Class 2 from this series was used for GCT Episode 251
1
00:00:13,090 –> 00:00:14,690
Well, good morning, good
evening.
00:00:13,090 –> 00:00:14,690
Well, good morning, good
evening.
2
00:00:14,690 –> 00:00:16,930
Whatever this is, is it?
Is it evening this side of the
3
00:00:16,930 –> 00:00:22,850
world, How are you all Now that
wasn’t, you know, I guess it’s
4
00:00:22,850 –> 00:00:25,370
maybe just an American thing,
but when we say good evening,
5
00:00:25,370 –> 00:00:27,290
people often say good evening in
return.
6
00:00:27,650 –> 00:00:29,490
So maybe we should practice this
as a group.
7
00:00:30,130 –> 00:00:32,450
So I’m going to say good
evening, then I’m going to pause
8
00:00:32,810 –> 00:00:35,530
and that’s your cue than to say
good evening back.
9
00:00:36,250 –> 00:00:37,930
Are you ready to try this?
All right.
10
00:00:38,690 –> 00:00:41,530
Good evening.
Wow.
11
00:00:41,530 –> 00:00:44,210
Hey, audience participation.
Who knew in a Chris Adelphian
12
00:00:44,210 –> 00:00:48,050
hall, even?
Well, it’s really a pleasure to
13
00:00:48,050 –> 00:00:51,770
to be with you all this weekend
and to share with you in
14
00:00:51,770 –> 00:00:54,090
fellowship.
You know, I, I, I come from
15
00:00:54,090 –> 00:00:55,530
Christchurch.
That’s in New Zealand.
16
00:00:56,010 –> 00:00:58,050
I guess I was told that I was
supposed to comment on your
17
00:00:58,050 –> 00:01:01,970
accents and on your sports.
Neither of which I think are a
18
00:01:01,970 –> 00:01:04,330
problem.
You know, I just hope that my
19
00:01:04,330 –> 00:01:07,810
American accent and my American
sports we wear pads is not a
20
00:01:07,810 –> 00:01:09,930
problem for you.
We can we.
21
00:01:09,930 –> 00:01:14,130
Can we can move past the New
Zealand Australian connections
22
00:01:14,130 –> 00:01:17,450
is actually quite a quite a
pleasure to be with you all and
23
00:01:17,450 –> 00:01:20,530
to and to visit with family and
and friends of family as well.
24
00:01:20,610 –> 00:01:24,570
So thank you for having me and
my wife Alyssa and our daughter
25
00:01:24,570 –> 00:01:30,290
Petra this this weekend, so
Romans 7:00 and 8:00.
26
00:01:32,770 –> 00:01:36,410
Hopefully you kind of think that
that’s a little bit odd.
27
00:01:37,530 –> 00:01:40,970
I mean 2 chapters in the in the
middle of a book.
28
00:01:41,410 –> 00:01:43,970
This book has has multiple
chapters and these two chapters
29
00:01:43,970 –> 00:01:45,770
actually right in the middle of
of this book.
30
00:01:46,050 –> 00:01:48,850
And maybe you’re thinking to
yourself, well, well why would
31
00:01:48,850 –> 00:01:52,450
why would we study two chapters
right in the middle of a book,
32
00:01:53,050 –> 00:01:54,850
you know, why not?
Why not the whole book?
33
00:01:54,850 –> 00:01:57,530
Why not start at the beginning
of the argument, you know, and
34
00:01:57,530 –> 00:01:59,380
we.
Follow through there or
35
00:01:59,380 –> 00:02:01,580
something on those lines.
Why these two chapters in the
36
00:02:01,580 –> 00:02:04,780
middle of the book And the
answer that we’re going to study
37
00:02:05,100 –> 00:02:08,380
these two chapters this weekend.
The reason why is because for me
38
00:02:08,380 –> 00:02:11,860
personally, and that’s this is a
personal thing I guess is that
39
00:02:11,860 –> 00:02:13,660
these two chapters really
changed my life.
40
00:02:14,660 –> 00:02:18,380
And I want to describe that a
little bit to you.
41
00:02:19,060 –> 00:02:22,380
Not so long ago I find found
myself doing mission work in the
42
00:02:22,380 –> 00:02:25,660
Middle East.
In fact I met many of you back
43
00:02:25,660 –> 00:02:28,590
in 2006 when Daniel and Joey.
Were married.
44
00:02:29,350 –> 00:02:33,670
And actually that stop in
Australia was the first stop on
45
00:02:33,670 –> 00:02:37,710
our my wife and I, our trip to
the Middle East do mission work
46
00:02:37,710 –> 00:02:44,070
in United Arab Emirates, Dubai,
Abu Dhabi and in Doha, Qatar.
47
00:02:46,070 –> 00:02:49,590
And as we worked in the Middle
East, in the Persian Gulf,
48
00:02:49,590 –> 00:02:51,390
things began to go a little bit
difficult.
49
00:02:53,110 –> 00:02:55,310
The work was hard.
I guess that’s not unusual for
50
00:02:55,310 –> 00:02:58,900
mission work.
The brethren in Dubai especially
51
00:02:58,900 –> 00:03:01,100
were not very cooperative to our
work.
52
00:03:01,900 –> 00:03:04,940
I think they felt quite
threatened by the preaching as
53
00:03:04,940 –> 00:03:08,380
maybe is is is a valid thing to
be threatened by.
54
00:03:08,380 –> 00:03:10,300
But we thought they were
progressive countries but
55
00:03:10,300 –> 00:03:15,740
nevertheless they they were felt
threatened by that and expenses
56
00:03:15,740 –> 00:03:20,860
started to add up and then some
some local people in Qatar.
57
00:03:21,860 –> 00:03:24,140
I borrowed money from my
grandmother, quite a large sum
58
00:03:24,140 –> 00:03:26,420
of money and and they had stolen
that from us.
59
00:03:27,260 –> 00:03:29,220
And we didn’t know if we’re
going to get that money back.
60
00:03:30,380 –> 00:03:36,940
And then Alyssa got pregnant and
we lived in this apartment.
61
00:03:36,940 –> 00:03:40,700
We didn’t have any working stove
or any hot water and have any
62
00:03:40,700 –> 00:03:43,940
way to cook hot food.
And I began to lose weight and
63
00:03:43,940 –> 00:03:48,580
the work was was really
challenging and I I felt within
64
00:03:48,580 –> 00:03:54,340
my my heart this rebellion start
to grow inside.
65
00:03:54,340 –> 00:03:55,780
You guys familiar with that
feeling?
66
00:03:57,580 –> 00:04:02,140
Maybe you can call it
resentment, perhaps felt like, I
67
00:04:02,140 –> 00:04:04,380
don’t, I didn’t know if I want
to do this mission work anymore.
68
00:04:05,940 –> 00:04:09,980
And in every hour, you know, you
either spend preparing classes
69
00:04:10,460 –> 00:04:14,820
or giving classes or working,
you know, there’s no, there’s
70
00:04:14,820 –> 00:04:16,660
not a lot of this free time to
do whatever.
71
00:04:16,660 –> 00:04:18,779
You know, people have these
mission trips sometimes where
72
00:04:18,779 –> 00:04:21,180
they they go off and do all
these adventurous things.
73
00:04:21,180 –> 00:04:24,180
Well, that wasn’t this trip.
This was this is really, it was
74
00:04:24,180 –> 00:04:26,100
really pure work the whole time
we were there.
75
00:04:27,070 –> 00:04:30,830
And I felt tired and I was
aggravated.
76
00:04:30,830 –> 00:04:32,870
And I was kind of angry.
I I felt like things had really
77
00:04:32,870 –> 00:04:34,150
kind of turned on us a little
bit.
78
00:04:34,150 –> 00:04:37,430
And maybe I know God owed me
some breaks or I was making some
79
00:04:37,430 –> 00:04:40,150
sacrifices for him.
Maybe he could, he could help
80
00:04:40,150 –> 00:04:43,590
out a little bit.
And I felt a lot of strong
81
00:04:43,590 –> 00:04:47,950
feelings inside and and feelings
which I had a a hard time coming
82
00:04:47,950 –> 00:04:50,230
to grips with and a hard time
trying to understand and
83
00:04:50,590 –> 00:04:54,590
understand how how I should
think about those feelings, what
84
00:04:54,590 –> 00:04:59,000
I should do about them.
And so at that time that I was,
85
00:04:59,040 –> 00:05:03,840
I felt spiritually vulnerable.
I guess I I picked up, picked up
86
00:05:03,840 –> 00:05:09,320
the Bible, and I was really
attracted to Romans 7, where
87
00:05:09,320 –> 00:05:13,520
Paul really describes the
challenges he was facing inside
88
00:05:13,680 –> 00:05:16,760
these this internal struggle he
was facing.
89
00:05:18,000 –> 00:05:21,840
And then for Romans 7, I would
move on to Romans chapter 8.
90
00:05:23,930 –> 00:05:27,010
And in reading Romans chapter 8
my eyes were open to A to a few
91
00:05:27,010 –> 00:05:30,530
spirit guided words, and I read
those words originally out of
92
00:05:30,530 –> 00:05:34,090
the RSV and so I want to read
them out of the RSV now and then
93
00:05:34,090 –> 00:05:42,290
friend of Romans 8IN verse five
we read for those who live
94
00:05:42,290 –> 00:05:47,690
according to the flesh, set
their minds on the things of the
95
00:05:47,690 –> 00:05:52,090
flesh, but those who live
according to the spirit.
96
00:05:53,940 –> 00:05:57,220
Set their minds on the things of
the Spirit.
97
00:05:58,980 –> 00:06:01,020
Maybe at this point, those words
don’t mean a lot to you.
