It's time for the
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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This Quarter's Lesson
is entitled: Ephesians
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and the wonderful
book of Ephesians...
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a wonderful study.
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We are now
studying Lesson Number 5:
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Horizontal Atonement:
The Cross and the Church.
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Welcome to 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel.
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This is Lesson Number
5 that we are studying:
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Horizontal Atonement:
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The Cross and the Church...
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an exciting and inspiring study.
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My name is: John Dinzey.
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It's a blessing for me to
be with you during this hour
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and I am happy to have
part of the 3ABN family with me,
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and I'd like to introduce them.
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To my left is
Sister Jill Morikone.
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Thank you, Pastor Johnny,
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I'm excited about this Lesson.
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I have Reconciliation:
God's Gift From the Cross.
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Dinzey: Amen... and we have
Sister Shelley Quinn with us,
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welcome.
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Shelley: I have
Tuesday's Lesson:
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Breaking Down the Dividing Wall.
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Dinzey: Amen... amen, we
have Professor Daniel Perrin,
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welcome. Perrin:
Thank you, glad to be here
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and there's not one of us who
doesn't need Wednesday's Lesson:
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Jesus, Preacher of Peace.
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Dinzey: Amen... and we
have Pastor James Rafferty
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way at the
other side over there.
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Rafferty: Good
to be here, Johnny.
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I have: The
Church, a Holy Temple.
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Dinzey: Amen... amen.
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This is going to be
an interesting study.
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Hope you are ready... that
you have something to write with
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and we encourage you to record
it if you can to share with
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others but before we begin this
Study, we're going to ask Daniel
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Perrin, can you lead
us in our prayer please.
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Perrin: I'd love to.
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"Dear Father in heaven,
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Lord, as we come once
again to the book of Ephesians,
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we know that it takes us right
to the cross of Jesus Christ
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where our burdens
are taken off of our back
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and we receive forgiveness
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and we receive
unity in the church.
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Lord, I ask that you
bring that unity to the church
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so that your
name can be glorified.
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In all things, we
praise Jesus for what He's done
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and what He is doing in us.
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Bless us as we study today,
we pray in His name, amen. "
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Panel: Amen...
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Dinzey: Amen, thank you.
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So, let's begin this Lesson...
it's an exciting Lesson,
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I would like to
ask you to join me
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in reading
Ephesians 2:13 and 14,
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it says, "But
now in Christ Jesus
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you who once were far off
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have been brought near
by the blood of Christ.
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For He Himself is our peace,
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who has made us both one... "
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this verse will be
discussed during this lesson
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but I want to take
you back to the time
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Jesus Christ had passed away
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and the news of Jesus as
being a Savior is spreading
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and you are a Greek Gentile.
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You hear about
this and you're excited
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and you understand that
He's a living Savior in heaven.
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You... before
were worshiping idols
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made out of stone or wood
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and now you want to
worship the living God.
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Panel: Hmmm...
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Dinzey: So you start
making your way to the temple
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but along the
way you see the walls
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and you see... you
start to hear worship
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and you get
interested in joining
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the people of God worshipping.
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However, as you make your
way, you find a sign such as...
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more or less as it's
written in the lesson, it says,
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"No foreigner may enter
within the barrier and enclosure
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around the temple.
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Anyone who is caught doing
so will have himself to blame
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for his ensuing death. "
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So, how do you
feel at that moment?
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Well, you were excited...
you were hoping to get in there
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but now you feel shut
out, alienated, separated...
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what do you do?
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You turn around and
you go back in sadness.
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But you see, Christ is the
One that breaks down barriers
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although Jews that had
accepted Jesus would accept you
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as a believer,
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they were
struggling with this issue.
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And, you know, even today
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some of the Jews
behave in such a way
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that it would be shocking.
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I've heard stories of Jews
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that... as you're walking at
the same side of the sidewalk
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as they are,
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they either cross the street
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to not to see a
Gentile face to face.
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Some of that still remains for
those that are not Christians
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but I encourage you to
consider what Jesus offers...
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you to be a part of God's family
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here on earth and
in heaven as well.
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I'm reading to
you from the Lesson.
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It says in Ephesians
chapter 2 verses 11 to 22,
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Paul sees the cross of Christ
as making a dramatic difference,
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destroying such
barriers and walls.
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Vertically, the
cross dissolves alienation
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reconciling humans with God.
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Horizontally, it reconciles
people with each other.
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The cross removes
enmity and brings peace
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between Jews and Gentiles,
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making of them
"one new humanity"
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Ephesians chapter 2 verse 15.
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And together they
become a new temple,
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"a dwelling place
for God by the Spirit"
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Ephesians chapter 2 verse 22.
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During this week's Lesson,
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you're going to see and hear...
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actually hear exciting things
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and we hope that
you will be encouraged
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to continue reading God's Word.
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We move to Sunday's portion,
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the title is:
Brought near in Christ,
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Brought near in Christ.
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So, in this
part we are comparing
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Ephesians chapter
2 verses 1, 2 and 3
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and also, Ephesians
chapter 2 verse 11 and 12.
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The question
is, "What does he...
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what does Paul accent
in his fresh description
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of their past?"
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Ephesians chapter 2
beginning in verse 1,
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"And you He made alive,
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who were dead in
trespasses and sins,
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in which you once walked
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according to the
course of this world,
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according to the prince
of the power of the air,
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the spirit who now works
in the sons of disobedience,
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among whom also we all
once conducted ourselves
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in the lusts of our flesh,
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fulfilling the desires of
the flesh and of the mind,
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and were by
nature children of wrath,
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just as the others. "
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Paul is bringing
to their attention
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that they were once
alienated... separated from God
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but Jesus Christ
has made them one
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and it is healthy
for us to take a...
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a... a moment to
examine ourselves
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to see where the
Lord brought us from
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and rejoice that we
are no longer walking
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in those things of the past.
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Not to dwell in those
horrible things we used to do,
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but to be thankful to understand
that we were, as it says here,
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separated from God
and children of wrath
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but God rescues us and
makes us children of God.
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And, of course,
Paul gives recognition
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that we have an enemy.
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He is considered the
prince of the power of the air
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and the spirit who now works
in the sons of disobedience.
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We live in a world...
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remember that
Ephesians was for the Ephesians
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but the book of Ephesians
is for us living today.
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We are living in the
world where we face every day
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children who are
children of wrath...
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or people that
are people of wrath
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that they are... the
evil one works through them
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and we need to be careful
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and we need to, by
the grace of the Lord,
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let our light so shine that
by our words and our actions,
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we will get them
interested in tasting and seeing
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that God is good.
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And so, let's go
ahead and read now
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Ephesians chapter
2 verses 11 and 12,
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"Therefore remember that you
once Gentiles in the flesh...
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who are called Uncircumcision
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by what is
called the Circumcision
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made in the flesh by hands...
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that at that time
you were without Christ,
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being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel
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and strangers from
the covenants of promise,
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having no hope and
without God in the world. "
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That's the past...
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the "present" for them
was that they had hope...
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they were part
of God's family...
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they were sons
and daughters of God.
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And there was an
issue back in those days
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still the... the Jews
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who had not given their
hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ,
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they called the
Gentiles "uncircumcised"
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and, of course, the Gentiles
that were still having issues
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in dealing... they were...
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there was still some
bickering going back and forth.
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Ephesians is
calling people to unity...
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calling people to
be united in Christ
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and today, we are
to be united in Christ.
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This is the main focus
of the book of Ephesians.
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Lifting up Jesus Christ...
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letting people know
that we are saved by grace...
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letting people know
that the love of God
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has no... no limits...
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it has no limit... no
breadth... no depth...
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it is without limit
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and that we all can be family...
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we all can be one big family
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in Christ Jesus.
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I'm reading to you
from the Lesson, it says:
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Gentiles who were
now believers in Christ
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and members of His
"body," the church,
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were once totally
separated from Israel
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and the salvation God offered.
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Paul judges it important
to "remember" this past...
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Ephesians 2:11.
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They were then "without
Christ," the Anointed One,
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the Messiah of Israel.
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They were "aliens
from the commonwealth...
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the state of...
the people of Israel. "
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And they were "strangers
from the covenants of promise,"
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oblivious to the
promises of salvation...
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of salvation, God had offered
down through salvation history.
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The alienation from Israel
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and the salvation
offered through it
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meant that they
once had "no hope"
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and were "without
God in the world... "
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but all this
changes because of Jesus
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and I praise the Lord
that for you and for me,
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all of our past that
we children of wrath...
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we lived in darkness...
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we can now live in
God's marvelous light.
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Ephesians chapter
2 verse 13, it says,
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"But now in Christ Jesus
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you who once were far off
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have been brought near
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by the blood of Christ. "
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Have you been brought
near by the blood of Christ?
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Don't let the former
things that controlled you...
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don't let those things
keep you away from Jesus.
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Come to Jesus just as you are.
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He will receive you...
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remember that we are
saved by grace... not of works
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lest any man should boast.
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In this lesson,
Dr. McKay brings out
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another thought that I'd
like to share with you, it says,
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Ephesians 2:13
however, points to
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something
radically different now.
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Paul wrote, "But
now in Christ Jesus
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you who once were far
off have been brought near
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by the blood of Christ. "
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So, we have peace in
Jesus. Panel: Hmmm...
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Dinzey: The wall
has been broken down
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and we become one
family, praise the Lord.
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In the
Seventh-day Adventist book:
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Bible Study or
Bible Commentaries,
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it says, "The subject of
Ephesians is unity in Christ. "
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And so, we ask ourselves,
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"Do we need
unity in Christ today?"
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The answer is "yes. "
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Even now, Satan is
trying to divide God's people.
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Even now, Satan
is working in people
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to bring every wind of doctrine
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and we must study God's Word.
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This is why I'm glad that 3ABN
has the Sabbath School Panel
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to lead us back to the Bible
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and the many Programs on 3ABN...
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lead you back to the Bible
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because we're
living in dangerous times
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and we must know what a
"thus saith the Lord" is.
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This is an exciting
study in the book of Ephesians
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and we continue now
with Sister Jill Morikone.
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Jill: Thank you so
much Pastor Johnny,
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what a great lesson!
