WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.800 I think of all the doctrines of grace that people study and look at, I think this is the one that a lot of people tend to struggle with more. 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:20.320 Put this down. I didn't even get to finish the PowerPoint. I'm sorry. I only had like five or six slides anyway. Most of what we're doing is on here. 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:34.179 But quick review, remember that all of these doctrines are connected and interconnected. They don't stand by themselves. 00:00:34.179 --> 00:00:46.900 It's hard to, when people make comments like I'm a, I have really good friends that make these comments, but like I'm a two-point Calvinist or I'm a four-point Calvinist or whatever. 00:00:46.899 --> 00:00:55.339 It's really, I think it's not actually possible to do that. Like, because they all build on each other. And if you pull one out, they all fall. 00:00:55.899 --> 00:01:05.099 So they're all sort of interconnected. And so what we would say is, you know, we started talking about man's radical fallenness. 00:01:05.099 --> 00:01:20.439 God's image being shattered and talked about depravity and how that puts man in both like an unworthy position and in a place where he can't do anything to save himself. 00:01:20.619 --> 00:01:25.159 Not even cooperate with God in such a way for salvation. 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:35.879 And so last time we talked about election, which was the saving act of the Father, which like, remember, the whole Trinity was involved in our salvation. 00:01:36.759 --> 00:01:46.280 And how God chose out of his grace before the foundation of the world to save some, to save his people. 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:50.719 All right. So if we believe in election, we believe in the elect. 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:57.200 And now we want to carry that over to tonight, which is focused on who did Jesus actually die for? 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:00.579 Who did Jesus's blood cover? 00:02:02.260 --> 00:02:13.599 And I grew up most of my life hearing that Jesus died for every single individual ever walking the planet. 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:18.419 And it sounded right, you know, right to me. 00:02:19.139 --> 00:02:27.060 And I'll hear comments like, you know, Jesus died just as much for Hitler and Stalin as he did for you. 00:02:28.180 --> 00:02:31.780 And so I'll hear those kind of comments. 00:02:31.900 --> 00:02:36.099 It's never something didn't quite sit well with me when I heard that, but I didn't know what it was. 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:41.680 And so this gets in tonight, the saving act of the son. 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:50.659 And but before we dive into it again, every week, I'm trying to give you like a faithful saint of old that kind of taught and believed these doctrines. 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:53.400 This is John Newton tonight at the top. 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:57.840 He guy wrote Amazing Grace before he knew the Lord. 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:05.520 He was a sailor and a merchant and a slave trader and and a brawler and a drunkard. 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:08.539 And and the Lord saved him. 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:16.319 And then he was involved in like the abolition of the slave trade by actually being William Wilberforce's pastor, which is kind of cool. 00:03:16.480 --> 00:03:17.039 All that worked. 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:20.340 And so Newton wrote. 00:03:20.340 --> 00:03:30.699 And the views, meaning like doctrines of grace, Calvinism, whatever you want to call it, the views I have received of the doctrines of grace are essential to my peace. 00:03:30.699 --> 00:03:35.039 I could not live comfortably a day or an hour without them. 00:03:35.739 --> 00:03:44.599 I likewise believe them, those doctrines, to be friendly to holiness and to have a direct influence in producing and maintaining a gospel conversation. 00:03:45.239 --> 00:03:47.699 And therefore, I must not be ashamed of them. 00:03:49.379 --> 00:03:57.500 Someone commented about Newton that Calvinism was the sugar in his tea, meaning like you could kind of sense it. 00:03:57.500 --> 00:04:02.000 You could taste it, but he didn't call it that he didn't say this is Calvinism. 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:03.759 He just sort of talked about it and people. 00:04:03.960 --> 00:04:08.340 So all that he talked about was flavored with the doctrines of grace, you could say. 00:04:08.860 --> 00:04:14.860 So I thought it'd be helpful to kind of give you an idea of what atonement is. 00:04:15.740 --> 00:04:16.139 All right. 00:04:16.139 --> 00:04:21.540 Since we're talking about definite atonement or particular atonement, limited atonement. 00:04:21.540 --> 00:04:31.180 But it comes from the Hebrew word kafur, which means to cover up one's debt or to make amends for a wrongdoing or crime. 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:43.160 Originally meant to cover up with tar or pitch, but developed in meaning to cover up wrongdoing, to seal it up so that it doesn't have any more bad effects. 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:44.660 All right. 00:04:44.760 --> 00:04:52.720 It's seen in a scenario where two parties are seriously at odds or hostile with each other due to a wrongdoing or crime committed between them. 00:04:53.460 --> 00:05:05.940 Those two parties remain at odds until someone willingly rushes forward and does something to kafur, like atone, makes amends for the wrong or crime committed and brings reconciliation. 00:05:05.939 --> 00:05:12.620 So in this case, we're talking about how we are hostile towards God, that we are enmity with God. 00:05:12.699 --> 00:05:22.220 We need somebody to come and, like, make atonement, to cover our debts and make the wrongdoing that we have committed against God right. 00:05:23.060 --> 00:05:29.839 And so that's what Christ's life and death accomplished for us, is it gave us atonement. 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:34.759 He shed his blood for us to be reconciled to God. 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:40.219 So this gets into our broader question here. 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:48.039 So in the TULIP acronym, this is where the L is. 00:05:48.219 --> 00:05:49.959 We would call it limited atonement. 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:58.539 And we all believe that the atonement is limited in some way. 00:05:58.540 --> 00:06:06.060 We either believe that it's limited in its extension or in its power. 00:06:06.060 --> 00:06:18.780 So if we believe that if it was meant for every single individual walking the earth, if it was meant for everyone, then it's limited in its power because it's not going to save everyone. 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:20.040 We know that, right? 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:22.819 Because Scripture says that. 00:06:22.960 --> 00:06:23.879 And we see it around us. 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:26.720 We've seen lost people perish in front of our eyes. 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:31.900 And so Christ's blood did not atone for that person. 00:06:32.140 --> 00:06:46.800 So you have to believe, if you believe it's for all people, every single person walking the planet, old, young, past, present, future, then you have to believe that it's limited in its power. 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:53.379 But we would believe, or I would believe, that it is limited in its extension. 00:06:53.860 --> 00:06:57.540 It doesn't go to every single individual walking the planet. 00:06:57.660 --> 00:07:02.439 It goes exactly to who it's meant to save, which is the elect, God's people. 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:06.280 And it saved them fully and completely. 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:09.879 So that's where we get the term limited from. 00:07:10.019 --> 00:07:14.019 It means that the atonement is limited in its extension. 00:07:14.379 --> 00:07:18.139 It doesn't go to every single individual ever to walk the planet. 00:07:18.239 --> 00:07:20.619 It goes to God's people, the elect. 00:07:21.719 --> 00:07:23.299 So very simple, right? 00:07:24.119 --> 00:07:25.259 Man can't save himself. 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:30.739 God, out of his grace, mercifully, chose the people. 00:07:31.619 --> 00:07:34.339 Now, those people have to be redeemed, right? 00:07:34.339 --> 00:07:36.619 Those elect have to be redeemed. 00:07:36.739 --> 00:07:39.479 So Jesus died for the elect. 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:44.500 So that's what we would say, if that makes sense. 00:07:45.299 --> 00:07:51.779 It's also called definite atonement, meaning like not a potential atonement, but a definite atonement. 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:54.239 It definitely bought what it was meant to buy. 00:07:55.659 --> 00:08:01.739 And or a particular atonement is meant particularly for a group of people. 00:08:01.740 --> 00:08:05.500 So that's the different ways that it's sort of framed. 00:08:05.660 --> 00:08:08.540 But if you change it, you can't keep tulip together, right? 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:10.460 So that's why we call it limited. 00:08:10.960 --> 00:08:14.860 But so just pause. 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:15.980 Any questions on that? 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:19.079 Just from what we just talked about before we start reading some stuff. 00:08:19.139 --> 00:08:22.840 We're not going to read, again, as usual, every single scripture in here, but a lot of them will. 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:30.439 Does that make sense about limited in extension or limited in power? 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:36.379 All right. 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:39.059 Okay. 00:08:39.740 --> 00:08:47.980 So then the next little point here is that we'll see that Christ actually died to achieve like an actual salvation. 00:08:47.980 --> 00:09:00.000 The scripture states, excuse me, states that Christ came not to enable men to save themselves, but to save sinners fully and completely. 00:09:00.139 --> 00:09:10.180 Now, what we mean by enable them to save themselves, if you remember the first time we met, we said that the semi-Pelagian view, right? 00:09:10.179 --> 00:09:18.679 Erasmus, meaning man is sick and God, you know, Jesus comes to man and says, hey, take my medicine and you'll be better. 00:09:20.059 --> 00:09:21.819 That is a cooperation. 00:09:22.139 --> 00:09:22.879 You see that, right? 00:09:22.979 --> 00:09:23.919 It is a cooperation. 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:35.899 And even if Jesus, you know, did 99.9% of the work, you still contributed 1%, right? 00:09:36.059 --> 00:09:43.679 Like you still, therefore, you deserve a little bit of credit no matter how small it is for saving yourself, even though it's a little bit. 00:09:44.219 --> 00:09:51.240 It's a meet God halfway type thing, like cooperate, synergistic view of salvation, 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:57.680 which was historically Roman Catholic and Arminian way of thinking. 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.299 So we would say that's not the case. 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:09.919 We say that like Christ did not come to enable men to save themselves, but to actually fully save sinners, right? 00:10:10.019 --> 00:10:11.399 It speaks in those terms, right? 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:13.080 Look at Matthew 1. 00:10:14.299 --> 00:10:15.980 You shall call his, he's talking to Mary, right? 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:18.480 Jesus, or the angel talking to Mary. 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:24.639 You shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:29.940 And Paul gives you the idea that Christ came into the world to save sinners. 00:10:31.100 --> 00:10:36.000 Luke 19, for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the law. 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:38.659 So that speaks of like an actual thing that happens. 