Well greetings, everyone.
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I'm glad to see you
all out today to study
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a very important subject.
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Number five in this series
on the great controversy between
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good and evil, and how
God solves that problem
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through the Sanctuary service.
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Before we begin
our study this evening,
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we want to ask for the Lord's
guidance as we study together.
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So I invite you to bow
your heads with me as we ask for
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the Lord's blessing as we study.
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Father in heaven, thank You
for the privilege of being here.
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We need Your wisdom,
we need Your knowledge,
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we need understanding.
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And so we ask that the Holy
Spirit, through the ministry
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of the angels, will be in
our midst to enlighten our minds
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and open our hearts.
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And we thank You for hearing
our prayer, for we ask it
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in the precious
name of Jesus, amen.
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I'd like to begin our
study today by reading a passage
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that all of us
probably can repeat from memory.
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I'm referring to John 14:1-3.
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What Seventh-day Adventist
would not be able to repeat
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those verses from memory?
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Anyway, this is what it
says, Jesus is speaking...
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Notice, Jesus doesn't
say, "I'm going to heaven
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to prepare mansions."
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The mansions were
there when Jesus said it.
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So He says...
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And you know, I'm not saying
that Jesus didn't go to heaven
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to prepare a
beautiful place for us to go to.
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But that is not
the primary meaning.
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That might be a
secondary meaning.
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Jesus went to heaven
to prepare a place for us
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through His work in the
Holy and the Most Holy Place,
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which is described
in the book of Hebrews
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and also described in
the book of Revelation.
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So He continues saying...
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Now we've studied so far about
the work of Jesus in the camp.
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He came to live His perfect
life, perfectly righteous life,
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in the camp.
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Then He moved to the court.
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And He died, so to speak,
at the altar of sacrifice.
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He bore the sins
of the whole world.
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Then at the laver, Jesus
resurrected from the dead
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so that He could enter
His new phase of ministry
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in the Holy Place of
the heavenly Sanctuary.
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So we followed Him
from the camp to the altar,
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to the laver.
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And now we are going to
follow Him into the Holy Place.
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That's where Jesus went
to prepare a place for us.
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Now somebody might
ask, "Why would He go there
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to prepare a place for us?
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Wasn't everything
resolved at the cross?"
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Allow me to read you a
statement from Ellen White,
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it's found in,
Desire of Ages, page 761,
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where she explains that
even after the death of Jesus,
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there were things to
explain to the heavenly beings
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about the great controversy.
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And man had to make a choice.
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I read now from,
Desire of Ages, 761.
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And now comes the
particular part of the statement
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that I would like to emphasize.
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"He," that is man, "must
choose whom he will serve."
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So the next stage in
the ministry of Jesus
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has to do with man's choice.
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The first stages have
nothing to do with man's choice.
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It has to do with God's choice.
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Isn't that true that
Jesus came to this world,
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that was God's choice?
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We didn't ask
Him to come, right?
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Isn't it true that Jesus
went to the cross and died
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because of God's grace,
not because we requested it?
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Isn't it true that
Jesus resurrected without us
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asking Him to resurrect?
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Of course.
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The first three stages
Jesus does for every single
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human being who has ever lived.
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It's God's initiative
apart from the choice of man.
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But the last stages
of the ministry of Christ
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has to do with man's response.
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In other words, it has
to do with man's choice.
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And therefore, Ellen
White explains, "Man must choose
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whom he will serve."
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So the work of Jesus in
the Holy Place has to do
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with man's
response or man's choice.
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The first stages of
Christ's ministration
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don't have to do
with man's choice.
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It has to do
with God's initiative.
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Now a big question that
comes up when we discuss
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what happened at the
cross is whether the atonement
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was finished at the cross.
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You know, back in, I
think it was 1979, Desmond Ford
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at Pacific Union College
argued that the atonement
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was finished at the cross and
that the Seventh-day Adventist
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Church is wrong in
saying that Jesus went to heaven
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to perform a work of atonement.
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Now Ellen White seems to talk
out of both sides of her mouth.
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And I underline
the word, "seems."
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She seems to talk out
of both sides of her mouth
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when she addresses whether
the atonement was completed
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on the cross or not.
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In some statements she appears
to say that the atonement
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was finished at
the cross of Calvary.
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In other statements she
seems to say, or she does say,
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that Jesus went to heaven to
complete the work of atonement.
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Now, there is no contradiction
in the writings of Ellen White.
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The contradiction is
in the minds of careless
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and superficial students of
the writings of Ellen White,
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and of Scripture, I might say.
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When you look at these
statements within their
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legitimate context and within
their legitimate emphasis,
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we find that there is no
contradiction whatsoever.
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Allow me to read you,
first of all, a statement from
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Ellen White where she
states that the atonement
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was finished at the cross.
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This is found in the
book, Desire of Ages, page 834.
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This is when Jesus goes
and appears before His Father
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at the ascension
in the Holy Place.
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"Now..." This is
after His ascension.
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"Now He declares..."
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Does Ellen White teach
that Jesus completed the work
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of redemption when He
said, "It is finished"?
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Yes she does.
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It's very clear.
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Once again, she says that
Jesus expresses to His Father,
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"I have completed the
work of Redemption..."
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That's the first
statement where Ellen White says
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the work of salvation
was completed at the cross.
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But now I want to read the
other statement which appears
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to be contradictory,
but really is not when you
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study it carefully.
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Great Controversy, page 489.
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Is that what Jesus
went to heaven to do?
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His intercession? Yes.
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Is His intercession as essential
as His death on the cross?
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Yes. These two
statements are talking about
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two different things; the
cross and His intercession.
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She continues saying...
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So see, He performed a work
on earth, but He went to heaven
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to complete the work.
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Now we're going to see
in a moment what this means.
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But allow me to
finish the statement.
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She continues saying, "We must
by faith enter within the veil."
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That's an important statement.
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What did Jesus
go to heaven to do?
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He went to heaven to
represent those who... What?
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...go to Him within the veil.
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Ellen White is not talking about
God's side of the equation.
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Ellen White is talking
about man's response by faith.
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Are you following me?
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Let's go to the statement again.
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She says, "We must by
faith enter within the veil..."
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Hebrews 6:20
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"...and through
His mediation..."
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Once again, it's
talking about His intercession
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in the Holy Place.
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Now, how do we
understand this then?
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Let's ask another
question. And it's this:
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Did Jesus forgive
people's sins at the cross?
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This is going to help us
answer the previous question,
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whether the atonement was
finished at the cross or not.
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Did Jesus forgive the sins
of individuals at the cross?
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You know, surprisingly
when I ask this question
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in Seventh-day Adventist
churches, most of the time
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the answer is a
resounding, "Yes.
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Jesus forgave the sins of
individuals at the cross."
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But the answer,
"Yes," is dangerously wrong.
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You see, Jesus, by His
righteous life and His death
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for sin, made sufficient
provision to forgive the sins
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of every single
person on planet earth.
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As provision.
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But the provision
must be personally claimed.
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As we shall see in this
particular lesson that we're
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studying, when the sinner
repents, confesses His sin,
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trusts in Jesus, and is
baptized, Jesus takes His
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perfect life and His death
for sin and He places those
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on the sinner's account.
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And God looks upon that sinner
as if he had never sinned.
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To use the words
of the apostle Paul,
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that sinner is accepted in the
Beloved because he has claimed
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that which Jesus did by
His life and by His death.
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When Jesus went to heaven,
He went into the Holy Place
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and He began His work as
Intercessor on behalf of those
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who repent, confess their
sins, and trust in Jesus Christ
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as a personal Savior.
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This is an individual choice.
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This is the response of man.
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Are you understanding the first
steps in the plan of redemption
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are God's initiative by
grace without our request?
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But what Jesus did in
the camp and in the court
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must be appropriated by faith,
it must be claimed by faith.
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Or else it does not have
any value for us personally.
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According to the
apostle Paul, David and Abraham,
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for example, were justified by
faith even in the Old Testament.
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Did David and
Abraham repent of their sins?
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Yes they did.
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Did they confess their sins?
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Most certainly they did.
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Did they have
faith in Jesus Christ?
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Yes.
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The only difference
between now and then is that
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they claimed Christ
as a future Redeemer,
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whereas we claim
Christ as one who already
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paid the penalty for sin.
