WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.660 What a great promise, right? 00:00:07.719 --> 00:00:09.320 When Christ comes, 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:12.400 we'll be able to enjoy the benefits 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:12.400 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:31.300 Thank you, Manuelers. 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.079 Appreciate the reminder of that song. 00:00:35.899 --> 00:00:37.619 Imagine running, 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:41.399 running on a treadmill, 00:00:42.539 --> 00:00:45.200 and your steps are relentless. 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:49.260 Sweat is pouring down your face. 00:00:49.420 --> 00:00:52.939 You push the speed control higher and higher, 00:00:53.939 --> 00:00:55.840 convinced that somehow, 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:57.760 the faster you run, 00:00:57.920 --> 00:00:59.539 the better you'll perform. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:03.240 Just a little faster, 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:04.540 just a little longer. 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:06.420 And finally, 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:07.939 finally, 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:09.140 you realize 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:12.400 that all of the effort that you've expended 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:15.079 is not accomplishing anything. 00:01:15.340 --> 00:01:17.180 You're just going round and round 00:01:17.180 --> 00:01:19.039 and round in circles. 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:23.120 And no matter how much effort you expend, 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:27.019 the ground beneath you never changes 00:01:27.019 --> 00:01:29.900 because the treadmill goes 00:01:29.900 --> 00:01:30.600 nowhere. 00:01:30.600 --> 00:01:32.920 And so you're exhausted. 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:36.080 Not from the distance that you have run, 00:01:36.160 --> 00:01:38.440 although the miles you put in 00:01:38.440 --> 00:01:40.920 in that treadmill are excessive, 00:01:41.260 --> 00:01:44.420 but you haven't really accomplished anything 00:01:44.420 --> 00:01:48.640 because the treadmill is all about self-effort 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:51.879 without any progress that is accomplished. 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:56.319 That's where Jesus meets Nicodemus. 00:01:56.379 --> 00:01:58.680 That's where we kind of meet Nicodemus 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:00.280 in our story, 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:03.640 the story that we find in John chapter 3. 00:02:05.039 --> 00:02:07.400 Nicodemus has come to Jesus one night 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:11.920 and he wasn't a reckless sinner. 00:02:12.920 --> 00:02:15.620 He was one of Israel's finest, 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:17.819 a respected teacher, 00:02:17.960 --> 00:02:18.800 a Pharisee, 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:20.719 a member of the Sanhedrin, 00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:25.140 an elite part of the ruling class in Israel, 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:28.960 part of that elite class of religious leaders 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:30.599 there in Jerusalem. 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:31.599 Nicodemus, 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:31.599 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:32.519 Nicodemus, 00:02:32.519 --> 00:02:34.019 for all intents and purposes, 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:35.079 had arrived. 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:36.079 He'd accomplished. 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:38.419 He had fulfilled the obligation. 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:42.799 Yet beneath the robes of his reputation 00:02:42.799 --> 00:02:45.780 was a man still running, 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:47.120 tired, 00:02:47.900 --> 00:02:49.639 tired by the treadmill, 00:02:50.379 --> 00:02:52.280 the treadmill of performance, 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:55.360 and had brought him to the very brink 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:57.039 of wanting to give up. 00:02:58.560 --> 00:02:59.620 Then Jesus, 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:02.580 he looked into his heart. 00:03:02.759 --> 00:03:06.539 He peered into the spaces of his heart 00:03:06.539 --> 00:03:09.120 and he makes this definitive statement 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:11.479 that we find there in John chapter 3. 00:03:11.580 --> 00:03:12.360 He says this, 00:03:13.180 --> 00:03:14.960 Truly, truly, I say to you, 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:18.120 unless one is born again, 00:03:18.860 --> 00:03:21.180 he cannot see the kingdom of God. 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:24.259 In that single sentence, 00:03:24.500 --> 00:03:27.360 Jesus dismantled the illusion 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.000 of Nicodemus' self-righteousness. 00:03:31.139 --> 00:03:33.280 In that single sentence, 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:35.099 Nicodemus was reduced. 00:03:35.939 --> 00:03:38.699 Reduced to one who is performing, 00:03:39.539 --> 00:03:42.319 but performing with absolutely no benefit. 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:44.719 Nicodemus, 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:46.920 he didn't need to run harder. 00:03:46.920 --> 00:03:51.240 He didn't need to keep having more effort. 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:54.420 Nicodemus needed fundamentally a new life. 00:03:55.659 --> 00:03:57.040 He needed a new heart. 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:00.379 The problem wasn't Nicodemus' effort. 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:03.620 The problem was Nicodemus' condition, 00:04:04.260 --> 00:04:05.040 his nature, 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:07.520 his status before the Lord. 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:10.260 He was fundamentally flawed. 00:04:12.060 --> 00:04:13.980 Only the Spirit of God could give him, 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:15.439 give Nicodemus, 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:17.439 what he really needed. 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:19.519 Not effort, 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:22.660 but a new birth from above. 00:04:24.219 --> 00:04:27.120 Nicodemus' treadmill isn't unique. 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:28.579 It's the kind of treadmill 00:04:28.579 --> 00:04:31.980 that all of us often find ourselves on. 00:04:32.699 --> 00:04:34.079 It's the kind of treadmill 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.680 that leads to constant effort 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:41.300 and the kind of wearing out 00:04:41.300 --> 00:04:44.319 that we find in Nicodemus' life. 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:46.099 In Colossae, 00:04:46.219 --> 00:04:46.939 false teachers 00:04:46.939 --> 00:04:50.120 were calling believers back to the treadmill. 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:53.819 They were calling them back to obligation. 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:55.439 They were calling them back to duty. 00:04:56.579 --> 00:04:57.240 Do more. 00:04:57.680 --> 00:04:58.360 Deny more. 00:04:58.659 --> 00:04:59.560 Experience more. 00:05:00.180 --> 00:05:01.819 And then you'll be more spiritual, 00:05:02.039 --> 00:05:02.659 they would say. 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:06.360 But Paul would sound the alarm of the gospel 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:08.899 and he wants them to know, 00:05:09.100 --> 00:05:11.420 let no one pass judgment on you. 00:05:11.459 --> 00:05:12.360 Those are Paul's words. 00:05:12.360 --> 00:05:15.080 Let no one pass judgment on you. 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:17.920 Let no one disqualify you. 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:23.819 Let no one drag you back into the shadows. 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:27.360 Into the shadows of routine. 00:05:28.259 --> 00:05:29.759 The shadows of performance. 00:05:30.100 --> 00:05:30.600 But rather, 00:05:31.100 --> 00:05:32.720 understand the substance 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:35.340 that is available to us in Christ. 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:37.060 You see, 00:05:37.139 --> 00:05:38.160 every human effort 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:40.340 to reach God apart from Christ 00:05:40.339 --> 00:05:42.799 becomes a treadmill 00:05:42.799 --> 00:05:44.619 of empty religion 00:05:44.619 --> 00:05:46.179 in motion, 00:05:46.779 --> 00:05:48.159 but no arrival. 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:49.699 No arrival. 00:05:51.239 --> 00:05:52.259 So Paul urges 00:05:52.259 --> 00:05:54.019 those in Colossae 00:05:54.019 --> 00:05:55.279 to step off 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:56.399 the treadmill 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:58.759 of self-effort 00:05:58.759 --> 00:05:59.699 and to stand 00:05:59.699 --> 00:06:01.139 in the finished work 00:06:01.139 --> 00:06:02.599 of Jesus Christ. 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:04.259 The gospel 00:06:04.259 --> 00:06:05.439 does not say 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:06.679 run faster. 00:06:07.379 --> 00:06:08.379 The gospel says 00:06:08.379 --> 00:06:09.959 run to Jesus. 00:06:10.339 --> 00:06:15.519 So this morning, 00:06:15.599 --> 00:06:16.419 as we look at 00:06:16.419 --> 00:06:18.039 this passage, 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:18.759 we're going to see 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:19.399 the benefits 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:20.479 of running to Jesus. 00:06:21.179 --> 00:06:22.359 Of getting off 00:06:22.359 --> 00:06:23.199 the treadmill 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:24.019 of human effort 00:06:24.019 --> 00:06:25.579 in recognizing 00:06:25.579 --> 00:06:26.439 all that Christ 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:27.019 has accomplished 00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:28.299 for us 00:06:28.299 --> 00:06:29.319 in his son. 00:06:30.139 --> 00:06:31.199 There's only two points 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:31.699 this morning. 00:06:32.419 --> 00:06:33.899 The first point is this. 00:06:34.579 --> 00:06:35.399 The first is, 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:36.359 the verdict 00:06:36.359 --> 00:06:36.979 has been given 00:06:36.979 --> 00:06:39.799 so don't let anyone 00:06:39.799 --> 00:06:40.639 pass judgment 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:41.079 on you. 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:43.060 There is a verdict. 00:06:43.699 --> 00:06:44.279 That verdict 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:45.079 has been announced. 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:45.779 It's been given 00:06:45.779 --> 00:06:46.519 by Christ. 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:48.019 So don't let anyone 00:06:48.019 --> 00:06:48.819 pass judgment 00:06:48.819 --> 00:06:49.759 on you. 00:06:50.719 --> 00:06:51.299 Let no one 00:06:51.299 --> 00:06:51.879 pass judgment 00:06:51.879 --> 00:06:52.279 on you. 00:06:53.219 --> 00:06:53.779 We pick up 00:06:53.779 --> 00:06:54.699 our passage 00:06:54.699 --> 00:06:55.279 this morning 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:56.039 in Colossians 00:06:56.039 --> 00:06:57.000 chapter 2 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:58.319 beginning in verse 15. 00:06:58.419 --> 00:06:59.039 It says this. 00:06:59.379 --> 00:07:00.139 He disarmed, 00:07:00.259 --> 00:07:01.079 speaking of Christ, 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:02.079 he disarmed 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:03.560 the rulers 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:04.259 and authorities 00:07:04.259 --> 00:07:05.740 and put them 00:07:05.740 --> 00:07:06.759 to open shame 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:08.620 by triumphing 00:07:08.620 --> 00:07:09.479 over them 00:07:09.479 --> 00:07:10.259 in him. 