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\nwas Romans 5.
\nIt really is something that we <\/p>\n
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\nworth, that’s that’s worth
\nlooking at, that’s for sure. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in our last session then I
\nthink we can probably flip over <\/p>\n
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\nto that we can we looked at the,
\nyou know, the the enormity of of<\/p>\n
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\nof seeing irrespective of if you
\nlike the size of it. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that we we had a look at the
\nprodigal son and our great need <\/p>\n
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\nfor forgiveness, and that our
\nsins are the one factor that <\/p>\n
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\nseparate us from God.
\nAnd we had a look also at the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst half of the parable of the
\nunforgiving creditor. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we’re going to finish off one
\nor two of those parables. <\/p>\n
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\nBut right now, brothers and
\nsisters, what we’d want to do is<\/p>\n
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\nfocus on the gift itself, the
\nmarvel of that gift of <\/p>\n
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\nforgiveness and God’s incredible
\nkindness. <\/p>\n
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\nIn extending to us, based, of
\ncourse in the right process, <\/p>\n
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\nextending forgiveness.
\nBut first of all, I think it’s <\/p>\n
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\nprobably worth making a few
\ncomments and separating in our <\/p>\n
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\nminds the consequences of sin as
\nopposed to forgiveness. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s probably a good exercise.
\nYou see, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
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\nas a part of God’s corrective
\nmeasures to us and a part of his<\/p>\n
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\nlove.
\nHe will always leave us with the<\/p>\n
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\nconsequences.
\nIt’s actually an act of mercy on<\/p>\n
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\nhis part.
\nIf there were no consequences to<\/p>\n
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\nsin, if you’re anything like me,
\nyou’ll say that didn’t take <\/p>\n
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\nmuch.
\nI can do it again, that there <\/p>\n
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\nwas no consequences to that.
\nAnd just think of your own. <\/p>\n
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\nFor those who have had children,
\ndon’t we give them a consequence<\/p>\n
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\nto what they’ve done so that
\nthey learn you might continue to<\/p>\n
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\nlove them and forgive the child.
\nNevertheless, there’s still <\/p>\n
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\nthose consequences there.
\nSo that you instill in the child<\/p>\n
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\nan understanding that what
\nthey’ve done cannot go any <\/p>\n
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\nfurther, and so you try and
\nchange their behaviour. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd exactly the same thing is of
\ncourse with our God. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in God’s grace the sin is
\nerased. <\/p>\n
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\nHowever, the cost of that sin is
\nthe means by which we can all <\/p>\n
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\nlearn the the the effect of sin.
\nJust have a look at this little <\/p>\n
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\nthing.
\nI’ll just show you how we, how <\/p>\n
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\nwe sort of look at things.
\nYou know, if we’ve got a little <\/p>\n
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\ntoddler, isn’t it true that we,
\nwe say to the toddler, look, <\/p>\n
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\ndon’t touch the heater and we
\nsort of make all sorts of <\/p>\n
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\nnoises, you know, it’s very,
\nvery hot and everything And and <\/p>\n
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\nwe say to that, we say that
\ndon’t touch the heater because <\/p>\n
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\nyou’ll get burnt and the toddler
\nlooks at us, looks at the <\/p>\n
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\nheater, looks at us, grins.
\nAnd toddles toward the heater. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what we do is we run toward
\nthe heater or we run toward the <\/p>\n
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\nTrotter and lift it out the way
\nthat’s what we’re doing. <\/p>\n
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\nBut God actually doesn’t work
\nlike that. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s not the way God works.
\nGod says to us, well, there’s <\/p>\n
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\nthe heater, there’s the tree.
\nDon’t touch the fruit because <\/p>\n
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\nyou’re going to get burnt really
\nbadly. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then what God does.
\nHe stands back and he watches <\/p>\n
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\nand we go to the heater.
\nWe take hold of the hot element.<\/p>\n
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\nWe burn and we cry and kick and
\nscream and we say, why me? <\/p>\n
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\nSo God doesn’t take the problem
\naway from us necessarily. <\/p>\n
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\nHe wants us to learn something
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\nsee this idea of turning from
\nsin. <\/p>\n
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\nThis get this repetitious nature
\nof our sin away so that God can <\/p>\n
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\ndo something with us.
\nSo God said to David, he said, I<\/p>\n
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\nforgive you, David, totally and
\nfully and completely and <\/p>\n
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\nutterly.
\nI will forgive you in the <\/p>\n
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\ninstant moment of time.
\nBut the hurt and the damage and <\/p>\n
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\nthe harm I’m going to leave here
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\nfamily apart.
\nIs one of the biggest lessons <\/p>\n
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\nDavid ever, ever learnt.
\nSuffering, brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n
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\nis the tool God uses to turn us
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\nBecause we’re silly creatures.
\nWe have really, really bad <\/p>\n
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\nmemories and he needs sometimes
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\nIn other words, there’s fruit.
\nWhat we do bears fruit. <\/p>\n
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\nGod will leave that fruit there.
\nSo God is more focused, you see,<\/p>\n
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\non our eternal well-being.
\nThat’s what God is focused on. <\/p>\n
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\nNot the here and now, not the
\nnot the three score years and 10<\/p>\n
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\nof it, of mortality, but just a
\ndrop in the bucket. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd God looks at the big picture
\nand he says eternity is where <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re going.
\nThere may be then some need for <\/p>\n
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\nsome short term, short term
\nsuffering, and that short term <\/p>\n
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\nsuffering may indeed be a whole
\nlife. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s still short term.
\nNone of us here, I think, will <\/p>\n
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\ntruly appreciate the value of
\nour suffering when we are <\/p>\n
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\nchanged from mortality until we
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\nimmortality.
\nWhen at that time we really, <\/p>\n
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\nreally see the value of
\nsuffering and how in actual <\/p>\n
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\nfact, the suffering that we
\nundergo might really and <\/p>\n
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\nactually be one of the greatest
\nblessings that God ever gave us.<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s all about trying to see it
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\nAnd God is forming with that
\nwithin us a new creature, And <\/p>\n
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\nthe suffering is the process in
\nwhich that is occurring. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s forming all of us via the
\ntool of suffering, A vessel fit <\/p>\n
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\nfor his Kingdom.
\nAnd who knows, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, we could also be
\nsuffering for somebody else. <\/p>\n
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\nJob did.
\nJesus Christ did. <\/p>\n
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\nYou could actually be saving
\nsomeone else. <\/p>\n
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\nTo be in the Kingdom of God
\nunder you, under you know that <\/p>\n
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\nwhen you get in the Kingdom of
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\nAnd so we should always separate<\/p>\n
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\nforgiveness with the
\nconsequences of sin that remain <\/p>\n
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\nYou may forgive somebody, but <\/p>\n
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\nthe consequences remain.
\nBut don’t don’t misunderstand me<\/p>\n
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\nI’m not saying that if we’re if <\/p>\n
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\nAgain, Job and our Lord Jesus
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\nthey weren’t guilty of.
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\nwasn’t guilty of anything at
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\nBut there are consequences to
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\nWe are not forgiven, and then
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\nterms of.
\nWhat is our due? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd often the scars and effects
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\nSometimes for the rest of our
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\nailments, mental ailments,
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\nwhatever that is.
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\ndo we not?
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\nothers.
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\nbasis as well.
\nOther other people might cause <\/p>\n
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\nsome cause us pain and anguish.
\nThat’s not a new concept as far <\/p>\n
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\nof people all in that one one
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\nBut we should never, ever doubt
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\nfor far, far greater reasons <\/p>\n
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\nthan we can sort of immediately
\nsee. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think the purpose of
\nsuffering is to form and mold <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what it is all about it’s<\/p>\n
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\nGod is is wanting us to to
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\ncreature and and it’s probably
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\nwhen you haven’t you’re not
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\nit’s easy not to get try not to
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\nsuffering per se.
\nThe whys and the wherefores, the<\/p>\n
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\nnature and the causes of
\nsuffering. <\/p>\n
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\nWe all have suffering of 1 sort
\nor another. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen people loved ones let us
\ndown. <\/p>\n
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\nSome people put us through
\nhorrendous things. <\/p>\n
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\nParents suffer, grandparents,
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\nsiblings, the list goes on.
