WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.879 Please join me if you would in your copy of God's Word in Romans chapter 3. 00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:12.919 Our text for today's study will be Romans chapter 3 verses 21 through 31. 00:00:13.779 --> 00:00:21.600 We have spent quite a bit of time in our study of the book of Romans considering the guilt of all mankind. 00:00:22.880 --> 00:00:27.600 Paul begins making this case in chapter 1 and verse 18 where he states, 00:00:27.899 --> 00:00:35.719 For the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:42.780 And he concludes his case at verse 20 of last week's text in chapter 3. 00:00:43.740 --> 00:00:53.800 He wants to be so clear that anyone, whether Jewish, of Jewish descent or otherwise, lives under the curse of sin. 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:56.900 He says in Romans chapter 2 and verse 12, 00:00:57.100 --> 00:01:02.079 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law. 00:01:02.540 --> 00:01:07.200 And all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:15.780 I stated last week that he is doing all of this because this is the reasonable starting point from which to prove his thesis, 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:21.840 which we will look at thoroughly and repeatedly throughout the entirety of this letter, 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:25.880 in which he states in chapter 1 verse 16 and 17, 00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:32.420 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, 00:01:32.500 --> 00:01:35.340 to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 00:01:36.020 --> 00:01:40.680 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:45.320 as it is written, the righteous shall live by faith. 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:51.039 He is going to unpack that across all these chapters of the book of Romans. 00:01:51.899 --> 00:01:55.599 If you have been hearing anything that Paul is saying in these first three chapters, 00:01:55.759 --> 00:01:58.959 then you will understand that the unfortunate state of your soul, 00:01:59.099 --> 00:02:01.739 apart from the intervening work of Jesus Christ, 00:02:02.399 --> 00:02:07.459 is a desperate state because the wrath of God awaits you. 00:02:08.019 --> 00:02:10.139 And this is a frightful thing. 00:02:10.139 --> 00:02:13.139 And this is the due penalty for our sin. 00:02:13.279 --> 00:02:17.079 It's good and proper that God would punish rebellious people. 00:02:18.099 --> 00:02:25.759 All of mankind has a huge problem that only finds its remedy in the person and work of Jesus Christ. 00:02:27.259 --> 00:02:30.959 But praise be to God that we have reached the point in Paul's writing 00:02:30.959 --> 00:02:34.779 where he begins to unpack the good news of his thesis, 00:02:34.780 --> 00:02:40.280 now having spent such time on the bad news. 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:46.379 But we must know the bad news for the good news to be as good as it truly is. 00:02:47.659 --> 00:02:52.180 Martin Luther said of Romans chapter 3, verse 21 through 31, 00:02:52.900 --> 00:03:01.620 that it is the chief point and the very central place of the epistle and of the whole Bible. 00:03:01.620 --> 00:03:07.039 I do hope that you will engage with the text this morning to either, 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:11.520 number one, believe for the first time in the gospel of Jesus Christ 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:13.939 and find the remedy for your sinful state, 00:03:14.379 --> 00:03:18.700 or, number two, to be encouraged by the gospel of Jesus Christ 00:03:18.700 --> 00:03:22.480 and pressed into grateful service. 00:03:23.540 --> 00:03:25.240 So let's read the text together. 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:27.040 If you'll follow along with me before I read it, 00:03:27.200 --> 00:03:29.680 let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us. 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:32.599 It was written for his glory and our good, 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:36.040 so we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises 00:03:36.040 --> 00:03:38.159 and to obey its commands. 00:03:39.780 --> 00:03:40.420 Paul says, 00:03:40.419 --> 00:03:46.099 But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, 00:03:46.619 --> 00:03:49.539 although the law and the prophets bear witness to it. 00:03:50.219 --> 00:03:54.519 The righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. 00:03:55.279 --> 00:03:56.379 For there is no distinction. 00:03:57.179 --> 00:04:00.299 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God 00:04:00.299 --> 00:04:05.539 and are justified by his grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 00:04:05.539 --> 00:04:11.340 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood to be received by faith. 00:04:12.139 --> 00:04:14.139 This was to show God's righteousness, 00:04:14.500 --> 00:04:18.500 because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:21.759 It was to show his righteousness at the present time 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:26.560 so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:29.980 Then what becomes of our boasting? 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:31.600 It is excluded. 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:33.439 By what kind of law? 00:04:33.939 --> 00:04:34.980 By a law of works? 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:37.399 No, but by the law of faith. 00:04:38.280 --> 00:04:42.019 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:44.399 Or is God the God of Jews only? 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:46.699 Is he not the God of Gentiles also? 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:48.740 Yes, of Gentiles also, 00:04:49.139 --> 00:04:50.180 since God is one, 00:04:50.779 --> 00:04:53.240 who will justify the circumcised by faith 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:55.540 and the uncircumcised through faith. 00:04:56.500 --> 00:04:59.040 Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:00.980 By no means. 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:02.579 On the contrary, 00:05:03.220 --> 00:05:04.860 we uphold the law. 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:07.980 Now, this is a lot of text. 00:05:08.340 --> 00:05:12.360 And this morning I will divide the text into two halves, 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:15.240 each with some additional divisions. 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:18.639 We have quite a bit of ground to cover, 00:05:18.860 --> 00:05:21.120 so I'll move fairly quickly. 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:23.560 In fact, these 11 verses, 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:25.819 I think could have warranted three sermons. 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:28.959 It's kind of where my mind was settling in on it. 00:05:29.819 --> 00:05:32.680 But I'm going to take a sabbatical starting tomorrow 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:34.699 and we'll be gone for a month. 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:37.199 And I really want to finish chapter 3. 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:40.439 I really want to talk about the entirety of the text. 00:05:40.860 --> 00:05:43.160 And it would be really disjointed, I think, 00:05:43.220 --> 00:05:44.319 to only do a bit of it 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:48.639 and wait a whole month to pick back up on the rest of it. 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:50.000 And so I'm telling you all of this 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:52.659 so that you'll buckle in and get ready 00:05:52.659 --> 00:05:57.079 because we're going to move fairly quickly through the text. 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:00.120 So the two kind of simple divisions for the text, 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:02.339 number one is doctrine. 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:05.439 This is a good old puritanical division here. 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:09.779 Number one, doctrine, we find in verses 21 through 26. 00:06:10.019 --> 00:06:12.159 And number two, application, 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:16.780 which we find in verses 27 through the end of the chapter. 00:06:17.820 --> 00:06:21.340 So let's look first at the doctrine in the text. 00:06:22.080 --> 00:06:25.360 We see this phrase at the beginning of verse 21, 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:28.200 the righteousness of God, 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:31.300 which if you've been sitting in our teaching of Romans 00:06:31.300 --> 00:06:34.220 should sound familiar to you. 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:37.580 This exact phrasing, the righteousness of God. 00:06:37.579 --> 00:06:42.680 I hope that it sends off signals in your mind. 00:06:43.379 --> 00:06:44.279 Where have we heard it? 00:06:44.979 --> 00:06:47.319 Even just this morning, did we not hear it? 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:51.319 In Romans chapter 1 and verse 17. 00:06:51.740 --> 00:06:55.019 Verse 16, Paul says he's not ashamed of the gospel 00:06:55.019 --> 00:06:56.759 or he's proud of the gospel 00:06:56.759 --> 00:07:00.959 because it's the power of God for salvation. 00:07:01.299 --> 00:07:02.560 For, verse 17, 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:07.720 in it the righteousness of God is revealed 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:10.259 from faith for faith, right? 00:07:10.620 --> 00:07:12.819 So he's come back to this idea, right? 00:07:12.819 --> 00:07:15.439 He's continuing to explain what he means 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:18.540 by the righteousness of God. 00:07:19.899 --> 00:07:22.079 Paul has been laboring to tell us 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:26.879 why we cannot accomplish the righteousness required by God 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:29.000 so that we will seek to understand 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:32.800 that we need the righteousness of God. 00:07:33.779 --> 00:07:36.360 If that word for you is new, 00:07:36.980 --> 00:07:38.959 think right living. 00:07:40.719 --> 00:07:45.019 Perfect right living would be a way perhaps to say it. 00:07:45.779 --> 00:07:47.040 I will tell you this week 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:49.259 that my hands got pretty good 00:07:49.259 --> 00:07:50.959 at typing out the word righteousness. 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:54.240 I got as many times as I had to correct it. 00:07:54.339 --> 00:07:55.439 It's a more complicated word 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:56.740 than perhaps it needs to be, 00:07:56.740 --> 00:07:57.680 but it's a biblical word 00:07:57.680 --> 00:07:58.980 so we need to understand it. 00:07:59.220 --> 00:08:02.259 So think perfect right living. 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:04.740 We can't do this on our own. 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:06.240 We need a righteousness 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:10.460 that comes from outside ourselves. 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:12.900 A righteousness that Luther called 00:08:12.900 --> 00:08:14.720 an alien righteousness, 00:08:14.939 --> 00:08:17.240 a foreign righteousness. 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:20.060 But not just any. 00:08:21.220 --> 00:08:23.180 If we are to stand in the day of judgment, 00:08:23.180 --> 00:08:27.379 we will need a particular righteousness, 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:31.259 the righteousness of God. 00:08:32.220 --> 00:08:35.320 If we are to survive God's perfect judgment, 00:08:35.500 --> 00:08:37.840 then we must be perfect. 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:41.759 And we will not accomplish this of our own effort. 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:43.539 And, praise be to God, 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:45.240 we don't have to. 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:50.560 For we have and would utterly fail to do so. 00:08:51.620 --> 00:08:54.580 This consideration of the righteousness of God 00:08:54.580 --> 00:08:58.180 is salve to a weary soul. 00:08:58.179 --> 00:09:02.879 We all know that apart from the righteousness of God, 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:06.679 we are all guilty before God. 00:09:07.179 --> 00:09:10.000 Look up just a couple of verses from today's text, 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:11.419 verse 19 and 20. 00:09:12.359 --> 00:09:13.159 There Paul says, 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:16.500 Now we know that whatever the law says, 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:18.399 it speaks to those who are under the law 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:21.719 so that every mouth may be stopped 00:09:21.719 --> 00:09:26.419 and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 00:09:27.100 --> 00:09:28.120 For by works of the law, 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.699 no human being will be justified in his sight 00:09:30.699 --> 00:09:35.699 since through the law comes knowledge of sin. 00:09:35.700 --> 00:09:40.080 We have littles sitting in our hearing right now, 00:09:40.420 --> 00:09:42.080 and perhaps many of them 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:46.240 aren't really aware of their sinfulness. 00:09:46.980 --> 00:09:49.020 But if you are not a little, 00:09:49.940 --> 00:09:50.960 if you understand the things 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:52.500 that are coming out of my mouth right now, 00:09:52.580 --> 00:09:53.900 you are fully aware 00:09:53.900 --> 00:09:57.280 that you have done things that are wrong. 00:09:57.940 --> 00:09:59.720 You have been told that they are wrong, 00:09:59.920 --> 00:10:03.480 and you agree that they were wrong. 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:07.019 This is the way that the law serves us, 00:10:07.259 --> 00:10:10.420 to help us to know that we are sinners, 00:10:10.659 --> 00:10:12.300 to make evident our guilt, 00:10:12.500 --> 00:10:15.560 and to point us somewhere else, 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:18.420 to take us outside of ourselves, 00:10:18.420 --> 00:10:22.340 to look elsewhere for righteousness. 