98
00:06:02,420 –> 00:06:07,420
My goal is that by the end of
this weekend, those words mean a
99
00:06:07,420 –> 00:06:09,980
lot to you.
That’s what I’m going to try to
100
00:06:09,980 –> 00:06:14,260
accomplish.
And perhaps, as God wills, I’ll
101
00:06:14,260 –> 00:06:17,220
be able to impart to use some of
the incredible spiritual lessons
102
00:06:17,220 –> 00:06:20,220
that God brought forth to me.
But I really doubt it.
103
00:06:20,900 –> 00:06:25,340
I think I’m going to have
struggle to do this and there’s
104
00:06:25,340 –> 00:06:28,700
a reason I’m very pessimistic.
Experience.
105
00:06:28,700 –> 00:06:34,060
No, it’s that it’s that I
learned these these lessons in
106
00:06:34,060 –> 00:06:38,060
sort of a spiritual vice when
things were very difficult for
107
00:06:38,060 –> 00:06:43,660
me and I was spiritually in
crisis and thus I was open to
108
00:06:43,660 –> 00:06:48,220
learning new things.
I was open to saying my way
109
00:06:48,220 –> 00:06:51,160
wasn’t working.
My attitude wasn’t working.
110
00:06:51,520 –> 00:06:55,320
My life wasn’t working.
So I’m ready for God to teach me
111
00:06:55,320 –> 00:06:58,240
something.
And if you’re at that place,
112
00:06:59,360 –> 00:07:04,440
then you might be open to let
the word of God instruct you and
113
00:07:04,440 –> 00:07:07,840
teach you.
But if you’re not at that place,
114
00:07:08,520 –> 00:07:12,280
I just want to remind you that
when you get there, that you
115
00:07:12,280 –> 00:07:15,840
turn here to Romans 7:00 and
8:00, because you won’t remember
116
00:07:15,840 –> 00:07:19,200
my words, but you’ll remember to
look here.
117
00:07:19,660 –> 00:07:23,660
In Romans 7 and eight, and
you’ll find there at that time
118
00:07:23,660 –> 00:07:27,300
of crisis, which you will
inevitably find at some point,
119
00:07:28,700 –> 00:07:33,420
you’ll find some help.
So my goals for this weekend are
120
00:07:33,420 –> 00:07:36,020
a little bit humbler.
I just want to introduce you to
121
00:07:36,020 –> 00:07:40,980
these chapters so that when you
go through whatever it is,
122
00:07:40,980 –> 00:07:44,660
hardship or pain or anxiety or
struggle, you’ll kind of know
123
00:07:44,660 –> 00:07:48,540
that you weren’t the only one.
And others have gone before you,
124
00:07:48,540 –> 00:07:51,740
and God has written down for you
in the book words to strengthen
125
00:07:51,740 –> 00:07:53,780
you.
And if you’re even willing at
126
00:07:53,780 –> 00:08:01,500
that time, they can change you.
So even though in the course of
127
00:08:01,500 –> 00:08:04,700
our studies we want to
concentrate on Roman 7:00 and
128
00:08:04,700 –> 00:08:07,740
8:00, I sort of think that
starting in Romans 7 and eight
129
00:08:08,100 –> 00:08:11,940
is like me introducing
arithmetic to my 5 year old,
130
00:08:11,940 –> 00:08:15,020
starting with algebra.
I just can’t start there.
131
00:08:15,350 –> 00:08:18,990
I can’t, as much as I as I had
originally intended to dive
132
00:08:18,990 –> 00:08:22,790
right into Roman Seven.
I find that the first question
133
00:08:22,790 –> 00:08:26,150
that Roman Seven really brings
out for us to consider is found
134
00:08:26,150 –> 00:08:29,350
in Roman 7 verse seven.
And that question is this.
135
00:08:29,750 –> 00:08:32,830
What shall we say then is the
lost sin?
136
00:08:33,669 –> 00:08:36,789
Now that’s the first question I
would I would otherwise be asked
137
00:08:36,789 –> 00:08:41,429
or or or be supposed to explain
to you.
138
00:08:42,470 –> 00:08:44,350
What is what should we say then?
Is the law sin?
139
00:08:44,350 –> 00:08:47,030
But I, as I begin to even think
about trying to explain that
140
00:08:47,030 –> 00:08:51,750
question, I can’t even start to
explain that question unless you
141
00:08:51,750 –> 00:08:54,350
know what’s going on in Romans
1234 and five.
142
00:08:55,550 –> 00:08:57,510
And if you don’t have that in
your mind, I can’t.
143
00:08:57,510 –> 00:09:00,470
I can’t address that question.
And so I find, as I want to
144
00:09:00,470 –> 00:09:04,310
start in Romans 7, that actually
we have to start at Romans 1.
145
00:09:04,870 –> 00:09:08,270
And so in this class what we’re
going to do is you’re going to
146
00:09:08,270 –> 00:09:13,280
retrace Paul’s argument.
Romans 1234 and five a little
147
00:09:13,280 –> 00:09:16,120
bit in chapter 6, and then we’re
going to dive into Romans 7.
148
00:09:16,320 –> 00:09:18,640
And then with all that
information in your mind, this
149
00:09:18,640 –> 00:09:20,840
Romans 7 material is going to
make a lot more sense.
150
00:09:20,840 –> 00:09:25,200
I think You know Romans is an
interesting book because Paul
151
00:09:25,200 –> 00:09:27,880
wrote the book before he went to
Rome.
152
00:09:28,280 –> 00:09:31,840
Now he wrote Corinthians after
visiting Corn, the wrote
153
00:09:31,840 –> 00:09:34,280
Galatians after visiting
Galatia.
154
00:09:34,930 –> 00:09:37,130
And so on and so forth.
But he writes, rewrites Rome,
155
00:09:37,290 –> 00:09:39,370
Romans in prospect of visiting
Rome.
156
00:09:39,690 –> 00:09:43,050
And the reason he does that is
because in Rome there were these
157
00:09:43,050 –> 00:09:46,370
people that as Chris, elephants,
we call Judaizers.
158
00:09:47,250 –> 00:09:50,570
You can call them what you want,
but that’s kind of describes who
159
00:09:50,570 –> 00:09:51,930
they were.
But they’re they’re trying to
160
00:09:51,930 –> 00:09:56,530
defeat Paul’s gospel, the gospel
of Jesus Christ.
161
00:09:56,970 –> 00:09:59,770
And they’re trying to say that
there was this really important
162
00:09:59,770 –> 00:10:02,730
difference between Jews and
Gentiles.
163
00:10:03,450 –> 00:10:05,730
Now, who here is a Jew naturally
by birth.
164
00:10:08,210 –> 00:10:10,610
So here here is a gentile
naturally by birth.
165
00:10:12,650 –> 00:10:14,290
Who here hasn’t isn’t raising
their hands.
166
00:10:14,290 –> 00:10:17,450
There’s someone in the middle
there.
167
00:10:17,450 –> 00:10:18,850
I know you didn’t raise your
hand.
168
00:10:18,850 –> 00:10:20,370
I’ll take it that you’re a
Gentile, right.
169
00:10:21,090 –> 00:10:24,850
OK, great.
So actually this, this, this
170
00:10:24,850 –> 00:10:28,770
discussion has some relevance
for us because if if you’re Jew
171
00:10:28,770 –> 00:10:30,850
naturally by birth and there’s
some advantages to that, well.
172
00:10:32,140 –> 00:10:35,220
Well, we’re we’re Plumb out of
luck because we’re none of us
173
00:10:35,220 –> 00:10:38,460
are Jews naturally by birth.
And so Paul is actually trying
174
00:10:38,460 –> 00:10:42,780
to explain what’s going on.
And if you want to study Romans
175
00:10:42,900 –> 00:10:46,740
and young people and I wrote
these talks for young people and
176
00:10:46,740 –> 00:10:50,900
now some of you aren’t so young
in this, you know, I don’t don’t
177
00:10:50,900 –> 00:10:55,220
be embarrassed.
You know who you are now.
178
00:10:55,680 –> 00:10:59,800
Now, but I’m not going to be shy
about the fact that I’m going to
179
00:10:59,800 –> 00:11:02,720
explain some things you probably
already heard before and I’m
180
00:11:02,720 –> 00:11:04,880
going to talk and some of the
points I’m going to make and
181
00:11:04,880 –> 00:11:06,760
some of the expectation I’m
going to bring out may be
182
00:11:06,760 –> 00:11:08,680
particularly relevant to young
people.
183
00:11:09,760 –> 00:11:13,280
But but I think all of us can
gain some lesson from this.
184
00:11:13,640 –> 00:11:18,440
Now, if you’re studying Romans
and yet you come across a verse
185
00:11:18,440 –> 00:11:22,040
in Romans and you don’t quite
know what Paul’s talking about,
186
00:11:22,720 –> 00:11:24,800
what do you do?
I tell you what you do.
187
00:11:25,380 –> 00:11:30,500
You trace Romans backwards until
you find the last question Paul
188
00:11:30,500 –> 00:11:33,300
asked.
Because invariably in Romans
189
00:11:33,380 –> 00:11:38,260
what Paul does is he asks a
question that he answers it or
190
00:11:38,260 –> 00:11:40,300
he must ask several questions
and he answers them.
191
00:11:40,860 –> 00:11:42,940
So if you ever had a point where
you say, what’s Paul talking
192
00:11:42,940 –> 00:11:44,980
about?
Well, just go back up to the
193
00:11:44,980 –> 00:11:49,100
last question that Paul asked
and say, oh, that’s what he’s
194
00:11:49,100 –> 00:11:51,740
talking about and there’s a lot
of questions in Romans.
