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Series Code: SSP
Program Code: SSP000045A
00:34 Welcome. We welcome you to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
00:37 You know, this is the lesson that we don't want you to miss. 00:40 So I'm going to invite you to get your pencil 00:42 and paper, get your Bible. 00:43 You know, check us out. 00:44 We need to be checked out. 00:46 Find out whether these things be so. 00:47 There's such exciting lessons that we're going through here. 00:50 I'll introduce the panel in just a moment. 00:53 But each one of them that I talked to personally have really 00:56 just enjoyed these messages. 00:58 And it's just a reminder of we're learning new things. 01:02 And also I'm being reminded of things that 01:04 we've maybe read before. 01:06 And it's really joyous to see how it all 01:07 comes and fits together. 01:09 So we're so glad you've joined us. 01:10 Some of you may not have the lessons, and so you'll 01:14 want to get those lessons. 01:15 And you can join us here on ah, download these now. 01:18 I think it's an interesting thing that you can download 01:20 these lesson study guides. 01:22 And I always say, the adult ones now. 01:24 So we're talking about the Adult Sabbath 01:26 School lesson here. 01:31 And if you download those, that way you can 01:33 study along with us. 01:34 You can see the questions. 01:35 Also a lot of passages are written there. 01:37 And that way you can study to show yourself approved unto God. 01:40 So we approve of you, and we are glad that you joined in with us. 01:43 And some of you might, you know, some say, they've told me this, 01:47 sometimes I stay home, and I watched this. 01:51 So I know some of the pastors say, Oh oh, shame shame! 01:54 But, you know, you can also, you could set your DVR, 01:57 or something, couldn't you? and record it, and so on. 02:00 But, anyway, these are lessons that we need to be going over. 02:03 So we're thankful you've joined us. 02:04 I'm going to ask right now, before we have prayer, 02:07 I'm going to ask Brother C. A. to have it. 02:09 But I just want to introduce the panel. 02:11 Sister Mollie Steenson, we're sure glad you're here. 02:14 You're just Johnny on the Spot all the time. 02:16 And we're very grateful and thankful for you. 02:17 It's a joy to be here. 02:19 And next to her is C. A. Murray, Pastor C. A. 02:22 You know, how awesome. 02:23 We just always enjoyed working with you from day one; 02:26 make your acquaintance. 02:27 And I just love you and appreciate you very much. 02:30 Thank you for your friendship, and for your prayers. 02:32 And just every time that somebody needs something, 02:35 it seems like he says, I'll do it. 02:37 And that's such a good spirit. 02:38 Thank you, brother. 02:39 Good to be here. 02:41 And right next to you we have Shelley Quinn. 02:43 Shelley, bless your heart! 02:44 You love the word of God. 02:46 And you've not been feeling the best. 02:47 But, you know what? you're putting it forth, right? 02:50 By God's grace He's going to touch you and do 02:52 something special for you. 02:54 Well, salvation by faith alone is in the book of Romans. 02:57 It's one of my favorite topics. 02:58 So I had to be here no matter how I was feeling. 03:01 Isn't that beautiful? 03:02 Well, next to you, everybody knows, it good to have this 03:05 Sister Jill Morikone. 03:06 You just have all kinds of hats. 03:08 You just wear so many I can't keep tabs of them. 03:11 But it's so good that you're willing to do it. 03:13 You do it with a smile, and you do it with the love of 03:15 Jesus in your heart. 03:16 And you make us all feel welcome and feel loved. 03:18 And we appreciate you today. 03:20 It's a blessing being here. 03:21 Good, praise the Lord! 03:23 We're going to be talking about our lesson there, with 03:24 those of you who have it. 03:26 We're going to be talking about two, there's two names that just 03:29 pop out, and that's just our lesson: Adam and Jesus. 03:31 And I just... there's something about that when you 03:35 say Adam and Jesus. 03:36 And I start getting actually little goose bumps, 03:38 because I'm thinking about a reunion day that I read about. 03:41 And I... and for a lot of reasons I say, You know, 03:44 I don't want to miss that. 03:45 I don't want to miss the coming of Jesus. 03:47 We want to be there. 03:48 But I don't want to miss that reunion when they get together. 03:51 And I'll read a quote in just a moment, as we just 03:53 kind of open with this. 03:54 And then we'll go Sabbath afternoon. 03:56 Our memory text... We're going to be going 03:58 through Romans, Chapter 5. 03:59 And some of the stuff we'll be going over again. 04:02 But you know how wonderful it is. 04:04 We're learning from that. 04:05 The memory text is found in 04:08 These are powerful verses, so be sure you underline 04:11 some of these things. 04:12 Therefore, being justified by faith... Notice this. 04:15 And then we're going to have prayer after this. 04:17 We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 04:19 by whom also we have access of faith into this grace. 04:24 wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope and glory of God. 04:30 Isn't that just a wonderful passage? 04:33 C. A. would you just pray that God will help us to understand 04:36 this, and ears, and hearts, and minds will be open to receive? 04:39 Father God, truly Your word is a lamp unto our feet, 04:42 and a light unto our path. 04:44 We know and understand that spiritual things are 04:47 spiritually discerned. 04:48 So would You be pleased, Dear Father, now to give us Your 04:50 Spirit that we may speak Your words, that we may understand, 04:54 and that we may be true to the text. 04:56 And that those we hear what we have to say will be blessed, 05:00 and encouraged, that we may all learn together of Your love, 05:05 of Your goodness, of Your grace, and Your salvation. 05:07 And we thank You, Dear Father, in Jesus' name, Amen. 05:11 Amen! Praise the Lord! 05:12 You know, I thought about this lesson quite a bit 05:17 when I was going over it. 05:18 About Paul, for instance, when he was talks about it; 05:21 first part of our lesson. 05:22 He's established the point of justification is, you know, 05:25 the only avenue we have acceptance with God. 05:28 That's just been so plain, so clear, so wonderful. 05:31 So a lot of us are trying to work our way, 05:33 and do so many different things. 05:34 That we can just let those things go by, 05:37 and just concentrate on getting... I like to say getting 05:39 our lives right with God. 05:41 And I'm sure that you're working on that too, 05:42 as long as I'm working on it. 05:44 A paragraph that I thought was very interesting in our lesson, 05:48 it said, through the fall of one man; through the fall of man. 05:53 Who was that? Adam. Adam. 05:54 That was certainly Adam. 05:55 And so all humanity then faced, we see it: condemnation, 05:58 alienation, and death. 06:01 So the death the... So by one man death came upon all. 06:05 But, praise God, there's a passage that 06:07 continues on there. 06:08 Isn't it, wasn't it 1 Corinthians? 