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But the faith in Old
Testament times was focused on a
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future Jesus, and our faith is
focused on the Jesus who came.
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But all of the Old Testament
heroes had to appropriate Jesus,
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had to accept the provision,
in order for the provision
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to benefit them.
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I hope you're
understanding what we're saying.
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Now let me give you an example
so that we can understand
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this particular relationship
between the finished
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work of Christ in terms
of His life and His death...
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He does not need to live again,
He does not need to die again.
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That happened once for all.
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God's initiative.
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...and His completing the work,
which means now He intercedes
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for those who claim
what He did in the camp
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and in the court.
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The most famous verse in the
Bible, of course, is John 3:16.
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Hands down.
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Everybody that I know
has this committed to memory.
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But most people underline
the first half of the verse.
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And they kind of
forget that there's
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a second half to the verse.
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Now what does the verse say?
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Did the world ask
God to send His Son?
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Or was that God's
initiative by grace,
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by His love and His mercy?
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It was totally God's
initiative that He sent Him.
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But now notice the response.
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This is the Holy Place, by
the way, where we're going now.
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He became incarnate,
He lived a perfect life,
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He died for sin, He
resurrected on earth.
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But now comes the
second half of the verse.
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The second half says...
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That is the human response
to the initiative of God.
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I hope you're understanding.
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Now let me give you an
illustration so that you can
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understand what I mean.
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I want you to
imagine the owner of a bank.
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Now the owner of this
bank has limitless resources.
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I mean, there's no limit
whatsoever to the financial
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resources that
the bank owner has.
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And this bank owner, as
he looks upon this earth,
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he's filled
with sorrow and grief
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as he beholds the
inhabitants of planet earth
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burdened down with
debt, all kinds of debt.
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And so he, in his mercy, says,
"I'm going to set up an account
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in my bank that has enough
capital in it that anyone who
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comes to the bank
can claim the capital,
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and all of their
debts will be wiped out.
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Every single person on planet
earth can come to the bank.
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I'm depositing enough
resources in this account
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for everyone's
debt to be canceled."
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You're talking mortgages,
you're talking credit cards,
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you're talking
educational loans,
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you're talking
department store credit cards,
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you're talking about
auto loans, and all the rest.
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There's enough
capital in that account to pay
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every single person's debts.
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But let me ask you,
what good would this do
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if no one knew that
the capital was available?
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And so the bank owner
says, "I've got to let everybody
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know about this."
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And so by word of mouth,
television, radio, the internet,
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billboards, television,
Twitter, Facebook, What's Up,
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and every other means, he says,
"I'm going announce to the world
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that there's this account.
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And there's enough there to pay
the debts of every single person
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on planet earth."
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There's no reason for
anybody to be in debt.
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Is that correct?
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Right.
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But there's a catch.
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Now listen to what the catch is.
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The debtors must,
number one, be truly sorry that
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they incurred the debt.
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And they must come to the
bank owner and they must confess
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that they were wrong in
living beyond their means.
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And they must
trust that the bank owner
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will keep his word in applying
the capital to all of their
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debts so that their
debts can be canceled.
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And they must sign a
document officially saying
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that their debt was totally
canceled and totally paid for.
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Now what if a person
doesn't come to the bank
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to claim the capital?
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Will it do them any good?
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Will their debts be paid?
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No.
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You see, the bank owner,
by his mercy and initiative,
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sets up the account.
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But only those who
come and say they're sorry
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that they got in debt, and
they confess that it was wrong
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to get in debt, and
they trust the bank owner
00:17:43.86\00:17:46.66
that he's serious when He says
that the debt can be canceled,
00:17:46.70\00:17:50.07
and the
individual officially signs,
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that that
individual's debt is canceled.
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And so, the work that
Jesus performed in the camp
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and in the
court is for everyone.
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Jesus deposited enough
capital in the bank of heaven
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through His life and through
His death to save every single
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sinner who has ever lived
in the history of planet earth.
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There's
sufficient capital there.
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However, only those who
come to Jesus in repentance,
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confessing their sin, trusting
that Jesus will keep His word,
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and making it official through
baptism, we're going to notice,
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will benefit
from what Jesus did.
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Are you following me?
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Now, let's review
something we studied concerning
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the resurrection of Christ.
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Let's go to 1
Corinthians 15:13-18.
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You know, most Christians,
if you ask them whether Jesus
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forgave people's sins
at the cross, they say,
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"Oh yeah, at the cross
all sins were forgiven."
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If that's true, then why
didn't Jesus just end it all
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when He died on the cross?
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Now notice 1
Corinthians 15:13-18.
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Does the resurrection of
Jesus have anything to do with
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our sins being forgiven?
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Absolutely.
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So His death did
not take care of sins.
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Because He had to
resurrect to take care of sins.
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Are you following me or not?
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Notice Romans 4:25.
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We touched on this point before.
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And let's read Romans 4:25.
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First of all, it speaks
about the sacrifice of Christ,
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and then it speaks
about His resurrection,
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the purpose of His resurrection.
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It says...
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Or as other
versions say, "He was raised
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for our justification."
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So why was Jesus raised?
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Why did Jesus go to heaven?
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So that He could what?
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So that He could justify us.
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Now the question is,
what is justification?
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It's a fancy theological
word that simply means,
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pardon or forgiveness.
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In the book, Faith and
Works, page 103, Ellen White
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explains the following...
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So in other words, when a
person repents, confesses,
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trusts in Jesus, and is
baptized, they are justified
00:21:03.36\00:21:08.03
or they are
forgiven of their sins.
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And God looks upon them
as if they had never sinned.
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God accepts them in the beloved.
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So, was everything taken
care of at the cross? No.
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Now if I ask you this question,
"What is most important:
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the perfect life of
Jesus, His death on the cross,
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His resurrection, or
His intercession in the
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heavenly
Sanctuary?" which would you say
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is the most important?
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It's an impossible
question to answer.
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Because if Jesus did
not live His perfect life,
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His sacrifice would
not have been accepted.
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If Jesus had not lived and
died, then He would not what?
00:21:48.74\00:21:54.78
Resurrect.
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And if Jesus did not resurrect,
He would not be able to
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carry on the next step
in the plan of salvation,
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which is His intercession.
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So those who say, "The
cross, the cross, the cross,"
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I agree that the
cross is vitally important,
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but it is not
all and everything.
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All of the steps of
Jesus in the plan of salvation
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are critically important
in the plan of salvation.
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And we can't focus on just one.
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So the question is,
biblically, what did Jesus
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go to heaven to do?
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Let's read several verses,
what Jesus has been doing.
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And you know, when I
ask Christians, I say,
00:22:29.61\00:22:31.65
"What has Jesus been
doing for the last 2000 years?"
00:22:31.68\00:22:35.12
You know, there's
a period of silence.
00:22:36.52\00:22:40.16
You know, kind of
like they're puzzled.
00:22:40.42\00:22:41.99
What has He been
doing for 2000 years?
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If sins were all
forgiven at the cross,
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what has He been doing
for the last 2000 years?
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You know, even in Adventist
churches somebody might
00:22:50.00\00:22:52.03
come up and say, "Interceding."
00:22:52.07\00:22:53.90
Why would He need to
intercede if sins were
00:22:53.94\00:22:55.94
forgiven at the cross?
00:22:55.97\00:22:57.31
Are you
following what I'm saying?
00:22:59.04\00:23:00.48
Let's see what the Bible has
to say about what Jesus is doing
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in the Holy Place.
00:23:04.25\00:23:05.58
1 Timothy 2:5 1 Timothy 2:5
00:23:05.61\00:23:10.35
"For there is one
God and two Mediators..."
00:23:10.39\00:23:14.52
Oh, thank you. Okay,
you're still with me.
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So it says...
00:23:17.43\00:23:18.76
Now do you
remember that the Redeemer
00:23:29.50\00:23:31.67
had to be our next of kin?
00:23:31.71\00:23:33.04
So is it vitally important
for Jesus to have been a man?
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Of course.
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For two reasons, and
there are other reasons,
00:23:39.48\00:23:40.92
but two principle ones.
00:23:40.95\00:23:42.28
Number one, God
cannot be tempted.
