Well, welcome again
to session number four
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of our series on the great
conflict between good and evil.
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Our official title is,
The Great Cosmic Controversy;
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How God Clears His
Name From All False Charges.
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And before we have a
review of our last session
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and enter some new territory,
we do want to ask for the Lord
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to bless our season together.
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And so I invite you to bow
your heads with me as we pray.
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Father in heaven, thank
You for the privilege of
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gathering together with
the assurance that Your Spirit
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and Your angels will be with us.
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We ask, Lord, that You
will give us clear minds
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and You will give us
sensitive open hearts
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so that we might understand
and receive the seed of truth
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that You will plant today.
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I also ask that You will
bless all of those who will be
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watching this program through
television, and on dvd's,
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and different media.
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I ask, Lord, that You will
bring conviction to each heart.
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We thank You for
the privilege of prayer
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and because we know
that You have heard us.
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Because we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus, amen.
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Well let's review
what we studied last time.
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We studied the first step
that Jesus takes in solving
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the great cosmic controversy
between Christ and Satan.
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So I'm just going to mention the
main points of what we studied
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in our last subject together.
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First of all, we mentioned
that Jesus came to this earth
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with the express
purpose of vindicating
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the character of God.
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We also noticed that
according to the Bible
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Jesus created every
single person that lives
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upon this earth.
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And therefore,
because Jesus created all,
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He is responsible for the
existence of every single person
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that lives in this world.
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He's not
responsible for their sin,
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but He is
responsible for their existence.
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Because we did
not choose to exist.
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Then we noticed also
that the law of God requires
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absolute sinless perfection,
absolute righteousness.
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And we noticed that if
we do not render the law
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perfect righteousness, the
law demands that the penalty
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of death be applied.
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Now God had to be
faithful to His word.
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If God did not require a perfect
life in harmony with the law,
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and if God did not require
death for those who do not
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offer perfection to the law,
then God would have problems
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with His integrity.
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God would be lying.
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And so God had to
require a perfect life,
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and He had to require
the death of those who do not
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offer the law
perfect righteousness.
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But the Bible tells us that no
one on earth can offer the law
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what the law requires.
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No one on earth can offer
the law sinless perfection
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or absolute righteousness.
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And so the result is that every
single person in this world
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is on death row.
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Because we cannot offer
the law sinless perfection,
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the law says, "You must die."
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And because all have sinned,
all are subject to death.
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We also noticed last
time that Satan tried to put a
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contradiction between two
aspects of God's character.
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First of all, he tried
to put a conflict with the
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justice of God, and secondly,
with the love and mercy of God.
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Basically what
Satan said to God is this:
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"If You do not punish the sinner
with death, You're not just.
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Your justice demands
the death of the sinner.
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But if You destroy the sinner,
how is it that a God of love
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would destroy the
creatures that He made?"
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And so there was an apparent
contradiction between the
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love and the justice of God.
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The human race needed someone
that could solve this problem.
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Someone who could offer
a perfect life to the law
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and could suffer the
death that the law requires.
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Unfortunately, within the
human race there was no one
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who could live that perfect life
or could pay the penalty of sin.
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And we noticed last time
that if anyone was going to
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redeem the inheritance that
was lost and free the individual
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from the slavery into which
he or she had sold themselves,
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it was necessary for the
redeemer to be a next of kin.
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But the problem is
that within the human race
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we have no next of kin that
had not sold his inheritance
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or sold himself into slavery.
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So there was no one
within the human race
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that could redeem the lost
inheritance and could redeem
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those who had sold
themselves into slavery.
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But God had a solution.
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And that solution
was to send Jesus Christ.
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He who created
every person in this world
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offered to come to this
world to live the perfect life
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that the law requires.
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To offer the law perfect
righteousness in place of
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every single
person who has ever lived
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in the history of planet earth.
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And the Bible tells us
that the Word was made flesh
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and dwelt among us.
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The word, "dwelt," means,
pitched His tent among us.
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He came to live in
the camp of the Sanctuary
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where sinners live
to face the temptations
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that we suffer in the
camp, but with one difference.
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Even though He was
tempted in all things,
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the Bible says
that He never sinned.
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He wove a robe of
perfect righteousness
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that He could offer the
law in place of every single
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human being who has ever lived
in the history of planet earth.
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That's great news.
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So the first step was to offer
the law what the law requires.
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The law requires absolute
perfection, so Jesus said,
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I am going to live the life
in place of all of My creatures,
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and I'm going to
overcome temptation,
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and I am going to offer
absolute sinless perfection,
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righteousness, to the law.
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But this was not sufficient
to solve the problem of sin.
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It wasn't enough for
Jesus to live a perfect sinless
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righteous life in our place.
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Jesus also had to suffer death.
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You see, we had
a double problem.
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First of all, we can't
offer the law the perfection
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that the law requires.
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And secondly, because we
cannot offer the perfection,
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the law says, "You must die."
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So Jesus not only had to live
for us, He also had to what?
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He also had to die
for us, bearing the sins
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of the whole world.
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Satan placed God
in what appeared to be
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an unsolvable dilemma.
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Between a rock and a hard place.
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Basically he said
to God, "You told man
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that the wages of sin is death.
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If You don't execute
the sentence of death
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like You said You
would, You are a liar.
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And if You do execute the
sentence, then You are not
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a God of love."
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A conflict apparently
between the love of God
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and His justice.
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But God had the
answer to this dilemma.
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God solved the
seeming contradiction
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in God's character.
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You see, after Jesus
lived a perfectly righteous life
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to offer the law of God in
place of every single being
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who has ever lived,
Jesus then took upon Himself
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all of the sins
that have been committed,
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all the sins that
are being committed,
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and all of the sins
that are yet to be committed,
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Jesus took all of
those upon Himself.
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In other words, the
sins of the whole world
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were credited to Jesus.
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They were imputed to Jesus.
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They were placed in
the account of Jesus
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even though those
sins were not His.
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They were imputed to Him,
they were credited to Him,
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even though they were not His.
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In this way, God
showed His justice.
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Because sin was
punished just like God said.
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With death.
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But God also showed His
love, because the death need not
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be suffered by the sinner.
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The death was suffered
by a member of the Godhead.
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And so God solved the problem.
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He said, "I am going to
satisfy the justice of the law.
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Because Jesus is going to
bear the sins of the world
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and He is going to suffer
the penalty, just like I said.
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The wages of sin is death;
and He's going to suffer it
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in place of every
single human being.
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But at the same time, I
am going to show My love.
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Because the sentence of death
is not going to be executed
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upon the sinner.
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It will be executed
upon a member of the Godhead;
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My beloved Son."
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So the Bible tells us
that Jesus, after He lived
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His perfect life, Jesus became
a vicarious sacrifice for us.