06:09 What happens? Do you remember? 06:11 Even so in Christ all... 06:12 Even so in Christ shall all... 06:13 All, I noticed that word. 06:15 I even circled it again in renewance. 06:16 All shall be made alive. 06:19 So, you know, all that wants to be. 06:22 All that's willing to accept that. 06:23 And I thought, how wonderful. 06:25 1 Corinthians 15:45. 06:27 I like it because it talks about the first Adam. 06:31 And then it goes on and it says the last Adam. 06:35 So we're talking about two different Adams, as it were. 06:38 When we come up with about the first, 06:39 and you're talking about the last Adam. 06:41 Bottom line to me; I read this in several different places. 06:45 And you can jot those down: Great Controversy, 647, 06:49 1 Testimony, 659, and Adventist Home, Page 540. 06:54 You read this quote. 06:55 This is what... this gives me Goosebumps. 06:57 And I don't know if it will for you or not. 06:58 And I long for that day, and I want to see that day. 07:02 And this has given me so much hope, and so much encouragement 07:06 over the years, because I look at Adam and Eve. 07:12 Because they fell short; they made a wrong choice; 07:17 all this, may I say mess, mess of this world... You see it's 07:21 everything out here is due to the sin, you see. 07:25 And yet what does Jesus do? you see? 07:28 We confess our sin and He's faithful and just to forgive. 07:31 This is part of justification by faith. 07:34 How can a God in heaven who has seen it all; all the misery, 07:39 all the disease, every sickness, everything, still yet look at 07:42 the ones who started it, as it were by their choice, 07:45 and look at him and welcome him into the portals of 07:49 glory with open arms? 07:50 I'm going to read that to you just quickly here as we go on. 07:53 Notice, I thought that was interesting. 07:56 It says the two Adams. 07:57 I think this might... This will be the Great Controversy, 647. 08:00 It says, the two Adams are about to meet. 08:02 All of a sudden I'm getting excited. 08:04 The two Adams are just about ready to meet. 08:07 It's like it's something that sets, it's something that is... 08:09 It's a special theme when we get to heaven. 08:12 And the angels are interested in it. 08:15 The redeemed are interested. 08:16 They're interested in this because it's like it's set up 08:20 that the two Adams now are getting ready to meet. 08:23 The Son of God is standing, notice this, with outstretched 08:27 arms to receive the father of our race, the being whom He 08:33 created who sinned against his maker. 08:36 For those, notice, who sin the marks of the 08:41 crucifixion are born upon the Savior's form. 08:44 He has these marks on Him of crucifixion. 08:48 And He looks at the one who fell short. 08:51 The first, the first Adam. 08:53 And he reaches out. 08:55 Jesus, King of kings, reaches out and embraces him, 08:58 and is so happy that he's in the kingdom of God. Amen! 09:01 If that does not give you hope and encouragement; if you think 09:04 your life is so bad, you think that grace is not sufficient 09:07 enough, you can't be justified by the blood of the Lamb. 09:11 Think about this reunion. 09:12 And I know it's going to happen. 09:14 And I want to see that reunion. 09:15 I really do. But you know, Adam doesn't just have the embrace, 09:19 he falls on his face before Jesus Christ. 09:24 How awesome that's going to be. 09:25 Same as us. Anyway, good food for thought. 09:28 The first part of the lesson here; we'll get to it as fast we 09:32 can here as time is running down. 09:33 Sunday, Justified by Faith. 09:35 I love Justified by Faith. 09:37 Now that's a subject you can talk on, and on, and on about. 09:40 I'd like to start from the book that I really like is, 09:43 The Acts of the Apostles. 09:45 Just a quote here, Page 531. 09:47 Again, when you're talking about justified, do we really mean it? 09:51 Do we really believe in being, that we're really 09:53 justified by faith? 09:54 Do we really believe that our record is set right? 09:57 Do we really believe that we've been cleansed by the 10:00 blood of the Lamb when we say justified by faith? 10:02 And then where does that set us up? 10:05 Does that set us up to live a life that's pleasing in the 10:07 sight of God when we're justified? 10:09 Notice what this says right here. 10:11 It says, The Savior showed that through cooperation with... 10:15 Again, divinity and humanity. 10:17 Is that supposed to work with us? Amen! 10:20 It has to be! We can't do anything on our own. 10:22 Divinity working with humanity, just like Christ. 10:26 Notice this: This is God's assurance to us that we, too, 10:30 may obtain complete victory. 10:34 Why? Because Christ did it. Amen! 10:36 He had nothing that we can't have. 10:38 Divinity and humanity working together; it's our assurance. 10:41 Great Controversy, 623 says, It is in this life... 10:46 I've had people just, you know, really want to fuss, 10:49 and really want to carry on. 10:51 And I don't mind discussing sometimes, you know? 10:53 ...this life that we are separate sin from us. 10:56 So where at? Where is sin separated? 10:59 People tell we're going to continue to 11:00 sin till Jesus comes. 11:02 If we're talking about justification, justified, 11:05 you know, by faith, what does that really mean? 11:07 We must not think it means cleansed from sin, evidentially, 11:09 if we don't think that we can gain victory here. 11:11 But, you see, it says, notice this: It is in this life that 11:14 we are to separate sin from us. 11:16 Now how is that accomplished? 11:18 Through faith in the atoning blood of Christ. 11:21 Same thing in our lesson; everyone's 11:23 been saying right here. 11:24 There's only one way in which it can be done. 11:25 But we are to separate from sin. 11:28 We can't dally around with it, see how close we can get to it, 11:31 reach out and touch it, reach out and think we can just do 11:33 this and we're going to get away with it. 11:34 It's not going to happen. 11:36 This right here; it's in this life that we are 11:38 to separate from sin. 11:40 And then only by the blood of Jesus Christ that gives us 11:42 the power to do that. 11:43 And Romans 5:1-5; it's absolutely powerful. 11:49 I don't know if I'll have time to read it, 11:50 but I'm going to try it anyway. 11:51 Because I'm seeing three things. 11:53 I like to say... I notice I put in my notes three free gifts. 11:57 I thought three... Do you realize all the hundreds and 12:00 thousands of free gifts that heaven 12:02 bestows upon us every day? 12:04 So I have to say, Three wonderful free 12:07 gifts that He gives us. 12:08 So, but notice what it says here in Romans, Chapter 5. 12:10 It says, Therefore being justified by faith, 12:14 we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 12:17 by whom we have access by faith into the grace wherein we stand, 12:23 and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 12:26 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations... 12:30 And look out now... also; knowing that tribulation 12:32 worketh patience; and patience, experience; 12:35 and experience hope. Verse 5. 