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\ndevotional study this week.
\nIt’s not really a Bible book <\/p>\n
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\nstudy, but hopefully it’ll be
\nvery practical for a lot of you <\/p>\n
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\nand everybody go home with some
\ngood lessons to try and apply in<\/p>\n
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\nour lives.
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\nand there, But I really believe
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\nin Christ has taken me so many
\nyears to realize is that this <\/p>\n
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\nincredible love that God has for
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\ngrowing up in my generation.
\nPeople didn’t talk about the <\/p>\n
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\nlove of God.
\nIt just was like maybe too <\/p>\n
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\nevangelical to talk about that,
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\nHe loves his creation, He loves <\/p>\n
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\nAnd all these things that he has<\/p>\n
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\nthey did to him so that God
\ncould win the victory over sin <\/p>\n
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\nand save us into His eternal
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\nDraw us away from sin.
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\nChrist in a in a life that
\nthat’s like unbelievable love <\/p>\n
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\nthat God has for us.
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\nall of us catch on to that.
\nBecause what I’ve discovered is <\/p>\n
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\nthat this is one of the most
\nmotivating things on our life. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause if you look back at your
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\nhere will probably have to admit
\nthat your vision of God your <\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding of God the
\nrelationship that we have with <\/p>\n
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\nyour God really effects who you
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\nBut in a way we’re looking at
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\nI can show you going through Job
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\nleast the three the friends
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\nafraid about.
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\nliving with this fear based
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\nyou do so that they can get you
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\nis you feel justified treating
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\nI can see what they’re doing
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\nI can, I can punish them for
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\nAnd it’s because we really do
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\nAnd that’s why we have to get it
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\nWe we have to understand who is
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\nYou know, as you’re going
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\nand he and he said some things
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\nBut God had unbelievable
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\nWe we weren’t forced into this.
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\nspecial treasure above all the <\/p>\n
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\ndid not set his love on you nor
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\nAnd the Lord has brought you out
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\nyou from the House of bondage.
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\nThat’s what he’s after, hoping
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\nWell, that fear the Lord your
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\ngood principles to live by.
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\nThat’s what he’s after. <\/p>\n
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\nTo serve the Lord your God with
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\nand to keep the commandments and
\nstatutes and so on. <\/p>\n
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\nBut she’s commanding you this
\nday for your good. <\/p>\n
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\nYet the Lord set his heart in
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\nconcept about like if he was
\nweighing out good and bad things<\/p>\n
337
\n00:17:11,280 –> 00:17:14,319
\nand it was based in any way on
\nour works, well what we could do<\/p>\n
338
\n00:17:14,319 –> 00:17:16,440
\nrather than sisters and young
\npeople just think about it <\/p>\n
339
\n00:17:16,440 –> 00:17:19,160
\nthey’ll it’s it’s almost like a
\njob that you have if we treat <\/p>\n
340
\n00:17:19,160 –> 00:17:22,480
\nGod like our employer and and
\nyou you go to work today you go <\/p>\n
341
\n00:17:22,480 –> 00:17:25,240
\nto a teacher at school and you
\nthink well if I do a good job if<\/p>\n
342
\n00:17:25,240 –> 00:17:27,240
\nI really do this right they’re
\ngoing to give me more. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:17:27,240 –> 00:17:29,320
\nThey’re going to pay me more or
\nthey’re going to pay you more. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:17:29,880 –> 00:17:33,400
\nBut our God can’t afford to run
\neternal life like that. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:17:33,400 –> 00:17:35,600
\nImmortality.
\nThat is just how he works. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:17:35,800 –> 00:17:38,520
\nWhat he does is he says here you
\ncan have it. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:17:39,320 –> 00:17:41,760
\nIt’s a gift.
\nI’ll give you grace. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:17:42,000 –> 00:17:45,840
\nYou’ve been saved by grace.
\nAnd then he waits to see how we <\/p>\n
349
\n00:17:45,840 –> 00:17:48,000
\nwill respond to that.
\nWhat are you going to do with <\/p>\n
350
\n00:17:48,000 –> 00:17:49,960
\nthat?
\nYou just going to squander it? <\/p>\n
351
\n00:17:49,960 –> 00:17:52,320
\nYou’re going to just like, not
\ntreat it seriously? <\/p>\n
352
\n00:17:52,680 –> 00:17:57,400
\nOr is it going to change your
\nlife and how you treat other <\/p>\n
353
\n00:17:57,400 –> 00:18:01,120
\npeople That’s what he’s looking
\nfor and and you see why. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:18:01,200 –> 00:18:03,640
\nIf if it was all about like I’m
\ntrying to do works and I’m <\/p>\n
355
\n00:18:03,640 –> 00:18:05,960
\ntrying to earn my way through
\nand I’m piling up comparing my <\/p>\n
356
\n00:18:05,960 –> 00:18:09,120
\ngood and my bad when it came
\nbehind to the Judgement seat and<\/p>\n
357
\n00:18:09,120 –> 00:18:12,800
\nhe gives us immortality, what
\nmotivation is there anymore to <\/p>\n
358
\n00:18:12,800 –> 00:18:15,280
\ndo good things?
\nYou see that? <\/p>\n
359
\n00:18:15,280 –> 00:18:19,200
\nThat’s, that’s this whole issue
\nof that we have to love God’s <\/p>\n
360
\n00:18:19,200 –> 00:18:21,360
\nway of life.
\nWhen when Jack was going through<\/p>\n
361
\n00:18:21,360 –> 00:18:24,160
\nthat with Job, I mean, look at
\nwhat Job did, He kept holding on<\/p>\n
362
\n00:18:24,160 –> 00:18:27,640
\nto this idea and his integrity
\nof the righteousness of God. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:18:27,880 –> 00:18:32,120
\nGod’s way of life is right.
\nThat’s what God’s looking for, <\/p>\n
364
\n00:18:32,440 –> 00:18:34,840
\nnot people that are just doing
\nit for what they can get out of <\/p>\n
365
\n00:18:34,840 –> 00:18:37,080
\nit in this life.
\nBecause as soon as that’s over, <\/p>\n
366
\n00:18:37,080 –> 00:18:40,360
\nthere’s no motivation anymore.
\nHe wants people that will hold <\/p>\n
367
\n00:18:40,360 –> 00:18:43,760
\non to it even when they’re going
\nthrough rough times, even when <\/p>\n
368
\n00:18:43,760 –> 00:18:46,000
\nthey’re being challenged.
\nEven when things aren’t going <\/p>\n
369
\n00:18:46,000 –> 00:18:50,280
\nwell, you still commit to it.
\nThose are the people that endure<\/p>\n
370
\n00:18:50,280 –> 00:18:53,640
\nto the end for whom he can
\ngraciously hand out immortality <\/p>\n
371
\n00:18:53,920 –> 00:18:57,320
\nand say welcome to the family.
\nThat’s that’s the way our God <\/p>\n
372
\n00:18:57,320 –> 00:18:59,480
\nworks.
\nAnd it changes how we treat <\/p>\n
373
\n00:18:59,480 –> 00:19:02,240
\nother people.
\nSo we’re not here by accident <\/p>\n
374
\n00:19:02,240 –> 00:19:04,040
\ntoday.
\nYou know, it isn’t a case where <\/p>\n
375
\n00:19:04,040 –> 00:19:06,560
\nsomebody just happened to preach
\nto us that you were born into a <\/p>\n
376
\n00:19:06,560 –> 00:19:10,040
\nChristadelphian family or or
\nwhatever you are here because <\/p>\n
377
\n00:19:10,040 –> 00:19:14,280
\nGod wants you and his family.