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In other words, He took the
place of every single sinner
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who has ever lived in
the history of planet earth.
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Let's notice several
verses that we find in the Bible
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that present Jesus
Christ as our substitute,
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the substitute for the
sins of the whole world.
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Well begin with Exodus 12:5-6.
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Exodus 12:5-6
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We read verse 5 last night, but
now we're going to read verse 6.
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It says there, speaking
about the Passover lamb...
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You remember, we
mentioned that represents
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the perfect life of
Jesus, the fact that the
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lamb had no blemish?
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Then it continues saying...
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So what do you have there?
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You have the perfect
life of Jesus, because He's
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the blameless Lamb, but
you also have the fact that
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the lamb was what?
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Sacrificed.
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You have the life of Jesus,
the blameless life of Jesus,
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and His what?
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And His death.
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Now I want us to
notice also Leviticus 17:11.
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This is a very
interesting verse.
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You know, in the Old
Testament Israelites would bring
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the victims, and those
victims were sacrificed
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and placed upon the altar.
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But it really was not Israel
that was bringing the victims.
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You say, "What do
you mean Israel wasn't
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bringing the victims?"
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You see, the Bible says that God
was going to provide the victim.
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Notice Leviticus 17:11.
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It says...
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And here, God is speaking.
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So who gave the
sacrifice upon the altar?
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Was it the sinner or was it God?
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God says, "I
have given it to you."
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Even though the Israelite
brought the victim to be slain
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and to be placed on the altar,
that victim represented whom?
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Jesus Christ.
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So God says, "I have
provided the victim to be placed
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upon the altar."
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Now notice 1 John 2:2.
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For how many
people did Jesus die?
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How many of the sins
of the world did Jesus
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bear upon Himself?
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He bore the sins
of the whole world.
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Every sin that
has been committed,
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every sin that
is being committed,
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every sin that
will yet be committed,
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Jesus bore upon
Himself on the cross.
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Notice 1 John 2:2.
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That is Jesus.
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See, John is saying,
he's talking about believers,
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he says, "He's the
propitiation for our sins."
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That is, for the
sins of believers.
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But now notice,
"...and not for ours only..."
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So the death of Jesus on
the cross means that Jesus
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was the propitiation, not
only for the sins of those
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who have accepted Jesus, but
for the sins of the whole world.
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Notice 2 Corinthians 5:21.
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2 Corinthians 5:21
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This is one of my favorite
verses in the whole Bible.
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Once again, it presents
the two aspects of Jesus.
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His perfect life in the court
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and His death at
the altar of sacrifice.
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Both things are
mentioned in this verse.
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Notice once again
2 Corinthians 5:21.
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"For He," that
is God the Father,
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"made Him," that is
Jesus, "who knew no sin..."
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What aspect does
that describe of Jesus?
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His what? His
perfect life, right?
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He's the blameless sacrifice.
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And so the first
part of this verse says,
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"For He," that
is God the Father,
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"made Him," Jesus,
"who knew no sin..."
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Now what's the second aspect?
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"...to be sin for us..."
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Are you catching
the two points here?
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He lived a perfect life,
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and then the sins
of the world were what?
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Were placed upon Him.
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Now why?
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Why did Jesus
live a perfect life?
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Why did Jesus suffer
death at the altar of sacrifice?
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The second half of
the verse is beautiful.
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The second half of the
verse says, "...that..."
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In other words,
"so that," He did this.
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In other words, He did not sin,
and He took sin upon Himself
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so that He could do something.
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He did this so that we could
be recognized as being what?
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Righteous before God.
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Is it our own righteousness?
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No. It is the righteousness
of Jesus in our place.
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So Jesus lived and
died to be able to present
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His righteousness as if
it were our righteousness.
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Notice Isaiah 53:3-6.
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We're it's talking about
the substitutionary sacrifice
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of Jesus Christ.
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The fact that He bore the sins
of the whole world upon Himself.
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Isaiah 53:3-6
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Now notice the
personal pronouns.
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Wow! Smitten by God.
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Was He a sinner? No.
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Why was He smitten by God then?
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Let's continue reading.
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"And the Lord..." Notice this.
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"The Lord..." That
is, God the Father.
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How much of the
iniquity was laid upon Jesus?
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All of the
iniquity of all human beings
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was laid upon Jesus Christ.
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It was not His. It
was imputed to Him.
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In other words, it was
credited to His account
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even though it
did not belong to Him.
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Because He was suffering
in place of human beings.
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Are you understanding
the substitutionary
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sacrifice of Christ?
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Now, is sin going
to be punished then?
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Is God going to keep His word?
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Is He going to
punish sin with death?
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Yes. But who is going
to suffer the penalty?
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Jesus is.
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Does God then show
His love in that we don't
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have to suffer
the penalty? Sure.
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Does He show His justice
because sin really is punished?
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Absolutely.
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But the beauty is
that Jesus does it in place
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of every single human
being who has ever lived
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in the history of planet earth.
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Notice Galatians 3:13.
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This is another verse that
describes the substitutionary
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sacrifice of Christ, the
vicarious sacrifice of Christ.
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Galatians 3:13
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It says,
"Christ has redeemed..."
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Now let's stop
there for a moment.
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What has Christ
redeemed us from?
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From the curse of the law.
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Now you know
what some people say?
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They say, "See, the law is
bad, because the law curses us."
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And so the solution
is, get rid of the law
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and it won't curse us anymore.
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Let me give you an illustration
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so we understand how
ridiculous that argument is.
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You know, if you
come to a stop light...
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This is a brand new stop light
we have here at the corner.
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I don't know if
you noticed that.
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You know, my tendency is
just to zip right through it.
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Because, you know, before
there was no stop light there.
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But you know, that
stop light is there.
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Let's suppose that
you're driving 50 miles an hour,
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and the light is red, and
you go through the red light.
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And a policeman
comes and he stops you,
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and he's going to
give you a ticket.
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Let me ask you, are you
under the curse of the law?
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Oh, you better believe you're
under the curse of the law.
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You're going to get a ticket.
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The law is going to curse
you with a ticket, isn't it?
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So the best
solution to the problem is to
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get rid of the stop light.
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Does that make sense?
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Get rid of the law.
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No.
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The problem is not with the law.
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The problem is with the
transgressor of the law.
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So what needs to be
fixed is not the law.
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What needs to be fixed is
the person who breaks the law.
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Are you with me?
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And so it says
here in Galatians 3:13,
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"Christ has redeemed us..."
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Remember, that word,
"redeemed," means, to buy back
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by paying a price.
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How did He redeem us
from the curse of the law?
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Why was Jesus cursed?
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Because He took
our sins upon Himself
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and He was punished by
His Father for our sins.
