[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.34,0:00:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps you've caught a little bit of this Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.58,0:00:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you've been with us \Nin our Sunday service Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.65,0:00:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the last two Sundays. Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.46,0:00:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might have picked \Nup a little bit of this. Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.44,0:00:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of come across in being alive, Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.40,0:00:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being raised up with Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.70,0:00:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're really going \Nto get into this week Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.94,0:00:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just being seated in the \Nheavenly places with Christ - Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.15,0:00:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this whole perspective on \Nliving the Christian's life. Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.67,0:00:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I made mention, Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.78,0:00:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe some of you are far more aware Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.37,0:00:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I am. You probably are. Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.37,0:01:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any of you that have Facebook, Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.91,0:01:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have a Facebook account Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.82,0:01:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except whatever you see there Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.85,0:01:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was created by James. Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.02,0:01:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have anything to do with it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.81,0:01:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never look at it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.81,0:01:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what's on it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.14,0:01:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If material gets added, \Nit's not me doing it. Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.41,0:01:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's somebody else. Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.09,0:01:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I know that our elders Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.30,0:01:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recently have become aware Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.80,0:01:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just of a situation Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.48,0:01:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of professing Christians watching a movie Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.89,0:01:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, in my estimation, Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.55,0:01:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is absolutely inappropriate Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.09,0:01:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a professing Christian. Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.14,0:01:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some of you may be aware Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.05,0:01:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what's being called the New Calvinism Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.01,0:02:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or this Neo-Calvinism Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.90,0:02:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or this "Young, Restless, \Nand Reformed" bunch. Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.65,0:02:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how much you folks here - Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.78,0:02:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of you young people - Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.22,0:02:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how much you \Neven know about that movement; Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.02,0:02:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how much you actually \Nidentify with that movement, Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.59,0:02:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one of the things that I saw - Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.89,0:02:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was months ago, but I saw Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.56,0:02:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where John Piper was addressing Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.06,0:02:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this New Calvinism. Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.14,0:02:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the things \Nthat he feared about it Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.74,0:02:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that it is breeding antinomianism - Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.87,0:02:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a license for lawlessness; Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.87,0:02:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a license for sin. Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.04,0:02:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This really seems to be abounding. Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.61,0:02:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These guys like to talk election. Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.31,0:02:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They like to talk predestination Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.36,0:02:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talk all about the different Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.42,0:02:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high and lofty doctrines of Calvinism, Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.59,0:02:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they seem to be really lacking Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.09,0:02:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to holiness. Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.69,0:02:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And anyways, like I say, Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.54,0:03:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our elders became aware of Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.96,0:03:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some professing Christians. Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.74,0:03:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there was comment going back and forth Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.60,0:03:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Internet about this Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.28,0:03:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about the appropriateness. Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.96,0:03:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let me just tell you. Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.36,0:03:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know from my wife used to bring up Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.20,0:03:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this website called pluggedin.com, Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.82,0:03:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you can basically disect any movie Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.40,0:03:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far as the content, explicit content, Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.29,0:03:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language, sex, violence, Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.75,0:03:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occultic things, anything like that. Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.53,0:03:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The movie that I have in mind here, Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.98,0:03:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pluggedin.com says it has 50 F-words, Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.97,0:03:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,40 S-words, Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.55,0:03:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's name is misused repeatedly, Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.16,0:03:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assorted other indecent language, Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.53,0:03:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sex, violence, occult, hypnotists. Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.36,0:03:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pluggedin.com sizes up this movie Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.18,0:03:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by saying it is bloody and profane. Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.38,0:04:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the past, Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.54,0:04:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've actually had situations Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.35,0:04:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where some of the \Ncommunication back and forth Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.34,0:04:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been about music. Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.96,0:04:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People listening to music Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.47,0:04:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's got profanity, Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.00,0:04:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or these worldly rap guys. Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.46,0:04:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this kind of discussion \Nseems to come up Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.63,0:04:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where whether it's music, Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.93,0:04:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's something \Npeople are watching on TV, Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.31,0:04:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's something people are \Nbeing exposed to on the Internet, Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.52,0:04:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or movies people are going to, Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.15,0:04:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the things Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.73,0:04:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that came out in this discussion Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.02,0:04:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I heard firsthand, Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.88,0:04:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is "show me in the Bible Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.62,0:05:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it says I can't do that." Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.72,0:05:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, we look at that \Nand we say as Christians, Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.32,0:05:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, shouldn't our life \Nbe guided by Scripture? Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.32,0:05:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Absolutely. Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.54,0:05:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want everybody to totally understand. Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.36,0:05:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, in no way, am downplaying Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.80,0:05:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the importance of Scripture Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.43,0:05:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the life of a Christian. Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.47,0:05:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not at all. Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.60,0:05:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I want to emphasize Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.26,0:05:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the necessity of Scripture to point out Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.70,0:05:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's really important \Nin the Christian life. Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.25,0:05:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When somebody comes along and says - Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.28,0:05:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you now, you want to talk to them Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.99,0:05:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about some activity in their life. Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.06,0:05:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Brother, you want to jump over here?) Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.47,0:05:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, we can talk to people Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.19,0:05:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about different things in their life Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.61,0:05:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that don't seem appropriate; Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.63,0:06:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem out of place; Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.77,0:06:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem unfitting; Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.97,0:06:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem worldly; Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.21,0:06:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem indecent; seem profane. Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.71,0:06:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people want to say, Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.70,0:06:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me in the Bible where it says that." Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.79,0:06:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, "Show me the rules." Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.22,0:06:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me the law." Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.89,0:06:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That kind of living \Nof the Christian life - Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.72,0:06:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to attack that. Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.96,0:06:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to deal with that.\NI want to address that. Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.08,0:06:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because to live your life that way Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.96,0:06:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really to miss it. Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.31,0:06:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not living the Christian life Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.58,0:06:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to New Testament principles. Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.14,0:06:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something else. Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.27,0:06:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's a manifestation of legalism. Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.78,0:06:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a manifestation of people Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.65,0:06:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who want a list of rules, Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.56,0:06:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and show me the rule that says Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.64,0:06:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can do that or can't do that. Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.77,0:07:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's basically, always \Nasking the question, Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.29,0:07:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's permissible?" Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.15,0:07:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's permissible? Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.20,0:07:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How close to the line can I live Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.05,0:07:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still be a Christian? Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.91,0:07:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much of the world can I bring in? Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.53,0:07:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's wrong with that? Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.65,0:07:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's wrong with drinking? Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.05,0:07:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's wrong with - the \Nthing is today - marijuana? Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.27,0:07:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or show me in the \NBible where it says that. Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.50,0:07:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me in the Bible where it \Nsays I'm supposed to evangelize. Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.54,0:07:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me the rule. Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.25,0:07:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, living your life that way Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.22,0:07:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a manifestation of nothing less Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.85,0:07:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than legalism. Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.40,0:07:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's simply wanting to be \Nunder a code of laws, Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.98,0:07:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a code of ethics, Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.29,0:07:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a list of rules, Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.78,0:07:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you need your \Nwhole life guided by that. Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.13,0:07:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me the rule. Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.25,0:07:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's just something about that. Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.10,0:07:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I hear that kind of language, Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.70,0:08:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes I'm amazed. Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.01,0:08:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not the only one. Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.89,0:08:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this. Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.26,0:08:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know this quote isn't exactly Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.28,0:08:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along the line of what \NI'm talking about right now, Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.77,0:08:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's close. Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.70,0:08:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's got some parallels. Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.04,0:08:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this. This is John Piper Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.22,0:08:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking actually about a quote Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.47,0:08:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he got from J.I. Packer. Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.12,0:08:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just hang with me here - Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.40,0:08:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a connection. You'll see it. Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.13,0:08:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Piper says this, "In the church, Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.70,0:08:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've developed all kinds Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.10,0:08:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Christ-coated remedies Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.29,0:08:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are shallow and short-lived. Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.83,0:08:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not by and large \Nthe deeply grounded saints Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.06,0:08:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some of our forefathers were. Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.23,0:08:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,J.I. Packer compares \Nthe old English Puritans Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.30,0:08:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who lived and suffered from 1550 to 1700 Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.40,0:08:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Redwoods of California. Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.53,0:08:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were giants whose roots Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.74,0:09:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were incredibly deep in the Bible, Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.17,0:09:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whose branches reached to the heavens, Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.77,0:09:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whose trunks were \Nso strong and durable Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.45,0:09:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they could endure forest fires Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.54,0:09:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that scar them but don't kill them. Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.81,0:09:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Packer says affluence seems Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.30,0:09:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the past generation to be making Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.66,0:09:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dwarfs and deadheads of us all." Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.76,0:09:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, that's what I don't want. Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.33,0:09:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want a room full \Nof dwarfs and deadheads. Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.63,0:09:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, if regeneration is real Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.78,0:09:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's the work of Almighty God Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.66,0:09:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He has actually taken people Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.21,0:09:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made new creations out of them, Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.21,0:09:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if indeed like we're \Ngoing to see on Sunday Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.59,0:09:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're seated in \Nheavenly places with Christ - Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.86,0:09:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that is true of us, Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.24,0:09:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why are there not more Redwoods today? Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.16,0:09:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why deadheads? Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.19,0:09:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway... Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.31,0:10:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We do not have the patience Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.70,0:10:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sink the roots of hospitality Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.90,0:10:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and brotherly kindness Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.34,0:10:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and authentic love in the deep rock Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.12,0:10:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Romans 6-8." Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.05,0:10:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Piper was preaching through those chapters Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.66,0:10:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the time that he said this. Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.28,0:10:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We want to jump straight Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.89,0:10:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the justification Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.67,0:10:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the practical \Napplication of chapter 12. Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.41,0:10:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just give us a list." Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.73,0:10:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason he goes to 12 - Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.42,0:10:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reason he's talking 5 and 12, Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.60,0:10:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because 5 deals \Nwith justification by faith. Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.38,0:10:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have peace through God -\Nif you think about 5:1. Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.04,0:10:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our sins are forgiven Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.65,0:10:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on the merits \Nof what Jesus Christ did. Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.23,0:10:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just tell me about my redemption. Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.82,0:10:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me about my forgiveness. Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.44,0:10:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then take me to the list of rules. Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.58,0:10:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which, there are some lists of things Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.32,0:10:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you remember, if you think, Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.96,0:11:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you get 10 or 12 verses Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.81,0:11:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into Romans 12, Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.13,0:11:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you begin to get a list of various things Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.01,0:11:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that come at us. Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.25,0:11:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's saying that's how \Nmost people want to live. Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.77,0:11:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me I'm forgiven. Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.28,0:11:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now give me the list of things. Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.30,0:11:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I can basically live my life that way. Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.48,0:11:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do this. Don't do that. Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.90,0:11:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just live our lives. Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.68,0:11:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But see, the thing that Piper's hitting at Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.05,0:11:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that's what makes \Nfor shallow Christians. Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.79,0:11:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me my sins are forgiven.\NGive me the list of things to do. Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.15,0:11:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not how we live the Christian life. Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.60,0:11:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Just give us a list. Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.86,0:11:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell us what to do. Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.36,0:11:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Puritans were different. Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.97,0:11:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They looked at the book of Romans Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.77,0:11:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saw that life is built another way - Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.50,0:11:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being a sage, being a redwood, Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.27,0:11:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being unshakeable in storm Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.51,0:11:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and useful in times of \Nindescribable suffering - Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.23,0:11:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that does not come quickly or easily. Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.67,0:12:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Romans is not two chapters long. Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.03,0:12:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's 16 chapters long. Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.72,0:12:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does not skip from chapter 5 to 12. Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.61,0:12:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It leads us deep down into the roots Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.01,0:12:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of godliness, so that when we come up, Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.11,0:12:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not people with lists." Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.58,0:12:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, that's the thing. Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.05,0:12:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what's so amazing to me Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.36,0:12:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when people say, Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.94,0:12:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me in the Bible Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.28,0:12:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I shouldn't do that." Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.84,0:12:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, that's where you \Nwant to say to them, Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.07,0:12:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"have you never read Romans 6-8? Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.26,0:12:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you never plunged down in the depths Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.36,0:12:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 'sin no longer has dominion'?" Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.41,0:12:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eternal life is at the end of: Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.34,0:12:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've died to sin. I'm a slave to God. Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.76,0:12:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm now bearing this fruit Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.44,0:12:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unto sanctification. Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.15,0:12:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The end of all of this is eternal life. Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.15,0:13:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not married to the law anymore. Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.48,0:13:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm married to Christ and there's freedom. Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.92,0:13:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not freedom as a license to sin. Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.49,0:13:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A freedom to serve God. Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.96,0:13:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going through the depths Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.58,0:13:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that kind of teaching Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.38,0:13:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before you ever get to any sort of list. Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.95,0:13:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says, "It leads us down deep Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.77,0:13:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the roots of godliness, Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.31,0:13:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that when we come up, Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.62,0:13:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not people with lists, Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.20,0:13:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but people with unshakeable life Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.21,0:13:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and strength and holiness Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.62,0:13:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wisdom and love." Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.65,0:13:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, listen to another Piper quote. Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.67,0:13:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Piper - I believe it's when Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.27,0:13:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he did his biographical sketch Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.34,0:13:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of C.S. Lewis. Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.79,0:13:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was actually talking about Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.82,0:13:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a young Christian, Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.41,0:13:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to sort things out, Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.02,0:14:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he got exposure to C.S. Lewis. Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.80,0:14:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look, there's much that Lewis Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.56,0:14:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says, does, did, believed - Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.53,0:14:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would not stand by it at all. Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.99,0:14:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's what Piper said. Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.96,0:14:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Somehow there had been wakened in me Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.25,0:14:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a passion for the essence Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.49,0:14:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the main point of life. Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.51,0:14:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ethical question whether something Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.71,0:14:28.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is permissible..." Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.100,0:14:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, that's what he was dealing with. Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.27,0:14:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a young Christian, this idea Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.25,0:14:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of asking that question all the time, Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.57,0:14:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just looking at something and saying, Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.49,0:14:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"is it permissible?" Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.37,0:14:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...faded in relationship to the question: Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.83,0:14:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is the main thing?\NThe essential thing? Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.41,0:14:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thought of building a life Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.29,0:14:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around minimal morality Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.35,0:14:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or minimal significance - Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.30,0:14:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a life defined by the question: Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.71,0:14:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is permissible? - Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.08,0:14:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,felt almost disgusting to me. Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.99,0:15:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't want a minimal life. Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.58,0:15:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't want to live on \Nthe outskirts of reality. Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.89,0:15:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to understand \Nthe main thing about life Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.21,0:15:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pursue it." Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.12,0:15:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know I've been quoting Piper. Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.45,0:15:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to get to Scripture now. Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.66,0:15:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, if you think about it. Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.62,0:15:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just think about the arguments Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.24,0:15:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the epistles, Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.02,0:15:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the way Jesus, when He had opportunity Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.26,0:15:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pull His disciples aside - Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.91,0:15:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He began teaching them. Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.74,0:15:34.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where in the world do you ever find Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.67,0:15:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a list of ethics? Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.71,0:15:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A list of morality? Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.01,0:15:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christianity in the New Testament Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.64,0:15:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not just a list of rules. Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.80,0:15:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me in the Bible \Nwhere it says I can't do that." Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.41,0:15:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always looking for what's permissible. Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.41,0:15:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's dismal, horrible kind of religion. Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.39,0:15:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's what Scripture \Nsays as we're thinking Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.01,0:15:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the book of Romans. Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.49,0:15:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what's interesting? Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.15,0:15:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you get to Romans 14 - Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.92,0:16:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what do we all know Romans 14 for? Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.36,0:16:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What jumps out at you as being Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.36,0:16:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the key \Ncharacteristics of Romans 14? Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.50,0:16:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Romans 14 is where it talks to us Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.90,0:16:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about having differences, right? Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.52,0:16:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some eat. Some don't eat. Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.04,0:16:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some observe the day. Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.48,0:16:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some don't observe the day. Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.04,0:16:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, isn't that interesting? Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.52,0:16:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just think right there. Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.53,0:16:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that a list of rules? Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.90,0:16:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, that's Paul telling people: Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.59,0:16:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what? Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.84,0:16:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That guy over there can do it. Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.55,0:16:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That guy over there can't do it. Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.19,0:16:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She can eat. She doesn't eat. Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.14,0:16:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No list of rules. Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.82,0:16:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's much bigger things Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.99,0:16:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than a list of rules. Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.93,0:17:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that right? Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.04,0:17:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And see, when he gets done with it, Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.20,0:17:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what he says? Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.26,0:17:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what? 14:17? Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.14,0:17:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says the kingdom of God Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.43,0:17:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not all about eating and drinking. Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.32,0:17:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's that? Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.81,0:17:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's rules. Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.45,0:17:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not about a list of rules Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.35,0:17:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to whether I can drink alcohol or not. Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.42,0:17:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not how you live your life. Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.90,0:17:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not simply: Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.23,0:17:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it permissible for a \NChristian to drink wine? Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.20,0:17:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, Jesus Christ - look what He did Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.25,0:17:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over there at the wedding. Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.68,0:17:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not how you live. Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.60,0:17:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, we take those things \Ninto consideration. Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.60,0:17:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We look at them, but as \Nwe live out our life, Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.16,0:17:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the question we're not always asking Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.33,0:17:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is: is it permissible? Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.86,0:17:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I eat? Can I not eat? Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.42,0:17:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, there are verses that say Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.88,0:17:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if you forbid people to eat, Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.62,0:17:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's demonic doctrine. Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.90,0:17:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are those who come along and say Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.81,0:18:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't eat, you can't marry. Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.42,0:18:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know. There's demon doctrine out there. Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.49,0:18:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be able to \Ndistinguish between them. Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.78,0:18:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, can't you hear Paul here? Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.96,0:18:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying to the Romans Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.65,0:18:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's bigger issues Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.61,0:18:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than rules around eating and drinking. Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.39,0:18:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the issue. Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.28,0:18:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kingdom of God is about righteousness. Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.58,0:18:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What else? Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.90,0:18:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about peace. Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.76,0:18:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about joy in the Holy Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.14,0:18:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, joy in the Holy Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.51,0:18:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just had a meeting not too long before Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.15,0:18:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bible study tonight. Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.12,0:18:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a sister was telling me about Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.65,0:18:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a season in her life Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.25,0:18:51.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where she lacked assurance. Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.83,0:18:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she told me right off, Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.80,0:18:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she'd grieved the Spirit. She knew it. Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.31,0:19:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joy in the Holy Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.86,0:19:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, those are the kind of \Nquestions to be asking. Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.64,0:19:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this going to bring any shadow Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.35,0:19:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between me and the Lord? Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.52,0:19:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I don't want that. Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.81,0:19:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, it's not, "is it permissible?" Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.87,0:19:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like Piper - Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.69,0:19:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kind of thinking is disgusting Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.87,0:19:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a Christian to even \Nthink on that level - Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.21,0:19:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or professing Christian. Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.83,0:19:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the end, what we're going to find Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.67,0:19:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is many people who talk that way - Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.53,0:19:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reason they talk that way Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.95,0:19:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because they're under the law. Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.66,0:19:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's how people under the law think. Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.76,0:19:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how slaves think. Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.82,0:19:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought) Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.98,0:19:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, the slave doesn't enjoy Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.08,0:19:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the master tells him to do. Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.74,0:19:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he's always aware of the law, Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.81,0:19:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the rules. Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.19,0:19:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if he doesn't do the rule, Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.90,0:19:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's going to happen? Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.76,0:19:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to get punished. Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.52,0:19:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to get whipped. Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.78,0:19:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to get beat. Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.90,0:20:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to get his leg chopped off. Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.22,0:20:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do what the master says Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.70,0:20:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or there's consequences. Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.31,0:20:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, you're always mindful of the rules. Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.42,0:20:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rules, the rules, the rules. Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.42,0:20:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is to be under the law. Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.63,0:20:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought) Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.40,0:20:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The legalist is absorbed with rules Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.02,0:20:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than with God; Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.19,0:20:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than with his fellow man Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.74,0:20:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in true holiness. Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.05,0:20:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life is viewed as primarily what I do. Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.51,0:20:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's breaking all my actions down. Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.80,0:20:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The do's, the don't's, Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.36,0:20:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the particular actions all in terms of: Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.79,0:20:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it permissible? Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.28,0:20:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it not? Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.88,0:20:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Versus: the kingdom of God Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.30,0:20:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is about righteousness. Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.45,0:20:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about what pleases the King. Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.16,0:20:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, righteousness - Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.36,0:21:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the character of the King, Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.36,0:21:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Kingdom of God. Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.64,0:21:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the character of the King Himself. Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.69,0:21:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the character of God? Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.60,0:21:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I be like Him? Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.86,0:21:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does Peter say? Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.77,0:21:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does Peter not call us to be holy? Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.05,0:21:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.76,0:21:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be ye holy. Why? Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.95,0:21:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the argument? Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.94,0:21:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on, folks. Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.40,0:21:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,James: They're whispering back here. Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.25,0:21:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Let's be aggressive. Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.90,0:21:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was it? Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.17,0:21:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, you shall be holy, for I am holy. Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.31,0:21:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to Ephesians 4. Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.38,0:21:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ephesians 4:17 and following. Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.31,0:21:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to come \Nto this in our studies, Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.100,0:21:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know what? Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.81,0:21:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul comes along and he says Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.01,0:22:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you shouldn't walk \Nlike Gentiles any longer. Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.05,0:22:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You shouldn't act like them. Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.90,0:22:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You shouldn't live your lives that way, Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.89,0:22:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walk like the Gentiles do Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.38,0:22:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the futility of their mind. Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.88,0:22:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He basically breaks down how they live. Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.31,0:22:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're alienated from the life of God. Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.34,0:22:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're living in all this sensuality. Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.90,0:22:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the reason? Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.33,0:22:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Jesus Christ gave you a list Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.16,0:22:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of do's and don't's? Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.96,0:22:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what he says? Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.26,0:22:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not the way you learned Christ, Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.18,0:22:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assuming that you have learned Him. Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.19,0:22:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that interesting? \NHe tacks that on the end. Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.75,0:22:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, that's the issue. Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.23,0:22:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did you learn Christ? Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.39,0:22:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me ask you this - Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.64,0:22:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would just ask you all this: Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.90,0:22:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you do something with your life, Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.93,0:23:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how did you learn Christ? Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.72,0:23:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, that's the kind of question Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.56,0:23:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that needs to be going through your mind. Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.65,0:23:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I learn about Him? Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.54,0:23:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learn when I get to the book of Acts, Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.56,0:23:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came and He went about doing good. Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.06,0:23:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what's amazing to me? Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.51,0:23:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you think about this. Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.20,0:23:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You all now what's happening out there Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.14,0:23:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in social media and what \Nthe discussions are about Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.77,0:23:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far more than I do. Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.93,0:23:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me ask you a question. Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.55,0:23:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people who it seems like Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.81,0:23:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are legalists - Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.25,0:23:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,show them a rule. Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.81,0:23:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how they talk all the time. Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.55,0:23:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me a rule for that. Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.83,0:23:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me a rule for that. Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.15,0:23:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that who you want \Nfor a husband or wife? Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.74,0:23:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I want you to hug me."\N"Show me a rule for that!" Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.30,0:23:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, if you start to even contemplate Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.76,0:24:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that on that level - Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.59,0:24:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wife says, "I want my \Nhusband to hold me," Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.90,0:24:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the husband says, \N"show me a rule for that." Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.45,0:24:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want a husband like that. Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.41,0:24:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you see how God would be Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.01,0:24:11.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely disgusted Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.55,0:24:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with that kind of life? Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.22,0:24:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, there is a huge difference Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.85,0:24:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between morality and holiness. Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.41,0:24:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This idea of just \Nbasically living your life Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.05,0:24:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to some moral code: Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.02,0:24:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me where it says that." Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.42,0:24:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me where I have to do that." Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.38,0:24:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like this argument against evangelism. Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.29,0:24:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who say, Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.41,0:24:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me in the Bible..." Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.70,0:24:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in William Carey's day, Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.36,0:24:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was a big thing. Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.78,0:24:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanted to downplay \Nthe Great Commission Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.01,0:24:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though it was only for the apostles. Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.80,0:24:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carey came along and said - Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.74,0:24:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he used numerous arguments, Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.46,0:24:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but his main one being, Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.59,0:24:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look, the promise is that \NChrist will be with us Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.87,0:24:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the end of the age. Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.37,0:24:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doesn't that mean that our responsibility Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.12,0:24:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to all of the nations Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.49,0:25:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a responsibility that lasts Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.24,0:25:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as the promise does? Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.09,0:25:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly so. Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.67,0:25:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But look, let me just ask this. Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.92,0:25:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the old: if you have \Nthe cure for cancer, Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.57,0:25:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the world all around \Nyou is dying of cancer... Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.65,0:25:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me a rule where it\Nsays I have to go share Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.94,0:25:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the remedy with everybody else." Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.15,0:25:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, that's what the legalist does. Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.98,0:25:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me the law. Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.22,0:25:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me the rule. Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.62,0:25:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't care if the rest \Nof the world goes to hell. Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.06,0:25:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see what's operating there? Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.75,0:25:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kingdom is not about a list of rules. Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.45,0:25:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's Jesus saying love one another Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.05,0:25:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way I loved you. Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.41,0:25:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know that's among Christians, Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.30,0:25:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we have a responsibility to \Nlove our neighbor as ourselves Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.58,0:25:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out there in this world. Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.45,0:25:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I have the remedy Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.05,0:25:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save people's souls from hell, Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.64,0:26:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,am I going to sit there and debate? Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.52,0:26:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me in the Bible \Nwhere I have to go do that!" Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.00,0:26:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like what is wrong with you? Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.84,0:26:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something is wrong with that person. Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.17,0:26:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like something is \Nwrong with the person Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.78,0:26:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can come out of a movie Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.35,0:26:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with 50 F-bombs dropped\Nin the middle of it - Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.85,0:26:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me in the Bible \Nwhere I can't do that." Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.99,0:26:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like seriously? Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.45,0:26:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me ask you guys a question. Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.38,0:26:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were in the worst part - Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.37,0:26:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not of this city, \Nthis is a rather tame city - Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.78,0:26:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's talk St. Louis \Nor Detroit or Chicago. Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.98,0:26:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You imagine you're in \None of the worst parts Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.20,0:26:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of one of those cities. Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.100,0:26:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're in an alley. Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.52,0:26:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see four guys - Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.00,0:26:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all you can see is their silhouette Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.61,0:26:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the streetlight behind them. Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.53,0:26:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're walking down \Nthe alley towards you Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.58,0:27:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're huge. Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.51,0:27:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would it comfort you more Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.74,0:27:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know that they had just \Ncome out of a Bible study? Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.68,0:27:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or that all four of them \Njust came out of a movie Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.29,0:27:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where 50 F-bombs were dropped? Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.89,0:27:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which would make you feel more comfortable Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.73,0:27:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walking down that alley? Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.27,0:27:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's testimony issues. Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.27,0:27:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me ask you this. Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.43,0:27:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The guy who's always arguing about why Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.99,0:27:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he doesn't have a biblical responsibility Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.74,0:27:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to evangelize, Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.49,0:27:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just questions like that: Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.16,0:27:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me in the Bible where \NI'm supposed to do that." Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.71,0:27:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were sick at the end of your life Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.87,0:27:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you had to be cared for by somebody, Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.53,0:27:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the kind of person you want Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.33,0:27:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caring for you? Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.84,0:27:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me in the Bible where it says that!" Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.46,0:27:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't produce righteousness Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.81,0:28:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and peace and joy and love. Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.38,0:28:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what does that? Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.80,0:28:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning of Jesus. Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.15,0:28:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said, "Learn of Me." Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.51,0:28:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Take My yoke." Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.47,0:28:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Learn of Me." Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.46,0:28:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, that's where Paul's coming from. Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.88,0:28:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the way you \Nlearned Jesus Christ. Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.21,0:28:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh brethren, think with me here. Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.87,0:28:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you know from \NBrother Charles' book Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.93,0:28:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the story of Evangeline Booth. Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.11,0:28:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,William Booth, Salvation Army - Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.92,0:28:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his daughter. Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.83,0:28:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the story if \Nyou've read the book. Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.09,0:28:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps some of you know it beyond there. Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.81,0:28:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where they were bringing the woman - Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.79,0:28:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prisoner, guards carrying her. Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.01,0:28:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's Evangeline \Nstanding off to the side. Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.68,0:28:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can I reach this woman?" Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.08,0:28:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, she just steps out there Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.10,0:28:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kisses the woman on the cheek. Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.70,0:29:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me a law that says \Nyou have to do that. Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.13,0:29:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no law. Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.40,0:29:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no rule. Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.32,0:29:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you if I'm \Nat the end of my life Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.34,0:29:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're saying, Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.100,0:29:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who do you want to care for you? Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.02,0:29:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person who could go Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.04,0:29:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch filthy, bloody, profane, Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.42,0:29:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's name dragged through the mud movies, Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.24,0:29:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sex - and want to defend their right Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.74,0:29:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go watch it. Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.97,0:29:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're at the end of your life. Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.49,0:29:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you want that person to care for you? Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.47,0:29:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or Evangeline Booth? Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.20,0:29:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it speaks volumes. Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.10,0:29:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a kind of \NNew Testament Christianity - Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.00,0:29:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you learn from Christ Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.23,0:29:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that going to movies like that - Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.06,0:30:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would He do it? Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.34,0:30:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, if you say yes, I believe He would, Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.78,0:30:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you have a different \NChrist than the One I have. Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.11,0:30:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I have isn't the issue. Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.63,0:30:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a different Christ \Nthan the One here. Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.80,0:30:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the problem with people like that. Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.82,0:30:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go through their life constantly \Nasking what's permissible, Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.30,0:30:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than what can I do? Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.03,0:30:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when I hear about the fact Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.83,0:30:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're supposed to let our good works Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.50,0:30:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be seen before men Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.30,0:30:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they might glorify \Nour Father in Heaven; Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.54,0:30:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or like Peter says, Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.64,0:30:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"glorify God in the day of visitation," - Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.64,0:30:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again, it's got to do with them \Nseeing our good works. Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.29,0:30:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jesus saying, "The works \NI did, you will do..." believer. Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.63,0:30:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greater works. Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.86,0:30:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, one of the things is, Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.37,0:30:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that are always asking, Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.90,0:31:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Where's the line?"\N"Where's the minimal line?" Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.16,0:31:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's permissible?" Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.65,0:31:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What can I get away with?" Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.36,0:31:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me in the Bible where it says that." Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.06,0:31:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what people \Nlike that are not doing? Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.21,0:31:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All they're doing is walking through life Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.46,0:31:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,constrained by legalistic codes, Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.74,0:31:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're not people who just freely fly Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.79,0:31:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the wings of an eagle to do good. Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.19,0:31:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, the life of the \NChristian is not just: Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.58,0:31:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me where I can't do that." Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.61,0:31:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought) Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.59,0:31:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met with a couple today Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.60,0:31:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were telling me about their desires Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.08,0:31:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help care for inner city kids. Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.61,0:32:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, I ask you, Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.02,0:32:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're 89 years old. Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.21,0:32:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A family member, somebody from the church, Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.73,0:32:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody's going to take care of you. Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.91,0:32:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want it to be the person Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.70,0:32:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is thinking:\Nhow can I care for children? Dialogue: 0,0:32:15.99,0:32:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Versus living their life like: Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.38,0:32:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I can go to that movie." Dialogue: 0,0:32:21.69,0:32:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Show me in the Bible \Nwhere it says I can't." Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.96,0:32:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kind of Christianity do you all want? Dialogue: 0,0:32:29.33,0:32:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kind of person would \Nyou want caring for you? Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.38,0:32:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kind of person would you \Nwant to meet in that alley? Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.12,0:32:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Righteousness, peace, Dialogue: 0,0:32:41.37,0:32:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,joy in the Holy Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:32:44.69,0:32:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Morality - it's always concerned Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.07,0:32:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with specific actions. Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.79,0:32:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where holiness is a life picture. Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.91,0:32:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I being conformed to the image of God? Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.20,0:33:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I being conformed \Nto the image of Christ? Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.21,0:33:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is true righteousness all of my life? Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.02,0:33:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it there? Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.73,0:33:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, everything \Nin the legalist's mind Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.83,0:33:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just gets boiled down \Nto individual actions. Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.95,0:33:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is it permissible?" Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.03,0:33:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is it right? Is it wrong?" Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.44,0:33:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Give me a rule."