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00:06 >> we set our sights on the compelling stories. 12 minor prophets of the old test. Each
00:13 profits rich and wisdom and with true is as relevant today as it was. Then. Hard to find. 00:20 Come next. Joining us now on 3ABN for in-depth study of the word of 00:28 >> In the mines. >> Good evening and welcome to 3ABN summer camp meeting. 00:38 Heavy been blessed tonight. What an incredible blessing. We have an enthusiastic crowd 00:45 here and we're glad that you joined us at home as well. We're talking about what your 00:50 theme majoring in the minors. We're focused on the minor prophets. This message is from 00:56 the book of Malakai. I Love the Malakai. That theme is change less love our Speaker 01:04 of the hour is Elder Jay Gala more. He served as pastor director in several different 01:11 areas of the country. But he finally settled in Michigan Conference where he served as 01:18 the president of the Michigan Conference for 27 years. That's a lifetime. He retired 01:24 there. He is a man of God. He's a man of the word. He's a man of great wisdom, principle 01:32 and integrity and it is a privilege to have him present the message here this evening 01:37 before he comes and speaks to are going to be blessed by music from our very own Tim 01:43 Parton and Pastor John Lowe, McCain, the song Pastor John, will be singing is I could 01:49 never out love the Lord. After he sings the next Voice hear is that of her brother and 01:55 friend elder Jake Allen Moore. ♪ >> to win 02:15 >> and dot >> I'm >> Let it had 02:33 >> was when >> yes. >> And then he 02:45 >> you >> I >> I though 02:57 >> He ones >> 2, >> I was just. 03:09 >> No. >> To >> I want to know 03:20 >> no. >> I >> he's need be we did it in. 03:48 >> And the and at was. >> Not see to >> And the love of. 04:03 >> lawns. >> From >> So 04:22 >> know >> That. He wants be. >> I'm going do that. Is. 04:35 >> Just >> To ♪ 04:44 >> no >> I >> and 05:05 >> Miles 05:22 ♪ ♪ ♪ 05:37 ♪ >> thank you. Pastor John Le McCain for that beautiful song 05:43 tonight. Pastor Whitley Phelps had of inspiring sermon. I that was powerful. I was 05:50 blessed by it. I'm glad to see all of you here tonight. I want be more. Can't means with 05:58 the need to hold before Jesus comes. You know, I was thinking she was so kind words 06:05 that she said. I don't know if I can ever live up to that. But she's very kind. But, you 06:12 of supervised long It's about time to have the last one. Want to You've got your Bibles 06:21 tonight. unchanging love. Now a kind chapter 3. Now a after 3. You know, there are some 06:35 things that we want to change little more sea of change. You've noticed. 06:40 >> Everything around us is changing. As talking to a the pastors in the back and he was 06:48 sharing with me in praying with me, which I really appreciated. Pray with you 06:51 before you come on. And he was telling me about all this digital money. Strange times 07:00 we're living in. But, you know, for on us to study Bible prophecy, we shouldn't be 07:07 surprised. mean, the mark of the beast is all about control. It's what it's all 07:09 about. And it's going to be a sea of Che were in a sea change. We're seeing that 07:14 change all around us all the time is going to speed up is going to get worse because one 07:17 thing that will never ever change. Unchangeable love. Does not change, And that's 07:27 what Molokai chapter 3. Looking at verses one to 6. Behold, I send my messenger. 07:36 All skipper spawn just for sake of time to hold a send my messenger and you will prepare 07:39 the way before me. And the Lord who musique will suddenly come to his temple. Even the 07:46 messenger of the covenant and whom you delight. Behold. He is coming. Jesus came the 07:58 first time and it sure is. I am standing here. He's coming the second time. He's coming. 08:04 Surely he is coming. Verse 2. Kenin Dewar the day of this coming now that sobering. can 08:18 do it. Who can stand when he He is like a refiners fire like a lot under us. So says 08:32 the Lord of host Namo Stop right here in mines. And Ezra Nehemiah as day and which this 08:36 was written. As I mean, Im. I got so upset with people that he actually pulled out some of 08:45 their beard. I know that's a little bit. Whatever. >> And the reason he was upset 08:54 is because as Sarah and I had had a great reformation, they have been in black and white 08:58 what we're going to do, what we're not going to do. There have been great changes. 09:02 Nehemiah goes back >> to Persia. And then when he comes back finds and doing the 09:06 same thing all over again. I want to say this helps front and loud, but you want to hear 09:11 tonight. The gospel was never given. For us to stay standing. Let's listen to 09:18 that. How come near you in judgment? I'll be a swift witness against the sorcerer's 09:29 adulterers per jurors and those who support wage earners, widows and orphans 09:33 against those who turn away an alien because they do not fear me says the Lord of Post. 09:41 >> 4, then here's the punch on this. The title. This is where we go tonight for I am the 09:47 Lord. I change. Not. Therefore our because I don't change you. Sons of Jacob. You're not 09:56 concerned. Only the mercies of God they deserved it. Kai was the last prophetic voice into 10:11 the Messiah. 