00:10:23.620 --> 00:10:27.680 It points us to the righteousness of God, 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:31.100 or we hope and pray that it does. 00:10:31.100 --> 00:10:34.659 In the first six verses of today's text, 00:10:34.820 --> 00:10:36.879 Paul tells us seven things 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:39.300 about the righteousness of God. 00:10:39.560 --> 00:10:41.220 So, those of you who are more familiar 00:10:41.220 --> 00:10:41.860 with my outlines, 00:10:41.980 --> 00:10:43.820 here we actually go. 00:10:43.980 --> 00:10:44.460 Number one, 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:46.240 and these will be brief. 00:10:46.860 --> 00:10:47.259 Number one, 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:48.460 the righteousness of God 00:10:48.460 --> 00:10:51.639 is not found in the law. 00:10:52.040 --> 00:10:53.379 First half of verse 21. 00:10:53.659 --> 00:10:55.340 Paul has repeated this quite a bit 00:10:55.340 --> 00:10:56.759 throughout the end of chapter 2, 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:58.100 and now he's saying it again. 00:10:58.100 --> 00:11:00.360 Now, the righteousness of God 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:04.680 has been manifested apart from the law. 00:11:04.940 --> 00:11:07.820 So, we have seen the righteousness of God, 00:11:07.920 --> 00:11:10.200 but it didn't come from the law. 00:11:10.300 --> 00:11:13.860 It came apart from the law. 00:11:14.700 --> 00:11:16.340 Now, this has been largely established 00:11:16.340 --> 00:11:17.460 over the past weeks 00:11:17.460 --> 00:11:19.600 and previous texts of Romans. 00:11:20.040 --> 00:11:22.720 We cannot be made righteous by the law 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:26.300 because we cannot keep the law. 00:11:27.040 --> 00:11:27.879 It's not possible 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:29.860 that we might have the righteousness of God 00:11:29.860 --> 00:11:32.960 because we inherited a nature. 00:11:33.680 --> 00:11:36.820 We are inclined to sin. 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:37.480 And as I've said, 00:11:37.560 --> 00:11:39.560 we all have. 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:42.660 Romans 3 and verse 10, 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:43.860 there Paul says, 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:46.340 none is righteous, 00:11:46.660 --> 00:11:49.379 no, not one. 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:52.100 So, this righteousness of God 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:56.220 is not found in keeping God's law. 00:11:58.019 --> 00:11:59.720 Second thing Paul tells us 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:00.980 about the righteousness of God 00:12:00.980 --> 00:12:02.759 is that it is spoken of 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:04.399 in the Old Testament. 00:12:05.500 --> 00:12:06.779 And there's an inclination in me 00:12:06.779 --> 00:12:08.200 to spend an entire week 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:10.379 on the last half of verse 21, 00:12:10.779 --> 00:12:12.240 but I won't. 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:14.039 I'm reigning it in for you. 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:14.940 But there he says, 00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:18.320 although the law and the prophets 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:19.279 bear witness, 00:12:20.139 --> 00:12:20.679 to it. 00:12:21.700 --> 00:12:23.659 And if you're looking at an ESV, 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:24.700 copy of God's Word, 00:12:24.779 --> 00:12:27.340 you will see law and prophets 00:12:27.340 --> 00:12:30.059 capitalized in the last half of verse 21, 00:12:30.419 --> 00:12:32.019 but law in lowercase 00:12:32.019 --> 00:12:33.840 in the first half. 00:12:34.820 --> 00:12:36.000 Why might the translators 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:37.159 have made this decision? 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:38.019 The Greek certainly 00:12:38.019 --> 00:12:40.759 wasn't capitalized or not. 00:12:41.700 --> 00:12:42.720 They did so because 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:44.259 Paul here is referring to 00:12:44.259 --> 00:12:46.279 the law as God's moral law 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:48.039 in the first part of verse 21, 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:49.279 but in the last part, 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:50.620 he's talking about the Scripture 00:12:50.620 --> 00:12:52.000 in total. 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:53.860 It's a very common phrase 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:56.899 to refer to the Bible of Paul's day 00:12:56.899 --> 00:13:00.459 as the law and the prophets. 00:13:00.460 --> 00:13:03.500 So the law doesn't serve 00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:05.019 our righteousness 00:13:05.019 --> 00:13:06.620 by keeping it, 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:07.860 but it does, 00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:08.519 the law, 00:13:08.780 --> 00:13:09.700 the Bible itself, 00:13:10.100 --> 00:13:12.080 bears witness to it, 00:13:12.220 --> 00:13:14.080 to the righteousness 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:15.500 of God. 00:13:16.560 --> 00:13:17.200 Specifically, 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:19.040 it bears witness 00:13:19.040 --> 00:13:21.340 to the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:13:21.340 --> 00:13:21.480 Christ, 00:13:21.899 --> 00:13:23.620 this righteousness 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:25.940 that's been manifested 00:13:25.940 --> 00:13:28.300 apart from the law. 00:13:28.660 --> 00:13:29.460 The God-man, 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:30.740 Jesus Christ, 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:32.620 who lived the life 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:34.200 that's required of us, 00:13:34.259 --> 00:13:35.519 that we might have 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:37.540 his righteousness. 00:13:37.800 --> 00:13:38.759 This is who the law 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:39.200 and prophets 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:40.820 bear witness to. 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:43.259 Jesus is the snake crusher 00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:45.000 of Genesis chapter 3. 00:13:45.580 --> 00:13:46.879 He is the Passover lamb 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:48.080 of Exodus 12. 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:49.860 He is the defeater 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:50.759 of our enemy 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:52.420 in 1 Samuel 17. 00:13:53.180 --> 00:13:55.020 He is the price paid 00:13:55.020 --> 00:13:55.720 for Gomer 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:58.040 in Hosea chapter 3. 00:13:58.740 --> 00:14:00.060 He is the greater Moses 00:14:00.060 --> 00:14:02.639 and the greater David. 00:14:03.379 --> 00:14:04.580 The whole of the Bible, 00:14:04.740 --> 00:14:05.360 I want to give you 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:06.460 a thousand more examples, 00:14:07.300 --> 00:14:09.259 is meant to press our minds 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:10.180 to the coming, 00:14:11.020 --> 00:14:12.120 now arrived, 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:14.140 and soon coming again 00:14:14.140 --> 00:14:16.120 King Jesus. 00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:18.299 of great value. 00:14:19.620 --> 00:14:20.159 And the Jews 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:21.560 of Paul's day 00:14:21.560 --> 00:14:23.360 loved the Scripture. 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:25.019 They tried to orient 00:14:25.019 --> 00:14:25.799 their lives by it. 00:14:25.820 --> 00:14:26.360 They thought that 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:27.419 in the Bible itself 00:14:27.419 --> 00:14:29.740 they might become righteous. 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:31.879 And Paul's unraveling 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:32.940 that for them. 00:14:33.019 --> 00:14:34.019 And I think in our day, 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:35.019 a people 00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:37.240 who have much 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:37.980 of the Bible 00:14:37.980 --> 00:14:40.100 access to it 00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:41.700 in many ways 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:43.080 and forms. 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:44.220 It's just incredible 00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:45.480 the way you can access 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:46.000 the Scripture. 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:47.539 in our day. 00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:49.580 That we would think 00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:50.360 that in them 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:52.120 we have righteousness 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:54.139 when they are pointing us 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:55.580 to Christ. 00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:58.259 Jesus said to the Pharisees 00:14:58.259 --> 00:14:59.220 in John chapter 5 00:14:59.220 --> 00:15:00.480 and verse 39, 00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:02.560 you search the Scriptures 00:15:02.560 --> 00:15:04.139 because you think 00:15:04.139 --> 00:15:04.919 that in them 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:05.700 you have 00:15:05.700 --> 00:15:08.019 eternal life. 00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:10.399 And he's not condemning 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:11.259 the search of the Scriptures. 00:15:11.419 --> 00:15:12.860 What a wonderful thing to do, 00:15:12.940 --> 00:15:14.060 to spend our lives 00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:15.879 in this text. 00:15:16.319 --> 00:15:16.919 But they thought 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:17.979 the text itself 00:15:17.979 --> 00:15:18.619 was providing 00:15:18.619 --> 00:15:19.719 eternal life for them 00:15:19.719 --> 00:15:21.699 and their feeble attempts 00:15:21.699 --> 00:15:22.679 to obey it. 00:15:23.219 --> 00:15:24.019 And he goes on to say, 00:15:24.119 --> 00:15:24.899 and it is they 00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:25.979 that bear witness 00:15:25.979 --> 00:15:28.099 about me. 00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:31.000 The law and the prophets 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:32.320 bear witness, 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.639 notice the phrasing 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:34.360 is the same, 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:35.600 to Christ 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.779 himself, 00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:37.659 the righteousness 00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:39.519 of God. 00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.680 The third thing 00:15:41.680 --> 00:15:42.180 that Paul says 00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:42.960 about the righteousness 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:43.420 of God 00:15:43.420 --> 00:15:44.440 is that it is granted 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:46.259 through faith. 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:46.639 You see this 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:47.240 in the first part 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:48.820 of verse 22. 00:15:49.680 --> 00:15:50.120 The righteousness 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:50.620 of God 00:15:50.620 --> 00:15:51.639 through faith 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:52.980 in Jesus Christ 00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:54.320 for all 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:55.680 who believe. 00:15:56.940 --> 00:15:57.659 I have stated 00:15:57.659 --> 00:15:58.360 and will state 00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:58.940 repeatedly 00:15:58.940 --> 00:15:59.680 that the theme 00:15:59.680 --> 00:16:00.259 of this letter 00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:01.440 is that we are justified 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:03.139 by grace alone 00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:04.279 through faith alone 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:05.519 in Jesus Christ 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.680 alone. 00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:08.500 It is by believing 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.500 in the person 00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:10.659 and the work 00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:11.740 of Jesus. 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:12.879 Both 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:14.420 who he is 00:16:14.420 --> 00:16:15.300 and the things 00:16:15.300 --> 00:16:16.259 that he accomplish 00:16:16.259 --> 00:16:17.899 that we have 00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.480 the record 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:19.120 of our sins 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:20.039 expunged 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:21.060 and are granted 00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:22.339 the righteousness 00:16:22.339 --> 00:16:23.459 of God. 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:25.059 Our guilt 00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:25.639 record 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.779 taken away, 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:27.919 Jesus paid the penalty 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.839 for that sin 00:16:28.839 --> 00:16:30.219 and he has given 00:16:30.219 --> 00:16:30.839 to us 00:16:30.839 --> 00:16:32.419 his perfect 00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.479 law keeping. 00:16:33.579 --> 00:16:33.979 This is that 00:16:33.979 --> 00:16:34.979 alien righteousness 00:16:34.979 --> 00:16:36.039 that we need 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:37.579 to stand before God 00:16:37.579 --> 00:16:38.899 in the day of judgment. 