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\nsome may be brought upon us by
\nothers. <\/p>\n
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\nGod is is teaching us.
\nA whole lot of us is teaching <\/p>\n
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\ntrying to teach us that in <\/p>\n
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\nactual fact there is something
\nbeyond the suffering and I’m <\/p>\n
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\ndoing something with you with
\nthat suffering. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s not so much that
\nsuffering that we should be <\/p>\n
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\nfocusing on, but what the
\nsuffering is developing in us. <\/p>\n
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\nThe suffering is just a bit like
\nthe tool, the spanner if you <\/p>\n
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\nlike that God’s using.
\nYou know even Jesus Christ had <\/p>\n
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\nto learn the same thing himself.
\nLook at Hebrews 5. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ wasn’t He did what
\nhe was as a young man. <\/p>\n
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\nHe wasn’t naturally obedient.
\nDid you know that? <\/p>\n
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\nYou have a look at Hebrews 5 and
\nverse 7. <\/p>\n
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\nHebrews 5 and verse 7 says about
\nJesus Christ and his suffering. <\/p>\n
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\nSays this Who?
\nIn the days of his flesh, when <\/p>\n
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\nsupplications, with strong <\/p>\n
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\ncrying and tears unto him, that
\nwas able to save him from death,<\/p>\n
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\nand was heard in that he feared
\nthough he were a son, yet <\/p>\n
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\nlearned he obedience by the
\nthings which he suffered. <\/p>\n
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\nSo even our Lord Jesus Christ
\nhad to go through exactly the <\/p>\n
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\nsame process.
\nIt’s not new to God. <\/p>\n
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\nI think really the the, the best
\nin terms of suffering and the <\/p>\n
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\nconsequences of this and even
\nJesus Christ had to bear with <\/p>\n
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\nthe consequences of this is the
\nis the example of suffering is <\/p>\n
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\nto think about the consequence
\nof sin. <\/p>\n
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\nThe greatest example of all of
\ncourse is to think about why we <\/p>\n
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\ndie.
\nDeath is a consequence that God <\/p>\n
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\nleft there so that we learn
\nsomething. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy do we die?
\nWe don’t die because we sin. <\/p>\n
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\nWe die, brothers and sisters,
\nbecause of sin. <\/p>\n
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\nWe die because Adam sinned.
\nAs a result of that we are all <\/p>\n
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\nmortal.
\nSo, so Paul in Corinthian says <\/p>\n
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\nFor since by one man came death,<\/p>\n
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\nby man came also the
\nresurrection of the dead. <\/p>\n
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\nFor as in Adam all die, Even so
\nin Christ shall all be made <\/p>\n
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\nFor my flesh is meat indeed, and
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\nA man of sorrows, he was well
\nacquainted with grief, and as <\/p>\n
337
\n00:22:49,970 –> 00:22:55,890
\none from whom men hid their
\nfaces, he was despised, and we <\/p>\n
338
\n00:22:55,890 –> 00:23:00,850
\nesteemed him not.
\nSurely he has borne our griefs <\/p>\n
339
\n00:23:01,570 –> 00:23:06,450
\nand carried our sorrows.
\nYet we esteemed him stricken, <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:06,530 –> 00:23:10,330
\nsmitten by God, and affected.
\nWe thought that God was teaching<\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:10,330 –> 00:23:13,350
\nhim a jolly good lesson.
\nThat’s what we thought. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:15,150 –> 00:23:19,270
\nBut he was pierced for our
\ntransgressions. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:19,910 –> 00:23:24,590
\nHe was crushed for our
\niniquities, in actual fact not <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:24,590 –> 00:23:27,670
\nhis own.
\nUpon him was the chastisement <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:27,670 –> 00:23:34,630
\nthat brought us the peace.
\nAnd with his wounds we are the <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:34,630 –> 00:23:40,610
\nones that are healed.
\nWe’ve all gone astray like <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:40,610 –> 00:23:42,930
\nsheep.
\nWe’ve turned everyone to his own<\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:42,930 –> 00:23:45,370
\nway.
\nYahweh has laid on him the <\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:45,370 –> 00:23:49,890
\niniquity of us all.
\nHe was oppressed, He was <\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:49,890 –> 00:23:51,890
\nafflicted.
\nYet he opened not his mouth. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:51,970 –> 00:23:55,450
\nLike a lamb that has led to the
\nslaughter, and like a sheep that<\/p>\n
352
\n00:23:55,450 –> 00:23:59,770
\nbefore it shearers, is silent.
\nSo he opened not his mouth. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:00,170 –> 00:24:03,210
\nHe went willingly, yielded to
\nhis father’s will. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:03,890 –> 00:24:07,010
\nBy oppression and judgment he
\nwas taken away. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:08,350 –> 00:24:14,150
\nAnd As for his generation, who
\nconsidered that he was cut off <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:14,150 –> 00:24:19,670
\nout of the land of the living,
\nhe was stricken for the <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:19,670 –> 00:24:23,670
\ntransgression of my people.
\nVerse 10. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:23,830 –> 00:24:29,870
\nYet it was the will of Yahweh to
\ncrush him he had put into grief,<\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:31,230 –> 00:24:35,070
\nwhen his soul makes an offering
\nfor guilt. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:38,340 –> 00:24:43,940
\nThat was what God’s will was,
\nand 2000 years later we are <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:43,940 –> 00:24:48,540
\nstill recipients of that
\nincredibly powerful gift. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:49,660 –> 00:24:53,740
\nHe shall see his offering, and
\nhe shall prolong his days, and <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:53,740 –> 00:24:58,380
\nthe will of Yahweh shall prosper
\nin his hand, and of the anguish <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:58,380 –> 00:25:01,300
\nof his soul he shall see and be
\nsatisfied. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:25:01,420 –> 00:25:05,820
\nYou know that time hasn’t come
\nyet when he meets his bride. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:25:08,270 –> 00:25:11,590
\nHe’s going to be very, very
\nsatisfied. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:11,870 –> 00:25:18,070
\nWhat an understatement that is,
\nby his knowledge shall the <\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:18,070 –> 00:25:22,110
\nrighteous 1 my servant, make
\nmake many to be accounted <\/p>\n
369
\n00:25:22,110 –> 00:25:24,830
\nrighteous, and he shall bear
\ntheir iniquities. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:25,230 –> 00:25:31,270
\nTherefore I will divide him a
\nportion with the many, the many,<\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:32,510 –> 00:25:35,350
\nand he shall divide the spoil
\nwith the strong. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:36,460 –> 00:25:41,700
\nAll of us the Saints, because he
\nhas poured out his soul to death<\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:41,940 –> 00:25:44,260
\nand was numbered with the
\ntransgressors. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:45,140 –> 00:25:49,740
\nYet he bore the sin of many
\npeople, and makes intercession <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:49,740 –> 00:25:56,020
\nfor the transgressors again.
\nIf God is prepared to go through<\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:56,020 –> 00:26:01,900
\nall that brothers and sisters,
\nsurely, surely you can see <\/p>\n
377
\n00:26:01,900 –> 00:26:09,690
\nyourself in the Kingdom of God.
\nThat’s the gift personified. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:26:09,690 –> 00:26:14,090
\nDo you remember what Jesus said
\nwhen he sat on the well? <\/p>\n
379
\n00:26:14,090 –> 00:26:16,890
\nThe woman of Samaria came out,
\nand I’m having a bit of a chat <\/p>\n
380
\n00:26:16,890 –> 00:26:21,850
\nabout the significance of water.
\nAnd Jesus said to her, Jesus <\/p>\n
381
\n00:26:21,850 –> 00:26:29,730
\nsaid, If you knew the gift of
\nGod and who it is, that set unto<\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:29,730 –> 00:26:34,470
\nthe Give me the drink.
\nNow would have asked of him, and<\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:34,470 –> 00:26:38,750
\nhe would have given thee freely
\nliving water. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:40,190 –> 00:26:42,470
\nAnd of course she did go on to
\nunderstand that process. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:42,990 –> 00:26:46,670
\nWe know that we know.