400 years later. It looks like that K Ifas in the sand here and then learn 10:15 nothing from them. This a prophecy assures us of one fact God does not change. His 10:27 love does not change his mercy does not change. His justice does not change. His character 10:31 does not change. His law does not change and hallelujah. His gospel does not change. This 10:41 is a critical question. Can stand. When he comes. Now. It's a question that I want to 10:52 be able to say, praise God, I'm going to be able to stand. But the crucial question, it's 10:58 a critical question. What will be like to see Jesus coming? All this going ever let your 11:04 imagination run through that. One of the pictures, you know, that you have, of course, is 11:10 the book of Revelation. Worry comes with. Innumerable companies of Angels. Don't 11:17 like describes that is angelic forms filling the atmosphere every where and heaven and 11:22 earth as Jesus comes again. So amazing thought. And it comes with the eyes of flame and won 11:29 his eyes. Look at you it read your soul like an open book. You might and I might want to 11:38 be ready when that time comes. Pretty serious. His face shines brighter than the sun. 11:46 revelation tells us his royal tired leans like the broad. like you can imagine. What 11:51 would be like to face that glory. Schuller, unadulterated, unselfish love. 12:00 What would be like? The face that it's going to happen. Even if you die before Jesus 12:11 comes or you're alive, when he comes, you're going to face that glory. Revelation. 6, 15, 12:18 17 describes the abject terror of those who are not ready. And the kings of the Earth, 12:26 the Great men, the Richmond, the commanders, the mighty man, every slave and every 12:32 free man. >> Hid themselves in the caves in the rocks of the mountains. 12:37 Now, this is a pretty amazing scene. And said to the rocks and mountains fall on us and 12:45 high from the face of him who sits on the throne. >> And from the wrath of the 12:52 Lamb for the great day of his wrath has come and who should be able to stand. That's the 13:02 wicked that our loss. You don't want to be in that group. 13:07 >> The fact I think even the righteous are going Trimble of that. I think every face is 13:13 going to gather Until the righteous here. That my grace is sufficient for you. So 13:21 nothing's going to bring relief to the mom. Marvel's picture of this coming. 13:28 Glorious safe here. Now to understand this crime, you misunderstand the events that 13:34 made it a reality. Before Jesus comes the world will experience the most powerful 13:42 Christian movement in the history of the world. What many people do not understand 13:47 is that battle in the mark of the beast is a Christian religious movement. This is a 13:54 global movement to save the world from ruin. And you can see everything to be put in 14:00 place from discussing behind the scene. Everything putting place for control control 14:02 control. It's why they hate the Constitution of the United States because it. Gives us 14:11 freedom. But they don't like that. Of course. And this global movement is going to 14:17 try to save the world from ruined by ruined. That has been brought on by the 14:25 hedonistic and restrain pursuit of selfish. Pleasure. Pleasure. That has glorified 14:31 every abomination known to man and to God. So global battle on has a solution for the real 14:41 one that is facing the world. That alone in force has the gospel. Her gospel is going to 14:50 be very attracted to the masses. Don't kids yourself? The media will be all and step 14:59 in promoting this saving solution. Masses of people will start turning to 15:04 Christianity based on battle gospel. But there's just one problem that blunts gospel is 15:10 not the biblical gospel. It's a false gospel. At the same time, God will also have a 15:16 force of Christians who take the Bible seriously. They embrace the biblical gospel. 15:23 They don't go about pleasing themselves. Are the world's leadership on the masses? They 15:28 have so much love for Jesus. As my friend was saying. Now it's time to start saying Lord 15:32 Jesus, how much can we love you? And this group is going to have that they have so much 15:37 love for Jesus, so much faith in his gospel. They just want to please him alone. In 15:45 contrast to babble and they're called Saints because they're faithful into things. They 15:50 keep the faith of Jesus and they keep the Commandments of God. And the reason I keep the 15:55 Commandments of God is a call to have the faith of Jesus. What is the difference? 16:02 Between the true gospel? And the false gospel. Both will tell you that Jesus loves you. 16:12 Both will tell you your say by faith in Christ. Both through. Hallelujah. Both will use 16:21 their gospel to establish what they claimed to be the law of gone. But only the Saints will 16:31 keep the uncorrupted faith of Jesus and because of that, they will keep an unmodified 16:39 an unchanged law of God. One of the clear statements on the Gospels found Roman chapter 3. 