WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.480 Well, let me begin by thanking you for your very warm welcome and apologizing for my insufficiently exotic accent. 00:00:08.439 --> 00:00:15.380 ! I am coming to you from Jackson, Mississippi, but I'm not from Jackson, Mississippi, but isn't it an encouragement? I hope it is 00:00:15.380 --> 00:00:20.480 to know that you have brothers and sisters on the other side of the world praying for you this weekend 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:26.019 and trusting in the same Savior and rejoicing in the same good news. 00:00:26.019 --> 00:00:36.320 Now, if you would turn with me once more to Titus chapter 2 and to the portion of Scripture that was read just a few moments ago, 00:00:36.460 --> 00:00:41.820 we're going to focus our attention on verses 11 through 14. 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:53.519 Paul has, in the first half of this chapter, exhorted through Titus, or taught Titus how he is to exhort, 00:00:53.520 --> 00:01:01.900 the Christians in Crete in a life of godliness, and he addresses different segments of the congregation, 00:01:02.080 --> 00:01:07.300 younger men and older men, older women, younger women, slaves, even Titus himself. 00:01:08.219 --> 00:01:14.300 And now in this second half of the chapter, Paul points us to the grace of God 00:01:14.299 --> 00:01:21.219 by which we are enabled to live a life that is well-pleasing in his sight. 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:31.299 Here's the secret of living in practical Christian obedience, the secret of living God's way. 00:01:32.659 --> 00:01:40.099 Paul describes it in five ways, five things he says that grace does. 00:01:40.099 --> 00:01:47.059 First, he says grace appears in verse 11. 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:54.299 Then he says grace offers in the second part of verse 11. 00:01:55.739 --> 00:02:01.060 Thirdly, grace trains in verse 12. 00:02:02.419 --> 00:02:04.840 Fourthly, grace expects. 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:07.219 That's verse 13. 00:02:07.219 --> 00:02:10.699 And finally, grace redeems. 00:02:12.340 --> 00:02:13.939 In verse 14. 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:16.139 So these are the five things we're going to think about tonight. 00:02:16.219 --> 00:02:17.659 Five things that grace does. 00:02:19.060 --> 00:02:24.180 This is how grace works in the lives of all who receive it. 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:25.639 Grace appears. 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:26.560 Grace offers. 00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:27.500 Grace trains. 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:28.680 Grace expects. 00:02:29.460 --> 00:02:31.219 And grace redeems. 00:02:31.219 --> 00:02:37.699 Before we look at those five things, would you bow your heads with me again as we ask for God's blessing on his word. 00:02:37.819 --> 00:02:38.419 Let us pray. 00:02:38.419 --> 00:02:43.780 O Lord, our God, your word is now open before us. 00:02:43.859 --> 00:02:46.259 Our hearts are open before your gaze. 00:02:47.299 --> 00:02:50.939 We ask for the presence and blessing of the Holy Spirit. 00:02:51.939 --> 00:02:58.339 As we read it, as we meditate upon it, granted we may hear a voice behind us in our ears saying, 00:02:58.340 --> 00:03:00.780 this is the way, walk in it. 00:03:01.819 --> 00:03:09.920 Indeed, may it be that some who are dead in their sin might hear tonight the voice of the Son of Man and live. 00:03:11.259 --> 00:03:14.879 Do all this by this portion of your word for the glory of your name. 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:17.680 Amen. 00:03:19.359 --> 00:03:21.060 Titus chapter 2 at verse 11. 00:03:21.219 --> 00:03:22.180 This is God's word. 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:28.639 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 00:03:29.699 --> 00:03:39.340 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 00:03:39.340 --> 00:03:47.800 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:54.080 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:58.920 and to purify for himself a people for his own possession, 00:03:59.960 --> 00:04:04.340 who are zealous for good works. 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:06.719 Amen. 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:10.300 Let's look at verse 11 first of all. 00:04:11.020 --> 00:04:13.020 And the first thing that grace does. 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:16.040 Grace, Paul says, appears. 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:17.060 Verse 11. 00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:21.579 For the grace of God has appeared. 00:04:21.899 --> 00:04:25.240 That word appeared is important. 00:04:26.620 --> 00:04:33.860 We get our English word epiphany from the Greek word translated here as appeared. 00:04:33.860 --> 00:04:38.600 An epiphany is a revelation, a disclosure, an unveiling. 00:04:38.780 --> 00:04:45.400 If you have an epiphany, you suddenly come to realize something you had not seen before. 00:04:45.960 --> 00:04:53.699 It's used in the New Testament, especially to describe either the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ 00:04:53.699 --> 00:04:58.139 in his incarnation, his virgin birth, his life and death and resurrection, 00:04:58.139 --> 00:05:09.500 or with respect to his final return at the end of the age, he will appear again in glory to judge the living and the dead. 00:05:09.500 --> 00:05:17.360 Back in 2 Timothy 4, verse 8, Paul spoke about those who love Christ's appearing, 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:27.000 talking about Christians characterized by a longing to see the day when the clouds will part and the trumpet will sound and the Savior will come. 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:30.120 These are his epiphanies, his appearings. 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:30.819 There are two. 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:37.139 His first appearing, his first epiphany, when he was born of the virgin and laid in a manger. 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:43.279 And there is an epiphany still to come when he comes in glory. 00:05:43.420 --> 00:05:47.839 And both of those epiphanies are actually here in this passage, aren't they? 00:05:47.899 --> 00:05:51.040 The first is the epiphany of grace in verse 11. 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:56.860 And the second we'll come to later on in verse 13 is the epiphany of glory. 00:05:58.740 --> 00:06:07.020 The appearing, the epiphany of the grace of God in verse 11 is, of course, talking about Jesus' first coming. 00:06:07.939 --> 00:06:11.840 His virgin birth, his earthly life, his ministry, his sufferings. 00:06:11.840 --> 00:06:18.480 And the epiphany of glory, verse 13, is our blessed hope, the final advent of our great God and Savior, 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:22.360 the Lord Jesus Christ at the very end of the age. 00:06:22.420 --> 00:06:27.819 And so right now, Paul says Christians are living between those two appearings, these two poles, 00:06:28.340 --> 00:06:31.240 between his first and his final return. 00:06:31.939 --> 00:06:36.700 In what verse 12 calls this present age. 00:06:38.400 --> 00:06:47.960 Crucially, the first appearing, the first epiphany, the incarnation, the first coming of Christ is the epiphany of grace. 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:58.860 That means it is grace that characterizes this present age in which we are currently living. 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:04.180 Paul might have said here, the Christ of God appeared. 00:07:05.180 --> 00:07:07.980 Or he might have said the Son of God appeared. 00:07:07.980 --> 00:07:14.879 But what he actually said is the grace of God has appeared. 00:07:14.960 --> 00:07:19.780 In his first coming, it was not the wrath of God that appeared. 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:24.620 It was not the condemnation of heaven that appeared. 00:07:26.200 --> 00:07:29.560 It wasn't the final reckoning that appeared. 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:36.680 When Mary was delivered of a baby boy and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in the manger, 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:41.040 it was the grace of God that appeared. 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:48.139 And from that moment on, this present age has been the age of grace. 00:07:49.180 --> 00:07:51.040 It's not yet the age of glory. 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:54.079 It will one day be when our Savior comes. 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:55.919 That has not yet appeared. 00:07:56.979 --> 00:07:59.759 But this is the age of grace. 00:08:00.719 --> 00:08:03.879 The grace of God has appeared. 00:08:05.159 --> 00:08:11.680 I wonder if you're sometimes tempted to have the wrong idea about Jesus. 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:24.120 Perhaps you think of him as stern and cold and aloof and distant and uncaring, 00:08:25.100 --> 00:08:29.019 standing back from you with arms folded and a frown on his face. 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:32.440 That's not how Paul speaks about him here, is it? 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:37.740 He says, when Jesus came, grace appeared. 00:08:37.740 --> 00:08:42.899 Grace embodied in Jesus Christ. 00:08:43.060 --> 00:08:45.340 Jesus is all grace. 00:08:46.860 --> 00:08:48.039 Grace for sinners. 00:08:49.620 --> 00:08:51.080 Grace for strugglers. 00:08:52.740 --> 00:08:54.419 Grace for sufferers. 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:57.000 Grace for you. 00:08:58.600 --> 00:08:59.639 Grace for you. 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:02.419 Grace appears. 00:09:02.560 --> 00:09:04.519 That's the first thing that grace does. 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:05.620 Grace appears. 00:09:06.319 --> 00:09:09.439 When Jesus stepped onto the scene, grace came. 00:09:11.779 --> 00:09:13.879 And then notice the second thing that grace does. 00:09:14.220 --> 00:09:14.860 Grace appears. 