Participants: C.A. Murray (Host), James Rafferty
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL018505A
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00:02 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE, SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:06 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ 00:18 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪ 00:26 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪ 00:34 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 00:46 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 01:09 >> HELLO AND WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO 3ABN "TODAY LIVE." 01:14 MY NAME IS CA MURRAY, AND ALLOW ME TO THANK YOU FOR SHARING JUST 01:17 A LITTLE OF YOUR NO-DOUBT BUSY DAY, BUDDY -- BUSY EVENING WITH 01:28 US, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE 3ABN BROADCASTING 01:41 NEXT WORK. WE ARE DELVING INTO A SUBJECT 01:44 THAT HAS MYSTIFIED SOME AND FRIGHTENED OTHERS AS WE TALK -ABOUT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF 01:52 CHRIST, AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO GO -- PUT THE SHOVEL IN THE 01:56 GROUND ON THAT SUBJECT. AND THEN I'M EXCITED BECAUSE OF 02:00 MY GUEST, SOMEONE I HAVE COME TO KNOW, LOVE AND RESPECT, AND THAT 02:05 IS JAMES RAFFERTY. I WILL CALL HIM PASTOR JAMES 02:10 RAFFERTY, BECAUSE HE HAS ADDED TO HIS CONSIDERABLE PORTFOLIO, 02:17 PASTOR. HE IS AUTHOR, TEACHER, LECTURER, 02:23 AND NOW PASTOR. AND IN HIS SPARE TIME, HE DOES 02:28 NOTHING, BECAUSE HE HAS NO SPARE TIME. 02:31 >> GOOD TO BE HERE, ALWAYS. >> WE'RE JUST TALKING -- I -- I 02:35 DIDN'T CALL HIM -- I DIDN'T CALL HIM OLD FRIEND, BECAUSE WHEN YOU 02:39 GET -- WELL I DON'T KNOW HIS AGE, MY AGE, I DON'T USE THE 02:45 TERM OLD FRIEND, I SAY FRIEND OF LONG-STANDING, BUT NOT OLD 02:50 FRIEND. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 02:52 >> GOOD TO BE HERE. >> WE BROUGHT A LITTLE SNOW 02:57 GROUR. >> YEAH, USUALLY I WOULD COME 03:01 HERE TO ESCAPE THE SNOW. BECAUSE I LIVE IN SNOW COUNTRY. 03:09 AND NOW WE LIVE IN OREGON, IN CENTRAL OREGON TOWARDS THE 03:13 COAST, EUGENE, AND WE DON'T SEE SNOW EXCEPT ON THE MOUNTAINS, 03:17 AND SO I COME OUT TO ST. LOUIS, AND I WAS CHECKING THE WEATHER 03:21 JUST TO KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT -- BECAUSE I HAVEN'T 03:26 DRIVEN IN SNOW IN A LONG TIME, AND THE ONE DAY I'M GOING TO BE 03:30 HERE IT SNOWED. AND THAT'S TODAY. 03:33 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SO I WAS TAKING PICTURES ON 03:36 MY WAY OUT HERE TO SEND TO MY WIFE. 03:39 [ LAUGHTER ] >> ONCE I WAS TALKING WITH TINE 03:42 AND FOR MANY YEARS YOU WERE JOINED CERTAINLY AT THE HEART IF 03:48 NOT THE HIP. ONE LIKES TO TRAVEL WITH 03:52 EVERYTHING IN ONE HAND, AND THE OTHER WITH EVERYTHING. 03:59 >> I CHECK EVERYTHING. I WANT TO WALK THE AIRPORTS. 04:04 AND TODD HAS EVERYTHING IN ONE BAG. 04:07 IT IS ALWAYS WITH HIM WHEN HE CAN GET OFF OF THE PLANE. 04:11 >> SO HE CHECKS NOTHING. YOU CHECK EVERYTHING. 04:14 >> UH-HUH. [ LAUGHTER ] 04:16 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> I WOULD RATHER HAVE AS LITTLE 04:20 IN MY HAND -- MAYBE A BACKPACK, BUT I DON'T LIKE A LOT OF 04:24 DRAGGING STUFF -- I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME. 04:29 WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS. 04:34 BUT YOU HVE BEEN AT THIS A LITTLE WHILE. 04:39 GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND. YOU DIDN'T START OUT AS -- 04:42 >> NO, I STARTED OUT AS CATHOLIC. 04:47 BORN AND RAISED ROMAN CATHOLIC. AND WAS GOING TO CATHOLIC 04:52 SCHOOL. WAS AN ALTER BOY. 04:55 DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THE BIBLE. MOVED TO THE STATES -- BECAUSE I 04:58 WAS BORN HERE, ACTUALLY CAMP PENDLETON, MY MOM AND DAD WERE 05:06 BOTH IN THE MARINE CORPS, AND THEY SEPARATED WHEN WE WERE 05:11 KIDS, AND THEN I WENT INTO COMPLETE DYSFUNCTION. 05:15 I SEPARATED FROM ANY RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION. 05:21 IN THOSE YEARS FROM ABOUT 11 THROUGH 21. 05:25 BY THE TIME I WAS 21, I WAS MOVING INTO THE ALCOHOLISM THAT 05:31 CAME TO THE FAMILY FROM MY GRANDMA AND MY DAD'S SIDE BOTH. 05:36 AND I WAS WORKING IN A HOSPITAL IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, I GOT ON 05:41 MY KNEES AND ASKED GOD TO COME INTO MY HEART. 05:47 AND I TOLD HIM I CAN'T STOP DRINKING. 05:50 >> SO YOU WERE A FUNCTIONING DRINKER. 05:53 >> YEAH, I WAS STILL YOUNG. I HADN'T TAKEN A SKID ROW. 05:58 AND THEN MY SISTER GOT AFFILIATED WITH THE ADVENT 06:07 -- ADVENTIST CHURCH, AND SHE STARTED BRINGING OVER THIS FUNKY 06:13 STUFF, AND I WAS LIKE, WHERE IS THAT? 06:16 SATURDAY? WHAT? 06:17 SO THAT LEAD TO ME INVESTIGATING THE ADVENTIST CHURCH, BECAUSE I 06:25 THOUGHT IT WAS A CULT, AND I WAS TRYING TO GET MY SISTER OUT, AND 06:33 I STUDIED MYSELF IN. AND I WAS -- BAPTIZED IN 06:38 NOVEMBER OF '84. AND I MET TY GIBSON, AND HE HAS 06:43 A SIMILAR BACKGROUND TO MINE. WE BECAME FAST FRIENDS. 06:48 YOU ARE ON FIRE. YOU ARE HOT. 06:50 YOU HAVE DONE ALL OF THIS STUDYING, AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING, 06:54 HEY, YOU SHOULD COME TO OUR CHURCH AND DO THIS THAT AND THE 06:58 OTHER, AND I THINK IN '86 LIGHT BEARERS MINISTRY WAS FORMED. 07:06 >> SO YOU TOOK OFF QUICK. >> YEAH, WE MADE A LOT OF 07:10 MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY.