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Eight verses this evening, and if you give

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me ten minutes of each verse, well, we'll

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only be here for eighty minutes, that's all.

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Some of them will take more, and some

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will have to do with less.

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It's hard to recapture where we are very

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quickly.

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I think it's a great thing to have

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the plan of these first few chapters of

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Romans firmly implanted in your mind, because if

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you haven't the plan, you'll miss the preaching

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in the later chapter.

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You remember in the first chapter that Paul,

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after bringing the salutation and giving the introduction,

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he got down to real work.

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And you remember that in the sixteenth verse,

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he proclaimed the old-fashioned message, for I

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am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,

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for it is the power of God unto

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salvation to everyone that believes.

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And when he got this introduction and salutation

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over to the Romans, to whom he was

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writing, he then began at verse eighteen and

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said, the wrath of God is revealed from

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heaven against all ungodliness.

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And in the rest of the chapter, he

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gives us a picture.

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I called it a paralysing picture of the

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wickedness of this world.

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And I don't care where you read in

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God's Word, you'll never get anything so terrible

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as you get in the first chapter of

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Romans.

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We see sin on sinners in the very

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depths of the soft pool of iniquity.

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And after dealing with the world's unrighteousness, in

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the second chapter he dealt with self-righteousness.

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And when he had finished, self-righteousness was

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as terrible as unrighteousness.

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And it is, you know, because Paul was

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a self-righteous sinner.

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And when he got saved, he said, I

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am the chief of sinners.

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Which lets us see that forest people, empty,

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dead religion, is horrible in the sight of

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God.

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So that Paul very clearly brings the unrighteousness

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and the self-righteousness of this world as

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sinful as can be before.

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Then having dealt with unrighteousness and self-righteousness,

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in the second chapter, at the end of

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the chapter he began to deal with the

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Jew, who was only a Jew openly, or

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outwardly and not inwardly.

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And he really tore dead religion to shreds

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in those few verses.

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first of the chapter, he brings the whole

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world in guilty before God.

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You remember that nineteenth verse, chapter three, and

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we know that what things whoever the law

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saith, saith to them who are under the

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law, that every mouth may be stopped, and

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all the world may become guilty before God.

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He'd been working hard through these chapters to

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establish this.

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He wanted us all to be sure that

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unrighteousness and empty forms of religion wouldn't do,

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and that the whole world stood guilty before

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God.

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All have sinned and come short of the

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glory of God.

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and coming short of the glory of God

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covers self-righteousness, and the whole world stands

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condemned before God.

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Now, when he got that frame firmly established,

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verse twenty-one of chapter three brings in

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a new dispensation altogether.

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It says, but now.

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These days in which we're living.

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I said that verse twenty-four can be

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put behind, but now, being justified freely by

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his grace.

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be put behind it, but now we conclude

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that a man is justified by faith without

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the deeds of the law.

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What a wonderful message that is to proclaim.

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These days in which we live, in the

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dispensation of grace, this now, God is justifying

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men freely by his grace.

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justified by faith without the deeds of the

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law, or without popish practices.

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Justification by faith is the fundamental plank of

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the gospel of the Protestant faith.

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We're justified by faith alone.

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before the law had ever come at all,

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and he answered the question in verse three,

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for what says the scripture, Abraham believed God,

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and yet that faith was counted onto him

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for righteousness.

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It's the same thing, justification by faith.

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that David knew this truth, for David described

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the blessedness of the man unto whom God

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imputed righteousness without works.

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So that Abraham experienced it, and David knew

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all about it.

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show us the greatness of justification by faith

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alone.

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week before, when we were in the class,

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he let us see Abraham's faith.

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Verse 19, and being not weak in faith,

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he considered not his own body now dead,

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when he was about a hundred years old,

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neither yet the deadness of Jerusalem, he staggered

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not up the promise of God through unbelief,

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but was strong in faith, given glory to

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God, and being fully persuaded that what God

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had promised, God was able to perform, and

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therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.

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And that brings us to where we are.

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And what a wonderful portion.

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May I be allowed to say again, that

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out of all the mighty, stupendous teaching that's

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in the letter to the Romans, the verses

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that we are covering this evening are the

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greatest verses in the book.

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You'll find that out when we get down

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to examining them.

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I've called these eight verses this evening Wonders

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and Wealth.

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And you'll notice some of the wonders.

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There are three wonders.

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The wonder of inspiration will come before us

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this evening.

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And then the wonder of imputation must be

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examined carefully.

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And then the wonder of substitution.

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These are wonders that will be before us

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in the verses.

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Then the unsatchable riches of Christ is here.

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The wealth of reconciliation, the wealth of admission,

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the wealth of anticipation, the wealth of adaptation,

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the wealth of realization.

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So that we're at great verses this evening

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in this wonderful portion.

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Now I want you to notice this, that

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when he brings Abraham's faith before us, a

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faith that Abraham exercised yonder in Genesis chapter

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15, and you remember we turn to see

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the story, he says in verse 23 this

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evening, Now it was not written for his

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sake alone, that it was imputed to him.

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Let's just go back for a moment and

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have a look at Genesis 15.

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Because here we have the very story that

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he's been using in these last chapters to

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establish this great truth of justification by faith.

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And this is the story, read it over

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again so that the young ones will get

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a hold of it.

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Verse 1, Genesis 15, After these things the

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word of the Lord came unto Abram in

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a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am

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thy shield and thy exceedingly great reward.

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And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou

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give me, seeing I grow childless, and the

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steward of my house is this early easel

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of the master?

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given no seed, and, lo, one born in

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my house is mine heir.

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unto him, saying, This shall not be thine

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heir, but he that shall come forth out

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of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

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which thou be able to number them.

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And there God said unto him, So shall

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thy seed be.

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And he believed, and that's all it is.

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He just believed the Lord, and the Lord

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counted it to him, and that was not

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written for him.

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You see, this book that we are dealing

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with, this wonderful old Bible, you know, it's

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not just a history of the deeds of

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mighty men.

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My, this is not just history, nor is

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it biography.

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This is not a biography.

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This is something that's definitely spiritual and definitely

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personal.

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You know, the whole story, but there in

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Genesis, it was not written for his sake

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alone.

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Not a bit of it.

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God didn't write a book just like that.

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You see, God penned this word by the

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Spirit not to give us the history of

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Abraham or to make us know something of

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this great man in a biography fashion.

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No, God is writing this for our sake

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also.

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Come back to Romans again, do you see?

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My, here's what it says now.

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Now it was not written for his sake

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alone, that it was imputed to him.

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That is, that righteousness was imputed to him,

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but for us also.

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You know, that's wonderful.

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You know, sometimes we talk about the letter

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of Paul to the Romans.

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Just think about the letter of Moses to

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me.

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He was writing for me.

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It was for us also, I tell you,

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that it was written.

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You know, this is a wonderful book.

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You see, when you get right back there

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and see that this is an inspired word,

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and it's written for your sake also, my,

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you can get consolation out of the world.

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Yes, you can get consolation.

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And I want you to see this.

