Participants: Bill Liversidge
Series Code: VIJ
Program Code: VIJ000007B
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02:36 Give us a cool scripture now that is pregnant with meaning.
02:41 Colossians 1:13, 14. 02:43 Oh, what a clear reference here to Colossians 1. 02:47 Those who have strength would to turn to this. 02:53 Colossians 1:13, 14. 02:56 If you would read it out for us please, Ken. 02:58 Thank you. 03:01 "He has delivered us from the power of darkness 03:04 and conveyed us 03:05 into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 03:07 in whom we have redemption through His blood, 03:10 the forgiveness of sins." 03:12 Amen. Amen. So... 03:14 So, we have both redemption and forgiveness. 03:16 We have redemption, 03:19 which means to be purchase back 03:22 and we have forgiveness of sins, 03:24 wow, excellent. 03:27 Beginning verse two points for one verse 03:31 that's excellent, thank you. 03:33 Who begin in Hebrews 2 as I suggested and okay, 03:39 Williams got his hand up here. 03:47 What verse are you in Hebrews 2? 03:49 Verse 14. 03:50 Okay, let's hear it please. 03:52 "Inasmuch then as the children 03:54 have partaken of flesh and blood, 03:56 He Himself likewise shared in the same, 03:58 that through death He might destroy him 04:00 who had the power of death, that is, the devil." 04:02 So, let's hear it in another version, 04:04 because the term destroy here 04:06 is not really as good as another term 04:08 because the devil is in fact not destroyed yet. 04:11 Hebrews 2. But there is a better-- 04:13 Hebrews 2:14 who has that in-- 04:16 Maddy has got her hand up, halleluiah. 04:20 "Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, 04:24 He Himself likewise also partook of the same, 04:27 that through death He might render powerless him 04:30 who had the power of death, that is, the devil." 04:33 A better term, thank you. 04:34 That's the devil has been rendered... 04:37 Power less. Power less. 04:39 Do you believe it? Amen. 04:42 If you believe it, you will never ever get into a struggle 04:47 with the devil. 04:49 You'll let him know 04:52 that he has no power and authority over you, 04:54 because the atoning death of Jesus 04:57 has rendered him powerless. 05:02 Appreciate the amen's to that statement. 05:04 Amen. Amen. 05:05 Your enemy has been rendered powerless. 05:09 He has no authority over you. 05:12 Amen. 05:13 Think of the implications of this. 05:15 He is disarmed. 05:17 He is, he is more than disarmed. 05:19 He is rendered powerless. Amen. 05:22 Hey, Reese, we got your hand up there. 05:23 Moral is, he is changed, he is powerless. 05:26 Have you got another contribution for us? 05:28 Halleluiah. 05:30 Hebrews-- 05:35 Romans 6:3. 05:37 Romans 6:3. 05:51 "Or do you not know 05:53 that all of us who have been baptized into Jesus Christ 05:57 have been baptized into His death." 06:02 So, we're being baptized in to His death which is His life. 06:07 So, we have-- well that's actually His death. 06:09 Yeah, technically His dead, but His death-- 06:12 You mean baptized in to His... 06:14 Death. Death. 06:16 If we have verse 4 it adds more-- 06:19 I know but it's, that's talking about His resurrection 06:22 and you move to a different. 06:26 Now pick out another verse in chapter 6 06:29 to go with the one you've got. 06:31 So, it becomes crystal clear to us what is happening. 06:36 We're still in chapter 6 of Romans. 06:39 Can you find another verse for us 06:41 to go with the one you've got? 06:45 Yeah, verse 6. 06:47 Okay, let's hear verse 6. 06:48 "Knowing this, that our old self 06:50 was crucified with Him, 06:52 in order that our body of sin might be done away with, 06:56 so that we would no longer be slaves to sin." 07:00 And read verse 8 as well, would you? 07:02 "Now if we have died with Christ, 07:06 we believe that we shall also live with Him." 07:10 So, what are we learning about the crucifixion of Jesus? 07:14 Freedom. 07:15 No don't put words in his mouth, please. 07:17 Freed us from sin. 07:19 Yes, but there's something else much more substantial. 07:23 It's coming through you, you just read it. 07:24 We live with Him. 07:26 Now, what are we learning about His death? 