195
00:11:51,940 –> 00:11:53,620
I’ll, I’ll bring out four
questions.
196
00:11:54,060 –> 00:11:56,780
Early in the chapters of Romans
chapters 3 and four that really
197
00:11:56,780 –> 00:12:00,060
describe the controversy that
Paul’s sort of addressing here
198
00:12:00,300 –> 00:12:04,380
the verses in Roman chapter 3.
In verse one and two where we
199
00:12:04,380 –> 00:12:09,540
have the question what advantage
then has the Jew or what prophet
200
00:12:09,540 –> 00:12:12,300
is circumcision skip the verse
nine?
201
00:12:12,900 –> 00:12:16,540
Another question what then?
Are we better than they?
202
00:12:17,900 –> 00:12:20,460
Or how about chapter 3 and verse
29?
203
00:12:21,340 –> 00:12:26,060
Or is he God of the Jews only?
Is he not also the God of the
204
00:12:26,060 –> 00:12:29,220
Gentiles or chapter 4 and verse
9?
205
00:12:29,580 –> 00:12:34,220
Does this blessedness then come
upon the circumcised only, or
206
00:12:34,220 –> 00:12:41,060
upon the uncircumcised also?
So this is just four of many
207
00:12:41,060 –> 00:12:44,060
many questions in Romans, but
you get a flavor of what Paul’s
208
00:12:44,060 –> 00:12:46,660
really addressing the
controversy that he’s addressing
209
00:12:46,660 –> 00:12:50,860
here in Romans.
It’s really the basis of whether
210
00:12:50,860 –> 00:12:53,300
the Jews have some advantage
over the Gentiles.
211
00:12:54,390 –> 00:12:58,470
Now to address that question,
Paul is forced to discuss the
212
00:12:58,470 –> 00:13:03,390
law because the law to the Jews
was that thing which set them
213
00:13:03,390 –> 00:13:07,030
apart.
It was that national heritage
214
00:13:07,310 –> 00:13:10,630
they felt God had specifically
given to them as a people that
215
00:13:10,630 –> 00:13:13,710
made them holy in some way, and
everyone else who wasn’t
216
00:13:13,710 –> 00:13:17,310
following the law profane.
And so when we read in Chapter
217
00:13:17,310 –> 00:13:20,430
7, what shall we say then is the
lost sin.
218
00:13:20,770 –> 00:13:22,890
You know we we really.
It’s not just in brings up in
219
00:13:22,890 –> 00:13:26,130
chapter seven he has to address
that that issue of the law all
220
00:13:26,130 –> 00:13:29,090
throughout his argument because
that is the fundamental issue of
221
00:13:29,090 –> 00:13:32,970
what a Jew felt made them
special made everyone else not.
222
00:13:34,970 –> 00:13:37,170
So how does Paul deal with the
question what advantage does the
223
00:13:37,170 –> 00:13:40,530
Jew have or are we the Jews
better than they the Gentiles?
224
00:13:42,210 –> 00:13:45,770
Well in chapter one of Romans
after his introduction, Paul
225
00:13:45,770 –> 00:13:47,650
makes two really important
points.
226
00:13:48,010 –> 00:13:49,940
Now if you don’t.
Look carefully.
227
00:13:49,940 –> 00:13:52,780
You’re going to miss them
because they’re kind of closely
228
00:13:52,780 –> 00:13:55,460
LinkedIn the you know, he only
puts them in one or two verses.
229
00:13:56,780 –> 00:14:01,020
Now, who here has a pencil They
can write, they can mark in
230
00:14:01,020 –> 00:14:03,060
their Bible.
Raise your hands if you have a
231
00:14:03,060 –> 00:14:05,740
pencil.
Now raise your hands if you
232
00:14:05,740 –> 00:14:09,420
don’t have a pencil.
While there’s some people not
233
00:14:09,420 –> 00:14:15,060
raising their hands.
Now I would.
234
00:14:15,060 –> 00:14:16,980
I’m those people who will have
pencils.
235
00:14:16,980 –> 00:14:19,780
Very responsible.
People, and I saw many of the
236
00:14:19,780 –> 00:14:21,260
young people raise their hands,
by the way.
237
00:14:21,260 –> 00:14:24,100
So very good job.
We’re going to underline a
238
00:14:24,100 –> 00:14:26,900
couple things, because there’s a
couple things in Romans where if
239
00:14:26,900 –> 00:14:30,140
you underline that you say
succinctly, that’s Paul putting
240
00:14:30,140 –> 00:14:31,860
a little bit of a rapper on his
argument.
241
00:14:31,860 –> 00:14:35,180
I can just look at that verse
and say that right there is
242
00:14:35,180 –> 00:14:36,900
fundamentally what Paul’s
talking about.
243
00:14:37,180 –> 00:14:42,260
Now in chapter one, the first
point that Paul makes is very
244
00:14:42,260 –> 00:14:45,740
profound.
Can you even see that?
245
00:14:45,740 –> 00:14:47,550
No.
You see that?
246
00:14:47,590 –> 00:14:49,350
You can’t see that, can you?
Okay.
247
00:14:49,950 –> 00:14:55,190
The first point is that God is
read Romans chapter one, verses
248
00:14:55,190 –> 00:15:01,870
19 through 20, because that
which may be known of God is
249
00:15:01,870 –> 00:15:06,150
manifest in them.
For God has showed it unto them.
250
00:15:07,150 –> 00:15:10,350
For the invisible things of him
from the creation of the world
251
00:15:10,350 –> 00:15:13,830
are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that
252
00:15:13,830 –> 00:15:16,210
are made.
OK, pause for a moment.
253
00:15:16,290 –> 00:15:20,050
He’s saying, listen, the
evidence that there is a God is
254
00:15:20,050 –> 00:15:24,930
clear, because God made
everything, and everything can’t
255
00:15:24,930 –> 00:15:27,730
come from nothing.
Everything must come from
256
00:15:27,730 –> 00:15:30,330
something.
And that something is God,
257
00:15:30,330 –> 00:15:33,730
because it’s not just chaos, but
it’s created into an order.
258
00:15:34,410 –> 00:15:37,090
And because there is an order,
there’s evidence that God does
259
00:15:37,090 –> 00:15:40,490
exist.
And so his first point is simply
260
00:15:40,490 –> 00:15:43,810
that God is.
But.
261
00:15:44,590 –> 00:15:47,950
He says it’s not just something
that it’s not just enough that
262
00:15:47,950 –> 00:15:50,470
God is.
It’s that because God is
263
00:15:50,470 –> 00:15:54,030
knowable, because he’s created
everything, and in fact we’re
264
00:15:54,030 –> 00:15:58,030
creating his image such that we
can think about the fact that we
265
00:15:58,030 –> 00:16:00,110
can, we can create things
ourselves.
266
00:16:01,230 –> 00:16:03,830
And we can think about the fact
that that we can have knowledge
267
00:16:03,830 –> 00:16:08,590
and we can know things that we
can in some ways understand and
268
00:16:08,590 –> 00:16:10,910
have the ability under, like
under, like any other animal to
269
00:16:10,910 –> 00:16:15,030
understand what God is like.
And God has revealed himself to
270
00:16:15,030 –> 00:16:20,430
us in in, in ourselves.
And so the Paul’s point is not
271
00:16:20,430 –> 00:16:25,070
something that God exists.
His point is this in Romans one
272
00:16:25,070 –> 00:16:28,270
verse 20.
So that they are without excuse
273
00:16:28,750 –> 00:16:31,550
and you have a pencil.
What you want to underline in
274
00:16:31,550 –> 00:16:34,710
your Bible in chapter one is
those words.
275
00:16:34,830 –> 00:16:38,470
So they are without excuse.
That is the point.
276
00:16:39,710 –> 00:16:42,510
That is the point of Romans.
Chapter one is that.
277
00:16:43,060 –> 00:16:49,700
The Gentiles are accountable to
God because one is knowable, and
278
00:16:49,700 –> 00:16:52,060
so because he is knowable and
because he’s revealed himself
279
00:16:52,060 –> 00:16:56,540
and his creation that no one is
without excuse.
280
00:16:59,140 –> 00:17:02,180
And so when Paul goes on to say
all the things that that the
281
00:17:02,180 –> 00:17:04,940
Gentiles have done to corrupt
themselves and they’ve taken the
282
00:17:04,940 –> 00:17:09,569
glory of the invisible God.
And they’ve and they’ve
283
00:17:09,569 –> 00:17:13,010
corrupted it to go after four
footed beasts and animals and
284
00:17:13,010 –> 00:17:15,810
creeping things.
And they’ve they’ve they’ve
285
00:17:16,450 –> 00:17:19,770
burned in their lust for one
another, seeking things which
286
00:17:19,770 –> 00:17:22,690
aren’t natural, which are
against God’s natural way of
287
00:17:22,690 –> 00:17:25,290
things.
And it goes through this list of
288
00:17:25,290 –> 00:17:27,690
horrible things that the
Gentiles are doing.
289
00:17:27,849 –> 00:17:31,410
But the point is not the
horrible things, necessarily.
290
00:17:31,530 –> 00:17:34,890
The point is that the Gentiles
themselves are without excuse.
291
00:17:36,650 –> 00:17:40,580
And you know what, the Judaizer.
Amongst Paul and Paul’s famous
292
00:17:40,580 –> 00:17:45,620
at this Paul’s famous at at
making his first point to appeal
293
00:17:46,220 –> 00:17:48,980
to the side he’s ultimately
trying to win over.
294
00:17:49,380 –> 00:17:53,660
They thinks it’s wrong, but the
first point he makes is to make
295
00:17:53,660 –> 00:17:55,620
them feel like he’s on their
side.