-GETTING IT WRONG HERE AND THERE, BUT IT WAS GOOD, BECAUSE WHEN WE 07:21 REALIZED WE GOT IT WRONG, WE SAID, HEY, PLEASE HELP US. 07:27 AND THEY DID. AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY 07:30 STRONGLY WITH THE CHURCH FOR 30 YEARS NOW. 07:32 >> PRAISE THE LORD THAT THE CHURCH WAS REDEMPTIVE ENOUGH TO 07:43 NUTURE YOU, AND THAT YOU WERE WISE ENOUGH AND HUMBLE ENOUGH TO 07:47 ASK FOR THE HELP. >> PRAISE GOD. 07:50 >> SO THE MINISTRY HAS GROWN. ONE OF THE SHOWS THAT HAS 07:55 DEVELOPED A LARGE AND LOYAL FOLLOWING TABLE TALK HERE. 07:59 PEOPLE LIKE THAT. YOU, TY, DAVID, AND JEFFERY, AND 08:05 VERY WELL DONE. >> THANK YOU. 08:06 >> THE NEW -- WELL, THEY ARE NOT NEW NOW, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN OUT 08:10 A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THE BIBLE STUDY SERIES REALLY WELL DONE, 08:16 AND BEING WELL RECEIVED. >> DON'T FORGET ABOUT SALVATION 08:21 OF SYMBOLS AND SIGNS. I KNOW THERE ISN'T DARE TO 08:25 DREAM, BUT I WANT TO PUT THAT UP FOR YVONNE. 08:28 THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR. 08:30 WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE IN MARCH TO DO DANIEL. 08:33 >> YEAH, WE HAVE SALVATION SYMBOLS AND SIGNS ON PROCLAIM!. 08:39 >> AMEN. AND ON DARE TO DREAM IT'S ON 08:42 EVERY DAY. >> THAT'S A GOOD SHOW. 08:44 WELL DONE AND -- AND -- AND A GOOD WATCH. 08:49 IT'S GOOD TELEVISION. >> AMEN. 08:52 >> THE WAY YOU APPROACH IT, IF YOU'RE AN ADVANCED STUDENT OF 08:57 THE WORD YOU GET SOMETHING, IF YOU ARE A NEO-FITE IT FEEDS YOU 09:10 THERE TOO. >> AMEN. 09:12 AND I'M ACTUALLY STAYING HOME NOW. 09:14 I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING FOR 30 YEARS PLUS, GOING ALL OVER THE 09:18 WORLD. I FINALLY BEEN CONVICTED THAT 09:22 YOU KNOW WHAT, JAMES, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR YOU TO PASS SOME OF 09:26 THIS STUFF ON THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED. 09:28 YOU HAVE MET ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, STUDIED 09:33 DIFFERENT DOCTRINES AND MET ISSUES, AND GAINED A LOT OF 09:38 EXPERIENCE. AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE AN ARISE 09:42 PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRALIA. 09:44 AUSTRALIA RISE JUST KICKED OFF 42 STUDENTS. 09:48 WE HAVE THAT ON THE GOLD COAST, AND ON THE THE U.S. ARISE BEGINS 09:54 IN AUGUST. >> UH-HUH. 09:56 >> AND WE HAVE, WHAT, 40, 50, 60, 70, TO 80 STUDENTS THAT 10:04 WE'RE PUTTING THROUGH A TRAINING-EXPERIENCE. AND OUT OF THAT, THIS YEAR, WE 10:08 BROUGHT BACK 12, AND WE DECIDED WE WANT TO POUR MORE INTO THESE 10:13 12 IN A DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRY. SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE TRAVELING 10:18 ANYMORE EXCEPT FOR 3ABN, THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR ME. 10:24 >> AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> I WANTED TO SAY THAT WITH A 10:29 PAUSE. >> APPROPRIATE APPLAUSE. 10:32 >> A PAUSE, NOT APPLAUSE. BUT PRIMARILY BECAUSE I'LL GO 10:37 FROM PLACE TO PLACE TO PLACE TO PLACE TO PLACE AND MEET WITH 10:42 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BUT NEVER GET TO DO A PROLONGED EXPERIENCE 10:46 WITH ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE. AND AS I HAVE CORRECTED WITH 10:50 THESE GUYS AND GIRLS, IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. 10:53 IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE. IT'S TWO WEEKS OLD RIGHT NOW. 10:57 BUT I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE. JESUS SPENT, YOU KNOW, THREE AND 11:03 A HALF YEARS OF MINISTRY WITH 12 GUYS. 11:07 >> EXACTLY. >> AND THAT'S WHERE GOD IS 11:10 CALLING TO ME, WE WANT TO BRING PASTORS AND OTHERS INTO THIS IN 11:13 OUR AREA, BUT I THINK WHAT WOULD BE SUPER IF IN OTHER AREAS, 11:18 PEOPLE GOT A HOLD OF THIS IDEA, RETIRED PASTORS THAT THEY HAVE 11:22 GOT A LOT OF WEALTH AND KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE THAT 11:28 THEY CAN POUR INTO PEOPLE. AND I TELL THE CLASS, I SAY 11:33 TABLE TALK WITH JEFFERY AND DAVID AND TY AND MYSELF IS A 11:36 HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION. WE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, 11:39 PUT ON THE MAKEUP, THE LIGHTS, SIT DOWN, AND THEN WE'RE GONE. 11:44 AND THEN I SAID TO HIS GUYS, I SAID THIS IS REALITY TV. 11:49 THIS IS REALITY TABLE TALK. WE'RE JUST DOING LIFE TOGETHER. 11:53 SO IT'S REALITY TABLE TALK. >> YEAH, WELL DONE. 11:57 YOU KNOW, AS YOU GET ALONG IN -- IN MINISTRY, YOU -- YOU 12:02 REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE GOT SOME STUFF -- I WAS TALKING WITH MARK 12:08 FINLEY ON THE SAME THING. YOU MEET GROUPS, AND PEOPLE, BUT 12:12 YOU WANT TO LEAVE A LITTLE WAKE THERE. 12:19 >> PAUL DID IT WITH TIMOTHY. >> UH-HUH. 12:21 >> YOU ARE PASTORING NOW. >> YEAH, PART-TIME. 12:25 SO IT'S A LOCAL CHURCH FALL CREEK. 12:29 RIGHT IN MY AREA. I WAS PASTORING ABOUT TWO HOURS 12:33 AWAY, AND THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF 12:40 TRAVEL. BUT TY AND I LOVE PASTORING. 12:42 AND IT WAS A NATURAL FIT FOR ME. SO I LOVE INVESTING IN PEOPLE, 12:49 WORKING THROUGH ISSUES WITH THEM, HELPING THEM, PASSING OUT 12:53 KNOWLEDGE, PRAYING TOGETHER FOR LIFE'S WISDOM, LIFE COACHING. 12:57 MAYBE I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE AN ANSWER, BUT PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE. 13:02 TELEVISION IS GREAT, VIDEO IS GOOD. 13:05 FACEBOOK IS FANS -- FANTASTIC, TWITTER IS AMAZING AS FAR AS 13:13 DROPPING NUGGETS TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED, BUT THERE IS NOTHING 13:17 THAT CAN REPLACE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE MINISTRY. 13:19 >> EXACTLY. >> YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE IT. 13:22 >> THERE WILL NEVER BE A TIME WHEN IT IS NOT NECESSARY. 13:24 >> AMEN. >> WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT PEOPLE. 13:28 AND SOMETIMES JUST A SOUNDINGBOARD. 13:30 I NEED TO HEAR SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING JUST TO BOUNCE THIS 13:33 OFF OF SOMEBODY. AND WHEN I CAME OUT OF SCHOOL, I 13:36 THOUGHT I HAVE MY DEGREE I CAN SOLVE EVERYBODY'S PROBLEMS. 13:41 SECOND WEEK OF MINISTRY THAT WENT OUT THE WINDOW. 