WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.580 Father God, I praise you for making a wretch such as I, your treasure. 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:13.700 And I thank you, Father, that you accomplish this through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:15.560 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:41.280 And so I pray, God, that you come, that you work deep works in our souls this morning. 00:00:41.820 --> 00:00:44.480 We pray this in Christ's name. Amen. 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:52.719 First, I want to say, I apologize for the very fragmented way I've taken you through chapter 3 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:56.579 as I've been here and then not been here and then had things laid on my heart that were different. 00:00:56.579 --> 00:01:02.119 And I promise, at least Lord willing, that next week we'll finish chapter 3 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:04.560 and let Chris get started on chapter 4. 00:01:05.379 --> 00:01:08.060 But I'm really blessed to come to this text today. 00:01:09.579 --> 00:01:13.420 It's what I will call the crux of the Bible. 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:18.099 And in case you don't know what a crux is, I've got to tell you a little bit of my background. 00:01:18.459 --> 00:01:23.980 In my younger days, not too long ago, I did quite a bit of rock climbing. 00:01:23.980 --> 00:01:26.780 It was actually kind of a consuming passion for me. 00:01:26.980 --> 00:01:30.359 And in rock climbing, you're setting always new challenges for yourself. 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:32.359 It's a fairly independent sport. 00:01:32.700 --> 00:01:36.620 And you're always wanting to climb new routes, new routes. 00:01:37.540 --> 00:01:41.140 And in every route, you have a guidebook and you look at it and you know the rating. 00:01:41.300 --> 00:01:43.740 You know, this is a little harder than what I've done before. 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:46.820 This has particular moves on it that will be a challenge to me. 00:01:47.080 --> 00:01:48.240 And you get what's called beta. 00:01:48.520 --> 00:01:51.680 You ask other people who have climbed it, what are the challenges of this climb? 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:55.060 What do I need to be doing to prepare myself to accomplish this task? 00:01:55.220 --> 00:01:57.460 I had a climbing wall, a little climbing wall in my room. 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:06.940 And I would actually set up the moves that I knew I was going to have to do and practice them over and over and over again to be able to accomplish this climb. 00:02:07.220 --> 00:02:10.120 But every climb always had a crux. 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:12.719 The most difficult part. 00:02:13.060 --> 00:02:17.480 The part that if you could get it down, if you could do that part, you could do the rest of the climb. 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:23.939 And every part of the climb, everything leading up to that spot was about getting to that spot. 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:30.719 Being able to conserve your energy, have the strength you needed left to pull off those couple of very difficult moves. 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:37.079 And then beyond that, everything was just a celebration of accomplishing the most difficult part of the climb. 00:02:37.219 --> 00:02:39.319 That was the crux. 00:02:39.939 --> 00:02:44.459 This text, this is the crux of the Bible. 00:02:44.460 --> 00:02:49.700 Martin Luther called this the central passage of all of Scripture. 00:02:50.580 --> 00:02:52.460 So we've been ascending. 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:54.740 We've been climbing throughout our Scriptures. 00:02:55.040 --> 00:02:58.319 We've seen God create the world and original sin. 00:02:58.740 --> 00:03:04.659 We've seen Him destroy the world except a remnant of people and animals through the flood. 00:03:05.200 --> 00:03:06.600 We've seen the Tower of Babel. 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:13.560 We've seen the captivity in Egypt of the Israelites, the exodus, all the plagues, the exodus. 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:18.780 We've seen 40 years in the desert, the giving of the Mosaic Law, the temple being built. 00:03:19.340 --> 00:03:22.560 We've seen God's people scattered and regathered. 00:03:23.099 --> 00:03:24.939 The times of the judges, the prophets. 00:03:24.939 --> 00:03:35.280 And then we see in our New Testament, the culmination of redemptive history in Christ coming and dying for the sins of His people. 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.240 This text speaks of that. 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:43.400 Paul so far in Romans has left us guilty. 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:50.680 He starts out laying out a very careful case that all men are guilt. 00:03:50.780 --> 00:03:55.280 We're all under just condemnation, both Gentile and Jew. 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:58.879 He begins kind of his thesis statement in chapter 1, verse 16. 00:03:59.000 --> 00:03:59.439 He says, 00:03:59.819 --> 00:04:04.980 The gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes. 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:09.280 And he goes on to show us how everyone needs to place their faith in Christ 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:15.400 because everyone is justly condemned, those without the law and those with the law. 00:04:16.660 --> 00:04:22.459 The last passage in chapter 3, he fires off a bunch of Old Testament quotations for us. 00:04:22.819 --> 00:04:23.519 None is righteous. 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:24.240 No, not one. 00:04:24.379 --> 00:04:25.240 No one understands. 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:26.800 No one seeks after God. 00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:33.000 He's not leaving us any room to think that anyone is going to escape the judgment of God. 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:38.839 And I think if you look around at the world, you'll find that the world knows. 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:40.379 We all know that we're guilty. 00:04:40.500 --> 00:04:45.220 We all carry within us this sense that we haven't lived rightly, 00:04:45.420 --> 00:04:49.639 that we deserve some kind of condemnation for the way that we live. 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:55.639 And I think we know that that doesn't just extend horizontally, but it also extends vertically. 00:04:55.639 --> 00:05:01.839 We know that it's not just that we sin against our fellow man and we should be judged by our fellow man, 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:08.419 but that we've transgressed some kind of greater law and we deserve the wrath and judgment of God. 00:05:09.180 --> 00:05:14.060 If you look in verse 19 and 20, I just want you to see two phrases there, 00:05:14.919 --> 00:05:21.839 that we'll be held accountable to God and that no human being will be justified in His sight. 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:27.659 And that's the great tragedy of sin, that we've offended God. 00:05:27.739 --> 00:05:30.560 That's the primary problem with sin. 00:05:31.119 --> 00:05:32.259 Are there other problems with sin? 00:05:32.379 --> 00:05:32.579 Sure. 00:05:33.219 --> 00:05:36.399 Social issues as we sin against our fellow man? 00:05:36.699 --> 00:05:37.139 Absolutely. 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:43.099 But the primary issue, the number one issue, is that we've sinned against God Himself. 00:05:44.659 --> 00:05:50.899 Psalm 51.4, which is David's psalm of repentance after he has taken Bathsheba, 00:05:50.899 --> 00:05:56.959 had her husband killed, had a baby by her that died. 00:05:58.799 --> 00:06:00.479 He says in 51.4, 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:06.620 Against you, you only have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight. 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:10.399 He says to God, against you and you only have I sinned. 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:12.519 That kind of seems like an audacious claim, doesn't it? 00:06:13.719 --> 00:06:16.579 It seems that He reduces everything that He's done. 00:06:16.899 --> 00:06:19.859 He's really sinned against the entire nation of Israel as their king. 00:06:19.860 --> 00:06:23.860 He's reduced all of that to say, against you only have I sinned. 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:27.840 But what David understood was that this vertical access of his sin, 00:06:28.060 --> 00:06:31.840 this issue that he has with God, is greater than those things. 00:06:33.100 --> 00:06:36.879 That sin trumped all the other sin that he had done. 00:06:37.939 --> 00:06:41.939 So we all carry this guilt around with us. 00:06:41.939 --> 00:06:46.399 In our daily living, and I think we know that someday we'll be judged. 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:47.959 There's coming this final judgment. 00:06:49.300 --> 00:06:51.139 And we do some things to cope with that. 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:52.259 Look at the world around you. 00:06:52.300 --> 00:06:53.600 I'm going to give you some evidences of this. 00:06:53.660 --> 00:06:57.040 Everybody knows the guilt that they carry with them. 00:06:57.980 --> 00:07:00.360 I'm going to tell you quickly about three coping mechanisms. 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:03.240 You can see the world carrying out. 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:08.620 We tend to cope intellectually, physically, and religiously. 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:12.960 We cope intellectually by trying to justify our actions, 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:16.439 turning vices into virtues, 00:07:17.100 --> 00:07:21.280 such as greed and intimidation and self-exaltation. 00:07:21.620 --> 00:07:25.180 Our culture is about that, about justifying sinful acts, 00:07:25.259 --> 00:07:27.840 about justifying transgression of God's law. 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:33.259 We cope physically with the abuse of alcohol and drugs, 00:07:33.339 --> 00:07:34.779 both legal and illegal, 00:07:34.779 --> 00:07:37.979 things just to kind of numb the pain of living. 00:07:38.679 --> 00:07:41.419 We wrap ourselves up in things like TV, 00:07:42.239 --> 00:07:44.159 social activities, and sports, 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:48.899 to occupy our minds with other things than the guilt, 00:07:49.359 --> 00:07:52.759 just so that we won't let in that deafening sound of silence, 00:07:52.859 --> 00:07:55.339 as Simon and Garfunkel talked about. 