download your lesson.
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Well, allow me to
introduce our panelists today.
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First, to my left,
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my very precious
sister Shelley Quinn.
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Shelley, it's a
joy to have you here.
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My pastor and very good
friend Pastor John Lomacang.
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Good to be here, Mollie.
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My precious little
sister Jill Morikone,
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she's also a very good friend.
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And a man I have
come to respect and admire
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because of his
knowledge of the Word of God.
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Pastor CA
Murray. Good to be here.
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So what a good
panel we have today
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as we continue to delve
into this book of Romans.
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Today, we are looking at
the eighth chapter of Romans.
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Now last week, we looked at
the seventh chapter of Romans
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where Paul...
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Here is something Paul
says in that seventh chapter.
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"O wretched man that I am."
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Thank God for
Romans chapter eight.
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Amen.
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Romans chapter
eight is Paul's response
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I believe to
Romans Chapter seven.
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So before we go into
our study, we need prayer.
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None of us will do
anything of any value
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if it is not
touched and anointed by God.
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Pastor Lomacang,
would you pray, please.
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Sure.
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Our loving
father, we open your Word
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but we do pray that
we also open our hearts.
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Yes.
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Connect us, Lord,
with your Holy Spirit
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that can work in the
lives of those watching
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or listening to this program.
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And may these words
that are words of life
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find in us fertile soil.
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May Jesus work
in us both to will
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and to do of His good pleasure.
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May people recognize
that Christ is being revealed
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and reflected through our
lives by You in dwelling power,
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we pray in Christ's name.
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Amen.
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Amen. Amen and amen.
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Memory text, let's read
our memory text together.
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And that is
Romans 8:1. Let's read.
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"There is therefore now
no condemnation to those
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which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh,
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but after the Spirit."
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Oh, and don't you always
want to go on to Romans 8:2?
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That was our
memory text, Romans 8:1.
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And the Scriptures
that I get to cover today,
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Sunday which is in Jesus
Christ is Romans 8:1 and 2.
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Those are exciting texts
and I love those scriptures.
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And I know, I
think we get redundant
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in loving the scriptures
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because every scripture
we share, at that moment,
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that is our favorite
scripture, I truly believe that.
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The Scripture again,
"There is therefore now
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no condemnation to
those who are," where?
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In Christ Jesus.
"In Christ Jesus."
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So I want to look
at a couple of things.
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What does condemnation mean?
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There's no condemnation.
What is condemnation?
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That you are condemned
or are being condemned.
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Condemned is the
sentence of the guilty,
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before punishment is meted out.
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Now something Pastor
Lomacang shared a little earlier
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and probably it's
in his lesson but see,
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he shared it so that makes
it that I can steal it from him.
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So that's we're going
to do. Go ahead, go ahead.
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And that would
be John 3:16 and 17.
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We're talking
about condemnation.
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What is John 3:16?
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First scripture
we all memorized.
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"For God so loved
the world that He gave
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His only begotten Son
that whosoever believeth in Him
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should not perish but
have everlasting life."
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John 3:17, "For God sent
not his Son into the world
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to condemn the world
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but that the world
through Him might be saved."
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So when we say that
there is therefore no...
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"There is therefore
now no condemnation to them
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who are in Christ Jesus,"
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well, God sent Jesus
into the world to start with
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so that there
wouldn't be condemnation.
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Amen. Thank you, Lord.
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Good point that you brought
out there, Pastor Lomacang.
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Could I add something
to that? Yes, please do.
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He didn't even come
to condemn the sinner,
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He came to condemn the sin.
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That's the joy,
that's the joy of it
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because we are
already condemned.
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He came not to tell
us what our condition is
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but to rescue us from it.
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So what you are
saying then is that sin
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is what has been sinnest
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and that punishment will
be meted out for that sin
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to get rid of the
sin that we can live pure
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and holy before the Lord.
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Okay.
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Punishment that
which is meted out to those
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who don't walk in the
Spirit but after the flesh.
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Romans 6:23 says,
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"For the wages of sin is," what?
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Death.
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"But the gift of
God is eternal life
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in Jesus Christ our Lord."
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Paul uses the phrase, "In
Christ Jesus" quite often.
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What does it mean?
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Here is a good
theological question for you?
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What does it mean
to be in Christ Jesus?
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What is it when
we're in Christ Jesus?
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He says, in Christ
Jesus, "There is therefore now
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no condemnation to those
who are in Christ Jesus."
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I don't want condemnation,
so what do I want to be,
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in Christ Jesus.
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How do you get in Christ Jesus?
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You make Jesus Christ
the Lord of your life.
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You see, you were
wandering around in darkness,
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and I want to look at
this again in a minute.
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You were in this world.
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You were under the
condemnation of sin and death.
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So you were in the
world and someone shared
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the gospel message with you.
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You heard the good news
of the Lord Jesus Christ
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and you accepted Him
as your Lord and Savior.
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You know what happened to
you, you came out of the world
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and you came into Christ.
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You know what the church is?
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If you've made Jesus
Christ the Lord of your life,
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are you part of the church?
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And the church is
the Body of Christ.
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So if you are part
of the Body of Christ,
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then you are in Christ.
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Now this finger of
mine is part of my body.
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I can't cut this finger
off and say it's not my body.
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No, I need my fingers.
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So, every one of us
are vitally important.
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We are in Christ Jesus
when we make Jesus Christ
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the Lord of our lives.
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That we have
accepted Christ as our Savior
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that we have
placed our trust in Him
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and his
instruction for our life,
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in other words,
what the Bible says
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as opposed to
trusting in any thing
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or anyone else
including ourselves
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which results in our
personal relationship
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with Jesus Christ
becoming a close intimate,
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in a close intimate
relationship with Him.
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Now, when we make Jesus
Christ the Lord of our lives,
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when we get transformed
out of darkness and into light,
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that's what Colossians says.
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Then, you know,
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it's not a long
drawn out process, is it?
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When you make Jesus
Christ the Lord of your life,
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it's an immediate change.
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And in Christ Jesus is
contrasted within the flesh.
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"There is therefore now
no condemnation to those
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who are in Christ Jesus
who are not after the flesh
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but after the Spirit."
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See the contrasting between
the flesh and the spirit.
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When you're in Christ Jesus,
you aren't condemned to death.
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When you're in the flesh,
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you are under the penalty
of death and you are condemned.
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When we are born again,
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or when we are
born into this world
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as members of a
fallen human race
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with no hope, we
have to have hope.
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Thank God.
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Once we come in to this
world in that fallen condition,
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He has made a way.
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When you're born into this world
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in the fallen human
race who had no hope,
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God immediately made a way,
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before the
foundation of the world was laid
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as a matter of
fact, to give us hope.
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We have hope because God
in the form of His own Son
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sent us help.
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And that help is
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Now I want to go
on to Romans 8:2.
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Romans 8:2 says,
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"For the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
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has made me free from
the law of sin and death."
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Now I know that in weeks
past, that Scripture has been
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perfectly and
thoroughly looked into.
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But I love to look
at it where Jesus Christ
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becoming our Lord and Savior.
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And we come out of
darkness into light.
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The law, then it says,
"The law of the Spirit of life
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in Christ Jesus made
me free from another law."
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And that was the
law of sin and death.
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You see, before
we make Jesus Christ
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the Lord of our life,
we are under another law.
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We are in this world,
we are serving another god.
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Did you know that it's called
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the prince of
the power of the air.
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We are under
another legal system.
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We are in the in
darkness and when we make Jesus
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the Lord of our life,
we come out of darkness
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and we come into light.
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Well, the legal
system that we were in
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is the law of sin and death.
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But when we make Jesus
Christ the Lord of our lives,
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we come into the
legal system of the law
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of the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus.
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Now it would be
like we were a citizen,
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let's say we are a
citizen of a foreign country,
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and in that foreign
country, they have strict laws
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that are in effect
for all of its citizens.
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And the citizens can
only, let's say that they have
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no freedoms whatsoever,
but then, you do something.
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You come from that country
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and you come
into the United States
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and the United
States accepts you
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and makes you a citizen
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of the United States of America.
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And let's say in
that other country,
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you had absolutely no
rights as a woman, say,
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to vote or to go out in public,
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but now you come
into the United States.
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Can you vote? Can
you go out into public?
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Do the laws of the
country that you were in before,
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does that
nation's laws any longer
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have any control over you?
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No, they don't.
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You have been transformed
out of the kingdom of darkness.
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You've come into the
kingdom of God's Dear Son.
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And now the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
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is the legal system
that you're operating under.
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You are no longer under
the law of sin and death.
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So when that law, when
the law of sin and death
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tries to reach over and
enforce its law upon you,
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you can say, "No, wait.
