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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.09,0:00:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...Christian assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.13,0:00:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to because it seems like
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.60,0:00:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've just been getting \Na number of questions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.13,0:00:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asked about it lately.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.23,0:00:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been receiving emails.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.22,0:00:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I guess that's what I want \Nto talk about tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.29,0:00:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.45,0:00:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we mean when we say that?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.48,0:00:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christian context - what \Ndo we mean by that?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.19,0:00:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.62,0:00:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.64,0:00:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Assurance of salvation?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.26,0:00:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Right.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.67,0:00:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do we mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.30,0:01:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we can be sure of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.59,0:01:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we can be sure that we're saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.94,0:01:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody say it a different way?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.98,0:01:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Know with confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.29,0:01:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.96,0:01:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anybody say it another way?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.41,0:01:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's confirmed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.43,0:01:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.20,0:01:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's surety.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.91,0:01:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Evidence - we might say that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.44,0:01:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.100,0:01:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Assurance has to do with the confidence;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.43,0:01:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a certainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.21,0:01:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.07,0:01:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.78,0:01:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've told you folks this before,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.41,0:01:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I remember when I was first converted.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.27,0:01:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to a church:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.48,0:02:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Calvary Bible Church \Nin Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.42,0:02:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact, when I was back up there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.90,0:02:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ruby and I and the children,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.77,0:02:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we went back and we visited
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.33,0:02:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Kalamazoo, MI.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.24,0:02:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went to church back there
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.16,0:02:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Calvary in August.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.32,0:02:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was first converted
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.82,0:02:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was in that church,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.54,0:02:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,typically at the end of the sermon,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.62,0:02:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had a sound booth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.42,0:02:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,positioned right in the middle
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.38,0:02:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this auditorium.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.63,0:02:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seated about 1,200 people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.92,0:02:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a balcony,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.08,0:02:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.44,0:02:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would have a guy in the sound room.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.55,0:02:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right at the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.79,0:02:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, he would work this thing up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.90,0:02:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he would get people where
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.36,0:02:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'd try to get the emotions moving,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.95,0:02:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the guy would have the sound dial
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.72,0:02:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(probably more linear).
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.74,0:02:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would start moving that thing up.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.56,0:02:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you would have this \Nvery enchanting music
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.64,0:02:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begin to come in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.77,0:02:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.50,0:03:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Just believe. Just believe."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.21,0:03:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can remember at those times
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.84,0:03:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have my eyes wide open.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.43,0:03:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I've told this story before.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.04,0:03:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd have my eyes wide open
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.64,0:03:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd be looking around \Nat all those people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.86,0:03:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, I was a product.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.82,0:03:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was saved in 1990.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.65,0:03:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John MacArthur came out with his book:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.16,0:03:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Gospel According to Jesus."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.78,0:03:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it was released publicly in '88.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.65,0:03:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that book was kind of at its prime.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.47,0:03:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was writing the Gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.42,0:03:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to Jesus as he saw it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.81,0:03:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming out of the Gospels.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.44,0:03:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God used that book to save me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.23,0:03:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That book was largely about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.32,0:03:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the necessity of repentance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.68,0:03:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in being converted.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.96,0:03:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was about the whole \NLordship controversy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.87,0:03:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, there were a lot of people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.94,0:03:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writing against him
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.21,0:03:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were denying \Nthe necessity of repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.45,0:03:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Denying that you had to bow the knee
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.46,0:03:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.43,0:04:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were saying that was adding
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.99,0:04:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something to salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.40,0:04:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.56,0:04:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saved right in the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.11,0:04:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that controversy
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.70,0:04:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the materials of John MacArthur.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.35,0:04:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you know where my bias was.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.75,0:04:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can imagine what I was convinced
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.97,0:04:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.24,0:04:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was convinced of that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.59,0:04:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just MacArthur said it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.92,0:04:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because when I went to the Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.74,0:04:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw it there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.49,0:04:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so now when this guy is up here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.24,0:04:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying, "just believe, just \Nbelieve, just believe,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.98,0:04:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to the Sunday school class -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.38,0:04:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the singles Sunday school class
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.23,0:04:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that church,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.30,0:04:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I got this girl over here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.68,0:04:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming to me and talking to me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.14,0:04:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling me she's sleeping \Nwith her boyfriend.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.03,0:04:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that guy over there,\NI'm talking to him,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.05,0:04:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he says he's got a drinking problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.17,0:04:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm thinking, well, what?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.37,0:04:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You got saved and now once in a while
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.19,0:04:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you go back?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.93,0:04:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The guy's getting drunk every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.34,0:04:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got another guy over here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.02,0:04:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he invites me to his bachelor party.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.06,0:04:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm thinking, wow, this is great.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.00,0:04:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's not going to be like
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.43,0:04:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ones I knew when I was lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.85,0:04:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to go over there,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.85,0:04:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably exhort the guy \Nfrom the Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.57,0:04:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We pull in his yard.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.61,0:05:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a keg.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.42,0:05:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.54,0:05:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something is wrong here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.11,0:05:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I joined the softball team.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.55,0:05:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a guy on the team.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.90,0:05:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His mouth is so filthy and so foul.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.93,0:05:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said something \Nto the coach.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.56,0:05:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that guy supposed \Nto be a Christian?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.24,0:05:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, he's a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.43,0:05:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just fell in with a bad crowd."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.37,0:05:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got looking at all that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.81,0:05:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I thought something is wrong here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.67,0:05:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They asked me to write an \Narticle for the paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.98,0:05:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wrote it about the nature
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.52,0:05:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of biblical repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.65,0:05:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They shot it down
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.58,0:05:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would not publish it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.83,0:05:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, now here's this guy in this pulpit
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.90,0:05:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every week saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.19,0:05:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Just believe, just \Nbelieve, just believe."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.95,0:05:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wanted to stand up and shout,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.66,0:05:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(and I almost did)...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.38,0:05:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the Spirit of God had moved upon me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.29,0:05:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit more, I probably would have.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.71,0:05:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I wanted to shout,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.47,0:05:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No! It's repent and believe!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.04,0:05:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's basically where \Nmy beginnings were.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.60,0:05:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I have been adamant
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.32,0:05:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Lordship.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.95,0:06:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, here I was in the tensions
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.64,0:06:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was under conviction.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.29,0:06:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it profit a man
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.86,0:06:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he gains the whole world
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.52,0:06:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and loses his own soul?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.28,0:06:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's Christ saying there?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.18,0:06:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying unless a man forsakes
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.53,0:06:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole world,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.88,0:06:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he will lose his own soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.04,0:06:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what that means.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.34,0:06:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the tension I was in.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.30,0:06:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I've told some of you before,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.36,0:06:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had "The Gospel According to Jesus"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.40,0:06:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had the forty ouncer,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.92,0:06:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm telling you, I was trying to run.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.10,0:06:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was being drawn,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.29,0:06:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.73,0:06:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was trying to run.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.10,0:06:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"God, leave me alone!"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.36,0:06:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you'll just let me enjoy my sin
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.28,0:06:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like I used to,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.40,0:06:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll get rid of this book.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.69,0:06:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll go back.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.67,0:06:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just let me...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.37,0:06:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's this tension,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.53,0:06:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this pulling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.96,0:06:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I knew it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.54,0:06:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like in one ear
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.77,0:06:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could hear the devil saying to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.98,0:06:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can't give up your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.66,0:06:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't give up that lifestyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.31,0:06:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't give up those friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.90,0:06:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't give those things up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.37,0:07:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All your idols.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.47,0:07:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.77,0:07:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what you're known for.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.11,0:07:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's your reputation.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.47,0:07:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to live \Nwithout that reputation."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.49,0:07:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would think,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.69,0:07:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah, you're right.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.11,0:07:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I would hear that Word:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.11,0:07:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What will it profit you if you gain
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.36,0:07:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that reputation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.75,0:07:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all those idols
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.68,0:07:17.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all those things
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.67,0:07:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lose your own soul?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.07,0:07:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this battle back and forth...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.52,0:07:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was birthed into the \NKingdom through that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.83,0:07:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew Christ would forgive me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.58,0:07:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I came to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.60,0:07:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew there was rest there.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.32,0:07:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I knew what He was \Ngoing to require of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.22,0:07:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I finally let go,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.06,0:07:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said, "Lord, help me."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.25,0:07:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saved me in a moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.44,0:07:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's what it seems like happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.53,0:07:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You had everybody talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.69,0:08:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the carnal Christian heresy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.10,0:08:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the carnal Christian heresy?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.56,0:08:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, basically, it goes right along
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.86,0:08:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this whole deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.24,0:08:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.80,0:08:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's basically saying this:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.48,0:08:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That there were guys that were
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.65,0:08:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually even responding to MacArthur -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.46,0:08:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know some of the names.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.87,0:08:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.79,0:08:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of them came from \NDallas Theological Seminary.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.60,0:08:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wrote books against MacArthur.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.89,0:08:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back and forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.16,0:08:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were saying things like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.08,0:08:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could actually at one \Npoint in time believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.84,0:08:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because you made that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.73,0:08:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one-time decision, you could actually
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.18,0:08:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fall into all sorts of notorious sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.64,0:08:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could even actually fall
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.21,0:08:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually into atheism.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.17,0:08:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember MacArthur saying
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.37,0:08:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these guys are advocating you can become
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.35,0:08:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an unbelieving believer.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.72,0:08:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's like what is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.98,0:08:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.71,0:08:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.92,0:08:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What in the world is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.10,0:09:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so what happens is
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.13,0:09:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to put away these errors;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.11,0:09:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to put away this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.04,0:09:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can be a Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.66,0:09:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and live any way you want,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.81,0:09:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is basically a denial
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.41,0:09:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of regeneration.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.75,0:09:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's basically what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.15,0:09:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because God says if He saves you,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.12,0:09:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to give you a new heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.94,0:09:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God says if He saves you,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.43,0:09:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to put His Spirit within you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.37,0:09:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God says if He saves you,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.73,0:09:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to write that \Nlaw on your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.03,0:09:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it says.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.55,0:09:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Scripture says if by the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.72,0:09:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't put to death \Nthe deeds of the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.91,0:09:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to die.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.82,0:09:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a life and death thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.36,0:09:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ comes along and He says
