Participants: Bill Liversidge
Series Code: VIJ
Program Code: VIJ000004
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00:22 And thank you for being here this morning,
00:24 as the word of God is once again opened 00:27 and we make an exciting journey into Romans Chapter 5. 00:34 Is there a more thrilling chapter in the New Testament 00:38 than a chapter that focuses on the death 00:42 and the life of Jesus Christ, 00:45 and all the benefits that brings to us. 00:48 Amen. Thank you. 00:51 We've even heard some amen this morning, a very good sign. 00:56 Let's bow our heads together this morning. 00:59 Would you hand the mike over to Ken, 01:01 we're gonna ask him to pray for us this morning, thank you. 01:07 Good morning, Father, 01:08 we gather this morning to meet with You 01:12 and to study Your word. 01:14 We praise Your name for the glorious day 01:16 that you have given to us, 01:18 and the glorious opportunities that we have to learn. 01:21 We asked that you have 01:22 Your Holy Spirit filled this room, 01:24 fill Pastor Liversidge with the words 01:27 You want him to speak today. 01:30 Let the words off the page and out of his mouth, 01:32 we love you Lord and we ask this in Jesus' name, amen. 01:35 Amen. Amen. 01:36 Thank you very much. Let us review. 01:41 We're in Romans 5: 9-10. 01:48 We have our parallelism here, and in our last session 01:52 we noticed that verse 9 has an A and B statement 01:57 and verse 10 also has an A and B statement. 02:02 Don't you love the organized mind of the Apostle Paul? 02:07 In two verses he can summarize the entire plan of redemption. 02:14 Preach that all those amens, 02:16 it gives me courage here this morning. 02:18 In two verses Paul can summarize 02:23 the complete plan of redemption. 02:26 Amen. 02:27 If you hear these two verses, you will be set for life, 02:34 because the essential ingredients 02:37 of the plan of salvation will be in you. 02:41 And through you and in behalf of you, 02:44 because they're all centered in the Lord Jesus Christ. 02:49 Amen. 02:50 The thing I love about Paul's focus is, 02:54 he's totally Christ centered, this one thing I know, 03:02 Jesus Christ and him crucified. 03:05 Amen. 03:07 He doesn't wander off, 03:08 he gets to the point, it's all about Jesus. 03:13 And whether you're speaking of justification, 03:16 sanctification or glorification, 03:20 it's 100% the righteousness of Jesus. 03:25 Amen. 03:26 From beginning to end as we saw last night 03:29 there is not one shred 03:32 of human contribution in the whole process 03:36 because even the good deeds that we do 03:40 are actually an evidence of God in us. 03:43 Amen. 03:44 Both willing and doing of his good pleasure, 03:49 so I hope that you're alive audience in the spirit today. 03:55 Amen. Amen. 04:00 I guess, I shall live in hopes 04:01 at the moment of that manifesting itself 04:05 so in our last session we noticed 04:08 the A statement of verse 9 04:11 and the A statement of verse 10, 04:13 both focused on the atoning death of Jesus. 04:20 And Paul reminded us 04:23 that we have been justified by His blood, 04:26 and we have been reconciled through His death. 04:30 And the meaning of justification 04:33 came through loud and clear last evening. 04:38 Amen. 04:39 Let's take a hand on this morning, 04:40 who recalls the specific meaning of justification. 04:49 Okay, let's hear up here. Declared right now. 04:53 Oh, you did it last night too, 04:54 now I think about it, go ahead. 04:56 Declared righteous. Amen. 04:59 You can see that it's brought forth 05:00 an incredible response here this morning. 05:03 Let's have it repeat it again 05:05 incase there's life present here. 05:07 Declared righteous. Amen. 05:12 God has lifted your filthy garments from you 05:16 and allowed them to fall on one 05:19 who did not deserve to have them. 05:23 Jesus was willing to become sin for us. 05:29 Question here, 1 minute for the mike. 05:34 I've always looked at that word justified 05:37 and turned it to just as if I had never sinned. 