WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.480 practical ways. Hey everybody, good morning and welcome to the 4 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:14.080 Bible Goods. 5 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:14.679 Good morning. 6 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:17.000 We are here in the middle of a series about 7 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:20.800 God's promises. This week's theme is eternal life through Jesus Christ, 8 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:21.239 our Lord. 9 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:21.679 There you go. 10 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:29.839 That made it sound like a you know, hey, that's right. 11 00:00:33.119 --> 00:00:35.560 But before we dive into that, Desiree has written a 12 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:39.479 very interesting uh topic drop is what she's calling the 13 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:42.479 segment and the way she wrote it as hilarious. So 14 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:44.880 this is what she said. She said, today's theme is 15 00:00:45.119 --> 00:00:48.039 the gift of God is eternal life, and Christmas is 16 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:50.520 fast approaching, so let's talk about some of the favorite 17 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:52.240 gifts you've ever received. 18 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:53.000 Wow. 19 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:56.479 So she's comparing the gift of eternal life to my 20 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:58.520 Sony Walkman in the eighth grade Christmas. 21 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:03.079 Yeah, yeah, yeah, you first pair of Jordan's because those 22 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:06.120 are close, almost almost the almost the same thing. 23 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:09.120 Yeah. So, I I said, right before we hit record 24 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:12.439 on the on the podcast, I said, uh, she has 25 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:15.920 done a terrible transition, remember, you know, because I'm referencing 26 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:18.719 our terrible transitions. Hey, you know what else is a gift? 27 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:25.680 You Sony Walkman in internal life, so uh yeah, And 28 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:28.200 I referenced my Sony Walkman because I think, actually that 29 00:01:28.239 --> 00:01:29.040 was one of the best guests I. 30 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:31.879 Ever received, favorite gift you've ever received. 31 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:33.640 When I got my Sony Walkman in the eighth grade. 32 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:37.000 It was cutting technology because I had auto reverse. 33 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:39.680 Oo, automatically go back. 34 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:41.599 But no, you don't have to take Yeah, you don't 35 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:42.239 have to flip there. 36 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:44.879 You just hit a button and it and it just 37 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:47.239 plays tape in the direction. 38 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:48.879 Ah yeah. 39 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:51.959 So you know because every cassette tape boys and girls 40 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:55.400 used to have one side and then the other side 41 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:00.400 side b uh and and basically you had to find, 42 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:03.079 uh you know which song, Hey, I'm in the mood 43 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:05.200 for a song number four. Then you have to take 44 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:07.799 the tape out, flip it over, figure out where you were, 45 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:10.960 and either rewind it or fast forward through the other songs. 46 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:15.280 And which, by the way, was actually mind blowing technology 47 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.199 compared to the A Trax. Sure A Trex used to 48 00:02:18.199 --> 00:02:20.080 play in a loop and it was and it was 49 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:21.360 like and so it was like if you're in the 50 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:24.199 middle of like song one, you could hit a button 51 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:26.080 to song two. It'd also be in the middle of 52 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:28.439 song too, and there was no way to rewind it, right, 53 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:32.120 There was only a way to just play. And then 54 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:35.520 you literally had to listen through a song in order 55 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:37.919 to be lined up with the next song. That's correct, 56 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:40.080 and an if that song was longer, I mean you 57 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:42.319 were messed right, You're like, I missed the intro. 58 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:45.240 So the best thing you ever got, the best gift 59 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:47.039 you ever got, are you saying? Was your sony Walkman 60 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:47.960 with auto reverse. 61 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:51.080 I think at the time it impacted. 62 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:53.599 Is that the one that was the most exciting, Well because. 63 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:56.199 Nobody had it, oh yeah, and I and I had 64 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:57.759 And it was also a brand name, and I was 65 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:00.919 a person who didn't have brand name anything. So I 66 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:03.719 believe it or not, it was actually quite the gift. 67 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:06.159 It was a big deal. Then you're you're at school 68 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:08.319 going wash this and it comes at the end of 69 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:10.080 the last song on Horiday, and then you're. 70 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:20.159 Or in the middle of the song, right the middle 71 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:22.120 the song. You just hit it and it just FLIPSI yeah, 72 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:25.240 So anyway, but yeah, I was sort of the talk 73 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:26.000 of the town. 74 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:29.240 Youngstown hero. 75 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:31.719 Yeah. Everybody was like everybody's like, did you see Jarbas 76 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:33.800 watching him jealous, What do you steal that from? I 77 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:36.680 wish I still had it because those things would be 78 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:38.080 actually worth a little bit of money. 