12:37 The hope that maketh not ashamed; Why? 12:41 because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the 12:43 Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 12:45 What an unspeakable gift; to give us the Holy Spirit; 12:50 to impart the Holy Spirit to us. 12:52 Knowing us as heaven knows us, still willing to 12:55 impart that gift to us. 12:56 Being justified... this is interesting. 12:58 What is Paul doing? 13:00 The question in our lesson comes back. 13:01 As you read these passages, what does it really mean to you? 13:04 So I jot a few things down. 13:06 I said just, at least for me this is what it talks about. 13:08 Paul shows that all men, Jews and Gentiles alike, 13:12 that sinners are under condemnation. 13:14 Right quick he says it. 13:16 In need of what? righteousness. 13:19 This need can not be met by any kind of a legalistic 13:23 attitude or means that we might think. 13:25 Nothing legally. It can't be met by that, or by works; 13:28 Only by the grace of Jesus Christ, and by the gospel. 13:31 Now the three free little gift here? 13:33 This is what we've been talking about in our lessons. 13:36 It's simply, it's simply this: God offers what? 13:39 1. Free gift is grace. We know that. 13:41 Praise God for that. 13:43 2. What does He offer? 13:44 He offers something else to every one of us, 13:47 is complete pardon. 13:48 I think that's where I'm coming from in a lot of, I'm going to 13:52 say my studies, if you allow it. 13:54 Everyone has their own studies. 13:55 And we come to certain things, and I really want to come to 13:58 what is, bottom line is what is the truth. 14:00 I don't want to have any preconceived ideas, 14:02 and try to make it say something it doesn't say, or because this 14:06 group believes this, or that group. 14:07 I've stayed away from, try to stay away from groups. 14:09 I was trying to get to the word of God and 14:11 Spirit of Prophecy. 14:12 But, you know, we need the counsel. 14:14 So we realize that complete pardon, 14:16 it either is or it isn't. 14:17 And 3. this is I like, is reconciliation, 14:20 Reconciliation. What good, may I ask this to anyone here? 14:24 What good is the gift of grace if there's no reconciliation? 14:28 What is complete pardon if there's not reconciliation? 14:33 And if I'm not brought back into the state where God wants me 14:36 to be, what good is all the rest of it? 14:38 See, this is part of the plan of salvation, in my opinion, 14:42 in reading this here. 14:43 He wants to put us back like we were before sin. 14:48 And that must take place before He comes. 14:52 That's an awesome thing. 14:53 Because I look in the mirror and say, Oh God, have mercy on me! 14:56 And to me that's not always bad because it 14:59 drives me to the Savior. 15:00 I don't take it as some might take it and say, Oh, my lands, 15:03 it's useless, it's hopeless, I'm depressed, I'm out. 15:05 No! Oh Lord, have mercy on my soul! 15:08 I need some help. I need You to come in. 15:11 Being justified, praise God! 15:13 And then, of course, my time's up here, but Paul begins to 15:17 give, and some of you will bring this out, some of the benefits 15:19 of following the counsel that he gives. 15:23 And following God, do you realize, 15:24 if some of you like it, there's benefits. 15:27 And, you know, I kind of like some benefits here. 15:29 I'd like to say that heaven can be my home. 15:31 I'd like to be able to think that His blood cleanses me 15:33 from all unrighteousness. 15:35 I like to think my name is written in the 15:38 Lamb's book of life. Amen! 15:39 You see, and I believe that by faith. 15:41 And if you believe it by faith it's so. Amen! 15:44 You know, these are lessons that all this stuff needs to be 15:46 brought out in time. 15:48 Dear Sister Mollie, help us with the next part, please. 15:50 Well, something you said, Kenny, I appreciated 15:52 the way you put this. 15:54 You talked about the first Adam, and you talked 15:57 about the last Adam. 15:58 You know, sometimes I hear people say the first Adam, 16:01 and the second Adam. 16:02 That always concerns me because if there's a second Adam 16:05 what does that say? 16:07 There might be a third Adam. 16:08 No, there's never going to be another Adam. 16:10 There was the first Adam, and there's the last Adam. 16:13 And that's exactly what you said. 16:15 And I just appreciated that. 16:16 Well, I've got Monday, and we're looking 16:19 at, While Yet Sinners. 16:21 How many of you appreciate that while you were yet a 16:24 sinner God died for us? 16:26 Christ was crucified on the cross. 16:29 Let's look at this: Romans 5: 6-8 are the two Scriptures, 16:35 or the Scriptures that I'm going to cover of the three. 16:38 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ 16:44 died for the ungodly. 16:46 He died for who? the ungodly. 16:49 He didn't die; He wouldn't have needed to die if all there 16:53 was was godly people. 16:55 He died for us who were ungodly. 16:58 For scarcely for a righteous man would one die: yet perhaps 17:02 for a good man someone would even dare to die. 17:05 But God demonstrated His own love toward us, in that, 17:12 while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 17:16 In the garden of Eden, in the opening moments of earth's 17:22 history, in the opening moments of mankind's existence on this 17:27 earth Adam and Eve shamefully, and inexcusably transgressed 17:35 the divine requirement. 17:37 It's called the fall. 17:40 And how did that affect us? 17:42 Did that affect us? 17:43 Did the fall of Adam and Eve affect us? Yes. Absolutely. 17:46 All mankind... I say it like this. 17:50 We fell down, and we had absolutely no way 17:54 of getting back up. 17:55 Visualize that for yourself. 17:57 I'm not into visualization. 17:59 Have you ever fallen down and you couldn't get back up? 18:02 There was no hope but Jesus. 18:06 Without outside help we had no hope. 18:10 Pastor C. A., we've got hope. Amen. 18:14 God... See, we were separated from God. 18:18 And it was an irreconcilable separation. 18:23 You know, divorces sometimes they have 18:25 irreconcilable differences? 18:27 What does that mean? No hope. 18:29 We were irreconcilably separated from God. 18:34 But... Don't you love the buts? 18:37 God took the first step. 18:41 See we couldn't take the first step. 18:42 Why couldn't we take the first step? 18:44 Cause we were, had fallen down in the quagmire of sin, 18:48 and we couldn't get up. 18:50 God took the first step toward reconciliation. 18:54 That which was irreconcilable, only God could reconcile. 18:58 That's right. He initiated a way to salvation, 19:02 a way to reconciliation. 19:05 And ever since, ever since, God has been the initiator 19:10 in inviting men and women to accept the way He provided. 19:16 It's, you know, you ever seen the picture of this big building 19:20 and Jesus is on the outside. 19:22 What's He doing? He's knocking on every one of our hearts. 19:26 And I hope that our viewing audience, and our listening 19:30 audience are full of people today that have never made 19:33 Jesus Christ the Lord of your life. 19:35 Because today is your day of salvation. 