00:23:42.32\00:23:43.75
And number two, God can't die.
00:23:43.79\00:23:45.35
And the Messiah had to come and
He had to live in human flesh
00:23:45.82\00:23:49.32
a perfect life, a
righteous life, and then He
00:23:49.36\00:23:51.76
had die on the cross.
00:23:51.79\00:23:53.13
Neither of those
two things can God do.
00:23:53.16\00:23:55.06
So that's why
Jesus had to become a man
00:23:55.10\00:23:57.90
to be our Intercessor.
00:23:57.93\00:23:59.27
Now notice also 1 John 2:1.
00:23:59.90\00:24:03.24
It says in 1 John 2:1...
00:24:03.61\00:24:06.31
Notice the first text
we read from 1 Timothy 2:5,
00:24:16.69\00:24:19.95
it says that He is one Mediator.
00:24:19.99\00:24:22.79
One go between.
00:24:23.02\00:24:24.69
Here it says we
have what? An Advocate.
00:24:24.93\00:24:27.50
That's an individual who
defends us in a court of law.
00:24:27.53\00:24:30.13
Now what kind of Advocate is He?
00:24:30.17\00:24:32.27
It says...
00:24:32.50\00:24:33.84
"...Jesus Christ..."
What? "...the righteous."
00:24:35.97\00:24:39.01
Why is that important?
00:24:39.04\00:24:40.84
Because we can't come
to the presence of God
00:24:41.21\00:24:43.35
because we have
no righteousness.
00:24:43.38\00:24:44.78
But when we claim
Jesus and His righteousness,
00:24:45.11\00:24:47.92
Jesus comes before
the Father and He says,
00:24:48.12\00:24:50.29
"Father, I come here
as the righteous one.
00:24:50.32\00:24:53.25
Don't look at
Pastor Bohr, look at Me.
00:24:53.29\00:24:55.86
Because He accepted Me."
00:24:55.89\00:24:57.26
And so He must not only
be a man, our next of kin,
00:24:57.69\00:25:00.80
He must also be righteous.
00:25:00.83\00:25:03.43
Now does Jesus
intercede for everyone?
00:25:03.77\00:25:06.50
That's another
answer I usually get,
00:25:07.37\00:25:09.24
"Oh yes, He
intercedes for everyone."
00:25:09.27\00:25:11.07
No He doesn't,
according to the Bible.
00:25:11.11\00:25:12.97
See, people have
developed these traditions
00:25:13.01\00:25:15.71
because they don't
read the Bible carefully.
00:25:16.41\00:25:18.91
Notice Hebrews 7:25.
00:25:18.95\00:25:21.92
Hebrews 7:25
00:25:22.18\00:25:24.79
Speaking about Jesus, it says...
00:25:24.82\00:25:26.62
Now, is that clear enough?
00:25:37.57\00:25:38.90
So who is Jesus able
to save to the uttermost?
00:25:39.23\00:25:43.07
"...those who come
to God through Him..."
00:25:43.24\00:25:45.91
Notice, "...since
He always live..."
00:25:45.94\00:25:48.64
Why does He always live?
00:25:48.68\00:25:50.01
Because He resurrected, right?
00:25:50.05\00:25:51.38
"...He always lives to..." What?
00:25:51.41\00:25:53.65
"...to make
intercession for them."
00:25:53.85\00:25:56.08
For whom?
00:25:56.12\00:25:57.45
For those who come
to God through Him.
00:25:57.49\00:26:00.06
In other words, those
who claim the righteousness
00:26:00.56\00:26:03.16
of Jesus Christ.
00:26:03.19\00:26:04.59
No one can come to the
Father except through Jesus.
00:26:05.03\00:26:07.66
Notice John 14:6.
00:26:07.76\00:26:10.13
John 14:6
00:26:10.17\00:26:12.00
We have one Mediator.
00:26:22.44\00:26:23.88
He's a man.
00:26:23.91\00:26:25.25
He is a righteous man.
00:26:25.28\00:26:26.92
And He intercedes for those
who come to God through Him.
00:26:26.95\00:26:30.05
That's what Jesus has been
doing during the last 2000 years
00:26:30.15\00:26:34.39
since He went to
heaven; applying the benefits
00:26:34.42\00:26:37.93
of His earthly work to those who
claim personally those benefits.
00:26:37.96\00:26:42.76
Incidentally,
Jesus is the ladder.
00:26:42.86\00:26:45.30
You remember the
ladder that Jacob saw?
00:26:45.33\00:26:47.27
The top of it
reached to the highest heaven
00:26:47.74\00:26:49.94
and the base of the
ladder was on earth.
00:26:49.97\00:26:51.97
Do you know what the
base of the ladder represents?
00:26:52.17\00:26:54.14
The humanity of Christ.
00:26:54.18\00:26:55.68
Do you know what the top
of the ladder represents?
00:26:55.94\00:26:58.28
The divinity of Christ.
00:26:58.51\00:27:00.02
He is God, therefore He
can represent us to God.
00:27:00.05\00:27:02.42
And He's man, and therefore
He can represent God to man.
00:27:02.45\00:27:05.62
In other words, He's a
supreme bridge builder.
00:27:05.85\00:27:08.06
Do you know what the
word, supreme pontiff, means?
00:27:08.09\00:27:11.06
Pontifex Maximus.
00:27:11.26\00:27:12.63
It means, the
supreme bridge builder.
00:27:12.66\00:27:14.63
Of course the papacy
says that the supreme
00:27:14.93\00:27:16.97
bridge builder is in Rome.
00:27:17.00\00:27:18.80
But the Bible says that
the supreme bridge builder
00:27:19.23\00:27:22.07
is in heaven.
00:27:22.10\00:27:23.44
He only is God.
00:27:23.47\00:27:24.97
And He only is a
righteous Man that can bridge
00:27:25.01\00:27:28.44
heaven and earth.
00:27:28.48\00:27:29.91
Every human
being is disqualified.
00:27:30.11\00:27:32.01
Because no human being is God,
00:27:32.38\00:27:33.78
and no human being
is righteous either.
00:27:33.98\00:27:36.69
And so no human being can
fulfill the role of intercessor
00:27:36.95\00:27:41.42
or mediator except Jesus Christ.
00:27:41.46\00:27:44.93
Now let's notice a few more
verses that refer to the moment
00:27:45.86\00:27:49.53
when people's sins are forgiven.
00:27:49.73\00:27:52.33
Let's go to Acts 2:38.
00:27:52.93\00:27:56.17
Acts 2:38
00:27:56.20\00:27:59.47
On the day of
Pentecost, the apostle Peter
00:28:00.48\00:28:03.65
preached a powerful sermon.
00:28:03.68\00:28:05.21
And if you look at His sermon,
he talked about the perfect life
00:28:05.25\00:28:08.75
of Jesus, then he
described the death of Jesus,
00:28:08.78\00:28:12.52
then he described
the burial of Jesus,
00:28:12.55\00:28:15.42
and then finally he spoke about
the resurrection of Christ.
00:28:15.46\00:28:19.39
And then he referred
to the ascension of Christ
00:28:19.49\00:28:22.76
to the right hand of God
to intercede for sinners.
00:28:22.80\00:28:26.30
Now when Peter finished
his sermon, evidently he didn't
00:28:26.74\00:28:30.07
make a call, so he finished his
sermon, and so the individuals
00:28:30.11\00:28:34.91
who were present there
came to Peter and they said,
00:28:34.94\00:28:37.01
"Well Peter, you know, in the
light of what you've preached,
00:28:37.05\00:28:39.61
that Jesus is in
heaven, He's now interceding,
00:28:39.81\00:28:42.68
what do we need to do?
00:28:42.72\00:28:44.05
How do we need to respond?"
00:28:44.72\00:28:46.39
Notice Peter's
response in Acts 2:38.
00:28:46.69\00:28:50.36
Is that an individual thing?
00:28:58.70\00:29:00.17
Some versions say,
"...each one of you..."
00:29:01.07\00:29:03.61
Is there such a thing
as corporate repentance?
00:29:04.91\00:29:07.28
Nope. It's individual.
00:29:07.71\00:29:09.71
So it says...
00:29:09.81\00:29:11.15
When do people
receive the remission of sins?
