Well, welcome today to
presentation number three
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of this series
on the vindication
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of the character of God.
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You'll notice that the title is,
The Great Cosmic Controversy.
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And the subtitle is,
How God Clears His Name
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of All False Charges.
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Before we study today about
the immaculate spotless Lamb,
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we want to ask for
the Lord's blessings.
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So let's just bow our
heads for a word of prayer.
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Father in heaven, thank
You for this beautiful day.
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Thank You for life,
thank You for health.
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Thank You for all of
Your abundant blessings.
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Thank You for Your Word and
for the privilege of studying
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that Word freely.
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We ask that You'll be
with us through the ministry
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of Your Holy
Spirit and Your angels.
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Help us to understand
the importance of what
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we will study today.
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And we thank You
for hearing our prayer,
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for we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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Today we are going to
begin studying the solution
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that God has to
the great controversy
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between good and evil.
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And basically, we're going to
see that God solves this problem
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by Jesus moving
through the Sanctuary.
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And so as we begin our study,
we are going to take a look
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at how Jesus moves in
the Sanctuary step by step.
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And of course, as we
go along starting today,
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we are going to study each
of these steps in more detail.
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But I just want to
give you a global view now
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of the steps that Jesus takes
through the Sanctuary service
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to solve the great controversy
between good and evil.
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We will begin our study
of the Sanctuary in the camp.
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The camp is where
the sinners lived.
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You know, many begin the study
of the Sanctuary in the court.
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But really, I believe that's
a mistake to begin in the court.
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Because in the camp
is where Jesus lived
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before He went to the cross,
before He went to the altar.
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In other words, we need to
begin the study of the Sanctuary
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in the camp where
the sinners lived.
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And there, Jesus came.
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His first function was for Him
to come and live a perfect life
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as an immaculate Lamb,
and to be a perfect Priest.
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We're going to notice
that Jesus is both the Priest
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and the victim.
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And the Bible tells us that the
priest had to be without defect,
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and the victim also
had to be without defect.
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So basically, the first
function of Jesus in the camp
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is to live a life without sin,
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to develop a life of
perfect righteousness.
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He did that in the
midst of sinners in the camp.
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Then Jesus moved into the court.
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The altar is the next piece
of furniture in the Sanctuary.
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And there, Jesus,
the unblemished Priest
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and the unblemished Lamb,
offered His life as a sacrifice
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for the sins of the whole world.
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And so in the camp, He
lives an unblemished life.
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And in the court at
the altar of sacrifice,
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He bears the sins of the world
and He dies the penalty of sin
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that sinners should suffer.
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And then the next piece
of furniture in the Sanctuary
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is the laver.
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In the laver there was water.
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And we're going to study
that the laver symbolizes
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the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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And of course, the purpose
of the resurrection of Christ
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is so that He can now
enter the next function
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of His ministry
in the Holy Place.
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Because if Jesus
had not resurrected,
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He would not have been
able to begin His next function
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in the Holy Place.
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So the resurrection is
the transition point between
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His death on the cross and
the beginning of His ministry
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in the Holy Place.
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And so basically,
Jesus resurrects now
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to pour out upon sinners
the benefits of His perfect life
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and His death for sin.
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And then later on Jesus
moves into the Most Holy Place
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of the heavenly Sanctuary.
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Excuse me, the Holy Place.
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And there, Jesus
becomes the High Priest.
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In other words,
Jesus becomes the Advocate,
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the Mediator, or the Intercessor
for those who come to Him
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to claim the benefits of
His life and of His death.
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So the next step of
Jesus is in the Holy Place
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of the heavenly
Sanctuary to serve as Advocate,
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Mediator, and Intercessor.
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And then He moves
into the Most Holy Place.
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And in the Most Holy
Place He continues His function
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as High Priest.
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In other words, He
continues interceding,
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He continues being an
Advocate or a Mediator,
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for those who come to Him
in faith claiming the benefit
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of His life and of His death.
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But Jesus then adds
an additional function,
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which is the judgment.
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So He continues being the
High Priestly Intercessor,
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but He also now takes
on an additional function,
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which is that of the judgment.
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And then finally the last
step is, once all of the sins
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have been cleansed
from the Sanctuary on the
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Day of Atonement,
which is the judgment,
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then Jesus brings all of
the sins that were deposited
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in the Sanctuary by
those who were true believers,
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and He brings out
those sins and He places them
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on the head of
the scapegoat, Azazel.
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And then Azazel, the scapegoat,
is sent to the wilderness
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where there are no inhabitants,
and he basically is exiled
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from the Sanctuary and
from the encampment of Israel.
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So summarizing the steps that
Jesus takes in the Sanctuary,
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first of all He comes to
the camp to live a perfect life
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so that He can be a perfect
Priest and a perfect victim.
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Secondly, He goes to the
court altar, bears the sins
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of the whole world, and
suffers the penalty for sin
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in place of every human being.
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Then He moves to the laver.
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That is, Jesus
resurrects from the dead.
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The purpose of His resurrection
is so that He can go to the
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next function in the Holy
Place of the heavenly Sanctuary.
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And in the Holy Place
Jesus serves as an Advocate,
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Mediator, or
Intercessor for those who claim
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His perfect life and those
who claim His death for sin.
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And then later on Jesus
moves into the Most Holy Place
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where He continues serving
as the High Priestly Mediator,
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but He adds another function.
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That is, the
function of the judgment.
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And then after His work in
the Most Holy Place is finished,
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then He moves back to
the door of the Tabernacle
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to the Holy Place, and
the scapegoat is waiting there
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in the court right
next to the door that leads
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into the Holy Place.
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And all of the sins that
had been placed in the Sanctuary
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now are taken, the two
hands of the High Priest
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are placed on the
head of the scapegoat,
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and all of the sins that have
been placed in the Sanctuary
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are confessed on the
head of the scapegoat.
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And then the scapegoat
is sent to a wilderness,
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a desolate wilderness,
where there are no inhabitants.
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And in this way, the
Sanctuary and the camp
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are totally cleansed from sin.