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I love that foundation.
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I'm Jill Morikone and on Monday
we look at Reconciliation:
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God's Gift From the Cross.
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You know, I think
it's hard for us to
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comprehend
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what it was like for
the early Christian church
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and the enmity... the hatred...
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the bitterness that existed
between the Jews and Gentiles.
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We can read about it
and when you read that
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what... the sign there
when you enter the temple
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or get near to
that and you see that,
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and to recognize... I can't
even imagine being a non-Jew
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during that time and thinking,
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"Ah... but
Jesus is my Messiah...
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but I've accepted Him...
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but I want to serve Him...
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but I want to be
part of His people... "
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and feeling that separation.
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Even today, God's
end-time people...
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there is a separation.
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Now, it might not look
the same as Jews and Gentiles
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but there are divisions.
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There are separations.
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Satan loves to come in and
bring disunity and disharmony.
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So, I think this Lesson is
so vitally important for us.
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As we look at
Ephesians 2 verses 1 through 10,
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we see that vertical
reconciliation with God.
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In other words, all of us were
dead in trespasses and sins,
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and all of us need to be
reconciled back to God...
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brought back
into right standing.
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Then we look at the
passage we're looking at now...
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the horizontal reconciliation.
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Once we're reconciled with God,
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we are automatically
brought back into reconciliation
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with our brothers and sisters.
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Today we look
specifically at three gifts
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that the cross
brought for believers.
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We're going to look at
a dual application here,
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the Apostolic
times which, of course,
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is the times that Paul wrote
it for... the Ephesians there...
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the early Christian church.
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Then, we're also going to
have an end-time application
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or an application for us today
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and how does that
apply to our life.
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What are the gifts of the
cross for believers today,
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not just in Bible times
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but for us today?
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The first gift is that Gentiles
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who were far off...
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now, we're looking at the
Apostolic times right now,
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this is Paul's day.
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Gentiles who were far off
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are brought
near and made family.
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Pastor Johnny read
that verse, Ephesians 2:13,
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let's read it again,
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Ephesians 2:13 and we're going
to combine it with verse 19,
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"But now... " I love that...
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we did that last
lesson this "But now... "
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when you see that, the
Gentiles were in one place,
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they were
alienated, they were separated,
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"But now in Christ Jesus
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you who once were far off... "
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this is the Gentiles
he's speaking specifically to,
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"have been
brought near... " why?
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by the cross...
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"by the blood of Christ. "
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Jump down to verse 19,
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"Now, therefore, you are no
longer strangers and foreigners,
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but fellow
citizens with the saints
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and members of the
household of God. "
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As Pastor Johnny referenced,
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the Gentiles were not allowed
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into the inner
courts there of the temple.
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They were
excluded from that worship.
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But now they are brought near
through the blood of Jesus...
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through the cross...
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they're brought
near God and His people.
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We see this horizontal
reconciliation taking place...
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they're made fellow
citizens of the church.
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Gift Number 2:
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The enmity or the hatred
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between the Jews and
Gentiles is put to death
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because of the cross.
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We're in Ephesians
2 verses 16 and 17,
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"That He might
reconcile... " this is Jesus,
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"might reconcile them
to God in one body... "
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how?
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"through the cross,
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thereby putting to
death the enmity... "
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that word "enmity"
in Greek means hatred...
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hostility... enmity... verse 17,
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"And He came and
preached peace to you
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who were afar off
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and to those who were near. "
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You can see the
long-standing hatred
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between the Jews and
Gentiles is put to death.
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The "axe" is buried...
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this long-standing feud we have
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like the Hatfield
and McCoy's right?
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The long-standing
feud is put to rest.
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Remember in John chapter 4
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when Jesus visited
the Samaritan village
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and the woman
was there at the well
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and she was surprised why?
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That Jesus would speak to her.
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In fact, she says in
verse 9, John 4 verse 9,
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"Jews have no
dealings with the Samaritans. "
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This is a long-standing issue.
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In Galatians chapter 2, we
find the New Testament church,
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the brethren... Peter
eating with the Gentiles
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and we see, "Wow, those barriers
are really being broken down. "
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But then when the brethren
came down from Jerusalem,
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the Bible calls them
"the circumcised... "
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these are the Jewish believers.
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What did Peter do?
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"Oh no, I'm not going
to eat with the Gentiles,
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oh no... that wall's
going to come back up. "
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This is a long-standing issue
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and yet, he had already
had this vision in Acts,
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of... as far as the gospel
going to Cornelius, right?
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The gospel
going to the Gentiles,
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and yet still,
old habits die hard.
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Some of that
enmity... some of that animosity
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rises its ugly head again.
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In Galatians 3 verses 27 and 29,
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I love this
passage, Paul's speaking,
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"as many of you as
were baptized into Christ
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have put on Christ.
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There is neither Jew nor Greek,
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there is neither slave nor free,
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there is
neither male nor female;
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we are all one in Christ Jesus.
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If you are Christ's then you
are Abraham's seed... " Shelley,
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"and heirs
according to the promise. "
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You see, race,
ethnicity, background, status,
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money, position, religion,
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all of that doesn't matter,
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because all of us can
be adopted in Christ Jesus.
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The cross puts to
death that enmity.
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Gift Number 3:
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Reconciliation takes
place through the cross.
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You see, we can
put aside the feud
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or put aside the hatred
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but we don't just want that.
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We want reconciliation...
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we want healing.
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Verse 16, Ephesians 2:16,
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"He might reconcile
them both to God in one body
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through the cross,
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putting to death the enmity. "
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In the place of hostility,
is now, reconciliation.
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We're reconciled
through the cross.
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We know we're
vertically reconciled to God
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through the cross,
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2nd Corinthians 5:18
says, "All things are of God,
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who has reconciled us to Himself
through Jesus Christ... "
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but now we're also reconciled
horizontally to each other
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through the cross.
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Unity in the
church... unity in the family...
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unity in society
between Jews and Gentiles,
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husbands and wives,
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parents and children,
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all of that comes
through Jesus Christ.
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What about our present-day
application for here...
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for today?
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What are the gifts of
the cross that we have here?
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Number 1... Gift Number 1:
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God brings other
people into the church
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and then, they are brought
near by the blood of Christ.
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Pastor John always says,
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"There's no
standards for fellowship...
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standards for membership...
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and high
standards for leadership. "
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But oftentimes, we put high
standards on even fellowship.
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We say, "You
don't smell like I do. "
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"You don't look like I do. "
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"You don't dress like I do. "
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"You don't eat like I do,
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therefore, I'm
going to push you aside. "
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But no... they are to be brought
near by the blood of Christ.
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Panel: Amen.
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Jill: None of that makes
any difference in Christ.
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Number 2... Gift Number 2:
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Bitterness between
members in the church
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can be put to
death through the cross.
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Bring your unforgiveness
to the foot of the cross.
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Have you ever been in a church
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where people walk
up different aisles
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because they don't
want to look at each other?
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They don't want to
say, "Happy Sabbath"
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to their brother and sister
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because there's bitterness...
because there is unforgiveness.
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Matthew 5, Jesus puts it this
way in the Sermon on the Mount,
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Matthew 5:23, "if you
bring your gift to the altar,
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and remember your brother
has something against you,
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leave your gift
there at the altar,
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go your way.
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First, be
reconciled to your brother,
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then come and offer your gift. "
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Is there bitterness and
unforgiveness in your heart
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toward a brother or a sister?
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Go to God...
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go to the foot of
the cross and ask Jesus
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to grant you His forgiveness.
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The blood of Jesus at the cross
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can reconcile us as
brothers and sisters
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and break down the bitterness
that unfortunately does exist
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in places in the church.
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Finally, Gift Number 3:
00:21:33.32\00:21:34.92
Reconciliation can take
place through the cross.
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Unity comes in Christ...
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not apart from Christ.
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1st John 1:7... "If
we walk in the light
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as He is in the light,
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we have
fellowship... " or Koinonia...
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spiritual
fellowship with one another
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and the blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanses us
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from all sin.
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What does that mean?
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If you're walking in the light,
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that means,
you're walking in Jesus.
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You're vertically
reconciled to the Father
00:22:03.62\00:22:05.99
and your brother
or sister in church
00:22:06.02\00:22:08.09
is also walking in the light and
vertically reconciled to God.
00:22:08.12\00:22:11.76
You're automatically going
to be horizontally reconciled
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to each other.
00:22:15.93\00:22:17.47
If there's
differences, go to each other,
00:22:17.50\00:22:19.80
ask for forgiveness
00:22:19.83\00:22:21.37
and know that those
barriers can be broken down
00:22:21.40\00:22:24.94
by the blood of Jesus.
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Panel: Amen... amen.
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Dinzey: Amen, yes,
barriers can be broken down
00:22:27.71\00:22:30.41
by the blood of Jesus.
00:22:30.45\00:22:31.78
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We continue in
this hour of blessing
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with Sister Shelley Quinn.
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Shelley: Oh... and
it is my blessing...
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my name is Shelley Quinn.
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I have Tuesday's Lesson:
00:23:17.89\00:23:19.26
Breaking Down the Dividing Wall.
00:23:19.29\00:23:22.20
I hope you have your
Bibles open to Ephesians 2
00:23:22.23\00:23:25.40
because we will look
closely at the context
00:23:25.43\00:23:28.57
of what Paul is saying.
00:23:28.60\00:23:30.07
Paul, in his writings,
uses the word "the law...
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the law... the
law... " quite a bit.
00:23:35.14\00:23:37.95
Sometimes he's
referring to the book of the law
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excuse me, to
the law of Moses...
00:23:41.45\00:23:43.02
the first five
books of the Bible.
00:23:43.05\00:23:45.15
Sometimes he's
referring to the book of the law
00:23:45.19\00:23:47.92
which was Deuteronomy.
00:23:47.96\00:23:49.36
Sometimes he's referring
to the Ten Commandments
00:23:49.39\00:23:53.50
or to a natural law that
kind of controls our flesh.
00:23:53.53\00:23:58.20
So, we're going to look
at Ephesians 2:14 through 16
00:23:58.23\00:24:02.84
because he's
talking about law here.