00:07:55.339 --> 00:07:58.500 We're afraid that if we stop for just a moment, 00:07:59.159 --> 00:08:02.859 we might hear the condemnation that's upon us. 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:06.219 And most divisive among all of them, 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:08.199 we cope with things with religion. 00:08:08.719 --> 00:08:10.159 Religiously, we cope. 00:08:10.219 --> 00:08:12.379 And you see the world about this action. 00:08:13.059 --> 00:08:16.819 Because of explaining away our guilt or distracting us from it, 00:08:17.479 --> 00:08:19.319 religion tells us that we shouldn't be guilty. 00:08:20.159 --> 00:08:22.019 That if we do certain things, 00:08:22.099 --> 00:08:24.819 if we face a certain way and pray a certain number of times a day, 00:08:24.819 --> 00:08:27.099 if we're really careful about stepping on grasshoppers, 00:08:27.180 --> 00:08:30.240 if we follow a man's written code, 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:31.360 that we're okay. 00:08:31.500 --> 00:08:32.639 We're going to be all right. 00:08:32.740 --> 00:08:36.980 We're going to achieve a higher level of understanding, 00:08:37.100 --> 00:08:40.039 or we're not going to be judged for our actions. 00:08:41.179 --> 00:08:42.639 But none of these coping mechanisms, 00:08:42.819 --> 00:08:46.159 none of these things actually get rid of the guilt, do they? 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:50.240 None of them actually free us from the condemnation of God. 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:53.560 Thankfully, the text goes on, right? 00:08:54.899 --> 00:08:56.299 Chris asked me before we started, 00:08:56.460 --> 00:08:57.539 we were singing the sheet song, 00:08:57.620 --> 00:08:57.960 and he said, 00:08:58.120 --> 00:08:59.620 are you going to preach after this? 00:09:00.379 --> 00:09:02.120 And I said, thankfully no, 00:09:02.180 --> 00:09:03.500 but this is a really happy text, 00:09:03.539 --> 00:09:07.279 so it wouldn't be a terrible mood setting for such a text. 00:09:07.379 --> 00:09:08.840 So we all have this guilt. 00:09:08.899 --> 00:09:09.539 We know that. 00:09:09.620 --> 00:09:13.560 We have a guilt bearing down upon us prior to being saved, 00:09:13.560 --> 00:09:16.019 but thankfully we have salvation in Christ. 00:09:16.179 --> 00:09:18.220 And that's where Paul begins to turn, 00:09:18.460 --> 00:09:19.639 and why this is the crux. 00:09:19.699 --> 00:09:21.319 If we can get this right, everybody, 00:09:21.439 --> 00:09:25.079 if we can understand the salvation that comes through Jesus Christ, 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:27.539 how it is that that exchange happens, 00:09:28.059 --> 00:09:29.100 we're going to get the rest of it. 00:09:29.139 --> 00:09:30.360 It's all going to turn out okay. 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:32.480 We're going to understand the rest of the book of Romans 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:35.860 if we can get this one clear point. 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:37.939 So let's get after it. 00:09:38.579 --> 00:09:40.439 Verses 21 through 23. 00:09:41.299 --> 00:09:44.919 But now, and he doesn't mean now in my argument, 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:47.339 he means now in this present age, 00:09:47.419 --> 00:09:49.819 but now the righteousness of God 00:09:49.819 --> 00:09:52.500 has been manifested apart from the law. 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:53.559 What is he talking about? 00:09:53.599 --> 00:09:54.759 The righteousness of God, 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:56.240 the right living, 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:58.759 the perfect, holy, right living of God. 00:09:59.419 --> 00:10:01.399 Can people do good things? 00:10:01.559 --> 00:10:02.000 Absolutely. 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:03.899 I'm not going to negate that. 00:10:03.979 --> 00:10:06.419 People can do good philanthropic things. 00:10:07.479 --> 00:10:10.719 We saw Mother Teresa live a very sacrificial life. 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:13.720 But if Mother Teresa didn't place her faith in Jesus Christ 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:15.240 for his righteousness, 00:10:15.820 --> 00:10:16.600 her righteousness, 00:10:16.779 --> 00:10:17.820 the things she did, 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:20.779 will not be enough before God. 00:10:21.320 --> 00:10:24.720 So we can do good things apart from Christ. 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:26.540 We can go about the activity 00:10:26.540 --> 00:10:28.600 of what the Bible tells us to do. 00:10:29.139 --> 00:10:30.139 I can share with others. 00:10:30.220 --> 00:10:30.879 I can love people. 00:10:30.920 --> 00:10:32.360 I can share the gospel with people 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:35.379 and not be justified in his sight. 00:10:35.379 --> 00:10:37.620 So the righteousness of God, 00:10:37.740 --> 00:10:38.559 Christ himself, 00:10:38.860 --> 00:10:40.360 has been manifested apart from the law, 00:10:41.100 --> 00:10:43.019 although the law and the prophets 00:10:43.019 --> 00:10:43.960 bear witness to it. 00:10:44.179 --> 00:10:45.000 And I want to point out to you 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:46.419 that he has been talking repetitively 00:10:46.419 --> 00:10:49.860 about the law lowercase in my ESV, 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:51.159 but then here, 00:10:51.419 --> 00:10:52.259 the last part of 21, 00:10:52.700 --> 00:10:55.399 he says law uppercase and the prophets. 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:57.059 And what he's essentially saying is 00:10:57.059 --> 00:10:59.620 the scriptures that we have up to now. 00:11:00.299 --> 00:11:02.639 So all that ascending I was talking about, 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:04.480 all those stories that I mentioned, 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:05.960 all of those things, 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:07.320 the law and the prophets, 00:11:07.800 --> 00:11:10.600 have been speaking of the righteousness of God 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:12.340 that we find in Christ, 00:11:12.399 --> 00:11:14.420 have led us to this point. 00:11:15.060 --> 00:11:15.580 Verse 22, 00:11:16.220 --> 00:11:17.539 the righteousness of God 00:11:17.539 --> 00:11:19.920 through faith in Jesus Christ 00:11:19.920 --> 00:11:21.500 for all who believe. 00:11:22.940 --> 00:11:24.039 Now I'm going to get there. 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:26.360 I'm going to go beyond what I'm about to say, 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:27.759 but I want you to see 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:31.840 that there is an action required on our part 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:33.899 to have the righteousness of God. 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:35.519 We have responsibility 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:37.699 in this equation. 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:38.279 Okay? 00:11:38.579 --> 00:11:39.539 And what is that responsibility? 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:40.419 It is belief. 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:43.039 That we believe that Jesus 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:44.340 is the Son of God 00:11:44.340 --> 00:11:45.579 and the only way 00:11:45.579 --> 00:11:46.879 back to God 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:48.120 to restore our relationship 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:48.899 with Him. 00:11:50.259 --> 00:11:51.679 We're all under condemnation. 00:11:51.779 --> 00:11:53.299 We all carry this guilt of sin. 00:11:53.379 --> 00:11:54.480 The only way back 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:55.500 is Jesus Christ. 00:11:55.899 --> 00:11:57.899 And faith requires our belief 00:11:58.480 --> 00:11:59.120 in Him. 00:11:59.199 --> 00:12:00.519 Our salvation is dependent 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:02.360 on that very thing. 00:12:04.059 --> 00:12:05.079 Last part of 22, 00:12:05.779 --> 00:12:07.840 for there is no distinction. 00:12:08.620 --> 00:12:09.120 Verse 23, 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:10.720 for all have sinned 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:11.919 and fall short 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:13.240 of the glory of God. 00:12:14.139 --> 00:12:14.319 Right? 00:12:15.179 --> 00:12:15.819 This fits. 00:12:15.899 --> 00:12:16.939 This fits where He's been 00:12:16.939 --> 00:12:17.740 and where He's going. 00:12:17.899 --> 00:12:18.199 Okay? 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:19.559 He's been talking about 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:20.740 the Jew and the Gentile 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:22.179 all under condemnation. 00:12:22.179 --> 00:12:24.719 all must then 00:12:24.719 --> 00:12:26.879 place their faith in Christ 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:27.759 for their salvation. 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:28.179 Right? 00:12:28.239 --> 00:12:29.019 There is no distinction 00:12:29.019 --> 00:12:29.699 between the two. 00:12:29.819 --> 00:12:30.799 All must place their faith 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:32.139 because all of us 00:12:32.139 --> 00:12:32.759 have sinned 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:34.199 and we fall short 00:12:34.199 --> 00:12:35.739 of the glory of God. 00:12:35.740 --> 00:12:42.480 All right, 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:42.580 man, 00:12:42.620 --> 00:12:43.220 I just lost my thought. 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:45.580 Verse 24 and 25. 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:49.519 And are justified 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:50.759 by His grace 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:51.419 as a gift 00:12:51.419 --> 00:12:52.259 through the redemption 00:12:52.259 --> 00:12:54.279 that is in Christ Jesus, 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:55.799 whom God put forward 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:56.879 as a propitiation 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:57.879 by His blood 00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:59.080 to be received 00:12:59.080 --> 00:12:59.820 by faith. 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:00.220 All right, 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:00.919 let me stop there. 