WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.180 You guys be seated. 00:00:13.060 --> 00:00:16.100 We are continuing our study through the book of Romans. 00:00:16.100 --> 00:00:18.699 ! We are in Romans chapter 2. 00:00:18.699 --> 00:00:21.179 ! If you want to grab a copy of God's Word. 00:00:23.179 --> 00:00:24.580 Romans chapter 2. 00:00:28.420 --> 00:00:29.420 We're going to start. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.380 Our text this morning is verses 6 through verse 10. 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:47.079 And it reads, 00:00:47.579 --> 00:00:50.980 He will render to each one according to his works. 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:57.640 To those who by patience and well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, 00:00:58.039 --> 00:00:59.480 he will give eternal life. 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:04.560 But for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, 00:01:04.819 --> 00:01:06.219 but obey unrighteousness, 00:01:06.459 --> 00:01:08.640 there will be wrath and fury. 00:01:09.379 --> 00:01:13.599 There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil. 00:01:13.599 --> 00:01:16.900 The Jew first and also the Greek. 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:27.960 For God shows no partiality. 00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:29.360 Pray with me. 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:33.920 Fathers, 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:34.019 Fathers, 00:01:34.019 --> 00:01:36.579 as we have read your Word, 00:01:37.900 --> 00:01:40.780 I pray, God, that you would speak now through it. 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:44.579 That you would teach us that your Spirit, 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:46.060 who is already here, 00:01:46.120 --> 00:01:46.920 who is already moving, 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:49.079 would continue to move and work in such a way 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.539 that our ears would hear a word from you, 00:01:52.539 --> 00:01:54.679 that our hearts would be changed. 00:01:56.519 --> 00:01:58.420 And because of our hearts being changed, 00:01:58.500 --> 00:02:01.379 our lives and our actions and our works will be changed. 00:02:01.379 --> 00:02:04.239 God, we need you this morning. 00:02:04.339 --> 00:02:07.039 We plead with you to speak to us. 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:09.219 In Jesus' name, Amen. 00:02:10.819 --> 00:02:15.219 There's some great weight to these verses this morning. 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:17.539 The truth that all of us, 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:19.580 all of us are going to be judged 00:02:19.580 --> 00:02:22.900 and some will be in tribulation and distress forever, 00:02:22.900 --> 00:02:27.759 while others will be given honor and glory and peace. 00:02:28.979 --> 00:02:30.439 And I hate to tell you, 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:34.259 but this is just the tip of the iceberg of theological questions 00:02:34.259 --> 00:02:38.819 that Paul is really going to start answering as we go through Romans. 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:41.219 We're just scratching an itch 00:02:41.219 --> 00:02:45.340 that will not stop itching for quite a long time. 00:02:46.699 --> 00:02:51.360 This morning, we start dividing people into two groups or two teams. 00:02:52.060 --> 00:02:53.939 Now, do you remember a couple of weeks ago, 00:02:53.939 --> 00:02:56.620 we talked about the superiority issue of the Jews 00:02:56.620 --> 00:03:00.539 when we talked about verses 1 through 3 or 1 through 2. 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:03.659 They thought that they were better 00:03:03.659 --> 00:03:05.479 and they put themselves in one group 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:06.819 and everybody else in another. 00:03:06.819 --> 00:03:12.879 They thought better of themselves or more of themselves. 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:15.719 This morning, we're going to break into two groups. 00:03:16.500 --> 00:03:18.319 We're going to talk about two groups 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:20.919 and the only two groups that matter. 00:03:21.979 --> 00:03:23.620 The only two groups that matter, 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:26.259 and that is righteous and unrighteous, 00:03:26.519 --> 00:03:27.680 Christian and non-Christian, 00:03:28.740 --> 00:03:30.139 believer and unbeliever. 00:03:30.959 --> 00:03:34.280 One team you can and will never leave 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:36.460 and the other, by God's grace, 00:03:36.939 --> 00:03:39.800 you can leave and join the other team. 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:42.860 This, for us, is kind of like the playoffs. 00:03:42.979 --> 00:03:43.920 This is like game one. 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:47.520 Each team, each win, 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:50.699 each team builds momentum with the win. 00:03:50.699 --> 00:03:53.439 So as we get further and further down, 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:55.699 we end up winning the championship. 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:58.840 And for us, that championship is Romans 8, 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:02.020 Romans 9, Romans 10, 11, 12, onward. 00:04:02.020 --> 00:04:04.820 Right now, Paul is building a case 00:04:04.820 --> 00:04:08.860 and we're just now starting to really get into the teeth of this case. 00:04:10.600 --> 00:04:13.360 An ancient Roman ruler named Brutus the Elder 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:15.100 had two sons 00:04:15.100 --> 00:04:17.300 and learned that these two sons 00:04:17.300 --> 00:04:19.840 were conspiring to overthrow the government. 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:24.199 An offense carried the death penalty. 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:28.399 At the trial, the young men tearfully appealed to their father, 00:04:28.539 --> 00:04:30.379 calling him by endearing names 00:04:30.379 --> 00:04:32.800 and appealing to his parental love. 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:37.860 Most of the crowd there also started pleading for mercy for them. 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:41.319 But because of the severity of the crime 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:44.879 and possibly because they were the son of a high-ranking official 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:46.839 and he held them hot to a higher standard, 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:49.019 he not only ordered, 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:51.259 but witnessed their execution. 00:04:51.259 --> 00:04:55.480 Parents, feel free to use that as an illustration for your kids. 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:59.300 I know I will be using that with my four. 00:05:00.379 --> 00:05:02.379 Someone commented about the incident 00:05:02.379 --> 00:05:03.439 and said, 00:05:03.539 --> 00:05:08.000 The father was lost in the judge. 00:05:09.300 --> 00:05:13.740 The love of justice overcame the fondness of the parent. 00:05:13.740 --> 00:05:20.360 The love of justice overcame the fondness of the parent. 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:23.240 This morning we're talking about judgment. 00:05:24.019 --> 00:05:26.900 As cruel and as terrible as that story, 00:05:27.699 --> 00:05:29.240 our judge judges rightly. 00:05:30.100 --> 00:05:32.480 Our judge judges based on his righteousness. 00:05:33.780 --> 00:05:35.759 He'll never get lost in the judge. 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:39.219 For he cares about his creation. 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:40.920 We are created in his image. 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:44.219 And he cares so much that he does not want any to perish, 00:05:44.259 --> 00:05:45.519 but all to come to repentance. 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:48.339 As 2 Peter 3, 9 tells us. 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:50.139 He is fatherly. 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:51.519 He is caring. 00:05:52.620 --> 00:05:53.779 He is righteous. 00:05:54.719 --> 00:05:56.240 But he is also just. 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:58.379 Which means, 00:05:58.939 --> 00:06:00.439 as we've been studying through Romans, 00:06:00.540 --> 00:06:01.199 Romans 1, 00:06:01.960 --> 00:06:03.660 and beginning of Romans chapter 2, 00:06:04.280 --> 00:06:05.920 we are all guilty 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:07.879 for sins that we've committed, 00:06:08.860 --> 00:06:10.040 the sins we will commit. 00:06:11.400 --> 00:06:11.860 And this, 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:15.280 this is what makes the gospel so great. 00:06:16.019 --> 00:06:17.780 This is what makes it so awe-inspiring 00:06:17.780 --> 00:06:19.400 and so much more mind-blowing, 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:20.680 is the fact 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:22.019 that we're all guilty. 00:06:22.019 --> 00:06:24.500 And the judge who judges justly, 00:06:24.799 --> 00:06:25.859 who judges righteously, 00:06:26.859 --> 00:06:27.819 is also merciful 00:06:27.819 --> 00:06:29.759 and cares for what he has created. 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:31.659 You see, 00:06:31.740 --> 00:06:33.579 I know everybody in here knows 00:06:33.579 --> 00:06:36.099 that Osama bin Laden has been killed. 00:06:37.299 --> 00:06:38.379 You see in the coverage 00:06:38.379 --> 00:06:40.899 how a lot of the news 00:06:40.899 --> 00:06:42.060 used Google Earth 00:06:42.060 --> 00:06:43.560 and we were able to zoom in 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:45.419 onto the compound 00:06:45.419 --> 00:06:46.879 and zoom in kind of to the area. 00:06:48.039 --> 00:06:48.819 Google Earth, 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:50.279 you couldn't do that five years ago. 00:06:50.459 --> 00:06:51.439 Maybe six. 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:52.079 I don't know. 00:06:53.139 --> 00:06:54.199 I'm kind of lost 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:55.120 when it comes to time. 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:56.719 But I think 00:06:56.719 --> 00:06:58.519 that concept of zooming in, 00:06:58.560 --> 00:06:59.300 we kind of need to do 00:06:59.300 --> 00:07:00.500 for this text this morning. 00:07:00.899 --> 00:07:01.800 We kind of need to start 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:02.639 with a big picture, 00:07:03.699 --> 00:07:05.459 make a couple observations, 00:07:05.459 --> 00:07:06.639 and then close in 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:07.980 on the text. 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:09.439 So, big picture. 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:11.560 Judgment is inevitable. 00:07:11.860 --> 00:07:13.079 It's going to happen. 00:07:14.060 --> 00:07:15.120 Verse 2 tells us 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:16.319 that the judgment of God 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:18.199 rightly falls on those 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:19.920 who practice such things. 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:22.100 Verse 3, 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:23.639 if you practice such things, 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:24.980 do you think you will escape 00:07:24.980 --> 00:07:26.300 the judgment of God? 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:28.300 Verse 6, 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:30.360 He will render to each one. 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:32.180 Verse 9, 00:07:32.300 --> 00:07:33.259 there will be 00:07:33.259 --> 00:07:34.699 tribulation and distress. 00:07:35.420 --> 00:07:36.560 There's a future tense 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:37.540 to those last two. 00:07:37.659 --> 00:07:38.500 He will render 00:07:38.500 --> 00:07:39.899 and there will be. 