00:24:02.87\00:24:05.14
We want to make
certain we understand
00:24:05.17\00:24:07.44
which law is he referring to.
00:24:07.48\00:24:10.11
Ephesians 2:14 through 16,
00:24:10.15\00:24:12.71
"For He... Jesus...
Himself is our peace... "
00:24:12.75\00:24:16.32
hallelujah...
00:24:16.35\00:24:17.69
"who has made both one...
" both Jew and Gentile one,
00:24:17.72\00:24:22.02
"and has broken down the
middle wall of separation... "
00:24:22.06\00:24:26.73
that you were talking about...
00:24:26.76\00:24:28.16
"having abolished in
His flesh the enmity... "
00:24:28.20\00:24:34.00
Jill, that you
were talking about...
00:24:34.04\00:24:36.04
but then, get this...
00:24:36.07\00:24:37.77
"having abolished in
His flesh, the enmity... "
00:24:37.84\00:24:41.38
now he's going to
explain what was that enmity...
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"that is, the
law of commandments
00:24:44.95\00:24:47.58
contained in ordinances,
00:24:47.62\00:24:51.55
so as to create in Himself
one new man from the two,
00:24:51.59\00:24:56.22
thus making peace,
00:24:56.26\00:24:57.59
that He might
reconcile them both to God
00:24:57.63\00:25:00.56
in one body through the cross,
00:25:00.60\00:25:02.86
thereby putting to
death the enmity. "
00:25:02.90\00:25:06.50
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:25:06.53\00:25:07.87
What does he mean...
00:25:07.90\00:25:09.24
"the law
contained in ordinances"?
00:25:09.27\00:25:11.24
Some people tried to
say that Paul teaches
00:25:11.27\00:25:15.51
that the Ten Commandments
were nailed to the cross.
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The Ten Commandments weren't
contained in the ordinances,
00:25:19.11\00:25:22.62
so let's look at this.
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Ephesians 2:15...
00:25:24.02\00:25:26.35
these laws
contained in ordinances
00:25:26.42\00:25:30.39
were unique to
the Jewish nation.
00:25:30.43\00:25:34.36
This is the Old Covenant
00:25:34.40\00:25:37.57
that he is speaking of
00:25:37.63\00:25:40.74
and when God did
away with the Old Covenant
00:25:40.77\00:25:45.27
and made the New Covenant...
renewed the covenant,
00:25:45.31\00:25:50.05
what happened is that
horizontal reconciliation
00:25:50.08\00:25:54.75
bringing Jew and
Gentile together.
00:25:54.78\00:25:57.22
As Johnny was
telling us earlier,
00:25:57.29\00:25:59.65
in Herod's Temple, there
was this fence barrier...
00:25:59.69\00:26:04.53
it was called a balustrade
00:26:04.56\00:26:06.03
that was around the
Court of the Israelites.
00:26:06.06\00:26:10.80
Gentiles couldn't go in.
00:26:10.83\00:26:12.90
But... what? Why couldn't they?
00:26:12.93\00:26:16.50
The Gentiles did not have...
00:26:16.54\00:26:20.08
did not operate
by the Old Covenant.
00:26:20.11\00:26:22.24
Do you know what
the Old Covenant was?
00:26:22.31\00:26:24.38
The Old Covenant
is recorded actually
00:26:24.41\00:26:28.68
in Exodus 20 verses 22
00:26:28.72\00:26:32.42
to Exodus 23:33.
00:26:32.45\00:26:34.66
The Old Covenant was civil,
00:26:34.69\00:26:38.36
social and ceremonial laws
00:26:38.39\00:26:41.86
that contained
all these ordinances
00:26:41.90\00:26:44.57
about food and drink offerings
00:26:44.60\00:26:47.04
and festivals and
annual Sabbath days...
00:26:47.07\00:26:51.17
those were feast days
00:26:51.21\00:26:54.41
that were symbolic of
the ministry of Christ.
00:26:54.44\00:27:00.28
This Old Covenant
that God dictated to Moses
00:27:00.32\00:27:06.05
was the constitution
for the new nation of Israel
00:27:06.09\00:27:10.09
and then Moses
ratified that with the people.
00:27:10.13\00:27:15.30
Now, it's interesting
because as that group...
00:27:15.36\00:27:20.50
we're working our
way through Exodus,
00:27:20.54\00:27:23.34
they wandered for
forty years in the desert,
00:27:23.37\00:27:26.17
and as they reach the
edge of the Promised Land...
00:27:26.21\00:27:30.88
first generation's died off...
00:27:30.91\00:27:33.11
it's the second generation.
00:27:33.15\00:27:35.28
What did God do?
00:27:35.32\00:27:37.02
He adds and enhances
some of these ordinances
00:27:37.05\00:27:41.69
and Moses writes them
in the Book of the Law.
00:27:41.72\00:27:46.36
Open your Bibles
to Deuteronomy...
00:27:46.39\00:27:48.60
I want to show you this
because it's so important.
00:27:48.63\00:27:52.87
Moses is adding all of
these in the Book of the Law...
00:27:52.90\00:27:57.11
God's additional requirements
00:27:57.14\00:27:59.54
Deuteronomy 31...
00:27:59.57\00:28:01.38
Deuteronomy 31 says...
00:28:01.44\00:28:05.58
we're going to
begin with verse 24,
00:28:05.61\00:28:08.32
"So it was, when
Moses had completed
00:28:08.35\00:28:11.75
writing the words
of this law in a book,
00:28:11.79\00:28:15.16
they were finished... "
00:28:15.19\00:28:16.52
Now, when he first wrote the...
00:28:16.56\00:28:18.59
the Old Covenant it was
called: The Book of the Covenant
00:28:18.63\00:28:22.06
but now listen, that
Moses commanded the Levites
00:28:22.10\00:28:25.37
who bore the ark of the
covenant of the Lord saying,
00:28:25.40\00:28:28.64
"Take this Book of the Law... "
00:28:28.67\00:28:32.21
from here forward, it's
either called: Book of the Law
00:28:32.24\00:28:35.54
or Book of the Covenant.
00:28:35.58\00:28:36.91
"Put it beside the ark of the
covenant of the Lord your God. "
00:28:36.95\00:28:42.28
What's on the inside of the ark?
00:28:42.32\00:28:45.62
Panel: Ten Commandments.
00:28:45.65\00:28:46.99
Shelley: The Ten Commandments
are on the inside because
00:28:47.02\00:28:49.99
that's God's charter of rights
for His government of love,
00:28:50.03\00:28:53.53
it's a foundation of
His government of love.
00:28:53.56\00:28:55.66
But Moses is saying,
00:28:55.70\00:28:57.03
"Take this Book of the
Law... this old constitution
00:28:57.07\00:28:59.83
and all of these ordinances
contained in the commandments...
00:28:59.87\00:29:03.10
put it on the side of
the ark of the... your God
00:29:03.14\00:29:05.91
that it may be there as
a witness against you. "
00:29:05.97\00:29:08.34
"What?
00:29:08.38\00:29:09.71
What do you mean as
a witness against us?"
00:29:09.74\00:29:12.35
Well, because God's
giving all of this to Moses
00:29:12.41\00:29:16.79
then afterwards He says,
00:29:16.82\00:29:18.15
"Yeah, I already know
what they're going to do...
00:29:18.19\00:29:20.82
they're going to
serve pagan gods,
00:29:20.86\00:29:22.49
they're going to
sin against Me. "
00:29:22.52\00:29:24.13
So, He gives Moses
all of these curses
00:29:24.16\00:29:27.20
that are included
in this Book of the Law
00:29:27.23\00:29:30.23
that... I mean, there
are blessings if you obey,
00:29:30.27\00:29:33.13
but there are
curses for disobedience.
00:29:33.17\00:29:35.37
It was put on
the side of the ark
00:29:35.40\00:29:37.57
as a temporary placement
00:29:37.61\00:29:40.58
and it was a
witness against them,
00:29:40.61\00:29:42.48
so now, what happened to that?
00:29:42.51\00:29:45.91
What was nailed to the cross?
00:29:45.95\00:29:49.28
I want to give you
three things that I see
00:29:49.32\00:29:51.95
that was nailed to the cross.
00:29:51.99\00:29:54.26
In 1st Peter 2:24 the Bible says
00:29:54.29\00:29:56.52
that Christ bore
our sins in His body,
00:29:56.56\00:29:59.63
He paid our
sin-debt at the cross.
00:29:59.66\00:30:02.70
There's no doubt there's
any certificate of indebtedness
00:30:02.73\00:30:06.13
against us for sin,
00:30:06.17\00:30:08.87
was nailed to the cross.
00:30:08.90\00:30:10.41
His precious
blood blotted that out.
00:30:10.44\00:30:14.48
Romans 6:6 tells us
00:30:14.51\00:30:18.35
that our old man
was crucified with him
00:30:18.38\00:30:20.75
that the body of sin
might be done away with,
00:30:20.78\00:30:23.85
that we should no
longer be slaves of sin.
00:30:23.89\00:30:26.86
So, this old
fallen, human nature
00:30:26.89\00:30:30.53
was nailed to the cross.
00:30:30.56\00:30:31.89
But what else was
nailed to the cross?
00:30:31.93\00:30:34.50
The Old Covenant Book of
the Law was nailed to the cross.
00:30:34.53\00:30:39.90
We looked how Paul said
00:30:39.93\00:30:43.10
in Ephesians 2:13,
00:30:43.14\00:30:45.87
these ordinances are
abolished at the cross.
00:30:45.91\00:30:48.58
"But now in Christ
you who were once far off
00:30:48.61\00:30:51.55
have been brought near
by the blood of Christ.
00:30:51.58\00:30:54.48
For He Himself is our
peace, who has made both one.
00:30:54.52\00:30:57.89
He has broken down the
middle wall of separation. "
00:30:57.95\00:31:01.29
No more distinction
between Jew and Gentile.
00:31:01.32\00:31:05.23
All these unique Jewish
things... nailed to the cross
00:31:05.26\00:31:08.83
having abolished
the law of commandments
00:31:08.86\00:31:13.67
that is in ordinance.
