Participants: Bill Liversidge
Series Code: VIJ
Program Code: VIJ000005
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00:22 Welcome back. Thank you.
00:26 As we continue our exciting journey into Romans Chapter 5 00:31 and the good great and wonderful news. 00:34 Amen. 00:35 Of what God has accomplished through the atoning death 00:39 and the magnificent life of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. 00:44 Let us bow our heads together. 00:46 We're going to call on Rene, 00:48 if you would lead us in prayer this morning 00:50 as we move back into God's word. 00:52 Thank you. 00:55 Our Lord, we praise You this moment for the privilege 01:00 we have, to study one of the most profound messages 01:06 that we find in the Bible. 01:09 How You saved each one of us 01:13 through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. 01:15 Yes. Thank You, Lord. 01:17 Thank You for the whole ministry of Jesus Christ. 01:20 His life, death and resurrection. 01:24 In Jesus' name, amen. Amen, amen. 01:29 Jumping back into Romans 5:9 and 10, 01:35 we're now focused on the B statements. 01:39 Notice how carefully Paul words his position, 01:43 he's covered the death of Jesus, 01:46 he is now moving us into the life of Christ. 01:50 First of all we are saved from what? 01:54 Isn't that an interesting expression, 01:55 we are saved from wrath, through Him. 02:01 Pardon. From what we deserve. 02:04 From what we deserve, absolutely, absolutely, 02:07 from what we deserve. 02:09 And secondly, we are saved by His life. 02:16 He doesn't say it here but it's through him 02:19 which is basically saying the same thing 02:21 but we know because it's a parallelism, 02:25 we know it's a reference to the life of Christ. 02:30 Now, Lou, and I know the term life of Christ 02:33 is impacting you. 02:35 We're going to call on Lou to making 02:38 a little input at this time 02:39 when you hear the term the life of Christ, 02:42 what is it triggering in your fertile mind? 02:46 Your previous statement leads me to boldness in this matter, 02:49 I want to see exactly what you're thinking. 02:53 He is offering me His life to be lived in my simple flesh. 02:58 Wow. Amen. 03:00 And I'm just wow, yeah. 03:02 Say it again, you've got one response 03:05 all the way from Georgia, 03:08 where amens are more frequent though I have to admit. 03:11 But this is California, you've got to say things 03:13 three times here to get a response. 03:16 Let's hear it again. 03:17 That's a beautiful statement she's coming out with. 03:20 He is offering me His sinless life to be lived 03:24 through my sinful flesh and that is just wow. 03:29 One more time, the response is still mediocre. 03:32 This is a tough crowd here. 03:34 I'm gonna cry if I say it again 'cause it's just beautiful. 03:37 If you've got a tissue there, Marty, we can be ready. 03:41 He offers me His sinless life through my sinful flesh 03:46 and I can't think for greater gift. 03:48 It's a very profound insight that Lou Ann has come out with. 03:54 This is something that Jesus has done for us here 03:57 when we speak about His death but down here now, 04:01 we're talking about not something 04:04 that He'll do for us 04:05 but something He is willing to do in us. 04:11 And Lou Ann has hit the nail on the head, 04:14 she has not given the scripture though, 04:16 so we're in danger of perishing here. 04:18 So, Lou Ann, don't hand the mike to anyone else 04:22 because you're still on the line here. 04:25 Can you support your statement with a biblical declaration? 04:30 Is God offering us the privilege 04:33 of the very holy life of Jesus now to be lived within us? 04:38 Let's see what scripture she's about the come up with. 04:41 You've got one there, have you? 04:43 Lou Ann has not given a Macedonian cry yet 04:46 but she has been known to give them before. 04:50 Let's turn to Romans 8. 04:52 She is listening to those around her. 04:54 Let's see how much wisdom this has, okay. 04:59 Romans Chapter 8, okay. 05:01 Which verse you said do you think? 