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So those are the steps that
we're going to take a look at
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in the rest of the
presentations that we are
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going to study here together.
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Now I need to mention that the
first three functions of Jesus,
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the first three functions;
which are His perfect life
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in the camp, His
death on the cross which is
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symbolized by the
altar, and His resurrection,
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Jesus performed for every single
human being who has ever lived
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in the history of planet earth.
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In other words, in those
first three steps Jesus provided
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what is needed by every
single person on the planet.
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So there's no one,
we're going to notice,
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that really should perish.
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Because the provision
for salvation is complete.
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By His perfect life, His death
for sin, and His resurrection
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Jesus has made provision
for everyone to be saved.
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However, we find that the last
steps of Jesus in the Sanctuary
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have to do, not with the whole
world, but they have to do with
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individuals who actually come
to Jesus claiming the benefits
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of His life and His
death and His resurrection.
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So basically, what I want
us to remember is that the
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first three functions;
that is, His life in the camp,
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His death in the court, and
His resurrection in the court,
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that He did for every single
person who has ever lived.
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The last steps; which are
His ministry in the Holy place,
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His ministry in
the Most Holy Place,
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and the placing of the sins
upon the head of the scapegoat,
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has to do only with
those who believe in Jesus
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and claim what Jesus did
in the camp and in the court.
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And this will become
clearer as we study along.
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By the way, what Jesus
did in the first three steps
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of His ministry; that is, by
His perfect life in the camp,
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and by His death at the
altar, and by His resurrection,
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Ellen White calls that
the benefits of His atonement.
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The benefits of His atonement.
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The benefits He gained
for every single person
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who has ever lived.
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I want to read a statement
that we find in, Early Writings,
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page 259, where Ellen White
explains what the benefits are.
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Here's the statement,
page 259, Early Writings.
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That happened at
the cross, right?
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So when Jesus said, "It
is finished," on the cross,
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the veil was rent.
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That means that the
sacrificial system of the Jews
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came to an end.
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She continues writing...
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Now listen carefully.
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"...to shed upon
His disciples..."
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Not all human beings.
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But He went there
"...to shed upon His disciples
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the benefits of His atonement."
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So what did
Jesus go to heaven for?
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To pour out upon His disciples,
that means His followers,
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the benefits of His atonement.
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And the benefits of His
atonement are His perfect life
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and His death for sin.
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Those are the benefits.
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Jesus gained those
benefits for everyone.
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But only those who come to
God through Him are benefited
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by what Jesus did in
the camp and in the court.
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Ellen White
continues explaining...
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In other words, because they did
not follow Jesus to the cross,
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because they didn't
believe in the resurrection,
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they were not ready to
follow Jesus in His work
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in the Holy
Place of the Sanctuary.
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So she says...
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So are you understanding
what this is saying?
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So the first three aspects
of the ministry of Christ;
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His perfect life in the
camp as Priest and as victim,
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and His death on the
cross, represented by the altar,
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and His resurrection where
He now goes into the Holy Place,
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those three steps were
done for every single person
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who has ever lived in
the history of planet earth.
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They are the
benefits of Christ's work.
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But not everyone
claims those benefits.
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And so we need to remember, that
is a very, very important point.
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Now let's review the
accusations that Satan
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launched against God.
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And I'm going to only mention
four of those accusations
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of Satan against God.
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Number one, God is a
respecter of persons.
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In other words,
God has favorites.
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He favored His Son
above everybody else.
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And so the first argument
is, God plays favorites.
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God is a respecter of persons.
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Secondly, God keeps secrets.
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There's certain knowledge
that He keeps to Himself
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and He only shares with His
Son, when everybody should have
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the opportunity of
knowing those things.
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In the third place, God's law
is restrictive of our liberties
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and cannot be kept.
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That is a strong argument
that Lucifer used in heaven,
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and he also used it on
earth when he tempted Eve,
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and then Eve tempted Adam.
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And then we have the
argument that God is selfish.
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All He wants is
for His creatures
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to serve Him as slaves.
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He wants them to
render Him blind service.
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And God will not lift
even one finger to serve.
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Now we're going to study
this evening about the ministry
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of Jesus in the
camp, the Sanctuary camp,
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which is the first step
that Jesus takes in solving
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the problem of
the great controversy.
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And we're going to see
how Jesus answers step by step
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these accusations
that were launched against
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the government of God.
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And when we finish our
study, we are going to notice
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that every single
accusation of Satan against God,
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every smear of God's
character, will be removed
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and God will be cleared.
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Now after man sinned, Satan
came up with a new argument
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that seemed to
place a contradiction
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in God's character.
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Satan's argument
against God's character
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flowed in the way
that I'm going to read now.
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This is Satan speaking to God.
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"Your law requires
absolute sinless perfection.
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You, Yourself, stated that
if the righteous requirement
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of the law is not
met, the result is death.
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Man has not met the righteous
requirements of the law.
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And therefore, he must die."
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Are you
understanding the argument?
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"Therefore, he must die."
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"If You don't keep Your
word," the devil says to God,
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"Your justice and
truth is compromised.
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Because Your justice
demands the death of the sinner,
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and the law
demands a perfect life.
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Furthermore, if You
do not keep Your word,
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then You will
appear to be a liar."
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So Satan continues
saying to God, "If You don't
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keep Your word, Your justice
and truth is compromised.
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But if Your justice destroys
man, if You keep Your word
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and man is
destroyed because of sin,
00:17:02.38\00:17:05.69
then Your love is compromised.
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How can a God of love
destroy His creatures?"
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So are you seeing that
there's a seeming contradiction
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between the justice
and the love of God?
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Satan is saying to God, "Your
law demands absolute perfection.
00:17:17.93\00:17:21.90
You said that if
someone doesn't render the law
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absolute perfection,
that person has to die.
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Well, all human
beings have failed to render
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perfection to the law.
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Therefore, all
human beings should die.
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If You don't execute the
penalty, then You will be
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proved a liar and Your
justice is compromised.
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But if You destroy sinners, then
how is it that a God of love
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destroys His own creatures?"
