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\nDinner.
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\nOh no, no did.
\nYou see all that good stuff in <\/p>\n
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\nthere?
\nYeah, so in our second class we <\/p>\n
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\nhad a look at how God did redeem
\nhis Son. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd now what we want to do is
\nlook at how God redeemed his Son<\/p>\n
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\nand how that same plan is
\navailable for US brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters today.
\nSo then you look back and <\/p>\n
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\nwonder, well, how did God ever
\nsave his Son? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat are the hints in the Bible
\nthat he did? <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, He had our nature, He
\nhad this proneness to sin. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat did he do?
\nAnd we get hints in the <\/p>\n
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\nScriptures.
\nWell, in Isaiah 50, it talks <\/p>\n
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\nabout immersing in the word that
\nthe Lord God has given me in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 4, the tongue of the learn
\nthat I should know how to speak <\/p>\n
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\na word in season to him who is
\nweary. <\/p>\n
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\nHe awakens me morning by morning
\nHe awakens me to hear as the <\/p>\n
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\nlearn the Lord God has opened my
\near and I was not rebellious, <\/p>\n
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\nnor did I turn away and and the
\nreason I bring this up is <\/p>\n
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\nbecause when you start looking
\nat well, how did God save his <\/p>\n
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\nson, then the mechanism to save
\nJesus is the very mechanism that<\/p>\n
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\nwe want to follow.
\nIf the Bible made such a <\/p>\n
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\ndifference in his life, the word
\nof God reprogrammed his brain <\/p>\n
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\nand helped him overcome the
\ndevil. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is what’s going to do it
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\nThis is why for young people,
\nyou wonder like, how are you <\/p>\n
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\never going to be different from
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\nin this world?
\nYou watch the lives that young <\/p>\n
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\npeople have today, the choices
\nthat they make, the things that <\/p>\n
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\nthey do in this world, all the
\nthings that are being offered to<\/p>\n
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\nyou that you can go do and have
\nfun and, and all this kind of, <\/p>\n
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\nhow are you ever going to be
\ndifferent? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, the way you’re going to be
\ndifferent is by going and, and <\/p>\n
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\nlistening to the scriptures and
\nletting God’s word get into our <\/p>\n
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\nour heads and reprogram the way
\nthe devil makes us think. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what saved, that’s part
\nat least of what saved Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist.
\nAnd that’s why we put such a <\/p>\n
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\nstress on the reading of God’s
\nword. <\/p>\n
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\nYou look at how God taught him
\nobedience through sufferings and<\/p>\n
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\ntrials.
\nAnd then you wonder, well, why <\/p>\n
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\ndoes God doing this to us?
\nAnd you wonder like, why does <\/p>\n
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\nGod bring health issues to our
\nlife? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy do we have accidents?
\nWhy do we go through family <\/p>\n
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\ntroubles, A collegial problem?
\nWhy does God do all this in our <\/p>\n
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\nlives?
\nAnd then you go back and look <\/p>\n
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\nat, well, this is how He saved
\nHis Son. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is how He saved Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy would we expect it to be any
\ndifferent with us in Hebrews 2 <\/p>\n
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\nat verse 10?
\nIt was fitting for him for whom <\/p>\n
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\nand and for whom are all things,
\nand by whom are all things, in <\/p>\n
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\nbringing many sons to glory.
\nSee that this was the goal, to <\/p>\n
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\nbring the many sons to make the
\ncaptain of their salvation <\/p>\n
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\nperfect through sufferings.
\nPerfect through sufferings, for <\/p>\n
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\nindeed in verse 16, He does not
\ngive aid to angels, but He does <\/p>\n
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\ngive aid to the seat of Abraham.
\nTherefore, in all things He had <\/p>\n
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\nto be made like his brethren,
\nthat he might be a merciful and <\/p>\n
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\na faithful high priest and
\nthings pertaining to God to make<\/p>\n
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\npropitiation for the sins of the
\npeople, or in that he himself <\/p>\n
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\nhas suffered being tempted.
\nHe had those feelings. <\/p>\n
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\nHe knew what it’s like when we
\ngo through those sufferings. <\/p>\n
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\nHe knows too, He felt them, but
\nbecause he went through that, <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s able to give aid to those
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\nthrough it himself.
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\nAnd again in Hebrews, because
\nPaul’s trying to stress why <\/p>\n
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\nChrist had to have our nature.
\nWhy did he have to be like us? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause the Hebrews would have
\nthought, well, their Messiah <\/p>\n
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\nshould have been somebody
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\nHe shouldn’t just be somebody of
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\nHe should have been like an
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\nHe should have been somebody
\nmore powerful, but Paul says in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 7, in the days of his
\nflesh, when he had offered up <\/p>\n
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\nprayers and supplications with
\nvehement cries and tears to him <\/p>\n
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\nwho was able to save him from
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\nhis godly fear.
\nThough he was a Son, yet he <\/p>\n
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\nlearned obedience by the things
\nwhich he suffered, and having <\/p>\n
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\nbeen perfected, he became the
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\nsalvation to all who obey him.
\nSee, this is the process that <\/p>\n
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\nThis is how God saved his Son. <\/p>\n
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\nHow do you take somebody born
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\nHow do you win the victory? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you, you put them through
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\nsuffering, you chasten your son,
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\nwhy would you expect it to be
\nany different in your lives? <\/p>\n
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\nYou think you’re going to be
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\nthe way that Christ went
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\nHe showed us the way to the <\/p>\n
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\nFather.
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\nsave all the rest of the
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\nThe difference is that the rest <\/p>\n
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\nhe went through this process.
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\nHe cries to his Father with
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\nin the evenings and talk to his
\ndad and cry for help to him who <\/p>\n
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\nis able to save him from death.
\nAnd he learned obedience by <\/p>\n
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\nthose things that he suffered.
\nAnd that’s exactly what God does<\/p>\n
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\nAnd so you then you look at, <\/p>\n
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\nWhy the cross? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy would he have his son
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\nWhy would he do that? <\/p>\n
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\nfought with his dad and said,
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\nI shouldn’t have to go through
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\nThat’s what Job did.
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\nthinking, wait a minute, God’s
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\nhow God would save him. <\/p>\n
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\nHow do you take a man like Jesus
\nChrist who’s never going to give<\/p>\n
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\nHow do you keep him humble? <\/p>\n
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\nHow would you do that?
\nHow would you prevent him from <\/p>\n
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\never giving into sin?
\nPaul got given a thorn in the <\/p>\n
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\nflesh.
\nHe asked three times that God <\/p>\n
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\nAnd God says, Oh no, you’ve, <\/p>\n
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\nyou’ve seen a lot, Paul, and my
\ngrace is sufficient for you and <\/p>\n
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\nmy power is made perfect in
\nweakness. <\/p>\n
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\nHow would you keep Jesus Christ
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\nAnd he puts in front of him the
\nfact that in the end you’re <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to hang up there in front
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\ngoing to publicly declare that I
\nam right and that sin must die. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what you’re going to do.
\nAnd he knew that’s what it was <\/p>\n
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\nin front of him and it was there
\nall the time. <\/p>\n
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\nYou look at him and he tries to
\nexplain to his disciples and <\/p>\n
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\nthey don’t want to hear it at
\nall. <\/p>\n
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\nThey don’t understand it, but
\nthis is what’s on his mind. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Luke 9 He said to them, But
\nwho do you say that I am? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Peter said the Christ right,
\nthe Christ of God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he strictly warned them and
\ncommanded them not to tell this <\/p>\n
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\nto anyone, saying the Son of Man
\nmust suffer many things and be <\/p>\n
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\nrejected by the elders and the
\nchief priests and the scribes, <\/p>\n
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\nand be killed and be raised the
\nthird day. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then he said to them all, if
\nanyone desires to come after me,<\/p>\n
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\nlet him deny himself, take up
\nhis cross daily and follow me. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the pathway back to God.
\nWe deny ourselves, we don’t give<\/p>\n
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\ninto our own will.
\nWe take up our cross and we <\/p>\n
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\nfollow Jesus Christ and we do
\nthe will of God, the will of him<\/p>\n
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\nwho he came to serve.
\nThat’s the that’s the goal. <\/p>\n
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\nThat is the game plan that God
\nhas always had to save all his <\/p>\n
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\nchildren.
\nIt’s been that way from Adam all<\/p>\n
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\nthe way to us today.
\nIt’s always been the same. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s, that’s the process for
\nsaving his children. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what he did then is he
\ndeveloped a trusting faith in <\/p>\n
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\nhis son.