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:42.600 It's not, I guess, an enablement of men to do so. 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:51.840 So Christ accomplishes the redemptive work that the Father sent him to do. 00:10:51.920 --> 00:10:52.899 This is the next point. 00:10:54.600 --> 00:11:02.240 As a result of Christ's suffering, his people, the elect, are reconciled to God, justified, 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:06.519 and given the Holy Spirit, who regenerates and sanctifies them. 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:12.539 All the blessings bought by Christ's blood are bought by Christ's blood, excuse me, 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:14.679 and are secured for his people. 00:11:15.079 --> 00:11:21.019 So we have all these different verses that talk about what Christ's atonement achieved for us, right? 00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:26.259 We have justification, redemption, reconciliation with God. 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:28.919 All these different verses that talk about that. 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:33.500 Let's just pick one. 00:11:35.199 --> 00:11:36.279 About Titus 3. 00:11:37.479 --> 00:11:41.699 But when the goodness and love and kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us. 00:11:41.740 --> 00:11:43.199 So there's that, it happened. 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:44.759 He saved us. 00:11:45.839 --> 00:11:50.519 Not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:54.679 by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 00:11:54.679 --> 00:12:00.099 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 00:12:00.959 --> 00:12:06.919 so that being justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 00:12:07.579 --> 00:12:15.139 So we just got to understand, like, the Father planned, the Father chose, he planned the whole thing, 00:12:15.819 --> 00:12:19.179 and Jesus is the one who is going to accomplish that work. 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:22.779 The Father planned the work, the Son is accomplishing the work. 00:12:22.779 --> 00:12:24.740 Sounds like it's in one of the songs that we sing, right? 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:28.659 Praise to the Son who accomplished the work. 00:12:29.539 --> 00:12:38.179 So all those blessings that come in redemption, Christ bought for his people, for the elect. 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:42.220 That's the particular work we're talking about. 00:12:43.439 --> 00:12:46.179 All right, now here we get into a little bit more specific. 00:12:46.339 --> 00:12:50.899 I'll keep stopping periodically, but let's get through this next one before we pause again. 00:12:50.899 --> 00:12:52.299 All right. 00:12:53.220 --> 00:12:55.959 Jesus fulfills the eternal covenant. 00:12:56.139 --> 00:13:04.220 So meaning that all the other covenants that came before Jesus, in many ways, most of them are temporary in nature. 00:13:04.939 --> 00:13:07.299 The Mosaic covenant was meant to be fulfilled. 00:13:07.699 --> 00:13:12.319 And then now we don't live under the Mosaic law, we live under the law of Christ, 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:16.220 depending on the nature of the covenant. 00:13:16.220 --> 00:13:19.840 But there is an eternal covenant that we have with Christ. 00:13:19.920 --> 00:13:22.940 It was made, and it's going to be accomplished at the end. 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:24.340 It's not going to fade. 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:26.700 God is going to deliver. 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:28.960 So this says, 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:47.700 So when was this planned? 00:13:47.700 --> 00:13:49.520 We kind of talked about that a little bit last time. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:52.379 This was planned before the foundation of the world. 00:13:53.540 --> 00:13:55.879 Not at Genesis 3. 00:13:56.780 --> 00:13:59.020 It was planned before the foundation of the world. 00:13:59.780 --> 00:14:01.820 And we see that here in all these verses. 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:05.800 Two places, particularly in the Gospel of John. 00:14:07.040 --> 00:14:07.440 All right? 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:14.700 But the first one is in the high priestly prayer in John 17. 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:17.820 And we see that Jesus doesn't pray for the world. 00:14:17.900 --> 00:14:18.760 He actually says that. 00:14:18.820 --> 00:14:19.620 I'm not praying. 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:23.340 But for those given him by the Father. 00:14:24.280 --> 00:14:26.780 So in fulfillment of the Father's charge, 00:14:27.760 --> 00:14:30.820 Jesus had accomplished the work he was sent to do. 00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:34.500 To make God known to his people and to give them eternal life. 00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:37.500 And so if you... 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:40.679 I'm just trying to figure out some ways to save time. 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:42.379 Because I know I got here late. 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:44.919 Let's just start in verse 1. 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:46.279 Jesus spoke these things. 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:49.240 This is right before he was arrested in Gethsemane. 00:14:50.019 --> 00:14:51.600 And lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:53.460 Father, the hour has come. 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:58.360 So the hour has come for him to be arrested, beaten, and killed. 00:14:59.320 --> 00:14:59.500 Right? 00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:03.299 Glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you. 00:15:03.299 --> 00:15:06.579 Even as you gave him authority over all flesh. 00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:08.099 And here's the first time it says it. 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:12.939 To all whom you have given him, he may give eternal life. 00:15:13.439 --> 00:15:16.339 By the way, this is a New American Standard, so I apologize. 00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:19.439 Which we'll be okay with tonight. 00:15:20.099 --> 00:15:20.299 It said, 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:22.379 And this is eternal life that they may know you, 00:15:22.459 --> 00:15:25.219 the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 00:15:25.220 --> 00:15:28.500 I ask on their behalf. 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:30.340 I do not ask on behalf of the world, 00:15:31.139 --> 00:15:33.899 but of those whom you have given me, 00:15:34.460 --> 00:15:35.980 for they are yours. 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:41.180 Then you finally go down to verse 24. 00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:45.639 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me, 00:15:46.340 --> 00:15:47.580 be with me where I am, 00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:49.000 so they may see my glory, 00:15:49.659 --> 00:15:50.860 in which you have given me, 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:53.240 for you love me before the foundation of the world. 00:15:53.820 --> 00:15:57.379 So this idea that the Son existed eternally with the Father 00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.700 before the world was created. 00:15:58.700 --> 00:16:01.300 That's sort of a mind-blowing concept. 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:03.680 And that they had a relationship, 00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:06.440 a loving, complete relationship, 00:16:06.640 --> 00:16:09.160 just dwelling in eternal glory together. 00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:11.520 But three times in this passage, 00:16:11.640 --> 00:16:14.200 he mentions those the Father gave him. 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:16.440 And that's very specific. 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.060 Right? 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:20.360 And it falls right in line, what we're saying. 00:16:20.460 --> 00:16:23.540 It falls in line with God's elect, his people. 00:16:24.640 --> 00:16:27.879 And then we get the picture of the good shepherd 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:29.100 in John 10. 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:30.059 It says, 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:31.179 Christ, the good shepherd, 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:32.980 lays down his life for his sheep. 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:36.700 All who are his sheep are brought into the fold 00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:39.080 and hear and follow his voice. 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:42.419 Christ has sheep both within and without 00:16:42.419 --> 00:16:43.799 the fold of Israel. 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:44.899 Okay? 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:47.519 Yeah. 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:49.399 Again, very specific terms. 00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:50.779 He says, 00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.700 I am the good shepherd, 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:54.759 and the good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep. 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:57.220 Kind of like to set the context for you. 00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:58.279 But then you go to verse 14. 00:16:59.460 --> 00:17:00.420 I am the good shepherd. 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:01.700 I know my own, 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:03.220 and my own know me. 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:05.700 So who is he talking about? 00:17:06.360 --> 00:17:07.920 Even as the Father knows me, 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.799 and I know the Father, 00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:10.759 I lay down my life for the sheep. 00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.759 And then he says, 00:17:13.100 --> 00:17:14.160 I have other sheep, 00:17:14.600 --> 00:17:16.039 which are not of this fold. 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:18.120 I must bring them in also, 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.600 and they will hear my voice, 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:22.420 and they will become one flock with one shepherd. 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:24.000 Now, as I mentioned that this morning, 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:24.680 right, like, 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:26.700 I have many people 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:28.799 who are not of this flock, 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:29.599 meaning Israel, 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:31.900 meaning I have people outside this, 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:32.640 Gentiles, 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:34.299 that also need to be brought in 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:36.759 so they will become one flock 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:38.400 with one shepherd. 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:39.759 Right? 00:17:39.900 --> 00:17:40.660 Then he says, 00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:44.880 verse 25, 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:47.759 so now he's disagreeing with the Jews, 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:49.079 he's fighting against them, 00:17:49.679 --> 00:17:51.740 they don't believe that he's the Messiah, 00:17:51.939 --> 00:17:53.679 and this is what he says in verse 25. 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.359 Jesus answered them, 00:17:55.439 --> 00:17:56.079 I told you, 00:17:56.139 --> 00:17:57.119 and you do not believe 00:17:57.119 --> 00:18:00.139 the works that I do in my Father's name. 00:18:00.659 --> 00:18:02.000 These testify of me. 