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:41.300 It's going to happen. 00:07:41.300 --> 00:07:43.519 Turn to Revelation chapter 20. 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:46.839 Last book of the Bible. 00:07:47.779 --> 00:07:49.219 Revelation chapter 20. 00:07:53.379 --> 00:07:55.539 We'll read a few verses. 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:02.819 The book of Revelation 00:08:02.819 --> 00:08:04.680 is a vision given 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:05.659 to the Apostle John 00:08:05.659 --> 00:08:07.500 concerning things that come 00:08:07.500 --> 00:08:09.719 and things that have already happened 00:08:09.719 --> 00:08:10.560 or are happening. 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:13.860 Revelation chapter 20, 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:14.560 verse 11. 00:08:15.459 --> 00:08:17.459 Then I saw a great white throne 00:08:17.459 --> 00:08:19.560 and Him who was seated on it. 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:21.199 From His presence, 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:22.860 earth and sky fled away 00:08:22.860 --> 00:08:24.920 and no place was found for them. 00:08:25.280 --> 00:08:26.240 And I saw the dead, 00:08:26.340 --> 00:08:27.120 great and small, 00:08:27.340 --> 00:08:28.459 standing before the throne. 00:08:29.100 --> 00:08:30.660 The books were opened. 00:08:31.459 --> 00:08:32.720 Then another book was opened, 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:34.139 which was the book of life. 00:08:34.659 --> 00:08:35.759 And the dead were judged 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:36.980 by what was written in the books 00:08:36.980 --> 00:08:38.980 according to what they had done. 00:08:38.980 --> 00:08:40.700 And the sea gave up 00:08:40.700 --> 00:08:41.560 the dead who were in it. 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:43.139 Death and Hades gave up 00:08:43.139 --> 00:08:44.539 the dead who were in them. 00:08:44.779 --> 00:08:45.759 And they were judged, 00:08:45.920 --> 00:08:46.740 each one of them, 00:08:46.980 --> 00:08:48.159 according to what they had done. 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:50.320 Then death and Hades 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:51.659 were thrown into the lake of fire. 00:08:52.300 --> 00:08:53.580 This is the second death, 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:54.460 the lake of fire. 00:08:54.620 --> 00:08:55.580 And if anyone's name 00:08:55.580 --> 00:08:56.360 was not found written 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:57.240 in the book of life, 00:08:57.680 --> 00:08:58.360 he was thrown 00:08:58.360 --> 00:08:59.840 into the lake of fire. 00:09:01.180 --> 00:09:02.580 This is what's going to happen. 00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:03.480 It is inevitable. 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:06.500 This is what is to come. 00:09:06.500 --> 00:09:07.379 So all of history 00:09:07.379 --> 00:09:09.379 is moving towards this day. 00:09:11.419 --> 00:09:12.940 Everyone dead and alive 00:09:12.940 --> 00:09:13.700 will be judged. 00:09:13.779 --> 00:09:15.139 So judgment is inevitable. 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:15.980 Big picture. 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:17.379 Judgment is going to happen. 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:19.519 Another observation, 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:20.299 big picture, 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:21.639 is judgment will be made 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:23.139 on all people. 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:26.460 Verse 6 of Romans chapter 2 00:09:26.460 --> 00:09:27.919 says he will render. 00:09:28.179 --> 00:09:29.399 So judgment will be rendered 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:31.879 or paid on all people. 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:34.679 In Romans chapter 2, verse 1, 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:36.500 it says every one of you who judges. 00:09:36.500 --> 00:09:38.500 Every one of you who judges. 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:39.419 Verse 2, 00:09:39.979 --> 00:09:41.279 falls on those 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:42.839 who practice such things. 00:09:43.599 --> 00:09:44.259 Verse 3, 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:46.079 those who practice such things 00:09:46.079 --> 00:09:48.059 escape the judgment of God. 00:09:48.659 --> 00:09:49.299 Verse 6, 00:09:49.379 --> 00:09:51.019 to each one or everyone. 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:52.919 Verse 9, 00:09:53.059 --> 00:09:54.239 every human being 00:09:54.239 --> 00:09:55.559 who does these things. 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:56.620 Verse 10, 00:09:56.739 --> 00:09:58.299 everyone who does good. 00:09:59.899 --> 00:10:01.120 And then we have the two groups 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:02.159 that the Jewish people 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:02.979 divided into. 00:10:02.980 --> 00:10:04.060 Jew first, 00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:04.659 verse 9, 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:05.539 and also the Greek. 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:06.500 And repeats it again 00:10:06.500 --> 00:10:07.240 in verse 10. 00:10:07.700 --> 00:10:08.420 Jew first, 00:10:08.779 --> 00:10:10.279 and also the Greek. 00:10:12.639 --> 00:10:13.840 Christian and non-Christian, 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:15.220 those who know Jesus 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:16.200 and those who do not 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:17.420 are going to be judged. 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:19.360 Paul is building the case 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:20.259 that all people, 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:22.080 no matter who they are, 00:10:22.100 --> 00:10:23.379 from whatever walk of life, 00:10:23.580 --> 00:10:24.139 are guilty 00:10:24.139 --> 00:10:25.159 and will be judged. 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:27.279 The man who lives in the city 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:29.200 who used to go to church. 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:31.259 The woman who works in a church. 00:10:31.259 --> 00:10:34.000 The homeless guy in Gainesville. 00:10:34.439 --> 00:10:35.919 The teacher who is an atheist. 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:37.639 The tribe in Indonesia 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:38.600 who has never heard Jesus 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:39.319 or the gospel. 00:10:39.860 --> 00:10:41.279 The cello player in Italy. 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:42.639 Mother Teresa. 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:43.519 Adolf Hitler. 00:10:43.700 --> 00:10:44.340 John Calvin. 00:10:44.500 --> 00:10:46.159 All will be judged. 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:47.919 You and me. 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:50.080 And without Christ, 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:51.319 we will be found guilty. 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:53.340 And must be punished 00:10:53.340 --> 00:10:55.340 like the sons of Brutus the Elder. 00:10:55.340 --> 00:10:55.420 Father. 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:59.620 This is where we are. 00:10:59.940 --> 00:11:01.259 So two big observations. 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:02.600 Judgment is inevitable. 00:11:02.780 --> 00:11:03.600 It's going to happen. 00:11:05.920 --> 00:11:06.320 Second, 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:07.340 judgment will be made 00:11:07.340 --> 00:11:08.220 on all people. 00:11:09.280 --> 00:11:09.940 But thirdly, 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:11.000 where I kind of want to stay, 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:12.080 where we're going to kind of 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:13.060 camp out this morning, 00:11:13.700 --> 00:11:15.379 judgment will be based 00:11:15.379 --> 00:11:16.920 on works. 00:11:17.800 --> 00:11:18.920 Judgment will be based 00:11:18.920 --> 00:11:19.960 on works. 00:11:20.620 --> 00:11:22.660 Verse 6 of chapter 2 says, 00:11:22.659 --> 00:11:24.539 He will render to each one 00:11:24.539 --> 00:11:27.219 according to his works. 00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:29.539 Now, if you were just 00:11:29.539 --> 00:11:30.519 to say this verse, 00:11:30.939 --> 00:11:32.039 if you were just to say it 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:33.039 just the same way 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:33.919 that I read it to you, 00:11:34.179 --> 00:11:35.480 just that verse, 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:37.059 you could build 00:11:37.059 --> 00:11:38.539 a works-based theology 00:11:38.539 --> 00:11:40.240 out of these ten words. 00:11:40.959 --> 00:11:41.620 No doubt. 00:11:42.459 --> 00:11:43.539 He will render each one 00:11:43.539 --> 00:11:44.759 according to his works. 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:46.980 You could build 00:11:46.980 --> 00:11:48.000 a teaching out of it 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:51.159 and it would be heresy. 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:52.799 And it would deem 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:54.240 the death and resurrection 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:55.620 of Jesus Christ pointless. 00:11:57.319 --> 00:11:58.600 If salvation 00:11:58.600 --> 00:11:59.939 was totally based 00:11:59.939 --> 00:12:01.240 on how good we could be, 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:04.379 of how many good things 00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:04.839 we could do, 00:12:04.939 --> 00:12:05.699 have the good things 00:12:05.699 --> 00:12:06.620 outweigh the bad, 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:08.379 then there would be no need 00:12:08.379 --> 00:12:09.939 for a substitutionary atonement. 00:12:10.019 --> 00:12:10.659 There would be no need 00:12:10.659 --> 00:12:11.719 for Jesus to die 00:12:11.719 --> 00:12:12.539 for our sins 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:13.719 because we could just 00:12:13.719 --> 00:12:15.240 live good and earn it. 00:12:15.819 --> 00:12:17.620 Live good and earn God's favor. 00:12:17.620 --> 00:12:17.700 Remember, 00:12:18.379 --> 00:12:21.519 in holding the atonement precious, 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:23.799 we are holding 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:24.799 to our depravity. 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:26.080 We're realizing 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:28.000 the reality of who we are 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:30.379 and our need of God's grace. 00:12:30.980 --> 00:12:31.980 And that is biblical. 00:12:33.580 --> 00:12:35.159 So, if that's not 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:36.340 what Paul is trying to say, 00:12:36.419 --> 00:12:37.480 what is he trying to say? 00:12:37.539 --> 00:12:38.899 Because, let's be honest, 00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:39.799 that sounds like 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:40.720 what he's saying is 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:42.720 if we just do good works, 00:12:43.139 --> 00:12:43.960 then we'll be judged 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:44.440 accordingly 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:45.220 and we'll make it. 