00:16:39.839 --> 00:16:41.039 You cannot merely 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:41.779 believe whatever 00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:43.079 you may want 00:16:43.079 --> 00:16:44.139 despite what our 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:45.519 pluralistic society 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:47.000 may tell you. 00:16:47.739 --> 00:16:48.839 If you are to be 00:16:48.839 --> 00:16:50.059 saved from God's wrath 00:16:50.059 --> 00:16:51.459 and reconcile to him, 00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:53.199 you must do so 00:16:53.199 --> 00:16:54.979 on his terms. 00:16:56.179 --> 00:16:57.239 Jesus says in John 00:16:57.239 --> 00:16:58.099 chapter 14 00:16:58.099 --> 00:16:59.079 and verse 6, 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:00.799 I am the way 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:02.619 and the truth 00:17:02.619 --> 00:17:04.039 and the life. 00:17:04.919 --> 00:17:05.759 No one 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.879 comes to the Father 00:17:06.879 --> 00:17:08.099 except 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:08.859 through 00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:09.679 me. 00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:10.599 What's he talking 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:11.139 about there? 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:13.440 Except by believing 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.799 in who I am 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.720 and what I have 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.359 accomplished 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.079 on behalf 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:18.480 of all those 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.079 who will 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:20.619 believe. 00:17:20.899 --> 00:17:21.559 So the righteousness 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:21.980 of God 00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.579 is granted 00:17:22.579 --> 00:17:24.259 through 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:25.639 faith. 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:27.599 Fourthly, 00:17:28.659 --> 00:17:29.199 the righteousness 00:17:29.199 --> 00:17:29.919 of God 00:17:29.919 --> 00:17:31.000 is not 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:32.240 partial. 00:17:33.379 --> 00:17:33.720 You see this 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.720 in verse 22, 00:17:34.859 --> 00:17:35.480 the last part, 00:17:35.659 --> 00:17:36.399 and into 00:17:36.399 --> 00:17:37.419 verse 23. 00:17:37.639 --> 00:17:38.339 There Paul says, 00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:39.460 for there is 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:40.399 no 00:17:40.399 --> 00:17:41.679 distinction. 00:17:42.379 --> 00:17:43.299 For all have 00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:43.839 sinned 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.720 and fall short 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:46.140 of the glory 00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:46.720 of God. 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.660 So regardless 00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:49.259 of your 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.480 ethnic identity 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:51.660 or nationality, 00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.860 no matter 00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:53.600 your background, 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:55.420 you are a son 00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:56.299 or daughter 00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:57.100 of Adam 00:17:57.100 --> 00:17:58.200 and therefore 00:17:58.200 --> 00:17:59.740 guilty of the 00:17:59.740 --> 00:18:00.360 sin of Adam 00:18:00.360 --> 00:18:01.940 and your own 00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.759 sin on top 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.240 of that. 00:18:04.120 --> 00:18:04.759 But, 00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:06.059 regardless 00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:06.960 of your ethnic 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.460 identity 00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:08.420 or nationality, 00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:09.640 no matter 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.460 your background, 00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:11.759 you can be 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.799 called a son 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:13.220 or daughter 00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:14.440 of God 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:15.980 by faith 00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:17.380 in a faithful 00:18:17.380 --> 00:18:18.799 older brother. 00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.220 There's no 00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:21.319 distinction made 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:22.400 by the free 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:23.019 offer of the 00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:24.299 gospel of 00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:25.000 Jesus Christ. 00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:25.920 It does not 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:26.960 matter from 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.620 where you 00:18:27.620 --> 00:18:28.240 came. 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:30.240 God created 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:31.100 you and he 00:18:31.100 --> 00:18:31.600 calls you to 00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:32.500 himself to 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.180 believe in the 00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:34.660 gospel of 00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:34.920 Jesus. 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:37.299 Fifthly, 00:18:37.339 --> 00:18:37.839 we see that 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.420 the righteousness 00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:39.440 of God is 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:40.920 acquired by 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:42.400 grace. 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:42.460 grace. 00:18:43.120 --> 00:18:43.700 It is 00:18:43.700 --> 00:18:44.960 acquired by 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.740 grace. 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.180 The first 00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:46.620 part of 00:18:46.620 --> 00:18:47.940 verse 24. 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:48.480 We are 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:49.160 justified. 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:49.660 There's that 00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:50.240 word I 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:51.000 explained a 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:51.600 moment ago. 00:18:51.820 --> 00:18:53.080 By his 00:18:53.080 --> 00:18:55.519 grace as 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.140 a gift. 00:18:57.580 --> 00:18:58.220 And the 00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:59.220 word grace 00:18:59.220 --> 00:19:00.420 means this 00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:01.820 free gifting 00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:02.660 of something 00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.200 for our 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.700 favor. 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:04.380 But Paul 00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:04.720 wants to be 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.120 sure that we 00:19:05.120 --> 00:19:06.140 understand that 00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:06.980 it is a 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:08.080 gift. 00:19:08.620 --> 00:19:09.019 We're 00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.960 justified by 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:10.779 his grace 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:12.160 as a 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.720 gift. 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:14.900 Justified by 00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:15.480 grace alone, 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:16.039 through faith 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.500 alone, 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:18.059 in Christ 00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.480 alone. 00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.579 This is not a 00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:21.019 thing that we 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.879 muster up on 00:19:21.879 --> 00:19:22.779 our own. 00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:24.200 Belief in the 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.639 gospel of 00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:25.339 Jesus Christ 00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:26.400 is a gift 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.019 that is 00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:28.859 granted to 00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:29.299 us. 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:30.240 Oh, that 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.680 God would 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.299 grant it to 00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:32.779 us all. 00:19:33.819 --> 00:19:34.299 Paul tells 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:34.920 elsewhere, 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:35.460 Ephesians 00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:36.180 chapter 2 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.639 and verse 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.420 8, for 00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.740 by grace 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.280 you have 00:19:39.280 --> 00:19:40.080 been saved 00:19:40.080 --> 00:19:41.120 through faith. 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.780 And this, 00:19:43.060 --> 00:19:43.620 he's referring 00:19:43.620 --> 00:19:44.040 there to the 00:19:44.040 --> 00:19:45.380 faith, is 00:19:45.380 --> 00:19:46.000 not your 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.720 own doing, 00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:48.220 it is the 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:50.180 gift of 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.580 God. 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:51.600 The gracious 00:19:51.600 --> 00:19:52.200 gift of 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.880 God is the 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.800 faith itself 00:19:53.800 --> 00:19:54.200 that we 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.940 would believe 00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.300 in the 00:19:55.300 --> 00:19:56.980 gospel of 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.720 Jesus Christ. 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:00.000 The sixth 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.360 thing that we 00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:00.840 learn from 00:20:00.840 --> 00:20:01.840 Paul about 00:20:01.840 --> 00:20:02.400 the righteousness 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:03.259 of God is 00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:04.020 that it is 00:20:04.020 --> 00:20:06.100 bought with 00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.679 a price. 00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.139 The last 00:20:08.139 --> 00:20:08.419 part of 00:20:08.419 --> 00:20:09.000 verse 24 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:09.480 says, 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:11.259 through the 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.939 redemption 00:20:11.939 --> 00:20:13.199 that is in 00:20:13.199 --> 00:20:15.259 Christ Jesus. 00:20:16.699 --> 00:20:16.939 Now, the 00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:17.500 word for 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.399 redemption was 00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:19.519 often used 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.339 of paying a 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:20.939 price to 00:20:20.939 --> 00:20:21.399 free a 00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:22.259 captive from 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.000 his captors 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:24.319 or to 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:24.699 free a 00:20:24.699 --> 00:20:26.419 slave from 00:20:26.419 --> 00:20:27.059 his master. 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.819 Often, the 00:20:28.819 --> 00:20:29.379 person who 00:20:29.379 --> 00:20:31.000 carried that 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.759 price was 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.480 called a 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:33.619 redeemer. 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.139 You may have 00:20:35.139 --> 00:20:35.500 heard of 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:35.940 Jesus being 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.480 called the 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.059 redeemer, and 00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:38.039 he is both 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.700 the redeemer 00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.660 and he is 00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:40.519 the redemption 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:43.279 price itself. 00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.700 We who 00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:46.940 once, or 00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.339 this morning 00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.319 perhaps are 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:50.180 enslaved to 00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:52.339 sin, held 00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:53.960 captive by the 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.740 ruler of this 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:56.779 world, Jesus 00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:58.920 has paid the 00:20:58.920 --> 00:20:59.839 penalty, paid 00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:02.039 the price that 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:02.819 we might be 00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:04.119 redeemed. 