Class 2 from this series was used in GCT Episode 385.
1
00:00:00,800 –> 00:00:02,640
You’re doing a great job of
keeping it moving.
00:00:00,800 –> 00:00:02,640
You’re doing a great job of
keeping it moving.
2
00:00:04,720 –> 00:00:05,880
We don’t want to be late for
that.
3
00:00:05,880 –> 00:00:06,520
Dinner.
Do we?
4
00:00:07,160 –> 00:00:09,880
Oh no, no did.
You see all that good stuff in
5
00:00:09,880 –> 00:00:14,080
there?
Yeah, so in our second class we
6
00:00:14,080 –> 00:00:17,560
had a look at how God did redeem
his Son.
7
00:00:18,200 –> 00:00:22,240
And now what we want to do is
look at how God redeemed his Son
8
00:00:22,760 –> 00:00:26,680
and how that same plan is
available for US brothers and
9
00:00:26,680 –> 00:00:29,120
sisters today.
So then you look back and
10
00:00:29,120 –> 00:00:31,480
wonder, well, how did God ever
save his Son?
11
00:00:31,600 –> 00:00:33,840
What are the hints in the Bible
that he did?
12
00:00:33,840 –> 00:00:36,720
You know, He had our nature, He
had this proneness to sin.
13
00:00:36,920 –> 00:00:39,400
What did he do?
And we get hints in the
14
00:00:39,400 –> 00:00:41,640
Scriptures.
Well, in Isaiah 50, it talks
15
00:00:41,640 –> 00:00:45,080
about immersing in the word that
the Lord God has given me in
16
00:00:45,080 –> 00:00:48,040
verse 4, the tongue of the learn
that I should know how to speak
17
00:00:48,040 –> 00:00:49,840
a word in season to him who is
weary.
18
00:00:50,240 –> 00:00:54,000
He awakens me morning by morning
He awakens me to hear as the
19
00:00:54,000 –> 00:00:57,640
learn the Lord God has opened my
ear and I was not rebellious,
20
00:00:57,640 –> 00:01:00,880
nor did I turn away and and the
reason I bring this up is
21
00:01:00,880 –> 00:01:03,720
because when you start looking
at well, how did God save his
22
00:01:03,720 –> 00:01:08,720
son, then the mechanism to save
Jesus is the very mechanism that
23
00:01:08,720 –> 00:01:11,600
we want to follow.
If the Bible made such a
24
00:01:11,600 –> 00:01:15,680
difference in his life, the word
of God reprogrammed his brain
25
00:01:16,000 –> 00:01:17,800
and helped him overcome the
devil.
26
00:01:18,000 –> 00:01:19,680
This is what’s going to do it
for us.
27
00:01:20,000 –> 00:01:22,360
This is why for young people,
you wonder like, how are you
28
00:01:22,440 –> 00:01:24,880
ever going to be different from
the, the, the people around you
29
00:01:24,880 –> 00:01:27,160
in this world?
You watch the lives that young
30
00:01:27,160 –> 00:01:30,200
people have today, the choices
that they make, the things that
31
00:01:30,200 –> 00:01:33,000
they do in this world, all the
things that are being offered to
32
00:01:33,000 –> 00:01:35,840
you that you can go do and have
fun and, and all this kind of,
33
00:01:35,840 –> 00:01:37,400
how are you ever going to be
different?
34
00:01:37,760 –> 00:01:40,760
Well, the way you’re going to be
different is by going and, and
35
00:01:40,760 –> 00:01:44,600
listening to the scriptures and
letting God’s word get into our
36
00:01:44,600 –> 00:01:48,080
our heads and reprogram the way
the devil makes us think.
37
00:01:48,440 –> 00:01:51,520
That’s what saved, that’s part
at least of what saved Jesus
38
00:01:51,520 –> 00:01:53,040
Christ.
And that’s why we put such a
39
00:01:53,040 –> 00:01:55,000
stress on the reading of God’s
word.
40
00:01:55,560 –> 00:01:59,280
You look at how God taught him
obedience through sufferings and
41
00:01:59,280 –> 00:02:01,760
trials.
And then you wonder, well, why
42
00:02:01,760 –> 00:02:04,640
does God doing this to us?
And you wonder like, why does
43
00:02:04,640 –> 00:02:06,280
God bring health issues to our
life?
44
00:02:06,280 –> 00:02:09,039
Why do we have accidents?
Why do we go through family
45
00:02:09,039 –> 00:02:12,360
troubles, A collegial problem?
Why does God do all this in our
46
00:02:12,360 –> 00:02:14,280
lives?
And then you go back and look
47
00:02:14,280 –> 00:02:16,360
at, well, this is how He saved
His Son.
48
00:02:16,560 –> 00:02:18,400
This is how He saved Jesus
Christ.
49
00:02:18,560 –> 00:02:22,880
Why would we expect it to be any
different with us in Hebrews 2
50
00:02:22,880 –> 00:02:25,280
at verse 10?
It was fitting for him for whom
51
00:02:25,280 –> 00:02:29,280
and and for whom are all things,
and by whom are all things, in
52
00:02:29,280 –> 00:02:33,200
bringing many sons to glory.
See that this was the goal, to
53
00:02:33,200 –> 00:02:37,040
bring the many sons to make the
captain of their salvation
54
00:02:37,040 –> 00:02:41,320
perfect through sufferings.
Perfect through sufferings, for
55
00:02:41,320 –> 00:02:44,480
indeed in verse 16, He does not
give aid to angels, but He does
56
00:02:44,480 –> 00:02:48,200
give aid to the seat of Abraham.
Therefore, in all things He had
57
00:02:48,200 –> 00:02:51,880
to be made like his brethren,
that he might be a merciful and
58
00:02:51,880 –> 00:02:55,400
a faithful high priest and
things pertaining to God to make
59
00:02:55,400 –> 00:02:59,400
propitiation for the sins of the
people, or in that he himself
60
00:02:59,400 –> 00:03:02,600
has suffered being tempted.
He had those feelings.
61
00:03:02,600 –> 00:03:05,400
He knew what it’s like when we
go through those sufferings.
62
00:03:05,400 –> 00:03:09,360
He knows too, He felt them, but
because he went through that,
63
00:03:09,600 –> 00:03:12,280
he’s able to give aid to those
who are tempted.
64
00:03:12,400 –> 00:03:15,680
He can empathize with our
weaknesses because he’s been
65
00:03:15,680 –> 00:03:18,480
through it himself.
And this is how God taught him.
66
00:03:18,960 –> 00:03:22,040
And again in Hebrews, because
Paul’s trying to stress why
67
00:03:22,040 –> 00:03:25,720
Christ had to have our nature.
Why did he have to be like us?
68
00:03:26,000 –> 00:03:28,240
Because the Hebrews would have
thought, well, their Messiah
69
00:03:28,240 –> 00:03:29,720
should have been somebody
greater than that.
70
00:03:29,720 –> 00:03:31,200
He shouldn’t just be somebody of
this race.
71
00:03:31,400 –> 00:03:32,520
He should have been like an
Angel.
72
00:03:32,520 –> 00:03:35,760
He should have been somebody
more powerful, but Paul says in
73
00:03:35,760 –> 00:03:38,600
verse 7, in the days of his
flesh, when he had offered up
74
00:03:38,600 –> 00:03:44,000
prayers and supplications with
vehement cries and tears to him
75
00:03:44,000 –> 00:03:47,640
who was able to save him from
death, and was heard because of
76
00:03:47,640 –> 00:03:50,600
his godly fear.
Though he was a Son, yet he
77
00:03:50,600 –> 00:03:54,880
learned obedience by the things
which he suffered, and having
78
00:03:54,880 –> 00:03:59,680
been perfected, he became the
author or the source of eternal
79
00:03:59,680 –> 00:04:03,760
salvation to all who obey him.
See, this is the process that
80
00:04:03,760 –> 00:04:06,600
Christ went through.
This is how God saved his Son.
81
00:04:06,840 –> 00:04:09,920
How do you take somebody born
with human nature who has a
82
00:04:09,920 –> 00:04:12,400
proneness to sin?
How do you win the victory?
83
00:04:12,640 –> 00:04:15,400
And you, you put them through
things, you have them go through
84
00:04:15,400 –> 00:04:19,440
suffering, you chasten your son,
you discipline them, as Paul
85
00:04:19,440 –> 00:04:22,640
would say in Hebrews 12 later
on, this is what Christ went
86
00:04:22,640 –> 00:04:24,720
through.
And then he says to us, He says,
87
00:04:24,720 –> 00:04:27,640
why would you expect it to be
any different in your lives?
88
00:04:28,080 –> 00:04:30,760
You think you’re going to be
saved some other way than than
89
00:04:30,760 –> 00:04:31,920
the way that Christ went
through?
90
00:04:32,040 –> 00:04:33,800
He was the first, the first
fruits.
91
00:04:33,880 –> 00:04:36,880
He went through it.
He showed us the way to the
92
00:04:36,880 –> 00:04:39,040
Father.
And then what God will do is
93
00:04:39,040 –> 00:04:42,240
save all the rest of the
children through that similar
94
00:04:42,240 –> 00:04:44,800
process.
The difference is that the rest
95
00:04:44,800 –> 00:04:48,840
of us become sinners.
Christ never gave in to sin, but
96
00:04:48,840 –> 00:04:52,120
he went through this process.
And what did it drive him to do?
97
00:04:52,360 –> 00:04:56,720
He cries to his Father with
tears, begging his father for
98
00:04:56,720 –> 00:05:00,080
the strength to survive another
day, you know, pleading with him
99
00:05:00,080 –> 00:05:02,880
for help that I, you know, he,
he realizes the weight of the
100
00:05:02,880 –> 00:05:06,080
world is on his shoulders.
And I don’t want to mess up.