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You know, sometimes this old book, with its

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story and history and patriarchs and great men,

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my, these are just illustrations of what God

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can do for you too.

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Oh, this is the wonder of inspiration.

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It's a wonderful word.

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You know, it's just the same in the

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New Testament.

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When John finishes his gospel, he said, these

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things are written that he might believe that

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Jesus is the Son of God, and that

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believing you might have life through his name.

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You see, it's not just a history that

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John's combining.

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It's something that comes from God for you.

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And you can get consolation.

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And you can get salvation.

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And through the words of God, you can

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get sanctification.

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My, this word can be applied it for

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you too.

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Let me make that clearer to you.

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Come to 1 Corinthians, and the 10th chapter.

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First letter to the Corinthians, and chapter 10.

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Let's just read a verse or two here

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to get the proper sense.

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Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should

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be ignorant, for that all our fathers were

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under the clouds, and all passed through the

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sea, and were all baptized unto Moses in

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the cloud and in the sea, and did

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all eat the same spiritual meat, and did

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all break the same spiritual break.

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Strange lot of all's there.

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For they drank that spiritual rock that followed

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them, and that rock was Christ.

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But with many of them God was not

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well pleased, for they were overthrown in the

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wilderness.

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Now, these things were our examples to the

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intent that we should not lust after evil

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things, as they also lusted.

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Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of

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them.

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Verse 6.

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Neither let us commit fornication, as some of

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them.

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Verse 9.

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Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of

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them.

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Verse 10.

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Neither murmur ye of some of them.

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Now, verse 11.

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Now all these things happened unto them for

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examples, and they are written for our admonition

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upon whom the ends of the world are

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coming.

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You see, that's the wonder of inspiration.

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It's just not a history or a biography.

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My, it's something that's spiritual and something that's

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personal.

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It's written that you might have salvation.

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It's written that you might have consolation.

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It's written that you might have edification.

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It's written that you might have illustration.

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It's written that you might have sanctification.

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It's written that you might have admonition.

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You see, all the things written beforehand were

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written for our alertness.

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These are examples to us.

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Now, this is a very wonderful little word,

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upon whom the ends of the world shall

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come, or the ends of the ages.

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See the word ends that's there?

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Well, it's a Greek word, and sometimes it's

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translated by the English word ends, as it

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is here, and sometimes it's translated by the

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word tall.

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Well, that's really strange that that same Greek

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word is in English writings today, and it's

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the word tall.

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And here's what that would mean.

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Upon whom the toll of the ages shall

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come.

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You know, in Scotland, yes, at certain places

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they have the toll gates.

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And if you want to go along this

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certain bridge, you stop here and you've got

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to pay, or you won't get through.

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And you know, in years gone by, they

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had many of these spots, and at certain

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places in the highlands, they actually made a

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fortune through the toll gate.

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And you know, this fortune that was made

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at the toll gate, it was passed on

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to the children.

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And we're getting the fortune of the ages.

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All the inspiration,

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that it's for you.

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Moses wrote for you.

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Yes, it's all there for you.

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That's the wonder of inspiration.

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Now, let's get on with it this evening.

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We're back at Romans chapter 4, and we're

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following this through now.

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Verse 23.

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Now it was not written for his sake

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alone, that it was imputed to him, but

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for us also, to whom it shall be

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imputed if we believe.

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Let's make a stop there.

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You know, we're going to look at the

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wonder of imputation now.

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This is a very wonderful thing, really wonderful.

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The word that's translated imputation, it is the

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Greek word logosomia.

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Logosomia, and it's translated imputation.

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But that word, logosomia, is in your chapter

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many times in your New Testament, and made

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by Greek scholars here.

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And I'll show you how many English words

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are used in the chapter to translate it.

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Then you'll have an idea of what the

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meaning is.

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Let me go back into chapter 3 for

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a moment.

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Do you see verse 28?

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Therefore we conclude.

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Do you see?

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Well, in your big New Testament, it's logosomia.

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So that imputation and conclusion, is this the

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same thing?

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Only on this occasion, in the third chapter,

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it's the conclusion of the case.

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We conclude.

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This is where the Protestants stand this evening.

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We conclude that a man is justified by

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faith without the deeds of the law.

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That's our conclusion.

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It's the same word, it's logosomia.

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But when you come into chapter 4, you'll

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find this.

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Verse 3.

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For what says the scripture, this is what

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it says, Abraham believed God, and it was

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counted unto him for righteousness.

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Do you see your word counted?

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Well, it's the very same exact words.

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Just the same.

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My, I think you could see this if

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you never knew Greek.

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Imputation, conclusion, and account.

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Oh, it's all the same anyway.

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That's the trouble with our English, of course.

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Now let's go down the chapter a little

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bit further.

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Look at verse 4, just before we move.

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Chapter 4, verse 4.

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Now watch this one.

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Now to him that worketh is the reward

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not reckoned of grace.

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See your word reckoned, it's logosomia.

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So that conclusion, and account, and reckoning, and

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imputation, they're all the same anyway.

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And there was no difference when the Bible

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was written.

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They were all the same words.

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And yet I think that the English will

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help us here.

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You see, this mighty wonder that we're up

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this evening, it's the reckoning of grace.

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Ah yes, that's what it is, isn't it?

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You see, the moment that I turn, and

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I believe what God has said about Christ,

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then this, that is the reckoning

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of grace.

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The moment that I place my faith in

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Christ, God accounts.

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You like to argue with God?

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You can have an argument with God if

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you like.

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But of God comes God.

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Who is he that condemns?

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I tell you, this is a mighty wonder,

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isn't it?

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You see, this imputation is that this, that

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the moment that I venture my faith, because

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the word of God has encouraged me to

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do so, on the Christ who died and

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rose again, then grace reckons me righteous, God

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counts me righteous, and the holiness of God

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imputes to me a robe that will meet

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the requirements of heaven for all eternity.

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That's a wonder, isn't it?

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That's where I'm standing tonight.

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Grace reckons me to be without a spot

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before God.

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God counts me righteous.

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The righteousness of God has been imputed to

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me.

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I'm justified.

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That's the word.

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That's the best word.

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Justified.

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And I'm justified without doing anything.

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I'm justified without paying anything.

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I'm justified without any help from the Virgin

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Mary.

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I'm justified without any Pope.

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And I'm justified without any candles.

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And I'm justified without any purgatory.

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Oh, that's the pagan religion we're going back

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to.

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But we'll never leave justification by faith.

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Never.

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They have no notion of leaving that.

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That's too precious.

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That's taught in our book, and their purgatory

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is never seen.

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This is Bible teaching we're at.

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If you'd like to believe nonsense, that's your

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pigeon.

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But this is God's word we're at.

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So this is really a wonder, isn't it?

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My, it's really a wonder.

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This is the wonder of imputation.

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Now, let's get this all tidied up, because

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it needs to be tidied out a little

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bit further.

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So, watch this.

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Verse 23, we're at.

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We're still in the fourth chapter.

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Now it was not written for his sake

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alone that righteousness was imputed to him, but

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for us also, to whom it shall be

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imputed, if we believe.

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Now, let's leave out the word on there

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for a moment.