296
00:17:56,500 –> 00:17:58,180
It’s very clever.
He does it in Corinthians as
297
00:17:58,180 –> 00:18:00,610
well.
And so he makes this point that
298
00:18:00,610 –> 00:18:02,690
Judaizer would have been all
over this.
299
00:18:02,690 –> 00:18:06,010
They would have loved the fact
that Paul was going right after
300
00:18:06,010 –> 00:18:08,810
these wicked Gentiles.
Yes, they’re without excuse.
301
00:18:09,010 –> 00:18:11,970
And yes, they’re guilty.
And yes, you know, they’re doing
302
00:18:11,970 –> 00:18:14,450
all these horrible things.
And he turned the the glory of
303
00:18:14,450 –> 00:18:17,050
the invisible God into that
something like an animal.
304
00:18:17,370 –> 00:18:18,890
And then they burn in their lust
for each other.
305
00:18:18,890 –> 00:18:23,290
And Joe, they would have been
very happy that Paul was, was
306
00:18:23,290 –> 00:18:27,690
really attacking these, these
sinful, worldly Gentiles.
307
00:18:29,150 –> 00:18:34,030
And so in Chapter 2, what Paul
does is he turns the turret.
308
00:18:34,390 –> 00:18:37,430
You know, turret is is, is is a
thing on which you hold a gun
309
00:18:37,430 –> 00:18:39,350
that you’re going to blow people
up with, right?
310
00:18:39,830 –> 00:18:42,830
And you you point at one thing
and and you know, you get them.
311
00:18:43,030 –> 00:18:47,150
And then you turn the turret and
he turns the turret from the
312
00:18:47,150 –> 00:18:54,030
Gentiles to the Jews.
And so Roman Chapter 2 is.
313
00:18:54,550 –> 00:18:57,870
Is oh, you Judaizers, you Jews.
You think that, oh, you know,
314
00:18:57,870 –> 00:19:00,990
these Gentiles are horrible.
Really.
315
00:19:01,790 –> 00:19:05,710
Well, what about you?
Are you without sin?
316
00:19:06,830 –> 00:19:10,630
And so after first describing in
an early part of Romans 2 that
317
00:19:10,630 –> 00:19:13,270
there is no national advantage,
it isn’t.
318
00:19:13,270 –> 00:19:16,350
It doesn’t help you that that
that you’re a Jew by birth, That
319
00:19:16,350 –> 00:19:19,390
doesn’t do you any good.
After dis dismantling that
320
00:19:19,390 –> 00:19:23,950
logic, he basically says to the
Jews that you’re guilty.
321
00:19:24,660 –> 00:19:28,220
Now he does that by using the
law in Roman chapter 2 and verse
322
00:19:28,220 –> 00:19:29,860
17.
And then we’re going to skip
323
00:19:29,860 –> 00:19:33,900
from verse 17 down to verse 23.
We read this in the new King
324
00:19:33,900 –> 00:19:38,460
James.
Indeed, you are called at you
325
00:19:38,460 –> 00:19:41,340
and rest on the law and make
your boast in God, which they
326
00:19:41,340 –> 00:19:43,380
did.
Verse 23.
327
00:19:44,380 –> 00:19:49,060
You who make your boast in the
law, do you dishonor God by
328
00:19:49,060 –> 00:19:51,540
breaking the law.
So yeah, your pencil out.
329
00:19:52,220 –> 00:19:53,820
What do you underline in chapter
2?
330
00:19:54,900 –> 00:19:59,580
You underline this Do you
dishonor God through breaking
331
00:19:59,580 –> 00:20:02,260
the law That’s found in verse
23?
332
00:20:03,620 –> 00:20:09,180
So chapter 2 then concludes that
the Jews are also guilty, and
333
00:20:11,300 –> 00:20:15,740
perhaps even more so because
they had the law of God and even
334
00:20:15,740 –> 00:20:20,220
greater revelation of God’s will
in his ways, and they have not
335
00:20:20,220 –> 00:20:24,720
kept that law perfectly.
So they have dishonored God by
336
00:20:24,720 –> 00:20:27,920
breaking the law.
So now that Paul is in chapter
337
00:20:27,920 –> 00:20:30,360
one, he’s so the Gentiles are
not just.
338
00:20:30,360 –> 00:20:34,200
In chapter two he shows the Jews
are not just and chapter 3 sort
339
00:20:34,200 –> 00:20:38,680
of brings it together.
So in chapter 3 which has many
340
00:20:38,680 –> 00:20:42,440
verses worth underlying, maybe
what you want to underline is in
341
00:20:42,440 –> 00:20:48,800
chapter 3 and verse 23 for all
of sinned and fallen short of
342
00:20:48,800 –> 00:20:51,680
the glory of God.
All, and that’s an important
343
00:20:51,680 –> 00:20:54,320
word.
They’re all all have sinned, all
344
00:20:54,320 –> 00:20:57,480
meaning Jew and Gentile.
He’s shown chapter one, the
345
00:20:57,480 –> 00:20:59,520
Gentiles, chapter 2, the Jews
and chapter three.
346
00:20:59,520 –> 00:21:04,120
He concludes this.
He says, I’ve shown you all have
347
00:21:04,120 –> 00:21:08,080
sinned and by sinning have
fallen short of the glory of
348
00:21:08,080 –> 00:21:11,480
God.
So really our next point from
349
00:21:11,480 –> 00:21:15,720
Romans chapter one, verse 21,
through chapter 3, verse 20, or
350
00:21:15,720 –> 00:21:21,420
even through three verse 23.
What Paul is really doing is
351
00:21:21,420 –> 00:21:23,580
he’s showing that God alone is
righteous.
352
00:21:24,740 –> 00:21:26,100
That’s what he’s establishing
now.
353
00:21:26,100 –> 00:21:29,140
He’s not just establishing the
fact that God’s righteous, He’s
354
00:21:29,140 –> 00:21:30,580
establishing the fact that we’re
not.
355
00:21:30,620 –> 00:21:35,900
He hasn’t really spoken to God’s
righteousness until that section
356
00:21:35,900 –> 00:21:40,460
of readings that we had read for
us this morning in which God’s
357
00:21:40,460 –> 00:21:42,220
righteous has mentioned three or
four times.
358
00:21:42,580 –> 00:21:44,500
But he hasn’t mentioned God’s
righteousness up into that
359
00:21:44,500 –> 00:21:48,680
point, has he?
Up until that point, he’s really
360
00:21:48,680 –> 00:21:50,920
kind of described the fact that
we’re not righteous and we
361
00:21:50,920 –> 00:21:53,520
can’t, we can’t rest on our
righteousness.
362
00:21:58,560 –> 00:22:02,480
You see, what does the law do?
The law does something very
363
00:22:02,480 –> 00:22:04,880
important.
It does it today in our society
364
00:22:04,880 –> 00:22:09,080
as well, is it defines from a
societal point of view, what’s
365
00:22:09,080 –> 00:22:10,720
right.
And what’s wrong?
366
00:22:10,960 –> 00:22:13,880
And it kind of draws this line
in the sand which lawyers job is
367
00:22:13,880 –> 00:22:16,240
to to mess up that line.
But the law’s intention is to
368
00:22:16,240 –> 00:22:21,400
draw a line and say that listen,
on one side of the law you’re
369
00:22:21,400 –> 00:22:23,080
you’re right.
On the other side of the law
370
00:22:23,080 –> 00:22:28,160
you’re wrong and you can be you
can be condemned in a Court of
371
00:22:28,160 –> 00:22:30,280
Justice.
The judge uses the law to
372
00:22:30,280 –> 00:22:31,800
determine guilt versus
innocence.
373
00:22:33,320 –> 00:22:36,040
Now according to the law we’re
guilty.
374
00:22:37,360 –> 00:22:40,840
We’re not just and in fact.
This word guilty is kind of a
375
00:22:40,920 –> 00:22:43,920
it’s a it’s a it’s a big word.
It’s one of those words that’s
376
00:22:43,920 –> 00:22:45,560
kind of difficult to to throw
out there.
377
00:22:45,560 –> 00:22:49,400
You know because you know I
don’t I don’t really want to
378
00:22:49,400 –> 00:22:52,240
make you feel guilty.
But I I don’t.
379
00:22:52,240 –> 00:22:55,560
I had no other I I can’t.
I can’t but use the word because
380
00:22:55,560 –> 00:22:57,880
the words right here in front of
the scripture I can’t deny is
381
00:22:57,880 –> 00:22:59,560
I’m I’m saying that we’re
staring at it.
382
00:22:59,560 –> 00:23:03,440
Look at chapter 3 in verse 19
and 20 you find it for yourself
383
00:23:03,600 –> 00:23:08,080
here in the new King James.
It says this in verse 19 for we
384
00:23:08,080 –> 00:23:10,740
know.
That whatever the law says, it
385
00:23:10,740 –> 00:23:13,820
says to those who are under the
law, that every mouth may be
386
00:23:13,820 –> 00:23:18,940
stopped, that all the world may
become guilty before God.
387
00:23:20,300 –> 00:23:27,180
Therefore by the deeds of the
Law no flesh we justified in His
388
00:23:27,180 –> 00:23:30,300
sight.
For by the law is the knowledge
389
00:23:30,300 –> 00:23:37,580
of sin.
So we’re in just now can the law
390
00:23:37,580 –> 00:23:40,120
save us?
No.
391
00:23:41,440 –> 00:23:45,880
Do you know why?
Now imagine someone committed
392
00:23:45,880 –> 00:23:47,400
murder.
Jack Lawson.
393
00:23:47,400 –> 00:23:49,640
I’ll pick on you.