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.13,0:09:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not anybody and everybody\Nthat says to Me, "Lord, Lord,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.74,0:09:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's going to inherit \Nthe Kingdom of Heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.44,0:09:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says it's the ones \Nthat do the will
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.05,0:09:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of My Father in Heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.93,0:09:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, if there is not such
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.96,0:09:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a radical transformation in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.57,0:09:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that old things pass away,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.15,0:09:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all things become new,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.53,0:09:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're a new creation in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.31,0:09:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keeping the will of the Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.90,0:09:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that's not true about you,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.33,0:09:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you haven't been born again.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.32,0:10:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, that is where \Nrepentance flows from.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.44,0:10:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repentance flows from \Na renewed man or woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.96,0:10:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It flows from one who is born again;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.39,0:10:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,radically transformed by God -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.62,0:10:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the power of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.20,0:10:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have undoubtedly in our church
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.32,0:10:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and folks like you that gather here
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.29,0:10:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Bible study,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.58,0:10:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have embraced these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.81,0:10:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think most of you have.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.80,0:10:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You like these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.96,0:10:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.25,0:10:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I think is happening -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.52,0:10:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now listen to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.86,0:10:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan is cunning.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.21,0:10:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, he is cunning.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.60,0:10:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a text - now listen to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.18,0:10:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says this in 2 Corinthians 11:3.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.77,0:10:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to read the ESV.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.45,0:10:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I'm going to \Nread the New King James.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.82,0:10:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 Corinthians 11:3.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.02,0:11:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, the NAS, the old King James
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.26,0:11:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are virtually the same; pretty close
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.11,0:11:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the New King James.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.87,0:11:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you'll get the flavor there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.48,0:11:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to the ESV first.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.83,0:11:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am afraid that as the serpent
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.35,0:11:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(there's the devil)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.26,0:11:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the serpent deceived Eve
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.77,0:11:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by his cunning,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.32,0:11:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your thoughts be led astray
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.68,0:11:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a sincere and pure
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.09,0:11:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devotion to Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.62,0:11:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the New King James:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.96,0:11:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I fear lest somehow as the serpent
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.74,0:11:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deceived Eve by his craftiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.11,0:11:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so your minds may be corrupted
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.36,0:11:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the simplicity that is in Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.80,0:11:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason I wanted to use that one;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.24,0:11:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the NAS, the New King James,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.68,0:11:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the old King James,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.69,0:11:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they all use that word: simplicity.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.65,0:11:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.44,0:11:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a simplicity in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.14,0:11:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the craftiness
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.83,0:11:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Paul's worried about?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.36,0:12:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cunning of the devil?\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.02,0:12:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is to move us away from Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.42,0:12:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.47,0:12:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if all of a sudden,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.96,0:12:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the movement in the church
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.72,0:12:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to reintroduce and \Nreemphasize repentance,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.90,0:12:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guess what his craftiness will be?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.50,0:12:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guess where the danger is?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.90,0:12:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would gladly have us to believe
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.80,0:12:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can be a Christian and live like hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.19,0:12:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ok, if they're not going to buy that,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.74,0:12:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they're going to move back to Lordship
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.45,0:12:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's going to be a resurgence
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.03,0:12:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of repentance,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.11,0:12:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then let's do this:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.82,0:12:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's get them so focused on repentance;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.32,0:12:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's get them so focused on themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.74,0:12:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bending the knee to Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.90,0:12:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what that looks like
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.09,0:12:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're no longer setting their eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.46,0:13:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply on Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.47,0:13:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, there is a simplicity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.14,0:13:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.80,0:13:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is a simplicity in what it is
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.01,0:13:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming to Christ in the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.35,0:13:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is a simplicity of where
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.56,0:13:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our strength as a Christian comes from
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.12,0:13:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Christian life;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.04,0:13:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.64,0:13:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Satan will seek to divert us away
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.39,0:13:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his craftiness all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.21,0:13:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, let us go back to repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.46,0:13:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if he's going to have us go back there
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.08,0:13:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then he would have us \Nlook away from Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.49,0:13:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the midst of our repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.22,0:13:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you say, wait a second,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.45,0:13:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought you were going to speak
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.44,0:13:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.50,0:13:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.06,0:13:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think with me here.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.45,0:13:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.84,0:14:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan - basically his strategies:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.31,0:14:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep the lost lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.44,0:14:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If somebody is saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.33,0:14:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep them powerless.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.76,0:14:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.00,0:14:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You keep the lost lost
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.46,0:14:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you keep them blind to Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.15,0:14:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you keep the saved powerless
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.21,0:14:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you keep their eyes off of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.96,0:14:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How does that relate to assurance?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.31,0:14:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, let me ask you this:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.06,0:14:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have any of you ever asked a Catholic
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.13,0:14:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they know they're going to heaven?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.87,0:14:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.71,0:14:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.37,0:14:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you may prove me wrong on this,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.81,0:14:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somebody watching is going to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.97,0:15:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wait a second! I'm a Catholic
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.70,0:15:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wouldn't answer that way."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.50,0:15:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.62,0:15:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That may be.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.79,0:15:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may find exceptions.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.42,0:15:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.82,0:15:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've talked to many Catholics
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.40,0:15:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've asked them this question.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.04,0:15:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have never found one answer
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.48,0:15:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the contrary.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.30,0:15:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know you're going to heaven?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.51,0:15:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what they say?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.67,0:15:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever asked one?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.97,0:15:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do they say?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.33,0:15:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope so.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.69,0:15:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've gotten that answer
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.98,0:15:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from almost everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.26,0:15:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If not exactly that answer,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.91,0:15:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that's basically comparable
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.68,0:15:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.44,0:15:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope so.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.98,0:15:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know where that comes from?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.75,0:15:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That comes from the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.42,0:15:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I mean by that?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.77,0:15:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever heard of \Nthe Council of Trent?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.90,0:15:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, many of the Catholic dogmas
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.43,0:15:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were asserted or reasserted
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.80,0:15:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that council.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.70,0:15:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.85,0:16:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Council of Trent;
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.91,0:16:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,16th Canon, 6th Session, says this:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.92,0:16:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now listen to this very carefully:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.37,0:16:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If anyone saith that he will for certain
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.56,0:16:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of an absolute and infallible certainty
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.77,0:16:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have the great gift of perseverance
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.57,0:16:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unto the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.49,0:16:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless he have learned this
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.02,0:16:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by special revelation,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.16,0:16:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let him be anathema."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.20,0:16:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.65,0:16:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you say that you have confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.40,0:16:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and assurance of salvation
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.48,0:16:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the end of this life,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.89,0:16:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they say we pronounce our curse
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.67,0:16:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of damnation on you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.71,0:16:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what they say.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.07,0:16:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, isn't it interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.49,0:16:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they give that exception,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.30,0:16:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"unless he have learned this
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.12,0:17:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by special revelation."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.66,0:17:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do you think they added that?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.45,0:17:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you why they added it,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.19,0:17:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it helps them explain
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.88,0:17:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody like Paul.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.57,0:17:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if they can't explain
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.54,0:17:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the things Paul says about himself
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.25,0:17:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're in real trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.62,0:17:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like what does Paul say?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.28,0:17:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am not ashamed..."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.12,0:17:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 Timothy 1:12
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.55,0:17:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...for I know Whom I have believed
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.45,0:17:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am convinced (or persuaded)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.33,0:17:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He is able to guard until that day
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.02,0:17:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what has been entrusted to me."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.15,0:17:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Galatians 2:20
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.47,0:17:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I have been crucified with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.87,0:17:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is no longer I who live,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.84,0:17:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Christ Who lives in me,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.44,0:17:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the life I now live in the flesh,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.26,0:17:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live by faith in the Son of God
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.22,0:17:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who loved me and gave Himself for me."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.18,0:17:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no doubt in that man...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.22,0:17:55.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that man has assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.100,0:17:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does he not?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.95,0:17:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, what is assurance?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.90,0:18:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to define assurance?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.42,0:18:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.81,0:18:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know Whom I've believed.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.81,0:18:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am persuaded He is able
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.95,0:18:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep that which I've committed to Him
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.66,0:18:11.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.55,0:18:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it. I believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.13,0:18:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm persuaded.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.54,0:18:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that the Christ Himself loved me
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.43,0:18:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know He gave Himself for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.58,0:18:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen folks, that's assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.81,0:18:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.29,0:18:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Catholics basically say you're cursed
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.79,0:18:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you say that you can know
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.61,0:18:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're going to have eternal life
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.75,0:18:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the end of this
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.03,0:18:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the assurance that Paul has,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.35,0:18:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless you've had special revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.86,0:18:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they would basically say
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.38,0:18:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, Paul has it,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.00,0:18:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yes, maybe certain select saints -
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.86,0:18:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,super Christians have been given
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.90,0:18:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,special revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.09,0:19:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this text.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.72,0:19:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 John 5:13
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.80,0:19:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Apostle John says
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.16,0:19:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after he gets done writing
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.25,0:19:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first epistle.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.24,0:19:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I write these things \Nto you who believe..."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.11,0:19:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just to those who \Nhave special revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.94,0:19:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To every single person who believes.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.12,0:19:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I write these things to you who believe
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.54,0:19:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the name of the Son of God
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.61,0:19:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you may know
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.87,0:19:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you have eternal life."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.65,0:19:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, my brothers and sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.100,0:19:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God wants us to know we have eternal life.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.30,0:19:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not playing some game with us
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.30,0:19:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where He dangles a carrot before our eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.77,0:19:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says, I never want you to be sure
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.74,0:19:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you have it.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.78,0:20:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, the very Spirit He gave us
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.04,0:20:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a Spirit of adoption
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.82,0:20:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by which we cry,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.69,0:20:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Abba, Father."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.42,0:20:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit speaks to us
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.53,0:20:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ways that resonate within us
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.73,0:20:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're children of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.39,0:20:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does John say?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.04,0:20:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Behold what manner of love
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.59,0:20:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Father hath bestowed upon us
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.14,0:20:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we should be called \Nthe children of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.76,0:20:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does he say, oh, He wants us to doubt?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.02,0:20:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us to fret?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.39,0:20:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us to worry?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.63,0:20:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us filled with anxiety?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.25,0:20:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us filled with uncertainty?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.97,0:20:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, He doesn't want that.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.11,0:20:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.83,0:20:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.20,0:20:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you lack assurance,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.54,0:20:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are you doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.67,0:21:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.40,0:21:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you lack assurance...