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:11.359 Therefore, 00:07:11.939 --> 00:07:13.039 let no one 00:07:13.039 --> 00:07:14.159 pass judgment 00:07:14.159 --> 00:07:14.819 on you 00:07:14.819 --> 00:07:15.620 in question 00:07:15.620 --> 00:07:16.219 of food 00:07:16.219 --> 00:07:17.159 and drink 00:07:17.159 --> 00:07:18.219 or with regard 00:07:18.219 --> 00:07:18.919 to festival 00:07:18.919 --> 00:07:19.879 or new moon 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:20.519 or Sabbath. 00:07:21.180 --> 00:07:22.339 These things 00:07:22.339 --> 00:07:23.099 are a shadow 00:07:23.099 --> 00:07:24.639 of that which is to come 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:25.939 but the substance 00:07:25.939 --> 00:07:27.199 belongs 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:28.139 to Christ. 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:30.219 We left off 00:07:30.220 --> 00:07:32.300 our time together 00:07:32.300 --> 00:07:33.180 last week 00:07:33.180 --> 00:07:33.720 and speaking 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:34.700 about the victory 00:07:34.700 --> 00:07:36.200 that has been purchased 00:07:36.200 --> 00:07:36.780 for us 00:07:36.780 --> 00:07:37.940 in Jesus Christ. 00:07:38.340 --> 00:07:39.460 What God has done 00:07:39.460 --> 00:07:40.320 for us 00:07:40.320 --> 00:07:41.320 through him. 00:07:42.140 --> 00:07:42.860 And we saw 00:07:42.860 --> 00:07:43.980 that Jesus 00:07:43.980 --> 00:07:44.960 is preeminent. 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:46.380 That he disarmed 00:07:46.380 --> 00:07:46.940 rulers 00:07:46.940 --> 00:07:47.840 and authorities. 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:49.180 That he literally 00:07:49.180 --> 00:07:50.360 undressed them 00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:50.920 as it were. 00:07:51.200 --> 00:07:52.260 He stripped them 00:07:52.260 --> 00:07:52.860 of rank 00:07:52.860 --> 00:07:53.900 and he made 00:07:53.900 --> 00:07:55.000 a public spectacle 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:55.600 of them. 00:07:56.640 --> 00:07:57.180 The picture 00:07:57.180 --> 00:07:57.780 that we get 00:07:57.780 --> 00:07:58.760 from these words 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:00.779 is a triumphing 00:08:00.779 --> 00:08:01.500 commander 00:08:01.500 --> 00:08:03.139 who is parading 00:08:03.139 --> 00:08:04.579 those who have 00:08:04.579 --> 00:08:05.420 been captives, 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:06.019 those who have 00:08:06.019 --> 00:08:06.779 been conquered, 00:08:07.259 --> 00:08:07.719 those who have 00:08:07.719 --> 00:08:08.319 been humbled 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:09.740 through the streets 00:08:09.740 --> 00:08:10.740 and Jesus 00:08:10.740 --> 00:08:12.019 who reigns 00:08:12.019 --> 00:08:12.620 is the one 00:08:12.620 --> 00:08:13.560 who is over 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:14.000 them all 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:14.519 parading 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:16.459 these powers 00:08:16.459 --> 00:08:17.120 and putting them 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:18.459 to open shame, 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:19.259 public shame. 00:08:20.339 --> 00:08:20.839 Of course, 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:21.680 he did this 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:22.740 in demonstration. 00:08:23.539 --> 00:08:24.099 It says, 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:25.099 of the fullness 00:08:25.099 --> 00:08:26.079 of deity 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:26.899 that dwelled 00:08:26.899 --> 00:08:28.500 in him bodily. 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:30.579 That component 00:08:30.579 --> 00:08:31.939 of Christ, 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:33.080 that fullness 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:34.139 of who he was, 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:34.960 his deity 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:36.179 just shone through. 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:38.919 And that's why 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:39.480 Paul says, 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:40.179 don't let anyone 00:08:40.179 --> 00:08:40.799 pass judgment 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:41.220 on you. 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:43.340 This Greek word 00:08:43.340 --> 00:08:44.860 is the word 00:08:44.860 --> 00:08:45.460 judgment. 00:08:45.819 --> 00:08:47.059 It's this legal 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:47.700 standing, 00:08:47.860 --> 00:08:48.580 this decision 00:08:48.580 --> 00:08:49.740 that's been made. 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:50.879 Why don't let 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:52.100 anyone pass 00:08:52.100 --> 00:08:52.879 judgment on you? 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:53.860 Well, because 00:08:53.860 --> 00:08:54.659 the verdict 00:08:54.659 --> 00:08:55.620 has been passed. 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:56.899 The verdict 00:08:56.899 --> 00:08:57.679 has been given. 00:08:57.679 --> 00:08:59.239 The announcement, 00:08:59.379 --> 00:08:59.939 the judgment 00:08:59.939 --> 00:09:01.279 has been carried 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:02.139 by Christ. 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:03.799 Going all the way 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:05.620 back to verse 10, 00:09:05.719 --> 00:09:06.839 we see the things 00:09:06.839 --> 00:09:07.299 that Christ 00:09:07.299 --> 00:09:07.919 has accomplished. 00:09:08.659 --> 00:09:09.079 He says, 00:09:09.139 --> 00:09:09.739 you're complete 00:09:09.739 --> 00:09:10.500 in him. 00:09:11.439 --> 00:09:12.120 Then he says, 00:09:12.199 --> 00:09:13.579 you were circumcised 00:09:13.579 --> 00:09:14.179 in him, 00:09:14.319 --> 00:09:15.500 which is a picture 00:09:15.500 --> 00:09:16.739 of this new covenant 00:09:16.739 --> 00:09:17.479 relationship, 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:18.399 what Christ has 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:18.879 accomplished 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:20.079 for the sake 00:09:20.079 --> 00:09:20.819 of his church. 00:09:21.459 --> 00:09:21.879 He says, 00:09:21.939 --> 00:09:22.599 you were buried 00:09:22.599 --> 00:09:23.299 with him. 00:09:24.259 --> 00:09:25.240 There was a death 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:26.560 that happened 00:09:26.560 --> 00:09:27.220 in Christ. 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:28.360 We died 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:29.580 to the old 00:09:29.580 --> 00:09:30.440 way of life. 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:31.360 We were buried. 00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:32.860 But we were also 00:09:32.860 --> 00:09:33.779 made alive with him. 00:09:33.820 --> 00:09:34.320 He didn't just 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:34.960 leave us 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:35.639 in our death, 00:09:35.899 --> 00:09:36.879 but he allowed 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:37.700 us to enjoy 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:38.259 the benefits 00:09:38.259 --> 00:09:39.039 of that newness 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:39.560 of life. 00:09:40.940 --> 00:09:41.620 You were forgiven 00:09:41.620 --> 00:09:42.299 in him. 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:43.019 That debt 00:09:43.019 --> 00:09:43.720 was canceled. 00:09:44.379 --> 00:09:45.480 You are triumphant 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:46.060 in him, 00:09:46.299 --> 00:09:46.840 he says. 00:09:47.220 --> 00:09:48.279 All of these 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:49.320 conditions 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:50.120 that are 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:50.860 pronounced 00:09:50.860 --> 00:09:51.919 over the believer 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:52.919 who has faith 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00:10:14.120 There can be 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:14.779 fellowship with 00:10:14.779 --> 00:10:15.439 God through 00:10:15.439 --> 00:10:16.360 his son, 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:17.299 Jesus Christ. 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:18.539 All that has 00:10:18.539 --> 00:10:19.139 been accomplished 00:10:19.139 --> 00:10:20.159 for us in 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:20.439 him. 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:23.640 Paul will 00:10:23.640 --> 00:10:25.820 continue to 00:10:25.820 --> 00:10:26.600 declare this 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:27.140 truth in 00:10:27.140 --> 00:10:27.700 Galatians 00:10:27.700 --> 00:10:28.460 chapter 3 00:10:28.460 --> 00:10:30.360 verses 23 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:31.300 to 25 00:10:31.300 --> 00:10:31.580 where he 00:10:31.580 --> 00:10:31.900 says, 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:32.860 Now before 00:10:32.860 --> 00:10:34.060 faith has 00:10:34.060 --> 00:10:34.620 come, 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:35.440 we were 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:36.160 held captive 00:10:36.160 --> 00:10:36.780 under the 00:10:36.780 --> 00:10:37.120 law, 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:38.260 imprisoned 00:10:38.260 --> 00:10:39.720 until the 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:40.520 coming faith 00:10:40.520 --> 00:10:41.240 would be 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:41.560 revealed. 00:10:42.500 --> 00:10:43.580 So then, 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:44.720 the law 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:45.320 was our 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:45.700 guardian 00:10:45.700 --> 00:10:46.580 until Christ 00:10:46.580 --> 00:10:47.100 came. 00:10:47.640 --> 00:10:48.460 In order 00:10:48.460 --> 00:10:49.600 that we 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:50.019 might be 00:10:50.019 --> 00:10:50.519 justified 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:51.379 by faith. 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:53.080 But now, 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:53.659 faith has 00:10:53.659 --> 00:10:53.920 come. 00:10:54.580 --> 00:10:54.899 We are 00:10:54.899 --> 00:10:55.420 no longer 00:10:55.420 --> 00:10:55.920 under the 00:10:55.920 --> 00:10:56.259 law, 00:10:56.820 --> 00:10:57.379 but under 00:10:57.379 --> 00:10:58.040 a guardian. 00:10:59.180 --> 00:10:59.700 All of 00:10:59.700 --> 00:11:00.100 these 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:00.740 descriptions 00:11:00.740 --> 00:11:01.240 that the 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:01.779 apostle Paul 00:11:01.779 --> 00:11:02.300 is using 00:11:02.300 --> 00:11:02.700 is to 00:11:02.700 --> 00:11:03.920 describe the 00:11:03.920 --> 00:11:04.399 condition 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:04.779 that we 00:11:04.779 --> 00:11:06.100 had before 00:11:06.100 --> 00:11:07.720 we believed, 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:08.279 before we 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:08.740 were people 00:11:08.740 --> 00:11:09.320 of faith. 00:11:09.940 --> 00:11:10.440 There was 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:11.379 an obligation 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:11.860 that we 00:11:11.860 --> 00:11:12.600 had to 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:13.060 the law, 00:11:13.180 --> 00:11:13.540 to the 00:11:13.540 --> 00:11:14.740 moral demands 00:11:14.740 --> 00:11:15.259 of that 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:15.580 law, 00:11:15.660 --> 00:11:16.340 and because 00:11:16.340 --> 00:11:17.759 of those 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:18.480 moral demands, 00:11:18.580 --> 00:11:18.820 we were 00:11:18.820 --> 00:11:19.279 enslaved. 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:19.779 We were 00:11:19.779 --> 00:11:20.220 bound. 00:11:20.980 --> 00:11:21.039 The 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:21.500 apostle Paul 00:11:21.500 --> 00:11:21.939 says we 00:11:21.939 --> 00:11:22.759 were under 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:23.879 guard by 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:24.339 the law. 00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:25.639 But now 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:26.159 because of 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:26.659 Christ and 00:11:26.659 --> 00:11:27.220 because of 00:11:27.220 --> 00:11:27.559 faith, 00:11:27.980 --> 00:11:28.379 there's been 00:11:28.379 --> 00:11:28.959 a release. 