13:45 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> I TELL THESE GUYS THEY ARE 13:48 ALL BROKE AND DYSFUNCTIONAL FROM MANY ANGLES, AND I'M TOO. 13:53 AND I SAID GOD IS USING OUR BROKENNESS TO ECLIPSE US IN 13:59 MINISTRY. SO YOU CAN USE THOSE 14:04 DYSFUNCTIONS AND ALLOW THEM TO BE EXPERIENCES WHERE YOU HAVE 14:07 LEARNED AND GROWN, AND THEY BECOME WEAPONS, IF YOU 14:13 WILL -- TOOLS, TO MINISTER. AND AS I SAYS IN ROMAN'S 8:28, 14:20 TO WORK ALL THINGS TOGETHER. >> YEAH. 14:23 >> SO YOU CAN COMFORT OTHRS WITH THE COMFORT YOU HAVE BEEN 14:27 COMFORTED WITH. >> AND YOU LEARN QUICKLY THAT IT 14:29 IS NOT YOUR JOB TO SOLVE ANYONE'S PROBLEMS, IT IS YOUR 14:34 JOB POINT THEM TO CHRIST. >> AMEN. 14:36 >> WE ARE KIND OF LOSING OUR FUNCTION HERE. 14:40 >> OH, WE'LL BRING IT BACK. >> YEAH. 14:44 THE IDEA THAT I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU IS NOT REALISTIC. 14:48 CHRIST HAS THE ANSWER FOR BOTH OF US. 14:51 >> MAIN. >> IN HELL NO ONE IS GOING TO 14:55 ASK HOW DID YOU GET HERE? NO ONE IS GOING TO ASK THAT 14:58 QUESTION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER. 15:00 NOR DOES IT MATTER WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS, BECAUSE THE ANSWER 15:03 TO ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THE SAME, IT'S JESUS. 15:06 >> AMEN. >> SO THE DEPTH OR STRENGTH OF 15:11 THE PROBLEM IS NOT A QUESTION THAT CHRIST WOULD ASK, BECAUSE 15:14 HE HAS THE ANSWER. SO MY JOB AS PASTOR IS TO POINT 15:21 YOU TO JESUS. >> HE HA THE ANSWER. 15:23 >> SERMON OVER. >> SERMON OVER. 15:24 [ LAUGHTER ] >> GOOD TO TALK TO YOU, MAN. 15:28 >> YOU TOO. >> REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR 15:32 WORK, THE GUYS -- WE REMEMBER THEM TOO. 15:34 >> AMEN. IF YOU WILL, PLEASE. 15:37 >> WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR MUSIC, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO 15:45 TAKE ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. 15:48 I WANT TO READ THIS -- I SUSPECT YOU WROTE THIS. 15:52 I JUST BROKE MY GLASSES. OKAY. 15:56 IN THE PROGRAM TONIGHT RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. 15:59 IT SAYS IT CAN BE CONFUSING AND EVEN SCARY TO SOME THE IDEA THAT 16:05 CHRIST IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. ONE OF THE FIRST BOOKS I BOUGHT 16:12 WAS CHRIST BY RIGHTEOUSNESS. I DON'T KNOW IF I EVER FINISHED 16:20 IT. IT WAS KIND OF DAUNTING. 16:22 THESE ARE GONE. THESE ARE GONE. 16:25 OKAY. I'LL JUST BREAK THAT OFF. 16:26 >> THAT WILL WORK. I HAVE A PAIR LIKE THAT, BY THE 16:30 WAY. >> THEN I CAN DO THEM LIKE THIS, 16:32 AND GET SOME NEW ONES DURING THE-pBREAK. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 16:41 WHAT IS RIGHTEOUSNESS? WHAT DOES RIGHTEOUSNESS LOOK 16:44 LIKE? WHEN I WAS READING THIS BEFORE, 16:46 I WAS THINKING OF THAT IMAGE OF A POLE VAULTER, AND 16:50 RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THIS HIGH BAR, AND WE RUN AND WE GO AND WE 16:53 PLANT THE POLE AND YOU GO UP -- AND JUST BELOW THE BAR -pKIND OF THING, YOU KNOW? 16:59 WE SEE IT AS THIS BAR TO BE REACHED, WHEN WE LOOK AT IT LIKE 17:03 THAT, IT IS DAUNTING. HOW DO I EVER GET OVER THAT BAR? 17:08 AND SO WE GET A CHANCE TO DELVE INTO THAT IDEA TONIGHT. 17:13 WE WANT TO HEAR FROM STEPHANIE DAWN A GREAT FRIEND OF THIS 17:21 MINISTRY, A GREAT SINGER. SHE IS GOING TO BE SINGING "HE 17:29 WHO DWELLS." ♪ 17:55 ♪ ♪ HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SHELTER ♪ 18:39 ♪ 20:27 ♪ ♪ 21:52 >> WELL DONE STEPHANIE DAWN. SUCH A GREAT FRIEND OF THE 21:57 MINISTRY, GREAT PERSONAL FRIEND, WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN, A YOUNG 22:01 LADY WHO WITH HER DAD DAN WORKS FOR THE LORD AND SERVES THE LORD 22:07 SO FAITHFULLY. >> THAT WAS HER DAD PLAYING THE 22:12 PIANO. >> YEAH. 22:12 >> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. >> NICE GUY. 22:18 FUN GUY. JAMES RAFFERTY, PASTOR JAMES 22:20 RAFFERTY, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS 22:26 FAITH AND ASPECTS THEREOF. I'M GOING TO LET YOU LOOSE AND 22:30 LET YOU GO, MAN. BUT I'M COMPLETING A SE 22:35 SERRY -- SERIES ON DANIEL MYSELF CALLED DANIEL ALL ACCESS. 22:45 >> OKAY. WHEN IS IT AIRING? 22:49 ADVERTISE YOURSELF HERE. >> SOMETIME THIS YEAR. 22:51 >> SOMETIME THIS YEAR. [ LAUGHTER ] 22:53 >> THERE ARE EDITING AND THINGS THEY HAVE GOT TO TIDY UP. 22:57 >> I'M HAPPY FOR YOU MAN. >> I'M HAPPY ABOUT IT. 23:04 WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONFESSION, ARTICLE NUMBER 4, IN PREPARATION 23:12 FOR THIS SERIES. >> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE 23:17 CONFESSION IS? >> I GUESS I SHOULD NOT ASSUME 23:25 SO. CHARLES THE FIFTH ASKED THE 23:28 ELECTORS AND THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY TO COME TOGETHER AND TO 23:35 CODIFY FOR THEM THEIR BELIEF SYSTEMS. 23:37 HE DID THIS IN ABOUT 1527 OR 28. 23:43 THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS COMING FROM THE EAST, AND HE NEEDED A 23:47 BODY OF WORK TO TRY TO BRING HIS KINGDOM TOGETHER TO STOP THE 23:52 ADVANCE OF THE OTTOMANS, SO THEY CAME TOGETHER, AND THEY CAME 23:58 WITH THIS TREATISE, THIS THESIS, 28 ARTICLES OF BELIEF THAT 24:05 BECAME THE BASE OF BELIEF FOR THE LOUTHURN CHURCH. 24:20 AND FIVE YEARS LATER, COUNCIL OF TRENT WAS CONVENED TO TRY TO 24:25 COUNTERACT THIS -- >> THIS IS PROTESTANTISM. 24:33 >> INDEED. MAN CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED THROUGH 24:37 GOD THROUGH OUR OWN ABILITIES, WE ARE WHOLLY RELIANT ON JESUS 24:44 CHRIST FOR RECONCILIATION WITH GOD. 24:49 THIS IS THE ONE ARTICLE THAT STANDS BEFORE THE CHURCH IN 24:53 WHICH IT WILL STAND OR FALL. AND MOST OF CHRISTIANITY BOUGHT 24:58 INTO THIS. AND IT BECAME THE ANIMUS FOR THE 25:03 COUNTER REFORMATION AND WHAT HAPPENED FOR THE NEXT 18 YEARS 25:08 BY THE CATHOLIC CHUCH. SO YOUR STUDY IS KIND OF UNIQUE. 