16:46 And I will take a little quick look at that tonight because I want to look at the end of 16:49 that. Roman chapter 3 verse. 21 says, but now the righteousness of God, apart 16:58 from the law is revealed being witnessed by the long the province. still wonder about 17:01 that little would it Paul really mean apart from that? When my boy was a teenager, he 17:07 had more energy. Then maybe sometimes he needed. We are taking fishing. That's a good 17:14 thing to do with Boyce. He's still a good fisherman today. I never I didn't catch 17:22 anything, but he can't something everyone saw bring up fish only thrown back in 17:24 the course. And some people eat them. And that's that's OK, it's up to them. That 17:31 fish. Would be flopping around on the bottom of that canoe boat or whatever we're imply 17:40 was that thing flopping around? >> Because it was running out 17:44 of oxygen. But isn't there plenty of oxygen in the air? >> He needed oxygen. And the 17:54 only way that fish could get oxygen was for that fish to be back in the water. Here is a 18:02 challenge. God's law as wonderful as it is. It is is a death nail to centers. We 18:17 needed a demonstration of the righteousness of God. Apart from the law. If we pour 18:24 centers, we're going to live. And in the demonstration of Jesus, life and death and 18:33 resurrection. That was the demonstration that we need the calls and that demonstration 18:38 of the righteousness of God we could live. And let me tell you something else about this. 18:43 That's wonderful. The righteousness of God expressed in the law and the 18:50 righteousness of God expressed in Christ is the same. Just like the oxygen in the air and 18:55 the auction in the water is the same. Rose 3.20, forces being justified freely buys 19:05 grace. Through the redemption. That is in Christ Jesus. I love this justification. Top 19:11 other not talk a lot about tonight. The justification is our sins are forgiven by faith 19:17 in Christ alone. Our names written in the book of Life and We Are Born again. We must 19:26 understand that once we're justified, we need to live the justified life. We must pursue 19:31 by the grace of God, a crisis like this. Listen, living the justified life pursuing Christ 19:39 likeness and pursuing Sanctification pursuing holiness, what's the possible? 19:43 Tell us to do. We have to understand that that also is done by faith. Now, since some 19:54 awful things to us. And that's why Jesus needs to polish us up after he justifies us. 20:05 Since that some awful things to us. Our intellect has been darkened and we need spiritual 20:08 education. That's why you have an encampment. That's why you read your bibles. Hallelujah. 20:14 And I hope you read the spear processing. I left mine the bat. Let's pray do that. 20:19 That's all right. I love the cross Crime Stoppers lessen the had a thing or 2. I read 20:26 out of that, but I don't have to get to its OK? Okay. And has been dark and our emotions 20:31 have been damaged and they need to be put in harmony with the truth, not our sin damage 20:37 wants and desires. Our will power has been weakened and it must be surrendered to the 20:43 will of God love. That's on all to Jesus. I surrender. It needs to be strengthened. That 20:48 will power needs to be strengthened. We need to be willing to be made willing. At 20:54 the end of Romans chapter 3. We have from 8. We have this affirmation. Almost 3.31. even 21:00 make void the law through faith. Certainly not on the contrary, stab lish the So 21:10 justification to do away with the dog. Log on. Is ours. Many of our evangelical friends and 21:14 others might tell us. Instead it establishes the law. And where does it establish it? 21:20 Listen to me. It establishes sit in our hearts. Which then establish it in our lives. 21:30 Thank you. God bless you. See how good they are around here and wonderful. The biblical 21:41 gospel doesn't do away with the law or modify it. Rather, it establishes The false 21:47 gospel will also establish a law. And that is what the mark of the beast is all about. It 21:53 is God's law which they have tampered with and modified. Which makes it their own lull 22:00 and not God's law. You can't fix perfect. And the long gone is perfect. Battles lull will 22:08 be more pleasing to the selfish heart of man. It's a law that brings glory demands 22:11 was dumb, but not God's wisdom. Which brings us back to the angry cry of the last 22:18 2. We'll be able to stand. This question is not a cry for help, but a cry of accusation 22:25 against Jesus. They're going to say we thought you loved us. We thought we were saved. 