00:11:29.139 --> 00:11:29.339 There's 00:11:29.339 --> 00:11:30.639 freedom that 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:31.240 we enjoy. 00:11:32.339 --> 00:11:32.879 You are 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:33.500 in Christ, 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:33.899 and so 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:34.339 you're no 00:11:34.339 --> 00:11:35.139 longer under 00:11:35.139 --> 00:11:36.120 this law. 00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:36.819 You're no 00:11:36.819 --> 00:11:38.000 longer under 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:39.199 this master. 00:11:41.199 --> 00:11:41.939 There is 00:11:41.939 --> 00:11:43.100 freedom that 00:11:43.100 --> 00:11:43.679 we enjoy, 00:11:44.319 --> 00:11:45.079 but it's 00:11:45.079 --> 00:11:45.539 not a 00:11:45.539 --> 00:11:46.879 freedom without 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:47.500 a law, 00:11:48.059 --> 00:11:48.600 per se. 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:49.759 It's a 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:50.559 freedom that 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:51.639 binds us 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:52.259 to love, 00:11:52.319 --> 00:11:52.899 to Christ. 00:11:53.699 --> 00:11:54.039 Paul was 00:11:54.039 --> 00:11:54.579 not an 00:11:54.579 --> 00:11:55.399 antinomian, 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:55.860 as it 00:11:55.860 --> 00:11:56.079 were. 00:11:56.379 --> 00:11:56.759 Paul was 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:57.600 not one 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:57.959 that was 00:11:57.959 --> 00:11:58.839 against the 00:11:58.839 --> 00:11:59.179 law. 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:00.059 It was 00:12:00.059 --> 00:12:00.699 that the 00:12:00.699 --> 00:12:01.120 law had 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:02.000 been fulfilled, 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:02.439 and so 00:12:02.439 --> 00:12:03.459 because the 00:12:03.459 --> 00:12:04.579 obligations of 00:12:04.579 --> 00:12:05.259 that law 00:12:05.259 --> 00:12:05.879 had been 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:06.579 fulfilled in 00:12:06.579 --> 00:12:06.879 Christ, 00:12:06.980 --> 00:12:07.519 now there 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:08.339 is a new 00:12:08.339 --> 00:12:09.159 condition that's 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:09.419 on our 00:12:09.419 --> 00:12:09.740 hearts. 00:12:10.079 --> 00:12:10.699 It's a 00:12:10.699 --> 00:12:11.100 law of 00:12:11.100 --> 00:12:11.539 faith. 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:13.039 It's a 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:13.319 law of 00:12:13.319 --> 00:12:13.759 love. 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:13.840 love. 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:15.639 This 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:16.139 ritual 00:12:16.139 --> 00:12:18.500 pointed to 00:12:18.500 --> 00:12:19.259 this picture, 00:12:19.620 --> 00:12:20.460 this picture 00:12:20.460 --> 00:12:21.179 of Christ. 00:12:22.620 --> 00:12:23.399 Paul continues, 00:12:23.539 --> 00:12:24.019 he says, 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:25.899 in verse 00:12:25.899 --> 00:12:26.460 15, 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:27.000 16, 00:12:27.139 --> 00:12:27.379 he says, 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:27.679 therefore, 00:12:27.939 --> 00:12:28.439 let no one 00:12:28.439 --> 00:12:29.080 pass judgment 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:29.539 on you 00:12:29.539 --> 00:12:30.659 with regard 00:12:30.659 --> 00:12:31.360 to food 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:32.080 or drink 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:32.659 or with 00:12:32.659 --> 00:12:33.360 regard to 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:34.240 festivals 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:34.899 or new 00:12:34.899 --> 00:12:35.319 moons 00:12:35.319 --> 00:12:36.700 or Sabbaths. 00:12:36.700 --> 00:12:38.039 These are 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:38.639 a shadow 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:39.360 of the things 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:39.919 to come, 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:40.700 but the 00:12:40.700 --> 00:12:41.299 substance 00:12:41.299 --> 00:12:42.299 belongs to 00:12:42.299 --> 00:12:42.779 Christ. 00:12:44.059 --> 00:12:44.519 All of 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:44.959 those who 00:12:44.959 --> 00:12:45.479 were under 00:12:45.479 --> 00:12:46.000 the law, 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:46.399 all of 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:46.740 those who 00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:46.979 were under 00:12:46.979 --> 00:12:47.599 that old 00:12:47.599 --> 00:12:48.199 covenant 00:12:48.199 --> 00:12:49.179 condition 00:12:49.179 --> 00:12:51.019 sought to 00:12:51.019 --> 00:12:51.479 meet the 00:12:51.479 --> 00:12:52.259 conditions of 00:12:52.259 --> 00:12:52.819 that law 00:12:52.819 --> 00:12:53.439 by their 00:12:53.439 --> 00:12:54.079 own power. 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:55.279 Conditions 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:55.659 that the 00:12:55.659 --> 00:12:56.240 apostle Paul 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:56.939 spells out 00:12:56.939 --> 00:12:57.620 when he 00:12:57.620 --> 00:12:58.079 talks about 00:12:58.079 --> 00:12:58.899 food and 00:12:58.899 --> 00:12:59.299 drink, 00:12:59.359 --> 00:12:59.539 when he 00:12:59.539 --> 00:13:00.079 talks about 00:13:00.079 --> 00:13:00.799 new moons 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:01.839 and festivals 00:13:01.839 --> 00:13:02.919 and Sabbaths. 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:04.059 Certainly 00:13:04.059 --> 00:13:04.719 there were 00:13:04.719 --> 00:13:05.439 conditions 00:13:05.439 --> 00:13:06.919 that bound 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:07.779 the hearts 00:13:07.779 --> 00:13:08.500 and lives 00:13:08.500 --> 00:13:09.059 of those 00:13:09.059 --> 00:13:09.519 who were 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:10.179 under 00:13:10.179 --> 00:13:11.199 that moral 00:13:11.199 --> 00:13:11.819 obligation 00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:12.120 of the 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:12.379 law. 00:13:13.160 --> 00:13:13.460 Those 00:13:13.460 --> 00:13:14.020 clean 00:13:14.020 --> 00:13:14.840 and unclean 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:15.440 foods that 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:15.820 they were 00:13:15.820 --> 00:13:16.700 allowed to 00:13:16.700 --> 00:13:20.340 partake of 00:13:20.340 --> 00:13:20.900 if they were 00:13:20.900 --> 00:13:21.780 clean and 00:13:21.780 --> 00:13:22.540 were supposed 00:13:22.540 --> 00:13:24.620 to put 00:13:24.620 --> 00:13:25.379 away if 00:13:25.379 --> 00:13:25.980 it was 00:13:25.980 --> 00:13:26.600 unclean. 00:13:28.340 --> 00:13:30.060 The detail 00:13:30.060 --> 00:13:30.540 of those 00:13:30.540 --> 00:13:31.879 foods and 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:33.140 the number 00:13:33.140 --> 00:13:33.820 of them, 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:35.020 it's an 00:13:35.020 --> 00:13:35.580 extensive 00:13:35.580 --> 00:13:36.240 list. 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:38.000 Pigs and 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:38.740 camels and 00:13:38.740 --> 00:13:39.640 badgers that 00:13:39.640 --> 00:13:40.040 they were 00:13:40.040 --> 00:13:40.800 unallowed to 00:13:40.800 --> 00:13:41.060 eat. 00:13:41.820 --> 00:13:43.340 rabbits and 00:13:43.340 --> 00:13:44.580 sea creatures, 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:48.460 those whose 00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:49.160 fins in 00:13:49.160 --> 00:13:49.800 scales, 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:51.520 eels and 00:13:51.520 --> 00:13:52.080 shrimps and 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:52.560 lobsters, 00:13:52.640 --> 00:13:52.940 they were 00:13:52.940 --> 00:13:53.800 forbidden to 00:13:53.800 --> 00:13:54.040 eat. 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:55.300 All of the 00:13:55.300 --> 00:13:56.540 intricacies of 00:13:56.540 --> 00:13:56.920 the law, 00:13:57.060 --> 00:13:57.680 it's almost 00:13:57.680 --> 00:13:58.460 too difficult 00:13:58.460 --> 00:13:59.560 to even 00:13:59.560 --> 00:14:00.340 sort out. 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:02.320 It was all 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:03.280 a result of 00:14:03.280 --> 00:14:04.300 the condition 00:14:04.300 --> 00:14:05.140 of the 00:14:05.140 --> 00:14:05.740 burden of 00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:06.220 that law. 00:14:07.660 --> 00:14:08.240 And partly, 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:09.980 God had a 00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:11.500 standard to 00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:12.620 draw attention 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:13.340 to his 00:14:13.340 --> 00:14:13.659 holiness. 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:15.019 God had 00:14:15.019 --> 00:14:15.519 built those 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:16.259 standards to 00:14:16.259 --> 00:14:17.440 draw attention 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:18.320 to his 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:18.799 character. 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:19.620 He was a 00:14:19.620 --> 00:14:20.139 holy God. 00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:21.220 And there 00:14:21.220 --> 00:14:21.860 were foods 00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:22.340 that were 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:24.259 against his 00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:24.659 nature. 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:26.220 God wanted 00:14:26.220 --> 00:14:26.600 them to be 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:27.220 distinct. 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:27.879 He didn't 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:28.360 want them to 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:29.100 participate in 00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:30.120 the pagan 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:32.460 rituals that 00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:33.500 were entrenched 00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:34.360 in that day. 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:36.060 there was 00:14:36.060 --> 00:14:36.600 food and 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:36.940 drink, 00:14:37.060 --> 00:14:37.580 but also 00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:38.320 festivals. 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:40.100 All these 00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:40.919 festivals, 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:41.800 Passovers, 00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:42.620 that they 00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:43.740 had to 00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:45.279 fulfill. 00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:46.240 Day of 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:46.700 Atonement, 00:14:46.800 --> 00:14:47.440 the Feast of 00:14:47.440 --> 00:14:47.759 Booze, 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:48.440 the Feast of 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:48.919 Weeks, 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:50.399 the laws of 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:51.039 feast and 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:51.539 new moons, 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:52.560 every new 00:14:52.560 --> 00:14:53.039 moon that 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:53.340 came, 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:54.560 every Sabbath 00:14:54.560 --> 00:14:55.539 practice. 