Hello, friends.
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We're making a quick approach
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to the last
lesson of this study,
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but we're not quite there yet.
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We're studying
the Book of Isaiah.
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And this week,
we're in lesson number 12,
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entitled "Desire of Nations."
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And of course, it's
not too late for you
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to get a copy of the lesson
to study right along with us.
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So you can do that
in two different ways.
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Of course, we
always encourage you
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to go to your local
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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where they can
provide a copy for free,
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and you get to
study with the brethren,
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but if you can't do
that, then you can simply
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go to ABSG.Adventist.org
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that stands for
Adult Bible Study Guide,
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and you can access a
digital copy for free online,
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but hey, don't go anywhere
because we're going to be
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diving deep into
that lesson number 12,
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which we're going to
be talking about sin,
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the effects of sin,
and many other things.
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This week, it's
gonna be a great blessing.
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We'll see you in just a moment.
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Hello, friends,
and welcome always
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to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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And we are again
are fast approaching
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the end of our study on Isaiah.
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This week we
have lesson number 12,
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and then, of course,
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we only have
one more after this,
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seems like we've just
kind of rocketed through this,
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but it has
indeed been a blessing.
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And this week's lesson is
entitled "Desire of Nations."
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And, of course,
we want to go ahead
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and take the time to
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introduce our panel and
get right into our study.
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Pastor Dinzey, how are
you? Pastor John Dinzey?
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By God's grace I am doing well.
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And I'm glad to be
here part of this panel.
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It's a blessing. Amen.
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It's always a blessing
to have you here, brother.
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I appreciate you.
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Miss Jill
Morikone, how are you doing?
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It's good to
have you? Doing well.
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Excited to be in Isaiah 60,
that's what I'm talking about,
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it's one of my
favorite passages.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And, of course,
Pastor John Lomacang.
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Yes.
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And I'm just joyful
that I have Isaiah 61,
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one of my most favorite passages
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in the Book of Isaiah.
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All right, praise the
Lord. Got a nice little thing.
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You must have your
favorite passage too, Shelley.
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Well, mine's the
Day of Vengeance.
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But you know what it's
gonna be fun to explain.
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All right, I
got you on that one.
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Praise the Lord. Well,
we have lots to discuss.
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So I'm gonna go ahead
and ask Brother Dinzey,
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if you don't mind to
have an opening prayer for us.
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And we'll get
right into the study.
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Well, let's pray together.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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we come before
You in Jesus' name.
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We ask You, Lord, to bless us
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with the Holy
Spirit that the words
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that come from our lips
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will be from
Your throne of grace.
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And Heavenly Father, we
pray for Your Holy Spirit
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to impress upon Your children,
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the message that
You have for them.
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Each one has a different need,
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perhaps some are needing answers
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to the problems they are facing
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so we pray that You will use us
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according to Your good pleasure.
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We pray that all honor
and glory be unto Your name.
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We ask in Jesus'
name, amen. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
Thank you so much, brother.
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The Desire of Nations,
our memory text this week
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comes from Isaiah Chapter 60,
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which is what
Jill's gonna be covering,
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verse 3 and the Bible says,
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"The Gentiles
shall come to your light,
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and kings to the
brightness of your rising."
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We all have a light.
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We all have a
light that God wants us
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to shine before others.
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And, of course,
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it's not a light that we create.
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It's a light that
Jesus provides through us.
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It's we're simply reflecting
the light of Jesus Christ.
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And that's simply
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what this lesson
this week is all about.
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And my actually
Sabbath afternoons lesson
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starts with a
quote from Ellen White's
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Faith and Works, page 36.
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And I thought this
was a phenomenal quote,
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I just want to read
through, it's a little lengthy,
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but it really sets the tone
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for what we're
studying this week.
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It says, "We must learn
in the school of Christ.
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Nothing but His
righteousness can entitle us
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to one of the blessings
of the covenant of grace.
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We have long desired
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and tried to
obtain these blessings,
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but have not received them
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because we have
cherished the idea
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that we could do something
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to make
ourselves worthy of them.
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We have not looked
away from ourselves,
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believing that
Jesus is a living Savior.
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We must not think that
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our own grace and
merits will save us.
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The grace of Christ is
our only hope of salvation.
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Through His
prophet the Lord promises."
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She quotes Isaiah 55:7.
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She says, "Through His
prophet the Lord promises,
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'Let the wicked forsake his way,
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and the
unrighteous man his thoughts,
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let him return to the Lord,
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and He will have mercy upon him,
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and to our God, for He
will abundantly pardon.'
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We must believe
the naked promise,
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and not accept
feeling for faith.
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We must trust God fully,
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when we rely upon
the merits of Jesus
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as a sin-pardoning Savior,
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we shall receive all the
help that we can desire."
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I love that.
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I love that, that we
need to bring ourselves
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to a point where
we understand that
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the gospel is not
about what we can do,
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but what Christ
has already done,
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and what Christ
will do through us,
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if only we will simply
allow ourselves to trust in Him
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and exercise as the Bible says,
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the faith of Jesus
Christ that is so beautiful.
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And, you know, kind
of contrary to that,
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we, it sets us up
somewhat of a theme
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for Sunday's lesson,
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which is entitled
"The Effects of Sin."
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You know, we
live in a life today
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where it seems
like more and more,
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we have lost sight
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of the
foundational righteousness
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by faith message of the gospel,
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which is that Christ
did not come to save you
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to continue to
live in your sins,
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but He come to
save you from your sins
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to give us
complete victory over sin.
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And we know that
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sanctifying
process of shaping us
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and molding us into
the character of Jesus,
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that's a lifelong process,
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and that each and
every day that we get up
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and we consecrate
ourselves to the Lord,
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the Lord is going to
continue to lead and guide us
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and to show us along the way,
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what it is that
He wants us to do
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or not do in order to be
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able to be molded
into His like character,
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but the effects
of sin are strong.
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And that's what
Isaiah 59:1-2 highlight here.
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So let's go
there, Isaiah 59:1-2.
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And the Bible says here,
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"Behold, the Lord's
hand is not shortened,
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that it cannot save,
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nor his ear heavy,
that it cannot hear.
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But your
iniquities have separated you
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from your God,
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and your sins have
hidden His face from you,
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so that He will not hear."
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Now that's not
that He will not hear
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because He's saying, you
know, I don't want to hear you,
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He will not hear
because you have chosen for Him
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not to hear,
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you have chosen
to live a life of sin
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over and over and over and over.
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And that's what this
passage is talking about.
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When it's talks about the Lord,
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you know, not
listening or not hearing,
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it's because you
have come to a place
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where you have
completely pushed Him away,
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and you no longer want
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the Lord's grace upon your life.
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And that's a
very dangerous place
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to be in.
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Isaiah 59 is one
of those kind of,
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it's one of those texts
that's really eye-opening,
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it really grabs you
because when you think
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about being separated from God,
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that's one of the
most haunting experiences
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that a person could
ever find themselves in.
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And the lesson brings this out,
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and I love this
point here it says,
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"Sin can destroy our
relationship with the Lord
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and thus lead to
our eternal ruin."
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And that's true.
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And he goes on to say,
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"Not because sin
drives God away from us,
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but that it
drives us away from God."
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I like that.
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Sin does not
drive God away from us,
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God doesn't abandon us,
like, oh, you're a sinner,
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you've done all
these horrible sins,
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you know, I'm
going to run far away
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in the opposite direction.
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Good luck finding me.
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That's not how it works.
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But yet sin
drives us away from God,
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and God continues to seek
us, He continues to seek us.
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And there's times
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when we are
completely sold out to our sin,
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we're
completely slave to our sin
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that God cannot hear
because we won't allow Him
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because we have
chosen our master.
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And, of course, the
master of sin we know
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is the enemy himself, the devil.
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You know, that same point that
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I just brought out that
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it doesn't drive
God away from us,
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but yet sin
drives us away from God.
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We see evidence of
this in Genesis Chapter 3,
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where Adam and Eve,
of course, had sinned,
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and we don't see, you
know, Adam and Eve, you know,
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wandering around
the garden going,
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God, Lord, you
know, where are you?
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And He's ran away,
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and I know we see
right, the opposite.
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Notice what Genesis 3:8 says.
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It says, "And
they heard the sound
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of the Lord God
walking in the garden
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in the cool of the day,
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and Adam and his
wife hid themselves
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from the
presence of the Lord God
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among the trees of the garden."
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So what do we see here?
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We see God is
seeking, we see a seeking God,
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we see that God knows that
they have fallen into sin that
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they have had
this fallen experience.
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And God goes after them,
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kind of like the prodigal son
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who's in the, he's
off in the distance.
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And what does the father do?
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He doesn't sit
there and wait, like,
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oh, he got to come,
you know, no, no, no,
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he goes and he runs to him.
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God is looking,
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He's seeking to
save Adam and Eve,
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but yet they have
hid themselves from God
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because of the
shame of their iniquity.