00:21:05.399 --> 00:21:06.039 Paul writes 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.579 in Colossians 00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.339 chapter 1 00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.319 verse 13 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.899 and following, 00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:10.579 Jesus has 00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.379 delivered us 00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:11.879 from the 00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:13.139 domain of 00:21:13.139 --> 00:21:14.799 darkness, the 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.819 ruling of 00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:17.299 darkness, and 00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.339 transferred us 00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:19.240 to the kingdom 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.899 of his beloved 00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:23.119 son, in whom 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:24.039 we have 00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:25.299 redemption, 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:26.879 the forgiveness 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:28.260 righteousness, of 00:21:28.260 --> 00:21:28.680 sins. 00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:31.660 Jesus paid the 00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.300 penalty for our 00:21:32.300 --> 00:21:33.340 sin with his 00:21:33.340 --> 00:21:35.920 own life, bearing 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.860 on our behalf 00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:38.120 all of the 00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:38.600 wrath that was 00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.860 due to our 00:21:39.860 --> 00:21:40.880 sin. 00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.220 The seventh 00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:44.020 thing that we 00:21:44.020 --> 00:21:44.980 learn, the 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.700 righteousness of 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:47.120 God is purchased 00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:49.000 by an atoning 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.880 sacrifice. 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:50.560 sacrifice. 00:21:51.520 --> 00:21:51.940 And we see 00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.380 this in verse 00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:54.700 25 and 26. 00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.820 Here Paul says 00:21:57.820 --> 00:21:58.420 that through the 00:21:58.420 --> 00:21:58.900 redemption that 00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.400 is in Christ 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:00.620 Jesus, whom 00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:02.720 God put forward 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.860 as a 00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:05.740 propitiation by 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.760 his blood to 00:22:06.760 --> 00:22:07.660 be received 00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:09.080 by faith. 00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:11.060 Propitiation, not 00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:12.000 an easy word to 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:13.300 say and not 00:22:13.300 --> 00:22:14.420 often used, but 00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:15.320 I hope it's a 00:22:15.320 --> 00:22:15.840 word that will 00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:17.260 be loved by 00:22:17.260 --> 00:22:18.220 you. 00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:19.240 A 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.200 propitiation. 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:21.880 The word 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:23.240 propitiation carries 00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.860 with it the 00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.940 idea of 00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:26.759 appeasement or 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:29.360 satisfaction of 00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:29.799 wrath. 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.559 Wrath that was 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:32.700 due us. 00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.539 Wrath that all 00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.500 those who die 00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.100 and stand before 00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:36.720 the judgment of 00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.940 God, apart from 00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:39.799 Christ, will 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:41.860 suffer eternal 00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:43.000 wrath for the 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:45.420 appeasement of 00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:45.720 God. 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.799 God is 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:49.919 just and he 00:22:49.919 --> 00:22:50.839 is right to 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:52.319 punish sin. 00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:53.940 The Bible 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:55.299 speaks much of 00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:56.220 this judgment and 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.960 of the wrath of 00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.279 God. 00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.599 We see it in 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.379 Revelation chapter 00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:01.960 14 verse 17 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.899 and following. 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:04.099 John's vision, he 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:05.000 says, then another 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:06.159 angel came out of 00:23:06.159 --> 00:23:06.799 the temple in 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:08.339 heaven and he 00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:09.480 too had a sharp 00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.180 sickle. 00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.559 And another 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.440 angel came out 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.019 from the altar, 00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.859 the angel who 00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.799 has authority over 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.720 the fire, and he 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.599 called with a loud 00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.339 voice to the one 00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.039 who had the sharp 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.539 sickle. 00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:20.079 Put in your 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:21.099 sickle and gather 00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:22.259 the clusters from 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.159 the vine of the 00:23:23.159 --> 00:23:24.559 earth, for its 00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:26.579 grapes are ripe. 00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.319 So the angel 00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:29.379 swung his sickle 00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:30.079 across the earth 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.819 and gathered the 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.559 great harvest of 00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.039 the earth and 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.000 threw it into the 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.939 great winepress of 00:23:34.939 --> 00:23:37.199 the wrath of God. 00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:39.080 God, I think that 00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:39.860 should make all of 00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.680 us shudder. 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:43.740 The idea of us as 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:45.279 grapes being placed 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.740 in a winepress. 00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:49.200 Grapes do not 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.960 stand up to the 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.400 pressure of a 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:53.039 winepress. 00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:55.140 No grape has 00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:56.100 ever willed itself 00:23:56.100 --> 00:23:57.340 out of a winepress 00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:58.440 or pressed back 00:23:58.440 --> 00:24:00.019 against the 00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:01.580 smooshing of the 00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:01.880 grape. 00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.700 And then verse 20 00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.700 says, and the 00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:06.019 winepress was 00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:07.299 trodden outside 00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.900 the city and 00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:11.660 blood flowed from 00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.380 the winepress. 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.240 John's vision 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.180 turns off the 00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.840 metaphor to be 00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.940 very clear about 00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:18.580 what is meant 00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:20.620 by this judgment. 00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.720 Those who are 00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:23.180 not saved in 00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:25.120 Christ will be 00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:26.600 destroyed and 00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.400 will be destroyed 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.700 forever, 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.420 forever, 00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.160 continually, 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.180 forever, 00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:33.299 to appease the 00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:35.000 wrath of God. 00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.960 But rather, 00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.640 in Christ, 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.660 we have Christ 00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.680 as a 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.740 propitiation, 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.559 a satisfier of 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.620 God's wrath 00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:45.279 for us. 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.319 So that when we 00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.860 stand in the 00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.180 judgment, 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:50.039 and we declare 00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.840 not a righteousness 00:24:50.840 --> 00:24:51.759 of our own, 00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.539 but a righteousness 00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.680 that is Christ 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.500 that's granted 00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.779 to us, 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:59.359 God doesn't 00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.559 punish our 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.799 sin in 00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.379 us, 00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:04.200 because he 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.059 already punished 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:06.460 it in 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.940 Christ. 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.700 See, 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:10.079 Paul goes on 00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.539 to say, 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.519 this, 00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.759 this putting 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.339 forth of 00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.960 Christ as the 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.720 propitiation, 00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.440 was to show 00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:17.740 God's righteousness, 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.399 his right 00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:19.960 living, 00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.819 right keeping, 00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:22.299 because in 00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.139 his divine 00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:24.220 forbearance, 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.379 he had 00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.380 passed over 00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:28.200 former sins. 