101
00:05:06,080 –> 00:05:09,320
I don’t want to give in the sin.
And he’d go up into those hills
102
00:05:09,320 –> 00:05:13,120
in the evenings and talk to his
dad and cry for help to him who
103
00:05:13,120 –> 00:05:17,680
is able to save him from death.
And he learned obedience by
104
00:05:17,680 –> 00:05:20,560
those things that he suffered.
And that’s exactly what God does
105
00:05:20,560 –> 00:05:22,720
with us.
And so you then you look at,
106
00:05:22,720 –> 00:05:25,800
well, why the cross?
Why the cross?
107
00:05:25,920 –> 00:05:29,680
Why would he have his son
crucified in the end by Romans
108
00:05:29,880 –> 00:05:32,760
and put up on a pole?
Why would he do that?
109
00:05:33,360 –> 00:05:35,880
And, and brothers and sisters,
what happened is when you go
110
00:05:35,880 –> 00:05:40,520
back and analyze this subject,
he needed that Christ never
111
00:05:40,520 –> 00:05:42,760
fought with his dad and said,
this isn’t fair.
112
00:05:42,840 –> 00:05:44,360
I shouldn’t have to go through
this.
113
00:05:44,600 –> 00:05:47,160
That’s what Job did.
Job made that mistake of
114
00:05:47,160 –> 00:05:49,480
thinking, wait a minute, God’s
wrong on this one.
115
00:05:49,480 –> 00:05:53,040
I shouldn’t have to do this.
Christ never went down that
116
00:05:53,040 –> 00:05:55,440
pathway.
He looked at what was in front
117
00:05:55,440 –> 00:06:00,040
of him and he understood this is
how God would save him.
118
00:06:00,440 –> 00:06:03,640
How do you take a man like Jesus
Christ who’s never going to give
119
00:06:03,640 –> 00:06:05,480
into sin?
How do you keep him humble?
120
00:06:05,720 –> 00:06:09,240
How would you do that?
How would you prevent him from
121
00:06:09,240 –> 00:06:12,160
ever giving into sin?
Paul got given a thorn in the
122
00:06:12,160 –> 00:06:14,080
flesh.
He asked three times that God
123
00:06:14,080 –> 00:06:16,400
would take it away.
And God says, Oh no, you’ve,
124
00:06:16,400 –> 00:06:19,480
you’ve seen a lot, Paul, and my
grace is sufficient for you and
125
00:06:19,480 –> 00:06:21,560
my power is made perfect in
weakness.
126
00:06:21,960 –> 00:06:24,280
How would you keep Jesus Christ
humble?
127
00:06:24,600 –> 00:06:27,480
And he puts in front of him the
fact that in the end you’re
128
00:06:27,480 –> 00:06:30,760
going to hang up there in front
of all those people and you are
129
00:06:30,760 –> 00:06:34,680
going to publicly declare that I
am right and that sin must die.
130
00:06:35,080 –> 00:06:37,320
That’s what you’re going to do.
And he knew that’s what it was
131
00:06:37,320 –> 00:06:39,680
in front of him and it was there
all the time.
132
00:06:39,680 –> 00:06:42,800
You look at him and he tries to
explain to his disciples and
133
00:06:42,800 –> 00:06:44,000
they don’t want to hear it at
all.
134
00:06:44,000 –> 00:06:47,200
They don’t understand it, but
this is what’s on his mind.
135
00:06:47,480 –> 00:06:50,480
In Luke 9 He said to them, But
who do you say that I am?
136
00:06:50,480 –> 00:06:53,440
And Peter said the Christ right,
the Christ of God.
137
00:06:53,440 –> 00:06:56,320
And he strictly warned them and
commanded them not to tell this
138
00:06:56,320 –> 00:07:00,600
to anyone, saying the Son of Man
must suffer many things and be
139
00:07:00,600 –> 00:07:03,680
rejected by the elders and the
chief priests and the scribes,
140
00:07:03,960 –> 00:07:06,360
and be killed and be raised the
third day.
141
00:07:06,840 –> 00:07:11,240
And then he said to them all, if
anyone desires to come after me,
142
00:07:11,520 –> 00:07:16,160
let him deny himself, take up
his cross daily and follow me.
143
00:07:16,440 –> 00:07:21,440
This is the pathway back to God.
We deny ourselves, we don’t give
144
00:07:21,440 –> 00:07:25,040
into our own will.
We take up our cross and we
145
00:07:25,040 –> 00:07:29,800
follow Jesus Christ and we do
the will of God, the will of him
146
00:07:29,800 –> 00:07:32,520
who he came to serve.
That’s the that’s the goal.
147
00:07:32,520 –> 00:07:35,920
That is the game plan that God
has always had to save all his
148
00:07:35,920 –> 00:07:38,400
children.
It’s been that way from Adam all
149
00:07:38,400 –> 00:07:41,040
the way to us today.
It’s always been the same.
150
00:07:41,280 –> 00:07:43,720
That’s, that’s the process for
saving his children.
151
00:07:44,040 –> 00:07:47,320
So what he did then is he
developed a trusting faith in
152
00:07:47,320 –> 00:07:49,600
his son.
He helped his son through the
153
00:07:49,600 –> 00:07:53,280
experiences of life to trust him
in all circumstances.
154
00:07:53,560 –> 00:07:56,360
And this is what Paul was trying
to develop to the Hebrews.
155
00:07:56,360 –> 00:07:58,240
That’s as part of why he wrote
this letter.
156
00:07:58,360 –> 00:08:00,520
He knew they were going to be
going through periods of
157
00:08:00,520 –> 00:08:04,160
tremendous suffering and
persecution at this time, and he
158
00:08:04,160 –> 00:08:06,720
tries to encourage them.
After going through all his
159
00:08:06,720 –> 00:08:09,520
exposition of the atonement, he
says, look at you better get
160
00:08:09,520 –> 00:08:11,360
ready because the times are
coming.
161
00:08:11,600 –> 00:08:15,680
You have need of endurance so
that after doing the will of
162
00:08:15,680 –> 00:08:19,160
God, after you’ve done the will
of God, he says you may receive
163
00:08:19,160 –> 00:08:22,240
the promise.
This was the game plan all along
164
00:08:22,560 –> 00:08:25,280
for yet a little while and he
was coming, will come and not
165
00:08:25,280 –> 00:08:28,480
Terry.
Now the just shall live by
166
00:08:28,480 –> 00:08:30,800
faith.
He goes right back to Habakkuk,
167
00:08:30,800 –> 00:08:34,320
goes back to that historical
event when Jeremiah had been
168
00:08:34,320 –> 00:08:37,600
saying if you believe God, if
you trust God, when the
169
00:08:37,600 –> 00:08:41,880
Babylonians come, surrender, get
out of the city and leave.
170
00:08:42,600 –> 00:08:44,960
And that to them, that was
treason, that was heresy.
171
00:08:45,440 –> 00:08:47,880
You know, that’s what they even
charged Jeremiah with, treason.
172
00:08:48,120 –> 00:08:50,240
And Habakkuk says this is what
will happen.
173
00:08:50,240 –> 00:08:54,600
The just will live by faith.
You’ll believe what God says
174
00:08:54,600 –> 00:08:56,520
even in the midst of a
situation.
175
00:08:56,520 –> 00:08:58,200
You just can’t believe it’s
right.
176
00:08:58,440 –> 00:09:02,240
But God says surrender to the
Babylonians and walk out of the
177
00:09:02,240 –> 00:09:05,160
city and you will live.
That’s where this came from.
178
00:09:05,320 –> 00:09:08,560
And now Paul uses that and said
this was the whole process.
179
00:09:08,560 –> 00:09:12,000
God was after all along is that
we develop a relationship with
180
00:09:12,000 –> 00:09:15,400
God, that we trust Him in
everything he brings into our
181
00:09:15,400 –> 00:09:20,160
life, and that we live by faith
and by faith in God and by faith
182
00:09:20,160 –> 00:09:22,400
in the Son of God who gave
himself for us.
183
00:09:22,720 –> 00:09:25,800
But if anyone draws back, my
soul has no pleasure in him.
184
00:09:26,120 –> 00:09:29,160
But we’re not of those who draw
back to perdition, but of those
185
00:09:29,160 –> 00:09:31,360
who believe to the saving of the
soul.
186
00:09:31,600 –> 00:09:35,680
So faith is what saves.
So then you see in Hebrews 11
187
00:09:35,680 –> 00:09:38,760
where Paul goes through an
example of all those people who
188
00:09:38,760 –> 00:09:43,560
made decisions in their life
that weren’t by works of law,
189
00:09:43,640 –> 00:09:46,000
but they were decisions based on
faith.
190
00:09:46,280 –> 00:09:50,080
And they did this all the way to
the end of their life.
191
00:09:50,440 –> 00:09:54,480
That’s why you would say that
these all died with their faith
192
00:09:54,560 –> 00:09:56,240
when it says they all died in
faith.
193
00:09:56,440 –> 00:09:59,600
The Greek there implies the idea
they didn’t just die in faith.
194
00:09:59,800 –> 00:10:02,520
They died still having their
faith.
195
00:10:02,520 –> 00:10:05,560
They kept it to the end.
This was the endurance that Paul
196
00:10:05,560 –> 00:10:08,200
was after in these people.
And so he mentions Bible
197
00:10:08,200 –> 00:10:10,800
characters who died in the end
and at the end of their life
198
00:10:11,000 –> 00:10:15,400
they still had their faith.
And then in chapter 12, he goes
199
00:10:15,400 –> 00:10:19,000
on to the author and perfector
of faith.
200
00:10:19,480 –> 00:10:23,360
And where else would you go in
Hebrews 12 after mentioning what
201
00:10:23,360 –> 00:10:25,920
God did in the lives of all
those people by faith?
