WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.839 So we'll be starting at Romans 9 verse 30 and we'll be reading through to chapter 10 verse 13. 00:00:10.220 --> 00:00:11.800 What shall we say then? 00:00:12.820 --> 00:00:18.960 That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith, 00:00:19.539 --> 00:00:25.859 ! But that Israel, who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness, did not succeed in reaching that law. 00:00:25.859 --> 00:00:32.700 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. 00:00:33.519 --> 00:00:35.679 They have stumbled over the stumbling stone. 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:42.859 As it is written, Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence, 00:00:43.460 --> 00:00:46.280 and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame. 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:53.140 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 00:00:53.140 --> 00:00:58.799 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 00:00:59.579 --> 00:01:04.379 For being ignorant of the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, 00:01:04.659 --> 00:01:06.700 they did not submit to God's righteousness. 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:11.719 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. 00:01:12.980 --> 00:01:16.719 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, 00:01:17.260 --> 00:01:20.379 that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. 00:01:20.379 --> 00:01:23.780 But the righteousness based on faith says, 00:01:24.339 --> 00:01:29.179 do not say in your heart, who will ascend into heaven, that is to bring Christ down, 00:01:29.679 --> 00:01:34.439 or who will descend into the abyss, that is to bring Christ up from the dead. 00:01:35.219 --> 00:01:36.659 But what does it say? 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:41.679 The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart, 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:44.319 that is the word of faith that we proclaim. 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:58.199 For with the heart one believes and is justified, 00:01:58.859 --> 00:02:01.579 and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 00:02:02.539 --> 00:02:03.500 For the scripture says, 00:02:03.500 --> 00:02:25.479 Well, good morning everyone. 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:30.939 Will you pray with me as we come to God's word? 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:47.539 Now, Father, we always need your spirit to illuminate our minds 00:02:47.539 --> 00:02:50.019 so that we understand your word, 00:02:51.019 --> 00:02:56.219 and to believe, to break through any hardness, 00:02:56.699 --> 00:02:59.680 any remaining hardness in our hearts, to believe it. 00:03:00.219 --> 00:03:05.180 I pray, Lord, that as we all sit under your word together now, 00:03:05.259 --> 00:03:08.859 that our hearts will be singing all the more 00:03:08.859 --> 00:03:14.000 that we can stand before you in the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:16.439 In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. 00:03:17.539 --> 00:03:23.860 Well, the gospel, the label gospel, literally means good news. 00:03:24.419 --> 00:03:31.620 But I can forget sometimes that the cross of Jesus is also offensive. 00:03:33.699 --> 00:03:38.879 I think when we get together each week and we just enjoy praising Jesus together, 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:41.180 I forget that it's offensive. 00:03:41.180 --> 00:03:48.760 I want to do a little thought experiment to get us going this morning 00:03:48.760 --> 00:03:53.000 of two men who appear before God for judgment. 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:57.400 Now, one man, he never goes to church. 00:03:57.520 --> 00:03:58.120 He's arrogant. 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:00.860 He's just difficult. 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:02.879 He's difficult to get on with. 00:04:03.760 --> 00:04:04.960 He was a drunk. 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:09.879 He did harm to his wife and children. 00:04:11.180 --> 00:04:14.379 Now, in his old age, he's playing bowls, 00:04:14.640 --> 00:04:16.740 and this Don McMurray guy comes up 00:04:16.740 --> 00:04:20.500 and interrupts his lovely afternoon 00:04:20.500 --> 00:04:22.920 and shares the message of Jesus with him. 00:04:24.100 --> 00:04:26.139 He believes with tears. 00:04:27.819 --> 00:04:29.040 He dies that night, 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:32.860 appears before God, 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:33.620 and God says, 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:34.220 Innocent. 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:36.040 Righteous. 00:04:37.019 --> 00:04:37.399 Come. 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:37.480 Come. 00:04:39.259 --> 00:04:40.600 Come into paradise. 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:45.360 Now, another man grows up in the church, 00:04:47.100 --> 00:04:49.939 strictly observes Sundays as a Sabbath. 00:04:51.420 --> 00:04:52.459 He's decent. 00:04:52.579 --> 00:04:53.439 He's hardworking. 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:55.800 He's respected in the community, in church. 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:57.699 He even rises to church leadership. 00:04:58.100 --> 00:05:00.259 He's generous, giving to charity. 00:05:01.280 --> 00:05:02.899 He dies the same night, 00:05:02.960 --> 00:05:05.079 and he sees the other bloke go before him 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:07.859 and sees God's welcome and delight of him 00:05:07.859 --> 00:05:08.199 and goes, 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:09.719 Oh, well, I'll be a shoo-in then. 00:05:11.159 --> 00:05:12.039 And to his horror, 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:13.539 he hears the words, 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:14.719 Depart from me. 00:05:15.819 --> 00:05:17.099 I never knew you. 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:21.539 Now, if you're not offended by that, 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:26.279 I'm not sure we're hearing it properly. 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:31.279 The cross of Jesus offends our deep intuition 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:34.079 that there is good people and bad people. 00:05:34.599 --> 00:05:36.979 That intuition is deep. 00:05:41.239 --> 00:05:43.639 Our passage today is saying 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:46.339 there's two eternal destinies 00:05:46.339 --> 00:05:48.019 at the end of our life. 00:05:48.019 --> 00:05:51.219 We see in chapter 10, verse 10, 00:05:51.579 --> 00:05:53.799 it's being saved or justified 00:05:53.799 --> 00:05:55.500 before that heavenly court, 00:05:55.939 --> 00:05:56.759 God saying, 00:05:57.539 --> 00:05:59.859 innocent, righteous, saved. 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:02.699 Or, verse 11, 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:04.139 put to shame. 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:10.039 We're each on our way to salvation or shame. 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:13.779 C.S. Lewis, he captures this 00:06:13.779 --> 00:06:15.759 much better than I can. 00:06:16.219 --> 00:06:16.759 In the end, 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:18.579 that face of God, 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:21.719 which is the delight or terror of the universe, 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:24.139 must be turned upon each one of us, 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:26.420 either with one expression 00:06:26.420 --> 00:06:27.860 or with the other, 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:30.599 either conferring glory, 00:06:30.779 --> 00:06:31.639 inexpressible, 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:33.120 or inflicting shame 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:34.579 that can never be cured. 00:06:36.620 --> 00:06:37.339 It is written, 00:06:37.599 --> 00:06:39.279 we shall stand before him, 00:06:39.539 --> 00:06:40.379 shall appear, 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:41.819 shall be inspected. 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:43.659 The promise of glory 00:06:43.659 --> 00:06:45.819 is the promise almost incredible 00:06:45.819 --> 00:06:47.259 and only possible 00:06:47.259 --> 00:06:48.420 by the work of Christ 00:06:48.420 --> 00:06:49.379 that some of us, 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:51.040 that any of us who really chooses, 00:06:51.980 --> 00:06:54.620 shall actually survive that examination, 00:06:55.620 --> 00:06:57.800 shall find approval, 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:00.560 shall please God. 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:07.740 Chapters 9 to 11 of Romans, 00:07:07.740 --> 00:07:09.900 we're looking at, 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:12.620 the Israelites in Paul's time, 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:14.860 despite all their privileges, 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:17.800 they're still under the wrath of God. 00:07:18.060 --> 00:07:19.259 How can that be? 00:07:21.259 --> 00:07:22.639 So far in Romans, 00:07:24.220 --> 00:07:27.180 we've looked at it from heaven's perspective, 00:07:27.699 --> 00:07:30.120 from God's all-powerful, 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:31.780 unconditional mercy. 00:07:31.779 --> 00:07:33.579 Chapter 9, verse 16, 00:07:34.679 --> 00:07:37.259 so then it depends not on human will 00:07:37.259 --> 00:07:38.219 or exertion, 00:07:38.359 --> 00:07:40.279 but on God who has mercy. 00:07:40.699 --> 00:07:41.839 From heaven's perspective, 00:07:42.379 --> 00:07:45.619 all people are under sin. 00:07:46.339 --> 00:07:47.659 None of us have lived up 00:07:47.659 --> 00:07:49.379 to the knowledge of God that we know. 00:07:51.739 --> 00:07:53.459 Some, God hands over 00:07:53.459 --> 00:07:55.759 to our sinful desires. 00:07:55.939 --> 00:07:59.199 Others, he freely chooses to have mercy. 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:04.860 This belief in God's sovereign mercy, 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:08.500 it's why we can sing, 00:08:08.599 --> 00:08:09.979 I have no idea 00:08:09.979 --> 00:08:13.079 why you chose me, 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:15.139 but I praise your sovereign mercy. 00:08:18.099 --> 00:08:20.259 As Martin rightly urged us, 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:21.980 it shouldn't lead to callous, 00:08:23.180 --> 00:08:23.819 Calvinism. 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:25.639 Paul is in anguish here. 00:08:26.620 --> 00:08:28.980 Again, we see that in chapter 10, verse 1. 00:08:28.980 --> 00:08:32.539 My heart's desire and prayer to God for them 00:08:32.539 --> 00:08:33.920 is that they may be saved. 00:08:35.139 --> 00:08:36.779 His belief in sovereign mercy 00:08:36.779 --> 00:08:39.259 is in anguish, 00:08:39.680 --> 00:08:41.759 and he's not sitting on his hands, 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:42.539 he's praying. 00:08:43.680 --> 00:08:45.840 It's his belief in that sovereign mercy 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:47.519 that urges him to pray. 00:08:50.940 --> 00:08:52.740 I think it actually gives us confidence 00:08:52.740 --> 00:08:53.860 to share the gospel. 00:08:53.860 --> 00:08:56.940 What else is going to break through 00:08:56.940 --> 00:08:58.720 the hardness of unbelief? 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:00.399 God's sovereign mercy can. 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:03.019 So we've looked at it 00:09:03.019 --> 00:09:04.899 from God's, heaven's perspective. 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:07.580 But I think in this passage, 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:10.919 Paul is going from earth's perspective. 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:13.080 Human responsibility. 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:17.080 Scripture always affirms 100% 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:18.019 God's sovereignty 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:20.779 and human responsibility, 100%. 00:09:20.779 --> 00:09:22.399 How those two fit together. 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:24.159 You tell me afterwards. 00:09:24.379 --> 00:09:27.439 I think we'll find out in heaven maybe. 00:09:27.620 --> 00:09:29.659 But it's always both. 00:09:30.199 --> 00:09:31.299 Someone in our small group 00:09:31.299 --> 00:09:33.199 used the quarterwoodism saying 00:09:33.199 --> 00:09:35.639 they're two sides of the one coin. 00:09:36.379 --> 00:09:38.319 Paul is flipping the coin over here. 00:09:38.819 --> 00:09:40.559 We're now looking at human responsibility. 00:09:41.439 --> 00:09:44.339 What has Israel done or not done 00:09:44.340 --> 00:09:48.420 that means they're still lost. 00:09:48.580 --> 00:09:49.960 They're on their way to shame. 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:59.160 So verses 30 to 31 of chapter 9, 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:04.100 I think is what my opening thought experiment 00:10:04.100 --> 00:10:06.600 with the two men was trying to capture. 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:10.139 Gentiles, so non-Jewish people, 00:10:10.139 --> 00:10:13.500 they did not pursue righteousness, 00:10:15.179 --> 00:10:16.240 a righteous life. 00:10:16.559 --> 00:10:20.019 Israel did pursue righteousness 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:21.659 by keeping the law. 00:10:21.779 --> 00:10:23.220 They're trying to keep the law. 00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:27.600 And Gentiles are righteous. 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:28.279 They've got it. 00:10:28.939 --> 00:10:31.019 Israel failed to keep the law 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:32.860 and they're lost. 00:10:32.860 --> 00:10:38.740 Throughout this whole section, 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:41.560 there's a comparison of two ways 00:10:41.560 --> 00:10:43.320 to try and be righteous. 