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.500 Listen to what he says here, 00:18:03.579 --> 00:18:04.659 but you do not believe 00:18:04.659 --> 00:18:06.599 because you are not of my sheep. 00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:08.599 It's like a very, 00:18:09.639 --> 00:18:10.879 he doesn't say, 00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:12.980 in that verse, 00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:14.980 you're not my sheep 00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:16.119 because you don't believe. 00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.299 You see what he says there? 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:19.440 He very carefully just says, 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:21.359 the reason that you don't 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:23.200 is because you don't belong to me. 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:25.299 Then he contrasts. 00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:28.419 He contrasts to support that answer. 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:28.599 He says, 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:29.839 my sheep hear my voice. 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:31.419 I know them, 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:32.279 and they follow me, 00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:34.779 and I give eternal life to them, 00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:36.960 and they will never perish, 00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:39.079 and no one will snatch them 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:40.159 out of my Father's hand. 00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:42.779 My Father who has given them to me, 00:18:42.899 --> 00:18:44.460 there's that idea of giving them to me, 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.980 is greater than all, 00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:47.759 and no one is able to snatch them 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:49.200 out of my Father's hand. 00:18:49.860 --> 00:18:52.059 So you see the perseverance idea there. 00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:53.360 So again, 00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:54.839 this is very specific language. 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.839 It's not general. 00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:56.900 It's not like broad, 00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:58.700 blanket terms. 00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:01.599 Those that the Father has given him. 00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:05.799 The sheep that the Father has given him. 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.039 So, 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.759 pause. 00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:11.099 Any thoughts or questions? 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:14.680 While I get a drink of body armor. 00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:15.259 Let's go. 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:15.259 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:51.740 Yep, yep. 00:19:58.820 --> 00:20:00.620 Sure, I've heard that before too. 00:20:03.060 --> 00:20:05.600 I do, but I don't die first. 00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.220 I'm good. 00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:14.400 Yes, I've heard that before too. 00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:20.120 So when you use the term redeem, when you use the term ransom, 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:25.840 there's an image of it in Roman culture. 00:20:25.840 --> 00:20:33.860 So if Rome lost a battle, they would have, or if they won a battle, they would get prisoners. 00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:41.680 They would collect prisoners from the opposite army, usually like their commanders, their generals, whoever it was, 00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:45.460 and some of their higher ranking soldiers. 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:50.840 And then they would contact the losing, you know, government and say, 00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:52.019 hey, you want these people back? 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:55.160 You've got to buy them, you know. 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:57.380 And they would send a ransom. 00:20:57.540 --> 00:21:00.720 They would send money, an exact payment for each person. 00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:03.160 And they only would get back who they paid for. 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:07.940 But if you want to tie it over to the Roman side of Rome lost soldiers who were captured, 00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:14.700 a Roman citizen could pay to ransom that particular legionary. 00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:17.340 And that legionary would come back. 00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:22.220 And that legionary would pretty much work for that person until all the debt was paid off. 00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:28.799 So there our analogy ends because we can never repay Christ for what he's done. 00:21:28.860 --> 00:21:31.839 It's like an internal debt that we will never be able to repay. 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:38.299 But the point is, like, an actual transfer happened. 00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:40.900 There was an actual payment for an actual thing. 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:45.319 And so when we connect this to the blood of Christ, 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:49.299 the blood of Christ is like the currency here, right? 00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:51.899 It's what paid for our salvation. 00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:53.339 It's what ransomed us. 00:21:53.919 --> 00:21:56.039 We are ransomed by the blood of Christ. 00:21:56.139 --> 00:21:59.059 We are bought with the precious blood of Christ. 00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:02.500 And so you are right, Chad. 00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:06.259 That means then that some of that blood was just wasted. 00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:10.779 It's not going to obtain exactly what it was meant to obtain. 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:15.460 So that's, you know, a little crazy. 00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:22.700 I think, imagine you're a loved one suffering the kind of death that Jesus suffered, 00:22:23.100 --> 00:22:25.420 just knowing that some of that would be wasted. 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:27.319 Like, no. 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:30.620 Like, what does it say? 00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:37.519 Like, that the Lord will receive the reward of his suffering. 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.620 I'm blanking out on the verse. 00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:43.619 But he will receive the reward of his suffering. 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:46.679 He'll get exactly what his blood purchased. 00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:50.419 And so, yeah, the blood of Christ is not going to be wasted. 00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:54.339 It'll buy exactly who it was meant to buy. 00:22:56.239 --> 00:22:59.959 But if it was sufficient enough to save all, 00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:01.739 then it would just save all. 00:23:02.739 --> 00:23:04.679 Be a universalist idea. 00:23:04.679 --> 00:23:04.739 Yeah. 00:23:04.739 --> 00:23:04.739 00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:08.819 Yep. 00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:13.419 So, but it was always presented to me in a man-centered way. 00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:14.299 Does that make sense? 00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:17.619 It was like, what we're talking about, though, is like the blood of Jesus. 00:23:17.679 --> 00:23:19.819 What we're talking about is the redemptive plan of God, 00:23:19.899 --> 00:23:22.099 not how many, how few. 00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:23.779 We have to look at it that way. 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:26.019 Like, what was meant by the actual atonement? 00:23:26.399 --> 00:23:29.179 So, all right. 00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:32.939 Next point. 00:23:34.939 --> 00:23:36.639 All blessings in Christ. 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:41.340 So, Paul declares that all the spiritual blessings which the saints inherit, 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:46.920 such as redemption, sonship, forgiveness of sins, etc., 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:49.060 result from being in Christ. 00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:54.940 And he traces the blessings back to their ultimate source in the eternal counsel of God. 00:23:55.280 --> 00:23:55.480 Okay. 00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:58.620 So, it all comes together in Jesus. 00:23:58.740 --> 00:24:00.780 All these blessings that we have in salvation. 00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:05.819 And, yeah, Ephesians 1 here. 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:10.899 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ. 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:15.000 So, like, circle the in Christ here. 00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:20.639 I think he says it one, two, maybe three times in this passage. 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:21.980 Yep. 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:22.859 Three times. 00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:26.379 The idea of being in Christ. 00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:31.980 With every spiritual blessing in heavenly places, even as he chose us in him. 00:24:32.040 --> 00:24:33.280 I'd like to be another way of saying it. 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.340 Maybe four times then. 00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:40.520 In Christ, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:46.060 In love, he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, 00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:51.140 according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace. 00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:54.520 But I hope you see, like, what's going on here. 00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:59.900 Like, the spiritual blessings, all that the saints actually inherit, come through Jesus. 00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:06.080 And that was planned, again, before the foundation of the world with the eternal counsel of God. 00:25:07.100 --> 00:25:08.580 So, yeah. 00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:14.660 So, this gets into what a lot of y'all are probably wanting to talk about. 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:18.460 I will admit that I'm not up to par right now. 00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:22.860 So, you can tell I'm already, like, slurring my speech a little bit and things like that. 00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:28.340 But, how, this is going to explain, we're going to talk about now, 00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:33.160 how Christ died for all, but yet a particular people. 00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:41.819 So, some passages speak of, huh, I forgot the T there, Chris. 00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.840 That's great. 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.579 I told you I was just not with it today. 00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:48.699 I was like, Cara, stop beating up your sister. 