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If we believe him that raised up Jesus

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our Lord from the dead.

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You see, the word on is not really

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there in the original.

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You see, the idea is this, that God

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the Father raised the Son.

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And the one who raised him from the

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dead, he bears a tremendous testimony to us

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about him.

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God brings a testimony.

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Do you remember when Paul went to Corinth?

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Have a look at this.

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It's 1 Corinthians and it's the second chapter.

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1 Corinthians and it's chapter 2 and verse

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1, And I brethren, when I came to

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you, came not with excellency of speech, but

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of wisdom, declaring unto you the check, the

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money of God.

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You know, God checks the five to his

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touch.

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And you know, it does say this in

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John 5 and 24, Verily, verily, I say

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unto you, He that heareth my word, I

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believe of him that sent me.

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Are you the one that sent Christ and

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the one that raised Christ?

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It's to Christ, to Christ.

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And this is the testimony of God, that

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life is in his Son.

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And he that hath the Son of life.

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Now, I don't need to answer that, do

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I?

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That's the testimony of God.

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And look, if you were simple enough to

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believe the testimony of God regarding the Son,

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you would get.

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But the trouble is with some of you,

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you can't believe God.

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I know, that's your trouble.

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00:30:33,740 --> 00:30:34,980
Can't believe God?

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I told you about the big sergeant, the

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policeman came in and he's all shaking.

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He says, My trouble is I can't believe.

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I said, get out of the door.

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You can't believe God will go on, get

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out.

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If you can't believe God, you'll be damned.

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You can believe almost anything but God.

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It's a pity of you.

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If God says, life is in.

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We need to believe the testimony of God.

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00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,500
You know, when I was in Liverpool the

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other day, a gentleman came into the inquiry

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room and he said to me, Can you

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explain the flames in hell?

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This man was prevented in this place.

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I said, I don't need to explain anything.

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I just believe what the book says.

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I'm not here to explain.

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00:31:47,180 --> 00:31:49,860
They're always looking for explanation.

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00:31:51,700 --> 00:31:55,320
I'm not here to explain your problem, remember.

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00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,260
I'm here to teach you to believe what

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00:31:59,260 --> 00:32:00,040
God says.

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00:32:02,140 --> 00:32:04,280
And that's the trouble with the world tonight.

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00:32:04,820 --> 00:32:07,420
They want everything cut and dry.

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00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,620
Somebody came into me not so long ago

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and said, Can you reconcile a free world

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00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,860
with predestination?

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I'm not here to reconcile anything.

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00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:20,640
I believe both.

545
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,420
I believe that I was pre-declared before

546
00:32:25,420 --> 00:32:26,240
the world began.

547
00:32:26,540 --> 00:32:28,380
And I also believe that I have to

548
00:32:28,380 --> 00:32:28,520
come.

549
00:32:30,910 --> 00:32:32,530
And I'm not here to explain.

550
00:32:32,770 --> 00:32:35,550
You see, if I explained everything, I'll tell

551
00:32:35,550 --> 00:32:36,930
you where your faith would stand.

552
00:32:38,110 --> 00:32:39,550
In the wisdom of man.

553
00:32:40,490 --> 00:32:41,950
Now watch this after you're out.

554
00:32:43,170 --> 00:32:44,190
Do you see this?

555
00:32:45,390 --> 00:32:46,890
Here's what Paul says.

556
00:32:47,670 --> 00:32:48,250
Now watch.

557
00:32:48,810 --> 00:32:52,070
Verse 1, chapter 2, for instance, And I,

558
00:32:52,130 --> 00:32:53,630
brethren, when I came to you, came not

559
00:32:53,630 --> 00:32:56,790
with excellency of spiritual wisdom, declaring unto you

560
00:32:56,790 --> 00:32:58,050
the testimony of God.

561
00:32:59,130 --> 00:33:01,070
For I determined not to know anything among

562
00:33:01,070 --> 00:33:03,110
you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

563
00:33:04,030 --> 00:33:05,550
And I was with you in weakness and

564
00:33:05,550 --> 00:33:06,710
in fear, in much trembling.

565
00:33:07,130 --> 00:33:09,090
And my speech and my preaching was not

566
00:33:09,090 --> 00:33:11,590
with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in

567
00:33:11,590 --> 00:33:14,510
demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that

568
00:33:14,510 --> 00:33:17,070
your faith should not stand in the wisdom

569
00:33:17,070 --> 00:33:21,750
of men, but in the power of God.

570
00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:28,610
And if everything has to be, your faith

571
00:33:28,610 --> 00:33:31,590
will stand in the wisdom of men.

572
00:33:33,340 --> 00:33:35,620
God pity you if that's what it is,

573
00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:40,070
it's to stand in the power of God.

574
00:33:41,370 --> 00:33:44,810
And if you believe, if you just believe

575
00:33:44,810 --> 00:33:47,170
what God says, please.

576
00:33:48,430 --> 00:33:50,570
You know, I'm one of those simple preachers.

577
00:33:50,750 --> 00:33:52,770
I believe everything that God says.

578
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,520
Just for the sake of the young ones,

579
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,460
can I tell you about another policeman who

580
00:33:58,460 --> 00:34:01,180
came in and said, he said, this book

581
00:34:01,180 --> 00:34:06,420
says, Christ bear our sins in His own

582
00:34:06,420 --> 00:34:07,420
body on the tree.

583
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:13,440
Christ bearing my sins in His own body

584
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:14,300
on the tree, sir.

585
00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:16,739
Said I wasn't born then.

586
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,679
Should have hadn't committed one of them.

587
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,219
I can't understand that, he said.

588
00:34:23,580 --> 00:34:25,639
Said nobody ever asked you to understand it,

589
00:34:25,679 --> 00:34:26,760
you're to believe it.

590
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:29,080
So are you two.

591
00:34:45,260 --> 00:34:47,760
Doesn't give me any bother believing God.

592
00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:51,260
And it doesn't give me any bother at

593
00:34:51,260 --> 00:34:53,800
all believing that God could take my sins

594
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:54,800
and lay them on Christ.

595
00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:55,840
It gives me no bother.

596
00:34:57,620 --> 00:34:58,820
None whatsoever.

597
00:34:59,700 --> 00:35:03,100
But gives me the greatest joy, for I

598
00:35:03,100 --> 00:35:06,360
know that God cannot lie, even when I

599
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:07,420
can't explain it.

600
00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:11,210
I can believe it.

601
00:35:11,490 --> 00:35:12,710
Oh, that's how you get saved.

602
00:35:12,810 --> 00:35:14,390
You just take God at His word, that's

603
00:35:14,390 --> 00:35:14,690
it.

604
00:35:15,750 --> 00:35:17,070
That's the way you get saved.

605
00:35:18,110 --> 00:35:19,830
That's the wonder of imputation.

606
00:35:20,010 --> 00:35:21,090
Now let's get on with this.

607
00:35:21,170 --> 00:35:22,610
We'll be here all night, right enough.

608
00:35:26,380 --> 00:35:28,400
Now we'll start at verse 23 again.