\N"Give me rules." Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.23,0:33:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, that's what Packer was saying Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.80,0:33:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the Puritans. Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.98,0:33:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their lives are buried deep. Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.14,0:33:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of like the doctrines \Nwe're going through in Ephesians. Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.39,0:33:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You notice, this is not a list of rules. Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.50,0:33:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we're dealing with is Paul Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.69,0:33:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying to Christians, Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.97,0:33:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you live your life, \Nlive in the reality: Dialogue: 0,0:33:39.34,0:33:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alive with Christ,\Nraised up with Christ, Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.92,0:33:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seated with Christ in the heavenly places Dialogue: 0,0:33:44.58,0:33:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Christ Jesus. Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.91,0:33:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality. Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.34,0:33:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're living life on another plane. Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.65,0:33:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to look at texts Dialogue: 0,0:33:52.26,0:33:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that tie in over to Colossians. Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.97,0:33:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're setting your \Nminds on things above Dialogue: 0,0:33:57.59,0:33:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Christ is seated. Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.20,0:34:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're living on another plane. Dialogue: 0,0:34:01.02,0:34:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're living in another realm. Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.59,0:34:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're outside of this \Nminimal morality mentality. Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.19,0:34:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought). Dialogue: 0,0:34:09.97,0:34:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, don't you see Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.71,0:34:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you come to the New Testament, Dialogue: 0,0:34:14.83,0:34:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you find the \Nlegalists were always like: Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.79,0:34:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey! Hey! Put down your bedding! Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.19,0:34:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think you're doing? Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.70,0:34:25.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Sabbath! Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.25,0:34:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not permissible to do that!" Dialogue: 0,0:34:29.93,0:34:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, we can look and we can say, Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.28,0:34:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah, how did David eat the show bread Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.52,0:34:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which he was not supposed to eat? Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.83,0:34:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because brethren, that right there Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.14,0:34:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes to the heart of the matter. Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.63,0:34:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul made as strong a case \Nas anybody in the Scriptures Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.64,0:34:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you should pay those \Nwho minister the gospel. Dialogue: 0,0:34:52.31,0:34:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, he was the first one to say Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.45,0:34:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Corinthians and \Nto the Thessalonians, Dialogue: 0,0:34:58.01,0:35:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm not going to take anything." Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.42,0:35:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait! Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.54,0:35:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You set down a law! Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.43,0:35:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't muzzle the ox! Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.54,0:35:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the law! Dialogue: 0,0:35:08.25,0:35:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You better pay me! Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.34,0:35:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought) Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.38,0:35:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, you miss it. Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.52,0:35:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You miss it if you don't recognize Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.85,0:35:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus let the adulteress walk. Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.84,0:35:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, hey, wait a second. Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.59,0:35:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The law said stone her. Dialogue: 0,0:35:28.84,0:35:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or He healed on the Sabbath. Dialogue: 0,0:35:31.29,0:35:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or He let His disciples pick grain, Dialogue: 0,0:35:35.22,0:35:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rub them in their hands and eat. Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.76,0:35:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or He told the lame Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.95,0:35:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pick up their bedding and walk. Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.34,0:35:50.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were "breaking the rules." Dialogue: 0,0:35:50.55,0:35:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought). Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.08,0:35:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see, if you're just Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.01,0:36:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contrained by rules, Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.04,0:36:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't get it. Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.05,0:36:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus looked at those \NPharisees and He said, Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.46,0:36:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's exactly your problem. Dialogue: 0,0:36:11.41,0:36:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're all about rules." Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.29,0:36:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all rules do is they \Nleave you on the surface - Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.21,0:36:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this thin veneer of morality. Dialogue: 0,0:36:17.94,0:36:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all it is, because in the heart,\Nit's a person under the law. Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.18,0:36:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because in the heart, they \Nreally don't want to do it. Dialogue: 0,0:36:23.16,0:36:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just keeping the rule Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.36,0:36:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're afraid of the punishment; Dialogue: 0,0:36:26.05,0:36:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're afraid of the \Nconsequences if they don't do it. Dialogue: 0,0:36:28.61,0:36:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just trapped in there. Dialogue: 0,0:36:34.30,0:36:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than standing back and saying: Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.11,0:36:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, I want mercy, not sacrifice. Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.62,0:36:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all the rule \Nkeeping is is sacrifice. Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.29,0:36:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you could prove to that person, Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.36,0:36:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, you go over to Ephesians 5 Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.59,0:36:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you say, look, filthiness, Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.12,0:37:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crude jesting, it's not appropriate. Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.55,0:37:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, okay, you showed me the rule. Dialogue: 0,0:37:05.55,0:37:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, the movie that I wanted to go see, Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.90,0:37:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now I can't because I've got a law. Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.12,0:37:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is such the wrong way. Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.96,0:37:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wrong way. Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.25,0:37:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, you know what you find? Dialogue: 0,0:37:23.23,0:37:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Apostle Paul - think of Philippians 3. Dialogue: 0,0:37:25.66,0:37:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Apostle Paul, when he was lost - Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.49,0:37:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,religious, moral. Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.43,0:37:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all about the rules. Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.91,0:37:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boy, I was circumcised on the right day Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.96,0:37:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to the rule. Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.36,0:37:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, when it came to the law, Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.08,0:37:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dotted every "I", I crossed every "t." Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.87,0:37:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was right on. Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.48,0:37:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was blameless. Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.44,0:37:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give me a rule - I was right there. Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.07,0:38:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I kept them. Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.89,0:38:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what happens once he's saved? Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.74,0:38:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see how his attitude changed? Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.04,0:38:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does he say then? Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.18,0:38:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, that I might know Him Dialogue: 0,0:38:13.28,0:38:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the power of His resurrection. Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.47,0:38:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, we live our lives; Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.82,0:38:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we do things. Dialogue: 0,0:38:25.47,0:38:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not a matter of \Na list of right or wrong, Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.98,0:38:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like Romans 14. Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.76,0:38:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not: could I in certain circumstance Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.64,0:38:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drink wine? Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.38,0:38:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just the rule. Dialogue: 0,0:38:45.16,0:38:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul's looking back and he's looking Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.12,0:38:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at how this affects people; Dialogue: 0,0:38:49.33,0:38:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how your decisions are a reflection Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.89,0:38:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God Himself; Dialogue: 0,0:38:54.37,0:38:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it reflects what you've \Nbeen taught of Christ; Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.27,0:38:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it reflects righteousness; Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.13,0:39:01.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it reflects peace; Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.27,0:39:03.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it reflects joy in the Holy Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.100,0:39:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just living on an \Nentirely higher plane. Dialogue: 0,0:39:12.76,0:39:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's got to do with what does God think? Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.01,0:39:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's His will? Dialogue: 0,0:39:16.36,0:39:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's going to be pleasing? Dialogue: 0,0:39:17.79,0:39:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's going to bring His smile? Dialogue: 0,0:39:19.97,0:39:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's living on that level. Dialogue: 0,0:39:26.82,0:39:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought) Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.32,0:39:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, you know the Bible talks about Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.34,0:39:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bad companionship Dialogue: 0,0:39:33.00,0:39:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corrupts good manners. Dialogue: 0,0:39:35.34,0:39:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can go to the Proverbs Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.91,0:39:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could find: Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.67,0:39:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to be wise? Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.34,0:39:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Walk with the wise. Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.60,0:39:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to be a fool?\NWalk with fools. Dialogue: 0,0:39:44.39,0:39:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what? Dialogue: 0,0:39:46.26,0:39:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's almost like with the \Ninvention of electricity, Dialogue: 0,0:39:51.65,0:39:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't define companions Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.74,0:40:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right way anymore. Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.70,0:40:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read a story one time Dialogue: 0,0:40:02.64,0:40:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a family that let an old man Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.92,0:40:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,move into their house. Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.78,0:40:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he sat over in the corner. Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.43,0:40:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was filthy. He was lewd. Dialogue: 0,0:40:16.27,0:40:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He used God's name in vain. Dialogue: 0,0:40:18.69,0:40:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just did graphic things, Dialogue: 0,0:40:23.79,0:40:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the whole gist of the story Dialogue: 0,0:40:26.78,0:40:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that old man sitting in the corner Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.69,0:40:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing all those things\Nand being tolerated by the family Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.43,0:40:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a picture of the television. Dialogue: 0,0:40:38.31,0:40:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing is it's almost like Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.96,0:40:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have come to the place where we think Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.20,0:40:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a person isn't a companion Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.08,0:40:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if a TV screen or a computer \Nscreen separates us. Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.92,0:40:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not true. Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.70,0:40:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a companion? Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.86,0:41:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has to do with the idea Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.38,0:41:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people we surround ourselves with. Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.66,0:41:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who we allow to influence us. Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.56,0:41:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may not have a person Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.83,0:41:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come into your house, Dialogue: 0,0:41:10.87,0:41:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you may expose yourself Dialogue: 0,0:41:13.41,0:41:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Internet to people who end up Dialogue: 0,0:41:15.65,0:41:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,influencing you; Dialogue: 0,0:41:17.37,0:41:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that end up saying things; Dialogue: 0,0:41:19.18,0:41:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that end up injecting Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.50,0:41:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a worldview into your mind; Dialogue: 0,0:41:23.47,0:41:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that end up \Nbeing a worldly example; Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.53,0:41:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that do things Dialogue: 0,0:41:29.94,0:41:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought). Dialogue: 0,0:41:34.28,0:41:37.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, there was a reason why Dialogue: 0,0:41:37.100,0:41:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way before movies, Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.57,0:41:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way before TV, way before Internet, Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.66,0:41:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you put people out of the church. Dialogue: 0,0:41:45.43,0:41:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody remember what \None of those reasons was? Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.72,0:41:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A little leaven leavens the whole lump? Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.12,0:41:53.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazing how now Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.57,0:41:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all of our electronic apparatuses, Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.82,0:42:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we allow people to influence us Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.35,0:42:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that church discipline was meant Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.27,0:42:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to eradicate from our lives, Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.24,0:42:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or right decisions about companionship Dialogue: 0,0:42:08.93,0:42:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were meant to eradicate from our lives. Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.56,0:42:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start asking yourself: Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.53,0:42:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you think you can \Nsit in front of a movie Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.70,0:42:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with sex, a horror movie, Dialogue: 0,0:42:26.46,0:42:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with graphic language, God defamed, Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.69,0:42:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely un-Christian values, Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.37,0:42:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worldly perspectives, Dialogue: 0,0:42:38.23,0:42:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that you're going to be uninfluenced? Dialogue: 0,0:42:41.88,0:42:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that the way you learn Christ? Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.99,0:42:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here's what I learn from Christ, Dialogue: 0,0:42:48.90,0:42:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if I have the opportunity Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.91,0:42:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find people like that Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.36,0:42:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to see to be the \None that's the aggressor; Dialogue: 0,0:42:58.14,0:43:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to seek to be the one on the offensive; Dialogue: 0,0:43:00.49,0:43:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to seek to be the one who goes to the sick Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.76,0:43:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing the message of the doctor, Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.61,0:43:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then that's good. Dialogue: 0,0:43:10.84,0:43:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eating with publicans and sinners, Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.02,0:43:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tax collectors - that's good; Dialogue: 0,0:43:19.25,0:43:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're the one setting the agenda; Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.18,0:43:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're going in to bring light. Dialogue: 0,0:43:24.71,0:43:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know the problem is Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.70,0:43:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TV's, movie screens, Internet - Dialogue: 0,0:43:31.44,0:43:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Internet I guess you have some ability Dialogue: 0,0:43:34.01,0:43:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to communicate back and forth, Dialogue: 0,0:43:35.67,0:43:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but typically you don't have that. Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.11,0:43:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't go to the movie to positively Dialogue: 0,0:43:40.40,0:43:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,influence the actors. Dialogue: 0,0:43:44.15,0:43:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought). Dialogue: 0,0:43:51.48,0:43:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you know, Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.32,0:43:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every Sunday afternoon, I'm watching - Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.76,0:43:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got all ten "Dispatches \Nfrom the Front" in here, Dialogue: 0,0:43:58.30,0:43:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just go through them. Dialogue: 0,0:43:59.69,0:44:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It keeps my missionary juices flowing. Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.82,0:44:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very often, Friday nights, Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.46,0:44:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love to watch the Q&A times. Dialogue: 0,0:44:12.90,0:44:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ligonier, oftentimes Sproul, MacArthur, Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.27,0:44:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different men. Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.34,0:44:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's things that can be Dialogue: 0,0:44:24.02,0:44:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tremendously profitable. Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.22,0:44:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There can be things that can be Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.77,0:44:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tremendously profitable Dialogue: 0,0:44:28.99,0:44:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring the family together. Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.36,0:44:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can watch certain \Ndocumentaries on nature Dialogue: 0,0:44:33.90,0:44:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can see God's handiwork Dialogue: 0,0:44:36.22,0:44:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get a perspective on \Nsome things in this world Dialogue: 0,0:44:40.00,0:44:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that just blow your mind Dialogue: 0,0:44:41.57,0:44:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cause you to \Nthink bigger views of God. Dialogue: 0,0:44:44.52,0:44:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see, you're evaluating Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.56,0:44:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything from that perspective. Dialogue: 0,0:44:49.48,0:44:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this going to cause me to worship God? Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.84,0:44:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To see God as bigger? Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.00,0:44:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this going to cause \Nme to walk more holy? Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.10,0:44:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this going to cause \Nme to learn of Christ? Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.30,0:44:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this going to somehow \Nhelp me in my run? Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.92,0:45:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is this going to impact \Nmy joy in the Holy Spirit? Dialogue: 0,0:45:08.67,0:45:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This idea, brethren, what's permissible? Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.03,0:45:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, if you've been saved Dialogue: 0,0:45:16.90,0:45:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the blood of Christ, Dialogue: 0,0:45:19.81,0:45:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't get away from it. Dialogue: 0,0:45:21.46,0:45:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like every book in our Bible Dialogue: 0,0:45:23.77,0:45:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just calls us to recognize, Dialogue: 0,0:45:28.43,0:45:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we ought to be living on another plane. Dialogue: 0,0:45:31.02,0:45:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've got the power to live Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.69,0:45:34.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on that higher plane. Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.44,0:45:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This idea of just walking around Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.68,0:45:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the time being guided by Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.98,0:45:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a list of rules. Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.29,0:45:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't need a list of rules Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.73,0:45:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the refrigerator. Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.04,0:45:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No more than if you get married, Dialogue: 0,0:45:48.19,0:45:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need a list of rules Dialogue: 0,0:45:49.66,0:45:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to treat your wife. Dialogue: 0,0:45:51.28,0:45:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't beat your wife. Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.65,0:45:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kiss wife in morning. Dialogue: 0,0:45:53.70,0:45:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Say goodbye when you leave." Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.64,0:46:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your wife would be appalled at that. Dialogue: 0,0:46:02.12,0:46:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, don't try to \Nconstruct God differently. Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.36,0:46:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God created relationships \Nbetween man and woman - Dialogue: 0,0:46:09.06,0:46:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between us as a reflection Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.26,0:46:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a greater relationship. Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.92,0:46:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants our heart. Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.03,0:46:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants our passions. Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.20,0:46:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us to do things from love. Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.07,0:46:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us to be spontaneous. Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.98,0:46:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean there \Nisn't a place for thinking. Dialogue: 0,0:46:26.41,0:46:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean there isn't a \Nplace for studying Scripture. Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.39,0:46:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't mean there isn't a place Dialogue: 0,0:46:31.26,0:46:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let the light of Scripture shine Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.92,0:46:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be moved and motivated Dialogue: 0,0:46:34.43,0:46:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Spirit of God through it. Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.42,0:46:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, living a life Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.76,0:46:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where righteousness becomes Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.46,0:46:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spontaneous reaction Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.29,0:46:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and imitating Christ Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.51,0:46:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and walking because we love Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.24,0:46:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we delight in Him. Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.42,0:46:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We appreciate our friendship, Dialogue: 0,0:46:49.42,0:46:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our relationship with Him. Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.26,0:46:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You read that - 1 John - Dialogue: 0,0:46:53.24,0:46:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're walking in the light Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.65,0:46:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have fellowship. Dialogue: 0,0:46:57.30,0:46:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you get to the place where you Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.40,0:47:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appreciate fellowship and you want to fast Dialogue: 0,0:47:02.21,0:47:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because there's a law; Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.40,0:47:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because Jesus said, Dialogue: 0,0:47:07.31,0:47:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When you fast..." that means it's a law. Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.55,0:47:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Got to do the law. Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.80,0:47:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the church fasts \Nquarterly, got to do it. Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.00,0:47:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it's when you look and you say, Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.16,0:47:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, I just want to \Nclear all the food out, Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.74,0:47:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I need You, Lord. Dialogue: 0,0:47:22.69,0:47:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need You. Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.86,0:47:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like there is a dryness. Dialogue: 0,0:47:25.79,0:47:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel like a shadow has come between us. Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.46,0:47:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, I want to quicken... Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.71,0:47:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, I want You to draw near." Dialogue: 0,0:47:34.84,0:47:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.85,0:47:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is what pleases the Lord. Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.15,0:47:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it's all mechanical, Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.40,0:47:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it's all rule keeping, Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.77,0:47:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not pleasing to Him. Dialogue: 0,0:47:44.02,0:47:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is ugly religion. Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.33,0:47:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is legalism. Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.07,0:47:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Legalists are always concerned Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.05,0:47:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the rules - not with God; Dialogue: 0,0:47:57.12,0:47:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not with loving their fellow man. Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.80,0:48:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're concerned with the rules. Dialogue: 0,0:48:01.02,0:48:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show me the rule to keep. Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.95,0:48:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rule keeping, rule keeping, rule keeping. Dialogue: 0,0:48:09.20,0:48:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I know that there are laws Dialogue: 0,0:48:13.56,0:48:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Scripture. Dialogue: 0,0:48:15.38,0:48:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that. Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.97,0:48:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know as well as I do, Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.74,0:48:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you just let your mind go, Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.87,0:48:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know - Dialogue: 0,0:48:23.40,0:48:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus came along and He said, Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.91,0:48:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look, I know you had a law Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.35,0:48:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that said not to commit adultery. Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.80,0:48:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But look, it's way beyond that. Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.88,0:48:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's way beyond that. \NIt's learning of Jesus. Dialogue: 0,0:48:37.52,0:48:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you learn Jesus? Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.48,0:48:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, He was pure. Dialogue: 0,0:48:42.02,0:48:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't rude to women. Dialogue: 0,0:48:45.79,0:48:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was kind to them. Dialogue: 0,0:48:48.49,0:48:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He treated them with \Nthe utmost of respect. Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.74,0:48:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He revealed Himself to Mary first Dialogue: 0,0:48:54.26,0:48:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when He was risen. Dialogue: 0,0:48:56.54,0:48:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There He was - she thought \NHe was the gardener. Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.54,0:49:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were gathered around the cross. Dialogue: 0,0:49:02.02,0:49:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He took care of His mother. Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.24,0:49:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"John, behold your mother." Dialogue: 0,0:49:08.08,0:49:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just watch the way \NHe dealt with women. Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.37,0:49:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a rule. Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.98,0:49:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not constantly living a rule. Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.01,0:49:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, if I look at this, Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.05,0:49:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm living in fear of the penalty. Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.31,0:49:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, slaves live in fear of the penalty Dialogue: 0,0:49:26.25,0:49:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the time. Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.30,0:49:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's purity. Dialogue: 0,0:49:29.41,0:49:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fleeing youthful lusts. Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.30,0:49:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's wanting to stay pure. Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.35,0:49:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's wanting to be holy. Dialogue: 0,0:49:37.90,0:49:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not wanting these things Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.51,0:49:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to impact my life, Dialogue: 0,0:49:40.98,0:49:45.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I don't want to lose sight Dialogue: 0,0:49:45.14,0:49:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God's face. Dialogue: 0,0:49:46.25,0:49:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to lose power. Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.32,0:49:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a power to do good. Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.50,0:49:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an enabling. Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.38,0:49:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God quickens us. Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.21,0:49:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God gives gifts. Dialogue: 0,0:49:58.94,0:50:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God gives grace. Dialogue: 0,0:50:00.98,0:50:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God empowers us. Dialogue: 0,0:50:04.06,0:50:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to lose that. Dialogue: 0,0:50:05.30,0:50:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quenching the Spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.62,0:50:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got grieving the Spirit - Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.94,0:50:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the idea of a \Nperson that's grieved. Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.04,0:50:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's more of the relationship. Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.63,0:50:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quenching is more of the power, Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.33,0:50:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fire, the light. Dialogue: 0,0:50:20.66,0:50:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want that. Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.99,0:50:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:50:32.42,0:50:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we fail, when we fall, Dialogue: 0,0:50:34.43,0:50:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we do things, Dialogue: 0,0:50:35.60,0:50:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's faithful and just to forgive us. Dialogue: 0,0:50:38.32,0:50:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture says so. Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.58,0:50:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's a place to run back to Him Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.65,0:50:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not to hesitate. Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.05,0:50:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought). Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.92,0:50:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, we need to live Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.87,0:50:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the reality of that. Dialogue: 0,0:50:57.68,0:50:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we're justified Dialogue: 0,0:50:59.94,0:51:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we have free access to Him Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.98,0:51:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the time. Dialogue: 0,0:51:02.80,0:51:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can run back. Dialogue: 0,0:51:04.69,0:51:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we know that grievance Dialogue: 0,0:51:09.47,0:51:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our own heart of having offended Him, Dialogue: 0,0:51:13.01,0:51:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,losing sight of Him. Dialogue: 0,0:51:18.48,0:51:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You now what Peter went through Dialogue: 0,0:51:20.20,0:51:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after denying the Lord. Dialogue: 0,0:51:24.13,0:51:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And seasons, if we quench the Spirit, Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.70,0:51:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't find Him. Dialogue: 0,0:51:28.74,0:51:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember how it was with Christian Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.66,0:51:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he lost his scroll? Dialogue: 0,0:51:33.70,0:51:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's just cursing himself. Dialogue: 0,0:51:35.28,0:51:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ugh! I had to walk the \Nsame ground three times Dialogue: 0,0:51:38.84,0:51:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I only needed to walk once. Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.85,0:51:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because of his foolishness. Dialogue: 0,0:51:42.88,0:51:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went to sleep there Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.17,0:51:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the top of the hill of difficulty Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.78,0:51:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the stile that was made Dialogue: 0,0:51:49.71,0:51:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the rest of the weary pilgrim. Dialogue: 0,0:51:52.77,0:51:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he fell asleep there. Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.28,0:52:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had to walk the same \Nground three times. Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.58,0:52:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, it's living with a bigger picture. Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.54,0:52:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to keep walking Dialogue: 0,0:52:05.93,0:52:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same ground over and over. Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.69,0:52:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to fall backwards. Dialogue: 0,0:52:09.28,0:52:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to lose ground. Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.74,0:52:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to lose His smile. Dialogue: 0,0:52:12.30,0:52:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to lose His fellowship. Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.71,0:52:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't to lose a sense of His love. Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.22,0:52:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to lose any of His power. Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.01,0:52:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want that. Dialogue: 0,0:52:18.31,0:52:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want righteousness. Dialogue: 0,0:52:19.80,0:52:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want it to be overflowing. Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.27,0:52:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be moving upward \Nand upward and upward. Dialogue: 0,0:52:24.54,0:52:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to see Him more. Dialogue: 0,0:52:25.74,0:52:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, that I might know Him. Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.44,0:52:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Driven like that. Dialogue: 0,0:52:28.65,0:52:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I just mentioned on Sunday, Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.12,0:52:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living like the psalmist Dialogue: 0,0:52:34.29,0:52:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a heart that pants after God Dialogue: 0,0:52:36.41,0:52:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the deer is panting after the water. Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.45,0:52:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, when we live like that, Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.22,0:52:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you look up, Dialogue: 0,0:52:44.11,0:52:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eyeball to eyeball with God, Dialogue: 0,0:52:46.72,0:52:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just have to believe, Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.90,0:52:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who can listen \Nto foul, filthy music Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.33,0:52:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and watch dirtbag movies, Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.19,0:52:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are they on their knees before they go? Dialogue: 0,0:52:58.32,0:52:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are they asking the Lord, Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.84,0:53:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Help and guide me to do \Nthe most holy things today?" Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.50,0:53:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Help me to be like Evangeline Booth." Dialogue: 0,0:53:04.42,0:53:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Help me to look for opportunities Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.18,0:53:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I can love somebody; Dialogue: 0,0:53:07.77,0:53:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I can plant a kiss." Dialogue: 0,0:53:09.14,0:53:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, to have the grace to know Dialogue: 0,0:53:13.54,0:53:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when to kiss a woman on the cheek Dialogue: 0,0:53:15.71,0:53:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when it's inappropriate. Dialogue: 0,0:53:17.75,0:53:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's the kindest thing to do? Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.57,0:53:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to have the right words to speak? Dialogue: 0,0:53:21.33,0:53:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My wife said when we got in a discussion Dialogue: 0,0:53:25.94,0:53:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about this, she said, you know what? Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.92,0:53:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, I think that there are Dialogue: 0,0:53:31.26,0:53:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just some of God's people Dialogue: 0,0:53:34.94,0:53:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who don't know what it's like Dialogue: 0,0:53:38.03,0:53:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to actually have holiness in their life Dialogue: 0,0:53:40.46,0:53:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and live in the power of that. Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.28,0:53:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm probably not saying it \Nexactly how she said it. Dialogue: 0,0:53:44.84,0:53:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she said it something like that. Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.38,0:53:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think there's a reality there. Dialogue: 0,0:53:51.87,0:53:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we have some - Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.26,0:53:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether they're just professing Christians Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.35,0:53:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whether they're just immature ones, Dialogue: 0,0:53:58.84,0:54:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they just don't know what it is Dialogue: 0,0:54:02.32,0:54:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really experience the power of God Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.67,0:54:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that comes with a truly holy life - Dialogue: 0,0:54:12.28,0:54:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a consistently holy life. Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.12,0:54:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like once you've tasted Dialogue: 0,0:54:17.76,0:54:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certain things in the Christian life, Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.21,0:54:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once you've tasted that the Lord is good, Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.98,0:54:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't want to go back. Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.08,0:54:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to go back. Dialogue: 0,0:54:28.33,0:54:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't only not want to go back Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.04,0:54:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how it was when you were lost, Dialogue: 0,0:54:32.07,0:54:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't want to go back to how it was Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.06,0:54:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you were a less mature Christian. Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.05,0:54:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want more. Dialogue: 0,0:54:49.03,0:54:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Comments?