202
00:10:26,200 –> 00:10:29,520
And since we’re surrounded by
such a great cloud of witnesses,
203
00:10:29,760 –> 00:10:33,080
let us lay aside every
encumbrance and the sin which so
204
00:10:33,080 –> 00:10:36,480
easily entangles us, and run the
race with endurance that’s set
205
00:10:36,480 –> 00:10:42,160
before us, fixing our eyes on
Jesus, the author and perfecter
206
00:10:42,200 –> 00:10:46,720
of faith, not our faith.
He’s the author and perfecter of
207
00:10:46,720 –> 00:10:49,040
faith.
A lot of the modern versions
208
00:10:49,040 –> 00:10:52,080
take out the of our and it’s in
italics and you’re King James
209
00:10:52,080 –> 00:10:55,120
because it doesn’t belong there.
He’s not talking about Jesus
210
00:10:55,120 –> 00:10:56,920
being the author and perfector
of our faith.
211
00:10:57,080 –> 00:11:00,960
He said he was the author and
perfector of at all of faith who
212
00:11:00,960 –> 00:11:02,960
for the joy that was set before
him.
213
00:11:02,960 –> 00:11:06,360
He endured the cross.
He despised the shame and he sat
214
00:11:06,360 –> 00:11:09,360
down on the right hand of the
throne of God on high and
215
00:11:09,360 –> 00:11:12,880
consider him who endured such
hostility by sinners against
216
00:11:12,880 –> 00:11:16,480
himself so that you will not
grow weary and lose heart so
217
00:11:16,480 –> 00:11:18,480
that you won’t grow weary and
lose heart.
218
00:11:18,720 –> 00:11:21,720
And then the rest of the chapter
he goes on to describe how look
219
00:11:21,720 –> 00:11:26,000
at this is how God saved his son
and this is how God will save us
220
00:11:26,200 –> 00:11:29,240
that he will discipline us.
He will chasten us through
221
00:11:29,280 –> 00:11:32,080
suffering.
This is a part of the process of
222
00:11:32,080 –> 00:11:35,400
how God saves us.
And see, this way you come out
223
00:11:35,400 –> 00:11:37,760
within this subject, you start
looking at, well, how did God
224
00:11:37,760 –> 00:11:39,640
save his Son?
And then you find out, well,
225
00:11:39,640 –> 00:11:43,280
whatever mechanisms he was using
to save Jesus Christ, those were
226
00:11:43,280 –> 00:11:46,120
the mechanisms that were
effective against the devil.
227
00:11:46,560 –> 00:11:49,760
And if they worked on the devil
in Christ, they work on the
228
00:11:49,760 –> 00:11:52,760
devil in US.
It’s not real complicated.
229
00:11:52,760 –> 00:11:55,920
It’s actually a pretty simple
concept to look at what God is
230
00:11:55,920 –> 00:11:58,880
doing to defeat sin and to beat
sin.
231
00:11:59,120 –> 00:12:02,040
He did it in his Son and now he
will do it in us.
232
00:12:02,080 –> 00:12:04,480
So you’ll find that when you
start looking at how it would
233
00:12:04,480 –> 00:12:08,400
apply to us, for example, that
in Romans 3 again where Paul
234
00:12:08,400 –> 00:12:12,560
gives nice clear exposition as
opposed to shadowy language.
235
00:12:12,960 –> 00:12:17,440
He says that I declare in verse
26 of chapter 3.
236
00:12:17,960 –> 00:12:23,520
I say at this time, yet God was
declaring his righteousness that
237
00:12:23,520 –> 00:12:28,240
he might be just and the
justifier of him which believeth
238
00:12:28,240 –> 00:12:32,320
in Jesus.
Now if you look up that phrase
239
00:12:32,320 –> 00:12:36,040
in the Greek there of him which
believeth in Jesus there, if you
240
00:12:36,040 –> 00:12:39,200
check your inner linear, those
of you that have interlinear
241
00:12:39,200 –> 00:12:43,360
laptops, you will find that it
actually says there him who
242
00:12:43,400 –> 00:12:48,040
believeth in Jesus is actually
him who is of the faith of
243
00:12:48,040 –> 00:12:51,040
Jesus.
How did God save Jesus Christ?
244
00:12:51,280 –> 00:12:55,040
He saved him by faith.
He, he trusted his dad in
245
00:12:55,040 –> 00:12:57,280
everything.
That was the motive force that
246
00:12:57,280 –> 00:12:59,400
drove him to his perfect
obedience.
247
00:12:59,680 –> 00:13:02,800
That’s why Paul would say he was
the author and the finisher of
248
00:13:02,800 –> 00:13:05,000
faith.
And then Paul would develop,
249
00:13:05,000 –> 00:13:06,880
well, how is he going to save
all of us?
250
00:13:07,120 –> 00:13:10,800
He saves all of us.
When we develop the faith of
251
00:13:10,920 –> 00:13:13,640
Jesus Christ.
It was never any different.
252
00:13:13,640 –> 00:13:17,040
There has only ever been one
game plan to save all of us.
253
00:13:17,040 –> 00:13:21,800
We are all saved by faith.
Jesus Christ was saved by faith.
254
00:13:22,160 –> 00:13:24,120
I know some of us in here would
probably think, well, he was
255
00:13:24,120 –> 00:13:26,960
saved by perfect obedience to
the law, and he kept the law
256
00:13:26,960 –> 00:13:29,560
perfectly and he earned his
salvation and all of that.
257
00:13:29,880 –> 00:13:32,440
And then you read through Paul’s
letter to the Galatians and the
258
00:13:32,440 –> 00:13:38,080
Romans, and he keeps saying that
by works of law no flesh will be
259
00:13:38,080 –> 00:13:41,080
justified.
No flesh will be justified.
260
00:13:41,440 –> 00:13:44,400
See, Christ would have never
ended at all and get up there on
261
00:13:44,400 –> 00:13:46,800
the cross and say I earned my
salvation.
262
00:13:47,200 –> 00:13:51,000
He’s pleading with his Father,
with behemoth cries and tears to
263
00:13:51,000 –> 00:13:53,520
him who was able to save him
from death.
264
00:13:53,840 –> 00:13:55,680
And he was heard for his godly
fear.
265
00:13:55,880 –> 00:13:58,600
He developed the faith that
saves.
266
00:13:58,840 –> 00:14:02,280
And this is what God is after.
He’s after that kind of faith
267
00:14:02,480 –> 00:14:05,480
and he wants us to have the
faith of Jesus Christ.
268
00:14:05,720 –> 00:14:09,520
Not just faith in Jesus Christ,
but the faith of Jesus Christ.
269
00:14:09,960 –> 00:14:12,520
And if you think that’s a bit
far fetched, look at how Paul
270
00:14:12,520 –> 00:14:14,920
then develops this in Romans
chapter 4.
271
00:14:15,120 –> 00:14:18,480
He brings up Abraham, the father
of the faithful.
272
00:14:18,800 –> 00:14:22,120
And when he expounds on Abraham,
the father of the the
273
00:14:22,120 –> 00:14:25,320
circumcision, those who are not
only of the circumcision, he
274
00:14:25,320 –> 00:14:30,400
says in verse 12, but who also
walk in the steps of the faith
275
00:14:30,840 –> 00:14:34,600
which our father Abraham had
while still uncircumcised, he’s
276
00:14:34,600 –> 00:14:37,400
trying to explain to the Jews.
All right, you think Abraham was
277
00:14:37,400 –> 00:14:40,520
saved and you think Abraham was
such an important character.
278
00:14:40,520 –> 00:14:43,080
He’s the father of the faithful.
All right, think back for a
279
00:14:43,080 –> 00:14:46,040
minute.
When was Abraham declared
280
00:14:46,080 –> 00:14:49,320
righteous in the eyes of God?
Was that before he was
281
00:14:49,320 –> 00:14:51,880
circumcised or after he was
circumcised?
282
00:14:52,080 –> 00:14:55,720
And they’d have to say, oh, that
was before he was circumcised.
283
00:14:55,960 –> 00:15:00,120
So circumcision wasn’t required.
It was faith and this is what
284
00:15:00,120 –> 00:15:03,160
Paul’s driving at in Romans.
This is why Romans is so clear
285
00:15:03,400 –> 00:15:07,240
as to how God saves his family
by faith, by grace.
286
00:15:07,640 –> 00:15:10,680
So he goes on to say in verse 16
about Abraham.
287
00:15:10,680 –> 00:15:15,280
Therefore it is of faith that it
might be according to grace.
288
00:15:15,560 –> 00:15:19,440
So you could never earn this,
never deserve it, never ever
289
00:15:19,440 –> 00:15:22,800
think that the flesh somehow
deserves to get this.
290
00:15:23,080 –> 00:15:26,840
It was always by faith that it
might be according to grace.
291
00:15:27,080 –> 00:15:31,760
So that the promise might be to
be sure to all the seed, not
292
00:15:31,760 –> 00:15:35,960
only to those who are of the
law, but also to those who are
293
00:15:35,960 –> 00:15:40,160
of the faith of Abraham, who is
the father of us all.
294
00:15:40,520 –> 00:15:44,000
Now see how and they they
rendered that who those who are
295
00:15:44,000 –> 00:15:46,600
of the faith of Abraham.
If you check your Greek, as
296
00:15:46,600 –> 00:15:49,760
they’ll see in your Greek text,
that’s exactly the same phrase
297
00:15:49,760 –> 00:15:53,920
he used back in chapter 3.
God has always been saving those
298
00:15:53,920 –> 00:15:58,160
who are of the faith of Abraham
and in chapter 3 it becomes the
299
00:15:58,160 –> 00:16:02,560
faith of Jesus because now he
becomes the ultimate example of
300
00:16:02,560 –> 00:16:05,560
salvation by faith.
Up until then they had been able
301
00:16:05,560 –> 00:16:09,080
to look back at Abraham, but now
you can look at Jesus Christ.