19:38 Jesus is on the outside of your heart right now knocking on 19:42 your heart saying, Let Me come in! 19:44 You've fallen and I can help you get up. 19:47 I am the way that God initiated for you to come up, 19:54 come up and out of that quagmire of sin. Amen! 19:57 Now when He knocks, when He extends His hand to every one of 20:02 us, to help us stand back up, we can do one of two things. 20:05 Can't we Pastor Kenny? Yes, we can. 20:07 One of two things: accept that hand or not accept that hand. 20:13 Let's look at the contrast. 20:15 Without reconciliation, without our standing back up we fall 20:22 under the penalty of sin. 20:23 Now what's the penalty of sin? 20:26 That would be Romans 6:23. 20:29 For the wages of sin is death. 20:32 Okay, now let's contrast that. 20:34 We can do one of two things. 20:37 In that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 20:40 So we're in a sinful state. 20:42 One of two things when He knocks at our heart, 20:45 when He offers that hand of reconciliation. 20:47 We can take that hand or we can not. 20:50 So if we don't, the wages of sin is death. 20:54 Because we just fall under the penalty of sin if we don't 20:57 accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. 20:59 But if we accept His hand, if we accept that way of 21:05 reconciliation that God made available to us, 21:07 the gift of God is eternal life. 21:11 Hey, that's eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord! 21:14 How many of you want to live forever? 21:16 How many of you want that eternal life? 21:18 To spend an eternity in the very presence of God. 21:21 You know, Kenny, you hit on that so soundly that we need to take 21:27 seriously the time and the age that we're living in, 21:30 and the time that we have left here on this earth. 21:33 Some of us are so shortsighted we lose sight of the fact that 21:38 this is all there is for us is this side of eternity. Mercy! 21:43 And if... What is the only thing we can take out 21:47 with us into eternity? 21:49 That is you character. 21:51 You see, if you don't purify and perfect your character... 21:56 And you can only do it through the blood of the Lord Jesus 21:58 Christ, and through His help. 22:00 Then this is all there is for you. 22:02 But for you that have higher aspirations this 22:06 isn't all there is. That's right. 22:08 There is an eternity in the very presence of Almighty God. 22:12 While you were yet a sinner He died for you. 22:15 He made reconciliation for you. 22:17 He made a way for those who had no other way. 22:21 He will take your hand, lift you up, and then that... 22:26 See, God will accept you just like you... 22:29 Have you ever heard anybody say, You'll just have 22:31 to take me like I am. 22:33 God will take you just like you are. 22:35 He will take you just like you are. 22:37 But He will accept you just like you are. 22:42 But for you to be able to spend an eternity in the presence of 22:46 God there is this thing called sanctification. 22:49 This thing called being purified and perfected. 22:53 God... see the number one purpose of the Holy Spirit is to 22:58 draw you to Jesus Christ, to pick you up out of that sinful 23:02 condition you're in, and to draw you into right 23:05 relationship with God. 23:06 And once you make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life, 23:09 you come out of darkness into light. 23:11 You know what the number one purpose of the 23:13 Holy Spirit is then? 23:15 Your sanctification. 23:16 To lead you into coming out of darkness in every area, 23:21 and relationship of your life. 23:23 I get so far off of my lesson. 23:25 Let's look here. Then in Romans 5:9 Paul says, Much more then, 23:32 having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved 23:39 from wrath through Him. 23:41 So, what if you haven't been justified by His blood? 23:45 Are you saved from wrath? No. 23:47 Let's talk about the exodus. 23:49 And I think I've got like two minutes 23:51 to talk about the exodus. 23:52 The blood of the sacrificial lamb played a very significant 23:56 role the night before the children of Israel left Egypt. 24:07 The Israelites were instructed to do something. 24:10 They were instructed to take the blood of the lamb and apply it 24:14 to the door posts and the lentils of their homes. 24:16 Each home had a lamb. 24:17 And it was each home's responsibility to obey. 24:21 If they didn't something was going to happen. 24:24 What was going to pass over that night? 24:26 The death angel was going to pass over all 24:28 the houses in Egypt. 24:30 And God made a way. 24:32 He told them if the blood of the lamb; take that blood, 24:35 apply it to the door posts and the lentils of your homes. 24:38 And when the death angel passes over, then your firstborn 24:42 will not be affected. 24:44 But if you don't have the blood applied, 24:46 then what is going to happen? 24:47 The death angel is going to visit your house. 24:49 So, let me make this very clear, we're all going to have to 24:57 experience that night of Passover. 24:59 And at some point, you know, judgment is real. 25:04 The Scriptures says, As it is appointed unto men to die once, 25:09 but after that the judgment. 25:10 On that day of judgment do you know what the Passover, 25:14 what the death angel is looking for? 25:16 He's looking for a house that doesn't have the 25:19 blood applied to it. 25:20 But when you ask Jesus Christ to be the Lord of your life, 25:25 then the blood is applied to the door post and the 25:28 lentils of your life. 25:29 Then when the death angel passes over he can't touch you. 25:33 Because judgment is real. 25:35 There is a day when you will come before the 25:37 judgment seat of Christ. 25:39 And the Lord is looking for that blood. 25:42 Because that blood that covers you cries out, Mercy! 25:45 And there will be mercy for you. 25:47 You know when you make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life 25:50 it's as though you had never sinned. 25:54 Christ died for you; died for all of us 25:57 while we were yet sinners. Pastor C. A. 26:00 Amen. The line from blood to death, and blood to life is 26:07 almost a continuum in that it was the blood 26:13 that kept from death, and it is that same blood 26:17 that leads to our life; the shed blood of Christ. 26:21 My lesson Tuesday is Death Through Sin. 26:28 And I want to stay a little closer to the lesson than I 26:30 perhaps do sometimes. 26:32 Because there are some points here that I want to elaborate 26:34 on that I find are fascinating; very integral to 26:38 Paul's argument here. 26:40 Death is an enemy. I think we all can agree on that. 26:44 It is the ultimate enemy. 26:46 When God created the human family, the lesson takes pains 26:51 to say that it was with the idea that we would live forever. 26:55 It was with the idea that we would all have uninterrupted 26:59 fellowship with Him. 27:00 The lesson says with few expectations people 27:04 do not want to die. 27:06 I have been around people who were 27:10 attempting to commit suicide. 