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:01.539 So we see 00:13:01.539 --> 00:13:02.980 that what is required of us 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:04.220 is a belief of faith 00:13:04.220 --> 00:13:05.019 in Jesus Christ 00:13:05.019 --> 00:13:06.159 and what happens 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:07.399 in that equation. 00:13:07.860 --> 00:13:08.559 And Paul gives us 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:09.639 some pretty big words here. 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:10.740 We have three 00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:12.139 rather churchy words 00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:13.559 that I think are very 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:14.500 important for us 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:15.120 to define. 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:16.899 Many people take 00:13:16.899 --> 00:13:18.139 words like 00:13:18.139 --> 00:13:19.379 redemption, 00:13:19.620 --> 00:13:20.419 I'm redeemed, 00:13:20.939 --> 00:13:22.379 I'm forgiven, 00:13:22.779 --> 00:13:23.879 I'm justified. 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:25.019 Those terms, 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:25.500 we take them 00:13:25.500 --> 00:13:26.779 and we simply make them 00:13:26.779 --> 00:13:27.860 synonyms to say. 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:30.039 And in one sense, 00:13:30.100 --> 00:13:30.500 they are. 00:13:31.340 --> 00:13:32.639 But they're different lenses 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:33.840 by which to look 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:34.819 at our salvation. 00:13:34.820 --> 00:13:36.160 There are different ways 00:13:36.160 --> 00:13:37.180 to understand 00:13:37.180 --> 00:13:38.860 this great exchange, 00:13:39.040 --> 00:13:40.180 as Martin Luther called it, 00:13:40.680 --> 00:13:42.100 where we got 00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:43.400 the righteousness of God 00:13:43.400 --> 00:13:45.040 and he took our sin 00:13:45.040 --> 00:13:46.300 and bore the wrath of God. 00:13:47.260 --> 00:13:48.500 Different lenses 00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:49.360 by which to look at it. 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:50.920 So he starts out 00:13:50.920 --> 00:13:51.600 by talking about 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:52.940 being justified. 00:13:53.300 --> 00:13:54.000 So what does it mean 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:55.080 to be justified? 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:56.740 And it's fairly simple, 00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:58.200 it's kind of a court term. 00:13:58.280 --> 00:13:59.240 It means simply to be 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:01.540 declared not guilty. 00:14:01.539 --> 00:14:03.599 It's a declaration. 00:14:03.839 --> 00:14:04.839 So you stand before the judge 00:14:04.839 --> 00:14:05.980 with your traffic ticket 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:06.839 and you say, 00:14:07.719 --> 00:14:08.319 Judge, I actually 00:14:08.319 --> 00:14:08.959 was not speeding. 00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:10.719 This was a false ticket. 00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:12.319 Cops crazy. 00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:13.939 He says he radared me, 00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:14.399 but he didn't. 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:15.799 And the judge says, 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:17.120 I believe you. 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:18.120 You did not do the thing 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:18.519 that you did. 00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:19.179 And you're justified 00:14:19.179 --> 00:14:19.620 in that thing. 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:20.799 You've been forgiven 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:22.659 of the possibility 00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:23.879 that you even had 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:25.259 anything to do 00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:26.039 with the wrongdoing 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:27.480 that you've been 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:29.259 blamed for. 00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:30.980 That's justification. 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:33.679 So we're in a right standing 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:34.699 if we have our faith in Christ. 00:14:34.779 --> 00:14:35.599 We're in a right standing 00:14:35.599 --> 00:14:36.360 before God. 00:14:36.439 --> 00:14:37.539 We've been justified, 00:14:37.719 --> 00:14:38.519 but how is it 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:39.500 that we've been justified? 00:14:39.620 --> 00:14:40.539 We've been justified 00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:42.339 by his grace 00:14:42.339 --> 00:14:42.980 as a gift, 00:14:43.059 --> 00:14:43.899 a free gift 00:14:43.899 --> 00:14:44.659 given to us 00:14:44.659 --> 00:14:46.719 through redemption 00:14:46.719 --> 00:14:47.480 in Christ 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:49.360 who was our propitiation. 00:14:49.959 --> 00:14:50.759 So these are terms 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:51.699 we need to understand. 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.579 Redemption 00:14:52.579 --> 00:14:54.039 and propitiation. 00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:55.919 Now Paul was not 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:56.779 trying to be 00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:58.740 super booky 00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:59.639 and smart 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:01.199 and blow everybody 00:15:01.199 --> 00:15:02.740 in the Church of Rome's 00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:03.179 minds 00:15:03.179 --> 00:15:04.299 when the letter was read. 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:05.639 His intention was not 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:06.459 that somebody stood up 00:15:06.459 --> 00:15:07.059 in front of the church 00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:07.779 and read this letter 00:15:07.779 --> 00:15:08.360 and they all said, 00:15:08.719 --> 00:15:09.759 that Paul is amazing. 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:10.939 He uses big words 00:15:10.939 --> 00:15:12.159 that we don't even understand. 00:15:13.439 --> 00:15:15.839 Paul spoke very plain language 00:15:15.839 --> 00:15:18.000 so that people totally got 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:19.039 what he was saying. 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.919 We just don't live 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:21.500 in that culture. 00:15:21.939 --> 00:15:23.099 We don't really use 00:15:23.099 --> 00:15:24.019 the word redeemed. 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:24.919 in our culture. 00:15:25.079 --> 00:15:25.819 Or certainly 00:15:25.819 --> 00:15:26.939 we don't use the term 00:15:26.939 --> 00:15:27.959 propitiation 00:15:27.959 --> 00:15:29.339 in our culture. 00:15:29.740 --> 00:15:30.459 So we have to kind of 00:15:30.459 --> 00:15:31.759 look at what was going on. 00:15:31.819 --> 00:15:32.459 What is the culture? 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:32.959 What is this 00:15:32.959 --> 00:15:34.959 Greco-Roman world 00:15:34.959 --> 00:15:36.019 that they lived in? 00:15:36.579 --> 00:15:37.159 And redemption 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:38.759 was a big deal. 00:15:38.839 --> 00:15:39.339 It was a term 00:15:39.339 --> 00:15:40.000 that they really 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:40.959 would have taken hold of. 00:15:41.779 --> 00:15:42.419 I've explained to you 00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:42.959 before that 00:15:42.959 --> 00:15:44.439 the redemption 00:15:44.439 --> 00:15:46.919 process in war 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:48.980 looked a little like 00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:49.599 this. 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:50.639 If I were to conquer 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.559 another king, 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:52.500 I would capture 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.079 that king 00:15:53.079 --> 00:15:54.259 or take him back 00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:55.439 to my city 00:15:55.439 --> 00:15:56.279 and I would put 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:57.239 a price on his head. 00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:58.779 So I would say 00:15:58.779 --> 00:15:59.439 your people, 00:15:59.819 --> 00:16:00.859 in order for your king 00:16:00.859 --> 00:16:01.899 to be redeemed, 00:16:02.599 --> 00:16:04.319 I need this much 00:16:04.319 --> 00:16:05.179 in gold. 00:16:06.459 --> 00:16:07.059 And if you paid 00:16:07.059 --> 00:16:07.659 that price, 00:16:08.179 --> 00:16:09.179 your king was said 00:16:09.179 --> 00:16:09.759 to be redeemed 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:10.359 and I would return 00:16:10.359 --> 00:16:10.759 him to you. 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:12.299 So it's a picture 00:16:12.299 --> 00:16:12.939 of redemption. 00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:14.139 A price 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:15.259 that the captor 00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:16.079 cannot pay 00:16:16.079 --> 00:16:18.199 is paid by somebody else 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:19.500 and the captor 00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:20.980 is set free. 00:16:22.420 --> 00:16:23.000 But it gets 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.520 a little neater 00:16:23.520 --> 00:16:24.040 than that. 00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:25.740 A little deeper 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:27.120 to the common man 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:28.480 that lived in this time. 00:16:29.980 --> 00:16:30.379 Today, 00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:31.960 we file bankruptcy 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:35.120 if we have to default 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:35.720 on our loans. 