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And so it says,
"Christ has redeemed us..."
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Go with me to 1 Peter 2:23-24.
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You say, "Pastor, you're
reading too many verses."
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Yes. Praise the Lord.
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That's a good thing.
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Because we go here
by what the Bible says.
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Because the Bible is our
authority, the Bible has power.
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The preacher has
absolutely no power.
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Unless the preacher is
preaching from Scripture.
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Notice 1 Peter 2:23-24.
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Speaking about Jesus...
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Did Jesus bear
our sins on the tree?
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Yes. It says...
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Are you catching the picture?
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So did Jesus suffer for
the sins of the whole world?
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Yes.
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Let's notice Romans 5
and we will read verse 6,
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and then we will read verse 8.
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Romans 5:6 and then verse 8.
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It says here, and
this is very interesting,
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verse 6 reads in
the following way...
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"...in due time
Christ died for the saints."
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Thank you.
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There's two of you
that disagreed with me.
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Notice what it says once again.
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"...in due time
Christ died for..." Whom?
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"...for the ungodly."
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Interesting.
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So did Jesus bear the sins
of everyone, of the ungodly?
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Yes. Now notice verse 8.
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Did Jesus die for sinners
who have not received Him
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as Savior and Lord?
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Yes He did.
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He bore the sins
of the whole world.
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Every sin that
has been committed,
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every sin that
is being committed,
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every sin that
will be committed,
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He bore those sins
on His body on the tree.
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The Bible makes
that very, very clear.
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Notice 1 Corinthians 15:3.
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1 Corinthians 15:3
00:22:02.75\00:22:04.99
Here, the apostle Paul says...
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So is the Bible very
clear that Jesus bore the sins
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of the whole world upon
Himself and suffered the penalty
00:22:22.24\00:22:24.77
for the
transgression of the law?
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Is the Bible clear that
Jesus lived the perfect life
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that the law requires from us?
00:22:29.84\00:22:31.58
Absolutely. The Bible is
crystal clear on this point.
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Now do you remember
that yesterday we studied
00:22:35.58\00:22:38.69
that Jesus is not only
the unblemished victim,
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Jesus is also the
unblemished Priest.
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You remember we read
some text where it says
00:22:45.93\00:22:47.70
that the priest
could not have any blemish?
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And that the victim
could not have any blemish?
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Now you say, why in the
world do you have a priest
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without blemish and you
have a victim without blemish?
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I will explain it.
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You see, in the Old Testament
system you needed a priest
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and you needed a victim.
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But those two symbols
are fulfilled in one person;
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in Jesus Christ.
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You see, Jesus is the
Priest, the blameless Priest,
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the unblemished Priest,
who offers Himself as a victim.
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So He is the unblemished
Priest that offers Himself
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as the unblemished victim.
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That's what we find in
Scripture in Hebrews 7:26-27.
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Go with me to Hebrews 7:26-27.
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So Jesus is the
Priest, the blameless Priest,
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that offers
Himself as the sacrifice.
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It says there in
Hebrews 7:26-27...
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"...who does not need
daily, as those high priests..."
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That is, the high
priests of the Old Testament.
00:24:01.34\00:24:03.17
So who is the Priest? Jesus.
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Who is the victim? Jesus.
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Both had no blemish.
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Are you following me?
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Now, let's read a
statement that we find in the
00:24:24.63\00:24:28.36
writings of Ellen White.
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This is a beautiful statement.
00:24:29.76\00:24:31.10
Desire of Ages, page 753.
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If you still don't believe
that Jesus died for the sins
00:24:33.34\00:24:35.30
of the whole world,
listen to this statement.
00:24:35.34\00:24:37.74
Desire of Ages, 753.
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What is a substitute?
00:24:45.48\00:24:46.82
Someone who takes our place.
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The word, "surety,"
means He's a guarantee, right?
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How much of the
iniquity was laid upon Him?
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Of us all.
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Was He a transgressor?
00:25:09.97\00:25:11.31
No, He was counted or
reckoned a transgressor
00:25:11.34\00:25:14.08
because He was bearing our sins.
00:25:14.11\00:25:15.54
The what? The sin of what?
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"...every descendant of Adam
was pressing upon His heart."
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So did Jesus bear the sins of
all of the descendants of Adam?
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Absolutely.
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Both those who will be saved
and those who will be lost.
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Jesus bore their sins.
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And so you're
saying, "Well, that means
00:25:45.81\00:25:47.14
everybody is going to be saved."
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No. You need to
come to our next lecture.
00:25:48.54\00:25:50.11
Because we're
going to study John 3:16.
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You know, people love
the first half of the verse.
00:25:53.55\00:25:55.35
"For God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son."
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Hallelujah. Praise the Lord.
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But the second half says that,
"...whosoever believes in Him
00:25:59.12\00:26:01.56
should not perish, but
have everlasting life."
00:26:01.76\00:26:04.09
So what Jesus did in
the camp and in the court
00:26:04.13\00:26:07.53
is for everyone.
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But you have to claim it
in order to benefit from it.
00:26:09.30\00:26:14.64
Now let's take a look
at the last three cries
00:26:14.90\00:26:18.47
of Jesus on the cross.
00:26:18.51\00:26:20.08
The last three cries of Jesus.
00:26:20.11\00:26:22.04
You know, people speak
about the seven words that
00:26:22.24\00:26:24.48
Jesus spoke from the cross.
00:26:24.51\00:26:25.91
You've heard about that?
00:26:26.11\00:26:27.45
You know, during
holy week in Latin America
00:26:27.48\00:26:29.38
they have an entire week
of sermons, and each sermon
00:26:29.48\00:26:34.16
studies one of the
sayings of Jesus on the cross.
00:26:34.19\00:26:37.06
Let's take a look
at the last three cries
00:26:37.19\00:26:40.16
of Jesus on the cross.
00:26:40.20\00:26:41.53
The first is
found in Matthew 27:46.
00:26:41.76\00:26:45.33
Matthew 27:46
00:26:45.37\00:26:47.90
Then after that, we're
going to read Isaiah 59:2.
00:26:48.10\00:26:52.41
Notice Matthew 27:46.
00:26:52.44\00:26:55.41
This is a very short verse.
00:26:55.61\00:26:56.98
That is a cry of
Jesus on the cross.
00:27:04.79\00:27:09.36
It wasn't the last, it
wasn't the next to the last.
00:27:09.39\00:27:11.76
It was the
third before the last.
00:27:11.79\00:27:13.93
Now He says, "Why
have You forsaken Me?"
00:27:14.13\00:27:17.20
He's crying out to God.
00:27:17.23\00:27:18.57
Incidentally, the last three
saying, He's crying out to God.