00:10:44.620 --> 00:10:46.500 We see there in verse 32. 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:50.759 They did not pursue it by faith, 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:54.419 but as if it was based on works, 00:10:54.539 --> 00:10:55.180 on doing. 00:10:55.179 --> 00:11:02.699 Righteousness is the ability 00:11:02.699 --> 00:11:05.599 to stand before God fully seen 00:11:05.599 --> 00:11:07.059 and confident. 00:11:08.579 --> 00:11:09.439 He accepts you. 00:11:10.539 --> 00:11:11.719 He loves you. 00:11:12.379 --> 00:11:13.500 You're right with him. 00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:16.319 It's like two friends 00:11:16.319 --> 00:11:17.419 who've had a falling out 00:11:17.419 --> 00:11:18.199 and they say, 00:11:18.539 --> 00:11:19.240 are we right? 00:11:20.479 --> 00:11:21.839 Are we good? 00:11:22.859 --> 00:11:23.259 And God's like, 00:11:23.319 --> 00:11:24.000 yes, we're good. 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:27.480 It's that standing with him. 00:11:27.600 --> 00:11:28.039 We're good. 00:11:31.139 --> 00:11:33.059 Now, there's two ways 00:11:33.059 --> 00:11:34.259 of trying to get that. 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:38.059 Not that to work. 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:39.159 Please hear me correctly. 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.000 There's not two roads to get there, 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:42.000 but there's two... 00:11:43.940 --> 00:11:45.539 Paul's comparing two ways 00:11:45.539 --> 00:11:46.539 people try and get there. 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:48.740 There's a false way 00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:51.200 based on the works that you do 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:53.259 and there's a true way, 00:11:53.400 --> 00:11:54.100 God's way, 00:11:54.900 --> 00:11:55.800 based on faith 00:11:55.800 --> 00:11:56.780 and what God has done. 00:11:57.740 --> 00:11:59.660 And there is a world of difference. 00:12:01.660 --> 00:12:03.040 It's the difference between 00:12:03.040 --> 00:12:05.000 boasting to God, 00:12:05.700 --> 00:12:06.780 look what I've done, 00:12:07.520 --> 00:12:09.580 or boasting in God, 00:12:09.680 --> 00:12:12.259 what you have done. 00:12:12.259 --> 00:12:17.299 And Paul quotes the law. 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:18.019 Okay, 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:20.319 you're trying to be righteous 00:12:20.319 --> 00:12:21.299 by keeping the law. 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:22.480 Are you listening 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:23.759 to what the law says? 00:12:23.819 --> 00:12:24.419 He quotes 00:12:24.419 --> 00:12:25.899 from the Old Testament 00:12:25.899 --> 00:12:27.019 and throughout this passage, 00:12:27.319 --> 00:12:27.919 he just kind of, 00:12:27.980 --> 00:12:29.460 it's like a medley of a song. 00:12:29.539 --> 00:12:30.319 He just jams 00:12:30.319 --> 00:12:31.759 all these quotations together. 00:12:31.899 --> 00:12:32.600 We don't have time, 00:12:32.980 --> 00:12:33.720 I don't have time 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:34.740 to go into all of them, 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:35.200 but he's just, 00:12:35.740 --> 00:12:37.039 he's jamming 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:38.379 all these quotations together 00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:38.659 going, 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:40.059 are you listening to the law? 00:12:40.059 --> 00:12:41.779 Because God's always said, 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:44.259 it's by faith. 00:12:45.259 --> 00:12:47.500 And I'm going to lay a stone, 00:12:48.459 --> 00:12:49.399 I'm going to do something, 00:12:49.500 --> 00:12:50.859 I'm going to lay a stone, 00:12:50.979 --> 00:12:52.639 I'm going to lay a foundation stone, 00:12:53.099 --> 00:12:53.739 the Lord Jesus. 00:12:54.959 --> 00:12:56.379 And some who are trying 00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:58.219 to be good and do good, 00:12:58.959 --> 00:12:59.779 they're going to stumble 00:12:59.779 --> 00:13:01.019 over him and fall. 00:13:01.579 --> 00:13:02.000 Others, 00:13:02.459 --> 00:13:03.799 that's going to be the foundation. 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:10.339 And then, 00:13:10.819 --> 00:13:11.339 chapter 10, 00:13:11.419 --> 00:13:12.159 verse 2 to 4, 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:13.439 Paul further explains 00:13:13.439 --> 00:13:15.139 why trying to be righteous 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:15.959 by doing, 00:13:16.079 --> 00:13:16.699 by works, 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:18.699 is not the correct way. 00:13:20.359 --> 00:13:21.139 Verse 2, 00:13:22.419 --> 00:13:23.459 speaking of the Israelites, 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:24.899 I bear them witness 00:13:24.899 --> 00:13:26.819 that they have a zeal for God, 00:13:27.819 --> 00:13:30.159 but not according to knowledge. 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:36.480 I think it's common 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:38.279 to hear outside the church 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:41.279 that if people were just sincere 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:42.120 in their religion, 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:45.399 surely whatever God is up there 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:46.459 will be okay with that. 00:13:46.539 --> 00:13:47.120 They're sincere, 00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:47.779 they're trying. 00:13:49.579 --> 00:13:51.539 Surely being sincere is enough, 00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:54.899 but no, it's not. 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:55.839 It's not enough. 00:13:56.319 --> 00:13:57.980 In all spheres of life, 00:13:57.980 --> 00:13:59.220 we all know that. 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:01.039 Just to be enthusiastic 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.019 isn't enough. 00:14:04.019 --> 00:14:05.259 You've got to actually know 00:14:05.259 --> 00:14:07.039 what's right. 00:14:08.920 --> 00:14:10.340 I think Paul's life 00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:11.460 is a testimony 00:14:11.460 --> 00:14:12.620 to what he's saying here. 00:14:13.560 --> 00:14:14.500 His own conversion. 00:14:14.700 --> 00:14:16.019 He knew the Old Testament 00:14:16.019 --> 00:14:16.820 back to front. 00:14:17.180 --> 00:14:18.700 It's not head knowledge. 00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:20.300 That wasn't his problem. 00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:21.240 He probably knew 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:21.779 the Old Testament 00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:22.759 better than any of us 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:23.340 in this room. 00:14:25.019 --> 00:14:26.420 It wasn't head knowledge. 00:14:26.420 --> 00:14:27.259 That's not the problem. 00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:31.039 He believed in Yahweh, 00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:32.039 the God of the Bible, 00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:34.180 not pagan gods. 00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:37.240 He was so passionate for God, 00:14:37.980 --> 00:14:39.420 he went house to house 00:14:39.420 --> 00:14:40.659 putting Christians in prison. 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:43.560 The first Christian martyr, 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:44.180 Stephen, 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:45.860 he's approving of his death. 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:47.060 He's that passionate 00:14:47.060 --> 00:14:49.420 for God and temple and law. 00:14:49.419 --> 00:14:52.479 But how devastating 00:14:52.479 --> 00:14:54.000 it was for him 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.500 when the Lord Jesus 00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:56.799 revealed his glory 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:57.639 and said, 00:14:57.819 --> 00:14:59.259 why are you persecuting me? 00:15:00.339 --> 00:15:01.599 Paul was like this 00:15:01.599 --> 00:15:03.419 high-speed train, 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:05.679 very zealous 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:06.779 for God, 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:08.639 heading in the complete 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.679 opposite direction. 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:13.579 Sincerity is not enough. 00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:17.840 It's even dangerous 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:20.100 if you're headed 00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:20.960 in the wrong direction. 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.740 Someone today 00:15:28.740 --> 00:15:29.840 can have grown up 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:30.440 in the church, 00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:31.520 even right now, 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:32.780 assume they've heard this 00:15:32.780 --> 00:15:33.920 a thousand times. 00:15:34.420 --> 00:15:35.680 They think they know it. 00:15:36.520 --> 00:15:37.480 They're involved. 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.100 They're committed. 00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:40.840 Some people even 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.860 go to the mission field. 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:46.399 If you're headed 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:47.440 in the wrong direction 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:49.040 without knowledge, 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:51.279 it's dangerous. 00:15:58.560 --> 00:16:00.960 Verse 3 and 4 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:04.340 explain what they should have known. 00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:06.500 Verse 3, 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:08.080 for being ignorant 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:09.220 of the righteousness 00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:10.299 of God. 00:16:11.059 --> 00:16:11.580 We're going to have to 00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:12.440 come back to that phrase. 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:14.179 Righteousness of God 00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:15.720 and seeking to establish 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:16.639 their own. 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:19.379 They did not submit 00:16:19.379 --> 00:16:21.700 to God's righteousness. 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:25.919 So there's a contrast here. 00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:27.559 God's or yours. 00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:31.139 He's already talked about 00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:32.139 the righteousness of God 00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:33.059 in chapter 3. 00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:35.639 But if we think about 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:36.360 what a Jew 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:37.460 would have already 00:16:37.460 --> 00:16:38.360 known about 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.879 righteousness, 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:42.860 righteousness of God 00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:44.279 here can't mean 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:46.199 God's character. 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:47.259 God's character 00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:47.879 is righteous. 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:49.159 A Jew knows that. 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:50.939 A Jew is very aware 00:16:50.939 --> 00:16:52.360 that God is right 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:53.819 in all he does. 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.860 He is good. 00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:55.679 So it's not 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:56.899 God's character here. 00:16:58.819 --> 00:16:59.980 Is it the righteous 00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:01.899 demands that God requires? 00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:03.100 Jews know that. 00:17:03.819 --> 00:17:04.539 They've got the law. 00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:05.059 They've got the Ten 00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:05.480 Commandments. 00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:06.720 They know the righteous 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:08.500 demands that God requires. 00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:10.879 What goodness looks like. 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:14.460 The righteousness of God, 00:17:14.659 --> 00:17:16.359 it is at the heart 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.399 of the Protestant 00:17:17.399 --> 00:17:17.920 Reformation. 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.299 It is at the heart 00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:20.619 of true saving faith. 00:17:21.159 --> 00:17:21.940 Martin Luther, 00:17:22.099 --> 00:17:23.559 he puzzled over this phrase, 00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:25.619 the righteousness of God. 