\nHe loves you, John. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:19:14,440 –> 00:19:17,600
\nJesus says in John 15 that you
\nare my friends. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:19:17,760 –> 00:19:20,760
\nIf you do whatever I command,
\nyou no longer do, I call you <\/p>\n
380
\n00:19:20,760 –> 00:19:23,520
\nservants, for a servant does not
\nknow what his master’s doing. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:19:23,840 –> 00:19:27,400
\nBut I have called you friends or
\nall things that I’ve heard from <\/p>\n
382
\n00:19:27,400 –> 00:19:29,440
\nmy father.
\nI have made known to you. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:19:30,000 –> 00:19:33,760
\nYou did not choose me.
\nSometimes we think brothers and <\/p>\n
384
\n00:19:33,760 –> 00:19:35,600
\nsisters.
\nWe did all our Bible study. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:19:35,600 –> 00:19:37,280
\nWe did all this work.
\nI learned the truth. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:19:37,480 –> 00:19:40,440
\nYou know, I did all this stuff
\nand I got baptized and you know <\/p>\n
387
\n00:19:40,440 –> 00:19:43,240
\nI did it.
\nAnd then we continue that <\/p>\n
388
\n00:19:43,240 –> 00:19:45,720
\nprocess through our life.
\nThat isn’t how it works. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:19:46,520 –> 00:19:49,120
\nWe’re we’re only here because
\nGod chose us. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:19:49,480 –> 00:19:52,040
\nJesus chose you.
\nHe chose you. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:19:52,760 –> 00:19:55,760
\nThat’s what he did.
\nI I remember learning years ago <\/p>\n
392
\n00:19:55,760 –> 00:20:00,040
\nthat in our bas stuff, right,
\nwe’ve got this clause that we <\/p>\n
393
\n00:20:00,040 –> 00:20:02,240
\nput in.
\nWe amended the BASF years ago <\/p>\n
394
\n00:20:02,480 –> 00:20:03,720
\nand we have this clause.
\nWhat is it? <\/p>\n
395
\n00:20:03,720 –> 00:20:04,920
\nClause 25.
\nRight? <\/p>\n
396
\n00:20:04,920 –> 00:20:07,960
\nOr whatever it is in your baso
\nfor over here we got this one <\/p>\n
397
\n00:20:07,960 –> 00:20:10,040
\nabout The Who are the
\nresponsible people, right? <\/p>\n
398
\n00:20:10,560 –> 00:20:13,320
\nThe responsible well, who are
\nthey and and what we would <\/p>\n
399
\n00:20:13,320 –> 00:20:15,120
\nrattle up?
\nThe responsible people are those<\/p>\n
400
\n00:20:15,120 –> 00:20:17,000
\nthat know the revealed will of
\nGod, right? <\/p>\n
401
\n00:20:17,000 –> 00:20:19,000
\nYou did your studies.
\nYou know all the answers you <\/p>\n
402
\n00:20:19,000 –> 00:20:21,120
\ncould pass the pass the
\nbaptismal interview. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:20:21,320 –> 00:20:23,480
\nYou know it.
\nYou’re the responsible people <\/p>\n
404
\n00:20:24,240 –> 00:20:28,240
\nand we forgot to read the rest.
\nWho knows how that ends? <\/p>\n
405
\n00:20:29,960 –> 00:20:34,120
\nDo we know?
\nRBASFI didn’t I got taught this <\/p>\n
406
\n00:20:34,120 –> 00:20:38,440
\nby unamended brother sisters in
\nin North America is they just <\/p>\n
407
\n00:20:38,440 –> 00:20:40,560
\nread the rest of the clause.
\nWhat did they put in there? <\/p>\n
408
\n00:20:40,560 –> 00:20:44,760
\nIt says those who know the
\nreveals what of God and have <\/p>\n
409
\n00:20:44,760 –> 00:20:46,840
\nbeen called upon to submit to
\nit. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:20:47,040 –> 00:20:49,080
\nYou totally left out God’s
\ncalling. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:20:49,640 –> 00:20:51,360
\nYou didn’t realize it’s up to
\nGod to call you. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:20:51,360 –> 00:20:53,040
\nIt’s not you don’t call your
\nchildren. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:20:53,320 –> 00:20:55,840
\nYou don’t make your children
\nresponsible to the truth. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:20:55,840 –> 00:20:57,320
\nThat isn’t what we do as
\nparents. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:20:57,640 –> 00:21:02,200
\nWe pray that God will call them
\nand that we will then help in <\/p>\n
416
\n00:21:02,200 –> 00:21:04,080
\nthat process by teaching them
\nthe truth. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:21:04,560 –> 00:21:07,720
\nBut it’s not up to me.
\nIt’s not up to me. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:21:08,000 –> 00:21:10,720
\nMaybe I learned that the hard
\nway, Having an autistic child, <\/p>\n
419
\n00:21:10,720 –> 00:21:13,520
\nthat doesn’t matter what we did,
\nwe we couldn’t force things. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:21:13,760 –> 00:21:16,200
\nIt’s totally up to God and his
\ncalling. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:21:16,480 –> 00:21:19,480
\nAnd it all made sense in the end
\nin in Romans 9, when Paul <\/p>\n
422
\n00:21:19,480 –> 00:21:22,400
\nactually deals with this, so
\nyou, Paul Jesus, said there that<\/p>\n
423
\n00:21:22,400 –> 00:21:26,000
\nyou did not choose me, but I
\nchose you and appointed you that<\/p>\n
424
\n00:21:26,000 –> 00:21:30,120
\nyou should go and bear fruit.
\nIt was up to Christ to do the <\/p>\n
425
\n00:21:30,240 –> 00:21:33,040
\ncalling or up to God and they
\nare the ones who call. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:21:33,840 –> 00:21:36,440
\nI I learned a lot by doing a
\nstudy of the angels years ago <\/p>\n
427
\n00:21:36,440 –> 00:21:39,400
\nand I was really impressed with
\nthe fact that I had been reading<\/p>\n
428
\n00:21:39,440 –> 00:21:42,160
\nangels the wrong way.
\nI knew all these Bible stories <\/p>\n
429
\n00:21:42,160 –> 00:21:45,080
\nand I know you do too.
\nYou know all about Abraham and <\/p>\n
430
\n00:21:45,080 –> 00:21:47,000
\nlot all this stuff.
\nWe we knew all the stories. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:21:47,200 –> 00:21:50,000
\nBut what I had never done is
\nread them from the perspective <\/p>\n
432
\n00:21:50,000 –> 00:21:52,720
\nof angels.
\nAnd I found that very helpful to<\/p>\n
433
\n00:21:52,800 –> 00:21:54,960
\nstart out in January when you’re
\ndoing the Bible readings. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:21:54,960 –> 00:21:57,680
\nAnd every time you run across a
\nstory where angels are involved,<\/p>\n
435
\n00:21:58,040 –> 00:22:00,480
\njust try to understand and think
\nabout what? <\/p>\n
436
\n00:22:00,640 –> 00:22:04,640
\nWhat are they thinking?
\nWhat are they going through? <\/p>\n
437
\n00:22:04,640 –> 00:22:06,800
\nBecause they’re already in God’s
\nfamily. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:22:07,240 –> 00:22:11,720
\nWatch how they treat people with
\nthese people and learn from them<\/p>\n
439
\n00:22:11,720 –> 00:22:15,400
\nabout how to treat one another.
\nI found that very useful to look<\/p>\n
440
\n00:22:15,400 –> 00:22:18,360
\nat The three men in Genesis 18,
\nthe three angels, they they rose<\/p>\n
441
\n00:22:18,360 –> 00:22:20,920
\nfrom there.