609
00:35:30,700 --> 00:35:32,940
Now it was not written for His sake

610
00:35:32,940 --> 00:35:36,440
alone that it was imputed to Him, but

611
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,300
for us also, to whom it shall be

612
00:35:39,300 --> 00:35:43,220
imputed, if we believe Him that raised up

613
00:35:43,220 --> 00:35:44,880
Jesus our Lord from the dead.

614
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,600
When we come to the wonder now of

615
00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:52,900
substitution, He's talking about Jesus our Lord.

616
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:59,520
Verse 25, Who was delivered for our offenses,

617
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:06,380
and was raised again for our justification.

618
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,560
I know that there are arguments about the

619
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:11,280
last phrase.

620
00:36:12,140 --> 00:36:14,120
It's not a great argument, and it's not

621
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:15,560
a deep one, and it doesn't matter.

622
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,640
Some of the scholars believe it should read,

623
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,600
and was raised again on account of our

624
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:22,280
justification.

625
00:36:24,180 --> 00:36:26,220
Some of the scholars believe it should be

626
00:36:26,220 --> 00:36:27,760
as it is, and I believe it should

627
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:28,660
be as it is.

628
00:36:30,020 --> 00:36:35,240
Because you're justified by faith, and you hadn't

629
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:37,580
faith when Christ was raised again.

630
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,020
He was raised for your justification.

631
00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:43,820
I know that some of the scholars see

632
00:36:43,820 --> 00:36:47,740
that God saw the work, and He knew

633
00:36:47,740 --> 00:36:50,820
that He could justify on the grounds of

634
00:36:50,820 --> 00:36:52,500
what was done, and they try to say

635
00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:55,380
He was raised on account of our justification.

636
00:36:55,940 --> 00:36:58,180
But justification is still by faith, you know.

637
00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:02,520
And it's only when you place the arms

638
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,240
of your faith around the case of God

639
00:37:05,240 --> 00:37:07,320
that you can claim to be justified.

640
00:37:09,550 --> 00:37:11,850
Well, you weren't justified when He was raised

641
00:37:11,850 --> 00:37:12,110
again.

642
00:37:12,210 --> 00:37:13,930
You were justified when you believed.

643
00:37:16,220 --> 00:37:17,540
That's a small point.

644
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:23,120
But the great point is this, that Christ

645
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:26,980
was delivered for our attention.

646
00:37:29,310 --> 00:37:31,450
You know, this is a tremendous thing.

647
00:37:32,770 --> 00:37:37,790
The Word of God is telling us tonight,

648
00:37:38,710 --> 00:37:43,590
through many historical passages, and through many of

649
00:37:43,590 --> 00:37:47,130
the patriarchs, that we can be justified by

650
00:37:47,130 --> 00:37:47,510
faith.

651
00:37:48,770 --> 00:37:51,290
And that the moment we place our faith

652
00:37:51,290 --> 00:37:55,610
in what God has said concerning Christ, this

653
00:37:55,610 --> 00:37:58,770
righteousness or justification will be imputed to us.

654
00:37:59,510 --> 00:38:02,550
Now, God's not doing anything He couldn't do,

655
00:38:03,250 --> 00:38:07,230
because He's doing this mighty work on the

656
00:38:07,230 --> 00:38:12,210
basis of the substitutionary sacrifice of Calvary.

657
00:38:14,810 --> 00:38:15,750
Oh, yes.

658
00:38:16,630 --> 00:38:17,950
Sin's been dealt with.

659
00:38:19,370 --> 00:38:21,970
God's not trying to fool Himself, you know.

660
00:38:23,490 --> 00:38:25,490
God is a solid basis.

661
00:38:26,970 --> 00:38:30,770
You know, He sent His Son, and His

662
00:38:30,770 --> 00:38:34,090
Son became the substitutionary sacrifice.

663
00:38:35,940 --> 00:38:40,940
And God spared Him not, but delivered Him

664
00:38:40,940 --> 00:38:41,400
up.

665
00:38:42,380 --> 00:38:47,000
And yonder at the place called Calvary, you

666
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:52,760
can see Him, if you will, bearing my

667
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:53,400
offences.

668
00:38:55,430 --> 00:39:00,510
That every believer speaks for themselves, Do you

669
00:39:00,510 --> 00:39:06,290
believe that He actually bore your sins in

670
00:39:06,290 --> 00:39:07,590
His own body and the flesh?

671
00:39:07,790 --> 00:39:09,590
Did you believe that He was delivered for

672
00:39:09,590 --> 00:39:10,070
your offences?

673
00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:12,300
Stop there.

674
00:39:12,780 --> 00:39:14,100
How many of your offences?

675
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,520
Oh, now I'm going to tighten you up

676
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:20,180
a wee bit here.

677
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,380
You know, if, if there is one sin,

678
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:29,060
one sin that I have committed, or one

679
00:39:29,060 --> 00:39:32,760
sin that I'm ever going to commit, that

680
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,960
wasn't laid on Christ, and wasn't dealt with

681
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,180
by God on Christ, then I'll be damned.

682
00:39:40,860 --> 00:39:41,960
So will you do.

683
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:45,940
I'm telling you, if He bore them all

684
00:39:45,940 --> 00:39:50,640
but one, and there's one left out, I'm

685
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:52,320
telling you, He'd been making a fool of

686
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,560
Himself to go to Calvary and suffer for

687
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:56,060
three quarters of them when He would know

688
00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:57,260
the other would damn you.

689
00:39:59,020 --> 00:40:01,460
And the old hymn writer got this, didn't

690
00:40:01,460 --> 00:40:01,660
he?

691
00:40:02,020 --> 00:40:04,900
My sin, oh the bliss of this glorious

692
00:40:04,900 --> 00:40:07,100
thought, my sin not in part but the

693
00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:08,780
whole, was nailed to the cross.

694
00:40:10,670 --> 00:40:13,110
What a mighty, stupendous, worthlessness.

695
00:40:13,330 --> 00:40:15,650
This is the wonder of substitution.

696
00:40:17,410 --> 00:40:17,930
Everything.

697
00:40:19,630 --> 00:40:24,370
Mine was a Savior, blessed be His name.

698
00:40:24,930 --> 00:40:28,310
And you know, we'll never understand what it

699
00:40:28,310 --> 00:40:33,130
meant for Him, the Holy One, to bear

700
00:40:33,130 --> 00:40:34,050
away our sins.

701
00:40:34,790 --> 00:40:39,390
He suffered for sins, the just for us,

702
00:40:39,450 --> 00:40:39,950
the undead.

703
00:40:40,750 --> 00:40:43,870
He bare our sins in His own body

704
00:40:43,870 --> 00:40:44,390
on the tree.

705
00:40:44,930 --> 00:40:49,030
Christ died for our sins.

706
00:40:49,350 --> 00:40:54,040
Go on, lick your lips, my that truth

707
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:54,280
is.

708
00:40:55,300 --> 00:40:58,740
That's the wonder of substitution.

709
00:41:00,500 --> 00:41:04,360
And on the work of substitution, God is

710
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:07,020
telling the world what a son can do

711
00:41:07,020 --> 00:41:09,320
if you only believe, and the moment you

712
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:09,700
believe.