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.359 He was a monk. 00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:28.339 He had a conscience 00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:29.500 before a holy God. 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:31.299 And he knew his prayers. 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.559 He knew his confessions 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:33.180 of sin. 00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:34.839 He knew his devotion, 00:17:34.980 --> 00:17:35.859 his religious devotion 00:17:35.859 --> 00:17:37.000 wasn't enough. 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.640 And he said, 00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:39.400 I hated the righteousness 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:40.000 of God. 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:40.960 That phrase. 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:45.140 I raged with a fierce 00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:46.380 and troubled conscience 00:17:46.380 --> 00:17:47.359 because he thought 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:48.619 it meant God's 00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.779 righteous demands. 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.500 He could never live up 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.900 to it. 00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:55.019 Eventually, 00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:58.400 he realized 00:17:58.400 --> 00:17:59.320 this righteousness 00:17:59.320 --> 00:18:01.100 is something God gives. 00:18:01.820 --> 00:18:02.280 And he says, 00:18:03.420 --> 00:18:04.940 the passive righteousness 00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:07.180 with which the merciful God 00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:09.220 justifies, 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:11.060 saves us by faith. 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.780 And here I felt 00:18:12.780 --> 00:18:13.680 that I was altogether 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:14.400 born again 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:16.080 and the very gates 00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:16.840 of paradise 00:18:16.840 --> 00:18:18.040 opened up before me. 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:18.040 --> 00:18:18.040 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:24.920 The righteousness of God 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:26.019 is not that he 00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:28.640 instantaneously 00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:29.420 zaps you 00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:30.660 with a righteous character. 00:18:30.800 --> 00:18:31.920 If you follow me around 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:32.640 for one hour 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.480 after church, 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:37.160 I'll give you 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:38.140 some evidence of that. 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:40.800 But this is 00:18:40.800 --> 00:18:42.360 a righteous status 00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:44.040 before God. 00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:46.700 We're right 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.660 with God. 00:18:48.900 --> 00:18:49.820 We're good. 00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:53.259 We're more than good. 00:18:54.660 --> 00:18:55.800 We're family. 00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.980 It's a status. 00:19:07.300 --> 00:19:08.600 So Israel, 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.340 being passionate 00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:09.980 for God, 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:12.460 were ignorant 00:19:12.460 --> 00:19:14.140 of this gift 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:16.140 of being right 00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:16.680 with God. 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.280 They wanted 00:19:18.280 --> 00:19:19.040 to establish 00:19:19.040 --> 00:19:20.180 their own 00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:21.620 merit, 00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.620 to stand 00:19:22.620 --> 00:19:23.320 before God. 00:19:24.080 --> 00:19:25.040 So I don't want 00:19:25.040 --> 00:19:25.400 to submit 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:26.259 to what you give. 00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.519 And it's going 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.540 complete opposite 00:19:32.540 --> 00:19:33.060 direction 00:19:33.060 --> 00:19:33.700 to what 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:35.060 God has done. 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.700 Now we'll come 00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.560 back to verse 4, 00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.759 but just verse 5 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.280 for a second. 00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:45.680 What's so wrong 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.220 with trying 00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.900 to establish 00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:47.940 your own righteousness 00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:49.740 by doing good? 00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:52.240 He quotes 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:53.759 Leviticus 19.5 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.079 here. 00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.319 The person 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:56.019 who does 00:19:56.019 --> 00:19:56.640 the commandments 00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.359 shall live 00:19:57.359 --> 00:19:57.900 by them. 00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:00.180 If you 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:00.900 sincerely 00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:01.819 try to 00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.319 keep the 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:03.079 law of God, 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:05.000 there's nothing 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.380 wrong with 00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:06.000 the law of God. 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.599 It's good. 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.779 Nothing wrong 00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.200 at all. 00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.779 But it's 00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:12.440 too difficult. 00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.620 Not because 00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:14.259 God set the 00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:15.000 bar too high, 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:17.019 but because 00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:18.059 sin is so 00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.779 strong. 00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:24.140 If you 00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:24.740 try and 00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.180 have a 00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.619 righteousness 00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:26.099 of your 00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:26.380 own, 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.119 you almost 00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:28.859 always have 00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.140 to do 00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:29.480 this. 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:30.759 You've got 00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.440 to reduce 00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:32.079 the law 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:32.519 of God 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:34.480 to external 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.200 performance. 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:36.259 When the 00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:36.819 law of God 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.700 was always 00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.240 about your 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:38.759 inner 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.920 attitudes 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:40.299 of the 00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:40.779 heart as 00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.000 well. 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:44.240 love the 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.799 Lord your 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.799 God with 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.339 all your 00:20:46.339 --> 00:20:47.680 heart and 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.099 with all 00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:48.759 your soul 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.220 and all 00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:49.799 your mind 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.099 and all 00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:50.680 your strength. 00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.119 Paul 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:52.960 illustrates 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.480 this back 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.240 in chapter 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.960 7, one 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.180 of the 00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:55.339 Ten 00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:55.819 Commandments, 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.400 do not 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.779 covet. 00:20:58.140 --> 00:20:58.839 That's an 00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.440 inner thing. 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.700 Do not 00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.519 desire to 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.539 possess something 00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.339 for yourself 00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:03.839 that's not 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.519 yours, like 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.799 your neighbour's 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.440 house, your 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.240 neighbour's 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.819 wife. 00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:10.460 love the 00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.839 inner desire, 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:13.099 it crushed 00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:14.159 him because 00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:15.220 as soon as 00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:15.859 he took that 00:21:15.859 --> 00:21:16.720 law seriously, 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.500 if you take 00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:18.879 that law 00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:19.579 seriously, you 00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.779 see coveting 00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.259 in your 00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.700 mind, I 00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.139 don't know, I 00:21:22.139 --> 00:21:22.819 see it in my 00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.240 mind and 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:25.200 heart all 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.859 the time. 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.639 I love that 00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:29.119 neighbour's 00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:30.559 deck, their 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.359 porch, I 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:31.899 want that. 00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:35.480 I love that 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:36.480 new car, I 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.980 wish that was 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.419 mine. 00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:39.259 Even 00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:40.939 clothing, I'm 00:21:40.939 --> 00:21:41.339 covered in 00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:42.439 clothing, I 00:21:42.439 --> 00:21:43.859 covet people's 00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:44.819 soccer skills and 00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:47.619 speaking skills and 00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.359 personality 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:49.700 strengths and 00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:51.159 it's 00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:51.539 everywhere. 00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.179 You take the 00:21:53.179 --> 00:21:53.599 law of God 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:55.720 seriously, if 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.299 you're trying to 00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:57.399 establish righteousness 00:21:57.399 --> 00:21:58.679 by the law, you've 00:21:58.679 --> 00:22:00.599 got to reduce it to 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:01.599 just external. 