302
00:16:09,280 –> 00:16:12,800
Abraham had the faith of Jesus
Christ and that’s why God will
303
00:16:12,800 –> 00:16:14,800
save him.
And then when you start looking
304
00:16:14,800 –> 00:16:16,880
at again, you don’t want to lose
track as you’re going through
305
00:16:16,880 –> 00:16:19,280
this and turn it into an
academic subject in the end and
306
00:16:19,280 –> 00:16:22,200
then think that it’s all about,
you know, dotting your, your
307
00:16:22,200 –> 00:16:25,680
eyes and a + B = C It’s all
driven by love.
308
00:16:25,720 –> 00:16:29,160
The whole thing was driven by
the love of God, that God so
309
00:16:29,160 –> 00:16:33,640
loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever
310
00:16:33,680 –> 00:16:39,000
believes in him, that has faith
in him, whoever believes in Him,
311
00:16:39,000 –> 00:16:41,240
should not perish but have
everlasting life.
312
00:16:41,720 –> 00:16:44,600
For God didn’t send His Son into
the world to condemn the world.
313
00:16:44,600 –> 00:16:48,200
That’s not why He sent him.
He sent him to let the world
314
00:16:48,200 –> 00:16:52,440
through him might be saved.
And he who believes in him is
315
00:16:52,440 –> 00:16:55,320
not condemned.
Those who have the faith of
316
00:16:55,320 –> 00:16:58,680
Jesus are not condemned.
But he who does not believe is
317
00:16:58,680 –> 00:17:01,080
condemned already because he has
not believed.
318
00:17:01,080 –> 00:17:04,520
He doesn’t have the faith in the
name of the only Son of God.
319
00:17:04,880 –> 00:17:07,119
See, it’s always been about
faith.
320
00:17:07,200 –> 00:17:10,839
Do we have the faith that saves
and God will save us by His
321
00:17:10,839 –> 00:17:13,200
grace?
That’s what it was always about
322
00:17:13,200 –> 00:17:16,240
and always will be about.
And what God is hoping, brothers
323
00:17:16,240 –> 00:17:19,079
and sisters, is that when we
appreciate this, when you really
324
00:17:19,079 –> 00:17:23,480
come to feel this and believe it
and understand it, and we really
325
00:17:23,480 –> 00:17:27,319
see how much we don’t deserve
it, we can’t ever earn it.
326
00:17:27,520 –> 00:17:31,680
It’s a gift by grace that God
and His kindness gives us, and
327
00:17:31,680 –> 00:17:35,160
we plead for Him every day for
help to defeat sin in ourselves,
328
00:17:35,360 –> 00:17:38,320
and He graciously helps us and
forgives us some of our
329
00:17:38,320 –> 00:17:42,400
mistakes.
Then how can that not change the
330
00:17:42,400 –> 00:17:45,480
way we treat other people?
How can we look at somebody else
331
00:17:45,480 –> 00:17:47,480
who’s made a mistake?
They want to point the finger at
332
00:17:47,480 –> 00:17:49,960
them and hold them accountable
when they come to us and say
333
00:17:49,960 –> 00:17:52,040
they’re sorry.
How can we do that?
334
00:17:52,840 –> 00:17:57,800
How can we do that if we really
feel this and you get what God
335
00:17:57,800 –> 00:18:01,040
has done for us?
For me, I can’t do that to
336
00:18:01,040 –> 00:18:03,880
somebody else because God
doesn’t do that to me.
337
00:18:04,440 –> 00:18:06,240
And this is the power of this
subject.
338
00:18:06,240 –> 00:18:10,200
This is how you learn to forgive
the way God Forgives.
339
00:18:10,240 –> 00:18:13,600
This is how you learn to extend
His grace and his mercy is by
340
00:18:13,600 –> 00:18:15,960
appreciating what He’s done for
me.
341
00:18:16,200 –> 00:18:19,320
And when you see what He’s done
for us and you realize, wow, I
342
00:18:19,320 –> 00:18:23,120
have to do it for somebody else.
So in Philippians 2, you can see
343
00:18:23,120 –> 00:18:26,400
how the apostle Paul would show
how this motive force of the
344
00:18:26,400 –> 00:18:28,760
atonement will redeem us from
sin.
345
00:18:28,760 –> 00:18:30,320
It’s going to change the way we
live.
346
00:18:30,720 –> 00:18:33,520
And he talks about that at every
tongue should confess with
347
00:18:33,520 –> 00:18:36,400
Christ having been raised from
the dead and what he has that
348
00:18:36,440 –> 00:18:39,200
Jesus Christ is Lord to the
glory of God the Father.
349
00:18:39,480 –> 00:18:43,320
Therefore, my beloved, as you
have always obeyed, not in my
350
00:18:43,320 –> 00:18:47,080
presence only, but now much more
in my absence, work out your own
351
00:18:47,080 –> 00:18:48,960
salvation with fear and
trembling.
352
00:18:49,200 –> 00:18:53,160
For it is God who works in you
both to will and to work for his
353
00:18:53,160 –> 00:18:57,360
good pleasure.
So do all things without
354
00:18:57,360 –> 00:19:01,520
complaining or disputing.
See how he links those ideas
355
00:19:01,520 –> 00:19:03,960
together.
You work out your own salvation
356
00:19:03,960 –> 00:19:07,240
when you realize what God has
done for you, and you realize
357
00:19:07,240 –> 00:19:10,160
what He’s accomplished for you.
That we don’t deserve.
358
00:19:10,360 –> 00:19:14,640
We go forward in family life and
ecclesial life and we don’t
359
00:19:14,640 –> 00:19:16,640
complain.
You don’t complain.
360
00:19:16,840 –> 00:19:19,680
You might look at yourself right
now and think, well, my parents,
361
00:19:19,680 –> 00:19:22,160
they’re different than other
people’s parents and really it’s
362
00:19:22,160 –> 00:19:23,880
OK if I complain about my
parents.
363
00:19:24,320 –> 00:19:27,000
But God says, or Paul says, in
this case, you do all things
364
00:19:27,000 –> 00:19:28,480
without complaining or
grumbling.
365
00:19:28,480 –> 00:19:31,160
You do because you look at what
God has done for you.
366
00:19:31,680 –> 00:19:34,120
So if you might think, well my
kids are different than somebody
367
00:19:34,120 –> 00:19:36,640
else’s kids and I can grumble
and complain about them because
368
00:19:36,640 –> 00:19:39,440
they’re not like other people’s
kids, they have trouble and so
369
00:19:39,440 –> 00:19:41,240
on.
But you see, this is an
370
00:19:41,240 –> 00:19:44,920
all-encompassing concept when we
see what God has done for us
371
00:19:44,920 –> 00:19:49,280
sinners and ungodly, and how He
treats us, that we don’t
372
00:19:49,280 –> 00:19:53,520
grumble, we don’t complain, we
cooperate, we give thanks, we
373
00:19:53,520 –> 00:19:56,720
have joy, we have the peace of
God that passes all
374
00:19:56,720 –> 00:19:58,680
understanding.
Whereas Paul puts it in
375
00:19:58,680 –> 00:20:01,760
Ephesians one when he talks
about how he’s hoping that the
376
00:20:01,760 –> 00:20:04,280
eyes of our understanding will
be unlightened.
377
00:20:04,280 –> 00:20:06,200
And you may know what is the
hope of His calling?
378
00:20:06,200 –> 00:20:08,640
What are the riches of the glory
of the inheritance in the
379
00:20:08,640 –> 00:20:10,920
Saints?
And what is the exceeding
380
00:20:10,920 –> 00:20:15,360
greatness of His power towards
us, who believe according to the
381
00:20:15,360 –> 00:20:20,400
working of His mighty power,
with which He worked in Christ,
382
00:20:20,560 –> 00:20:23,120
when He raised him from the
dead, and seated him at His
383
00:20:23,120 –> 00:20:24,640
right hand in the heavenly
places?
384
00:20:25,120 –> 00:20:29,400
See, that power that was working
in his Son to develop the faith
385
00:20:29,800 –> 00:20:33,400
that that in his son that would
save, that is the exceeding
386
00:20:33,400 –> 00:20:36,000
greatness of his power towards
us.
387
00:20:36,280 –> 00:20:39,640
That same power is operating in
US, brothers and sisters, if we
388
00:20:39,640 –> 00:20:41,720
let it.
And we understand that that’s
389
00:20:41,720 –> 00:20:44,760
what God is after.
He’s after developing a faith
390
00:20:45,000 –> 00:20:49,080
that trusts him that believes in
him the faith that saves for
391
00:20:49,080 –> 00:20:52,600
which he can forgive us all our
mistakes or he goes on to say in
392
00:20:52,600 –> 00:20:56,040
Ephesians 3 that and when you
give that prayer that now to him
393
00:20:56,040 –> 00:20:59,960
who is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask
394
00:20:59,960 –> 00:21:04,800
or think according to the power
that works in us to him be glory
395
00:21:04,800 –> 00:21:08,280
in the ecclesia by Christ Jesus
to all generations forever and
396
00:21:08,280 –> 00:21:11,960
ever see what God can do in your
life right now might seem
397
00:21:11,960 –> 00:21:13,840
impossible.
You we think I can’t overcome
398
00:21:13,840 –> 00:21:15,520
that.
I can’t treat somebody like
399
00:21:15,520 –> 00:21:17,160
this.
I can’t forgive them of that.
400
00:21:17,320 –> 00:21:18,720
I can’t.
I can’t.
401
00:21:19,280 –> 00:21:23,680
But God says you can.
You can because there is a power
402
00:21:23,720 –> 00:21:26,960
at work within you when you
understand the Atonement.