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:16.860 Secondly, grace offers. 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:19.740 Look again at verse 11. 00:09:21.179 --> 00:09:23.079 The grace of God has appeared, 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:28.279 bringing salvation for all people. 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:33.000 When grace appeared, salvation was brought. 00:09:34.579 --> 00:09:38.100 And it is salvation, Paul says, that is for all people. 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:43.699 The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people. 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:55.959 That means there is no class of human being excluded from the salvation Jesus came to offer. 00:09:55.960 --> 00:10:04.000 Oh, but I'm not the kind of person that Jesus would invite to be saved. 00:10:05.560 --> 00:10:08.920 Jesus is for other people, not for me. 00:10:11.259 --> 00:10:18.920 No, the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people. 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:21.979 This salvation is for you. 00:10:21.979 --> 00:10:27.339 But I'm not really all that terribly religious. 00:10:27.539 --> 00:10:29.039 I don't have a church background. 00:10:30.319 --> 00:10:32.079 I've not read the Bible. 00:10:33.379 --> 00:10:34.500 Salvation can't be for me. 00:10:36.579 --> 00:10:37.399 What does Paul say? 00:10:37.500 --> 00:10:42.919 The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people. 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:46.959 There is no qualification to that statement. 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:49.479 This salvation is for you. 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:52.779 But you don't know what I've done. 00:10:53.860 --> 00:10:55.500 What I've said, how I've lived. 00:10:56.199 --> 00:10:59.279 You don't see the twisted thoughts of my heart. 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:08.500 My past is just one long litany of wretched rebellion. 00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:11.259 I've been hateful. 00:11:11.419 --> 00:11:12.279 I've been selfish. 00:11:13.179 --> 00:11:14.460 I've been spiteful. 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:15.440 I've not been faithful. 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:17.659 I've not been pure. 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:18.320 I'm a drunk. 00:11:18.740 --> 00:11:19.480 I'm a liar. 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:26.279 There's a long trail of wounded people and broken relationships behind me. 00:11:28.100 --> 00:11:29.419 Jesus can't be for me. 00:11:31.500 --> 00:11:32.960 I don't fit in around here. 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:37.400 The Word of God does not agree with you. 00:11:39.280 --> 00:11:45.759 The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people. 00:11:46.920 --> 00:11:51.639 This salvation that Jesus brings is for you. 00:11:53.420 --> 00:11:56.320 Jesus Christ is for you. 00:11:57.600 --> 00:12:01.200 You're not too old to come to Jesus. 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:03.640 It's never too late for him. 00:12:05.800 --> 00:12:08.020 You're not too young to come to Jesus. 00:12:08.660 --> 00:12:14.540 You don't need to wait until you reach some imagined age of discretion before he'll welcome you. 00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:17.120 You're not too bad to come to Jesus. 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.060 There is no sin, no amount of sin, 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:27.620 that can make him rescind his unconditional offer, 00:12:27.620 --> 00:12:29.460 his free invitation to you. 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:34.700 Maybe this is your first time in the church for years. 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:43.400 This text says you are welcome to have Jesus for your Savior just as you are right now here tonight. 00:12:44.700 --> 00:12:47.480 Without any other condition or prerequisite being met, 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:49.060 you can have him. 00:12:49.100 --> 00:12:50.280 He offers himself to you. 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:58.139 Maybe you've been here every time the doors have been opened for decades. 00:12:59.980 --> 00:13:04.039 But you know in your heart you've been living a lie this whole time. 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:07.939 You've been a terrible hypocrite, 00:13:08.019 --> 00:13:09.519 praising his name with your lips 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:12.480 while worshipping at the altar of self. 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:19.720 Even now you can come to him. 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:22.820 This salvation is for you. 00:13:23.820 --> 00:13:27.899 You'll find him ready and willing tonight 00:13:27.899 --> 00:13:30.940 to save you. 00:13:31.940 --> 00:13:33.159 Whoever you are, 00:13:33.259 --> 00:13:35.139 you need to know you're not a special case. 00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:38.139 You are not a special case. 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:42.299 You are not a unique exception to this rule. 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:45.699 The grace of God has appeared, 00:13:46.899 --> 00:13:50.519 bringing salvation for all people. 00:13:50.519 --> 00:13:54.759 You can point to nothing in your circumstances 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:59.139 that will exempt you from Jesus' invitation. 00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:02.579 Nothing that can excuse you 00:14:02.579 --> 00:14:06.460 from the response it demands from you. 00:14:07.220 --> 00:14:11.240 You cannot disqualify yourself for any reason 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:17.139 from the class of those to whom Jesus makes this offer. 00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:20.600 I like the way John Rabbi Duncan, 00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:24.980 the great free church missionary to the Jews in Budapest 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:27.720 in the 19th century, once put it. 00:14:27.819 --> 00:14:28.259 He said, 00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:32.220 the Christian gospel says to us all, 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:35.559 sir, you have no right to go to hell. 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:38.299 You cannot go there 00:14:38.299 --> 00:14:41.639 without trampling on the Son of God. 00:14:43.659 --> 00:14:45.419 That's part of the message here, isn't it? 00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:47.939 Jesus has done everything needful. 00:14:49.699 --> 00:14:52.259 Every provision for sinners like me and you 00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:54.959 has been made in him 00:14:54.959 --> 00:14:59.059 so that anybody, anybody who wishes 00:14:59.059 --> 00:15:02.439 may come and have him and be saved. 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:07.279 And so there's no escaping the implications of this, is there? 00:15:08.419 --> 00:15:09.719 There's no excuse 00:15:09.719 --> 00:15:13.059 that will let you avoid the claims 00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:14.759 and the summons of the gospel. 00:15:15.979 --> 00:15:18.179 It goes out to all people. 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:21.539 The grace of God has appeared 00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:23.559 bringing salvation for all people. 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:25.859 And that means you. 00:15:27.959 --> 00:15:29.939 You must answer the summons. 00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:33.099 You must accept this offer. 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:35.599 You have no right, 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:37.639 no excuse, 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:39.519 no justification 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:41.519 to validate refusal. 00:15:42.920 --> 00:15:44.680 You can point to nothing 00:15:44.680 --> 00:15:46.139 about yourself 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:47.720 or your background 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:49.240 or your environment 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:50.580 that will exempt you. 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:54.019 No, the Lord Jesus Christ himself 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:56.720 extends this invitation to you 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:58.800 to come to him 00:15:58.800 --> 00:16:01.379 and to be saved. 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:03.160 To refuse, says Rabbi Duncan, 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:04.879 is to go to hell 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:07.240 trampling on the Son of God. 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:08.560 He, Jesus, as it were, 00:16:08.660 --> 00:16:10.320 puts himself between you 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:11.899 and the gates of hell. 00:16:14.180 --> 00:16:15.840 He's pleading with you 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:17.600 not to go there. 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:21.899 And so if you do 00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:23.840 go there in the end, 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:27.220 after hearing his invitation, 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:29.879 you go there willfully. 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:33.600 You go there trampling 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.860 on the Son of God 00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:37.159 in order to walk 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:38.320 through those dreadful gates. 