\nWe know that she understood. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:46,790 –> 00:26:48,590
\nYou know why she how she
\nunderstood? <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:48,590 –> 00:26:54,510
\nBecause it says she left her
\nwater pot and ran to the city. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:55,390 –> 00:26:58,390
\nShe was now the water pot.
\nIt was her. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:59,150 –> 00:27:02,410
\nShe was full to the brim.
\nAnd overflowing with living <\/p>\n
390
\n00:27:02,410 –> 00:27:04,850
\nwater.
\nAnd she explained herself to all<\/p>\n
391
\n00:27:04,850 –> 00:27:06,850
\nthe peoples of the city.
\nAnd of course they they came out<\/p>\n
392
\n00:27:06,850 –> 00:27:11,130
\nas well to to have a drink.
\nA remarkable, remarkable <\/p>\n
393
\n00:27:11,130 –> 00:27:14,250
\ncircumstance that was so.
\nJesus Christ, if you like, is <\/p>\n
394
\n00:27:14,290 –> 00:27:18,090
\nour, is our conduit, is our, is
\nour portal into righteousness <\/p>\n
395
\n00:27:18,530 –> 00:27:22,010
\nthrough our Lord Jesus Christ.
\nNever take for granted that <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:22,010 –> 00:27:26,050
\nlittle phrase that we make at
\nthe end of our prayers through <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:26,050 –> 00:27:28,490
\nthe work of our Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:32,350 –> 00:27:35,750
\nDo you know one of the sad
\nthings about a free gift is <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:35,750 –> 00:27:39,070
\nthough, brothers and sisters,
\nand we see the sadness <\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:39,190 –> 00:27:42,150
\nthroughout the whole enlargement
\nthrough the whole earth we that <\/p>\n
401
\n00:27:42,150 –> 00:27:47,630
\nthat when something’s given to
\nus, sometimes we think it’s it’s<\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:47,710 –> 00:27:50,630
\nactually not worth too much
\nbecause it’s given it can’t have<\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:50,630 –> 00:27:55,710
\nbeen worth, you know, a lot of
\nmoney, a lot of cost, but in <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:55,710 –> 00:27:59,330
\nthis case the very.
\nOpposite is true. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:28:00,090 –> 00:28:03,730
\nAnd the reason it’s free is
\nbecause we could never, ever <\/p>\n
406
\n00:28:03,730 –> 00:28:06,770
\nafford it. 2 lifetimes. 3
\nlifetimes. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:28:06,850 –> 00:28:08,490
\nWe can’t do it.
\nImpossible. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:28:09,610 –> 00:28:12,810
\nGod’s designed it that way.
\nHe’s designed it to be <\/p>\n
409
\n00:28:12,810 –> 00:28:16,210
\nimpossible.
\nSo the only way to come to God <\/p>\n
410
\n00:28:16,250 –> 00:28:25,810
\nis through the medium of faith.
\nLord, I believe, help them one <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:26,090 –> 00:28:29,430
\nunbelief.
\nSo it’s not this is not just out<\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:29,430 –> 00:28:31,070
\nof our price range, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:31,270 –> 00:28:36,550
\nThe the the cost is utterly
\nunattainable and far beyond <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:36,550 –> 00:28:39,750
\nhuman reach.
\nAnd the only thing that we can <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:40,310 –> 00:28:42,110
\nwe can earn really is death.
\nWe know that. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:43,190 –> 00:28:46,630
\nThat’s our earnings.
\nOur rightful earnings are death.<\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:48,230 –> 00:28:51,390
\nI said the Apostle Paul, he said
\nthanks me to God for this <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:51,430 –> 00:28:55,870
\nunspeakable gift.
\nEven Paul said that the great <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:55,870 –> 00:28:59,070
\nthat great man said.
\nI, I, I haven’t. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:59,070 –> 00:29:02,030
\nIt’s unspeakable.
\nI haven’t got what it takes to <\/p>\n
421
\n00:29:02,030 –> 00:29:05,910
\ndescribe to you the beauty of
\nthis gift when we ultimately, <\/p>\n
422
\n00:29:06,310 –> 00:29:09,750
\nwhen we ultimately get it.
\nBut do you know there’s actually<\/p>\n
423
\n00:29:09,750 –> 00:29:12,070
\nsomething more, brothers and
\nsisters, As if there could be, <\/p>\n
424
\n00:29:12,310 –> 00:29:14,990
\nif there possibly, possibly
\ncould be anything more at all. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:14,990 –> 00:29:19,310
\nThere is actually something more
\nthat God wants us to know. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:20,910 –> 00:29:22,990
\nNot only is God wanting to
\nforgive us. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:24,540 –> 00:29:27,380
\nAnd and not only has He provided
\neverything needed for <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:27,380 –> 00:29:31,420
\nforgiveness, not only is He
\nwaiting for us to return to Him,<\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:32,100 –> 00:29:36,220
\nand not only has He already ran
\nto us with a gift, it’s not to <\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:36,220 –> 00:29:41,340
\nus to take that.
\nDo you know He also creates <\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:41,700 –> 00:29:46,340
\ncircumstances that we turn to
\nhim in the 1st place? <\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:47,140 –> 00:29:51,660
\nHe taps the conscience.
\nGod could easily sit back and <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:51,660 –> 00:29:55,500
\nsay I’ve done everything.
\nI can’t do anymore. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:55,740 –> 00:29:59,340
\nYes, I will stand at my the gate
\nof my garden, as it were, and <\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:59,340 –> 00:30:02,460
\nlook out for my son and
\ndaughters and the lost ones. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:30:02,460 –> 00:30:07,380
\nI’ll do everything I can, but he
\ninitiates forgiveness. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:30:07,380 –> 00:30:11,180
\nLet me give an example.
\nThink about David and Bathsheba.<\/p>\n
438
\n00:30:11,180 –> 00:30:13,060
\nIt’s a classic example of where
\nit happens. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:30:13,300 –> 00:30:16,260
\nDavid and Bathsheba.
\nSo David’s a murderer. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:30:16,900 –> 00:30:21,620
\nHe’s treacherous and he’s just
\ncommitted adultery and it’s <\/p>\n
441
\n00:30:21,860 –> 00:30:24,930
\ncaused the the death of the the.
\nPoor Uriah. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:30:26,650 –> 00:30:28,770
\nAnd David knows full well what
\nhe’s done. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:29,730 –> 00:30:32,010
\nHe can’t bring himself to talk
\nto God about it. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:32,010 –> 00:30:34,090
\nHe’s probably still giving
\nthanks for breakfast and lunch <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:34,090 –> 00:30:40,170
\nand and dinner, but he cannot
\nbring himself to talk about <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:40,170 –> 00:30:42,930
\nthat.
\nAnd it’s almost like if you’re <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:42,930 –> 00:30:44,330
\nlike because he’s a man after
\nGod’s own heart. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:44,330 –> 00:30:49,010
\nSo it’s almost like 2 friends
\nand they there’s something that <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:49,010 –> 00:30:51,050
\nthey need to talk about and they
\ncan’t bring themselves to talk <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:51,050 –> 00:30:52,850
\nabout.
\nAnd it’s almost like this. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:53,550 –> 00:30:58,790
\nIt’s almost like one of them has
\nto break and God does. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:31:00,910 –> 00:31:03,510
\nGod can’t stand it.
\nHe can’t stand it anymore. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:31:03,510 –> 00:31:05,830
\nAnd this is what the record
\nsays, says. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:31:06,630 –> 00:31:14,670
\nAnd Yahweh sent Nathan to David.
\nShouldn’t have been the other <\/p>\n
455
\n00:31:14,670 –> 00:31:17,630
\nway around, Shouldn’t have read
\nsomething like this. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:31:17,750 –> 00:31:22,750
\nAnd finally David went to Yahweh
\nin prayer, no. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:31:23,770 –> 00:31:28,730
\nThat’s not what happened.
\nWhat an incredible father, he <\/p>\n
458
\n00:31:28,730 –> 00:31:31,890
\nsaid to Nathan.
\nIt’s almost, God says to Nathan,<\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:31,890 –> 00:31:34,650
\nI can’t stand it any longer.
