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00:04 [MUSIC] 00:09 [MUSIC] 00:14 [MUSIC] 00:19 [MUSIC] 00:24 [MUSIC] 00:27 >> Well, friends. Welcome to 3 ABN Fall Camp meeting 2022. 00:32 John Moment came. We have been having a lest I'm since can't 00:36 meeting started on Thursday. Can we all say into that? 00:39 I mean, the messages have been biblical and how a pact and 00:42 we've enjoyed so much having you join us. If you've been 00:45 joining us via satellite or whatever EDM weather, video or 00:49 audio, we just thank you for rain for us as we go forward 00:53 today. We have a wonderful message. Kelley Quinn is our 00:55 speaker for this afternoon and she's going to talk about 00:58 overcoming Legalism. What a topic. 01:01 She is, the development manager and producer of 3ABN, she has 01:04 so many hats, but she's going to bless us today. But before 01:07 she does, Tim Part is going to be playing a song and sing a 01:11 song title 01:13 who you say I am and right after 10 part in the next voice 01:18 that you'll hear will be that of Shelley Quinn. 01:21 [MUSIC] 01:26 [MUSIC] 01:31 >> Mind that the highest would be me. 01:40 I was lost, but he brought me here all his fuel. 01:47 >> Well, he is. 01:50 >> We? 01:54 >> Whom both said yeah, it's very. 01:58 >> We see. 02:02 >> I much of God. Yes. 02:07 >> Yeah. 02:12 >> Free at last he has read and so mean he's grains runs team. 02:20 >> While I was a slave to sin this law school, he is the guy 02:30 mean to whom does said yeah, it's free. 02:37 >> We's be. 02:42 >> I'm much this. 02:50 >> And I bought the house. 02:54 >> The news of a school or mean? 02:58 >> I'm a oh God. Yes, yeah. 03:06 >> I am so and not force a kid. 03:12 You say I ab you are for me. Not a good guy. I you say yeah. 03:23 I am so and not for sale again. I am Tuesday. I 03:31 act for me. I'm not against B. 03:35 [MUSIC] 03:37 >> I. 03:39 [MUSIC] 03:45 >> And those said Stream East 3, D. 03:53 >> I'm an old of God. 03:57 >> Yes, yeah. 04:02 >> My fall. The house. 04:06 >> There's a school me. 04:10 >> I much of God. 04:14 [MUSIC] 04:19 [MUSIC] 04:24 [MUSIC] 04:30 >> When he can, 04:33 it's so good to have him at the piano right now. 04:38 I want to tell you all, first of all, Happy Sabbath 04:42 this morning. I was praying and I was going. 04:45 >> Happy. Sad, both. Lord. Haha. 04:49 >> You know, right? I don't know that I've ever wish the 04:52 Nord happy Shavit before, but it is so good to see your 04:57 smiling faces, although it at least 7 people are still eating 05:02 too much. Yeah, we didn't have enough time for lunch did with. 05:09 I just want to tell you before it began. 05:13 I grew up 05:15 and Sunday keeping New Testament Church. 05:21 I was a leak a list 05:25 today. We're going to talk about over coming legal us. 05:30 And for those we want to welcome everyone who's 05:33 watching. Please don't tune out 05:35 because you may be surprised doesn't matter what the 05:39 nomination you are and what your faces. 05:42 Many of us would leak a list 05:45 without realizing it. 05:47 So what we're going to do today is talk about what is legal. 05:53 Listen, 05:54 how does it 05:56 in? So it 05:58 Holmes gods plan of salvation 06:02 and how do we for come 06:06 like this? 06:07 Let's pray. 06:10 Heavenly father, we come before he said 06:14 and we come in the name of Jesus. 06:17 We come boldly before your throne of Grace. 06:20 >> Nord your word is a live and active. It is sharper than to 06:27 wage sword. It does cern's the thought the attitudes of our 06:32 heart 06:33 and right now 06:35 in the name of Jesus. 06:38 I ask you, 06:40 Lord, I don't want to preach. 06:44 We're all in the same boat. 06:47 Laurent anoint me 06:50 by the power of your holy spirit. 06:53 To teach word make this clear 06:57 because father, some of us 07:00 have fallen off the path 07:03 and we have become leak was show us our on righteousness. 07:10 Take your word and cut it out of our hearts. I pray 07:16 when we want to glorify you. 07:20 We want to live 07:23 your plan of Salvation. 07:26 Thank you, father for the answer to the prayer. Faith 07:30 anoint our years now in the name of Jesus. 07:35 Give us 07:37 the power of your spirit 07:40 to walk out your work in Jesus name. Amen. 07:46 >> If you will, I invite you to turn to east. See she runs 07:51 chapter 2 stations. Chapter 2. 07:56 >> Megan, Liz is an insidious seeing 08:04 it is something that can creep in and cut grass without us 08:10 even realizing it. 08:12 And what Legalism does 08:15 is 08:17 it makes a spirit really sick. 08:21 It's a lack of faith in the plan of God. 08:26 >> So let's look at 80 feet shuns chapter 2 versus 8, 08:31 9, We've got to understand God's plan 08:35 before we can even be fine. Legal. Listen. 