00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.559 If you take the 00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:03.720 internal seriously, 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:06.859 you'll be 00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:07.259 crushed. 00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:10.559 sin is too 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.139 strong. 00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.539 No one lives 00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.339 up to the 00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.559 law. 00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.559 Now, coming 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.119 back to verse 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:29.240 four, all 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.059 Israel should 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.480 have been the 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.559 first in line 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:33.579 to welcome 00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.759 Christ with 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.659 open arms and 00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.779 see him and 00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:39.220 appreciate him 00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:42.159 because Christ 00:22:42.159 --> 00:22:43.740 is the end 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.579 of the law 00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:47.079 for righteousness 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:48.019 to everyone who 00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.500 believes. 00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:51.159 This is God 00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:51.940 giving us 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.559 righteousness 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:54.539 through what 00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.039 Christ has 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:55.359 done. 00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:58.659 Paul says 00:22:58.659 --> 00:22:59.099 back in 00:22:59.099 --> 00:22:59.699 chapter 8 00:22:59.699 --> 00:23:00.119 verse 3, 00:23:00.199 --> 00:23:00.959 for God 00:23:00.959 --> 00:23:01.859 has done, 00:23:02.219 --> 00:23:02.599 done, 00:23:03.719 --> 00:23:04.359 what the 00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.219 law weakened 00:23:05.219 --> 00:23:05.759 by the 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.599 flesh, the 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.259 sinful flesh, 00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.099 could not do 00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.959 by sending 00:23:08.959 --> 00:23:09.459 his own 00:23:09.459 --> 00:23:09.799 son. 00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.240 It's a great 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:17.179 phrase, Christ 00:23:17.179 --> 00:23:18.019 is the end 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.619 of the law. 00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:21.019 Now, what 00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.279 does it 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.659 mean, 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.699 end? 00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.939 There's three 00:23:26.939 --> 00:23:27.779 main options 00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:29.959 and I'm 00:23:29.959 --> 00:23:30.979 happy to talk 00:23:30.979 --> 00:23:31.500 about it over 00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.079 morning tea. 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.259 End as in 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.919 Christ has 00:23:34.919 --> 00:23:35.279 brought the 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.839 law to a 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.379 conclusion, 00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:37.099 like some of 00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:37.299 you are 00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.719 wishing this 00:23:37.719 --> 00:23:38.500 sermon would 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:38.959 come to a 00:23:38.959 --> 00:23:39.519 conclusion. 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.980 No, you're 00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.379 probably not. 00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:43.779 But has it 00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.160 come to a 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.660 conclusion? 00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.740 Christ is the 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.799 goal of the 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.099 law? 00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.619 Kind of like 00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:51.000 I'm thinking 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.519 of like a 00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.400 medical student. 00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.119 All their 00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.879 training, their 00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:54.799 goal is to 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:56.220 be a doctor. 00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:57.720 That's the 00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.059 goal. 00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.799 That's the 00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.420 purpose of it 00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:00.579 all. 00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.700 The purpose 00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.259 of the law 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.660 was to reach 00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.799 Christ. 00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.740 Is it saying 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.279 that he's the 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.619 goal? 00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.279 Or is 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.339 the end of 00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.819 the law in 00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:12.339 that he did 00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:12.759 the whole 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.000 law? 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.079 He's the 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.799 embodiment of 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.059 the law. 00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.039 He's what the 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.539 law looks 00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:18.859 like. 00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:22.819 Now one 00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.480 thing we have 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.200 to rule out 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:25.480 is that Christ 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:25.920 just comes 00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:28.180 along and 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:29.319 scrunches up 00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.779 the law and 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.299 goes, oh, 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.240 let's just get 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.740 rid of that. 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.399 He said, I 00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:33.139 did not come 00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:34.019 to abolish 00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.500 the law. 00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.779 I came to 00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.559 fulfill it. 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:39.460 Not one 00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.059 tiniest 00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:42.059 dot or 00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:43.359 stroke of 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.720 the pen, 00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:44.339 not one 00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.019 tiniest dot. 00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.279 I'm not 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.679 coming to 00:24:46.679 --> 00:24:47.220 abolish it. 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.599 I'm coming 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.179 to fulfill 00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:48.500 it. 00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.559 Personally, I 00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.279 think all 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.059 three are 00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:55.399 valid, depending 00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:56.059 where you go in 00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.319 the New 00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.639 Testament. 00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.879 He is the 00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.440 only one who 00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.919 obeyed. 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.279 You want to 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.659 know what the 00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.159 law looks 00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:01.460 like? 00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.279 Look at 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.619 Jesus. 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.119 He obeyed. 00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:04.639 He's the only 00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.299 righteous one. 00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:08.440 I think, 00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:10.000 I think, 00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.619 again, talk 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.000 about open 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.399 morning tea, 00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.259 I think Paul 00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.940 is emphasizing 00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:15.440 here that 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.500 Christ is the 00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.779 goal that the 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.700 law was always 00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.339 leading to. 00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.919 I think we 00:25:22.919 --> 00:25:23.539 see that in 00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:23.980 the way he 00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:25.319 uses Deuteronomy 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.200 30 in the 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.819 next section. 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.899 He quotes 00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.460 Deuteronomy 00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.079 30 like, 00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.879 whoa, where 00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.399 did you get 00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:31.879 that from, 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.099 Paul? 00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.359 We're going 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.759 to see that 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.220 in a second. 00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:37.019 Israel have 00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:38.019 not submitted 00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.600 to the 00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:40.640 very purpose 00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.200 of the 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:43.039 law that 00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.339 the law 00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.019 pointed to. 00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.980 It was 00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:47.019 always pointing 00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.819 to Jesus 00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:50.059 and then 00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.660 they're going 00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:50.960 in the 00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.740 complete opposite 00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.120 direction. 