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And so there seems to be
a contradiction between the
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justice and the love of God.
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That was an additional
accusation of Satan against
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God's character
after Adam and Eve sinned,
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and after all human
beings followed the example
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of Adam and Eve.
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And so now we need to
take a look at how God resolved
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that first accusation
of Satan where he says,
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"God, You have said that the
law demands absolute perfection.
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And if a being does not offer
the law absolute perfection,
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that person must die."
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Now I would like us to remember
that according to the Bible
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Jesus created every
single person that lives
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upon this planet.
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Let's notice John 1:1-3.
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John 1:1-3
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This is a passage
we know very well.
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So who is it that
created every single person
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that lives upon this planet?
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Jesus.
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You know, when I say
that, somebody usually says,
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"But Pastor Bohr, you
know, Jesus didn't create me.
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I was born from my mother."
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And so I say, "Well very good.
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And who was your
mother born from?"
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"Well she was
born from her mother."
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I say, "And where did
her mother come from?"
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"Well she came from her mother."
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Now if we go all the
way back to the beginning,
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where does the process end?
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It ends with Adam and Eve.
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When Jesus created Adam
and Eve, He created everyone,
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because everyone
descends from Adam and Eve.
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And so because Jesus created
everyone, Jesus is responsible
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for our existence.
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Isn't Jesus
responsible for our existence?
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He's not
responsible for our sin.
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That's our choice.
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He is responsible for our
existence because He created us.
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Did we ask to be
created? Did we ask to be born?
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No.
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So who is responsible
ultimately for our existence?
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It is Jesus Christ.
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And so Jesus says to Himself,
"I created these individuals,
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I'm responsible
for their creation.
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I cannot conceive of
not creating a way in which
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My creatures can be saved,
00:20:15.84\00:20:17.55
in harmony with
the character of God."
00:20:17.58\00:20:20.18
Now as we've noticed, the
law of God requires absolute
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sinless perfection.
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The Bible, from Genesis
to Revelation, tells us that
00:20:28.62\00:20:31.43
God requires absolute sinless
righteousness from everyone.
00:20:31.46\00:20:37.47
Now the Bible also says
that if we don't give the law
00:20:37.97\00:20:42.20
perfect righteousness,
if we can't offer the law
00:20:42.24\00:20:45.07
what the law requires,
the Bible says that is sin.
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Let's notice 1 John 3:4.
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1 John 3:4
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I like better the way the
King James reads in 1 John 3:4.
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It says, "For sins is..." What?
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"...sin is the
transgression of the law."
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So I want you to
notice what we have here.
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The law requires
absolute sinless perfection,
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absolute righteousness.
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If that is not offered to
the law, that is called what?
00:21:24.18\00:21:28.92
Sin.
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And let me ask you, how
many people are guilty of sin
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on this earth?
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Every single person.
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Notice Romans 3:10.
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Romans 3:10
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And then also we
will read verse 23.
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How many human beings
could offer sinless perfection
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to the law, absolute
righteousness to the law?
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No one.
00:22:01.18\00:22:02.52
It says, once again...
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And then verse 23 tells us...
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So there's a serious
problem in the human race.
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There is no one on the
planet that can offer the law
00:22:20.20\00:22:24.77
perfect righteousness.
00:22:25.41\00:22:26.98
And so, the law tells
every human being what?
00:22:27.18\00:22:30.55
Because you don't offer
the law perfect righteousness,
00:22:30.78\00:22:33.85
a perfect life, the
result is that you must what?
00:22:33.88\00:22:38.12
You must die.
00:22:38.22\00:22:39.89
Let's read that in Romans 5:12.
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Romans 5:12
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And then we'll
also read chapter 6:23.
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Who was that one man?
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Adam. Very well.
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Are you seeing the
chain of argument here?
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And then it says
in Romans 6:23...
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So the law says,
"Obey me perfectly and live.
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If you don't, that's sin.
00:23:33.98\00:23:36.08
And if you sin, you will die."
00:23:36.75\00:23:39.38
And everyone has what? Sinned.
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Therefore, how many
human beings were on death row?
00:23:42.22\00:23:44.79
Every single human
being was on death row.
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Now the question is,
how could man be saved
00:23:48.92\00:23:53.46
from this problem of not
being able to offer the law
00:23:53.56\00:23:57.23
sinless perfection, or
absolute righteousness,
00:23:57.33\00:24:00.50
when there was no one
in the human race who could
00:24:00.54\00:24:03.41
offer the law
what the law requires?
00:24:03.44\00:24:05.61
Well, in the Old Testament
we have what are called,
00:24:06.01\00:24:09.18
the laws of redemption.
00:24:09.21\00:24:11.21
If a person, for
example, sold their possession,
00:24:11.78\00:24:14.68
their inheritance,
that inheritance could
00:24:15.48\00:24:18.75
be bought back.
00:24:18.79\00:24:20.12
And if an individual
sold himself into slavery
00:24:20.92\00:24:24.59
or into servant-hood,
there was a way in which
00:24:24.63\00:24:27.60
that person
could gain his freedom.
00:24:27.63\00:24:30.57
And you say, "Well, how
could the person get back
00:24:30.83\00:24:32.97
their inheritance that they had
sold, and get back the freedom
00:24:33.00\00:24:36.10
that they had sold as well?"
00:24:36.14\00:24:37.54
Let's go to Leviticus
25, and we'll read verse 25
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first of all about
the lost inheritance,
00:24:42.78\00:24:45.35
and secondly we'll
read Leviticus 25:47-49
00:24:45.45\00:24:50.65
which describes when a person
sold themselves into slavery.
00:24:50.75\00:24:54.89
First of all, Leviticus 25:25.
00:24:54.92\00:24:57.96
That is, his inheritance.
00:25:05.70\00:25:07.44
Now the word,
"redeeming," is very important.
00:25:10.21\00:25:12.31
It's the Hebrew word, "ga'al."
00:25:12.61\00:25:15.71
And basically it
means, buying something back
00:25:16.24\00:25:20.45
by paying a price.