08:39 Ephesians 2, 8, says for by 08:43 Grace you have been saved through face 08:48 that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God not of works 08:55 lest any should boost. 08:59 You know what justice is 09:02 justice is to get what you deserve. 09:07 Would you agree with that? 09:10 You know what? Mercy use 09:12 mercy is not to get what you do, sir. 09:19 But race is to get what you absolutely 09:27 to serve. 09:28 Salvation originated in the heart of God. God, the father, 09:34 son and holy Spirit, all acting 09:38 in the plan to save humanity. 09:42 Salvation flows out from God. A loon in the most tender 09:49 and self sacrificing a lot. 09:54 God is rich in mercy. He is rich in kindness. And his plan 10:01 is not just to save us from the penalty you, Sam, 10:07 but to also save us from the power of sand and eventually 10:14 hallelujah to save us from the presence of scent 10:20 to display his in measurable rich is the measurable riches 10:27 of his grace. 10:28 Salvation is God's gift. 10:35 We are not saved by grace alone. 10:43 Does that make sense? There were not saved by grace alone 10:47 are all would be saved. 10:50 We're not saved by face alone 10:55 because 10:57 that would do away with grace. 10:59 We are saved 11:01 by Grace 11:03 plus the face of Jesus Christ. 11:07 We have to look too 11:11 author and finisher the perfect or of our faith 11:19 humanity. Listen to what I'm going to say 11:23 has no part in some patients. 11:29 There is absolutely nothing 11:33 that you and I can do to merit 11:35 the gift salvation. It is wrong to say that God does his part 11:41 to say this 11:42 and we do our part. 11:44 That is incorrect and you'll understand when we get through 11:47 this. 11:49 But the promise of South Bay, Shannon is conditional. 11:55 It requires belief 11:58 it requires acceptance, which means we confess our sins. 12:03 We repent. 12:05 We yield in submission to God. When we think about salvation, 12:12 it naturally requires 12:16 that we hear 12:18 his word. His truth 12:21 saith comes by 12:23 and hearing by me, 12:26 word of God. I'm a nut. Try not to get on a hobby horse here. 12:31 But let me say yes, 12:34 we travel. 12:36 This generation is in trouble. 12:40 You know why? We're no longer readers. 12:44 We've got the more we use technology, the more we develop 12:50 the attention span of a hummingbird. 12:53 Everybody wants a 10 minute miss which they want us story. 12:58 They want you to give some sweet little story with a 13:01 spiritual principle. 13:03 Someone told me, well, she says taught pair both all the time. 13:08 Do you think the sermon on the Mount was a parable house? 13:12 A pretty deep theology. 13:14 The Paul teach parables 13:17 Peter teach parables. Did anybody else teach in parables? 13:22 See, we're getting to the point 13:26 for a specially our young people. 13:29 I don't want to be topped the Bible. 13:33 They want to hear is sweet little spiritual principle, 13:38 a sweet little story that touches their heart. We've got 13:43 to return to reading. I loved what town 13:47 Pastor Phipps Whitley Phipps was saying 13:51 we need books 13:55 now. I'm just you might think I'm saying this because I just 13:58 finished my book. 14:00 250 pages have got to cut it down. Now 14:06 we know it's all Bible. It's all about God's everlasting 14:10 covenant. 14:12 It's all about righteousness spike today. 14:15 But you know what you're saying? Nobody is going to read 14:17 a 250 page book. 14:20 >> Whoa, we're in trouble. 14:24 We're in trouble because nobody wants to read it anymore. 14:31 >> We 14:32 leave. 14:35 >> And receive 14:37 Jesus Christ. 14:40 We come into covenant relationship with got be 14:43 leaving in Jesus 14:47 means to be living 14:51 in Jesus. 14:54 So let's look at the Fusion's to can 14:58 by grace for saved through faith. 15:00 >> Not of works less any man should boost for. We are Hughes 15:05 workmanship. You are God's work of art. 15:09 We are. His workmanship 15:12 created in Christ Jesus. 15:16 We've got to be in Christ Jesus 15:20 to do good works, which got prepared before hand 15:25 that we should walk in them. 15:28 What am I saying? What is Paul saying? 15:31 He is saying the face of Jesus cannot be said and it from good 15:35 works. Amir profession of faith is not going to save us. 15:40 Got plan of salvation is to make us like she says 15:44 and I love psalm 85 13. It says righteousness goes before him 15:51 and makes his pathway. 15:53 I await of that. We should walk in. See when we are in Christ. 15:59 We understand what God has done for us. 16:04 We will have in our hearts a loyal key for the Lord loyalty 16:11 that is motivated by love and we will walk in what Paul calls 16:18 obedience to the face. 16:22 That means for complying. 