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.52,0:21:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, if we said we lacked faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.31,0:21:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say you're right on.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.08,0:21:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lacking faith - faith and assurance
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.83,0:21:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not exactly the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.27,0:21:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you can have saving faith
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.58,0:21:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lack assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.81,0:21:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You all agree with that right?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.28,0:21:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean a person can truly be converted
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.17,0:21:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wrestle with whether or not
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.14,0:21:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's truly saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.20,0:21:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they're not exactly the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.06,0:21:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faith is believing what God has said.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.34,0:21:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's believing His character.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.80,0:21:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's believing His promises.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.74,0:21:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Assurance is that confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.63,0:21:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I truly belong to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.97,0:22:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm truly saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.18,0:22:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm truly going to receive eternal life
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.77,0:22:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.24,0:22:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those are two different things.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.79,0:22:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if I'm lacking assurance,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.65,0:22:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what am I doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.17,0:22:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look, a lost person can
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.83,0:22:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lack assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.29,0:22:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a saved person can lack assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.14,0:22:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So think with me here,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.78,0:22:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is it that whether you're saved
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.18,0:22:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or lost if you lack assurance,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.30,0:22:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are you doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.68,0:22:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Totally separate from whether you have
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.63,0:22:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saving faith or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.30,0:22:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you doing when \Nyou lack assurance?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.31,0:22:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.08,0:22:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.13,0:22:44.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what is it you're \Nthinking about yourself?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.54,0:22:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.49,0:22:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, not so much that necessarily.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.64,0:22:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room): Am I going to heaven?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.61,0:22:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: Exactly.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.86,0:22:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're in a quandary.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.45,0:22:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not positive I'm going to heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.23,0:23:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? Isn't that what \Nlacking assurance is?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.40,0:23:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not positive that I'm saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.19,0:23:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not positive that I've actually had
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.86,0:23:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saving faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.93,0:23:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not positive if I'm \Ngoing to go to heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.15,0:23:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not positive if I'm \Ngoing to go to hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.59,0:23:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not positive if I'm one \Nof God's children or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.55,0:23:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.74,0:23:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.88,0:23:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it is to lack assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.59,0:23:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to have assurance is to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.65,0:23:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, I know that I'm one of His.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.95,0:23:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul had that assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.21,0:23:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know Whom I've believed.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.89,0:23:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm confident.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.94,0:23:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know He died for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.21,0:23:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know He loved me.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.34,0:23:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now listen, assurance, like I said
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.58,0:23:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.73,0:23:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A person can have great assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.64,0:23:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These folks in Matthew \N7 seem quite certain.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.27,0:23:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, Lord..." We were there.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.98,0:23:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many mighty works.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.34,0:23:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember all those?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.62,0:23:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember the demons we cast out?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.28,0:23:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember us prophesying?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.87,0:23:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were pretty confident.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.43,0:23:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, you can have assurance
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.01,0:24:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not be saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.28,0:24:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a lot of people, Christ says,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.15,0:24:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many in that day are going to say to Me...
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.92,0:24:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see the second soil type
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.79,0:24:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the parable of the soils.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.44,0:24:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They receive the Word gladly.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.14,0:24:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a time there,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.19,0:24:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're thinking they're in.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.73,0:24:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're pretty confident people.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.25,0:24:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They receive these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.93,0:24:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a confidence there.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.42,0:24:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trials come and they fall away.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.00,0:24:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're speaking about assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.38,0:24:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, I'm wanting us
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.64,0:24:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give consideration to the Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.32,0:24:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.90,0:24:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.47,0:24:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are some big indicators
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.45,0:24:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a person - even if they have
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.16,0:24:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tremendous confidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.49,0:24:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're a Christian?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.87,0:24:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are some big \Nindicators that they're not?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.07,0:24:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't desire the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.86,0:24:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fruits.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.04,0:24:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.53,0:24:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, all these things. Fruits.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.29,0:25:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These have to do maybe
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.93,0:25:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the fruits of repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.40,0:25:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe with the fruits of regeneration.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.39,0:25:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And see, we're coming back now,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.99,0:25:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to where I really wanted to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.74,0:25:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, let me tell you something.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.72,0:25:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My fear that there's a danger -
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.93,0:25:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's always a danger
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.33,0:25:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.38,0:25:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's missing the simplicity of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.67,0:25:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The danger is forgetting Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.58,0:25:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.89,0:25:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think with me here.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.86,0:25:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That as we stress and we stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.54,0:25:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm hearing some of you do this,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.67,0:25:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm hearing this happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.34,0:25:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm hearing it in the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.10,0:25:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear it in this Bible study.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.68,0:25:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear you folks when you tell me
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.74,0:25:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you're telling people,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.15,0:25:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're out on the streets,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.76,0:25:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and listen, I'm not saying
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.16,0:25:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that what you're saying is wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.98,0:25:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about repentance and about looking
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.76,0:25:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the fruits;
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.82,0:25:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obviously, they're there.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.60,0:25:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, the great evidences
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.87,0:25:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of regeneration need to be true
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.89,0:26:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.04,0:26:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let me tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.90,0:26:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it that the Catholic
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.98,0:26:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't have confidence?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.62,0:26:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.99,0:26:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, yes, they said \Nit in the Council of Trent,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.44,0:26:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but practically, why \Ndo they lack confidence?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.64,0:26:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.89,0:26:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're trusting their works.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.23,0:26:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's wrong when \Nyou trust your works?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.79,0:26:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(unintelligible)
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.86,0:26:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You never know if you've done enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.98,0:26:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.06,0:26:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem with works is
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.61,0:26:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you never know when you've done enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.77,0:26:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've ever been part of a religion
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.44,0:26:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is based on works,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.41,0:26:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you never know when you've done enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.44,0:26:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if you're always \Nlooking at your works,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.69,0:26:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're always looking at yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.38,0:26:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the problem with looking at yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.46,0:26:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is your self is bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.34,0:26:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.48,0:26:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By nature, you are bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.76,0:26:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By nature, you are full of imperfection.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.67,0:27:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By nature, you fall short \Nof the glory of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.89,0:27:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.20,0:27:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.25,0:27:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even whatever religion it is
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.08,0:27:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no matter whatever code they stick up,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.21,0:27:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody ever keeps the code
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.09,0:27:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of any religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.31,0:27:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They always have a standard
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.70,0:27:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that even when they bring it down;
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.42,0:27:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even when they back off God's Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.58,0:27:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody ever keeps any of the standards
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.77,0:27:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of any of their religions.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.28,0:27:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so whenever they look at themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.90,0:27:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are always shaken.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.28,0:27:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.66,0:27:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.72,0:27:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're always \Nlooking at themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.11,0:27:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know why they don't have confidence?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.56,0:27:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they can't say,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.57,0:27:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ perfectly kept the law
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.46,0:27:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my spot.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.48,0:27:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my acceptance with the living God
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.29,0:27:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not based on my performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.67,0:27:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did it!