\nThis is after talking to Abraham<\/p>\n
442
\n00:22:20,920 –> 00:22:22,480
\nand Sarah.
\nAnd what did they tell them? <\/p>\n
443
\n00:22:22,760 –> 00:22:25,240
\nThey told Abraham, here you are,
\nold man, You’re going to have a <\/p>\n
444
\n00:22:25,240 –> 00:22:27,760
\nson, Sarah, you’re old, but
\nyou’re going to have, you’re <\/p>\n
445
\n00:22:27,760 –> 00:22:30,760
\ngoing to have a child.
\nAnd they came to tell them that <\/p>\n
446
\n00:22:30,760 –> 00:22:33,720
\nnews personally.
\nAnd then the three angels, they <\/p>\n
447
\n00:22:33,720 –> 00:22:37,480
\nleft there from from Abraham,
\nthey started to walk away. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:22:37,480 –> 00:22:40,800
\nWhere were they going?
\nThey’re going to Sodom, Genesis <\/p>\n
449
\n00:22:40,800 –> 00:22:43,720
\n19, right?
\nAnd they have a conversation on <\/p>\n
450
\n00:22:43,720 –> 00:22:48,360
\nthe road and they look at one
\nanother and they say, wow, we’re<\/p>\n
451
\n00:22:48,360 –> 00:22:50,360
\ngoing down to Sodom.
\nWe’re probably going to destroy <\/p>\n
452
\n00:22:50,360 –> 00:22:52,120
\nit.
\nAbraham’s nephew went down <\/p>\n
453
\n00:22:52,120 –> 00:22:53,400
\nthere.
\nDo you think we should tell <\/p>\n
454
\n00:22:53,400 –> 00:22:56,120
\nAbraham what we’re going to do?
\nDo you? <\/p>\n
455
\n00:22:56,280 –> 00:22:57,640
\nDo you do you read your Bible
\nthat way? <\/p>\n
456
\n00:22:57,640 –> 00:23:00,080
\nI mean, that’s what’s happening.
\nThey’re having a conversation. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:23:00,320 –> 00:23:04,400
\nThese angels were empowered to
\nmake a huge decision. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:23:04,920 –> 00:23:07,480
\nThey’re they’re having this
\nlook, the Lord said, so we get <\/p>\n
459
\n00:23:07,480 –> 00:23:09,760
\nfooled by reading.
\nThe Lord said, shall I hide from<\/p>\n
460
\n00:23:09,760 –> 00:23:12,840
\nAbraham what I am doing?
\nSee, the three that are having <\/p>\n
461
\n00:23:12,840 –> 00:23:16,120
\nthis discussion are three angels
\nwho Abraham refers to as the <\/p>\n
462
\n00:23:16,120 –> 00:23:18,800
\nLord or Yahweh.
\nAnd Lot in turn calls them <\/p>\n
463
\n00:23:18,800 –> 00:23:23,800
\nYahweh as well.
\nSo it’s these three angels that <\/p>\n
464
\n00:23:23,800 –> 00:23:27,240
\nare there.
\nI’m doing since Abraham shall <\/p>\n
465
\n00:23:27,240 –> 00:23:29,960
\nsurely become a great and mighty
\nnation, and for all the nations <\/p>\n
466
\n00:23:29,960 –> 00:23:31,760
\nof the earth are going to be
\nblessed in him. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:23:32,000 –> 00:23:36,160
\nFor I have known him now, isn’t
\nthat interesting, that phrase I <\/p>\n
468
\n00:23:36,160 –> 00:23:37,840
\nhave known him.
\nDo you realize that the Hebrew <\/p>\n
469
\n00:23:37,840 –> 00:23:41,080
\nwords there that are used are
\nthe same words where Abraham <\/p>\n
470
\n00:23:41,080 –> 00:23:44,800
\nknew his wife and she conceived?
\nThat’s the same word. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:23:45,360 –> 00:23:47,960
\nAnd in the Hebrew I have known
\nhim. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:23:48,200 –> 00:23:51,520
\nThis is an intimate personal
\nrelationship. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:23:52,160 –> 00:23:54,360
\nThe angel’s head with Abraham,
\nthey came to talk to him <\/p>\n
474
\n00:23:54,360 –> 00:23:55,800
\npersonally.
\nFriend. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:23:56,520 –> 00:23:59,320
\nI really believe this first time
\nAbraham was ever called the <\/p>\n
476
\n00:23:59,320 –> 00:24:03,080
\nfriend of God it’s referred to
\nand there’s 40 righteous. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:24:03,080 –> 00:24:06,000
\nWhat are you going to do?
\nAngel talks with Abraham says <\/p>\n
478
\n00:24:06,000 –> 00:24:10,320
\nOK, he’s talking with Abraham.
\nThat’s what this Angel did. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:24:11,760 –> 00:24:15,280
\nLook at that idea that God in
\nthis case, or the angels that <\/p>\n
480
\n00:24:15,280 –> 00:24:17,920
\nwere there, they talked to
\nAbraham as their friend. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:24:18,080 –> 00:24:20,720
\nIt fits in with Jesus and John
\nthere where he said that, you <\/p>\n
482
\n00:24:20,720 –> 00:24:22,360
\nknow, I don’t call you servants
\nanymore. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:24:22,360 –> 00:24:25,520
\nYou’re my friends, you know.
\nI I know you. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:24:25,600 –> 00:24:28,600
\nI want you to understand.
\nWe want a relationship with you <\/p>\n
485
\n00:24:28,960 –> 00:24:31,160
\nwhere you will learn to live
\nlike me. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:24:31,160 –> 00:24:33,960
\nThat’s what he’s after.
\nSo look in John 6. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:24:33,960 –> 00:24:36,840
\nThis was also an interesting one
\nabout God’s calling, because the<\/p>\n
488
\n00:24:36,840 –> 00:24:39,640
\nJews therefore answered, Jesus
\nanswered the Jews here. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:24:39,640 –> 00:24:42,440
\nAnd he said to them, don’t
\nmurmur among yourselves, for no <\/p>\n
490
\n00:24:42,440 –> 00:24:46,000
\none can come to me unless the
\nFather who sent me draws him. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:24:47,360 –> 00:24:49,640
\nSee, that’s a blanket statement.
\nIt’s not just here you’re going <\/p>\n
492
\n00:24:49,640 –> 00:24:51,920
\nto find that’s all over in
\nJohn’s Gospel and elsewhere in <\/p>\n
493
\n00:24:51,920 –> 00:24:54,320
\nthe Bible.
\nSometimes as parents, we think <\/p>\n
494
\n00:24:54,320 –> 00:24:56,360
\nthat we just got to drill the
\nBible into our kids. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:24:56,360 –> 00:24:58,320
\nWe got a Bible mark.
\nWe got a CYC. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:24:58,320 –> 00:25:00,800
\nWe got, we got to do all this
\nstuff about the Bible, do the <\/p>\n
497
\n00:25:00,800 –> 00:25:03,400
\nBible rings home.
\nAnd we got to be careful because<\/p>\n
498
\n00:25:03,400 –> 00:25:06,400
\nin the end we think that when
\nthey’re baptized, we look back <\/p>\n
499
\n00:25:06,400 –> 00:25:08,560
\nand say, oh, look at that, look
\nwhat I did. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:25:09,200 –> 00:25:11,400
\nAnd we look at somebody else in
\nthe truth, whose child walks <\/p>\n
501
\n00:25:11,400 –> 00:25:14,480
\naway and we judge them and say,
\nwell, you didn’t do as good a <\/p>\n
502
\n00:25:14,480 –> 00:25:17,840
\njob as I did.