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:40.960 And if I can say it kindly, 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:42.139 not only is that 00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:44.680 the epitome of wickedness, 00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:46.100 it's the height of folly 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:47.920 when tonight, 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.340 here, 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:53.279 Jesus offers salvation 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:55.700 that he came to bring 00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:57.480 for all people. 00:16:59.379 --> 00:17:01.240 Why delay? 00:17:01.420 --> 00:17:01.960 What reason? 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:05.319 What valid excuse do you have 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:07.860 that you will stand before God 00:17:07.860 --> 00:17:08.819 on the last day 00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:10.860 and present to him 00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:13.620 as your compelling case 00:17:13.620 --> 00:17:15.380 for your rejection 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:16.500 of his Son 00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:19.060 who shed his blood 00:17:19.060 --> 00:17:20.600 that sinners might be saved 00:17:20.600 --> 00:17:22.120 and then offers 00:17:22.120 --> 00:17:23.780 that salvation to you? 00:17:25.040 --> 00:17:26.180 And you said, 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:27.300 not today, 00:17:28.020 --> 00:17:29.360 not now, 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:31.820 no thank you. 00:17:34.760 --> 00:17:35.540 Grace appears, 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.520 grace offers. 00:17:37.280 --> 00:17:38.200 Won't you accept 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:39.200 grace? 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:39.940 Grace appears, 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:43.940 grace appears, 00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:44.519 grace offers. 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.019 Thirdly, 00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:46.620 grace trains. 00:17:46.620 --> 00:18:03.700 Look at verse 12, please. 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:05.200 grace of God has appeared, 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:06.819 bringing salvation for all people, 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:09.019 training us 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:12.019 to renounce ungodliness 00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:13.100 and worldly passions 00:18:13.100 --> 00:18:15.500 and to live self-controlled, 00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:16.220 upright, 00:18:17.380 --> 00:18:18.640 and godly lives 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.580 in the present age. 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:19.920 Now, 00:18:20.860 --> 00:18:21.480 think about that word, 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:22.120 training. 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:24.519 The Greek word 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:26.039 translated in our English version 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:26.799 as training 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:28.140 means to instruct, 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:28.720 to teach. 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:30.700 our English word 00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.740 pedagogy 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:34.400 comes from this Greek word. 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:36.700 If you talk about pedagogy, 00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.799 you're talking about a classroom, 00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.240 aren't you? 00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:40.380 It evokes the picture 00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:40.900 of a teacher 00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:41.640 standing maybe 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.440 at a blackboard, 00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:45.039 pupils in their desks 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:46.259 with their textbooks open, 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:48.039 scribbling down notes 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:48.779 as the teacher 00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:50.140 imparts knowledge. 00:18:50.140 --> 00:18:53.259 That is not at all 00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:54.000 the picture 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:55.240 that Paul intends 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:56.360 when he says 00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:57.640 that grace teaches, 00:18:57.880 --> 00:18:58.440 instructs, 00:18:58.540 --> 00:18:59.480 trains us. 00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:00.960 It's not just about 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:02.400 the imparting 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:03.060 of knowledge, 00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:03.820 information 00:19:03.820 --> 00:19:04.560 like a teacher 00:19:04.560 --> 00:19:05.860 in a classroom. 00:19:07.040 --> 00:19:07.280 No, 00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:08.880 when grace comes 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:09.880 into your life 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:11.759 through faith 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:13.040 in the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:19:14.560 --> 00:19:16.360 the pedagogy of grace, 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:17.200 the teaching of grace 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.400 does much more than that. 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:20.540 No human teacher 00:19:20.540 --> 00:19:21.300 can do in us 00:19:21.300 --> 00:19:22.540 what grace does 00:19:22.540 --> 00:19:24.740 when grace teaches us. 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:25.860 You see, 00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:26.480 God's grace 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:28.700 actually forms us. 00:19:29.620 --> 00:19:30.460 By his word 00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:31.300 and spirit, 00:19:31.560 --> 00:19:32.920 Jesus rewires 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:34.120 our appetites, 00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:36.340 our desires, 00:19:36.560 --> 00:19:37.720 he reprograms 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.880 our wills, 00:19:39.320 --> 00:19:40.220 he empowers 00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:41.660 our resolve 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:43.360 so that we begin 00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:43.880 to follow 00:19:43.880 --> 00:19:45.820 an entirely new course. 00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.140 Earlier, 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:50.380 we heard the excuses 00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:51.040 of someone 00:19:51.040 --> 00:19:52.660 who might argue 00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:54.080 that he's too bad, 00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.620 too twisted, 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.540 too hopelessly 00:19:57.540 --> 00:19:58.580 locked into sin 00:19:58.580 --> 00:19:59.340 to be welcome 00:19:59.340 --> 00:20:00.280 to come to Jesus 00:20:00.280 --> 00:20:01.240 or be saved. 00:20:01.800 --> 00:20:02.560 And I was trying 00:20:02.560 --> 00:20:03.280 to press 00:20:03.280 --> 00:20:04.860 the wide welcome 00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:07.040 of verse 11 00:20:07.040 --> 00:20:08.380 upon such a person. 00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:09.740 Salvation, 00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.259 Paul says, 00:20:10.320 --> 00:20:11.080 is for all people. 00:20:12.280 --> 00:20:12.740 But here, 00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.700 do you notice, 00:20:13.860 --> 00:20:15.500 here's the full extent 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:17.339 of the wonder 00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:18.539 of the offer 00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:20.900 and invitation 00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.420 that Jesus 00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:22.640 is making to us 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:24.400 when the most 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:25.019 twisted, 00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.640 sin-enslaved 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:27.259 pagan 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:29.220 comes to Christ 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:31.759 and the grace 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.299 of God 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:33.480 that brings salvation 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.519 erupts 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.700 into their heart. 00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:40.059 grace moves in, 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.900 as it were, 00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.740 and begins 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:43.720 a renovation project. 