00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:50.079 I was kind of, like, going on. 00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.319 Just add a T to that. 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:55.139 Make it proper. 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:59.199 Some passages speak of Christ dying for all men, 00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:02.460 and his saving death as saving the world. 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:07.859 Yet, others speak of his dying being definite in design, 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:10.220 and of his dying for a particular people, 00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:12.599 and securing them for salvation. 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:18.259 All right, so, this deals with all the verses that talk about the world, 00:26:18.879 --> 00:26:19.799 all men, 00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:25.599 and how we ought to be able to, like, look at those things. 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.839 So, here are some of those examples. 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.359 Here you go. 00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:33.740 John 1, 29, where John the Baptist said, 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:36.799 Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:39.440 Then our famous John 3, 16, 00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:42.740 God so loved the world that he gave... 00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:44.160 Let's see. 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:49.200 Verse 4 is like the verse that kind of stands out. 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.299 It says, 00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:53.779 Who desires all people to be saved 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:56.160 and to come to the knowledge of the truth? 00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:59.640 Which I'll just talk about that just in a second. 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:05.460 So, a basic hermeneutic that we need to follow is... 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:07.880 If you remember, if you go back to what I gave you last week, 00:27:08.520 --> 00:27:10.560 I gave you George Mueller's talk. 00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:16.720 He said that the passages that spoke for this were like so many, 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:18.480 and like the ones that seemed to contradict, 00:27:19.280 --> 00:27:21.460 put in light of those many made sense. 00:27:21.580 --> 00:27:23.120 That's kind of what we're trying to do here. 00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:26.299 And so, 00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:31.979 this isn't going to be a surprise to you, 00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:35.159 but sometimes words actually have more than one meaning sometimes, 00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.679 depending on the context. 00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:40.019 I think the term God's will 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:42.319 has at least eight different meanings in the Scripture, 00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.819 depending on the context. 00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:47.099 One may speak of his eternal, 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.639 decreed will. 00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:50.919 One may talk about his desires, 00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:52.379 like what God desires. 00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:54.760 And so, 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.180 here's one reason. 00:27:58.700 --> 00:28:00.140 I'm going to give you two reasons why 00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.880 these expressions are used. 00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:03.740 But one reason for use of the expression, 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.640 the world, all men, 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:08.420 was to correct the false notion 00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:10.820 that salvation was for the Jews alone. 00:28:11.820 --> 00:28:13.060 So, New Testament writers 00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:14.740 use such phrases to show 00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:16.200 that Christ died for all men. 00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:17.300 Here's our point. 00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:19.440 Christ died for all men 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.640 without distinction. 00:28:22.380 --> 00:28:24.300 For the Jews and Gentiles alike. 00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:27.600 Not for all men without exception. 00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:28.640 You see the difference there? 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:31.560 The purpose of saving each and every sinner. 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:34.300 So, what we would say is that 00:28:34.300 --> 00:28:36.760 Christ died for all men 00:28:36.760 --> 00:28:38.800 without distinction, 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:41.919 but not all men without exception. 00:28:41.919 --> 00:28:43.579 All right? 00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:46.639 So, God desires to have worship and praise 00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:50.059 from every tribe, nation, and tongue. 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:53.779 The idea that Jews truly believe 00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:55.899 that they were the only people 00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:58.759 to have a standing with God 00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:00.659 cannot be overemphasized. 00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:04.840 So, they really thought 00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:07.360 that they were God's people alone, 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.400 like no one else. 00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:10.600 And so, the New Testament writers 00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:12.420 are very intentional to say things like, 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.480 yeah, the whole world, 00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.960 all nations, 00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.580 all people, 00:29:17.540 --> 00:29:18.220 all men. 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:20.860 And that was to kind of say that, 00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:22.180 well, actually God's grace 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:24.019 extends outside the nation 00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:25.519 of Israel. 00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:28.000 And so, 00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:30.559 when we're talking about the world, though, 00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.279 and all men, 00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:34.400 we are speaking in general terms, 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:36.559 not specific terms. 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:38.500 That's like what we need to see 00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.839 when we look at phrases like that. 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:41.279 It says that, 00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:45.500 a great verse to give you an example. 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.559 Oh, man. 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:49.299 Just the beginning of the Gospel of Luke. 00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.160 It says that, 00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:54.060 a census went out 00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:55.880 from Caesar Augustus 00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.840 to the whole world. 00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.240 Did it? 00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:01.500 Did the Chinese 00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:03.460 or, you know, 00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:05.160 people living in North America 00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.720 at that time, 00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:07.220 were they a part of that census? 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.640 No. 00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:08.900 Clearly not. 00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:10.700 They're talking about the Roman world 00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.980 is what he's referring to there. 00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:12.980 So, 00:30:13.800 --> 00:30:15.680 that's what we're trying to say here. 00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.620 So, it's not saying 00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.220 that 00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:19.060 Christ died 00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:20.140 for every single person 00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.759 in the world 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.839 or every single man 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.740 or woman in the world, 00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.879 but 00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:26.279 all people without distinction, 00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:28.019 not all people without exception. 00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.720 General terms, 00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.740 specific terms. 00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.339 So, I know that 00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:33.599 we should look at 1 Timothy. 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.859 That was one that I 00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:37.200 saw 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.720 for at least a good 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:40.019 year or so 00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.920 is feeling like 00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.960 it was just contradictory. 00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.339 But, 00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:46.140 very simply put, 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.039 if you rewind 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:48.839 to verse 1, 00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:51.500 Paul says, 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:54.240 first of all, 00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:54.700 then, 00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.460 I urge you 00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.319 the supplication, 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.839 prayers, 00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.759 intercessions, 00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.500 and thanksgiving 00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:00.619 be made for all people. 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.900 So, underline all people. 00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:02.680 Right? 