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:48.580 In the context of Romans, 00:12:48.680 --> 00:12:48.840 though, 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:50.779 Paul is making a case 00:12:50.779 --> 00:12:51.759 that all mankind 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:53.639 have been cursed 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:54.660 from the Garden of Eden 00:12:54.660 --> 00:12:56.000 and each one of us 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:57.220 carry the guilt of sin. 00:12:58.340 --> 00:12:59.259 As we've gotten 00:12:59.259 --> 00:13:00.420 into chapter 2, 00:13:00.860 --> 00:13:02.519 he's left no one out. 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:06.560 Not a single person 00:13:06.560 --> 00:13:07.519 is without sin. 00:13:08.040 --> 00:13:08.879 And all of us 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:09.420 are in need 00:13:09.420 --> 00:13:10.379 of something miraculous 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:12.500 that we cannot do. 00:13:13.500 --> 00:13:14.340 Chapter 1, 00:13:14.340 --> 00:13:15.019 chapter 2, 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:15.639 and chapter 3 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:17.259 are all on a collision course 00:13:17.259 --> 00:13:18.240 for verse 21 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:19.100 of chapter 3. 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:20.840 They're all headed 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:22.340 to this one verse. 00:13:22.700 --> 00:13:23.160 And then Paul 00:13:23.160 --> 00:13:24.620 unfolds that one verse. 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:27.340 Look at chapter 3, 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:28.740 verses 11 and 12. 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:31.740 None is righteous. 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:33.500 No, not one. 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:34.560 No one understands. 00:13:34.700 --> 00:13:35.840 No one seeks God. 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:38.000 All have turned aside. 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:38.800 Together, 00:13:38.900 --> 00:13:40.000 they have become worthless. 00:13:41.139 --> 00:13:42.200 No one does good. 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:43.400 Not even one. 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:45.259 Verse 20. 00:13:46.059 --> 00:13:47.860 For by works of the law, 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:49.720 no human being 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:51.340 will be justified 00:13:51.340 --> 00:13:52.139 in his sight. 00:13:52.379 --> 00:13:54.519 So by works of the law, 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:55.360 by being good, 00:13:55.459 --> 00:13:56.139 no human being 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:56.740 will be justified 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:57.919 in his sight 00:13:57.919 --> 00:13:58.919 since through the laws 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:00.919 come knowledge of sin. 00:14:01.959 --> 00:14:02.879 And then we come 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:05.199 to verse 21 and 22. 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:07.639 But now, 00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:09.340 the righteousness of God 00:14:09.340 --> 00:14:10.620 has been manifested 00:14:10.620 --> 00:14:11.679 apart from the law. 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:12.959 the righteousness of God 00:14:12.959 --> 00:14:14.399 has been unfolded, 00:14:14.459 --> 00:14:16.879 has been made aware of, 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:18.439 has been laid out for us 00:14:18.439 --> 00:14:19.919 apart from the law, 00:14:20.019 --> 00:14:21.219 separated from the law. 00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:23.059 Although the law 00:14:23.059 --> 00:14:23.719 and prophets 00:14:23.719 --> 00:14:24.859 bear witness to it, 00:14:25.719 --> 00:14:27.139 the righteousness of God 00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:27.799 through faith 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:28.620 in Jesus Christ 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:30.459 for all who believe. 00:14:31.719 --> 00:14:32.759 This is where we're headed 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:35.419 in Romans chapter 2, 00:14:35.459 --> 00:14:36.500 verses 6 through 10. 00:14:36.859 --> 00:14:37.879 This is the context. 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:39.899 This is kind of where we sit. 00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:42.679 So now we have 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:43.639 what he's not saying. 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:44.720 In order to see 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:45.320 what he's saying, 00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:46.820 we need to bring it in 00:14:46.820 --> 00:14:47.360 a little bit. 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:49.320 Verse 6. 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:50.399 He will render to each one 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:51.639 according to his works. 00:14:52.439 --> 00:14:54.399 Judgment is based on works, 00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:56.840 but salvation is not. 00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:57.779 Okay? 00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:59.779 Judgment is based on works, 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:01.740 but salvation is not. 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:03.620 Salvation is secure in Christ, 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:05.059 is through Christ, 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:06.440 is for Christ. 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:08.240 What he's saying, 00:15:08.300 --> 00:15:09.480 what Paul is saying here, 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:11.160 is that our works 00:15:11.160 --> 00:15:12.260 will prove 00:15:12.260 --> 00:15:13.460 which group we're in. 00:15:13.520 --> 00:15:14.380 They'll prove 00:15:14.380 --> 00:15:15.620 what team we're on, 00:15:15.680 --> 00:15:16.300 so to speak. 00:15:16.880 --> 00:15:17.740 Our works 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:19.160 will show the world 00:15:19.160 --> 00:15:20.420 who we belong to. 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:21.420 What Paul has done 00:15:21.420 --> 00:15:22.040 is he's basically 00:15:22.040 --> 00:15:23.820 put a giant poster board 00:15:23.820 --> 00:15:25.100 or a giant white board up, 00:15:25.420 --> 00:15:27.160 drawn a line down the middle 00:15:27.160 --> 00:15:27.580 and said, 00:15:27.660 --> 00:15:28.520 here's team one, 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:29.380 believer, 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:30.560 here's team two, 00:15:30.820 --> 00:15:31.420 non-believer, 00:15:31.420 --> 00:15:32.540 and your works 00:15:32.540 --> 00:15:33.660 are going to prove 00:15:33.660 --> 00:15:34.640 which side you're on. 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:36.620 That's what Paul has done here 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:38.059 and laid it out for us. 00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.980 As definite 00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:43.939 as God's judgment is, 00:15:44.699 --> 00:15:45.539 our works 00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:46.819 are just as definite 00:15:46.819 --> 00:15:47.539 in determining 00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:48.980 who we are in Christ 00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:50.639 or with Christ. 00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:53.399 It doesn't matter. 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:56.240 It's that definite. 00:15:57.439 --> 00:15:57.759 Now, 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.519 this shouldn't shock 00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:59.259 any of us. 00:16:00.019 --> 00:16:00.879 In Matthew 7, 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:02.620 Jesus teaches on false prophets 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:04.299 and says in verse 16 00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:05.159 and repeats it again 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:05.860 in verse 20, 00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:07.759 you will recognize them 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.600 by their fruit. 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:09.840 Now, 00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:10.860 this is regarding 00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.899 false prophets, 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:13.519 but the same is true 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:14.439 for those who do good, 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:15.019 who seek, 00:16:15.439 --> 00:16:16.220 as verse 6 says, 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:16.860 for glory 00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.720 and honor 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:18.700 and immortality. 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:20.220 You will know them. 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:21.700 You will recognize them 00:16:21.700 --> 00:16:22.840 by their fruit. 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.620 And the idea 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:26.139 of doing good works 00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:27.480 is an idea 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.379 that's been preached 00:16:28.379 --> 00:16:29.279 since the beginning 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:30.100 of the church 00:16:30.100 --> 00:16:31.539 because it's been 00:16:31.539 --> 00:16:32.980 in the word of God. 00:16:33.839 --> 00:16:35.220 Ephesians 2.10 says, 00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:37.240 for we are his workmanship. 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:38.620 Listen to this. 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:40.459 Created in Christ Jesus 00:16:40.459 --> 00:16:42.720 for good works, 00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:45.259 which God prepared beforehand 00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:47.139 that we should walk in them. 00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:48.980 So we were created 00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.720 in Christ Jesus 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:50.600 for good works. 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:53.579 Philippians 2.12 and 13 says, 00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:54.100 therefore, 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.819 my beloved, 00:16:55.339 --> 00:16:56.899 as you have always obeyed, 00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.379 so now, 00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:58.819 not only as in my presence, 00:16:58.820 --> 00:16:59.700 but much more 00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:00.500 in my absence, 00:17:01.340 --> 00:17:02.980 work out your own salvation 00:17:02.980 --> 00:17:03.860 with fear and trembling. 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.519 For it is God 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.740 who works in you 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:07.960 both to will 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.460 and to work 00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:10.259 for his good pleasure. 00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:11.140 The twist, 00:17:11.539 --> 00:17:12.180 the mistake, 00:17:13.500 --> 00:17:14.680 is when people 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.539 take verse 6 00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:16.259 of Romans 2 00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:17.200 out of context 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.500 or take Ephesians 2.10 00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:20.700 without reading 00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:22.039 Ephesians 2.8 and 9. 