00:14:56.419 --> 00:14:56.840 And even 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:58.740 there were 00:14:58.740 --> 00:14:59.620 entire years, 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:00.120 the Sabbath 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:00.500 year, 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:01.399 they had to 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:02.399 fulfill and 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:03.420 put away work 00:15:03.420 --> 00:15:04.180 for an entire 00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:04.559 year. 00:15:06.099 --> 00:15:06.959 All of these 00:15:06.959 --> 00:15:08.299 were just a 00:15:08.299 --> 00:15:09.419 shadow of 00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:10.159 the substance. 00:15:11.199 --> 00:15:11.979 All of these 00:15:11.979 --> 00:15:12.859 were rituals to 00:15:12.859 --> 00:15:13.299 perform. 00:15:13.459 --> 00:15:13.859 All of these 00:15:13.859 --> 00:15:14.439 were burdens 00:15:14.439 --> 00:15:15.620 to carry. 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:17.459 But Jesus 00:15:17.459 --> 00:15:18.399 came to give 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:18.979 freedom. 00:15:19.899 --> 00:15:20.599 Jesus came to 00:15:20.599 --> 00:15:21.279 give life. 00:15:21.599 --> 00:15:22.399 Jesus came to 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.439 fulfill the 00:15:23.439 --> 00:15:24.679 obligations of 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:25.419 those burdens 00:15:25.419 --> 00:15:25.419 00:15:25.419 --> 00:15:26.959 So the people 00:15:26.959 --> 00:15:27.599 would be free. 00:15:28.819 --> 00:15:29.679 Particularly as 00:15:29.679 --> 00:15:30.799 it relates to 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:31.279 the Sabbath. 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:33.299 The Apostle 00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:33.620 Paul, 00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:34.899 as we know, 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:35.960 we find back 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:36.580 in the law 00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:37.299 in Exodus 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:38.039 chapter 20, 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:38.560 we find, 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:39.560 remember the 00:15:39.560 --> 00:15:40.220 Sabbath day 00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:40.659 to keep it 00:15:40.659 --> 00:15:40.960 holy. 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:42.720 Six days you 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:43.259 shall labor 00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:43.919 and do your 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:44.220 work, 00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:44.779 but the 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:45.820 seventh day 00:15:45.820 --> 00:15:46.419 is the 00:15:46.419 --> 00:15:47.179 Sabbath to 00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:47.600 the Lord, 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:48.580 your God. 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:49.740 On it you 00:15:49.740 --> 00:15:50.560 shall not do 00:15:50.560 --> 00:15:51.120 any work, 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:52.460 or your 00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:53.299 female servant, 00:15:53.580 --> 00:15:54.179 or your son, 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:54.879 or your daughter, 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:55.740 or your 00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.220 livestock, 00:15:56.860 --> 00:15:57.419 or the 00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.440 sojourner who 00:15:58.440 --> 00:15:58.799 is within 00:15:58.799 --> 00:15:59.320 your gate. 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:00.340 For in 00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:01.620 six days the 00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.419 Lord made 00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:04.379 them and 00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:04.980 rested on 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.399 the seventh 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:05.759 day. 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:06.960 Then, 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:07.519 therefore, 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:08.919 the Lord God 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:09.799 blessed the 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:10.500 Sabbath day 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:11.120 and made it 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:11.360 holy. 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:12.919 We find this 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:13.620 principle of 00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.100 rest that's 00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:15.100 built in to 00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:15.580 the law. 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:17.299 This principle 00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:18.060 of rest that 00:16:18.060 --> 00:16:19.460 actually even 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:20.340 goes back to 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:21.799 the pattern of 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:22.659 rest that's built 00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.080 right into 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:23.560 creation. 00:16:24.560 --> 00:16:25.639 That in six 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.759 days work was 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:27.399 to take place 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:28.159 and on the 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:28.940 seventh day there 00:16:28.940 --> 00:16:29.700 was to be rest. 00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:30.660 this timeless 00:16:30.660 --> 00:16:31.300 principle, 00:16:32.160 --> 00:16:32.840 this rhythm 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.800 of work 00:16:33.800 --> 00:16:34.460 and rest 00:16:34.460 --> 00:16:35.040 was meant 00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:35.920 to be the 00:16:35.920 --> 00:16:37.180 cadence by 00:16:37.180 --> 00:16:38.080 which those 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:38.780 who lived 00:16:38.780 --> 00:16:39.379 according to 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.500 God would 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:40.860 follow. 00:16:42.140 --> 00:16:43.040 But it was 00:16:43.040 --> 00:16:43.440 a yoke. 00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:45.300 It was a yoke 00:16:45.300 --> 00:16:45.620 that the 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.320 Apostle Paul 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:47.300 draws attention 00:16:47.300 --> 00:16:47.660 to. 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:49.440 And Paul 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:50.060 will say 00:16:50.060 --> 00:16:51.280 in Colossians, 00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:51.820 he'll say, 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:52.520 don't let 00:16:52.520 --> 00:16:53.280 anyone pass 00:16:53.280 --> 00:16:53.960 judgment on 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:55.120 you with 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:56.000 regard to 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.800 Sabbaths. 00:16:57.160 --> 00:16:57.540 Why? 00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:59.059 Well, 00:16:59.120 --> 00:16:59.759 because as 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.439 Paul will 00:17:00.439 --> 00:17:00.599 say, 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:01.000 these are 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:01.439 just a 00:17:01.439 --> 00:17:01.740 shadow. 00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:02.919 These are 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:03.259 not the 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:03.679 substance. 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.240 This is 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:07.099 not the 00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:07.980 observance 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:09.180 that God 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.659 came to 00:17:09.659 --> 00:17:10.079 fulfill. 00:17:11.159 --> 00:17:11.680 These 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:12.200 observances 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.740 were just 00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.379 the shadow, 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.480 a symbol, 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:15.279 not the 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:15.799 reality, 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:17.119 the outline, 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:18.159 but not the 00:17:18.159 --> 00:17:19.359 actual image. 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:20.920 They were 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:21.339 not meant 00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:21.659 to be 00:17:21.659 --> 00:17:22.099 permanently 00:17:22.099 --> 00:17:22.659 binding, 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:23.879 but to 00:17:23.879 --> 00:17:24.559 direct the 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.720 attention of 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:26.159 those who 00:17:26.159 --> 00:17:26.859 followed them 00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:28.579 fixed, 00:17:28.919 --> 00:17:29.519 this fixed 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:30.479 standard of 00:17:30.479 --> 00:17:31.039 Christ to 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:32.039 help them 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:33.039 understand that 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:34.139 Christ was 00:17:34.139 --> 00:17:34.879 the end of 00:17:34.879 --> 00:17:35.179 the law. 00:17:35.479 --> 00:17:36.019 Christ was 00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.559 the fulfillment 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.059 of the law, 00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:38.379 not the 00:17:38.379 --> 00:17:40.000 duty of 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:41.959 carrying these 00:17:41.959 --> 00:17:42.479 burdens on 00:17:42.479 --> 00:17:42.859 their own. 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.539 Just like the 00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.079 blood of the 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.639 bulls and 00:17:45.639 --> 00:17:46.019 goats, 00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.159 they were not 00:17:47.159 --> 00:17:48.279 the once for 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:49.439 all sacrifice 00:17:49.439 --> 00:17:49.919 that was 00:17:49.919 --> 00:17:50.279 needed. 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.000 Not the 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.500 repeated 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:54.219 sacrifices over 00:17:54.219 --> 00:17:54.839 and over 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.279 again, 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:56.940 but recognizing 00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.879 this picture 00:17:57.879 --> 00:17:58.440 of Christ, 00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:58.960 that Christ 00:17:58.960 --> 00:17:59.859 came to 00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.700 complete, 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:02.000 to complete 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.859 and fulfill 00:18:02.859 --> 00:18:03.420 the law. 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.259 So, 00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:06.099 the shadow 00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:06.899 had become 00:18:06.899 --> 00:18:07.500 substance. 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:09.399 The gray 00:18:09.399 --> 00:18:10.559 had become 00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.460 this brilliant 00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.139 color. 00:18:13.399 --> 00:18:13.720 And that's 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.139 why Paul 00:18:14.139 --> 00:18:14.720 will say, 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.619 don't fall 00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:16.559 back into 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.240 the weak 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:18.279 and basic 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.940 principles. 