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I am no longer a
citizen of that country.
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I am no longer a
citizen of that kingdom.
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I am now a citizen
of the Kingdom of God.
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The Lord Jesus Christ
is my Lord and Savior.
00:14:16.62\00:14:19.12
God is my very own
Father, I am his very own child.
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The very life and
nature of God flows through me
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just like sap
flows through a tree.
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I belong to Almighty God.
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Jesus is my Lord and Savior."
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And the law of sin and
death has no control over you.
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Amen. Oh, Mollie,
that was beautiful.
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Thank you for
setting all of this up.
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You know, when
we ended last week,
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Paul was crying out,
"Oh, wretched man that I am,
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who will deliver me
from this body of death?"
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And then he
says, "Oh, thank God,
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it's through Jesus Christ."
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So with
conviction of sin comes hope
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when you know about Jesus.
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Let's look at Romans 8:3 and 4.
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Just picking up
where Mollie left off.
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Romans 8:3 says this,
"For what the law could not do,
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in that it was
weak through the flesh,
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God did by sending his own Son
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in the likeness of sinful flesh,
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on account of sin, He
condemned sin in the flesh
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that the righteousness
requirement of the law
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might be fulfilled in us,
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who do not walk
according to the law,"
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excuse me,
"according to the flesh,
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but according to the Spirit."
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So let's unpack that.
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Verse 3, "For what
the law could not do,
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in that it was
weak through the flesh."
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The Mosaic Law was good,
it was perfect, it was holy,
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but the problem was
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it was given to
an imperfect people.
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A perfect set of
requirements was given
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to an imperfect people
who could not fulfill that
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in the weakness of their flesh.
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And the law couldn't
bestow power over sin.
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It could not justify them.
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It was weak because
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without the
impartation of the Holy Spirit,
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the flesh is too weak to
live by the laws' tenants.
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So what the law was given
was to show our need of grace.
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And when it was
given, God gave the remedy.
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He gave the
grace in the sanctuary,
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in the temple services.
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So right from the
beginning, it was by grace
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but now there is something
that's going to be so different
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because when Christ
came, then after He returned,
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He sent the Spirit.
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So continuing in
verse 3, he said,
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"What the law could not do,
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in that it was
weak through the flesh,
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God did by sending his own Son
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in the likeness of
sinful flesh on account of sin."
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Jesus had to
come in our likeness.
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He had to become one of
us to be our substitute.
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In Philippians 2:6, it
says that He made himself
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of no reputation but He
took on the nature of a servant
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being made in human likeness.
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And there's a
great mystery there
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to think about someone
who is perfectly divine
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and yet, all so perfectly sin...
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perfectly human.
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Now I want to
point out something.
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Christ, when He became
like us, Hebrews 2:14, it says,
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"Since the children are
shares in flesh and blood,
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He in like manner
partaken the same."
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And Hebrews 2:17, it says
"It behooved Him in all ways
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to be made like his brethren."
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Hebrews 4:15 says He
was tempted in all ways
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as we are tempted.
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So divinity did not
enable him not to sin,
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it did not render
Him incapable of sin
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because when He was
here, He emptied Himself
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and He relied purely
on the power of the Father
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and the power
of the Holy Spirit.
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So He came in the
likeness of sinful flesh.
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He wasn't Himself sin or
sinful because it says that
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He knew no sin
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but He came on account
of sin to be our offering.
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Now in verse 3, continues,
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"He condemned sin in the flesh."
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There's a parallel
between Christ's incarnation
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and his sacrifice on the cross.
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In the Old
Testament sacrificial system,
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everything about
the Old Testament
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sacrificial
system pointed to Jesus.
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But it also
demonstrated God's... how God...
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with what seriousness
God looked upon man's sin
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because what was required
for the remission of sin?
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Shedding of blood.
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The shedding of
blood was required.
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And then, Jesus sent his own Son
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to become one of us
so that He could stand in
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as our substitute
and make the sacrifice.
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So God demonstrated
His condemnation of sin
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when He sent His
son to die for us.
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Man's sin was
condemned in Christ's flesh.
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He perfectly kept the
law, then He paid our penalty
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by sacrificing Himself for us.
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You know, when
you think about it,
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Christ achieved
perfection as a man, did He not?
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Relying on the power of whom?
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God the Father. Of the
Father, the Holy Spirit.
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And His perfection, He obeyed
all of God's Commandments,
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His every word.
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And Christ's faith,
His love of the Father,
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His obedience was perfect.
00:20:00.13\00:20:02.40
And now, that
perfection is credited to us
00:20:02.43\00:20:08.24
when we accept Christ.
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That's what Paul is talking
about salvation by faith alone
00:20:09.77\00:20:13.34
that this is
imputed or credited to us
00:20:13.38\00:20:17.51
when we accept Christ.
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And he goes on to say...
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When he's talking about He
condemned sin in the flesh,
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He did not condemn man,
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the Law of Moses
condemns sinful man.
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He condemned sin by
stripping sin of its power
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to hold us captive.
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And sin's condemnation
was condemned if you will.
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So He bore the burden of
our sin and we were spared.
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So he goes on in
verse 4 saying this,
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"That the righteous
requirement of the law..."
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Let me go back
and read that fully
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so that we're getting there.
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"For what the law could not do,
00:21:06.16\00:21:07.50
in that it was
weak through the flesh,
00:21:07.50\00:21:08.83
God did by sending His own son
00:21:08.86\00:21:10.23
in the likeness of sinful flesh,
00:21:10.27\00:21:13.17
on account of sin,
00:21:13.20\00:21:14.67
He condemned sin and flesh
that the righteous requirement
00:21:14.70\00:21:19.77
of the law might
be fulfilled in us
00:21:19.81\00:21:23.21
who do not walk
according to the flesh
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but according to the Spirit."
00:21:26.82\00:21:30.29
Remember, we
talked about before.
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There is
positional sanctification,
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that's when we are in Christ.
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We are sanctified.
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We are set apart
for God's purpose.
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But then, there is
practical sanctification
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as we walk in God's will.
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And we see a
parallel to Romans 8:4
00:21:48.50\00:21:51.44
in Ephesians 2:8
through 10 when he says,
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"By grace, you've
been saved through faith."
00:21:54.24\00:21:56.54
And then he said,
you know, not by works
00:21:56.58\00:21:58.11
that you should boast but
what does he go on to say,
00:21:58.15\00:22:00.45
"That you've been saved
by faith to do good works
00:22:00.52\00:22:04.19
which God prepared in
advance for you to do."
00:22:04.22\00:22:07.19
So here Paul is
saying that He condemns sin
00:22:07.26\00:22:11.66
that the righteous
requirement of the law
00:22:11.69\00:22:15.13
might be fulfilled in us.
00:22:15.16\00:22:17.97
So this shows that God's purpose
00:22:18.00\00:22:20.44
in reference to
His commandments,
00:22:20.50\00:22:23.91
God has never
diminished or changed that.
00:22:23.97\00:22:28.44
He expects the
righteous requirement of the law
00:22:28.48\00:22:31.71
to be fulfilled in us.
00:22:31.75\00:22:33.08
In fact, that's
the great purpose
00:22:33.11\00:22:34.62
of the redemptive act
00:22:34.65\00:22:35.98
that as we are
filled with the spirit,
00:22:36.02\00:22:39.69
we are declared
innocent, filled with the spirit
00:22:39.72\00:22:43.22
that we are given the
power by the Holy Spirit
00:22:43.26\00:22:47.46
to walk in the law of
God and fulfill that law.
00:22:47.50\00:22:51.47
You know, the Holy
Spirit is mentioned 19 times
00:22:51.50\00:22:54.37
in Romans chapter eight.
00:22:54.40\00:22:56.40
And so that gives
us, shows us the power
00:22:56.44\00:22:59.54
when sin or when
self is dethroned,
00:22:59.57\00:23:03.18
and Christ is
placed on the throne,
00:23:03.21\00:23:05.51
where the spirit of the
Lord is, there is liberty.
00:23:05.55\00:23:08.48
So it is when he says
that the righteous requirement
00:23:08.52\00:23:11.59
of the law might
be fulfilled in us,
00:23:11.62\00:23:13.56
it is God who is working in us
00:23:13.59\00:23:15.29
to willing to do
His good pleasure.
00:23:15.32\00:23:17.16
It is God who will fulfill in us
00:23:17.23\00:23:22.10
His righteous
requirements of the law,
00:23:22.13\00:23:25.97
if we continue so on,
00:23:26.00\00:23:28.00
to those who do not
walk according to the flesh
00:23:28.04\00:23:31.81
but according to this spirit.