05:40 That's the common expression of it, and it's okay. 05:42 Okay, well, from my simple mind I need, 05:45 I just-- that just fits me so well. 05:47 Okay, you can redo sit to that. 05:49 That God doesn't see any sin in me. 05:51 Yes. That's huge. 05:54 That is huge. 05:55 It's really a declaration 05:57 that's why we are using the word, declare, 06:00 because it's about to be followed 06:02 by the reality now within you. 06:06 That if you're willing to let God 06:07 declare you to be this, 06:10 He will now bring it about within you. 06:12 Remember last night, I quoted somebody 06:15 who'd been in the seminar 06:16 and said sanctification is the process, 06:20 where by God now makes us 06:23 into what he has already declared us to be. 06:26 But nothing wrong, your summary is fine, 06:29 it's quite appropriate, that God is looking at us 06:33 as though we had not even sinned. 06:34 That's the declaration of the righteous. 06:36 Same thing, yes, the same thing, 06:39 and I quite like the way you said it, 06:41 it makes it me even clearer, you know. 06:43 God is looking at us as though we had never sinned. 06:46 That's indeed true. 06:48 But the reasons behind that are crucial. 06:50 It's because Jesus became sin. 06:55 Whatever sin is done to you, fell on Jesus. 07:06 Anyone sitting here this morning 07:08 overwhelmed by that thought, 07:10 whatever sin has done to you, 07:13 Jesus permitted to fall upon Him. 07:17 He felt your judgment, He felt your condemnation, 07:22 He took your guilt, 07:25 He was even willing to die your eternal death. 07:31 This is love, this is love of the highest order, 07:35 all because he loved you 07:38 and he did not wish to spend eternity without you. 07:42 Amen. 07:43 He became sin, He who knew know sin, 07:48 became sin, so that we might become 07:53 the righteousness of God in him. 07:55 No wonder He thought He was forsaken. 08:02 Anyone actually praising God this morning? 08:07 But I want to hear a word of praise. 08:09 Anyone got a word of praise this morning? 08:12 Go ahead, Ann. 08:19 Father, this morning 08:20 I just so overwhelmed knowing the fact 08:26 how much You love me, 08:29 that You're just only declaring me righteous. 08:32 But You promised that You will make me righteous, 08:35 and I'm grateful for ever. 08:37 Amen, beautiful clear statement, 08:39 and I love the fact that she's always 08:41 so willing to praise God for this gift. 08:43 Thank you very much. 08:45 Well, and we have on more word of praise over here, 08:47 Grant, thank you very much. 08:55 Father, I praise You Lord, 08:58 because You make my salvation so personal in Jesus. 09:02 I find myself reflected in His sacrifice, 09:07 in His death, in His atonement for me 09:10 and through Him You declared me righteous. 09:14 And You are willing to cleanse my sin 09:19 and I'm humbled by the opportunity 09:23 that You give me, to bring glory to You 09:27 by revealing Jesus in our lives, in my life. 09:30 Amen. 09:31 And I pray that you will make it possible. 09:33 Amen. 09:34 For me to see Jesus, when He comes. 09:37 Beautiful statement. 09:38 Thank you for such beautiful praise this morning. 09:41 We have one more hand back there Grant, thank you. 09:45 We have two more hands. 09:48 Heavenly Father, I praise You, 09:50 because when I take this thought in, 09:53 it breaks my heart and it makes me want to weep, 09:56 and I don't want to hurt You ever, ever again. 09:59 I'm so motivated to love You and to follow You 10:03 because I don't want to cause You anymore pain. 10:05 You did enough for me. 10:07 You did enough for all of us. Praise you, Lord. 10:10 And He is offering even much more yet. 10:12 Amen. 10:13 Beautiful prayers. Thank you. 10:15 Randy had his hand up. 10:21 Father, we just want to praise You today 10:23 for giving up Your Son, to come to this earth 10:29 and die my death to sin, 10:33 and free me from guilt Father 10:35 and take the condemnation and lift it from us. 10:38 We just praise you for that Father 10:40 and give glory to You. 10:42 Thank you, Lord. 10:43 Amen. Amen. 10:46 Let's read together Romans 8 this morning, 10:51 Romans 8:1-3. 