25:13 SO LET ME LET YOU LOOSE. >> JEREMIAH 23:6 IS OUR KEY 25:23 VERSE. I LIKE THE CONTEXT BECAUSE WE'RE 25:26 TALKING ABOUT PASTORAL MINISTRY, AND THIS IS REFERRING TO THAT, 25:31 AND I WANT US TO SEE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO. 25:36 JEREMIAH 23:1, THEREFOR THE LORD, FEED MY PEOPLE, YOU HAVE 25:47 SCATTERED MY FLOCK HAVE NOT VISITED THEM, AND I WILL GATHER 25:52 THE REMNANT OF MY FLOCK, VERSUS 3, WHETHER I HAVE DRIVEN THEM, 25:57 AND WILL BRING THEM TO THEIR FOLDS AND SET UP SHEPHERDS OVER 26:05 THEM THAT WILL FEED THEM, AND THEY WILL FEAR NO MORE. 26:09 BEHOLD THE DAY HAS COME SAYS THE LORD, I'M ADDING A PART, THE 26:14 DAYS HAVE COME SAYS THE LORD, THAT I WILL RAISE UP UNDER DAVID 26:21 A RIGHTEOUSNESS BRANCH. AND IN HIS DAY JUDAS SHALL WILL 26:28 SAVED, AND THIS IS THE NAME BY WHICH HE SHALL BE CALLED THE 26:33 LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO THIS KEY VERSE IS TELLING US 26:37 THAT THIS MESSAGE THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS KE TO PASTORAL 26:42 MINISTRY, TO SEEDING THE FLOCK, TO BRINGING THE FLOCK TOGETHER 26:46 AND NOT HAVING THEM SCATTER. RIGHTEOUSNESS IS VERY SCARY, 26:51 BECAUSE RIGHTEOUSNESS IS RIGHT DOING. 26:52 THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS RIGHT DOING. 26:55 SO WHEN YOU DEFINE RIGHTEOUSNESS AS RIGHT DOING, PEOPLE GET 26:59 NERVOUS, BECAUSE WE ALL RECOGNIZE AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE 27:02 ARE NOT NATURALLY INCLINED TO RIGHT DOING. 27:06 >> TRUE. >> WEDON'T NATURALLY RIGHT DO. 27:08 BUT THERE IS A PERSON WHO HAS RIGHT DONE. 27:11 THERE IS A PERSON WHO LIVED A LIFE COMPLETELY FILLED WITH 27:16 RIGHTEOUSNESS, WITH RIGHT DOING, AND THAT IS JESUS CHRIST. 27:19 HE NEVER SINNED. >> YES. 27:22 >> NOT ONCE. SO JESUS CHRIST CAME AS A HUMAN 27:25 BEING AND LIVED THIS PERFECT LIFE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS TO FILL UP 27:29 THE LAW. HE FILLED UP THE REQUIREMENTS OF 27:32 THE LAW ON BEHALF OF THE HUMAN RACE. 27:37 THAT'S WHY HE BECAME A MAN. HE WAS THE SECOND MAN OR THE 27:42 SECOND ADAM, SO HE STARTED A WHOLE NEW HUMAN EXISTENCE, AND 27:46 WHEN WE ARE BORN AGAIN -- BECAUSE WE'RE NATURALLY 27:49 BORN OF THE FIRST ADAM, AND WE INHERIT FROM THE FIRST ADAM A 27:55 DISPOSITION TO DISOBEY GOD, BUT WHEN WE ARE BORN AGAIN, WE 28:00 RECEIVE A NEW LIFE, A NEW HEART, AND WE'RE BORN FROM THE SECOND 28:05 ADAM, AND WE DON'T INHERIT ANYTHING FROM HIM THAT TENDS 28:10 TOWARDS DISOBESANCE. HE DID GOD'S WILL NOT HIS OWN 28:15 WILL ALL THE TIME, SO WHEN WE'RE BORN OF THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE GET 28:18 FROM HIM. BUT THE CONFLICT IS THE SECOND 28:22 ADAM'S DNA IS STILL IN US. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE NEW MAN, 28:26 THE SPIRIT, AND THIS NEW CREATION IS TAKING PLACE, AND 28:31 PAUL SAYS? GALATIANS CHAPTER 5 THAT THEY 28:37 ARE FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER, AND WE STRUGGLE AND AT THE CORE 28:40 OF THE STRUGGLE IS RIGHTEOUSNESS, RIGHT DOING. 28:43 >> YES. UH-HUH. 28:44 >> SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SUBJECT, IT BECOMES REALLY 28:48 DIFFICULT FOR US, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE 28:52 UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS THAT THE LORD IS OUR 28:57 RIGHTEOUSNESS. WE KNOW HE HAS DONE RIGHT. 28:59 HE IS THE RIGHT DOER. BUT HOW DOES THAT EQUATE TO US? 29:04 SOME SAY HE DID RIGHT, AND HIS EXAMPLE AND HIS LIFE SHOW US 29:10 WHAT WE SHOULD DO RIGHT. SO HE IS THE LORD OFF 29:13 RIGHTEOUSNESS WHEN WE DO RIGHT THE WAY HE DID RIGHT. 29:16 >> UH-HUH. >> THAT'S ONE POINT. 29:18 THAT'S ONE IDEA. AND THEN YOU HAVE ABOUT A 29:23 BILLION CHRISTIANS, GIVE OR TAKE THAT -- WELL, THEY UNDERSTAND 29:26 THAT JESUS IS THE SAVIOR AND HE HAS COME TO JUSTIFY US, BUT AS 29:35 FAR AS THE REST OF IT GOES, WE NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WHOLE 29:42 EQUATION. AND IF WE CAN'T DO IT IN THIS 29:44 LIFE, THERE IS ANOTHER OPTION, CALLED PURGATORY WHERE WE CAN 29:50 GET THINGS WORKED OUT. BUT QUESTION HAVE TO MERIT OUR 29:56 SALVATION. SO THERE'S THIS -- AND ME, 30:01 COMING OUT OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH THAT WHOLE UNDERSTANDING WAS 30:05 INGRAINED IN ME. I COULD GO TO CHURCH, SAY MY 30:10 CONFESSION, DO MY PENANCE AND THEN I WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF 30:14 CLEAN. AND WHEN I BECAME A PROTESTANT, 30:23 I BECAME BECAUSE I REALIZED AFTER 21 YEARS I DIDN'T GET THIS 30:28 RIGHT. AND THE WAY I DEAL WITH MY 30:30 FAILURES IS I GO GET THE BOTTLE, I GO GET THE DRUGS, YOU KNOW, I 30:35 TRY TO NUMB THE PAIN THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT KINDS OF 30:40 MEDICATIONS. AND FINALLY IT WAS DAWNING ON ME 30:43 THEY NEEDED A RIGHTEOUSNESS OUTSIDE OF MYSELF. 30:45 >> UH-HUH. >> THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT CHRIST 30:50 IS THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND WE USE THIS PHRASE A LOT, 30:52 SAVED BY THE BLOOD. BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND 30:56 THE FULL IMPLICATIONS OF THAT STATEMENT. 30:58 THE BLOOD WE KNOW AND UNDERSTAND INITIALLY IS THE DEATH OF JESUS. 31:03 HE SPILLED HIS BLOOD FOR US, SO WE COULD BE FORBIDDEN, BUTTHE 31:08 LIFE IS IN THE BLOOD. >> YES. 31:11 >> ACCORDING TO ROMANCE 5:6-10, WE'RE ALSO SAVED BY HIS LIFE. 31:17 BECAUSE SALVATION AND RIGHTEOUSNESS GO HAND IN HAND. 31:20 >> AND IT'S THEIR MARRYING OF THE TWO THAT MAKES IT SO UNIQUE. 31:25 SO THE MERITS OF THE DEATH ARE GIVEN US TO THROUGH THE LIFE OR 31:29 THE MINISTRY THAT IS ONGOING. >> YES. 31:31 >> YEAH. >> SO WE FIND OURSELVES AS 31:35 BIBLE-BELIEVING CHRISTIANS SAVED BY THE PERFECT LIFE OF JESUS AND 31:42 THE SUBSTITUTIONARY DEATH OF JESUS. 