00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.759 For kings 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.339 and for all 00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.180 in high positions 00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:07.640 that they may lead 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.079 a peaceful 00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:09.059 and quiet life, 00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.259 godly and dignified 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.980 in every way. 00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:12.299 This is good 00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.839 and pleasing 00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.700 in the sight of God 00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.200 our Savior 00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:15.759 who desires 00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.480 all people 00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.299 to be saved 00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.700 and come to 00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.019 the knowledge 00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.539 of the truth. 00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:19.980 So, I'm going to 00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.539 like turn it over 00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.039 on you. 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.440 Who is 00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:24.779 the all people here? 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:27.019 What do you think? 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.160 What do you think? 00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.660 See in verse 1, 00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.000 maybe? 00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.539 Hint, hint. 00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:44.180 All types of people. 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.299 Yep. 00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:47.420 From kings 00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.139 to slaves 00:31:48.139 --> 00:31:49.720 to different types 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.200 of people 00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:51.440 is who he's referring to. 00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.940 That we should 00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:54.579 make prayers, 00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.240 intercessions, 00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.839 and thanksgiving 00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:57.000 for all of them. 00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.740 For even kings 00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:59.279 in high positions 00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.899 that pray they 00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:01.039 would rule well, 00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.440 etc. 00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:03.059 And this is why. 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:04.079 Because God desires 00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:05.159 for all types of people. 00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:07.180 All men. 00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.680 But he gives you 00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.220 an example 00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:10.399 of what that is. 00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.519 So, 00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.559 and again, 00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:15.000 if God's will 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.799 is final, 00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.960 then if he desires 00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.700 all people 00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.259 to be saved, 00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:19.659 guess what? 00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.319 All people 00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:21.259 will be saved. 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.920 It's not a, 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.299 his will is not 00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.759 going to sort of 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.539 be thwarted 00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:26.079 by anything 00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.799 at that point. 00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.440 So, 00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.039 that's how we 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.720 would read that 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.119 as speaking 00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:32.399 to all types 00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:32.879 of people. 00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.200 God desires 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.940 all types 00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.420 of people 00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.240 to be saved. 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.240 So, 00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:38.180 that's a general 00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.579 term 00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.299 and not a specific 00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.599 term. 00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.459 If it was specific, 00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.259 it would be like, 00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:42.179 yeah, 00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.000 every single person 00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.699 walking the planet. 00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:45.779 Past, 00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.059 present, 00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:46.379 future. 00:32:49.199 --> 00:32:49.599 Then, 00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.579 next, 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.599 or, 00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:54.019 bring it in 00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.799 for a landing here 00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.119 and we'll have 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.559 some other 00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.699 things to look at. 00:32:56.700 --> 00:33:00.279 there are many 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.220 other passages 00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.860 that speak 00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.400 of Christ's 00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:02.960 saving work 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.580 in definite 00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.059 terms. 00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.360 So, 00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.180 both of these 00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:06.559 are true. 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:08.039 General terms, 00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.480 like the ones 00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.160 we just read, 00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.240 and then 00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:11.120 specific terms. 00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.299 Definite terms 00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:13.880 show that 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.600 it was intended 00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:16.620 to infallibly 00:33:16.620 --> 00:33:17.759 save a particular 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.319 people, 00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:18.920 namely, 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.660 the elect, 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.080 his bride, 00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:22.059 the church, 00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:23.120 those whom 00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.500 the Father 00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.200 has given him, 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.539 etc. 00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:25.920 The scripture 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.799 continually 00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.580 testifies 00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.460 that the Messiah 00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.140 would come 00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.880 and definitely 00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:31.100 save his people, 00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:33.220 not to possibly 00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.319 save everyone. 00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.460 Right? 00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:38.500 Here you go. 00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:40.000 Matthew 26 there. 00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.640 And when Jesus 00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.539 had taken the cup 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.440 and given thanks, 00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:44.240 he gave it to them 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.660 and said, 00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:46.019 Drink from it, 00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.940 all of you, 00:33:47.420 --> 00:33:48.480 for this is my blood, 00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.480 the blood of the covenant, 00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.579 which is poured out 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.440 for many 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:53.120 for the forgiveness 00:33:53.120 --> 00:33:53.740 of sins. 00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.660 All right? 00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.100 Acts 20, 00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.600 28. 00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.480 This one is, 00:33:58.840 --> 00:33:59.340 kind of hits 00:33:59.340 --> 00:34:00.279 what Chad just said. 00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:01.740 Paul's warning 00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.420 the pastors, 00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:04.259 challenging the pastors 00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.779 at Ephesus, 00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.759 the elders there. 00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.059 He says, 00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.640 Be on guard 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.220 for yourselves 00:34:08.220 --> 00:34:09.240 and for your flock, 00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.840 among which 00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.720 the Holy Spirit 00:34:11.720 --> 00:34:13.119 has made you overseers 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.720 to shepherd the church 00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:15.159 of God, 00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:16.199 which he purchased 00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:17.579 with his own blood. 00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.220 See that? 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.720 Like it was 00:34:19.720 --> 00:34:21.159 an actual purchase 00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.760 that happened 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.960 and that currency 00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.800 was the blood 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.240 of Jesus. 00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.320 So he purchased 00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:27.199 the church. 