00:29:20.92\00:29:23.12
When they repent
and they are what?
00:29:23.16\00:29:24.99
And they are baptized.
00:29:25.19\00:29:26.53
And then it speaks
of a fringe benefit.
00:29:26.56\00:29:28.50
Do you know what the purpose of
the gift of the Holy Spirit is?
00:29:31.30\00:29:33.64
Once a person is baptized and
a person's sins are forgiven,
00:29:33.67\00:29:36.91
they're given the
Holy Spirit so that they
00:29:36.94\00:29:38.71
can do what the bank owner did.
00:29:38.74\00:29:40.11
So that they can
go and tell people,
00:29:40.14\00:29:41.48
"Hey, the Sanctuary is open.
00:29:41.51\00:29:43.51
Come to the bank.
Get your debts canceled."
00:29:44.41\00:29:47.42
The Holy Spirit is not
given for us to jump in church
00:29:47.75\00:29:50.52
and to speak in tongues,
and to roll over in the aisles,
00:29:50.55\00:29:52.89
and to laugh in the spirit."
00:29:52.92\00:29:54.26
The Holy Spirit is
given for witnessing.
00:29:54.86\00:29:57.26
It's not given
for self-edification
00:29:57.89\00:30:00.30
and to make us feel
good, according to Scripture.
00:30:00.33\00:30:02.70
So must we repent to
receive forgiveness of sins?
00:30:02.96\00:30:05.93
We're going to talk
about baptism in a few moments.
00:30:06.13\00:30:08.64
Go with me to Acts 5:31.
00:30:08.67\00:30:11.07
So the first step is to repent.
00:30:11.11\00:30:12.81
Let's notice
what the next step is.
00:30:13.01\00:30:15.11
Acts 5:31
00:30:15.51\00:30:17.35
It repeats the same
thought as we just read.
00:30:17.38\00:30:19.98
Speaking about Jesus...
00:30:20.52\00:30:22.05
You know, we don't even repent.
00:30:32.46\00:30:34.03
Repentance is
something that God gives us.
00:30:34.46\00:30:36.46
The Bible says in
Romans 2:4, the goodness of God
00:30:37.00\00:30:40.64
leads us to repentance.
00:30:40.67\00:30:42.00
So God takes the
initiative in repentance.
00:30:42.04\00:30:43.94
And so it says here that Jesus
became Prince and Savior...
00:30:44.41\00:30:48.71
So when does Jesus forgive sins?
00:30:54.72\00:30:56.69
When He's at the
right hand of God.
00:30:56.99\00:30:58.45
Did you notice
that in this verse?
00:30:58.49\00:31:00.49
Now notice, besides repentance,
it's not enough just to repent
00:31:00.86\00:31:04.66
inside, we must
confess our sins.
00:31:04.69\00:31:07.53
Notice 1 John 1, and
we'll read only verse 9.
00:31:07.56\00:31:12.03
1 John 1, well let's
read verse 7 and then verse 9.
00:31:12.27\00:31:16.71
Is that a condition? Yes.
00:31:19.87\00:31:22.08
Is this talking about the
cleansing of the Sanctuary?
00:31:32.09\00:31:34.09
Is this talking about the
cleansing of the Sanctuary?
00:31:35.22\00:31:37.59
The heavenly Sanctuary? No.
00:31:37.63\00:31:38.96
Whose cleansing
is it talking about?
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He cleanses us from all sin.
00:31:41.83\00:31:43.77
That's what happens
in the daily service.
00:31:43.80\00:31:45.47
Notice verse 9...
00:31:45.50\00:31:46.84
Ah, so it's not only repentance.
00:31:49.84\00:31:51.51
To forgive who?
00:31:59.45\00:32:00.78
"...us our sins..."
00:32:00.88\00:32:02.22
So in the daily service, who is
the focus, the Sanctuary or us?
00:32:05.22\00:32:08.82
We are the focus
in the daily service.
00:32:09.09\00:32:11.69
We're going to notice
that in the yearly service
00:32:12.13\00:32:13.80
it's the
Sanctuary that is cleansed.
00:32:14.00\00:32:16.10
It's a different service
at the end of the Hebrew year.
00:32:16.26\00:32:19.30
So first of all, repentance.
00:32:19.67\00:32:21.64
Secondly, we find that
it's necessary to confess
00:32:21.74\00:32:25.37
sin to receive forgiveness.
00:32:25.41\00:32:26.98
Number three, we
must trust Jesus.
00:32:27.08\00:32:29.18
We must trust that when Jesus
says that He will place His
00:32:29.21\00:32:31.98
life and His death to
our account that He's serious
00:32:32.01\00:32:34.32
and He will really do it.
00:32:34.35\00:32:35.68
Notice Acts 10:43,
speaking about Jesus...
00:32:35.92\00:32:39.12
So you'll notice that in
Acts 10:43 we're told that
00:32:52.00\00:32:56.27
one of the conditions for
benefiting from what Jesus did
00:32:56.30\00:32:59.91
was to believe or
to trust in Jesus.
00:33:00.14\00:33:03.35
It's doesn't mean simply
to believe in your brain.
00:33:03.65\00:33:06.25
It means to trust in
Him as personal Savior.
00:33:06.38\00:33:09.95
Now there's a fourth condition.
00:33:10.12\00:33:11.45
We've noticed three so far.
00:33:11.49\00:33:12.95
Number one, repent.
Number two, confess.
00:33:12.99\00:33:15.86
Number three,
have faith in Jesus.
00:33:15.89\00:33:18.03
And number four, we mentioned
already when we read Acts 2:38,
00:33:18.23\00:33:22.53
it has to do with baptism.
00:33:22.70\00:33:25.93
Baptism is like
signing the document.
00:33:25.97\00:33:29.67
In other words, baptism
is the icing on the cake.
00:33:29.80\00:33:32.94
It makes everything official.
00:33:32.97\00:33:34.98
Notice Mark 16:16.
00:33:35.21\00:33:38.81
Mark 16:16
00:33:38.85\00:33:41.58
Here, Jesus is speaking
after His resurrection...
00:33:41.85\00:33:44.75
So notice, we have to
believe or trust in Jesus,
00:33:52.39\00:33:55.40
but we show it how?
00:33:55.60\00:33:57.13
Through baptism.
00:33:57.47\00:33:58.80
And some people say, "Well,
it doesn't say at the end of
00:34:05.47\00:34:07.98
the verse, 'But he
who does not believe
00:34:08.01\00:34:09.91
and is not baptized
will be condemned.'"
00:34:09.94\00:34:11.95
Well it's not necessary
because if you don't believe,
00:34:11.98\00:34:14.55
you're not going to
choose to be baptized anyway.
00:34:14.58\00:34:16.48
And so, it's only necessary
to say, "He who believes
00:34:16.65\00:34:20.46
and is baptized will be saved."
00:34:20.49\00:34:23.93
So the four conditions
that we find are repentance,
00:34:23.96\00:34:27.30
confession, faith or
trust in Jesus, which is shown
00:34:27.33\00:34:31.63
by the rite of baptism.
00:34:31.67\00:34:34.57
Now let's notice some
biblical illustrations
00:34:34.77\00:34:37.91
of these steps.
00:34:37.94\00:34:39.84
First of all, let's
talk about the four steps
00:34:40.14\00:34:44.31
with regards to the
story of the prodigal son.
00:34:44.55\00:34:48.58
Is there an indication in this
story of repentance, confession,
00:34:49.18\00:34:53.62
trust in his
father, and baptism?
00:34:53.66\00:34:57.36
The answer is, yes.
00:34:57.69\00:34:59.43
You know the story
of the prodigal son.
00:34:59.46\00:35:01.66
You know, he was a son that
served his father like a slave.
00:35:02.03\00:35:05.63
And he finally said to
his father, "Father, I'm tired
00:35:06.00\00:35:09.60
of being at home.
00:35:09.64\00:35:10.97
And I want to go away
and I want to live it up.
00:35:11.01\00:35:13.48
Give me my part
of the inheritance."
00:35:13.51\00:35:15.44
And so he goes, makes
a mess out of his life,
00:35:15.48\00:35:18.68
and he ends up there
living among the swine
00:35:18.95\00:35:22.68
and competing for
the food of the swine.