403
00:21:27,000 –> 00:21:31,120
By the grace at which He saves
us, what He’s done for us will
404
00:21:31,120 –> 00:21:34,400
inevitably cause us to live
differently towards other
405
00:21:34,400 –> 00:21:36,440
people.
And it’s a power that will end
406
00:21:36,440 –> 00:21:40,800
up allowing us to do far more
abundantly than all that we ask
407
00:21:40,800 –> 00:21:43,440
or think.
Or as the Paul puts it in in
408
00:21:43,440 –> 00:21:46,360
Romans chapter 1 when he says,
I’m not ashamed of the gospel of
409
00:21:46,360 –> 00:21:49,080
Christ in verse 16.
For it is the power of God to
410
00:21:49,080 –> 00:21:54,400
salvation to everyone who has
faith, to everyone who believes,
411
00:21:54,680 –> 00:21:56,920
to the Jew 1st, and also for the
Greek.
412
00:21:57,320 –> 00:22:01,720
For in it the righteousness of
God is revealed from faith to
413
00:22:01,720 –> 00:22:05,520
faith as it is written.
The just shall live by faith.
414
00:22:05,800 –> 00:22:09,560
This is the power of faith in
our lives and the gospel of
415
00:22:09,560 –> 00:22:12,800
Christ is that power of God
because it reveals the
416
00:22:12,800 –> 00:22:15,240
righteousness that comes by
faith.
417
00:22:15,520 –> 00:22:19,000
Not righteousness according to
works of law, but righteousness
418
00:22:19,000 –> 00:22:21,720
that comes by faith.
Which is why the apostle Paul
419
00:22:21,720 –> 00:22:24,160
would say when he wrote to those
Corinthians that he would preach
420
00:22:24,160 –> 00:22:27,960
Jesus Christ and him crucified
because he said in verse 22 of
421
00:22:27,960 –> 00:22:31,560
chapter 1, the Jews request a
sign and the Greeks seek after
422
00:22:31,560 –> 00:22:35,000
wisdom, but we preach Christ
crucified.
423
00:22:35,360 –> 00:22:37,080
To the Jews, it’s a stumbling
block.
424
00:22:37,240 –> 00:22:39,680
You know, they don’t think their
Messiah is crucified.
425
00:22:39,920 –> 00:22:42,360
How can God save us from the
Romans when we have a weak
426
00:22:42,360 –> 00:22:44,960
crucified Messiah?
And to the Greeks, it’s
427
00:22:44,960 –> 00:22:47,800
foolishness.
The Greeks with all their wisdom
428
00:22:47,800 –> 00:22:50,000
over there in Athens and their
Stoic and Epicurean
429
00:22:50,000 –> 00:22:53,120
philosophies, they think that
the Christ crucified, that’s
430
00:22:53,120 –> 00:22:55,720
what’s going to save people.
They think it’s ridiculous.
431
00:22:56,240 –> 00:23:02,000
But to those who are called both
Jews and Greeks, Christ, the
432
00:23:02,000 –> 00:23:04,440
power of God and the wisdom of
God.
433
00:23:04,880 –> 00:23:08,960
Because when you understand what
God did in his Son, saving him
434
00:23:08,960 –> 00:23:12,240
through developing obedience by
faith, through the things that
435
00:23:12,240 –> 00:23:15,080
he suffered, and you realize
that’s what God’s willing to do
436
00:23:15,080 –> 00:23:17,800
to us, it becomes a power in
your life.
437
00:23:17,800 –> 00:23:21,080
It’s a motive force that will
change the way you live.
438
00:23:21,320 –> 00:23:24,480
Because the full interest of God
is wiser than men, and the
439
00:23:24,480 –> 00:23:26,840
weakness of God is stronger than
men.
440
00:23:27,200 –> 00:23:31,120
So Christ’s death on the cross
then when he destroyed sin and
441
00:23:31,120 –> 00:23:34,640
killed the devil and put it to
death and trusted his father and
442
00:23:34,640 –> 00:23:37,280
went up there by faith and
believed that his father was
443
00:23:37,280 –> 00:23:40,080
right, that is the motive force
God uses.
444
00:23:40,080 –> 00:23:44,760
It is the most powerful thing
God could ever give to change
445
00:23:44,760 –> 00:23:46,960
your life.
It’s it can do for you what
446
00:23:46,960 –> 00:23:48,760
animal sacrifices could never
do.
447
00:23:48,960 –> 00:23:51,040
A serpent on the pole could
never do it.
448
00:23:51,360 –> 00:23:53,680
You know, circumcision could
never do it.
449
00:23:53,920 –> 00:23:58,480
Even baptism can’t do it, but
when you understand what Christ
450
00:23:58,480 –> 00:24:01,600
did on the pole, when you
understand Jesus Christ and Him
451
00:24:01,600 –> 00:24:05,360
crucified, and you identify with
that and take up your cross and
452
00:24:05,360 –> 00:24:07,920
follow Him, you get a different
life.
453
00:24:07,920 –> 00:24:10,960
Your life changes.
So Christ would say in Luke 9,
454
00:24:10,960 –> 00:24:14,720
then at verse 22 that the Son of
Man is going to suffer and many,
455
00:24:14,720 –> 00:24:17,280
many things, and be rejected by
the elders and the chief priests
456
00:24:17,280 –> 00:24:19,520
and the scribes, and be killed
and raised the third day.
457
00:24:19,960 –> 00:24:23,520
And then He said to them all, if
anyone desires to come after me,
458
00:24:23,520 –> 00:24:27,520
let Him deny Himself and take up
His cross daily and follow me.
459
00:24:27,520 –> 00:24:32,480
For whoever desires to save his
life, lose it, and whoever loses
460
00:24:32,480 –> 00:24:34,720
his life for my sake will save
it.
461
00:24:35,000 –> 00:24:39,840
If we join Christ in His
mechanism of salvation, His plan
462
00:24:39,840 –> 00:24:43,720
of redemption, and how God saved
His Son, that is what will save
463
00:24:43,720 –> 00:24:45,360
us too.
Brothers and sisters, there only
464
00:24:45,360 –> 00:24:48,600
really ever was one way.
So now you can see that when
465
00:24:48,600 –> 00:24:52,320
Paul develops this in Romans 8,
what he’s driving it that he
466
00:24:52,320 –> 00:24:55,720
says there that that God did
what the law could not do and in
467
00:24:55,720 –> 00:24:58,200
verse three that for what the
law could not do and that it was
468
00:24:58,200 –> 00:25:00,080
weak through the flesh.
That was the problem.
469
00:25:00,080 –> 00:25:01,880
The problem was always the
flesh.
470
00:25:02,080 –> 00:25:05,640
It wasn’t God’s law.
God finally did it by sending
471
00:25:05,640 –> 00:25:08,520
His own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh and on account of
472
00:25:08,520 –> 00:25:14,520
sin, He condemned sin in the
flesh that the righteous
473
00:25:14,520 –> 00:25:18,080
requirement of the law might be
fulfilled in US.
474
00:25:18,400 –> 00:25:21,080
What was that?
See, it was that aim of the law
475
00:25:21,080 –> 00:25:24,880
to love God and love your
brothers and sisters, love your
476
00:25:24,880 –> 00:25:28,080
neighbor as yourself, and it’s
finally fulfilled in us when we
477
00:25:28,080 –> 00:25:31,320
don’t walk according to the
flesh, but we walk according to
478
00:25:31,320 –> 00:25:33,280
the Spirit.
That’s what Paul has.
479
00:25:33,280 –> 00:25:37,040
That’s what he saw is the power
of the cross, or when he deals
480
00:25:37,040 –> 00:25:40,040
with it in Romans 5 when he said
that, look at when we were still
481
00:25:40,040 –> 00:25:42,720
without strength.
In due time Christ died for the
482
00:25:42,720 –> 00:25:45,680
ungodly, and scarcely A
righteous man will die, but
483
00:25:46,360 –> 00:25:48,520
scarcely for a righteous man
will one not.
484
00:25:48,520 –> 00:25:51,600
Would one die, but perhaps for a
good man someone might, might
485
00:25:51,600 –> 00:25:54,360
even dare to die.
But God demonstrates His own
486
00:25:54,360 –> 00:25:58,200
love towards us, and that while
we were sinners, Christ died for
487
00:25:58,200 –> 00:26:03,160
us much more than now.
Having been justified by His
488
00:26:03,160 –> 00:26:05,640
blood.
Shall we be saved from wrath
489
00:26:05,640 –> 00:26:09,040
through Him?
For if while we were enemies, we
490
00:26:09,040 –> 00:26:11,800
were reconciled to God through
the death of his Son?
491
00:26:12,080 –> 00:26:15,360
Oh yeah, if that’s the case, if
while we were enemies, ungodly
492
00:26:15,360 –> 00:26:18,840
and sinners, God has reconciled
to us, to him through the death
493
00:26:18,840 –> 00:26:21,200
of his Son.
Much more, having been
494
00:26:21,200 –> 00:26:25,000
reconciled, shall we be saved by
his life because we come out of
495
00:26:25,000 –> 00:26:29,840
the waters of baptism committed
to walk in a new way of life
496
00:26:30,040 –> 00:26:33,640
where we agree with him that the
devil must be destroyed, sin
497
00:26:33,640 –> 00:26:36,480
must die.
We can’t treat people the way we
498
00:26:36,480 –> 00:26:39,240
used to treat people.
We can’t do the things we
499
00:26:39,240 –> 00:26:40,680
thought we used to be able to
do.
500
00:26:40,840 –> 00:26:43,640
We can’t do all those wicked
things that Paul would write to
501
00:26:43,640 –> 00:26:46,080
them and say that these people
won’t be in the Kingdom.
502
00:26:46,320 –> 00:26:50,560
And such were some of you.