10:56 My way of confirmation is to what we are learning, 10:59 Romans 8:1-3, you know this verse hopefully. 11:04 "There is therefore now no condemnation 11:10 to those who are in Christ Jesus, 11:15 for the law of the Spirit of life 11:18 and Christ Jesus has set you free 11:21 from the law of sin and death. 11:25 For what the law could not do 11:28 weak as it was through the flesh, 11:30 God did sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh 11:36 and as an offering for sin. 11:38 He condemned sin in the flesh." 11:42 Amen. 11:45 By the way and I'm taking a hand on this 11:47 in whose flesh did God condemned sin? 11:53 Grant? In the flesh of Jesus Christ. 11:55 It's the flesh of Jesus Christ. 11:58 You had one learned just like James the Baptist 12:01 in the wilderness here, you know. 12:02 Somewhat repeat it. 12:03 Repeat it, you got to say things 12:05 three times to get a response, Grant, you've proved that. 12:08 The sin was condemned in the flesh of Jesus Christ. 12:12 Amen. 12:13 There is life for you, praise God. 12:16 Thank you for such a clear statement. 12:18 Sin was condemned not in my flesh, in His flesh. 12:24 He is the one upon whom the condemnation fell. 12:30 And if you have entered into belief in regards to him, 12:33 the good news is you are not under condemnation. 12:37 Amen. 12:38 Now one big statement came out in our last session, 12:42 who recalls the first of three really big statements 12:46 coming through this weekend. 12:49 Who recalls it, I want to see a hand on this 12:51 a really big statement. 12:54 Ken, okay, came out last night. 12:57 If we remain in faith, 12:59 we're saved through Jesus everyday. 13:02 Oh, you haven't got it crystal clear. 13:04 It's a great tragedy to be on third base 13:07 and stuck there, come on, we need a home run. 13:09 This was the big statement of the evening last night. 13:14 Hand the mike over to the guy next, 13:16 this is a turn around for you too now 13:18 after last night, okay. 13:20 What has happened to Jesus, 13:21 God considers it happened to us. 13:25 Amen. 13:26 Thank you very much, Randy, if it's happened to Jesus, 13:31 God considers that it's happened to me. 13:37 If Jesus felt the condemnation of sin 13:43 and He fully atoned for it, 13:47 I have also felt the condemnation of sin 13:51 and fully atoned for it, 13:54 because God has accepted Jesus in my place. 13:59 Amen. 14:00 Here's the second statement of the weekend coming out 14:03 now, big statement coming out now, 14:06 really big statement. 14:09 This is a very important statement. 14:12 The whole time that you are growing up into Jesus, 14:19 you're daily learning to become like Him. 14:24 It's a life long process, 14:27 the whole time that you're learning 14:33 to become like Jesus throughout your entire life. 14:37 The good news is you should go through 14:40 this process of sanctification, 14:43 you're not condemned. 14:49 Amen. Amen. 14:54 And that's about it, I was gonna say 14:55 that's about as feeble a responses 14:57 I've heard in years. 14:58 I'm gonna repeat it. 14:59 We have one very strong amen at the end there. 15:02 Pray, you saved the day. I'm gonna repeat it again. 15:06 The whole time that you are learning 15:10 to grow up and become like Jesus. 15:13 It's a life long process, it's called sanctification. 15:19 Amen. 15:20 The whole time that we are going 15:23 through that process we are not condemned. 15:29 Amen 15:31 Because our condemnation has already fallen on Jesus. 15:37 Amen. 15:41 I hardly know a dozen people 15:43 that are acting in faith on this matter you know. 15:47 Did actually believe, you know, 15:49 what I'm seeing with people they make a mistake, 15:51 you know what they do? 15:53 They start whipping themselves. 15:55 Oh, I messed up. Oh, I let God down. 15:58 I let myself down. I let you down. 16:01 I'm a disaster. I've just messed up big time. 16:04 I've even lost everything and I say hey, 16:08 what did you do to earn it in the first place? 16:12 What did we learned last month? What was our condition? 