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:47.259 We had a couple 00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.860 in our church 00:20:47.860 --> 00:20:49.600 back in Mississippi 00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:51.500 who recently 00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.580 purchased a new home. 00:20:53.580 --> 00:20:54.840 But the situation 00:20:54.840 --> 00:20:55.720 is a little unusual 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:58.000 because of their 00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:59.100 unique circumstances 00:20:59.100 --> 00:21:00.200 of both the buyer 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:00.960 and the seller. 00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.720 An accommodation 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.740 had to be reached. 00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:05.460 so that the old 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:05.859 owner 00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:07.700 could stay 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.799 in the house 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.120 for, 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.120 I think, 00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:11.500 maybe about a month 00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.140 longer. 00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.120 Well, 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:13.819 the new owners 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.500 actually began 00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.120 moving all their 00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.940 possessions in 00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.720 and started painting 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.299 the walls 00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.480 and renovating 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:19.079 the house. 00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.000 It was, 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.819 I understand, 00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:23.019 an entirely chaotic 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:24.620 experience 00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:25.740 for everybody involved, 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.279 but I think it's 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.980 a good description, 00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.480 actually, 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:29.359 of what is happening 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:30.339 in the heart 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.400 of everyone 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:32.880 who accepts 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.519 the offer 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.680 that grace makes 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:37.200 and comes to 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:38.319 embrace the salvation 00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.660 Jesus brings. 00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.579 The old 00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.279 tenant 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.980 of sin 00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:46.200 and self 00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:48.200 still resides 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:49.960 at this address 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:52.700 in my heart. 00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:55.580 but a new 00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:56.100 owner 00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:57.559 has taken 00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.140 possession, 00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.600 the Lord 00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:00.259 Jesus Christ, 00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:00.960 and he's already 00:22:00.960 --> 00:22:01.559 moved in 00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:03.680 and has begun 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.620 renovations 00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:06.019 right away. 00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.759 You might think 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:10.080 your sin is so bad 00:22:10.080 --> 00:22:12.259 you can't come 00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.860 to Jesus, 00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:15.140 but what you need 00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.640 to understand 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.640 is that it is 00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:17.759 sinners 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:21.440 that he wants 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:21.839 to come 00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.240 to him. 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.779 It is 00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.619 not the 00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:25.980 healthy 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.220 who need 00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.640 a doctor, 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.220 but the sick. 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.599 I did not 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:31.279 come to call 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.920 the righteous, 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:34.099 but sinners. 00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.319 You come 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.839 to Jesus 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.779 with your sin 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.480 intact. 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.799 You can't 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.140 come any 00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.599 other way. 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.220 Try to 00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.779 clean yourself 00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.019 up, 00:22:43.079 --> 00:22:43.420 you're just 00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:44.099 spreading the 00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:44.599 muck around. 00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.319 That's all 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.740 you're doing. 00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:47.319 No, 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:47.659 you come 00:22:47.659 --> 00:22:48.279 to Jesus 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.439 guilty, 00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.480 helpless, 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.159 and vile. 00:22:52.879 --> 00:22:53.699 He wants 00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:54.259 sinners to 00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:54.579 come to 00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:54.759 him, 00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.219 and when 00:22:55.219 --> 00:22:55.719 they do, 00:22:57.179 --> 00:22:58.000 grace moves 00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.319 in. 00:22:59.159 --> 00:22:59.839 He moves 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:01.259 in and 00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:01.899 begins a 00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.359 renovation 00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.399 project. 00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.259 His grace 00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.279 trains us 00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:08.000 to renounce 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.439 the old 00:23:08.439 --> 00:23:10.459 life and 00:23:10.459 --> 00:23:11.000 to embrace 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.299 a new 00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.719 life. 00:23:13.179 --> 00:23:13.839 Notice how 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.139 it does 00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.359 that. 00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:14.759 Look again 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.139 at verse 00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.539 12. 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.519 There's a 00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.979 negative 00:23:16.979 --> 00:23:18.579 turning away 00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.299 from certain 00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.859 things, 00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:20.740 and a 00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.139 positive 00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:22.099 turning to 00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:23.219 certain other 00:23:23.219 --> 00:23:23.619 things. 00:23:23.679 --> 00:23:24.000 Do you see 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.519 that in the 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:24.879 text? 00:23:25.219 --> 00:23:25.759 Negatively, 00:23:25.959 --> 00:23:26.519 Paul says, 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.899 grace trains 00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.519 us to 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.659 renounce 00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:31.159 ungodliness 00:23:31.159 --> 00:23:32.759 and worldly 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.439 desires. 