79 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:40.879 That's awesome, Yeah, super great. So that was probably your 80 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:44.000 best one. I think I have a couple. When I 81 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:47.800 graduated from college, my uncle gave me a mont Blanc 82 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:51.719 Meister Struck pen, and for whatever reason, I've always just 83 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:55.080 liked mount Blanc the It's a Swiss watch company that 84 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:59.039 also makes high end pens and other accessories. I just 85 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:00.479 loved it, and he gave it to me, and it 86 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:02.479 was crazy expensive. I still have it, so here I 87 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:04.840 am twenty thirty years later and I still have that ben. 88 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:09.639 So that was neat. And then I think maybe the 89 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:17.399 most surprising gift for me. I'm not a I don't know, 90 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:20.560 I'm not a magnet for gifts like people aren't, like, Oh, 91 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:25.680 Jeff's gonna love this. So I was hunting, and I've 92 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:27.199 told this on this show before, but I was hunting 93 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:30.160 and I was going through a really, really really difficult 94 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:31.680 time and I lost the place that I liked to 95 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:34.480 hunt at. And a guy at our church came and said, hey, 96 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:36.120 I don't know if you're looking for a place to hunt. 97 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:38.519 You can hunt my farm. I said, yes, I just 98 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:40.480 lost my place and I was afraid. And when I 99 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:43.680 showed up, he said, hey, come over my truck, and 100 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.519 he had a gun case and he wanted to give 101 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:50.160 me this nice it's a black powder muzzleloader gun. You know, 102 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:52.759 black powder like those old flint lock guns. Yeah, yeah, okay, 103 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:55.360 it's kind of like that. It uses black powder, but 104 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:57.800 it's nice. It was a nice one. And on the 105 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:02.079 case he wrote Matthew six thirty three, which is seek 106 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:04.040 first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all 107 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:05.879 these other things will be added to you. And that 108 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:08.560 was such a bad time in ministry. I was just 109 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:11.800 getting beat up so bad, and I was starting to doubt, man, 110 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:14.720 I'm making the right decision. And then you know, he 111 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:17.000 gave me that. It also said was Matthew six thirty 112 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:20.199 three on the on the cover of that that gun case, 113 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:22.879 and that was I think it just felt so nice 114 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:25.079 because it was on He'd already done me a favor, 115 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:27.040 let me on his property. Then they give me that 116 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:30.040 gun was a big thing. So yeah, those two I 117 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.240 think are the two biggest ones for me. Third, I 118 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:34.399 would say is when my mom gave me a land 119 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:39.560 Speeder and an X wing Fighter the same Christmas. Whoa 120 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:42.879 land Speeders were bad time, big time, big time, but. 121 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:44.199 X wings were even more expensive. 122 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:45.839 Yeah, I know, and I got them both for Christmas 123 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:46.279 the same time. 124 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:46.879 Wow. 125 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:50.360 I remember my I got a land like nineteen seventy nine, 126 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:51.680 nineteen eighty, yeah, something like that. 127 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:53.600 And I remember I got a land Speeder, so I 128 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:56.279 had one of those. I also had an X wing Fighter. 129 00:05:57.319 --> 00:06:01.920 But my friend Rich Frondorf, uh, he actually got an 130 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:03.279 eight eighty Walker. 131 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:04.000 Oh wow. 132 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:07.160 Yeah, back back in like nineteen seventy nine, those were 133 00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:10.439 ninety dollars wow, which by the way, would be today like. 134 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.560 Two hundred fifty bucks, three hundred buck even more. 135 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:18.199 Probably yeah, yeah, yeah right. So you know, I wonder 136 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:23.639 if I wonder, if they could answer this, how much 137 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:30.680 would ninety dollars be today from nineteen seventy nine. I 138 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:32.519 wonder if che chip is going to do it. I 139 00:06:32.560 --> 00:06:35.240 don't know, it says working with chet Cheap is trying to. 140 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:35.639 Work it out. 141 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:39.879 Adjusting for inflation, ninety dollars in nineteen seventy nine is 142 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:43.000 approximately equivalent to three hundred and ninety five dollars. 143 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:43.879 Oh I was close. 144 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:45.720 Yeah, I was wow. 145 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:49.120 Yeah, so a four hundred dollars Christmas present. Yeah, that's 146 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:50.240 pretty good even for today. 147 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:51.240 Yeah, I think so too. 148 00:06:51.560 --> 00:06:54.120 Did you know anybody who had the death Star? 149 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:55.839 No? 150 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:57.879 Yeah, I had a friend who had a death Star. 151 00:06:58.000 --> 00:06:59.040 Wow, that's pretty big too. 152 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:01.360 So I'd bring over my land Speeder, my ex wing Fighter. 153 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:04.480 Yeah yeah yeah, and he my yeah yeah, well you 154 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:06.560 can use the X wing Fighter at you know, at it, 155 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:07.759 not the land Speeder. 156 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:08.519 Right. 157 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:10.279 Land Speeder was just tattooing. 158 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:12.439 So a few years ago I mentioned that on this 159 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:15.279 podcast or in a church service something I can't remember. 160 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:18.439 My mom was watching, and so she bought me all 161 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:20.879 three because I also had a tie Fighter. She bought 162 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:23.439 me miniatures of all three. They sit at my desk. 163 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:26.240 Oh really, she said, hey fine, because I said, I 164 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:27.680 don't even have me more, I'd love to have them again, 165 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:29.319 and so she bought all three of them for me 166 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:30.319 for Christmas. Call you know that. 167 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:33.560 I saw something on Instagram. Sorry, we'll move on, but 168 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:37.000 I saw something on Instagram just two nights ago that 169 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:40.319 said that if you have the original Star Wars action 170 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:45.120 figures in their packets, like you know, unopened from nineteen 171 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:49.000 seventy whatever it is like Luke, Skywalker, Yoda of the Classics, 172 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:52.279 Han Solo, Chewbacca, all those kinds of things. If you 173 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:54.360 have them, they're worth one hundred and fifty thousand dollars 174 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:56.240 each unopened. 