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.360 What Paul is 00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:30.000 referring there 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.840 is to people 00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:32.100 who were 00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:33.160 saved in 00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.940 Christ because 00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.520 they placed 00:25:34.520 --> 00:25:35.220 hope that 00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:36.020 somehow 00:25:36.020 --> 00:25:38.540 the sacrificial 00:25:38.540 --> 00:25:39.220 system, 00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.320 the slaying of 00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:40.880 lambs and 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.420 bulls and 00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:41.680 goats, 00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:43.220 somehow was 00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:44.680 covering their 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.040 sin. 00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.800 They believed 00:25:45.800 --> 00:25:46.920 in future 00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.960 promise. 00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.760 Also, 00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.280 it was to show 00:25:52.280 --> 00:25:52.780 his righteousness 00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:53.860 at the present 00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.440 time, 00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.660 so that 00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:55.960 he might 00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:57.059 be just, 00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.240 that he 00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:59.100 might rightly 00:25:59.100 --> 00:25:59.940 punish sin, 00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:01.559 and the 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.340 justifier, 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.480 the one who 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:03.860 declares 00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.480 righteous, 00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:06.019 of the one 00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.519 who has 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:08.440 faith in 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.759 Jesus. 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.500 And this is 00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:10.820 such an 00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.440 important thing 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.180 to understand, 00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.920 that God 00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.380 does not 00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.480 merely dismiss 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.160 our sin, 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.460 right? 00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.880 He doesn't 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.500 just overlook 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.980 it and say, 00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:19.240 well, 00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.140 it's okay, 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.279 because it's 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.860 not okay. 00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:23.019 if God 00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.459 is to be a 00:26:23.459 --> 00:26:24.199 just judge, 00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:25.079 he must 00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.919 punish 00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:27.019 our sin. 00:26:29.179 --> 00:26:29.779 If we 00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.079 are to not 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.599 be punished 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.299 forever for 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.859 our sin, 00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.740 somehow God 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.419 has to punish 00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:35.579 our sin. 00:26:36.699 --> 00:26:37.279 How does 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.779 he do it? 00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:39.399 By putting 00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:40.519 forth Jesus 00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:42.199 Christ as a 00:26:42.199 --> 00:26:42.919 propitiation. 00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.719 The God 00:26:44.719 --> 00:26:45.000 man, 00:26:45.639 --> 00:26:46.399 Jesus Christ, 00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:47.479 bearing the 00:26:47.479 --> 00:26:48.059 wrath of God 00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.879 on our behalf 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:50.240 on the cross. 00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.180 All of 00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.840 God's wrath 00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:54.100 poured out 00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.760 on him 00:26:54.760 --> 00:26:56.020 that we 00:26:56.020 --> 00:26:57.100 might have 00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.500 our sins 00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.260 expunged 00:26:58.260 --> 00:26:58.640 and his 00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.040 righteousness 00:26:59.040 --> 00:27:00.840 given to 00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:01.160 us. 00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.560 I once 00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:03.880 heard this 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.520 great analogy. 00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:04.940 If you've 00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.200 been here 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.460 long, 00:27:05.520 --> 00:27:05.760 you've heard 00:27:05.760 --> 00:27:06.100 it before. 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.640 I hope it 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.700 won't bother 00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.140 you much 00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.720 to hear it 00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.860 again. 00:27:11.080 --> 00:27:11.520 Of 00:27:11.520 --> 00:27:12.120 imagining 00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.820 God's 00:27:12.820 --> 00:27:13.180 wrath, 00:27:13.260 --> 00:27:14.060 his eternal 00:27:14.060 --> 00:27:15.000 wrath that 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.520 is due 00:27:15.520 --> 00:27:16.940 our sin, 00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:18.420 by imagining 00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:18.820 that you're 00:27:18.820 --> 00:27:19.940 standing in 00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.539 a dry river 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.160 bed at the 00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.860 bottom of 00:27:21.860 --> 00:27:22.799 a massive 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.799 dam. 00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.120 And this 00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.640 dam is 00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.500 holding back 00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.840 immense amounts 00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.240 of water. 00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:28.840 The dam is 00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.840 so tall that 00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.220 you can't 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.600 see the 00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:30.960 height of 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.160 it, 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.200 and it's 00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.920 so wide 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.240 to either 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.820 direction that 00:27:33.820 --> 00:27:34.340 you can't 00:27:34.340 --> 00:27:35.420 see the 00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:35.920 end of it, 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.240 and you 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.880 know it 00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.799 holds back 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:39.019 a crushing 00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:40.500 weight. 00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.019 And as you 00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.539 stand there 00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:42.880 and you 00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.340 peer up at 00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:43.700 this and 00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.420 you consider 00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.500 the weight 00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.900 of the 00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.559 water behind 00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.160 this dam, 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.680 it begins 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.380 to crack 00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:48.900 and suddenly 00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.480 it bursts 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.980 forth. 00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.440 And all 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:51.759 of that 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.500 water comes 00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.460 bearing down 00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.119 on you. 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.119 You're not 00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:56.279 going to 00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.799 outrun this 00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.099 water. 00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:57.559 There's 00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.240 nothing that 00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.460 you're going 00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:58.779 to be able 00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.420 to do 00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.559 to escape 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.880 from the 00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.180 crushing 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.019 weight of 00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.960 this water. 00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.579 And just 00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.119 as it's 00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.420 about to 00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:05.880 crush you, 00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:07.099 you close 00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.579 your eyes, 00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:08.779 you're ready 00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.220 to take it 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.500 on, 00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.859 a hole 00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.480 opens up 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.019 in front 00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.319 of you, 00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.440 and all 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.720 of that 00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.299 water goes 00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:15.140 rushing to 00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:15.820 your amazement 00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:16.400 into this 00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.160 massive hole 00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.820 in front 00:28:17.820 --> 00:28:18.120 of you. 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.840 It rushes 00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.080 in, 00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:19.759 it rushes 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.000 in, 00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:20.900 it rushes 00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.140 in. 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.120 And this 00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.440 is what 00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.040 Jesus did 00:28:23.040 --> 00:28:23.300 on the 00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:24.380 cross for 00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.340 you if 00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:26.000 you believe 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.080 by faith 00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:27.840 that he 00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.160 did. 