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.62,0:28:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see, as soon as faith
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.54,0:28:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turns away from self
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.86,0:28:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our works,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.01,0:28:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.59,0:28:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, there's a lot of attention;
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.29,0:28:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of emphasis being given
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.82,0:28:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with regards to repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.28,0:28:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.63,0:28:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, we've got a lot of people saying;
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.44,0:28:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, let me just tell you what
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.93,0:28:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some people are saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.91,0:28:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you some \Nemails that I've received.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.67,0:28:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's an email.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.17,0:28:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to read two emails to you
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.18,0:28:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've just received \Nin the last week or so.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.15,0:28:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First guy says -
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.30,0:28:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these are shortened versions
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.99,0:28:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of actually what I got.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.51,0:28:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First guy says,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.39,0:28:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I have to confess
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.85,0:28:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I am not so sure
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.52,0:28:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been genuinely converted.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.35,0:28:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so confused,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.30,0:28:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I honestly do not have assurance
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.64,0:28:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.90,0:28:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day is miserable for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.21,0:28:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have no peace,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.26,0:28:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.71,0:28:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or love.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.28,0:28:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you why I'm so confused
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.13,0:29:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about my salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.07,0:29:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.67,0:29:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been more devoted to reading the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:29:05.34,0:29:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I truly loved it.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.86,0:29:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a prayer life.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.60,0:29:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt clean and free.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.96,0:29:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I knew I was born again.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.27,0:29:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I've compromised in many ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.34,0:29:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you knew who I used to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:19.08,0:29:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would say without any doubt
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.63,0:29:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had a radical change
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.03,0:29:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had occurred in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.44,0:29:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I've changed,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.23,0:29:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now I'm unsure I'm truly saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.33,0:29:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be free.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.49,0:29:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to have peace with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.95,0:29:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to rejoice in what \NGod has done for me
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.22,0:29:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.26,0:29:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to shout for joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.48,0:29:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be a bold witness for Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.32,0:29:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.10,0:29:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I've wrestled with God in prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.69,0:29:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've begged Him to help me.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.02,0:29:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To set me free.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.11,0:29:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To give me assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.60,0:29:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I still can't say with joy I'm saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.07,0:29:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to so badly.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.80,0:29:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I do say that, I feel like a hypocrite
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.93,0:29:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a liar.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:58.66,0:30:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I've grieved the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.49,0:30:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And His manifest presence is no longer
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.50,0:30:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my life."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.24,0:30:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the second email:
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.49,0:30:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've been a Christian for over two years
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.55,0:30:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but so often I still \Nstruggle with assurance
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.73,0:30:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which may mean that I'm not truly saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.70,0:30:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have no doubt about \Nthe truth of Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.14,0:30:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about who God is, who Christ is,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.01,0:30:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that to be saved
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.14,0:30:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one must repent and put full trust in Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.52,0:30:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Referring to a particular \Ntime in his past, he says...)
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.22,0:30:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My entire life was changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.46,0:30:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom tells me that she remembers
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.38,0:30:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the transformation that took place.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.10,0:30:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember talking about how God
Dialogue: 0,0:30:32.90,0:30:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gave me a new heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.21,0:30:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now over the past year,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.19,0:30:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been blessed to be \Nunder good teaching,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.90,0:30:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know all the right answers
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.01,0:30:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the questions that someone would ask
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.10,0:30:47.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerning how you can know you are saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.100,0:30:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(But he says) I can't get assurance
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.28,0:30:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from those answers.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.06,0:30:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look back at my conversion
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.43,0:30:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can't remember a single moment
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.17,0:30:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I placed my trust in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.62,0:30:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that I must trust in Christ alone
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.54,0:31:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the forgiveness of my sins
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.12,0:31:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that I cannot trust \Neven a shred in myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.52,0:31:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that to be true.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.79,0:31:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see my sinfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.05,0:31:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understand my weakness and inability,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.95,0:31:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I fear that because \NI didn't understand
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.08,0:31:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that then, that I never \Nreally put my trust
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.28,0:31:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Christ and just don't know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.73,0:31:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if I should seek God
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.47,0:31:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for assurance or seek Him to save me.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.50,0:31:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, I share the Gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.96,0:31:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I completely forget about \Nmy assurance problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:22.74,0:31:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other times, I'm sitting alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.48,0:31:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tears well up in my eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.72,0:31:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm simply not sure if
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.30,0:31:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I truly belong to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.76,0:31:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot go living like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.32,0:31:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so taxing.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:31.75,0:31:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if I truly am His.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.21,0:31:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know all the tests from 1 John.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:36.34,0:31:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I hear an exposition of 1 John,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.72,0:31:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I ask myself, ok, does my life
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.78,0:31:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stand the assurance test?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.38,0:31:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I simply cannot place any trust
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.73,0:31:47.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my own reasoning
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.100,0:31:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to answer that question.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.63,0:31:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I fear so immensely for my salvation."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.85,0:31:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, we've got people running around,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.49,0:31:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.75,0:32:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of them probably \Naren't true Christians,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.06,0:32:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we've got true \NChristians running around.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.64,0:32:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, they're there
Dialogue: 0,0:32:08.18,0:32:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're just wondering.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.60,0:32:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does He love me?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.47,0:32:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does He love me not?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.82,0:32:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I in? Am I out?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:21.07,0:32:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I saved? Am I not?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:24.04,0:32:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back and forth they go.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.78,0:32:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I'll just tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.91,0:32:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't have assurance,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:41.87,0:32:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guess what else you don't have?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.95,0:32:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both these guys hit on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.34,0:32:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first guy said,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.44,0:32:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"every day is miserable for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.10,0:32:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have no peace, joy, or love."
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.39,0:33:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second guy hits on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.38,0:33:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.07,0:33:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "I cannot go on living like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.64,0:33:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is so taxing."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.34,0:33:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of these guys hit on
Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.87,0:33:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.22,0:33:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.78,0:33:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So taxing.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.14,0:33:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't go on living like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:31.10,0:33:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens when you lack assurance?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.69,0:33:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have no what?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.59,0:33:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.42,0:33:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me read an Old Testament passage
Dialogue: 0,0:33:44.24,0:33:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to you from Nehemiah 8:10.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.83,0:33:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The joy of the Lord is your strength."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.64,0:34:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No assurance. No joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.76,0:34:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No joy. No strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.49,0:34:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The joy of the Lord is your strength."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:09.98,0:34:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, let me tell you something.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.32,0:34:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confidence makes you brave.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.18,0:34:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think a person can run headlong
Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.19,0:34:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into heavy Muslim population
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.54,0:34:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they very well may lose their life
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.66,0:34:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and preach the Gospel boldly?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.27,0:34:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they're there and they're wondering,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.28,0:34:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,am I in? Am I out?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.35,0:34:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does He love me? Does He love me not?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.18,0:34:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I the real thing
Dialogue: 0,0:34:39.44,0:34:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or am I fake?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.50,0:34:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I going to go to heaven?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.91,0:34:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or am I going to go to hell?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.36,0:34:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I still in my sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:44.94,0:34:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I not?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.86,0:34:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is my name graven upon His palm?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.29,0:34:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is it not?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.77,0:34:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot be brave.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.76,0:35:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot charge off into the world
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.50,0:35:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and battle for Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.09,0:35:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have no assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.81,0:35:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No assurance. No joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.92,0:35:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No joy. No strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:08.00,0:35:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No strength. Folks, \Nyou've got no boldness.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:10.58,0:35:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got no confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:12.07,0:35:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to have confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.48,0:35:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're going to be bold as a lion
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.76,0:35:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.68,0:35:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will not be.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:18.42,0:35:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, folks, you cannot scare
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.34,0:35:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a person with assurance
Dialogue: 0,0:35:24.77,0:35:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with death.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.24,0:35:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't. Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:28.85,0:35:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they're confident that at the end
Dialogue: 0,0:35:31.10,0:35:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this life, there is joy everlasting.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:34.47,0:35:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is an eternal weight of glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.17,0:35:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't scare Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.06,0:35:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with that assurance of that joy
Dialogue: 0,0:35:42.93,0:35:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that eternal weight of glory
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.79,0:35:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with death.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.30,0:35:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you're wondering...