16:25 >> With the good works that got prepared in advance for us to 16:28 follow Christ lives in our hearts. How 16:33 he lives in our hearts by faith. That's what the fee 16:36 shuns. 3.17 says when the Holy Spirit is in our hearts Christ 16:43 lives in our hearts by faith. He works through us. The work 16:49 of 16:50 >> safe is a spirit empowered work 16:55 in Christ. Jesus, we obey 16:58 by Grace. Did you know that 17:02 Philippians 2.13 says he works in us keeping the spirit 17:09 she says 17:11 works in us to will and to do his good pleasure. 17:17 You can't do it on your own. 17:19 You have to have the holy spirit to do this. 17:25 What we're doing is counting on God 17:30 to do this work in our heart. Yes, we have to cooperate, 17:35 but he promises he will complete that work 80 again in 17:39 us. 17:40 Isn't that beautiful? Now invite you to turn to James 17:46 Chapter 2, 17:48 James, Chapter 2. 17:51 And let me just say this. 17:54 There are not works of face in your life. 18:00 The genuine face does not exist. 18:04 James, chapter to you did you know, James is the first book 18:10 that was written of the New Testament. 18:12 And I believe 18:15 that what he is doing here, people have learned salvation 18:20 by grace through faith. 18:22 But maybe people were getting a little bit too far to the left 18:28 about to fall off the path. So James, to say, hey, I it 18:32 it's 18:33 salvation by grace through faith. But listen to what he 18:37 says. That's also James to 17. 18:41 That's also faith by itself. If it does not have works is 18:47 what, Dan, you know, some people go to an evangelistic 18:52 meeting and they hear the word of God and make it all excited. 18:57 They accept Jesus Christ 19:00 and then the devil comes some parks. That word 19:03 SA's without works is dead. It's stillborn. 19:09 That faith was warning you but it still board. He says some 19:14 will say you have faith. I have works. 19:17 James says show me your works. Are your faith without your 19:21 works? I will show you my fate by my works. You believe that 19:26 there is one God 19:29 you do? Well, even the demons believe and tremble. See, 19:35 it's not about mental ascension 19:39 face by grace through faith is to enter into a relationship 19:45 with Christ. But the you know, foolish man that faith without 19:49 works is take. It was not Abraham. Our father justified 19:54 works by works. When he offered, I see kids, some of 19:58 the Alton BC 20:00 faith was working together with his works 20:04 and by works 20:06 was made her pick 20:08 and the scripture was fulfilled, which sense that 20:13 he's going to, quote, Genesis, 15, 6 20:16 Abraham believed God. And it was a counted to him for 20:23 righteousness. 20:25 And he was called 20:27 the friend, got 20:29 God's ever lasting Kevin it his plant. So the nation has always 20:38 been righteousness 20:41 by faith. 20:44 Did you hear what I stand 20:46 from the very beginning when Adam in a God created Adam and 20:51 Eve in his image, 20:56 put his moral code of love in their heart 21:00 and he gave them the gift of free will. Why did God keep us 21:05 free will 21:06 because it 21:08 he want is for the sake of love. I heard someone say love 21:13 it is for the sake of love, God and smoking for us to choose 21:19 him. 21:21 He wants us to choose to love him for it. He had not given us 21:26 free will if we had just been programmed. 21:31 Yes, an ally. 21:33 Thank you. Know, I I love. You know, I'd 21:38 >> would have been nothing more but robots, Hans 21:42 with out free will. 21:45 But you know what happened? 21:49 >> I want to get ahead of myself. 21:51 Yeah. You 21:53 what happened to it? 21:58 Even made a mistake 22:01 when she engaged in a conversation with the devil. 22:06 Do you hear what I'm saying? 22:10 She saw that. 22:12 Yeah. Sling Serpent would snake back in. 22:18 He didn't become a snake that slithered in the dust until God 22:22 curse to. But she saw this dazzling serpent in a tree. 22:27 A serpent wasn't unusual to her. 22:30 What was different? 22:32 This one was a massacre. It was say using the circuit 22:36 has a medium masquerading as an angel of light 22:41 and he began to talk to her. 22:44 What 22:46 talking serpent. That raises my curiosity 22:50 and she engaged in conversation with the devil. 22:54 Can I tell you something? 22:56 Don't in cage in a conversation with the devil 23:00 when someone is speaking to you in a way that is up hosting 23:05 God's word. 23:07 Don't engage in that conversation. Don't go there. 23:12 When you read something online that inviting you to a site 23:18 when when things pop up on your computer, 23:22 don't engage in that conversation with the devil 23:26 because he'll talk into something that you don't want 23:28 to do. 23:29 But the point is 23:37 Eve was to see what she thought. What she was doing was 23:41 right. 