00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.700 They should 00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.160 have seen 00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.440 that. 00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:58.740 Now, this 00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.680 phrase does 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:02.019 raise what 00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:03.299 place does 00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.640 the law 00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.460 have for us 00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.960 Christians 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.440 today. 00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:08.180 I don't 00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.519 want to go 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.100 fully into 00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.460 that because 00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.880 that is a 00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.519 big question, 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.080 but I just 00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.460 want to say 00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:11.759 a few 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.160 things. 00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.440 The law 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.059 is good 00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.460 in knowing 00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.840 God's 00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.340 character. 00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.340 We should 00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:17.880 read it 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.299 to know 00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.620 God's 00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:18.920 holy 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.420 character. 00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.420 God's 00:26:21.300 --> 00:26:22.259 The law 00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.940 is good 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.980 for understanding 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.900 what our 00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.560 sin is 00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:25.920 and our 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.400 problem. 00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:29.519 It's good 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.019 in that it 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.700 points forward 00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.080 to the 00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:31.680 solution 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.900 that Jesus 00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.519 is the 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.279 high priest 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.779 we need. 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.259 He's the 00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.820 sacrifice 00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:36.460 we need. 00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.920 He's the 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.620 temple we 00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:37.940 need. 00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.480 It points 00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.160 forward to 00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.700 understand 00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.120 Christ, 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.420 so we 00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.880 should read 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.340 the law. 00:26:44.300 --> 00:26:45.080 It gives 00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.800 us wisdom 00:26:45.800 --> 00:26:46.519 for what 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.720 love of 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.080 neighbour 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.980 looks like, 00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.559 what justice 00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.359 looks like. 00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.819 It instructs 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.539 and informs 00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.740 love. 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.960 But it 00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.519 is not a 00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.079 code, 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.579 it is not 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.039 a rule 00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.819 book that 00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:03.359 God is 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.220 either blessing 00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:05.059 or cursing 00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.799 us according 00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.240 to our 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.740 obedience. 00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.720 That has 00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.240 come to an 00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.500 end. 00:27:10.699 --> 00:27:11.240 That is 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.939 not how 00:27:12.939 --> 00:27:13.199 we should 00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.539 read the 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.000 law today. 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:21.039 So verses 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.539 5 to 00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:21.839 10, 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.500 Paul shows 00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.799 that the 00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.539 law itself 00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.299 was always 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.859 pointing 00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:27.259 forward to 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.819 Christ. 00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.559 Verses 00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:31.919 6 to 00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:32.119 10, 00:27:32.699 --> 00:27:33.439 he's saying 00:27:33.439 --> 00:27:34.079 righteousness 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:35.639 has always 00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.399 been by 00:27:36.399 --> 00:27:39.199 faith in 00:27:39.199 --> 00:27:39.819 what God 00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.259 does. 00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:40.559 He 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.579 graciously 00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.779 brings salvation 00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.679 near to 00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.000 us. 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:46.279 Now he 00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.759 quotes 00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.680 Deuteronomy 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.019 9, 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:48.480 4. 00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.640 Here's one 00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:49.920 of those 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.440 medleys. 00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:52.240 He jams a 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:53.140 few passages 00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.619 here together. 00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.059 The first 00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.259 one, 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.359 do not 00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.720 say in 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:55.880 your 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:56.299 heart, 00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.740 which the 00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.380 full quotation 00:27:59.380 --> 00:27:59.880 there is, 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.680 it's not 00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.460 according to 00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.779 your 00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.400 righteousness. 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.240 Anyone who 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.619 read the 00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.160 law should 00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.579 have understood 00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:09.940 that. 00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.039 It's never 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.500 been about 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.819 your 00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.299 righteousness. 00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:14.019 You're 00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.579 blessed by 00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.440 God because 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:15.740 of his 00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.159 promises. 00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:18.019 That's what 00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.359 that quote 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.759 is about. 00:28:19.899 --> 00:28:20.579 And then he 00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:20.980 goes to 00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.379 Deuteronomy 00:28:21.379 --> 00:28:21.759 30. 00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.839 Now if I 00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.279 was marking 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:25.119 an essay and 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.599 a student 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.200 interpreted 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.799 Deuteronomy 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.379 30 like 00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:27.599 this, 00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:28.039 there would 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.379 be red 00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:28.680 pen. 00:28:29.419 --> 00:28:29.619 Like, 00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:31.399 where did 00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:31.639 you get 00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.059 this from 00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.339 Paul? 00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.700 That's a 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.059 bit of a 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.240 leap, 00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.579 isn't it? 00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.379 Now, 00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.359 we're the 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:38.039 student here, 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.480 so what is 00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.119 Paul teaching 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:40.419 us? 00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:45.140 it's a 00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.640 passage, 00:28:45.820 --> 00:28:47.740 it's a 00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.460 passage about 00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.200 the law. 00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:51.140 He's not 00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:52.039 saying if 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.560 you read 00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:53.400 Deuteronomy 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:53.800 30, 00:28:53.800 --> 00:28:54.180 you would 00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.160 find this 00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:56.180 hidden meaning. 00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.279 I don't 00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.900 think we 00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.380 should read 00:28:59.380 --> 00:29:00.000 scripture like 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.660 that, where 00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.080 we've got to 00:29:01.080 --> 00:29:02.120 find a hidden 00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:02.580 meaning. 00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.160 I don't 00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.440 think he's 00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:03.920 doing that. 00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:06.900 I think 00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.500 what he's 00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.120 doing is, 00:29:08.560 --> 00:29:09.259 and how 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.279 much more 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.900 argument. 