00:27:18.60\00:27:21.70
The first four sayings,
He's not speaking only to God,
00:27:21.90\00:27:24.87
He's also speaking
to individuals that are
00:27:25.07\00:27:27.08
at the foot of the cross, etc.
00:27:27.11\00:27:28.44
But the last three
statements of Jesus
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are directed at the Father.
00:27:30.61\00:27:32.18
Now the question is,
why did Jesus cry out,
00:27:32.58\00:27:34.98
"My God, My God, why
have You forsaken Me?"
00:27:35.02\00:27:38.42
Notice Isaiah 59:2
gives us the reason why Jesus
00:27:38.45\00:27:42.09
felt separated from Him Father.
00:27:42.12\00:27:43.73
It says in Isaiah 59:2...
00:27:44.46\00:27:46.73
So what is it that
led Jesus to cry out,
00:27:59.11\00:28:01.24
"My God, My God, why
have You forsaken Me?"
00:28:01.28\00:28:04.01
The fact that He was
separated from His Father
00:28:04.28\00:28:08.02
because He was bearing what?
00:28:08.05\00:28:10.19
Because He was
bearing the sins of the world.
00:28:10.42\00:28:12.65
The sins of the world separated
Him from His own Father.
00:28:12.75\00:28:16.96
And He felt
forsaken by His Father.
00:28:17.19\00:28:19.79
In fact, in Gethsemane He
begged His Father three times
00:28:19.83\00:28:22.73
that if the cup of the Father's
wrath could pass from Him
00:28:22.93\00:28:27.07
that it would be so.
00:28:27.27\00:28:28.60
Nevertheless, He said, "Not
My will be done, but Yours."
00:28:28.64\00:28:31.21
And the Bible tells us
that in the garden of Gethsemane
00:28:31.31\00:28:33.98
He sweated great drops of
blood because of the anguish
00:28:34.01\00:28:37.51
of feeling
separated from His Father.
00:28:37.55\00:28:39.71
He was drinking the
cup of the Father's wrath.
00:28:39.75\00:28:42.55
And on the cross He
felt forsaken by His Father,
00:28:42.95\00:28:45.45
because sin separates from God.
00:28:45.49\00:28:48.82
Let's notice the next to
last cry of Jesus on the cross.
00:28:49.49\00:28:54.23
It's found in John 19:30.
00:28:54.73\00:28:57.07
And remember that
here He is speaking
00:28:57.10\00:28:58.90
to His Father once again.
00:28:58.93\00:29:00.87
It's very short. Three words.
00:29:00.97\00:29:03.51
Now the question
is, what was finished?
00:29:07.54\00:29:09.54
When Jesus says to His
Father, "It is finished,"
00:29:09.84\00:29:12.35
what did Jesus mean?
00:29:12.38\00:29:13.72
I'll make it simple for you.
00:29:13.82\00:29:15.78
Then I'll read a statement
from the spirit of prophecy.
00:29:15.82\00:29:17.82
What He was saying is, "Father,
I have lived a perfect life,
00:29:17.85\00:29:21.96
and now I have paid
the penalty for sin.
00:29:22.09\00:29:24.83
I have finished making
provision for salvation
00:29:25.23\00:29:28.80
of every single
human being on the planet."
00:29:28.83\00:29:31.50
In other words, the provision
for salvation is finished.
00:29:32.20\00:29:35.90
It is complete.
00:29:35.94\00:29:37.27
No one has to live a
perfect life anymore.
00:29:37.31\00:29:39.24
No one has to
die for sin anymore.
00:29:39.27\00:29:41.41
As long as they
meet the conditions
00:29:41.44\00:29:44.21
they can be saved now,
because the provision is full
00:29:44.61\00:29:47.88
and it is complete.
00:29:47.92\00:29:49.28
Ellen White comments in,
Desire of Ages, page 834,
00:29:49.85\00:29:54.32
when Jesus ascends to heaven
and meets with His Father,
00:29:54.72\00:29:58.33
something very interesting.
00:29:58.36\00:29:59.73
I read...
00:29:59.76\00:30:01.10
"The compact..."
That is, the covenant.
00:30:09.40\00:30:11.67
"Now He declares..."
00:30:14.14\00:30:15.48
Now He's in the
presence of the Father.
00:30:15.51\00:30:16.85
He resurrected, went to heaven.
00:30:16.88\00:30:18.65
And He's going to go to
His Father to ask His Father
00:30:18.68\00:30:21.32
if His sacrifice is sufficient.
00:30:21.35\00:30:23.72
It says, "Now He declares..."
00:30:23.75\00:30:25.09
What did Jesus
say to His Father?
00:30:34.00\00:30:35.76
"I have completed
the work of redemption."
00:30:35.80\00:30:37.83
And you say, "How is it
that Ellen White then says
00:30:37.87\00:30:40.10
that Jesus went to
heaven to complete the work
00:30:40.14\00:30:42.20
that He began on earth?"
00:30:42.24\00:30:43.57
We're going to study
that a little bit later.
00:30:43.61\00:30:44.97
Because people
say Ellen White talks
00:30:45.01\00:30:46.44
out of both sides of her mouth.
00:30:46.47\00:30:47.81
No, she doesn't talk out
of both sides of her mouth.
00:30:47.84\00:30:49.98
You just have to take
what she says in context;
00:30:50.15\00:30:53.01
when it is said
and why it is said.
00:30:53.05\00:30:56.15
But here it clearly says,
"Jesus says to His Father,
00:30:56.45\00:30:59.15
'I have completed
the work of redemption.'"
00:30:59.19\00:31:01.32
But He completed
the work of redemption
00:31:01.52\00:31:03.39
as a provision.
00:31:03.43\00:31:04.76
But He has not applied
the benefits of that provision
00:31:05.49\00:31:09.26
to all of those who come to Him.
00:31:09.30\00:31:11.07
Are you with me or not?
00:31:11.10\00:31:12.43
In that sense, He went to
heaven to complete the work
00:31:12.47\00:31:15.30
that He began on earth.
00:31:15.34\00:31:16.67
And then Jesus
says to His Father,
00:31:17.07\00:31:19.37
"If Thy justice is satisfied..."
00:31:19.41\00:31:21.78
"I want to bring My people home.
00:31:27.95\00:31:29.55
Is what I have done sufficient
to bring My people home?
00:31:30.25\00:31:32.95
I need to know whether it is."
00:31:32.99\00:31:34.32
And the Father says
to Jesus, "It is enough.
00:31:34.36\00:31:37.83
Someday You will be able
to bring Your people home."
00:31:38.09\00:31:41.23
And then Jesus makes His
last declaration from the cross.
00:31:41.73\00:31:45.40
It's found in Luke 23:46.