\nHe helped his son through the <\/p>\n
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\nexperiences of life to trust him
\nin all circumstances. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this is what Paul was trying
\nto develop to the Hebrews. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s as part of why he wrote
\nthis letter. <\/p>\n
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\nHe knew they were going to be
\ngoing through periods of <\/p>\n
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\ntremendous suffering and
\npersecution at this time, and he<\/p>\n
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\ntries to encourage them.
\nAfter going through all his <\/p>\n
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\nexposition of the atonement, he
\nsays, look at you better get <\/p>\n
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\nready because the times are
\ncoming. <\/p>\n
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\nYou have need of endurance so
\nthat after doing the will of <\/p>\n
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\nGod, after you’ve done the will
\nof God, he says you may receive <\/p>\n
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\nthe promise.
\nThis was the game plan all along<\/p>\n
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\nfor yet a little while and he
\nwas coming, will come and not <\/p>\n
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\nTerry.
\nNow the just shall live by <\/p>\n
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\nfaith.
\nHe goes right back to Habakkuk, <\/p>\n
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\ngoes back to that historical
\nevent when Jeremiah had been <\/p>\n
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\nsaying if you believe God, if
\nyou trust God, when the <\/p>\n
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\nFor me, I can’t do that to <\/p>\n
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\n00:18:01,040 –> 00:18:03,880
\nsomebody else because God
\ndoesn’t do that to me. <\/p>\n
337
\n00:18:04,440 –> 00:18:06,240
\nAnd this is the power of this
\nsubject. <\/p>\n
338
\n00:18:06,240 –> 00:18:10,200
\nThis is how you learn to forgive
\nthe way God Forgives. <\/p>\n
339
\n00:18:10,240 –> 00:18:13,600
\nThis is how you learn to extend
\nHis grace and his mercy is by <\/p>\n
340
\n00:18:13,600 –> 00:18:15,960
\nappreciating what He’s done for
\nme. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:18:16,200 –> 00:18:19,320
\nAnd when you see what He’s done
\nfor us and you realize, wow, I <\/p>\n
342
\n00:18:19,320 –> 00:18:23,120
\nhave to do it for somebody else.
\nSo in Philippians 2, you can see<\/p>\n
343
\n00:18:23,120 –> 00:18:26,400
\nhow the apostle Paul would show
\nhow this motive force of the <\/p>\n
344
\n00:18:26,400 –> 00:18:28,760
\natonement will redeem us from
\nsin. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:18:28,760 –> 00:18:30,320
\nIt’s going to change the way we
\nlive. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:18:30,720 –> 00:18:33,520
\nAnd he talks about that at every
\ntongue should confess with <\/p>\n
347
\n00:18:33,520 –> 00:18:36,400
\nChrist having been raised from
\nthe dead and what he has that <\/p>\n
348
\n00:18:36,440 –> 00:18:39,200
\nJesus Christ is Lord to the
\nglory of God the Father. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:18:39,480 –> 00:18:43,320
\nTherefore, my beloved, as you
\nhave always obeyed, not in my <\/p>\n
350
\n00:18:43,320 –> 00:18:47,080
\npresence only, but now much more
\nin my absence, work out your own<\/p>\n
351
\n00:18:47,080 –> 00:18:48,960
\nsalvation with fear and
\ntrembling. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:18:49,200 –> 00:18:53,160
\nFor it is God who works in you
\nboth to will and to work for his<\/p>\n
353
\n00:18:53,160 –> 00:18:57,360
\ngood pleasure.
\nSo do all things without <\/p>\n
354
\n00:18:57,360 –> 00:19:01,520
\ncomplaining or disputing.
\nSee how he links those ideas <\/p>\n
355
\n00:19:01,520 –> 00:19:03,960
\ntogether.
\nYou work out your own salvation <\/p>\n
356
\n00:19:03,960 –> 00:19:07,240
\nwhen you realize what God has
\ndone for you, and you realize <\/p>\n
357
\n00:19:07,240 –> 00:19:10,160
\nwhat He’s accomplished for you.
\nThat we don’t deserve. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:19:10,360 –> 00:19:14,640
\nWe go forward in family life and
\necclesial life and we don’t <\/p>\n
359
\n00:19:14,640 –> 00:19:16,640
\ncomplain.
\nYou don’t complain. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:19:16,840 –> 00:19:19,680
\nYou might look at yourself right
\nnow and think, well, my parents,<\/p>\n
361
\n00:19:19,680 –> 00:19:22,160
\nthey’re different than other
\npeople’s parents and really it’s<\/p>\n
362
\n00:19:22,160 –> 00:19:23,880
\nOK if I complain about my
\nparents. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:19:24,320 –> 00:19:27,000
\nBut God says, or Paul says, in
\nthis case, you do all things <\/p>\n
364
\n00:19:27,000 –> 00:19:28,480
\nwithout complaining or
\ngrumbling. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:19:28,480 –> 00:19:31,160
\nYou do because you look at what
\nGod has done for you. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:19:31,680 –> 00:19:34,120
\nSo if you might think, well my
\nkids are different than somebody<\/p>\n
367
\n00:19:34,120 –> 00:19:36,640
\nelse’s kids and I can grumble
\nand complain about them because <\/p>\n
368
\n00:19:36,640 –> 00:19:39,440
\nthey’re not like other people’s
\nkids, they have trouble and so <\/p>\n
369
\n00:19:39,440 –> 00:19:41,240
\non.
\nBut you see, this is an <\/p>\n
370
\n00:19:41,240 –> 00:19:44,920
\nall-encompassing concept when we
\nsee what God has done for us <\/p>\n
371
\n00:19:44,920 –> 00:19:49,280
\nsinners and ungodly, and how He
\ntreats us, that we don’t <\/p>\n
372
\n00:19:49,280 –> 00:19:53,520
\ngrumble, we don’t complain, we
\ncooperate, we give thanks, we <\/p>\n
373
\n00:19:53,520 –> 00:19:56,720
\nhave joy, we have the peace of
\nGod that passes all <\/p>\n
374
\n00:19:56,720 –> 00:19:58,680
\nunderstanding.
\nWhereas Paul puts it in <\/p>\n
375
\n00:19:58,680 –> 00:20:01,760
\nEphesians one when he talks
\nabout how he’s hoping that the <\/p>\n
376
\n00:20:01,760 –> 00:20:04,280
\neyes of our understanding will
\nbe unlightened. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:20:04,280 –> 00:20:06,200
\nAnd you may know what is the
\nhope of His calling? <\/p>\n
378
\n00:20:06,200 –> 00:20:08,640
\nWhat are the riches of the glory
\nof the inheritance in the <\/p>\n
379
\n00:20:08,640 –> 00:20:10,920
\nSaints?
\nAnd what is the exceeding <\/p>\n
380
\n00:20:10,920 –> 00:20:15,360
\ngreatness of His power towards
\nus, who believe according to the<\/p>\n
381
\n00:20:15,360 –> 00:20:20,400
\nworking of His mighty power,
\nwith which He worked in Christ, <\/p>\n
382
\n00:20:20,560 –> 00:20:23,120
\nwhen He raised him from the
\ndead, and seated him at His <\/p>\n
383
\n00:20:23,120 –> 00:20:24,640
\nright hand in the heavenly
\nplaces? <\/p>\n
384
\n00:20:25,120 –> 00:20:29,400
\nSee, that power that was working
\nin his Son to develop the faith <\/p>\n
385
\n00:20:29,800 –> 00:20:33,400
\nthat that in his son that would
\nsave, that is the exceeding <\/p>\n
386
\n00:20:33,400 –> 00:20:36,000
\ngreatness of his power towards
\nus. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:20:36,280 –> 00:20:39,640
\nThat same power is operating in
\nUS, brothers and sisters, if we <\/p>\n
388
\n00:20:39,640 –> 00:20:41,720
\nlet it.
\nAnd we understand that that’s <\/p>\n
389
\n00:20:41,720 –> 00:20:44,760
\nwhat God is after.
\nHe’s after developing a faith <\/p>\n
390
\n00:20:45,000 –> 00:20:49,080
\nthat trusts him that believes in
\nhim the faith that saves for <\/p>\n
391
\n00:20:49,080 –> 00:20:52,600
\nwhich he can forgive us all our
\nmistakes or he goes on to say in<\/p>\n
392
\n00:20:52,600 –> 00:20:56,040
\nEphesians 3 that and when you
\ngive that prayer that now to him<\/p>\n
393
\n00:20:56,040 –> 00:20:59,960
\nwho is able to do exceeding
\nabundantly above all that we ask<\/p>\n
394
\n00:20:59,960 –> 00:21:04,800
\nor think according to the power
\nthat works in us to him be glory<\/p>\n
395
\n00:21:04,800 –> 00:21:08,280
\nin the ecclesia by Christ Jesus
\nto all generations forever and <\/p>\n
396
\n00:21:08,280 –> 00:21:11,960
\never see what God can do in your
\nlife right now might seem <\/p>\n
397
\n00:21:11,960 –> 00:21:13,840
\nimpossible.