22:32 Our religious leaders told us that you're 10 Commandments could not be kept by human 22:37 beings. And there are some advantages that will tell you that. And they change them. 22:46 They go on to crying. It's Jesus and they change them to make them more relevant. So 22:50 told us not to worry about continuing in sin because you grace would cover 22:57 >> But now we can't look at your face >> Cheese. They go on. 23:05 >> You're not Faye, you're not just you're not merciful. So is that true? They write. And 23:17 God's 10 Commandments not be cat. Does God expect? Too much? And now because day 23:30 after the reformation of Ezra Nehemiah gone, accused Israel of being a lawless source, ERs 23:34 wires, adulterers extortioners in Aust still double. You deserve. He said my judgment, 23:41 my judicial anger. Nevertheless, because I do not change my mercy. You not 23:44 concerned the question. So why doesn't Jesus do that is second coming with these 23:49 people that are lost, what is and say to them because of my unchangeable mercy. I will not 23:55 destroy you. And now it caused a the Messiah had not yet appeared. When Jesus came the 24:03 first time, it was the most glorious revelation of the unselfish love of God ever 24:07 given our ever will be given. And we will study of 3 turn a T. When Jesus comes again. 24:15 Unlike in Molokai stay, the whole Earth will have been light and with the glory of 24:18 God, all the appeals from Heaven's Love would have been poured out in a mighty torrent 24:23 over the human race. Those appeals cannot be ignored any more than Kay Ifas could 24:32 ignore Jesus and when mercy finally Foles her wings, there is nothing else. God can do to 24:38 save another soul. How do we know? That would be accepted the true costs? Well, Tony. 24:49 Your heart will have been changed. From selfishness to unselfish love. I'm serious 24:56 tonight. Your heart would have been brought in harmony. Listen, what I said carefully. 25:05 Your heart will been brought in harmony with the Commandments of gone. You will 25:11 delight to walk in harmony with the spirit. Of Christ. You're selfish, self. We'll 25:19 have been crucified with Christ. Crucified. And the like you now live. You live by 25:29 faith and the son of God loved you and gave his life for you. That's how you know. You've 25:33 actually embraced. The true cost. What is God's unchangeable love like let's 25:42 listen as he talks to Moses and he says all make all my all my goodness pass before 25:48 you ex us 34 5 to 7 in the Lord pass before him and proclaim the Lord the Lord God 25:54 Merciful gracious, Longsuffering and abounding in goodness and truth keeping 25:58 mercy for thousands forgiving iniquity and transgression and Sen. 26:01 >> But by no means clearing the guilty. Visiting the iniquity of the fathers of on 26:07 the children and the children's children are the 3rd and 4th generation. All 26:11 God's goodness means that in these words, God's perfect unselfish moral love is 26:18 defined. His righteousness is holding is his mercy and his justices declared. This is who 26:24 God is. This is his name. This is his character. This is how he will act. 26:30 >> He is predictable because he is unchangeable. But notice. The seeming 26:39 contradiction which is not a contradiction over 7. Forgiving iniquity. But by no 26:46 means clearing the guilty. What is this mysterious paradox? And what does it have 26:54 everything to do with us? And what does it have to do with the gospel from God's love? 27:01 Flows to streams. His justice. And his mercy. The gospel ignores neither. And here's 27:12 the bottom line question. How can God be Justin? Still mercy on centers is the big 27:16 question. Paganism tried to solve it by bringing their own sacrifices even to their own 27:24 children. state Jews and Christians tried to solve it by offering to God religious 27:34 rituals and good works. But God has his own solution. Hallelujah. God, who is both 27:44 just and merciful saw his dilemma this way. And I hope you never forget this. God 27:52 sacrificed himself. In Christ. To his own justice. And in mercy. Set U.S. free. From his 28:06 own perfect judicial anger. By the way, should be glad to God's got anger against Sen. 28:14 Talk. More about that in just a little bit. Here's the reason. God's justice flows 28:20 from his love. Roman 7 tents is God's law brings life. It's not arbitrary. I've said this 28:28 in other places before and say it again. Very briefly. His 10 Commandments, our a bill of 28:31 rights. Is a lot of liberty and a lot of love. Everyone has a right to life, a right 28:40 to family, a right to property, right to the truth. Our right to the unselfish 28:43 love all the rest of God's children. Us Constitution is built on the same same 28:50 principle. Freedom is defined by law which guards everyone else's freedom without those 28:55 laws, freedom cannot exist. There's no freedom in death, chaos and destruction. We have 29:06 judges and sinful world to keep the peace and preserve us from chaos. Are these judges 29:09 good or evil? You may have picked it up. I just read not long ago, but the key, a voice 29:16 so stole 10,000. He is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Because they're easy to steal. One 29:25 person was in interviewing and they have no fear. The police have no fear the judges and 29:30 the fear of anything. And so I was