05:04 Four and five, that the righteousness of the Lord 05:07 might be fulfilled in us because He did that 05:10 and we don't walk after the flesh 05:12 but after the Spirit, for they that are after the flesh 05:15 do not mind the things of the flesh 05:16 but they that are after the Spirit 05:18 the things of the Spirit. 05:21 So He fulfilled the law perfectly 05:24 and He offers that to be fulfilled in us. 05:27 All right, it's kind of hovering 05:28 on the edge of her statement. 05:31 It's not as clear as it could be. 05:33 Hand the mike over to the front. 05:35 That's what I was thinking. To the front pew here. 05:38 We'll just see if... 05:43 Ephesians 3:16, 17. 05:50 Ephesians 3, okay, 05:51 an interesting chapter to be into, 05:53 it's a beautiful chapter. 05:55 Especially talking about Christ in us. 05:58 And he's in Ephesians 3 beginning with verse 16. 06:03 Let's just all turn to that and see where it leads us. 06:06 Go ahead please. 06:08 Ephesians 3:16 and onward "That He would grant you, 06:12 according to the riches of His glory, 06:14 to be strengthened with power 06:16 through His Spirit in the inner man, 06:20 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, 06:26 and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 06:29 may be able to comprehend with all the saints 06:32 what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 06:39 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, 06:46 that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God." 06:51 All right, just hold up there, huh? 06:53 How much of Himself is God offering us? 06:56 Fullness. 06:57 Can you believe this? His fullness. 07:00 God is offering us His fullness. 07:03 Amen. 07:05 When I first heard that, I repented, I said to God, 07:08 forgive me for being content 07:11 to receive a few drops of the Holy Spirit 07:15 who makes the life of Christ available within me. 07:20 I want a baptism of the Holy Spirit 07:23 not a few drops. 07:25 I want the fullness 07:27 of the character of Jesus within me. 07:30 Powerful passage, you could not have selected 07:33 a better passage in the New Testament. 07:36 For the Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith. 07:41 Amen. 07:43 Listen very carefully to this. 07:45 Anybody who embraces the atoning death of Jesus 07:52 is automatically privileged now to receive 07:56 the holy life of Jesus on a daily basis. 08:02 The mind of Jesus can be in you every single day. 08:08 And ultimately you will have the fullness of God in you. 08:12 Amen. 08:13 Now there's something very interesting in this passage 08:17 because over here, we're saved from something, 08:20 what are we saved from? 08:23 Wraths Wraths. 08:25 Because I'm about to go to Australia 08:27 I have to start saying "wroth" again. 08:30 We are saved from wroth. It sounds foreign to me now. 08:35 Saved from wroth through Him. 08:39 I want you to turn back to Romans 1:18. 08:44 Romans 1:18, 08:50 and compare the first time 08:52 that Paul uses the term wroth or wrath in Romans. 08:57 I want you to read Romans 1:18 and compare it with Romans 5:9. 09:04 We are saved from wrath through Him. 09:07 There's something in Romans 1:18 09:12 that is the key to understanding 09:15 what Paul has in mind when he says 09:17 you are saved from wrath through Him, 09:22 so here's the question I have for you. 09:24 This is something to be worked together 09:26 with your team of two or three. 09:30 Listen very carefully, 09:31 when God saves you from wrath, 09:36 what does He offer you? 09:41 That's the question. 09:43 When God saves you from wrath, what does He offer you? 09:49 And you'll need to study Romans 1:18 09:53 very carefully to be able to answer this question. 09:57 Go ahead, do not sit gazing up into heaven 10:01 or failing to communicate with your partner. 10:06 We're gonna break all the rules today. 10:08 We're going to give special permission for husbands 10:11 to actually speak with their wives today. 10:19 Hey, young lady. 10:22 What a pleasant surprise to see you, Cindy. 10:24 Thank you. Praise God. 10:27 Do you want to come over here? You can have a partner then. 10:31 We're sending Cindy over here 10:33 so you've got a partner here, okay? 10:54 Talk to your partner now. 10:56 The question is, when God saves you from wrath, 11:00 what does He offer you? 11:04 You need to read verse 18 very carefully. 