713
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:13,660
She couldn't preach the gospel better than that.

714
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:17,120
Her old friend may be a better gospel

715
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,300
preacher but he hasn't a better gospel to

716
00:41:19,300 --> 00:41:19,640
preach.

717
00:41:22,450 --> 00:41:23,330
That's the gospel.

718
00:41:24,930 --> 00:41:26,070
That's the gospel.

719
00:41:27,650 --> 00:41:33,230
Christ died for our sins, and God so

720
00:41:33,230 --> 00:41:37,730
pleased that He tells you, He testifies to

721
00:41:37,730 --> 00:41:40,390
you, that there's new life for you if

722
00:41:40,390 --> 00:41:41,770
you'll trust His Son.

723
00:41:42,410 --> 00:41:44,430
And the moment you put the arms of

724
00:41:44,430 --> 00:41:48,450
your faith round the Son, you're justified, that

725
00:41:48,450 --> 00:41:49,590
very second.

726
00:41:50,490 --> 00:41:52,910
And then the backstreet will save them Friday

727
00:41:52,910 --> 00:41:53,270
night.

728
00:41:53,450 --> 00:41:55,790
He's not as long-saved as I am,

729
00:41:56,370 --> 00:41:57,870
but He's as long-saved.

730
00:41:59,820 --> 00:42:01,400
He's justified too.

731
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:02,840
I haven't any more than that.

732
00:42:08,010 --> 00:42:09,810
Now, let's get on with it.

733
00:42:10,970 --> 00:42:16,030
These are the wonders, the wonder of inspiration,

734
00:42:16,370 --> 00:42:20,970
the wonder of substitution, the wonder of imputation.

735
00:42:21,970 --> 00:42:23,870
And I will introductify it.

736
00:42:24,970 --> 00:42:30,270
And it says, therefore, being justified by faith,

737
00:42:31,310 --> 00:42:33,610
now he starts to look at the wealth.

738
00:42:34,570 --> 00:42:37,210
We have peace with God.

739
00:42:38,290 --> 00:42:39,970
Isn't that something worth having?

740
00:42:40,770 --> 00:42:42,410
We have peace with God.

741
00:42:42,470 --> 00:42:43,230
You know what that is?

742
00:42:43,290 --> 00:42:44,150
That's reconciliation.

743
00:42:45,750 --> 00:42:48,790
You know what the word reconciliation means, I

744
00:42:48,790 --> 00:42:49,070
hope?

745
00:42:50,070 --> 00:42:54,450
It means completely changed, or changed completely.

746
00:42:55,250 --> 00:42:56,470
It's a complete change.

747
00:42:57,070 --> 00:42:59,430
Just let me steal one verse out of

748
00:42:59,430 --> 00:43:00,250
next week.

749
00:43:01,370 --> 00:43:02,790
Do you see verse 10?

750
00:43:05,230 --> 00:43:11,730
For if when we were enemies, we were

751
00:43:11,730 --> 00:43:15,810
reconciled to God by the death of His

752
00:43:15,810 --> 00:43:16,090
Son.

753
00:43:17,290 --> 00:43:18,670
Do you see the complete change?

754
00:43:19,890 --> 00:43:25,310
You see, in reconciliation, enemies are made subjects.

755
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,700
Oh yes, we used to be enemies of

756
00:43:29,700 --> 00:43:31,880
the kingdom, now we're subjects of the king.

757
00:43:32,940 --> 00:43:35,760
So we're reconciled, we have peace with God,

758
00:43:36,060 --> 00:43:37,840
we're not rebels no longer.

759
00:43:38,860 --> 00:43:44,320
You know, in reconciliation, sinners become sons.

760
00:43:46,490 --> 00:43:47,290
What a change.

761
00:43:48,670 --> 00:43:51,630
Might they that were not far off have

762
00:43:51,630 --> 00:43:52,250
brought nigh?

763
00:43:53,270 --> 00:43:54,750
What a change.

764
00:43:55,670 --> 00:43:59,230
They who once were darkness are now in

765
00:43:59,230 --> 00:43:59,730
light.

766
00:44:01,330 --> 00:44:04,030
Oh, when you stand as a subject of

767
00:44:04,030 --> 00:44:06,770
the king, and a son of the Father,

768
00:44:07,850 --> 00:44:09,830
and you're brought nigh to the throne by

769
00:44:09,830 --> 00:44:12,690
precious blood, and you're one of the children

770
00:44:12,690 --> 00:44:16,850
of light, you have peace with God.

771
00:44:18,170 --> 00:44:19,750
What a wealth this is.

772
00:44:20,790 --> 00:44:22,850
It's made, you know, by the blood of

773
00:44:22,850 --> 00:44:23,290
the cross.

774
00:44:24,630 --> 00:44:26,330
Now, let's go on with this.

775
00:44:27,750 --> 00:44:30,210
Here's the second part of the wealth that

776
00:44:30,210 --> 00:44:31,410
belongs to us.

777
00:44:32,590 --> 00:44:35,710
Verse 1 again, therefore being justified by faith,

778
00:44:35,810 --> 00:44:37,350
we have peace with God through our Lord

779
00:44:37,350 --> 00:44:44,110
Jesus Christ, by whom also we have access

780
00:44:44,110 --> 00:44:51,510
into this access by faith into this great

781
00:44:51,510 --> 00:44:52,950
square in which we stand.

782
00:44:54,770 --> 00:44:56,530
You know, this is what I'm calling the

783
00:44:56,530 --> 00:44:57,810
wealth of admission.

784
00:44:59,730 --> 00:45:01,790
I want you to see this because this

785
00:45:01,790 --> 00:45:02,830
is very important.

786
00:45:03,910 --> 00:45:08,870
You see, we have access now, and we're

787
00:45:08,870 --> 00:45:12,590
brought into the full tide of God's grace,

788
00:45:12,810 --> 00:45:14,110
and that's where we're standing.

789
00:45:15,970 --> 00:45:20,630
Oh, this is the wonderfulness of standing in

790
00:45:20,630 --> 00:45:21,710
the divine table.

791
00:45:22,950 --> 00:45:24,530
Grace is divine table.

792
00:45:25,750 --> 00:45:27,210
You know, I'd like you to get this

793
00:45:27,210 --> 00:45:28,630
because this is very important.

794
00:45:29,710 --> 00:45:33,950
It not only means that you stand by

795
00:45:33,950 --> 00:45:36,850
grace before God, justified.

796
00:45:37,210 --> 00:45:39,510
I've already dealt with that, you're justified, and

797
00:45:39,510 --> 00:45:42,430
that's really wonderful, and it was grace, remember,

798
00:45:42,610 --> 00:45:43,590
that brought you in this.

799
00:45:44,990 --> 00:45:50,190
But you're not only justified, you're now accepted

800
00:45:50,190 --> 00:45:56,630
in the beloved, and you're not only justified,

801
00:45:56,630 --> 00:46:01,890
you're not only accepted, but you're complete in

802
00:46:01,890 --> 00:46:02,290
him.