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And so this lesson
brings out that sin
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has great effects on us,
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detrimental
deadly effects on us.
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And I just want to highlight
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in the remaining
time that we have,
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I'm gonna highlight
Jill, I don't do this often,
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seven ways sin affects us.
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All right, so
we're gonna look at
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seven different
ways that sin affects.
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And, of course,
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this list is not
limited to just this list,
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we can, I could
have continued on,
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but for the sake of time,
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we're gonna highlight seven ways
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that sin affects
us in a negative way.
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And then, of
course, we're gonna provide
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a wonderful promise in the end
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that will kind of, you know,
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reverse or somewhat provide
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a hopeful looking
forward to overcoming the sin
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if we simply put
our trust in the Lord.
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So seven ways that sin
affects us we're looking at...
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Let's start with this.
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Sin is the result of breaking
heaven's governing law, okay?
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When we sin,
we're simply rebelling
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against God's government.
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And I don't
know a single person.
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I have never
asked a person I said,
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"Hey, do you want eternal
life and do you want to live
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with God forever
and eternal pleasure
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and bliss with the Lord
forever and ever and ever?"
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I've never met a
person that's I know
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that doesn't sound appealing.
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I don't want any part of that.
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I think we all desire
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and want to be in a better place
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where we can have eternal life.
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But yet, in order
to have eternal life,
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we must be able to be
governed by heaven's law.
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In this case,
we're talking about
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the law of God.
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And 1 John 3:4
makes it very clear that,
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"Sin is the result of
transgressing God's law."
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4, it says,
"Whosoever commits sin
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transgresseth also the law:
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for sin is the
transgression of the law."
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So in some way, form or fashion,
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when we sin or
continue to live in sin,
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we are continuing to rebel
against God's kingdom agenda.
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We are rebelling
against the government
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of the Most High
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and if we're
ever gonna dwell there
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and live there for
eternal, you know, eternally,
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we have to bring
ourselves in subjection
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and in harmony with God's
will, His character, His law.
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Number two, sin causes
us to deny the guidance
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of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
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Matthew 12:31-32 says,
"Therefore I say to you,
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every sin and
blasphemy will be forgiven men,
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but the blasphemy
against the Holy Spirit
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will not be forgiven men.
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Anyone who speaks the
word against Son of Man,
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it will be
forgiven him, but whoever
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speaks against the Holy Spirit,
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it will not be forgiving him,
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neither in this age
or in the age to come."
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And, of course, Ephesians 4:30
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as well as 1 Thessalonians 5:19
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talks about how we should
not grieve the Holy Spirit,
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we should not
quench the Holy Spirit.
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You see, sin leads us to push
away the life source of God.
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It pushes away the
source in which God allows us
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to grow and to learn
and be brought into harmony
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with His will
and with His truth.
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And sin brings about an act
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and existence in
which we perpetually
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and continually
keep pushing away
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that ultimate power source
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that God provides
for us to overcome.
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Number three,
sin causes us to fall
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into a state of self-deception.
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1 John 1:8.
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"If we say that we have no sin,
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we deceive ourselves,
and the truth is not in us."
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You see, when we
continue to live in sin,
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we bring about a
self-deceptive mentality
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that says, "We don't need
God, I can make this on my own."
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And that's very, very dangerous.
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Number four, sin leads us
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to deny the sacrifice of Christ.
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Hebrews 10:26 says,
"For if we sin willfully
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after we have received
the knowledge of the truth,
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there no longer
remains a sacrifice for sin."
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Why can there no longer
remain a sacrifice for sin?
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Because when you are living
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in a perpetual
state of ongoing sin,
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you are recrucifying
Christ over and over and over,
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you're denying the fact that
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He died once for all those sins,
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you have made sin your master,
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you're denying the
sacrifice of Christ.
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Number five, sin separates us
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from our fellow
man, 1 John 2:11.
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"But he who hates his brother
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is in darkness
and walks in darkness,
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and does not know
whether he is going,
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because the darkness
has blinded his eyes."
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Number six, sin
separates us from God.
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1 John 3:6,
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"Whoever abides
in Him does not sin.
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Whoever sins
has neither seen Him
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nor known Him."
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That's talking about an ongoing,
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continual, perpetual,
habitual state of sin.
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You cannot, you're denying
God when you live in that state.
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And number seven, sin
brings death, ultimately.
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Romans 6:23,
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"For the wages of sin is death."
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And you can also
go read James 1:14-15.
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That when sin has...
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When that
temptation has been conceived,
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and when sin is fully
grown, it brings forth death.
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There's good
news in this though.
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I love 1 John 1:9
because ultimately
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what it says if you
come to the realization
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that you don't want
to live in this sin,
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that you don't want to
be separated from the Lord,
00:14:36.17\00:14:38.51
that You don't want
those negative effects of sin
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on your life
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when you come to the realization
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that Jesus has
overcome the world
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and He has overcome
the sin in your life.
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Guess what?
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You can go to Him
as the Bible says,
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"If we confess our sins,
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He is faithful
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and just to forgive us our sins,
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and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
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Amen.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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Well, we move on
to Monday's lesson,
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which is
entitled, "Who Is Forgiven?"
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Who Is Forgiven?
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Now we move on in
Isaiah Chapter 59.
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The beginning of
Isaiah Chapter 59
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shows two
different kinds of people,
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the wicked and
those that are righteous,
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but when we get to verse 15,
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you will notice a statement
that the wicked have done
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so wickedly that now
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they are trying to
hurt the righteous.
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Isaiah 59:15
says, "So truth fails,
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and he who departs from
evil makes himself a pray.
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Then the Lord saw it,
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and it displeased Him
that there was no justice."
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So we see that the Lord
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is looking at all
times at the earth,
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and His eyes are
over the righteous,
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but He also sees the wicked.
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And, of course, He
appeals to the wicked to repent
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because it is the Lord's desire
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that all should
come to repentance,
00:16:03.76\00:16:06.63
but the wicked that
refuse to come to repentance
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will have to
suffer for their deeds.
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Now notice in Isaiah Chapter 59,
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we're going to
read verse 16 and 17.
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"He saw that there was no man,
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and wondered that
there was no intercessor.
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Therefore His own arm
brought salvation for Him.
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And His own righteousness,
it sustained Him."
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Verse 17, "For He put
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on righteousness
as a breastplate,
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and a helmet of
salvation on His head."
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This is the Lord.
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He puts a helmet of salvation,
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He's coming to the earth to deal
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with the
righteous and the wicked.
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That's why he has the
helmet of salvation on
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but, "He put on the garments
of vengeance for clothing,
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and was clad
with zeal as a cloak."
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God is coming to deal
with the good and the evil.
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You will see some of this in...
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It reminds me I
could say of Daniel 12:1,
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take a look at that.
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Daniel 12:1 says,
00:17:07.22\00:17:09.89
"At that time
Michael shall stand up,
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the great prince who stands
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watch over the
sons of your people,
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and there shall
be a time of trouble,
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such as never was
since there was a nation,
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even to that time.
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And at that time your
people shall be delivered,
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every one who is
found written in the book."
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And so God comes to deal
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with the righteous
and with the wicked.
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When you get to
Isaiah Chapter 16,
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you're gonna see
more of that later on,
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you will see that
there are the righteous,
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but it says that
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gross darkness cover the people,
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but the righteous will shine.
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You'll see, you'll
hear more about that,
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as you continue watching
and listening to this program.
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Isaiah 59:18-21.
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We need to move
through this quickly
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because time seems to be flying.
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Isaiah Chapter 59, notice,
"According to their deeds,
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accordingly He will
repay, fury to His adversaries,
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recompense to His enemies,
00:18:06.41\00:18:08.28
the coastlands
He will fully repay.
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So shall they fear
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the name of the
Lord from the west,
00:18:12.25\00:18:13.59
and His glory from
the rising of the sun.
00:18:13.62\00:18:16.02
When the enemy
comes in like a flood,
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the Spirit of
the Lord will lift up
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a standard against him."
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Now notice, "The
Redeemer will come to Zion."
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He is coming also to redeem.
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"And to those who turn
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from transgression in
Jacob, says the Lord."
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He's coming to deal
00:18:33.38\00:18:34.74
with the
righteous and the wicked.
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And "'As for Me,' says the Lord,
00:18:36.58\00:18:37.91
'this is My covenant with
them, My spirit who is upon you,
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and My words which I
have put in your mouth,
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shall not
depart from your mouth,
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nor from the mouth
of your descendants,
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nor from the mouth
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of your
descendants' descendants,'
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says the Lord, 'from
this time and forevermore.'"
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So the time is coming,
when the Lord will deal
00:18:53.70\00:18:57.13
with the
righteous and the wicked.
00:18:57.17\00:18:59.03
He's coming with
the helmet of salvation,
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but He's also coming with
the garments of vengeance.
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On which side do you want to be?
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Do you want the Lord
to bring you the salvation
00:19:06.68\00:19:09.31
that He longs to give you?