00:31:45.43\00:31:48.70
Jesus says to His Father...
00:31:49.34\00:31:50.91
What was Jesus saying
when He stated to His Father,
00:31:56.34\00:32:00.08
"Into Your hands I
commend My spirit"?
00:32:00.12\00:32:02.58
What Jesus was saying
is, "Father, You said that if
00:32:02.85\00:32:06.79
I fulfilled My part of
the covenant, that even though
00:32:06.82\00:32:12.26
I should die, that You
were going to safeguard My life
00:32:12.29\00:32:16.06
and I was going to resurrect."
00:32:16.10\00:32:17.67
Jesus is saying to His
Father, "Safeguard My life.
00:32:17.70\00:32:21.14
Because You have promised
that death is not the end.
00:32:21.17\00:32:23.84
That You will return My spirit
to Me, and I will resurrect."
00:32:23.87\00:32:29.01
And so Jesus basically
is saying, "I've completed
00:32:29.11\00:32:32.41
the provision for salvation.
00:32:32.45\00:32:34.22
The benefits are
available, My perfect life
00:32:34.42\00:32:37.32
and My death for sin, for
every sinner who has ever lived
00:32:37.35\00:32:41.82
in the history of planet earth."
00:32:41.86\00:32:44.36
And He commends His
spirit into the safe keeping
00:32:44.39\00:32:48.03
of His Father.
00:32:48.06\00:32:49.40
Now there was
another piece of furniture
00:32:49.70\00:32:51.93
in the court of the Sanctuary.
00:32:51.97\00:32:55.87
And that piece of
furniture was found between
00:32:56.24\00:32:59.01
the altar of sacrifice and
the Holy Place in the tent.
00:32:59.04\00:33:04.01
Go with me to Exodus 40:7
that gives us the location
00:33:04.48\00:33:09.58
of this piece of
furniture in the Sanctuary.
00:33:09.68\00:33:13.56
Exodus 40:7
00:33:13.59\00:33:16.89
This is known as the laver.
00:33:17.09\00:33:19.56
It was a receptacle
that had water in it.
00:33:19.79\00:33:22.56
Water for cleansing.
00:33:22.60\00:33:23.93
Water for washing.
00:33:24.03\00:33:25.63
It says there in Exodus 40:7...
00:33:25.97\00:33:28.37
So it's between
the tent and the altar.
00:33:35.28\00:33:37.88
You have the altar, then you
have the laver with the water,
00:33:37.91\00:33:41.08
and then you have the tent.
00:33:41.12\00:33:43.35
And it continues saying...
00:33:43.39\00:33:44.75
So the laver had water.
00:33:47.99\00:33:49.66
Now I want you
to notice that Jesus
00:33:49.92\00:33:52.56
is walking
through the Sanctuary.
00:33:52.59\00:33:54.03
Where does He begin His work?
00:33:54.06\00:33:55.56
He begins it in the camp by
living His perfect life, right?
00:33:55.90\00:33:59.37
Then He moves where?
00:33:59.80\00:34:01.24
To the altar
where He's sacrificed.
00:34:01.67\00:34:04.11
Then when He enters the
Holy Place, He's going to
00:34:04.51\00:34:07.51
begin His work as what?
00:34:07.54\00:34:09.34
As Intercessor.
00:34:09.48\00:34:10.81
So let me ask you, what
would the laver represent?
00:34:10.85\00:34:13.08
Does the laver represent
something between His death
00:34:13.11\00:34:15.95
and when He goes
into the Holy Place?
00:34:15.98\00:34:17.55
It must be.
00:34:17.85\00:34:19.19
Because chronologically,
Jesus is going step by step.
00:34:19.35\00:34:23.26
He lives His
perfect life in the camp.
00:34:23.29\00:34:24.99
He dies at the altar.
00:34:25.26\00:34:26.83
At the laver He must do
something that takes place
00:34:27.13\00:34:30.40
before He enters the
Holy Place of the Sanctuary
00:34:30.43\00:34:33.94
upon His ascension.
00:34:33.97\00:34:35.30
So you say, "Pastor Bohr, what
is represented by the laver,
00:34:35.50\00:34:40.31
which comes after
His death on the altar
00:34:40.34\00:34:43.18
and before He
appears before His Father
00:34:43.21\00:34:46.68
when He ascends to heaven?"
00:34:46.72\00:34:48.45
Well, the bottom line is
that the laver represents
00:34:49.22\00:34:52.69
His resurrection from the dead.
00:34:52.72\00:34:55.56
Let's notice Titus 3:5.
00:34:56.09\00:34:59.56
Titus 3:5
00:34:59.76\00:35:02.63
We're going to read
this verse, then I'm going to
00:35:02.66\00:35:04.17
make some comments about it.
00:35:04.20\00:35:05.97
Now notice the two key words.
00:35:30.73\00:35:32.29
"...washing of
regeneration," and then it says,
00:35:32.93\00:35:36.90
"and renewing of
the Holy Spirit."
00:35:36.93\00:35:39.17
Now we need to
examine particularly the word,
00:35:39.20\00:35:42.90
"regeneration,"
that is used here.
00:35:42.94\00:35:45.34
It is only used three
times in the New Testament,
00:35:46.04\00:35:48.81
the word, "regeneration."
00:35:48.84\00:35:50.38
And basically, it is
a compound Greek word.
00:35:50.85\00:35:53.88
In other words, it's
composed of two Greek words;
00:35:53.92\00:35:56.45
a preposition and a verb.
00:35:56.82\00:36:00.06
In Greek it's very
common for verbs to have
00:36:00.29\00:36:03.19
prepositional prefixes.
00:36:03.39\00:36:05.76
Now the two words are,
"palig," which means, "again,"
00:36:05.99\00:36:11.17
and the word, "genesia,"
which means, "to live."
00:36:11.63\00:36:16.54
So basically the
word, "regeneration,"
00:36:16.74\00:36:20.38
means, "to live," what?
00:36:20.41\00:36:23.04
To live again.
00:36:23.08\00:36:24.75
And water is related to what?
00:36:25.35\00:36:28.22
To living again, in this verse.
00:36:28.25\00:36:30.89
Now it's interesting to
notice that this same word
00:36:31.15\00:36:34.59
is used in two other
places in the New Testament.
00:36:34.69\00:36:38.36
Let me mention
those places for you.
00:36:38.39\00:36:40.73
In the parallel passages, in
Mark 10:30 and in Luke 18:30,
00:36:40.76\00:36:46.84
it's not
translated, "regeneration."
00:36:48.04\00:36:51.27
It is translated,
"the age to come."
00:36:51.54\00:36:54.84
Now let me ask you,
what is the dividing point
00:36:55.61\00:36:58.15
between this age
and the age to come?