803
00:46:03,710 --> 00:46:06,410
And you're not only justified and accepted and

804
00:46:06,410 --> 00:46:13,010
complete, but you're perfected forever, as the word

805
00:46:13,010 --> 00:46:14,010
from Hebrew says.

806
00:46:15,130 --> 00:46:19,430
I just imagine standing, standing in a place,

807
00:46:20,270 --> 00:46:26,350
having extra influence, and standing in the wonders

808
00:46:26,350 --> 00:46:34,810
of God's grace, justified, accepted, complete, perfected forever.

809
00:46:35,730 --> 00:46:38,530
Oh, my dear friends, what wealth is here.

810
00:46:39,250 --> 00:46:44,090
This is the unfetchable riches of Christ, isn't

811
00:46:44,090 --> 00:46:44,210
it?

812
00:46:46,310 --> 00:46:49,650
Let's go on with the story, once again,

813
00:46:49,770 --> 00:46:51,530
while we open this treasure chest.

814
00:46:53,810 --> 00:46:56,850
Therefore, being justified by faith, we have preached

815
00:46:56,850 --> 00:47:00,250
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by

816
00:47:00,250 --> 00:47:02,950
whom also we have accessed by faith into

817
00:47:02,950 --> 00:47:06,030
this great world in which we stand, and

818
00:47:06,030 --> 00:47:10,610
rejoiced in hope of the glory of God.

819
00:47:11,750 --> 00:47:13,410
You know, this is the wealth of an

820
00:47:13,410 --> 00:47:14,010
anticipation.

821
00:47:16,430 --> 00:47:18,670
You know, I want you to get this,

822
00:47:18,750 --> 00:47:19,550
we rejoice.

823
00:47:21,770 --> 00:47:23,290
I don't think this is any sort of

824
00:47:23,290 --> 00:47:24,950
boasting or anything like that.

825
00:47:26,190 --> 00:47:28,570
We rejoice in hope, that's the idea.

826
00:47:29,090 --> 00:47:37,220
It's an inner confidence, that's so thrilled because

827
00:47:37,220 --> 00:47:40,820
of the hope in your breast, that you'll

828
00:47:40,820 --> 00:47:41,440
overjoy.

829
00:47:44,470 --> 00:47:47,650
You know, I'm so thrilled in my inner

830
00:47:47,650 --> 00:47:52,430
consciousness with the confidence tonight that gives me

831
00:47:52,430 --> 00:47:52,670
hope.

832
00:47:52,750 --> 00:47:54,630
I know that I'll be in heaven.

833
00:47:56,110 --> 00:47:58,350
I have no doubts at all about it.

834
00:47:58,550 --> 00:48:01,110
I'll say it in words of future tonight.

835
00:48:01,290 --> 00:48:05,130
I'm rejoicing in hope of the glory of

836
00:48:05,130 --> 00:48:05,510
God.

837
00:48:06,790 --> 00:48:08,390
I never was as near as now.

838
00:48:08,590 --> 00:48:09,390
I'm going there.

839
00:48:10,450 --> 00:48:12,630
Thank God I'm going to heaven.

840
00:48:14,410 --> 00:48:15,010
I know that.

841
00:48:15,550 --> 00:48:17,190
It's mine, this is mine.

842
00:48:18,310 --> 00:48:21,050
This is my hope, and it gives me

843
00:48:21,050 --> 00:48:21,390
joy.

844
00:48:21,470 --> 00:48:22,590
I'm confident, you know.

845
00:48:22,990 --> 00:48:24,850
Oh, I'm not thinking I'll be lost again

846
00:48:24,850 --> 00:48:26,250
tomorrow, and God pity me.

847
00:48:28,980 --> 00:48:31,120
I don't know where the justified ones get

848
00:48:31,120 --> 00:48:35,400
lost again, and where the perfected forever ones

849
00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:37,020
become unperfect.

850
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:40,360
Oh, you don't know anything about what we're

851
00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:40,920
talking about.

852
00:48:41,020 --> 00:48:42,100
You might as well be at home.

853
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:47,850
You don't know what we're talking about.

854
00:48:47,850 --> 00:48:49,650
That's the trouble with you boys that talk

855
00:48:49,650 --> 00:48:50,670
about being lost again.

856
00:48:50,850 --> 00:48:53,650
You haven't the foggiest idea of what you've

857
00:48:53,650 --> 00:48:54,450
come across.

858
00:48:55,570 --> 00:48:56,410
That's your problem.

859
00:48:57,450 --> 00:49:01,350
If you're only new, oh, if you're only

860
00:49:01,350 --> 00:49:06,230
new, it's better self than twice, if you

861
00:49:06,230 --> 00:49:07,250
like it in Scottish.

862
00:49:08,310 --> 00:49:08,970
All right.

863
00:49:09,870 --> 00:49:10,730
Watch this.

864
00:49:12,930 --> 00:49:13,910
Why should you get this?

865
00:49:15,150 --> 00:49:17,530
Because this is really thrilling.

866
00:49:18,530 --> 00:49:20,490
You see, we have peace with God.

867
00:49:21,390 --> 00:49:22,910
Oh, what a possession.

868
00:49:24,150 --> 00:49:27,150
And we have access by faith into this

869
00:49:27,150 --> 00:49:29,090
grace, where we're now standing.

870
00:49:29,750 --> 00:49:33,790
We're actually standing in grace, and we're rejoicing

871
00:49:33,790 --> 00:49:35,290
in hope of the glory of God.

872
00:49:36,530 --> 00:49:38,310
You know, I think that when Paul went

873
00:49:38,310 --> 00:49:40,690
to pen the next, that he anticipated something.

874
00:49:40,870 --> 00:49:43,890
He always anticipates people asking questions.

875
00:49:45,850 --> 00:49:47,410
You know, somebody might come up and say,

876
00:49:47,490 --> 00:49:49,110
well now, it's all right you talking like

877
00:49:49,110 --> 00:49:49,450
this.

878
00:49:51,010 --> 00:49:53,010
You say that the book was written, that

879
00:49:54,430 --> 00:49:56,370
we too might know that we could be

880
00:49:56,370 --> 00:49:57,590
justified by faith.

881
00:49:57,630 --> 00:49:58,430
That's very wonderful.

882
00:49:59,710 --> 00:50:03,190
And that this justification is resting upon this

883
00:50:03,190 --> 00:50:04,210
substitution.

884
00:50:06,310 --> 00:50:09,070
And that you have this wonderful peace with

885
00:50:09,070 --> 00:50:10,550
God, which you call reconciliation.

886
00:50:12,050 --> 00:50:15,170
And that you're anticipating getting into the glory

887
00:50:15,170 --> 00:50:16,330
that all things.

888
00:50:18,500 --> 00:50:21,300
But you know, all you believers have tribulations,

889
00:50:21,460 --> 00:50:22,000
haven't you?

890
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:25,940
And he's very thinking that he's throwing out

891
00:50:25,940 --> 00:50:26,820
his purse now.

892
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:29,380
Of course, we have tribulations.

893
00:50:31,980 --> 00:50:34,340
Of course, this book talks about our right

894
00:50:34,340 --> 00:50:34,820
affliction.