00:17:22.120 --> 00:17:22.620 For by grace 00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:23.320 you have been saved, 00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:24.420 not by works. 00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:29.400 We as believers 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:31.519 have a responsibility 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.500 to do good. 00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:34.600 To live as if our lives 00:17:34.600 --> 00:17:35.519 have been changed. 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:37.080 Because guys, 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.620 our lives have been changed. 00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:41.000 The gospel doesn't just 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.720 change your heart. 00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:42.420 This doesn't give you 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:42.920 a new heart. 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:44.039 The gospel changes 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:45.039 a life. 00:17:46.060 --> 00:17:47.160 It changes the life 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:47.779 to the point that 00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:49.060 things you used to do, 00:17:49.120 --> 00:17:49.759 you don't do. 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.900 Decisions you made, 00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:52.759 you make no more. 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:55.539 Your want-tos change. 00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:58.099 See, when the Bible 00:17:58.099 --> 00:17:59.180 talks about the heart, 00:17:59.440 --> 00:17:59.960 for example, 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.400 Matthew 22.37 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:02.220 where Jesus says, 00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.119 You shall love 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:03.859 the Lord your God 00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:05.059 with all of your heart, 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:06.440 with all of your soul, 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:07.440 and with all of your mind. 00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:08.920 He's not talking about 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:09.740 an organ the size 00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.460 of your fist. 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:12.779 He's talking about 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.259 your gut, 00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:14.119 your inner person. 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.079 What makes you 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.859 who you are? 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:18.119 What causes you 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:19.220 to make the decisions 00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:20.019 that you make? 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:20.920 And the gospel 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:22.460 transforms that heart. 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:26.960 So as verse 6 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:28.519 reads in Romans chapter 2, 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:29.559 He will render to each one 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.680 according to his works. 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:32.460 The gospel transforms 00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:33.660 a life so that our works 00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:34.859 then are different 00:18:34.859 --> 00:18:36.319 than what they used to be. 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:39.440 And we'll be okay 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:40.740 with being judged 00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:42.200 by our works. 00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:43.960 Another observation 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:45.279 that we need to be clear on 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.599 is that there is 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:47.319 a distinction 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:48.379 or a division 00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:49.099 between teams. 00:18:49.099 --> 00:18:49.719 And I've kind of 00:18:49.719 --> 00:18:50.659 highlighted that 00:18:50.659 --> 00:18:52.879 with the whiteboard example. 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:54.980 You're on one team 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.480 or another. 00:18:57.679 --> 00:18:58.319 That's it. 00:18:58.879 --> 00:19:00.419 Christian or non-Christian. 00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:02.000 Righteous or unrighteous. 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:05.539 You cannot live both lives. 00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:08.439 If you have a new heart, 00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.579 you are a new creation, 00:19:09.719 --> 00:19:11.500 as 2 Corinthians 5 tells us. 00:19:11.500 --> 00:19:15.480 Matthew 6, 24 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.819 in the Sermon on the Mount. 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:18.680 I love the Sermon on the Mount. 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.480 I don't know if you've noticed 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:20.680 how many references 00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:22.240 we've had going through Romans 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:23.359 in the Sermon on the Mount, 00:19:23.420 --> 00:19:24.180 but it's incredible. 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:26.039 624 says, 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:27.659 you cannot serve two masters. 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:29.759 You can't do it. 00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:31.099 It cannot be done. 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:33.559 And it's your works 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.279 that tells us 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:35.579 which master you serve. 00:19:37.619 --> 00:19:38.019 Now, 00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:39.059 this does not mean 00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:40.599 that we'll live perfect lives. 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:42.259 It does not mean 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:43.359 that we'll be perfect. 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.639 But it means that we try. 00:19:47.339 --> 00:19:48.000 It means that we 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:50.339 were convicted of our sin 00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.779 and we repent of that sin 00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:53.139 and we continue down that road. 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:55.259 Turn to 1 Timothy 4. 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:58.659 This is a small observation, 00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.759 but it communicates 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.899 what I'm trying to say here. 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:03.519 In chapter 4, 00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:04.779 Paul is giving Timothy 00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.720 some instructions 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:10.139 of being to a young pastor. 00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:13.119 He gives these instructions 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:14.819 starting in verse 12. 00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:18.920 In 1 Timothy 4, 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:20.960 let no one despise you 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.720 for your youth, 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:24.200 but set the believer 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:25.440 an example in speech 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:26.000 and conduct 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:26.480 and love 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.400 and faith and purity. 00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.740 Until I come, 00:20:28.840 --> 00:20:29.460 devote yourself 00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.320 to the public reading 00:20:30.320 --> 00:20:30.840 of Scripture, 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.980 to exhortation, 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.559 to teaching. 00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:35.160 Do not neglect 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:36.019 the gift you have 00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:37.279 which has been given you 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:38.059 by the prophecy 00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:39.519 when the council of elders 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:40.900 laid their hands on you. 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.460 Practice these things. 00:20:42.820 --> 00:20:44.180 Immerse yourself in them 00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:45.580 so that all 00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:47.440 may see your progress. 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:49.500 Praise God 00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.059 that doesn't say 00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:51.539 all may see your perfection. 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:53.119 all may see your 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:55.240 perfect life. 00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:57.359 No, it's your progress. 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:00.740 It's a small observation, 00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:02.839 but even Timothy, 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.720 who was a pastor, 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:06.299 who Paul discipled and led, 00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:08.220 was not going to be perfect. 00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:08.920 And you and I 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.839 are not going to be perfect. 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:11.700 But we can progress 00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.980 down this road 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:15.639 of the Spirit 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:17.880 and having a new life 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.680 and a new heart. 00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:21.120 So if there's division, 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.640 if there's a distinction 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:23.600 between the two teams, 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.440 let's look at 00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:26.280 what makes that division up. 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:28.680 Back to Romans chapter 2. 00:21:30.280 --> 00:21:31.660 So the first group, 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.280 we're going to say 00:21:32.280 --> 00:21:33.160 the first group is 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:33.840 the righteous, 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.520 the Christians. 