\nThat’s not right. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:25:17,920 –> 00:25:21,040
\nBrothers and sisters, we we
\nshould be doing the Bible <\/p>\n
504
\n00:25:21,040 –> 00:25:23,200
\nreadings at home.
\nWe should be going to CYC. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:25:23,200 –> 00:25:25,000
\nWe should have our kids here at
\nat these guys. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:25:25,400 –> 00:25:28,880
\nBut at the same time, we should
\nbe praying and pleading with God<\/p>\n
507
\n00:25:29,480 –> 00:25:32,960
\nthat he will call them.
\nIt’s up to him to call them into<\/p>\n
508
\n00:25:32,960 –> 00:25:35,600
\nhis family.
\nAnd he doesn’t always call <\/p>\n
509
\n00:25:35,600 –> 00:25:38,400
\neveryone.
\nAbraham had to deal with that <\/p>\n
510
\n00:25:38,400 –> 00:25:41,200
\nwith Ishmael when he said, oh,
\nthat Ishmael might live in your <\/p>\n
511
\n00:25:41,200 –> 00:25:44,400
\nsight.
\nGod says no, it’s not going to <\/p>\n
512
\n00:25:44,400 –> 00:25:47,640
\ngo through Ishmael.
\nAnd later on, Isaac, you know, <\/p>\n
513
\n00:25:47,680 –> 00:25:50,240
\npleading with God about he loved
\nEsau. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:25:50,880 –> 00:25:53,480
\nAnd God says no, it’s going to
\ngo through Jacob. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:25:54,280 –> 00:25:57,040
\nAnd we sometimes fool ourselves
\ninto thinking that Jacob was a <\/p>\n
516
\n00:25:57,040 –> 00:26:00,280
\nbetter man than Esau.
\nWell, you know, read the account<\/p>\n
517
\n00:26:00,280 –> 00:26:02,320
\nof Jacob’s life.
\nHe’s a schemer. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:26:02,640 –> 00:26:05,680
\nHe he tried everything he could
\nto scheme his way through life. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:26:06,120 –> 00:26:08,800
\nAnd yet God trained him.
\nHe worked with him. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:26:09,000 –> 00:26:13,480
\nHe patiently worked with Jacob
\nbecause God was calling Jacob. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:26:14,280 –> 00:26:17,880
\nIt’s a lesson we have to learn.
\nPaul deals with this in Romans 9<\/p>\n
522
\n00:26:17,880 –> 00:26:19,400
\nwhen he talks about God’s
\nelection. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:26:19,400 –> 00:26:24,640
\nAnd he says from the same lump
\nof clay he can make one vessel <\/p>\n
524
\n00:26:24,640 –> 00:26:27,000
\nto honor and another vessel to
\ndishonor. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:26:27,600 –> 00:26:30,280
\nNot different lumps of clay, not
\none good lump and one bad lump. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:26:30,280 –> 00:26:33,200
\nNo, from the same lump, same
\nlump. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:26:33,280 –> 00:26:35,840
\nHe can do that.
\nThat’s why John Baptist said of <\/p>\n
528
\n00:26:35,840 –> 00:26:38,160
\nthese stones God can raise up
\nchildren to Abraham. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:26:38,160 –> 00:26:40,680
\nHe can.
\nThat’s what he can do it. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:26:40,680 –> 00:26:42,240
\nIt’s not that there’s better
\nstones. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:26:42,240 –> 00:26:44,160
\nAnd you know, that was a mistake
\nthe Jews made. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:26:44,440 –> 00:26:46,200
\nThey they thought, oh, we are
\nthe people. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:26:46,200 –> 00:26:49,080
\nWe have the promises, that we’re
\nbetter people than those nasty <\/p>\n
534
\n00:26:49,080 –> 00:26:52,440
\ndog Gentiles.
\nAnd God had to constantly remind<\/p>\n
535
\n00:26:52,440 –> 00:26:53,760
\nthem, no, you’re not better
\npeople. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:26:54,040 –> 00:26:55,920
\nYou’re you’re in a better
\nsituation. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:26:55,920 –> 00:26:58,720
\nBecause I love you.
\nI’ve, I’ve given you these <\/p>\n
538
\n00:26:58,720 –> 00:26:59,880
\nthings.
\nI’ve given you all these <\/p>\n
539
\n00:26:59,880 –> 00:27:03,440
\nprivileges.
\nAnd now I’m expecting something <\/p>\n
540
\n00:27:03,440 –> 00:27:06,040
\nfrom you.
\nAnd he got so disappointed in <\/p>\n
541
\n00:27:06,040 –> 00:27:09,200
\nthe nation where for all the
\nthings God had done for them, <\/p>\n
542
\n00:27:09,520 –> 00:27:13,240
\nthey had not responded.
\nAnd it was frustrating to God <\/p>\n
543
\n00:27:13,240 –> 00:27:14,960
\nand to the angels that we’re
\nworking with them. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:27:15,400 –> 00:27:18,080
\nSo we have to remember it’s all
\nabout God’s calling. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:27:18,320 –> 00:27:20,920
\nGod’s having a family.
\nHe wants to have a family. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:27:20,920 –> 00:27:25,000
\nHe’s I had with God because our
\nGod, he really is our coach. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:27:25,720 –> 00:27:27,960
\nHave you ever played a sport
\nwhere you play for a coach where<\/p>\n
548
\n00:27:27,960 –> 00:27:30,360
\neverything you do wrong, he just
\nwants to like wacky on the head <\/p>\n
549
\n00:27:30,360 –> 00:27:33,240
\nor he wants to like punish you,
\ngo ride, go run, ton laugh. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:27:33,640 –> 00:27:35,640
\nDo you really want to play for a
\ncoach like that? <\/p>\n
551
\n00:27:36,200 –> 00:27:38,640
\nI didn’t.
\nI didn’t find them very fun to <\/p>\n
552
\n00:27:38,640 –> 00:27:39,920
\nplay with.
\nIt’s the game plan. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:27:39,920 –> 00:27:43,600
\nIt’s his game plan.
\nIt’s God’s righteousness, his <\/p>\n
554
\n00:27:43,600 –> 00:27:46,440
\nright way of life.
\nIt’s all going to be right <\/p>\n
555
\n00:27:46,440 –> 00:27:49,680
\nbecause the the judge of all the
\nearth will do right and he <\/p>\n
556
\n00:27:49,680 –> 00:27:53,680
\nguarantees success.
\nWouldn’t that be great to go <\/p>\n
557
\n00:27:53,680 –> 00:27:57,520
\ninto a a school, a class in in
\nschool, or somewhere in business<\/p>\n
558
\n00:27:57,760 –> 00:28:01,320
\nand have somebody teaching about
\nthis and guaranteeing that if <\/p>\n
559
\n00:28:01,320 –> 00:28:04,520
\nyou cooperate with the program,
\nyou will be successful, You’ll <\/p>\n
560
\n00:28:04,520 –> 00:28:07,080
\nmake it.
\nIt’s a guarantee you’ll make it <\/p>\n
561
\n00:28:07,240 –> 00:28:11,720
\nif by faith you trust him.
\nWhatever he brings into your <\/p>\n
562
\n00:28:11,720 –> 00:28:15,280
\nlife, whatever happens when we
\ngo home, whatever’s happening <\/p>\n
563
\n00:28:15,280 –> 00:28:18,880
\ntoday in your life and my family
\nlife, we’ve got to trust him. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:28:19,080 –> 00:28:21,360
\nHe’s in control.
\nIt’s God’s family. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:28:21,920 –> 00:28:23,760
\nHe’s got his angels.