00:35:22.72\00:35:25.69
And when he's there,
you know, he suddenly
00:35:26.02\00:35:29.46
comes to his right mind and
he says, "What am I doing here?
00:35:30.19\00:35:33.83
He says, "Man, I
remember my father's house,
00:35:34.06\00:35:37.70
how well my father
treated his servants.
00:35:37.97\00:35:41.04
And how well my
father treated me."
00:35:41.47\00:35:44.64
He says, "I'm going
to go back to the house."
00:35:44.67\00:35:47.31
Let me ask you, what is
it that led him to repent?
00:35:47.61\00:35:49.98
The goodness of
his father, right?
00:35:50.08\00:35:51.68
He remembered the
goodness of his father.
00:35:51.71\00:35:53.55
And so he repents and he
says, "I'm going to go back home
00:35:53.75\00:35:56.69
and I'm going to say, 'I
have sinned against heaven
00:35:56.82\00:35:59.52
and against you, and I'm not
worthy to be called your son.'"
00:35:59.55\00:36:02.19
So did he confess his
sin when he went back?
00:36:02.22\00:36:04.49
Absolutely.
00:36:04.53\00:36:05.86
He said, "I have sinned
against heaven and against you."
00:36:05.89\00:36:08.30
So he repented.
00:36:08.33\00:36:09.66
Secondly, he confessed his sin.
00:36:09.70\00:36:11.73
Let me ask you, third,
did he believe and trust
00:36:11.93\00:36:15.07
that his father
would receive him back?
00:36:15.10\00:36:17.07
Of course.
00:36:17.11\00:36:18.44
He would not have gone
back unless he believed
00:36:18.47\00:36:20.18
that his father
would receive him back.
00:36:20.21\00:36:22.24
Of course, he grew in
his understanding, because
00:36:22.28\00:36:24.51
he thought his father was
going to receive him as a slave,
00:36:24.55\00:36:27.22
or as a servant, but his
father received him as a what?
00:36:27.52\00:36:30.65
As a son, and he was
re-integrated into the family.
00:36:30.69\00:36:33.86
Now it's also interesting
to notice what the father did
00:36:34.26\00:36:37.39
with the son when he returned.
00:36:37.43\00:36:38.86
The Bible tells us that
the father took his best robe
00:36:39.16\00:36:41.93
and he put the
best robe on his son.
00:36:42.36\00:36:44.13
Now let me ask you, do
you think it would make sense
00:36:44.30\00:36:46.60
for the father to put the robe
on before this guy took a bath?
00:36:46.63\00:36:49.87
I rather doubt it.
00:36:50.21\00:36:51.54
I think that probably
what they did was wash him up,
00:36:51.64\00:36:55.44
and then place the
garment of the father's
00:36:55.64\00:36:57.88
righteousness on him.
00:36:57.91\00:36:59.25
And there's a
biblical foundation for that.
00:36:59.28\00:37:00.78
You remember the story
of Zechariah 3 where Joshua
00:37:00.92\00:37:05.32
is there standing and he's
covered with filthy garments.
00:37:05.35\00:37:09.49
And the angel is told, "Take
away those filthy garments."
00:37:09.79\00:37:13.33
So first of all,
you take away what?
00:37:13.63\00:37:15.86
The filthiness.
00:37:15.90\00:37:17.23
And then cover him
with a beautiful robe.
00:37:17.27\00:37:20.47
And so this son went
through all of the process
00:37:20.57\00:37:24.47
that we've described.
00:37:24.77\00:37:26.17
He repented, he
confessed his sin,
00:37:26.27\00:37:28.74
he trusted in the
goodness of his father.
00:37:28.94\00:37:31.21
And mostly likely, although
the story doesn't say so,
00:37:31.31\00:37:34.85
he was washed up, and
then his father covered him
00:37:34.88\00:37:37.45
with his robe of righteousness.
00:37:37.49\00:37:39.65
Which is what the
Bible calls justification,
00:37:39.69\00:37:42.69
or as we have seen, forgiveness.
00:37:42.72\00:37:45.49
Are you seeing all the steps?
00:37:45.53\00:37:46.96
And of course, Ellen White,
as we've noticed, says in,
00:37:47.13\00:37:50.43
Faith and Works, page 103...
00:37:50.47\00:37:52.50
Do you think this son
would now find it a delight
00:37:57.41\00:38:00.11
to obey his father?
00:38:00.14\00:38:01.48
Oh, he knew the
love of his father.
00:38:01.64\00:38:04.15
He said, "Man, my
father received me back
00:38:04.18\00:38:06.01
in spite of the
fact that I did all this.
00:38:06.05\00:38:08.78
I blew it. He
received me back as a son."
00:38:08.82\00:38:11.45
Would that be a big
incentive for him to be
00:38:11.55\00:38:13.52
obedient to his father?
00:38:13.56\00:38:14.89
Yes. No longer because he
felt obligated to, but because
00:38:14.92\00:38:19.83
he could now grasp the
love and mercy of his father.
00:38:19.86\00:38:23.47
See, obedience comes as a result
of understanding the goodness
00:38:23.63\00:38:28.00
and the mercy
and the grace of God.
00:38:28.04\00:38:30.64
Now let's talk
about Adam and Eve.
00:38:31.57\00:38:33.61
This is an interesting story.
00:38:34.11\00:38:35.61
When Adam and Eve
sinned, were they repentant
00:38:36.18\00:38:39.61
immediately after their sin?
00:38:39.65\00:38:41.12
No.
00:38:41.42\00:38:42.75
You say, "How do
we know they weren't?"
00:38:42.78\00:38:44.12
You know, the greatest
sign that an individual is not
00:38:44.15\00:38:47.06
sorry for sin is
blaming other people.
00:38:47.09\00:38:49.96
That's the greatest
sign of a false repentance,
00:38:50.43\00:38:53.19
is you blame someone else.
00:38:53.33\00:38:54.76
So when God
comes to Adam and says,
00:38:54.90\00:38:56.46
"Adam, what have you done,"
00:38:56.50\00:38:57.83
Adam says, "Yeah,
I ate from the tree.
00:38:57.87\00:39:00.24
I'm not going to deny it.
00:39:00.27\00:39:01.60
But the woman that You
gave me, it was her fault."
00:39:01.64\00:39:04.37
And then God comes to Eve and He
says, "Eve, what have you done?"
00:39:04.94\00:39:08.51
She says, "I'm not going to
deny that I ate from the tree.
00:39:08.54\00:39:10.91
I did eat from
the tree. I admit it.
00:39:10.95\00:39:13.05
But it was the
serpent that You made.
00:39:13.08\00:39:14.92
If You had not
made that serpent,
00:39:14.95\00:39:16.28
the serpent would
not have tempted me
00:39:16.48\00:39:17.95
and I would not have sinned."
00:39:17.99\00:39:19.45
So, they were sorry
about the consequences that
00:39:19.69\00:39:24.09
their sin was
going to give them.
00:39:24.13\00:39:25.73
That is, death.
00:39:25.76\00:39:27.10
But they were not sorry that
they had committed this sin.
00:39:27.13\00:39:29.86
Do you know when they
really felt sorry for sin?
00:39:29.90\00:39:34.00
Ellen White describes it
in, Patriarchs and Prophets.
00:39:34.74\00:39:37.41
It's when Adam had to
offer the first sacrifice
00:39:37.61\00:39:40.28
in a world where
there was no death.
00:39:40.64\00:39:42.64
God told him, "Get a lamb.
00:39:43.11\00:39:44.85
Slit its throat."
00:39:44.88\00:39:46.28
Can you imagine
what it was like?
00:39:46.31\00:39:47.68
You know, there's so much
death in the world today that
00:39:47.72\00:39:50.29
it doesn't even tickle us.
00:39:50.32\00:39:53.05
But in a world
where there was no death,
00:39:53.29\00:39:55.79
suddenly that
animal in his arms is limp.
00:39:55.89\00:39:58.69
Dead. Doesn't breathe anymore.
00:39:58.93\00:40:01.13
And then Ellen White
explains how Jesus Himself
00:40:01.56\00:40:04.70
said to Adam and Eve, "Listen,
that little lamb represents Me.