But now you’ve been changed and
503
00:26:50,560 –> 00:26:53,640
he saw the power of the the
cross of Christ to change
504
00:26:53,640 –> 00:26:57,000
people’s life, or as Paul would
say in Romans 6 when he deals
505
00:26:57,000 –> 00:27:00,680
with this, that if we have been
united together in the likeness
506
00:27:00,680 –> 00:27:04,320
of his death, well, how do you
get united in the likeness of
507
00:27:04,320 –> 00:27:06,440
his death?
We’re not being put up on a
508
00:27:06,440 –> 00:27:08,560
pole.
You’re not being crucified by
509
00:27:08,560 –> 00:27:11,160
the world.
People aren’t doing that to you.
510
00:27:11,400 –> 00:27:15,040
You’re not being tortured.
So how do you become united in
511
00:27:15,040 –> 00:27:19,040
the likeness of his death?
You join him and his death to
512
00:27:19,040 –> 00:27:21,560
sin.
You become identified with Him
513
00:27:21,560 –> 00:27:24,720
like in the animal sacrifice and
say this is really what I want
514
00:27:24,720 –> 00:27:26,400
to do.
I want to put sin to death.
515
00:27:26,760 –> 00:27:30,560
If we do that, like baptism is a
symbol of certainly we shall
516
00:27:30,560 –> 00:27:32,760
also be in the likeness of his
resurrection.
517
00:27:33,120 –> 00:27:36,120
Knowing this, that our old man
was crucified with him.
518
00:27:36,360 –> 00:27:39,760
The old man was crucified.
This is something we do, not
519
00:27:39,760 –> 00:27:44,080
something that is done to us.
We put the old man to death, the
520
00:27:44,080 –> 00:27:47,280
old man’s crucified with him.
This is what we’ve been asked to
521
00:27:47,280 –> 00:27:51,280
do, is to join Christ in his
death to sin, that the body of
522
00:27:51,280 –> 00:27:54,240
sin might be done away with,
that we should no longer be
523
00:27:54,240 –> 00:27:57,200
slaves of sin.
For he was died, has been freed
524
00:27:57,200 –> 00:27:59,760
from sin.
And now if we died with Christ,
525
00:27:59,760 –> 00:28:03,120
we believe that we shall also
live with him, knowing that
526
00:28:03,120 –> 00:28:07,080
Christ, having been raised from
the dead, dies no more death, no
527
00:28:07,080 –> 00:28:11,520
longer has dominion over him.
For the death that he died, He
528
00:28:11,520 –> 00:28:16,040
died to sin once for all.
That’s the death he died.
529
00:28:16,240 –> 00:28:20,360
That’s the death we come to
remember on every Sunday
530
00:28:20,360 –> 00:28:22,360
morning.
We don’t come to remember what
531
00:28:22,360 –> 00:28:25,880
they did to him.
We come to remember what he did
532
00:28:26,080 –> 00:28:29,840
to sin.
He killed the devil, and that’s
533
00:28:29,840 –> 00:28:33,080
the death that he died.
He died to sin once for all.
534
00:28:33,080 –> 00:28:35,400
And the life that he lives, he
lives to God.
535
00:28:35,760 –> 00:28:40,280
So likewise you also reckon
yourselves to be dead, indeed to
536
00:28:40,280 –> 00:28:44,440
sin, but alive to God in Jesus
Christ our Lord.
537
00:28:44,880 –> 00:28:48,000
So Paul would say that the
Colossians in chapter 2 at verse
538
00:28:48,000 –> 00:28:52,400
11 in him also you were
circumcised with the
539
00:28:52,400 –> 00:28:55,600
circumcision made without hands
by the putting off the body of
540
00:28:55,600 –> 00:28:58,360
the flesh in the circumcision of
Christ.
541
00:28:58,520 –> 00:29:02,520
See this is what circumcision
was really all about was cutting
542
00:29:02,520 –> 00:29:06,000
off the old man of the flesh.
It’s like baptism.
543
00:29:06,000 –> 00:29:08,680
So then he connects it right
away and you were buried with
544
00:29:08,680 –> 00:29:10,760
him in baptism.
So if you didn’t get it by
545
00:29:10,760 –> 00:29:14,280
circumcision, hopefully you will
get it by baptism in which you
546
00:29:14,280 –> 00:29:17,120
were were also raised with him
through faith in the working of
547
00:29:17,120 –> 00:29:19,120
God.
We went down into the waters of
548
00:29:19,120 –> 00:29:19,960
baptism.
We.
549
00:29:19,960 –> 00:29:22,120
Committed and begged God to
help.
550
00:29:22,240 –> 00:29:24,600
US put the.
Old man to death, and we walk
551
00:29:24,600 –> 00:29:26,880
out committed to a new way of
life.
552
00:29:27,680 –> 00:29:30,520
As he says, you were raised with
him through faith in the working
553
00:29:30,520 –> 00:29:33,960
of God, who raised him from the
dead, and you who were dead in
554
00:29:33,960 –> 00:29:36,600
your trespasses, in the
uncircumcision of your flesh.
555
00:29:36,920 –> 00:29:41,440
God made a lie together with
him, having forgiven us of all
556
00:29:41,440 –> 00:29:44,680
our trespasses and canceled the
bond which stood against us with
557
00:29:44,680 –> 00:29:48,000
its legal demands.
This law and this law of sin and
558
00:29:48,000 –> 00:29:50,280
this he set aside, nailing it to
the cross.
559
00:29:50,640 –> 00:29:54,480
See, that’s what God was doing.
He was nailing that to the
560
00:29:54,480 –> 00:29:57,160
cross.
That was His intent all along,
561
00:29:57,200 –> 00:30:00,520
that the old man would be put up
there and all of the bondage
562
00:30:00,520 –> 00:30:02,320
that it brought.
To those who are all their.
563
00:30:02,320 –> 00:30:05,960
Lifetime subject to bondage
would be nailed up there on the.
564
00:30:05,960 –> 00:30:08,720
Cross don’t.
Ever build your religion and
565
00:30:08,720 –> 00:30:11,600
your understanding of the
atonement from the perspective
566
00:30:11,600 –> 00:30:13,960
of the people who are killing
Jesus Christ?
567
00:30:14,560 –> 00:30:17,280
It’s a terrible error.
And yet there’s a tendency to
568
00:30:17,280 –> 00:30:20,200
want to do that because then
we’re free and I can do what I
569
00:30:20,200 –> 00:30:23,240
want and he’s my substitute.
And but it’s it’s a terrible
570
00:30:23,240 –> 00:30:25,600
mistake because you lose the
power of the cross.
571
00:30:26,400 –> 00:30:29,440
So when we were circumcised, so
we were baptized with Christ,
572
00:30:29,440 –> 00:30:31,960
that’s what we did.
We asked God to help us put sin
573
00:30:31,960 –> 00:30:33,960
to death.
He goes on to the Colossians in
574
00:30:33,960 –> 00:30:35,960
chapter 3.
And he says, if you were raised
575
00:30:35,960 –> 00:30:38,840
with Christ, if you came out of
the water and you came up the
576
00:30:38,880 –> 00:30:42,680
new way of life, if we’ve been
raised with Christ, now shall we
577
00:30:42,680 –> 00:30:45,840
sin that grace may abound?
Oh no, that isn’t what it was
578
00:30:45,840 –> 00:30:48,280
about.
Seek the things which are above
579
00:30:48,280 –> 00:30:50,840
where Christ is sitting at the
right hand of God.
580
00:30:51,040 –> 00:30:53,720
That’s where we want to be.
We come out of those waters
581
00:30:53,720 –> 00:30:57,240
pleading with Him to help us
live a new life patterned after
582
00:30:57,240 –> 00:31:00,600
the resurrected Christ.
You know, we set our minds on
583
00:31:00,600 –> 00:31:03,000
things that are above, not on
things that are on the earth.
584
00:31:03,160 –> 00:31:06,400
For you died, you died.
This is what it was all about.
585
00:31:06,400 –> 00:31:08,960
We joined Christ in his death to
sin.
586
00:31:09,280 –> 00:31:12,200
We died and our life is now
hidden with Christ and God.
587
00:31:12,440 –> 00:31:15,320
And when Christ who is our life
appears, then you also will
588
00:31:15,320 –> 00:31:18,920
appear with Him in glory.
Therefore, what to death your
589
00:31:18,920 –> 00:31:22,480
members which are on the earth?
This is this is something we do
590
00:31:22,480 –> 00:31:26,040
not which is done to us.
See, God is trying to get us on
591
00:31:26,040 –> 00:31:28,480
his side.
He doesn’t want to always, you
592
00:31:28,600 –> 00:31:30,840
know, keep hitting us on the
head that sinners deserve to
593
00:31:30,840 –> 00:31:32,200
die.
Sinners deserve to die.
594
00:31:32,200 –> 00:31:35,200
Sinners deserve to die.
And hopefully we don’t come here
595
00:31:35,200 –> 00:31:37,520
every Sunday morning thinking
that’s what he’s trying to teach
596
00:31:37,520 –> 00:31:40,000
us.
It’s true that sinners deserve
597
00:31:40,000 –> 00:31:43,040
to die, But now what do we do?
What do we do about it?
598
00:31:43,040 –> 00:31:46,800
Well, what we do is we join
Christ in his death to sin.
599
00:31:47,120 –> 00:31:49,520
So we put the death on the
members which are on earth.
600
00:31:50,000 –> 00:31:51,040
Fornication.
We can’t.
601
00:31:51,040 –> 00:31:53,560
Live like that.
Uncleanness, passion, evil
602
00:31:53,560 –> 00:31:56,240
desire, covetousness, which is
idolatry.
603
00:31:56,520 –> 00:31:58,920
Because of these things, the
wrath of God’s coming on the
604
00:31:58,920 –> 00:32:03,640
sons of, of disobedience in
which you yourselves once
605
00:32:03,840 –> 00:32:06,880
walked, you were like this
before your baptism.