15:03 Who is hearing Romans 1:18 with clarity? 15:09 Let's see the hands now. 15:15 Why is your hand withering, huh? 15:19 You are one of the first to put your hand up 15:22 and now it's withering. 15:23 I can't believe this. 15:26 Let's give her the microphone, 15:27 she deserves to have it before she loses her arm here. 15:31 Okay, what's the question is... 15:37 From Romans 1:18, listen very carefully. 15:43 When God saves us from wrath, 15:47 what is He offering us? 15:51 He is offering us... 15:52 First of all read the verse 15:54 so we know you're in the right place, huh? 15:56 Verse 18. 15:57 Use the mike up close, thank you. 15:59 Verse 18. 16:01 "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven 16:04 against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, 16:10 who suppress the truth in unrighteousness 16:14 because what may be known of God is manifested in them, 16:18 for God has shown it to them." 16:20 So when God saves you from wrath, 16:25 what is He actually offering you? 16:28 He is offering you the truth about God, 16:32 about His godliness and righteousness. 16:36 All right, okay. 16:37 I think that in a nice round of that way, 16:40 she is saying it. 16:42 So God is actually offering you... 16:46 His righteousness and godliness. 16:50 You need to speak that out a little more evangelistically. 16:53 I think you'll get an incredible response 16:54 if they hear you. 16:56 Say it again please. 16:58 God is offering you His godliness and righteousness. 17:05 Oh, wow, and you got the best response of the day, 17:07 that's fantastic. 17:10 So when God saves you, 17:16 from his wrath, 17:19 which is directed against ungodliness 17:23 and unrighteousness, 17:24 He is obviously offering you godliness and righteousness. 17:30 Beautiful answer here. Praise the Lord this morning. 17:33 A very clear offering. 17:37 By the way the first use of the verb 17:40 associated with salvation 17:42 in the New Testament is Matthew 1:21. 17:47 "For you shall call His name Jesus 17:51 for He shall save His people 17:56 from their sins." 18:00 This is the first use of the verb for salvation. 18:04 Salvation is from ungodliness and unrighteousness. 18:09 Some people think salvation is making it to heaven. 18:15 It's not true. 18:17 Some people think salvation is 18:19 living on forever and ever and ever. 18:23 It's not true. 18:25 Salvation is deliverance from ungodliness 18:30 and unrighteousness and it's made possible, 18:34 we're coming back to Lou Ann's earlier statement, 18:36 I want to repeat it again now word for word, 18:38 Lou Ann, without changing one comma, please. 18:44 At her youthful age she's capable of doing this. 18:49 He offers me His sinless life 18:51 to live through my sinful flesh. 18:54 Amen. Yeah. 18:56 Once again you developed a mediocre response, 18:59 say it more emphatically please. 19:00 I don't' understand that because it's a greatest gift 19:03 He can give us and I can never say amen enough. 19:06 He offers me His life to be lived through my sinful flesh 19:10 and if that's not a miracle, I don't know what is 19:13 'cause that is just, that is just... 19:16 So read us that beautiful verse, 19:18 would you, in Philippians 19:20 where we're privileged to put on the mind of Jesus, please? 19:27 Oh, yes. Yes. 19:28 I'm giving her the privilege of digging this out. 19:32 I forgot to bring the spoon this morning. 19:38 Turn to Philippians Chapter 2. Speak into the mike please. 19:42 Philippians Chapter 2 19:44 and we'll be looking at verse 5. 19:46 Okay, let's hear it. 19:48 "Let this mind be in you, 19:50 which was also in Christ Jesus." 19:52 Maybe you should read on through 9 19:54 because it's such a beautiful passage. 19:56 Yes, thank you. 19:58 "Who, being in the form of God, 19:59 thought it not robbery to be equal with God, 20:02 But made himself of no reputation, 20:05 and took upon him the form of a servant, 20:07 and was made in the likeness of men. 20:09 And being found in fashion as a man, 20:12 he humbled himself, 20:13 and became obedient unto death even the death of the cross. 