Imagine Jack Lawson committed
394
00:23:49,640 –> 00:23:54,280
murder.
What if he never ran a red
395
00:23:54,280 –> 00:23:56,280
white?
What if he was the best driver
396
00:23:56,280 –> 00:23:59,520
in the world?
What if Jack’s driving is
397
00:23:59,560 –> 00:24:05,240
absolutely and completely
exemplary so that if you want to
398
00:24:05,240 –> 00:24:07,250
know how to drive.
You would.
399
00:24:07,250 –> 00:24:10,410
But look at how Jack does things
and emulate his every action
400
00:24:10,490 –> 00:24:11,970
because his driving was so
perfect.
401
00:24:13,210 –> 00:24:17,450
Now would that change the fact
that Jack has killed someone?
402
00:24:18,650 –> 00:24:20,850
With the judge saying since
you’re such a good driver, we’ll
403
00:24:20,850 –> 00:24:23,410
just brush that killing thing
right underneath the carpet?
404
00:24:24,610 –> 00:24:27,210
No, this is exactly the dilemma
David finds himself in.
405
00:24:27,570 –> 00:24:31,250
Because David kills Uriah the
wife, the husband of Bathshava.
406
00:24:31,750 –> 00:24:35,950
And he says in Psalm 51 and
verse 16, for thou desires not
407
00:24:35,950 –> 00:24:39,430
sacrifice, or else I would give
it that a lie is not important
408
00:24:39,430 –> 00:24:40,910
offering.
And David could have offered
409
00:24:40,910 –> 00:24:44,350
sacrifice at a sacrifice after
sacrifice after sacrifice.
410
00:24:46,590 –> 00:24:54,230
But he killed still killed Uriah
didn’t change a thing and so the
411
00:24:54,230 –> 00:24:58,530
law could not justify David.
And the law cannot justify any
412
00:24:58,530 –> 00:25:00,770
of you.
And the law cannot justify me.
413
00:25:00,970 –> 00:25:03,730
If I break one part of it,
following other parts of it,
414
00:25:03,930 –> 00:25:10,210
don’t make what I broke right.
You know, when I reflect back on
415
00:25:10,210 –> 00:25:14,490
my own situation when I was in
the Middle East, I was asking
416
00:25:15,770 –> 00:25:22,730
God to reward me a bit for my
righteousness, whatever that
417
00:25:22,730 –> 00:25:25,770
was.
I thought maybe.
418
00:25:26,700 –> 00:25:31,740
God owed me something because I
was making sacrifices, and I
419
00:25:31,740 –> 00:25:35,620
think I was angry that in the
midst of making those sacrifices
420
00:25:36,700 –> 00:25:42,300
that it was difficult, that I
found life difficult, like a
421
00:25:42,300 –> 00:25:46,060
challenge.
I remember looking at this verse
422
00:25:46,060 –> 00:25:48,940
in Isaac 64, verse six, which
I’m sure you’re familiar with,
423
00:25:49,820 –> 00:25:54,660
and the verse says, but we are
all as an unclean thing.
424
00:25:57,200 –> 00:26:02,840
And all our righteousnesses are
filthy rags.
425
00:26:04,600 –> 00:26:08,960
But you know, that wasn’t my
attitude, because my attitude is
426
00:26:08,960 –> 00:26:12,880
more like, you know, God, look
at the lamb I brought you
427
00:26:12,880 –> 00:26:16,120
yesterday, and the and the and
the ox I slaughtered last week
428
00:26:16,120 –> 00:26:17,760
and the turtle doves the week
before that.
429
00:26:18,200 –> 00:26:21,320
You know, look at all the
sacrifices I brought you, and
430
00:26:21,320 –> 00:26:23,320
it’s almost as if.
You know when the high priest
431
00:26:23,320 –> 00:26:26,400
would have brought these
sacrifices, you know, and he
432
00:26:26,400 –> 00:26:27,640
would have weighed them on the
altar?
433
00:26:27,640 –> 00:26:28,960
You think this wasn’t messy
work?
434
00:26:30,800 –> 00:26:35,920
Imagine those, those Immaculate,
clean clothes after slaughtering
435
00:26:35,920 –> 00:26:40,960
a few animals, day after day
slaughtering those animals.
436
00:26:41,080 –> 00:26:48,800
How long till your clothes were
just covered in animal blood and
437
00:26:48,800 –> 00:26:52,710
your righteousness is?
They just become filthy rags
438
00:26:52,710 –> 00:26:56,430
because it’s not your
righteousness.
439
00:26:56,710 –> 00:27:05,230
At all.
Now if it’s not works through
440
00:27:05,230 –> 00:27:08,990
the law that make us right, what
is it?
441
00:27:09,710 –> 00:27:13,950
What does God surely want?
What is the basis of this
442
00:27:13,950 –> 00:27:18,590
blessing on Israel and making
Abraham and his seed the air of
443
00:27:18,590 –> 00:27:23,340
a special inheritance?
So chapter 4 then picks up from
444
00:27:23,340 –> 00:27:30,660
this and says if we’re all truly
unrighteous, on what basis this
445
00:27:30,780 –> 00:27:34,820
God, then count righteousness to
those who are guilty.
446
00:27:35,540 –> 00:27:37,100
Because it’s undeniable that
we’re guilty.
447
00:27:37,140 –> 00:27:39,740
We’ve sinned.
Can I have anyone who wants to
448
00:27:39,740 –> 00:27:41,980
volunteer and stand up and talk
to me about the fact that they
449
00:27:41,980 –> 00:27:46,700
haven’t sinned?
So can I can I reasonably assume
450
00:27:46,700 –> 00:27:48,820
that everyone in this room has
sinned?
451
00:27:49,930 –> 00:27:51,970
Is that a safe assumption?
Okay.
452
00:27:52,570 –> 00:27:54,210
So we’re all on the same basis
then?
453
00:27:55,290 –> 00:27:58,610
We’re not just we’re not
righteous.
454
00:27:59,810 –> 00:28:05,010
So why?
And on what basis Is God going
455
00:28:05,010 –> 00:28:11,170
to count righteousness for you?
Why is God going to look at you
456
00:28:11,770 –> 00:28:16,730
and find righteousness when it’s
not from your moral perfection,
457
00:28:16,810 –> 00:28:20,370
Perfection?
And Paul explains that it’s
458
00:28:20,370 –> 00:28:27,330
faith and faith was the basis on
which God counts righteousness
459
00:28:27,330 –> 00:28:30,610
for those who aren’t righteous.
Now the verse we want to
460
00:28:30,610 –> 00:28:34,850
underline is found in Roman
Shepherd 4 verse 16, again
461
00:28:34,850 –> 00:28:41,050
reading on the new King James.
Therefore it is a faith that it
462
00:28:41,050 –> 00:28:44,810
might be according to grace, so
that the promise might be sure
463
00:28:45,130 –> 00:28:48,710
to all the seed.
Not only to those who are of the
464
00:28:48,710 –> 00:28:52,870
law, but also to those who are
of the faith of Abraham, who is
465
00:28:52,870 –> 00:28:55,550
the father of us all.
So you might want to underline,
466
00:28:55,710 –> 00:28:58,790
therefore it is a faith that
might be according to grace.
467
00:29:00,470 –> 00:29:03,190
So that is the basis on which
God is going to count
468
00:29:03,190 –> 00:29:07,870
righteousness to those who
aren’t of themselves righteous.
469
00:29:09,030 –> 00:29:11,790
So then chapter 5, then Paul
addresses this important
470
00:29:11,790 –> 00:29:13,910
question.
If we’re guilty and the law
471
00:29:13,910 –> 00:29:15,910
can’t say this, but the law
condemns us.
472
00:29:16,420 –> 00:29:18,860
And truly, God counts
righteousness based on faith.
473
00:29:19,060 –> 00:29:20,380
What do you have to have faith
in?
474
00:29:23,140 –> 00:29:26,260
And the answer is God’s
willingness to forgive through
475
00:29:26,300 –> 00:29:29,220
Jesus Christ.
That’s what you have to faith
476
00:29:29,220 –> 00:29:31,620
in.
That he’s willing to forgive
477
00:29:32,740 –> 00:29:36,500
through Jesus Christ, that he’s
willing to forgive.
478
00:29:36,740 –> 00:29:38,220
That’s what you have to have
faith.
479
00:29:38,220 –> 00:29:40,400
In.
And he goes on to this
480
00:29:40,400 –> 00:29:42,000
explanation.
I’m not going to spend much time
481
00:29:42,000 –> 00:29:44,760
on it all, really.
But he says, listen, if if death
482
00:29:45,000 –> 00:29:48,760
and mortality and sinfulness and
willfulness can all come through
483
00:29:48,760 –> 00:29:53,000
one man, which is Adam, then
surely they can all be reversed
484
00:29:53,000 –> 00:29:56,880
through one man, which is Jesus.
If all those things can enter
485
00:29:56,880 –> 00:29:59,840
the world through one man, and
that you’ve inherited all those
486
00:29:59,840 –> 00:30:04,480
things through one man, surely
through another man, they can
487
00:30:04,480 –> 00:30:08,560
all be taken away.
And that man is Jesus Christ.
488
00:30:09,520 –> 00:30:14,080
So in chapter 5 then our Verses,
chapter 5, verse 19, Chapter 5
489
00:30:14,080 –> 00:30:16,760
is kind of hard to find a single
verse, but this would be the
490
00:30:16,760 –> 00:30:19,120
best one.
Chapter 5, verse 19.
491
00:30:19,120 –> 00:30:32,380
By 1 man’s obedience many will
be made righteous so God saves
492
00:30:32,380 –> 00:30:34,260
through his righteousness.