07:28 Okay. 07:31 I know you two are anxious to get in to His life, 07:33 but we're talking about His death at the moment. 07:38 It's in verse 6 and it's also in verse 8, you just read it. 07:41 We were crucified with Him-- 07:42 We were crucified with Him 07:45 and in verse 8 doesn't it say... 07:48 We died with Christ. We died with Christ. 07:53 So, the death of Jesus on Calvary 07:56 was our death to sin. 07:59 We actually died in Him at that moment. 08:03 It's a very profound thing to see that we died in Him. 08:08 Our death is not separate to His. 08:13 I know people who believe that the death of their old nature 08:16 is a struggle every day against the flesh. 08:20 The death of our old nature is a faith struggle 08:24 because it happens when we come to the cross 08:27 and we realize that in His death we died. 08:32 Amen. Amen. 08:34 We've already died to self in the death of Jesus. 08:39 That was my death to sin. 08:41 That's why verse 11 by the way 08:44 becomes such a power full verse. 08:46 Look at verse 11 in Romans 6. 08:50 "Even so" say's, Paul, what's the next word? 08:53 Reckon. Consider yourself-- 08:55 The King James says reckon, 08:58 the modern translation say reckon. 09:02 Consider. Oh, I say consider. 09:05 Consider yourself to be what? 09:08 Dead. The Dead. 09:09 It doesn't say feel dead, 09:13 it doesn't say struggle against your self every day 09:17 and get some help from God, you might win the struggle. 09:20 It doesn't say that. 09:23 It says reckon or consider yourself to be? 09:27 Dead. Dead. Dead to sin and? 09:29 Alive. 09:30 Alive under God because, because... 09:36 We died with Him. We died with Him and we also? 09:39 Rose with Him. Rose with Him. 09:42 His death was our death to sin. 09:45 His resurrection was our being raised from life 09:50 as a slave to sins 09:51 and now a slave of righteousness. Amen, amen. 09:54 These things are ours in Christ. 09:58 Amen. 09:59 It's a faith step. 10:01 This is my favorite verse in Romans 6. 10:04 Finally and I give God glory over this. 10:06 So, I have programmed my mind to believe, 10:08 when my feet touch the ground, 10:10 I get out of the bed in the morning, 10:12 zap Romans 6:11 jumps into my mind now automatically, 10:17 thank you for that God. 10:18 Amen. Amen. 10:19 And I say to myself, wow. 10:22 I consider myself again for another day to be? 10:27 Dead. Dead to sins. 10:29 Got nothing to do with how I feel. Amen. 10:32 It has nothing to do with how well I'm doing. 10:35 Amen. 10:36 It has to do with how well Jesus did in human flesh. 10:41 Amen. Amen. 10:42 Consider yourself to be dead to sin and alive unto God. 10:48 Most people are loosing this battle 10:51 because they're failing to see that it's a faith struggle, 10:55 not a struggle against self. 10:58 That struggle has been won at the cross. 11:03 If you're coming to the cross 11:05 and claiming the benefits of the atoning death of Jesus, 11:09 you're already in Christ a victorious person. 11:13 Amen. Amen. 11:14 Because you've seized the struggle 11:16 and you've started believing 11:19 that God really did accept Jesus in your stead. 11:23 Amen. 11:25 How's your faith. Amen. 11:27 Are you acting by faith 11:29 or are you falling back into struggle with help from God? 11:33 I wish you luck, you'll dig the hole deeper and deeper. 11:35 I did it for years. 11:37 I begged God for years. 11:38 I prayed that self defeating prayer God, 11:41 help me not to do these same things 11:43 over and over again. 11:45 Finally God hit me over the head 11:47 with the giant sized cricket bat, 11:51 because my game is cricket not softball. 11:54 And God said to me, hey, I didn't ask you to be Christ, 12:00 I asked you to put on Christ. Amen. 12:03 He's already won this battle, 12:07 why are you continuing to fight 12:09 and then begging Him to help you to be strong enough. 12:12 There's only ever been one human being 12:14 who was strong enough to win this battle 12:17 and He's either in you or He is not. Amen. 12:20 If He is in you, you're walking by faith, 12:22 you consider your self to be dead to sin 12:28 and alive unto God. 12:30 What a huge step this is. |
Revised 2015-03-05