interviewing so what you wanted and they take these 29:37 Carson while dry. That's what they're doing is for thrill And that's what he brought 29:41 over some innocent person. Think about that. Made it a child. Maybe it's just some 29:47 innocent person. And the answer is why she away. That's the world we're living in. No 29:56 thaw person they met. Couldn't get out of the way, course, to try to get out the way to get 29:59 out of the way. God has a responsibility for the peace and prosperity of the 30:10 universe. And I want to say hallelujah, it's big, by the way, these new telescopes or 30:16 something. I mean there show that even the scientists are just pulling their minds on 30:18 what to think. It's messing them up. I say hallelujah, if you if you if you get just a 30:24 little common sense, you figure out that you are so tiny, you don't know too much 30:26 of what you're seeing can only be possible by Monday gone. Mahdi creator. And it might be 30:33 time for you to get down on your knees. He cannot. The Lord cannot and will not let 30:39 selfish lawlessness take over. It is selfishness. Selfishness enters the universe. His 30:46 justice will rightly and justly exterminate. You'll feel good about having to say 30:55 that. They give you an illustration. Newsweek magazine. 2019 written Jason 31:03 Murdoch. Even Thompson and his 4 year old son. In a place called our Allied Beach in 31:15 Queensland, Australia. We're walking along the Boardwalk. When a 15 foot scrub python 31:21 grabbed his little son. The father and drug him off the the board will the father 31:30 jumped off the boardwalk? >> Grab that hyphen and pull that head apart. 31:36 >> Tell it could release a son. And he said even when he put his son back up on the 31:41 boardwalk, the snake was still trying to get them. The skies should be lifted up as a hero. 31:49 He and his friends goes. He and his friend killed that snake. I'm make no apologies 31:56 to snake lovers. This is my kind of man. That snake. The only safe thing for that 32:11 little boy was that to be a dead snake. And this the only safe thing for the universe is 32:15 a snake of Sen that's going to pull its jaws back. He's done that for all of us already. 32:22 He's released to us and hallelujah. He has no intention of letting the rest 32:25 of the universe get s***** into thing. >> Therefore, just as parents 32:39 protect their children from evil. So God's justice does the same. He's just he's is a 32:46 result of his love. Now, God's love also set appropriate boundaries. Pleasure, by the 32:55 way, is something that God created. He likes it. So do we. But unrestrained, 33:03 unregulated and undisciplined. Pursuit of pleasure, harms others and yourself. In a 33:09 civilized world. Pleasure is to be enjoyed within boundaries, the respect and 33:13 protect other people's rights and your own good. This world is about to self-destruct in 33:20 the madness of unrestrained pursuit up. Pleasure in the name of freedom. Listen, 33:30 because neither God's justice nor does mercy changes hallelujah. The gospel does 33:33 not changed. What is the goal? Are the aim of the result of the gospel and you don't hear 33:42 this burial. Nano. Part of that is to forgive us our sins and I am upper taker of that. 33:52 Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord. Jesus. All he would say the same. I'm grateful to have my 33:59 name written a book of life. I'm grateful for the Sweet Spirit gone. I'm grateful for 34:04 all those things. That's not the ultimate parts to get today. What is the pain or the 34:15 goal are the result of the gospel? And we'll give you an answer right from the Apostle 34:20 Paul himself. Romans chapter 8 verses 3, 4, For what the law could not do. That was weak 34:28 from through the flash. That meeting was bad. Just couldn't do what it needs to be done. 34:31 He's just call it. Holy Justin, good. God did by sending his own son and the 34:37 likeness of simple flash on a count of Sen he can dance and the flash. And here it comes. 34:45 That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us. In other words, the 34:54 gospel exist so that the righteous law of God can be carried out in my life and 34:57 yours. Walk. Not according to the Flash. But according to the Spirit. You're walking. 35:07 According to the spirit, the law of God is being fulfilled in your life. The longest not 35:13 being fulfilled in your life out of your heart. You're not walking in spirit. The mission 35:20 of the Gospel is to bring centers back into the harmony of the law of God so that we 35:27 can associate with the rest of this endless universe. And this is what sets the true 35:33 gospel apart from the false gospel. How does God bring us back into harmony of Consul? 35:41 First, just 5 0nd, the Gospel brings the living Christ into our minds and hearts by means 35:48 of the Holy Spirit. Christ is in harmony with his law. When he comes into your heart. 35:59 Because he is the living law. If you if you get Christ you heart, you get all of it. The 36:10 resurrection of Jesus was essential to the gospel living Christ is essential to our 36:17 justification. That's exactly what Romans. Chapter 4 verse. 