00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.619 And of course, 00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.720 Ephesians 5, 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:32.559 which is secondly 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.400 about marriage, 00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.099 but primarily 00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.900 about Christ's 00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.299 relationship 00:34:35.299 --> 00:34:35.839 with the church. 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:37.219 But very clearly, 00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.279 Jesus died 00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:39.519 for his bride, 00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:41.900 not a potential bride. 00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:44.099 He died for the bride. 00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.519 Right? 00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:46.799 Gave himself up 00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.539 for her. 00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:51.039 Then Hebrews 9, 15. 00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.279 Therefore, 00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.980 he is the mediator 00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.940 of a new covenant 00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:56.639 so that those 00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.319 who are called 00:34:57.319 --> 00:34:58.119 may receive 00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:59.279 the promised 00:34:59.279 --> 00:35:00.599 eternal inheritance. 00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:02.279 since the death 00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.779 has occurred 00:35:02.779 --> 00:35:03.759 that redeems them 00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.719 from the transgressions 00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.380 committed under 00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.299 the first covenant. 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:07.759 All right? 00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.599 So, 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:15.299 any other questions? 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.500 Thoughts? 00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:19.480 Get my Bible up 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.839 for this. 00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:37.539 Do lost. 00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.000 Do lost. 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:38.000 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:51.360 All that's important with you about that procession and that analogy in regards to the way that we're going to bring down our attention. 00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:55.960 But that's a huge amount of time. 00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.739 Yeah. 00:35:56.739 --> 00:36:02.679 But in freedom here, you're going to display it and replace it. 00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.940 Yeah. 00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.599 Yeah. 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:12.599 It points back to the reality of Christ. 00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.059 Mm-hmm. 00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:15.139 And that's very specific. 00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.400 Yeah, it is. 00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:19.360 And the thinking of it is very specific. 00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.460 Mm-hmm. 00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.380 Yeah. 00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:21.519 Yeah. 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.659 Mm-hmm. 00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:28.260 Yeah. 00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:37.300 Yeah, I mean, all this goes to this idea of a lot of the time when the term slave is used in the New Testament, 00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:38.340 and it's used as doulos. 00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:44.320 It's talking about like this bond servant, someone who is tied to somebody for life. 00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:49.640 And in one way, that's freeing if you have the perfect master, right? 00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:55.799 And so it mirrors our relationship with God, which Paul picks up on that. 00:36:55.879 --> 00:36:58.420 We are now slaves of Christ, like doulos. 00:36:58.699 --> 00:37:00.420 There's a picture there. 00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:09.079 And it just goes along with like once Christ buys us, like we are his, and we want to be his. 00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:11.579 There's a heart change that's there. 00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:18.360 So I thought it might be worth it if you want to take your Bible. 00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.440 I don't have this on the paper. 00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:27.000 But turn over to 1 Peter chapter 3. 00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:33.559 So, yeah, but I mean, any other thoughts, any other questions before we just sort of look at this? 00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.559 Yes. 00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:36.000 I have a question. 00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:44.320 I understand that there is a question in the first thing you want to write. 00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:51.880 I think like in English we have some limitations with a couple of these verses like innovation five. 00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:54.119 So that's the thing that I think is better. 00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:57.539 I think there is a couple of different conversations. 00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.019 Yeah. 00:37:58.799 --> 00:38:03.299 How would you, like for somebody who would want to argue that there is a level of push? 00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:03.740 Is there any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those any of those 00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:37.300 Yeah. 00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:37.380 Yeah. 00:38:42.080 --> 00:38:44.140 Look it up for fun. 00:38:46.700 --> 00:38:48.120 The Greek word. 00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:51.900 Looking at the Hebrew word, we'll never find it. 00:38:56.960 --> 00:39:01.300 No, I mean, I think if you wanted to probably replace it, 00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:02.620 I'm going to confirm that. 00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:10.679 But for the purpose of so that he would is what I think I would probably say there. 00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:14.299 So here we go. 00:39:15.779 --> 00:39:20.460 So that he would idea, not just that he potentially could. 00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:32.519 It actually means, I mean, just the phrase. 00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:34.059 So it's a phrase and not a word. 00:39:34.260 --> 00:39:38.179 It's not just the Greek equivalent of might. 00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:39.820 It's like that he might. 00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:46.000 It means like to separate from profane things and dedicate to God. 00:39:47.140 --> 00:39:51.840 It means to purify, to consecrate things to God. 00:39:51.840 --> 00:39:59.500 So you're basically saying like he died for her for the purpose of consecrating her, 00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:02.000 for the purpose of purifying her. 00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:04.119 Yeah. 00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:08.000 Sometimes. 00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.199 Yeah. 00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.980 I'm thankful. 00:40:11.280 --> 00:40:18.179 I mean, actually, as, you know, Tyndale found out, like the English language is a very rich language 00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:21.480 and does pretty well at translating a lot of things. 00:40:21.639 --> 00:40:28.219 But there are all those moments where that might not have been the best word for that. 00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:34.539 But, yeah, it's not, it's a verb, right, to cleanse, to cleanse somebody. 00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:38.859 So, yep. 00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:47.399 So, so basically, yeah, we're saying that Christ died for his bride so that he might set her apart for himself. 00:40:48.259 --> 00:40:48.899 Right. 00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:50.219 The goal. 00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:53.279 In order to, so that. 00:40:58.219 --> 00:41:03.299 Anything else? 00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:08.619 Are we seeing how this all sort of connects? 00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:15.219 Like there's the elect and the father chose and the son then dies for those people. 00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:23.059 This is one, if you want to look at, still not there yet. 00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:25.819 Second Peter chapter three. 00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:32.399 Okay, I'm just, my pages are sticking. 00:41:32.819 --> 00:41:34.599 This is one that I also struggle with. 00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:42.579 So, really, it was like, I think I, when I was working through this, I was, I felt like I had to let go of those sort of texts that said, 00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:45.319 the world, all men, because that made sense. 00:41:45.379 --> 00:41:47.199 Like, okay, yeah, he's speaking in general terms. 00:41:47.879 --> 00:41:48.219 Deal. 00:41:48.859 --> 00:41:49.559 I get it. 00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:52.340 And then there was the first Timothy passage that we read. 00:41:52.799 --> 00:41:58.239 I failed to mention that later on in first Timothy, that same place we read where he desires all men to be saved. 00:41:58.840 --> 00:42:02.920 He actually says that he endures all things for the sake of the elect, like not long after that. 00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:05.500 So, he kind of defines who that is. 00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:12.219 But, yeah, so, we get to first Peter three. 00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:16.800 And the controversial verse, one that I was looking at before. 00:42:16.880 --> 00:42:24.199 I don't say this is a hard one, but I think it does make sense once we kind of like apply what we're hearing, what we know, and put it here. 00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:28.919 But it says in verse 9, 00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:42.679 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient towards you, not wishing that any should perish, but for all. 00:42:43.319 --> 00:42:45.659 But, excuse me, I'm thinking in the New American Standard again. 00:42:46.319 --> 00:42:49.259 But that all should reach repentance. 00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:54.700 All right, so, that verse seems to jump out and be like, wait a minute. 00:42:55.100 --> 00:42:59.680 It says here clearly that God doesn't want anybody to perish. 00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:01.480 He's not willing that anybody should perish. 00:43:01.560 --> 00:43:04.540 He wants all to come to repentance. 00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:14.320 And I think my problem, when I was introduced to this verse throughout a lot of my life, it was just sort of thrown out there. 00:43:15.180 --> 00:43:16.860 God's not willing to perish, not for coming to repentance. 