\nI can’t stand it. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:34,970 –> 00:31:38,770
\nGo and talk to him.
\nYahweh sent Nathan to that. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:38,770 –> 00:31:41,370
\nWhat a, what a father we have.
\nHere’s another one. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:41,370 –> 00:31:43,330
\nAdam and Eve.
\nAdam and Eve, they’re hiding. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:44,250 –> 00:31:47,170
\nThey feel dreadful.
\nThey feel very, very strange <\/p>\n
464
\n00:31:47,330 –> 00:31:49,890
\nthat they’ve felt in a way that
\nthey’ve never felt before. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:49,970 –> 00:31:52,290
\nThis is a very odd feeling.
\nThey’re frightened. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:54,000 –> 00:31:57,720
\nAnd normally they walk in the
\ncool of the day and speak freely<\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:57,720 –> 00:32:00,560
\nwith with the angelic presence
\nat that time. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:32:02,200 –> 00:32:04,440
\nAnd they’re hiding.
\nSo what does God do? <\/p>\n
469
\n00:32:04,440 –> 00:32:08,120
\nWhat does the Elehim do?
\nNowhere Elehim called to Adam <\/p>\n
470
\n00:32:08,120 –> 00:32:14,280
\nand said to him, Adam, where are
\nyou? <\/p>\n
471
\n00:32:15,240 –> 00:32:18,680
\nCome on, come on, let’s talk.
\nWe need to chat. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:32:20,990 –> 00:32:23,030
\nAnd Adam said, I heard their
\nvoice in the garden and I was <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:23,030 –> 00:32:25,590
\nafraid because I was naked.
\nAnd I I hid myself. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:32:26,390 –> 00:32:27,990
\nAnd he said, who?
\nWho told you that you were <\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:27,990 –> 00:32:30,110
\nnaked?
\nHave you eaten of the tree? <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:30,310 –> 00:32:33,070
\nSee how God, God knows the
\nanswers? <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:33,110 –> 00:32:35,790
\nDid he not know where Adam was?
\nOr did he not know that they’d. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:35,790 –> 00:32:37,270
\nOf course he knew that they’d
\neaten of the tree. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:37,270 –> 00:32:40,190
\nBut what he does, he tries to
\nelicit a response. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:40,310 –> 00:32:43,150
\nHe tries to come on, let’s talk
\nabout this. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:43,310 –> 00:32:48,470
\nLet’s get this poison out.
\nLet’s start the healing process.<\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:50,300 –> 00:32:53,820
\nConfess.
\nLet’s start this off. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:54,340 –> 00:32:56,860
\nWhat about Kane?
\nFirst murder in history. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:57,700 –> 00:33:00,140
\nHow do you think Kane feels?
\nProbably pretty bad. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:33:01,580 –> 00:33:03,300
\nAnd Yahweh called under Kane.
\nHe says. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:33:03,980 –> 00:33:07,460
\nKane, where’s where’s Abel, your
\nbrother? <\/p>\n
487
\n00:33:07,460 –> 00:33:12,220
\nAnd Kane said, Oh no, not am I
\nmy brother’s keeper? <\/p>\n
488
\n00:33:13,580 –> 00:33:15,140
\nIsn’t that lovely?
\nThe way God does that? <\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:15,140 –> 00:33:17,500
\nHe will.
\nHe will try and it’s very, very <\/p>\n
490
\n00:33:17,500 –> 00:33:22,000
\nproactive.
\nIt tries to and do we not do <\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:22,000 –> 00:33:23,880
\nthis again?
\nAs parents we know if we know <\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:23,880 –> 00:33:27,320
\nthe child is done wrong.
\nWe know the child’s hiding <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:27,320 –> 00:33:30,560
\nsomething and often sometimes
\nwise to sit the child down and <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:30,560 –> 00:33:38,760
\nsay, so how do things go today
\nor where did where did you get <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:38,760 –> 00:33:44,480
\nthat little thing you’re holding
\non to And they oh, well, no. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:44,600 –> 00:33:49,000
\nSo I found it.
\nOh, and you knew full well that <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:49,000 –> 00:33:50,910
\nthey’ve taken it from.
\nI don’t have the other kids, <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:50,910 –> 00:33:53,630
\nbedrooms or something.
\nOh, I’m sure I’ll put that in <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:53,670 –> 00:33:56,110
\nthe other bedroom.
\nOh, oh, I took it. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:56,550 –> 00:33:57,590
\nSo can you see it?
\nGod. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:33:57,590 –> 00:34:01,030
\nThat’s the way way God works.
\nHe tries to to bring out this <\/p>\n
502
\n00:34:01,030 –> 00:34:03,270
\nresponse in us.
\nAnd God does. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:03,270 –> 00:34:04,990
\nGod do the same for Of course he
\ndoes. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:05,150 –> 00:34:08,389
\nHe uses other people.
\nHe uses circumstances and his <\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:08,389 –> 00:34:12,030
\nword in our lives to achieve
\nthat purpose. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:13,110 –> 00:34:17,070
\nNo wonder he’s called our
\nfather, because that’s what he <\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:17,070 –> 00:34:20,540
\nis.
\nTherefore say unto them Thus <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:20,620 –> 00:34:25,460
\nsaith Yahweh of Hosts.
\nTurn ye to me and Yahweh of <\/p>\n
509
\n00:34:25,460 –> 00:34:31,980
\nHosts, and I will turn unto you,
\nhe says, I’m just looking for <\/p>\n
510
\n00:34:31,980 –> 00:34:35,620
\nyou to come back, you know, to
\nrefuse this, brother, brother <\/p>\n
511
\n00:34:35,620 –> 00:34:37,940
\nand sisters.
\nIt’s it’s just madness to refuse<\/p>\n
512
\n00:34:37,940 –> 00:34:38,940
\nit.
\nYet we do. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:39,100 –> 00:34:41,540
\nWe still do.
\nWe know these things to be true,<\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:43,739 –> 00:34:47,540
\nand sometimes when we are in the
\ngrip of shame. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:48,659 –> 00:34:52,900
\nI think I can’t, I can’t pray to
\nto about that to God at the <\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:52,900 –> 00:34:55,900
\nmoment.
\nI just feel so that’s the time <\/p>\n
517
\n00:34:55,900 –> 00:34:59,780
\nto pray to him.
\nOpen your heart right up and say<\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:00,620 –> 00:35:01,700
\nthere’s something I want to talk
\nabout. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:02,700 –> 00:35:05,140
\nYou know, actually what it is I
\nwant to talk about. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:05,700 –> 00:35:07,820
\nGod says yes.
\nI want you to tell you put it <\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:07,820 –> 00:35:09,580
\ninto words.
\nTell me what it is. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:09,980 –> 00:35:13,740
\nYou see, that’s part of this,
\nthis healing process that God <\/p>\n
523
\n00:35:13,740 –> 00:35:16,260
\nwants us to go through.
\nI want you to talk to me about <\/p>\n
524
\n00:35:16,260 –> 00:35:18,860
\nit.
\nHave you eaten of the tree? <\/p>\n
525
\n00:35:19,900 –> 00:35:24,260
\nYes, I have.
\nYou know, it’s just like God, <\/p>\n
526
\n00:35:24,260 –> 00:35:26,820
\nsort of.
\nWhen we don’t do this, it’s like<\/p>\n
527
\n00:35:26,820 –> 00:35:32,500
\nGod sits a man up to the table.
\nAnd this table, actually, let’s <\/p>\n
528
\n00:35:32,500 –> 00:35:35,340
\njust go there.
\nThat’s as I 53, as usual. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:35:35,460 –> 00:35:37,620
\nI’m really bad at data
\nprojection anyway. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:35:39,140 –> 00:35:42,540
\nIt’s like God sits the man up to
\nthis meal table and he provides <\/p>\n
531
\n00:35:42,740 –> 00:35:45,060
\nall the good food that he ever
\nnoticed. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:35:45,060 –> 00:35:46,620
\nBy the way, there’s no Mackers
\non that. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:35:48,750 –> 00:35:50,870
\nNothing.