00:40:04.73\00:40:09.24
Because of your sin, that's
what's going to happen to Me."
00:40:09.44\00:40:12.57
Do you think that they
were really sorry for sin now?
00:40:12.61\00:40:14.74
You better believe it.
00:40:14.94\00:40:16.28
And then, of course, we
have the story of David.
00:40:16.48\00:40:20.02
What a wonderful story.
00:40:20.62\00:40:21.95
You know, David
committed adultery
00:40:21.98\00:40:23.52
with Uriah the
Hittite's wife, Bathsheba.
00:40:23.99\00:40:26.92
And then he had Uriah
killed on the battlefront.
00:40:26.96\00:40:32.03
I mean, two terrible horrendous
sins; adultery and murder.
00:40:32.06\00:40:36.13
Did David repent of His sin?
00:40:36.46\00:40:38.83
All you have to do,
folks, is read Psalm 51.
00:40:38.87\00:40:43.47
It's all there.
00:40:43.77\00:40:45.11
Did he repent of sin?
00:40:45.14\00:40:47.08
Just read the psalm. He did.
00:40:47.11\00:40:49.14
Did he confess
audibly his sin to the Lord?
00:40:49.31\00:40:52.48
Yes. Did he trust in
the mercy of the Lord?
00:40:52.65\00:40:55.62
Did he say, "I
know You can forgive me.
00:40:55.72\00:40:57.65
I trust in You."
00:40:57.69\00:40:59.02
Absolutely.
00:40:59.05\00:41:00.39
Did he ask God to
wash him in Psalm 51?
00:41:00.42\00:41:04.06
See, there you
have represented what?
00:41:04.09\00:41:05.99
Baptism.
00:41:06.03\00:41:07.36
He's not only
saying, "Forgive me,"
00:41:07.40\00:41:08.76
he's saying, "Wash me.
00:41:08.86\00:41:10.43
Clean me up."
00:41:10.53\00:41:12.00
And so we have all of the
steps mentioned specifically
00:41:12.23\00:41:16.07
there as well.
00:41:16.10\00:41:17.67
You know, what is the difference
between true repentance
00:41:18.57\00:41:21.31
and false repentance?
00:41:21.41\00:41:23.18
It's very simple.
00:41:23.35\00:41:24.68
False repentance means
that you're sorry for the
00:41:24.85\00:41:27.58
consequences that your
sin is going to give you
00:41:27.62\00:41:30.32
instead of for the sin itself.
00:41:30.35\00:41:32.19
Now when I was a
kid, I have three sisters,
00:41:32.39\00:41:36.73
and once in a while I would
get in fights with my sisters.
00:41:36.76\00:41:39.33
It's a normal
thing in a world of sin.
00:41:39.36\00:41:41.63
Although now looking back, I'd
say I should have overcome that.
00:41:41.83\00:41:44.50
But anyway, when I
fought with me sisters,
00:41:44.53\00:41:46.94
my dad would say,
"Son, they are women,
00:41:46.97\00:41:50.94
and they are to be
treated with respect."
00:41:51.14\00:41:54.01
And he said, "I'm
going to give you a licking."
00:41:54.11\00:41:57.11
Or a whipping.
00:41:57.88\00:41:59.21
And you know what
I'd say to my dad?
00:41:59.41\00:42:01.65
I'd say, "Oh no,
dad, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:42:01.68\00:42:04.02
I'm really sorry."
00:42:04.05\00:42:05.39
Do you really think I was sorry
that I fought with me sisters?
00:42:05.42\00:42:07.99
Not on your life.
00:42:08.19\00:42:09.76
I was sorry that I
was going to get whipped.
00:42:09.79\00:42:11.76
That's false repentance.
00:42:12.09\00:42:13.76
See, sorry for the
consequences of sin
00:42:13.80\00:42:16.60
rather than for the sin itself.
00:42:16.77\00:42:18.43
And Ellen White says very
clearly that we should not
00:42:18.67\00:42:24.24
serve Jesus because
we want to go to heaven
00:42:24.54\00:42:27.48
or we want to keep out of hell.
00:42:27.58\00:42:29.28
We should serve Jesus and
we should be repentant because
00:42:30.01\00:42:34.02
of the sin itself.
00:42:34.35\00:42:35.88
Because it hurts Jesus.
00:42:35.92\00:42:37.55
It hurt the Lord.
00:42:37.59\00:42:38.92
And when we see
what sin did to Jesus,
00:42:39.15\00:42:41.26
we will not want
anything more to do with sin.
00:42:41.36\00:42:44.83
Now let me read you
here a statement, a couple of
00:42:45.33\00:42:48.36
statements actually,
from the spirit of prophecy
00:42:48.40\00:42:50.80
on what Jesus
went to do in heaven.
00:42:51.17\00:42:54.00
She's so clear.
00:42:54.10\00:42:55.44
The first is in the book,
Faith and Works, page 103.
00:42:55.64\00:42:59.97
This is one of the
most beautiful statements
00:43:00.01\00:43:01.84
I've ever found on the issue of
the conditions for forgiveness
00:43:01.88\00:43:07.42
and what forgiveness
provides for God's people.
00:43:07.45\00:43:10.19
"Through faith..."
00:43:16.93\00:43:18.46
See, it's a condition, right?
00:43:19.29\00:43:20.80
"Through faith, the believer..."
00:43:20.90\00:43:23.83
That's faith, right?
00:43:24.73\00:43:26.07
So when is it that
Jesus bears the sins as the
00:43:56.46\00:43:59.43
Substitute and Surety?
00:43:59.47\00:44:01.04
When the individual,
through faith, comes to Jesus.
00:44:01.40\00:44:04.91
And then she continues saying...
00:44:05.14\00:44:07.08
This is what Jesus
says in His intercession.
00:44:09.04\00:44:11.35
Isn't that a magnificent
statement about what happens
00:44:45.21\00:44:47.72
when a sinner comes to
God through Jesus Christ?
00:44:47.82\00:44:52.15
He now gets the benefits
of Christ's life and death.
00:44:52.39\00:44:56.83
When Ellen White
speaks about the benefits
00:44:56.93\00:44:59.36
of Christ's
atonement, she's talking about
00:44:59.39\00:45:01.60
Christ's perfect life and death
which He will put to the account
00:45:01.63\00:45:05.33
of those who
repent, confess their sins,
00:45:05.37\00:45:08.10
trust in Jesus,
and are baptized.
00:45:08.14\00:45:11.21
Here's the second statement.
00:45:11.54\00:45:12.87
It's found in, Early
Writings, page 259-260.
00:45:12.91\00:45:18.05
You remember that
happened when Jesus died.
00:45:21.85\00:45:23.72
It was offered at Calvary and
it was accepted by His Father
00:45:40.57\00:45:43.54
when He ascended to heaven.
00:45:43.57\00:45:44.91
Remember He
appeared before His Father
00:45:44.94\00:45:46.27
and showed His wounds.
00:45:46.31\00:45:47.71
Revelation 5 describes
it as the Lamb as though
00:45:47.74\00:45:50.81
it had been slain.
00:45:50.85\00:45:52.18
He presents
Himself before His Father.
00:45:52.21\00:45:53.65
"The great
Sacrifice had been offered..."
00:45:54.12\00:45:56.95
Did He go to heaven to shed it
upon everyone on planet earth?
00:46:15.84\00:46:19.07
No.
00:46:19.11\00:46:20.44
"...to shed upon His disciples
the benefits of His atonement."
00:46:20.48\00:46:25.35
And you'll notice that the
benefits of Christ's atonement
00:46:25.81\00:46:28.68
are His perfect life on
earth and His death for sin.
00:46:28.72\00:46:32.65
Which He did for every
single person who has ever lived
00:46:33.09\00:46:36.39
in the history of planet
earth on God's initiative,
00:46:36.42\00:46:39.69
not man's choice
or man's initiative.
00:46:39.73\00:46:43.06
The statement continues
with the following words...
00:46:43.37\00:46:45.97
"...and still
trusted in their useless
00:46:54.28\00:46:56.71
sacrifices and offerings."
00:46:56.75\00:46:58.71
Of course, because they
didn't realize that Jesus
00:46:59.01\00:47:00.92
the true Lamb had died.
