Welcome back, my
friends, we're talking about...
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We're talking
about what it means to be
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balanced Christians
and we have just our,
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in our final
couple of minutes here.
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Dakota, I want
you to read kind of
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as a final capstone on all this.
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Steps to Christ,
page 59. Let's read it.
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One of my
favorite quotes by the way.
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It says, "There
are two errors against
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which the children of God,
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particularly
those who have just come
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to trust in His grace,
especially need to guard.
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The first, already dwelt upon,
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is that of looking
to their own works,
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trusting to
anything they can do,
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to bring themselves
into harmony with God.
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He who is trying to
become holy by his own works
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in keeping the law, is
attempting an impossibility.
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All that man can
do without Christ
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is polluted with
selfishness and sin.
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It is the grace of God,
grace of God and Christ alone,
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through faith
that can make us holy.
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The opposite and no
less dangerous error
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is that belief in
Christ releases men
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from keeping the law of God,
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that since by faith
alone we become partakers
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of the grace of Christ,
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our works have nothing
to do with our redemption.
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But notice here that obedience
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is not a mere
outward compliance,
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but the service of love."
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And I think that's where
it all really bases upon.
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If our foundation is not
the service of love again,
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then as Paul said,
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"Though I give my
body to be burned,
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it will profit me nothing."
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Amen. I love that.
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If we truly love God
and we understand His love,
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then we know
that there's nothing
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we can add to what He has done,
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and what He will do in our life.
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But at the same time if
we know we truly love God
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and that He loves us,
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and at the same time we
know we will give all and do
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all not because we
believe it saves us,
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but because He has saved us,
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and because He has
saved us by His grace,
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and if He has
saved us by His grace,
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it's because we have had
faith in Him, true faith,
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not our own
works, not our own faith,
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but the faith of Jesus Christ.
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My friends, we don't
want to be left, right.
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We don't want to
be ultra conservative
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or extreme liberal.
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We want to make sure we
find that happy balance,
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that balance that is
only found in Jesus Christ.
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I pray that's the case for you.
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I want to thank you so
much for joining us today.
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Again my name is Ryan Day.
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You have been
watching 3ABN Today.
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And we hope to see you
right back here another time.
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God bless you.
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