16:16 When the grace of God came upon us, 16:18 we were helpless, what else? 16:22 Ungodly, sinners and enemies of God. 16:29 We had nothing to give, nothing to offer God. 16:33 And He justified us in our ungodly condition. 16:38 Amen. This is grace. 16:42 Amen. 16:44 So before you start believing that you've lost everything, 16:49 consider how much you did to obtain it. 16:52 Amen. 16:53 'Cause you had nothing within yourself 16:56 to offer God, God knew that. 16:59 So He accepted Jesus in your place. 17:03 Let's be grateful for that for ever. 17:07 And he considered the righteousness of Jesus 17:09 now to be credited to us. 17:12 Wow! Amen. 17:13 This is grace. This is grace. 17:19 It took me years to realize this 17:20 that I've absolutely got nothing in me to offer God. 17:25 Marty, yes? 17:32 It hit me while we were looking at this characteristic, 17:40 that we are helplessly, ungodly, 17:42 we are helpless sinners, 17:45 and we are helplessly his enemies. 17:48 Beautiful. 17:49 He's an incredible God that would pursue us, 17:53 and see beyond what we could deliver. 17:56 Well. 17:57 Calling us precious in His sight. 17:59 Wow. Just because He loves us. 18:03 What a beautiful statement, Marty. 18:04 Incredible God. Praise God for this. 18:06 Amen. 18:07 This clear statement this morning. 18:09 Wow! I just get tingles 18:11 when I hear a statement like that. 18:13 I love the way you interpreted by putting the word helpless 18:16 before each of those things. 18:18 We are talking about a really generous God here. 18:22 Amen. 18:23 So why do we keep whipping ourselves, 18:26 punishing ourselves, because we made a mistake. 18:31 What should a child of God do if they mess up? 18:36 They should run to Him in repentance. 18:38 Amen. 18:39 And confession and feel his everlasting arms 18:43 around them, forgiving them, 18:44 restoring them and reminding them 18:47 you are still my child. 18:49 Amen. 18:51 I'm not kicking you out of home, 18:53 because you messed up 18:54 and I'm certainly not withdrawing from you 18:57 all the benefits of justification. 19:00 Amen. 19:01 Because you are not perfect, 19:03 trust me and I will grow you up into my likeness. 19:07 Amen. 19:08 So much so that when I shall appear, 19:11 you shall be like me, that's His promise. 19:15 I'm holding God to that promise, 19:17 I don't know about you. 19:18 I'm taking that promise seriously. 19:20 Ken, go ahead please. 19:23 I was also struck by the word enemies last night, 19:26 and to think of enemies, you know time of war 19:29 that means I'm fighting God, I was in battle with him, 19:34 and He still perceived me, He still loved me anyway 19:39 and He still grabs me 19:40 and He still says you're my son. 19:41 You know, stop fighting me 19:44 and his condemnation in judgment 19:49 that I should have on me has been forgiven already 19:52 through the death of Christ on the cross. 19:54 Amen. Amen. 19:55 Wow. 19:56 So the death of Christ is central 19:58 to every single action in our lives, 20:02 because either if we mess up 20:04 and we come to God in repentance 20:06 or we start questioning ourselves 20:08 and feel quite hopeless, 20:09 and I'm never gonna be good enough. 20:11 I hear people saying it all the time. 20:14 Everything hinges on a correct understanding of the cross. 20:18 So I appreciate the statement 20:20 coming through here this morning. 20:22 Luanne has a reason for such a new development here. 20:25 Thank you Luanne. 20:28 One of the aspects of our Father 20:30 that's really impacting me this morning is, 20:34 yes, his generosity but his capability. 20:39 So many time I intend 20:40 to be generous and that's my heart, 20:43 but I'm just not able to follow through. 20:45 Wow. 20:46 He can, and He does and He will and it's all wrapped up 20:52 like we we're seeing in the cross 20:54 and I just praise His name. 20:56 Amen. 20:57 What a beautiful statement Luanne. 20:58 Thank you very much. Well, Jose, yes. 21:07 Without strength I praise Him 21:08 'cause this morning I'm-- I had no strength, 21:13 He gave me the strength this morning. 