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.820 He drinks 00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.240 to the 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.380 very last 00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.220 drop the 00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.780 wrath of 00:28:32.780 --> 00:28:33.240 God that 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.600 was due 00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:33.960 you, 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:34.980 and when 00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.200 he was 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.600 finished, 00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.520 he turned 00:28:36.520 --> 00:28:36.820 the cup 00:28:36.820 --> 00:28:37.140 over, 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.500 he slammed 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.920 it down 00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.480 and declared 00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.600 it is 00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:41.720 finished. 00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:42.960 He 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.580 accomplished 00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:45.099 that for 00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.599 you if 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:45.839 you would 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.139 just 00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.740 believe 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.659 in 00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:47.939 him. 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.359 William 00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:50.720 Reese 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.240 wrote 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.839 a wonderful 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.139 hymn, 00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:53.759 maybe we'll 00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.179 sing it here 00:28:54.179 --> 00:28:54.519 someday, 00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:54.879 called 00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.619 Here is 00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:56.119 Love 00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:58.139 in 1876, 00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.519 and this 00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.759 is the 00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.419 second verse 00:28:59.419 --> 00:28:59.960 of that 00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.379 song. 00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.480 He writes, 00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.000 on the 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.799 mount of 00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.579 crucifixion 00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.319 fountains 00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:05.659 opened deep 00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.599 and wide. 00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:07.819 Through the 00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.619 floodgates of 00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.179 your mercy 00:29:09.179 --> 00:29:09.759 flowed a 00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.759 vast and 00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:12.099 gracious tide. 00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:13.659 Here is 00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:14.240 love, 00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.419 like mighty 00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:16.339 rivers poured 00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:17.099 unceasing 00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:18.099 from above, 00:29:18.959 --> 00:29:19.359 heaven's 00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:20.740 peace and 00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.740 perfect justice 00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:23.419 kissed a 00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:24.119 guilty world 00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:25.759 in love. 00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.519 The 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.039 righteousness 00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.819 of God 00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.679 is a thing 00:29:30.679 --> 00:29:31.079 that each 00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.579 of us 00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.559 desperately 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.699 needs and 00:29:33.699 --> 00:29:34.319 does not 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:34.859 deserve, 00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.480 and yet 00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.919 God has 00:29:36.919 --> 00:29:37.299 loved his 00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.139 creation enough 00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.799 to make 00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.639 a way that 00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.079 we might 00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:41.199 have it. 00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:43.339 So there's 00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.759 the doctrine. 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.839 Second big 00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.119 point. 00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.819 I just did 00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.039 three. 00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.019 Second big 00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.240 point. 00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.019 Application. 00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:50.419 It must be 00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:50.859 time for a 00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.539 sabbatical if 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.879 I hold up 00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.319 three fingers 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.599 and say 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.000 secondly. 00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:56.179 Application. 00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:56.699 So a few 00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.079 things to 00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.500 pull out of 00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:57.919 the rest of 00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:58.359 the text. 00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.219 So beginning 00:29:59.219 --> 00:30:00.719 in verse 00:30:00.719 --> 00:30:01.279 27, 00:30:02.679 --> 00:30:03.259 the righteousness 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.959 of God 00:30:03.959 --> 00:30:05.139 excludes 00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.980 boasting 00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:07.759 in ourselves. 00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:09.219 Paul says 00:30:09.219 --> 00:30:10.459 that very 00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.240 frankly here 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.620 in verse 00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.180 27, 00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.900 then what 00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.720 becomes of 00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.279 our boasting? 00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.620 It's 00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:16.000 excluded. 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.039 It cannot 00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.799 exist. 00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.180 By what 00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.460 kind of 00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.680 law? 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:19.980 By a 00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.240 law of 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.680 works? 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.740 One that 00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.079 we couldn't 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.360 keep? 00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.900 No. 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.240 By a 00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.500 law of 00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.840 faith. 00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.840 We have 00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:29.180 believed that 00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.840 someone else 00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:30.500 did the work 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.160 for us, 00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.620 and this 00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.640 excludes 00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.460 our 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:35.120 boasting. 00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.660 Beloved, 00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.000 we ought to 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.440 be the most 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.200 humble people 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.680 on the 00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:38.980 planet. 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.620 Really 00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:41.299 understanding 00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.460 who we 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.220 once were 00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.240 and what 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.460 has been 00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.920 accomplished 00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:46.299 for us 00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.180 should make 00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:48.100 us incredibly 00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:49.580 humble. 00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.259 For we 00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.920 hold that 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.279 one is 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:53.200 justified by 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.400 faith apart 00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.880 from works 00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:57.059 of the 00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.299 law. 00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.180 We did 00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.740 not accomplish 00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:58.980 it. 00:30:59.120 --> 00:30:59.500 We could 00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.120 not accomplish 00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.380 it. 00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.900 We never 00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.539 would have. 00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.380 If Christ 00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:02.980 wasn't holding 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.559 me fast 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.039 now, I 00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.660 would certainly 00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.259 leave. 00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:07.940 I read 00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.319 previously 00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:08.660 Ephesians 00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.220 chapter 2 00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.599 and verse 00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.359 8, which 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:10.619 says, 00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.259 for by grace 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.500 you have 00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.900 been saved 00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.500 through faith, 00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:12.920 and this 00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.319 is not 00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.640 your own 00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.079 doing, it 00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:14.359 is the 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:14.759 gift of 00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.119 God. 00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:15.879 Paul goes 00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.259 on in 00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.720 verse 9 00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.240 to say, 00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.299 not a 00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:19.059 result of 00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.879 works, so 00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.480 that no 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.640 one may 00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.980 boast. 00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.279 Our 00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.859 salvation is 00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:26.019 monergistic. 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.879 God does 00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.140 it, and 00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.599 he does it 00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.400 because he 00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:29.539 deserves all 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.079 the glory 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:31.359 for doing 00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:31.559 it. 00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:32.660 I don't 00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.140 get a shred 00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:33.720 of the glory. 