00:23:31.84\00:23:34.48
You know, when we have been made
00:23:34.51\00:23:40.58
righteous by accepting Christ,
then what happens is God puts,
00:23:40.62\00:23:46.25
gives us a new heart.
00:23:46.29\00:23:47.86
He empowers us to keep
those new covenant commandments
00:23:47.89\00:23:54.03
as he says in
Hebrews 8:8 through 10
00:23:54.10\00:23:57.30
that his law of love,
00:23:57.33\00:23:59.13
this wonderful
law, he says, I will...
00:23:59.17\00:24:02.87
This is the new covenant.
00:24:02.90\00:24:04.54
It's not just going
to be written on stone,
00:24:04.57\00:24:07.48
I'm also going to now write
it on your heart, on your mind,
00:24:07.51\00:24:12.05
and put them in your heart
00:24:12.08\00:24:13.92
so that you can
walk in obedience.
00:24:13.95\00:24:17.19
So he frees us from sin
and death so that we may,
00:24:17.22\00:24:22.49
as we walk
according to the spirit,
00:24:22.52\00:24:24.96
that we may fulfill
the righteous requirement
00:24:24.99\00:24:28.46
of His law.
00:24:28.50\00:24:29.83
Amen. Amen.
00:24:29.86\00:24:31.20
Good. Wow,
Shelley, that's powerful.
00:24:31.23\00:24:32.83
I'm just swimming here.
00:24:32.87\00:24:34.50
This book is deeper
than I thought it was.
00:24:34.54\00:24:36.57
I need to get a new
tank or refill tank.
00:24:36.60\00:24:40.64
I thank you so much.
00:24:40.68\00:24:42.01
And the Apostle
Paul in his writings
00:24:42.04\00:24:43.81
is just so clear.
00:24:43.85\00:24:46.55
We just have to
allow the Spirit of God
00:24:46.58\00:24:48.25
to make it clear to us.
00:24:48.28\00:24:49.62
Couple of things I want
to set in place as I go down,
00:24:49.65\00:24:51.75
as I go not to the
flesh or the spirit.
00:24:51.79\00:24:55.16
I want to tap on a few things
00:24:55.19\00:24:57.19
that were in one
of our past lessons
00:24:57.23\00:24:59.13
and I think we may
have alluded to that today.
00:24:59.16\00:25:01.53
But when Paul pointed out that
00:25:01.56\00:25:03.67
when he became aware of the sin,
00:25:03.70\00:25:05.10
sin revived and he died.
00:25:05.13\00:25:07.07
I wanted to really make it clear
00:25:07.14\00:25:08.54
that the law
exposed Paul's condition
00:25:08.57\00:25:12.61
like the mirror
exposes our condition.
00:25:12.64\00:25:15.28
Yes.
00:25:15.31\00:25:16.64
So without the
mirror, Paul didn't understand
00:25:16.68\00:25:18.38
his condition
but when the mirror,
00:25:18.41\00:25:20.35
which is the law of
God according to James,
00:25:20.42\00:25:22.68
when we look into
that perfect law of liberty
00:25:22.72\00:25:25.12
like a mirror and
see our condition,
00:25:25.15\00:25:26.86
then all of a sudden, the
mirror is not the problem,
00:25:26.89\00:25:30.23
we are the problem.
00:25:30.26\00:25:31.59
We are carnal, sold under sin.
00:25:31.63\00:25:34.00
The mirror, and so I
want to make it clear,
00:25:34.00\00:25:35.60
the law of God is
not the issue here,
00:25:35.63\00:25:37.70
the commandments of
God is not the problem.
00:25:37.73\00:25:40.10
So often we
think if we can get rid
00:25:40.14\00:25:41.47
of the commandments of God,
then the remedy, our situation,
00:25:41.50\00:25:45.27
you can no more get rid
of the commandments of God
00:25:45.31\00:25:48.18
to remedy your situation
00:25:48.21\00:25:49.54
than getting rid of
the mirror cleans you up.
00:25:49.58\00:25:51.81
That's right.
00:25:51.85\00:25:53.18
So the law of God
is very necessary.
00:25:53.21\00:25:54.88
It shows us where our need is.
00:25:54.92\00:25:56.99
Another thing
is, when Paul says,
00:25:57.05\00:25:59.35
"Sin revived and I
died," I want to make it clear,
00:25:59.39\00:26:01.49
the law did not die, Paul died.
00:26:01.52\00:26:04.83
That's something
that's very important
00:26:04.86\00:26:06.19
to understand.
00:26:06.23\00:26:07.56
But now we go to Romans 8:2,
00:26:07.60\00:26:08.93
and we're going to go down to 5.
00:26:08.96\00:26:10.30
When the Bible says,
00:26:10.37\00:26:12.00
"For the law of
the Spirit of life
00:26:12.03\00:26:13.64
in Christ Jesus," and you
know what's amazing about this,
00:26:13.67\00:26:15.47
Mollie talked about it,
Shelley talked about it.
00:26:15.50\00:26:16.84
I know, Jill's
going to talk about it
00:26:16.91\00:26:18.24
and Pastor CA is
going to talk about it.
00:26:18.27\00:26:19.61
We're going to all be
talking about the same thing.
00:26:19.64\00:26:21.74
We're going to be
stepping over each other's notes
00:26:21.78\00:26:23.85
because you cannot
separate the whole context
00:26:23.88\00:26:26.58
from its tentacles.
00:26:26.61\00:26:28.35
You know, we talk
about different aspects of it
00:26:28.38\00:26:30.09
but the law of
the Spirit of life
00:26:30.12\00:26:32.99
in Christ Jesus has made me free
00:26:33.02\00:26:34.62
from the law of sin and death.
00:26:34.66\00:26:35.99
Now let me make a statement
00:26:36.02\00:26:37.36
that I'm going to
qualify in a moment.
00:26:37.43\00:26:40.10
The law of the spirit of life
is not the Ten Commandments.
00:26:40.13\00:26:44.83
The law of the spirit of life
is not the Ten Commandments.
00:26:44.87\00:26:48.04
The Ten Commandments
shows our condemned condition
00:26:48.07\00:26:51.07
but the Ten
Commandments cannot free us.
00:26:51.11\00:26:53.34
That's correct.
00:26:53.38\00:26:54.88
It shows us our condition
but it cannot clean it up.
00:26:54.91\00:26:58.38
In the same way,
the mirror shows us
00:26:58.41\00:27:00.25
we have issues but the mirror
00:27:00.28\00:27:02.02
cannot
straighten our issues out.
00:27:02.05\00:27:03.95
So when the Bible says
the law of the spirit of life,
00:27:04.02\00:27:06.12
it is not the Ten Commandments.
00:27:06.15\00:27:07.76
I would submit to you that
the law of the spirit of life,
00:27:07.79\00:27:10.46
it is the power over sin
that brings us into harmony
00:27:10.49\00:27:16.33
with the Ten
Commandments of God.
00:27:16.36\00:27:17.70
Amen.
00:27:17.73\00:27:19.07
Let me give you a
couple of examples.
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When the Bible says the
law of the spirit of life,
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it is also not the Holy
Spirit that's talked about here.
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It's the law of
the spirit of life.
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Let's look at the
couple of examples
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to see what that law
of the spirit of life is.
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As I looked at the Logos,
00:27:31.78\00:27:33.72
I have a number of commentaries.
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And I walk through this.
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And the expositive
of theologians and logos
00:27:37.59\00:27:40.89
had all concurred that
the law of the spirit of life
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is not talking
about the Holy Spirit.
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It's the law of
the spirit of life.
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Now here's the point.
00:27:51.13\00:27:52.90
If the Holy Spirit was
the one, this is the power,
00:27:52.93\00:27:56.00
if the Holy Spirit is
the one to make us righteous,
00:27:56.04\00:27:58.57
then Jesus is not necessary.
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So where does
this power come from?
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The Holy Spirit communicates it.
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But if you
remember John 16, He says,
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I'll communicate to
you whatever I receive.
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I don't even speak
on my own authority.
00:28:13.42\00:28:15.26
Whatever I hear,
00:28:15.29\00:28:16.62
that's what I'm going to convey.
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Look at a couple of passages.
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Ephesians 3:20 to talk about
the law of the Spirit of Life,
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where does it come from?
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Well, we know,
Ephesians 3:20, the Bible says,
00:28:25.70\00:28:29.04
"Now to Him who is
able to do exceedingly,
00:28:29.07\00:28:31.97
abundantly above
all that we ask or think
00:28:32.01\00:28:35.48
according to the
power that works in us."
00:28:35.51\00:28:40.65
Where does this power come from?
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It comes from Christ. Amen.