\nYou we think I can’t overcome <\/p>\n
398
\n00:21:13,840 –> 00:21:15,520
\nthat.
\nI can’t treat somebody like <\/p>\n
399
\n00:21:15,520 –> 00:21:17,160
\nthis.
\nI can’t forgive them of that. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:21:17,320 –> 00:21:18,720
\nI can’t.
\nI can’t. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:21:19,280 –> 00:21:23,680
\nBut God says you can.
\nYou can because there is a power<\/p>\n
402
\n00:21:23,720 –> 00:21:26,960
\nat work within you when you
\nunderstand the Atonement. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:21:27,000 –> 00:21:31,120
\nBy the grace at which He saves
\nus, what He’s done for us will <\/p>\n
404
\n00:21:31,120 –> 00:21:34,400
\ninevitably cause us to live
\ndifferently towards other <\/p>\n
405
\n00:21:34,400 –> 00:21:36,440
\npeople.
\nAnd it’s a power that will end <\/p>\n
406
\n00:21:36,440 –> 00:21:40,800
\nup allowing us to do far more
\nabundantly than all that we ask <\/p>\n
407
\n00:21:40,800 –> 00:21:43,440
\nor think.
\nOr as the Paul puts it in in <\/p>\n
408
\n00:21:43,440 –> 00:21:46,360
\nRomans chapter 1 when he says,
\nI’m not ashamed of the gospel of<\/p>\n
409
\n00:21:46,360 –> 00:21:49,080
\nChrist in verse 16.
\nFor it is the power of God to <\/p>\n
410
\n00:21:49,080 –> 00:21:54,400
\nsalvation to everyone who has
\nfaith, to everyone who believes,<\/p>\n
411
\n00:21:54,680 –> 00:21:56,920
\nto the Jew 1st, and also for the
\nGreek. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:21:57,320 –> 00:22:01,720
\nFor in it the righteousness of
\nGod is revealed from faith to <\/p>\n
413
\n00:22:01,720 –> 00:22:05,520
\nfaith as it is written.
\nThe just shall live by faith. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:22:05,800 –> 00:22:09,560
\nThis is the power of faith in
\nour lives and the gospel of <\/p>\n
415
\n00:22:09,560 –> 00:22:12,800
\nChrist is that power of God
\nbecause it reveals the <\/p>\n
416
\n00:22:12,800 –> 00:22:15,240
\nrighteousness that comes by
\nfaith. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:22:15,520 –> 00:22:19,000
\nNot righteousness according to
\nworks of law, but righteousness <\/p>\n
418
\n00:22:19,000 –> 00:22:21,720
\nthat comes by faith.
\nWhich is why the apostle Paul <\/p>\n
419
\n00:22:21,720 –> 00:22:24,160
\nwould say when he wrote to those
\nCorinthians that he would preach<\/p>\n
420
\n00:22:24,160 –> 00:22:27,960
\nJesus Christ and him crucified
\nbecause he said in verse 22 of <\/p>\n
421
\n00:22:27,960 –> 00:22:31,560
\nchapter 1, the Jews request a
\nsign and the Greeks seek after <\/p>\n
422
\n00:22:31,560 –> 00:22:35,000
\nwisdom, but we preach Christ
\ncrucified. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:22:35,360 –> 00:22:37,080
\nTo the Jews, it’s a stumbling
\nblock. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:22:37,240 –> 00:22:39,680
\nYou know, they don’t think their
\nMessiah is crucified. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:22:39,920 –> 00:22:42,360
\nHow can God save us from the
\nRomans when we have a weak <\/p>\n
426
\n00:22:42,360 –> 00:22:44,960
\ncrucified Messiah?
\nAnd to the Greeks, it’s <\/p>\n
427
\n00:22:44,960 –> 00:22:47,800
\nfoolishness.
\nThe Greeks with all their wisdom<\/p>\n
428
\n00:22:47,800 –> 00:22:50,000
\nover there in Athens and their
\nStoic and Epicurean <\/p>\n
429
\n00:22:50,000 –> 00:22:53,120
\nphilosophies, they think that
\nthe Christ crucified, that’s <\/p>\n
430
\n00:22:53,120 –> 00:22:55,720
\nwhat’s going to save people.
\nThey think it’s ridiculous. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:22:56,240 –> 00:23:02,000
\nBut to those who are called both
\nJews and Greeks, Christ, the <\/p>\n
432
\n00:23:02,000 –> 00:23:04,440
\npower of God and the wisdom of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:23:04,880 –> 00:23:08,960
\nBecause when you understand what
\nGod did in his Son, saving him <\/p>\n
434
\n00:23:08,960 –> 00:23:12,240
\nthrough developing obedience by
\nfaith, through the things that <\/p>\n
435
\n00:23:12,240 –> 00:23:15,080
\nhe suffered, and you realize
\nthat’s what God’s willing to do <\/p>\n
436
\n00:23:15,080 –> 00:23:17,800
\nto us, it becomes a power in
\nyour life. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:23:17,800 –> 00:23:21,080
\nIt’s a motive force that will
\nchange the way you live. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:23:21,320 –> 00:23:24,480
\nBecause the full interest of God
\nis wiser than men, and the <\/p>\n
439
\n00:23:24,480 –> 00:23:26,840
\nweakness of God is stronger than
\nmen. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:23:27,200 –> 00:23:31,120
\nSo Christ’s death on the cross
\nthen when he destroyed sin and <\/p>\n
441
\n00:23:31,120 –> 00:23:34,640
\nkilled the devil and put it to
\ndeath and trusted his father and<\/p>\n
442
\n00:23:34,640 –> 00:23:37,280
\nwent up there by faith and
\nbelieved that his father was <\/p>\n
443
\n00:23:37,280 –> 00:23:40,080
\nright, that is the motive force
\nGod uses. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:23:40,080 –> 00:23:44,760
\nIt is the most powerful thing
\nGod could ever give to change <\/p>\n
445
\n00:23:44,760 –> 00:23:46,960
\nyour life.
\nIt’s it can do for you what <\/p>\n
446
\n00:23:46,960 –> 00:23:48,760
\nanimal sacrifices could never
\ndo. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:23:48,960 –> 00:23:51,040
\nA serpent on the pole could
\nnever do it. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:23:51,360 –> 00:23:53,680
\nYou know, circumcision could
\nnever do it. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:23:53,920 –> 00:23:58,480
\nEven baptism can’t do it, but
\nwhen you understand what Christ <\/p>\n
450
\n00:23:58,480 –> 00:24:01,600
\ndid on the pole, when you
\nunderstand Jesus Christ and Him <\/p>\n
451
\n00:24:01,600 –> 00:24:05,360
\ncrucified, and you identify with
\nthat and take up your cross and <\/p>\n
452
\n00:24:05,360 –> 00:24:07,920
\nfollow Him, you get a different
\nlife. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:24:07,920 –> 00:24:10,960
\nYour life changes.
\nSo Christ would say in Luke 9, <\/p>\n
454
\n00:24:10,960 –> 00:24:14,720
\nthen at verse 22 that the Son of
\nMan is going to suffer and many,<\/p>\n
455
\n00:24:14,720 –> 00:24:17,280
\nmany things, and be rejected by
\nthe elders and the chief priests<\/p>\n
456
\n00:24:17,280 –> 00:24:19,520
\nand the scribes, and be killed
\nand raised the third day. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:24:19,960 –> 00:24:23,520
\nAnd then He said to them all, if
\nanyone desires to come after me,<\/p>\n
458
\n00:24:23,520 –> 00:24:27,520
\nlet Him deny Himself and take up
\nHis cross daily and follow me. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:24:27,520 –> 00:24:32,480
\nFor whoever desires to save his
\nlife, lose it, and whoever loses<\/p>\n
460
\n00:24:32,480 –> 00:24:34,720
\nhis life for my sake will save
\nit. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:24:35,000 –> 00:24:39,840
\nIf we join Christ in His
\nmechanism of salvation, His plan<\/p>\n
462
\n00:24:39,840 –> 00:24:43,720
\nof redemption, and how God saved
\nHis Son, that is what will save <\/p>\n
463
\n00:24:43,720 –> 00:24:45,360
\nus too.
\nBrothers and sisters, there only<\/p>\n
464
\n00:24:45,360 –> 00:24:48,600
\nreally ever was one way.