\nNo junk food. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:35:51,430 –> 00:35:55,950
\nSo God provides all good food,
\nvery, very healthy, and it’s all<\/p>\n
535
\n00:35:55,950 –> 00:36:03,030
\nfor free, without price.
\nHe puts, even puts the food on a<\/p>\n
536
\n00:36:03,030 –> 00:36:06,030
\nplate.
\nHe did that with national Israel<\/p>\n
537
\n00:36:06,070 –> 00:36:08,190
\nand he fed them.
\nHe even brought the spoon to <\/p>\n
538
\n00:36:08,190 –> 00:36:12,270
\ntheir mouth.
\nAnd you know what happens? <\/p>\n
539
\n00:36:14,280 –> 00:36:17,800
\nWe look at the this food, this
\nincredibly healthy spread across<\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:17,800 –> 00:36:22,680
\nthe table and the man, the men
\nstand up and they say, I want <\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:22,800 –> 00:36:26,440
\nnone of this.
\nAnd they leave the creator of <\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:26,440 –> 00:36:31,000
\nheaven and earth standing and
\nstaring after them in great <\/p>\n
543
\n00:36:31,000 –> 00:36:33,280
\nsadness of what all has
\nprovided. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:36:35,160 –> 00:36:37,160
\nInteresting picture, you might
\nthink. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:36:37,160 –> 00:36:39,080
\nWell, that’s interesting.
\nActually, it’s not my picture. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:36:39,480 –> 00:36:43,120
\nYou listen to this Psalm 23,
\nthey’re preparest a table. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:36:43,660 –> 00:36:48,180
\nBefore me who satisfies thy
\nmouth with good things, so that <\/p>\n
548
\n00:36:48,180 –> 00:36:52,260
\nthy youth is renewed like
\nEagles, he satisfies the longing<\/p>\n
549
\n00:36:52,260 –> 00:36:55,740
\nsoul, and filleth the the hungry
\nsoul with goodness. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:36:57,820 –> 00:37:02,140
\nAnd as I 55 verse one ho,
\neveryone that thirsts come ye to<\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:02,140 –> 00:37:06,500
\nthe waters, and he that hath no
\nmoney come ye buy and eat. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:37:07,620 –> 00:37:11,180
\nSo that’s actually what God is
\ndoing for us. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:37:11,180 –> 00:37:15,570
\nHe wants to fill us up.
\nWith healthy things, good <\/p>\n
554
\n00:37:15,570 –> 00:37:20,090
\nthings, which are good for us in
\nterms of eternity, Yeah, So <\/p>\n
555
\n00:37:20,090 –> 00:37:27,250
\noften we just walk away from it,
\nyou know, has anyone ever here <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:27,250 –> 00:37:30,130
\ngiven, and this is a retirement
\nquestion, You don’t have to put <\/p>\n
557
\n00:37:30,130 –> 00:37:34,450
\nyour hand up.
\nHave you ever given anyone a <\/p>\n
558
\n00:37:34,450 –> 00:37:39,730
\nvery, very incredible gift, a
\nvery, very expensive gift of <\/p>\n
559
\n00:37:39,730 –> 00:37:42,410
\nenormous value?
\nIt doesn’t matter. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:37:43,030 –> 00:37:45,150
\nIt’s enormous value to you, that
\nis. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:37:48,310 –> 00:37:52,310
\nI remember hearing that a
\nbrother gave another family a <\/p>\n
562
\n00:37:52,310 –> 00:37:58,190
\nhouse that was incredibly
\ngenerous, an amazing gift that <\/p>\n
563
\n00:37:58,190 –> 00:38:03,950
\nwas maybe, perhaps we might do
\nthat, but you would never, ever.<\/p>\n
564
\n00:38:03,950 –> 00:38:06,590
\nYou wouldn’t even dream of
\ngiving and something in of <\/p>\n
565
\n00:38:06,590 –> 00:38:09,310
\nincredible value, like your own
\noffspring. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:09,430 –> 00:38:10,750
\nYou wouldn’t do that for an
\nenemy, would you? <\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:14,200 –> 00:38:17,480
\nWouldn’t do it for an enemy, but
\nthis is exactly what God has <\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:17,480 –> 00:38:21,120
\ndone.
\nSo before each of us were even <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:21,120 –> 00:38:23,840
\nborn, God says to Jeremiah, I
\nknew you. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:23,840 –> 00:38:26,800
\nWhen you’re in the womb I knew I
\nknow you, all of you, long <\/p>\n
571
\n00:38:26,800 –> 00:38:29,680
\nbefore you’re born.
\nWhen we’re enmity, when we were <\/p>\n
572
\n00:38:29,680 –> 00:38:33,840
\nself absorbed, obviously after
\nwe’re born, self interested, <\/p>\n
573
\n00:38:34,280 –> 00:38:39,440
\nself-serving, we’re at enmity
\nwith God. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:38:39,770 –> 00:38:42,290
\nWe were his enemy.
\nWe wanted to know nothing about <\/p>\n
575
\n00:38:42,290 –> 00:38:46,530
\nhim.
\nThat’s precisely the time when <\/p>\n
576
\n00:38:46,610 –> 00:38:51,410
\nJesus Christ has died for us.
\nThe act was done long, long ago,<\/p>\n
577
\n00:38:51,650 –> 00:38:55,490
\nbefore we needed it.
\nSo let’s come to that chapter we<\/p>\n
578
\n00:38:55,490 –> 00:38:58,050
\nread, Romans 5.
\nLet’s have a bit of a look here.<\/p>\n
579
\n00:39:02,770 –> 00:39:06,370
\nSo, Romans 5 and verse 8.
\nThis is a marvelous, A marvelous<\/p>\n
580
\n00:39:06,370 –> 00:39:11,230
\nchapter, Paul.
\nSets out what God has done is <\/p>\n
581
\n00:39:11,230 –> 00:39:15,070
\nreally trying to set out the
\nscale, if you like, of sin as <\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:15,070 –> 00:39:18,550
\nopposed to grace.
\nHe’s trying to get that ratio <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:18,550 –> 00:39:22,350
\nright so that we understand it.
\nBut God verse eight, God <\/p>\n
584
\n00:39:22,350 –> 00:39:26,270
\ncommended his love toward us in
\nthat while we were yet sinners, <\/p>\n
585
\n00:39:26,750 –> 00:39:35,790
\nChrist died for us much more
\nthan being now justified by his <\/p>\n
586
\n00:39:35,790 –> 00:39:38,000
\nblood.
\nWe shall be saved from Roth <\/p>\n
587
\n00:39:38,000 –> 00:39:43,600
\nthrough him.
\nFor if when we were enemies, we <\/p>\n
588
\n00:39:43,600 –> 00:39:49,360
\nwere reconciled to God, How so?
\nBy the death of his son, Much <\/p>\n
589
\n00:39:49,360 –> 00:39:53,360
\nmore being reconciled.
\nWe should be saved by his life. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:39:54,880 –> 00:39:59,240
\nThat that’s this term much more
\nactually occurs 5 times, as does<\/p>\n
591
\n00:39:59,240 –> 00:40:02,440
\nthe word gift in this chapter.
\nIf you’ve got a pencil, I’ll <\/p>\n
592
\n00:40:02,440 –> 00:40:05,520
\nquickly tell you so much more.
\nFirst time in verse 9. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:40:07,640 –> 00:40:11,160
\nNext time in verse 10, much more
\nbeing reconciled. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:40:12,200 –> 00:40:18,800
\nNext time in verse 15 and then
\nagain in verse 17 and then <\/p>\n
595
\n00:40:18,800 –> 00:40:24,200
\nfinally in verse 20 much more
\nincredible concept. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:40:25,040 –> 00:40:27,880
\nSo I think the picture that got
\nthat that Paul is sort of <\/p>\n
597
\n00:40:27,880 –> 00:40:30,920
\npainting here of God, it’s
\nalmost like that after the the <\/p>\n
598
\n00:40:30,920 –> 00:40:34,640
\nthe judgment process is finished
\nit’s he’s sort of describing a <\/p>\n
599
\n00:40:34,640 –> 00:40:37,150
\nbit like this.