00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:20.859 You find in 00:18:20.859 --> 00:18:21.279 Galatians 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:21.960 chapter 4, 00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:22.879 verse 9, 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:24.460 now you 00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:24.900 have come 00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:25.300 to know 00:18:25.300 --> 00:18:26.120 God, 00:18:26.320 --> 00:18:27.020 or rather 00:18:27.020 --> 00:18:27.380 have been 00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:27.860 known by 00:18:27.860 --> 00:18:28.160 God, 00:18:28.280 --> 00:18:28.820 how can 00:18:28.820 --> 00:18:29.400 you turn 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:30.600 back again 00:18:30.600 --> 00:18:31.260 to the 00:18:31.260 --> 00:18:31.740 weak and 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.180 worthless 00:18:32.180 --> 00:18:32.900 elementary 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:33.520 principles 00:18:33.520 --> 00:18:34.460 of the 00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:34.800 world, 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.700 whose slaves 00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:37.220 you want 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:37.580 to become 00:18:37.580 --> 00:18:38.160 once more? 00:18:39.340 --> 00:18:39.560 You 00:18:39.560 --> 00:18:39.940 observe 00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.660 days and 00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.380 months and 00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:42.240 seasons and 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.480 years. 00:18:42.760 --> 00:18:43.520 I'm afraid 00:18:43.520 --> 00:18:46.720 that I may 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.460 have labored 00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.480 over you 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:48.960 in vain. 00:18:50.040 --> 00:18:50.740 These things 00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:51.000 have been 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.480 fulfilled, 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:52.839 the obligations 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:53.440 have been 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:53.660 met, 00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.299 Christ has 00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:54.680 come. 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.839 We find in 00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.420 Hebrews chapter 00:18:58.420 --> 00:18:58.759 10, 00:18:58.860 --> 00:18:59.200 it says, 00:18:59.440 --> 00:18:59.900 for sins 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:00.579 the law 00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:02.900 has, 00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.700 excuse me, 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.839 for sins 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:06.000 the law 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:08.059 has but 00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.640 a shadow 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:09.579 of the good 00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:10.140 things to 00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:10.440 come, 00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:11.660 instead of 00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:12.099 the true 00:19:12.099 --> 00:19:12.920 form of 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.559 the realities. 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:14.920 It can 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:15.339 never, 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.900 by the 00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:17.180 same 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.120 sacrifice 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:21.179 that are 00:19:21.179 --> 00:19:21.859 continually 00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.579 offered 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.539 every year 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.519 make perfect 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:25.779 those who 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.359 draw near. 00:19:27.419 --> 00:19:27.819 Otherwise, 00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.439 would they 00:19:29.439 --> 00:19:30.019 not have 00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.519 ceased 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.259 to be 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.559 offered 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.899 since the 00:19:32.899 --> 00:19:33.479 worshiper 00:19:33.479 --> 00:19:35.159 having once 00:19:35.159 --> 00:19:36.699 been cleansed 00:19:36.699 --> 00:19:37.739 would no 00:19:37.739 --> 00:19:38.379 longer have 00:19:38.379 --> 00:19:39.239 been conscious 00:19:39.239 --> 00:19:40.219 of his 00:19:40.219 --> 00:19:40.619 sins? 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:42.299 If Christ 00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:43.199 has cleansed 00:19:43.199 --> 00:19:43.679 you, 00:19:44.239 --> 00:19:44.859 then why do 00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.339 you continue 00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:45.859 to offer 00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:47.059 sacrifices? 00:19:48.899 --> 00:19:49.459 That cleansing 00:19:49.459 --> 00:19:50.059 has happened, 00:19:50.139 --> 00:19:50.599 it's happened 00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:51.379 through Christ, 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:51.859 and so 00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.459 there's no 00:19:52.459 --> 00:19:53.059 longer a 00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:53.459 need for 00:19:53.459 --> 00:19:53.799 us to 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.159 continue 00:19:54.159 --> 00:19:55.659 to sacrifice 00:19:55.659 --> 00:19:56.959 as we 00:19:56.959 --> 00:19:57.599 find in 00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:58.419 the Old 00:19:58.419 --> 00:19:58.720 Testament 00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.059 law. 00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.500 So what 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:01.659 do we 00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:01.980 make of 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.399 this Sabbath 00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:03.720 principle? 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.199 In Matthew 00:20:05.199 --> 00:20:05.959 chapter 12 00:20:05.959 --> 00:20:07.259 verses 5 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:07.720 to 8, 00:20:08.959 --> 00:20:09.199 Jesus 00:20:09.199 --> 00:20:09.599 says, 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.220 have you 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.799 not read 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:11.399 in the 00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:11.759 law 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.639 how the 00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.000 Sabbath, 00:20:13.179 --> 00:20:13.759 the priests 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.939 in the 00:20:14.939 --> 00:20:15.199 temple 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:15.860 profane, 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:17.120 the Sabbath 00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:17.840 and are 00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.500 guiltless? 00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.740 I tell 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.019 you, 00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:20.940 something 00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:21.620 greater 00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.200 than the 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.559 temple 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.259 is here. 00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:24.640 And if 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:24.900 you have 00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.360 known 00:20:25.360 --> 00:20:26.100 what this 00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:26.620 means, 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.299 I desire 00:20:27.299 --> 00:20:27.960 mercy 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:29.000 and not 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:29.860 sacrifice, 00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.039 you would 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:31.580 not have 00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:32.279 condemned 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.140 the guiltless, 00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:34.539 for the 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.259 Son of 00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:35.900 Man is 00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:37.140 Lord of 00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:37.299 the 00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:37.580 Sabbath. 00:20:39.120 --> 00:20:39.759 Jesus 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.100 draws 00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:40.519 attention 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.799 to the 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.600 power of 00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.500 the Savior, 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.140 the power 00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:45.660 of Christ 00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.320 himself, 00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.759 that he 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.460 is the 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:47.800 Lord of 00:20:47.800 --> 00:20:47.940 the 00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.180 Sabbath, 00:20:48.280 --> 00:20:48.540 that he 00:20:48.540 --> 00:20:48.840 is the 00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.460 one who 00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.200 has fulfilled 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.720 the Sabbath 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.440 obligations, 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.180 and he 00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:52.440 is the 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:52.780 one who 00:20:52.780 --> 00:20:53.560 now offers 00:20:53.560 --> 00:20:54.400 rest to 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:54.900 those who 00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.220 are in 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.620 Christ. 00:20:56.600 --> 00:20:57.100 As Jesus 00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:57.560 will say, 00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:58.060 my yoke 00:20:58.060 --> 00:20:58.940 is easy, 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.080 my burden 00:21:00.080 --> 00:21:00.840 is light, 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:03.380 enjoy the 00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:04.000 rest that I 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.640 have to give 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.080 to you. 00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:06.280 So Jesus 00:21:06.280 --> 00:21:07.060 fulfilled the 00:21:07.060 --> 00:21:08.600 obligation of 00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.060 the Sabbath, 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:10.120 Jesus fulfilled 00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:11.120 the obligation of 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:11.859 those new 00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:12.500 moons and 00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:14.059 rituals and 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:15.119 feast days, 00:21:15.699 --> 00:21:16.439 and because 00:21:16.439 --> 00:21:17.119 he's fulfilled 00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.899 it, the 00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:18.359 verdict has 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:18.879 been written. 