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But it resides in us
through His Holy Spirit.
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Let's look at John 1:12.
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When we receive
Christ, the power is in Christ.
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Remember, when he
was raised, He said,
00:28:55.93\00:28:58.40
"All power is given unto to me."
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He didn't say all power is
given unto the Holy Spirit.
00:29:01.04\00:29:03.94
He gave the
Holy Spirit the power
00:29:03.97\00:29:05.84
that the Holy
Spirit conveyed to us
00:29:05.87\00:29:07.41
on the day of Pentecost
but you shall receive power
00:29:07.44\00:29:10.71
but the Holy Spirit,
the power did not reside
00:29:10.78\00:29:12.91
in the Holy Spirit,
it resided in Christ.
00:29:12.95\00:29:15.78
He received it from
Christ and conveyed it to us.
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Here is the
evidence of that. John 1:12.
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"But as many as received Him,"
remember He said to the Jews,
00:29:22.32\00:29:25.09
"I came to my own
and they did not," what?
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Receive me.
00:29:26.86\00:29:28.16
They didn't receive
me, so they had no power.
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They had the law
but they had no power.
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But He said, "But as
many as received Him,"
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John 1:12, "To
them gave He power,"
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I'm reading in the
King James Version.
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"To become the sons of God,
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even to them that
believe on His name."
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Now this is powerful.
They became the sons of God.
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I was thinking of this
00:29:50.62\00:29:51.95
and I had my
devotion this morning
00:29:51.99\00:29:53.32
and I like Oswald Chambers.
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He talked about, he
says, "When you have a father
00:29:55.39\00:29:58.19
and child relationship,
00:29:58.23\00:30:00.60
you know your father loves you."
00:30:00.63\00:30:02.86
You don't have a
master slave relationship
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because you are now
in subjection to somebody
00:30:05.03\00:30:08.14
who is controlling you that
you don't to be controlled by.
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But when you know what we
are, daughters and sons of God,
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you have a father
child relationship,
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and you know the
father wants nothing
00:30:16.81\00:30:18.68
but the best for his children.
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So therefore, it's not
a relationship of timidity
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but a relationship
of mutual admiration.
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He loves me, I love him.
00:30:30.13\00:30:32.03
He brought me into
the relationship with him.
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I didn't bring my
Father into being,
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my Father brought me into being.
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He goes on further,
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Romans 1:16,
talking about this power.
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The power that is at work
in us is the power of Christ.
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Romans 1:16,
"For I am not ashamed
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of the gospel of Christ,"
00:30:49.58\00:30:51.75
not the gospel
of the Holy Spirit.
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"For it is the power of
God to salvation for everyone
00:30:53.78\00:30:56.32
who believes for the Jew
first and also for the Greek."
00:30:56.35\00:31:00.16
What role does
the Holy Spirit play?
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He is the active agent in us
00:31:03.02\00:31:04.79
that the Lord left
to continue working.
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I'm leaving, He's
coming and when He comes,
00:31:06.73\00:31:10.73
He will abide with you forever.
00:31:10.77\00:31:12.67
So the Holy Spirit is carrying
on the work that Christ began.
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Amen.
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Another passage,
1 Corinthians 1:18.
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"For the message of the cross
00:31:21.11\00:31:22.51
is foolishness to
those who are perishing
00:31:22.54\00:31:25.38
but to us who are being
saved it is the power of God."
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Well, who is the power of God?
00:31:30.49\00:31:32.25
Jesus who says, "All
power is given to me."
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Now let's go ahead
00:31:36.29\00:31:37.63
and I'm going to
share this quotation
00:31:37.66\00:31:38.99
from Education
289 and paragraph one,
00:31:39.03\00:31:44.10
speaking about how
do we embrace this power
00:31:44.13\00:31:47.67
by leaning our willing to His.
00:31:47.70\00:31:49.37
"The will is the governing power
00:31:49.40\00:31:51.21
in the nature of man.
00:31:51.24\00:31:52.77
The power of
decision or choice."
00:31:52.81\00:31:55.58
We've got to
exercise this power daily.
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"Every human being
possessed of reason
00:31:58.38\00:32:01.35
has power to choose the right."
00:32:01.38\00:32:04.12
That's the power He gave us.
00:32:04.19\00:32:05.82
"In every experience
of life God's Word to us
00:32:05.85\00:32:08.86
is choose you this
day whom you will serve.
00:32:08.89\00:32:12.63
Everyone may place
00:32:12.66\00:32:14.20
his will on the
side of the will of God,
00:32:14.20\00:32:17.03
every one may place his will
on the side of the will of God
00:32:17.07\00:32:20.50
may choose to obey Him
00:32:20.54\00:32:21.90
and by thus linking
himself with divine agencies."
00:32:21.94\00:32:27.34
I love this part.
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This is the power,
00:32:28.74\00:32:30.11
this is the extent of the power.
00:32:30.15\00:32:31.48
"He may stand where nothing
can force Him to do evil."
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Praise God. Amen. Amen.
00:32:34.82\00:32:36.35
Which takes me to my
passage for my lesson,
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I'll use this for
the next two minutes.
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So where nothing
can force us to do evil.
00:32:41.09\00:32:43.89
That's Romans 8:5-6.
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"For those who live
according to the flesh,
00:32:46.36\00:32:48.23
set their minds on
the things of the flesh.
00:32:48.26\00:32:50.40
For those who live
according to the spirit,
00:32:50.43\00:32:52.13
the things of the Spirit
00:32:52.17\00:32:54.00
for to be carnally minded is..."
00:32:54.07\00:32:55.40
Death.
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"Death, but to be spiritually
minded is life and peace."
00:32:56.81\00:33:00.18
So the focus of the mind
00:33:00.21\00:33:02.84
becomes the
controlling factor of the life.
00:33:02.88\00:33:05.61
Sin is first born in the mind
00:33:05.65\00:33:07.65
before it is
carried out in the life.
00:33:07.68\00:33:09.02
True.
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So whatever you focus your mind
on will determine your action,
00:33:10.42\00:33:13.15
your action
determines your habit,
00:33:13.19\00:33:14.69
your habit
determines your character,
00:33:14.72\00:33:16.26
your character
determines your destiny.
00:33:16.29\00:33:18.23
In James 1:14-15
makes it very clear.
00:33:18.26\00:33:21.06
The mind is the
place where it all starts.
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Amen.
00:33:23.47\00:33:25.00
But when that spark happens,
00:33:25.03\00:33:26.50
you have to determine to
embrace it or to reject it.
00:33:26.53\00:33:29.87
In James, makes it
clear, James 1:14-15.
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"But each one is
tempted when he is drawn away
00:33:32.94\00:33:35.28
by his own
desires and into highest."
00:33:35.31\00:33:38.45
When you embrace it, then
when desire has conceived,
00:33:38.48\00:33:42.28
see the sin again,
see the seed again.
00:33:42.32\00:33:45.12
"When desire has
conceived, it gives birth to sin
00:33:45.15\00:33:48.39
and sin when it is full
grown brings forth death."
00:33:48.42\00:33:51.26
In the very same way
00:33:51.29\00:33:52.89
when we embrace
the seed of Christ,
00:33:52.93\00:33:56.26
when that sin conceives it
brings forth righteousness.
00:33:56.30\00:34:00.04
Amen.
00:34:00.07\00:34:01.40
And when it is full grown,
00:34:01.44\00:34:02.77
it brings forth the
character of Christ.
00:34:02.80\00:34:05.87
So we have to make
sure that the carnal mind
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is not the place that the mind
00:34:08.84\00:34:12.78
does not become
carnal by the focus
00:34:12.81\00:34:15.78
that we maintain.
00:34:15.82\00:34:17.29
You can look to the
corner and look at those things
00:34:17.32\00:34:20.26
that chickens eat
or you can be an eagle
00:34:20.29\00:34:22.89
and look up to the
heavens and realize,
00:34:22.92\00:34:25.23
and I said this before
00:34:25.26\00:34:26.59
and I want to
use the parody here,
00:34:26.63\00:34:28.80
you've never heard the
phrase, "Kentucky Fried Eagle."
00:34:28.83\00:34:32.63
You've always heard,
"Kentucky Fried Chicken."
00:34:32.67\00:34:35.24
See we can be Eagles in
Christ by the things we focus on
00:34:35.27\00:34:38.81
and by the
power that we embrace.
00:34:38.84\00:34:40.94
And through His nature,
00:34:40.98\00:34:42.38
we will rise to higher
heights in righteousness.
00:34:42.41\00:34:44.91
Amen. Thank you
so much, Pastor John.
00:34:44.95\00:34:47.48
What an incredible
lesson. Praise the Lord.