895
00:50:37,720 --> 00:50:39,840
Of course, this book says they that live

896
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:41,640
godly will suffer persecution.

897
00:50:41,940 --> 00:50:43,160
Yes, we know all about it.

898
00:50:45,340 --> 00:50:46,960
Yes, that's true.

899
00:50:47,700 --> 00:50:52,280
My, there are tribulations, and afflictions, and persecutions.

900
00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:55,420
And in this whole body we grow.

901
00:50:59,620 --> 00:51:02,280
And so he's anticipating this sort of question.

902
00:51:03,240 --> 00:51:07,140
Will this faith and all these wonderful blessings

903
00:51:07,140 --> 00:51:12,220
that are a new astounding before God, will

904
00:51:12,220 --> 00:51:13,920
they alter when your state alters?

905
00:51:15,600 --> 00:51:18,220
Astounding and state are two different things, isn't

906
00:51:18,220 --> 00:51:18,360
it?

907
00:51:19,460 --> 00:51:21,440
And it's all right, you know, to boast

908
00:51:21,440 --> 00:51:23,920
about your family, but what about your state?

909
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:27,420
Will your standing fail when your state is

910
00:51:27,420 --> 00:51:27,960
in trouble?

911
00:51:29,820 --> 00:51:31,820
Now, just listen very carefully to what he

912
00:51:31,820 --> 00:51:33,620
says to that, because this is really good

913
00:51:33,620 --> 00:51:34,000
teaching.

914
00:51:35,380 --> 00:51:39,860
He says in verse 3, I'm not only

915
00:51:39,860 --> 00:51:50,230
so, but read Pauline Figurations also, knowing,

916
00:51:50,230 --> 00:51:52,690
you know, there's a great loss in what

917
00:51:52,690 --> 00:51:53,570
Paul knew.

918
00:51:55,190 --> 00:51:56,950
Great loss in what Paul knew.

919
00:51:57,530 --> 00:51:59,970
Could I go over to chapter 8 for

920
00:51:59,970 --> 00:52:01,730
a moment, just to let you see this.

921
00:52:03,450 --> 00:52:04,650
Look at verse 28.

922
00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:11,420
And we know that all things work together

923
00:52:11,420 --> 00:52:13,160
for good to them that love God.

924
00:52:14,260 --> 00:52:15,940
He knew that bit, didn't he?

925
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:18,520
Look at verse 31.

926
00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:21,460
What shall we say then to these things

927
00:52:21,460 --> 00:52:23,720
if God be for us?

928
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:27,000
Who should be against us?

929
00:52:27,180 --> 00:52:28,180
He knew that bit too.

930
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:30,340
Look at verse 32.

931
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:33,220
He that spared not his own son, but

932
00:52:33,220 --> 00:52:34,840
delivered him up for us all.

933
00:52:36,260 --> 00:52:37,900
If he did the big thing, will he

934
00:52:37,900 --> 00:52:38,960
not do the little thing?

935
00:52:39,260 --> 00:52:40,760
How shall he not with them off to

936
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:42,020
freely give us all things?

937
00:52:42,660 --> 00:52:43,920
He knew that bit too.

938
00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:49,620
And you see, when you're told this, the

939
00:52:49,620 --> 00:52:54,360
believer who has a basis for his life

940
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:59,820
in the standing by faith, the man that's

941
00:52:59,820 --> 00:53:02,240
really taught, and the man that knows he's

942
00:53:02,240 --> 00:53:05,840
justified, and the man that knows he's reconciled,

943
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:07,340
and the man and woman that knows he's

944
00:53:07,340 --> 00:53:11,260
bound for heaven, he'll stand when the storm

945
00:53:11,260 --> 00:53:11,520
comes.

946
00:53:11,640 --> 00:53:14,480
Don't you worry about him, because he knows

947
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:15,160
more than that.

948
00:53:15,220 --> 00:53:17,640
He knows that God's still looking after him.

949
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:21,240
For if God gave his son to justify

950
00:53:21,240 --> 00:53:22,640
him, he'll not throw him away when the

951
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:23,340
wind blows.

952
00:53:26,060 --> 00:53:30,880
And so you see, this tribulation will just

953
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:33,740
make some patience in the storm to see

954
00:53:33,740 --> 00:53:34,580
what God will do.

955
00:53:36,830 --> 00:53:39,630
Tribulation works as patience for this man.

956
00:53:41,090 --> 00:53:43,210
And then this patience gives him a great

957
00:53:43,210 --> 00:53:44,030
experience.

958
00:53:45,490 --> 00:53:48,270
I wonder how many experiences you've had in

959
00:53:48,270 --> 00:53:48,770
the storm.

960
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:52,700
Did you ever have an experience in the

961
00:53:52,700 --> 00:53:53,040
storm?

962
00:53:55,300 --> 00:53:57,200
Did you ever feel that the whole world

963
00:53:57,200 --> 00:53:58,120
was against you?

964
00:53:59,020 --> 00:54:01,380
Did you ever feel that the roar of

965
00:54:01,380 --> 00:54:03,320
the lion was just beside you?

966
00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:05,680
Did you ever have the experience of being

967
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:07,080
in the lion's mouth?

968
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:12,820
And did you know that the God that

969
00:54:12,820 --> 00:54:15,080
so loved you, who gave his son, who

970
00:54:15,080 --> 00:54:17,900
gave himself, who brought you into this place

971
00:54:17,900 --> 00:54:20,340
where you stand, were you absolutely conscious?

972
00:54:25,580 --> 00:54:27,840
Because that's exactly what works out here.

973
00:54:28,700 --> 00:54:32,060
It's not only speech that we boast about.

974
00:54:33,260 --> 00:54:39,160
We boast also in tribulation, knowing that tribulation

975
00:54:39,160 --> 00:54:43,240
works as patience, and patience experience, and experience

976
00:54:43,240 --> 00:54:46,800
hope, and hope makes us not ashamed.

977
00:54:48,080 --> 00:54:52,920
You know, no true believer, standing on the

978
00:54:52,920 --> 00:54:57,500
foundation of the substitutionary sacrifice and claiming justification

979
00:54:57,500 --> 00:55:01,320
by faith, and being reconciled to God, and

980
00:55:01,320 --> 00:55:04,420
looking every day towards heaven, he'll never be

981
00:55:04,420 --> 00:55:05,180
put to shame.

982
00:55:08,170 --> 00:55:11,090
Never be put to shame, because, he'll repent.

983
00:55:12,050 --> 00:55:14,650
You see, that's what I call the adaptation,

984
00:55:15,090 --> 00:55:17,830
the wealth of a Dutch in yourself, to

985
00:55:17,830 --> 00:55:18,590
whatever happens.

986
00:55:19,290 --> 00:55:20,550
But let's see the whole story.

987
00:55:20,970 --> 00:55:23,750
Not only so, but we glory in tribulation

988
00:55:23,750 --> 00:55:26,210
also, knowing that tribulation works as patience, and

989
00:55:26,210 --> 00:55:29,570
patience experience, and experience hope, and hope makes

990
00:55:29,570 --> 00:55:34,210
us not ashamed, because, that's lovely, because the

991
00:55:34,210 --> 00:55:38,170
love of God was shed abroad in our

992
00:55:38,170 --> 00:55:40,130
hearts by the Holy Ghost which was given

993
00:55:40,130 --> 00:55:40,790
unto us.