00:21:19.699 --> 00:21:19.899 That 00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:21.599 verdict is 00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.199 that you 00:21:22.199 --> 00:21:23.339 are forgiven, 00:21:23.699 --> 00:21:23.979 that you 00:21:23.979 --> 00:21:24.739 are righteous, 00:21:24.939 --> 00:21:25.259 that you 00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.739 are one 00:21:26.739 --> 00:21:27.319 who is 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:28.239 enjoying the 00:21:28.239 --> 00:21:29.659 benefits of 00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:29.939 all that 00:21:29.939 --> 00:21:30.439 Christ has 00:21:30.439 --> 00:21:31.199 come to 00:21:31.199 --> 00:21:31.759 accomplish. 00:21:33.239 --> 00:21:34.000 So not 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.639 only has the 00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:35.559 verdict been 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:37.039 given, so 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.339 we don't need 00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:37.719 to pass 00:21:37.719 --> 00:21:38.139 judgment, 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.000 we come 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.479 also to 00:21:39.479 --> 00:21:40.099 recognize your 00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:41.399 bondage has 00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:42.240 been removed, 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:43.000 so don't 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.639 let anyone 00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.459 disqualify 00:21:44.459 --> 00:21:44.719 you. 00:21:45.699 --> 00:21:46.399 Your bondage 00:21:46.399 --> 00:21:46.719 has been 00:21:46.719 --> 00:21:47.139 removed. 00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.219 Don't be 00:21:48.219 --> 00:21:48.819 disqualified. 00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:51.139 Verse 18 00:21:51.139 --> 00:21:52.219 of chapter 2 00:21:52.219 --> 00:21:52.559 says, 00:21:52.659 --> 00:21:53.439 let no one 00:21:53.439 --> 00:21:54.899 disqualify you 00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.740 insisting on 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.500 asceticism, 00:21:57.179 --> 00:21:58.099 on worship of 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.539 angels, 00:21:58.699 --> 00:21:59.299 going on in 00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:00.399 detail about 00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.439 visions puffed 00:22:01.439 --> 00:22:01.899 up without 00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:03.240 reason by his 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.059 sensuous mind 00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.919 and not holding 00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.480 fast to the 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.980 head, from 00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.419 whom the whole 00:22:07.419 --> 00:22:08.679 body, nourished 00:22:08.679 --> 00:22:09.099 and knit 00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.559 together, 00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.779 through its 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.439 joints and 00:22:11.439 --> 00:22:11.959 ligaments, 00:22:12.439 --> 00:22:13.679 grows with 00:22:13.679 --> 00:22:14.399 a growth 00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:15.179 that is 00:22:15.179 --> 00:22:15.839 from God. 00:22:16.939 --> 00:22:17.519 Don't be 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.059 disqualified. 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.599 Don't be 00:22:19.599 --> 00:22:20.019 those who 00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.839 run the 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.399 race and 00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:21.959 run it in 00:22:21.959 --> 00:22:23.059 a way that 00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:24.480 will ultimately 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.359 lead for your 00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:26.259 disqualification. 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.399 This word to 00:22:28.399 --> 00:22:29.199 disqualify is 00:22:29.199 --> 00:22:29.980 to deprive. 00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.339 It's to 00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:32.299 encroach upon 00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.839 another's 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.219 interest. 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:33.699 It really 00:22:33.699 --> 00:22:35.539 has the idea 00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.859 of condemnation. 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:38.099 Don't run in 00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.879 such a way that 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:39.280 you're going to 00:22:39.280 --> 00:22:40.320 be disqualified 00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:41.140 or condemned. 00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:43.100 Make sure 00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:43.700 you're playing 00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.500 by the rules, 00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:45.060 the Apostle 00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:45.540 Paul would 00:22:45.540 --> 00:22:45.840 say. 00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.020 There's an 00:22:50.020 --> 00:22:50.980 illustration of 00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:52.300 one who is 00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:53.560 an ultra 00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:54.300 marathoner. 00:22:54.760 --> 00:22:55.320 This ultra 00:22:55.320 --> 00:22:56.100 marathoner who 00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:57.160 ran this 00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:59.020 50 mile race 00:22:59.020 --> 00:22:59.520 back in 00:22:59.520 --> 00:23:00.060 2023. 00:23:01.560 --> 00:23:02.360 And they 00:23:02.360 --> 00:23:03.480 were one of 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:03.840 the top 00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:04.320 performers. 00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:05.160 They were 00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.860 able to finish 00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.379 in third 00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:06.859 place. 00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:08.079 And in 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:09.339 April of 00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.740 2023, this 00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:12.259 47-year-old 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.679 Scottish woman, 00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.979 ultra marathoner, 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.339 she was able 00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.219 to finish 00:23:17.219 --> 00:23:18.039 third overall. 00:23:18.179 --> 00:23:18.519 And her 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.779 recorded time 00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.299 was seven 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.859 hours, which 00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.199 was an 00:23:21.199 --> 00:23:21.599 incredible 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.259 accomplishment. 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.799 Seven hours 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:25.299 for 50 miles 00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.139 and worth of 00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:26.439 race. 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.259 However, when 00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:28.979 the officials 00:23:28.979 --> 00:23:30.319 reviewed her 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:31.359 GPS tracker, 00:23:32.179 --> 00:23:32.859 they noticed 00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:34.179 something impossible 00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.860 had happened. 00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.920 In the middle 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.440 of the race, 00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.799 somehow, for 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.240 two and a 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.880 half miles, 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.840 she had run 00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:41.539 35 miles an 00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:41.759 hour. 00:23:45.060 --> 00:23:46.240 Of course, she 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.840 had ridden in a 00:23:46.840 --> 00:23:49.240 car to accomplish 00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.039 that objective. 00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.000 And in order to 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.019 kind of get ahead 00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.799 and actually maybe 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:54.420 even get back to 00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.779 the place that 00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.620 she had been, 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.900 she ended up 00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.860 riding in this 00:23:58.860 --> 00:24:00.060 car for two 00:24:00.060 --> 00:24:00.759 and a half miles 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.640 so that she could 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:03.539 get back to the 00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.720 spot in the 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.139 race. 00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.740 Of course, she 00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.579 admitted later on 00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.240 to her cheating. 00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.039 And of course, as 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.799 a result of her 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.599 cheating, she was 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.539 disqualified. 00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.579 Disqualified and 00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.899 actually banned for 00:24:15.899 --> 00:24:17.619 12 months that 00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.460 following year. 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.639 The Apostle Paul 00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:22.680 will direct our 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.519 attention to the 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.220 same kinds of 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.379 consequences when 00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:27.099 he says for us 00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.500 not to be 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.059 disqualified. 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:30.359 2 Timothy 2 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.299 verse 5 says, 00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:39.960 Are you competing 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:41.279 according to the 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.680 rules? 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:43.480 Paul will also 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:44.460 say in 1 Corinthians 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.779 chapter 9 verses 00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.899 24 to 26, he 00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.279 says this, 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.339 Do you not know 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:50.759 that in a race 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.700 all runners run 00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.740 but only one 00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.759 will receive the 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.200 prize? 