00:19:09.34\00:19:10.68
Or do you want to be
on the side of the wicked
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that will suffer
for their wickedness?
00:19:12.81\00:19:15.35
So the question is
asked in the lesson,
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who can be forgiven?
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Let's go to Romans 3:23-24.
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Notice, "For all have sinned
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and fall short of
the glory of God."
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So what's the difference?
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If all have sinned
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and come short
of the glory of God,
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who can be forgiven?
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Only those that
desire forgiveness,
00:19:37.14\00:19:39.54
only those who
seek that forgiveness
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that God freely
offers, just as you heard,
00:19:41.61\00:19:45.58
those that confess their sins,
00:19:45.61\00:19:46.95
God is faithful and
just to forgive them
00:19:46.98\00:19:48.72
for their sins,
00:19:48.75\00:19:50.09
and to cleanse them
from all unrighteousness.
00:19:50.12\00:19:51.72
Verse 24,
"Being justified freely
00:19:51.75\00:19:56.36
by His grace
through the redemption
00:19:56.39\00:19:59.43
that is in Christ Jesus."
00:19:59.46\00:20:01.33
This is only
through Jesus Christ,
00:20:01.36\00:20:04.40
that we can have
redemption and righteousness.
00:20:04.43\00:20:08.20
You've heard
already what is sin?
00:20:08.24\00:20:10.21
Sin is the
transgression of God's law.
00:20:10.24\00:20:13.64
Romans 6:23
brings out what happens
00:20:13.68\00:20:16.75
to those who do not
ask for forgiveness,
00:20:16.78\00:20:20.68
who do not ask for
Jesus to be their Savior.
00:20:20.72\00:20:23.75
Romans 6:23,
00:20:23.79\00:20:25.12
"For the wages of sin is death."
00:20:25.15\00:20:26.99
That's for the wicked,
00:20:27.02\00:20:28.36
but if you turn
from your wickedness,
00:20:28.39\00:20:29.96
if you follow the Lord,
00:20:29.99\00:20:31.33
give your heart to
the Lord, what happens?
00:20:31.36\00:20:33.43
But the gift of God
00:20:33.46\00:20:34.80
is eternal life in
Christ Jesus, our Lord.
00:20:34.83\00:20:40.54
This is freely offered to
you. It's available today.
00:20:40.57\00:20:43.91
And I encourage you
to take advantage of that
00:20:43.94\00:20:46.51
which God wants to give you.
00:20:46.54\00:20:48.04
That's why I turn now
to Proverbs Chapter 28.
00:20:48.08\00:20:51.15
Proverbs 28:13
gives us this message,
00:20:51.18\00:20:56.95
"He who covers his
sins shall not prosper,
00:20:56.99\00:21:01.92
but whoever
confesses and follows
00:21:01.96\00:21:05.36
by forsaking
them will have mercy."
00:21:05.39\00:21:09.46
So it's not only that
God wants to forgive you,
00:21:09.50\00:21:12.80
He wants to give you
00:21:12.83\00:21:14.27
the capacity to
forsake your sins,
00:21:14.30\00:21:16.54
and He will have mercy upon you.
00:21:16.57\00:21:20.14
And you're gonna hear
00:21:20.18\00:21:21.51
some good things as we continue.
00:21:21.54\00:21:24.21
Now when we go to Romans 3:20.
00:21:24.25\00:21:28.58
Romans 3:20, we need to
make something perfectly clear.
00:21:28.62\00:21:32.22
And that is,
00:21:32.25\00:21:34.06
"Therefore by
the deeds of the law
00:21:34.09\00:21:36.73
no flesh will be
justified in His sight,
00:21:36.76\00:21:40.60
for by the law is
the knowledge of sin."
00:21:40.63\00:21:44.23
And many people are
trying by their own works,
00:21:44.27\00:21:48.90
trying to, "Oh,
this is what's going
00:21:48.94\00:21:50.94
to bring me salvation."
00:21:50.97\00:21:52.41
I remember being
in Mexico one time,
00:21:52.44\00:21:54.11
and they took us to this place
00:21:54.14\00:21:55.64
because every year,
people come on a pilgrimage.
00:21:55.68\00:21:59.05
And they said, from
this part right here,
00:21:59.08\00:22:03.05
people on their knees
go all the way over there,
00:22:03.08\00:22:08.22
go up the
stairs into that church
00:22:08.26\00:22:12.39
because they believe
that these types of things,
00:22:12.43\00:22:15.53
gives them the
ability to be forgiven,
00:22:15.56\00:22:19.37
they are atoning for their sins.
00:22:19.40\00:22:22.54
And God what He
wants you to do is,
00:22:22.57\00:22:24.97
confess your sins
and forsake your sins
00:22:25.01\00:22:27.64
and He will have mercy upon you.
00:22:27.68\00:22:29.71
Moving quickly.
00:22:29.74\00:22:31.71
Moving quickly, Isaiah 64:6.
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Isaiah 64:6,
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"But we are all
like an unclean thing,
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and all our righteousness
are like filthy rags.
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We all fade as a leaf,
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and our
iniquities, like the wind,
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have taken us away."
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So please
understand that the very best
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that you could possibly do
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before the Lord
are as filthy rags,
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they will not count
one iota towards salvation
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or towards righteousness.
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So what is it?
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What is the hope?
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Who can be forgiven?
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Romans 8:1
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brings a message to a
question to a declaration
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that Paul made in Romans 7:24.
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Let me read Romans 7:24 first.
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Paul says, "O
wretched man that I am!
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Who will deliver me
from this body of death?"
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The answer for Paul
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and the answer for
you and me is Romans 8:1.
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"There is
therefore now no condemnation
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to those who
are in Christ Jesus,
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who do not walk
according to the flesh,
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but according to the Spirit."
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Those that come to the Lord,
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ask for
forgiveness of their sins,
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and forsake their sins
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have to walk
according to the Spirit.
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And this brings
you no condemnation.
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This is why Jesus said,
"If any man will come after Me,
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let him take up his
cross daily and follow Me."
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This is a daily experience
with the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And you'll see evidence of God
calling people to repentance.
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You can go to Isaiah Chapter
1, God says, Come, verse 18,
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"Come now, let
us reason together."
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If you go to Jude 1:24,
there's only one chapter.
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Let me read this
one to wind up here
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because time is gone.
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"Now to Him who is able
to keep you from stumbling,
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and to present you faultless
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before the presence of His glory
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with exceeding
joy, to God our Savior."
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Verse 25, "Who alone is
wise, be glory and majesty,
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dominion and power,
both now and forever.
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Amen."
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So I encourage you,
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give yourself to
the Lord to Jesus Christ
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because only in Him
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you will find that righteousness
00:24:55.19\00:24:56.62
that we all need.
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Praise the Lord.
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Man, that was a
powerful lesson, brother.
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Thank you so much, a blessing.
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Hello, friends.
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Welcome back to 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel.
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We're going to
toss it to Jill Morikone
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for Tuesday's lesson
entitled, "Universal Appeal."
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Thank you so much,
Pastor Ryan and Pastor Johnny.
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What an incredible lesson.
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I love that. Isaiah 59.
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I have the first three
verses of Isaiah Chapter 60.
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And you see a shift in the mood
from Isaiah 59 to Isaiah 60.
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There is a progression
as it were of thought.
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Isaiah 59, we see
the effects of sin
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and that judgment,
that separation from God.
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We also see the
salvation and forgiveness
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that God extends to His people,
00:26:16.97\00:26:19.34
but when we get to Isaiah
60, they're ready to witness.
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They're ready to
stand up and shine.
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So let's read our three verses,
and then we'll unpack them.
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Isaiah 60:1-3,
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"Arise, shine, for
your light is come!
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And the glory of the
Lord is risen upon you.
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For behold, the
darkness shall cover the earth,
00:26:41.23\00:26:44.27
and deep darkness the people,
00:26:44.30\00:26:46.90
but the Lord
will arise over you,
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and His glory
will be seen upon you.
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The Gentiles shall
come to your light,
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and kings to the
brightness of your rising."
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So I have four
questions for my lesson today.
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The first one,
Pastor John, is what?
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What is the light?
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And what is the darkness?
00:27:06.76\00:27:08.12
The second question is who?
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Who is he speaking to?
00:27:10.03\00:27:11.99
Who is the you
referred to in this passage?
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Third question is why?
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Why does it go to the Gentiles?
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And the fourth is how?
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How do we arise?
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How do we share this light?
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So what, who, why, and how.
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What? What is the light?
00:27:29.11\00:27:30.51
What is the darkness?
00:27:30.55\00:27:31.88
It says "Arise, shine,
for your light has come!"
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What is that light?
00:27:34.18\00:27:36.15
The light is God's holiness.
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Isaiah 62:1, "For Zion's sake
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I will not hold My peace,
00:27:42.79\00:27:44.79
and for Jerusalem's
sake I will not rest,
00:27:44.83\00:27:48.00
until her righteousness
goes forth as brightness,
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and her salvation
as a lamp that burns."