34 says for sake of time and 36:23 won't go there. Only the living Christ can apply to us what he did for conference 36:31 cross. That is why the living Christ is our high priest. God's love, Poor Grace out at 36:40 Calvary. Its vast is an ocean is a wonderful him says. But because of Calvary, Grace is 36:47 still being poured out in on us. >> From the heavenly Sanctuary 36:53 and then they'll scarred hands of our heavenly High priest. This is how we can overcome 36:59 all the forces of hail. This is why our characters could become like Jesus this. What 37:03 makes it possible for us to be born again, this God's grace. Is power. And if you look out 37:12 at that universe and now they're telling us they don't know for sure they think 37:17 there's at least 2 trillion galaxies. I don't know how many sons that makes. I don't 37:23 how many worlds that makes. But I'm telling you, there's an unhappy the universe and 37:28 there's got to be trillions of inhabited universe beings who are an fall on. And I want to 37:36 join him one of these days. God's got power. He put all that makes all that go. That's 37:49 the kind of power we're talking about. That even makes the ocean look small. He's 37:58 he's gracious, powered, forgive. Power to change. Power, to overcome. God knows 38:08 the only way to bring about compliance to his law of law is for a center to be given 38:12 heart of love. And that's what being born again, is all about. This is the only a 38:17 change Hart can change our behavior. You can educate people all day long and I love 38:26 the truth. We need to trim the tree to at least here. But the truth alone will not do this. 38:37 It's unthinkable. gospel would blot out our transgressions and still leave us to wallow 38:41 in our sins. At the end of time, God's love and mercy has still not changed. He still 38:50 pours out in Torrance. The true gospel guilty world. Any want us all to be able to 38:56 stand when he comes again. So why this heartbreaking cry. Who should be able to stand? 39:07 There's only one conclusion. They believed Babblings faults gospel. A gospel that claims 39:14 to forgive their sins but leaves them without a new heart, a gospel that claims to 39:20 cleanse them from Sen but allows them to keep breaking God's law, a gospel that 39:25 claims to give them internal security but robs them of the fitness to live in an 39:28 unselfish haven't. And in contrast to babble and is gospel God's in time, people 39:37 by Fay embrace the everlasting gospel. A gospel. That honors our faith. I'm I'm sorry that 39:50 yes. Honors our faith and covers arson with God's grace and it does a gospel that 39:55 claims to make us into a new creation and it does a gospel that puts our life in union 40:00 with Christ and it does. And the Gospel empowers us to overcome Sen. Somebody should 40:08 have said Amen. I don't want to be left in the sense stuff. Is a look at And it does a 40:21 gospel that assures that we can go through anything or anything be victorious over 40:25 anything. And it does a gospel that guarantees that we can do all things through Christ to 40:32 strengthen us. And it does a gospel that promises internal life. And a sinless 40:38 environment and it will. And it does. For sure. Hear me out. The grace of God does not 40:48 enable Sen the grace of God is at war with Sen Grace is not the enemy of the law, but the 40:55 enemy of and dear evangelical friends, many of them in some of their other friends. Some 41:01 of our other friends. We love them all. They think that grace is at war with the law. 41:11 It's only a war with those who think that they can Gore fall themselves by. Earning their 41:15 way that way. Grace has never been at war with the law. Got something else to tell you. 41:24 Grace and the law are Mary. They love each other deeply. And they're working together 41:33 for our salvation. This is the goal of grace. Now you're going you're going to be 41:39 quiet. This one. The goal of Grace is for us to be morally carefully. So all this now. 41:53 The grace, the goal of Grace's for us to be more only perfect. What's wrong with 42:03 being morally perfect. God said to Abraham, I am almighty God wall before me and b. 42:14 >> Perfect. >> David said it is God who arms and he was strengthened. 