00:31:13.70\00:31:15.54
In ordinance... see when Christ
ratified the New Covenant,
00:31:15.57\00:31:21.31
it's a renewal of
the everlasting covenant.
00:31:21.34\00:31:25.08
The "covenant promises" that the
Gentiles couldn't take place in
00:31:25.11\00:31:29.48
actually were
given to the Patriarchs
00:31:29.52\00:31:33.62
before there was ever a Jew.
00:31:33.66\00:31:35.36
It was righteousness by faith...
00:31:35.39\00:31:37.06
salvation by grace
00:31:37.09\00:31:39.09
and they didn't understand this
00:31:39.13\00:31:42.50
but what happens?
00:31:42.53\00:31:44.10
Let me turn to Colossians
2, we've got to get this in.
00:31:44.13\00:31:47.67
Colossians 2:14 through 17,
00:31:47.70\00:31:50.61
says... he's
talking about at the cross
00:31:50.67\00:31:55.11
that Christ having wiped out
the handwriting of requirements
00:31:55.14\00:31:59.98
that was against us.
00:32:00.02\00:32:01.78
What stood against them?
00:32:01.82\00:32:03.52
Not only their record of sins.
00:32:03.55\00:32:04.99
But that Old Covenant that
had all those curses for sin
00:32:05.02\00:32:09.82
was there to stand as
a witness against them.
00:32:09.86\00:32:12.69
He said, "He has
taken it out of the way,
00:32:12.73\00:32:14.66
having nailed it to the cross.
00:32:14.70\00:32:16.20
Having disarmed
principalities and powers,
00:32:16.23\00:32:19.20
he made a public
spectacle of them,
00:32:19.23\00:32:22.27
triumphing over them in it.
00:32:22.30\00:32:24.77
So... " here's
your purpose statement,
00:32:24.81\00:32:28.61
"therefore, let
no one judge you... "
00:32:28.64\00:32:32.41
since these things have
been nailed to the cross,
00:32:32.45\00:32:34.45
get this context,
00:32:34.48\00:32:36.05
"let no one judge you
in food or in drink... "
00:32:36.08\00:32:38.72
he's talking about the
ordinances of food and drink
00:32:38.75\00:32:42.49
offerings, "or regarding
a festival or a new moon or
00:32:42.52\00:32:48.06
Sabbaths" he's talking
about the annual Sabbaths...
00:32:48.10\00:32:50.73
"the annual feast days
00:32:50.77\00:32:53.30
which are a
shadow of things to come,
00:32:53.34\00:32:58.67
but the substance was Christ. "
00:32:58.71\00:33:00.74
The Old Covenant
pointed to the coming Messiah.
00:33:00.78\00:33:05.88
When the Messiah arrived,
00:33:05.91\00:33:07.68
He nailed that Old
Covenant along with our sins...
00:33:07.72\00:33:11.65
along with our
sinful, fallen human nature,
00:33:11.69\00:33:14.76
to the cross.
00:33:14.79\00:33:16.12
Panel: Hmmm...
hmmm... amen... amen.
00:33:16.16\00:33:17.53
Perrin: All right,
thank you, Shelley.
00:33:17.56\00:33:19.29
I heard the word
"covenant" over and over again
00:33:19.33\00:33:21.56
and I also
heard the word "cross"
00:33:21.63\00:33:24.00
over and over
again... the two things
00:33:24.03\00:33:26.33
that you and I... just
bring us together with God
00:33:26.37\00:33:28.54
and with each other.
00:33:28.57\00:33:29.90
I'm Daniel Perrin and I
have Wednesday's Lesson.
00:33:29.94\00:33:32.31
Jesus, Preacher of Peace.
00:33:32.34\00:33:35.61
And we do see the cross
for the first time in words
00:33:35.64\00:33:40.12
there in Ephesians
2:16 the word "cross. "
00:33:40.15\00:33:43.05
Paul hadn't mentioned it before
00:33:43.08\00:33:44.59
but it had been there all along:
00:33:44.62\00:33:45.95
blood...
00:33:45.99\00:33:47.32
redemption...
00:33:47.36\00:33:48.69
purchased grace...
00:33:48.72\00:33:50.06
salvation...
00:33:50.09\00:33:51.43
but he now says explicitly
00:33:51.46\00:33:52.79
it's through the cross
and that leads to action.
00:33:52.83\00:33:54.93
We were just in verse 17,
00:33:54.96\00:33:57.03
Ephesians 2:17 and 18,
00:33:57.07\00:33:58.73
"And He... Jesus...
came and preached peace
00:33:58.77\00:34:02.74
to you who were afar off,
00:34:02.77\00:34:04.61
and to those who were near.
00:34:04.64\00:34:06.37
For through Him, we both
have access by one Spirit
00:34:06.41\00:34:11.18
to the Father. "
00:34:11.21\00:34:12.65
There are a lot
of wars going on.
00:34:12.68\00:34:15.88
Conflicts in homes...
00:34:15.92\00:34:17.85
conflicts in marriages...
00:34:17.89\00:34:19.72
conflicts in churches between
brothers and sisters in Christ
00:34:19.75\00:34:23.63
and you might be involved in one
of those conflicts right now.
00:34:23.66\00:34:27.46
My wife and I went to a
restaurant the other day
00:34:27.50\00:34:29.86
and talked a little
bit in the Parking Lot
00:34:29.90\00:34:32.10
and when we opened our doors,
we heard the sound of yelling
00:34:32.13\00:34:35.27
and swearing
00:34:35.30\00:34:36.64
from a... an adult mother...
00:34:36.67\00:34:38.21
a mother to her... back
and forth with her adult child.
00:34:38.24\00:34:41.31
It was just so
destructive... so unpeaceful.
00:34:41.34\00:34:45.21
We went into the restaurant
and a few minutes later,
00:34:45.25\00:34:47.85
both of them came in and
ate and another person came in
00:34:47.88\00:34:50.45
and we prayed for
them from our own table
00:34:50.49\00:34:52.95
because you could just sense
the conflict between the two of
00:34:52.99\00:34:56.36
them. Jesus did not say that we
would not be a part of conflict,
00:34:56.39\00:34:59.79
in fact, He said that we would.
00:34:59.83\00:35:01.23
I love in the Beatitudes,
Matthew chapter 5 verse 9,
00:35:01.26\00:35:04.73
Jesus says,
"Blessed are the peacemakers,
00:35:04.77\00:35:07.34
for they will be
called the sons of God... "
00:35:07.37\00:35:09.40
and where are you
when you're making peace?
00:35:09.44\00:35:11.94
You could do it from
the side but most often
00:35:11.97\00:35:14.58
you've got to get
right in the conflict.
00:35:14.61\00:35:17.11
That's one of the
paradoxes of the Bible is that
00:35:17.15\00:35:19.71
we can have peace in
the midst of conflicts
00:35:19.75\00:35:22.68
and differences
and personalities
00:35:22.72\00:35:24.62
that are not identical.
00:35:24.65\00:35:26.15
And that's what Jesus
did... that's how He preached,
00:35:26.19\00:35:29.06
not from an exalted pulpit,
00:35:29.09\00:35:30.93
but He came down in the midst
of the pews and the gutters
00:35:30.96\00:35:34.83
and the
conflicts and He preached.
00:35:34.86\00:35:37.03
The word
"preached" is evangelize...
00:35:37.07\00:35:39.23
to draw people in.
00:35:39.27\00:35:41.17
It's illustrated
here in verse 17,
00:35:41.20\00:35:43.71
"He came and
preached... " or 18...
00:35:43.74\00:35:46.17
"For through Him... Jesus...
00:35:46.21\00:35:47.71
we both have access by
one Spirit to the Father. "
00:35:47.74\00:35:51.88
In the Godhead...
perfect unity illustrated for us
00:35:51.91\00:35:56.05
to be lived out by us.
00:35:56.08\00:35:57.95
And what did He preach?
00:35:58.02\00:35:59.69
He preached peace...
00:35:59.72\00:36:01.32
verse 14 tells us, "He
Himself is our peace... "
00:36:01.36\00:36:06.09
so He preached Himself...
00:36:06.13\00:36:08.66
He preached Himself.
00:36:08.70\00:36:10.03
If somebody spends a lot of
time talking about themselves,
00:36:10.07\00:36:13.90
you might get
kind of tired of it
00:36:13.94\00:36:15.70
and think, "Wow!
that's a lot of vanity!
00:36:15.74\00:36:17.87
Lot of selfishness... he's
always talking about himself. "
00:36:17.91\00:36:21.98
But not so... not vanity
with Jesus because we need peace
00:36:22.01\00:36:26.05
and He is our peace.
00:36:26.08\00:36:27.55
He doesn't just give us
peace or bring us peace,
00:36:27.58\00:36:30.52
but He is that peace.
00:36:30.55\00:36:32.65
Panel: Amen.
00:36:32.69\00:36:34.02
In 1962, some of
you may know this story.
00:36:34.06\00:36:36.09
Don Richardson went as
a missionary to Indonesia
00:36:36.12\00:36:39.19
with his wife and
seven-month-old child
00:36:39.23\00:36:41.43
to the Sawi tribe
00:36:41.46\00:36:43.10
and they were a tribe
that was known for treachery.
00:36:43.13\00:36:46.27
Nobody wanted to go there
and he felt God calling him.
00:36:46.30\00:36:49.37
And as he worked with this
tribe and told them the story of
00:36:49.40\00:36:53.68
Jesus, here's a group of
people who valued treachery and
00:36:53.74\00:36:57.18
deception as their
highest virtue and ideal.
00:36:57.21\00:36:59.11
And so, he tells
the story of Jesus
00:36:59.15\00:37:01.02
and then when he got to Judas
who got into the inner circle
00:37:01.05\00:37:04.19
and through a kiss betrayed Him,
00:37:04.22\00:37:06.39
ah, they thought
this was the hero.