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Righteousness is
connected to brightness.
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Light has to be connected
to righteousness and holiness.
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Light is not just
God's righteousness
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or holiness.
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It's also God's character.
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We see that in Exodus 34
that glory is represented
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as character in the Word of God.
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Remember, Moses said he
wanted to see God and he said,
00:28:16.36\00:28:19.03
"Please show me Your glory."
00:28:19.06\00:28:21.30
And God hid Moses in
the cleft of the rock
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and He allowed the
back part to pass by.
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And what did he say?
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The Lord, the Lord
God, merciful and gracious,
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long suffering, His character,
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glory is
represented as His character.
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Light also is God's presence.
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Revelation 21:23,
"The city had no need
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of the sun or the
moon to shine in it,
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for the glory of
God illuminated it.
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The lamb is its light."
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Light is synonymous
with God's presence.
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Isaiah 60:19, this is
speaking of the New Jerusalem,
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"The sun shall no
longer be your light by day,
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nor for brightness
00:29:05.21\00:29:06.54
shall the moon
give light to you,
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but the Lord will be to
you an everlasting light,
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and your God
will be your glory."
00:29:13.18\00:29:16.38
Light equals God's holiness,
light equals God's character,
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light equals God's presence,
light also equals the gospel.
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2 Corinthians 4:6,
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"For it is the God
who commanded light
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to shine out of darkness,
00:29:31.40\00:29:33.60
who has shown in our
hearts to give the light
00:29:33.64\00:29:36.00
of the knowledge
of the glory of God
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in the face of Jesus Christ."
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This is a dark
world, a dark world of sin,
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and God shines His light
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not only the
light of His character,
00:29:47.32\00:29:48.78
but the glorious light of
His gospel into this world
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into the dark world.
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Isaiah 60:2 says what?
00:29:54.79\00:29:56.16
"For behold,
darkness will cover the earth,
00:29:56.19\00:29:59.66
and deep darkness the people."
00:29:59.69\00:30:03.10
That deep darkness
and the darkness of sin,
00:30:03.13\00:30:06.57
the darkness of not
having a knowledge of God
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or His character.
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Isaiah 9.
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This is a
messianic prophecy going back
00:30:13.88\00:30:16.08
quite a few
chapters from where we're at.
00:30:16.11\00:30:17.75
Isaiah 9:2,
00:30:17.78\00:30:19.38
"The people who
walked in darkness,"
00:30:19.41\00:30:21.08
that is spiritual darkness,
"had seen a great light."
00:30:21.12\00:30:25.15
That's the Lord Jesus Christ,
00:30:25.19\00:30:27.16
"Those who dwelt
00:30:27.19\00:30:28.52
in the land of
the shadow of death,
00:30:28.56\00:30:30.66
upon them the light has shined."
00:30:30.69\00:30:33.73
What about who?
00:30:33.76\00:30:35.10
Who is he speaking to?
00:30:35.13\00:30:37.43
He says, "Your light has come!
00:30:37.47\00:30:39.40
And the glory of the
Lord is risen upon you."
00:30:39.43\00:30:41.97
Now, of course,
Isaiah is writing right now
00:30:42.00\00:30:44.67
to the exiles in Babylon
00:30:44.71\00:30:46.04
looking forward to them
being released and returned.
00:30:46.07\00:30:49.51
They would the
children of Israel,
00:30:49.54\00:30:51.51
once again have that privilege
00:30:51.55\00:30:54.22
of representing
Christ to the world.
00:30:54.25\00:30:58.02
That would be the
literal fulfillment
00:30:58.05\00:31:00.06
at that time,
00:31:00.09\00:31:01.42
but there's also
the fulfillment for you
00:31:01.46\00:31:04.09
and I looking down
through the stream of time,
00:31:04.13\00:31:07.46
as the Church of
God, as men and women
00:31:07.50\00:31:10.53
who have accepted Christ
and claim the name Christian,
00:31:10.57\00:31:14.07
we are called to
represent Christ to the world.
00:31:14.10\00:31:18.97
Why?
00:31:19.01\00:31:20.34
Why does the light
go to the Gentiles?
00:31:20.38\00:31:22.54
Why is the gospel to
be taken to the Gentiles?
00:31:22.58\00:31:26.05
'Cause it says the Gentiles
would come to that light,
00:31:26.08\00:31:29.48
and kings to the
brightness of that rising.
00:31:29.52\00:31:33.76
Now, of course, in
that present day situation,
00:31:33.79\00:31:36.96
and then we'll look at
the future application,
00:31:36.99\00:31:38.86
but the present day application,
00:31:38.89\00:31:40.66
the mission of the Jewish people
00:31:40.70\00:31:42.76
was what?
00:31:42.80\00:31:44.13
To share what they
had been entrusted with
00:31:44.17\00:31:46.74
that glorious truth
of the coming Messiah
00:31:46.77\00:31:49.87
and those truths that they held.
00:31:49.90\00:31:51.47
They were supposed to
share that with the world.
00:31:51.51\00:31:54.88
When God called
Abraham in Genesis 12,
00:31:54.91\00:31:57.45
and said, "I will
make of you a great nation.
00:31:57.48\00:32:00.68
I will bless you and
make your name great."
00:32:00.72\00:32:02.78
Was that just
because Abraham's lineage
00:32:02.82\00:32:05.05
was supposed to be blessed
00:32:05.09\00:32:06.42
and they were supposed to hold
what they had to themselves?
00:32:06.45\00:32:08.66
No, they were called.
00:32:08.69\00:32:10.46
It says in
verse 3, Genesis 12:3,
00:32:10.49\00:32:13.80
"I will bless
those who bless you,
00:32:13.83\00:32:15.76
and curse him who curses you,
00:32:15.80\00:32:17.43
and in you all the families
00:32:17.47\00:32:20.57
of the earth should be blessed."
00:32:20.60\00:32:23.30
God's purpose was to
bless the entire world,
00:32:23.34\00:32:27.01
through His covenant
00:32:27.04\00:32:28.94
with Abraham and
the Jewish nation.
00:32:28.98\00:32:32.18
Isaiah is also
reminding the children of Israel
00:32:32.21\00:32:35.32
of their destiny, to
be God's ambassadors.
00:32:35.35\00:32:40.09
We are called today
to share that light,
00:32:40.12\00:32:44.69
the light of the gospel of
Jesus Christ with the world.
00:32:44.73\00:32:48.43
It is universal.
00:32:48.46\00:32:49.80
Jesus died for
everyone. 1 Peter 2:9.
00:32:49.83\00:32:52.63
Now this is referring
to us as the Church of God,
00:32:52.67\00:32:56.24
"But you are a
chosen generation,
00:32:56.27\00:32:59.07
a royal
priesthood, a holy nation,
00:32:59.11\00:33:02.18
God's own special people,
00:33:02.21\00:33:05.05
that we may
proclaim the praises of Him
00:33:05.08\00:33:07.15
who called us out of darkness,"
00:33:07.18\00:33:08.75
that's
spiritual darkness of sin,
00:33:08.78\00:33:11.49
"into His marvelous light."
00:33:11.52\00:33:14.49
Who were once not a people,
00:33:14.52\00:33:16.56
but now we are
the people of God.
00:33:16.59\00:33:19.89
Who had not obtained mercy,
but now have obtained mercy.
00:33:19.93\00:33:24.40
We are called to share
00:33:24.43\00:33:25.77
this glorious
gospel of the world.
00:33:25.80\00:33:27.14
That's why the
mission of 3ABN, Matthew 28.
00:33:27.17\00:33:30.54
Go therefore, and make
disciples of all nations,
00:33:30.57\00:33:34.91
teaching, and preaching
and baptizing with the world.
00:33:34.94\00:33:39.68
Finally, number four is how?
00:33:39.71\00:33:42.08
How do we arise?
00:33:42.12\00:33:43.45
How do we share this light?
00:33:43.49\00:33:45.95
I would submit to you
00:33:45.99\00:33:47.32
those four ways
that we can arise,
00:33:47.36\00:33:50.39
and that we can share this light
00:33:50.43\00:33:53.46
with a dark world.
00:33:53.50\00:33:55.46
Way number one is to
allow the Holy Spirit
00:33:55.50\00:33:58.53
to anoint and transform you.
00:33:58.57\00:34:01.37
I think there's a key connection
00:34:01.40\00:34:03.30
between the last
verse of Isaiah 59,
00:34:03.34\00:34:06.17
and the first
verse of Isaiah 60.
00:34:06.21\00:34:09.21
Isaiah 60 begins
with arise and shine,
00:34:09.24\00:34:11.48
but you can't do
that unless you see
00:34:11.51\00:34:13.11
what happens in
the previous verse.