00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:36.820 We just say, 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:37.759 I cannot pay my loans 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.500 and we have a little 00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:39.600 loophole 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:40.460 that gets us out of that. 00:16:40.520 --> 00:16:40.860 But there wasn't 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.800 a loophole like that 00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:42.340 in this day. 00:16:42.460 --> 00:16:42.780 And the way 00:16:42.780 --> 00:16:44.340 they got out of debt 00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:44.960 was they either 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:45.940 sold themselves 00:16:45.940 --> 00:16:46.800 to somebody 00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:47.400 into slavery 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:48.179 and used the money 00:16:48.179 --> 00:16:49.620 to pay their debtor 00:16:49.620 --> 00:16:52.000 or they became slaves 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:52.840 of that person 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.740 that they owed money to. 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.620 That was the way it worked. 00:16:54.699 --> 00:16:55.639 That was your way out. 00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:57.000 So if I borrowed 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.720 a great sum of money 00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:58.360 to start a business 00:16:58.360 --> 00:16:59.319 and my business failed, 00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:01.379 I would become a slave. 00:17:02.539 --> 00:17:03.500 Unable to pay the debt, 00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:04.579 I'd have no possessions 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:05.519 left at this point. 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.839 Me and my family 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:08.099 as slaves. 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.960 Now let's say 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.839 I'm in slavery, 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:11.759 I'm sold into slavery 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.599 and I have a cousin 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:13.599 who lives in another city 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:14.700 who's well-to-do 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.339 and hears 00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:16.660 that I have this problem. 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:18.740 The way that cousin 00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.480 would go about 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:21.300 buying my redemption 00:17:21.300 --> 00:17:23.480 is they would go 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:24.880 to the local pagan temple. 00:17:26.019 --> 00:17:26.880 This is so cool. 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.560 They would go 00:17:27.560 --> 00:17:28.500 to the local pagan temple 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:29.480 and they would pay 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:30.700 the amount that I owed, 00:17:30.780 --> 00:17:31.259 my debt, 00:17:31.320 --> 00:17:32.280 they would pay my debt 00:17:32.280 --> 00:17:33.880 plus a fee 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:35.120 to the priest 00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:35.900 at the pagan temple. 00:17:37.220 --> 00:17:38.040 The priest then 00:17:38.040 --> 00:17:38.720 at the pagan temple 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:39.540 would take the money 00:17:39.540 --> 00:17:42.000 owed to my slaveholder 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:43.279 and I would be 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:44.500 set free 00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:45.559 from that slaveholder 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.980 but I would become 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:48.259 the slave 00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:49.599 of the pagan god. 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:51.859 That way, 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.420 culturally, 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:54.880 I still had the shame 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:56.259 of being a person 00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.519 who defaulted on my loans 00:17:57.519 --> 00:18:00.000 but because pagan gods 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:01.000 had no real rules, 00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:02.099 I could go about 00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:03.000 my business. 00:18:04.339 --> 00:18:05.779 Isn't that fascinating? 00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:08.000 As Paul talks 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.740 all throughout 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.359 the Old Testament 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:11.359 about us being set free 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:13.000 but being slaves. 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.899 You understand that? 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:15.779 If we lived in that culture, 00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:17.220 we would have really understood 00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:18.519 what was going on. 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.639 We've been set free 00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:21.279 from the captivity of sin, 00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:22.500 from the dominion 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.379 of the devil, 00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.920 but we're now slaves 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:25.920 of a new god, 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.480 the god, 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:29.680 who causes us 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.279 to live 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:31.460 in a different way. 00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:33.340 And that's the picture 00:18:33.340 --> 00:18:34.000 of redemption. 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.819 Isn't that an amazing way 00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:36.819 to look 00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.960 at your salvation? 00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.340 Every time I think 00:18:39.340 --> 00:18:39.759 of redemption, 00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.240 I think I'm getting 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:42.180 a little broken record-ish 00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:42.600 about this, 00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:43.240 but I think of 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.400 the prophet Hosea 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:46.120 who was told by God 00:18:46.120 --> 00:18:47.620 to marry a woman 00:18:47.620 --> 00:18:49.539 who he knew 00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.920 would be unfaithful to him. 00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:52.440 Her name was Gomer. 00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.920 And the picture, 00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:57.779 this real-life charade 00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.700 that God carried out 00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.840 in Hosea's life 00:18:59.840 --> 00:19:00.559 was the picture 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:01.759 of Israel and God. 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:04.179 Israel was a harlot, 00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:07.740 not faithful to God. 00:19:08.899 --> 00:19:10.279 So you see this process 00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.700 in the first three chapters 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:14.419 of her continual betrayal 00:19:14.419 --> 00:19:15.740 of Hosea. 00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:17.099 And she gets herself 00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.700 to the position 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.399 where she's living 00:19:18.399 --> 00:19:19.240 with another man 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:20.119 and finds herself 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:21.839 in such a hard financial time 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:23.539 that she is sold 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.279 into slavery. 00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:27.720 And then God tells Hosea 00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:30.539 to go to the slave market 00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:32.180 and to purchase her back. 00:19:32.600 --> 00:19:33.039 And the amount 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.799 he purchases for 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:35.000 is a huge amount, 00:19:35.100 --> 00:19:36.039 a huge amount of money. 00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:37.279 He goes back 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:38.240 and he purchases 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:39.420 his bride 00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:40.660 who had betrayed him. 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:42.059 It's a picture 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.680 of redemption. 00:19:43.100 --> 00:19:43.680 We ought to hear 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.900 the word redeemed 00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:46.180 sing these songs 00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:47.019 and it ought 00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:48.400 to blow our minds. 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:51.400 Totally without 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:52.240 any worth 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:53.240 of our own. 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:53.700 Isn't that what 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.380 Paul has been saying? 00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.339 None of us are righteous. 00:19:55.339 --> 00:19:56.039 I don't care 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:56.619 if you were born 00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.299 in Georgia. 