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:36.800 And these distinctions 00:21:36.800 --> 00:21:38.120 are found in verse 7 00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:38.900 and verse 10. 00:21:41.020 --> 00:21:42.900 To those who by patience 00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.580 and well-doing 00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:44.560 seek for glory 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.559 and honor 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.619 and immortality 00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.299 you will give 00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.159 eternal life. 00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:49.200 Verse 10, 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:50.220 but glory and honor 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.599 and peace 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.779 for everyone who does good. 00:21:52.379 --> 00:21:53.179 The Jew first, 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.639 also the Greek. 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.720 So verse 7, 00:21:56.119 --> 00:21:56.839 by patience 00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:57.919 in doing good. 00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.419 Patience, 00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:00.079 one of the fruit 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.619 of the Spirit. 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.619 So God's Spirit 00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:02.799 is on our lives. 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.639 Patience 00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:04.519 in well-doing 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.759 and doing good. 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:07.279 Seek glory. 00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.379 Sounds selfish, 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.440 but it's God's glory 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.159 that we seek. 00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.519 His glory will be 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.359 our desire. 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.839 And it should be 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.819 our highest desire. 00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:17.819 Verse 7, 00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.399 again, 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.519 seek honor. 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.919 Not the honor 00:22:21.919 --> 00:22:22.740 we'll receive here 00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.179 on earth 00:22:23.179 --> 00:22:23.639 because that 00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:25.339 feeds my flesh. 00:22:25.439 --> 00:22:26.119 That feeds my 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:28.599 desire to please people. 00:22:29.399 --> 00:22:31.220 Even as I'm standing up here. 00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:34.220 But to not the honor 00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.879 that we'll receive 00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.439 here on earth 00:22:35.439 --> 00:22:35.859 from men, 00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:36.419 but the honor 00:22:36.419 --> 00:22:36.980 from God, 00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:38.359 like in Matthew 25, 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:38.799 21, 00:22:38.979 --> 00:22:39.439 where he says, 00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.019 well done, 00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.839 good and faithful servant. 00:22:42.459 --> 00:22:43.839 That will be our desire. 00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:44.699 That will be our goal. 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:46.399 That will be what we seek for. 00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.779 Again, 00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.359 in verse 7, 00:22:48.399 --> 00:22:49.740 we'll seek immortality. 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:52.339 First Corinthians 15, 00:22:52.419 --> 00:22:53.500 53 says, 00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:55.319 when it's perishable body 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.839 must put on the imperishable 00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:58.199 and this mortal body 00:22:58.199 --> 00:22:59.759 must put on immortality. 00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.919 The end result 00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:03.319 of our final perfection. 00:23:05.959 --> 00:23:07.899 Verse 7 says, 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:09.980 God will give eternal life. 00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:12.960 Now guys, 00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:15.420 that's a simple term, 00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:17.980 but born again or not, 00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:19.180 Christian or not, 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.860 we're all going to have 00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.559 eternal life. 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:22.519 It's where that eternal life 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.079 is going to be. 00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:25.120 Are we going to be with Christ? 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.099 Are we going to be honoring 00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:27.319 and worshiping Him alone? 00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:29.539 Are we going to be in torment? 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.099 As we'll see here 00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.960 in a few minutes. 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.960 Verse 10, 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:36.339 glory and honor and peace. 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:38.579 And we will seek these things 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.420 with our lives. 00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:41.099 And through our works, 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.860 God will give them 00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.880 to those who do them. 00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:46.400 So that's the first group. 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.000 The second group, 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.120 the characteristics 00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:50.620 of the unrighteous, 00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.860 the non-Christian. 00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:53.180 These are found in verse 8 00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.400 and verse 9. 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:57.200 But for those who are self-seeking 00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:59.519 and do not obey the truth, 00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.819 but obey unrighteousness, 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.819 there will be wrath and fury. 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.579 There will be tribulation 00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.160 and distress 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:06.480 for every human being 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.279 who does evil. 00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.660 The Jew first 00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:10.600 and also the Greek. 00:24:11.800 --> 00:24:12.720 Self-seeking. 00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:15.019 Where yourself, 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.000 your desires, 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.340 your 00:24:16.340 --> 00:24:18.720 yourself, 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.600 I'll say that again, 00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:21.200 yourself is your God. 00:24:22.540 --> 00:24:24.440 If that is your God, 00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.740 then there's no room for God 00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:27.060 in your life. 00:24:28.540 --> 00:24:29.880 That person does 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:31.300 what pleases them. 00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:32.480 No matter what, 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.139 they worship 00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:34.559 whatever they feel like. 00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:37.299 Verse 8 says, 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.879 does not obey the truth. 00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:41.139 If a person only does 00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.940 what feels good 00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.879 and what they want, 00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.879 then the obvious outcome 00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:46.200 is not to obey anything 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.259 except themselves. 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.519 And of course, 00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.639 they're not going to obey God 00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.180 and they're not going to 00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.639 obey His truth. 00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.940 Rebellion and disobedience 00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.799 is at the root 00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.899 of the fall 00:24:58.899 --> 00:25:00.059 in Genesis chapter 3. 00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:02.220 You know, 00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.559 Galatians chapter 5 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.299 tells us the fruit 00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.779 of the Spirit, 00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.720 but it also tells us 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.619 the fruit of the flesh. 00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:08.720 It also gives us 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:10.639 a more exhaustive list 00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:12.799 of the fruit 00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.799 of the flesh. 00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.759 The outward 00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:16.139 working 00:25:16.139 --> 00:25:17.700 of the flesh. 00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.500 Verse 8 says, 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.319 they obey 00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.399 unrighteousness. 00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.740 As I've already said, 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.879 no one can serve 00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.519 two masters, 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:25.899 so 00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:27.740 you obey 00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.540 the other. 00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.420 A person is either 00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:30.820 righteous 00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.800 or unrighteous. 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.620 He's either godly 00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.360 or ungodly. 