\nSo now you can see that when <\/p>\n
465
\n00:24:48,600 –> 00:24:52,320
\nPaul develops this in Romans 8,
\nwhat he’s driving it that he <\/p>\n
466
\n00:24:52,320 –> 00:24:55,720
\nsays there that that God did
\nwhat the law could not do and in<\/p>\n
467
\n00:24:55,720 –> 00:24:58,200
\nverse three that for what the
\nlaw could not do and that it was<\/p>\n
468
\n00:24:58,200 –> 00:25:00,080
\nweak through the flesh.
\nThat was the problem. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:25:00,080 –> 00:25:01,880
\nThe problem was always the
\nflesh. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:25:02,080 –> 00:25:05,640
\nIt wasn’t God’s law.
\nGod finally did it by sending <\/p>\n
471
\n00:25:05,640 –> 00:25:08,520
\nHis own Son in the likeness of
\nsinful flesh and on account of <\/p>\n
472
\n00:25:08,520 –> 00:25:14,520
\nsin, He condemned sin in the
\nflesh that the righteous <\/p>\n
473
\n00:25:14,520 –> 00:25:18,080
\nrequirement of the law might be
\nfulfilled in US. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:25:18,400 –> 00:25:21,080
\nWhat was that?
\nSee, it was that aim of the law <\/p>\n
475
\n00:25:21,080 –> 00:25:24,880
\nto love God and love your
\nbrothers and sisters, love your <\/p>\n
476
\n00:25:24,880 –> 00:25:28,080
\nneighbor as yourself, and it’s
\nfinally fulfilled in us when we <\/p>\n
477
\n00:25:28,080 –> 00:25:31,320
\ndon’t walk according to the
\nflesh, but we walk according to <\/p>\n
478
\n00:25:31,320 –> 00:25:33,280
\nthe Spirit.
\nThat’s what Paul has. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:25:33,280 –> 00:25:37,040
\nThat’s what he saw is the power
\nof the cross, or when he deals <\/p>\n
480
\n00:25:37,040 –> 00:25:40,040
\nwith it in Romans 5 when he said
\nthat, look at when we were still<\/p>\n
481
\n00:25:40,040 –> 00:25:42,720
\nwithout strength.
\nIn due time Christ died for the <\/p>\n
482
\n00:25:42,720 –> 00:25:45,680
\nungodly, and scarcely A
\nrighteous man will die, but <\/p>\n
483
\n00:25:46,360 –> 00:25:48,520
\nscarcely for a righteous man
\nwill one not. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:25:48,520 –> 00:25:51,600
\nWould one die, but perhaps for a
\ngood man someone might, might <\/p>\n
485
\n00:25:51,600 –> 00:25:54,360
\neven dare to die.
\nBut God demonstrates His own <\/p>\n
486
\n00:25:54,360 –> 00:25:58,200
\nlove towards us, and that while
\nwe were sinners, Christ died for<\/p>\n
487
\n00:25:58,200 –> 00:26:03,160
\nus much more than now.
\nHaving been justified by His <\/p>\n
488
\n00:26:03,160 –> 00:26:05,640
\nblood.
\nShall we be saved from wrath <\/p>\n
489
\n00:26:05,640 –> 00:26:09,040
\nthrough Him?
\nFor if while we were enemies, we<\/p>\n
490
\n00:26:09,040 –> 00:26:11,800
\nwere reconciled to God through
\nthe death of his Son? <\/p>\n
491
\n00:26:12,080 –> 00:26:15,360
\nOh yeah, if that’s the case, if
\nwhile we were enemies, ungodly <\/p>\n
492
\n00:26:15,360 –> 00:26:18,840
\nand sinners, God has reconciled
\nto us, to him through the death <\/p>\n
493
\n00:26:18,840 –> 00:26:21,200
\nof his Son.
\nMuch more, having been <\/p>\n
494
\n00:26:21,200 –> 00:26:25,000
\nreconciled, shall we be saved by
\nhis life because we come out of <\/p>\n
495
\n00:26:25,000 –> 00:26:29,840
\nthe waters of baptism committed
\nto walk in a new way of life <\/p>\n
496
\n00:26:30,040 –> 00:26:33,640
\nwhere we agree with him that the
\ndevil must be destroyed, sin <\/p>\n
497
\n00:26:33,640 –> 00:26:36,480
\nmust die.
\nWe can’t treat people the way we<\/p>\n
498
\n00:26:36,480 –> 00:26:39,240
\nused to treat people.
\nWe can’t do the things we <\/p>\n
499
\n00:26:39,240 –> 00:26:40,680
\nthought we used to be able to
\ndo. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:26:40,840 –> 00:26:43,640
\nWe can’t do all those wicked
\nthings that Paul would write to <\/p>\n
501
\n00:26:43,640 –> 00:26:46,080
\nthem and say that these people
\nwon’t be in the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:26:46,320 –> 00:26:50,560
\nAnd such were some of you.
\nBut now you’ve been changed and <\/p>\n
503
\n00:26:50,560 –> 00:26:53,640
\nhe saw the power of the the
\ncross of Christ to change <\/p>\n
504
\n00:26:53,640 –> 00:26:57,000
\npeople’s life, or as Paul would
\nsay in Romans 6 when he deals <\/p>\n
505
\n00:26:57,000 –> 00:27:00,680
\nwith this, that if we have been
\nunited together in the likeness <\/p>\n
506
\n00:27:00,680 –> 00:27:04,320
\nof his death, well, how do you
\nget united in the likeness of <\/p>\n
507
\n00:27:04,320 –> 00:27:06,440
\nhis death?
\nWe’re not being put up on a <\/p>\n
508
\n00:27:06,440 –> 00:27:08,560
\npole.
\nYou’re not being crucified by <\/p>\n
509
\n00:27:08,560 –> 00:27:11,160
\nthe world.
\nPeople aren’t doing that to you.<\/p>\n
510
\n00:27:11,400 –> 00:27:15,040
\nYou’re not being tortured.
\nSo how do you become united in <\/p>\n
511
\n00:27:15,040 –> 00:27:19,040
\nthe likeness of his death?
\nYou join him and his death to <\/p>\n
512
\n00:27:19,040 –> 00:27:21,560
\nsin.
\nYou become identified with Him <\/p>\n
513
\n00:27:21,560 –> 00:27:24,720
\nlike in the animal sacrifice and
\nsay this is really what I want <\/p>\n
514
\n00:27:24,720 –> 00:27:26,400
\nto do.
\nI want to put sin to death. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:27:26,760 –> 00:27:30,560
\nIf we do that, like baptism is a
\nsymbol of certainly we shall <\/p>\n
516
\n00:27:30,560 –> 00:27:32,760
\nalso be in the likeness of his
\nresurrection. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:27:33,120 –> 00:27:36,120
\nKnowing this, that our old man
\nwas crucified with him. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:27:36,360 –> 00:27:39,760
\nThe old man was crucified.
\nThis is something we do, not <\/p>\n
519
\n00:27:39,760 –> 00:27:44,080
\nsomething that is done to us.
\nWe put the old man to death, the<\/p>\n
520
\n00:27:44,080 –> 00:27:47,280
\nold man’s crucified with him.
\nThis is what we’ve been asked to<\/p>\n
521
\n00:27:47,280 –> 00:27:51,280
\ndo, is to join Christ in his
\ndeath to sin, that the body of <\/p>\n
522
\n00:27:51,280 –> 00:27:54,240
\nsin might be done away with,
\nthat we should no longer be <\/p>\n
523
\n00:27:54,240 –> 00:27:57,200
\nslaves of sin.
\nFor he was died, has been freed <\/p>\n
524
\n00:27:57,200 –> 00:27:59,760
\nfrom sin.
\nAnd now if we died with Christ, <\/p>\n
525
\n00:27:59,760 –> 00:28:03,120
\nwe believe that we shall also
\nlive with him, knowing that <\/p>\n
526
\n00:28:03,120 –> 00:28:07,080
\nChrist, having been raised from
\nthe dead, dies no more death, no<\/p>\n
527
\n00:28:07,080 –> 00:28:11,520
\nlonger has dominion over him.
\nFor the death that he died, He <\/p>\n
528
\n00:28:11,520 –> 00:28:16,040
\ndied to sin once for all.
\nThat’s the death he died. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:28:16,240 –> 00:28:20,360
\nThat’s the death we come to
\nremember on every Sunday <\/p>\n
530
\n00:28:20,360 –> 00:28:22,360
\nmorning.
\nWe don’t come to remember what <\/p>\n
531
\n00:28:22,360 –> 00:28:25,880
\nthey did to him.
\nWe come to remember what he did <\/p>\n
532
\n00:28:26,080 –> 00:28:29,840
\nto sin.