00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:19.000 And I'm like, yep, yep. 00:43:19.180 --> 00:43:23.640 I actually never studied 2 Peter, never studied chapter 1, 2, or 3. 00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:33.220 And so, if we know what 2 Peter is about, and it's about him saying that false teachers, false prophets are coming, 00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:38.519 like the entire part of chapter 2 is about that. 00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:46.239 So, yeah, and actually, if you go to 2 Peter chapter 1, real quick, flip over there. 00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:48.940 He mentions in verse 10, 00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:53.900 Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, 00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:58.320 for if you practice these qualities, you will never fail. 00:43:58.380 --> 00:44:03.360 So, he's already mentioned this idea that there's an elect people in this verse. 00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:10.559 So, then he's warning, like, look, the false teachers are coming. 00:44:10.740 --> 00:44:12.140 It's like, they're coming. 00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:12.980 They're going to be there. 00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:14.519 They're going to try to corrupt the gospel. 00:44:15.360 --> 00:44:17.800 Some intentionally, some unintentionally. 00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:19.039 Some just being careless. 00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:23.820 But he basically says that they will face condemnation one day, 00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:27.340 and that, you know, persecution is sort of coming, 00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:29.960 which he wrote about in this first letter, right? 00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:33.559 So, if you get to chapter 3, in light of that big shadow, 00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:40.380 there's going to be a lot of ungodliness and false teachers. 00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:45.079 Then, he gets into the second part, and he's talking about how, 00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:47.960 don't worry, like, the Lord will return. 00:44:48.099 --> 00:44:49.679 The day of the Lord is coming. 00:44:49.800 --> 00:44:50.519 It will come. 00:44:51.220 --> 00:44:52.119 And he actually says that. 00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:55.320 And now, in the second letter that I'm writing to you, 00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:58.019 so there's 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 00:44:58.660 --> 00:45:01.559 I wish to stir up as a way of reminder 00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:05.360 that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets 00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:09.420 and commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, 00:45:10.240 --> 00:45:12.900 knowing this, first of all, that scoffers will come 00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:15.140 in the last days with scoffing, 00:45:15.700 --> 00:45:17.580 following their own sinful desires. 00:45:18.200 --> 00:45:20.700 They will say, where is the promise of his coming? 00:45:20.699 --> 00:45:23.139 For ever since the fathers fell asleep, 00:45:23.279 --> 00:45:25.379 all these things are continuing, 00:45:25.960 --> 00:45:28.659 as they were from the beginning of creation. 00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:31.839 For they deliberately overlooked this fact, 00:45:31.919 --> 00:45:33.679 that the heavens existed long ago, 00:45:33.779 --> 00:45:36.419 and the earth was formed out of the water, 00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:40.939 through water, by the word of God. 00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:43.719 And that, by means of these, 00:45:44.219 --> 00:45:46.039 the world then existed, 00:45:46.759 --> 00:45:48.599 was deluged with water and perished. 00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:49.359 He's talking about the flood. 00:45:49.360 --> 00:45:53.380 So, basically, let me paraphrase that. 00:45:54.079 --> 00:45:55.740 He's saying that these scoffers are going to come back. 00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:57.140 Oh, yeah, well, where's God? 00:45:57.559 --> 00:45:59.720 Like, you say he's going to come back. 00:45:59.800 --> 00:46:00.820 Like, ha, ha, no, he's not. 00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:03.240 It's like continued on like this since the beginning of the world. 00:46:03.780 --> 00:46:04.460 Nothing's changed. 00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:06.780 It's going to keep going the way it is. 00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:07.880 And he's reminding them, 00:46:08.740 --> 00:46:10.340 oh, that's what they said to Noah 00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:12.420 when he was building the ark. 00:46:12.539 --> 00:46:13.280 And then, guess what? 00:46:13.380 --> 00:46:14.320 God's judgment came. 00:46:14.840 --> 00:46:16.539 So, like, they mocked Noah. 00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:17.420 They scoffed at him. 00:46:17.420 --> 00:46:19.940 And then God's judgment came in the form of the flood. 00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:21.740 So, he's saying, like, yeah, 00:46:21.940 --> 00:46:23.920 they did that back then, too. 00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:24.639 Don't worry. 00:46:24.760 --> 00:46:25.740 Like, God will come. 00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:27.340 Jesus will return. 00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:28.480 Don't be discouraged. 00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:29.820 All right? 00:46:30.860 --> 00:46:33.500 But they're saying, like, 00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:34.900 why hasn't he come back yet? 00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:35.880 Right? 00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:38.160 Why has he not come back for us? 00:46:39.539 --> 00:46:42.400 And then you look at verse 7. 00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:44.140 But by that same word, 00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:46.039 the heavens and the earth that now exist 00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:48.619 are stored up for fire being kept 00:46:48.619 --> 00:46:50.059 until the day of judgment 00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:52.240 and destruction of the ungodly. 00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:53.660 Meaning that that's going to come. 00:46:54.480 --> 00:46:54.860 All right? 00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:57.680 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved. 00:46:58.440 --> 00:46:59.240 That with the Lord, 00:46:59.340 --> 00:47:00.900 one day is a thousand years. 00:47:01.300 --> 00:47:03.160 And a thousand years is one day. 00:47:03.899 --> 00:47:04.639 So, meaning, like, 00:47:04.679 --> 00:47:06.279 I know that it feels like it's going to, 00:47:06.339 --> 00:47:07.239 it's taking forever. 00:47:08.019 --> 00:47:09.079 Like, in your world, 00:47:09.159 --> 00:47:09.819 in your mind, 00:47:09.859 --> 00:47:11.219 it seems like God is taking forever 00:47:11.219 --> 00:47:12.500 for these things to come to pass. 00:47:12.539 --> 00:47:14.239 But it's not to God. 00:47:14.299 --> 00:47:15.579 Like, it's not to his plan. 00:47:15.639 --> 00:47:16.819 Like, he's right on time. 00:47:16.820 --> 00:47:21.240 So, it comes across to us as slowness. 00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:22.480 Right? 00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:24.860 Like, God is being slow to fulfill his promise. 00:47:25.900 --> 00:47:26.200 Right? 00:47:27.180 --> 00:47:28.320 Then it says in verse 9, 00:47:28.380 --> 00:47:29.800 it says that the Lord is not slow 00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:31.000 to fulfill his promise, 00:47:31.720 --> 00:47:32.960 as some count slowness, 00:47:33.660 --> 00:47:35.460 but is patient towards you, 00:47:36.140 --> 00:47:37.880 not willing that any should perish, 00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:39.660 but for all to come to repentance. 00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:41.940 Okay? 00:47:41.940 --> 00:47:47.079 So, the key word here is any. 00:47:49.099 --> 00:47:53.480 So, does any mean all? 00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:55.679 We have to figure out what the, 00:47:56.019 --> 00:47:57.539 is it the suffix? 00:47:58.280 --> 00:47:58.460 Nope. 00:47:58.800 --> 00:48:00.139 I think about the right grammatical word here. 00:48:01.519 --> 00:48:03.539 What does any connect to? 00:48:05.400 --> 00:48:05.840 Antecedent? 00:48:05.920 --> 00:48:06.360 Is that right? 00:48:06.440 --> 00:48:06.980 Any Greek people, 00:48:07.179 --> 00:48:08.200 or grammar people here? 00:48:09.200 --> 00:48:09.480 No. 00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:11.579 Yeah. 00:48:11.820 --> 00:48:12.260 So, basically, 00:48:12.260 --> 00:48:13.240 we're trying to find out 00:48:13.240 --> 00:48:14.599 who does any refer to? 00:48:15.940 --> 00:48:16.460 Alright? 00:48:17.420 --> 00:48:18.800 Now, if you are 00:48:18.800 --> 00:48:20.960 a semi-Pelagian, 00:48:21.300 --> 00:48:22.340 or Arminian, 00:48:23.059 --> 00:48:24.400 you are saying 00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:25.980 that any means all people. 00:48:26.760 --> 00:48:27.440 Like, you're saying 00:48:27.440 --> 00:48:28.619 that, like, God is waiting 00:48:28.619 --> 00:48:29.519 because he doesn't want 00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:30.820 anyone to perish. 00:48:31.760 --> 00:48:32.219 Right? 00:48:33.740 --> 00:48:34.699 That's odd 00:48:34.699 --> 00:48:35.840 because this whole chapter 00:48:35.840 --> 00:48:37.039 is about people perishing. 00:48:38.380 --> 00:48:39.219 You see that? 00:48:40.099 --> 00:48:41.219 The whole passage 00:48:41.219 --> 00:48:42.019 is about God 00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:43.219 judging the ungodly. 00:48:43.719 --> 00:48:45.119 So, he's not waiting 00:48:45.119 --> 00:48:45.820 for those people. 00:48:46.900 --> 00:48:47.900 So, who is he waiting for? 00:48:50.940 --> 00:48:51.740 What does it say 00:48:51.740 --> 00:48:52.480 in the same verse? 00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:53.579 Look at the other pronouns 00:48:53.579 --> 00:48:54.280 used there. 00:48:57.900 --> 00:48:59.599 Any is connected to you. 00:49:01.039 --> 00:49:01.420 Us. 00:49:02.159 --> 00:49:02.420 Right? 00:49:03.139 --> 00:49:03.500 Okay? 00:49:03.639 --> 00:49:05.079 So, who's the us? 00:49:06.199 --> 00:49:08.420 The people that Peter's writing to. 00:49:08.420 --> 00:49:09.420 He's writing to the church, 00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:10.000 the believers. 00:49:11.460 --> 00:49:12.099 And, in short, 00:49:13.159 --> 00:49:13.980 what we would say 00:49:13.980 --> 00:49:15.440 is God is not willing 00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:17.539 that any of his elect 00:49:17.539 --> 00:49:18.340 should perish, 00:49:18.740 --> 00:49:19.860 but for all of them 00:49:19.860 --> 00:49:21.019 to reach repentance. 00:49:21.639 --> 00:49:22.760 And that is why 00:49:22.760 --> 00:49:23.700 God is tarrying. 00:49:24.059 --> 00:49:24.659 He is waiting 00:49:24.659 --> 00:49:26.220 to bring in the full number 00:49:26.220 --> 00:49:28.079 of God's people 00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:28.960 scattered abroad, 00:49:29.019 --> 00:49:29.960 which we just read about 00:49:29.960 --> 00:49:30.659 in John. 00:49:31.200 --> 00:49:32.780 To bring in that full number. 00:49:32.840 --> 00:49:34.099 Because he cannot be waiting 00:49:34.099 --> 00:49:35.039 for every single individual 00:49:35.039 --> 00:49:35.719 because we know 00:49:35.719 --> 00:49:37.039 that not every single individual 00:49:37.039 --> 00:49:38.059 is going to be saved. 00:49:39.179 --> 00:49:40.360 He's long-suffering 00:49:40.360 --> 00:49:42.139 towards you. 00:49:42.500 --> 00:49:43.699 Another translation says 00:49:43.699 --> 00:49:44.599 long-suffering 00:49:44.599 --> 00:49:45.500 towards us. 00:49:46.279 --> 00:49:46.559 Right? 