00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:11.740 If that was 00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.120 the case 00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:13.360 then, how 00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.960 much more 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.519 now? 00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.320 If under 00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.880 the time of 00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.460 the law, 00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.700 God graciously 00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.660 brought salvation 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.300 near to 00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:22.200 them, how 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.300 much more 00:29:23.300 --> 00:29:25.100 in the time 00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.400 of the 00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.240 gospel has 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.980 God brought 00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:28.200 salvation near 00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:29.680 to us? 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.660 I think it's 00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:31.100 a how much 00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:31.740 more argument. 00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:36.039 the original 00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:38.200 context is 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.940 Moses saying 00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:40.960 the word 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.480 of God, 00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.180 what I 00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.880 must do 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:45.420 for God 00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:45.640 to be 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.160 pleased, 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.579 to be 00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:46.960 righteous, 00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.880 it is 00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.980 understandable, 00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.620 it is 00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.380 accessible. 00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:50.940 You don't 00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.319 need to go 00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.740 to heaven 00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.339 to find 00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:52.660 God's 00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:52.880 will. 00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.720 It's not 00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.160 impossible. 00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.180 God's 00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.539 brought it 00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.440 right close. 00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.660 It's not 00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:03.740 in the 00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.200 abyss. 00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.320 Again, 00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:06.920 something 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.519 impossible 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:09.440 that you 00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.680 have to 00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.259 go find, 00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:10.580 you have 00:30:10.580 --> 00:30:12.460 to do 00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.019 something to 00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.620 go find 00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:14.000 what God 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.240 wants. 00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:14.500 He's 00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.860 brought it 00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.519 right up 00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:17.620 to your 00:30:17.620 --> 00:30:18.259 heart and 00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.720 mouth, 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.720 to Israel 00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.180 that is. 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.120 He has 00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.759 graciously 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.460 brought his 00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.400 will close 00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.240 to Israel's 00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.800 heart and 00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:27.120 mouth. 00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.740 If they 00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.620 just received 00:30:28.620 --> 00:30:28.960 it with 00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.400 faith, 00:30:29.820 --> 00:30:30.180 with a 00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.700 heart of 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.000 faith, 00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.779 it was 00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.480 right there. 00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.799 Which 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.600 exposes the 00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:38.940 problem. 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.460 The problem 00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:41.600 was always 00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:42.480 inside, 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.559 not receiving 00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:43.819 it. 00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.440 But then 00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.100 he interprets 00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.960 it how much 00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.779 more now. 00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.980 Now we're 00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.559 in the age 00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.900 of the 00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.700 gospel of 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.240 what God 00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.740 has done. 00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.660 It's not 00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.660 commands 00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.019 anymore, 00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.580 it's a 00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:58.120 message. 00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:58.400 It's a 00:30:58.200 --> 00:31:01.620 God has 00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:01.920 brought 00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.519 salvation 00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.039 near. 00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:03.299 The 00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.700 message 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.299 Christ 00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.759 has 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.039 come 00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.299 down 00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:05.539 from 00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:05.840 heaven. 00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.500 He has 00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.080 lived the 00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:07.759 life you 00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.160 should have 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.380 lived, 00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.880 I should 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.019 have 00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.319 lived. 00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.779 He has 00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.360 died the 00:31:11.360 --> 00:31:11.799 cursed 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.279 death, 00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:13.980 I should 00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.539 have died, 00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.039 and he's 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.819 been raised, 00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.200 he is 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.640 Lord. 00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:17.700 That 00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.400 message, 00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.880 God has 00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:21.600 graciously 00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.380 brought it 00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:23.420 to your 00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.160 heart and 00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.620 mouth. 00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.860 It is 00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:27.160 so near 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.740 to you 00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:29.160 than me. 00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:30.920 You don't 00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.380 have to go 00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:31.720 to heaven 00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.220 to find 00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.360 it, 00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.720 you don't 00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:34.980 have to 00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.320 do, 00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.700 it's 00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:35.960 right 00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.500 there. 00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:40.740 We 00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.060 often 00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:41.580 fret, 00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.480 have I 00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:42.680 done 00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.120 enough? 00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:45.719 we 00:31:45.719 --> 00:31:46.099 fret, 00:31:46.179 --> 00:31:46.339 all 00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.599 those 00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.219 sins 00:31:47.219 --> 00:31:47.639 of my 00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.279 past 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.519 that 00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.939 pierce 00:31:48.939 --> 00:31:49.119 your 00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.579 conscience, 00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:51.979 and a 00:31:51.979 --> 00:31:52.679 child can 00:31:52.679 --> 00:31:53.239 understand 00:31:53.239 --> 00:31:53.559 this, 00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:53.859 it is 00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.879 so close 00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:56.219 to each 00:31:56.219 --> 00:31:56.519 one of 00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:56.779 us, 00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:58.079 because 00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.439 it's a 00:31:58.439 --> 00:31:58.899 message. 00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:02.019 Verse 9 00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.459 and 10, 00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:03.199 these are, 00:32:04.239 --> 00:32:04.719 if you want 00:32:04.719 --> 00:32:05.059 a memory 00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.500 verse, 00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.519 it often 00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.000 is a memory 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.239 verse, 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.019 because they're 00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.519 beautiful 00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.500 words, 00:32:09.939 --> 00:32:10.399 because if 00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:11.259 you confess 00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.839 with your 00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.399 mouth that 00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:13.019 Jesus is 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.599 Lord and 00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.220 believe in 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.799 your heart 00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.619 that God 00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.339 raised him 00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.859 from the 00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.079 dead, 00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.980 you will 00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.799 be saved. 