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.639 Ungodliness, 00:23:35.459 --> 00:23:36.119 there is a 00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.419 kind of 00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:37.039 catch-all 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:38.439 term for 00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:39.139 a life that 00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:39.879 is oriented 00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.819 away from 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.339 God, 00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:42.899 lived in 00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.459 opposition 00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.400 to the 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.779 will of 00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.140 God. 00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.620 Worldly 00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.200 desires, 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.500 on the 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.700 other 00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.299 hand, 00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.000 speak more 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.740 specifically 00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:51.279 about the 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.660 deep 00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.319 motivations 00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:52.759 of the 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.180 heart. 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.920 They get 00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:56.539 behind an 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.059 ungodly 00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:58.079 life to 00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.680 the hard 00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.539 wiring that 00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.319 drives it 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:00.740 along. 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.059 Ungodliness 00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.779 is the 00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.340 whole life. 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.400 Worldly 00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.460 desires are 00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:08.579 the roots 00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.539 of ungodliness 00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.259 in our 00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.799 passions, 00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.940 our lusts, 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.819 our longings, 00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.920 our appetites. 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.620 And when 00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:16.620 grace comes, 00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.900 it enables 00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:19.220 us to 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.920 turn from 00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.220 that. 00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:21.059 Not ever 00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.740 yet this 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.259 side of 00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.160 eternity, 00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:24.400 perfectly, 00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:25.840 and yet 00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.579 really and 00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:26.940 truly, 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.840 and more 00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.279 and more 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.059 grace helping 00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.460 us. 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.500 We turn 00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.019 from those 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.319 things. 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:32.200 We renounce 00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.579 them. 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.440 That word 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.920 renounce, 00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.319 by the way, 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.799 is important 00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.379 for at 00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:36.720 least two 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.039 reasons. 00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.500 First of 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:37.779 all, 00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.019 it tells 00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.480 us this 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.339 turning away 00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:40.960 from sin 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.359 is a 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.980 conscious, 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.200 purposeful 00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.859 act. 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.119 He's not 00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:46.539 talking about 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:46.879 some sort 00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.659 of passive, 00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:48.980 automatic 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.939 change. 00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.939 When grace 00:24:50.939 --> 00:24:51.939 breaks into 00:24:51.939 --> 00:24:52.559 your life, 00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.619 you will 00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:55.339 change. 00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.159 But that 00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:58.039 change takes 00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.759 place by 00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.579 God's grace 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.839 renewing your 00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.980 will in 00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.740 such a way 00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.139 that you 00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:03.839 actively, 00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.899 deliberately, 00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.840 turn, 00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:08.019 purposefully, 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.880 intentionally, 00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:11.120 from your 00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:11.540 sin. 00:25:12.280 --> 00:25:12.900 It's not a 00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.320 matter of 00:25:13.320 --> 00:25:13.980 letting go 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.519 and letting 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.120 God. 00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:16.519 It is a 00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.100 determined 00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:18.180 resolve, 00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.780 a decision 00:25:19.780 --> 00:25:20.280 you make 00:25:20.280 --> 00:25:20.860 every day 00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:22.140 and again 00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:22.780 and again, 00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.720 day by 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.019 day, 00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.920 to say 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:27.720 no to 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.060 all of 00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:29.440 that as 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:29.980 the temptation 00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.620 comes, 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.420 as the 00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.280 old habits 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:34.579 entice, 00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.339 as the 00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.359 muscle memory 00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.339 that led 00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:37.819 you down 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.460 into paths 00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.379 of disobedience 00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:40.160 kicks back 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.379 in. 00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.759 You say 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:42.379 no purposefully, 00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.139 decisively, 00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.859 and you turn 00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.519 your back 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.680 on the 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.339 old life. 00:25:47.639 --> 00:25:48.200 And this 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.759 word renounce 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.259 is important 00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.720 for another 00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.079 reason. 