23:43 Adam was not the seat. 23:45 That's what Paul wrote to Timothy 23:49 made a conscious choice. 23:51 But here's what I want to tell you. God had created a perfect 23:57 spear of righteousness. He had set them in this beautiful 24:01 guard. 24:03 And as soon as Sen 24:06 penetrated their righteous hearts, we don't know how long 24:10 they've lived in the guard. Did you know there's 2000 years 24:14 of history 24:15 in just the first 11 chapters of Genesis 2000 years? 24:23 So we don't know how long they were there. But what happened 24:28 is don't miss this point. As soon as sin 24:34 penetrated their heart, 24:37 they lost the spiritual virginity 24:41 and there was nothing 24:44 they could do 24:46 to recover it. 24:49 >> Their nature was passed down to us. The fallen nature was 24:53 passed down to us. There is absolutely nothing 24:59 we can do 25:00 to recover. 25:02 So God had this plan that of righteousness pipe and they're 25:07 in Genesis 3.15, as soon as seen in the world. 25:13 Hate hosts a nominal put in A T between you and the woman 25:17 between her seat in your city pace, you're going to bruise 25:21 his heel, but he's going to crush your head. That was the 25:25 announcement, 25:27 the Everlasting Covenant. 25:29 And then he ratifies this covenant in the form of edition 25:35 with Abraham in Genesis Chapter 15 and it says Aybar him 25:43 believed cots message and it was a counted. It was imputed. 25:49 It was credited to him has tried to snus 25:55 the kiss. Wow. 25:58 Abrahams. The father of all. Isn't that what the New 26:00 Testament says? 26:02 So righteousness by Faith is God's Plan. 26:06 Genesis. 17, one, 26:08 a couple of chapters some time has passed by. 26:12 >> We don't know exactly how many years pass by between 26:15 Doona says 15 in Genesis 17. But you know what? God comes 26:19 and says to this man has been saved by righteousness by 26:23 Faith, 26:24 Genesis, 17, one, he says walk before me and people like us. 26:35 You main righteousness by faith includes obedience. Absolutely. 26:42 Abraham was the friend of God because he followed caught in 26:46 obedience to the face. Good works can never produce 26:52 salvation, but they are the evidence of salvation. 26:58 Good works are not the route 27:02 of salvation. They are though fruit of salvation. And Jesus 27:08 said in John 15, 5 when he says on the vine your the branches, 27:13 he said if you are abiding in me, what's going to happen? 27:19 You're gonna produce much fruit. So let me just hit this 27:25 before. We just tell you what Legalism is. Let me tell you 27:31 what Legalism is not 27:35 obedience is not legal. Listen, 27:40 obedience is love. 27:44 Obedience is our loyal t 27:48 to our God. Obedience is the highest IX freshen of worship 27:56 for God. Jesus said in John 14, 15, if you love me, 28:03 my commandments, but we usually stop there 28:09 between John 14, 15 and the next for 16. 28:13 There is. And and 28:18 so he's saying if you love me, keep my commandments and 28:24 I will pray the father and he will get you another help or 28:29 that he may abide with you for ever. In other words, if you 28:33 love me 28:36 and keep my commandments effects, your attitude 28:40 for that reason, 28:42 I'm going to ask the father to fill you with the Holy Spirit. 28:46 You've got to have an attitude of acceptance and obedience 28:52 acts by 32 says that God gives the holy spirit 28:57 to those who obey him. 29:04 The Bible says 29:06 when Jesus was perfect, it 29:09 he became the author of Eternal Salvation, says Hey, Bruce, 29:14 5, 9, 29:16 Jesus became a the author 29:20 of the Turtle Salvation 29:23 to all those who pay him. 29:27 C 29:28 there's this argument even in our church, 29:34 I'm saved by grace 29:37 through face. 29:39 I don't have to worry about beatings. What 29:43 you remember. 29:46 Who are the sons of Thunder? 29:50 >> John and his brother, James. 29:54 So here's John, the son of Thunder. 29:59 Once he understood what she says head 30:02 done for him, he became known as the possible love. And 30:08 when's the last time you read First, John, 30:11 I love first shot. If you read first, John, you understand 30:17 that 30:18 love in a way that you may not otherwise understand it. 30:22 And I want to encourage everyone if you haven't read 30:25 first job for a while read, let me just give you a few quick. 30:28 He's here first on 5, 3, This is the love of God. John says 30:34 that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not 30:38 burdened. So why not? Because he's working in you, too, 30:42 willing to do is could Pletcher. 