00:34:13.15\00:34:15.15
In Isaiah 59:21 says,
00:34:15.18\00:34:18.75
"'As for Me,' says the Lord,
00:34:18.79\00:34:20.12
'this is My covenant with them,
00:34:20.16\00:34:22.02
My spirit who is upon you,
00:34:22.06\00:34:24.49
and My words which I
have put in your mouth."
00:34:24.53\00:34:28.06
Only after we are
anointed by the Holy Spirit,
00:34:28.10\00:34:31.03
can we arise and shine?
00:34:31.07\00:34:32.83
Only after we have been anointed
00:34:32.87\00:34:35.30
and transformed by the Spirit.
00:34:35.34\00:34:38.77
Way number two, be who
God has made you to be.
00:34:38.81\00:34:42.61
Don't try to be someone else.
00:34:42.64\00:34:44.88
Don't make special
efforts to shine, simply shine.
00:34:44.91\00:34:50.39
I remember Pastor
Johnny saying this years ago
00:34:50.42\00:34:52.85
and I always remembered it.
00:34:52.89\00:34:54.76
In Matthew 5:16,
when Jesus is talking
00:34:54.79\00:34:57.06
to His disciples and says,
00:34:57.09\00:34:58.43
"Let your light
so shine before men."
00:34:58.46\00:35:01.16
He doesn't say strive to shine.
00:35:01.20\00:35:03.16
He doesn't say work to shine.
00:35:03.20\00:35:05.53
Simply, we allow God to use us.
00:35:05.57\00:35:09.54
Let your light shine.
00:35:09.57\00:35:11.27
Way number three
is to study His Word.
00:35:11.31\00:35:13.74
Psalm 119:105,
00:35:13.78\00:35:15.81
"Thy word is a lamp to my
feet and a light to my path."
00:35:15.84\00:35:20.82
Do you need light?
00:35:20.85\00:35:22.18
Study the Word of God.
00:35:22.22\00:35:23.55
Do you want to share
light with someone else?
00:35:23.59\00:35:25.82
Study the Word of God.
00:35:25.85\00:35:27.19
And finally, number four,
00:35:27.22\00:35:28.56
make a choice
for God and His way.
00:35:28.59\00:35:32.06
Romans 13:12,
00:35:32.09\00:35:33.43
"The night is far
spent, the day is at hand.
00:35:33.46\00:35:36.30
Let us cast off
the works of darkness,
00:35:36.33\00:35:38.67
make a choice to leave
the way of Satan behind
00:35:38.70\00:35:41.67
and put on the armor of light."
00:35:41.70\00:35:45.14
Everyday make a
choice for Jesus.
00:35:45.17\00:35:48.48
Amen. Thank you, Jill.
00:35:48.51\00:35:50.15
Very good.
00:35:50.18\00:35:51.51
Jill talk about every day
making a choice for Jesus,
00:35:51.55\00:35:54.22
mine is talking about
"The Year of the Lord's Favor."
00:35:54.25\00:35:57.75
Not only
something that's done daily,
00:35:57.79\00:36:00.16
but something that
we commit to yearly.
00:36:00.19\00:36:02.92
We begin in Isaiah 61,
00:36:02.96\00:36:05.03
the writer talks about
the year of the Lord's favor.
00:36:05.06\00:36:08.43
This is very significant
because from the time
00:36:08.46\00:36:10.93
that sin entered the
world, Satan was given a notice.
00:36:10.97\00:36:16.54
He was told in Genesis 3:15,
00:36:16.57\00:36:18.34
"I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
00:36:18.37\00:36:20.78
between your seed and her Seed."
00:36:20.81\00:36:22.81
He was given a notice.
00:36:22.84\00:36:24.68
And it was his determination
00:36:24.71\00:36:26.45
to prevent the year
of the Lord's favor.
00:36:26.48\00:36:29.45
He knew was coming.
00:36:29.48\00:36:31.05
So from
generation to generation,
00:36:31.09\00:36:32.92
he gauged not receiving
the hidden knowledge of God.
00:36:32.95\00:36:36.93
He looked intently
00:36:36.96\00:36:38.29
into when could
this year possibly come
00:36:38.33\00:36:40.90
and through the Jewish economy,
00:36:40.93\00:36:42.80
through the Jewish
system of sacrifices,
00:36:42.83\00:36:45.80
he knew every year.
00:36:45.83\00:36:47.17
The Day of Atonement
was a yearly reminder
00:36:47.20\00:36:49.70
that God's plan is
continuing to march on.
00:36:49.74\00:36:52.51
It always left men in
the year of the Lord's favor
00:36:52.54\00:36:56.24
if they provided
a sacrifice in time
00:36:56.28\00:37:00.02
for the Day of Atonement
service to blot out their sin.
00:37:00.05\00:37:03.35
And when the
sin was blotted out,
00:37:03.39\00:37:04.72
it was a continual
reminder to Satan himself,
00:37:04.75\00:37:07.29
that you cannot prevent God
from blotting out man's sin.
00:37:07.32\00:37:10.53
Every year, not only was there
00:37:10.56\00:37:12.29
a continual
reminder of man's fault,
00:37:12.33\00:37:15.30
but there was
always a continual reminder
00:37:15.33\00:37:17.57
of the year of the Lord's favor.
00:37:17.60\00:37:19.40
So Isaiah 61
begins with these words,
00:37:19.43\00:37:22.10
the Spirit of the
Lord God is upon me
00:37:22.14\00:37:24.37
because the Lord has anointed me
00:37:24.41\00:37:26.64
to preach good
tidings to the poor.
00:37:26.68\00:37:29.81
He has sent me to
heal the brokenhearted,
00:37:29.84\00:37:32.65
to proclaim
liberty to the captives,
00:37:32.68\00:37:34.98
and the opening of the
prison to those who are bound.
00:37:35.02\00:37:37.79
Not only does this
talk about the Messiah,
00:37:37.82\00:37:39.99
but the writer says,
00:37:40.02\00:37:41.36
either this is the
Messiah or this is a Messiah.
00:37:41.39\00:37:45.09
Well, praise the
Lord, it was not a Messiah.
00:37:45.13\00:37:47.40
Praise God, it was the Messiah,
00:37:47.43\00:37:49.46
because the Spirit of the
Lord is obviously being anointed
00:37:49.50\00:37:54.90
upon a particular person.
00:37:54.94\00:37:56.94
And Isaiah
proclaimed this 700 plus years
00:37:56.97\00:37:59.87
before this
anointing actually took place.
00:37:59.91\00:38:02.01
Acts 10:38,
00:38:02.04\00:38:03.68
when Jesus was
anointed with the Holy Ghost,
00:38:03.71\00:38:05.91
on the day of His
baptism, a reminder that
00:38:05.95\00:38:09.12
the anointed one
means the Messiah
00:38:09.15\00:38:11.15
or the Messiah
means the anointed one.
00:38:11.19\00:38:13.86
So let's see the
fulfillment of these words,
00:38:13.89\00:38:16.52
in the Book of Luke.
00:38:16.56\00:38:17.89
Luke 4:16-22.
00:38:17.93\00:38:20.30
This statement was
made by the Anointed One,
00:38:20.33\00:38:22.70
the incarnate God, the
pre-existent one, Jesus.
00:38:22.73\00:38:28.14
Luke 4:16, "So
He came to Nazareth,
00:38:28.17\00:38:31.27
where He had been brought up.
00:38:31.31\00:38:32.67
And as His custom was,
00:38:32.71\00:38:34.04
He went into the
synagogue on the Sabbath day,
00:38:34.08\00:38:36.81
and stood up to read."
00:38:36.85\00:38:38.18
Another reason why we should
emulate Christ to what he did.
00:38:38.21\00:38:41.88
"And He was handed the
book of the Prophet Isaiah.
00:38:41.92\00:38:45.92
And when He had opened the book,
00:38:45.95\00:38:47.52
He found the place
where it is written."
00:38:47.56\00:38:49.59
It's amazing.
00:38:49.62\00:38:50.96
It's humbling
to me, a panel that
00:38:50.99\00:38:52.69
what we're reading
is what Jesus read.
00:38:52.73\00:38:55.23
I mean, that's
amazing. I think about that.
00:38:55.26\00:38:57.20
And the verse 18 says,
00:38:57.23\00:38:58.80
He started
repeating what we just read,
00:38:58.83\00:39:00.74
"The Spirit of
the Lord is upon Me,
00:39:00.77\00:39:03.30
because He has anointed Me
00:39:03.34\00:39:04.94
to preach the
gospel to the poor,
00:39:04.97\00:39:06.84
He has sent Me to
heal the brokenhearted,
00:39:06.88\00:39:09.01
to proclaim
liberty to the captives,
00:39:09.04\00:39:11.81
and recovery of
sight to the blind,
00:39:11.85\00:39:13.98
to set at liberty
those who are oppressed,
00:39:14.02\00:39:16.32
to proclaim the
acceptable year of the Lord."
00:39:16.35\00:39:21.72
What happened?