00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.139 I don't care 00:19:58.139 --> 00:19:58.599 if your parents 00:19:58.599 --> 00:19:59.179 took you 00:19:59.179 --> 00:20:00.699 to the Southern Baptist Church. 00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:02.839 It doesn't matter. 00:20:03.959 --> 00:20:04.699 You could have worn 00:20:04.699 --> 00:20:05.839 a tie from the time 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:07.699 you were six months old. 00:20:08.459 --> 00:20:09.319 No righteousness 00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.279 of your own. 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.579 It doesn't matter 00:20:11.579 --> 00:20:12.379 how many mission trips 00:20:12.379 --> 00:20:12.879 you've been on 00:20:12.879 --> 00:20:13.559 at all. 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.639 None of that 00:20:15.639 --> 00:20:16.379 matters 00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:17.359 if you don't 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:18.939 place your faith 00:20:18.939 --> 00:20:19.699 in Christ 00:20:19.699 --> 00:20:21.000 for your salvation. 00:20:21.919 --> 00:20:22.819 You are a 00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:23.619 poor, 00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:25.979 wretched slave. 00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:27.099 Nothing 00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:28.179 of your own. 00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.779 Pitiful. 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:31.139 The slave market, 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.959 slaves were put 00:20:31.959 --> 00:20:32.639 on display 00:20:32.639 --> 00:20:33.799 without any clothes on 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.579 so people could see 00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.239 what they were buying. 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.299 That's you. 00:20:37.419 --> 00:20:38.439 You have nothing 00:20:38.439 --> 00:20:39.679 of your own 00:20:39.679 --> 00:20:40.239 to offer 00:20:40.239 --> 00:20:41.279 to God. 00:20:42.399 --> 00:20:42.779 But yet 00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.179 he's 00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:44.759 purchased us. 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:46.059 And how has he purchased us? 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:46.579 Through 00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:48.159 a propitiation. 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:50.399 Christ himself 00:20:50.399 --> 00:20:51.639 is our 00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.599 propitiation. 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.579 Now here's another term 00:20:53.579 --> 00:20:54.339 that we have to understand. 00:20:54.459 --> 00:20:55.519 In this Greco-Roman world 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.179 there were many 00:20:56.179 --> 00:20:57.039 gods. 00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.259 And if you wanted 00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:00.759 a god to favor you, 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.379 to be 00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:02.500 proprietous 00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.379 towards you, 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:05.179 you offered 00:21:05.179 --> 00:21:05.899 a sacrifice 00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.599 to that god. 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:08.099 So if I were 00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:08.740 to sail 00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.159 someplace 00:21:09.159 --> 00:21:09.759 and I wanted 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.639 to offer 00:21:10.639 --> 00:21:11.259 a sacrifice 00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.719 to the god 00:21:11.719 --> 00:21:12.159 of Neptune, 00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.599 I wanted 00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.019 the god 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.339 of Neptune 00:21:13.339 --> 00:21:13.919 to shine 00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:14.299 on me 00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.699 to make sure 00:21:14.699 --> 00:21:15.240 that I wasn't 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:16.240 in a terrible 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.000 wreck 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.699 as I was 00:21:17.699 --> 00:21:18.000 sailing, 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:19.039 I would 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.359 offer 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:19.779 a 00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:21.019 propitiation 00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:23.859 to turn 00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.960 God's anger 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.700 to 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.920 propietousness, 00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.799 towards favor 00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.579 toward me. 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.259 See, 00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.940 the Greco-gods 00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.400 were seen 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:32.440 as kind of 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:33.220 fickle. 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.339 I mean, 00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:33.880 you've never read 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:34.980 any of the 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:36.160 Greek literature? 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:37.900 Very fickle gods, 00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:39.579 easily angered, 00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.799 bickering amongst 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.400 each other. 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:42.920 And so these people 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.599 understood 00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:44.539 Jesus Christ 00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.440 is a propitiation. 00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.700 We are enemies 00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.539 of God. 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:48.740 Now our God 00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.440 is not fickle. 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:49.980 Our God 00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:51.180 is full of wrath, 00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.880 full of indignation. 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.620 The law and the 00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.400 prophets have spoken 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:56.440 of that all 00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:57.039 throughout the Old 00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.380 Testament. 00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.140 We've seen God's 00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.960 wrath and His love 00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.539 combined. 00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.940 And then we see 00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.680 Christ as the 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.319 propitiation, 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:05.420 this sacrifice 00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.460 to turn God's 00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:08.120 favor back to 00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:08.480 us. 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.319 It's a beautiful, 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.759 beautiful picture. 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:12.759 So, 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:13.880 in the Old 00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:14.759 Testament we see 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:16.680 the picture of 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.259 the Passover, 00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.740 the final plague 00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.539 that God brought 00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.660 amongst Egypt 00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:23.220 to bring about 00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.880 the Exodus. 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.500 And what happens 00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.160 in the Passover? 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.960 The firstborn 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:29.279 of all the 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.299 Egyptians is killed. 00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.799 The angel of 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.539 death comes 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:32.860 through. 00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.120 But those who 00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:34.960 have killed a 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.860 spotless lamb and 00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:36.660 spread the blood 00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.820 on the doorpost 00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.519 of their house, 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.100 the angel of 00:22:40.100 --> 00:22:40.519 death passed 00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:40.799 over. 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:41.820 Right? 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.720 What is that a 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.259 picture of? 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:45.119 That's a picture 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.859 of the wrath 00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.539 of God 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.400 against sinful 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.720 man. 