00:25:20.48\00:25:21.92
It's the
principle of the pawn shop.
00:25:22.22\00:25:25.02
Do you know what a pawn shop is?
00:25:25.75\00:25:27.36
You need some money,
and so you take an object
00:25:27.79\00:25:30.33
and you take it to the
pawn shop, and you sell it
00:25:30.36\00:25:32.69
to the pawn shop owner.
00:25:32.73\00:25:34.06
Can that object that
you sold be recovered?
00:25:34.56\00:25:39.17
Yes.
00:25:39.37\00:25:40.70
By doing what?
00:25:40.74\00:25:42.07
By paying a higher price, right?
00:25:42.14\00:25:45.11
So you go pay the higher
price and you can buy back
00:25:45.14\00:25:48.68
that which you sold.
00:25:48.71\00:25:50.05
That's the meaning of the
word, ga'al, that is used here.
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So it says...
00:25:54.05\00:25:55.38
That is, a relative that
pays the price to buy back
00:26:02.39\00:26:05.13
the inheritance that was lost.
00:26:05.39\00:26:07.06
So who could redeem
or who could buy back
00:26:12.77\00:26:16.30
what an individual had sold?
00:26:16.34\00:26:18.01
It had to be a what?
00:26:18.04\00:26:20.01
It had to be a
redeeming relative.
00:26:20.28\00:26:23.98
And it calls that relative,
specifically, his brother.
00:26:24.18\00:26:28.98
So in other words, a
close relative could buy back
00:26:29.28\00:26:33.25
what had been sold.
00:26:33.29\00:26:35.39
Now, what happened
if an individual sold
00:26:35.79\00:26:38.39
himself into slavery?
00:26:38.43\00:26:39.76
Because they could do
that in Israel as well.
00:26:39.79\00:26:42.06
Notice verses 47 to 49.
00:26:42.26\00:26:44.83
Once again the word, "redeemed,"
there is the word, "ga'al."
00:27:07.56\00:27:10.96
In other words, he
can be bought back.
00:27:10.99\00:27:13.40
The relative can pay a price to
buy that person's freedom back.
00:27:13.43\00:27:17.93
And then notice what it says
in the last part of verse 48.
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Well, it's a hypothetical
statement, because if he
00:27:40.46\00:27:42.32
sold himself into slavery,
you know, he wasn't going to
00:27:42.36\00:27:46.19
be able to buy himself back.
00:27:46.23\00:27:47.83
And so basically what this is
saying is that if an individual
00:27:48.13\00:27:51.23
sold their inheritance, or
if an individual sold himself
00:27:51.27\00:27:54.74
into slavery, the
inheritance could be bought back
00:27:54.77\00:27:58.54
by paying a price, and the
freedom could be bought back
00:27:58.57\00:28:02.31
by paying a price.
00:28:02.34\00:28:03.78
Let me ask you this:
00:28:04.18\00:28:05.51
Did all human beings
sell their inheritance?
00:28:05.91\00:28:08.78
We sold our inheritance, right?
00:28:09.28\00:28:11.49
Who did we sell it to?
00:28:11.62\00:28:12.95
We sold it to the devil.
00:28:13.62\00:28:15.12
Did all of us sell our
freedom and come into bondage?
00:28:15.62\00:28:20.26
Yes. Bondage of sin.
00:28:20.63\00:28:22.46
We became slaves of sin.
00:28:22.50\00:28:24.20
Now the question is, how could
we get our inheritance back?
00:28:24.70\00:28:28.20
How could we
gain our freedom back?
00:28:28.47\00:28:31.57
We needed a what?
00:28:31.94\00:28:33.54
We needed a brother or a
next of kin who could come
00:28:33.58\00:28:37.65
and pay the price so that
our freedom could be bought back
00:28:37.68\00:28:42.65
and our lost inheritance
could be bought back.
00:28:42.68\00:28:46.59
But there was a serious problem.
00:28:46.96\00:28:48.99
And that is, that
within the human race
00:28:49.99\00:28:52.26
there was not a single
human being that had not
00:28:52.49\00:28:55.50
sold his inheritance and
sold himself into slavery.
00:28:55.53\00:28:58.90
Are you
understanding the problem?
00:28:59.37\00:29:01.00
The problem is, everybody
sold themselves into slavery.
00:29:01.30\00:29:04.51
Everybody sold
their inheritance.
00:29:04.87\00:29:07.24
And so nobody within
the human race could what?
00:29:07.44\00:29:11.18
Could redeem that
which had been sold.
00:29:11.21\00:29:14.58
Now let me ask you a question.
00:29:16.25\00:29:17.72
Before Jesus came to this world,
00:29:18.39\00:29:22.29
was Jesus a
member of our family?
00:29:22.92\00:29:26.26
You know, sometimes I ask that
question and people say yes,
00:29:28.13\00:29:30.87
because they're not reflecting
a lot upon the question.
00:29:30.90\00:29:34.50
The question is,
before His incarnation,
00:29:34.94\00:29:38.17
was Jesus a member
of the human family? No.
00:29:38.47\00:29:42.28
So was Jesus
our next of kin? No.
00:29:42.31\00:29:45.75
So could Jesus
fulfill the laws of redemption
00:29:45.95\00:29:49.18
of buying back the inheritance
and buying back our freedom
00:29:49.22\00:29:52.55
if He came as God?
00:29:52.59\00:29:54.09
He could not do that.
00:29:54.12\00:29:55.46
He had to be what?
00:29:55.49\00:29:57.03
He had to be our next of kin.
00:29:57.06\00:29:58.73
And you say, "Well, why would
He have to be our next of kin?"
00:29:58.76\00:30:01.93
There are several reasons,
but there are two main reasons.
00:30:02.50\00:30:05.37
Number one, the Bible tells
us that God cannot be tempted.
00:30:05.40\00:30:11.57
And so if Jesus had come as God,
He could not have been what?
00:30:13.27\00:30:17.68
He could not have been tempted.