\nHe killed the devil, and that’s <\/p>\n
533
\n00:28:29,840 –> 00:28:33,080
\nthe death that he died.
\nHe died to sin once for all. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:28:33,080 –> 00:28:35,400
\nAnd the life that he lives, he
\nlives to God. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:28:35,760 –> 00:28:40,280
\nSo likewise you also reckon
\nyourselves to be dead, indeed to<\/p>\n
536
\n00:28:40,280 –> 00:28:44,440
\nsin, but alive to God in Jesus
\nChrist our Lord. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:28:44,880 –> 00:28:48,000
\nSo Paul would say that the
\nColossians in chapter 2 at verse<\/p>\n
538
\n00:28:48,000 –> 00:28:52,400
\n11 in him also you were
\ncircumcised with the <\/p>\n
539
\n00:28:52,400 –> 00:28:55,600
\ncircumcision made without hands
\nby the putting off the body of <\/p>\n
540
\n00:28:55,600 –> 00:28:58,360
\nthe flesh in the circumcision of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:28:58,520 –> 00:29:02,520
\nSee this is what circumcision
\nwas really all about was cutting<\/p>\n
542
\n00:29:02,520 –> 00:29:06,000
\noff the old man of the flesh.
\nIt’s like baptism. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:29:06,000 –> 00:29:08,680
\nSo then he connects it right
\naway and you were buried with <\/p>\n
544
\n00:29:08,680 –> 00:29:10,760
\nhim in baptism.
\nSo if you didn’t get it by <\/p>\n
545
\n00:29:10,760 –> 00:29:14,280
\ncircumcision, hopefully you will
\nget it by baptism in which you <\/p>\n
546
\n00:29:14,280 –> 00:29:17,120
\nwere were also raised with him
\nthrough faith in the working of <\/p>\n
547
\n00:29:17,120 –> 00:29:19,120
\nGod.
\nWe went down into the waters of <\/p>\n
548
\n00:29:19,120 –> 00:29:19,960
\nbaptism.
\nWe. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:29:19,960 –> 00:29:22,120
\nCommitted and begged God to
\nhelp. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:29:22,240 –> 00:29:24,600
\nUS put the.
\nOld man to death, and we walk <\/p>\n
551
\n00:29:24,600 –> 00:29:26,880
\nout committed to a new way of
\nlife. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:29:27,680 –> 00:29:30,520
\nAs he says, you were raised with
\nhim through faith in the working<\/p>\n
553
\n00:29:30,520 –> 00:29:33,960
\nof God, who raised him from the
\ndead, and you who were dead in <\/p>\n
554
\n00:29:33,960 –> 00:29:36,600
\nyour trespasses, in the
\nuncircumcision of your flesh. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:29:36,920 –> 00:29:41,440
\nGod made a lie together with
\nhim, having forgiven us of all <\/p>\n
556
\n00:29:41,440 –> 00:29:44,680
\nour trespasses and canceled the
\nbond which stood against us with<\/p>\n
557
\n00:29:44,680 –> 00:29:48,000
\nits legal demands.
\nThis law and this law of sin and<\/p>\n
558
\n00:29:48,000 –> 00:29:50,280
\nthis he set aside, nailing it to
\nthe cross. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:29:50,640 –> 00:29:54,480
\nSee, that’s what God was doing.
\nHe was nailing that to the <\/p>\n
560
\n00:29:54,480 –> 00:29:57,160
\ncross.
\nThat was His intent all along, <\/p>\n
561
\n00:29:57,200 –> 00:30:00,520
\nthat the old man would be put up
\nthere and all of the bondage <\/p>\n
562
\n00:30:00,520 –> 00:30:02,320
\nthat it brought.
\nTo those who are all their. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:30:02,320 –> 00:30:05,960
\nLifetime subject to bondage
\nwould be nailed up there on the.<\/p>\n
564
\n00:30:05,960 –> 00:30:08,720
\nCross don’t.
\nEver build your religion and <\/p>\n
565
\n00:30:08,720 –> 00:30:11,600
\nyour understanding of the
\natonement from the perspective <\/p>\n
566
\n00:30:11,600 –> 00:30:13,960
\nof the people who are killing
\nJesus Christ? <\/p>\n
567
\n00:30:14,560 –> 00:30:17,280
\nIt’s a terrible error.
\nAnd yet there’s a tendency to <\/p>\n
568
\n00:30:17,280 –> 00:30:20,200
\nwant to do that because then
\nwe’re free and I can do what I <\/p>\n
569
\n00:30:20,200 –> 00:30:23,240
\nwant and he’s my substitute.
\nAnd but it’s it’s a terrible <\/p>\n
570
\n00:30:23,240 –> 00:30:25,600
\nmistake because you lose the
\npower of the cross. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:30:26,400 –> 00:30:29,440
\nSo when we were circumcised, so
\nwe were baptized with Christ, <\/p>\n
572
\n00:30:29,440 –> 00:30:31,960
\nthat’s what we did.
\nWe asked God to help us put sin <\/p>\n
573
\n00:30:31,960 –> 00:30:33,960
\nto death.
\nHe goes on to the Colossians in <\/p>\n
574
\n00:30:33,960 –> 00:30:35,960
\nchapter 3.
\nAnd he says, if you were raised <\/p>\n
575
\n00:30:35,960 –> 00:30:38,840
\nwith Christ, if you came out of
\nthe water and you came up the <\/p>\n
576
\n00:30:38,880 –> 00:30:42,680
\nnew way of life, if we’ve been
\nraised with Christ, now shall we<\/p>\n
577
\n00:30:42,680 –> 00:30:45,840
\nsin that grace may abound?
\nOh no, that isn’t what it was <\/p>\n
578
\n00:30:45,840 –> 00:30:48,280
\nabout.
\nSeek the things which are above <\/p>\n
579
\n00:30:48,280 –> 00:30:50,840
\nwhere Christ is sitting at the
\nright hand of God. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:30:51,040 –> 00:30:53,720
\nThat’s where we want to be.
\nWe come out of those waters <\/p>\n
581
\n00:30:53,720 –> 00:30:57,240
\npleading with Him to help us
\nlive a new life patterned after <\/p>\n
582
\n00:30:57,240 –> 00:31:00,600
\nthe resurrected Christ.
\nYou know, we set our minds on <\/p>\n
583
\n00:31:00,600 –> 00:31:03,000
\nthings that are above, not on
\nthings that are on the earth. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:31:03,160 –> 00:31:06,400
\nFor you died, you died.
\nThis is what it was all about. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:31:06,400 –> 00:31:08,960
\nWe joined Christ in his death to
\nsin. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:31:09,280 –> 00:31:12,200
\nWe died and our life is now
\nhidden with Christ and God. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:31:12,440 –> 00:31:15,320
\nAnd when Christ who is our life
\nappears, then you also will <\/p>\n
588
\n00:31:15,320 –> 00:31:18,920
\nappear with Him in glory.
\nTherefore, what to death your <\/p>\n
589
\n00:31:18,920 –> 00:31:22,480
\nmembers which are on the earth?
\nThis is this is something we do <\/p>\n
590
\n00:31:22,480 –> 00:31:26,040
\nnot which is done to us.
\nSee, God is trying to get us on <\/p>\n
591
\n00:31:26,040 –> 00:31:28,480
\nhis side.
\nHe doesn’t want to always, you <\/p>\n
592
\n00:31:28,600 –> 00:31:30,840
\nknow, keep hitting us on the
\nhead that sinners deserve to <\/p>\n
593
\n00:31:30,840 –> 00:31:32,200
\ndie.
\nSinners deserve to die. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:31:32,200 –> 00:31:35,200
\nSinners deserve to die.
\nAnd hopefully we don’t come here<\/p>\n
595
\n00:31:35,200 –> 00:31:37,520
\nevery Sunday morning thinking
\nthat’s what he’s trying to teach<\/p>\n
596
\n00:31:37,520 –> 00:31:40,000
\nus.
\nIt’s true that sinners deserve <\/p>\n
597
\n00:31:40,000 –> 00:31:43,040
\nto die, But now what do we do?
\nWhat do we do about it? <\/p>\n
598
\n00:31:43,040 –> 00:31:46,800
\nWell, what we do is we join
\nChrist in his death to sin. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:31:47,120 –> 00:31:49,520
\nSo we put the death on the
\nmembers which are on earth. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:31:50,000 –> 00:31:51,040
\nFornication.
\nWe can’t. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:31:51,040 –> 00:31:53,560
\nLive like that.