00:34:47.52\00:34:49.45
I am so blessed getting into
the Word of God and learning.
00:34:49.48\00:34:52.75
And as you
mentioned, we're all sharing
00:34:52.79\00:34:54.72
some of the same scriptures,
some of the same things,
00:34:54.76\00:34:57.69
but that's a wonderful
thing because we want to learn,
00:34:57.73\00:35:00.96
we want to grow,
00:35:00.96\00:35:02.53
we want to be born
again with the Word of God
00:35:02.56\00:35:05.50
that incorruptible seed
and have that seed spring up
00:35:05.53\00:35:08.57
and bear fruit in
our hearts and lives.
00:35:08.60\00:35:11.17
I have Wednesday.
00:35:11.21\00:35:13.31
Wednesday is,
00:35:13.38\00:35:15.74
what is my
lesson, Christ in you.
00:35:15.78\00:35:18.05
So we're going
to look at Romans 8
00:35:18.08\00:35:20.02
and our verses are 9-14.
00:35:20.05\00:35:24.09
Romans 8:9-14.
00:35:24.12\00:35:26.76
Before we begin, I
just want to mention
00:35:26.79\00:35:28.92
and this is
already been mentioned by
00:35:28.96\00:35:30.56
I think everyone
here on the panel,
00:35:30.63\00:35:32.86
that we have
two choices in life.
00:35:32.89\00:35:35.26
We can choose to live for Christ
00:35:35.30\00:35:37.73
or we can make a
choice to live for the enemy.
00:35:37.77\00:35:41.14
We can choose to live and walk
00:35:41.17\00:35:43.27
according to the spirit,
00:35:43.30\00:35:45.34
walk in
dependence on the Spirit,
00:35:45.37\00:35:47.48
have Christ in
us, the hope of glory,
00:35:47.54\00:35:50.41
died a self in sin
and live to Christ.
00:35:50.45\00:35:53.58
Or we can
choose to live and walk
00:35:53.62\00:35:56.08
according to the flesh,
walk in dependence on myself,
00:35:56.12\00:36:00.19
walk into that
bondage and that addiction.
00:36:00.22\00:36:03.76
So we really have two choices.
00:36:03.79\00:36:05.73
There is no
middle ground as it were.
00:36:05.76\00:36:08.63
You could wake up
Pastor CA and say,
00:36:08.66\00:36:10.27
"Well, today I think I'm
just going to serve Jill."
00:36:10.30\00:36:13.57
Well, if I make a
choice, I'm just serving Jill,
00:36:13.64\00:36:16.40
I've already made a
choice to serve the enemy.
00:36:16.44\00:36:19.34
There is no middle ground.
00:36:19.37\00:36:21.24
I can't say, I'm
just doing my own thing
00:36:21.28\00:36:23.45
because my own
thing, the carnal nature,
00:36:23.48\00:36:26.45
the carnal mind is
automatically gonna go
00:36:26.48\00:36:28.65
on the ground of the enemy.
00:36:28.68\00:36:30.02
That's right. Mark 3:25.
00:36:30.09\00:36:33.46
"A house divided
against itself cannot stand."
00:36:33.49\00:36:37.46
So I don't know, before
we jump into our Romans 8:9,
00:36:37.53\00:36:41.50
I don't know where you
are in your walk with God,
00:36:41.53\00:36:43.73
you might be saying,
00:36:43.77\00:36:45.10
"I'm not sure, I got
one foot in the church
00:36:45.13\00:36:47.20
and one foot in the world.
00:36:47.24\00:36:48.74
I have one foot sort
of want to follow Jesus
00:36:48.77\00:36:51.34
when it works with me.
00:36:51.37\00:36:53.64
But when it doesn't, I
think I'll do my own thing."
00:36:53.68\00:36:57.31
There is no
neutrality in this battle,
00:36:57.35\00:36:59.91
this great controversy
that we are engaged in.
00:37:00.05\00:37:02.75
We will have to make a choice.
00:37:02.78\00:37:04.49
And whether we make that
choice today or tomorrow,
00:37:04.52\00:37:07.49
make a choice today.
00:37:07.52\00:37:09.79
While you hear the
spirits call on your heart,
00:37:09.82\00:37:13.29
don't harden your heart
00:37:13.33\00:37:15.43
but make a choice to
serve the Lord Jesus.
00:37:15.46\00:37:17.37
So let's look at this
contrast being in Christ.
00:37:17.40\00:37:20.24
Romans 8:9.
00:37:20.27\00:37:21.94
"But you are not in the
flesh but in the spirit.
00:37:21.97\00:37:25.74
If indeed the Spirit
of God dwells in you,"
00:37:25.77\00:37:28.44
I want to take a moment
and just look at the word
00:37:28.48\00:37:30.25
"Dwells".
00:37:30.28\00:37:31.75
It's oikeo in the Greek,
00:37:31.78\00:37:34.55
and that's used
a couple times here
00:37:34.58\00:37:36.25
in Romans and it's interesting.
00:37:36.28\00:37:38.15
It can indicate the
Spirit of God dwelling in us
00:37:38.19\00:37:40.46
or it could be the
enemy dwelling in us.
00:37:40.49\00:37:42.56
Oikeo simply means
to inhabit, to dwell,
00:37:42.59\00:37:46.36
in dwell to make a
home or to be at home.
00:37:46.39\00:37:50.43
So here that if
the Spirit of God
00:37:50.47\00:37:52.27
dwells in me, that
means He's taken up residence.
00:37:52.30\00:37:55.40
He is living inside of me.
00:37:55.44\00:37:58.67
To contrast that, we
could look at Romans 7:20.
00:37:58.71\00:38:01.98
This word oikeo was used again
but not in the same fashion.
00:38:02.01\00:38:05.65
"Now if I do
what I will not to do,
00:38:05.68\00:38:08.12
it is no longer I who do it
but the sin that dwells in me."
00:38:08.15\00:38:11.99
It's the same word.
00:38:12.02\00:38:13.39
In this case, sin has
taken up residence in his life
00:38:13.42\00:38:16.96
and is living
and dwelling in him.
00:38:16.99\00:38:19.79
One more scripture
and then we'll move on.
00:38:19.83\00:38:21.60
Let's jump over
to 1 Corinthians,
00:38:21.63\00:38:26.10
1 Corinthians 3:16.
00:38:26.13\00:38:29.20
1 Corinthians 3:16.
00:38:32.17\00:38:34.18
This is the same
word oikeo, dwell.
00:38:34.21\00:38:37.15
"Do you not know that
you are the temple of God
00:38:37.18\00:38:40.22
and that the Spirit
of God dwells in you."
00:38:40.25\00:38:44.09
The Holy Spirit
wants to come in to abide.
00:38:44.12\00:38:46.55
That's right. To
make our heart His home.
00:38:46.59\00:38:48.76
Revelation 3:20,
"Behold," Jesus says,
00:38:48.79\00:38:51.26
"I stand at the door and knock,
00:38:51.29\00:38:53.26
if anyone hears my
voice, I will come in
00:38:53.29\00:38:55.43
and supper with
him and he with me."
00:38:55.46\00:38:57.23
God wants to come into our
hearts and lives and to abide,
00:38:57.27\00:39:01.04
to take up residence as it were.
00:39:01.07\00:39:03.77
Let's go back to Romans 8.
00:39:03.84\00:39:06.27
Romans 8, we're at verse 9.
00:39:06.31\00:39:11.11
"We are not in the
flesh but in the spirit.
00:39:11.15\00:39:13.15
If indeed the
Spirit of God dwells in you
00:39:13.18\00:39:15.28
or has taken up
residence in you.
00:39:15.32\00:39:17.42
Now if anyone does not
have the Spirit of Christ,
00:39:17.45\00:39:19.59
he is not his."
00:39:19.62\00:39:22.02
Verse 10, "And
if Christ is in you,
00:39:22.06\00:39:24.89
the body is dead because of sin,
00:39:24.93\00:39:28.03
but the Spirit is life
because of righteousness.
00:39:28.06\00:39:31.83
But if the spirit
of Him who raised Jesus
00:39:31.87\00:39:34.37
from the dead dwells in
you," there is our word again.
00:39:34.40\00:39:38.14
"He who raised
Christ from the dead
00:39:38.17\00:39:40.08
will also give life
to your mortal bodies
00:39:40.11\00:39:42.71
through His Spirit
who dwells in you."
00:39:42.74\00:39:46.61
What's Paul talking about here?
00:39:46.65\00:39:47.98
He's talking about
dying to the flesh,
00:39:48.02\00:39:50.52
dying to the old man
of sin, and being raised
00:39:50.59\00:39:54.72
or resurrected to a
new life in Christ Jesus.