31:43 >> CORRECT. >> I WANTED TO LAY THAT AS A 31:47 FOUNDATION IN ORDER FOR US TO GET INTO OUR -- OUR BASIC 31:51 OUTLINE TONIGHT, BECAUSE CA, WHAT I WOULD LIKE US TO DO IS GO 31:55 THROUGH THE BIBLE AND FIND THE VERY BEST HUMAN RIGHTEOUSNESS 31:58 THAT WE CAN FIND. AND I THINK WE CAN DO THIS IN 32:01 FOUR PEOPLE. TWO IN THE OLD TEST AND TWO IN 32:06 THE NEW TESTAMENT. HERE IS THE WORD WE'RE GOING TO 32:13 ESTABLISH TONIGHT. EVEN IF WE COULD FND THE VERY 32:17 BEST RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE BIBLE, IT WOULDN'T BE GOOD ENOUGH TO 32:20 STAND UP AGAINST THE STANDARD OF THE LAW OF GOD. 32:22 THE LAW OF GOD IS OUR STANDARD. SO STANDARD IN THE JUDGMENT 32:29 ACCORDING TO JAMES. SO WE DON'T WANT TO COME TO THE 32:33 CONCLUSION, WE'RE SAVED BY THE PERFECT LIFE OF JESUS AND 32:39 SUBSEQUENT DEATH OF JESUS WE'RE SAVED, SO WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE 32:49 WANT. ROMANS 3, LOVE IS THE FILLING OF 32:59 THE LAW. LOVE YOUR BROTHER, YOU FULFILL 33:02 THE LAW. SO THE LOVE AND LAW GO HAND IN 33:06 HAND. BUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE BIBLE, 33:08 AND WE FIND THE VERY BEST HUMAN -RIGHTEOUSNESS OUTSIDE OF CHRIST THAT WE CAN FINE -- AND WHAT I 33:14 MEAN BY THAT, IT'S NOT SEPARATE FROM CHRIST IN THE SENSE THAT IT 33:18 ISN'T BY HIS GRACE, BUT EVEN BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WHEN WE FIND 33:22 THE VERY BEST RIGHTEOUSNESS WE CAN FIND, GUESS WHAT IN 33:25 >> FALLS SHORT. >> IT FALLS SHORT. 33:27 >> YEAH. >> IT FALLS SHORT. 33:29 >> YEAH. >> AND HERE IS THE DEAL -- AND I 33:31 WANT OUR VIEWERS TO SEE IF THEY CATCH THIS. 33:34 THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE EXAMPLE OF THE FOUR PEOPLE, JOB, DANIEL, 33:42 PAUL, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT JOHN NEW TESTAMENT. 33:47 BECAUSE THESE GUYS EXEMPLIFY RIGHTEOUSNESS. 33:50 I MEAN YOU LOOK AT THEIR LIVES -- IF THE WHOLE BIBLE WAS 33:54 DANIEL, I WOULD JUST TURN AROUND AND GIVE UP. 33:57 AND THANKFULLY WE HAVE DAVID, MOSES, SAMPSON, PETER -- YOU 34:01 KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? >> YEAH. 34:04 >> DANIEL SEEMS SUPER NATURAL TO ME. 34:09 HIM AND ENOCH, IT'S LIKE SEE YOU LATER. 34:16 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT EVEN WITH THE BEST 34:19 EXAMPLES OF HUMAN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY THE GRACE OF GOD, IT STILL 34:23 FALLS SHORT OF THE STANDARD OF PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHICH 34:26 MEANS WE'RE DISQUALIFIED. THE VERY BEST OF US ARE 34:32 DISQUALIFIED. THIS IS WHAT THE ENTIRE 34:35 NARRATIVE OF SCRIPTURE TEACHES. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, JESUS 34:39 CHRIST HAS TO BY THE LORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 34:47 WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT IN DANIEL AND JOB. 34:50 >> IF YOU WERE LEFT WITH THAT, YOU WOULD END UP BEING 34:54 DEPRESSED. IT'S LIKE THERE IS THIS GOAL. 34:56 I CAN'T DO THAT. I CAN'T BE THAT. 34:59 THAT WOULD BE DEPRESSING. JUST STAY IN BED, PULL UP THE 35:05 COVERS, BUT LUCKILY CHRIST WORKS WITH US, THROUGH US, FOR US. 35:10 >> YEAH, WE WOULD BE DEPRESSED. [ LAUGHTER ] 35:14 >> BUT SOME OF US WOULDN'T BE SO DEPRESSED. 35:17 SOME OF US WOULD BE PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE 35:21 THAT WE CAN AND ARE AND WILL BE QUALIFIED TO BE RIGHTEOUSNESS, 35:25 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? >> WHICH IS SELF DECEPTION. 35:29 >> AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALSO. 35:32 AND AS WE END THIS PROGRAM, I WANT US TO LOOK AT A VERSE THAT 35:35 CAN IDENTIFY FOR US -- REMIND ME OF THIS LUKE 18 -- HOW WE CAN 35:41 KNOW IF WE'RE TRUSTING OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, OR CHRIST 35:46 RIGHTEOUSNESS. BUT LET'S GET INTO THE BIBLE 35:48 SOME MORE HERE. I WANT US TO GET INTO THE BOOK 35:53 OF JOB. JOB 1 IS WHERE WE'RE START. 35:55 AND JUST LOOK AT A FEW CHAPTERS HERE. 35:58 HAH REMEMBER WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT FOUR EXAMPLES TWO IN THE NEW 36:02 AND TWO IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. JOB 1, AND WHEN WE START 36:06 JOB -- I JUST WANT TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE WHOLE STORY OF 36:12 JOB. SO JOB BEGINS WITH THIS VERSE, 36:14 MAN IN THE LAND OF US WHO'S NAME WAS JOB, AND THIS MAN WAS 36:19 PERFECT. THAT'S WHAT KING JAMES SAYS. 36:22 >> I HAVE NEW KING JAMES. >> WHAT DOES IT SAY? 36:25 >> THIS MAN WAS -- >> BLAMELESS? 36:28 >> UP RIGHT. >> UP RIGHT. 36:30 >> I'M SORRY, PERFECT, BLAMELESS, UPRIGHT. 36:36 AND THE GUY HAS JUST SOLD OUT FOR HIS FAMILY, HIS KIDS. 36:41 HE -- GETS WORRIED ABOUT THEM, I MEAN WHAT PARENT DOESN'T, RIGHT? 36:46 AND HE IS WORRIED WHEN THEY HAVE THESE PARTIES THAT MAYBE THEY 36:50 ARE NOT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE AND DOING WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOIG, 36:53 SO HE GETS UP REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING AND PRAYS FOR EVERY 36:57 ONE OF THEM. THAT'S THE CONTEXT OF JOB'S 37:01 RIGHTEOUSNESS. NOW IN THAT CONTEXT, JOB, WE SEE 37:05 THIS BOOK SWITCH NOW TO A DIFFERENT PLACE, CIRCUMSTANCE, 37:09 NARRATIVE, IT'S IN HEAVEN. SATAN IS COMING. 37:13 AND GOD SAYS, HEY, SATAN WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE? 37:16 I LIKE THE FACT THAT GOD CHALLENGES SATAN, WHAT ARE YOU 37:20 DOING HERE? AND SATAN IS CLAIMING THAT THE 37:24 EARTH IS HIS, AND GOD SAYS NO. HE'S PERFECT. 37:29 THE GUY IS PERFECT. THE GUY IS PERFECT. 37:33 OKAY? >> UH-HUH. 37:34 >> AND THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, JOB COMES TO A PLACE 37:37 WHERE HE IS STRIPPED OF EVERYTHING. 37:40 HE LOSES HIS FAMILY, KIDS, HIS WIFE IS STILL THERE, BUT SAYS 37:48 CURSE GOD AND DIE. AND HE LOSES HIS HEALTH. 37:52 AND HIS FRIENDS COME AND AS SOON AS THEY START TALKING THEOLOGY 37:58 IT'S OVER. AND HE SAYS BE QUIET AND THAT 38:02 WILL BE MY COMFORT. SO HE IS GOING THROUGH THIS 38:05 WHOLE EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE IN HIS AFFLICTION, THE THEOLOGY IS 38:09 SAYING TO HIM THROUGH HIS FRIENDS, LISTEN, IF YOU ARE 38:13 GOING THROUGH AFFLICTION, IT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING 38:16 WRONG. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE BEING 38:20 CURSED. AND JOB IS LIKE I KNOW WE ALL 38:23 LEARNED THIS TOGETHER, BUT I'M EXPERIENCING SOMETHING HERE THAT 38:27 IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE LEARNED FROM OUR PROFESSOR. 38:33 NOTHING HAS CHANGED BETWEEN ME AND GOD. 38:34 I HAVE NOTICED WHEN THERE ARE TIMES WHEN VIC -- WICKED PEOPLE 38:42 ACTUALLY PROSPER, AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, COULD IT BE THAT 38:47 SOMETIMES NON-WICKED PEOPLE PROS FER. 38:50 HIS FRIENDS ARE NOT OPEN FOR A PAR 38:53 PAR PARADIGM SHIFT. 38:57 SO JOB IS STRUGGLING, AND YOU GET TO ABOUT VERSE 29, JOB GOES 39:04 TO HIS FINAL -- HE IS TAKING THE ACE OUT OF THE HOLE HERE. 39:08 IN JOB 29 HE BASICALLY SAYS, YOU KNOW, I WISH THAT I WAS WALKING 39:13 IN THOSE DAYS OF MY YOUTH WHEN THE ALL MIGHTY WAS WITH ME. 39:18 VERSE 5, WHEN I WENT OUT OF THE GATE AND I SAT IN -- IN THE SEAT 39:24 WHERE THE WISEMEN SIT. VERSUS 8. 39:29 THE AGED MENSAH AND STOOD UP, THE NOBLES HELD THEIR PEACE, 39:34 WHEN THE EAR HEARD ME IT BLESSED ME, I DELIVERED THE POOR THAT 39:39 CRIED, THE FATHERLESS THAT HAD NOTHING TO HELP THEM, I CAUSED 39:46 THE WIDOW'S HEART TO SING FOR JOY, AND I WAS EYES TO THE 39:51 BLIND, FEET TO THE LAME, FATHER TO THE POOR, THE CAUSE I 39:57 SEARCHED OUT. I BROKE THE JAWS OF THE WICKED. 40:00 AND I PLUCKED THE SPOIL OUT OF HIS TEETH. 40:03 I MEAN TIS GUY WAS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 40:05 THAT'S THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE HERE IS. 40:07 THAT'S THE POINT THE BIBLE IS MAKING HERE. 40:14 JOB WAS RIGHTEOUSNESS. MAYBE SOMEONE -- BUT ME, NO, I 40:19 CAN'T TOUCH THIS. BUT NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS. 40:22 AS JOB FINISHES UP, GOD ENTERS INTO THE PICTURE, AND, YOU KNOW, 40:29 YOU HAVE GOT TO GET -- GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL HERE. 40:33 GOD HAS ALLOWED JOB TO BE TRIED BECAUSE HE HAS A BIGGER PURPOSE 40:39 TAKING PLACE BEHIND THE SCENES THAT JOB DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT. 40:42 AND THAT'S US. THERE ARE VIEWERS CA WHO ARE 40:48 GOING THROUGH STRUGGLES AND DIFFICULTIES, AND THEY DON'T 40:52 UNDERSTAND WHERE IS GOD AND WHAT IS GOING ON? 40:55 THAT'S THE BOOK OF JOB. AND SOMETIMES GOD CAN'T EXPLAIN 40:59 ALL OF THE DETAILS, OR WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. 41:02 JOB SAW IT, BUT HE WAS STILL STRUGGLING WITH IT. 41:05 BUT GOD TRIES TO SHOW US, HEY, LISTEN, I'M FIGHTING WITH SOME 41:11 STUFF HERE, AND IF YOU HAD TO TACKLE WHAT I HAVE TO TACKLE IT 41:17 WOULD KNOCK YOU OUT AND YOU WOULD NEVER GET UP AGAIN. 41:22 >> EXACTLY. >> AND THEN IN JOB 40, GOD COMES 41:28 TO JOB AND SAYS -- THE LORD ANSWERS JOB AND SAYS SHALL HE 41:34 THAT CONTENDS TO THE ALL MIGHTY STRUCK HIM. 41:39 THEN JOB ANSWERED THE LORD AND HE SAID, BEHOLD, I AM VIAL. 41:45 WHAT SHOULD I ANSWER THEE. I WILL PROCEED NO FURTHER. 41:53 AND WHAT JOB IS SAYING HERE IS THERE WAS A TIME IN JOB 9 WHEN 41:59 JOB SAID SOMETHING LIKE THIS -- HE SAID, YOU KNOW, GOD 42:02 DOESN'T HEAR ME, AND IF HE DID, HE WOULDN'T ANSWER ME, AND IF I 42:07 HAD CHANCE TO TAKE HIM TO COURT, HE WOULDN'T SHOW UP. 42:12 >> UH-HUH. >> ANOTHER THING I WANT TO GET 42:15 CLEAR HERE, GOD IS BIG. HE HAS BIG SHOULDERS. 42:19 >> YOU KNOW, I WAS HOLDING MY MOUTH -- 42:22 >> YEAH, GO FOR IT. >> THE FACT THAT GOD IS BIG 42:26 ENOUGH TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. GOD WILL EVEN ALLOW YOU TO SHAKE 42:31 YOUR FINGER. WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS 42:33 GIVE UP ON HIM. >> AND WALK AWAY. 42:37 >> BUT GOD IS NOT SO PETTY THAT YOU CA'T SAY, GOD, I DON'T 42:42 UNDERSTAND. THIS MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. 42:44 I WON'T GIVE UP, BUT I'M GOING TO WHINE OKAY. 42:48 >> AND THAT'S OKAY. >> PRECISELY. 42:51 >> AND IN THE END HE SAYS JOB IS MY MAN. 42:55 BECAUSE HE SAID I DON'T GET THIS, GOD, I DOJT LIKE IT. 42:58 AND GOD SAID, I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER. 43:03 AND THIS COMPLACENT RELIGION THAT SAYS IF YOU ARE COMPLAISANT 43:10 IT'S FIND. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS. 43:12 THERE IS WICKEDNESS AND PAIN, AND WHEN YOU FEEL THAT, AND YOU 43:16 ARE UPSET WITH GOD CONCERNING THAT, HE IS RIGHT THERE WITH 43:19 YOU. >> PRECISELY. 43:22 >> SO WE COMMENDS JOB. AND ONE MORE THING THAT IS 43:26 HAPPENING IN VERSE 42, BECAUSE GOD SPEAKS AGAIN, AND THEN 43:32 VERSE -- >> CHAPTER 42. 43:34 >> EXCUSE ME CHAPTER 42, HE SAYS I KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO 43:38 EVERYTHING, AND THAT NO THOUGHT CAN BE HIDDEN FROM THEE. 43:43 THEREFORE I HAVE UTTERED THAT I UNDERSTOOD NOT. 43:47 THINGS WERE WONDERFUL FOR ME, WHICH I KNEW NOT. 43:51 AND I WILL DEMAND OF ME -- THIS IS HIM QUOTING GOD, I HAVE HEARD 43:56 OF THEE BY THE HEARING OF MY EAR, BUT NOW MY EYES SEE THEE. 44:05 >> YEAH. >> WE CAN ARGUE WHY JOB DOES 44:09 THIS OR DOESN'T DO IT. BUT I DON'T CARE. 44:14 IT DOESN'T MATTER. EVEN IF HE'S PERFECT AND 44:18 RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT AS WE MOVE TO DANIEL 44:22 AND OTHERS. WHEN YOU SEE GOD, I DON'T CARE 44:26 HOW MANY ORPHANS YOU HAVE MINISTERED TO, HOW MANY CAUSES 44:30 YOU HAVE SOUGHT OUT, WHEN YOU SEE GOD, THIS IS GOING TO BE 44:33 YOUR EXPERIENCE. >> PRECISELY. 44:35 >> YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS GOING TO GO FLAT. 44:38 YOUR GLORY IS GOING TO BECOME DUST. 44:41 AND WHEN YOU ARE WALLOWING IN YOUR GLORY, GOD JUST RAISES YOU 44:47 UP, BECAUSE ITS HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 44:51 >> AFTER ALL OF THAT -- AND I THINK WHEN YOU REALLY GET THE 44:54 VISION OF WHO GOD IS, AND WHO YOU ARE -- 44:56 >> UH-HUH. >> -- YOU'RE -- YOU'RE RESPONSE 45:02 IS TO FALL FLAT ON YOUR FACE. ANYTHING THAT YOU EVER THOUGHT 45:05 YOU HAD OR YOU COULD BRING TO THE TABLE YOU REALIZE IS 45:08 NOTHING. >> HUH. 45:10 >> IT'S NOT GOD PLUS YOU. IT'S GOD ALL GOD. 45:13 >> OKAY. >> AND THAT'S WHERE HE ENDED UP, 45:16 AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE GOD WANTED HIM TO BE. 45:21 >> YOU STARTED WITH THE CONFIRMATION. 