\nUncleanness, passion, evil <\/p>\n
602
\n00:31:53,560 –> 00:31:56,240
\ndesire, covetousness, which is
\nidolatry. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:31:56,520 –> 00:31:58,920
\nBecause of these things, the
\nwrath of God’s coming on the <\/p>\n
604
\n00:31:58,920 –> 00:32:03,640
\nsons of, of disobedience in
\nwhich you yourselves once <\/p>\n
605
\n00:32:03,840 –> 00:32:06,880
\nwalked, you were like this
\nbefore your baptism. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:32:06,880 –> 00:32:10,520
\nYou used to be like this, but
\nnow you don’t do that anymore. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:32:10,800 –> 00:32:14,280
\nBut now you yourselves had to
\nput off these things, anger, <\/p>\n
608
\n00:32:14,320 –> 00:32:18,160
\nwrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy
\nlanguage out of your mouth. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:32:18,640 –> 00:32:22,160
\nDo not lie to one another, since
\nyou put off the old man with his<\/p>\n
610
\n00:32:22,160 –> 00:32:25,560
\ndeeds and have put on the new
\nman, which is renewed in the <\/p>\n
611
\n00:32:25,560 –> 00:32:28,800
\nknowledge, according to the
\nimage of him who created him. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:32:29,040 –> 00:32:32,320
\nThis doctrine is supposed to
\nchange how we live. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:32:32,760 –> 00:32:35,160
\nPaul would talk to the
\nGalatians, as was mentioned in <\/p>\n
614
\n00:32:35,160 –> 00:32:37,000
\nin the prayer about the fruit of
\nthe Spirit. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:32:37,320 –> 00:32:40,640
\nThe fruit of the Spirit is love
\nand joy and peace and <\/p>\n
616
\n00:32:40,640 –> 00:32:43,320
\nlong-suffering and kindness and
\ngoodness and faithfulness, <\/p>\n
617
\n00:32:43,680 –> 00:32:47,280
\ngentleness and self-control.
\nAgainst such there is no law. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:32:47,480 –> 00:32:50,000
\nYou can’t command those things
\nby law. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:32:50,400 –> 00:32:53,120
\nAnd those who are Christ have
\ncrucified the flesh with its <\/p>\n
620
\n00:32:53,120 –> 00:32:56,960
\npassions and desires.
\nSo if we live in the Spirit, let<\/p>\n
621
\n00:32:56,960 –> 00:33:00,760
\nus walk in the Spirit.
\nThis is supposed to change the <\/p>\n
622
\n00:33:00,760 –> 00:33:03,840
\nway we live because we have been
\ncrucified with Christ. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:33:04,160 –> 00:33:07,240
\nThat’s what God has been after
\nall along in this whole subject.<\/p>\n
624
\n00:33:07,520 –> 00:33:10,600
\nSo Peter reminds us in second
\nPeter 21. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:33:12,000 –> 00:33:16,160
\nFor to this you were called,
\nbecause Christ also suffered for<\/p>\n
626
\n00:33:16,160 –> 00:33:19,760
\nus, leaving us an example that
\nyou should follow. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:33:19,760 –> 00:33:24,440
\nIn His steps He committed no
\nsin, nor was deceit found in His<\/p>\n
628
\n00:33:24,440 –> 00:33:27,640
\nmouth, who when He was reviled
\ndid not revile in return. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:33:27,640 –> 00:33:31,560
\nAnd when He suffered, He did not
\nthreaten, but committed himself <\/p>\n
630
\n00:33:31,560 –> 00:33:36,440
\nto Him who judges righteously,
\nwho bore our sins in His own <\/p>\n
631
\n00:33:36,440 –> 00:33:42,160
\nbody on the tree, that we,
\nhaving died to sins, might live <\/p>\n
632
\n00:33:42,160 –> 00:33:46,040
\nfor righteousness.
\nBy whose stripes you were <\/p>\n
633
\n00:33:46,040 –> 00:33:49,120
\nhealed.
\nSee, this is the way Peter uses <\/p>\n
634
\n00:33:49,120 –> 00:33:51,160
\nit.
\nWe have been asked to follow in <\/p>\n
635
\n00:33:51,160 –> 00:33:54,840
\nChrist’s steps.
\nHe went first, and we must <\/p>\n
636
\n00:33:54,840 –> 00:34:01,320
\nfollow him to the Father.
\nJude also reminds us in verse 24<\/p>\n
637
\n00:34:01,520 –> 00:34:05,320
\nwhen he ends up his little
\nletter there with a prayer that <\/p>\n
638
\n00:34:05,320 –> 00:34:09,520
\nnow to him who is able to keep
\nyou from stumbling. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:34:10,199 –> 00:34:13,800
\nThat’s the aspect of the animal
\nand the animal sacrifice that <\/p>\n
640
\n00:34:14,159 –> 00:34:16,000
\nthe animal had to be without
\nblemish. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:34:16,000 –> 00:34:18,840
\nIt couldn’t have unequal legs,
\ncouldn’t be in such a way that <\/p>\n
642
\n00:34:18,840 –> 00:34:21,960
\nit would stumble.
\nSo He’s able to keep us from <\/p>\n
643
\n00:34:21,960 –> 00:34:24,480
\nstumbling.
\nHe’s able to prevent us from <\/p>\n
644
\n00:34:24,480 –> 00:34:29,440
\nsinning and to present you
\nblameless before the presence of<\/p>\n
645
\n00:34:29,440 –> 00:34:33,840
\nhis glory with great joy.
\nSee, those are the two aspects <\/p>\n
646
\n00:34:33,840 –> 00:34:37,920
\nof God’s redemptive plan.
\nHe’s able to turn US away from <\/p>\n
647
\n00:34:37,920 –> 00:34:41,760
\nsin and keep us from stumbling.
\nNot perfectly, but He’s able to <\/p>\n
648
\n00:34:42,159 –> 00:34:45,880
\nmotivate us to work on it.
\nAnd then because of that, He can<\/p>\n
649
\n00:34:45,880 –> 00:34:50,880
\npresent us blameless before the
\npresence of His glory with great<\/p>\n
650
\n00:34:50,880 –> 00:34:52,960
\njoy.
\nThat’s what God’s redemptive <\/p>\n
651
\n00:34:52,960 –> 00:34:56,120
\nplan does.
\nIt motivates us to live for God <\/p>\n
652
\n00:34:56,440 –> 00:34:59,800
\nand then provides us with the
\nforgiveness of our sins. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:35:00,680 –> 00:35:04,840
\nAnd then Titus uses this in the
\nsame way in Titus chapter 2 at <\/p>\n
654
\n00:35:04,840 –> 00:35:08,440
\nverse 11.
\nFor the grace of God that brings<\/p>\n
655
\n00:35:08,440 –> 00:35:13,800
\nsalvation has appeared to all
\nmen, teaching us that, denying <\/p>\n
656
\n00:35:13,800 –> 00:35:18,440
\nungodliness and worldly lusts,
\nwe should live soberly, <\/p>\n
657
\n00:35:18,520 –> 00:35:22,720
\nrighteously, and godly in the
\npresent age, looking for the <\/p>\n
658
\n00:35:22,720 –> 00:35:26,280
\nblessed hope and glorious
\nappearing of our great God and <\/p>\n
659
\n00:35:26,280 –> 00:35:31,640
\nSavior Jesus Christ, who gave
\nHimself for us, that He might <\/p>\n
660
\n00:35:31,840 –> 00:35:38,920
\nredeem us from every lawless
\ndeed, and purify for himself His<\/p>\n
661
\n00:35:38,920 –> 00:35:42,360
\nown special people, zealous for
\ngood works. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:35:43,000 –> 00:35:46,600
\nSee Titus has both aspects in
\nhis letter as well. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:35:47,080 –> 00:35:51,480
\nWhen Paul wrote to Titus, he
\nsaid he gave himself for us that<\/p>\n
664
\n00:35:51,480 –> 00:35:54,920
\nhe might redeem us from every
\nlawless deed. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:35:55,000 –> 00:35:59,400
\nThat’s the goal, to turn US away
\nfrom those lawless deeds and <\/p>\n
666
\n00:35:59,480 –> 00:36:03,520
\npurify for himself his own
\nspecial people who are zealous <\/p>\n
667
\n00:36:03,520 –> 00:36:06,920
\nfor good works.
\nSo God’s redemptive plan will do<\/p>\n
668
\n00:36:06,920 –> 00:36:08,840
\nboth things.