00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.500 For with 00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.059 the heart 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.180 one believes 00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.500 and is 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.200 justified, 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.379 and with 00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:27.000 the mouth 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:28.099 one confesses 00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.599 and is 00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.480 saved. 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.339 He has 00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.920 graciously 00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.859 brought salvation 00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.879 so near. 00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:37.000 The heart, 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.759 the inner, 00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.379 hidden 00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:40.400 belief, 00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.500 and the 00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.059 lips is just 00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.779 an expression 00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.240 of that 00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.680 belief, 00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.019 the public 00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:47.259 confession, 00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.960 Jesus is 00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.319 Lord, 00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.759 saved. 00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.359 How good 00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.720 is that? 00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.240 In a 00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.139 group one 00:32:59.139 --> 00:32:59.460 night, 00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:02.799 there was a 00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.299 man named 00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.200 William Holland, 00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:05.660 he was with 00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.420 John Wesley 00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:07.059 and Charles 00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.440 Wesley, 00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:08.359 and they're 00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:09.019 reading Martin 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.639 Luther's 00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.460 preface to 00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:11.099 Galatians, 00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.220 and Martin 00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.720 Luther wrote, 00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.259 what have we 00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.220 nothing to 00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.619 do, 00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.720 no nothing, 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:19.039 only to 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.079 accept of 00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:21.519 him who 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.019 God has 00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.660 made to 00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.379 us our 00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.940 wisdom, 00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.759 our 00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.420 righteousness, 00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:28.200 our 00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:29.279 sanctification, 00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.740 our 00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.279 redemption. 00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.119 William 00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.859 Holland said, 00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.660 at those 00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.299 words that 00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.759 came over 00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.220 me such 00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.700 a power 00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.039 that I 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.279 cannot 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.599 well 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:37.139 describe. 00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.839 My 00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.200 great 00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.599 burden 00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.220 fell off 00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.500 in an 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.879 instant. 00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.660 My 00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.259 heart was 00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.859 so filled 00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.660 with peace 00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.180 and love 00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.660 I burst 00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.460 into tears. 00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:48.200 I almost 00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.639 thought I 00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:49.139 saw my 00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.599 saviour. 00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.440 My 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.940 companions 00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.740 perceiving me 00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.440 so affected 00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:53.980 fell on 00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.420 their knees 00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.980 and prayed. 00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:56.779 And when 00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.400 I afterwards 00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.799 went into 00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.240 the street, 00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.599 I could 00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.140 scarcely 00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.539 feel the 00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.019 ground I 00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.599 trot upon. 00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.360 God has 00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:05.940 graciously 00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.480 brought 00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:08.039 salvation 00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:09.320 right up 00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:09.639 to your 00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:10.079 heart and 00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.420 mouth. 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.559 What are 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:13.740 you going 00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:14.000 to do 00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.320 with it? 00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.980 All he 00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.340 asks you 00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.800 to do 00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:19.800 is receive. 00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.840 Have we 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.380 nothing to 00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.559 do? 00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.160 Nothing. 00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.320 And so 00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.960 verses 11 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.500 to 13 00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:32.280 is just 00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:32.900 emphasising, 00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.620 he's piling 00:34:33.620 --> 00:34:34.079 up Old 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.340 Testament 00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:34.740 quotes. 00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:35.460 Anyone, 00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:36.100 everyone, 00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:36.900 children, 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.160 old, 00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.200 deathbed, 00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.640 anyone, 00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.780 any past, 00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.680 everywhere, 00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.480 any race, 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.280 anyone. 00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.900 God is 00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:50.340 bringing, 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.340 through the 00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.980 gospel message, 00:34:52.100 --> 00:34:52.360 God is 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.620 bringing 00:34:52.620 --> 00:34:53.120 salvation 00:34:53.120 --> 00:34:53.840 right up 00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.360 to your 00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.700 heart and 00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:54.899 mouth. 00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.379 Anyone 00:34:55.379 --> 00:34:56.960 who responds 00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.460 in faith 00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.939 declaring 00:34:57.939 --> 00:34:58.699 Jesus as 00:34:58.699 --> 00:35:00.639 Lord is 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.519 righteous in 00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.779 him, 00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.079 found in 00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.259 him, 00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:03.739 not having 00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.199 a righteousness 00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.619 of their 00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:04.939 own, 00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.699 but found 00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.279 in him. 00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.219 That you 00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.639 can even 00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.199 be called 00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:12.019 sons and 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.739 daughters of 00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.039 the living 00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.460 God. 00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:13.500 God. 00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.740 There's 00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:22.280 false 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:23.000 forms of 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.500 Christianity 00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.900 that add 00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.360 to this 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:25.820 message. 00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.539 They say, 00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:28.980 okay, 00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.260 yes, 00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.659 that's all 00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:29.960 well and 00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.179 good, 00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.240 but you've 00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:31.720 got to 00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:34.679 improve in 00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.360 your character 00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.880 and doing 00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.679 and what you 00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.139 do in 00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.760 life will 00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.320 contribute 00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:39.480 on that 00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.199 final day 00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.720 in judgment. 00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:40.779 judgment. 00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.879 That is 00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:46.679 zeal without 00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.199 knowledge. 00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:47.599 That is 00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:47.980 heading in 00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.639 the opposite 00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.239 direction. 