00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:52.099 The original 00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:53.099 has a 00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:53.680 connotation 00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:53.980 of a 00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.819 public, 00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.099 open 00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:58.000 decision, 00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.220 an action 00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.700 we take 00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.400 with public 00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.200 consequences. 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.920 Not just 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.600 a private, 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.519 internal, 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.140 known-only-to-myself 00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.640 decision, 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.880 but one that 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.360 people can 00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.759 see. 00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.259 One 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:13.079 lexicon 00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.900 translates it 00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.740 as to make 00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.559 manifest 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.600 not to 00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:16.799 know. 00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.120 So to 00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:19.279 decide not 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.900 to know 00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:21.279 that stuff 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.779 anymore 00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.519 in my life, 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.819 but not just 00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.559 to decide 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.200 not to know 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.360 it, 00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.160 not to live 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.380 in it, 00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.120 not to embrace 00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.339 it, 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.039 but to make 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.660 it manifest, 00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.140 to make 00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.660 it clear 00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.120 to other 00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:31.240 people that 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.440 I have 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.220 made this 00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.700 decisive 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.660 change. 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.259 Jesus uses 00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:34.900 this word 00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:35.800 in Luke 00:26:35.800 --> 00:26:36.980 12 at 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.620 verse 9. 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.340 He says, 00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:40.600 whoever denies 00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:41.320 me before 00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:41.820 men, 00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:43.480 that's our 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.660 word, 00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.380 whoever denies 00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:44.540 me, 00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.440 whoever renounces 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:45.700 me, 00:26:45.800 --> 00:26:46.779 whoever makes 00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.600 manifest that 00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:48.140 he does not 00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.620 know me 00:26:48.620 --> 00:26:49.759 before men 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:52.279 will be 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.860 denied before 00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.360 the angels 00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.100 of God. 00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.580 There's a 00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:56.259 before men-ness, 00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.500 a public 00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.099 open, 00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.680 obvious 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.220 component 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.980 to turning 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:02.019 from sin 00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:03.119 to Christ 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.920 and to 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.420 new life 00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:04.920 in obedience 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:06.160 to him. 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.599 How often 00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:08.819 have you 00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.160 made 00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.380 private 00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:11.039 resolutions 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:14.420 in the 00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.779 quiet of 00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.059 your own 00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.500 conscience? 00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.480 I'm just, 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.160 I'm never, 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.099 I'm never 00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:19.579 going to do 00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.099 that again. 00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.960 And those 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.400 resolutions 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.160 haven't lasted 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.980 much longer 00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.299 than the 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.559 end of 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:25.660 the 00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:25.940 day, 00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.299 have they? 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.120 But grace, 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.880 when it erupts 00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.319 into our 00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.700 lives, 00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.839 brings a 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.400 change of 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:34.900 conviction, 00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.120 a new 00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.880 trajectory 00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.759 that can't 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.200 be hidden. 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.900 It doesn't 00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.420 just make us 00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.299 want to do 00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.620 the right 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:41.900 thing, 00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.640 it empowers 00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.240 us so that 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.700 we more 00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.120 and more 00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:46.039 do the 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.579 right thing 00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.960 for the 00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.620 glory and 00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.079 praise 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:50.860 of God. 00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:50.939 God. 00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.179 And then 00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:52.699 notice the 00:27:52.699 --> 00:27:53.419 positive things 00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:53.839 that grace 00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.299 produces. 00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:54.639 So the 00:27:54.639 --> 00:27:54.939 negative 00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:56.779 things are 00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.539 ungodliness 00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.139 and worldly 00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:58.740 desires and 00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.359 we renounce 00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.459 them, but 00:28:00.459 --> 00:28:00.740 there are 00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.159 positive 00:28:01.159 --> 00:28:01.799 things. 