00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:56.559 So run that you 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.359 may obtain it. 00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:59.139 Every athlete 00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.820 exercises self-control 00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:01.600 in all things. 00:25:02.300 --> 00:25:02.860 They do it to 00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.940 receive a perishable 00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.880 wreath but we 00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:06.300 an imperishable. 00:25:07.300 --> 00:25:08.480 So I do not run 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.120 aimlessly. 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.259 I do not box as 00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.480 one who beats 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.960 the air. 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.740 The Apostle Paul 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:16.200 describes this 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.620 race that he was 00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.420 in and a race that 00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.600 all of us are in 00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.820 but we need to run 00:25:20.820 --> 00:25:21.960 this race in a way 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.820 that is according 00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.540 to the rules. 00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:27.039 And Paul will 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.819 use different 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:29.500 ways to describe 00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:31.460 the false 00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.579 teachers and how 00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.259 they were trying 00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.519 to run through 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.460 self-effort. 00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.339 We find first 00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.299 they were insisting 00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.220 on asceticism 00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.960 and asceticism 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:41.659 is simply 00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:43.480 the condition 00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:45.039 of treating 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:46.180 yourself in a 00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:47.119 way that is bad 00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:48.279 so that somehow 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:50.059 you will be able 00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.000 to attain 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.700 spirituality. 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:51.960 spirituality. 00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.759 This desire 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.720 of humility 00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.660 and lowliness. 00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.400 This treating 00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.559 your body 00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.140 or treating 00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.660 yourself, 00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.860 depriving yourself 00:26:00.860 --> 00:26:02.299 of pleasures 00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.500 in order to 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.740 attain some 00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.460 level of 00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:05.900 spirituality. 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.039 They were also 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.080 worshiping angels. 00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:10.640 This worship 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.259 of angels 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.400 seemed to dominate 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.100 their attention 00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:14.299 instead of 00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.720 worship of God. 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.720 They were those 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.799 who relied on 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.480 visions. 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.400 It says they 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.460 go on in 00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.240 detail about 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.940 what has been 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.380 seen. 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.640 They wanted to 00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.240 boast about 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.319 their experiences 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.819 of all the 00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:29.819 special extra 00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.900 visions that 00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.299 they had been 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.019 able to partake 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:34.079 in rather than 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:35.819 depending on 00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.759 the revelation 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.819 of God through 00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.759 his word. 00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.680 They were also 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.420 puffed up without 00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.420 reason by their 00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.340 sensuous mind. 00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:46.900 These individuals 00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:48.460 who seemed to 00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:50.220 boast in their 00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.860 accomplishments. 00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:52.460 They boast in 00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.440 their spirituality 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:55.360 but it was all 00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:57.740 counterfeit 00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.920 because they 00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.380 weren't holding 00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:00.240 fast to the 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.480 head. 00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.160 They weren't 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.819 those who were 00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:04.019 depending on the 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.839 work of Christ 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.700 alone. 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:08.000 They pursued 00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.500 special experiences. 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:11.339 They wanted 00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.339 all of these 00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.220 wonderful 00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.299 revelations 00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.379 Christians. 00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.799 But instead 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.419 of it leading 00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:17.079 them to 00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.500 God, 00:27:17.659 --> 00:27:19.659 it led them 00:27:19.659 --> 00:27:20.259 away from 00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.440 God. 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.019 It led them 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:22.559 into bondage. 00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.579 You see, 00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:27.079 healthy churches, 00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.399 healthy people 00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:29.700 are those who 00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.180 will follow 00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:31.279 what we find in 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.139 Colossians 2 00:27:32.139 --> 00:27:33.240 verses 1 and 2. 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.180 I want you to 00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.359 know, 00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.880 he says, 00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.380 how great a 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:37.099 struggle I have 00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:37.460 for you and 00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.920 for those in 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:39.279 Laodicea who 00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.880 have not seen 00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:41.240 me face to 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.559 face, 00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.160 that their 00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.880 hearts may be 00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.599 encouraged, 00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.900 being knit 00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.980 together in 00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:47.359 love to reach 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:48.480 all the riches 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.500 of the full 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.960 assurance and 00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:52.519 understanding and 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.420 the knowledge of 00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.339 God's mystery which 00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:55.000 is Christ. 00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.240 That's what God 00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.920 has to offer. 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.799 That's what the 00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.660 Apostle Paul in 00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.920 Colossians 2 is 00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.400 talking about. 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.579 These hearts that 00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:02.380 are knit together, 00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:03.780 this refreshment, 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.620 this health, 00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:06.520 this vitality 00:28:06.520 --> 00:28:07.380 that's taking 00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:07.960 place, 00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:09.620 this unity among 00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.680 God's people, 00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.700 this working 00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:13.000 together that is 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.440 happening. 