00:30:18.11\00:30:19.48
Could Jesus have developed a
perfect life of righteousness
00:30:19.51\00:30:22.95
if He was not a human being?
00:30:23.05\00:30:24.72
No.
00:30:24.75\00:30:26.09
He had to be tempted in
all things such as we are,
00:30:26.12\00:30:28.92
and He had to
develop a righteous character
00:30:29.16\00:30:31.86
that He could give
to us when we claim it.
00:30:31.89\00:30:34.76
Are you following me or not?
00:30:34.80\00:30:36.13
But if He came as God,
He couldn't be tempted.
00:30:36.53\00:30:39.03
And therefore, He could
not form a righteous character
00:30:39.07\00:30:42.40
that He could impute
or credit to our account.
00:30:42.44\00:30:45.84
So because He had to be tempted,
He had to come as a human being.
00:30:46.04\00:30:51.15
It says in James 1:13...
00:30:51.58\00:30:54.28
So can anyone tempt God?
00:31:04.13\00:31:05.73
If Jesus had come to this
world as God, would the devil
00:31:05.76\00:31:10.20
have been able to deceive Him?
00:31:10.23\00:31:11.63
Come on, God can't be deceived.
00:31:12.00\00:31:13.44
God knows all things.
00:31:13.47\00:31:14.84
And so it would not
have helped us at all
00:31:15.07\00:31:17.57
for Jesus to come as God.
00:31:17.61\00:31:18.94
Now there's a second
reason why Jesus had to become
00:31:18.97\00:31:21.54
our next of kin, He had
to become a human being.
00:31:21.58\00:31:23.75
And that is so
that He could die.
00:31:23.88\00:31:27.12
Can God die?
00:31:28.12\00:31:29.45
No. God can't die.
00:31:30.19\00:31:32.42
Notice 1 Timothy 6:15-16.
00:31:32.69\00:31:36.42
1 Timothy 6:15-16
00:31:36.46\00:31:39.09
I'm only reading the
last part of verse 15.
00:31:39.13\00:31:41.66
Speaking about God
the Father, it says..
00:31:42.46\00:31:44.23
And so you notice here that
we're told that God is what?
00:32:07.62\00:32:11.69
Immortal.
00:32:11.73\00:32:13.06
Basically, it means
that God cannot die.
00:32:13.09\00:32:15.26
So if Jesus had come
to this earth, not as one
00:32:15.30\00:32:18.60
of our next of kin,
could Jesus have died?
00:32:18.63\00:32:22.04
He could not have died.
00:32:22.34\00:32:23.91
And so now we understand
why the laws of redemption
00:32:24.01\00:32:26.78
required that an individual,
in order to redeem someone,
00:32:26.81\00:32:30.78
had to be his brother.
00:32:30.81\00:32:32.15
It had to be a
member of that family.
00:32:32.18\00:32:35.18
Are you following me or not?
00:32:35.22\00:32:36.58
Now, here's
something very interesting.
00:32:36.89\00:32:39.45
Go with me to Matthew 1:1.
00:32:39.55\00:32:42.79
Matthew 1:1
00:32:43.02\00:32:46.03
This is speaking about
the genealogy of Jesus Christ.
00:32:46.49\00:32:51.63
And I want you to notice what
we're told there in Matthew 1:1.
00:32:51.67\00:32:55.60
So was Jesus the Son of David?
00:33:05.58\00:33:07.78
Yes. Was Jesus
the Son of Abraham?
00:33:08.55\00:33:11.42
He most certainly was.
00:33:11.82\00:33:13.25
Bu now I want you to notice
something very interesting.
00:33:13.56\00:33:16.66
Go with me in your
Bibles to John 8:58.
00:33:17.13\00:33:22.16
John 8:58
00:33:22.20\00:33:25.37
Here, Jesus is
speaking to a group of Jews.
00:33:26.03\00:33:28.80
And I want you to
notice what He says.
00:33:29.24\00:33:31.17
Or as it says in the King
James, "Verily, verily..."
00:33:34.81\00:33:37.55
Now wait a minute.
00:33:42.38\00:33:43.72
We just read that
Jesus is the Son of Abraham.
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Now Jesus is saying,
"Before Abraham was, I AM."
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So Jesus is the Father of
Abraham and the Son of Abraham.
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You say, "Now wait a minute.
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How can He be the Father
and the Son of the same person?"
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Well, because as God
He's Abraham's Father.
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And as Son of Abraham, He
is because He became incarnate.
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Are you with me or not?
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Now notice also
Revelation 22:16.
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Revelation 22:16.
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Here, Jesus is
speaking and He says...
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So Jesus is the Root of David,
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and He is also the
Offspring of David.
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So David comes from Jesus
and Jesus comes from David.
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You say, "Now how
can that be possible?"
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How can Jesus be the Father
of David and the Son of David?
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He's the Father of David
because He created David.
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Because He is God.
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He is the Son of
David because He is what?
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Because He is man.
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So are you understanding
the reason for the incarnation?
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If Jesus had not become a
man, Jesus could not have been
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tempted like we are tempted,
and He could not have developed
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a righteous character
that He could offer the law
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in our place.
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Are you following me or not?
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Very, very important point.
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And that's what
we're studying today.
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And in our next study
together, I'm going to show you
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that unless Jesus had
become a man, our next of kin,
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Jesus could not have gone to
the court to die at the altar,
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because God is immortal.
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He had to become a
man in order to what?
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To die.
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So He had to become a
man in order to be tempted
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and develop perfect
righteousness to offer the law
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in our place.
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And then, Jesus had to bear
the sins of the whole world,
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and as a human being He had
to die, paying for the penalty
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of the sins of the whole world.
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I hope you're
understanding what we're saying.
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Now let's go to John 1:14.
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John 1:14
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You know, sin was
committed in the Sanctuary camp.
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So Jesus came to camp in our
midst when He became incarnate.
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You know, sometimes,
actually most of the time,
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when Adventists study
the Sanctuary, they begin
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the study of the Sanctuary
in the court at the altar.
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I think it's a mistake to
start studying the Sanctuary
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in the court at
the altar of sacrifice.