00:37:06.42\00:37:08.59
"So, tell us more about Judas,
00:37:08.62\00:37:10.69
man! I'd be proud to give
my daughter in marriage to... "
00:37:10.73\00:37:13.33
There's no way that the gospel
can come through to this people
00:37:13.36\00:37:17.73
and to make matters worse,
00:37:17.77\00:37:19.10
the tribes that were
warring were now coming closer
00:37:19.13\00:37:21.80
to be nearer to him,
00:37:21.84\00:37:23.17
and wars were...
battles were being fought
00:37:23.20\00:37:25.14
in front of his house daily
00:37:25.17\00:37:26.57
and people being
killed on occasion
00:37:26.61\00:37:29.58
and, you know, bloodied.
00:37:29.61\00:37:31.25
He said, "I can't
stay here any longer... "
00:37:31.28\00:37:32.85
he told them, "if
you can't make peace,
00:37:32.91\00:37:34.45
I'm going to leave. "
00:37:34.48\00:37:35.82
"We don't want you to leave. "
00:37:35.85\00:37:37.19
So, the next day they said,
00:37:37.22\00:37:38.55
"Don, we'll...
we'll make peace. "
00:37:38.59\00:37:40.69
And so, they brought him...
00:37:40.72\00:37:42.76
and the two tribes faced
off in front of each other.
00:37:42.79\00:37:45.53
And he thought, "Oh no,
they're going to do something. "
00:37:45.56\00:37:48.23
And sure enough, one
of the men of one tribe
00:37:48.26\00:37:50.83
took the baby out of
the arms of his wife...
00:37:50.87\00:37:53.40
a six-month-old
baby... his only son
00:37:53.44\00:37:55.64
and he went
running across the field
00:37:55.67\00:37:57.84
and then delivered
the baby into the hands
00:37:57.87\00:38:00.28
of the opposing
tribe, the chief,
00:38:00.31\00:38:02.14
and Don Richardson thought,
00:38:02.18\00:38:03.95
"Oh no, they're going
to sacrifice a child. "
00:38:03.98\00:38:05.71
"No... no... just watch...
just watch... " they said,
00:38:05.75\00:38:08.18
and all the men of the tribes
00:38:08.22\00:38:09.98
came and put
their hands on that baby
00:38:10.05\00:38:12.19
and said, "This
is the peace child
00:38:12.25\00:38:14.32
that is... that we
now will have peace.
00:38:14.36\00:38:17.53
See... " they said,
00:38:17.56\00:38:19.56
"as long as
this child is living,
00:38:19.59\00:38:21.73
they give their
child to this tribe
00:38:21.76\00:38:23.70
and as long as
that child is alive,
00:38:23.73\00:38:25.63
there will be peace. "
00:38:25.67\00:38:27.07
And then, he realized,
here is... here is something
00:38:27.10\00:38:30.94
that God has
preserved in this culture
00:38:30.97\00:38:33.34
the seeds of the gospel to
be able to illustrate to them
00:38:33.38\00:38:36.01
what God wants to do with us.
00:38:36.04\00:38:37.55
He said, "Jesus
Himself was God's peace Child
00:38:37.58\00:38:42.22
who came down with us. "
00:38:42.25\00:38:43.69
"What? And Judas
betrayed a peace Child?
00:38:43.72\00:38:47.12
Ah... how could he?"
00:38:47.16\00:38:48.82
And all of a sudden,
this was a door opening
00:38:48.86\00:38:51.43
that they could see and
we can see illustrated...
00:38:51.46\00:38:54.96
God doesn't only give
us peace, He gives Himself.
00:38:55.00\00:38:57.77
Panel: Amen.
00:38:57.80\00:38:59.13
Perrin: And that
presence of Jesus
00:38:59.17\00:39:00.54
then reconciles us to God
00:39:00.57\00:39:02.54
and creates
reconciliation for each other
00:39:02.57\00:39:04.87
and sure enough
these... these two tribes
00:39:04.94\00:39:06.57
lived together
peacefully after that.
00:39:06.61\00:39:09.64
And this is why
Isaiah says in chapter 9,
00:39:09.68\00:39:12.25
"Unto us, a Child is born,
00:39:12.31\00:39:15.15
unto us a Son is given;
00:39:15.18\00:39:17.95
and the government
will be upon His shoulder.
00:39:17.99\00:39:20.19
His name is Wonderful,
00:39:20.22\00:39:21.79
Counselor,
00:39:21.82\00:39:23.16
Mighty God,
00:39:23.19\00:39:24.53
Everlasting Father,
00:39:24.56\00:39:25.89
and Prince of Peace. "
00:39:25.93\00:39:27.26
"And the angels sang,
00:39:27.30\00:39:28.63
'Glory to God in the highest
and on earth... peace... '"
00:39:28.66\00:39:30.17
all right, specifically,
how does He do that?
00:39:30.20\00:39:33.70
Through the cross.
00:39:33.74\00:39:35.07
And if you're
looking at a cross,
00:39:35.10\00:39:36.77
it doesn't look peaceful.
00:39:36.81\00:39:38.17
Panel: Hmmm...
00:39:38.21\00:39:39.54
Perrin: It looks violent
and destructive and bloody,
00:39:39.57\00:39:42.61
and you have to say,
"This here... what He did...
00:39:42.64\00:39:45.91
what He went through,
brings peace between us
00:39:45.95\00:39:49.18
and then between each other. "
00:39:49.22\00:39:51.55
And then, Jesus lived it out.
00:39:51.59\00:39:53.82
He didn't just
speak it in words,
00:39:53.86\00:39:56.02
He lived it out and He
invites us to do the same thing.
00:39:56.06\00:39:58.99
He brought
Samaritans and Jews together.
00:39:59.03\00:40:02.26
He brought men
and women together
00:40:02.30\00:40:04.50
and I love Acts
2 where people say,
00:40:04.53\00:40:06.70
"We... Oh, you're
preaching the gospel
00:40:06.74\00:40:09.34
and we all hear it
in our own language,
00:40:09.37\00:40:11.91
in the same place,
the same gospel message. "
00:40:11.94\00:40:14.94
Verse 18 says, "For through
Him we both have access. "
00:40:14.98\00:40:19.85
Access is... to approach.
00:40:19.88\00:40:22.18
It's to have the way opened
00:40:22.25\00:40:24.49
all on the same
basis of sinfulness,
00:40:24.52\00:40:26.72
none of us can claim no sin,
00:40:26.76\00:40:28.39
and all on the same
terms of forgiveness.
00:40:28.42\00:40:31.13
One salvation...
one moral code...
00:40:31.16\00:40:33.86
one access...
00:40:33.90\00:40:35.23
and I think it was already said,
00:40:35.26\00:40:37.13
I think, Jill,
you might have said it
00:40:37.17\00:40:38.93
but we've all got to
go down the same aisle.
00:40:38.97\00:40:41.70
And I love
this... this access...
00:40:41.77\00:40:44.41
we've all got to
go to the one cross
00:40:44.47\00:40:47.04
and maybe you've
thought that, "I'll...
00:40:47.08\00:40:48.74
I'll wait till they go in first
00:40:48.78\00:40:50.55
and then, I'll
go in after them. "
00:40:50.58\00:40:52.31
No, we've all got to be united.
00:40:52.35\00:40:54.32
one cross... one approach.
00:40:54.35\00:40:56.38
Equal-opportunity faith...
00:40:56.42\00:40:58.42
no caste system...
00:40:58.45\00:41:00.26
no segregation...
00:41:00.29\00:41:02.02
no tears of
membership or seclusion
00:41:02.09\00:41:04.53
because those
things all indicate
00:41:04.56\00:41:06.93
that we're comparing
ourselves with each other...
00:41:07.00\00:41:09.96
"Well, she is
more of this than I am
00:41:10.00\00:41:12.17
and he's less of
that than I am. "
00:41:12.20\00:41:14.30
And so, when Jesus preaches
Himself, the reason is...
00:41:14.34\00:41:17.17
is because we stop looking
at ourselves and each other
00:41:17.21\00:41:19.97
and we start looking at Him.
00:41:20.01\00:41:21.34
We all realize we're united...
00:41:21.38\00:41:23.24
united on the same basis.
00:41:23.28\00:41:25.25
And so, this then
becomes a call to you and to me
00:41:25.28\00:41:28.45
to check our attitudes.
00:41:28.48\00:41:29.82
Do we have
barriers that we're erecting
00:41:29.85\00:41:32.42
in the way that
we're thinking about people
00:41:32.45\00:41:35.06
or we're exalting ourselves...
00:41:35.09\00:41:36.73
barriers in the
church or in our families.
00:41:36.79\00:41:39.53
Has Jesus brought peace to you?
00:41:39.56\00:41:42.46
And one of the tragedies
in the Christian church
00:41:42.53\00:41:45.73
is that there is so little peace
00:41:45.77\00:41:48.27
and especially when
we have these promises,
00:41:48.30\00:41:50.51
Isaiah 26 verse 3,
00:41:50.54\00:41:52.27
"You will keep
him in perfect peace,
00:41:52.31\00:41:54.78
whose mind is stayed on You,
00:41:54.84\00:41:56.71
because he trusts in You... "
00:41:56.75\00:41:58.58
in the cross.
00:41:58.61\00:41:59.95
And that perfect peace is not
just a feeling of tranquility,
00:41:59.98\00:42:03.15
it's referring to
this concept as well
00:42:03.18\00:42:05.75
of uniting us in
what Jesus has done.
00:42:05.82\00:42:08.36
Psalm 119 verse 165,
00:42:08.42\00:42:11.36
"Great peace have
those who love Your law,
00:42:11.39\00:42:14.00
and nothing
causes them to stumble. "
00:42:14.03\00:42:16.23
Jesus... in John
14:27, "Peace I leave you,
00:42:16.26\00:42:20.27
I leave with you...
00:42:20.30\00:42:21.64
My peace I give to you;
00:42:21.67\00:42:23.00
not the peace
that the world gives. "
00:42:23.04\00:42:25.41
In Romans 5 verse 1,
00:42:25.44\00:42:27.24
I have to say
that I love this verse,
00:42:27.28\00:42:28.81
"Therefore, having
been justified by faith,
00:42:28.84\00:42:31.41
we have peace with God. "
00:42:31.45\00:42:33.52
That's the...
the vertical version,
00:42:33.55\00:42:35.42
no longer at conflict with God,
00:42:35.45\00:42:37.09
we're going in
the same direction.