\nThey’re out there working. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:28:23,800 –> 00:28:26,720
\nJesus is over them now, and he’s
\ncontrolling all these things. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:28:27,040 –> 00:28:31,760
\nWe just have to trust and treat
\npeople the way he treats people.<\/p>\n
568
\n00:28:32,000 –> 00:28:34,760
\nWe don’t have to force an issue.
\nWe don’t have to say, well, the <\/p>\n
569
\n00:28:34,760 –> 00:28:37,320
\nends will justify the means.
\nSo I had to do it that way. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:28:37,320 –> 00:28:40,600
\nNo, we don’t.
\nGod’s in control and that’s what<\/p>\n
571
\n00:28:40,600 –> 00:28:42,960
\nhe’s after.
\nAnd he knows what we need. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:28:43,480 –> 00:28:45,120
\nHe knows it better than any of
\nus. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:28:45,600 –> 00:28:47,640
\nYou know, I’ve, I’ve watched
\nthis on arranging boards before.<\/p>\n
574
\n00:28:47,640 –> 00:28:50,120
\nI’ve been on and and a young
\nperson will make mistake and <\/p>\n
575
\n00:28:50,120 –> 00:28:53,120
\npeople talk about, well, what
\nconsequence or punishment we <\/p>\n
576
\n00:28:53,120 –> 00:28:55,600
\nhave to bring in their life so
\nthat they will learn, you know, <\/p>\n
577
\n00:28:55,680 –> 00:28:58,120
\nthat this is wrong or something.
\nYou’ve got to set an example for<\/p>\n
578
\n00:28:58,120 –> 00:28:59,760
\nthe old, young people and all
\nthese things. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:29:00,200 –> 00:29:03,640
\nBut brothers and sisters, you
\nknow, look at the life of David.<\/p>\n
580
\n00:29:03,640 –> 00:29:05,960
\nWhat did you learn from David
\nwith his mistake? <\/p>\n
581
\n00:29:06,520 –> 00:29:09,640
\nLike David was the king.
\nDavid committed adultery. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:29:09,640 –> 00:29:12,840
\nDavid committed murder.
\nAnd what did God do? <\/p>\n
583
\n00:29:13,200 –> 00:29:18,000
\nBy law, he should have been
\nstoned, should have been stoned.<\/p>\n
584
\n00:29:18,440 –> 00:29:20,520
\nBut God doesn’t treat him that
\nway. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:29:21,360 –> 00:29:24,680
\nI I think for a lot of times
\nwe’ve misread the law, but the <\/p>\n
586
\n00:29:24,680 –> 00:29:27,920
\nlaw told us what we deserve for
\nour sins. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:29:28,360 –> 00:29:32,240
\nBut did you realize that so many
\ntimes people who made terrible <\/p>\n
588
\n00:29:32,240 –> 00:29:36,240
\nmistakes didn’t receive what the
\nlaw said they should receive? <\/p>\n
589
\n00:29:36,840 –> 00:29:40,480
\nBecause the law accepted that
\npeople were living under you <\/p>\n
590
\n00:29:40,480 –> 00:29:43,400
\nwould learn after a while that,
\nwow, I deserve this, I deserve <\/p>\n
591
\n00:29:43,400 –> 00:29:45,520
\nthat.
\nBut God, I’m pleading for mercy.<\/p>\n
592
\n00:29:45,520 –> 00:29:50,000
\nGod is merciful and he hoped
\nthat we would catch on that <\/p>\n
593
\n00:29:50,000 –> 00:29:52,280
\nthat’s what we should be doing
\nfor other people. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:29:53,400 –> 00:29:55,000
\nHave you ever noticed, like
\nreading through the New <\/p>\n
595
\n00:29:55,000 –> 00:29:57,120
\nTestament?
\nRemember when Mary became <\/p>\n
596
\n00:29:57,120 –> 00:29:59,760
\npregnant?
\nDo you notice how Matthew goes <\/p>\n
597
\n00:29:59,840 –> 00:30:06,120
\nout of his way to say that
\nJoseph, being a just man, <\/p>\n
598
\n00:30:06,680 –> 00:30:08,800
\ndecided to put her away
\nprivately? <\/p>\n
599
\n00:30:09,200 –> 00:30:10,640
\nWell, that’s not what the law
\nsaid. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:30:10,640 –> 00:30:12,080
\nOh no, you get pregnant like
\nthat. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:30:12,080 –> 00:30:15,360
\nYou should be stoned.
\nThey were engaged, should have <\/p>\n
602
\n00:30:15,360 –> 00:30:20,000
\nturned her into have her stoned.
\nBut the Bible trying to tell us <\/p>\n
603
\n00:30:20,520 –> 00:30:26,120
\nthat Joseph being a just man
\ndidn’t bring on her the <\/p>\n
604
\n00:30:26,120 –> 00:30:28,680
\npunishment that the law said she
\ndeserved. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:30:29,360 –> 00:30:32,240
\nDon’t read the law like that.
\nIf we don’t have to apply those <\/p>\n
606
\n00:30:32,240 –> 00:30:35,880
\npunishments, we don’t have to.
\nWe can extend mercy like our <\/p>\n
607
\n00:30:35,880 –> 00:30:37,720
\nGod.
\nLook, look, look at how that <\/p>\n
608
\n00:30:37,720 –> 00:30:39,600
\nplayed out with the woman caught
\nin adultery. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:30:39,640 –> 00:30:41,480
\nJesus knew she was caught in
\nadultery. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:30:41,920 –> 00:30:44,880
\nHe doesn’t push the law to say,
\nwell, he cut the law perfectly. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:30:45,080 –> 00:30:47,800
\nHe doesn’t push the issue to say
\nChip Stoner, she committed <\/p>\n
612
\n00:30:47,800 –> 00:30:48,720
\nadultery.
\nNope. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:30:49,400 –> 00:30:52,320
\nHe he he guilts the other guys
\ninto the point, They all walk <\/p>\n
614
\n00:30:52,320 –> 00:30:56,280
\naway, and then he tells her go
\naway yourself, you know? <\/p>\n
615
\n00:30:56,280 –> 00:30:58,840
\nBut sin no more.
\nLearn something from this. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:30:58,840 –> 00:31:00,680
\nThat’s what he’s after.
\nLearn something. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:31:01,080 –> 00:31:04,120
\nYeah, I’ve learned to read the
\nBible an entirely different way <\/p>\n
618
\n00:31:04,400 –> 00:31:07,640
\nby by just being careful about
\nthese stories and trying to <\/p>\n
619
\n00:31:07,640 –> 00:31:09,240
\nfigure out what’s God trying to
\ntell us. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:31:09,680 –> 00:31:13,640
\nAnd it’s it’s just amazing to me
\nhow as a younger person, I was <\/p>\n
621
\n00:31:13,640 –> 00:31:16,600
\nmuch more judgmental, much more
\ninto thinking that we had to <\/p>\n
622
\n00:31:16,600 –> 00:31:19,920
\ncarry out all the consequences
\ninstead of leaving that in God’s<\/p>\n
623
\n00:31:19,920 –> 00:31:22,920
\nhands and letting him bring the
\nright consequences into <\/p>\n
624
\n00:31:22,920 –> 00:31:24,840
\nsomeone’s life, as he did with
\nDavid. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:31:24,840 –> 00:31:27,000
\nYou know, he, he brought the
\nright things into David’s life. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:31:27,320 –> 00:31:28,680
\nBut the angels take care of
\nthat. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:31:28,680 –> 00:31:31,240
\nThey do that.
\nAnd so nobody gets away with <\/p>\n
628
\n00:31:31,280 –> 00:31:33,920
\nanything in the life.