00:36:58.18\00:37:00.62
It is the resurrection.
00:37:01.38\00:37:02.72
Let me prove it to you.
00:37:02.75\00:37:04.09
Go with me to Luke 20:34-36.
00:37:04.12\00:37:08.22
Luke 20:34-36
00:37:08.26\00:37:12.06
This is the imaginary
scenario of the seven spouses.
00:37:12.33\00:37:16.70
Remember the
seven spouses that died?
00:37:16.73\00:37:18.53
Now notice what we
find in Luke 20:34-36.
00:37:18.63\00:37:22.87
"...this age..."
00:37:28.58\00:37:29.91
That's the time
that we live in, right?
00:37:33.68\00:37:36.25
"...that age..."
00:37:41.16\00:37:42.49
That's the future age, right?
00:37:42.72\00:37:44.33
And what is the next expression,
"...and the..." what?
00:37:44.93\00:37:47.40
"...and the
resurrection from the dead..."
00:37:47.76\00:37:49.33
What is it that divides
this age from the next age?
00:37:49.36\00:37:52.07
The resurrection.
00:37:52.33\00:37:53.67
And remember that this
is the same translation
00:37:53.70\00:37:57.97
of the word that we
just noticed; "paliggenesia."
00:37:58.01\00:38:00.68
And so it says, "But
those who are counted worthy..."
00:38:01.01\00:38:03.28
So what is
represented by the laver
00:38:22.03\00:38:25.67
or the water of regeneration?
00:38:25.70\00:38:27.80
It has to do with what?
00:38:27.84\00:38:29.40
It has to do with the
resurrection of Jesus.
00:38:29.44\00:38:33.44
So the laver represents the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
00:38:33.61\00:38:37.41
Are you following me or not?
00:38:37.45\00:38:38.78
In a few moments I'm going
to give you additional evidence.
00:38:38.81\00:38:41.25
Now a question that
often comes up is this:
00:38:41.55\00:38:44.35
Who resurrected Jesus?
00:38:44.85\00:38:47.59
You know, if you look at the
Bible, sometimes it says that
00:38:48.12\00:38:50.56
God the Father
resurrected Jesus.
00:38:50.59\00:38:52.09
In fact, most of the
time it says God the Father
00:38:52.13\00:38:54.23
resurrected Jesus.
00:38:54.26\00:38:55.60
There's a few text that
say that the Holy Spirit
00:38:56.00\00:38:58.83
resurrected Jesus.
00:38:58.87\00:39:00.20
And then there is one text
that we're going to look at
00:39:00.70\00:39:04.17
that gives the impression
that Jesus resurrected Himself.
00:39:04.27\00:39:07.08
So the question is,
who resurrected Jesus?
00:39:07.18\00:39:10.08
Well, let's take a
look at John 10:17-18
00:39:10.65\00:39:14.25
and let's read it carefully,
00:39:14.38\00:39:16.18
and let's read
both verses completely.
00:39:16.22\00:39:18.55
John 10:17-18
00:39:18.95\00:39:22.42
It says there,
Jesus is speaking...
00:39:23.49\00:39:25.53
Now that's not a good
translation of the Greek word,
00:39:42.18\00:39:45.15
"I have power..."
00:39:45.18\00:39:46.51
There is a word for
power in the New Testament.
00:39:46.88\00:39:49.02
It's the word,
"dunamis," that we get the word,
00:39:49.05\00:39:51.49
"dynamite," from.
00:39:51.52\00:39:52.85
This is not the word, "dunamis."
00:39:52.89\00:39:54.26
This is the word, "exousia."
00:39:54.29\00:39:56.46
It should be
translated, "authority."
00:39:57.19\00:39:59.66
So notice what it continues
saying here in John 10:17.
00:39:59.93\00:40:06.87
"I have
authority to lay it down,
00:40:15.14\00:40:17.81
I have authority
to take it up again."
00:40:17.85\00:40:20.45
Why did Jesus have
authority to lay it down
00:40:20.48\00:40:23.05
and take it up again?
00:40:23.08\00:40:24.42
See, we've got to read the
last little phrase of the verse.
00:40:25.69\00:40:28.76
He says what?
00:40:29.62\00:40:31.33
So did the Father have
to give authority to Jesus
00:40:36.67\00:40:40.67
to come out of the
grave through the life
00:40:40.70\00:40:42.97
that was within Jesus Himself?
00:40:43.00\00:40:44.97
Absolutely.
00:40:45.01\00:40:46.34
The text tells us it does.
00:40:46.37\00:40:47.88
Now let me read you
an amazing statement from
00:40:48.28\00:40:50.48
the spirit of prophecy.
00:40:50.51\00:40:51.85
This is in, The Youth's
Instructor, May 2, 1901.
00:40:51.88\00:40:55.75
Jesus was in the
tomb, a prisoner of what?
00:41:11.43\00:41:13.67
Whose divine justice?
00:41:14.37\00:41:15.77
The Father's divine justice.
00:41:16.10\00:41:17.97
Jesus was responsible to
the Judge of the universe,
00:41:22.78\00:41:25.98
because Jesus bore
the sins of the world.
00:41:26.01\00:41:27.98
And then she states...
00:41:28.02\00:41:29.68
So what happens?
00:41:36.93\00:41:38.26
Jesus resurrects with the
power that is within Himself.
00:41:38.29\00:41:40.86
But His Father authorizes
Him to resurrect by the life
00:41:41.13\00:41:45.40
that is within Himself.
00:41:45.43\00:41:46.77
In other words, if the
Father had not called Jesus
00:41:47.07\00:41:49.90
from the tomb, there
would have been no resurrection.
00:41:49.94\00:41:53.88
Now, let me read
you a statement about
00:41:54.71\00:41:57.65
the resurrection of
Christ, how it happened.
00:41:57.68\00:41:59.85
It's found in,
The Story of Jesus,
00:42:00.12\00:42:01.72
written by
Ellen White, page 155.
00:42:01.75\00:42:04.25
He just kind of pushed it aside.
00:42:18.60\00:42:20.00
Do you remember the last
words of Jesus on the cross?
00:42:33.11\00:42:35.28
"Father, into Your
hands I commend My spirit."
00:42:35.68\00:42:38.32
He's saying, "I commend
My life into Your hands."
00:42:38.35\00:42:40.29
Does the Father
call Him out afterwards?
00:42:40.89\00:42:43.39
Yes. Did the Father
preserve His life or His spirit?
00:42:43.49\00:42:46.73
Absolutely.
00:42:46.76\00:42:48.10
Now she continues saying...
00:42:48.30\00:42:49.76
Powerful statement.
00:43:01.68\00:43:03.35
And so, who resurrected Jesus?