We’re actually going to get into
493
00:30:34,260 –> 00:30:38,020
that subject in much more detail
in a later study because I
494
00:30:38,020 –> 00:30:41,660
realized by the way, I haven’t
really covered the why God saves
495
00:30:41,660 –> 00:30:42,980
through his righteousness bit
yet.
496
00:30:43,790 –> 00:30:46,510
But that’s so important.
I just need to give it more time
497
00:30:46,510 –> 00:30:51,070
and in a later study.
So then chapter 6 begins, Well,
498
00:30:51,070 –> 00:30:55,550
great God.
God is going to save through his
499
00:30:55,550 –> 00:30:58,550
righteousness gets great.
You know, God is going to impute
500
00:30:58,550 –> 00:31:01,150
righteousness by faith.
Well then I guess I don’t have
501
00:31:01,150 –> 00:31:03,470
to worry too much about sinning.
I can just sort of sin that
502
00:31:03,470 –> 00:31:06,190
grace may have bound.
Now that is a very relevant
503
00:31:06,190 –> 00:31:10,750
question for our day and age.
Taking sin lightly doesn’t
504
00:31:10,750 –> 00:31:12,190
really matter.
Just have faith.
505
00:31:12,680 –> 00:31:15,600
In fact, not trying to sin is
just too hard.
506
00:31:15,600 –> 00:31:20,040
So I’m just going to basically,
I’m just going to not try and
507
00:31:20,040 –> 00:31:23,760
just kind of count on the fact
that I can be forgiven anyway.
508
00:31:23,760 –> 00:31:25,920
So repentance really is not that
important.
509
00:31:28,000 –> 00:31:29,600
That attitude is not going to
get you very far.
510
00:31:29,600 –> 00:31:32,640
Not going to get me very far
either, but we’ll take that up
511
00:31:32,640 –> 00:31:35,080
another class too.
So Chapter 6, actually, I’m
512
00:31:35,080 –> 00:31:36,840
going to kind of skip over for
the moment just because we’re
513
00:31:36,840 –> 00:31:40,480
going to take up Chapter 6 and
maybe our next two studies going
514
00:31:40,480 –> 00:31:41,920
to spread across those two
studies.
515
00:31:42,900 –> 00:31:47,580
In explaining Chapter 7.
So, so now we find ourselves
516
00:31:47,580 –> 00:31:50,940
back in Chapter 7 and Paul is
still in the midst of really in
517
00:31:50,940 –> 00:31:53,780
Chapter 7, defending the gospel
against this clever attack.
518
00:31:54,220 –> 00:32:00,100
Oh by the way, I should do my
last slide, chapter 6, because
519
00:32:00,100 –> 00:32:06,100
he saves be righteous.
So now we find ourselves in
520
00:32:06,100 –> 00:32:08,580
Chapter 7 and Paul, I think in
Chapter 7 is still really
521
00:32:08,580 –> 00:32:10,500
addressing this issue.
Shall we?
522
00:32:11,160 –> 00:32:13,800
Sin that grace may have been.
It’s very clever attack.
523
00:32:13,800 –> 00:32:17,600
It’s a it’s a it’s a question
which is still very relevant to
524
00:32:17,600 –> 00:32:24,400
our own attitudes.
And in the midst of this we find
525
00:32:24,400 –> 00:32:26,800
ourselves in Romans Chapter 7,
verse 7, which is where we
526
00:32:26,800 –> 00:32:30,680
started.
What shall we say then is the
527
00:32:30,680 –> 00:32:36,040
lost sin?
Now why is this such an
528
00:32:36,040 –> 00:32:40,460
important argument for us today?
You know, Paul’s made very clear
529
00:32:40,460 –> 00:32:44,140
that no flesh, not Jews or
Gentiles, is just before God in
530
00:32:44,140 –> 00:32:46,540
almost every context.
Paul’s even mentioned the law.
531
00:32:47,380 –> 00:32:51,980
It’s been to say what that a law
really defines right from wrong,
532
00:32:51,980 –> 00:32:54,940
and by doing just that, by
defining right from wrong, it
533
00:32:54,940 –> 00:32:58,820
condemns us.
But now the arguments being made
534
00:32:58,860 –> 00:33:02,820
Is the law sinful?
Is the law sinful?
535
00:33:02,820 –> 00:33:05,860
Why?
Because every time that God
536
00:33:05,860 –> 00:33:08,460
makes the law.
Every time.
537
00:33:09,360 –> 00:33:14,240
God makes a law.
Sin is the inevitable
538
00:33:14,240 –> 00:33:21,200
consequence for man, at least
for yes, you and I see the law
539
00:33:21,200 –> 00:33:26,120
really shows that man is sinful.
That’s the purpose of the law.
540
00:33:27,400 –> 00:33:30,320
The law is there, like a
flashlight in a dark place,
541
00:33:31,120 –> 00:33:38,270
shining light on what is sin.
So every time that God makes a
542
00:33:38,270 –> 00:33:40,830
law, it really what does that
law do?
543
00:33:41,150 –> 00:33:47,150
It shines this light on us.
And so now, through the light of
544
00:33:47,150 –> 00:33:50,830
what God has shined on us, we
understand what sin is because
545
00:33:50,830 –> 00:33:53,550
as in God’s law, we really be
confused about it.
546
00:33:54,630 –> 00:34:00,870
We wouldn’t think sin is sin,
I’m sure of it, but let’s step
547
00:34:00,870 –> 00:34:04,310
back for a moment.
Why does that matter to you?
548
00:34:06,180 –> 00:34:07,420
And you follow along with the
text.
549
00:34:07,420 –> 00:34:09,940
We see the argument.
Hopefully now you have some
550
00:34:09,940 –> 00:34:12,380
things underlined.
You know, if you didn’t bring a
551
00:34:12,380 –> 00:34:15,540
pencil to this class tomorrow,
bring a pencil.
552
00:34:16,139 –> 00:34:19,219
You know, make some notes so
that you don’t get confused.
553
00:34:19,219 –> 00:34:24,900
By this, I mean when I ask young
people if they understand
554
00:34:24,900 –> 00:34:28,659
Romans, which is the best
exhibition of the gospel and all
555
00:34:28,659 –> 00:34:30,620
the Bible, inevitably the answer
is no.
556
00:34:32,500 –> 00:34:35,300
And I think it’s sadly the case
that that that it’s true also of
557
00:34:35,300 –> 00:34:36,699
some of us older
Christadelphians.
558
00:34:39,139 –> 00:34:41,420
But this is this is, this is
important.
559
00:34:42,020 –> 00:34:45,139
But why is it important?
What is behind this argument
560
00:34:46,020 –> 00:34:52,860
that’s important for us?
Paul responds to this question
561
00:34:52,860 –> 00:34:56,380
of is the law sin by saying On
the contrary, I would not have
562
00:34:56,380 –> 00:34:59,100
known sin except through the
law.
563
00:35:01,220 –> 00:35:03,640
So I ask you.
Especially for young people.
564
00:35:03,640 –> 00:35:05,400
But I guess it’s relevant for
all of us.
565
00:35:07,720 –> 00:35:14,280
Do you know sin?
Do you understand your sin?
566
00:35:17,080 –> 00:35:22,360
You know it’s hard enough when
you’re young, but I think that
567
00:35:22,360 –> 00:35:27,640
society today makes this almost
impossible.
568
00:35:29,600 –> 00:35:31,720
But unless you learn the lesson
of the law.
569
00:35:32,950 –> 00:35:36,590
How can you ever appreciate the
grace of Christ?
570
00:35:37,110 –> 00:35:38,710
And I really want to say this
emphatically.
571
00:35:40,790 –> 00:35:42,710
What I want to say is the fact
that you’re guilty.
572
00:35:42,710 –> 00:35:47,350
I don’t want to say it because I
get anything out of it.
573
00:35:47,750 –> 00:35:50,030
I want to say because I have to
be true to what Paul’s written
574
00:35:50,030 –> 00:35:51,350
down here.
I had no choice.
575
00:35:51,350 –> 00:35:54,110
It’s in the text.
You’re guilty.
576
00:35:54,390 –> 00:36:00,510
You know, I can’t even talk to
you about grace in Christ.
577
00:36:01,150 –> 00:36:04,550
About the righteousness of faith
until you appreciate that point.
578
00:36:04,550 –> 00:36:08,510
In fact, if you’re not at the
point where you ready to
579
00:36:08,510 –> 00:36:12,630
understand that when Paul says
in Romans chapter 3 and verse 23
580
00:36:12,790 –> 00:36:22,590
that all are under sin, that all
are unjust, that none is
581
00:36:22,590 –> 00:36:25,390
righteous, you’re not ready to
acknowledge that, then why
582
00:36:25,390 –> 00:36:26,790
bother with chapter four and
five?
583
00:36:26,790 –> 00:36:29,430
In fact, just close your Bible
and go home.
584
00:36:31,470 –> 00:36:34,830
Because the rest of this weekend
is not going to do you any good.
585
00:36:36,750 –> 00:36:40,230
Because the rest of this weekend
rests on the premise that you
586
00:36:40,230 –> 00:36:44,670
believe Paul what he said in
chapters 1-2 and three.
587
00:36:45,510 –> 00:36:49,670
Because until you’re ready to
understand that you’re not ready
588
00:36:49,670 –> 00:36:52,750
to need Jesus.
Why would you need Jesus?
589
00:36:53,470 –> 00:36:54,870
If you’re righteous without
Jesus?
590
00:36:54,870 –> 00:36:57,590
Go ahead and be righteous.
Good for you.
591
00:37:04,060 –> 00:37:08,620
But if you’re not righteous,
then maybe you do need him.
592
00:37:10,780 –> 00:37:12,900
You know, outside the
introduction to Romans.