\nThese are all just mistakes that<\/p>\n
629
\n00:31:33,920 –> 00:31:36,080
\nwe make and we hopefully learn
\nfrom them. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:31:36,080 –> 00:31:38,320
\nAnd God reminds us through the
\ncircumstances. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:31:38,760 –> 00:31:41,000
\nSo, Micah, you know this story.
\nAnd Micah 6. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:31:41,240 –> 00:31:43,640
\nMicah talks about coming before
\nthe Lord, you know, what are you<\/p>\n
633
\n00:31:43,640 –> 00:31:44,440
\ngoing to bring?
\nWhat? <\/p>\n
634
\n00:31:44,440 –> 00:31:46,520
\nAre you going to bow down before
\nthe high God with him? <\/p>\n
635
\n00:31:46,520 –> 00:31:47,800
\nRight.
\nShall I come before him with <\/p>\n
636
\n00:31:47,800 –> 00:31:49,600
\nburnt offerings and calves?
\nA year old? <\/p>\n
637
\n00:31:49,840 –> 00:31:52,880
\nWill the Lord be pleased with
\n1000 Rams and 10,000 rivers of <\/p>\n
638
\n00:31:52,880 –> 00:31:54,960
\noil?
\nIs that what he really wants? <\/p>\n
639
\n00:31:55,440 –> 00:31:57,800
\nThe law said, you know, you
\nbring all these sacrifices. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:31:57,800 –> 00:32:01,400
\nDid God want sacrifices?
\nNo. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:32:02,280 –> 00:32:06,160
\nHe wanted us to learn from the
\nsacrifices about the higher <\/p>\n
642
\n00:32:06,160 –> 00:32:09,440
\nprinciples of his life.
\nThat’s what he was really after,<\/p>\n
643
\n00:32:09,800 –> 00:32:12,400
\nYou know, He’s shown you, O man,
\nwhat is good and what what does <\/p>\n
644
\n00:32:12,400 –> 00:32:17,720
\nthe Lord require of you, but to
\ndo justly, to love mercy and to <\/p>\n
645
\n00:32:17,720 –> 00:32:21,200
\nwalk humbly with your God?
\nThat’s what we should be <\/p>\n
646
\n00:32:21,200 –> 00:32:24,480
\nlearning on Sunday mornings when
\nwe take and bread and the wine. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:32:24,680 –> 00:32:26,960
\nDoesn’t that remind us how we
\nare? <\/p>\n
648
\n00:32:26,960 –> 00:32:28,360
\nWe are.
\nWe are responsible. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:32:28,360 –> 00:32:29,960
\nWe committed it.
\nBaptism. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:32:30,200 –> 00:32:33,800
\nTo join Christ in a death like
\nhis and come out of the waters, <\/p>\n
651
\n00:32:33,800 –> 00:32:36,200
\nwalking in a new way of life
\npatterned after his <\/p>\n
652
\n00:32:36,200 –> 00:32:38,160
\nresurrection.
\nThat’s what we promised. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:32:38,760 –> 00:32:41,800
\nAnd every Sunday morning when we
\ntake bread and wine, we can be <\/p>\n
654
\n00:32:41,800 –> 00:32:44,760
\nreminded that we’re God is
\nallowing us to take those <\/p>\n
655
\n00:32:44,760 –> 00:32:47,880
\nemblems, to remind us that this
\nis the promise we made. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:32:48,480 –> 00:32:50,760
\nAnd yet look at all the failures
\nwe’ve done during the week. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:32:51,280 –> 00:32:54,280
\nAnd we all plead for mercy.
\nWe do. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:32:55,240 –> 00:32:57,720
\nOh, what are you gonna do the
\nnext time somebody else makes a <\/p>\n
659
\n00:32:57,720 –> 00:33:00,000
\nmistake and they’re pleading
\nwith you for mercy? <\/p>\n
660
\n00:33:00,720 –> 00:33:02,320
\nI mean, we have to learn from
\nthis. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:33:02,320 –> 00:33:05,920
\nBrothers and sisters, This is
\nour God, and we be we. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:33:05,920 –> 00:33:09,600
\nWe become people that are
\nconnected with the God when we <\/p>\n
663
\n00:33:09,600 –> 00:33:11,560
\nworship.
\nHow do you understand how God <\/p>\n
664
\n00:33:11,560 –> 00:33:14,840
\ntook care of these things?
\nHe he didn’t want sacrifices. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:33:15,080 –> 00:33:18,600
\nHe wanted you to learn from the
\nsacrifices to identify with <\/p>\n
666
\n00:33:18,600 –> 00:33:21,160
\nMessiah.
\nLay your hands on that animal, <\/p>\n
667
\n00:33:21,160 –> 00:33:23,640
\nmy son.
\nThis animal is perfect without <\/p>\n
668
\n00:33:23,640 –> 00:33:25,520
\nblemish.
\nThat’s the goal and the <\/p>\n
669
\n00:33:25,520 –> 00:33:29,040
\nobjective to be like God, to be
\nobedient to God. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:33:29,200 –> 00:33:31,840
\nAnd yes, it’s going to require
\nsuffering, but you are going to <\/p>\n
671
\n00:33:31,840 –> 00:33:34,240
\nkill that animal.
\nYou kill the animal, not the <\/p>\n
672
\n00:33:34,240 –> 00:33:36,960
\npriest.
\nYou commit to die with Christ, <\/p>\n
673
\n00:33:36,960 –> 00:33:40,880
\nto sin, as Paul calls it in
\nRomans 6, and then rise to a new<\/p>\n
674
\n00:33:40,880 –> 00:33:43,080
\nway of life.
\nAnd you put that animal on the <\/p>\n
675
\n00:33:43,080 –> 00:33:46,080
\naltar in the end, and all the
\ntrials of this life that we go <\/p>\n
676
\n00:33:46,080 –> 00:33:49,480
\nthrough the sufferings, they
\nburn that animal and you ascend <\/p>\n
677
\n00:33:49,480 –> 00:33:52,800
\nto God as a pleasing odor.
\nSee, a lot of times I’ve watched<\/p>\n
678
\n00:33:52,800 –> 00:33:55,320
\na brother and argue about animal
\nsacrifices and what they mean, <\/p>\n
679
\n00:33:55,560 –> 00:33:57,880
\nand all they ever get to is the
\npoint when they kill the animal.<\/p>\n
680
\n00:33:57,880 –> 00:34:00,480
\nAnd it’s all about sinners
\ndeserve to die, sinners deserve <\/p>\n
681
\n00:34:00,480 –> 00:34:02,480
\nto die.
\nAnd do you deserve a violent <\/p>\n
682
\n00:34:02,480 –> 00:34:04,640
\ndeath or do you just deserve a
\nregular death? <\/p>\n
683
\n00:34:04,640 –> 00:34:09,120
\nAnd it was never about that.
\nThe animal’s sacrifices were to <\/p>\n
684
\n00:34:09,280 –> 00:34:11,320
\nPaul.
\nThe great thing about studying <\/p>\n
685
\n00:34:11,320 –> 00:34:13,360
\nRomans for all of you,
\nespecially the young ones that <\/p>\n
686
\n00:34:13,360 –> 00:34:16,600
\nare here, study Romans someday
\nand notice how Paul gives a <\/p>\n
687
\n00:34:16,600 –> 00:34:20,040
\nwhole exposition of the
\natonement in Romans 1 to 11 and <\/p>\n
688
\n00:34:20,040 –> 00:34:26,080
\nnever mentions sacrifice because
\nhe tells you what it means with.<\/p>\n
689
\n00:34:26,520 –> 00:34:29,480
\nYou can’t argue with Paul.
\nHe doesn’t use words like <\/p>\n
690
\n00:34:29,480 –> 00:34:32,480
\nsacrifice.