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.279 And those of 00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.660 us who are 00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:51.259 found in 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.799 Christ, 00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.180 the perfect 00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:54.019 Passover lamb 00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.700 being passed 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:54.960 over. 00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:58.319 Living as a 00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.539 result of 00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.019 such a thing. 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.259 Christ is the 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.460 bull slaughtered 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:03.879 on the day of 00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.400 atonement. 00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.640 I've spoken to 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.160 you about this 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.559 before. 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.920 In the temple, 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.779 the Holy of 00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.379 Holies, there was a 00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:10.379 day, one day a 00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:11.359 year, the day of 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.879 atonement. 00:23:12.179 --> 00:23:12.579 And I won't get 00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.199 into all the 00:23:13.199 --> 00:23:14.019 particulars of it, 00:23:14.219 --> 00:23:14.679 but there was a 00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:15.459 blood sacrifice 00:23:15.459 --> 00:23:16.799 required one time 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.799 a year as part 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.259 of the Mosaic 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.839 Law to make an 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:21.379 atonement for all 00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:22.299 the sins of 00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:22.619 Israel. 00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.319 There was a 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:25.279 constant sacrifice 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.099 happening amongst 00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:26.859 individuals, but 00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.579 this was the big 00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:30.019 sacrifice, the big 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.799 laying of blood 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:33.379 on the altar to 00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.699 atone for those 00:23:34.699 --> 00:23:35.119 sins. 00:23:36.979 --> 00:23:37.299 And as I 00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:39.039 mentioned, Christ 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.579 is the price. 00:23:39.679 --> 00:23:40.219 He's the price 00:23:40.219 --> 00:23:40.899 that Gomer paid. 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:42.639 Hosea paid to 00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.259 purchase Gomer 00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.579 out of slavery. 00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.619 Last part of 00:23:48.619 --> 00:23:49.259 verse 25, 00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:50.139 verse 26. 00:23:53.399 --> 00:23:54.659 So all this, 00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.740 all this activity, 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.359 this was to 00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.799 show God's 00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.179 righteousness 00:23:59.179 --> 00:24:00.779 because in 00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.699 his divine 00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:02.639 forbearance, 00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.919 he had passed 00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.579 over former 00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.039 sins. 00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.719 Stop there for 00:24:06.719 --> 00:24:07.019 a second. 00:24:07.479 --> 00:24:07.979 This was to 00:24:07.979 --> 00:24:09.079 show God's 00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.559 righteousness. 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:09.759 righteousness. 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:12.500 This process of 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.940 placing our 00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.619 faith in Christ, 00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.500 the perfect 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.119 sacrifice, 00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.679 came in order 00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:17.720 to show us, 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.099 to show us 00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:20.019 God's righteousness 00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.879 because in the 00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:22.419 past, he had 00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:23.179 passed over sin, 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.579 hadn't he? 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.960 He had given a 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.559 way out. 00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:27.039 The way was 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.819 always Christ, 00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.159 but it was 00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:29.519 faith that God 00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.279 would deliver his 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.579 people. 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.259 Does that make 00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.500 sense? 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:35.500 faith in 00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:36.079 the Old Testament. 00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.099 The New Testament 00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.859 has not nullified 00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.460 the Old Testament. 00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.299 It was always 00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.200 the same. 00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.599 It was faith 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.960 in Christ. 00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.579 They didn't 00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.079 know that. 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.420 They didn't 00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:45.960 know it was 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.579 Christ, but it 00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:46.859 was in the 00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.480 promises of 00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.980 God that he 00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.400 would deliver 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:49.920 them that 00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.599 justified them 00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.180 in his sight. 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.160 Because he had 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.700 passed over 00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.160 those former 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.480 sins. 00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:54.900 So you see 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.200 both his 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.700 wrath and his 00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:56.180 love, even 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.539 in the Old 00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:56.880 Testament. 00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.259 Verse 26. 00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.079 It was to 00:24:59.079 --> 00:24:59.579 show his 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.859 righteousness at 00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.319 the present 00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.700 time. 00:25:01.700 --> 00:25:02.319 So in the 00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.799 past his 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.160 righteousness, 00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:03.700 now in the 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.360 present time, 00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.620 so that he 00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.500 might be just 00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.360 and the 00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:08.100 justifier of 00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:09.059 the one who 00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:10.319 has faith in 00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.740 Jesus. 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.319 These are some 00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.940 interesting words 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.400 here, doesn't 00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:13.539 he? 00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.380 Some nice 00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.400 choice of 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:15.759 words, so 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.059 that he 00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:16.660 might be 00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.440 just. 