20:17 Wherefore God also has highly exalted him 20:20 and given him a name which is above every name." 20:24 I've got to go to 10, 20:26 "That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, 20:28 of things in heaven, things in earth, 20:31 things under the earth, every tongue should confess 20:34 that Jesus Christ is Lord, 20:36 to the glory of God the Father." 20:38 Amen. Amen, amen. 20:41 What a powerful statement, huh? 20:44 Lou Ann's earlier statement when she said that 20:48 Jesus is offering His sinless life 20:51 to indwell our sinful lives. 20:55 You know I wondered for years why Jesus made the remark 20:59 greater things than I have done, 21:02 you shall do, and I said no way. 21:06 But finally it has become clear to me, 21:10 it's become crystal clear 21:14 that Jesus in human flesh never participated in sin. 21:20 Amen. 21:22 And lived a holy life to the glory of His Father. 21:27 We who have participated in sin 21:31 shall now produce the same holy life 21:35 through Him indwelling us 21:37 and manifesting that life within us. 21:41 Amen. 21:42 Much more, greater than I have done you will do. 21:47 Jesus is now replicating Himself in sinful human flesh. 21:55 By the way this is the one development 21:58 that will silence the devil forever. 22:01 Amen. 22:02 Because every accusation he has made against God, 22:06 the injustice of God's laws, the impossibility of them 22:12 being kept in human flesh will now be disproved forever. 22:18 Because on this earth there will be 22:21 a people incredibly who look like Him. 22:25 Because it is Him. Amen. 22:28 This time manifesting Himself in the lives of those 22:32 who have participated in sin. 22:35 Amen. 22:37 How grateful to God ought we have to be, huh? 22:41 I hope to those of you that are listening 22:43 on our worldwide television audience are hearing the fact 22:47 that the struggle between good and evil 22:50 is much bigger than whether I get to heaven or not. 22:55 Amen. 22:56 This is a struggle about the very character of God Himself. 23:02 It's a controversy that has been raging for 6,000 years, 23:07 this struggle between good and evil 23:11 and it is to be resolved 23:13 when God finally has a people 23:16 on this earth who look like Him. 23:19 Amen. 23:20 Because the grace of God is making 23:23 the magnificent life of Jesus 23:27 available to every one of us despite the fact 23:30 that we have already participated in sin. 23:34 Thank you for opening this door, Lou Ann. 23:36 Praise God for this. 23:39 Any question arising? Rene, yes. 23:48 It's not really a question, I was touched by the passage 23:51 that was read in Philippians 2:5-11. 23:56 I would like just to read verse 13. 23:58 Okay, go ahead. 24:00 "For it is God who works in you both to will 24:04 and to do for His good pleasure." 24:06 Wow. Thank you for having that. 24:08 We should have included that 24:10 'cause it really says it all, doesn't it? 24:12 Amen. Wow, wow. 24:14 I'm so excited I can hardly quit 24:16 and it's appropriate for Ann 24:17 to have the final word here, go on. 24:21 Romans 1:19... 24:23 The microphone will miraculously 24:26 come to you if you pray hard enough. 24:29 Your own husband may bring it, there you go. 24:33 Romans 1:19. 24:37 "It's a great promise, 24:40 because that which is known about God, 24:44 which is righteousness and holiness 24:47 that we're just talking about, is evident within them, them, 24:53 his people for God made it evident to them." 24:59 It's a promise of God to have His people holy and righteous. 25:03 Wow. Wow. Amen. 25:05 Wow, this is warming up beautifully, 25:07 unfortunately once again at this crucial moment, 25:11 we have to stop and pick up in our next thrilling segment. 25:17 Amen. 25:19 Would you hand the mike over here to our brother here? 25:22 Would you lead us in prayer as we conclude? 25:24 Thank you very much, please. 25:28 Father in Heaven, 25:29 we are so thankful of what we've learned today. 25:33 We thank You for Jesus Christ for dying for our sins 25:38 and that we are able to get 25:40 that godliness and righteousness 25:44 because of the grace of God, as a gift of God to us. 25:48 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 25:51 Amen, amen. 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