00:43:03.78\00:43:05.65
It was by command of the Father
that Jesus could take up His
00:43:05.75\00:43:09.62
own life, because the Father had
given Him authority to do so.
00:43:09.65\00:43:13.89
It says so in John 10:18.
00:43:13.92\00:43:17.36
Incidentally, do you
know that the Jewish feasts
00:43:17.93\00:43:20.73
follow the same order
of the ministry of Jesus?
00:43:20.83\00:43:23.63
First of all, we
have the Passover.
00:43:25.57\00:43:28.50
That's His death.
00:43:29.04\00:43:30.37
Then we have Unleavened Bread.
00:43:30.97\00:43:33.27
That's His burial.
00:43:33.61\00:43:34.94
Then you have First Fruits.
00:43:35.64\00:43:37.65
That's His resurrection.
00:43:37.95\00:43:40.22
And then you have
the day of Pentecost.
00:43:40.48\00:43:43.52
That's when He begins to
officiate in the Holy Place
00:43:43.55\00:43:46.99
of the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:43:47.02\00:43:48.36
So the Hebrew feasts follow
the order of the steps of Jesus
00:43:48.39\00:43:52.39
in the plan of salvation.
00:43:52.43\00:43:54.10
Now let's go back to
the idea of the laver,
00:43:54.40\00:43:57.70
the laver of regeneration, which
represents the resurrection.
00:43:57.73\00:44:01.87
When Jesus
resurrected from the dead,
00:44:03.34\00:44:05.41
did He leave every
vestige of death behind?
00:44:05.44\00:44:08.54
Did He totally
cleanse Himself from death?
00:44:08.58\00:44:10.91
Notice Romans 6:9-10.
00:44:11.65\00:44:14.68
Romans 6:9-10
00:44:14.72\00:44:18.05
You see, just like
the... Listen carefully.
00:44:18.55\00:44:20.72
Just as the priest would
wash himself totally clean
00:44:20.76\00:44:25.13
before He entered the
Holy Place to do a work of
00:44:25.49\00:44:29.16
intercession, Jesus had to
wash Himself from every vestige
00:44:29.20\00:44:33.84
of sin before He
could enter His service
00:44:33.87\00:44:37.94
in the heavenly
Sanctuary in the Holy Place.
00:44:38.04\00:44:40.84
When the priest
offered the sacrifice,
00:44:41.78\00:44:43.88
do you think that he
was stained with blood?
00:44:44.08\00:44:45.95
That he had the signs
of death upon himself?
00:44:46.15\00:44:48.75
Of course.
00:44:48.78\00:44:50.12
So what did he have to do
before he entered the Holy Place
00:44:50.15\00:44:52.65
to minister in the Holy Place?
00:44:52.69\00:44:54.09
He had to go to the laver and
he had to wash off every sign
00:44:54.12\00:44:58.06
or every vestige of death.
00:44:58.09\00:44:59.73
He had to be
totally cleansed from death
00:45:00.30\00:45:02.50
and from signs of death.
00:45:02.53\00:45:03.87
And you know, the Bible
says that touching a dead body
00:45:03.90\00:45:06.90
defiles, doesn't it?
00:45:06.94\00:45:08.54
That's what the
writings of Moses says.
00:45:08.57\00:45:10.84
Now notice once
again Romans 6:9-10.
00:45:11.17\00:45:14.18
So let me ask you, did Jesus
totally leave death behind?
00:45:32.19\00:45:35.80
Did He, so to speak,
cleanse Himself from death
00:45:35.83\00:45:38.83
when He resurrected from
the dead to enter His next stage
00:45:38.87\00:45:43.17
in the plan of salvation?
00:45:43.20\00:45:44.81
Absolutely.
00:45:45.24\00:45:46.57
So you'll notice then
that Jesus is following the
00:45:46.68\00:45:49.64
sequence of the Sanctuary.
00:45:49.68\00:45:51.28
He goes to the camp,
lives His perfect life
00:45:51.81\00:45:54.62
as the blameless Lamb.
00:45:54.65\00:45:55.98
He goes to the altar,
at the altar of sacrifice,
00:45:56.38\00:45:59.65
He bears the sins of the
world and He suffers death.
00:45:59.85\00:46:03.29
At the laver He
resurrects from the dead,
00:46:03.63\00:46:06.43
totally cleanses Himself
from every vestige of death.
00:46:06.46\00:46:10.67
And in this way, He's totally
clean to enter the next function
00:46:10.93\00:46:15.60
of His ministry which
takes place in the Holy Place
00:46:15.64\00:46:19.57
of the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:46:19.61\00:46:21.34
Now, a question that
I ask quite frequently
00:46:22.44\00:46:27.25
wherever I go is
whether Jesus forgave
00:46:27.68\00:46:32.15
people's sins at the cross?
00:46:32.19\00:46:33.89
And you know, I'm amazed
at the answer I get in most
00:46:34.62\00:46:38.23
Seventh-day Adventist churches.
00:46:38.26\00:46:39.79
Not to say what
non-Adventists would say.
00:46:40.73\00:46:43.16
You know, whenever I
ask, "Did Jesus forgive
00:46:43.93\00:46:46.67
people's sins when
He died on the cross,"
00:46:46.70\00:46:49.14
almost always the resounding
answer is, "Yes, He forgave
00:46:49.40\00:46:52.94
everybody's sins at the cross."
00:46:52.97\00:46:54.71
But the fact is, folks,
that Jesus did not forgive
00:46:55.64\00:46:58.35
people's sins at the cross.
00:46:58.38\00:46:59.85
You say, "Now what do you mean?"
00:47:00.62\00:47:02.62
Listen, at the
cross Jesus made provision
00:47:03.22\00:47:06.69
to forgive people's sins.
00:47:06.72\00:47:08.39
He provided the means
whereby sins could be forgiven,
00:47:09.12\00:47:13.23
but He did not forgive
people's sins at the cross.
00:47:13.33\00:47:16.77
You say, "Now,
what do you mean?"
00:47:17.50\00:47:19.03
Let me ask you,
what is the importance
00:47:19.63\00:47:21.54
of the resurrection of Jesus?
00:47:21.57\00:47:23.04
Why did Jesus resurrect?
00:47:23.14\00:47:24.67
Listen, folks, Jesus
resurrected because He
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had another function to
perform in the Sanctuary.
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If Jesus simply had
died and gone to the grave
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and He had stayed dead,
all of us would be lost.
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We would still be in our sins.
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Because Jesus has to
fulfill an additional function
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in the Holy
Place of the Sanctuary,
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and He has to be alive to do it.
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And so He had to resurrect
to be able now to go to heaven
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to give forgiveness to
those who claim the benefits
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of the life and
the death of Jesus.
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Now let's notice Romans 4:25.