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Let me ask you, does
the ministry of Jesus begin
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when He died on the cross?
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Or did He have to live a
perfect life before that?
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He had to live a perfect life.
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You see, in order for the
sacrifice to be acceptable
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before God, that
animal had to be without what?
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Without blemish.
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And the priest that
offered the sacrifice
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also had to be without blemish.
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Now the victim without blemish
and the priest without blemish
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represents the perfect
life of Christ before His death.
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You see, Jesus had, first
of all, to live a perfect life
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so that He could offer perfect
righteousness to the law,
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which no human being can offer.
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And that's why in
John 1:14, we are told...
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That word, "dwelt,"
is very interesting.
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It comes from the
word, "skenoo," which means,
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to pitch a tent.
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So it's saying Jesus
pitched His tent in our camp.
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Notice once again the idea
that He came to camp with us.
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And so it says, once again...
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Now what did Jesus do in
the camp where sinners dwell?
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The fact is that Jesus lived
a life of perfect righteousness
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that He could
offer the law of God.
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He lived that life for
every single human being
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who has ever drawn breath
in the history of planet earth.
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In order for His
sacrifice to be accepted...
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And tomorrow we're going
to talk about His sacrifice.
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In order for His
sacrifice to be accepted,
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He had to, first of
all, be a blameless Priest
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and He had to be a blameless
or immaculate sacrifice.
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By the way, Jesus also
proved by His perfect life,
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as we'll notice, that it is
possible to obey the law of God
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in sinful flesh.
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Also, Jesus developed a perfect
life that He could impart
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or He could infuse into people
that received Jesus Christ
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as their Savior.
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But we want to dwell
primarily in this study
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with the point that
Jesus lived a perfect life
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which He lived for
every single human being
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and He is willing to give to
those who come to Him in faith.
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Now go with me to
Leviticus 22:20-22.
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This is describing the
victims that were offered
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on the altar in
the Old Testament.
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I want you to notice what
characteristics the beasts
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that were offered had.
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Once again, Leviticus 22:20-22.
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So you notice that the
victims that were offered
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had to be without blemish.
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Now in the Old Testament service
they could only determine
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that the victim had
no physical blemish.
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But the fact that the
victim had no physical blemish
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illustrated the fact
that Jesus was going to come
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and He would
have no moral blemish.
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In other words, the fact
that the beast that was offered
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had no physical blemish
is an illustration or a type
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of Jesus who would
have no moral blemish.
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But I want you to notice
that not only did the victim
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have to be without blemish,
but the priest that offered
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the victim also had
to be without blemish.
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Notice Leviticus 21:17-21.
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Leviticus 21:17-21
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So you notice that the victim
had to be without blemish,
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and the priest that offered
the victim also had to be
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without blemish.
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Now the question
is, what was represented
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by the priest and by the victim?
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Let's take, first of all, a
look at what was represented
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by the victim.
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Go with me to Exodus 12:5.
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It's talking
about the Passover here.
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Exodus 12:5
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Here, God specifies what type
of victim would be acceptable
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in the Passover sacrifice.
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So notice, the Passover
lamb could have no what?
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Could have no blemish.
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Now the question is, what
was represented or symbolized
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by the Passover lamb?
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We don't have to guess.
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Go with me to 1 Peter 1:18-20.
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1 Peter 1:18-20
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It says there...
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Incidentally, that word,
"redeemed," that is used here
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is the equivalent word to,
"ga'al," in the Old Testament
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in Hebrew.
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And basically, it means
the same thing is Greek.
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It means, to buy
back by paying a price.
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So in the New Testament, when
you find the word, "redeemed,"
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it means that you
have gained your freedom,
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you have regained
the inheritance, because
00:43:18.06\00:43:20.63
our next of kin has paid the
price to buy back what we sold.
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That's the idea here.
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So it says...
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In other words,
nobody paid silver or gold
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to gain back our
freedom and our inheritance.
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So it says...
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"...from your
aimless conduct..."
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That's another way of
saying, "of your sins."
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"...received by
tradition from your fathers..."
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That is, by inheritance.
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What kind of lamb?
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The plan was laid
long before Jesus died.
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So what was represented by
the victim that had no blemish?
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It was Jesus Christ who
was represented by the victim
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that had no blemish.
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Now I want you to
notice another text that refers
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to Jesus as the
victim without any blemish.
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1 John 3:5 1 John 3:5
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So is Jesus the
victim without any sin?
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Absolutely.
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How important is
the life of Jesus?
00:45:01.33\00:45:03.70
If I was to ask you this:
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What is more
important; the life of Jesus,
00:45:07.17\00:45:10.91
the perfect life
of Jesus in the camp,
00:45:10.94\00:45:13.11
His death at the
altar of sacrifice,
00:45:13.81\00:45:16.31
His resurrection at the laver,
00:45:16.81\00:45:19.08
His intercession
in the Holy Place,
00:45:19.65\00:45:22.42
or His judgment in
the Most Holy Place?
00:45:23.32\00:45:25.65
What would say is the most
important function of Jesus?
00:45:25.69\00:45:29.19
I would say, yes.
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All of them.
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Because if Jesus had
not lived a perfect life,
00:45:36.03\00:45:38.53
His sacrifice would
not have been accepted.
00:45:38.57\00:45:41.04
And if His sacrifice
had not been accepted,
00:45:41.80\00:45:44.04
He would not have resurrected.
00:45:44.07\00:45:45.54
And if He had not resurrected,
He would not serve as our
00:45:46.41\00:45:49.28
Intercessor in the Holy Place.
00:45:49.31\00:45:51.11
And there would be no judgment.
00:45:51.75\00:45:53.31
And no cleansing
of the Sanctuary.
00:45:53.75\00:45:55.58
You know, many Christians
just dwell on the cross.
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They say, "The cross,
the cross, the cross."
00:45:57.99\00:45:59.52
They're dwelling just
on the altar of sacrifice.
00:45:59.55\00:46:01.72
Don't get me wrong,
the cross is important.