\nHe doesn’t talk about devil and <\/p>\n
691
\n00:34:32,480 –> 00:34:35,199
\nsin and all those things.
\nWell, he talks about sin but all<\/p>\n
692
\n00:34:35,199 –> 00:34:37,320
\nbeing slaves to sin.
\nBut he doesn’t use those <\/p>\n
693
\n00:34:37,320 –> 00:34:40,239
\ncatchwords that we use and we
\nunderstand a certain way. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:34:40,400 –> 00:34:43,880
\nHe explains it in words that
\neverybody will understand. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:34:44,280 –> 00:34:47,360
\nAnd he says, look, what you do
\nin baptism is you commit to die <\/p>\n
696
\n00:34:47,360 –> 00:34:50,120
\nwith Christ’s sin.
\nThat’s what this was all about. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:34:50,520 –> 00:34:53,120
\nAnd and he instead of talking
\nabout animal sacrifices, he <\/p>\n
698
\n00:34:53,120 –> 00:34:56,800
\ntries to tell us what they were
\nsupposed to do to teach us to <\/p>\n
699
\n00:34:56,800 –> 00:35:00,480
\nlive justly and love mercy and
\nwalk humbly with our God. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:35:01,200 –> 00:35:04,440
\nSo the key thing is that God’s
\nin control, not us. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:35:04,760 –> 00:35:07,160
\nWe’re not in control of our
\nfamilies, our children, our <\/p>\n
702
\n00:35:07,160 –> 00:35:09,080
\nparents, our collegians.
\nNothing. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:35:09,360 –> 00:35:13,360
\nIt’s all gods, all gods.
\nAnd all we’re doing is trying to<\/p>\n
704
\n00:35:13,360 –> 00:35:17,280
\nhelp those people in that
\nfamily, to make it to God’s <\/p>\n
705
\n00:35:17,280 –> 00:35:19,440
\nKingdom.
\nAnd and look at how does God <\/p>\n
706
\n00:35:19,440 –> 00:35:21,360
\nhelp us?
\nWell, let’s help other people <\/p>\n
707
\n00:35:21,360 –> 00:35:24,080
\nthat same way.
\nLook at how Jeremiah, when he <\/p>\n
708
\n00:35:24,080 –> 00:35:27,000
\ntalks about what God really
\nwanted in Jeremiah 7, he <\/p>\n
709
\n00:35:27,000 –> 00:35:29,520
\nmentions the fact that look at
\nwhen I brought you children of <\/p>\n
710
\n00:35:29,520 –> 00:35:31,840
\nIsrael out of Egypt, when I
\nbrought you out of Egypt and <\/p>\n
711
\n00:35:31,840 –> 00:35:34,640
\nbrought you up there to Mount
\nSinai, what did I tell you? <\/p>\n
712
\n00:35:34,640 –> 00:35:37,240
\nDid I tell you offer a bunch of
\nsacrifices? <\/p>\n
713
\n00:35:37,560 –> 00:35:41,160
\nNo, he said.
\nWhat I asked you to do was obey <\/p>\n
714
\n00:35:41,320 –> 00:35:45,120
\nmy voice and I will be your God
\nand you shall be my people and <\/p>\n
715
\n00:35:45,120 –> 00:35:48,240
\nwalk in all the ways that I’ve
\ncommanded you that it, and be <\/p>\n
716
\n00:35:48,240 –> 00:35:50,400
\nwell with you.
\nThat’s what he was after. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:35:50,400 –> 00:35:53,200
\nObedience.
\nNot obedience to law. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:35:53,680 –> 00:35:58,480
\nNot sacrifices and rituals, but
\nobedience to God’s principles, <\/p>\n
719
\n00:35:58,480 –> 00:36:02,880
\nHis way of life, of doing
\njustice and loving mercy and <\/p>\n
720
\n00:36:02,880 –> 00:36:06,200
\nwalking humbly before our God.
\nThat’s what he was really after.<\/p>\n
721
\n00:36:06,520 –> 00:36:08,360
\nBut faith is the key rather than
\nit says. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:36:08,360 –> 00:36:11,760
\nIf we talk a lot about faith,
\nbut faith really helps us in the<\/p>\n
723
\n00:36:11,760 –> 00:36:15,600
\nsense that it’s a belief.
\nIt’s that that that substance of<\/p>\n
724
\n00:36:15,600 –> 00:36:18,000
\nthings hoped for where we really
\ndo believe. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:36:18,000 –> 00:36:21,520
\nAnd we have that assurance that
\nGod is in control, that in <\/p>\n
726
\n00:36:21,520 –> 00:36:25,400
\neverything God is working for
\ngood in everything, no matter <\/p>\n
727
\n00:36:25,400 –> 00:36:28,480
\nwhat happens today, you you can
\nstand back for a moment and say,<\/p>\n
728
\n00:36:28,480 –> 00:36:32,480
\nI know God is working for good.
\nThat’s what faith does. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:36:32,560 –> 00:36:35,920
\nIt becomes real that you start
\nto realize, well, I wonder why <\/p>\n
730
\n00:36:35,920 –> 00:36:38,920
\nthe angels did that.
\nAnd you start in questioning <\/p>\n
731
\n00:36:38,920 –> 00:36:42,440
\nabout God working in our life
\ninstead of reacting in ways we <\/p>\n
732
\n00:36:42,440 –> 00:36:44,400
\nget angry.
\nOr we just treat it like, well, <\/p>\n
733
\n00:36:44,400 –> 00:36:46,920
\nGod’s not involved in that or
\nwhatever He is involved. <\/p>\n
734
\n00:36:47,280 –> 00:36:50,600
\nHe’s very involved in our lives,
\ntrying to train us and guide us <\/p>\n
735
\n00:36:50,600 –> 00:36:53,360
\ninto his family.
\nBut the peace that we have to <\/p>\n
736
\n00:36:53,360 –> 00:36:56,280
\nprovide is faith.
\nTrust God, Believe that he’s <\/p>\n
737
\n00:36:56,280 –> 00:36:59,120
\nreally working in our lives, and
\nfaith will change our lives. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:36:59,520 –> 00:37:02,840
\nA faith in God’s love for us and
\nhis ability to change our lives <\/p>\n
739
\n00:37:02,840 –> 00:37:04,600
\nto save us, that’s what we’re
\nlooking for. <\/p>\n
740
\n00:37:04,800 –> 00:37:07,720
\nOr faith that God’s in control
\nand he’ll guide our lives so <\/p>\n
741
\n00:37:07,720 –> 00:37:09,240
\nthat we’ll develop into his
\nchildren. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:37:09,600 –> 00:37:11,800
\nIt’s a faith that trusts God
\ncompletely. <\/p>\n
743
\n00:37:11,800 –> 00:37:14,920
\nNo matter what happens, no
\nmatter what happens. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:37:15,480 –> 00:37:19,160
\nAnd I see that having raised six
\nkids, no matter what happens <\/p>\n
745
\n00:37:19,160 –> 00:37:22,960
\nwith your children, you have to
\nstand back and realize God is in<\/p>\n
746
\n00:37:22,960 –> 00:37:26,640
\ntotal control.
\nHe’s totally in it for our good,<\/p>\n
747
\n00:37:26,720 –> 00:37:29,360
\nas Paul says, so that we can
\nshare His Holiness. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:37:29,800 –> 00:37:34,000
\nAnd what it does is it motivates
\nus then to be obedient to God, <\/p>\n
749
\n00:37:34,000 –> 00:37:37,120
\nto follow in the steps of Jesus.