30:44 And in first, John to 3, 6, he says 30:48 by this, we know that we know him if we keep his 30:51 commandments, hey, who says I know him 30:55 and does not keep his commandments 30:58 is a liar 31:00 and the truth is not in him. But who ever keeps its word? 31:05 Truly, the love of God is perfected in hand 31:10 by this. We know 31:12 we're in him. He who says he abides in him. Watt also 31:17 to walk is to swap. That's what it means to be in Christ is 31:24 that you are going to follow in his what steps on the path of 31:30 righteousness. 31:34 What is legal? Listen, 31:38 did you know that there's no Hebrew word 31:41 in the Bible 31:43 for legal list. 31:44 There is no Greek word in the Bible for lead to us. 31:50 Did you know that Legalism didn't exist in the Old 31:54 Testament? 31:57 You know, one legalism got started 32:00 now a kind during the 400 years. They call it the inner 32:04 test. The middle period between now high and math. There were 32:08 400 years 32:11 of silence. God bless him, speaking through profit. 32:15 And that is when the sick of the series sees 32:19 came up and the fears sees war, progress. See set 32:24 kind of thinking about how when not 32:29 Danny was speaking this morning. 32:32 There's seas. We're a pretty poor SC 6 and they can't making 32:38 oral traditions. 32:40 They actually were counterfeit to got S-word 32:45 and they were a little list. The group most of your scribes 32:50 were Ferris sees it. Ferris sees were in control of the 32:54 Senate Gox. Now any time you get somebody when the pendulum 33:00 swings, I'll go to my right side. I have a wounded arm 33:04 here. So when the pendulum swings that far, 33:10 you've got the momentum that's going. 33:13 So the fair seas rise up 33:16 and they've got all of these oral traditions that made the 33:21 word of God of no effect and what happens just sheer 33:25 momentum of that swing. The pendulum comes back this other 33:31 direction and during the same time period not long after its 33:35 terror seas. Rice's 33:38 that said, you see he's now the sad to see East 33:43 only believed in the first 5 books of the Bible, the books 33:47 of Moses. But the sad to see where politically politically 33:54 correct 33:55 the said, you see these 33:58 we're liberals. 34:00 It's interesting. They believed the 5 books of Moses, but 34:04 they're kind of you girls. 34:06 So you've got these 2 opposing forces and this is Woodley 34:10 cooler summer rose. What is legal is if there's no word in 34:15 the Bible for we've got to define what we need. 34:19 LIGO U.S. 34:21 is trying to burn or merit salvation by our works. It is 34:27 trying to secure right standing with God by our deeds trying to 34:34 earn got favor by works. 34:39 May go. Listen. 34:42 Depends on self righteousness, 34:48 not 34:49 on Christ. Righteousness. 34:53 Repeat that after be legal is it depends on what 34:57 self righteousness 35:01 rather than on Christ righteousness. 35:05 So 35:08 Legalism is the foundation of all fall religions. 35:14 Legal list are not Christian. 35:25 I think that we need to look at some of the symptoms of legal 35:29 listen. So we can do is self diagnosis. 35:32 I want to give you 3 that I used to suffer from 35:38 quite a bit and I'm not going to say that they do crop up. 35:42 Okay. Shun light. 35:45 Here is a symptom of legal is 35:49 the lack true joy because you're constantly focused 35:54 on what you need to do for God 35:56 rather than what God has done for you. 36:00 Oh, that was me. 36:02 I was a good little Sunday school school teacher all 36:06 through my high school. I did everything I could 36:11 God's favor. 36:13 I was taught if you were. It was interesting. We didn't 36:17 study revelation. We're kind of forbidden to study revelation. 36:22 But my mother often quoted that 36:25 the scripture from revelation that 36:28 Jesus told to lay to see and if you're lukewarm when a bomb it. 36:33 Yeah, one now. 36:35 And so 36:36 I lacked a true joy. That's legal. Is 36:41 you lack. He's 36:43 because you feel God is never happy with you. 36:47 That's legal. 36:50 Getting close to home for some of us, isn't it? 36:53 I know people 36:56 and there's a lady of ministering to for probably 20 37:00 years and about once every 3 months she calls me and says 37:04 >> was not going to be ready for Christ's return and use on 37:09 never. 37:11 >> I've talked to her about if you are in Christ, you can have 37:15 assurance salvation. That's what first, John, 5.10, to 12 37:19 since the summit. 37:20 This is the testimony. If you're in Christ your Saint 37:25 now, of course, you want to make sure you're in crops. 37:30 Here's another 37:32 symptom 37:35 is religion for you. Perform a religion. 37:41 In other words, you've got a case of the do Morse. 37:44 Oh, my goodness. That was me. 37:47 Whoa, I need to pray, but I need to read my hope not what's 37:54 wrong with me. How can you put up with me? 38:00 Say it shouldn't be. 38:02 I need to pray more. 38:05 We should be saying we understand God's plan. I love 38:10 tip, right? 