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.600 In order for 00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.039 God to be 00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.600 just, he 00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:21.840 must condemn 00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.220 sin. 00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.340 We've all 00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:24.980 transgressed 00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.380 the law. 00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.120 And no 00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:28.580 righteous judge, 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.400 no earthly 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.380 righteous judge, 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.440 ever forgives 00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:33.799 a lawbreaker, 00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:36.019 they justly 00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:37.100 deliver the 00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.799 sentence due 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.240 to the 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.940 person, right? 00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.600 You have 00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:39.920 done this 00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.660 thing, here's 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.160 the consequence, 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:41.700 there you 00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:41.960 go. 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.620 That is a 00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:44.080 just judge. 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.539 God is 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.960 perfect justice, 00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:50.400 completely 00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:50.900 holy. 00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:52.180 He's just. 00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.880 So how is 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:55.100 it, what's 00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:55.779 the loophole 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.140 that we've 00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.779 survived in 00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.259 if we're 00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.600 Christians? 00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.539 How is 00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.960 it that we're 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.620 not given 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.439 the condemnation 00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:02.439 due us? 00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.779 Because Christ 00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.299 bore it for 00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.659 us. 00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.159 See that? 00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:07.099 God had to 00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.539 punish the 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:07.759 sin. 00:26:08.939 --> 00:26:09.899 Every single 00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.539 sin you 00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.739 commit in 00:26:11.739 --> 00:26:12.579 your lifetime 00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.779 was punished 00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.439 in Christ. 00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.539 You see that 00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:17.879 picture? 00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:19.679 He had to 00:26:19.679 --> 00:26:21.359 punish sin. 00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:22.859 I've done this 00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.619 also before for 00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:23.739 you. 00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.519 I heard this 00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.879 somewhere, I 00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.259 don't remember 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.039 who, but I 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.459 just want you 00:26:26.459 --> 00:26:26.839 to know this 00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.459 is not original 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.680 to me. 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:31.019 We all as 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.759 individuals have 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.440 at some point 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.220 in our life 00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:36.100 stood at the 00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.740 bottom of a 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:38.059 dam 10,000 00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:39.539 miles tall and 00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.360 10,000 miles 00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:40.740 wide. 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.960 And what that 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.740 dam is holding 00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.640 back is the 00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.460 wrath of God 00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.880 against all of 00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.400 our sin. 00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.100 Can you picture 00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.519 that, standing 00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:48.900 at the bottom 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.279 of this dam? 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.779 And that dam 00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.600 splits open and 00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:54.360 that water comes 00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:55.819 rushing forward. 00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:57.200 none of us 00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.619 would survive 00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.119 such a thing. 00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.399 That amount 00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:00.839 of water, 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.700 wrath in this 00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.059 case. 00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.259 And because of 00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.939 what Christ has 00:27:04.939 --> 00:27:06.500 done, if you 00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.480 place your faith 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:09.419 in Him, a 00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:10.039 gaping hole 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.740 opens up just 00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.259 before you. 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.240 And all of 00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:13.299 that water goes 00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.519 rushing in to 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.159 that gaping hole. 00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:15.779 You're standing 00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.159 at the edge of 00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:16.839 this hole and 00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.759 that wrath that 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.539 should be yours, 00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.339 that's billowing 00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.579 towards you, gets 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:22.319 swallowed up into 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:22.700 a hole. 00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:25.100 You remember 00:27:25.100 --> 00:27:25.960 that Jesus, before 00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.660 He was crucified, 00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:28.259 prayed, Father, if 00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.120 there's any way for 00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:30.039 this cup to pass 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:31.279 from me, if there's 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.120 any way we can do 00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.940 this some other 00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:34.660 way, can we 00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:34.980 please? 00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.200 It wasn't the 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.740 Father's will. 00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.960 So what did He do? 00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.580 He drank that cup. 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.620 And what was that 00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:40.840 cup? 00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.880 It was the wrath 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.880 of God. 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.240 He drank every 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.940 last bit of it, 00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.660 He turned it over, 00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.299 He slammed it 00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.700 down, and He 00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.799 said, it is 00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.680 finished. 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:52.400 What a great 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.840 Savior we have. 00:27:54.820 --> 00:27:56.039 Just condemnation. 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.480 We deserve it. 00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:59.160 I deserve to be 00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:00.220 smashed by that 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.779 wall of water, 00:28:01.060 --> 00:28:02.440 because my offense 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.039 is vertical. 00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:04.620 Right? 