606
00:32:06,880 –> 00:32:10,520
You used to be like this, but
now you don’t do that anymore.
607
00:32:10,800 –> 00:32:14,280
But now you yourselves had to
put off these things, anger,
608
00:32:14,320 –> 00:32:18,160
wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy
language out of your mouth.
609
00:32:18,640 –> 00:32:22,160
Do not lie to one another, since
you put off the old man with his
610
00:32:22,160 –> 00:32:25,560
deeds and have put on the new
man, which is renewed in the
611
00:32:25,560 –> 00:32:28,800
knowledge, according to the
image of him who created him.
612
00:32:29,040 –> 00:32:32,320
This doctrine is supposed to
change how we live.
613
00:32:32,760 –> 00:32:35,160
Paul would talk to the
Galatians, as was mentioned in
614
00:32:35,160 –> 00:32:37,000
in the prayer about the fruit of
the Spirit.
615
00:32:37,320 –> 00:32:40,640
The fruit of the Spirit is love
and joy and peace and
616
00:32:40,640 –> 00:32:43,320
long-suffering and kindness and
goodness and faithfulness,
617
00:32:43,680 –> 00:32:47,280
gentleness and self-control.
Against such there is no law.
618
00:32:47,480 –> 00:32:50,000
You can’t command those things
by law.
619
00:32:50,400 –> 00:32:53,120
And those who are Christ have
crucified the flesh with its
620
00:32:53,120 –> 00:32:56,960
passions and desires.
So if we live in the Spirit, let
621
00:32:56,960 –> 00:33:00,760
us walk in the Spirit.
This is supposed to change the
622
00:33:00,760 –> 00:33:03,840
way we live because we have been
crucified with Christ.
623
00:33:04,160 –> 00:33:07,240
That’s what God has been after
all along in this whole subject.
624
00:33:07,520 –> 00:33:10,600
So Peter reminds us in second
Peter 21.
625
00:33:12,000 –> 00:33:16,160
For to this you were called,
because Christ also suffered for
626
00:33:16,160 –> 00:33:19,760
us, leaving us an example that
you should follow.
627
00:33:19,760 –> 00:33:24,440
In His steps He committed no
sin, nor was deceit found in His
628
00:33:24,440 –> 00:33:27,640
mouth, who when He was reviled
did not revile in return.
629
00:33:27,640 –> 00:33:31,560
And when He suffered, He did not
threaten, but committed himself
630
00:33:31,560 –> 00:33:36,440
to Him who judges righteously,
who bore our sins in His own
631
00:33:36,440 –> 00:33:42,160
body on the tree, that we,
having died to sins, might live
632
00:33:42,160 –> 00:33:46,040
for righteousness.
By whose stripes you were
633
00:33:46,040 –> 00:33:49,120
healed.
See, this is the way Peter uses
634
00:33:49,120 –> 00:33:51,160
it.
We have been asked to follow in
635
00:33:51,160 –> 00:33:54,840
Christ’s steps.
He went first, and we must
636
00:33:54,840 –> 00:34:01,320
follow him to the Father.
Jude also reminds us in verse 24
637
00:34:01,520 –> 00:34:05,320
when he ends up his little
letter there with a prayer that
638
00:34:05,320 –> 00:34:09,520
now to him who is able to keep
you from stumbling.
639
00:34:10,199 –> 00:34:13,800
That’s the aspect of the animal
and the animal sacrifice that
640
00:34:14,159 –> 00:34:16,000
the animal had to be without
blemish.
641
00:34:16,000 –> 00:34:18,840
It couldn’t have unequal legs,
couldn’t be in such a way that
642
00:34:18,840 –> 00:34:21,960
it would stumble.
So He’s able to keep us from
643
00:34:21,960 –> 00:34:24,480
stumbling.
He’s able to prevent us from
644
00:34:24,480 –> 00:34:29,440
sinning and to present you
blameless before the presence of
645
00:34:29,440 –> 00:34:33,840
his glory with great joy.
See, those are the two aspects
646
00:34:33,840 –> 00:34:37,920
of God’s redemptive plan.
He’s able to turn US away from
647
00:34:37,920 –> 00:34:41,760
sin and keep us from stumbling.
Not perfectly, but He’s able to
648
00:34:42,159 –> 00:34:45,880
motivate us to work on it.
And then because of that, He can
649
00:34:45,880 –> 00:34:50,880
present us blameless before the
presence of His glory with great
650
00:34:50,880 –> 00:34:52,960
joy.
That’s what God’s redemptive
651
00:34:52,960 –> 00:34:56,120
plan does.
It motivates us to live for God
652
00:34:56,440 –> 00:34:59,800
and then provides us with the
forgiveness of our sins.
653
00:35:00,680 –> 00:35:04,840
And then Titus uses this in the
same way in Titus chapter 2 at
654
00:35:04,840 –> 00:35:08,440
verse 11.
For the grace of God that brings
655
00:35:08,440 –> 00:35:13,800
salvation has appeared to all
men, teaching us that, denying
656
00:35:13,800 –> 00:35:18,440
ungodliness and worldly lusts,
we should live soberly,
657
00:35:18,520 –> 00:35:22,720
righteously, and godly in the
present age, looking for the
658
00:35:22,720 –> 00:35:26,280
blessed hope and glorious
appearing of our great God and
659
00:35:26,280 –> 00:35:31,640
Savior Jesus Christ, who gave
Himself for us, that He might
660
00:35:31,840 –> 00:35:38,920
redeem us from every lawless
deed, and purify for himself His
661
00:35:38,920 –> 00:35:42,360
own special people, zealous for
good works.
662
00:35:43,000 –> 00:35:46,600
See Titus has both aspects in
his letter as well.
663
00:35:47,080 –> 00:35:51,480
When Paul wrote to Titus, he
said he gave himself for us that
664
00:35:51,480 –> 00:35:54,920
he might redeem us from every
lawless deed.
665
00:35:55,000 –> 00:35:59,400
That’s the goal, to turn US away
from those lawless deeds and
666
00:35:59,480 –> 00:36:03,520
purify for himself his own
special people who are zealous
667
00:36:03,520 –> 00:36:06,920
for good works.
So God’s redemptive plan will do
668
00:36:06,920 –> 00:36:08,840
both things.
It will provide us with the
669
00:36:08,840 –> 00:36:13,120
forgiveness of our sins and
motivate us to live for God.
670
00:36:15,200 –> 00:36:19,320
It’s interesting when Peter uses
the the promises to Abraham or
671
00:36:19,320 –> 00:36:23,040
the blessing of Abraham in Acts
chapter 3 at verse 25.
672
00:36:23,400 –> 00:36:26,160
He does it in a way that we
don’t normally cover.
673
00:36:26,560 –> 00:36:28,400
We talk about the promises to
Abraham.
674
00:36:28,400 –> 00:36:31,760
We’re a lot more interested in
the land and you know, the fact
675
00:36:31,760 –> 00:36:34,800
that he’s going to get the the
Kingdom and talking about his
676
00:36:34,800 –> 00:36:38,320
son, that the the son that would
come the Lord Jesus Christ, the
677
00:36:38,320 –> 00:36:39,880
Messiah.
But look what?
678
00:36:39,880 –> 00:36:43,240
Peter does with this in Acts
chapter 3 when he talks to the
679
00:36:43,240 –> 00:36:49,120
Jews and says in verse 25, you
are the sons of the prophets and
680
00:36:49,120 –> 00:36:52,160
of the covenant which God made
with our fathers saying to
681
00:36:52,160 –> 00:36:57,600
Abraham and in your seed all the
families of the earth shall be
682
00:36:57,600 –> 00:37:00,600
blessed.
So watch how Peter uses that
683
00:37:00,680 –> 00:37:06,600
that blessing of Abraham.
He says in verse 26 to you first
684
00:37:06,600 –> 00:37:09,920
that’s the Jews.
God, having raised up his
685
00:37:09,920 –> 00:37:15,120
servant, Jesus, sent him to
bless you in in turning away
686
00:37:15,120 –> 00:37:17,640
everyone of you from your
iniquities.
687
00:37:18,080 –> 00:37:20,680
See, that’s a part of the
promise to Abraham.
688
00:37:20,920 –> 00:37:24,400
It isn’t just that we would be
forgiven of our sins and be
689
00:37:24,400 –> 00:37:27,800
given immortality.
Part of the promise to Abraham
690
00:37:27,800 –> 00:37:30,520
is that God will change our
life.
691
00:37:30,800 –> 00:37:33,360
He’ll change the lives of
Abraham’s descendants.
692
00:37:33,720 –> 00:37:38,160
Those who really are Abraham’s
children have learned to not do
693
00:37:38,160 –> 00:37:42,320
their own will, but to do the
will of our God, the will of our
694
00:37:42,320 –> 00:37:46,120
Father, the father who’s
creating a family of his of his
695
00:37:46,120 –> 00:37:49,640
members who will live forever
and God will change our lives.
696
00:37:50,560 –> 00:37:53,880
Or as Paul mentions it in
Galatians chapter 5 when he
697
00:37:53,880 –> 00:37:58,000
talks about the the the change
it should take take place in our
698
00:37:58,000 –> 00:38:00,680
lives.
He says in verse 13 For you,
699
00:38:00,680 –> 00:38:05,000
brethren, have been called the
liberty only do not use liberty
700
00:38:05,000 –> 00:38:09,680
as an opportunity for the flesh,
but through love serve one
701
00:38:09,680 –> 00:38:12,440
another for all.
The law is fulfilled in one
702
00:38:12,440 –> 00:38:14,840
word.
Even this you shall love your
703
00:38:14,840 –> 00:38:19,400
neighbor as yourself, but if you
bite and devour one another,
704
00:38:19,640 –> 00:38:22,280
beware lest you be consumed by
one another.