Dialogue: 0,0:35:50.09,0:35:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't know."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.51,0:35:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may come in here
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.91,0:35:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,claiming to be a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:55.20,0:35:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if they put me to death,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.55,0:35:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may go straight to hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:58.32,0:36:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may not be any better off than them.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:01.65,0:36:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have boldness to go out
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.39,0:36:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the East side.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:04.46,0:36:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what if this happens to me?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.40,0:36:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, you don't know
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.67,0:36:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're a child of God or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.46,0:36:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're trying to protect everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.24,0:36:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:36:19.02,0:36:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, what do we say to people like this?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:23.47,0:36:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you what,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.71,0:36:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to be really careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:30.36,0:36:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I'm hearing a lot of times?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:34.96,0:36:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that person fell into...
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.96,0:36:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, one of these guys,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.12,0:36:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's been falling into masturbation.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:45.40,0:36:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had such assurance in the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.07,0:36:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm telling you, we can take
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.60,0:36:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these tests from 1 John,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.10,0:36:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look, we don't dismiss them.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:54.69,0:36:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're valid.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.76,0:36:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regeneration looks like something.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:58.33,0:36:59.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this folks,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.73,0:37:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we start keying in on repentance
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.33,0:37:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the fruits
Dialogue: 0,0:37:04.52,0:37:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on all these things
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.32,0:37:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ought to be true \Nof the Christian life,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.60,0:37:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're not \Nconstantly taking people
Dialogue: 0,0:37:10.33,0:37:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the cross;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.39,0:37:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking people to Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.69,0:37:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.70,0:37:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to be tearing down
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.30,0:37:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people's assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:16.58,0:37:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there isn't a \None of you in this room,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:19.19,0:37:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truly and genuinely converted,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.81,0:37:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that isn't going to fall into sin
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.46,0:37:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes majorly \Nin your Christian life.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.62,0:37:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we're setting up this standard
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.77,0:37:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is unreal;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.65,0:37:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not right;
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.74,0:37:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not biblical...
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.98,0:37:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, if you're in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.45,0:37:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definitely, by the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.79,0:37:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to be putting to \Ndeath the deeds of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.61,0:37:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will be practicing righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.67,0:37:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have to be confident, folks,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.31,0:37:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of texts like "therefore there is now
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.48,0:37:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no condemnation for those
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.100,0:37:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are in Christ Jesus."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.36,0:37:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got texts in the Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.02,0:37:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who shall bring any charge
Dialogue: 0,0:37:53.74,0:37:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against God's elect?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:55.06,0:37:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is God Who justifies."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:57.36,0:37:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to be turning our eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.32,0:38:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again and again and again
Dialogue: 0,0:38:02.11,0:38:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to that cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.60,0:38:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look, if people \Nstruggle with assurance,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:10.39,0:38:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some do,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.54,0:38:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some do more than others,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.83,0:38:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we want to do is we want to
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.47,0:38:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take them to the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.13,0:38:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to take them \Nto passages like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:38:20.38,0:38:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Romans 8:34
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.17,0:38:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who is to condemn?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.82,0:38:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ Jesus is the One Who died.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:25.63,0:38:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than that, Who was raised.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.33,0:38:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is at the right hand of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.90,0:38:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who indeed is interceding for us."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:30.73,0:38:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, we are not Catholics!
Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.85,0:38:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our performance is not what gets us
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.35,0:38:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into Heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.20,0:38:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our acceptance before God Almighty
Dialogue: 0,0:38:43.90,0:38:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is based on the perfect work of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:49.25,0:38:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, He came to save sinners.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.94,0:38:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are at best in this room
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.84,0:38:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a saved sinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:58.13,0:38:59.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are not perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.71,0:39:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And practicing righteousness does not
Dialogue: 0,0:39:02.00,0:39:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mean perfection.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.23,0:39:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it doesn't mean that you're
Dialogue: 0,0:39:04.73,0:39:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not going to fall.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.65,0:39:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it doesn't mean that \Neven some of the best
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.95,0:39:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christians we read about in the Scriptures
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.05,0:39:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't have terrible falls.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:11.86,0:39:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the way to heal such wounds
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.90,0:39:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to take the balm of Gilead
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.44,0:39:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the hurting Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:22.62,0:39:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It isn't simply to beat them over the head
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.18,0:39:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a standard of righteousness
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.67,0:39:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is unbiblical and not real.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:30.35,0:39:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, we come to them and we say,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.92,0:39:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brethren, we want to exhort you.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:33.70,0:39:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to encourage you
Dialogue: 0,0:39:34.96,0:39:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you not sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.18,0:39:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you do sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:37.80,0:39:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have an Advocate with the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.76,0:39:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that sound familiar to us?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.47,0:39:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That comes at us from John.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:44.49,0:39:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all of John's tests,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.57,0:39:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all of 1 John,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:49.66,0:39:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all the marks of true Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.53,0:39:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says, brethren, I'm telling you this;
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.80,0:39:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm writing this to you
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.88,0:39:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you might have assurance;
Dialogue: 0,0:39:59.26,0:40:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you might know.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:02.19,0:40:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm writing all this to you
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.87,0:40:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you sin not.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.22,0:40:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, the standard is high.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.38,0:40:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, it's radical
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.28,0:40:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you've been truly born again.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.06,0:40:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's going to do \Nsomething to your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.34,0:40:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And your life is going to be affected
Dialogue: 0,0:40:17.11,0:40:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the cross of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:18.89,0:40:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you truly have a faith in Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:20.80,0:40:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to turn your life upside down.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:23.76,0:40:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says, brethren, I write to you
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.61,0:40:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you not sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.69,0:40:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he knows...
Dialogue: 0,0:40:31.10,0:40:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says if you sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.11,0:40:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have an Advocate.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:34.89,0:40:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see when the devil rushes in
Dialogue: 0,0:40:36.73,0:40:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says, "look at you."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:38.95,0:40:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You've got all this \Nteaching on repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:42.23,0:40:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey, don't you hear what they're saying?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.16,0:40:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If repentance isn't true in your life;
Dialogue: 0,0:40:46.13,0:40:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if radical bowing to the \NLordship of Christ isn't real;
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.99,0:40:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there isn't some pattern
Dialogue: 0,0:40:52.34,0:40:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of righteousness in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.02,0:40:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who do you think you are
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.44,0:40:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying you're a Christian?"
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.70,0:40:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.62,0:41:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you can say,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.49,0:41:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"devil, you're right...
Dialogue: 0,0:41:04.97,0:41:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you say is right.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:09.06,0:41:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.53,0:41:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.30,0:41:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I know this,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:18.02,0:41:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not what I once was.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:20.33,0:41:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not perfect, and I fall,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:23.80,0:41:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I struggle and I fight
Dialogue: 0,0:41:26.99,0:41:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wish I could be perfect,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:29.50,0:41:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I know I have desires \NI didn't have before.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.29,0:41:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know I love Christ in \Na way I didn't before.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.27,0:41:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my life has been transformed.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.37,0:41:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're right.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.27,0:41:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've sinned. I've fallen.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.77,0:41:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:43.42,0:41:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't come to Christ in the first place
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.09,0:41:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dependent on my works.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.06,0:41:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't stay there now
Dialogue: 0,0:41:49.92,0:41:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dependent on my works.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.38,0:41:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no condemnation
Dialogue: 0,0:41:54.38,0:41:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those who are in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:56.13,0:41:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Devil, all you're telling me right now
Dialogue: 0,0:41:59.64,0:42:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the more assures me
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.36,0:42:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I need to trust Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.17,0:42:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not look at my own life.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.94,0:42:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you're saying to me
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.10,0:42:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only drives me back under His wing."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:11.09,0:42:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that's got to be so.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.76,0:42:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.00,0:42:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's where our assurance comes from.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.61,0:42:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to be running back
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.07,0:42:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again and again and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:20.52,0:42:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would say this to any of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.81,0:42:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get where you're struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:42:24.99,0:42:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a point in life
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.93,0:42:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you're struggling with assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.87,0:42:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would ask you this:
Dialogue: 0,0:42:29.45,0:42:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you ever have assurance?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.34,0:42:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because listen, why would I say that?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:36.97,0:42:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would I ask that?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:40.33,0:42:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God is a Spirit of adoption.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.52,0:42:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By that Spirit, we cry, "Abba, Father."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:52.56,0:42:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Romans] 8:16 - He bears witness
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.54,0:42:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:58.65,0:43:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:01.00,0:43:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do not grieve the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:43:05.34,0:43:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by which you've been sealed.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.33,0:43:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit seals us.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:11.80,0:43:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit seals.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.35,0:43:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you sealed a document -
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.77,0:43:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if a president puts his seal on something,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.98,0:43:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a sign of ownership.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:31.62,0:43:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God is given.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.81,0:43:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a seal.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:37.46,0:43:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the Spirit of God is
Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.95,0:43:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are definite evidences.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:40.83,0:43:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's one of the things \Nthe Spirit of God does?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:43.39,0:43:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bears witness with our spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.36,0:43:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pours the love of God into our heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.54,0:43:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now listen to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:49.14,0:43:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that Spirit is resident,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.15,0:43:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that person is going to have assurance
Dialogue: 0,0:43:54.50,0:43:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least at some time.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.16,0:44:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it's possible to grieve the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.07,0:44:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by which you've been sealed.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:01.74,0:44:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you grieve Him, \Nor as 1 Thessalonians 5,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.99,0:44:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quench, then yes, the \Nwitness of the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:44:12.41,0:44:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may go silent.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.52,0:44:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a person who has never known
Dialogue: 0,0:44:17.21,0:44:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the witness of the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:19.19,0:44:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have never had assurance
Dialogue: 0,0:44:21.36,0:44:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of your salvation,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.52,0:44:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't believe you're saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.47,0:44:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the testimony of the Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:28.83,0:44:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't believe that.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.01,0:44:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if at seasons, you have indeed had it,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:34.37,0:44:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, then look,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.84,0:44:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people can have false assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:38.02,0:44:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no question about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.56,0:44:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that definitely needs to be examined.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:41.67,0:44:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.84,0:44:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's definitely as a true Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.42,0:44:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possible to have that resident
Dialogue: 0,0:44:48.73,0:44:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spirit of adoption
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.23,0:44:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by which we cry, "Abba, Father,"
Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.24,0:44:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at seasons because we've quenched Him
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.86,0:44:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or grieved Him, have Him go silent.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:58.22,0:44:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so what I would ask:
Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.51,0:45:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you had seasons where \Nyou've known assurance?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.74,0:45:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you tell me yes,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.70,0:45:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I would ask you,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.80,0:45:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you done anything in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.52,0:45:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to grieve the Spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.72,0:45:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And typically, we know.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:16.57,0:45:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've allowed something.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.34,0:45:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit has prodded us to repent
Dialogue: 0,0:45:20.58,0:45:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of something that we've resisted.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:23.06,0:45:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've allowed some sin or worldliness
Dialogue: 0,0:45:25.76,0:45:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or idol into your life
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.85,0:45:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're not repenting of.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.16,0:45:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, the Spirit bears witness.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.76,0:45:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, I can't tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.41,0:45:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what you've experienced.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.28,0:45:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can tell you, I've experienced it.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:50.48,0:45:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've experienced it in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.04,0:45:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never experienced it when I was lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:55.34,0:45:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I never experienced it
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.89,0:45:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.64,0:46:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:00.45,0:46:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The witness of the Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:46:03.18,0:46:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is different than assurance
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.26,0:46:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's gotten from other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.40,0:46:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like there are people who are certain
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.27,0:46:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're going to go to heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.90,0:46:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.76,0:46:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because (have you guys \Never come across this?)