45:24 WE'RE -- WE'RE COMING OUT OF THAT, AND REALIZING WHAT THE 45:29 REFORMATION WAS ALL ABOUT, AND WHAT IT BROUGHT TO US, THIS IS 45:32 WHAT THE REFORMERS ARE ALL ABOUT. 45:35 >> YES. >> YES CAN'T ADD THEM TO THE 45:38 CANNON, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THE LIFE OF LUTHER AND WHAT HE WENT 45:43 TO WITH HIS MONASTERY LIFE AND WALKING ON HIS KNEES UP THE 45:48 STAIRCASE, AND LACERATING HIS BACK, AND DENYING HIMSELF AND 45:53 LIVING A BEGGAR'S LIF IN BEGGAR'S CLOTHES, AND DOING 45:57 RIGHTEOUSNESS ACTS AND NEVER FEELING LIKE HE MEASURED UP, 46:01 OKAY? >> YES. 46:02 >> THAT'S THE PICTURE WE'RE GETTING HERE. 46:05 NOW NONE OF US HAVE TO LIVE THAT KIND OF LIFE. 46:08 GOD WANTS TO BLESS US WITH LIFE THAT IS BOUNTIFUL. 46:13 BUT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET TO THAT IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS 46:18 THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. >> AMEN AND THE LORD OUR 46:23 RIGHTEOUSNESS LAYS THE FOUNDATION FROM WHICH SPRINGS 46:26 THE FRUIT IN OUR LIVES. THE BIG DANGER IS TO LET THAT 46:33 FRUIT BE THE MEANS OF SALVATION. BECAUSE WITHOUT THE FRUIT WE'R 46:38 IN TROUBLE. BECAUSE THE FRUIT TESTIFIES TO 46:40 THE FOUNDATION THAT WE NEED. >> EXACTLY. 46:43 >> OKAY. SECOND GUY, DANIEL. 46:45 THIS GUY IS AMAZING. >> OH, HE IS. 46:47 >> YOU HAVE JUST DONE A SERIES ON DANIEL. 46:51 IT'S NOT AIRING YET, BUT YOU HAVE TOLD US ABOUT THAT. 46:54 >> INDEED. >> SO YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE 46:56 STORY. I WANT TO GIVE OUR VIEWERS AN 46:59 OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL. AND WE START OUT WITH THIS 47:03 INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. DANIEL'S WHOLE NATION HAS BEEN 47:08 TAKEN CAPTIVE. AND THEY ARE GOING INTO 47:12 CAPTIVITY TO BABYLON BECAUSE OF DISOBEDIENCE, BUT DANIEL IS NOT 47:19 WITH THAT GROUP. DANIEL IS ACTUALLY FAIHFUL TO 47:23 GOD. HE'S TRUE TO GOD. 47:25 IT SEEMS LIKE HE LEARNED ABOUT THE PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH AND 47:32 LISTENED TO JEREMIAH FROM THE TIME HE WAS A LITTLE KID. 47:37 AND THE FIRST THING HE DOES WHEN GETS INTO BABYLON HE SAYS I'M 47:43 NOT EATING THAT FOOD OR DRINKING THAT WINE. 47:46 I'M GOING TO BE TRUE T GOD. AND FROM THAT POINT ON, YOU JUST 47:50 SEE THIS GUY EXPLODE IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. 47:52 >> OH, YOU DO. >> WHEN THE KING HAS A DREAM, HE 47:56 GOES IN TO PRAY, AND WHEN HE COMES OUT THE FIRST THING HE 48:01 SAYS IS DON'T DESTROY THE WISEMEN OF BABYLON. 48:05 AND THESE GUYS WOULDN'T THINK A SECOND THOUGHT ABOUT HIM. 48:08 THIS GUY IS EXPLODING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. 48:11 YOU HAVE TIME AFTER TIME WHERE HE IS COMING TO THE HELP OF 48:17 NEBUCHADNEZZAR, WHETHER THEY ACCEPT IT OR NOT. 48:20 HE IS A UNCK, A CAPTIVE, A PRISONER IN A SENSE, AND YET HE 48:28 CARES FOR THEM. >> YEAH, HE DOES. 48:30 >> AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE SPIRIT OF DANIEL, HE HAS THE 48:33 SPIRIT OF THE HOLY GODS IN HIM. AND EVEN WHEN YOU GET THROUGH TO 48:39 DANIEL 9, LET'S SAY, YOU HAVE THIS GUY PRAYING FOR FORGIVENESS 48:44 AND REPENTANCE OF SIN, THE SINS OF HIS NATION. 48:48 WE SINNED, WE -- WE HAVE FORSAKEN YOUR COMMANDMENTS. 48:54 WHAT, DANIEL? WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE HAVE SINNED? 48:58 YOU ARE A GOOD GUY, LOOK AT YOU. HE IS SO PERFECT THAT THEY CAN'T 49:03 EVEN FIND MUD ON HIM IN THE POLITICAL ARENA. 49:07 I MEAN THEY FOUND MUD ON CARSON, SOME ON. 49:10 [ LAUGHTER ] >> DANIEL IS BLAMELESS. 49:12 THE GUY STANDS WITHOUT A PEER. >> YEAH. 49:16 THE ONLY DIRT WE CAN FIND IS BETWEEN HIM AND HIS GOD. 49:19 >> YEAH. >> BUT NO FANFARE, HE IS JUST 49:23 CONSISTENTLY WALKING WITH THE LORD. 49:25 HE GOES TO PRAY AND GOD GIVES HIM THE ANSWER. 49:29 NO TA-DA! >> CAN YOU DO IT, DANIEL? 49:33 I CAN'T, BUT GOD CAN. >> YEAH, CONSISTENT WALK WITH 49:37 GOD. AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE 49:39 ARE NO BELLS OR WHISTLES. YOU ARE JUST YOU AND THE LORD 49:45 WALKING TOGETHER AND GOD WORKING IT OUT FOR YOU, WITH YOU, TO 49:49 YOU, AND PUTS SHOES ON YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 49:53 >> UH-HUH. NOW WE SAID ALL OF THAT TO GET 49:56 TO THE GRAND FINALE, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY DANIEL 10, IT'S THE 50:02 MOST SIGNIFICANT CHAPTER IN DANIEL. 50:05 BUT PROBABLY THE MOST NEGLECTED. >> YOU WANT TO GET TO 11. 50:10 >> YEAH, WHEN YOU TOLD ME YOU DID A PIECE ON DANIEL, I THOUGHT 50:15 I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH DANIEL 11, YOU KNOW? 50:18 BUT DANIEL 10 IS THE BROCCOLI. WHEN I WAS A KID, I WAS RAISED 50:24 TO EAT MEAT AND POTATOES, AND I CAN'T LIKE VEGETABLES. 50:28 AND I HAD A DOG, AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SLIP THE VEGETABLES 50:33 UNDER THE TABLE TO HIM. >> LUCKY DOG. 50:36 >> THE PROBLEM WAS HE DIDN'T LIKE THEM EITHER. 50:39 BUT HE WOULD EAT ANYTHING OUT OF MY HAND, BUT AS SOON AS HE GOT A 50:44 TASTE OF IT, HE WOULD SPIT IT OUT, AND THEN I WAS IN TROUBLE. 50:51 SO I DECIDED TO EAT THEM AS FAST AS I COULD FIRST, AND THEN I 50:56 COULD FOLLOW UP THAT TERRIBLE AFTER TASTE WITH THE MEAT AND 51:02 THE GRAVY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO A LOT OF 51:07 TIMES TO DANIEL. BUT THE BROCCOLI, THE VEGETABLES 51:10 IS WHERE THE NUTRIENTS ARE. >> YES. 51:13 >> THE NUTRIENTS ARE WHAT FEED US. 51:16 DANIEL 10 IS FLLED WITH NUTRIENTS. 51:19 THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO BE. PROPHECIES FAIL. 51:22 KNOWLEDGE? KNOWLEDGE PASSES AWAY. 51:24 YOU HAVE FAITH TO MOVE MOUNTAINS, THAT FAITH -- WHAT WE 51:27 NEED IS THE LOVE. WE NEED THE EXPERIENCE. 