00:42:37.12\00:42:39.12
He and I both
agree that I'm a sinner,
00:42:39.15\00:42:41.12
and I can't help myself
00:42:41.16\00:42:42.49
and He is the only help...
00:42:42.52\00:42:43.86
we're in agreement on that,
00:42:43.89\00:42:45.23
there's peace now with God.
00:42:45.26\00:42:46.66
And the function of peace, then,
00:42:46.70\00:42:48.76
in preaching peace is that He
invites us to be a part of that.
00:42:48.80\00:42:52.90
Isaiah 52:7, "How
beautiful on the mountains
00:42:52.93\00:42:55.60
are the feet of him
who brings good news... "
00:42:55.67\00:42:58.17
and we hear the
word one more time,
00:42:58.21\00:42:59.61
"proclaiming peace
brings glad tidings... "
00:42:59.64\00:43:03.45
and so, we're to live this out
00:43:03.48\00:43:05.38
and I know, I know
Jill already mentioned this,
00:43:05.41\00:43:07.62
it's in my notes and I
want to say it one more time
00:43:07.68\00:43:09.85
because one of you is needing
to hear this who's watching,
00:43:09.88\00:43:12.15
"If you're bringing
your gift to the altar,
00:43:12.19\00:43:14.22
and there remember your brother
has something against you,
00:43:14.26\00:43:16.62
leave your gift
there at the altar,
00:43:16.66\00:43:18.53
and go your way.
00:43:18.56\00:43:19.89
First, be
reconciled to your brother. "
00:43:19.93\00:43:22.40
If God's putting that
on your heart right now,
00:43:22.43\00:43:24.33
go and do that today.
00:43:24.37\00:43:26.10
Ask God, "How can
I say those words...
00:43:26.13\00:43:28.20
how can You bring
the reconciliation
00:43:28.24\00:43:30.27
you've already brought to me,
00:43:30.31\00:43:31.77
between me and my
brother or sister in Christ.
00:43:31.81\00:43:34.18
Panel: Amen...
00:43:34.24\00:43:35.58
Rafferty: Amen,
thank you, Dan...
00:43:35.61\00:43:36.95
thank you, Shelley...
00:43:36.98\00:43:38.31
thank you, Jill...
00:43:38.35\00:43:39.68
thank you, Johnny.
00:43:39.71\00:43:41.05
Beautiful, beautiful
lesson here that we have
00:43:41.08\00:43:42.42
while... I'm looking
at verses 19 through 22,
00:43:42.45\00:43:44.12
my name is James Rafferty
and I have Thursday's Lesson
00:43:44.15\00:43:46.92
which is entitled:
The Church, a Holy Temple.
00:43:46.96\00:43:50.33
Verses 19 through 22,
00:43:50.36\00:43:52.83
"Now, therefore, you are no
more strangers and foreigners,
00:43:52.86\00:43:56.16
but fellow
citizens with the saints
00:43:56.23\00:43:57.87
and of the household of God. "
00:43:57.90\00:43:59.70
There's no more sign that
says, "You can't enter here... "
00:43:59.73\00:44:01.90
right?
00:44:01.94\00:44:03.27
There's... there's
reconciliation that the...
00:44:03.30\00:44:06.07
the... the... the enmity
has been taken out of the way...
00:44:06.11\00:44:09.31
we're all going
down that same aisle...
00:44:09.34\00:44:11.01
we're all
fellowshipping together...
00:44:11.05\00:44:12.68
we have peace in Jesus Christ.
00:44:12.71\00:44:14.72
"And you are built upon
the foundation of the apostles
00:44:14.75\00:44:17.35
and prophets,
00:44:17.39\00:44:18.72
Jesus Christ, Himself
being the chief corner stone;
00:44:18.75\00:44:20.76
in whom all the
building fitly framed together
00:44:20.79\00:44:23.32
grows unto an holy
temple in the Lord:
00:44:23.36\00:44:25.39
in whom you also
are builded together
00:44:25.43\00:44:27.40
for an habitation of
God through the Spirit. "
00:44:27.43\00:44:30.27
How did we get...
00:44:30.33\00:44:31.67
how do we get from a
temple that Gentiles can't enter
00:44:31.70\00:44:35.67
to a building that
they're now part of?
00:44:35.70\00:44:37.84
Panel: Hmmm... amen.
00:44:37.87\00:44:39.21
Rafferty: That not only
can they enter this building,
00:44:39.24\00:44:41.28
they're part of the building.
00:44:41.31\00:44:42.64
Jesus is the chief cornerstone
and they're part of the building
00:44:42.68\00:44:45.08
and this analogy is not
used by Paul in Ephesians only.
00:44:45.11\00:44:48.32
He uses this in 1st
Corinthians chapter 3,
00:44:48.35\00:44:50.85
the Quarterly brings out,
00:44:50.89\00:44:52.49
he uses it also in
2nd Corinthians chapter 6,
00:44:52.52\00:44:54.86
in 1st Peter chapter 2,
00:44:54.89\00:44:56.49
again and again and
again, he talks about
00:44:56.52\00:44:59.59
the... the body of
Christ is Jews and Gentiles
00:44:59.66\00:45:03.57
that are making
up a holy temple.
00:45:03.60\00:45:06.33
Now, you have to think
about this a little bit
00:45:06.37\00:45:08.50
because the temple at large...
00:45:08.54\00:45:10.41
the one in
Jerusalem was still standing
00:45:10.47\00:45:11.97
perhaps when Paul wrote this.
00:45:12.01\00:45:13.61
It wasn't
destroyed until 70 A.D.
00:45:13.64\00:45:15.81
and we know that Paul lived
at least until the 60s so...
00:45:15.84\00:45:18.18
so, Paul's writing these words
00:45:18.21\00:45:20.25
and the Jews that
have become Christians
00:45:20.28\00:45:23.39
and even the Gentiles
who have become Christians,
00:45:23.42\00:45:25.12
are well aware that
there's this building
00:45:25.15\00:45:28.02
that was ordained of
God in the Old Testament
00:45:28.06\00:45:30.89
that they cannot
enter even to that time
00:45:30.93\00:45:34.46
and some of the converted Jews
00:45:34.50\00:45:36.23
are kind of trying to
bring some of those restrictions
00:45:36.26\00:45:38.97
into the church.
00:45:39.00\00:45:40.54
How do you deal with this?
00:45:40.57\00:45:41.94
How do you process this?
00:45:41.97\00:45:43.30
How do we understand this?
00:45:43.34\00:45:45.27
Well, John, you talked about
00:45:45.31\00:45:47.31
you know, putting yourself
in the place of a Gentile.
00:45:47.38\00:45:49.98
You know, you believe in Christ,
00:45:50.01\00:45:51.61
you go to the temple
00:45:51.65\00:45:52.98
and you want to worship
God but there's this sign
00:45:53.01\00:45:55.78
and I thought it might be
good for us to put ourselves
00:45:55.82\00:45:58.75
in the place of a Jew
00:45:58.79\00:46:00.12
going all the way
back to the beginning
00:46:00.16\00:46:01.66
when God assigned them
the symbolism of the Sanctuary
00:46:01.69\00:46:05.79
and He told them, "Now, these
are the parameters, you know,
00:46:05.83\00:46:08.60
only the Levites
can touch the ark...
00:46:08.63\00:46:10.47
so, you can't touch the ark
00:46:10.50\00:46:11.83
and only the priest can
go in there and sacrifice,
00:46:11.87\00:46:14.37
you can't go in
there and sacrifice.
00:46:14.40\00:46:15.94
And you have to take
the fire from off the altar
00:46:15.97\00:46:18.54
they have in... in a vial...
00:46:18.57\00:46:19.91
you can't be
taking that strange fire.
00:46:19.94\00:46:22.08
We've got parameters here,
00:46:22.11\00:46:23.78
you've got to
take your shoes off,
00:46:23.81\00:46:25.15
we don't want any to... "
00:46:25.18\00:46:26.51
God is holy.
00:46:26.55\00:46:27.88
Panel: Amen.
Rafferty: God is holy
00:46:27.92\00:46:29.55
and these
parameters here are put up.
00:46:29.58\00:46:31.52
We don't even want the
Gentiles helping to build...
00:46:31.55\00:46:34.62
to reconstruct the temple
after they're in captivity.
00:46:34.66\00:46:37.59
No... this... excuse me,
the Samaritans can't help.
00:46:37.63\00:46:40.50
You can believe in God
00:46:40.53\00:46:41.86
but you've got some
compromise taking place,
00:46:41.90\00:46:43.23
you can't be part of this.
00:46:43.26\00:46:44.60
And then, Jesus comes and He's
talking to a Samaritan woman!
00:46:44.63\00:46:47.47
Like, why is He breaking down...
00:46:47.50\00:46:49.64
it took us 100s of years
to finally get to the place
00:46:49.67\00:46:53.51
where we're not
going to compromise.
00:46:53.54\00:46:55.21
We're not going to compromise.
00:46:55.24\00:46:56.58
We're not going to
let anyone in this temple,
00:46:56.61\00:46:58.35
we're not going to intermarry...
00:46:58.38\00:46:59.71
we're not going to...
00:46:59.75\00:47:01.08
we're going to make sure
we keep all of the laws...
00:47:01.12\00:47:02.45
all of these ordinances...
00:47:02.48\00:47:03.82
we're going to make
sure we keep them perfectly
00:47:03.85\00:47:05.69
and then... a guy
claiming to be a Messiah comes
00:47:05.72\00:47:07.92
and he starts
breaking down all these...
00:47:07.96\00:47:09.42
He's going to... He's
going to get us to start
00:47:09.46\00:47:11.49
compromising with
the Gentiles again.
00:47:11.53\00:47:12.99
He's got to be stopped...
00:47:13.03\00:47:14.36
He's got to be stopped.
00:47:14.40\00:47:15.73
At all costs,
He's got to be stopped.
00:47:15.76\00:47:17.93
And how did we...
how do we transition?
00:47:17.97\00:47:20.64
What we recognize...