00:39:54.76\00:39:58.36
We think about Romans 6:1-11
00:39:58.39\00:40:00.70
talks about the symbolism
of baptism to the old man
00:40:00.73\00:40:03.83
and then we're resurrected
00:40:03.87\00:40:05.20
to that new
life in Christ Jesus.
00:40:05.23\00:40:07.67
I think of Galatians 2:20,
"I am crucified with Christ.
00:40:07.70\00:40:12.07
Death of flesh,
00:40:12.11\00:40:13.44
death to my own
sinful nature nevertheless,
00:40:13.48\00:40:17.05
I live yet not I
but Christ lives in me,"
00:40:17.11\00:40:20.82
but it doesn't stop there.
00:40:20.88\00:40:22.22
"The life which I
now live in the flesh
00:40:22.25\00:40:24.35
I live by faith
in the Son of God,
00:40:24.39\00:40:26.82
who loved me, and
gave Himself for me."
00:40:26.86\00:40:31.03
It's not us who live.
00:40:31.06\00:40:32.39
Remember, last week,
we talked about Romans 7
00:40:32.43\00:40:34.36
and that
conflict between the law
00:40:34.40\00:40:37.20
and what he knew to
be right and his flesh
00:40:37.23\00:40:40.00
that was still
struggling for that supremacy.
00:40:40.07\00:40:42.74
Here we know when
we died of Christ,
00:40:42.77\00:40:44.81
it's not us who lives...
00:40:44.84\00:40:47.54
Sorry, when we
died a self in sin,
00:40:47.58\00:40:50.11
it's not us who lives
any longer or that old man,
00:40:50.18\00:40:53.65
it's the Lord Jesus Christ
00:40:53.68\00:40:55.42
who lives in us,
who dwells in us.
00:40:55.45\00:40:58.65
And it's not me trying to
grit my teeth and work harder.
00:40:58.69\00:41:01.99
That's right. That's right.
00:41:02.02\00:41:03.36
It's not me trying to
not get upset at Pastor CA
00:41:03.43\00:41:05.69
or someone else
which I don't need to do
00:41:05.73\00:41:08.56
because he's my friend.
00:41:08.60\00:41:09.93
It's not me trying to not
lust or not hate someone or not,
00:41:09.96\00:41:15.04
none of that stuff,
it's Christ who lives in me,
00:41:15.07\00:41:19.44
Christ who does the work
00:41:19.47\00:41:21.18
because He has
taken up residence with me
00:41:21.21\00:41:23.81
and he dwells in me.
00:41:23.85\00:41:25.85
And this is a daily battle.
00:41:25.88\00:41:27.42
1 Corinthians 15:31,
Paul says, "I die daily."
00:41:27.48\00:41:30.95
And to be honest with
you, for me it happens.
00:41:30.99\00:41:33.42
I would say moment by moment,
not even hourly, you know.
00:41:33.46\00:41:37.99
Sometimes you're in
Christ and then all of a sudden
00:41:38.03\00:41:40.46
the old flesh
comes up and instantly,
00:41:40.50\00:41:42.30
we have a choice,
00:41:42.33\00:41:43.70
"Lord Jesus, I surrender to you.
00:41:43.73\00:41:45.33
I ask you put to
death the old man
00:41:45.37\00:41:47.20
and I want you to live in me."
00:41:47.27\00:41:50.24
We know it's not our
work, Philippians 2:13,
00:41:50.27\00:41:52.71
it is God who works in us
00:41:52.74\00:41:54.74
both to will and to
do of His good pleasure.
00:41:54.78\00:41:56.68
He gives us the desire
00:41:56.71\00:41:58.05
and the power to live for Jesus.
00:41:58.08\00:42:01.72
There's so many scriptures.
00:42:01.75\00:42:03.18
Colossians 3:3, "You are dead
00:42:03.22\00:42:05.02
and your life is
hid with Christ in God."
00:42:05.05\00:42:07.76
1 Peter 2:24, "Who in
his own self bare our sins
00:42:07.79\00:42:11.79
in His body on the tree
00:42:11.83\00:42:13.43
that we being dead to sins
00:42:13.50\00:42:15.33
should live on
to righteousness."
00:42:15.36\00:42:18.23
Galatians 5:24,
"They that are Christ
00:42:18.27\00:42:20.30
have crucified the flesh
00:42:20.34\00:42:22.00
with its
affections and its lust."
00:42:22.04\00:42:24.94
Let's look at verse 12.
00:42:24.97\00:42:27.28
Verse 12, Romans 8:12.
00:42:27.34\00:42:28.91
"Therefore,
brethren, we are debtors
00:42:28.94\00:42:31.11
not to the flesh to
live according to the flesh
00:42:31.15\00:42:33.52
because we are
to be dead to that.
00:42:33.58\00:42:35.68
If you live according
to the flesh, you will die
00:42:35.72\00:42:38.79
but if by the
Spirit you put to the death
00:42:38.82\00:42:41.56
the deeds of the
body you will live."
00:42:41.59\00:42:44.63
It's not me who
is putting to death
00:42:44.66\00:42:46.33
the deeds of the
body, it's the Holy Spirit.
00:42:46.36\00:42:47.96
It's that surrender
to allow the Holy Spirit
00:42:48.00\00:42:50.97
to work in me and through me.
00:42:51.00\00:42:53.97
Let's look one more
verse I think I have.
00:42:54.00\00:42:56.50
Verse 14.
00:42:56.54\00:42:59.84
"For as many as are
led by the Spirit of God,
00:42:59.87\00:43:02.71
these are the sons of God."
00:43:02.74\00:43:06.35
In Greek, it's huios,
00:43:06.38\00:43:08.05
a son it could be
either by birth or adoption,
00:43:08.08\00:43:10.79
anyone sharing the
same nature as their father.
00:43:10.82\00:43:14.06
It emphasizes the
likeness of the believer
00:43:14.09\00:43:16.66
to their father in heaven.
00:43:16.73\00:43:18.59
So God says that He wants
to call us as His children,
00:43:18.63\00:43:23.73
He wants to call us as
His sons and daughters.
00:43:23.77\00:43:25.83
As you mentioned John
1:12, "To them who are..."
00:43:25.87\00:43:30.27
As many as receive them,
00:43:30.31\00:43:31.64
to them He gave the right
to become the sons of God.
00:43:31.67\00:43:35.84
And so we were slaves under sin.
00:43:35.88\00:43:38.78
We were born under sin
but the Lord Jesus came
00:43:38.81\00:43:42.08
that you when I can be set free
00:43:42.12\00:43:43.99
that we no longer
have to serve sin.
00:43:44.05\00:43:47.26
We can serve a new master,
00:43:47.32\00:43:49.36
we can serve the
Lord Jesus Christ.
00:43:49.39\00:43:51.09
And how is that accomplished?
00:43:51.13\00:43:52.59
By death of the
old man, by surrender
00:43:52.63\00:43:55.76
to the Lord Jesus Christ
00:43:55.80\00:43:57.67
and allowing Him by the
power of His Holy Spirit
00:43:57.70\00:44:01.10
to come into you,
into each one of us,
00:44:01.14\00:44:03.81
and into indwell
to set up residence
00:44:03.84\00:44:07.48
in your heart and in your life.
00:44:07.51\00:44:08.84
Amen. Pastor CA.
00:44:08.88\00:44:10.25
Well done.
00:44:10.28\00:44:11.61
You talked about the
right to become the sons of God.
00:44:11.65\00:44:13.62
One of Oswald Chambers
most powerful statements
00:44:13.65\00:44:18.35
was his musing on
the power to become
00:44:18.39\00:44:22.09
that one of the
greatest gifts God has given us
00:44:22.12\00:44:24.33
is the power to become sons.
00:44:24.36\00:44:25.96
And it's
interesting Oswald Chambers
00:44:25.99\00:44:28.16
died a hundred years
ago, this year, he died 1917.
00:44:28.20\00:44:32.10
But he became more
famous after he passed than
00:44:32.13\00:44:36.24
when he was living
00:44:36.27\00:44:37.97
because his wife
carried on his legacy
00:44:38.01\00:44:41.54
and he did so much
musing on the things of God.
00:44:41.58\00:44:45.01
On Thursday, we are dealing
with the spirit of adoption.
00:44:45.05\00:44:48.95
And I'm going to
take the noblesse
00:44:48.98\00:44:52.65
of this final chair
00:44:52.69\00:44:54.12
to step on one of your
verses and add it to mine
00:44:54.16\00:44:56.06
because I need
it so desperately.
00:44:56.09\00:44:57.49
Please.