38:11 It shouldn't be. I need to study more. He's 38:15 >> all. Are you working as life to be your word and spirit and 38:19 love? I love to reach Europe right now. 38:26 >> God has helped me through this 38:29 and I'm not going to say and am I the only one 38:34 after I I spent 10 weeks at the feet of the Lord 38:38 writing every morning I would pray 38:42 have wrote for 14 hours a day writing this book. It's 38:46 and that sale. You want to show me things that are fenced in 38:49 and hit him and he can. 38:52 I mean, I'm we're not doing something like that. I never 38:55 trust what I've already study. I come back and I BC studying 38:59 and the pride had stood and he showing me things that we like. 39:04 This is due in court 39:06 as much as that's tended to have never seen it before. 39:09 Did you know you can't exhaust God's word 39:13 a while before you begin studying? Always ask for the 39:17 guidance of the Holy Spirit. Their spiritual words, their 39:21 spirit, really the start, but ask to see things that are 39:24 fenced in him. Couple show you if you show an interest, 39:28 he's going to show you which you know what happened 10 39:32 weeks, 14 hours a day, not one day off in 10 weeks, ice at the 39:38 feet of the Lord. 39:39 And guess what happened when I finished? 39:44 He's so funny. I decided I need a couple of days break. 39:50 Remember what David Shinn was saying about idle time and not 39:53 having purpose. 39:55 >> By my second day of a break, it's like, Oh, what's wrong 40:00 with me, Lord. 40:03 And then I realized, 40:05 wow, I was under spiritual attack. 40:09 It was kind of one of these allied you moments where you 40:12 just had godhead you up on the mountain. Everything was 40:16 excited. And now all of a sudden 40:19 I was under spiritual attack. 40:22 So I don't mean to say the symptoms. 40:25 >> Guaranteed that your and make a list. I don't consider 40:28 myself a leak a list, 40:30 but we have to be careful. 40:33 Let me tell you some more. 40:36 If I haven't stepped on toes yet, we might 40:42 make a list often feel superior 40:46 because of their Bible. Not right. 40:50 Legal list 40:52 pride 40:54 in what they do. 40:57 One of the meanest spirit to people that I've ever met a 41:00 number of years ago, 41:05 a tacky person, 41:08 somebody you really had to pray to love heavy. You know, 41:11 some people are easy to love up. Would you agree? 41:14 And then you've got puts people in your packet, you're really 41:17 happening, pray to him up. And I was praying hard to look 41:20 this person. 41:22 And you know what this person said, 41:24 I'm ready to be translated it. 41:28 I'm a vegan 41:30 I pay my tie. 41:35 The ghost 41:38 make a list and we've got to ask yourself, 41:43 are we adding human rules to God's divine plan and then 41:47 treating our human rules as divine? 41:52 You know, sometimes 41:55 and let me say this to parents, grandparents, please listen to 42:00 this rules without relationship result in rebellion. 42:06 If you 42:08 don't make the Sabbath joy for your children, 42:13 if you make the Sabbath list, if you can't do this, you can't 42:16 do that and it just can can can can Cain. 42:20 They're not learning that this is a special day set apart for 42:25 relationship building with a little word and the church. 42:28 We got to protect it. 42:32 Our children 42:35 from rules 42:37 without relationship. 42:39 The Ferris sees. We're passionate about their manmade 42:43 traditions. They developed all of these oral traditions. 42:47 What they did, they weren't. They weren't found in 42:49 scripture. They went far beyond scripture and sometimes we can 42:53 do that as well. And they pushed non essential standards. 42:58 It 42:59 on people in made religion miserable. 43:04 Growing up. 43:07 We were taught 43:09 you could not have a skirt. 43:12 That was more than a half inch above the knee 43:16 and then measured it. 43:19 If you had a skirt half inch above the knee are going to be 43:22 sent home 43:23 from church. 43:29 We could wear short. I still can't wear shorts. That was 43:32 that was something that was so drummed into my head that it 43:36 was to send wear shorts. I bought a pair of shorts, 43:39 warm one day and 43:41 felt like a center all day long. So if it's not, 43:44 it's not of safe. It is a sin rights. So anyway, I can't were 43:50 short. 43:53 Let me ask you this. 43:55 Do we use 43:57 the 10 commandment law of love 44:01 in the wrong way 44:03 rather than seeing God's 10 Commandments as his moral code 44:09 of love 44:10 for relationship the building. 44:15 And that's what they are. It's a relationship building. 44:19 The first 4 are actually their boundaries around his right. 