\nThis, this is the way I see it. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:40:37,310 –> 00:40:43,790
\nThis great mound of grace has
\njust sitting there unused and <\/p>\n
601
\n00:40:43,790 –> 00:40:48,190
\nnot needed because we’ve we’ve
\nwe’ve we’ve all that. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:40:48,190 –> 00:40:50,910
\nAnd it’s sitting there because
\neither we didn’t want it, people<\/p>\n
603
\n00:40:50,910 –> 00:40:55,510
\ndidn’t want it, they saw no need
\nfor it, or there was just too <\/p>\n
604
\n00:40:55,510 –> 00:40:58,150
\nmuch.
\nAnyway, in other words, there’s <\/p>\n
605
\n00:40:58,390 –> 00:40:59,910
\nyou have a look at the the
\nwording here. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:40:59,910 –> 00:41:04,370
\nSo verse 18 says.
\nTherefore as the by the offence <\/p>\n
607
\n00:41:04,370 –> 00:41:08,770
\nof 1 judgment came upon all men
\nto condemnation, Even so by the <\/p>\n
608
\n00:41:08,770 –> 00:41:12,410
\nrighteousness of 1 the free gift
\ncame upon all men, and to <\/p>\n
609
\n00:41:12,410 –> 00:41:17,450
\njustification of life.
\nFor as by one man’s disobedience<\/p>\n
610
\n00:41:17,450 –> 00:41:22,050
\nmany were made sinners, so by
\nthe obedience of 1 shall many be<\/p>\n
611
\n00:41:22,050 –> 00:41:24,930
\nmade righteous.
\nMoreover, the law entered that <\/p>\n
612
\n00:41:24,930 –> 00:41:28,650
\nthe offence might abound.
\nThat means God gave the children<\/p>\n
613
\n00:41:28,650 –> 00:41:31,490
\nof Israel the law, like a great
\nbig if you’re like a great big <\/p>\n
614
\n00:41:31,490 –> 00:41:35,370
\nfluro.
\nThey turned the switch on and lo<\/p>\n
615
\n00:41:35,370 –> 00:41:38,290
\nand behold, they actually
\nstarted to see how sinful they <\/p>\n
616
\n00:41:38,290 –> 00:41:40,050
\nreally were.
\nThey before, they didn’t know <\/p>\n
617
\n00:41:40,050 –> 00:41:46,090
\nthat, but the law was to
\nhighlight the depravity of human<\/p>\n
618
\n00:41:46,090 –> 00:41:48,690
\nnature.
\nSo as soon as there’s command, <\/p>\n
619
\n00:41:48,930 –> 00:41:50,850
\nthou shalt not touch the wet
\npaint. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:41:51,050 –> 00:41:53,450
\nImmediately there’s a desire to
\ngo. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:41:53,650 –> 00:41:57,810
\nWhy?
\nVery, very deeply ingrained in <\/p>\n
622
\n00:41:57,810 –> 00:42:01,190
\nour nature.
\nMoreover, verse 20 says, <\/p>\n
623
\n00:42:01,190 –> 00:42:05,670
\nmoreover, the law entered that
\nthe offence might abound, but <\/p>\n
624
\n00:42:05,670 –> 00:42:11,070
\nwhere sin abounded, grace did
\nmuch more abound. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:42:13,790 –> 00:42:19,590
\nIsn’t that lovely?
\nSo we can never ever say that <\/p>\n
626
\n00:42:19,590 –> 00:42:22,070
\nthere is so much sin in the
\nearth that God can never deal <\/p>\n
627
\n00:42:22,070 –> 00:42:26,790
\nwith it.
\nGod’s grace much more, abounds <\/p>\n
628
\n00:42:27,710 –> 00:42:29,550
\nmuch more.
\nAnd the word gift. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:42:29,930 –> 00:42:35,930
\nIn that chapter also occurs five
\ntimes the word gift there and <\/p>\n
630
\n00:42:36,930 –> 00:42:38,810
\nwould actually let me tell you
\nwhere where they are. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:42:39,810 –> 00:42:41,410
\nSo I heard a few pens clicking
\nout there. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:42:41,650 –> 00:42:45,850
\nSo we’ve got the free gift in
\nverse 15, and we’ve got another <\/p>\n
633
\n00:42:45,850 –> 00:42:49,410
\ntwo in verse 15 actually.
\nAnd there’s another one in verse<\/p>\n
634
\n00:42:49,410 –> 00:42:56,490
\n16, another one in verse 16, so
\ntwo in 15, two in 16, and then <\/p>\n
635
\n00:42:56,490 –> 00:43:01,190
\none in verse 17.
\nAnd in the AV, you’ll see <\/p>\n
636
\n00:43:01,190 –> 00:43:03,630
\nanother one in verse 18, but
\nthat’s in italics. <\/p>\n
637
\n00:43:03,630 –> 00:43:05,630
\nThat’s not there.
\nSo there’s actually 5 again. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:43:06,390 –> 00:43:11,110
\nSo five being generally accepted
\nas the number for grace, God’s <\/p>\n
639
\n00:43:11,110 –> 00:43:14,950
\nincredible grace and kindness.
\nSo just don’t think, brothers <\/p>\n
640
\n00:43:14,950 –> 00:43:18,790
\nand sisters, that somehow or
\nother God’s grace is going to <\/p>\n
641
\n00:43:18,790 –> 00:43:19,990
\nrun out.
\nWhen it comes to you. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:43:21,990 –> 00:43:23,670
\nIt won’t.
\nThere’s actually going to be <\/p>\n
643
\n00:43:23,990 –> 00:43:27,590
\nlots and lots of grace unused
\nand left over. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:43:28,200 –> 00:43:30,960
\nThere’s much more grace than
\nthere is sin around the place, <\/p>\n
645
\n00:43:31,520 –> 00:43:33,640
\nmore than you’ll ever need,
\naccording to Paul. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:43:35,480 –> 00:43:39,120
\nBut there’s a caveat here, and
\nwe know what that is. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:43:39,160 –> 00:43:43,160
\nDon’t think to abuse that
\nprivilege to think to yourself, <\/p>\n
648
\n00:43:43,160 –> 00:43:46,760
\nWell, if there’s so much grace,
\nwhat’s the issue? <\/p>\n
649
\n00:43:48,120 –> 00:43:51,400
\nThat’s how the Jew thought that,
\nthat. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:43:51,400 –> 00:43:53,480
\nThat’s why Paul says in verse
\none of chapter 6. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:43:53,480 –> 00:43:54,840
\nWhat shall we say then?
\nShall we? <\/p>\n
652
\n00:43:55,270 –> 00:43:57,750
\nShall we continue in sin?
\nThat grace may abound, given <\/p>\n
653
\n00:43:57,750 –> 00:43:59,390
\nthat there’s a whole lot more
\ngrace than sin? <\/p>\n
654
\n00:43:59,390 –> 00:44:04,190
\nWell, hey, what does it matter?
\nThere’s no confession, no <\/p>\n
655
\n00:44:04,190 –> 00:44:07,830
\nrepentance, no conversion.
\nOn that basis, he says, God <\/p>\n
656
\n00:44:07,830 –> 00:44:11,470
\nforbid, how shall we that are
\ndead to sin live any longer <\/p>\n
657
\n00:44:11,870 –> 00:44:16,990
\ntherein?
\nSo, brothers and sisters, did <\/p>\n
658
\n00:44:16,990 –> 00:44:20,270
\nyou come to Ephesians too?