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Romans 4:25
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A very interesting verse.
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Speaking about Jesus, it says...
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That's another way
of saying, for our what?
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For our sins, right.
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Other versions say that He was
raised for our justification.
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So why was Jesus raised?
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So that He could what?
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So that He could justify us.
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And you say, "Now wait a minute.
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What is justification?"
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Well let me read you a statement
from the spirit of prophecy.
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This is found in the
book, Faith and Works, page 103.
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If you've never read that
book, I would really recommend
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that you read that book.
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It's a phenomenal book.
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It's small, but it
has a series of articles
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that Ellen White wrote
in, Signs of the Times,
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and, Review and Herald,
on righteousness by faith.
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And this is a short
statement, but very significant.
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Because we just read
that Jesus was raised
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for our justification.
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In other words, He was raised
so that He could justify us.
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Now what is justification?
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Folks, it's simply a
fancy theological word
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that means, to
receive pardon or forgiveness.
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When you are forgiven,
or when you are pardoned,
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at that moment you
receive justification.
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Notice this statement...
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Did you catch that?
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So whenever you read the
writings of the apostle Paul...
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Which he wrote some things
that are hard to be understood,
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according to
his colleague Peter.
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So whenever you find
the word, "justification,"
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you know that it means what?
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It means pardon or forgiveness.
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So why was Jesus raised?
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He was raised so
that we could be what?
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So that we could be forgiven.
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So did He forgive
people at the cross?
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No, He forgives
people after His what?
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After His resurrection.
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Now let me give you another
text that clearly proves this.
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Go with me to 1 Corinthians
15, and we'll read verses 13-17.
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This is a powerful passage
on the resurrection of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 15:13-17
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How important is the
resurrection of Jesus?
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It's a matter of life and death.
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Notice what it
continues saying in verse 15.
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So in other words, why
would we even bother to
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preach that Jesus resurrected?
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We'd be lying.
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So preaching would be futile.
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It would be worthless.
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Verse 16...
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Now here comes the
key verse, verse 17...
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Did Jesus forgive
people's sins at the cross?
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No.
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When do people
receive forgiveness?
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It's after Jesus
what? Resurrects.
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Because it say, you know,
if Jesus did not resurrect,
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you're still in your sins.
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So His death did not
take care of individual sins.
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It made
provision to forgive sin.
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But it did not in actuality
forgive the sins of individuals.
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You say, "Why not?"
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It's very simple.
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You know, all I have
to do is read one verse.
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And we're going to
study this in our next study.
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We're going to study
about Jesus, our Advocate,
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our Intercessor, our Mediator.
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See, that's the next
stage in the ministry of Christ
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in the heavenly Sanctuary.
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If Jesus does not
fulfill that next stage,
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everything is lost.
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Yes, Jesus would
have lived a perfect life.
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Yeah, He would have died
carrying the sins of the world.
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But there would
be no forgiveness.
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Because it's in the Holy
Place when Jesus takes His life
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and gives it to those who
repent of sin, confess sin,
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and have faith in Jesus.
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It's when you
receive Jesus as your Savior
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that Jesus takes His
death that He suffered for sin
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and He places His
death to your account
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so that you don't
have to die eternally.
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Are you following me or not?
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But it must be claimed.
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You say, "Which verse is
that, just one verse that proves
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that forgiveness did
not come at the cross?"
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1 John 1:9
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1 John 1:9
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"If we confess our sins..."
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Is that a conditional statement?
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"If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just..." to what?
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"...to forgive us
our sins and cleanse us
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from all unrighteousness."
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When does forgiveness come,
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at the cross or
when I confess my sins?
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When I confess them.
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So forgiveness is when
I claim what Jesus did.
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The provision is complete.
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His life is enough to be in
place of everyone's sinful life.
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And His death is
sufficient to pay for the death
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of every single person.
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Bu unless we claim it, we
will still be in our sins.
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Are you following me or not?
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And that's the next stage of
the ministry of Jesus Christ.
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Now what arguments
were answered by the death
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of Jesus on the cross?
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Number one, God is
no respecter of persons,
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because He did
not spare His own Son.
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See, the original argument
was, "Oh, God has favorites.
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You know, He favors His
Son above everybody else."
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But when He sent Him to
die, He didn't even spare Him.
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Second, God proved
true in His word and just.
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It was proved that
the wages of sin is death.
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Sin was punished.
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The justice of God was executed
upon Jesus, our substitute.
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But also the love
of God was revealed
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because sinners need
not suffer the penalty.
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Jesus suffered the penalty.
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If we accept Him, His death
counts as if it were our death.
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So the Godhead takes death upon
itself, thus showing God's love.
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Sin is punished.
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God's justices is
satisfied, but at the same time
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He shows His love
because He suffers the penalty
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instead of us having
to suffer the penalty.
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Did Jesus show that it's
possible to keep God's holy law?
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You better believe He did.
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He was tempted in all
things, yet without sin.
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Did God show
that He's not selfish?
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Oh, absolutely.
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"For God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son."
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The most precious
thing in the universe.
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God is a giving God.
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God is a God who serves.
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It reminds me of the
time that Jesus says,
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"The Son of Man has not
come to be served, but to serve,
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and to give His
life a ransom for many."
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See, the devil had
said, "God is selfish.
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God is a respecter of persons.
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God cannot be just
and save the sinner.
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God doesn't love, because He has
to punish the sinner with death.
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And the law can't be kept."
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All of these things
were answered through
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the first two stages of the
ministration of Jesus Christ.
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Are you with me?
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Now, this still did not
answer all of the questions
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of the heavenly
beings of the universe,
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or even the human
beings on this earth.
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There were still things
that needed to be clarified
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before the
inhabitants of the universe.
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Jesus still needed to
perform a work in the Holy Place
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and in the Most Holy Place.
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And in the court when He brought
the sins out of the Sanctuary.
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Only when Jesus completed His
total ministry in the Sanctuary
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would the entire universe
be clear on every aspect
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of the character of God.
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I want to end by reading
from, Desire of Ages, 761.
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This is when Jesus died.
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And now comes the part of
the statement that I consider
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the most important, and
will set the stage for our study
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in our next lecture.
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"He," that is man, "must
choose whom he will serve."
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So the next step has
to do with human choice.
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The heavenly beings
are going to see now
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who is going to benefit
from what Jesus did by His life
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and by His death on the cross.
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The angels are going
to see that it is possible
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for the sinner to be saved and
for God to be righteous and true
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and loving in all of His
dealings with human beings.
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So the next step
has to do with choice.
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When man chooses
Jesus as Savior and Lord,
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there's a new revelation
to the angels of heaven
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and to men
concerning the character of God.
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So don't miss the next
exciting episode of this series.
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