00:47:20.67\00:47:22.50
what we realize as
you brought out, Shelley,
00:47:22.54\00:47:24.21
is that all of these ordinances
00:47:24.24\00:47:25.84
and all of these
laws that were set up
00:47:25.87\00:47:29.44
regarding worship and
approaching God in the temple
00:47:29.48\00:47:31.91
all of them pointed to Jesus.
00:47:31.95\00:47:33.92
Amen.
00:47:33.95\00:47:35.28
All of them are
fulfilled in Jesus
00:47:35.32\00:47:36.92
and Jesus comes and He
becomes the perfect fulfillment
00:47:36.99\00:47:41.42
of everything that was
needed to approach God...
00:47:41.46\00:47:44.79
everything that was
needed to approach God.
00:47:44.83\00:47:47.40
Jesus, now, has
fulfilled all of that
00:47:47.43\00:47:49.63
and He hands that to
anyone who'll believe in Him.
00:47:49.66\00:47:52.53
"If you want to approach
God, you just need Me...
00:47:52.57\00:47:55.40
and when you have Me,
00:47:55.44\00:47:57.04
you can come
directly to the Father. "
00:47:57.07\00:48:00.34
Panel: Amen.
00:48:00.38\00:48:01.71
Rafferty: "I am the holiness
00:48:01.74\00:48:03.08
that was
required in that temple.
00:48:03.11\00:48:04.45
I am the... the... the
sacrifice without blemish
00:48:04.48\00:48:07.48
that was required to
approach that temple.
00:48:07.52\00:48:09.32
I am everything that was needed,
the purification that was needed
00:48:09.35\00:48:12.42
to approach God
00:48:12.45\00:48:13.79
and I am what you need
to be reconciled with God. "
00:48:13.82\00:48:17.96
This is the point that Paul
is making here in Ephesians 2
00:48:17.99\00:48:20.30
and he also makes it again in
other portions of the Scripture,
00:48:20.33\00:48:23.67
for example, 1st
Corinthians chapter 3.
00:48:23.70\00:48:26.53
In 1st Corinthians, we have
a church that is sanctified...
00:48:26.57\00:48:29.80
that is called in Christ...
00:48:29.87\00:48:32.21
and I mean, Paul
just... just announces this
00:48:32.24\00:48:34.21
as he introduces...
00:48:34.24\00:48:35.58
let's just look at the verses
here in 1st Corinthians because
00:48:35.61\00:48:37.65
they're very powerful
00:48:37.68\00:48:39.18
when you contrast them with the
condition of the church itself.
00:48:39.21\00:48:42.48
1st Corinthians
chapter 1, Paul says,
00:48:42.52\00:48:45.89
"Paul called to be an
apostle of Jesus Christ
00:48:45.92\00:48:48.16
through the will of God,
00:48:48.19\00:48:49.72
and Sosthenes our brother,
00:48:49.76\00:48:51.26
unto the church
of God... " verses 2,
00:48:51.29\00:48:52.63
"which is at Corinth,
00:48:52.69\00:48:54.03
to them that are
sanctified in Jesus Christ,
00:48:54.06\00:48:55.66
called to be saints,
00:48:55.70\00:48:57.03
and all in every place
that call upon the name
00:48:57.07\00:48:59.93
of Jesus Christ our Lord,
00:48:59.97\00:49:01.40
both theirs and
ours: Grace be unto you,
00:49:01.44\00:49:03.20
and peace, from God the Father,
00:49:03.27\00:49:04.61
and our Lord Jesus Christ. "
00:49:04.64\00:49:05.97
And then he
goes on to tell them,
00:49:06.01\00:49:07.34
in 1st Corinthians chapter 3,
00:49:07.38\00:49:08.71
"You guys are
carnal... you're carnal.
00:49:08.74\00:49:11.01
You guys are fighting over
the food at the Lord's Supper
00:49:11.05\00:49:15.08
and you're taking
each other to... to court
00:49:15.12\00:49:16.75
and you... you've got
sexual immorality among you,
00:49:16.79\00:49:19.39
it's not even
mentioned among the Gentiles.
00:49:19.42\00:49:21.02
And if... in the Jewish
mind, going back to pre-cross,
00:49:21.06\00:49:24.29
in the Jewish mind,
00:49:24.33\00:49:25.66
these people are not
worthy to come to the temple.
00:49:25.69\00:49:27.86
These people cannot even
approach God in any way, shape,
00:49:27.90\00:49:31.53
or form. But in
the gospel, Paul says,
00:49:31.57\00:49:34.64
"You have standing in Christ,
00:49:34.67\00:49:37.67
and God, in Christ, is going
to allow you to approach Him
00:49:37.71\00:49:41.68
but 'in Christ' means
00:49:41.71\00:49:43.48
that you have to listen
to what I have to tell you
00:49:43.51\00:49:45.38
because people
that are in Christ
00:49:45.41\00:49:47.05
don't live the
way you are living.
00:49:47.08\00:49:48.68
You're called to be in Christ
00:49:48.72\00:49:50.29
and this is the way
you should be living.
00:49:50.32\00:49:51.92
You should not
be following people.
00:49:51.95\00:49:53.99
You should not be following
00:49:54.02\00:49:55.79
Apollos or Cephas or Paul
00:49:55.82\00:49:58.89
and saying, you
know, that you're...
00:49:58.93\00:50:00.26
you should be following
Christ... " because he goes on
00:50:00.30\00:50:02.83
to say here, "Christ... " 1st
Corinthians chapter 3, verse 11,
00:50:02.86\00:50:06.67
"Christ is the
foundation... " verse 10,
00:50:06.70\00:50:08.77
"and there is no other
foundation that can be laid
00:50:08.80\00:50:10.91
but that is laid
which is Jesus Christ. "
00:50:10.94\00:50:12.94
You see, the
temple can only be built
00:50:12.97\00:50:14.94
upon the foundation of Jesus.
00:50:14.98\00:50:16.64
The temple can only be built
00:50:16.68\00:50:18.31
in the
cornerstone of Jesus Christ
00:50:18.35\00:50:20.25
and the only way we
can be part of that temple
00:50:20.32\00:50:22.45
in our less than sanctified...
less than perfect condition,
00:50:22.48\00:50:27.66
is if we come in Christ
00:50:27.69\00:50:30.29
because in Christ we have
the holiness and the purity...
00:50:30.33\00:50:33.43
in Christ we have fulfillment
of all those ordinances
00:50:33.46\00:50:36.53
that restricted us
from access to the temple
00:50:36.56\00:50:39.03
if we were a Gentile
00:50:39.07\00:50:40.40
and even caused us
to, at times, to die
00:50:40.44\00:50:43.24
because we... we
violated those prohibitions,
00:50:43.27\00:50:46.41
we violated those
principles and those ordinances
00:50:46.44\00:50:49.54
that taught us
how to approach God.
00:50:49.58\00:50:51.61
But in Christ, we have life.
00:50:51.68\00:50:53.11
In Christ, we are quickened,
00:50:53.15\00:50:54.48
in Christ, we're made alive
00:50:54.52\00:50:55.85
because Christ has fulfilled
all of that purity and holiness
00:50:55.88\00:50:58.65
and when we cling to Him,
00:50:58.69\00:51:00.09
we have the
covering of Jesus Christ.
00:51:00.12\00:51:01.72
Panel: Amen.
00:51:01.76\00:51:03.09
Rafferty: Which
does not cover us
00:51:03.12\00:51:05.09
so that we can
keep on sinning...
00:51:05.13\00:51:07.36
and keep on being
in transgression to God
00:51:07.40\00:51:09.20
and keep worshipping idols,
00:51:09.23\00:51:11.23
so, when Paul brings
this out in 1st Corinthians,
00:51:11.27\00:51:13.23
oh! he just... he
just goes through.
00:51:13.27\00:51:15.14
He becomes the true...
00:51:15.20\00:51:16.54
Jesus Christ
becomes the true witness.
00:51:16.57\00:51:18.77
Right?
00:51:18.81\00:51:20.14
He becomes the true witness
00:51:20.18\00:51:21.51
and as a true witness,
00:51:21.54\00:51:22.88
He does what the law once did.
00:51:22.91\00:51:24.68
He points out our need for Him.
00:51:24.71\00:51:26.51
He points out
where we're failing.
00:51:26.55\00:51:28.32
He, in love, because...
00:51:28.35\00:51:29.78
because the Lord says,
00:51:29.82\00:51:31.19
"As many as I love and
rebuke and chasten in love... "
00:51:31.22\00:51:33.49
He brings out the need we have
00:51:33.56\00:51:36.09
to... to... to
be reconciled to God
00:51:36.12\00:51:39.13
in every aspect of our lives.
00:51:39.16\00:51:40.86
Every particle of dust is
getting removed from our feet
00:51:40.90\00:51:44.60
through Jesus Christ.
00:51:44.63\00:51:45.97
But at the same
time, He covers us
00:51:46.00\00:51:47.34
so that we can approach God...
00:51:47.37\00:51:48.70
so that we can...
00:51:48.74\00:51:50.07
so that we can have that
place in this holy temple...
00:51:50.11\00:51:52.61
in this temple that is...
00:51:52.64\00:51:54.04
that is the very
habitation of the Spirit of God.
00:51:54.08\00:51:57.61
1st Corinthians chapter 3,
00:51:57.65\00:51:59.01
then 2nd Corinthians chapter 6,
00:51:59.05\00:52:01.05
and then, 1st Peter chapter 2,
00:52:01.08\00:52:03.05
all of those verses
describe this temple building
00:52:03.08\00:52:07.22
as the body of
Christ... Jew and Gentile...
00:52:07.26\00:52:09.66
and all of them
connect that temple to Jesus.
00:52:09.69\00:52:12.06
There is no way we can
be part of that temple...
00:52:12.09\00:52:14.56
there's no way we
can approach that temple
00:52:14.60\00:52:16.26
without Jesus Christ
00:52:16.30\00:52:17.87
and that is really the
point that Paul is making here
00:52:17.90\00:52:21.17
in Ephesians chapter 2
00:52:21.20\00:52:22.57
that Jesus Christ
is the way that we come
00:52:22.60\00:52:25.37
and by the way, Revelation
chapter 21 verses 9 and 10,
00:52:25.41\00:52:27.91
"The city is the
bride of Christ. "
00:52:27.94\00:52:30.98
Revelation chapter 21 verse 12,
00:52:31.01\00:52:33.01
The city gates are named
after the twelve tribes...