00:25:38.800 --> 00:25:39.880 Verse 8 says, 00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.480 wrath 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.600 and fury 00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:42.720 will come 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.700 to the unrighteous. 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.220 Wrath 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.360 signifies 00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:48.700 the strongest 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.940 kind of anger. 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.200 The strongest 00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.780 kind of anger 00:25:51.780 --> 00:25:52.820 when God's mercy 00:25:52.820 --> 00:25:53.380 and grace 00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:54.600 are fully removed 00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:55.780 or fully exhausted. 00:25:58.780 --> 00:25:59.420 Wrath. 00:26:00.260 --> 00:26:00.820 Fury. 00:26:01.780 --> 00:26:02.620 Another translation 00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.860 says indignation. 00:26:05.300 --> 00:26:05.820 The root 00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.320 was used 00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:07.360 to describe 00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:08.540 of a man's 00:26:08.540 --> 00:26:09.540 breathing violently 00:26:09.540 --> 00:26:10.280 while pursuing 00:26:10.280 --> 00:26:10.740 an enemy 00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.880 in great rage. 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:14.100 Breathing violently 00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:15.220 while pursuing 00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.700 an enemy 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.700 in great rage. 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.880 In Hebrews, 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:19.160 in the book of Hebrews, 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.660 it's used 00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.180 to describe 00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:20.820 Pharaoh's 00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.820 murderous 00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.540 fury 00:26:22.540 --> 00:26:23.320 at Moses. 00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.240 In Luke 4, 00:26:25.300 --> 00:26:25.600 it's used 00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:26.100 to describe 00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.600 the Jews 00:26:26.600 --> 00:26:27.200 in the synagogue 00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.320 in Nazareth 00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:28.680 who wanted 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.259 to throw 00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.960 Jesus off 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.460 a cliff. 00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:32.740 In Acts 19, 00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.420 it describes 00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.920 the pagan 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.519 Ephesians' 00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.100 reaction 00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:36.440 when he described 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:36.940 their idols 00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.840 as being worthless 00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.680 and no gods 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.240 at all. 00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.120 This fury 00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:42.040 will be released 00:26:42.040 --> 00:26:42.900 from God 00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:44.080 into or towards 00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:45.019 those who remain 00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:46.560 unrighteous. 00:26:47.800 --> 00:26:48.220 Verse 9 00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.720 tells us 00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.400 tribulation 00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.519 and distress. 00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.700 Tribulation 00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.160 and distress 00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:56.120 for every human 00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.819 being who does 00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.180 evil. 00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.220 The Jew first 00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.180 and also 00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.000 the Greek. 00:27:01.360 --> 00:27:01.839 Now guys, 00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:04.000 after last 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.799 spring, 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.680 we went through 00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:07.039 the book 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.660 of 1 Peter. 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.140 We know 00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.460 that there's 00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.779 going to be 00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.319 tribulation. 00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.980 We know 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.940 that believers 00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.559 and unbelievers 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.100 are going to 00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.380 suffer. 00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.440 Believers 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.039 especially 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.620 are going to 00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.039 suffer in 00:27:15.039 --> 00:27:15.600 this world. 00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.519 We know 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:17.900 this. 00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.759 But our 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.200 hope is 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:19.440 in the 00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.800 temporary 00:27:19.800 --> 00:27:20.220 nature 00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.560 of our 00:27:20.560 --> 00:27:20.980 suffering 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.600 that it 00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:22.019 ends. 00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.400 It comes 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.720 to a 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:22.940 point 00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.080 of 00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.480 ending. 00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.560 But for 00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:26.360 the unrighteous, 00:27:26.560 --> 00:27:26.940 it will 00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.640 never end. 00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:28.940 For the 00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.600 unrighteous, 00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:30.800 it will be 00:27:30.800 --> 00:27:31.660 eternal 00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.400 tribulation 00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.720 and distress. 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:34.920 The word 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.440 of distress 00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.340 literally means 00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:36.920 a narrow 00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.519 place 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:39.400 and used 00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.059 to describe 00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.660 solitary 00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.379 confinement. 00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:43.980 Solitary 00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.740 confinement is 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.279 described as 00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.639 one of the 00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:46.500 worst punishments 00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.039 for people 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.900 in prison. 00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.599 One of the 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.079 worst. 00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.980 Imagine, 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.779 guys, 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.759 imagine an 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.359 eternal 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:55.559 punishment 00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:57.139 that involves 00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.680 that same 00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.139 type of 00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.819 torture or 00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.440 distress 00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.460 without ever 00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.279 being lessened. 00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:02.759 that's 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:05.180 what happens. 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.740 That's what 00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.639 the people 00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.200 who do evil 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.599 are headed 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:07.920 to. 00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.960 For every 00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.440 human being 00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.960 who does 00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.500 evil. 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.299 So their 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.920 works 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:15.079 will prove 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.720 or their 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.139 judgment 00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.480 will be 00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.519 based on 00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:17.980 works. 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.480 So why 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.839 is this 00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.440 important for 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.759 us? 00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.519 Why do we 00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.019 need to know 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.759 any of this? 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.559 If we're a 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:26.859 Christian, 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.500 we can just 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.700 kind of glance 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.299 over this 00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.680 and say, 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.539 it doesn't 00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.259 concern me. 00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:33.639 I hope I've 00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.139 proved to you 00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.379 that it's 00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:34.700 important, 00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.159 but here's 00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:36.480 four things. 