00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.160 God made 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.500 the way 00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.480 possible, and 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.900 he did all 00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.860 the things, and 00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:39.200 then I got 00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.759 on board. 00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.540 I get none 00:31:41.540 --> 00:31:41.840 of it. 00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.340 God says in 00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:44.960 Isaiah chapter 00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.660 48, my 00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.720 glory I will 00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.680 not give 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.840 to another. 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.820 Paul says 00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.300 in Galatians 00:31:52.300 --> 00:31:52.940 6 verse 00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:54.540 14, far 00:31:54.540 --> 00:31:55.120 be it for 00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.500 me to 00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:57.320 boast, except 00:31:57.320 --> 00:31:58.320 in the 00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:59.360 cross of 00:31:59.360 --> 00:31:59.820 our Lord 00:31:59.820 --> 00:32:01.100 Jesus Christ. 00:32:01.800 --> 00:32:02.460 There he 00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.019 says, there's 00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.420 a thing to 00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.360 boast in, what 00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:04.859 God has 00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.500 done on 00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:07.740 our behalf. 00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.859 So we 00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.159 ought to be 00:32:10.159 --> 00:32:11.000 humble, and 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.459 I'm not saying 00:32:11.459 --> 00:32:11.879 that we don't 00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.419 stand for the 00:32:12.419 --> 00:32:13.979 truth, but we 00:32:13.979 --> 00:32:14.500 stand on it 00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:14.979 because it is 00:32:14.979 --> 00:32:15.899 God's truth, not 00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.579 because it is 00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.619 ours. 00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.479 Secondly, the 00:32:20.479 --> 00:32:21.000 righteousness of 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.079 God promotes 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:24.159 ethnic harmony 00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:25.939 and missions to 00:32:25.939 --> 00:32:27.500 the ends of 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:27.939 the earth. 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.219 I know some 00:32:29.219 --> 00:32:29.500 of you would 00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.819 like to be 00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:31.159 way deep 00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.519 into this 00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.039 one today, and 00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.419 I'm not 00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:33.059 going to. 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.859 Here Paul 00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.539 says, is 00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.099 God the 00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.399 God of 00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:36.899 Jews only? 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.039 Is he 00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.299 not the 00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.619 God of 00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:39.079 Gentiles 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.579 also? 00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.339 Yes, of 00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:41.099 Gentiles 00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:42.539 also. 00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.159 Categorically 00:32:44.159 --> 00:32:44.879 dividing people 00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:45.379 into two 00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.059 ethnic groups, 00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:46.899 Jews and 00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.960 everyone else. 00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.460 And he's 00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.779 saying that 00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.339 God doesn't 00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:52.240 show favor 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.559 in granting 00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.119 righteousness 00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:55.399 just to one 00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:56.339 ethnic group, 00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:58.980 but to all 00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:00.639 ethnic groups. 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.079 Because God 00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.879 is one, verse 00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.659 30, and he 00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:04.419 will justify 00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:05.480 the circumcised 00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.220 by faith and 00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:07.559 the uncircumcised 00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:09.419 through faith. 00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:10.240 If you're to 00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.740 come to God, 00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.279 you will come 00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.720 by faith. 00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.240 There's one 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.959 way that it 00:33:13.959 --> 00:33:14.579 will be 00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:16.019 accomplished. 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:18.379 This is why 00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:19.339 Christians 00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:20.500 should be 00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.919 eager to 00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:21.379 share the 00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:22.159 gospel with 00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:23.279 all peoples 00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.579 everywhere, that 00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:24.980 we would not 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.899 shy away from 00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.380 such a thing 00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:26.800 because our 00:33:26.800 --> 00:33:27.360 God is a 00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:27.740 God who 00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.480 saves. 00:33:29.300 --> 00:33:30.040 Matthew 28, 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.780 verse 19, 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.200 just says, 00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.160 go therefore 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.560 and make 00:33:32.560 --> 00:33:33.720 disciples of 00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:35.960 all nations. 00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.860 All ethnos, 00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.280 and there's a 00:33:38.280 --> 00:33:38.560 lot of 00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.200 disagreement about 00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.580 what that 00:33:39.580 --> 00:33:40.640 means exactly, 00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.560 but we know 00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:42.100 it can mean 00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:42.460 that we're 00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.620 going to 00:33:42.620 --> 00:33:42.880 share the 00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.320 gospel with 00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:43.660 people who 00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.360 aren't just 00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:45.560 like us. 00:33:46.080 --> 00:33:46.440 We're going 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.920 to go, 00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.340 and we're 00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:48.759 going to 00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.080 share. 00:33:50.280 --> 00:33:50.640 This is a 00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.300 beautiful vision 00:33:51.300 --> 00:33:51.840 of heaven, 00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.000 again from 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.320 John, 00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.720 Revelation 00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.500 chapter 7, 00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.460 verse 9 and 00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.460 10, where 00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.980 he says, 00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:57.700 I looked 00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.420 and behold 00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.940 a great 00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.799 multitude that 00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.440 no one 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:01.059 could number 00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:02.180 from every 00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.819 nation, 00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.740 from all 00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.420 tribes and 00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:04.960 peoples and 00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.440 languages, 00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.400 standing before 00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:06.900 the throne 00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:07.340 and before 00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:07.840 the Lamb, 00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.760 clothed in 00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.539 white robes, 00:34:09.780 --> 00:34:10.579 with palm 00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.280 branches in 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:11.880 their hands, 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.880 and crying 00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.500 out with a 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.179 loud voice, 00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.240 salvation 00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:16.519 belongs to 00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.179 our God 00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:18.159 who sits 00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.599 on the 00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:18.960 throne, 00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:20.179 and to 00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:20.599 the Lamb. 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.880 That'll be the 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.720 great desire of 00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.599 every Christian, 00:34:24.779 --> 00:34:25.399 that God 00:34:25.399 --> 00:34:26.359 will be praised 00:34:26.359 --> 00:34:27.279 amongst all 00:34:27.279 --> 00:34:29.179 peoples everywhere. 00:34:30.359 --> 00:34:31.019 This is why 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.699 Paul says, 00:34:31.859 --> 00:34:32.059 right, 00:34:32.439 --> 00:34:33.019 1 and 00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.739 verse 16, 00:34:34.439 --> 00:34:35.059 I am not 00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:36.119 ashamed of 00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:36.639 the gospel. 00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.500 I've been 00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.039 saying to you 00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.659 in the positive, 00:34:38.879 --> 00:34:39.859 I am proud of 00:34:39.859 --> 00:34:40.959 the gospel for 00:34:40.959 --> 00:34:42.619 it is the power 00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.179 of God for 00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:44.419 salvation to 00:34:44.419 --> 00:34:45.039 everyone who 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.519 believes, 00:34:45.939 --> 00:34:46.539 to the Jew 00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.980 first, 00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:48.319 and also to 00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:50.960 everyone else. 00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.059 We, like 00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.740 Paul, should be 00:34:53.740 --> 00:34:54.500 proud of the 00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:56.200 gospel because 00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:56.580 it is the 00:34:56.580 --> 00:34:57.240 power of God 00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:58.000 for salvation. 00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:00.539 And third 00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.019 application, 00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.640 the righteousness 00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:03.320 of God 00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:05.820 changes our 00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.280 hearts. 