00:39:21.76\00:39:23.09
"Then he closed the book,
00:39:23.12\00:39:24.69
and gave it
back to the attendant
00:39:24.73\00:39:26.53
and sat down.
00:39:26.56\00:39:27.90
And the eyes of all
00:39:27.93\00:39:29.26
who were in the
synagogue were fixed on Him."
00:39:29.30\00:39:30.93
In other words, why
would he keep saying me?
00:39:30.97\00:39:36.17
Who is this young
man that keeps saying me?
00:39:36.20\00:39:40.51
And the Bible goes on,
"He began to say to them,
00:39:40.54\00:39:43.04
'Today this Scripture is
fulfilled in your hearing.'
00:39:43.08\00:39:47.28
So all bore witness to Him,
00:39:47.32\00:39:49.38
and marveled at
the gracious words
00:39:49.42\00:39:52.15
which proceeded
out of His mouth.
00:39:52.19\00:39:54.69
And they said, 'Is
this not Joseph's son?'"
00:39:54.72\00:39:59.39
Who is this kid?
00:39:59.43\00:40:00.86
How can you say
these words of Isaiah
00:40:00.90\00:40:03.00
our Prophet is
fulfilled, he's too young.
00:40:03.03\00:40:05.73
Where could he
possibly be coming from.
00:40:05.77\00:40:07.84
But let's go
back to Isaiah 42:1-8.
00:40:07.87\00:40:11.37
So Isaiah or the
writer as who does sound like?
00:40:11.41\00:40:14.28
Here we go.
00:40:14.31\00:40:15.64
Isaiah 42:1-8, "Behold,
My Servant whom I uphold,
00:40:15.68\00:40:20.35
My Elect One in
whom My soul delights!
00:40:20.38\00:40:23.39
I have put My Spirit upon Him.
00:40:23.42\00:40:25.55
He will bring forth the
justice to the Gentiles."
00:40:25.59\00:40:27.92
And Jill talked about that
the message to the Gentiles.
00:40:27.96\00:40:31.63
And it says, "He
will not cry out,
00:40:31.66\00:40:34.26
nor raise His voice,
00:40:34.30\00:40:35.63
nor cause His voice to
be heard in the street."
00:40:35.66\00:40:37.80
And then he says,
00:40:37.83\00:40:39.17
"A bruised reed
He will not break,
00:40:39.20\00:40:41.07
and a smoking flax
He will not quench.
00:40:41.10\00:40:43.61
He will bring
forth justice for truth.
00:40:43.64\00:40:46.54
He will not fail
nor be discouraged,
00:40:46.57\00:40:49.14
till He has established
justice in the earth,
00:40:49.18\00:40:51.68
and the coastlands
shall wait for His law.'
00:40:51.71\00:40:55.12
Thus says God the Lord,
00:40:55.15\00:40:56.48
who created the
heavens and stretched them out,
00:40:56.52\00:40:59.72
who spread forth the earth
00:40:59.75\00:41:02.09
and that which comes from it,
00:41:02.12\00:41:03.73
who gives breath
to the people on it,
00:41:03.76\00:41:06.16
and Spirit to
those who walk on it."
00:41:06.19\00:41:09.16
And now look at the identity.
00:41:09.20\00:41:10.97
"I, the Lord have
called You in righteousness,"
00:41:11.00\00:41:14.64
the Father calling
the Son in righteousness,
00:41:14.67\00:41:18.34
"and will hold Your hand.
00:41:18.37\00:41:20.98
I will keep You and give You
as a covenant to the people."
00:41:21.01\00:41:24.75
This was an agreement
between the Father and the Son,
00:41:24.78\00:41:27.62
the covenant was not
decided by one individual.
00:41:27.65\00:41:30.55
And as we're going to study
00:41:30.59\00:41:31.92
in the future
lesson on covenants,
00:41:31.95\00:41:33.56
there needs to be two
people to make a covenant,
00:41:33.59\00:41:36.46
but one who is
committed can overshadow the one
00:41:36.49\00:41:39.93
who's not able to be committed.
00:41:39.96\00:41:41.30
However, in this case,
what the beauty is here,
00:41:41.33\00:41:44.10
the Father and the
Son are both committed,
00:41:44.13\00:41:46.43
and the Father and the Son
00:41:46.47\00:41:47.90
are able to keep
the covenant ratified.
00:41:47.94\00:41:50.71
Praise God for that.
00:41:50.74\00:41:52.41
He says, "I will
keep You and give You
00:41:52.44\00:41:54.21
as a covenant to the people,
00:41:54.24\00:41:55.84
as a light to the
Gentiles," to do what?
00:41:55.88\00:41:59.61
"To open blind eyes,
00:41:59.65\00:42:00.98
to bring out
prisoners from the prison,
00:42:01.02\00:42:02.65
those who sit in
darkness from the prison house.
00:42:02.68\00:42:05.05
I am the Lord, that is My name.
00:42:05.09\00:42:07.79
And My glory I will
not give to another,
00:42:07.82\00:42:10.23
nor My praise to carved images."
00:42:10.26\00:42:12.26
Friends, as
you're listening to this,
00:42:12.29\00:42:13.63
I want to pause
right here and say,
00:42:13.66\00:42:15.06
the only reason why
we can have hope today
00:42:15.10\00:42:16.93
in this dark world
00:42:16.97\00:42:18.30
because the Lord
has committed Himself
00:42:18.33\00:42:20.34
to bring out of prison,
00:42:20.37\00:42:22.57
those who are held prisoners,
00:42:22.60\00:42:24.61
and also to those
who sit in darkness,
00:42:24.64\00:42:26.61
meaning those who
don't know God's Word,
00:42:26.64\00:42:29.04
He is the only one
that can turn that light on.
00:42:29.08\00:42:32.51
His word is a lamp unto our feet
00:42:32.55\00:42:34.22
and a light into our paths.
00:42:34.25\00:42:35.98
And He says, I'm the one
that's committed to do that.
00:42:36.02\00:42:38.25
I am the Lord and My glory,
I will not give to another.
00:42:38.29\00:42:42.19
But what about the
acceptable year of the Lord
00:42:42.22\00:42:44.73
that Isaiah 61 talked about?
00:42:44.76\00:42:46.63
Let's look at that.
00:42:46.66\00:42:48.00
Leviticus 25:10 talks
about this acceptable year.
00:42:48.03\00:42:53.57
What year was
the acceptable year?
00:42:53.60\00:42:55.84
And he brings this down back to
00:42:55.87\00:42:58.47
a law that's not only religious,
00:42:58.51\00:43:00.18
but agricultural.
00:43:00.21\00:43:01.94
We find the merging
of two of them together
00:43:01.98\00:43:04.18
because every
year, there was a time,
00:43:04.21\00:43:07.68
every seven years
the land was to rest
00:43:07.72\00:43:10.15
every seventh year,
00:43:10.19\00:43:11.55
but then you had seven sevens,
00:43:11.59\00:43:13.52
and then you had the 50th year
00:43:13.56\00:43:14.89
or the year of
jubilee was talked about.
00:43:14.92\00:43:17.46
So we find in Leviticus 25:10,
00:43:17.49\00:43:21.53
this 50th year is referred to.
00:43:21.56\00:43:24.03
And this is a reflection
of the year of liberation,
00:43:24.07\00:43:26.87
how amazing the timing is.
00:43:26.90\00:43:28.57
It says, "And you
shall consecrate the,"
00:43:28.60\00:43:31.74
what year?
00:43:31.77\00:43:33.38
"The fiftieth year,
00:43:33.41\00:43:34.74
and proclaim liberty
throughout all the land
00:43:34.78\00:43:37.38
to all its inhabitants.
00:43:37.41\00:43:39.28
It shall be a Jubilee for you.
00:43:39.31\00:43:42.25
And each of you shall
return to his possessions,
00:43:42.28\00:43:45.02
and each of you shall
return to his family."
00:43:45.05\00:43:48.66
You know, when somebody
was forced to sell their land,
00:43:48.69\00:43:52.06
or sold their land for hardship,
00:43:52.09\00:43:53.90
the one who purchased
that land had the obligation
00:43:53.93\00:43:56.63
under the Jewish
law to give it back
00:43:56.67\00:43:58.73
in the year of jubilee.
00:43:58.77\00:44:00.80
And also every seventh year,
00:44:00.84\00:44:02.24
the Lord had given
them an agricultural rule
00:44:02.27\00:44:04.21
for the land to rest,
00:44:04.24\00:44:05.61
so that it will
replenish itself,
00:44:05.64\00:44:07.71
but it happened
on the 50th year,
00:44:07.74\00:44:11.05
but notice something.
00:44:11.08\00:44:12.41
There's an
association with the 50th year
00:44:12.45\00:44:14.78
and the Day of Pentecost
because that's the 50th day.
00:44:14.82\00:44:18.65
Let's look at Acts
2:1, what happened there?