00:44:57.53\00:44:58.86
Because my text
actually is Romans 8:15,
00:44:58.89\00:45:04.50
but really to get the
context and to flow it,
00:45:04.53\00:45:07.37
you need 14, 15 and 16.
00:45:07.44\00:45:09.20
Absolutely. So I'm
going to read those.
00:45:09.24\00:45:11.71
The Bible says,
"For as many as were led
00:45:11.74\00:45:13.91
by the Spirit of God,
these are the sons of God."
00:45:13.98\00:45:16.68
So those who are led by
the Spirit become the sons.
00:45:16.75\00:45:20.32
"For you did not receive
00:45:20.35\00:45:21.92
the spirit of
bondage again to fear
00:45:21.95\00:45:24.52
but you receive
the spirit of adoption
00:45:24.55\00:45:27.26
by whom we cry out Abba father.
00:45:27.29\00:45:30.63
The Spirit himself bears
witness with," excuse me,
00:45:30.66\00:45:33.90
"With our spirit that we
are the children of God."
00:45:33.93\00:45:36.56
And I want to flip over quickly
to Galatians from last quarter,
00:45:36.63\00:45:41.97
4:6, because Paul is carrying
00:45:42.00\00:45:45.97
this same message to the church,
00:45:46.01\00:45:47.68
to the brothers and
sisters at Galatians.
00:45:47.71\00:45:49.94
He structures it
slightly different,
00:45:50.01\00:45:51.75
it gives a little
shade, a little nuance
00:45:51.78\00:45:53.38
but he's saying
basically the same thing.
00:45:53.42\00:45:54.85
I'm in Galatians 4:6.
00:45:54.88\00:45:57.72
"And because you are
sons God has sent forth
00:45:57.75\00:46:02.89
the spirit of his son
00:46:02.92\00:46:06.16
into your hearts
crying out Abba father."
00:46:06.19\00:46:09.03
So saying the same but a
slightly different nuance
00:46:09.06\00:46:11.67
which actually
gives a little clarity
00:46:11.70\00:46:13.54
to what he's saying
here at the Church of Rome.
00:46:13.57\00:46:16.37
The idea of adoption
00:46:16.40\00:46:17.74
was not really a
Jewish thing too much
00:46:17.77\00:46:19.74
because of the way
the laws were written,
00:46:19.77\00:46:22.84
there weren't certainly a
lot of orphan children around
00:46:22.88\00:46:26.58
and their parents
were to be taken care
00:46:26.61\00:46:29.38
of by the nearest kinsmen.
00:46:29.42\00:46:31.82
So, you didn't
have a lot of children
00:46:31.85\00:46:33.19
around to be adopted.
00:46:33.22\00:46:35.39
In Rome, the idea of adopting
00:46:35.42\00:46:37.36
was much more
common, particularly boys.
00:46:37.43\00:46:40.73
As those of the Praetorian class
00:46:40.80\00:46:43.23
got a little bit
older, the patrician class
00:46:43.26\00:46:45.97
and they realized
we're not going to have kids.
00:46:46.00\00:46:48.04
They would adopt
from the lower classes
00:46:48.07\00:46:52.07
and make those boys,
it happen with girls too
00:46:52.11\00:46:55.51
but not so much,
mostly with boys.
00:46:55.54\00:46:57.31
And it was mostly something
that was done to make sure
00:46:57.35\00:47:01.05
that the family line went on,
00:47:01.08\00:47:02.42
that the succession
rights were taken care of,
00:47:02.45\00:47:04.49
and certainly if
there was any kingship
00:47:04.52\00:47:07.59
or land ownership,
00:47:07.62\00:47:10.46
they wanted to make sure
that that stayed in the family,
00:47:10.49\00:47:12.26
so they just go
out and adopt a boy.
00:47:12.29\00:47:14.46
For rights, for
honor, for privileges,
00:47:14.50\00:47:17.27
in fact, the most famous adoptee
00:47:17.30\00:47:20.37
was the first
true emperor of Rome
00:47:20.44\00:47:22.60
and that was Octavian,
Gaius Julius Caesar, adopted
00:47:22.64\00:47:27.91
and became Emperor.
00:47:27.94\00:47:30.15
So it was common,
00:47:30.18\00:47:31.51
so in Paul writing
to the Church of Rome,
00:47:31.55\00:47:35.15
they would instinctively
know what he's is talking about
00:47:35.18\00:47:38.19
and they would
know and understand that
00:47:38.22\00:47:39.55
if you got adopted,
00:47:39.59\00:47:41.19
particularly if you got
adopted into a royal household,
00:47:41.22\00:47:45.39
you were kind
of made in a shade.
00:47:45.43\00:47:46.80
You know, you got it,
you got it, you got it all.
00:47:46.83\00:47:49.46
Anything that
they had became yours.
00:47:49.50\00:47:51.77
And so they would
understand this idea that
00:47:51.80\00:47:54.84
if you are adopted
you have been chosen
00:47:54.87\00:47:56.87
and selected by God.
00:47:56.91\00:47:58.61
And everything that
God has is now yours.
00:47:58.64\00:48:02.08
And that would
be fully understood
00:48:02.11\00:48:03.78
and accepted by them.
00:48:03.81\00:48:06.31
So Paul is dealing
with a new relationship,
00:48:06.35\00:48:11.59
a new relationship to the law
00:48:11.62\00:48:13.59
and a new
relationship to the Lord.
00:48:13.62\00:48:18.26
Bondage is trying
to do a right thing
00:48:18.29\00:48:24.07
and not being right, is
trying to serve a holy God
00:48:24.10\00:48:27.80
and not being holy,
is trying to live up
00:48:27.84\00:48:30.41
to righteous law
with no righteous.
00:48:30.44\00:48:32.31
That's bondage, that's
like trying to do something
00:48:32.34\00:48:35.41
and not having the tool
00:48:35.44\00:48:36.85
or the
mechanisms to get it done.
00:48:36.88\00:48:38.31
That's bondage.
00:48:38.35\00:48:39.91
When I look at myself,
how can I keep that law?
00:48:39.95\00:48:45.82
How can I do that right thing?
00:48:45.85\00:48:49.62
Even when I want to do
it, there's another law in me
00:48:49.66\00:48:54.30
that's saying,
"You're not going to do that.
00:48:54.30\00:48:56.63
You're not going to that."
00:48:56.67\00:48:59.27
So I'm fighting against a
standard that I cannot meet.
00:48:59.30\00:49:06.17
And I'm fighting against
myself which is telling me,
00:49:06.21\00:49:09.28
"You can't meet that standard."
00:49:09.31\00:49:10.68
So I'm lost before I've started.
00:49:10.71\00:49:12.31
So Paul is talking about
00:49:12.35\00:49:13.68
now a brand new
relationship to the law.
00:49:13.75\00:49:16.35
That's what legalism
is, trying to do something
00:49:16.38\00:49:18.55
and not having
the tools to do it
00:49:18.59\00:49:20.12
or trying to do it
for the wrong reason.
00:49:20.19\00:49:21.59
So he's saying there's
a new relationship now,
00:49:21.62\00:49:23.96
the new relationship
is that now I'm a son.
00:49:23.99\00:49:28.60
Now I'm no longer a
slave, I'm no longer afraid
00:49:28.63\00:49:32.17
of what the Master is thinking.
00:49:32.20\00:49:33.94
I'm no longer
afraid of being beaten.
00:49:33.97\00:49:36.04
I'm no longer subject
to those neighbor things.
00:49:36.07\00:49:39.37
Now I'm a son of the law.
00:49:39.41\00:49:41.84
Now I'm part of
this whole experience.
00:49:41.88\00:49:46.31
So I go through what's
called the curses honorarium,
00:49:46.35\00:49:49.68
the adoption process.
00:49:49.72\00:49:52.25
And now I become
a son of the law.
00:49:52.29\00:49:54.72
And so now I
can look at the Lord
00:49:54.76\00:49:58.56
as Abba, as Daddy.
00:49:58.59\00:50:02.16
But not only is it a term
of endearment and familiarity,
00:50:02.20\00:50:06.70
it is also a term of respect.
00:50:06.74\00:50:09.50
There is with this familiarity,
also this idea of respect.
00:50:09.54\00:50:15.04
He's my daddy, He's my friend,
He is one that I can trust.
00:50:15.08\00:50:18.88
I remember years ago,
we got a church picnic.
00:50:18.91\00:50:21.95
And a fellow with...
00:50:21.98\00:50:24.49
The son was
going up to the slide
00:50:24.52\00:50:25.85
and jumping down and
father's catching him.
00:50:25.89\00:50:28.02
And we're just
all kind of watching.