\nIt will provide us with the <\/p>\n
669
\n00:36:08,840 –> 00:36:13,120
\nforgiveness of our sins and
\nmotivate us to live for God. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:36:15,200 –> 00:36:19,320
\nIt’s interesting when Peter uses
\nthe the promises to Abraham or <\/p>\n
671
\n00:36:19,320 –> 00:36:23,040
\nthe blessing of Abraham in Acts
\nchapter 3 at verse 25. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:36:23,400 –> 00:36:26,160
\nHe does it in a way that we
\ndon’t normally cover. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:36:26,560 –> 00:36:28,400
\nWe talk about the promises to
\nAbraham. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:36:28,400 –> 00:36:31,760
\nWe’re a lot more interested in
\nthe land and you know, the fact <\/p>\n
675
\n00:36:31,760 –> 00:36:34,800
\nthat he’s going to get the the
\nKingdom and talking about his <\/p>\n
676
\n00:36:34,800 –> 00:36:38,320
\nson, that the the son that would
\ncome the Lord Jesus Christ, the <\/p>\n
677
\n00:36:38,320 –> 00:36:39,880
\nMessiah.
\nBut look what? <\/p>\n
678
\n00:36:39,880 –> 00:36:43,240
\nPeter does with this in Acts
\nchapter 3 when he talks to the <\/p>\n
679
\n00:36:43,240 –> 00:36:49,120
\nJews and says in verse 25, you
\nare the sons of the prophets and<\/p>\n
680
\n00:36:49,120 –> 00:36:52,160
\nof the covenant which God made
\nwith our fathers saying to <\/p>\n
681
\n00:36:52,160 –> 00:36:57,600
\nAbraham and in your seed all the
\nfamilies of the earth shall be <\/p>\n
682
\n00:36:57,600 –> 00:37:00,600
\nblessed.
\nSo watch how Peter uses that <\/p>\n
683
\n00:37:00,680 –> 00:37:06,600
\nthat blessing of Abraham.
\nHe says in verse 26 to you first<\/p>\n
684
\n00:37:06,600 –> 00:37:09,920
\nthat’s the Jews.
\nGod, having raised up his <\/p>\n
685
\n00:37:09,920 –> 00:37:15,120
\nservant, Jesus, sent him to
\nbless you in in turning away <\/p>\n
686
\n00:37:15,120 –> 00:37:17,640
\neveryone of you from your
\niniquities. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:37:18,080 –> 00:37:20,680
\nSee, that’s a part of the
\npromise to Abraham. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:37:20,920 –> 00:37:24,400
\nIt isn’t just that we would be
\nforgiven of our sins and be <\/p>\n
689
\n00:37:24,400 –> 00:37:27,800
\ngiven immortality.
\nPart of the promise to Abraham <\/p>\n
690
\n00:37:27,800 –> 00:37:30,520
\nis that God will change our
\nlife. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:37:30,800 –> 00:37:33,360
\nHe’ll change the lives of
\nAbraham’s descendants. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:37:33,720 –> 00:37:38,160
\nThose who really are Abraham’s
\nchildren have learned to not do <\/p>\n
693
\n00:37:38,160 –> 00:37:42,320
\ntheir own will, but to do the
\nwill of our God, the will of our<\/p>\n
694
\n00:37:42,320 –> 00:37:46,120
\nFather, the father who’s
\ncreating a family of his of his <\/p>\n
695
\n00:37:46,120 –> 00:37:49,640
\nmembers who will live forever
\nand God will change our lives. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:37:50,560 –> 00:37:53,880
\nOr as Paul mentions it in
\nGalatians chapter 5 when he <\/p>\n
697
\n00:37:53,880 –> 00:37:58,000
\ntalks about the the the change
\nit should take take place in our<\/p>\n
698
\n00:37:58,000 –> 00:38:00,680
\nlives.
\nHe says in verse 13 For you, <\/p>\n
699
\n00:38:00,680 –> 00:38:05,000
\nbrethren, have been called the
\nliberty only do not use liberty <\/p>\n
700
\n00:38:05,000 –> 00:38:09,680
\nas an opportunity for the flesh,
\nbut through love serve one <\/p>\n
701
\n00:38:09,680 –> 00:38:12,440
\nanother for all.
\nThe law is fulfilled in one <\/p>\n
702
\n00:38:12,440 –> 00:38:14,840
\nword.
\nEven this you shall love your <\/p>\n
703
\n00:38:14,840 –> 00:38:19,400
\nneighbor as yourself, but if you
\nbite and devour one another, <\/p>\n
704
\n00:38:19,640 –> 00:38:22,280
\nbeware lest you be consumed by
\none another. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:38:22,840 –> 00:38:27,760
\nI say, then, walk in the Spirit,
\nand you shall not fulfil the <\/p>\n
706
\n00:38:27,760 –> 00:38:30,720
\nlust of the flesh.
\nSee, we’ve been freed. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:38:30,720 –> 00:38:33,840
\nBrethren and sisters from all
\nthose restrictions of the law, <\/p>\n
708
\n00:38:34,320 –> 00:38:37,880
\nwhere the law put limits on how
\nfar we would actually go in <\/p>\n
709
\n00:38:37,880 –> 00:38:41,280
\nserving one another in love.
\nAnd people were just following <\/p>\n
710
\n00:38:41,280 –> 00:38:43,040
\nthe law.
\nAnd just by the letter of the <\/p>\n
711
\n00:38:43,040 –> 00:38:47,960
\nlaw, we’ve been set free to
\nserve one another in love. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:38:48,320 –> 00:38:51,400
\nAnd this will change the way we
\nact and our families and our <\/p>\n
713
\n00:38:51,400 –> 00:38:54,760
\ncollegians.
\nThe apostle Paul actually gives <\/p>\n
714
\n00:38:54,760 –> 00:38:57,560
\nhis own example of how this
\napplied in his own life. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:38:57,560 –> 00:39:00,520
\nAnd there’s a few places where
\nhe actually goes through what <\/p>\n
716
\n00:39:00,520 –> 00:39:03,960
\nit’s done to himself.
\nIn First Corinthians 9 at verse <\/p>\n
717
\n00:39:03,960 –> 00:39:08,440
\n26, when Paul’s talking about
\nthe discipline that this is <\/p>\n
718
\n00:39:08,440 –> 00:39:12,520
\ngoing to generate in his life,
\nhe says, therefore I run thus <\/p>\n
719
\n00:39:12,600 –> 00:39:16,480
\nnot with uncertainty, thus I
\nfight not as one who beats the <\/p>\n
720
\n00:39:16,480 –> 00:39:20,920
\nair, but I discipline my body
\nand bring it into subjection, <\/p>\n
721
\n00:39:21,240 –> 00:39:25,280
\nlest when I have preached the
\nothers, I myself should become <\/p>\n
722
\n00:39:25,280 –> 00:39:29,000
\ndisqualified.
\nSee, Paul had joined Christ, <\/p>\n
723
\n00:39:29,000 –> 00:39:33,240
\neven crucified with Christ, and
\nhe joined Christ in the battle <\/p>\n
724
\n00:39:33,240 –> 00:39:36,680
\nagainst sin, and he worked on
\ndisciplining his body and <\/p>\n
725
\n00:39:36,680 –> 00:39:40,360
\nbringing it into subjection.
\nHe also mentions in Second <\/p>\n
726
\n00:39:40,360 –> 00:39:44,640
\nCorinthians chapter 4 at verse
\n10 his own personal experience. <\/p>\n
727
\n00:39:44,640 –> 00:39:48,400
\nHe says we have this treasure in
\nearthen vessels, that the <\/p>\n
728
\n00:39:48,440 –> 00:39:52,040
\nexcellence of the power may be
\nof God and not of us. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:39:52,680 –> 00:39:55,920
\nWe are hard pressed on every
\nside, yet not crushed. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:39:56,200 –> 00:40:00,520
\nWe are perplexed but not in
\ndespair, persecuted but not <\/p>\n
731
\n00:40:00,520 –> 00:40:06,120
\nforsaken, struck down but not
\ndestroyed, always caring about <\/p>\n
732
\n00:40:06,120 –> 00:40:09,040
\nin the body the dying of the
\nLord Jesus. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:40:09,520 –> 00:40:13,800
\nThat the life of Jesus also may
\nbe manifested in our body. <\/p>\n
734
\n00:40:14,560 –> 00:40:17,880
\nFor we who live are always
\ndelivered to death for Jesus <\/p>\n
735
\n00:40:17,880 –> 00:40:21,280
\nsake.
\nThat the life of Jesus also may <\/p>\n
736
\n00:40:21,280 –> 00:40:23,520
\nbe manifested in our mortal
\nflesh. <\/p>\n
737
\n00:40:24,040 –> 00:40:27,360
\nSo then, death is working in us,
\nbut life in you. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:40:28,320 –> 00:40:31,560
\nAnd so you can see how Paul
\nmentions what he was doing in a <\/p>\n
739
\n00:40:31,560 –> 00:40:34,200
\nday by day process of what he
\nwas going through. <\/p>\n
740
\n00:40:34,200 –> 00:40:37,560
\nFor their sakes.