44:25 His are created. But it's what he expects from us when we're 44:29 in covenant relationship with him. 44:32 And the last 6 are for humans. You know, when God says 44:39 we've we've got this all wrong. And I think it's because we've 44:44 all watched Charlton Heston 44:46 in the 10 Commandments. 44:49 And so people think that God came down and said 44:54 show 44:56 more any gods before me. That's not the way God did it. 45:03 The 10 Commandments in the Greek. Well, in Hebrew, it's 45:07 tense. 10 words in the Greek. It's tense aims and the 10 45:12 Commandments were written 45:16 in an in parity for and that's why our our English translators 45:20 are the ones that are calling the 10 Commandments. But it was 45:23 just 10 teachings of God of what it was like to live in 45:27 relationship with him. Basically what God was saying 45:31 is when you're in covenant relationship with me, you know, 45:35 could have any gods before me. You're not going to make him 45:39 eat just back down to that. You are not going to take my 45:43 name and they can. 45:45 >> Oh, you're going to be so excited to spend the Sabbath. 45:48 >> With me 45:51 and you know what? You will honor your mother and father. 45:56 You will not. 45:57 >> Murder. You will not commit adultery. You a lot still. 46:01 You're not going to be a false testimony. You're not going to 46:04 come in you, 46:07 but. 46:08 >> Because that's what living in cup and that relationship 46:11 with me is all about. 46:15 It occurred to me. 46:19 Sometimes we 46:21 canned 46:24 emphasize strict adherence to the 10 Commandments 46:29 without any concern for developing the fruited spirit. 46:33 That's legal 46:36 lead the list. Think more about sharing rules, 46:40 then sharing Christ. 46:45 Think about that. 46:47 Make a list. Think more about sharing rules, ensuring Christ 46:51 and they usually are intolerant of those who disagree. And 46:56 Mike, good to see that my time. So here's what we want to say. 47:01 And I've got to add this. They do scenes are legal list. 47:09 Why they? The sands thought they were rich and in need of 47:13 nothing. They are counting on self-righteousness instead of 47:19 the righteousness of Christ. What is wrong with legal? 47:23 Listen. Trying to secure righteousness by faith opposes 47:28 salvation by grace. That is God's plan. 47:31 Self-righteousness is no righteousness in the eyes of 47:36 the Lord. 47:38 If you turn real quickly cause, we're going to have to go 47:41 quick. 47:42 Matthew. 23, I want to show you what she's thought of. Lee can 47:48 listen 47:49 Laika let's may up here right to send spiritual. But Legalism 47:55 fails to accomplish God's purpose because it's in our 47:58 performance instead of an inward change. Matthew? 23, 48:05 27 here is Jesus stinging indictment of the lead to us. 48:09 Woe to you, scribes and pharisees hypocrites here like 48:13 whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful, outwardly. 48:18 But inside, you are full of debt, Vince Bones and all 48:22 uncleanness even so you also 48:26 here, outwardly right, just to you. 48:29 But inside, you're full up pop, Percy and lawlessness. Look at 48:34 first 15, Matthew. 23, 50 was you scribes and pharisees. 48:40 You hypocrite. You. Travel landed seed when one proselyte 48:44 and when he is one you making 48:46 twice as much the son of hail 48:50 as yourself. 48:52 That's the legal list, destiny. They're headed toward Hill 48:57 Matthew. 23, 23 49:00 Wally, you scribes in various cities 49:03 hypocrites. He pay tithe of men in Addison. Couldn't you have 49:08 neglected the weightier matters of the law, 49:11 justice and mercy and Fay. These you ought to have done. 49:17 He's affirming tithing without leaving the mothers 49:21 and that he says Blind guides used to write it in that and 49:26 swallow Campbell. 49:28 That now was the smallest of unclean animals. 49:33 And the camel was the largest of unclean animals, 49:39 but the lid can list. 49:41 So it tick you loosely concerned with ceremonial 49:46 purity 49:48 that they would strain their drinks through a cough 49:52 so that they would inadvertently swallow. 49:56 And now 49:58 in Jesus is saying 50:00 in your heart 50:03 is a camel 50:05 of corruption. 50:07 So he goes home and hid. Here's the worst one. Matthew. 50:12 23, 33 50:15 serpents rooted vipers. 50:19 How can you escape 50:22 the condemnation of h***? 50:25 Where is the legal is headed? 50:30 Boy, that's a wake-up call. Is it not? They are outside the 50:34 will of God. They're not trusting God for salvation. 50:39 They are headed for half. 50:44 What is the root of legal? Listen, let me ask you this 50:48 question. 50:50 Do you stand 50:52 in all of God? 50:56 I mean, 50:57 really 50:59 are you amazed at what God has done to safety? 