27:11 And have ministered to people who have success, 27:15 who's the family of people who have been 27:18 successful in their attempt. 27:20 You tend to find when you deal with that enough that, 27:23 as a rule, people don't want to die. 27:25 It's usually a call for help. 27:26 They want help. They want assistance. 27:29 They have been trying to answer their own questions of life. 27:34 And the Bible is very accurate when it says that we don't have 27:38 the answers to our lives in our own hands. 27:41 There is a way that seems right sometimes, 27:43 but it's not the right way. 27:45 It leads to death. And when you run out of gas trying to run 27:50 your own life, you tend to want to end your life. 27:52 And so the quicker you can get Jesus inserted into that life 27:57 the better results you will have. 27:59 So people don't want to end their lives. 28:05 Death was intended to be an unknown entity 28:09 to the human family. 28:10 That was never God's intention for us. 28:13 So you go now to Romans 5:12. 28:17 Romans 5:12. Therefore,... And I'm reading from 28:21 the New King James. 28:23 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, 28:27 and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, 28:32 because all have sinned. 28:35 I don't want to lift over too much into what 28:39 Shelley is going to bring. 28:40 But Paul is describing here how we got into the mess. 28:45 Can we say mess? Can we use that word? Sure! 28:48 How we got into where we got to; where we are now. 28:51 And the reason I'm glad I got this particular day because 28:57 I joined the church at a fairly early age. 28:59 I gave my heart to the Lord at age 9, baptized at 10. 29:03 Most of the issues in the Adventist church, as far as our 29:06 doctrinal package, I had no problem with. 29:08 Because you're young, you just accept and shake it. 29:10 I was not trained any other way. 29:12 So this is what I've always known. 29:13 The one issue that I did have a problem with, even as a young 29:19 person, it why am I sinful? 29:21 Why is that the default setting on my life? 29:24 I knew, even as a child, there was stuff that I was leaning 29:29 towards doing that I knew I shouldn't be doing. 29:30 You know, particularly you get in hanging out with your homies, 29:33 your buddies, you know. 29:34 You start doing stuff you know you shouldn't be doing that. 29:37 But what? why is this, this pull? 29:41 Why is there this pull? 29:42 And then when I read and studied, and I found out that 29:45 death passed upon all men, because of one man's sin. 29:49 I really rebelled against that. 29:52 I didn't like that idea at all. 29:54 Why should I be messed up because he messed up? 29:58 That, even as a teenager, that really grated 30:02 against my sensibilities. 30:04 I'm a sinner cause Adam sinned. 30:06 So what's the balance? 30:08 You know, what is the balance? 30:11 Well, the balance, I think Shelley's going to talk about. 30:13 But I hesitate to lift over into your day. 30:16 But the balance is I didn't have any part in Adam, 30:19 and I didn't have any part in Jesus. 30:20 Adam got me in, Jesus got me out. Amen! 30:24 And that's the balance, you know? 30:26 One got me in. It's not my fault! 30:29 But one got me out. Not my credit, you know? 30:32 So it makes it very level. 30:36 Yeah, I've got problems. 30:37 I've got sins. I've got this nature. 30:40 But Jesus has come to rearrange all of that. Amen! 30:45 If there is a great thing in this whole cockamamie, 30:53 sin, 7,000 year experiment, it's that to them who believed on 31:00 Him, gave He the power to become. 31:03 And we can put a colon right there. 31:06 To the power to become. 31:07 Christ through His grace, through... And grace is not a, 31:13 it's not a static entity. 31:16 It's not just, I give you grace. 31:19 It's a dynamic entity. Absolutely! 31:21 It brings other things in its train. 31:24 And, Pastor Kenny, you touched on this. 31:26 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive. 31:31 But if you just forgive, you haven't really helped me. 31:33 In fact you've kind of hurt me. 31:34 You just, Stop that! Stop that! Stop! 31:36 And there's never any punishment. 31:38 Well, after a while it kind of loses its, you know, 31:40 it loses its sting. 31:42 He forgives me, and then He cleanses me. 31:48 Yeah, don't make me a perpetual sinner by just forgiving me. 31:51 You've got to put some... Something's got to change! 31:53 So He cleanses me. 31:55 And that's the wonderful thing about the justification, 31:59 sanctification continuum. 32:00 Because I think they're on the same line. 32:02 One is I'm credited for being righteous. 32:06 And then He gets in there and actually begins 32:08 to make me righteous. 32:09 So He forgives me, and then He cleanses me. 32:14 And sometimes we all know that cleansing process 32:17 can be a little rough. 32:19 You know, it can be a little hard. 32:20 Cause when you're sanding stuff down sparks fly, and dust flies, 32:24 and sand, wood flies, you know? 32:25 But the upshot is you get this smooth surface, you know. 32:32 And that's what Christ wants. 32:34 So, going back to the lesson, the lesson says that 32:40 commentators have argued over this quite a bit. 32:42 And I've read some of this material. 32:45 The medieval church solved it by saying that we are 32:53 credited with Adam's sin. 32:54 Which is a doctrine that they called original sin. 32:58 That we are credited with Adam's sin. 33:01 But when the Protestant Reformation came along 33:04 they rejected that. 33:06 Your sins are enough to send you to hell. 33:10 You don't need Adam's sin. That's right! 33:13 Adam had to get in just like we are to get in, you know. 33:16 So your sins will keep you out. 33:18 So, and if we are credited with Adam's sin, then we wouldn't 33:22 need to change our own lives, because we've just got to 33:27 deal with Adam's sin. 33:28 But we have to deal with our own sins. 33:30 We've got to deal with what our relationship with Christ is, 33:33 and what it is going to become. 33:35 So, the lesson says folk have tried to answer that question 33:39 for many, many years. 33:40 But that the... You know, you get so excited about the subject 33:44 you almost lose your mind. 33:46 You just ha ba ha ba ha ba kind of thing. 33:48 All have sinned. So Adam has sinned, but so have I. 33:54 God will take care of Adam, and God will take care of me. 33:57 Amen. Yes. And I've got to surrender myself. 33:59 So I'm going to die because of my own unforgiven sins, 34:04 not because of Adam's. Right. 34:05 The wages of sin is death. 34:07 But the gift of God is eternal life for me, and for Kenny, 34:11 and for Mollie, and for Shelley, and for Jill, and for everyone 34:15 out there who's looking and listening. 34:17 Because Christ died for all of us. 34:21 And His blood is sufficient for each and every one of us. 34:24 You know, ten minutes is an awfully short time? It is! 34:29 ...to do what you need to do. 34:30 We need to recognize that we are sinners. 34:34 And I think in one of the weeks past, Mollie it was you, 34:38 or perhaps Shelley who said, this idea to accept that we are 34:44 sinners, people think, I am not so bad. 34:45 I don't rob, I don't steal, I don't kill, you know. 34:48 I don't steal from the government, and I pay my taxes. 