00:50:28.06\00:50:30.63
And he said, "Go on
up and when you jump,
00:50:30.69\00:50:33.29
I'll be there to catch you."
00:50:33.36\00:50:34.96
And the son went up
and the dad got distracted
00:50:35.00\00:50:38.30
because his daughter
came and grabbed his leg.
00:50:38.33\00:50:40.60
So he immediately
looked at the daughter
00:50:40.67\00:50:42.90
and the son went up and jumped.
00:50:42.94\00:50:44.57
You know, because his dad
said, "I'm going to catch you."
00:50:44.61\00:50:47.81
So he believed his daddy.
00:50:47.84\00:50:50.08
He caught me before,
00:50:50.11\00:50:51.58
so why wouldn't he catch me now?
00:50:51.61\00:50:52.98
But he didn't
know that the daughter
00:50:53.01\00:50:54.35
was grabbing on to daddy's leg.
00:50:54.38\00:50:55.72
And so when he finally
came to himself and looked up,
00:50:55.75\00:50:59.85
that boy was right
here, he was right here.
00:50:59.89\00:51:02.39
He was about a
foot from his head
00:51:02.42\00:51:04.59
because he had jumped.
00:51:04.63\00:51:05.96
And the father caught him.
00:51:05.99\00:51:07.50
Well, he expected
daddy to be there.
00:51:07.50\00:51:10.13
So he leapt, he
didn't look. He just leapt.
00:51:10.17\00:51:13.50
And that's the way this is.
00:51:13.54\00:51:15.34
When we come into
this new relationship
00:51:15.37\00:51:18.77
and the Lord says, "Leap."
00:51:18.81\00:51:20.28
Guess what we do? We leap.
00:51:20.34\00:51:21.71
We leap, that's what we do.
00:51:21.74\00:51:23.45
Abraham looked for a
city. God said, "Get up and go."
00:51:23.51\00:51:28.32
You know what Abraham did?
00:51:28.35\00:51:29.68
He got up and went
00:51:29.72\00:51:31.05
because God told
him to get up and go.
00:51:31.09\00:51:32.49
Well, it's that
kind of relationship
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so that you have
a full trust in God.
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You leap when God says leap
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because you know He's
going to be there to catch you.
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So it's not a leap in the dark
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because God has
caught you before,
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you know he's
going to catch you again.
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And so there's a brand
new relationship to the Lord.
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The lesson says this.
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It talks about the
bondage relationship,
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the slave relationship
where you don't really know
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what your master is thinking,
you have no insight into
00:51:58.21\00:52:00.55
what's going on
in master's head,
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and you have no
real right to know.
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You can't go into
the master's house
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and say, "Okay,
what's happening in here,"
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because you're just a
slave, you're hireling
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and you're a person
who just works for them.
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But a son can come in and
say, "What's going on, dad?"
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Because the
relationship has changed.
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So the lesson
says, "Not so with one
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who accepts Jesus Christ first,
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he or she renders
voluntary service."
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It's voluntary.
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We want to come
in, we want to serve.
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Second, "He or she
serves without fear,
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for perfect love
casteth out fear."
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I John 4:18.
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When we come to the Lord,
praise God, there is no fear.
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You cannot love what
you fear. You cannot.
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The opposite of fear
to me is not really hate.
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The opposite of fear is apathy.
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I'm sorry, let me correct that.
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The opposite of
love is not fear,
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is not hate, the
opposite of love is fear.
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And you cannot
love what you fear.
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You cannot love what
you don't feel comfortable
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in the presence of.
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And so, as we lose fear of God,
we are able to love God more.
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Because when you
test God and try God,
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you find out you can trust God.
00:53:17.93\00:53:20.30
So you lose your fear.
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And in that losing of
fear, it is replaced with love.
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It's coming.
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Third, "When
you're adopted as a child,
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you could become an heir
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and an inheritor of
all that God has promised.
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The spirit of
bondage is engendered
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by seeking to live in accordance
00:53:47.16\00:53:48.59
with a legal religion
through striving to fulfill
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the claims of the
law in our own strength."
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That is the textbook
definition of bondage,
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trying to lift a holy
law in your own strength.
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And you know that, in
you dwelleth no good thing.
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There's nothing in there that
reaches out and grabs that law.
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But love comes and Freedom comes
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when Christ comes in you
which is what Galatians says.
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When Christ comes in you
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and then that law is
worked out through you
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and become
acceptable to the Lord.
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And, man, time
goes fast. Yes, it does.
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And thank you,
Pastor CA. That was amazing.
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What we have
learned from Pastor CA
00:54:25.26\00:54:28.00
is that we have been
adopted into a royal family.
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Now I want to quote him.
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Pastor CA says we've
got it made in the shade.
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That's a quote
right from you, Pastor.
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Indeed it is.
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And that we have been chosen
and selected by God Himself.
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Now, isn't that encouraging?
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Well, I am just encouraged
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because of the whole
lesson, Jill, Christ in us.
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Pastor Lomacang, you showed us
00:54:51.82\00:54:53.72
that there's a new
law in our heart now
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and it's the law
of the spirit of life.
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And Shelley came,
what the law couldn't do,
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what Christ can do.
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I want each of you to
share just a few moments.
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I think, Jill,
we'll start with you.
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Sure.
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Romans 8, the
end of the chapter,
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we have not
discussed in this lesson.
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So there's one
verse I want to read.
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Romans 8:35,
"Who shall separate us
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from the love of Christ?"
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And if you read that,
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there is an
entire list of things.
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Nothing can
separate you from the Lord.
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So when you have made
Him the Lord of your life,
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you are justified.
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And as you walk in this
journey of sanctification,
00:55:30.16\00:55:32.83
allowing him by the
power of His Holy Spirit
00:55:32.86\00:55:35.50
to dwell in your life,
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nothing can
separate you from Jesus.
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Amen. Pastor Lomacang.
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You know what the Bible says?
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There is no
condemnation to those who walk.
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You know, when we allow Christ
to come in, our walk changes.
00:55:44.47\00:55:47.64
When our walk
changes, our direction changes.
00:55:47.68\00:55:50.41
When our direction
changes, our destiny changes.
00:55:50.45\00:55:53.68
So I would
encourage you to invite Christ
00:55:53.72\00:55:55.85
into change your walk,
00:55:55.88\00:55:58.65
your direction,
and your destiny.
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Amen. Sister Shelley.
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I was just thinking that,
you know, here he's saying,
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"Who will deliver me?
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Thank God, He will
through Jesus Christ."
00:56:07.60\00:56:10.57
It's similar to what
he wrote, then again.
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Here, he's talking
about being delivered
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from the law of sin and death.
00:56:14.67\00:56:16.20
But then in the
I Corinthians 15,
00:56:16.24\00:56:18.64
he's talking about again,
00:56:18.67\00:56:20.38
you know, this corruptible
is going to put on him,
00:56:20.41\00:56:22.74
corrupt immortality
will put on immortality.
00:56:22.78\00:56:26.11
And it's all
because he goes on to say
00:56:26.15\00:56:29.02
death is
swallowed up in victory.
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And then he
again, "Thanks be to God
00:56:31.15\00:56:33.96
who gives us the
victory in Christ Jesus."
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That's the
answer. Amen. Pastor CA.
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The Bible says, "When you
develop this new relationship,
00:56:40.20\00:56:43.83
His spirit, there's
witness with your spirit,"
00:56:43.87\00:56:47.40
so that you know you
are walking in the Lord,
00:56:47.44\00:56:49.40
you know that
you can trust the God
00:56:49.44\00:56:51.44
who has called you
because like calls to like.
00:56:51.47\00:56:54.71
His spirit is in you
and that spirit in you
00:56:54.74\00:56:56.95
put there by God
answers to His spirit
00:56:57.01\00:56:59.41
so that you know you
are one in Christ Jesus.
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Amen, and amen.
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I want to thank each of you
00:57:02.72\00:57:04.05
for a wonderful
Bible study today.
00:57:04.12\00:57:06.05
Thank you so much.
00:57:06.09\00:57:07.42
I want to thank each of
you for being here with us.
00:57:07.49\00:57:09.79
And I want to invite
you back next Sabbath.
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Same time, same place.
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We come to you
every Sabbath morning
00:57:14.36\00:57:16.97
opening up the
bread of life, feeding you
00:57:17.00\00:57:20.04
what the Lord has given us.
00:57:20.07\00:57:21.60
Next week, we were on lesson 10
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and we're going to
look at children of promise.
00:57:24.34\00:57:26.88
If you make Jesus
Christ the Lord of your life,
00:57:26.91\00:57:29.78
then you are a child of promise.
00:57:29.81\00:57:32.31
See you then.
00:57:32.35\00:57:33.72
Amen.
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