00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:38.299 The first 00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.700 thing is we 00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.139 need to know 00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.639 what group 00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.079 we're in. 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.159 We need to 00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:41.659 know what 00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:42.139 team we're 00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.480 on. 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.980 And our 00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.859 works will 00:28:45.859 --> 00:28:46.460 tell us. 00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.899 We need to 00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.180 know, 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.700 secondly, 00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.139 we need to 00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.839 know what 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.460 others look 00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.000 like on the 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.559 other team. 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.339 We need to 00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:55.680 know their 00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.579 works so 00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.139 that we can 00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:58.079 decide how to 00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.659 minister to 00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:58.879 them. 00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.519 And we 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.680 can help 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:00.980 them. 00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.779 Third thing, 00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.700 works are 00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.240 important, 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:08.460 but not so 00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.000 that they lead 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.839 to salvation. 00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:10.720 They're 00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.259 important because 00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.019 they prove 00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:13.059 salvation. 00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.879 They prove 00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.539 salvation. 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.240 And 00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.759 fourthly, 00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:20.619 why this is 00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.139 important is 00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.639 the gospel 00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.180 doesn't just 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.619 change a 00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:22.940 heart. 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.220 It changes 00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.779 the life. 00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:26.079 So if you're 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.599 truly born 00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.519 again and 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.039 you don't 00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.339 have a 00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.599 changed 00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.079 life, 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.579 I'd 00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.019 question the 00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.559 first part. 00:29:33.879 --> 00:29:34.379 James 00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:35.319 chapter 2 00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:36.579 verse 14 00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.659 through 26, 00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.779 James is 00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.339 laying out 00:29:39.339 --> 00:29:40.039 and basically 00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.559 saying that 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.159 faith without 00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:42.220 works is 00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:43.379 no faith 00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.859 at all. 00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.680 Faith without 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.200 works, in 00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.599 fact, is 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.099 dead. 00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.500 It does 00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.139 not exist. 00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.599 It does 00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.220 not live. 00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.960 So my 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.539 question for 00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.200 all of us, 00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:58.480 for everyone 00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.880 in here, 00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.100 does your 00:30:00.100 --> 00:30:01.299 works prove 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.059 your salvation 00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:03.900 or does 00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.420 your works 00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.340 prove that 00:30:05.340 --> 00:30:05.580 you are 00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:06.319 truly not 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.600 born again? 00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.519 Does your 00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.340 works prove 00:30:10.340 --> 00:30:11.039 your salvation 00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:12.519 or does 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.039 your works 00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.680 prove that 00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:13.920 you are 00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:15.200 truly not 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.740 born again? 00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.340 That's where 00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:17.740 the rubber 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.160 meets the 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.420 road. 00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:19.600 It's good 00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.080 to do good 00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.539 things. 00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.879 It is 00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:22.279 good to 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.779 be loving. 00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.139 It is 00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:24.440 good to 00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.159 be caring, 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:25.940 to have 00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.579 mercy on 00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:26.879 people, 00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.619 to be 00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.019 part of 00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.440 social 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.980 injustice 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:31.079 groups, 00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.379 and all 00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:32.720 that is 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.180 great. 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.460 But without 00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.700 Christ, it 00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.259 is worthless. 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.180 Without 00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:38.339 Christ, you're 00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:39.059 still doing 00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.539 evil. 00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.259 Tribulation 00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:45.960 and distress 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:47.700 is what's 00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:47.920 in your 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.259 future. 00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:51.319 we're 00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.740 going to 00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.400 be judged. 00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.000 Like 00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:57.059 the Roman 00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.519 Brutus 00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.940 the elder, 00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.279 justice 00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.599 will be 00:30:59.599 --> 00:30:59.839 given. 00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.019 His two 00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.400 sons 00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:02.980 deserved 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.240 it. 00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.379 They were 00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.980 conspiring 00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.559 to overthrow 00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.079 the government. 00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:06.839 They 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:08.019 committed a 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:09.180 crime and 00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.980 he followed 00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.440 through with 00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.940 justice. 00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.099 But 00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.740 unlike 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:15.119 Brutus 00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:15.559 the elder, 00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.180 mercy 00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.559 will be 00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:17.980 shown 00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:20.360 mercy 00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.720 will be 00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.059 shown. 