42:20 Makes my way perfect. Paul to the Colossians says are talking about a path for us. 42:28 Always laboring fervently for you in prayer that you may stand perfect and complete and 42:32 the will of God. John whom I like his was going to say next, the best. First John 42:42 4.16, to 17. He who abides in love. Abides in God. And God in him. Love has been 42:50 perfected among us in this that we may have a boldness in the day of judgment. The next 42:58 part says perfect love cast out fear. Listen, you numbers is morally perfect because the 43:09 universe is imperfect. Love with got. And the Gospel. We'll do the same for us. The 43:22 gospel will establish and every one of our hearts, the perfect love of God. Now what 43:29 is righteousness or moral perfection? This is also not of blessings. And I love this 43:35 quote. Righteousness. Is love. Want. Is lump sum about unselfish love. Not this. 43:51 Infatuation stuff. You talk. And love is the light and the life of God. The righteousness 44:06 of God. Listen. Is embodied in Christ. We receive righteousness. Are we receive 44:17 God's love by receiving him. No, this word perfection gets. You get group of people get 44:27 Baptist Catholics who don't care, you get at Get him in a circle and say, well, anybody 44:32 perfect here. >> Everybody would me. >> That's because they 44:37 misunderstand perfection. A lot evidence misunderstand it. How about Jesus in the the 44:48 best authority? How'd you like to have his definition? Matthew sermon on the Mount, 44:57 the greatest one that was ever preach. Matthew 5.44, to 48, but I say unto you. Love your 45:03 enemies want. Bless those who curse. You. Very to Mike Hirsh your face, you look at them. 45:16 Smile and your heart. So, you know, really love you like to win you. Jesus. I want to 45:20 bless you. Not Kersh. Not natural. Do good to those who hate you and pray for those 45:31 who Spike Lee use you and persecute you. >> Jesus just doubled. Triples 45:36 quadruples down. That you may be sons of your father in heaven. And then he gives the 45:45 example for the father makes his sunrise on the eve of major run on the mark says and 45:50 the Nazis and all of your enemies and all the evil people, all the people that 45:53 are destroying the nation. God. >> Makes his son still rise on 45:58 the evil and the good. Does he send the rain on the just and the unjust? Because God has 46:08 unselfish love. Any wants to win them all. No matter if they curse his name, shake 46:17 their fist in his face. He says still loves them. This is not an indulgent love. It's a 46:26 love that come from the sacrifice that was seen on Calvary's Cross. For. If you 46:32 love those who love you, what rewards that seasonal for us to love each other. What war 46:40 not in the tax collector's do the same. And then here it comes. Here's the punchline. 46:46 B, you therefore perfect even as your father in heaven is perfect. Now say was sweet 46:54 kindness. I've heard a lot of sermons here and there. Well, you know, you just have to be 47:01 perfect points are means by this is you have to be perfect. Your sphere as he is. 47:04 And he's our come on. Come on. Let's not. Let's talk about. This is not a checklist. This 47:12 is a change of your heart. This is more world love. And God's moral love is perfect. 47:26 And if you receive the living Christ into your heart and my heart. Then we can possess in 47:33 Christ, heavens, moral love. And you may be. Flawed as we all are. Let me say something. 47:45 The stakes. Our sin, but not all. His mistakes. A lot of people hung up that everything 47:55 in the world is sent everything in seabrook's for some love to hear him preach. 48:02 Everything is CNN. Since the transgression of the law. And the reason, you know, it's in 48:12 is because he's got a death penalty attached to it. Not everything Sen. If we want to 48:22 be perfect and we months. You heard me. I know some will take that into where it's OK, 48:28 lets you. If we want to be perfect. We must have the living Christ in our heart. 48:37 And if you have him, you have more love. Perfect love because the love of Jesus is 48:46 perfect. A lot of people get messed up here. Because they think it's a checklist. The 49:02 gospel not only wipes out our guilt but brings moral perfection into our heart. Not 49:05 my giving us a checklist, but by giving us the unselfish and I want to say it. Perfect love 49:13 of Christ in our hearts. Now God is going to have to polish that. It was safe occasion is. 49:21 Teaching us to love the way he loves. Let me say this. If we have a love of Christ, we will 49:28 have loved the Lord with all our heart. If we have a love of Christ, we love our 49:33 neighbor as ourselves. If we have a love of Christ, the 10 Commandments. Will naturally 49:39 fall in place. I mean, if you have this perfect moral love in your heart, you're not 49:46 going to steal. You're not going to kill. You're not going to lie your because why 49:55 you're not going to covet neighbor's house or his wife husband or whatever. She got 50:04 the moral love of Jesus in your heart. >> The Ansel say it again. The 50:12 unselfish love of Christ. >> Is moral perfection. And I love all these other things. 50:22 They're good. Before we need to concentrate. On this. >> Moral love. 50:33 >> Of God. That's where Jesus put his finger. This in the world is headed towards 50:40 stupendous moral crisis. Jesus warned his parables like the 10 virgins. To prepare. Get 50:48 ready. Jesus is not keeping the world and all of us a lot to enable sin which he hates. 