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.97,0:46:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God healed me.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:19.04,0:46:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm certain everything's ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:20.42,0:46:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were just talking about this
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.94,0:46:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the campus today at Palo Alto,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.61,0:46:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that many people have an assurance
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.24,0:46:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everything's ok. Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.21,0:46:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they got sick and God healed them.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.53,0:46:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they were in a car accident
Dialogue: 0,0:46:31.96,0:46:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they should have been killed
Dialogue: 0,0:46:33.73,0:46:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they walked away.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:34.92,0:46:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You guys have heard things like that?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.80,0:46:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.45,0:46:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kindness of God
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.36,0:46:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is meant to do what?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:41.84,0:46:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Assure us we're Christians?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.70,0:46:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that what the Bible says?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.81,0:46:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lead you to repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.01,0:46:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right. The kindness of God is meant
Dialogue: 0,0:46:49.70,0:46:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lead you to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:52.14,0:46:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not confirm that you're in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.70,0:46:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the fact is
Dialogue: 0,0:46:57.13,0:47:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that many who are in Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.20,0:47:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't avert the accident or the sickness
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.05,0:47:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the trial or the tears
Dialogue: 0,0:47:07.33,0:47:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the death...
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.91,0:47:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact, through many tribulations...
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.17,0:47:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do other people have assurance
Dialogue: 0,0:47:18.86,0:47:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's no good?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.23,0:47:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not based on good foundations.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.20,0:47:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where does other false \Nassurance come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:27.92,0:47:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:29.41,0:47:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People feel like they're saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.08,0:47:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why would people \Nfeel like they're saved
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.82,0:47:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they're not truly saved?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.87,0:47:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:37.06,0:47:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they're not truly saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.44,0:47:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not the witness of the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.22,0:47:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.22,0:47:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where would emotions come from?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.45,0:47:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's go through a list of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:50.06,0:47:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe false teaching, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:52.52,0:47:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People assure you that you're saved
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.38,0:47:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there's really no evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.08,0:47:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many men are out there
Dialogue: 0,0:47:57.85,0:48:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling men they're saved?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:00.30,0:48:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many preachers stand in pulpits
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.04,0:48:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say if you say this little prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:04.46,0:48:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're saved?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:06.28,0:48:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically if you did this, you're saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.59,0:48:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got men all over the place
Dialogue: 0,0:48:10.19,0:48:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling people that.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:12.12,0:48:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about something else?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:13.72,0:48:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about people who just
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.12,0:48:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get emotionally stirred up?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:17.99,0:48:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weep tears.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.80,0:48:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were greatly affected.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:20.58,0:48:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of bad teaching, again,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.86,0:48:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't understand what true
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.79,0:48:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saving faith looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.25,0:48:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't understand
Dialogue: 0,0:48:27.36,0:48:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nature of biblical repentance,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.48,0:48:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so they're led to believe
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.99,0:48:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.44,0:48:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you think that maybe the devil
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.12,0:48:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would try to convince people
Dialogue: 0,0:48:41.60,0:48:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're saved when they're not saved?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:44.62,0:48:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:46.95,0:48:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:48.96,0:48:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were just talking about this at Mark's.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:52.94,0:48:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember as a Catholic having a dream
Dialogue: 0,0:48:55.76,0:48:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Christmas Eve about Mary.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.14,0:49:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I felt so much assurance
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.98,0:49:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and warmth from that dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.77,0:49:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went and visited my Roman Catholic
Dialogue: 0,0:49:07.76,0:49:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great uncle.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:10.13,0:49:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A week before I went there
Dialogue: 0,0:49:11.70,0:49:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to preach the Gospel to him,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.86,0:49:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an angel appeared in his dining room
Dialogue: 0,0:49:17.55,0:49:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the middle of the night;
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.04,0:49:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lit up the whole house.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:20.64,0:49:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said it was the most beautiful creature
Dialogue: 0,0:49:22.94,0:49:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he ever laid his eyes on.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:24.74,0:49:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Uncle Tom, Satan comes
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.32,0:49:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an angel of light."
Dialogue: 0,0:49:28.97,0:49:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know when I told that story
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.50,0:49:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at church one night,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:31.70,0:49:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carlos turned and looked at me
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.12,0:49:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:34.25,0:49:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My parents had the same thing happen."
Dialogue: 0,0:49:37.53,0:49:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They saw an angel in the doorway
Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.79,0:49:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their bedroom
Dialogue: 0,0:49:41.08,0:49:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the middle of the night.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.40,0:49:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to me, folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:44.61,0:49:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The devil will seek to give men
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.36,0:49:50.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,false assurance.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.55,0:49:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many different ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.03,0:49:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through false religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.77,0:49:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through various manifestations.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.98,0:49:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But true assurance -
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.48,0:50:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.14,0:50:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God bears witness
Dialogue: 0,0:50:05.57,0:50:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:08.24,0:50:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When God Almighty wants to speak
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.00,0:50:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the soul of a man,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.77,0:50:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you think He's impotent in doing it?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.85,0:50:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He pours the love of God
Dialogue: 0,0:50:19.02,0:50:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:22.66,0:50:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.08,0:50:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the Scripture tells us.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:26.53,0:50:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's love poured into our hearts
Dialogue: 0,0:50:28.54,0:50:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the Holy Spirit Who has
Dialogue: 0,0:50:30.16,0:50:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been given to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.70,0:50:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for (fuller explanation)...