00:44:18.69\00:44:21.82
Acts 2:1, "When the Day
of Pentecost had fully come,
00:44:21.86\00:44:25.19
they were all with
one accord in one place."
00:44:25.23\00:44:27.96
In other words,
00:44:28.00\00:44:29.33
there was a
bringing back together,
00:44:29.36\00:44:31.30
when that year of
acceptance was fulfilled.
00:44:31.33\00:44:33.54
And the Lord said,
00:44:33.57\00:44:34.90
"I'm gonna do
something in this year."
00:44:34.94\00:44:36.30
The very spirit that
was poured out on Jesus,
00:44:36.34\00:44:39.54
in His year of
acceptance is poured out
00:44:39.57\00:44:42.38
on those who are
waiting for the Holy Spirit
00:44:42.41\00:44:45.65
on the day of acceptance,
the year of the Lord.
00:44:45.68\00:44:48.52
So three very quick points.
00:44:48.55\00:44:51.12
One, Acts 1:4, we
must wait and prepare
00:44:51.15\00:44:54.79
for the infilling
of the Holy Spirit,
00:44:54.82\00:44:57.16
as the apostles did
before the Day of Pentecost.
00:44:57.19\00:45:00.20
"And being assembled together
with them, He commanded them
00:45:00.23\00:45:02.76
not to depart from Jerusalem,
00:45:02.80\00:45:04.57
but to wait for the
Promise of the Father,
00:45:04.60\00:45:06.80
which He has said,
'You have heard from Me.'"
00:45:06.84\00:45:09.14
Number two, we
must work toward unity
00:45:09.17\00:45:12.87
as the apostles were
on the Day of Pentecost.
00:45:12.91\00:45:15.64
Acts 2:1, "When
the Day of Pentecost
00:45:15.68\00:45:17.71
had fully come,
00:45:17.75\00:45:19.08
they were all with
one accord in one place."
00:45:19.11\00:45:22.75
And finally, number three,
00:45:22.78\00:45:24.42
we must make ourselves
available for the Spirit of God
00:45:24.45\00:45:29.16
to reveal His power to
us on the acceptable day.
00:45:29.19\00:45:33.06
Acts 1:8, "But you
shall receive power
00:45:33.09\00:45:37.23
when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you,
00:45:37.27\00:45:39.37
and you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem,
00:45:39.40\00:45:43.64
and in all Judea and Samaria,
00:45:43.67\00:45:46.17
and to the ends of the earth
00:45:46.21\00:45:48.14
in the acceptable
year of the Lord."
00:45:48.18\00:45:50.61
Amen. Amen.
00:45:50.65\00:45:52.48
Wow! It's a such a great study.
00:45:52.51\00:45:55.32
And I'm so excited.
00:45:55.35\00:45:57.65
I've got one verse.
00:45:57.69\00:46:01.29
Isaiah 61:2,
00:46:01.32\00:46:03.66
in the midst of
all of this good news,
00:46:03.69\00:46:06.13
here's what he says,
00:46:06.16\00:46:07.70
"To proclaim the
acceptable year of the Lord,
00:46:07.73\00:46:11.20
and the day of
vengeance of our God.
00:46:11.23\00:46:14.40
To comfort all who mourn."
00:46:14.44\00:46:16.34
So Thursday's lesson is
00:46:16.37\00:46:18.74
"The Day of
Vengeance of Our God."
00:46:18.77\00:46:21.54
So let me just back up here.
00:46:21.58\00:46:23.95
Jesus, after His
temptation in the desert,
00:46:23.98\00:46:28.08
He comes out in the
power of the Spirit,
00:46:28.12\00:46:30.55
He's going
around all the region,
00:46:30.59\00:46:32.99
preaching in the synagogues
and doing amazing things.
00:46:33.02\00:46:36.62
And boy, all the
region was buzzing
00:46:36.66\00:46:40.53
with reports about Him,
and He goes back to Nazareth.
00:46:40.56\00:46:45.23
And when He gets to
His hometown of Nazareth,
00:46:45.27\00:46:48.80
man that on that Sabbath,
00:46:48.84\00:46:50.97
everybody is at the synagogue,
00:46:51.01\00:46:53.84
they want to see this
young man they watch grow up,
00:46:53.88\00:46:58.78
what's all these
reports about Him?
00:46:58.81\00:47:01.42
So they all are gathered around,
00:47:01.45\00:47:03.49
He walks in,
00:47:03.52\00:47:04.92
He walks down front,
they hand Him the scroll,
00:47:04.95\00:47:07.82
He opens it up,
right to this very place
00:47:07.86\00:47:10.83
of everything you
just said in Isaiah 61:2,
00:47:10.86\00:47:14.16
and I'm gonna read this
again because this is amazing.
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He says in Luke 4:18-19,
00:47:16.73\00:47:20.40
"'The Spirit of
the Lord is upon Me,
00:47:20.44\00:47:22.70
because He has anointed Me
00:47:22.74\00:47:24.11
to preach the
gospel to the poor.
00:47:24.14\00:47:25.91
He has sent Me to
heal the brokenhearted,
00:47:25.94\00:47:28.14
to proclaim
liberty to the captives
00:47:28.18\00:47:31.11
and recovery of
the sight to the blind,
00:47:31.15\00:47:33.82
to set it liberty
those who are oppressed,
00:47:33.85\00:47:37.59
to proclaim the
acceptable year of the Lord.'"
00:47:37.62\00:47:40.59
And He stops.
00:47:40.62\00:47:44.79
He stops abruptly.
00:47:44.83\00:47:46.49
He doesn't read,
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and the day of
vengeance of our God.
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He doesn't say that, He stops.
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And I bet the people noticed.
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I mean, they were
familiar with Isaiah.
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So when He stops in
the midst of this reading,
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and He goes and He hands Isaiah,
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I mean, the
scroll to the attendant,
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He goes and sits down.
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Then He says,
00:48:09.58\00:48:10.92
today these
things been fulfilled
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before your very eyes.
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So what is...
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Can you imagine
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what a electrifying
moment that must have been?
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I mean, people must
have been so excited,
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but He is
proclaiming His mission.
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And He stops
because that's all that
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had been
fulfilled at that point.
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The day of the vengeance
of our Lord is still to come.
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So Isaiah's
prophecy would have been
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seen through the lens
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of Babylonian exile.
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They would think
of the restoration
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of the remnant,
and that, you know,
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when they're
gonna rebuild Jerusalem,
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but Jesus takes it to
an infinitely higher level
00:48:56.40\00:49:01.30
because what He
is coming to destroy
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is Satan and the
works of the devil.
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In John 8, He says, You shall,
this is John 8:32, Jesus said,
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"You shall know the truth,
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and the truth
shall make you free."
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Verse 34, "Most assuredly,
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I say to you,
00:49:20.12\00:49:21.46
whoever commits
sin is a slave to sin."
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But verse 36 says,
00:49:24.13\00:49:26.29
"Therefore if the
Son makes you free,
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you are free indeed."
00:49:29.03\00:49:31.60
So everything about that
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first portion of Isaiah 61
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had been fulfilled,
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but not the day
of the vengeance.
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And, you know, Jesus
predicted you can see
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in Matthew 24, Luke 13,
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or Mark 13, Luke 21,
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Jesus predicted
these things are coming.
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There's a
judgment that's coming.
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So here's what
I've got to get to.
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Christ is gonna come
again to liberate planet earth.
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And you're gonna
look in Revelation 19.
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It's describing His return
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with the
angelic hosts of heaven,
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when He returns to
slay all the sinners
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with the sword of His Word.
00:50:16.08\00:50:18.75
Look at Revelation 19:15,
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it says, "Out of His
mouth goes a sharp sword,
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that with it He
should strike the nations."
00:50:24.82\00:50:27.72
Didn't Jesus say, hey,
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it's My word that's
going to judge you in the end."
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And He Himself
will rule over them
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with a rod of iron.
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He Himself treads the winepress
00:50:36.20\00:50:38.70
of the fierceness and
the wrath of Almighty God."
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So how do we
00:50:41.17\00:50:46.47
reconcile the notion
00:50:46.51\00:50:49.08
that God is God of love?
00:50:49.11\00:50:50.88
Yet He's got a day of a
vengeance that's coming.
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Does that seem
reconcilable to you used to me,
00:50:55.28\00:50:59.55
but you know what I've learned,
00:50:59.59\00:51:01.49
you have got to remember
that God's essence is love,
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God is holy,
just righteous, pure.
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That is the essence
of His being is love,
00:51:10.13\00:51:15.07
and character is derived
00:51:15.10\00:51:19.54
from your nature.
00:51:19.57\00:51:22.21
So it is God's love
that makes Him holy,
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righteous, pure.
00:51:25.61\00:51:27.72
It is God's nature of love
00:51:27.75\00:51:31.75
that we can count on,
00:51:31.79\00:51:34.32
but character wise
00:51:34.36\00:51:36.96
God is completely
separated from sin, totally.
