Nothing Between My Soul and the Savior - Tim Conway
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0:00 - 0:03If you're in fellowship with God
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0:03 - 0:07as a practice, you walk in the light.
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0:07 - 0:09That doesn't mean you're perfect yet,
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0:09 - 0:10and there will be sin.
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0:10 - 0:12It doesn't mean you practice sin.
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0:12 - 0:15Practicing sin is to walk in the darkness.
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0:15 - 0:17But there is sin.
We recognize there's sin. -
0:17 - 0:19And when we fall,
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0:19 - 0:20we need to take it to our Father.
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0:20 - 0:22We need to run to our Father.
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0:22 - 0:24Don't fall for the lies.
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0:24 - 0:25I'm telling you.
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0:25 - 0:28This is one of Satan's
favorite strategies - -
0:28 - 0:31is to come at you and
tell you when you sin: -
0:31 - 0:33Christ wants nothing to do with you.
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0:33 - 0:34But when you see your sin,
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0:34 - 0:36you know your sin -
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0:36 - 0:37Look, you're going to sin!
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0:37 - 0:39"I write to you that you don't sin."
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0:39 - 0:41Little children - this is
what John's all about. -
0:41 - 0:43I write to you that you not sin.
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0:43 - 0:45I want you to walk more fully,
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0:45 - 0:47more fully, more fully in the light.
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0:47 - 0:49But if you sin...
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0:49 - 0:50What? You walk in the darkness
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0:50 - 0:52and you have no fellowship with Him
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0:52 - 0:53and you don't know Him?
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0:53 - 0:55No! We have a Christ!
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0:55 - 0:57The Christ - Jesus Christ.
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0:57 - 0:58He is the Righteous One.
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0:58 - 1:01He made propitiation for us.
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1:01 - 1:02We can plead the blood.
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1:02 - 1:04We can go and we can confess it.
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1:04 - 1:06Our access is there.
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1:06 - 1:08There's no condemnation.
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1:08 - 1:10We have full free access.
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1:10 - 1:11You go to Him.
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1:11 - 1:13And just remember the fellowship.
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1:13 - 1:17Oh, this is fellowship
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1:17 - 1:19to be at one with God
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1:19 - 1:22and to recognize the sin I just did,
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1:22 - 1:24the sin I just committed against my wife,
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1:24 - 1:26the sin I just committed
against my children, -
1:26 - 1:27the thing I just did,
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1:27 - 1:30the misuse of my tongue -
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1:30 - 1:32God sees it for what it is.
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1:32 - 1:34The best thing to do -
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1:34 - 1:37go out with Peter and weep bitterly
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1:37 - 1:38and confess it.
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1:38 - 1:40And you know, the next thing you'll find
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1:40 - 1:44is He'll come alongside and He'll say,
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1:44 - 1:46"Joe, do you love Me?"
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1:46 - 1:50Yes, Lord, You know that I love You.
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1:50 - 1:53Well, He sends us to His work.
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1:53 - 1:54Remember this, brethren.
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1:54 - 1:57He did not design perfection
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1:57 - 1:59to happen in this life.
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1:59 - 2:02And He did that on purpose.
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2:02 - 2:05And because He did,
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2:05 - 2:07part of our fellowship with Him
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2:07 - 2:10is going to be on a regular basis
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2:10 - 2:13the picture of the man or the woman
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2:13 - 2:16with the head bowed before God
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2:16 - 2:18confessing because they see their sin
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2:18 - 2:20as God sees it.
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2:20 - 2:22They know it's exposed to Him
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2:22 - 2:23and there's no sense hiding it
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2:23 - 2:25and they want fellowship
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2:25 - 2:27more than they want to go on
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2:27 - 2:29not acknowledging that sin.
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2:29 - 2:32If they know that it's going to grieve Him
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2:32 - 2:34and bring some snare in there
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2:34 - 2:37and some shadow over the fellowship,
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2:37 - 2:39I want my fellowship more than I want
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2:39 - 2:42to go on in my sin not confessing it.
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2:42 - 2:44Do you not want that?
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2:44 - 2:47Nothing between - is that
not what the song says? -
2:47 - 2:49Nothing between my soul and the Savior.
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2:49 - 2:51Don't let it go there.
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2:51 - 2:56Cherish this fellowship
above everything else. -
2:56 - 3:00Oh brethren, I'm telling you
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3:00 - 3:02there are depths that God
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3:02 - 3:09has swept His people in
to this fellowship. -
3:09 - 3:12Some of you likely -
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3:12 - 3:16you can't put words to.
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3:16 - 3:19I can remember Charles Simeon.
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3:19 - 3:21One of his friends came into his room
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3:21 - 3:22and the lights were off
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3:22 - 3:25and there was the picture of the penitent.
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3:25 - 3:26He had been there confessing
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3:26 - 3:30his sorrow for his sin.
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3:30 - 3:34And God came to him
in such ravishing fashion, -
3:34 - 3:35as his friend found him,
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3:35 - 3:41all he could say is,
"Glory. Glory. Glory." -
3:41 - 3:43That's the only word that
could come out of him. -
3:43 - 3:45Don't you want that?
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3:45 - 3:46Nothing between, brethren.
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3:46 - 3:49Nothing between.
- Title:
- Nothing Between My Soul and the Savior - Tim Conway
- Description:
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Confessing our sin can be humiliating to us, but it is not anywhere near as hurtful as letting our fellowship with God be hindered through our refusal to confess sin. Our desire for fellowship with God must trump any reasoning we try to create to not acknowledge our sin.
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- Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 03:56
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