00:47:00.95\00:47:02.28
She continues saying...
00:47:02.32\00:47:03.65
Because they did not follow
Him in the previous steps,
00:47:16.53\00:47:19.13
they had no idea what
Jesus was doing in heaven.
00:47:19.27\00:47:23.07
Now I'd like to
mention something about baptism
00:47:23.71\00:47:27.11
before we draw this to a close.
00:47:27.14\00:47:29.78
Most Christians have
a very superficial view
00:47:30.45\00:47:35.12
of what baptism really means.
00:47:35.15\00:47:37.02
In fact, I have found that
many Adventists also are fuzzy
00:47:37.35\00:47:41.89
on the profound
meaning of baptism.
00:47:41.92\00:47:44.36
So I'm going to explain
what baptism is, because
00:47:44.39\00:47:46.76
it's one of the conditions
for receiving forgiveness,
00:47:46.80\00:47:50.23
according to what we've studied.
00:47:50.27\00:47:51.60
Repentance, confession of
sin, faith and trust in Jesus,
00:47:51.63\00:47:55.24
and it is all
announced or crystallized by
00:47:55.27\00:47:58.77
the rite of baptism.
00:47:59.21\00:48:00.91
Now, we believe that
baptism should be of individuals
00:48:01.11\00:48:05.71
who understand
what they are doing.
00:48:05.75\00:48:07.92
And we usually say adults,
but you know, there are children
00:48:08.58\00:48:11.29
who reach a
certain age where they can
00:48:11.32\00:48:12.92
understand what they're doing.
00:48:12.95\00:48:14.29
They can repent, they
can confess their sins,
00:48:14.32\00:48:16.62
they can have trust in Jesus,
00:48:16.73\00:48:18.86
and they can
choose to be baptized.
00:48:18.89\00:48:20.40
So we believe
that baptism should be
00:48:20.43\00:48:23.03
of knowing individuals.
00:48:23.06\00:48:24.80
And secondly, that it
should be by immersion.
00:48:25.10\00:48:28.10
The person should be
submerged totally and
00:48:28.14\00:48:31.14
completely in the water.
00:48:31.17\00:48:32.51
And you say, "Now why
would that be important?"
00:48:32.54\00:48:34.94
The reason why it's important
is because when a person is
00:48:35.94\00:48:39.28
baptized, they are repeating
in miniature the experience
00:48:39.31\00:48:43.59
of Christ and they
are being included in the
00:48:43.62\00:48:46.02
experience of Christ.
00:48:46.05\00:48:47.39
Let me explain what I mean.
00:48:47.62\00:48:49.02
Probably all of you
have seen a baptism.
00:48:49.32\00:48:51.46
The pastor is in
the baptismal font.
00:48:51.93\00:48:54.16
And the pastor says, "I now
baptize you in the name of the
00:48:54.53\00:48:58.00
Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."
00:48:58.03\00:49:00.87
And then the candidate that is
in front, what is the last thing
00:49:00.90\00:49:04.24
that the candidate does
before the pastor puts him
00:49:04.27\00:49:06.88
or her under the water?
00:49:06.91\00:49:08.24
Stops breathing, right?
00:49:08.74\00:49:10.45
They better stop breathing.
00:49:11.35\00:49:13.85
What do they do while
they're under the water?
00:49:14.35\00:49:16.38
They don't breathe.
00:49:17.22\00:49:18.55
What is the first
thing that they do when they
00:49:18.82\00:49:20.92
come out of the water?
00:49:20.96\00:49:22.29
They breathe again.
00:49:22.52\00:49:23.89
Right?
00:49:23.93\00:49:25.26
Do you know
what's happening there?
00:49:25.29\00:49:26.63
They are repeating in miniature
the experience of Christ.
00:49:26.80\00:49:29.96
They are being
included in Christ.
00:49:30.00\00:49:32.27
They are now in Christ
because they went, in miniature,
00:49:32.53\00:49:35.77
through the
experience of Christ.
00:49:35.80\00:49:37.64
They are not now in
themselves, they are in Christ.
00:49:38.07\00:49:41.08
So can sprinkling represent
that, being included in the
00:49:41.28\00:49:46.92
death, burial, and
resurrection of Christ?
00:49:46.95\00:49:49.38
Absolutely not.
00:49:49.42\00:49:50.75
Now the reason I took the
time to speak about the meaning
00:49:51.22\00:49:54.66
of this fourth
step, the step of baptism,
00:49:54.69\00:49:57.26
is because Satan has
established a counterfeit.
00:49:57.59\00:50:01.93
A counterfeit way of salvation.
00:50:02.43\00:50:05.07
Instead of having
people look to heaven,
00:50:05.33\00:50:07.77
the devil has fixed it so
that people look to the earth
00:50:07.87\00:50:12.47
for salvation.
00:50:12.77\00:50:14.11
Now you say, "What do you mean?"
00:50:14.58\00:50:16.71
I'm going to speak now boldly
about the Roman Catholic system.
00:50:17.41\00:50:21.52
And this is no reflection
on individual Roman Catholics.
00:50:22.15\00:50:25.39
Because we're not
talking about individuals
00:50:25.42\00:50:27.86
of the Roman Catholic Church.
00:50:27.89\00:50:29.22
We're talking about
Roman Catholic theology,
00:50:29.26\00:50:31.46
and how it does not fit with
everything that we've described.
00:50:31.66\00:50:34.96
The book of Hebrews tells
us that Jesus was sacrificed
00:50:35.43\00:50:39.57
once for all.
00:50:39.60\00:50:41.47
He was sacrificed once for all.
00:50:42.27\00:50:43.81
He needs not be
sacrificed ever again.
00:50:43.84\00:50:46.54
But the Roman Catholic
Church teaches that in each mass
00:50:47.24\00:50:50.11
Jesus is
sacrificed all over again.
00:50:50.48\00:50:53.15
And people look, not at Jesus
the true Sacrifice in heaven,
00:50:53.75\00:50:57.15
they look at that little wafer,
that little host, in the hands
00:50:57.19\00:51:00.46
of the priest.
00:51:00.49\00:51:01.82
A counterfeit sacrifice.
00:51:01.86\00:51:03.53
Not only that, the Bible
tells us that there's only
00:51:03.83\00:51:06.29
one Advocate, one Intercessor,
who is perfectly righteous;
00:51:06.33\00:51:10.37
Jesus Christ.
00:51:10.40\00:51:11.73
We noticed that the
Intercessor has to be a man,
00:51:11.77\00:51:14.04
He has to be a righteous
man, and He has to be God.
00:51:14.24\00:51:17.41
The Roman Catholic
Church says that there are human
00:51:17.87\00:51:21.48
intercessors, there are priests
who represent individuals.
00:51:21.51\00:51:26.15
The problem with
priests, yes they're human,
00:51:26.18\00:51:28.15
but they're not
righteous humans.
00:51:28.18\00:51:29.85
And furthermore,
they are not God.
00:51:30.42\00:51:32.49
So they cannot
bridge the distance
00:51:32.69\00:51:34.49
between heaven and earth.
00:51:34.52\00:51:35.86
And so people go to the priest,
they confess to the priest.
00:51:35.89\00:51:38.36
They say my sins
are taken care of.
00:51:38.46\00:51:40.23
They're totally oblivious to
the fact that there's only one
00:51:40.43\00:51:43.90
who can
represent them before God;
00:51:43.93\00:51:45.67
Jesus Christ the righteous one.
00:51:45.70\00:51:47.57
And then the Roman
Catholic Church teaches also
00:51:48.40\00:51:50.71
that baptism should be of
infants that cannot repent,
00:51:50.74\00:51:54.08
they cannot confess,
they cannot trust in Jesus.
00:51:54.11\00:51:57.28
And they say it's
okay to just do a little
00:51:57.41\00:51:59.75
sprinkle on their heads.
00:51:59.78\00:52:01.22
The Bible says that we
must be buried in baptism.
00:52:01.32\00:52:04.42
Because when we are
buried in the waters,
00:52:04.45\00:52:06.49
we are participating in
the experience of Jesus Christ.
00:52:06.69\00:52:10.49
So Roman Catholicism has
established a counterfeit
00:52:10.79\00:52:14.50
system of salvation on earth.