00:28:03.459 --> 00:28:03.740 Instead, 00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.240 we begin, 00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:04.679 Paul says, 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.059 to live 00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:06.099 self-controlled, 00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.819 upright, 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.559 and godly 00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.139 lives in 00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:08.559 the present 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.039 age. 00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.240 Self-control 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.740 is a key 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.179 word if you 00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:11.519 read through 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:11.919 the letter 00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:12.519 to Titus, 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:12.859 it comes 00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.439 up again 00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:14.799 and again, 00:28:14.939 --> 00:28:15.500 especially in 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.799 the first 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.099 part of 00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.579 this chapter 00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.000 actually. 00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:18.219 It's a 00:28:18.219 --> 00:28:18.699 characteristic 00:28:18.699 --> 00:28:20.759 mark of 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.240 a child 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.799 of God, 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:23.259 born again 00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.180 by grace, 00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.940 growing 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:27.200 self-control. 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.460 Martin Lloyd 00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.039 Jones once 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.759 famously said 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.259 that so much 00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.539 of our 00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.259 trouble comes 00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.839 from listening 00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.640 to ourselves 00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:35.140 instead of 00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.680 talking to 00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.200 ourselves. 00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.900 That's 00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.720 involved in 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.339 self-control. 00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:39.759 Taking 00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.500 yourself in 00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.680 hand and 00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:41.960 saying, 00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.779 stop thinking 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.379 about that, 00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:45.019 stop saying 00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.619 that that 00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:45.900 way, 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.579 embrace these 00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:47.940 things, 00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.420 whatever is 00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:48.779 good, 00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.259 whatever is 00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:49.579 true, 00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.099 whatever is 00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:50.440 noble, 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.960 whatever is 00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.740 praiseworthy. 00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.680 Think on 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.480 these things. 00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.180 Why are you 00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.700 downcast, 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.220 O my soul? 00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.740 You're talking 00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.380 to yourself. 00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:57.960 You're taking 00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.539 yourself in 00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:58.840 hand. 00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.600 Self-control. 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.100 You're not 00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.640 simply saying 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.080 that's just 00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:02.480 the way I 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.799 am. 00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:03.420 I can't 00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:03.840 help it. 00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.539 No, 00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.160 self-control 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.860 is a mark 00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.340 of a child 00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:07.860 of God. 00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:11.299 And 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.180 grace 00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.840 produces 00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:13.660 uprightness. 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.019 It shares 00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.380 the same 00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.759 root as 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.059 the word 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.259 for 00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.799 righteousness. 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.259 It means 00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.740 a life 00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:18.259 of growing 00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.620 conformity, 00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.519 alignment 00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:22.220 with God's 00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.039 revealed will 00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.339 in his 00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:24.039 holy word. 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.720 You begin 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.960 to look 00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.480 more like 00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:27.960 Jesus 00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:30.480 in gentleness 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.519 ! 00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.039 In 00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.839 kindness! 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.559 In 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.039 purity! 00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.259 In 00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:38.079 sacrificial 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:39.519 service 00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.019 and love. 00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:43.240 And 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.639 then there's 00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.180 godliness. 00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.639 Godliness 00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.220 is sometimes 00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.680 translated 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.279 piety. 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.079 You love 00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.700 his word. 00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.200 You love 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.000 his praise. 00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.379 You love 00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:49.960 his people. 00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.160 You hate 00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.500 what he 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.000 hates and 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.460 you love 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.740 what he 00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.200 loves and 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.539 you want 00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.980 to be 00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.920 more like 00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.160 your 00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.660 savior and 00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:55.980 you want 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.299 to be 00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.639 with his 00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.139 people and 00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:57.680 you delight 00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.099 to take 00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.639 his name 00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.359 on your 00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.839 lips. 