50:57 He's keeping the entire world a lot because he wants to save and transform as many centers 51:01 as he can. But in justice and his own justice is horrible pit of sin and mystery will 51:11 not be allowed to continue indefinitely. And that's why a close approach human probation 51:17 is looming over us. >> And the planet. Probation close once before. And God is 51:27 getting ready to close it again. The bomb was clear. This will happen just before 51:33 the second coming of Jesus. He's filthy, letting the filthy still he that is wholly 51:37 letting the holy still. Probation closes. So that Jesus can re dean, his 51:44 spotless bride. The church. Not only a bride who sins are forgiven, but a bride who is 51:53 not sending. Because she loves him. So very, very much. She is beautiful. Because she has 52:08 his more world unselfish love in her heart. Listen to the multitudes in heaven. 52:20 Rejoicing over the broad, they say let us be glad rejoin us and give him glory for the 52:25 marriage of the land is coming. His wife has made her self ready. How did make 52:32 yourself ready? She watches a road in the blood of the lamb. And she's filled with the love 52:36 of Jesus. Do her was granted to be a raid in fine linen, clean and white for the fine 52:44 linen is the righteous acts of the Saints. Jesus is coming to get a bride who is not 52:51 spoiling her wedding dress while she walks down the aisle. The scripture is clear. 52:58 Jesus coming to get a spotless pride. And that can only mean 2 things. Her sins have been 53:02 forgiven by her faith in the blood of the lamb and by faith and her powerful lord. And 53:10 because of her faith and her love, she sends no more because love is perfect. And I 53:17 could read Fusion is a morning roundup. Time here. So why are these voices not only in the 53:22 evangelical world, but some in the ads and to swirl declaring that we will be sending right 53:27 up until Jesus comes. Have these theological forces make peace with Sen when God makes 53:34 war was season have a drug Satan's koolaid. >> But believing that Jesus 53:37 is, we can say to strong how strong is Jesus. I'm here to say he's stronger than the 53:44 culture. He's stronger than our greatest temptations and diction. See stronger than 53:49 artificial intelligence. The new God of the world. Is the stronger than Hollywood are 53:55 the media is a strong and Satan and all the evil Angels put together. I'm telling you 54:00 he's stronger than all of our sins. All of them. Jesus is my guy. He's the almighty God. 54:09 He's in partnership with God, the father and God, the Holy Spirit who themselves our 54:14 almighty God. How does the gospel empower our overcoming son? Jesus asked the crucial 54:20 question. Why do you transgress the commandment of God? And then the answers 54:26 quoting from Matthew 15, 8 to 9. These people draw near to me with their mouth and honor 54:30 me with their lips. That's what Babylon does. >> But their heart. It's far 54:36 from me. Truth is not enough. The heart must be change, but I plead with you tonight. If 54:46 you're not been born again, you get down your needs. You plead with God. A change of 54:48 heart. If you don't have a transformation, you've got to have that transformation. 54:56 Jesus said to nicotine you'll never see the Kingdom of heaven. I want that 55:01 transformation every day in my life. I want to die to sell for the grace of God. The Holy 55:08 Spirit like the divine execution. If you ask him, he'll come in and put it to 55:10 death. Bob worker, friend of mine have been given some Bible study someone for 2 year 55:22 2 years. Person agreed with everything that they were taught. From the Bible. But 55:29 there was no change in life. So the bottle worker asked important question. Why hasn't 55:38 these trews change their behaviors? And the answer was. Because I want to do. What I 55:46 want to do. Doing what I want to do because I want to do it. Get you in a very lost 55:57 condition. This info. I don't have time to get all this tonight. But the close of 56:05 human probation is coming. And I had some young people I was teaching in down Columbia, 56:11 South Carolina a few years ago and they were scared. They were saying, we're afraid 56:15 we're not going to make it. So I want to say this. When you when we die in Christ were 56:22 sealed, all temptations call forever. The Holy Spirit promises to seal U.S.. To see 56:32 less at the close of probation. And I look at that word seal. And it means that 56:38 you protect something that's very precious that you build a fence around it. So at the 56:47 close of probation, you have to love across your heart. You let into the polishing. Don't 56:51 be afraid. God is still on his throne. The Holy Spirit is still might need to help you 56:56 and the Lord Jesus is going cover you with his righteousness through all the 57:00 seasons, Sages of eternity. >> Don't be afraid. Be serious, but don't be afraid. 57:08 The calls God never changes. And if he can help the Saints and all of them down to the 57:15 ages, he's ready and able and planning to help all of God's people as they face to face 57:19 the stupendous crisis of the close of human probation and the coming of the Lord he's 57:25 able to seal you. And when he feels you, you have nothing to be afraid of because his love 57:33 never changes. ♪ ♪ 57:45 ♪ ♪ ♪ |
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