\nSo we begin to. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:44:23,280 –> 00:44:25,600
\nOne of our thoughts Ephesians 2
\nand verse 4. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:44:31,910 –> 00:44:34,150
\nThis is where God has actually
\nplaced us. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:44:34,150 –> 00:44:37,310
\nNow that we have partaken, we
\nunderstand His grace. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:44:38,150 –> 00:44:41,510
\nWe’ve accepted that grace in
\nfaith and look at look at the <\/p>\n
663
\n00:44:41,510 –> 00:44:44,030
\nconcluded verse verse four of
\nEphesians 2. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:44:44,030 –> 00:44:52,150
\nBut God who is rich in mercy for
\nHis great love wherewith he has <\/p>\n
665
\n00:44:52,150 –> 00:44:56,510
\nloved us even when we were dead
\nin sins. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:44:57,140 –> 00:45:01,940
\nHath quickened us together, made
\nus alive with Christ my grace <\/p>\n
667
\n00:45:02,540 –> 00:45:06,060
\nyou are saved and hath raised
\nus, us up together. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:45:06,060 –> 00:45:09,460
\nHe’s talking about now this is
\nall now raised us up together <\/p>\n
669
\n00:45:10,460 –> 00:45:15,540
\nand made us sit together in
\nheavenly places in Christ Jesus <\/p>\n
670
\n00:45:16,020 –> 00:45:21,540
\nright now because of our state
\nof forgiveness and the future. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:45:22,260 –> 00:45:26,420
\nVerse 7.
\nSo that in the age to come. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:45:27,130 –> 00:45:31,170
\nHe might show the exceeding
\nriches of his grace in his <\/p>\n
673
\n00:45:31,170 –> 00:45:34,610
\nkindness toward us through Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:45:35,690 –> 00:45:39,370
\nFor by grace he are saved
\nthrough faith and that not of <\/p>\n
675
\n00:45:39,370 –> 00:45:43,930
\nyourselves.
\nIt is the gift of God, the <\/p>\n
676
\n00:45:43,930 –> 00:45:52,130
\ndivine gift of forgiveness.
\nSo it’s probably worth just <\/p>\n
677
\n00:45:52,130 –> 00:45:55,010
\nquickly now what if?
\nWhat if we refused that gift? <\/p>\n
678
\n00:45:56,100 –> 00:45:59,260
\nWhat about that?
\nWhat about this matter of the <\/p>\n
679
\n00:45:59,300 –> 00:46:07,420
\nunforgivable sin?
\nThe unforgivable givable sin is <\/p>\n
680
\n00:46:07,420 –> 00:46:11,860
\nbasically brothers and sisters.
\nWhen we decide to shun the grace<\/p>\n
681
\n00:46:14,100 –> 00:46:16,700
\nthat God is giving to us.
\nThis is when we come to this <\/p>\n
682
\n00:46:16,700 –> 00:46:19,380
\nproblem.
\nNow I want to show you something<\/p>\n
683
\n00:46:19,380 –> 00:46:24,300
\nin Genesis 4, how Kane committed
\nthe unforgivable sin. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:46:24,640 –> 00:46:30,840
\nYou come to Genesis 4 quickly.
\nGenesis 4 and verse verse 8. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:46:31,280 –> 00:46:35,320
\nThere’s no confession, no
\nrepentance and something that <\/p>\n
686
\n00:46:35,320 –> 00:46:39,960
\nKane says if you like nails the
\ncoffin. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:46:42,000 –> 00:46:47,080
\nIt’s a really a sad state to God
\nif you like to quote a a term <\/p>\n
688
\n00:46:47,080 –> 00:46:50,040
\nbent over backwards to help Kane
\nafter he murdered. <\/p>\n
689
\n00:46:50,430 –> 00:46:52,710
\nGod was quite prepared to
\nforgive Kane for that. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:46:52,950 –> 00:46:54,870
\nLook at this verse eight of
\nGenesis 4. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:46:55,950 –> 00:46:58,070
\nAnd Kane taught with Abel his
\nbrother. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:46:58,190 –> 00:47:00,990
\nAnd it came to pass when they
\nwere in the field that Kane rose<\/p>\n
693
\n00:47:00,990 –> 00:47:02,670
\nup against Abel’s brother and
\nslew him. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:47:02,950 –> 00:47:07,190
\nSo there’s your first murder.
\nAnd now he said to Kane, where <\/p>\n
695
\n00:47:07,190 –> 00:47:10,350
\nis Abel thy brother?
\nAnd he said, basically he said, <\/p>\n
696
\n00:47:10,550 –> 00:47:15,710
\ndon’t know, I don’t know.
\nAm I my brother’s keeper? <\/p>\n
697
\n00:47:16,270 –> 00:47:19,670
\nAnswer yes you are.
\nIn fact, according to John, you <\/p>\n
698
\n00:47:19,710 –> 00:47:21,800
\nare.
\nWe are our brother’s keeper. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:47:22,720 –> 00:47:25,920
\nCan you see how here again God
\nis being proactive here with <\/p>\n
700
\n00:47:25,920 –> 00:47:27,800
\nwith Kane.
\nAnd he said, What have you done?<\/p>\n
701
\n00:47:28,440 –> 00:47:31,400
\nThe voice of thy brother’s blood
\ncries unto thee from the ground,<\/p>\n
702
\n00:47:31,560 –> 00:47:34,080
\nand now they are cursed from the
\nearth, which has opened the <\/p>\n
703
\n00:47:34,080 –> 00:47:36,760
\nmouth to receive thy brother’s
\nblood from the thy hand. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:47:36,920 –> 00:47:39,800
\nWhen thou tillest the ground, it
\nshall not henceforth yield unto <\/p>\n
705
\n00:47:39,800 –> 00:47:43,360
\nthee her strength.
\nA fugitive and a Vagabond shalt <\/p>\n
706
\n00:47:43,360 –> 00:47:46,800
\nthou be in the earth.
\nAnd look what Kane said. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:47:48,320 –> 00:47:54,790
\nThis is the unforgivable sin.
\nAnd it’s unforgivable because he<\/p>\n
708
\n00:47:55,030 –> 00:47:58,790
\ndeemed it so.
\nLook at verse 13 and Kane said <\/p>\n
709
\n00:47:58,790 –> 00:48:03,910
\nto Yahweh, my punishment is
\ngreater than I can bear. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:48:03,910 –> 00:48:06,190
\nNow that’s a very unfortunate
\ntranslation. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:48:06,510 –> 00:48:09,590
\nNow in in my if you’ve got a
\nwide like this, you’ve got the <\/p>\n
712
\n00:48:09,630 –> 00:48:11,190
\nOxford.
\nIn in you’ll have a look at the <\/p>\n
713
\n00:48:11,190 –> 00:48:13,390
\nmargin.
\nSee that little two there next <\/p>\n
714
\n00:48:13,390 –> 00:48:17,830
\nto the that word, my punishment
\nis greater than I can bear you <\/p>\n
715
\n00:48:17,830 –> 00:48:23,090
\nknow the margin says.
\nMy iniquity is greater than can <\/p>\n
716
\n00:48:23,090 –> 00:48:26,050
\nbe forgiven.
\nIt’s actually how it should <\/p>\n
717
\n00:48:26,050 –> 00:48:29,650
\nread.
\nMy iniquity is greater than can <\/p>\n
718
\n00:48:29,650 –> 00:48:31,530
\nbe forgiven.
\nThe Septuagint says. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:48:31,690 –> 00:48:35,250
\nMy crime is too great for me to
\nbe forgiven. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:48:38,010 –> 00:48:41,570
\nDo you think that Kane
\nunderstood the principle of much<\/p>\n
721
\n00:48:41,570 –> 00:48:49,030
\nmore how limiting he is to God?
\nDo you know what really is at <\/p>\n
722
\n00:48:49,030 –> 00:48:52,910
\nthe core of that statement?
\nReally it’s it’s his lack of <\/p>\n
723
\n00:48:52,950 –> 00:48:54,590
\nunderstanding of God’s
\ncharacter. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:48:55,030 –> 00:49:00,590
\nHe did not know God that God was
\nforgiving, iniquity, <\/p>\n
725
\n00:49:00,590 –> 00:49:05,110
\ntransgression, and sin.
\nAnd God has left on record for <\/p>\n
726
\n00:49:05,110 –> 00:49:07,670
\nall of us to observe through
\nscripture, brothers and sisters <\/p>\n
727
\n00:49:07,870 –> 00:49:12,390
\nsome really, really extreme
\ncharacters because of of sin. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:49:12,790 –> 00:49:16,630
\nAnd we all probably fit into
\nthese characters somewhere <\/p>\n
729
\n00:49:16,870 –> 00:49:18,840
\nsometime.