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:00.759 It's 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.200 what grace 00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.579 does in 00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.180 our hearts. 00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.279 And 00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.660 here's the 00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:04.920 thing. 00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.500 This is 00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:06.920 what Jesus 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.779 is offering. 00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.379 This 00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:09.859 isn't a 00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:11.179 high bar 00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.959 and he 00:30:11.959 --> 00:30:12.419 says okay 00:30:12.419 --> 00:30:12.899 here's my 00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.299 standard. 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:13.759 If you 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.319 jump it 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.819 I'll meet 00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.119 you on 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.399 the other 00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.959 side with 00:30:15.959 --> 00:30:16.419 grace. 00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:18.699 No he 00:30:18.699 --> 00:30:19.479 says this 00:30:19.479 --> 00:30:19.919 is my 00:30:19.919 --> 00:30:20.799 gift to 00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.139 you 00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.939 sinner. 00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.339 Broken 00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.899 down 00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:25.479 wretched 00:30:25.479 --> 00:30:26.139 guilty 00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:27.000 ashamed. 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.359 You 00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.899 just come 00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.379 to me 00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:30.959 and I'll 00:30:30.959 --> 00:30:31.359 begin to 00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:31.679 do this 00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:31.959 in your 00:30:31.959 --> 00:30:32.319 heart. 00:30:34.219 --> 00:30:34.819 Who 00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.259 wouldn't 00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.819 want it 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.459 to have 00:30:37.459 --> 00:30:37.919 the king 00:30:37.919 --> 00:30:38.500 of kings 00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.399 move in 00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:41.060 and make 00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:41.660 the broken 00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.100 down 00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.780 hovel of 00:30:42.780 --> 00:30:43.340 my heart 00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.920 into his 00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.860 royal palace 00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.740 renovating 00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:47.660 me and 00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.140 making me 00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.380 new. 00:30:51.420 --> 00:30:51.920 When 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.900 grace trains 00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.180 us it's 00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.880 not like a 00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.480 royal marine 00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.300 drill sergeant 00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:57.280 when you 00:30:57.280 --> 00:30:58.360 can't climb 00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:58.740 the wall 00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:58.980 and you 00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.460 can't finish 00:30:59.460 --> 00:30:59.840 the race 00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.080 and he 00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:00.440 gets in 00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.940 your face 00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.580 and screams 00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:02.220 no no 00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.800 no no 00:31:02.800 --> 00:31:03.940 no fail 00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:05.140 but grace 00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.580 doesn't do 00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:05.820 that. 00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.080 Grace 00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.559 comes 00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.099 instead 00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.599 and 00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.679 puts 00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.399 strength 00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:12.000 in your 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.259 weak 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:12.579 knees 00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:12.779 and 00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.079 feeble 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.500 arms 00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.919 and 00:31:14.919 --> 00:31:15.159 helps 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Psalm 136 in the Scottish Psalter, the second version of the Psalm, Psalm 136, 00:46:30.919 --> 00:46:33.519 stanzas 1 through 6. 00:46:38.859 --> 00:46:45.899 Praise God, for he is kind, his mercy lasts foray. Give thanks with heart and mind to God of God 00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:55.039 all way, for certainly his mercies doer, most firm and sure, eternally. Psalm 136, stanzas 1 through 6, 00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:56.059 and let's stand to sing. 00:47:15.900 --> 00:47:25.039 The Lord, O Lord, praise ye. 00:47:25.039 --> 00:47:38.179 For certainly his mercies doer, most firm and sure, eternally. 00:47:38.179 --> 00:47:51.319 The Lord, O Lord, praise ye, whose mercy shall endure. 00:47:51.320 --> 00:48:02.960 In what is only he, done born by his great power. 00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:16.460 For certainly his mercies doer, most firm and sure, eternally. 00:48:16.460 --> 00:48:35.599 Which God omnipotent, by might and wisdom high, the heaven and firmament, 00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:41.599 take him, as we may see. 00:48:41.599 --> 00:48:56.599 For certainly his mercies doer, most firm and sure, eternally. 00:48:56.599 --> 00:49:20.819 To him who did a stage, this earth so great and wide, above the waters reached, making it to a height. 00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:34.820 For certainly his mercies doer, most firm and sure, eternally. 00:49:37.860 --> 00:49:41.640 And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God our Father, 00:49:42.059 --> 00:49:47.880 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all now and forevermore. Amen. 00:49:50.820 --> 00:49:51.820 Thank you. 00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:51.820 00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:51.820 00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:51.820 00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:51.820 00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:51.820 00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:51.820 00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:52.820 Thank you. 00:49:52.820 --> 00:49:52.820 00:49:52.820 --> 00:49:53.820 Thank you. 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:53.820 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:53.820 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:53.820 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:53.820 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:53.820 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:53.820 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:53.820 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:53.820 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:53.820 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:53.820 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:53.820 00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:54.980 Thank you. 00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:54.980 00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:54.980 00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:54.980 00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:54.980 00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:54.980 00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:54.980 00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:54.980 00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:57.039 Thank you. 00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.039 00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.039 00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.039 00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.039 00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.039 00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.039 00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.039 00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.039 00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.039 00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.039 00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.039 00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.039