00:52:14.53\00:52:16.46
And the sad thing is
that Protestants today
00:52:16.77\00:52:19.43
are oblivious to the difference
between Roman Catholicism
00:52:20.04\00:52:23.37
and Protestantism.
00:52:23.41\00:52:24.74
And you have people
like Rick Warren saying,
00:52:24.77\00:52:26.57
"Oh, you know, we
all believe in Jesus.
00:52:26.61\00:52:29.14
We all believe that Jesus died.
00:52:29.18\00:52:30.75
We all believe
that Jesus resurrected.
00:52:30.78\00:52:32.68
We all believe that
Jesus went to heaven."
00:52:32.88\00:52:34.78
Yes, but the concept of
salvation of Roman Catholicism
00:52:34.82\00:52:39.65
and the concept of the Bible are
radically and totally different.
00:52:39.69\00:52:43.53
Because people look to a
human system for salvation
00:52:43.66\00:52:46.70
on earth in Roman Catholicism
when the Bible tells us
00:52:46.73\00:52:50.20
that there is no hope
except in Jesus Christ
00:52:50.23\00:52:53.10
and His intercession
in the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:52:53.13\00:52:55.74
Are you following me or not?
00:52:55.77\00:52:57.17
This is a
vitally important thing.
00:52:57.21\00:52:58.84
Now let's
introduce our next study.
00:52:59.41\00:53:01.58
In Leviticus chapter
1 through chapter 15,
00:53:03.24\00:53:06.15
the words that describe sin are
almost always in the singular.
00:53:07.25\00:53:12.95
Words like: sin, transgression,
uncleanness in singular.
00:53:13.69\00:53:19.33
Because Leviticus 1 through 15
is describing the daily service.
00:53:19.69\00:53:24.27
In other words, individuals
placed sin, transgression,
00:53:24.47\00:53:28.87
uncleanness in the Sanctuary.
00:53:28.90\00:53:31.47
But in Leviticus
16 it's different.
00:53:31.91\00:53:35.11
Because in Leviticus
16, the words are plural.
00:53:35.38\00:53:39.21
Sins, transgressions,
uncleanness in plural.
00:53:39.25\00:53:45.75
Because we're going
to find in our next study
00:53:45.79\00:53:48.56
that the purpose of the next
step of Jesus in the Sanctuary,
00:53:48.59\00:53:52.39
the day of atonement, is
not to introduce the sins
00:53:52.43\00:53:56.03
of individual sinners in the
Sanctuary, but the purpose is
00:53:56.06\00:54:01.10
to take the whole cumulus
of sins that have entered
00:54:01.14\00:54:04.64
the Sanctuary and
take that cumulus of sins
00:54:04.67\00:54:07.71
out into the court to place
on the head of the scapegoat.
00:54:07.74\00:54:12.75
So what happened in the
daily service was simply
00:54:13.08\00:54:16.28
that when
individuals confessed their sins
00:54:16.38\00:54:19.72
the priest would place his
hand on the head of the victim,
00:54:19.75\00:54:23.29
would transfer the sin
of the sinner to the victim,
00:54:23.49\00:54:26.09
the victim would be slain.
00:54:26.19\00:54:27.80
The blood was then
taken into the Sanctuary
00:54:27.83\00:54:30.47
with the record of the blood,
and the sinner was forgiven.
00:54:30.50\00:54:33.87
But the Sanctuary was what?
00:54:33.90\00:54:36.30
The Sanctuary was defiled.
00:54:36.34\00:54:37.87
Because the blood
bore the record of what?
00:54:37.91\00:54:41.18
Of sin.
00:54:41.21\00:54:42.54
Is that what Jesus is
actually doing in heaven now?
00:54:42.58\00:54:45.35
Yes.
00:54:45.71\00:54:47.05
You see, Jesus
died on the cross.
00:54:47.08\00:54:48.95
And when I repent,
and confess my sins,
00:54:49.18\00:54:51.55
and trust in
Jesus, and I'm baptized,
00:54:51.59\00:54:53.56
Jesus takes those sins
into the heavenly Sanctuary
00:54:53.72\00:54:57.49
and He places
them in the Sanctuary.
00:54:57.69\00:55:00.10
Can I have
assurance of forgiveness?
00:55:00.13\00:55:01.90
Absolutely.
00:55:01.93\00:55:03.26
I don't have
the problem anymore.
00:55:03.30\00:55:05.43
Where is the problem?
00:55:05.47\00:55:06.80
The problem is in the Sanctuary.
00:55:06.84\00:55:08.44
So the Sanctuary, if it's
defiled by sin, it must be what?
00:55:08.47\00:55:12.84
It must be cleansed.
00:55:13.04\00:55:14.84
And that's the service
of the day of atonement
00:55:14.88\00:55:17.91
that we're going to talk
about in our next two lectures.
00:55:17.95\00:55:20.98
Are you
following what I'm saying?
00:55:21.08\00:55:22.45
Let me read you from,
Great Controversy, 421-422,
00:55:22.85\00:55:27.02
as we close.
00:55:27.06\00:55:28.39
Isn't this simple?
00:55:56.55\00:55:57.89
I mean, it's just
absolutely simple.
00:55:57.99\00:56:00.09
Placed on the victim,
the victim's blood is shed,
00:56:00.29\00:56:03.79
the blood is taken
into the Sanctuary,
00:56:04.09\00:56:06.09
and through the blood the
Sanctuary has the record of sin.
00:56:06.36\00:56:09.60
The Sanctuary is defiled.
00:56:09.63\00:56:11.43
And therefore, the
Sanctuary needs to be what?
00:56:11.47\00:56:13.67
The Sanctuary
needs to be cleansed.
00:56:13.77\00:56:16.00
Now I'll tell you
what some people say.
00:56:16.57\00:56:17.97
They say, "Adventists never
have the assurance of salvation.
00:56:18.01\00:56:21.44
Because Adventists say
that their sins are written
00:56:21.91\00:56:25.01
up there in heaven.
00:56:25.05\00:56:26.72
And so they can never be
sure if they're saved or not."
00:56:27.48\00:56:30.49
But let me tell you, our
greatest assurance of salvation
00:56:30.59\00:56:34.32
is to have our sins up there,
to make sure that our sins
00:56:34.52\00:56:39.19
enter the Sanctuary
through the blood of Jesus
00:56:39.56\00:56:42.33
and that they're up there.
00:56:42.53\00:56:43.87
Because if the sins are
not up there, they are here.
00:56:44.07\00:56:47.94
So you better make
sure that you repent of sin,
00:56:48.50\00:56:51.97
and you confess your
sins, and you trust in Jesus,
00:56:52.01\00:56:55.01
and you're baptized
if you haven't been,
00:56:55.14\00:56:57.38
and that Jesus now
mediates, is your Advocate,
00:56:57.58\00:57:01.18
is your Intercessor in
heaven, and takes your sins
00:57:01.22\00:57:04.09
and He places the
sins, covered by the blood,
00:57:04.12\00:57:07.09
in the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:57:07.29\00:57:08.66
You see, as long as
your sins enter the Sanctuary
00:57:08.69\00:57:11.63
covered by the blood, you don't
have anything to worry about.
00:57:11.66\00:57:14.60
Your greatest
assurance is to have them there.
00:57:15.00\00:57:17.67
Because if they are
not there, they are where?
00:57:17.83\00:57:20.34
They are here.
00:57:20.37\00:57:21.70
And so our next study, we
will go into the Most Holy Place
00:57:22.30\00:57:27.14
of the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:57:27.18\00:57:28.51
And let me just set the stage.
00:57:28.71\00:57:30.35
Has every person
who has claimed Jesus
00:57:31.65\00:57:35.62
truly repented of sin?
00:57:35.65\00:57:37.19
Are their true and counterfeit
believers in the church?
00:57:38.42\00:57:41.16
Yes.
00:57:42.22\00:57:43.56
So how do you know who are
genuine and who are counterfeit?
00:57:43.59\00:57:46.93
God will reveal it in the what?
00:57:48.93\00:57:51.13
In the judgment.
00:57:51.70\00:57:53.07
And so the daily
service and the yearly service
00:57:53.67\00:57:57.14
are intimately
connected, as we will see.
00:57:57.24\00:57:59.87