\nHe was always carrying in his <\/p>\n
741
\n00:40:37,560 –> 00:40:39,840
\nbody the dying of the Lord
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:40:40,080 –> 00:40:44,200
\nThat was his goal so that the
\nlife of Jesus could be manifest <\/p>\n
743
\n00:40:44,200 –> 00:40:47,480
\nin our body.
\nThis is where you you die to sin<\/p>\n
744
\n00:40:47,480 –> 00:40:52,200
\nand live to righteousness like
\nJesus Christ did every day of <\/p>\n
745
\n00:40:52,200 –> 00:40:55,760
\nhis life.
\nPaul also mentions his example <\/p>\n
746
\n00:40:55,760 –> 00:40:59,520
\nto the Galatians in chapter 2
\nwhen he said, For if I build <\/p>\n
747
\n00:40:59,520 –> 00:41:03,200
\nagain at verse 18, those things
\nwhich I destroyed, I make myself<\/p>\n
748
\n00:41:03,200 –> 00:41:06,960
\na transgressor.
\nFor I through the law died to <\/p>\n
749
\n00:41:06,960 –> 00:41:09,160
\nthe law, that I might live to
\nGod. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:41:09,680 –> 00:41:13,800
\nI’ve been crucified with Christ.
\nIt is no longer I who live, but <\/p>\n
751
\n00:41:13,800 –> 00:41:17,280
\nChrist who lives in me and the
\nlife which I now live in the <\/p>\n
752
\n00:41:17,280 –> 00:41:19,960
\nflesh.
\nI live by faith and the Son of <\/p>\n
753
\n00:41:19,960 –> 00:41:23,240
\nGod who loved me and gave
\nhimself for me. <\/p>\n
754
\n00:41:23,840 –> 00:41:28,560
\nI do not set aside the grace of
\nGod, for if righteousness comes <\/p>\n
755
\n00:41:28,560 –> 00:41:31,480
\nthrough the law, then Christ
\ndied in vain. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:41:32,120 –> 00:41:35,760
\nYou can see that this is how
\nPaul had applied this in his own<\/p>\n
757
\n00:41:35,760 –> 00:41:38,600
\npersonal life.
\nHe saw himself up there on a <\/p>\n
758
\n00:41:38,600 –> 00:41:42,440
\ncross, crucified with Jesus
\nChrist, because that was his <\/p>\n
759
\n00:41:42,440 –> 00:41:46,880
\ngoal, to no longer do his own
\nwill, but to do the will of him <\/p>\n
760
\n00:41:46,880 –> 00:41:49,760
\nwho died for him.
\nAnd that’s what that was his <\/p>\n
761
\n00:41:49,760 –> 00:41:51,600
\napproach to every day of his
\nlife. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:41:52,080 –> 00:41:55,880
\nThat’s what living by faith is
\nall about and appreciating the <\/p>\n
763
\n00:41:55,880 –> 00:41:59,600
\ngrace of God.
\nIn chapter 6 then of Galatians, <\/p>\n
764
\n00:41:59,600 –> 00:42:03,480
\nPaul mentions in verse 13.
\nFor not even those who are <\/p>\n
765
\n00:42:03,480 –> 00:42:06,960
\ncircumcised keep the law, but
\nthey desire to have you <\/p>\n
766
\n00:42:06,960 –> 00:42:09,400
\ncircumcised, that they may boast
\nin your flesh. <\/p>\n
767
\n00:42:09,920 –> 00:42:13,880
\nBut God forbid that I should
\nboast, except in the cross of <\/p>\n
768
\n00:42:13,880 –> 00:42:17,520
\nour Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
\nthe world has been crucified to <\/p>\n
769
\n00:42:17,520 –> 00:42:20,720
\nme and I to the world, or in
\nChrist Jesus. <\/p>\n
770
\n00:42:20,720 –> 00:42:24,440
\nNeither circumcision nor
\nuncircumcision avails anything <\/p>\n
771
\n00:42:24,720 –> 00:42:28,920
\nbut a new creation.
\nIt’s all about the new creature <\/p>\n
772
\n00:42:28,920 –> 00:42:32,680
\nthat God is creating in us.
\nThe new man that he’s making <\/p>\n
773
\n00:42:32,720 –> 00:42:34,960
\npatterned after the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
774
\n00:42:35,440 –> 00:42:39,600
\nAnd Paul says in verse 16, And
\nas many as walk according to <\/p>\n
775
\n00:42:39,600 –> 00:42:44,480
\nthis rule, peace and mercy be
\nupon them and upon the Israel of<\/p>\n
776
\n00:42:44,480 –> 00:42:47,600
\nGod.
\nSo the apostle Paul himself, he <\/p>\n
777
\n00:42:47,600 –> 00:42:52,320
\nwas God’s proof that the victory
\ncan be won not just in Jesus <\/p>\n
778
\n00:42:52,320 –> 00:42:56,760
\nChrist, but in those who walk
\nafter the steps of Jesus Christ,<\/p>\n
779
\n00:42:56,760 –> 00:42:59,520
\nwho walk in his faith.
\nAnd that was the goal that the <\/p>\n
780
\n00:42:59,520 –> 00:43:03,240
\nApostle Paul had all through his
\nlife, ever since he was <\/p>\n
781
\n00:43:03,240 –> 00:43:05,840
\nconverted.
\nSo hopefully, brothers and <\/p>\n
782
\n00:43:05,840 –> 00:43:09,640
\nsisters, then as you you go
\nthrough this procedure and you <\/p>\n
783
\n00:43:09,640 –> 00:43:12,040
\nlook at this whole subject,
\nhopefully it’s one that is going<\/p>\n
784
\n00:43:12,040 –> 00:43:14,400
\nto change how we live.
\nHope we didn’t come here this <\/p>\n
785
\n00:43:14,400 –> 00:43:17,040
\nweekend and just get more Bible
\nnotes that we put into our <\/p>\n
786
\n00:43:17,040 –> 00:43:19,560
\nmargins and, and we walk away
\nthe same people. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:43:19,560 –> 00:43:22,240
\nIt’s supposed to change how we
\nlive our lives. <\/p>\n
788
\n00:43:22,560 –> 00:43:25,640
\nSo tomorrow in Sunday school,
\nthen we will hopefully get a <\/p>\n
789
\n00:43:25,640 –> 00:43:28,880
\nchance to look at the power of
\nfaith in our lives. <\/p>\n
790
\n00:43:28,880 –> 00:43:31,360
\nThat’s what we’ll do in the
\nSunday school class of looking <\/p>\n
791
\n00:43:31,360 –> 00:43:34,360
\nat how this whole process that
\nwe’ve been looking at is to <\/p>\n
792
\n00:43:34,360 –> 00:43:38,000
\ngenerate faith in US.
\nAnd then that faith has the <\/p>\n
793
\n00:43:38,000 –> 00:43:40,040
\npower to change the way we will
\nlive. <\/p>\n
794
\n00:43:40,680 –> 00:43:42,720
\nAnd then in the exhortation,
\nwe’re going to have a look at <\/p>\n
795
\n00:43:42,720 –> 00:43:46,280
\nhow God tried to explain his
\nredemptive plan over the years <\/p>\n
796
\n00:43:46,280 –> 00:43:48,520
\nthrough rituals.
\nHe tried to do it. <\/p>\n
797
\n00:43:48,520 –> 00:43:52,520
\nHe tried to to explain the plan
\nand then make improvements on it<\/p>\n
798
\n00:43:52,520 –> 00:43:55,120
\nand, and deal with aspects that
\npeople misunderstood. <\/p>\n
799
\n00:43:55,480 –> 00:43:57,600
\nAnd he did this over a number of
\nyears. <\/p>\n
800
\n00:43:57,600 –> 00:44:01,040
\nBut inevitably the Jews just
\nturned it into some ritualistic <\/p>\n
801
\n00:44:01,040 –> 00:44:04,320
\nprocedure whereby they could
\nlook at God and say, look at how<\/p>\n
802
\n00:44:04,320 –> 00:44:06,280
\ngood we are.
\nAnd we’ve we’ve gone through <\/p>\n
803
\n00:44:06,280 –> 00:44:09,360
\nthis ritual and they totally
\nmisunderstood the plan. <\/p>\n
804
\n00:44:10,120 –> 00:44:11,760
\nSo that’s the plan for tomorrow
\nthen. <\/p>\n
805
\n00:44:12,040 –> 00:44:12,400
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