34:50 I can't be that bad. 34:52 And it's very hard to realize and understand that you have 34:55 been called to keep a righteous law that is so far above you 35:00 that without the indwelling of a righteous God, 35:03 you don't even have a chance. 35:05 So you're looking at yourself. 35:06 One, for one your viewers parallax. 35:09 You can't really see yourself as you are. 35:11 So it's like looking in a mirror at a fun house, you know. 35:12 You may be thin and the mirror makes you fat. 35:14 You may be fat; the mirror makes you thin. 35:15 So you're not getting an accurate 35:17 representation of who you are. 35:18 But as you look through the word of God you see who you are. 35:22 And it is that realization of who you are that 35:25 drives you to Jesus. 35:26 Because without Jesus you have no hope of ever becoming what 35:30 Jesus wants you to be. 35:32 So the lesson says, and it is true, we must recognize 35:34 that we are sinners. 35:35 And it is in the recognition that we are sinners that we are 35:40 moved in the direction of Jesus. 35:42 Because the only way to get us from sinner to saint is through 35:46 Jesus, and Jesus living in us. 35:49 And that's the burden that we have. 35:51 And that is the success of Christ in our lives that we come 35:55 from a sinner to a saint through the blood, through the power, 35:58 through the grace, through the goodness, through the mercy 36:01 of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 36:03 Amen and amen. Well, done! 36:04 And I love everyone's enthusiasm. Pray for me. 36:08 I've got the enthusiasm, just not the energy to 36:12 deliver the enthusiasm. 36:13 Um, you know, when I think about... If you think about the 36:18 first Adam, and the second or last Adam, 36:22 both were representatives of the human race, were they not? 36:27 So we have Adam, who was the father of the human race, 36:32 and Christ who represented all of us on the cross. 36:34 So certainly what Christ came to do was to undo what 36:39 the first Adam did. Right? 36:41 So my verse for Wednesday is, the lesson title is, 36:47 From Adam to Moses. 36:48 And the verse is Romans 5:13, 14. 36:52 So let's just unpack that as we go. 36:55 He says in Verse 13: For until the law sin was in the world; 37:02 but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 37:08 So since the fall, from the very beginning, since the fall of 37:11 Adam sin, even though we are not accountable for the original 37:20 sin, original sin had a mortal effect on earth's inhabitants. 37:26 Well said. Uh huh. 37:27 So the... But it says sin is not imputed where there is no law. 37:32 The moral law was known in principle from 37:35 the beginning of time. 37:37 And you can look at Joseph. 37:38 He knew that he shouldn't lay with Potiphar's wife. 37:42 He said, How can I sin against my God by doing this? 37:47 So Joseph knew that this was adultery. 37:50 We think of Jacob when he said, Okay, you've got to get all of 37:56 the idols out of the camp. 37:58 He knew idols were wrong. 37:59 Sin is the transgression of God's moral law. 38:03 So the penalty for breaking it though was not really taken 38:09 into account until the law of Moses. 38:12 I guess you could say the physical death was, 38:14 but the full penalty. 38:15 So Verse 14. He says, Nevertheless death reigned 38:20 from Adam to Moses,... From creation to Mount Sinai. 38:24 ...even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness 38:28 of the transgression of Adam, who is a type... Adam... who is 38:35 a type of Him... Of Christ ... who was to come. 38:39 So the contrast here between the first Adam and the last Adam... 38:46 The first Adam was the counterpart of 38:48 Christ, if you would. 38:50 The last Adam is Jesus Christ. 38:52 And as I said, Adam represented all of humanity, 38:56 just as Christ did on the cross. 38:58 And because of Adam's death we were plunged into physical, 39:04 and spiritual death. 39:06 We all inherited not his sin, but the propensity toward sin, 39:13 and the tendency to sin. 39:15 So Paul said of Adam in 1 Corinthians 15:22 that in Adam 39:24 all die, because Adam was the head of the human race. 39:29 And that made the race guilty, and it's in and of itself. 39:33 And sin does something to mar the image of God in us. 39:38 So we lost our peace with God when we had this kind of 39:44 inherited guilt, is what I'll say. 39:46 So the last Adam, Jesus Christ, is the head of the new spiritual 39:52 race, and we're all made righteous. 39:54 Like I said, He came to undo what Adam did. 39:58 He restores the image of God in us, 40:02 and He restores our peace with God. 40:06 So let's continue reading. 40:07 And, by the way, I just have to say it was, even in the Old 40:13 Testament times, it wasn't law that offered the remedy for sin. 40:19 What offered the remedy for sin? 40:21 It's in the Old Testament. 40:23 It was the sacrificial system that pointed to Christ. 40:27 This... It was grace. 40:30 So its always been the sacrifice of Jesus. 40:34 And I think, personally, we've got it a whole lot easier than 40:41 they did to accept by faith God's grace. 40:45 Because the idea that slitting a lamb's throat made 40:51 my sins atoned for. 40:54 When you think about this... Of course they knew 40:57 it pointed to Christ. 40:58 But we actually have the evidence. 41:01 I mean they were looking forward to the promise. 41:03 We look back to His actual coming. 41:05 So now let's look at Romans 5: 21, 22. 41:10 So here he's saying that... We just got through saying 41:15 that until the law was in the world sin was not imputed. 41:19 But in Romans 5:20 and 21, it says, Moreover the law 41:24 entered, that the offense might abound. 41:30 But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more. 41:33 God gave the law to show us His holiness, His character, 41:40 His standards, and it points, it multiplies in our minds 41:49 somehow, it multiplies the trespass when we have 41:54 the knowledge of sin. 41:55 I might, because I mean even, I'm sure, each one of you 41:59 probably experience this, unless you're much 42:01 further along than I am. 42:03 But even every now and then I'll be reading something, 42:05 and I'll think, Ahhh! Oh my, I do that! 42:09 Oh Lord, forgive me! 42:11 It's not until I have the knowledge of it that I'm going, 42:16 Oh, ouch Lord! I am disappointing You here. 42:19 So what sin, what the law did was help us recognize our sin, 42:27 and how great of sinners we are, but it also highlights 42:32 our need for grace. 42:33 And that was what God wanted to do is He wanted to say, 42:36 See you can't do this by yourself, Mollie Sue Steenson. 42:39 You can't do this, Kenny. 42:42 You've got to have My grace. 42:45 And what I love about God is no matter how deep and wide 42:51 sin is, grace is deeper, and grace is wider. 42:54 So I just want to take a moment, and I just have a couple of 43:00 minutes left, but I have to say this to you, 43:02 somebody who's watching. 