00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.860 As the Apostle 00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.560 Paul will say in 00:28:16.560 --> 00:28:17.600 Ephesians 4 00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:19.220 verses 15, 00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:19.520 he says, 00:28:19.600 --> 00:28:20.560 rather speaking the 00:28:20.560 --> 00:28:21.240 truth in love, 00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.860 we are to grow up 00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:24.220 in every way into 00:28:24.220 --> 00:28:25.520 him who is the 00:28:25.520 --> 00:28:26.700 head into Christ, 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.340 from whom the 00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:29.540 whole body joined 00:28:29.540 --> 00:28:30.860 and held together 00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:32.140 by every joint 00:28:32.140 --> 00:28:34.040 which is equipped 00:28:34.040 --> 00:28:35.880 when each part is 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.920 working properly 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:38.600 makes the body 00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:40.520 grow so that it 00:28:40.520 --> 00:28:41.520 builds itself up 00:28:41.520 --> 00:28:42.259 in love. 00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:45.640 Love is the way 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.540 you can tell a 00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:47.460 church is healthy. 00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.360 It loves the Lord 00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:50.100 Jesus Christ. 00:28:50.280 --> 00:28:51.080 It loves and has 00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:52.500 affection for others 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:54.000 in that love for 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.860 one another does 00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.360 something. 00:28:56.280 --> 00:28:57.720 It leads to some 00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:59.600 energy, some effort 00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.500 on their part but 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.319 it's that effort 00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:03.039 that's motivated by 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:04.439 a heart of love 00:29:04.439 --> 00:29:05.319 for God and love 00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.459 for one another. 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:09.039 It results in 00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.980 unity. 00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:13.000 It results in a 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.919 church that's held 00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:15.219 together in growing, 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.980 a church that's 00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:18.819 actively working out 00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:20.779 the things that it's 00:29:20.779 --> 00:29:21.519 been called to. 00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:23.319 It's not the church 00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.159 that we find in 00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:25.500 Colossians chapter 2 00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.099 verse 20. 00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:30.079 It says if we, if 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.099 with Christ you 00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:32.559 died to the 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.319 elemental spirits 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:33.959 of the world, 00:29:34.459 --> 00:29:37.419 why, why as if 00:29:37.419 --> 00:29:38.399 you were still 00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.480 living in the 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:41.939 world, do you 00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:44.339 still submit to 00:29:44.339 --> 00:29:44.879 its rules and 00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.379 regulations? 00:29:46.439 --> 00:29:47.259 Do not handle, 00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.359 do not taste, 00:29:48.459 --> 00:29:49.259 do not touch, 00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.819 referring to all 00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:52.279 things that perish 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.959 as they are being 00:29:52.959 --> 00:29:54.959 used according to 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.860 human precepts, 00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.420 according to 00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.000 teaching. 00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:59.100 These things have 00:29:59.100 --> 00:29:59.819 indeed the 00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.980 appearance of 00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:02.360 wisdom in 00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:03.620 promoting self-made 00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:05.420 religion and 00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:06.620 asceticism and 00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.700 severity to the 00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:09.200 body but they 00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:11.759 are of no value 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:13.559 in stopping the 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.579 indulgence of the 00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:14.900 flesh. 00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:16.900 All this human 00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.720 effort, all of 00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:19.279 this innate 00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:20.420 desire, this 00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:21.740 energy that we 00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:23.460 expend to try to 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:24.940 put away those 00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.600 fleshly desires 00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.360 that we have and 00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:29.740 we find that 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:31.340 only Christ can 00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:33.019 come and remove 00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.559 those fleshly 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.900 desires. 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:36.080 Only Christ is 00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:36.720 the one who has 00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.820 been able to 00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:39.059 destroy the works 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.660 of the devil. 00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.700 Only Christ is 00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.259 the one who has 00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.160 allowed us to 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:43.600 experience the 00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.200 freedom that 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.600 comes as he 00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:47.440 is killed, he's 00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.180 put to death 00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:50.920 our flesh and 00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:52.600 made us alive in 00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.079 the spirit. 00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.740 So as we 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:58.179 think about what 00:30:58.179 --> 00:30:58.639 Christ has 00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.539 accomplished, as 00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:01.359 we understand that 00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:02.159 the verdict has 00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:04.659 been written, as 00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.919 we seek as 00:31:05.919 --> 00:31:06.599 those who don't 00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.079 want to be 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:09.139 disqualified, we 00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.719 remember what 00:31:09.719 --> 00:31:10.179 Christ has 00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.879 accomplished for 00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.480 us and we 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.939 remember the 00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.799 wonder of his 00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:15.980 work and we 00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.539 praise him. 00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.359 let me pray. 00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.779 Lord, I thank 00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.579 you for what you 00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.619 have done in 00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.259 Christ Jesus. 00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:26.200 Lord, I thank 00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.599 you for 00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.639 forgiveness of 00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.740 sins and 00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.139 cleansing. 00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.519 I thank you, 00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.039 Lord, for the 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:35.539 death of our 00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.500 sinful flesh, 00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.659 that you've 00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:39.500 made us alive 00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.839 in Christ 00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:42.220 because of your 00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.680 spirit. 00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:42.740 spirit. 00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.500 And Lord, I 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.860 pray that you 00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.400 would help us 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:46.299 to walk in 00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:47.299 that newness of 00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:47.600 life. 00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:50.660 Not bound by 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.440 human traditions, 00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:53.100 not bound by 00:31:53.100 --> 00:31:54.120 the obligations of 00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:54.720 the law, but 00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.200 free. 00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.720 Free because in 00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.539 Christ you have 00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.640 accomplished it 00:31:59.640 --> 00:31:59.900 all. 00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.380 But of course 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:01.900 that freedom 00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.660 doesn't mean that 00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:03.400 we live any way 00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.900 that we want 00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.100 to. 00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:05.920 That freedom 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.940 compels us because 00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.820 of love for Christ 00:32:07.820 --> 00:32:08.740 to live in a way 00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:10.160 that's pleasing to 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.380 you. 00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.180 And so I pray 00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.700 that you would 00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:13.360 help us, 00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:15.220 Father, to live 00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.820 in that very 00:32:16.820 --> 00:32:17.080 way. 00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.580 That you would 00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:19.140 be glorified. 00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:20.380 That you would 00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:20.779 triumph. 00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:22.100 In Jesus' name. 00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:22.519 Amen.