00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:48.800 I think that's 00:49:48.800 --> 00:49:49.659 New American Standard 00:49:49.659 --> 00:49:50.400 might say that. 00:49:51.059 --> 00:49:52.039 The Lord is not slow 00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:52.860 to fulfill his promise. 00:49:53.239 --> 00:49:53.960 He is patient 00:49:53.960 --> 00:49:54.779 towards you. 00:49:55.500 --> 00:49:56.619 He is long-suffering 00:49:56.619 --> 00:49:57.659 towards us. 00:49:58.500 --> 00:49:59.360 Is there another way 00:49:59.360 --> 00:49:59.900 to say that? 00:49:59.900 --> 00:50:01.980 And the us 00:50:01.980 --> 00:50:03.000 is the saved people, 00:50:03.079 --> 00:50:04.000 the people of God. 00:50:04.360 --> 00:50:05.539 He waits for them 00:50:05.539 --> 00:50:06.559 to be saved. 00:50:07.519 --> 00:50:08.880 So that is his patience, 00:50:08.960 --> 00:50:09.880 is his forbearing. 00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:10.940 So the any here 00:50:10.940 --> 00:50:12.940 refers to the us 00:50:12.940 --> 00:50:13.460 or the you 00:50:13.460 --> 00:50:14.039 if you have 00:50:14.039 --> 00:50:16.000 the New English Standard Version. 00:50:17.360 --> 00:50:18.559 That's what I would say 00:50:18.559 --> 00:50:18.820 this, 00:50:19.639 --> 00:50:20.500 I think this means 00:50:20.500 --> 00:50:21.380 just on its face, 00:50:21.480 --> 00:50:21.740 you know, 00:50:21.800 --> 00:50:22.579 just by looking at 00:50:22.579 --> 00:50:23.360 the context. 00:50:26.480 --> 00:50:27.599 That the you, 00:50:27.760 --> 00:50:28.200 the us 00:50:28.200 --> 00:50:29.220 refers to the any. 00:50:29.219 --> 00:50:30.359 That's who it tells us 00:50:30.359 --> 00:50:31.099 the any is. 00:50:31.899 --> 00:50:32.699 But then he goes back 00:50:32.699 --> 00:50:33.299 and kind of gets back 00:50:33.299 --> 00:50:33.779 to the judgment. 00:50:33.919 --> 00:50:34.359 The day of the Lord 00:50:34.359 --> 00:50:35.559 will come like a thief. 00:50:36.319 --> 00:50:36.959 Then the heavens 00:50:36.959 --> 00:50:37.699 will pass away 00:50:37.699 --> 00:50:38.179 with a roar 00:50:38.179 --> 00:50:39.099 and the heavenly bodies 00:50:39.099 --> 00:50:39.839 will be turned up 00:50:39.839 --> 00:50:40.559 and dissolved 00:50:40.559 --> 00:50:42.119 and the earth 00:50:42.119 --> 00:50:43.159 and all its works 00:50:43.159 --> 00:50:44.500 that are done on 00:50:44.500 --> 00:50:45.599 will be exposed. 00:50:46.939 --> 00:50:47.299 So, 00:50:47.779 --> 00:50:49.319 that's what we would say 00:50:49.319 --> 00:50:51.339 that means. 00:50:52.879 --> 00:50:53.739 You can disagree, 00:50:53.939 --> 00:50:54.279 it's okay, 00:50:54.419 --> 00:50:55.359 but I think 00:50:55.359 --> 00:50:56.119 just on his face 00:50:56.119 --> 00:50:56.839 that's who we're 00:50:56.839 --> 00:50:57.559 talking about. 00:50:58.099 --> 00:50:59.079 And if you put 00:50:59.079 --> 00:51:00.059 that in light 00:51:00.059 --> 00:51:00.659 of all the other 00:51:00.659 --> 00:51:01.279 passages that we're 00:51:01.279 --> 00:51:01.900 talking about, 00:51:01.960 --> 00:51:02.639 it makes sense 00:51:02.639 --> 00:51:04.079 to me. 00:51:08.299 --> 00:51:08.739 Anything? 00:51:10.079 --> 00:51:10.440 Questions? 00:51:10.440 --> 00:51:10.639 Questions? 00:51:11.019 --> 00:51:11.139 Yeah. 00:51:11.139 --> 00:51:20.199 Yeah. 00:51:20.199 --> 00:51:20.199 00:51:34.699 --> 00:51:34.879 Yeah. 00:51:35.779 --> 00:51:36.239 Well, 00:51:36.359 --> 00:51:36.579 I mean, 00:51:36.639 --> 00:51:36.960 again, 00:51:37.079 --> 00:51:38.159 the question to ask him 00:51:38.159 --> 00:51:38.279 is, 00:51:38.400 --> 00:51:38.460 well, 00:51:38.460 --> 00:51:40.460 is the whole world going to be atoned for then? 00:51:41.119 --> 00:51:48.119 So if Christ actually propitiated the sins of the whole world, 00:51:48.280 --> 00:51:51.840 if he means the world in the sense that he's trying to say, 00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:55.460 that means that Christ made an actual atonement for everyone. 00:51:56.480 --> 00:51:58.119 That leads to universalism. 00:51:59.619 --> 00:52:03.079 And as we're saying, again, just going back to what John said in his gospel, right, 00:52:03.079 --> 00:52:07.920 that the world just means all types of people, all Jews and Gentiles. 00:52:07.920 --> 00:52:14.260 It means, you know, it doesn't just mean Israel. 00:52:14.400 --> 00:52:15.900 And John was very specific to say that, 00:52:15.940 --> 00:52:19.940 because look at all the different fights that Jesus got into with the Jews 00:52:19.940 --> 00:52:22.659 about who is God's people. 00:52:23.659 --> 00:52:25.099 You know, we are the children of Abraham. 00:52:25.599 --> 00:52:27.539 You know, those sort of arguments that he got into. 00:52:27.659 --> 00:52:31.180 So it was very intentional to say a general term like the world, 00:52:31.300 --> 00:52:34.740 meaning all types of people, all nations, all languages, 00:52:34.739 --> 00:52:39.659 but not that the world itself is not a specific term. 00:52:39.759 --> 00:52:40.619 It's a general term. 00:52:40.699 --> 00:52:41.599 That's what I would say. 00:52:42.199 --> 00:52:45.459 Because, again, the flip of that is, like, everyone's sin has been propitiated. 00:52:46.579 --> 00:52:50.779 Or, going back to what Chad said, like, or it didn't save everybody. 00:52:50.919 --> 00:52:53.519 Like, a lot of it was sort of wasted, right? 00:52:54.359 --> 00:52:57.559 You ever paid a lot of money for something that was important 00:52:57.559 --> 00:52:59.840 and then, like, didn't really get the product that you paid for? 00:53:00.039 --> 00:53:02.519 Sort of like a, God doesn't do that. 00:53:02.679 --> 00:53:06.259 Like, God's not wasteful like that with the blood of his son. 00:53:07.279 --> 00:53:10.259 If you want to tie that into his omniscience, 00:53:10.380 --> 00:53:11.699 he wouldn't allow that to happen anyway. 00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:14.159 So, yeah, that's what I would say. 00:53:14.219 --> 00:53:14.639 Does that make sense? 00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:15.219 Yeah. 00:53:32.799 --> 00:53:33.319 Yeah. 00:53:33.320 --> 00:53:35.320 Yeah. 00:53:50.039 --> 00:53:50.800 Yeah. 00:53:52.940 --> 00:53:53.700 Yeah. 00:53:55.160 --> 00:53:55.559 Yeah. 00:53:58.559 --> 00:53:59.320 Purgatory. 00:53:59.320 --> 00:53:59.400 Purgatory. 00:54:01.700 --> 00:54:02.180 Yeah. 00:54:02.179 --> 00:54:05.179 I mean, for those of you who don't know me, well, it was a joke. 00:54:05.339 --> 00:54:05.480 Sorry. 00:54:06.219 --> 00:54:07.119 I shouldn't joke about that. 00:54:07.819 --> 00:54:16.039 But it just makes a lot of sense when you look at the language surrounding ransom, redeemed, atoned, 00:54:16.460 --> 00:54:18.659 that it was a specific thing that happened. 00:54:18.759 --> 00:54:20.639 It got exactly what it was meant to get. 00:54:21.500 --> 00:54:29.639 And that the blood of Jesus was not spilt needlessly for a potential people, but an actual people. 00:54:29.639 --> 00:54:33.239 And it ties right into God's election. 00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:39.219 It ties into the idea that man can't save himself or even kind of add anything to God's salvation. 00:54:39.219 --> 00:54:43.719 So, all sort of connects. 00:54:44.859 --> 00:54:50.299 To which, next week, we'll talk about, like, the Spirit's role in salvation. 00:54:50.300 --> 00:54:58.720 So, he takes the elect and those that Jesus accomplished the work for. 00:54:59.420 --> 00:55:03.240 And the Spirit applies that work, applies the work of Jesus to the individual. 00:55:04.060 --> 00:55:05.500 So, Jesus accomplishes it. 00:55:05.580 --> 00:55:08.539 The Spirit takes it and applies it to those people. 00:55:09.100 --> 00:55:09.980 Regenerates them. 00:55:10.800 --> 00:55:12.240 Gives them a new heart. 00:55:12.840 --> 00:55:13.960 Makes them a new creation. 00:55:14.640 --> 00:55:15.620 That idea. 00:55:15.619 --> 00:55:18.480 So, yeah. 00:55:18.839 --> 00:55:21.679 Any other questions or thoughts? 00:55:26.359 --> 00:55:27.839 You know, I'm hard to hear this. 00:55:27.900 --> 00:55:28.799 I'm leaning in this way. 00:55:28.839 --> 00:55:29.299 I'm looking at you. 00:55:29.300 --> 00:55:41.060 I guess, like, what is the benefit in, like, trying to fully define this phenomenon? 00:55:41.460 --> 00:55:47.640 Instead of saying that, like, the offer of salvation is sent to everyone, but not everyone to the faith. 00:55:48.480 --> 00:55:49.340 And you destroy it. 00:55:49.680 --> 00:55:50.140 Practical. 00:55:50.400 --> 00:55:50.600 Okay. 00:55:50.780 --> 00:55:50.980 Yep. 00:55:50.980 --> 00:56:02.440 But, I would say that, like, knowing, for the believer to know that Jesus built his blood for them is of immense importance. 00:56:04.420 --> 00:56:07.260 It makes you aware. 00:56:07.420 --> 00:56:08.320 It humbles you. 00:56:08.360 --> 00:56:09.820 Like, the same way that election does. 00:56:09.900 --> 00:56:10.740 Like, why me? 00:56:10.920 --> 00:56:13.880 Like, why did the blood of Jesus apply to me? 00:56:14.639 --> 00:56:15.659 Like, I am unworthy. 00:56:15.659 --> 00:56:17.740 I have nothing to bring, nothing to offer. 00:56:18.419 --> 00:56:20.899 Like, why would Christ shed his blood for me? 00:56:21.779 --> 00:56:26.699 So, it's very, it's a very, like, personal thing. 00:56:26.859 --> 00:56:30.379 Like, all this stuff is not just cool theological language. 00:56:30.539 --> 00:56:32.819 I mean, it's saying that, like, Christ died for his bride. 00:56:33.799 --> 00:56:35.059 We all love a good love story. 00:56:35.859 --> 00:56:37.359 Christ died for his bride. 00:56:38.000 --> 00:56:38.359 You know? 00:56:38.539 --> 00:56:39.419 He died for us. 00:56:39.459 --> 00:56:40.339 Like, his people. 00:56:41.019 --> 00:56:46.619 And for us to kind of let that fall in our hearts and not move us is a grace problem. 00:56:46.619 --> 00:56:51.739 Like, we have to, Christ died to purchase us with his own blood. 00:56:51.839 --> 00:56:53.900 And that should mean something to all of us. 00:56:53.980 --> 00:56:55.199 Like, it humbles us. 00:56:55.259 --> 00:56:57.400 Again, it's the why me explanation. 00:56:57.779 --> 00:57:00.199 And we can be assured, too. 00:57:01.079 --> 00:57:01.880 Like, because guess what? 00:57:02.019 --> 00:57:05.619 Christ's blood will save us fully. 00:57:06.400 --> 00:57:07.759 Like, it's a part of our assurance. 00:57:07.760 --> 00:57:16.360 Like, if he actually paid for our sin, if he actually died and brought a right atonement for our sin, then we will be with him one day. 00:57:16.500 --> 00:57:18.280 Like, our sin is done, covered with. 00:57:18.820 --> 00:57:25.760 So, to understand that the atonement was an actual thing to happen, not a potential one, gives us assurance. 00:57:25.820 --> 00:57:26.620 Like, good. 00:57:27.240 --> 00:57:34.540 It gives us peace that we are going to, in fact, be saved one day fully and completely. 00:57:34.539 --> 00:57:37.119 So, that's why it's important to me. 00:57:37.300 --> 00:57:44.579 It means that it just should create gratitude and joy for what Christ has done. 00:57:46.219 --> 00:57:50.019 But again, it leaves us sort of saying, like, I didn't contribute anything to this. 00:57:51.440 --> 00:57:52.099 Why me? 00:57:52.219 --> 00:57:52.759 Like, I don't know. 00:57:52.940 --> 00:57:53.779 I stink. 00:57:53.940 --> 00:57:54.340 I'm awful. 00:57:55.219 --> 00:57:57.619 Like, why would Christ die for a wretched person like me? 00:57:57.719 --> 00:57:58.420 I don't get it. 00:57:59.380 --> 00:58:01.019 And that's the point, though, isn't it? 00:58:01.880 --> 00:58:02.940 Grace, right? 00:58:02.940 --> 00:58:05.619 So, that's why I would say that it is important. 00:58:05.860 --> 00:58:10.980 And because we're seeing it everywhere in the Scripture, and, like, God's not uttering nonsense. 00:58:11.179 --> 00:58:13.420 Like, he wants us to see that for a reason. 00:58:14.579 --> 00:58:22.079 He's honing out this idea that our sins have been atoned for as his people. 00:58:22.579 --> 00:58:26.440 So, that stirs the affections of his people, his bride. 00:58:27.240 --> 00:58:28.940 So, that's what I would say, I guess. 00:58:28.940 --> 00:58:28.960 Yes. 00:58:32.940 --> 00:58:34.099 Yep. 00:58:36.360 --> 00:58:37.179 Anything else? 00:58:40.260 --> 00:58:42.000 I apologize for being late again. 00:58:43.360 --> 00:58:45.400 Sorry for no cool pictures and diagrams. 00:58:47.260 --> 00:58:52.019 But, I will pray for us, and I'll hang out. 00:58:52.079 --> 00:58:54.200 Again, we have some extra copies here. 00:58:54.240 --> 00:58:57.420 If you know somebody who wasn't here, and you're going to see them later, just grab one for them. 00:58:57.420 --> 00:58:59.380 But, let's pray together.