43:03 You may feel like, Ah, these people, yeah, they seem happy. 43:08 They're excited about this lesson 43:10 because they're Christians. 43:11 They didn't do what I did. 43:12 Maybe you're sitting in prison, or maybe you have just gone 43:17 through an adulterous affair, and you think, 43:19 How can God forgive me? 43:22 Maybe you're an elder of a church and you've done 43:24 something like that. 43:26 Let me tell you something. 43:27 All you have to do is get on your knees and say, I'm sorry. 43:33 Lord, I'm sorry. I need You. 43:37 All we have to do is confess our great need of Him. 43:42 And He is... It's just like when the prodigal son came to his 43:48 senses and returned home. 43:50 The father had been watching for him, 43:53 praying for him to come in. 43:55 And the Father represents Christ and God. 43:58 And the father actually broke into a run, and ran out to greet 44:04 him, which men of the Middle East did not do. 44:08 It was beneath their dignity. 44:10 But he was so excited that he ran and he grabbed him. 44:14 And when the son said, Oh, I'm not worthy of you father. 44:17 I've sinned against you. 44:19 Just let me be a servant in your house. 44:20 He said to his servants, No, bring him the robe. 44:23 Bring him the ring, the signet ring; the authority, 44:26 the robe of righteousness. 44:28 Bring him his sandals. 44:29 Let me kill the fatted calf. 44:31 And that's what God did. 44:33 Now I've got one more minute to get to the most important 44:36 part of this Scripture here. 44:38 Verse 21, Romans 5:21. 44:41 There's a double juxtaposition here, 44:44 and I want you to notice this. 44:46 He's going to compare two totally different things twice. 44:50 He said, So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might 44:56 reign through righteousness to eternal life through 45:01 Jesus Christ our Lord. 45:03 Do you see that double juxtaposition? 45:05 There's sin and righteousness. 45:08 Those are totally opposite. 45:10 There's death and life. 45:12 So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign 45:17 through righteousness. 45:18 This is the great contrast between our sin 45:22 and Christ's obedience. 45:25 What is the wages of sin? 45:27 We've said it over and over. 45:28 So the wages of sin is death and separation from God. 45:35 Sin has reigned and separated us from our Creator. 45:40 And when that came into effect, it caused our end to be a mortal 45:45 one that we would die eternally. 45:48 But Christ dethroned sin through His blood. 45:53 His righteousness reigns instead. 45:57 And death can be overcome through Christ Jesus. 46:02 Eternal life is offered by Him when we become a new 46:06 creation in Christ. 46:07 Amen! Thank you so you so much Shelley. 46:09 What a powerful study this week to see that through Adam's sin, 46:14 through what he did sin entered the world. 46:17 The consequences entered the world. 46:20 We live in a world of sin, but through the Lord Jesus Christ... 46:23 As you said, Mollie. I love that. 46:24 ...the last Adam, we have the gift and the 46:27 hope of eternal life. 46:29 So praise the Lord for that. 46:30 I have Thursday, which the lesson calls 46:32 Jesus, the Second Adam. 46:34 But we could call it Jesus, the Last Adam. 46:38 So let's take a look. 46:40 We're going to look at those verses, actually that you just 46:42 skipped here, which is my portion here. 46:44 We're in Romans 5, starting with verse 15. 46:50 Now as we read this, I want you to count how many times the 46:53 word gift is mentioned in this passage. 46:57 But the free gift is not like the offense... 47:02 The free gift, God's gift of grace, His death on the cross. 47:07 Because of that it's not like the offense; the fall of Adam. 47:11 For if by the one man's offense,... 47:14 Meaning by Adam's sin. 47:16 ...many died, much more the grace of God, and the gift by 47:22 the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ abounded to many. 47:27 Verse 16. And the gift is not like that which came through 47:33 the one who sinned. 47:34 Through Adam meaning. 47:36 For the judgment, which came from one offense, 47:40 resulted in condemnation. 47:42 Meaning when Adam sinned this whole world was brought under 47:45 that condemnation of the law. 47:47 But the free gift, which came from many offenses, 47:52 resulted in justification. 47:55 Because of the last Adam, because of 47:57 the Lord Jesus Christ, we can be justified. 48:01 Verse 17. For if by the one man's offense... 48:04 Meaning Adam's sin. 48:06 ...death reigned through the one; much more those who receive 48:09 abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign 48:15 in life through the one, Jesus Christ. 48:17 Verse 18. Therefore, as through one man's offense... 48:21 We already mentioned that's Adam's sin. 48:24 ...judgment came to all men resulting in condemnation; 48:29 even so through one man's righteous act the free gift 48:34 came to all men resulting in justification of life. 48:39 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, 48:43 so also by one man's obedience many will be made righteous. 48:49 Now how many times was the word gift mentioned there? 48:51 Did anybody count? I got six. 48:53 Six? Absolutely! If you look in the original Greek it's only 48:56 mentioned five times. 48:58 One of them does not have that word for gift 49:00 in the original Greek. 49:02 But whether it's five or six, the point is it's 49:05 mentioned a lot of times. 49:07 And the word for gift in the Greek is two different 49:10 words mentioned here. 49:11 One is charisma. I hope I'm saying that correctly. 49:15 And that is a gift of grace. 49:18 An undeserved favor of free gift. 49:21 That's mentioned twice. 49:22 And in my translation every time it says free gift, 49:25 that's translated from the original Greek, charisma, 49:29 meaning that gift of grace. 49:31 The other times the word gift is mentioned it's doria, doria. 49:37 And that is a gift without repayment. 49:40 A gift that is freely given. 49:42 And it's interesting, every time it says, but the free gift, 49:45 meaning Christ's coming, His death, His substitutionary 49:49 death for you and for I. 49:51 We have the hope of eternal life. 49:53 Now Paul mentions it actually many different ways. 49:56 Because I think he's trying to get his point across. 49:59 He kind of says the same thing in a little different words 50:02 for several times through those verses. 50:03 Namely that because of Adam's sin we were all brought under 50:07 the condemnation or the curse of the law. 50:09 But because of the Lord Jesus Christ, the last Adam, 50:13 we all have the hope of eternal life and that justification. 50:17 I want to look at one thing in Verse 18, and then we'll jump 50:20 over to 1 Corinthians. 50:22 In Verse 18 it says, Therefore, as through one man's offense 50:25 judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation; 50:29 even so through one man's righteous act the free gift 50:33 came to all men resulting in justification of life. 50:36 Now in Deuteronomy 27, 27 and 28, we have the law of 50:41 blessing and cursing. 