\nNot because we want to show God <\/p>\n
750
\n00:37:37,120 –> 00:37:40,000
\nhow good we are, but because we
\nlove his way of life. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:37:40,520 –> 00:37:42,960
\nWe love it and we want it for
\nourselves. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:37:43,400 –> 00:37:46,360
\nNot to show God that we deserve
\nit, that we deserve eternity <\/p>\n
753
\n00:37:46,360 –> 00:37:47,800
\nlife.
\nIt’s just this is the kind of <\/p>\n
754
\n00:37:47,800 –> 00:37:49,720
\nlife we want.
\nWe want to be like Jesus, we <\/p>\n
755
\n00:37:49,720 –> 00:37:52,600
\nwant to be like God.
\nAnd faith is that key. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:37:52,960 –> 00:37:54,920
\nGo look at how Paul word’s at in
\nHebrews 11. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:37:54,920 –> 00:37:59,200
\nThat faith is being sure of what
\nwe hope for and certain of what <\/p>\n
758
\n00:37:59,200 –> 00:38:01,760
\nwe do not see.
\nAnd this is what the ancients <\/p>\n
759
\n00:38:01,760 –> 00:38:05,720
\nwere commended for, that their
\nfaith motivated them to make <\/p>\n
760
\n00:38:05,720 –> 00:38:08,320
\ndecisions for God.
\nAnd without faith we know it’s <\/p>\n
761
\n00:38:08,320 –> 00:38:10,840
\nimpossible to please God.
\nImpossible. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:38:11,280 –> 00:38:13,400
\nI love the way the NIV words
\nHebrews 11. <\/p>\n
763
\n00:38:13,440 –> 00:38:16,200
\nOh, as you’re going through it
\nbecause instead of saying that <\/p>\n
764
\n00:38:16,200 –> 00:38:20,120
\nthese all died in in faith, it
\nit’s it says instead that all <\/p>\n
765
\n00:38:20,120 –> 00:38:25,880
\nthese people were still living
\nby faith when they died. <\/p>\n
766
\n00:38:26,560 –> 00:38:29,160
\nNow those of you that have
\nstudied Hebrews 1011 and 12 will<\/p>\n
767
\n00:38:29,200 –> 00:38:32,560
\nwill know that within the
\ncontext of 12 and and and 10 <\/p>\n
768
\n00:38:32,560 –> 00:38:35,440
\nthat it’s bounded by the fact
\nthat for endurance Paul says <\/p>\n
769
\n00:38:35,440 –> 00:38:37,720
\nyou’ve got to endure.
\nIt’s all about endurance to the <\/p>\n
770
\n00:38:37,720 –> 00:38:39,880
\nend.
\nAnd he lists all these people in<\/p>\n
771
\n00:38:39,880 –> 00:38:42,960
\nHebrews 11 that endured to the
\nend and they still had their <\/p>\n
772
\n00:38:42,960 –> 00:38:45,520
\nfaith when they died.
\nAnd that’s what God’s after. <\/p>\n
773
\n00:38:45,520 –> 00:38:48,760
\nAnd all of us, we’ve got to
\nmaintain that faith and have it <\/p>\n
774
\n00:38:48,760 –> 00:38:52,800
\nstill there when we die as well.
\nSo that’s what God is after. <\/p>\n
775
\n00:38:53,560 –> 00:38:55,600
\nSo first class, this one’s over
\ntoday. <\/p>\n
776
\n00:38:55,600 –> 00:38:58,240
\nBut hopefully some of these
\nthings we can learn. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:38:58,480 –> 00:39:01,480
\nGod doesn’t expect from us to do
\nsome impossible act to earn our <\/p>\n
778
\n00:39:01,480 –> 00:39:03,480
\nsalvation.
\nHe did that in Christ. <\/p>\n
779
\n00:39:03,720 –> 00:39:06,160
\nThat’s what he did.
\nHe won the war. <\/p>\n
780
\n00:39:06,520 –> 00:39:08,440
\nHe simply asked us to join the
\nbattle. <\/p>\n
781
\n00:39:09,160 –> 00:39:11,080
\nOr God loves you.
\nHe He wants you. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:39:11,080 –> 00:39:14,880
\nHe has free gift of grace.
\nHe wants to give it to you, but <\/p>\n
783
\n00:39:15,160 –> 00:39:18,640
\nhe gives it to you now, hoping
\nthat they will respond to that. <\/p>\n
784
\n00:39:18,640 –> 00:39:20,720
\nAnd that’s what will motivate us
\nto change. <\/p>\n
785
\n00:39:21,960 –> 00:39:23,200
\nBut he’s looking for faith in
\nus. <\/p>\n
786
\n00:39:23,360 –> 00:39:27,560
\nHe wants us to trust his game
\nplan, and he promises to save us<\/p>\n
787
\n00:39:27,560 –> 00:39:29,280
\nand his family.
\nThat’s a promise. <\/p>\n
788
\n00:39:29,400 –> 00:39:32,520
\nIt’s not like, well, maybe he
\nwill or he could if he wants to.<\/p>\n
789
\n00:39:32,680 –> 00:39:36,320
\nHe has promised that if you
\nfollow the game plan, it will <\/p>\n
790
\n00:39:36,320 –> 00:39:39,600
\ntake you to the end of you will
\nbe given eternal life. <\/p>\n
791
\n00:39:39,880 –> 00:39:42,480
\nThat’s what he will do.
\nAnd to become part of God’s <\/p>\n
792
\n00:39:42,480 –> 00:39:45,480
\nfamily forever, we’ve got to
\nlearn to live like his family <\/p>\n
793
\n00:39:45,480 –> 00:39:46,800
\nmembers.
\nWe’ve got to be like those <\/p>\n
794
\n00:39:46,800 –> 00:39:48,680
\nangels.
\nThey’re already there. <\/p>\n
795
\n00:39:48,680 –> 00:39:51,400
\nThey’re in the family.
\nThey they don’t bring out <\/p>\n
796
\n00:39:51,400 –> 00:39:54,480
\nreviling accusations of people.
\nThey don’t distrust people. <\/p>\n
797
\n00:39:54,640 –> 00:39:57,200
\nThey don’t treat Abraham or they
\nhide things from each other. <\/p>\n
798
\n00:39:57,480 –> 00:39:59,560
\nThey go to Abraham and say,
\nlook, you’re our friend, our <\/p>\n
799
\n00:39:59,560 –> 00:40:01,520
\nintimate friend.
\nWe want to tell you what we’re <\/p>\n
800
\n00:40:01,520 –> 00:40:04,040
\ndoing, but we’re not going to do
\nthis behind your back. <\/p>\n
801
\n00:40:04,480 –> 00:40:06,640
\nThat’s what they do.
\nOr when when they brought Lot <\/p>\n
802
\n00:40:06,640 –> 00:40:09,880
\nout of Sodom, those two angels
\nthat grabbed Lot and his wife by<\/p>\n
803
\n00:40:09,880 –> 00:40:13,840
\nthe hand and they walked them
\nout, The Lord being merciful to <\/p>\n
804
\n00:40:13,840 –> 00:40:16,520
\nhim.
\nThat’s how God’s family members <\/p>\n
805
\n00:40:16,520 –> 00:40:19,160
\nbehave, brothers and sisters.
\nAnd he’s left it there in the <\/p>\n
806
\n00:40:19,160 –> 00:40:22,760
\nBible for us to read.
\nBut we can read the Bible for 50<\/p>\n
807
\n00:40:22,760 –> 00:40:26,200
\nyears and never notice that the
\nangels are revealed in the <\/p>\n
808
\n00:40:26,200 –> 00:40:30,040
\nScriptures that teach us about
\nhow God’s family members behave.<\/p>\n
809
\n00:40:30,800 –> 00:40:33,160
\nSo I’ll leave it with that, and
\nthanks very much. <\/p>\n
810
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