00:52:33.05\00:52:35.02
Revelation 21:14,
00:52:35.05\00:52:36.38
the city foundations are
named after the twelve apostles.
00:52:36.42\00:52:38.35
John 14:1 through 3,
00:52:38.39\00:52:40.29
the city has a
place for every one of us.
00:52:40.32\00:52:42.99
That city is a
representation of God's people.
00:52:43.02\00:52:46.73
God's people are
the bride of Christ.
00:52:46.76\00:52:49.76
That city is representation
of all those who are in Christ,
00:52:49.80\00:52:53.97
all of those who have
had access to Jesus Christ
00:52:54.00\00:52:56.54
who is the foundation...
who is the Chief Cornerstone
00:52:56.57\00:52:59.04
and that city includes
both Jews and Gentiles.
00:52:59.07\00:53:03.01
Those who refuse
the blood of Christ
00:53:03.04\00:53:06.08
are outside the city.
00:53:06.11\00:53:07.45
They're not part of the city.
00:53:07.48\00:53:08.82
But those who want
to be part of that city
00:53:08.85\00:53:10.42
don't have to go
now through a sign...
00:53:10.49\00:53:12.35
they don't have to be excluded
00:53:12.39\00:53:13.76
because of certain barriers
that have been set up...
00:53:13.79\00:53:16.36
certain prohibitions that
have been established by Christ
00:53:16.39\00:53:19.96
because Jesus Christ has
taken all of those down Himself
00:53:20.00\00:53:23.57
and now the only requirement...
00:53:23.60\00:53:25.13
the only way and
the truth and the light
00:53:25.17\00:53:27.34
to get life... to
get into the city,
00:53:27.37\00:53:29.50
is Jesus Christ Himself.
00:53:29.54\00:53:30.87
Jesus Christ
becomes the foundation
00:53:30.91\00:53:33.71
by which we have
access to the Father
00:53:33.74\00:53:36.44
and Jesus Christ longs for us
to have that access through Him.
00:53:36.48\00:53:40.88
Not only us but every
single person who would believe
00:53:40.92\00:53:43.89
to have that access to
the Father through Him.
00:53:43.95\00:53:46.45
Friends, we're just...
we're pleading with you
00:53:46.49\00:53:49.36
as we look at
this lesson we're...
00:53:49.39\00:53:50.73
we're pleading with you,
00:53:50.76\00:53:52.09
go to Christ.
00:53:52.13\00:53:53.60
Don't allow any of
those artificial barriers
00:53:53.63\00:53:56.63
in your own life... your
own guilt... your own sin
00:53:56.67\00:53:58.50
to inhibit you
00:53:58.53\00:53:59.87
from coming directly to
God through Jesus Christ.
00:53:59.90\00:54:01.87
Panel: Amen... amen...
00:54:01.90\00:54:03.24
Dinzey: Amen,
praise the Lord, thank you.
00:54:03.27\00:54:04.84
Well, we have a few moments
00:54:04.87\00:54:06.88
to share final
thoughts you may have.
00:54:06.94\00:54:08.98
We start with
Sister Jill Morikone.
00:54:09.01\00:54:10.71
Jill: What an incredible lesson!
00:54:10.75\00:54:12.28
I've been so blessed by this.
00:54:12.31\00:54:13.78
On Monday, we
looked at Reconciliation
00:54:13.82\00:54:15.75
which is God's
gift from the cross.
00:54:15.78\00:54:17.69
I want to read
again a verse that
00:54:17.72\00:54:19.59
probably almost
all of us have read
00:54:19.62\00:54:21.32
but this is Ephesians 2:13,
00:54:21.36\00:54:23.56
"But now in Christ Jesus
00:54:23.63\00:54:26.36
you who once were far off
00:54:26.39\00:54:29.06
have been brought near
by the blood of Christ. "
00:54:29.10\00:54:32.67
It doesn't matter where you are,
00:54:32.70\00:54:35.10
it doesn't
matter what you've done.
00:54:35.14\00:54:36.91
It doesn't matter
where you come from.
00:54:36.94\00:54:40.24
God says, "In Christ Jesus... "
00:54:40.28\00:54:43.38
at the foot of the
cross we're all made one.
00:54:43.41\00:54:46.35
What an incredible
gift we have in Jesus.
00:54:46.38\00:54:49.28
Shelley: Amen...
00:54:49.32\00:54:50.65
my mind is going in a
thousand directions right now,
00:54:50.69\00:54:53.86
but Tuesday's Lesson was
breaking down the dividing wall.
00:54:53.89\00:54:57.96
Let me ask you,
00:54:57.99\00:54:59.33
What is walling you off
00:54:59.36\00:55:01.93
from the Lord?
00:55:01.96\00:55:03.30
Do you ever feel
like you've hit the wall
00:55:03.33\00:55:05.43
and you can't go beyond it?
00:55:05.50\00:55:07.37
If you will go to Jesus...
00:55:07.40\00:55:09.20
I love the... the Scripture
from 1st Corinthians 1:30,
00:55:09.27\00:55:14.11
that it says, "You
are in Christ who...
00:55:14.14\00:55:18.45
Christ has become
our wisdom from God...
00:55:18.48\00:55:22.78
our righteousness...
00:55:22.82\00:55:24.85
our sanctification
and our redemption. "
00:55:24.89\00:55:28.56
If you feel that
you can't approach God,
00:55:28.59\00:55:32.19
just go say to the Lord,
"Show me what this wall is
00:55:32.23\00:55:36.10
and bring down
that dividing wall. "
00:55:36.13\00:55:38.90
He will...
00:55:38.93\00:55:40.27
He wants to live in your heart.
00:55:40.30\00:55:42.74
He wants your heart.
00:55:42.77\00:55:44.27
Panel: Amen.
00:55:44.31\00:55:45.64
Perrin: Wednesday's
Lesson lifts it up...
00:55:45.67\00:55:47.31
Jesus again as preacher of peace
00:55:47.34\00:55:49.58
and you might say to yourself,
00:55:49.61\00:55:51.85
"I'm not a preacher...
I can never preach. "
00:55:51.88\00:55:55.15
But I've talked to
all sorts of people
00:55:55.18\00:55:57.62
who say this...
00:55:57.65\00:55:58.99
that they came to Christ...
00:55:59.02\00:56:00.36
surely heard the
words that someone said
00:56:00.39\00:56:03.53
but it wasn't until
they saw it lived out.
00:56:03.56\00:56:06.43
They saw the way
someone treated people.
00:56:06.46\00:56:09.33
They saw the way
they treated them
00:56:09.36\00:56:11.03
when they gave them a hard time
00:56:11.07\00:56:12.67
and that's what
gave them the picture...
00:56:12.70\00:56:15.04
the real picture
of what Christianity
00:56:15.07\00:56:17.07
and the love of
Jesus is all about
00:56:17.11\00:56:19.01
and that's what Jesus did.
00:56:19.04\00:56:20.38
He didn't just speak
but His words gave life...
00:56:20.41\00:56:22.74
but He lived out the peace
that He offers to you and to me.
00:56:22.78\00:56:26.35
Rafferty: Amen... amen
Friends, read these words again
00:56:26.41\00:56:30.59
with new eyes, Ephesians
chapter 2 verses 17 and 18,
00:56:30.65\00:56:34.49
"And He came... Christ
came and preached peace to you
00:56:34.52\00:56:37.83
which were afar off,
and to them which were nigh.
00:56:37.89\00:56:41.16
For through
Him... Jesus Christ...
00:56:41.20\00:56:42.73
we both have access by
one Spirit unto the Father. "
00:56:42.76\00:56:46.70
It is through Jesus Christ that
we have access to the Father
00:56:46.74\00:56:50.44
because He is our
purity... our holiness...
00:56:50.47\00:56:53.78
our righteousness...
00:56:53.81\00:56:55.14
and we, each one of
us, can come to the Father
00:56:55.18\00:56:57.85
through Jesus Christ.
00:56:57.88\00:56:59.21
Let that be your
experience, Friends.
00:56:59.25\00:57:00.98
Panel: Amen.
00:57:01.02\00:57:02.35
Dinzey: Amen, thank you
each and every one of you.
00:57:02.38\00:57:03.72
This has been a
wonderful, marvelous study
00:57:03.75\00:57:06.05
and we hope that
you have been encouraged
00:57:06.09\00:57:08.46
and drawn to the Lord.
00:57:08.49\00:57:10.23
And I want to
remind you as we finish,
00:57:10.26\00:57:12.53
Ephesians chapter 2 verse 1,
00:57:12.56\00:57:14.90
and it says, "And
you He made alive,
00:57:14.93\00:57:18.07
who were dead in
trespasses and sins. "
00:57:18.10\00:57:21.17
If you find yourself
dead in trespasses and sins,
00:57:21.20\00:57:24.41
if you find yourself that
you think you have no hope...
00:57:24.44\00:57:28.18
there is hope in Jesus.
00:57:28.21\00:57:29.91
He is able to draw you near
00:57:29.94\00:57:33.01
and today, the door
of mercy is still open.
00:57:33.05\00:57:35.88
We encourage you to give your
heart to the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:57:35.92\00:57:40.12
He will take all those
sins and all those wicked things
00:57:40.16\00:57:44.59
away with His blood.
00:57:44.63\00:57:47.36
By His blood,
you are drawn near.
00:57:47.40\00:57:50.37
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:57:50.40\00:57:51.73
Dinzey: We
encourage you to do that.
00:57:51.77\00:57:53.10
This is a... a study
that will continue next week.
00:57:53.13\00:57:56.24
We are continuing in
the book of Ephesians
00:57:56.27\00:57:58.74
and it will be
Number 6... Lesson Number 6:
00:57:58.77\00:58:01.21
The Mystery of the Gospel.
00:58:01.24\00:58:03.45
We hope to see you then.
00:58:03.48\00:58:05.65