00:46:01.76\00:46:04.63
The death of Jesus
for sin is important.
00:46:04.66\00:46:07.00
But it would have had no
value unless Jesus had first
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lived a perfect life in the camp
so that He could offer the law
00:46:09.76\00:46:14.57
perfection in our place.
00:46:14.60\00:46:16.67
So basically what Jesus
did was He lived His life,
00:46:17.31\00:46:20.24
and it is available to
every single human being
00:46:20.48\00:46:23.71
who has ever drawn breath.
00:46:23.75\00:46:25.15
He provided a perfect
life of perfect righteousness
00:46:25.18\00:46:28.88
for every person who
has ever lived in the
00:46:28.92\00:46:30.89
history of planet earth.
00:46:30.92\00:46:32.25
And so you say,
"Well, that means then that
00:46:32.29\00:46:33.79
everybody is going to be saved."
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No.
00:46:35.19\00:46:36.52
What is the most
famous verse in the Bible?
00:46:37.03\00:46:38.96
You even find it at football
games between the goal posts.
00:46:40.63\00:46:44.07
Maybe it's to convert
the kicker, or perhaps
00:46:44.23\00:46:48.60
it's to distract the kicker.
00:46:48.64\00:46:50.07
To lead him to
think about other things.
00:46:50.37\00:46:52.11
But anyway, you find John 3:16.
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And everybody likes to emphasize
the first half of John 3:16.
00:46:55.34\00:46:58.78
"For God so loved
the world, that He gave
00:46:59.11\00:47:02.15
His only begotten Son."
00:47:02.18\00:47:03.65
Period.
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But they forget that
the second half of the verse
00:47:05.82\00:47:08.22
has conditions.
00:47:08.32\00:47:09.99
Because the second
half of the verse says,
00:47:10.99\00:47:12.96
"...that whosoever believes
in Him should not perish,
00:47:12.99\00:47:16.40
but have everlasting life."
00:47:16.43\00:47:17.83
Was it vitally important
that Jesus live a perfect life
00:47:18.13\00:47:20.94
in our place?
00:47:20.97\00:47:22.30
That He weaver a
perfect robe of righteousness
00:47:22.34\00:47:24.54
that He could offer us?
00:47:24.57\00:47:25.91
Yes. But it only becomes ours
when we meet the conditions.
00:47:25.94\00:47:30.01
So was the provision of
His life complete for everyone?
00:47:30.81\00:47:35.02
Yes. And tomorrow we're
going to find that His death
00:47:35.12\00:47:37.65
on the cross was a
complete death for every sin
00:47:37.69\00:47:40.96
that has ever been
committed, as a provision.
00:47:40.99\00:47:43.96
Does that mean that
everybody is going to benefit?
00:47:44.09\00:47:46.13
No. Because you
have to claim it.
00:47:46.26\00:47:48.70
So what I'm saying is
that the work of Jesus
00:47:49.43\00:47:51.97
in the camp and in the
court is for everybody.
00:47:52.00\00:47:55.30
Beginning with His work in the
Holy Place, His intercession,
00:47:55.74\00:47:59.14
He applies His life and
His death to those who meet
00:47:59.34\00:48:02.78
the conditions.
00:48:02.81\00:48:04.15
And then it becomes
an individual thing.
00:48:04.78\00:48:07.35
It's not corporate
for the whole world.
00:48:07.62\00:48:09.62
It's for those who
claim what Jesus did.
00:48:09.82\00:48:13.25
Now Jesus was not
only the perfect victim,
00:48:13.72\00:48:16.46
the victim without blemish.
00:48:16.76\00:48:18.23
We just read some text here.
00:48:18.33\00:48:20.16
1 Peter 1:18-20
says that He was the Lamb
00:48:20.20\00:48:24.53
without blemish
and without spot.
00:48:24.57\00:48:26.37
We read 1 John 3:5 where it says
that in Him there is no sin.
00:48:26.40\00:48:30.54
But the Bible also
tells us that Jesus was the
00:48:30.71\00:48:33.98
unblemished Priest.
00:48:34.01\00:48:35.81
Notice what we
find in Hebrews 4:15.
00:48:36.41\00:48:39.78
Hebrews 4:15
00:48:40.38\00:48:42.98
"...but was
tempted in most points..."
00:48:50.93\00:48:53.33
Oh, okay. My eyes
must be failing me.
00:48:56.97\00:48:59.83
So it says...
00:49:00.40\00:49:01.74
"...but was
tempted in some points..."
00:49:05.17\00:49:08.24
No, it says He "was tempted
in all points like Adam was..."
00:49:09.71\00:49:15.28
No, it doesn't
say like Adam was.
00:49:15.95\00:49:18.99
It says, He "was tempted
in all points as we are..."
00:49:19.79\00:49:24.73
But there's a difference.
00:49:24.76\00:49:26.09
"...as we are, but without sin."
00:49:26.63\00:49:29.50
Did Jesus offer the law
absolute sinless righteousness?
00:49:29.53\00:49:34.47
Yes He did.
00:49:34.50\00:49:35.84
And He did it for
every single human being
00:49:35.87\00:49:38.41
who has ever lived in
the history of planet earth.
00:49:38.44\00:49:41.24
So we're going to notice
that in this way God answers the
00:49:41.88\00:49:45.95
argument that Satan
used that we began with
00:49:45.98\00:49:49.45
in our study this evening.
00:49:49.48\00:49:50.82
In a moment we'll go to that.
00:49:50.85\00:49:52.19
Every act of obedience
of Jesus added a thread
00:49:52.49\00:49:57.23
to the perfect
robe of righteousness.
00:49:57.63\00:49:59.83
And when Jesus said, "It
is finished," on the cross,
00:50:00.30\00:50:03.06
the last thread was added to the
perfect robe of righteousness
00:50:03.47\00:50:08.24
that He is willing to
offer to every single sinner
00:50:08.27\00:50:12.11
who is repentant
and confesses his sin
00:50:12.14\00:50:14.64
and trusts in Jesus Christ
as his Savior and as His Lord.