50:42 Remember when they were on the mount, and there was the law 50:44 of blessing and cursing. 50:45 If you do these things blessings will attend upon you. 50:49 Or if you disobey, and don't obey, these curses 50:53 will come upon you. 50:55 They call that the Deuteronomic... I don't know if 50:57 I'm pronouncing that right. 50:59 ... Deuteronimic principle. 51:00 Which is really the law in Galatians 6. 51:02 It's what Mollie always talks about. 51:04 The law of sewing and reaping. 51:05 If we sew to the flesh we will of the flesh reap corruption. 51:08 If we sew to the Spirit we will of the Spirit 51:11 reap life everlasting. 51:12 You think about the sin of Achan. 51:14 That's an example of one man's sin brought curse, 51:19 you could say destruction, upon the entire encampment of Israel. 51:23 When they went out to the Battle of Ai, what happened? 51:26 They were defeated because of one man's sin. 51:28 That's an example as what happened with Adam 51:31 when his sin, and sin entered the whole world. 51:34 We won't turn there, but in Numbers 25 you have the story of 51:38 Baalpeor, when remember, Balaam was supposed to curse Israel, 51:44 and instead he ended up blessing Israel. 51:46 So he tried to get the Moabite women to come in and to 51:50 intermingle and bring in some destruction into the camp 51:56 just because of compromise. 51:58 Because of their association with the other nations. 52:00 And at that time Phineas stood up and he... 52:05 It's kind of a gruesome story. 52:06 But he actually slew someone. 52:08 And because of his action in doing that, one of the people 52:12 who was bringing the sin into the camp, 52:14 God stayed the plague that was coming against the people. 52:17 So you see through one man's righteous act a good came. 52:20 Now we see obviously, because of Adam's sin... 52:23 Those are just examples. 52:24 But because of Adam's sin we see that great 52:26 condemnation that came. 52:27 And because of Jesus we have that righteousness, 52:30 that hope of eternal life. 52:31 Let's look at two Scriptures real quickly. 52:33 Let's look at 1 Corinthians 15. 52:35 And I think Pastor Kenny and Shelley, 52:38 you both referenced this. 52:39 1 Corinthians 15:21, 22. 52:46 For since by man came death, ... Meaning by Adam. 52:50 ...by man also came the resurrection of the dead. 52:53 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all 52:57 shall be made alive. 52:58 And let's jump over to Verse 42. 53:01 So also is the resurrection of the dead. 53:03 The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 53:07 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory: it is sown in 53:11 weakness, it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body, 53:15 it is raised a spiritual body. 53:17 There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 53:20 Now we come to the point 45. 53:22 And so it is written, the first man Adam became a living being; 53:26 Remember when God breathed the breath of life into him 53:30 he became a living being. 53:32 The last Adam, Jesus Christ, became a life giving spirit. 53:37 Adam was natural; Christ is spiritual. 53:41 Adam was living, but Christ is life giving. 53:45 46. However the spiritual is not first, but the natural;... 53:49 Meaning Adam came first. 53:51 ... and afterward the spiritual. 53:52 The first man was of the earth, made of dust: the second man is 53:56 the Lord from heaven. 53:58 Now in the remaining time I have I just want 54:00 to do a contrast here: the first Adam with the last Adam. 54:04 The first Adam was the ruler of creation. 54:07 He was given dominion by God in the garden of 54:10 Eden over the creation. 54:13 The last Adam, Jesus Christ, Colossians 1:15, Christ is the 54:17 image of the invisible God, the first born over all creation, 54:22 author and finisher of our faith. 54:24 He says, If anyone is in Christ, you are a new creation. 54:28 The first Adam lost his crown and gained death. 54:32 The last Adam, Jesus Christ, was crowned because He tasted 54:39 death for every man. 54:40 He was made like his brother, so that by his death he might 54:44 destroy him who holds the power of death. That is the Devil. 54:48 That's from Hebrews. 54:50 The first Adam, sin and death entered the world through him. 54:54 By the obedience of the last Adam life 54:58 abounds to you and to me. 55:00 God breathed into Adam the breath of life. 55:04 Jesus, John 20:22, breathed on His disciples and said, 55:09 Receive you the Holy Ghost. 55:12 As in Adam all die... We read this already. 55:15 So in Christ all shall be made alive. 55:18 Adam came from dust; Jesus came from heaven. 1 Corinthians 15:57 55:24 Adam was called out out hiding. 55:27 Remember after sin he went into hiding. 55:29 He was called out of hiding. 55:31 Jesus calls us by name. 55:33 We hear His voice and we follow Him. John 10. 55:37 We bear the likeness of the first Adam; 55:39 created in his likeness. 55:41 But in the resurrection we will all bear the likeness of the 55:45 last Adam, the Lord Jesus Christ. 55:47 Praise the Lord! You know, again that's how 55:51 powerful this lesson is. 55:53 There's so much to it that we could just dig, and dig, 55:55 and dig, and go over, and over, and still pull out 55:58 some beautiful gems. 55:59 So a minute and a half is all we have left right here; quick gem, 56:02 quick thought from each one of you right quick. 56:04 If we could do that. So right here. 56:07 Oh, go ahead, Shelley. 56:08 I just wanted to say, what you just said tells me that all of 56:10 us should... It's not like... The Bible's not a book that you 56:14 just read from cover to cover once. 56:16 You can study the Bible for all of your life and still be 56:19 learning more and new things. 56:21 And anything as rich as the book of Romans is incredible. 56:27 I'm so glad that Christ's blood covers all sin; Adam's sin, 56:33 my sins, and the sin of everyone who comes to Him. 56:37 And that's the message that is drawn again, and again, again, 56:40 and again, and again in Romans. 56:42 It may be the most important message in the world. 56:44 Amen! Yes it is. Jill. 56:47 Oh, I just want to make an appeal to you to make a choice 56:51 to accept the Lord Jesus Christ. 56:52 Praise God that He is the last Adam. 56:55 That we have that hope, that opportunity of spending 56:58 eternal life with Him. 57:00 And while you were yet sinners Christ died for you. 57:04 And now you have an opportunity to be in right relationship. 57:07 Accept that last Adam. 57:10 Amen! You know how wonderful that is? 57:12 Grace abounded more. 57:13 Yeah, isn't that just beautiful to think about right now? 57:15 The appeal goes out; Jesus has His arms outstretched. 57:17 He wants you in the kingdom. 57:19 You know, heaven won't be the same if one of you are missing. 57:22 When one is missing it will never be the same. 57:24 So let's make sure we're there. 57:25 Let's make sure that we made that decision for Christ. 57:27 Accept His righteousness, and I guarantee you 57:30 by His grace we will be there. 57:31 God bless you! Thanks for joining us. 57:33 See you next time. Amen! |
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