00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:08.700 So, to be 00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:10.080 clear, we 00:35:10.080 --> 00:35:10.620 are not 00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:11.480 justified, 00:35:12.220 --> 00:35:13.059 made righteous 00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:14.760 by the law. 00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.320 We cannot 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.660 be. 00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.699 It is not 00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.819 sufficient for 00:35:18.819 --> 00:35:19.980 the task. 00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:21.079 We need an 00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:22.259 alien righteousness. 00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.019 We need the 00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:24.159 righteousness of 00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:25.379 Christ granted 00:35:25.379 --> 00:35:26.699 to us. 00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:28.039 But if we 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:29.000 have it, 00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:30.139 if we have 00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.480 it, then our 00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.440 hearts have 00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:33.219 been changed. 00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.059 And this is 00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.719 going to work 00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:36.239 itself out in 00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.619 our lives. 00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:36.899 Look at 00:35:36.899 --> 00:35:38.259 verse 31. 00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:39.879 Paul says, 00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.399 do we then 00:35:40.399 --> 00:35:41.920 overthrow the 00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:43.679 law by this 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.059 faith? 00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.359 He's saying, 00:35:44.359 --> 00:35:45.119 do we disregard 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:46.119 it altogether? 00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.719 The moral 00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.199 commands of 00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.639 God, do we 00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.199 just toss 00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.880 them aside? 00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.859 And he 00:35:49.859 --> 00:35:51.119 says, by 00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:53.400 no means. 00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.679 Me genoito. 00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.539 It's very, 00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.599 very strong. 00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.279 It's an 00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:58.119 expletive 00:35:58.119 --> 00:36:00.019 Greek phrase. 00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.339 It's a 00:36:01.339 --> 00:36:02.019 strong phrase. 00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:02.859 Absolutely 00:36:02.859 --> 00:36:03.779 not. 00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.079 On the 00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.779 contrary, 00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.380 we 00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:08.579 uphold. 00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.579 Have 00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:09.980 been made 00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.759 righteous in 00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.519 Christ, we 00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.880 uphold 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:14.920 the law. 00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.440 In Ezekiel 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.260 chapter 11, 00:36:19.160 --> 00:36:20.280 verse 19, 00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:21.780 their God 00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.320 says, I 00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:22.780 will give 00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.559 them one 00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.500 heart and 00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:24.820 a new 00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.539 spirit I 00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:25.800 will put 00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.380 within them. 00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.360 I 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.039 remove the 00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.340 heart of 00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.900 stone from 00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.300 their flesh 00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:29.740 and give 00:36:29.740 --> 00:36:30.079 them a 00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.420 heart of 00:36:30.420 --> 00:36:31.800 flesh that 00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.180 they may 00:36:32.180 --> 00:36:32.760 walk in 00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.660 my statutes 00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:34.360 and keep 00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.039 my rules 00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.700 and obey 00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:36.099 them. 00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:37.079 And they 00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.519 shall be 00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.160 my people 00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:39.299 and I 00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.920 will be 00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:41.519 their God. 00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.960 And later 00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.379 in Ezekiel 00:36:43.379 --> 00:36:43.879 36, 00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.199 in verse 00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.799 27, 00:36:45.379 --> 00:36:45.779 he says, 00:36:45.839 --> 00:36:46.199 I will put 00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.839 my spirit 00:36:46.839 --> 00:36:47.420 within you 00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.039 and cause 00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.299 you to 00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:48.619 walk in 00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.440 my statutes 00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.420 and be 00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:52.000 careful to 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.480 obey my 00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.960 rules. 00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.500 God 00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.399 rules over 00:36:56.399 --> 00:36:57.159 us by 00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:57.679 his word 00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.019 and it's 00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.420 a good 00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:58.879 word. 00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.239 These are 00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.960 not burdensome 00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:00.359 commandments, 00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:00.899 they're good 00:37:00.899 --> 00:37:01.379 commandments 00:37:01.379 --> 00:37:02.579 that we 00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.059 ought to 00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.460 keep. 00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.159 By faith 00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.420 in his 00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.639 son, 00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:06.099 we're given 00:37:06.099 --> 00:37:06.739 the spirit 00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.019 that we 00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.579 would both 00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:09.360 know and 00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:11.000 desire and 00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.739 be empowered 00:37:11.739 --> 00:37:13.019 to keep 00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:14.440 his commands. 00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.460 Jesus 00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.980 says in 00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.719 John 14 00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:18.059 and verse 00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.480 15, 00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.860 if you 00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:20.239 love me, 00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:21.799 if your 00:37:21.799 --> 00:37:24.259 passion has 00:37:24.259 --> 00:37:24.880 been turned 00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:25.639 toward me 00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.059 and away 00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.480 from this 00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:26.920 world, 00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:28.079 you will 00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.639 keep 00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:30.119 my 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.539 commandments. 00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.920 It becomes 00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:32.659 the outflow 00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:33.519 of grateful 00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.119 hearts, 00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:35.619 changed 00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:36.319 lives. 00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.340 we 00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.519 were 00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.200 oriented 00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:38.680 in a 00:37:38.680 --> 00:37:39.080 different 00:37:39.080 --> 00:37:39.740 direction 00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.100 that we 00:37:40.100 --> 00:37:40.559 might be 00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.200 a people 00:37:41.200 --> 00:37:41.680 for the 00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.160 praise 00:37:42.160 --> 00:37:43.500 of our 00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.800 God. 00:37:44.600 --> 00:37:44.880 The 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.240 righteousness 00:37:45.240 --> 00:37:45.820 of God 00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:47.180 changes 00:37:47.180 --> 00:37:48.800 our 00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.160 hearts. 00:37:50.160 --> 00:37:50.760 So may 00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.160 we be a 00:37:51.160 --> 00:37:51.500 people 00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:53.120 who believe 00:37:53.120 --> 00:37:53.580 the gospel 00:37:53.580 --> 00:37:53.960 of Jesus 00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.440 Christ 00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:55.660 so that we 00:37:55.660 --> 00:37:56.080 will possess 00:37:56.080 --> 00:37:56.640 the righteousness 00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:57.140 of God 00:37:57.140 --> 00:37:58.039 and stand 00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:59.000 in the 00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.260 judgment 00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:00.700 so that we 00:38:00.700 --> 00:38:00.960 will be 00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.360 humble 00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:01.920 and boast 00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.940 only in the 00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.539 cross of 00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:03.920 Christ. 00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:05.300 So we 00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:05.480 will be 00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:05.940 a people 00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.219 who are 00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.880 not ashamed 00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.199 of the 00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.539 gospel 00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.019 and carry 00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.559 this good 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.400 news across 00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:09.940 ethnic 00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.500 boundaries 00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.739 and oceans 00:38:11.739 --> 00:38:13.279 and so that 00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:13.579 we will be 00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.059 a people 00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.739 of changed 00:38:14.739 --> 00:38:15.179 heart 00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:16.480 who desire 00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.179 to walk 00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:18.179 in God's 00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:18.599 good 00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.820 commands. 00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:21.000 Let's pray 00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.320 together. 00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:23.720 Thank you. 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:23.720 00:38:23.720 --> 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