00:51:36.99\00:51:40.43
His nature is
totally opposed to sin,
00:51:40.46\00:51:44.43
and sin and love are as opposite
00:51:44.47\00:51:48.00
on the sides of the
pole as you can make them.
00:51:48.04\00:51:51.17
So when you think of
God's response to anger,
00:51:51.21\00:51:56.48
response to sin,
00:51:56.51\00:51:58.88
God has a
visceral response to sin.
00:51:58.91\00:52:03.28
It's an abomination to Him.
00:52:03.32\00:52:05.75
He knows He's grieved
00:52:05.79\00:52:09.96
how man has used free will.
00:52:09.99\00:52:11.99
God has given us free will,
00:52:12.03\00:52:14.83
but man misuses
it to oppress others.
00:52:14.86\00:52:19.03
See, God's government is
ruled by the power of love.
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Man's government's the
love of power, is it not?
00:52:24.67\00:52:27.81
So do we get upset
00:52:27.84\00:52:30.65
when we see someone
hurting someone else?
00:52:30.68\00:52:34.35
We just had a
little girl in our area,
00:52:34.38\00:52:36.99
who was stabbed to
death a little girl,
00:52:37.02\00:52:40.42
by I think it was
her mother or aunt,
00:52:40.46\00:52:43.59
but, you know, you
look at that and you think,
00:52:43.63\00:52:46.23
how did this happen?
00:52:46.26\00:52:47.83
And we get upset.
00:52:47.86\00:52:49.20
Why would we not
think that God gets upset
00:52:49.23\00:52:52.27
with humanity
sins against the other?
00:52:52.30\00:52:55.94
But you have to
understand that God's wrath
00:52:55.97\00:53:00.98
is rooted in His nature of love.
00:53:01.01\00:53:05.28
It's His response to
something that He didn't create.
00:53:05.31\00:53:09.35
God didn't create sin.
00:53:09.38\00:53:11.62
So He is going to
confront sin in a holy love,
00:53:11.65\00:53:17.39
a holy anger,
and a holy judgment.
00:53:17.43\00:53:22.06
God's wrath is the expression
00:53:22.10\00:53:26.90
of love's perfect justice.
00:53:26.94\00:53:30.77
And you know what?
00:53:30.81\00:53:32.14
His wrath is not permanent.
00:53:32.17\00:53:34.41
No sin, no wrath.
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You know, so, but
thankfully, God is patient.
00:53:36.11\00:53:39.98
In Nahum 1:3, just
as when you mentioned,
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I think when Moses
said, "Show me Your glory."
00:53:45.89\00:53:48.99
God lists His character.
00:53:49.02\00:53:51.16
But Nahum 1:3 says,
00:53:51.19\00:53:52.53
"The Lord is slow to
anger great in power,
00:53:52.56\00:53:56.30
and will not at
all acquit the wicked."
00:53:56.33\00:54:01.24
You know, that's good news.
00:54:01.27\00:54:03.41
It's good news that
there's love's perfect justice
00:54:03.44\00:54:07.51
is gonna do away
with sin and sinners.
00:54:07.54\00:54:10.65
That's good news.
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Ezekiel 33:11.
00:54:12.38\00:54:14.22
Listen to the
heart of a loving God.
00:54:14.25\00:54:16.52
He says, "I have no pleasure
00:54:16.55\00:54:20.39
in the death of the wicked."
00:54:20.42\00:54:21.92
This is God's speaking,
00:54:21.96\00:54:23.53
"But that the wicked would
turn from his way and live.
00:54:23.56\00:54:28.50
Turn, turn from your evil ways!
00:54:28.53\00:54:31.67
For why should you die?"
00:54:31.70\00:54:34.27
See, the wages of sin is death.
00:54:34.30\00:54:38.37
God has always said
that's what's going to happen.
00:54:38.41\00:54:42.34
And even though we talk about
00:54:42.38\00:54:45.05
a God of love, of perfect love,
00:54:45.08\00:54:48.65
hate doesn't just
blindly ignore our sins and say,
00:54:48.68\00:54:53.29
oh, too bad you
murdered so and so,
00:54:53.32\00:54:56.02
too bad you committed
adultery, too bad you did this.
00:54:56.06\00:54:59.53
No, rather from
the depth of His love,
00:54:59.56\00:55:04.23
God gave us His
righteous covenant
00:55:04.27\00:55:09.14
Son Jesus Christ.
00:55:09.17\00:55:11.11
From the depths of His love,
00:55:11.14\00:55:13.91
God paid the penalty
00:55:13.94\00:55:16.41
that He knew we could never pay,
00:55:16.44\00:55:19.45
and He died on the cross
so that we might be saved.
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So when we look at the
day of vengeance of our Lord,
00:55:24.49\00:55:30.03
it is right to talk
about the love of God,
00:55:30.06\00:55:33.13
we talk about the
love of God often,
00:55:33.16\00:55:35.50
but it's also right to warn,
00:55:35.53\00:55:38.77
that there will come a day
when that too is fulfilled.
00:55:38.80\00:55:43.67
Praise the Lord.
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Ah, man, I find
myself going over here,
00:55:45.27\00:55:46.91
I'm on fire over here
looking at all these verses
00:55:46.94\00:55:50.08
that are going along
with everyone's messages.
00:55:50.11\00:55:51.91
And it's just a powerful lesson.
00:55:51.95\00:55:53.28
It is.
00:55:53.31\00:55:54.65
Let's go with the
time we have left,
00:55:54.68\00:55:56.02
let's get some final thoughts.
00:55:56.05\00:55:57.39
Yes, this is a reality
that we all need righteousness.
00:55:57.42\00:56:03.29
And so we cannot
get it without Christ.
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I'm quoting to you from
Christ's Object Lessons,
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page 311.
00:56:08.73\00:56:10.93
"This robe, woven
in the loom of heaven,
00:56:10.97\00:56:14.27
has in it not one
thread of human devising.
00:56:14.30\00:56:19.41
Christ in His humanity
00:56:19.44\00:56:21.21
wrought out a perfect character,
00:56:21.24\00:56:24.31
and this character He
offers to impart to us."
00:56:24.35\00:56:27.75
It is up to us
to receive it. Amen.
00:56:27.78\00:56:30.89
Isaiah 62:2,
00:56:30.92\00:56:34.12
"The Gentiles shall
see your righteousness,
00:56:34.16\00:56:37.89
and all kings your glory.
00:56:37.93\00:56:39.63
You shall be
called by a new name,
00:56:39.66\00:56:42.16
which the mouth of
the Lord will name.
00:56:42.20\00:56:44.33
You will be a crown of
glory in the hand of the Lord."
00:56:44.37\00:56:47.80
What a privilege
is ours as Christians.
00:56:47.84\00:56:50.91
Amen.
00:56:50.94\00:56:52.27
And mine was The
Year of the Lord's Favor.
00:56:52.31\00:56:54.01
Well, 2 Corinthians 6:2
brings this to fruition.
00:56:54.04\00:56:58.85
When the Apostle Paul says,
00:56:58.88\00:57:01.18
"For He says, 'In
an acceptable time
00:57:01.22\00:57:04.69
I have heard you,
00:57:04.72\00:57:06.12
and in the day of
salvation I have helped you.'"
00:57:06.15\00:57:08.56
When is that acceptable time?
00:57:08.59\00:57:10.06
"Behold, now is
the acceptable time,
00:57:10.09\00:57:13.03
behold, now is
the day of salvation."
00:57:13.06\00:57:15.70
Amen and amen.
00:57:15.73\00:57:17.20
Same scripture
I was gonna go to,
00:57:17.23\00:57:19.90
but God does
not want to condemn,
00:57:19.93\00:57:23.87
but to save humanity.
00:57:23.91\00:57:25.24
That is His purpose.
00:57:25.27\00:57:26.61
That's why He died
on the cross for us.
00:57:26.64\00:57:29.34
And anyone who's in Christ
00:57:29.38\00:57:31.61
can be at peace with God,
00:57:31.65\00:57:33.75
but please understand one thing,
00:57:33.78\00:57:36.58
we have to give a warning,
the day of the Lord is coming.
00:57:36.62\00:57:40.66
The day of the Lord,
00:57:40.69\00:57:43.22
the vengeance of
our Lord is coming.
00:57:43.26\00:57:46.83
Don't get
caught. Praise the Lord.
00:57:46.86\00:57:48.70
The Desire of all Nations,
of course, is Jesus Christ
00:57:48.73\00:57:52.43
and has been made
clear in lesson number 12.
00:57:52.47\00:57:55.07
Hey, we want you
to come back next week
00:57:55.10\00:57:57.17
because we're going to be
diving into our last lesson
00:57:57.21\00:57:59.37
of our study on Isaiah,
00:57:59.41\00:58:00.84
entitled
"Rebirth of Planet Earth,"
00:58:00.88\00:58:03.61
lesson number 13.
00:58:03.65\00:58:04.98
See you next week.
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