00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.380 And so 00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.860 we can 00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.799 rejoice in 00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.380 reading through 00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.059 Romans chapter 00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.579 two and 00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.380 all of the 00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:27.700 word of 00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.019 God, 00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.620 because God 00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:31.120 is merciful. 00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:34.200 God is 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:35.360 just and 00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:35.860 he is 00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.620 right. 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.160 Let's 00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.460 pray. 00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.460 00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.519 pray. 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:47.460 Heavenly 00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.220 Father God, 00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:51.079 great are 00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.359 you, 00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.259 worthy of 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.920 all praise. 00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:55.220 Your grace 00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:55.500 and your 00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:55.960 mercy that 00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.240 you have 00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.700 shown me 00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:56.960 and that 00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.180 you have 00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.680 shown others 00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.059 in this 00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.379 room, 00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:59.379 sometimes 00:31:59.379 --> 00:32:02.139 leave me 00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:02.839 speechless. 00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:07.240 why? 00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:07.879 I don't 00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.159 know. 00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:11.980 Why do 00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.339 you love 00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.699 me so 00:32:12.699 --> 00:32:13.019 much? 00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.399 I don't 00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:14.519 know, 00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.779 but I'm 00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.279 thankful that 00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.619 you do. 00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.500 I'm thankful 00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.919 that you've 00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:17.319 given me 00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:18.379 your word 00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:20.179 and that I 00:32:20.179 --> 00:32:20.799 can rejoice 00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.299 in knowing 00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:22.959 that my 00:32:22.959 --> 00:32:23.579 works 00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.539 prove 00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.539 that I 00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.859 know you 00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.079 and that 00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.359 I'm your 00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.619 son. 00:32:28.199 --> 00:32:28.459 God, 00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:28.759 I pray 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.019 that you 00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.439 would move 00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:29.759 in this 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.000 room, 00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.279 that you 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.459 would penetrate 00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:31.960 the hardest 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.559 of hearts, 00:32:33.559 --> 00:32:34.299 that we 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.500 would leave 00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.279 here changed 00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.840 because you 00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:37.579 had spoken 00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.000 to us, 00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.259 you had 00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:39.019 touched us 00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.220 and you 00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.660 had taught 00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:39.960 us. 00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.240 God, 00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.779 be honored 00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.240 and pleased 00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.799 this morning. 00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.799 In Jesus' 00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.200 name, 00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.819 Amen. 00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:48.059 It's a time 00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.380 of our 00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.059 service where 00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:51.059 we worship 00:32:51.059 --> 00:32:52.840 by celebrating 00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.400 what Christ 00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:53.920 has done on 00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.460 the cross. 00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.500 We partake 00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.720 of the 00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.079 Lord's 00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.319 Supper. 00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.460 And guys, 00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.819 if you're not 00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.319 a believer, 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.860 if you are 00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.440 unrighteous, 00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:02.819 if you are 00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.220 part of 00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.799 team two, 00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.980 there's no 00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.640 reason for 00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:07.039 you to take 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.319 this. 00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.180 You're not 00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.680 celebrating 00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.059 anything. 00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.440 You're just 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.840 taking a 00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.240 drink of 00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.559 juice. 00:33:11.840 --> 00:33:12.160 But if 00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.440 you are 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:13.920 a Christian 00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.259 and are 00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.640 part of 00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.120 team one, 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.860 celebrate, 00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:16.880 rejoice, 00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:20.880 because Christ 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:22.000 has done 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.440 what no 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.940 man can 00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.220 do. 00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:40.559 a Christian 00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:40.559 00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:40.559 00:33:40.559 --> 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00:35:41.739 And as a mother stills her child, thou canst hush the ocean while, 00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:47.759 voice just waves obey thy will. 00:35:47.759 --> 00:36:00.859 When thou says to me, then be still, sovereign, sovereign of the sea, Savior, pilot me. 00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:29.139 And when at last I hear the shore and the fearful breaker's roar, 00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:40.920 which breaks me in the peaceful rest, then while leaning on thy breast, 00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:48.319 may I hear you say to me, I will pilot me. 00:36:48.320 --> 00:37:00.140 I will pilot me. 00:37:00.140 --> 00:37:00.140 00:37:00.140 --> 00:37:00.380 I will pilot me. 00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:16.200 I will pilot me. 00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:18.480 He was wounded for our transgressions. 00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:20.720 He was crushed for our iniquities. 00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:24.099 Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace. 00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:26.579 And with his stripes we are healed. 00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:29.460 All we like sheep have gone astray. 00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:31.920 We have turned everyone to his own way. 00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:36.599 And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:42.019 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:45.920 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, 00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:48.880 and whose spirit there is no deceit. 00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:51.019 This is the word of God. 00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:58.699 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:37:58.699 --> 00:38:00.880 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.500 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.659 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.199 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:04.599 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.679 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:05.679 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:05.679 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.679 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:08.679 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:08.679 00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.679 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.679 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:11.759 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:11.759 --> 00:38:12.759 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:12.759 --> 00:38:14.739 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.980 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:17.819 Blessed is the one who died of sin. 00:38:17.819 --> 00:38:18.960 Blessed is the one who died of sin.