00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:54.000 It is 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.619 trying to 00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.859 establish a 00:35:55.859 --> 00:35:56.619 righteousness of 00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.579 your own and 00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.239 they can never 00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.919 go to bed at 00:35:58.919 --> 00:35:59.599 night knowing 00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.079 I've done 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.539 enough. 00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:02.359 Whereas you 00:36:02.359 --> 00:36:03.659 can get 00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.439 wheeled into 00:36:04.439 --> 00:36:05.339 that theatre 00:36:05.339 --> 00:36:06.059 at hospital 00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.819 not knowing 00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:07.139 you're going 00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.679 to wake up 00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.460 after surgery 00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:09.059 and you 00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.299 can be 00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:09.480 at 00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:10.000 peace. 00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.159 This 00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.839 knowledge is 00:36:15.839 --> 00:36:16.559 everything 00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:19.659 of what 00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.179 God has 00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.519 done. 00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.239 And 00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:30.319 because God 00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:30.659 has brought 00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:31.139 righteousness 00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:32.059 right up to 00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.500 our hearts 00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.980 and mouth 00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.359 in the 00:36:33.359 --> 00:36:34.000 gospel message, 00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:34.899 the main 00:36:34.899 --> 00:36:35.519 barrier to 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.019 salvation 00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:37.280 salvation is 00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:37.840 pride. 00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.880 That's the 00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.599 main barrier. 00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.980 John 00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:46.460 Stott in 00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.960 his book 00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.759 The Cross 00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.259 of Christ, 00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.179 he says 00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:49.380 this, 00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.199 this is the 00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:50.920 scandal, 00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:52.340 the stumbling 00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:53.159 block of 00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.699 the cross 00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.579 for our 00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.639 proud hearts 00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.820 rebel against 00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.019 it. 00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:57.539 We cannot 00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.179 bear to 00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.699 acknowledge 00:36:58.699 --> 00:37:00.000 either the 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.739 seriousness of 00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.139 our sin 00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.599 and guilt 00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:03.340 or our 00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.840 utter 00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:05.619 indebtedness 00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:05.980 to the 00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.279 cross. 00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.940 Surely 00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.400 we say 00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.759 there must 00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.480 be something 00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:08.819 we can 00:37:08.819 --> 00:37:09.159 do or 00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.440 at least 00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.039 contribute 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.880 in order 00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.279 to make 00:37:12.279 --> 00:37:12.719 amends. 00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.299 We sing 00:37:15.299 --> 00:37:15.779 that song, 00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.219 Rock of 00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:16.559 Ages. 00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.519 Have you 00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.539 paused to 00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.239 consider the 00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:21.259 humiliation 00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:22.119 we're admitting? 00:37:24.339 --> 00:37:25.279 Nothing in 00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.920 my hand I 00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.159 bring. 00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.299 Simply to 00:37:29.299 --> 00:37:29.960 you cross I 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.159 cling. 00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.199 Naked 00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:34.359 come to you 00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.920 for dress. 00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.099 Helpless 00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:39.840 look to 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.160 you for 00:37:40.160 --> 00:37:40.559 grace. 00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:43.480 Foul I 00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:43.940 to the 00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.420 fountain 00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.019 fly. 00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:45.880 Wash me 00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.620 saviour or 00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:47.140 I die. 00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:54.180 One person 00:37:54.180 --> 00:37:54.860 said all 00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.620 you need 00:37:55.620 --> 00:37:57.539 is need. 00:37:57.539 --> 00:38:01.219 all you 00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:01.639 need is 00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.279 nothing. 00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.400 But the 00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:04.800 problem is 00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.259 most people 00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.739 don't have 00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.019 that. 00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.739 Pride is 00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.320 the barrier. 00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:13.119 There is 00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:14.159 sweet assurance 00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:14.480 here. 00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:18.559 Lay your 00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:19.360 deadly doing 00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:19.880 down, 00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:21.219 down at 00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:21.559 Jesus' 00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:22.480 feet and 00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.259 stand in 00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:23.619 him and 00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.279 him alone, 00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.699 gloriously 00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:26.400 complete. 00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:32.980 well I'm 00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.159 going to 00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:35.119 pray and 00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.460 if you're 00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.420 hearing God's 00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:36.980 message to 00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.380 you for the 00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:38.139 first time 00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:39.900 I'm just 00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.219 going to 00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.779 offer you to 00:38:40.779 --> 00:38:41.440 pray this in 00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:42.039 your mind 00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:43.539 after me as 00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:43.980 a way to 00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.860 respond to 00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.940 that message 00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.639 but also as 00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.360 we prepare for 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:47.820 the Lord's 00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.059 Supper. 00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:50.099 May we all 00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.579 be praying 00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:51.440 this afresh. 00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:55.920 Let me 00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.159 pray. 00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.219 Amen. 00:38:57.539 --> 00:39:02.699 God I 00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:04.000 desire your 00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.800 salvation 00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:06.960 more than 00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:08.059 anything else. 00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:12.019 I renounce 00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:13.599 any confidence 00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.300 I have in 00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:14.920 myself, 00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:17.340 my 00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:18.079 religion 00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:20.539 or my 00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.099 doing 00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:22.380 to win 00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:23.340 that salvation. 00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:27.019 in my 00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:27.519 heart I 00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.460 believe you 00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:29.340 raised Christ 00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:29.720 from the 00:39:29.720 --> 00:39:30.160 dead to 00:39:30.160 --> 00:39:30.780 be my 00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:31.340 saviour. 00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:34.460 And 00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:35.120 according to 00:39:35.120 --> 00:39:35.800 your promise 00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:36.539 I come 00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.280 to you 00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:39.460 with 00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.320 nothing in 00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:41.039 my hand, 00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.539 naked, 00:39:45.180 --> 00:39:45.559 helpless, 00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:48.000 foul. 00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:50.380 And I 00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:51.259 call upon 00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:52.079 you Lord 00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.539 Jesus 00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:54.099 to save 00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:54.380 me, 00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:56.539 to clothe 00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:56.980 me in 00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.320 your 00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:58.000 righteousness 00:39:58.000 --> 00:40:01.360 that I 00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:01.779 might 00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:03.360 be called 00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:04.019 a son, 00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:04.840 a daughter 00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:06.420 of God. 00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:08.440 Amen.