994
00:55:42,230 --> 00:55:44,370
You know, this is the realization of the

995
00:55:44,370 --> 00:55:44,910
whole thing.

996
00:55:46,250 --> 00:55:49,570
Whether the wind blows, or whether it doesn't,

997
00:55:51,160 --> 00:55:55,000
whether the night is dark, whether there'll be

998
00:55:55,000 --> 00:56:00,540
stars in the sky, whether, whether I'm in

999
00:56:00,540 --> 00:56:02,940
the very depths of the valley of this,

1000
00:56:05,750 --> 00:56:12,370
I know, that God will make a matter

1001
00:56:12,370 --> 00:56:15,610
of what color the day is, or the

1002
00:56:15,610 --> 00:56:19,570
cloud, or who passes me by, or who

1003
00:56:19,570 --> 00:56:21,950
gives me up, or who moves against me.

1004
00:56:22,850 --> 00:56:24,370
I still know this.

1005
00:56:25,810 --> 00:56:30,300
I know God loves me, and the Holy

1006
00:56:30,300 --> 00:56:31,980
Ghost has taught me that.

1007
00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:36,080
And I know that this love, well, it's

1008
00:56:36,080 --> 00:56:37,160
endless love.

1009
00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:40,120
He has loved me with an everlasting love.

1010
00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:43,020
And I know that it's changeless love.

1011
00:56:43,100 --> 00:56:45,320
It cannot change, he never changes.

1012
00:56:46,860 --> 00:56:50,180
I know it's boundless love, for he that

1013
00:56:50,180 --> 00:56:51,920
loved me so much as to give his

1014
00:56:51,920 --> 00:56:53,340
son, will he not give me all the

1015
00:56:53,340 --> 00:56:54,060
other things?

1016
00:56:56,110 --> 00:56:58,410
You know, Paul really gets to the conclusion

1017
00:56:58,410 --> 00:56:59,750
of this thing when he gets over to

1018
00:56:59,750 --> 00:57:00,550
chapter 8.

1019
00:57:00,950 --> 00:57:02,330
Just you have a look at it before

1020
00:57:02,330 --> 00:57:02,930
we start.

1021
00:57:03,830 --> 00:57:09,610
Chapter 8, and verse 35, and I won't

1022
00:57:09,610 --> 00:57:11,510
try to expand it now, because we'll come

1023
00:57:11,510 --> 00:57:13,150
there in the sweet by-and-by, if

1024
00:57:13,150 --> 00:57:13,670
God will.

1025
00:57:14,450 --> 00:57:15,210
Verse 35.

1026
00:57:16,590 --> 00:57:18,690
Who shall separate us from the love of

1027
00:57:18,690 --> 00:57:18,990
Christ?

1028
00:57:19,550 --> 00:57:20,910
Now he asks a question too.

1029
00:57:21,330 --> 00:57:22,590
Shall tribulation do it?

1030
00:57:25,010 --> 00:57:26,970
Shall distress do it?

1031
00:57:29,210 --> 00:57:31,450
So you see that the saints may well

1032
00:57:31,450 --> 00:57:33,170
be in tribulation, and they may well be

1033
00:57:33,170 --> 00:57:33,570
in distress.

1034
00:57:35,110 --> 00:57:37,410
I've seen believers in distress, you know.

1035
00:57:38,970 --> 00:57:40,350
Can distress do it?

1036
00:57:41,550 --> 00:57:42,430
Or persecution?

1037
00:57:44,010 --> 00:57:44,890
Or famine?

1038
00:57:46,290 --> 00:57:48,390
God may even test you out, you know.

1039
00:57:49,910 --> 00:57:52,650
You may not have any work, and no

1040
00:57:52,650 --> 00:57:52,950
food.

1041
00:57:54,170 --> 00:57:55,990
God will test you.

1042
00:57:56,710 --> 00:57:58,830
Famine, or nakedness?

1043
00:57:59,950 --> 00:58:01,870
Might be all this other white tie on,

1044
00:58:02,210 --> 00:58:02,910
never mind.

1045
00:58:04,970 --> 00:58:05,610
Or peril?

1046
00:58:06,970 --> 00:58:08,250
Or scourge?

1047
00:58:08,970 --> 00:58:11,130
Oh yes, war can come!

1048
00:58:11,950 --> 00:58:13,330
Let me tell you it will come.

1049
00:58:14,910 --> 00:58:17,830
And when it comes, what a war it

1050
00:58:17,830 --> 00:58:19,110
will be.

1051
00:58:20,170 --> 00:58:22,330
Can we sing separation?

1052
00:58:23,190 --> 00:58:24,370
Will you hear the answer?

1053
00:58:25,090 --> 00:58:28,670
As it is written, for thy sake we

1054
00:58:28,670 --> 00:58:30,290
are killed all the day long, we are

1055
00:58:30,290 --> 00:58:32,070
a count of the sheep for the slaughter,

1056
00:58:32,550 --> 00:58:33,190
is the answer.

1057
00:58:33,850 --> 00:58:36,850
May end all these things.

1058
00:58:37,390 --> 00:58:39,910
We are more than conquerors through him that

1059
00:58:39,910 --> 00:58:42,270
loves us, for I am persuaded that neither

1060
00:58:42,270 --> 00:58:44,530
death, nor life, nor angels, nor prince of

1061
00:58:44,530 --> 00:58:47,390
poverty, nor stars, nor things present, nor things

1062
00:58:47,390 --> 00:58:49,630
to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any

1063
00:58:49,630 --> 00:58:52,530
other creature shall be able to separate us

1064
00:58:52,530 --> 00:58:53,990
from the love of God.

1065
00:58:56,100 --> 00:58:57,460
My, what a realization.

1066
00:58:57,460 --> 00:59:02,640
Friends, what a wonderful chapter.

1067
00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:06,100
What beautiful verses.

1068
00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:14,480
Wondrous, and yes, and they belong to the

1069
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:14,960
believer.

1070
00:59:16,080 --> 00:59:19,960
Him that believes.

1071
00:59:20,940 --> 00:59:25,540
Next week now, we have very important thoughts

1072
00:59:25,540 --> 00:59:28,780
about the sort of characters we were.

1073
00:59:29,020 --> 00:59:33,760
We were enemies, we were sinners, we were

1074
00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:36,360
without strength, but we'll get us out next

1075
00:59:36,360 --> 00:59:37,280
week, if God wills.

1076
00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:38,920
Let us bow together.

1077
00:59:45,030 --> 00:59:50,190
Oh Heavenly Father, we bow in thy presence,

1078
00:59:52,410 --> 00:59:55,090
and we come with thanksgiving in our hearts.

1079
00:59:55,090 --> 00:59:58,710
Oh God, what a feast is spread here

1080
00:59:58,710 --> 01:00:00,310
before us this evening.