21:14 Amen. 21:15 Each day He gives us strength. 21:17 Many times we're tired, we're just, 21:22 it's just amazing how He gives me 21:24 the strength all of us and we just ask Him. 21:26 He's gonna give us His strength. 21:27 I feel different, I feel-- 21:30 I just feel blessed, I feel-- 21:33 it's a-- that word without strength-- 21:35 Powerful statement, Jose. Yes, He gives us His strength. 21:38 Amen. He is our strength. 21:39 He is our strength. 21:41 He's all knowing, He's all powerful, 21:43 and He's all seen. 21:44 What praise we're hearing this morning, huh. 21:47 Thank you very much for that, wow. 21:48 Thank you. 21:50 The B statements, it came out last night 21:55 that we have moved 21:57 from the death of Jesus to His life. 22:03 We've moved beyond His death to his life. 22:08 Amen. 22:10 And there's something in the B statements 22:14 that is identified with the life of Jesus. 22:18 Even though most people believe 22:21 it should be associated with His death. 22:25 But according to Paul, 22:27 it is more correctly associated with his life. 22:33 Now who is picking up on this, this morning. 22:36 There's something in the B statements 22:40 that Paul identifies with the life of Jesus 22:44 even though the whole Christian world believes 22:48 that it should be associated with His death. 22:51 In fact, I even hear people saying it, 22:53 Jesus died to something but Paul is questioning that. 22:58 Let's see the hands that are up, okay, 23:00 here's a hand here this morning, 23:02 the mike is miraculously coming to you. 23:05 I think the Christian world is always been taught 23:07 that Jesus died to appease the wrath of His Father. 23:11 Come on, use the word 23:13 that everyone uses, Jesus died to... 23:16 Don't put words in her mouth, she is very eloquent. 23:19 Jesus died to pay for our sins. 23:24 She is living in a highly refined atmosphere, okay. 23:28 Who has the ordinary word here for me? 23:30 Come on, who's got the ordinary word? 23:32 The wrath to appease. 23:33 Okay, don't call out please, 23:35 that's the big no, no here, yes. 23:37 Saved. 23:39 So people like, commonly say Jesus died 23:42 to save me from my sins, not in my sins. 23:45 Oh, he just wants to preach the sermon on this, 23:47 now that's excellent man. 23:49 Give her back the mike again. 23:51 So what are you seeing in the B statements 23:54 what word is popping up, 23:57 I mean this is such a simple question 23:59 I feel like I'm offending your intelligence 24:02 by asking you this question. 24:04 What word is popping up in the B statements 24:07 that Paul associates with the life of Jesus 24:10 and not His death. 24:13 You've got the mike. This is a moment in the sun. 24:21 It's His living that saves us. 24:24 What word is popping up 24:26 that Paul associates with his life. 24:29 I must had not written it all down here. 24:31 It's on the board, here in front, 24:33 oh hallelujah. 24:34 Isn't God gracious? 24:35 Instead of saved by His death, 24:37 we're actually saved by His life, I say. 24:39 Thank you so much. 24:41 Paul says we are saved not by His death, but... 24:45 By His life. By His life. 24:48 Yes. Amen. 24:49 It's a great shame, we have to cut off at this minute 24:51 because the understanding of salvation 24:54 is now about to come through with crystal clarity. 25:00 Hand the microphone to Jose. 25:03 I'm gonna ask him to close in prayer 25:05 as we finish this session, thank you. 25:08 Heavenly Father, we want to thank You 25:09 for this Sabbath day. 25:11 Thank You for Your word and be with us 25:13 and open our eyes and minds and our hearts 25:16 and help us to be more loving to You 25:19 and to depend and to rely on You each day 25:22 and thank You so much 25:23 for the precious gift of Your Son 25:25 and what He has done. 25:27 He died for our sins and He gave up His life 25:30 and that's all because He loved us. 25:33 Nothing, nothing good in any of us, 25:35 it's only because of You, we are here today. 25:38 In Jesus' name, amen, thank you. 25:39 Amen. 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