705
00:38:22,840 –> 00:38:27,760
I say, then, walk in the Spirit,
and you shall not fulfil the
706
00:38:27,760 –> 00:38:30,720
lust of the flesh.
See, we’ve been freed.
707
00:38:30,720 –> 00:38:33,840
Brethren and sisters from all
those restrictions of the law,
708
00:38:34,320 –> 00:38:37,880
where the law put limits on how
far we would actually go in
709
00:38:37,880 –> 00:38:41,280
serving one another in love.
And people were just following
710
00:38:41,280 –> 00:38:43,040
the law.
And just by the letter of the
711
00:38:43,040 –> 00:38:47,960
law, we’ve been set free to
serve one another in love.
712
00:38:48,320 –> 00:38:51,400
And this will change the way we
act and our families and our
713
00:38:51,400 –> 00:38:54,760
collegians.
The apostle Paul actually gives
714
00:38:54,760 –> 00:38:57,560
his own example of how this
applied in his own life.
715
00:38:57,560 –> 00:39:00,520
And there’s a few places where
he actually goes through what
716
00:39:00,520 –> 00:39:03,960
it’s done to himself.
In First Corinthians 9 at verse
717
00:39:03,960 –> 00:39:08,440
26, when Paul’s talking about
the discipline that this is
718
00:39:08,440 –> 00:39:12,520
going to generate in his life,
he says, therefore I run thus
719
00:39:12,600 –> 00:39:16,480
not with uncertainty, thus I
fight not as one who beats the
720
00:39:16,480 –> 00:39:20,920
air, but I discipline my body
and bring it into subjection,
721
00:39:21,240 –> 00:39:25,280
lest when I have preached the
others, I myself should become
722
00:39:25,280 –> 00:39:29,000
disqualified.
See, Paul had joined Christ,
723
00:39:29,000 –> 00:39:33,240
even crucified with Christ, and
he joined Christ in the battle
724
00:39:33,240 –> 00:39:36,680
against sin, and he worked on
disciplining his body and
725
00:39:36,680 –> 00:39:40,360
bringing it into subjection.
He also mentions in Second
726
00:39:40,360 –> 00:39:44,640
Corinthians chapter 4 at verse
10 his own personal experience.
727
00:39:44,640 –> 00:39:48,400
He says we have this treasure in
earthen vessels, that the
728
00:39:48,440 –> 00:39:52,040
excellence of the power may be
of God and not of us.
729
00:39:52,680 –> 00:39:55,920
We are hard pressed on every
side, yet not crushed.
730
00:39:56,200 –> 00:40:00,520
We are perplexed but not in
despair, persecuted but not
731
00:40:00,520 –> 00:40:06,120
forsaken, struck down but not
destroyed, always caring about
732
00:40:06,120 –> 00:40:09,040
in the body the dying of the
Lord Jesus.
733
00:40:09,520 –> 00:40:13,800
That the life of Jesus also may
be manifested in our body.
734
00:40:14,560 –> 00:40:17,880
For we who live are always
delivered to death for Jesus
735
00:40:17,880 –> 00:40:21,280
sake.
That the life of Jesus also may
736
00:40:21,280 –> 00:40:23,520
be manifested in our mortal
flesh.
737
00:40:24,040 –> 00:40:27,360
So then, death is working in us,
but life in you.
738
00:40:28,320 –> 00:40:31,560
And so you can see how Paul
mentions what he was doing in a
739
00:40:31,560 –> 00:40:34,200
day by day process of what he
was going through.
740
00:40:34,200 –> 00:40:37,560
For their sakes.
He was always carrying in his
741
00:40:37,560 –> 00:40:39,840
body the dying of the Lord
Jesus.
742
00:40:40,080 –> 00:40:44,200
That was his goal so that the
life of Jesus could be manifest
743
00:40:44,200 –> 00:40:47,480
in our body.
This is where you you die to sin
744
00:40:47,480 –> 00:40:52,200
and live to righteousness like
Jesus Christ did every day of
745
00:40:52,200 –> 00:40:55,760
his life.
Paul also mentions his example
746
00:40:55,760 –> 00:40:59,520
to the Galatians in chapter 2
when he said, For if I build
747
00:40:59,520 –> 00:41:03,200
again at verse 18, those things
which I destroyed, I make myself
748
00:41:03,200 –> 00:41:06,960
a transgressor.
For I through the law died to
749
00:41:06,960 –> 00:41:09,160
the law, that I might live to
God.
750
00:41:09,680 –> 00:41:13,800
I’ve been crucified with Christ.
It is no longer I who live, but
751
00:41:13,800 –> 00:41:17,280
Christ who lives in me and the
life which I now live in the
752
00:41:17,280 –> 00:41:19,960
flesh.
I live by faith and the Son of
753
00:41:19,960 –> 00:41:23,240
God who loved me and gave
himself for me.
754
00:41:23,840 –> 00:41:28,560
I do not set aside the grace of
God, for if righteousness comes
755
00:41:28,560 –> 00:41:31,480
through the law, then Christ
died in vain.
756
00:41:32,120 –> 00:41:35,760
You can see that this is how
Paul had applied this in his own
757
00:41:35,760 –> 00:41:38,600
personal life.
He saw himself up there on a
758
00:41:38,600 –> 00:41:42,440
cross, crucified with Jesus
Christ, because that was his
759
00:41:42,440 –> 00:41:46,880
goal, to no longer do his own
will, but to do the will of him
760
00:41:46,880 –> 00:41:49,760
who died for him.
And that’s what that was his
761
00:41:49,760 –> 00:41:51,600
approach to every day of his
life.
762
00:41:52,080 –> 00:41:55,880
That’s what living by faith is
all about and appreciating the
763
00:41:55,880 –> 00:41:59,600
grace of God.
In chapter 6 then of Galatians,
764
00:41:59,600 –> 00:42:03,480
Paul mentions in verse 13.
For not even those who are
765
00:42:03,480 –> 00:42:06,960
circumcised keep the law, but
they desire to have you
766
00:42:06,960 –> 00:42:09,400
circumcised, that they may boast
in your flesh.
767
00:42:09,920 –> 00:42:13,880
But God forbid that I should
boast, except in the cross of
768
00:42:13,880 –> 00:42:17,520
our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
the world has been crucified to
769
00:42:17,520 –> 00:42:20,720
me and I to the world, or in
Christ Jesus.
770
00:42:20,720 –> 00:42:24,440
Neither circumcision nor
uncircumcision avails anything
771
00:42:24,720 –> 00:42:28,920
but a new creation.
It’s all about the new creature
772
00:42:28,920 –> 00:42:32,680
that God is creating in us.
The new man that he’s making
773
00:42:32,720 –> 00:42:34,960
patterned after the Lord Jesus
Christ.
774
00:42:35,440 –> 00:42:39,600
And Paul says in verse 16, And
as many as walk according to
775
00:42:39,600 –> 00:42:44,480
this rule, peace and mercy be
upon them and upon the Israel of
776
00:42:44,480 –> 00:42:47,600
God.
So the apostle Paul himself, he
777
00:42:47,600 –> 00:42:52,320
was God’s proof that the victory
can be won not just in Jesus
778
00:42:52,320 –> 00:42:56,760
Christ, but in those who walk
after the steps of Jesus Christ,
779
00:42:56,760 –> 00:42:59,520
who walk in his faith.
And that was the goal that the
780
00:42:59,520 –> 00:43:03,240
Apostle Paul had all through his
life, ever since he was
781
00:43:03,240 –> 00:43:05,840
converted.
So hopefully, brothers and
782
00:43:05,840 –> 00:43:09,640
sisters, then as you you go
through this procedure and you
783
00:43:09,640 –> 00:43:12,040
look at this whole subject,
hopefully it’s one that is going
784
00:43:12,040 –> 00:43:14,400
to change how we live.
Hope we didn’t come here this
785
00:43:14,400 –> 00:43:17,040
weekend and just get more Bible
notes that we put into our
786
00:43:17,040 –> 00:43:19,560
margins and, and we walk away
the same people.
787
00:43:19,560 –> 00:43:22,240
It’s supposed to change how we
live our lives.
788
00:43:22,560 –> 00:43:25,640
So tomorrow in Sunday school,
then we will hopefully get a
789
00:43:25,640 –> 00:43:28,880
chance to look at the power of
faith in our lives.
790
00:43:28,880 –> 00:43:31,360
That’s what we’ll do in the
Sunday school class of looking
791
00:43:31,360 –> 00:43:34,360
at how this whole process that
we’ve been looking at is to
792
00:43:34,360 –> 00:43:38,000
generate faith in US.
And then that faith has the
793
00:43:38,000 –> 00:43:40,040
power to change the way we will
live.
794
00:43:40,680 –> 00:43:42,720
And then in the exhortation,
we’re going to have a look at
795
00:43:42,720 –> 00:43:46,280
how God tried to explain his
redemptive plan over the years
796
00:43:46,280 –> 00:43:48,520
through rituals.
He tried to do it.
797
00:43:48,520 –> 00:43:52,520
He tried to to explain the plan
and then make improvements on it
798
00:43:52,520 –> 00:43:55,120
and, and deal with aspects that
people misunderstood.
799
00:43:55,480 –> 00:43:57,600
And he did this over a number of
years.
800
00:43:57,600 –> 00:44:01,040
But inevitably the Jews just
turned it into some ritualistic
801
00:44:01,040 –> 00:44:04,320
procedure whereby they could
look at God and say, look at how
802
00:44:04,320 –> 00:44:06,280
good we are.
And we’ve we’ve gone through
803
00:44:06,280 –> 00:44:09,360
this ritual and they totally
misunderstood the plan.
804
00:44:10,120 –> 00:44:11,760
So that’s the plan for tomorrow
then.
805
00:44:12,040 –> 00:44:12,400
Thanks.
Leave a Reply