\nSo think of this. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:49:19,960 –> 00:49:23,560
\nAdulterers are left on record
\nfor us and they ended up <\/p>\n
731
\n00:49:23,560 –> 00:49:30,280
\nfaithful because of forgiveness.
\nWe know that murderers ended up <\/p>\n
732
\n00:49:30,280 –> 00:49:35,400
\nfaithful because of forgiveness.
\nWhat about kings? <\/p>\n
733
\n00:49:35,440 –> 00:49:38,120
\nThere was a king that committed.
\nI reckon this is one of the <\/p>\n
734
\n00:49:38,160 –> 00:49:41,960
\ngreatest examples.
\nManassa, he committed mass <\/p>\n
735
\n00:49:41,960 –> 00:49:44,320
\ngenocide to his own people.
\nIt says that the blood of <\/p>\n
736
\n00:49:44,320 –> 00:49:47,020
\nJerusalem.
\nRan with the blood of sorry, the<\/p>\n
737
\n00:49:47,020 –> 00:49:49,700
\nstreets of Jerusalem ran with
\nthe blood of innocents. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:49:50,820 –> 00:49:54,460
\nManassa got took him away in
\nchange change, and he humbled <\/p>\n
739
\n00:49:54,460 –> 00:49:59,140
\nhim and he forgave him.
\nHarlots ended up faithful <\/p>\n
740
\n00:49:59,140 –> 00:50:02,700
\nbecause of forgiveness.
\nMen who have used harlots ended <\/p>\n
741
\n00:50:02,700 –> 00:50:05,140
\nup faithful because of
\nforgiveness, thieves and <\/p>\n
742
\n00:50:05,140 –> 00:50:08,860
\nrobbers.
\nThe reason God has left that <\/p>\n
743
\n00:50:08,860 –> 00:50:11,620
\nthere.
\nSo we can look at it and say, my<\/p>\n
744
\n00:50:11,620 –> 00:50:18,420
\ngoodness, much more grace.
\nWe should have all confidence, <\/p>\n
745
\n00:50:18,540 –> 00:50:23,620
\nbe be incredibly confident and
\nbold that we can, that we can <\/p>\n
746
\n00:50:23,620 –> 00:50:25,140
\nactually be in the Kingdom of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:50:25,820 –> 00:50:28,340
\nBrothers and sisters.
\nNone of us are in any position <\/p>\n
748
\n00:50:28,660 –> 00:50:32,620
\nto utter like Cain, that my sin
\nis greater than can be forgiven.<\/p>\n
749
\n00:50:33,620 –> 00:50:37,540
\nIt’s plain untrue.
\nBut as soon as we even think <\/p>\n
750
\n00:50:37,540 –> 00:50:41,140
\nthis, we’re effectively saying
\nto God my badness is greater <\/p>\n
751
\n00:50:41,620 –> 00:50:43,820
\nthan your goodness.
\nYou’re effectively saying to <\/p>\n
752
\n00:50:43,820 –> 00:50:46,960
\nGod.
\nActually, I’m more powerful than<\/p>\n
753
\n00:50:46,960 –> 00:50:52,520
\nyou.
\nAre we greater than God? <\/p>\n
754
\n00:50:53,160 –> 00:50:55,240
\nIs God not powerful enough to
\nforgive sins? <\/p>\n
755
\n00:50:56,600 –> 00:51:00,120
\nIs there a sin that that God
\ndoes not possess the power to <\/p>\n
756
\n00:51:00,120 –> 00:51:01,080
\nforgive?
\nOf course not. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:51:01,960 –> 00:51:04,320
\nDo you believe that God can
\nsnuff out your life in the <\/p>\n
758
\n00:51:04,320 –> 00:51:06,840
\nmoment of time?
\nWell, in that case, he can take <\/p>\n
759
\n00:51:06,840 –> 00:51:10,480
\naway the sin in the moment of
\ntime in the same way. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:51:10,880 –> 00:51:12,800
\nFor my thoughts are not your
\nthoughts. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:51:13,140 –> 00:51:17,700
\nNeither are your ways.
\nMy ways S Yahweh that Isaiah 55 <\/p>\n
762
\n00:51:17,700 –> 00:51:22,940
\nand verse 8.
\nSo then to say that God is not <\/p>\n
763
\n00:51:22,940 –> 00:51:29,100
\ncapable of forgiving sin is to
\nrail or blaspheme against the <\/p>\n
764
\n00:51:29,100 –> 00:51:33,860
\nHoly Spirit, God’s power.
\nYou are telling God he is not <\/p>\n
765
\n00:51:33,860 –> 00:51:36,460
\npowerful enough and it’s
\nblasphemy. <\/p>\n
766
\n00:51:36,740 –> 00:51:41,620
\nIt it is to shun the gift of
\nforgiveness or our sin remains <\/p>\n
767
\n00:51:42,020 –> 00:51:43,490
\nthen.
\nUnforgiven. <\/p>\n
768
\n00:51:45,410 –> 00:51:48,210
\nAnd so we have the unforgivable
\nsin. <\/p>\n
769
\n00:51:48,690 –> 00:51:51,010
\nSo really, actually it all comes
\ninto faith, does it not? <\/p>\n
770
\n00:51:51,690 –> 00:51:54,330
\nIt really does come down to
\nfaith, your perspective of what <\/p>\n
771
\n00:51:54,330 –> 00:51:58,850
\nGod is able to do.
\nHe is faithful and just to <\/p>\n
772
\n00:51:58,850 –> 00:52:02,650
\nforgive us our sins.
\nIf we believe God, he rewards <\/p>\n
773
\n00:52:02,650 –> 00:52:05,890
\nthat belief.
\nAnd if we don’t believe him, <\/p>\n
774
\n00:52:07,090 –> 00:52:08,450
\nwell, there is nothing to
\nreward. <\/p>\n
775
\n00:52:09,530 –> 00:52:12,810
\nGod is a rewarder of those.
\nWho are faithful? <\/p>\n
776
\n00:52:13,690 –> 00:52:16,690
\nWho is he that overcomes?
\nThen what’s our our job? <\/p>\n
777
\n00:52:17,330 –> 00:52:19,650
\nJesus Christ said fear not,
\nlittle flock. <\/p>\n
778
\n00:52:19,770 –> 00:52:22,810
\nI have overcome the world.
\nThat’s what he said. <\/p>\n
779
\n00:52:22,970 –> 00:52:26,530
\nGod is not asking that of us.
\nHe’s He’s asking this of us. <\/p>\n
780
\n00:52:26,890 –> 00:52:28,810
\nWho is he that overcomes the
\nworld. <\/p>\n
781
\n00:52:30,850 –> 00:52:34,170
\nBut he that believeth that Jesus
\nis the Son of God. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:52:34,810 –> 00:52:38,530
\nThat’s who overcomes the world.
\nSo that we’ve all that we’ve <\/p>\n
783
\n00:52:38,530 –> 00:52:40,170
\nconsidered then brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
784
\n00:52:40,660 –> 00:52:47,700
\nIn our third session, we have a
\nsense of gratitude and a sense <\/p>\n
785
\n00:52:47,700 –> 00:52:52,700
\nof wonder and thankfulness for
\nthis tremendous father which we <\/p>\n
786
\n00:52:52,700 –> 00:52:57,060
\nserve.
\nAnd above all, we appreciate <\/p>\n
787
\n00:52:57,540 –> 00:53:01,340
\nexactly what he’s done for us.
\nAnd if you feel like that that’s<\/p>\n
788
\n00:53:01,340 –> 00:53:04,340
\nhave that sense of appreciation
\nto him, well, just just hold <\/p>\n
789
\n00:53:04,340 –> 00:53:07,260
\nthat thought for a little while
\nbecause tomorrow morning. <\/p>\n
790
\n00:53:08,170 –> 00:53:13,370
\nGod is going to ask you if you
\nwould kindly pass that <\/p>\n
791
\n00:53:13,370 –> 00:53:17,770
\nforgiveness, that forgiving
\nspirit, onto your brothers and <\/p>\n
792
\n00:53:17,770 –> 00:53:18,490
\nyour sisters.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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