593
00:37:14,620 –> 00:37:16,260
Oops.
That’s a shame.
594
00:37:17,260 –> 00:37:22,740
Outside of the introduction for
Romans chapter, Paul doesn’t
595
00:37:22,740 –> 00:37:25,860
even mention Jesus.
Again, until chapter 5.
596
00:37:26,980 –> 00:37:32,060
Here we have this this brilliant
exposition of the Gospel.
597
00:37:32,960 –> 00:37:36,880
And outside of introducing the
subject and Romans one those
598
00:37:36,880 –> 00:37:39,960
early verses, he doesn’t even
mention Jesus again until
599
00:37:39,960 –> 00:37:44,440
chapter 5.
Because you know what, unless
600
00:37:44,440 –> 00:37:47,960
chapter 2-3 and four makes sense
to you, especially chapters 2
601
00:37:47,960 –> 00:37:50,680
and three, why do you need
Jesus?
602
00:37:51,040 –> 00:37:53,280
He’s not even relevant until
chapter 5.
603
00:37:56,640 –> 00:38:00,760
But I believe this message is
slowly losing force a day.
604
00:38:01,810 –> 00:38:08,810
Because the day we’re bombarded
by messages about a God that has
605
00:38:08,810 –> 00:38:14,210
no right and wrong, a God that
doesn’t have a truth, but he has
606
00:38:14,210 –> 00:38:19,010
truths, doesn’t have wrong, but
he has tolerance.
607
00:38:20,290 –> 00:38:25,490
There’s no path but paths.
And according to the wise of our
608
00:38:25,490 –> 00:38:30,250
age, they all lead to the same
place, but we know where that
609
00:38:30,250 –> 00:38:33,330
place leads.
It does all lead to the same
610
00:38:33,330 –> 00:38:36,050
place.
Fortunately, that place is
611
00:38:36,050 –> 00:38:41,250
death, you know.
But today’s spiritual thinking,
612
00:38:41,490 –> 00:38:45,090
you know, spiritual practice,
it’s just it’s a matter of
613
00:38:45,090 –> 00:38:47,890
choice.
You see, no one can decide for
614
00:38:47,890 –> 00:38:52,130
someone else what their path
should be, or or or judge that
615
00:38:52,130 –> 00:38:53,890
one path is superior to another
path.
616
00:38:54,050 –> 00:38:59,890
We can’t even judge morals.
I mean, is getting drunk okay?
617
00:39:01,050 –> 00:39:02,970
I don’t know.
Did I hurt anyone?
618
00:39:03,490 –> 00:39:06,050
Our same sex unions?
OK, I don’t know.
619
00:39:06,050 –> 00:39:08,850
Are they in love?
Is mouthing off your parents and
620
00:39:08,850 –> 00:39:10,290
elders OK?
I don’t know.
621
00:39:10,290 –> 00:39:11,930
Did they say something that they
deserved it?
622
00:39:12,330 –> 00:39:14,690
Is it OK to listen to music with
shoddy lyrics?
623
00:39:15,010 –> 00:39:19,250
I don’t know.
That’s just what they think you
624
00:39:19,250 –> 00:39:20,370
know.
The answer to each and every
625
00:39:20,370 –> 00:39:24,530
question today is based off this
idea of personal righteousness.
626
00:39:25,900 –> 00:39:28,580
And every answer is, is I don’t
know, It depends.
627
00:39:28,780 –> 00:39:30,540
Maybe.
Or maybe not, or some wishy
628
00:39:30,540 –> 00:39:34,940
washy answer that turns anything
God has said into some sickly
629
00:39:34,940 –> 00:39:38,260
Gray soup.
We all exercise our own personal
630
00:39:38,260 –> 00:39:41,180
wisdom and our own personal
righteousness, and my decision
631
00:39:41,180 –> 00:39:43,540
is right for me, and your
decision is right for you, and
632
00:39:43,740 –> 00:39:50,540
no one can tell you otherwise.
But what says the Lord with
633
00:39:50,540 –> 00:39:53,900
certain some level of ambiguity
under the law?
634
00:39:55,420 –> 00:39:57,260
So the law is so desperately
confused.
635
00:39:57,260 –> 00:40:00,580
Right from wrong or good from
bad or holy from profane.
636
00:40:02,700 –> 00:40:05,700
I’ll tell you who confused,
right from wrong, good from bad.
637
00:40:06,660 –> 00:40:11,540
And that’s a serpent.
And that serpents in you and
638
00:40:11,540 –> 00:40:13,380
serpents in me.
And it must be crushed.
639
00:40:14,540 –> 00:40:21,700
And it will not be crushed based
on your version of righteousness
640
00:40:22,860 –> 00:40:28,080
and not based on my version.
Because the serpent is our own
641
00:40:28,080 –> 00:40:34,000
version of righteousness.
The serpent is our own version
642
00:40:34,000 –> 00:40:39,880
of righteousness.
So that version will never take
643
00:40:39,880 –> 00:40:43,040
it away.
It only strengthens it.
644
00:40:45,040 –> 00:40:48,400
And the Law stood there as an
announcement of God’s decision
645
00:40:48,400 –> 00:40:50,820
on a matter.
And through it you’re guilty,
646
00:40:50,940 –> 00:40:53,900
deserving of death, and actually
with no prospect of relief in
647
00:40:53,900 –> 00:40:57,540
its pages.
So are you guilty?
648
00:41:00,340 –> 00:41:03,940
Yes.
But you don’t believe that, do
649
00:41:03,940 –> 00:41:05,620
you?
You see, you think you still
650
00:41:05,620 –> 00:41:08,460
have some choice.
You think you still have some
651
00:41:08,460 –> 00:41:11,450
wiggle room here.
You.
652
00:41:15,350 –> 00:41:20,790
Still sort of think that you’re
right, but where do you find
653
00:41:20,790 –> 00:41:25,230
wiggle room in the law?
There’s none.
654
00:41:27,310 –> 00:41:32,190
That’s the point.
How many sacrifices can you
655
00:41:32,190 –> 00:41:39,350
bring, God, once you murdered
Uriah to make that better, How
656
00:41:39,350 –> 00:41:43,550
many good deeds are you going to
do to make it better that you’ve
657
00:41:43,550 –> 00:41:49,190
sinned?
There’s no wiggle room.
658
00:41:51,860 –> 00:41:54,140
And I guess if we don’t accept
young people that there is right
659
00:41:54,140 –> 00:42:00,860
and wrong and that God has laid
it down and through it each of
660
00:42:00,860 –> 00:42:03,180
us, both believer and
unbeliever, has fallen short,
661
00:42:03,180 –> 00:42:05,580
then we have no basis on which
to continue these studies.
662
00:42:06,900 –> 00:42:09,380
Because in that world, you don’t
need Christ, you don’t need
663
00:42:09,380 –> 00:42:12,020
baptism, you don’t need truth,
certainly someone else’s version
664
00:42:12,020 –> 00:42:14,820
of truth.
And you don’t need each other
665
00:42:14,820 –> 00:42:16,620
either, because why would you
need one another?
666
00:42:16,940 –> 00:42:18,420
Their version of truth is right
for them.
667
00:42:18,420 –> 00:42:19,540
It’s different than your
version.
668
00:42:19,740 –> 00:42:21,100
Why do you need to hear about
theirs?
669
00:42:24,780 –> 00:42:26,380
What is the source of
righteousness?
670
00:42:26,500 –> 00:42:28,380
What is the gauge of right and
wrong?
671
00:42:28,620 –> 00:42:32,140
Is it our Heavenly Father, or is
it your feelings?
672
00:42:34,420 –> 00:42:36,620
What if God’s truth gets in the
way of your feelings?
673
00:42:38,260 –> 00:42:46,190
What then?
And if it’s our Heavenly Father
674
00:42:46,190 –> 00:42:52,470
who’s right, then we need
Christ, because we’re not just,
675
00:42:53,550 –> 00:42:58,130
but he is.
And So what Paul really does is
676
00:42:58,130 –> 00:43:01,050
he proves the point in chapter
seven with his own experience.
677
00:43:03,010 –> 00:43:08,010
He proves the point of whether
the law is sin, whether he
678
00:43:08,010 –> 00:43:11,450
himself is sinful with his own
experience.
679
00:43:12,010 –> 00:43:15,370
And so we read in Chapter 7
about Paul discussing this
680
00:43:15,370 –> 00:43:18,210
experience, Chapter 7, verses 7
through 9.
681
00:43:18,490 –> 00:43:20,130
What should we say then?
Is the law sin?
682
00:43:20,130 –> 00:43:23,430
Certainly not.
On the contrary, I wouldn’t have
683
00:43:23,430 –> 00:43:27,350
not known sin except through the
law, for I would not have known
684
00:43:27,350 –> 00:43:32,430
covetousness, unless the law had
said You shall not covet but
685
00:43:32,430 –> 00:43:36,190
sin, taking opportunity by the
commandment produced in me all
686
00:43:36,190 –> 00:43:41,870
manner of evil desire.
For apart from the law, sin was
687
00:43:41,870 –> 00:43:45,430
dead.
I was alive once without the
688
00:43:45,430 –> 00:43:48,430
law, But when the commandment
came, sin revived, and I died,
689
00:43:49,190 –> 00:43:51,310
and the commandment which was to
bring life.
690
00:43:51,850 –> 00:43:55,810
I found to bring death for sin,
taking occasion by the
691
00:43:55,810 –> 00:43:58,410
commandment, deceived me and by
it killed me.
692
00:43:59,370 –> 00:44:02,130
Therefore the law is holy and
the commandment is holy and
693
00:44:02,130 –> 00:44:03,010
just.