51:30 AND DANIEL 10 IS ALL ABOUT THAT. AND IN DANIEL 10 YOU HAVE THIS 51:35 AMAZING -- AGAIN, FOR OUR VIEWERS WHO ARE TRYING TO CATCH 51:39 THE CONSISTENCIES WITH THESE FOUR DIFFERENT GUYS. 51:41 WE WANT TO LOOK AT DANIEL 10, AND LOOK AT VERSES 5 AND 6. 51:47 CAN YOU READ THOSE FOR US, CA. >> I LIFTED MY EYES AND LOOKED 51:54 AND BEHOLD A CERTAIN MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN WHOSE WAIST WAS GURDED 52:04 WITH GOLD OF UFAZ, HIS BODY DOES LIKE A BARREL, HIS EYES LIKE 52:10 TORCHES OF FIRE, HIS ARMS AND FEET LIKE BURNISHED BRONZE IN 52:15 COLOR, AND THE SOUND OF HIS WORDS LIKE THE VOICE OF A 52:19 MULTITUDE. >> WHO IS? 52:20 WHO IS THIS? >> THIS IS THE MESSENGER OF GOD. 52:24 >> WHEN YOU COMPARE THESE VERSUS WITH THE BOOK OF REVELATION, YOU 52:28 FIND THAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT JESUS. 52:31 >> IT SURELY IS. >> THIS IS TALKING ABOUT JESUS. 52:34 >> IT SURELY IS. >> DANIEL IS ENCOUNTERING 52:38 CHRIST. WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS MAN THAT IS 52:42 BLAMELESS BEFORE HIS POLITICAL RIVALS, THIS MAN THAT IS 52:45 THINKING OF OTHERS, THIS MAN THAT IS COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO 52:49 GOD, THIS MAN THAT IS SO HUMBLE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ASK HIM 52:55 IF -- HE SAYS NO, I CAN'T, BUT GOD CAN. 52:59 WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM AND ALL OF THIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, THIS 53:03 GOODNESS, THIS RIGHT DOING THAT WE SEE IN HIS LIFE, WHAT HAPPENS 53:07 WHEN HE ENCOUNTERS CHRIST? >> NO STRENGTH, NO -- TREMBLING. 53:15 >> YEAH, VERSE 7. >> AND I DANIEL, ALONE SAW THE 53:19 VISION FOR THE MEN WHO WERE WITH ME DID NOT SEE THE VISION, BUT A 53:23 GREAT TERROR FELL ON THEM. SO THAT THEY FLED TO HIDE 53:29 THEMSELVES. THEREFORE I WAS LEFT ALONE, 53:30 VERSE 8, AND SAW THIS GREAT VISION AND NO STRENGTH REMAINED 53:36 IN ME, FOR MY VIGOR TURNED TO FRAILTY, AND I HAD NO STRENGTH. 53:44 >> MY VERSION SAYS I WAS TURNED INTO CORRUPTION. 53:48 HE FELT LIKE HE COULD JUST DIE, THIS RIGHTEOUSNESS MAN -- THE 53:51 POINT HERE -- AND I THINK THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL -- THE POINT 53:57 HERE AS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND AS MUCH GOOD WORKS AS YOU DO, AND 54:04 MY RIGHTEOUSNESS DIDN'T COMPARE TO JOB OR DANIEL. 54:09 SO -- SO WHEN YOU HAVE A MAN WHO'S BLAMELESS, AND HE IS 54:16 CONFRONTED WITH JESUS, WHEN HE SEES CHRIST, WHEN HE SEES THE 54:20 GOODNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PERFECTION OF GOD, THERE IS 54:23 NOTHING LEFT. HE FALLS DOWN AS THOUGH HE IS 54:26 DEAD. THERE'S NO GOODNESS, NO 54:29 RIGHTEOUSNESS IN HIM, AND THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT WE FIND ALL 54:33 THROUGH SCRIPTURE. THIS IS WHY THE LORD IS OUR 54:40 RIGHTEOUSNESS. BECAUSE AS GOOD AS WE CAN GET 54:43 FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, I DON'T KNOW -- YOU WERE TELLING ME YOUR 54:47 AGE, AND I DON'T TELL OUR VIEWERS, UNLESS YOU TELL OUR 54:53 VIEWERS, BUT YOU ARE ONLY 12 YEARS OLDER THAN ME, AND I'M 55. 55:00 SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN IN MINISTRY EXACTLY, 55:03 BUT I KNOW IT HAS BEEN LONGER THAN ME. 55:06 AND I HAVE LISTENED TO YOUR SERMONS AND I KNOW CA THAT YOU 55:12 CAN RELATE TO THIS, BECAUSE PEOPLE -- VIEWERS CAN LOOK AT US 55:16 AND HEAR OUR STORIES, HOW GOD USED US, AND THEY CAN READ OUR 55:21 BOOKS AND SAY, MAN, THIS IS A MAN OF GOD HERE. 55:25 THEY PRAY, THEY STUDY THE BIBLE, THEY SHARE TRUTH, THEY ARE 55:29 JUST -- ALL THE WAY THROUGH. BUT WE KNOW -- YOU KNOW AND I 55:33 KNOW, THAT WHEN WE ENCOUNTER CHRIST, OUR EXPERIENCE IS LIKE 55:40 DANIEL'S EXPERIENCE, OUR EXPERIENCE IS LIKE JOB'S 55:43 EXPERIENCE. EVERY SINGLE DAY WE HAVE TO 55:45 MUSTER THE COURAGE TO SAY, GOD HAS GOT THIS. 55:48 I KNOW HE'S THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH. 55:52 DON'T WE? >> WE DO. 55:54 WE DO. WE HAVE TO. 55:56 WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER CHRIST AND YOU SEE YOUR OWN UNLOVELINESS, 56:01 IT IS NOT DONE IN AN EFFORT TO DEPRESS YOU, IT'S DONE IN AN 56:07 EFFORT TO SHOW YOU THE NEED OF HIM. 56:10 HE HAS GOT YOU THIS FAR AND YOU HAVE TO HOLD HOME TO GET HOME. 56:15 BEING A CHRISTIAN MEANS YOU ARE NOT TOO PROUD SO YOU DON'T LOOK 56:21 DOWN ON ANYBODY, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK UP TO ANYBODY. 56:26 KEEP YOURSELF FOCUSED ON JESUS, AND THEN YOU'RE PRECISELY WHERE 56:30 GOD WANTS DO YOU BE. >> WE HAVE THIS VERTICAL 56:34 CONNECTION WITH GOD, THIS VERTICAL CONNECTION WITH GOD 56:37 THAT KEEPS US HORIZONTALLY EQUAL. 56:40 >> WELL SAID. >> WE'RE FOCUSED ON CHRIST. 56:44 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE. 56:50 AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE NO LONGER ON THIS HORIZONTAL LEVEL WITH 56:54 EVERYONE ELSE. >> WE FEEL A LITTLE BIT ABOVE -- 56:57 >> YEAH. SO THERE ARE TIMES WHEN GOD 57:00 BRINGS US BACK DOWN TO THE FOOT OF THE CROSS. 57:04 >> PETER TELLS US WE'RE LOYAL. AND THEN HE SAYS DO'T THINK OF 57:09 YOURSELF ANY HIGHER THAN YOU ARE. 57:11 YOU START WITH JESUS, YOU STAY WITH JESUS, YOU WILL END WITH 57:15 JESUS. AND IT'S ABOUT JESUS ALL THE WAY 57:18 THROUGH. WE ARE COMING DOWN TO THE NETHER 57:21 END OF THIS FIRST HOUR. AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK. 57:25 AND PRAYERFULLY, HOPEFULLY YOU ARE GETTING SOMETHING FROM THIS.-AND GETTING TO SEE RIGHTEOUSNESS 57:30 IN A NEW WAY, LOOKING AT IT, THROUGH PERHAPS NEW EYES, AS WE 57:35 LOOK AT MEN WHO ARE ACCOUNTED AS RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT REALIZE THE 57:39 RIGHTEOUSNESS IS IN AND THROUGH CHRIST. 57:41 WE'LL BE BACK IN TWO MINUTES AND TWO SECONDS. 57:44 AND WE'LL LOOK TO SEE YOU THEN. ♪ |
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