Dialogue: 0,0:50:34.89,0:50:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for while we were still weak,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:36.65,0:50:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the right time,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:37.68,0:50:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ died for the ungodly.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.50,0:50:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what the expressions of love
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.65,0:50:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are that are poured into the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.33,0:50:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God's people?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:45.06,0:50:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're expressions of the love of God
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.73,0:50:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as shown through us.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:49.85,0:50:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a time of weakness,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.77,0:50:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His Son died for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:53.78,0:50:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:50:57.03,0:50:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.89,0:51:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit bears testimony
Dialogue: 0,0:51:03.23,0:51:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not as you gaze at yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.34,0:51:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, you can gaze at yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.96,0:51:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we get a church that's gazing
Dialogue: 0,0:51:10.91,0:51:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on ourselves where the talk is,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:14.88,0:51:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,am I a Christian or am I not a Christian?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:18.63,0:51:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, have you masturbated?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:23.61,0:51:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, is this true?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.90,0:51:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, is there that sin in your life?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.50,0:51:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, there's a place \Nfor practicing righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:33.14,0:51:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a place for these tests.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:34.87,0:51:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to examine ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.75,0:51:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, there's no proper examination
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.28,0:51:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except looking at the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.43,0:51:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True repentance is,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.06,0:51:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see, so often,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:49.86,0:51:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:51:56.17,0:51:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is missed because what repentance
Dialogue: 0,0:51:58.86,0:52:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is viewed at is more like,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:01.78,0:52:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine a human scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.66,0:52:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine I've got a big human yard stick.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:09.74,0:52:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we say, well, am I up here?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.100,0:52:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I full of pride?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.34,0:52:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I lifted up?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:16.98,0:52:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I high and haughty?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.64,0:52:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Versus, am I low?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:25.91,0:52:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I broken?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.68,0:52:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I repentant?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:29.22,0:52:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see, the whole time,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.68,0:52:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're looking at ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:34.07,0:52:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Versus being done with the yard stick
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.80,0:52:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looking at Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.39,0:52:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, folks,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:43.25,0:52:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repentance, so often what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:52:46.70,0:52:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just in religion -
Dialogue: 0,0:52:50.50,0:52:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every human type of religion -
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.98,0:52:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they do is they put the yard stick up
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.42,0:52:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they say you've go to go from here
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.66,0:53:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to here.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:01.34,0:53:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or from here to here.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:03.32,0:53:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However you want to look at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:04.81,0:53:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either from pride to humility
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.23,0:53:10.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or from this low, debauched state
Dialogue: 0,0:53:10.59,0:53:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this high moral standard.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:12.36,0:53:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whichever way you want to invert it.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:14.18,0:53:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:15.57,0:53:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole time you're \Nlooking at the yard stick.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:18.15,0:53:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where what the Bible says
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.76,0:53:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is repentance - true, biblical repentance
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.35,0:53:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is throwing that thing away altogether
Dialogue: 0,0:53:26.70,0:53:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looking at Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:30.04,0:53:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And see, when you \Npull the yard stick back,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.32,0:53:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now as a Christian -
Dialogue: 0,0:53:38.43,0:53:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see, the Bible doesn't say,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:39.87,0:53:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,examine yourself and now
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.65,0:53:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pull the yard stick back.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.03,0:53:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look at it again.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.10,0:53:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, where am I at on here?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.59,0:53:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the examining of yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:50.79,0:53:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ever take your eyes off of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.78,0:53:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:57.15,0:53:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Spirit of God came into the world
Dialogue: 0,0:53:58.91,0:54:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to exalt Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.21,0:54:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where does the Spirit of God
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.54,0:54:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bear witness with our spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:54:03.09,0:54:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're children of God?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.50,0:54:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we gaze at Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:05.92,0:54:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking to Christ in faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.75,0:54:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The love of God is poured abroad
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.46,0:54:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.37,0:54:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's shed abroad when \Nwe're looking to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:14.76,0:54:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's shed abroad when we see ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.90,0:54:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as weak, as ungodly, \Nand Christ dying for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.99,0:54:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where the assurance comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.77,0:54:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not looking at our works.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:26.47,0:54:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:54:28.16,0:54:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, well, how do I measure up then?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.83,0:54:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do I look?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:32.20,0:54:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do I do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.90,0:54:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this indeed is true;
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.76,0:54:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there's got to be this radical change,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:41.74,0:54:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well how can I not see that?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.93,0:54:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or how can I see that?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:45.56,0:54:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I measure myself
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.69,0:54:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against that
Dialogue: 0,0:54:51.59,0:54:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I'm not pulling the yard stick back?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.15,0:54:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you go look at those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.07,0:54:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go look at the biblical yard sticks.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.92,0:55:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:01.58,0:55:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, there has to be a look
Dialogue: 0,0:55:04.61,0:55:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at what God has done in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:06.41,0:55:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's going to be that evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:55:08.02,0:55:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what God has done in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:09.69,0:55:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what is basically at the root
Dialogue: 0,0:55:11.81,0:55:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the evidence?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:12.82,0:55:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the heart of repentance?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.69,0:55:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a turning.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:15.58,0:55:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a turning away from what?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:17.02,0:55:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a turning away from the yard stick.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.93,0:55:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:20.14,0:55:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you look at the yard stick
Dialogue: 0,0:55:21.55,0:55:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by itself, even as a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.46,0:55:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are you doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:25.38,0:55:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're saying well,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:27.12,0:55:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,am I doing this?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.32,0:55:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have I lived righteously enough?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.69,0:55:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have I lived perfectly enough?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:33.77,0:55:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have I prayed enough?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:35.19,0:55:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have I loved enough?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:36.44,0:55:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says if I don't do that -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.97,0:55:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have I done this enough?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:39.44,0:55:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you start looking there
Dialogue: 0,0:55:40.87,0:55:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you start looking there,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:42.28,0:55:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll tell you what,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:43.41,0:55:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the poor Christian is just getting
Dialogue: 0,0:55:45.74,0:55:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beat up by the law again.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:46.96,0:55:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're getting beat up by the standard.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:48.94,0:55:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're getting beat up by this thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:50.77,0:55:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, suddenly \Nthey're floundering around.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:54.96,0:55:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I in? Am I out?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.42,0:56:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I have sinned.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.47,0:56:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, this is why
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.32,0:56:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever these standards of Christianity
Dialogue: 0,0:56:09.67,0:56:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are held out,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:12.88,0:56:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you look biblically,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:14.56,0:56:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are just impacted,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.73,0:56:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are surrounded,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:17.96,0:56:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are encompassed
Dialogue: 0,0:56:19.43,0:56:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with lookings to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:21.14,0:56:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:22.69,0:56:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cross of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:24.36,0:56:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see what the problem can be folks?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.97,0:56:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is when we begin to pull
Dialogue: 0,0:56:29.91,0:56:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these things out of Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:32.00,0:56:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you begin to pull them away.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.53,0:56:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You begin to set up
Dialogue: 0,0:56:37.75,0:56:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this standard before people.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.99,0:56:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Practice righteousness. \NPractice righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:43.68,0:56:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You fall into this thing of masturbation;
Dialogue: 0,0:56:47.44,0:56:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you fall into this thing over here,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.22,0:56:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's practice righteousness;\Npractice righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.66,0:56:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can get to where we're
Dialogue: 0,0:56:53.09,0:56:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hammering people and \Nhammering people....
Dialogue: 0,0:56:56.22,0:56:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hammer them with holiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:58.30,0:57:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, we're under the New Covenant.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:02.22,0:57:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the New Covenant?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:05.37,0:57:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The New Covenant is God saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:07.56,0:57:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will forgive their sins."
Dialogue: 0,0:57:13.36,0:57:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessed is the man -
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.27,0:57:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blessed is the man, folks,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:17.58,0:57:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose transgressions are \Nnot held against him.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:20.56,0:57:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David went in with another man's wife
Dialogue: 0,0:57:23.79,0:57:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he killed that man.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:26.42,0:57:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he could come before God
Dialogue: 0,0:57:28.23,0:57:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, "Blessed is the man..."
Dialogue: 0,0:57:34.87,0:57:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, we've got to be there all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:37.65,0:57:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:39.81,0:57:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell you, brethren, don't sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:42.61,0:57:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you sin, we have an Advocate.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.08,0:57:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.95,0:57:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to take these letters
Dialogue: 0,0:57:47.51,0:57:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their entirety.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:48.44,0:57:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, you've got Romans 8.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.78,0:57:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, yes, yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:52.37,0:57:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the Spirit, you put to death
Dialogue: 0,0:57:54.73,0:57:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the deeds of the flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:56.01,0:57:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But remember how he started
Dialogue: 0,0:57:57.42,0:57:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that same chapter.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:59.55,0:58:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no condemnation.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:03.12,0:58:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember how he's hitting at this
Dialogue: 0,0:58:05.14,0:58:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he gets to v. 33-34,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:07.88,0:58:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody can bring an accusation
Dialogue: 0,0:58:10.47,0:58:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against God's elect.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:12.50,0:58:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no condemnation.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:14.48,0:58:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one can condemn.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:16.68,0:58:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's freeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:18.46,0:58:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I've been hearing a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:58:20.92,0:58:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:22.08,0:58:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hear some of you guys,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:23.67,0:58:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're hammering it,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:25.18,0:58:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hammering it,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:26.34,0:58:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're hammering it...
Dialogue: 0,0:58:28.83,0:58:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but folks, we've got to take people
Dialogue: 0,0:58:31.16,0:58:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:33.74,0:58:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we're going to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:35.29,0:58:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we don't keep taking
Dialogue: 0,0:58:36.69,0:58:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the brethren to the cross,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:38.83,0:58:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not going to outfit people
Dialogue: 0,0:58:41.45,0:58:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the mission field.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:42.77,0:58:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we're going to do is
Dialogue: 0,0:58:44.16,0:58:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're going to have them wondering,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.99,0:58:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I in? Am I out?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.91,0:58:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does He love me?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:50.64,0:58:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to take them to the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:52.91,0:58:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Say your acceptance is here.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:55.95,0:58:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know you've fallen into sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:58.65,0:59:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've fallen there ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:01.72,0:59:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not advocating a life
Dialogue: 0,0:59:03.91,0:59:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is habitual sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:06.61,0:59:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's got to be victory.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:08.54,0:59:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's got to be righteousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:12.29,0:59:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is a righteousness that flows
Dialogue: 0,0:59:14.34,0:59:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of a life that is constantly
Dialogue: 0,0:59:17.04,0:59:18.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resting in the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:18.76,0:59:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I came to Christ in the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:21.49,0:59:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, there was radical transformation
Dialogue: 0,0:59:23.62,0:59:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:24.74,0:59:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I fell into some horrible sins
Dialogue: 0,0:59:27.10,0:59:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:28.21,0:59:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My wife fell into some horrible sins
Dialogue: 0,0:59:30.46,0:59:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:31.49,0:59:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you what,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:32.82,0:59:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the midst of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:34.42,0:59:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't fall into despair
Dialogue: 0,0:59:37.46,0:59:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this reason:
Dialogue: 0,0:59:39.48,0:59:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when Satan would rush in
Dialogue: 0,0:59:41.14,0:59:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, "look at you.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:43.31,0:59:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wretch.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:46.43,0:59:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think God wants \Nanything to do with you?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:48.59,0:59:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could you claim you're saved?"