And good.
694
00:44:05,690 –> 00:44:07,570
So we.
See in Chapter 7 that Paul
695
00:44:07,570 –> 00:44:11,250
proves us the law is good, it’s
holy and just, but it’s that we
696
00:44:11,250 –> 00:44:13,490
aren’t.
That’s my only point for this
697
00:44:13,490 –> 00:44:15,610
class.
We’ll get into the rest of.
698
00:44:15,610 –> 00:44:18,210
There’s a lot of details there.
They’re important my my point
699
00:44:18,210 –> 00:44:22,340
for this class.
Is the basis on which we can
700
00:44:22,340 –> 00:44:27,460
discuss Chapter 7, and that
basis is our need of Christ.
701
00:44:29,940 –> 00:44:33,220
So we live in this world which
continually challenges God’s
702
00:44:33,220 –> 00:44:37,700
definition of right and wrong.
The God of our times has no
703
00:44:37,740 –> 00:44:41,460
right and wrong, no path, no
truth, but shades of Gray.
704
00:44:42,140 –> 00:44:46,780
Sufficient that you can actually
live your life on your terms
705
00:44:47,780 –> 00:44:51,910
without any guilt at all.
I don’t want to make you feel
706
00:44:51,910 –> 00:44:54,150
guilty, by the way.
That’s not the point of this
707
00:44:54,150 –> 00:44:56,510
class.
It’s really kind of a struggle
708
00:44:56,630 –> 00:44:58,150
that we have this class.
But you have to wait till
709
00:44:58,150 –> 00:45:00,990
tomorrow for the rest because
I’m not going to leave you
710
00:45:00,990 –> 00:45:03,070
there.
But I have no other choice but
711
00:45:03,070 –> 00:45:05,590
to take you there because that’s
what Paul does.
712
00:45:10,110 –> 00:45:12,870
The danger.
We have young people and
713
00:45:13,870 –> 00:45:15,830
everyone else.
Who’s everyone else.
714
00:45:15,830 –> 00:45:18,070
Raise your hand if you’re not
young, but you’re everyone else.
715
00:45:18,710 –> 00:45:20,670
Not enough hands.
You’re definitely more.
716
00:45:20,670 –> 00:45:26,390
Everyone else is out there.
But the the trouble everyone
717
00:45:26,390 –> 00:45:32,590
else and young people is that we
want to believe in that God that
718
00:45:32,590 –> 00:45:37,430
has truths and paths because it
satisfies our own desires.
719
00:45:38,350 –> 00:45:41,590
We want to believe in a God that
we can challenge because of our
720
00:45:41,590 –> 00:45:43,950
righteousness.
A God that maybe owes us
721
00:45:43,950 –> 00:45:46,470
something.
But you know what?
722
00:45:47,910 –> 00:45:54,950
That is not Yahweh, and that is
not what he’s going to become.
723
00:45:57,990 –> 00:46:02,390
He’s not going to become.
That he’s not going to put his
724
00:46:02,390 –> 00:46:07,110
name on that.
And we look back to the original
725
00:46:07,110 –> 00:46:10,310
temptation in the Garden and
Genesis Chapter 3 and verse 5,
726
00:46:10,310 –> 00:46:14,430
and we find that original
temptation, that the first part
727
00:46:14,430 –> 00:46:19,910
of the temptation was doubt.
Did God really say this?
728
00:46:21,630 –> 00:46:23,710
You know, and that’s how
temptation works with us.
729
00:46:24,550 –> 00:46:28,510
So it’s not that someone is
going to tell you that your
730
00:46:28,510 –> 00:46:32,110
version of God is wrong because
it’s right for you.
731
00:46:34,070 –> 00:46:37,550
They’re just going to cast doubt
on Did God really say this?
732
00:46:39,110 –> 00:46:41,550
Does God really want to be this
mean bully that just judges
733
00:46:41,550 –> 00:46:44,510
everyone?
Is God just this this judge?
734
00:46:46,560 –> 00:46:50,520
And so they make God out to not
want what’s in your best
735
00:46:50,520 –> 00:46:54,440
interest.
They make God out to not want
736
00:46:54,440 –> 00:47:01,040
your salvation.
They make God out to not want
737
00:47:01,040 –> 00:47:05,240
you to be everything that he has
for you to be.
738
00:47:07,720 –> 00:47:09,840
They make out God to be less
than what he is.
739
00:47:10,840 –> 00:47:13,840
And that’s what the serpent did.
God doesn’t really want what’s
740
00:47:13,840 –> 00:47:16,820
best for you.
He’s trying to hold you back.
741
00:47:18,140 –> 00:47:24,140
So he knows that when you eat of
the fruit, you’re going to be
742
00:47:24,140 –> 00:47:25,820
like gods and So what?
You know what?
743
00:47:25,820 –> 00:47:28,820
God is trying to keep something
of himself back from you.
744
00:47:29,820 –> 00:47:31,620
He doesn’t really want what’s in
your best interest.
745
00:47:31,620 –> 00:47:35,980
And So what what the temptation
is, is it’s it’s first a casting
746
00:47:35,980 –> 00:47:42,420
of doubt isn’t how the world
works within you isn’t the first
747
00:47:42,420 –> 00:47:45,400
thing the world does.
To weaken your faith is to cast.
748
00:47:45,400 –> 00:47:52,360
Doubt and then it.
Lies to you see, first it cast
749
00:47:52,360 –> 00:47:55,200
doubt.
And then it lies.
750
00:47:57,880 –> 00:48:08,650
And the lie was found in Genesis
chapter 3, verse 5.
751
00:48:08,650 –> 00:48:11,010
For God knows that a day of it
you you eat of it, your eyes
752
00:48:11,010 –> 00:48:12,730
will be open and you will.
Be like God.
753
00:48:13,170 –> 00:48:15,770
Knowing good and evil.
Actually, that’s not the lie.
754
00:48:15,770 –> 00:48:19,980
The lie comes before that.
In Genesis chapter 3.
755
00:48:21,140 –> 00:48:26,020
And the serpent said unto the
woman, he shall not surely die.
756
00:48:27,900 –> 00:48:30,620
So first it cast doubt, then it
lies.
757
00:48:30,620 –> 00:48:36,820
And what would you call the
temptation?
758
00:48:37,780 –> 00:48:41,060
That your eyes will be opened
and that you will be like God,
759
00:48:41,060 –> 00:48:42,420
knowing good and evil?
What would you call that
760
00:48:42,420 –> 00:48:46,580
temptation?
You might you might call that
761
00:48:46,580 –> 00:48:50,850
covetousness.
So the first sin was
762
00:48:50,850 –> 00:48:57,570
covetousness.
Knowing good and evil is any
763
00:48:57,570 –> 00:49:03,290
different today.
Or doesn’t man want to step into
764
00:49:03,290 –> 00:49:08,050
the position of God to say,
well, this is good and evil for
765
00:49:08,050 –> 00:49:09,250
me?
This is.
766
00:49:09,250 –> 00:49:13,400
My definition of good and evil.
This is what I think good and
767
00:49:13,400 –> 00:49:15,720
evil are.
God, this is good and you for
768
00:49:15,720 –> 00:49:17,360
you.
That’s fine for the people that
769
00:49:17,360 –> 00:49:21,120
want to follow you.
But this is what I think good
770
00:49:21,120 –> 00:49:26,880
and evil really is.
And they want to step into the
771
00:49:26,880 –> 00:49:29,840
place of God, and they want to
challenge God’s place and his
772
00:49:29,840 –> 00:49:33,320
authority.
And Paul says that any thought
773
00:49:33,320 –> 00:49:36,880
of this is completely
inconsistent with the gospel.
774
00:49:38,560 –> 00:49:40,560
And I ask you the question, It’s
very simple.
775
00:49:42,220 –> 00:49:52,610
Or Adam and Eve, just through
Adam all die, and through Christ
776
00:49:52,730 –> 00:49:56,210
all shall be made alive.
And really, that’s the focus of
777
00:49:56,210 –> 00:49:58,410
our studies in a sense, this
weekend together.
778
00:49:58,610 –> 00:50:02,650
How is it that in Christ all
will be made alive?
779
00:50:03,730 –> 00:50:07,250
Why in Christ are all made
alive?
780
00:50:07,970 –> 00:50:10,610
What does it even mean to be in
Christ?
781
00:50:12,370 –> 00:50:17,080
What is that life?
Those are big questions and I
782
00:50:17,080 –> 00:50:19,360
believe that our studies as we
can try to address those
783
00:50:19,360 –> 00:50:23,120
questions together.
So I believe that Paul in Roman
784
00:50:23,120 –> 00:50:25,320
7 uses covetousness for a
reason.
785
00:50:25,320 –> 00:50:29,440
Covetousness is a very
appropriate choice to illustrate
786
00:50:29,440 –> 00:50:32,880
sin because it was covetousness
in the Garden of Eden and it’s
787
00:50:32,880 –> 00:50:36,280
covetous Now.
I believe that can keep us from
788
00:50:36,280 –> 00:50:40,920
the mercies of Christ, but it’s
a humble decoration through
789
00:50:40,920 –> 00:50:44,910
baptism that God is righteous.
And that we need Christ that
790
00:50:44,910 –> 00:50:50,550
really set you and I apart as
being chosen not for our sake,
791
00:50:50,550 –> 00:50:53,190
but for God’s.
That God would have all the
792
00:50:53,190 –> 00:50:57,350
glory.
But now that you’ve been set
793
00:50:57,350 –> 00:51:01,750
apart and chosen, what do you do
after that?
794
00:51:04,110 –> 00:51:05,430
We’ll take that up in our next
study.
Leave a Reply