51:05 If you all understand if you don't understand God's plan of 51:10 righteousness pipes, you will be a legal list. 51:14 And there was a day that I would have stood up here and 51:17 say illegal is the route is pride. 51:20 I would say the route is not understanding 51:24 God's plan of salvation 51:27 righteousness by faith. 51:31 Did you know the Bible tells us that before said never entered 51:35 the world. 51:37 God had this plan of righteousness by fate. 51:41 Revelation 13, a lamb who was slain from the foundation of 51:46 the world to see 51:48 God, father, son and spirit 51:52 made a covenant that in heaven 51:56 when Adam and Eve sand 51:58 it wasn't their destiny to seeing 52:01 but it is for knowledge. God knew what was going to 52:04 happen. He had this plan. 52:07 He knew the wages of San is death, 52:12 but he was going to give us 52:15 the gift of life through Christ Jesus eternal life. 52:20 So what happened it 52:22 once they got together and they beside one of them is going to 52:27 come to Earth 52:29 to say this. 52:32 Our creator guy in the beginning was the word the word 52:35 was with God, the workplace Scott and he created all things 52:39 and the word became flesh and dwelt among us. 52:42 >> The fee shunts to 6 through 8 says that. 52:46 >> He was God. He was in the form of God. He didn't think it 52:51 robbery to hold Ong to that because he was caught yet. 52:57 He humbled himself. 53:01 He humbled himself. Did you know that scholars 53:06 don't call it 53:07 the humbling of Christ, but the humiliation 53:11 and really his name wasn't Jesus Christ in heaven. 53:16 He is the second person of the Godhead second, not in a store. 53:20 It second not in rank second in 4 revelation, we call a second. 53:27 It was our creator God who came to Earth 53:34 who hobbled himself, not just to the lower level of angels, 53:37 which right now are above us, 53:40 but he humbled himself 53:42 to become human 53:44 to become like us in every way to suffer the temptation. 53:50 I for us. 53:54 >> That he 53:56 >> might become sin for us. Not that he was simple, but 53:59 second, Corinthians 5.21, 54:03 so that we might become the righteousness of God in him. 54:07 So in the last 3 minutes, I don't know where I got off, 54:11 but I'd sure not getting through this sermon. Let's look 54:15 at 54:17 how we overcome legalism 54:20 to overcome legal miss him. 54:25 I know it's in here somewhere. See how much I'm having to 54:27 skip. 54:29 >> Turn to Matthew Chapter a pain. 54:33 >> To overcome legal is and we've got to understand God's 54:36 plan of salvation. 54:38 We've got to understand. We've lost Humana team lost 54:43 their spiritual Virginia, D there's nothing that we could 54:46 do nothing 54:48 to save ourselves. We have to soon render to yield to God. 54:53 And Jesus says in Matthew 18 assuredly I say to you unless 54:58 you are converted and become like will children, 55:03 you will by no means enter the Kingdom of heaven. How clear is 55:08 that? 55:10 What is the condition to enter into the kingdom of heaven? 55:14 Unless you are kind verdict, that means to turn to God 55:19 return to got 55:20 and be calm like little children. 55:23 You will by no means enter the Kingdom of heaven. Therefore, 55:28 whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in 55:32 the Kingdom of heaven. What he say, God's plan of salvation 55:38 has always been trust me from Genesis forward. It has always 55:45 been total dependence upon him. If we don't depend on our 55:50 heavenly Father, Jesus is we're not going to enter the Kingdom 55:55 of heaven. 55:56 He's explaining that conversion happens as we humble ourselves 56:01 like a little child who recognizes their great need of 56:05 a loving parent, knowing that we're helpless to save 56:08 ourselves. We have no spiritual resources of our own. 56:13 So we just acknowledge our vulnerability and run into the 56:18 safety of his loving embrace 56:22 and living covenant relationship with him requires 56:26 how why trust 56:29 enhanced presence? And in his pro edition, it's a life of 56:35 dependence and grace. But we got 56:40 let our hearts be open in teachable to learn his lessons 56:45 of righteousness by fate. 56:50 It's hard for us to be dependent, 56:53 isn't it? 56:55 We've learned to be independent 56:59 our coach or 57:01 makes us prideful 57:04 to be independent. 57:06 But God's plan of salvation 57:09 is that you 57:11 depend totally upon him 57:13 for the gift of righteousness. He will work in you, too, 57:17 willing to do his good pleasure. He will complete the 57:21 good work. 57:23 He has begun in knots. 57:25 >> When our time so gaunt, 57:27 we love you and we pray 57:30 what you will reign in life to price ranges. 57:34 [MUSIC] 57:39 [MUSIC] 57:44 [MUSIC] 57:49 [MUSIC] 57:54 [MUSIC] |
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