Dialogue: 0,0:59:51.52,0:59:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I could say,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:52.89,0:59:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Devil, you can slander me day and night.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:57.02,0:59:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I came to Christ in the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:59:59.02,1:00:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was a wretch.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:01.12,1:00:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know, all I am right now
Dialogue: 0,1:00:04.58,1:00:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a saved sinner.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:07.27,1:00:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all you're proving to me
Dialogue: 0,1:00:09.27,1:00:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the more is I need to run
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.94,1:00:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to Him again.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:13.43,1:00:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm going to head back there."
Dialogue: 0,1:00:15.18,1:00:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, we've got to be heading
Dialogue: 0,1:00:16.66,1:00:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to the cross.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:17.75,1:00:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's where our assurance
Dialogue: 0,1:00:19.43,1:00:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to come.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:20.34,1:00:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's only when we're confident:\N
Dialogue: 0,1:00:23.38,1:00:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes. I am not accepted by God because
Dialogue: 0,1:00:28.11,1:00:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my own works,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:29.77,1:00:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even as a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:31.50,1:00:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not accepted because of my own works.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:34.80,1:00:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my own failings as a Christian
Dialogue: 0,1:00:38.62,1:00:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't sever the way I'm received
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.25,1:00:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:42.99,1:00:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I run back there again
Dialogue: 0,1:00:44.67,1:00:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for healing,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:46.26,1:00:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the blood,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:47.96,1:00:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back again,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:49.64,1:00:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I know there is full forgiveness
Dialogue: 0,1:00:51.95,1:00:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no condemnation.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:53.60,1:00:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back to that cross.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:55.01,1:00:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over and over and over.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:56.66,1:00:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I set my eyes there.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:58.30,1:01:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that Spirit will breathe in
Dialogue: 0,1:01:03.10,1:01:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such loving expressions of the Father
Dialogue: 0,1:01:06.54,1:01:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me as His son -
Dialogue: 0,1:01:09.07,1:01:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expressions of love,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:10.73,1:01:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bearing witness,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:12.29,1:01:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in those expressions
Dialogue: 0,1:01:14.01,1:01:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there will be assurance.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:15.53,1:01:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There will be confidence.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:17.18,1:01:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where there is confidence,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:18.91,1:01:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there will be strength.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:22.06,1:01:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There will be boldness.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:24.100,1:01:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will be bold as lions.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:28.26,1:01:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will have a church of lion-hearts.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:31.03,1:01:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brave-hearts
Dialogue: 0,1:01:32.86,1:01:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there's confidence.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:36.00,1:01:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, it comes in Christ alone.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:41.27,1:01:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is my word for us tonight.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:43.30,1:01:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, go to the cross.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:45.72,1:01:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, when you see others struggling,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:50.25,1:01:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take them to the cross.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:51.76,1:01:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't beat them up,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:55.43,1:01:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but take them to the healing wounds.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:59.88,1:02:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take them.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:02.85,1:02:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back again and again.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:06.42,1:02:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And amen.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:09.06,1:02:12.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any last comments or questions
Dialogue: 0,1:02:12.71,1:02:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anything tonight?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:17.36,1:02:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What will help us look to Christ?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:22.04,1:02:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fair question, right?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:24.75,1:02:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say this.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:27.13,1:02:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,1:02:29.92,1:02:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, if my eyes need to be there,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:31.96,1:02:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then my eyes need to not be
Dialogue: 0,1:02:33.65,1:02:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on other things.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:36.08,1:02:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,1:02:40.68,1:02:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have spider eyes.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:43.08,1:02:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have fly eyes.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:44.72,1:02:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have compound eyes.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:46.40,1:02:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, basically, God has designed us -
Dialogue: 0,1:02:49.27,1:02:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can basically look in one direction
Dialogue: 0,1:02:53.81,1:02:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a time,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:55.21,1:02:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe that's true spiritually
Dialogue: 0,1:02:58.07,1:03:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a great degree as well.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:00.71,1:03:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to set our minds on things above.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:03.45,1:03:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, it's very difficult \Nto fix your gaze
Dialogue: 0,1:03:06.38,1:03:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:07.87,1:03:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when your gaze is on
Dialogue: 0,1:03:09.26,1:03:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a thousand other things.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:11.07,1:03:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I realize,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:12.18,1:03:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are things we need to give
Dialogue: 0,1:03:13.80,1:03:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our attention to in life.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:15.15,1:03:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gazing on Christ means
Dialogue: 0,1:03:16.80,1:03:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm thinking on Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:18.31,1:03:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,1:03:20.82,1:03:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever read Psalm 1?
Dialogue: 0,1:03:24.85,1:03:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that godly man,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:28.55,1:03:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that righteous man,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:29.82,1:03:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that upright man of Psalm 1 -
Dialogue: 0,1:03:31.95,1:03:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is his relationship
Dialogue: 0,1:03:33.39,1:03:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Word of God?
Dialogue: 0,1:03:34.42,1:03:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something he does \Nwith the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:36.73,1:03:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He meditates on it.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:38.26,1:03:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks, you've got to meditate.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:40.73,1:03:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to chew.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:41.85,1:03:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The little, flippant reading of Scripture
Dialogue: 0,1:03:43.83,1:03:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't going to get it.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:44.94,1:03:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to be in the Word
Dialogue: 0,1:03:46.49,1:03:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long enough, well enough,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:49.25,1:03:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you're able to meditate
Dialogue: 0,1:03:51.27,1:03:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and chew and think.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:54.14,1:03:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God begins to work
Dialogue: 0,1:03:57.14,1:04:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drive those thoughts deep.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:00.03,1:04:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go deep with God.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:02.77,1:04:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you're not going to go deep
Dialogue: 0,1:04:05.62,1:04:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with God in the Word;
Dialogue: 0,1:04:06.81,1:04:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not going to go deep with Christ
Dialogue: 0,1:04:08.94,1:04:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in visions of the cross;
Dialogue: 0,1:04:10.34,1:04:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not going to go deep
Dialogue: 0,1:04:11.66,1:04:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into those realms of Christianity,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:13.30,1:04:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the Spirit of God really breathes,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:16.30,1:04:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you just do flippant reading
Dialogue: 0,1:04:18.38,1:04:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:19.31,1:04:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to get in there.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:21.27,1:04:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of you guys listen to sermons.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:23.07,1:04:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,1:04:23.94,1:04:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we can get where
Dialogue: 0,1:04:25.70,1:04:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can really like a \Ncertain kind of sermon.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:28.02,1:04:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We really like the kind of sermons
Dialogue: 0,1:04:30.67,1:04:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we get all beat up.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:32.16,1:04:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know in the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:34.22,1:04:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like that.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:35.20,1:04:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like sermons that really beat me up,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:37.14,1:04:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I tell you what,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:38.11,1:04:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of times, we need to listen
Dialogue: 0,1:04:39.92,1:04:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to good sermons that just take us
Dialogue: 0,1:04:41.50,1:04:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the cross.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:43.34,1:04:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you find a good preacher.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:44.76,1:04:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go read some good Spurgeon sermons.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:46.60,1:04:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you guys find a good sermon
Dialogue: 0,1:04:51.18,1:04:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the cross,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:52.03,1:04:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begin to recommend it to one another.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:55.35,1:04:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:56.27,1:04:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,avoid legalism.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:58.63,1:05:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Avoid it among yourselves.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:00.06,1:05:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Avoid it in your own thinking.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:01.62,1:05:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't go to a church that is legalistic.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:04.15,1:05:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,1:05:05.01,1:05:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because legalistic churches \Nset up standards.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:07.83,1:05:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They set up rules.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:09.26,1:05:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They press it.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:10.30,1:05:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Press it. Press it.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:11.45,1:05:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's no good.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:12.25,1:05:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not good to assurance.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:15.13,1:05:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't go where they're legalistic.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:17.56,1:05:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't go where there's preaching
Dialogue: 0,1:05:19.47,1:05:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that hammers law and responsibility
Dialogue: 0,1:05:22.49,1:05:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and holiness where Christ \Nisn't constantly mixed in.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:28.63,1:05:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where Christ isn't central in the singing;
Dialogue: 0,1:05:30.66,1:05:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,central in the preaching.