00:50:14.68\00:50:19.55
So we do not have a High Priest
who can't sympathize with us.
00:50:19.95\00:50:23.45
He was tempted in all
things, and yet He never sinned.
00:50:23.49\00:50:28.32
He was an unblemished Priest.
00:50:28.36\00:50:31.96
Now let's notice another
text that speaks about Jesus
00:50:32.33\00:50:35.06
as the unblemished Priest.
00:50:35.10\00:50:37.23
Hebrews 7:25-26 Hebrews 7:25-26
00:50:37.27\00:50:45.44
"Therefore He is also
able to save to the uttermost
00:50:45.57\00:50:52.28
those who come to
God through Him..."
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Now we're going to study
more of that particular phrase.
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It's very interesting.
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So who is Jesus able
to save to the uttermost?
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Did He make provision
for everyone to be saved?
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The provision is for
everyone to be saved.
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But is everybody
going to be saved?
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No. Notice what it says.
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So must we come to God through
the intercession of Jesus Christ
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in order to be saved?
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Yes. That's an individual thing.
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It's claiming what Jesus
did personally and individually.
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And it continues saying here...
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Who is, "them"?
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Those who come
to God through Him.
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And then verse 26 tells us
what kind of High Priest He is.
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Does that talk about the
moral perfection of Christ?
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Could Jesus present perfect
righteousness before the Father
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if He had not lived a
life of perfect righteousness?
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No.
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So how important is the
life of Jesus before His death?
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Folks, it's just as
important as His death.
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Now let's go back
to Satan's argument.
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Satan's argument was composed
of two particular points.
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We're talking about the
last new argument after sin
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entered the world.
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Point number one,
Satan says to God,
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"The law requires
absolute sinless perfection.
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And no one can offer
the law that perfection
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that the law requires."
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That's point number one.
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Was the devil right
that no one on planet earth
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could offer the
law sinless perfection
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or perfect righteousness?
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He was right.
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But of course, he didn't
exactly know at that point
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what the
solution was going to be.
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That the One who created
all was going to offer to come
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and live in place of all.
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And now the second point
that the devil argued was,
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"Therefore, because no one
is able to offer righteousness
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to the law, therefore everyone
is under the sentence of death."
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A double whammy.
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We cannot offer perfection
to the law, and therefore
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Satan says to God, "You said it.
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You said that if anyone does
not offer perfection to the law,
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then that
person has to..." What?
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"...has to die.
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And because everyone has
sinned, everyone has to die."
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Now the subject that
we're studying this evening
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solves the first problem.
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The problem of nobody being
able to offer righteousness,
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perfect righteousness,
to the law of God.
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Jesus answered
Satan's first accusation
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by coming to this earth,
becoming our next of kin,
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and living the life that
we should live in our place.
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In this way, we've studied,
He wove a robe of perfect
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righteousness which is
freely available to all who come
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to Him repentant and by faith.
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There is now a
perfect life that can satisfy
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the just demands of the law.
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And all we have to do is
become brothers of Jesus,
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all we have to do is receive
Jesus through repentance,
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confession, and faith in
Him and Jesus will take His
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perfect life and He will
credit it to our account.
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And God will look at us as
covered with the perfect robe
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of Christ's righteousness
which He wove by His life
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on planet earth.
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Now what about
the second problem?
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There was a
second serious problem.
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And that is, that
the law not only requires
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perfect righteousness,
but if righteousness is not
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offered to the
law, the law says what?
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You must die.
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So was it enough for
Jesus to live a life of
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perfect righteousness
that He could offer the law?
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It wasn't enough.
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How would the problem of all of
the sins that had been committed
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be resolved?
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Somebody had to pay the
penalty for the sins, right?
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Are you understanding
the second problem?
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And so Jesus says, "I'm
going to solve this problem too.
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The first problem is
solved because I went,
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I suffered all of
their temptations,
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and I never sinned.
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I wove a perfect
robe of righteousness
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for every single
person who has ever lived
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in the history of the earth."
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And anyone can come repentant,
confessing, and in faith,
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and can claim that
perfect robe of righteousness.
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And they can stand
before the throne of God
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guiltless in Jesus Christ.
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But Jesus says, "I'm going to
solve the second problem too."
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And this will introduce
our subject for tomorrow.
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Jesus says, "And then
after I've lived a perfect life,
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I am going to go to
the garden of Gethsemane,
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and I'm going
to go to the cross,
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and I'm going to bear
the sins of the whole world.
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Every sin that has ever
been committed in the history of
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planet earth, I am
going to bear it upon Myself.
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I'm going to suffer the
penalty for all of the sins
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of My creatures.
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Because I created them all, I
have the right to take the place
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of all of them.
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And I will take all
of the sins upon Myself
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and I will suffer the penalty
that all of them should suffer.
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And then if anyone
comes to Me repentant,
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confessing their
sins, sorrow for sin,
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and having faith in Me, I will
take My life, My perfect robe,
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and I will place it upon them.
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All of their sins will be
forgiven because I bore them
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on the cross."
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And those
individuals will be seen as if
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they had never sinned.
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They will be
accepted in the Beloved.
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So let me ask you, does the
perfect life answer one of the
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accusations of Satan?
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That no one can offer
perfection to the law,
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therefore
everybody is doomed to die?
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Absolutely, because Jesus
offered it in the place of
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all of His creatures.
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Does the death of
Jesus on the cross
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answer the second
part of that accusation?
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Yes.
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And by the way, when
Jesus dies on the cross,
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He shows both the justice
of God and the love of God.
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Remember that the devil tried
to present a conflict between
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the justice of God
and the love of God?
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He said, "If You
don't punish man justly,
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then You're a liar.
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Because justice demands
the death of the sinner.
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But if You destroy the
sinner, what God who loves
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is going to destroy the sinner?"
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But the beautiful thing is
that Jesus came to this world
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and He suffered
under the justice of God,
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showing that God loves.
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In other words, Jesus
proved that the devil's
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argument was wrong.
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God can be the just
and the justifier of those
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who believe in Jesus Christ.
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