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.400 I've sinned 00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.180 against you guys, 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.000 certainly. 00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.820 Should I make 00:28:08.820 --> 00:28:09.680 reparations there? 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.220 Absolutely. 00:28:11.080 --> 00:28:11.840 But more than 00:28:11.840 --> 00:28:12.440 that, I've sinned 00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.200 against the Holy 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.700 God. 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.560 I've begotted 00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.039 God. 00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.340 I've made myself 00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:17.700 Him. 00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:19.340 That is a great 00:28:19.340 --> 00:28:20.620 offense, and I 00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:22.519 deserve death. 00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:25.019 But thankfully, 00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:25.640 there's a way. 00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:27.039 There is a hole 00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:28.039 that can open 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:29.220 if I place my 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.920 faith in Christ. 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.259 There's a 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.380 responsibility on 00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.080 my part to do 00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:34.340 so. 00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:36.380 If I ever want 00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.279 to see the 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.960 gates of glory, 00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:40.080 if I don't want 00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:40.680 to be destroyed 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.160 because of my 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:42.200 sinfulness, I 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:43.580 must place my 00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:44.279 faith in Christ. 00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:45.580 I must believe 00:28:45.580 --> 00:28:46.160 that He is the 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:48.519 only way to 00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:48.960 salvation. 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.680 But I want you 00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.540 to remember in 00:28:51.540 --> 00:28:52.120 the text, 00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:53.279 verse 24, 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.920 that this grace 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:56.200 is a gift to 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.560 us. 00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.500 We'll deserve 00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.700 it. 00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.460 We'll get into 00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.019 this next week. 00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:00.820 I don't deserve 00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:02.320 the grace of God 00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:03.240 because I believe, 00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.700 but it's given 00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.820 to me as a gift, 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.560 my faith. 00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.880 So we see both 00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.519 the sovereignty of 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.880 God and the 00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:10.200 responsibility of 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.320 man working 00:29:11.320 --> 00:29:11.740 together. 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.460 I worked a 00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.200 homeschool conference 00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.860 for Truett McConnell, 00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:16.000 and I've built 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.939 some new displays 00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:18.539 and one display 00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.139 says from the 00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:20.039 very first verse 00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.919 and the other 00:29:20.919 --> 00:29:21.479 display says to 00:29:21.479 --> 00:29:22.119 the very last 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.599 tribe. 00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:24.240 It's a wonderful 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:25.019 slogan that our 00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.579 school is using 00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:25.879 now. 00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:27.079 And I had a 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:28.439 homeschool mom 00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:29.299 walk by me and 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.740 she said, 00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.519 to the very last 00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:32.000 tribe, don't you 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.379 think that's a 00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:32.899 little offensive? 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.859 And I said, 00:29:34.899 --> 00:29:35.299 how so? 00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.219 She said, 00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.539 because it 00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.139 presumes that 00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.740 everybody needs 00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.019 Jesus. 00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.919 And I said, 00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.839 yes, that's very 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.939 offensive because 00:29:42.939 --> 00:29:43.559 it's the gospel. 00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.899 And she went. 00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:46.419 I walked away. 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.940 But that is the 00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.279 gospel. 00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.740 What she wants me 00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:53.259 to do is to say 00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.700 there are many 00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:55.619 ways to heaven. 00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.359 There's all kinds 00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.960 of things we can 00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.740 do to deal with 00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.299 our guilt. 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.299 We all know 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.779 we're guilty. 00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:02.399 There's all kinds 00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:02.980 of stuff you can 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.119 do. 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:03.619 There's varying 00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.500 forms of religion 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.079 and activity. 00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.599 For a lot of 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.399 years, my religion 00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:08.460 was spending time 00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.940 outside. 00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:12.180 not a chance 00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.620 I'm going to 00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:13.380 stand at the 00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:14.440 feet of the 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.080 white throne 00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:15.559 with a bunch 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.400 of climbing gear 00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.759 and go, 00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.440 but look what 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.019 I've been doing. 00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:20.720 Right? 00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.200 Only 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:24.160 will it be 00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.720 justified 00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.820 through the 00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.600 redemption of 00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.240 Jesus Christ 00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:28.559 because he is 00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:30.299 our propitiation. 00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.500 Let's pray 00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.740 together. 00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:31.799 Amen. 00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:31.799 00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:31.799 00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:33.799 Amen. 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:33.799 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:33.799 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:33.799 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:33.799 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:33.799 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:33.799 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:33.799 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:33.799 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:33.799 00:30:33.799 --> 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