175 00:07:56.439 --> 00:07:57.399 Man, oh, man, and man. 176 00:07:57.560 --> 00:07:58.199 Can you imagine? 177 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:00.680 Yes, can you imagine your parents giving you? Okay, Chrissy, 178 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.600 here's what I'm going to give you this, but don't 179 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:06.199 open it because one day you're gonna thank me. 180 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:08.600 Yeah. Well, I mean you have ten of them, you 181 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:09.199 can retire. 182 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:09.639 Yeah. 183 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:11.160 Oh yeah, if you have ten of them, if you 184 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:14.319 have a set of those, you could retire. Yes, that's crazy. 185 00:08:14.439 --> 00:08:15.720 Wow, that's crazy. 186 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:16.160 Yeah. 187 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:21.040 Well, the best gift ever. Almost as good, almost as 188 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:22.560 the gifts we're talking about today. 189 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.439 Right yeah, thanks, thanks Desirabia, making those comparisons terrible. 190 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:29.040 Okay, So we are talking about the gift of God 191 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:32.799 is eternal life. And one of my favorite verses on 192 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:36.080 this I quote it just about every time I share 193 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:40.240 the Gospel YEP is Rome's chapter six, verse twenty three. 194 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:42.399 But that's the last verse in the chapter. I want 195 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:44.120 to start at the first verse in the chapter says, 196 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.159 well then should we keep on sinning? So he's been 197 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:48.360 talking about God's grace is so good that God's grace 198 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:52.000 overcomes our sin. Yes, right, so he says, well, then 199 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.200 should we keep on sinning so that God can show 200 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:57.080 us more and more of his wonderful grace. Of course not, 201 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:01.200 King James says, God forbid, God forbid. Since we have 202 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:03.360 died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? 203 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:06.159 Or have you forgotten that when you were joined with 204 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:09.080 Christ and baptism, we joined him in his death. For 205 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:11.919 we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And 206 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:13.879 just as Christ was raised from the dead by the 207 00:09:13.919 --> 00:09:16.559 glorious power of the Father, now we also may live 208 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:19.840 new lives. Since we've been united with Him and his death, 209 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:21.919 we will also be raised to life as he was. 210 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:24.919 We know that our old sinful lives were crucified with 211 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:27.679 Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. 212 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:30.279 We are no longer slaves to sin, for when we 213 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:32.720 died with Christ, we were set free from the power 214 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:34.840 of sin. And since we died with Christ, we know 215 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:36.919 we will also live with him. We are sure of 216 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:39.519 this because Christ was raised from the dead and he 217 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:42.120 will never die again. Death no longer has any power 218 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:44.639 over him. When he died, he died once to break 219 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:47.120 the power of sin. But now that he lives, he 220 00:09:47.200 --> 00:09:49.799 lives for the glory of God. So you also should 221 00:09:49.799 --> 00:09:51.559 consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin 222 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:56.039 and alive through Christ Jesus. Do not let sin control 223 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:58.559 the way you live. Do not give in to sinful desires. 224 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:00.639 Do not let any part of your body become an 225 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:03.799 instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely 226 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:06.000 to God. For you were dead, but now you have 227 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:09.159 new life. So use your whole body as an instrument 228 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:10.759 to do what is right for the glory of God. 229 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:14.279 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer 230 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:16.039 live under the requirements of the law. Instead you live 231 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:19.000 under the freedom of God's grace. Well, then, since God's 232 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:20.720 grace has set us free from the law, does that 233 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:22.879 mean we can go on sinning? Of course not, or 234 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:26.399 once again God forbid forbid? Don't you realize that you 235 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:29.600 become the slave of whatever you choose to obey. You 236 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:31.279 can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, 237 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:33.639 or you can choose to obey God, which leads to 238 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:37.200 righteous living. Thank God. Once you were once you were 239 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:41.000 slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching 240 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:43.960 we have given you. Now you are free from your 241 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:46.759 slavery to sin, and you've become slaves to righteous living 242 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:49.399 because of the weakness of your human nature. I'm using 243 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:52.279 the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, 244 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:55.600 you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which 245 00:10:55.720 --> 00:10:58.240 led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves 246 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:00.799 to be slaves to righteous lines so that you will 247 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:04.000 become holy. When you were slaves to sin, you were 248 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:06.759 free from the obligation to do right. And what was 249 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:09.200 the result. You are now ashamed of the things you 250 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:12.320 used to do, things that end in eternal doom. But 251 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:14.399 now you are free from the power of sin and 252 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:18.320 become slaves of God. Now you do those things that 253 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.440 lead to holiness and result in eternal life. For the 254 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.480 wages of sin is death, but the free gift of 255 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:27.240 God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. 256 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:30.600 Yeah, and I think for a lot of people, you know, 257 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:32.919 there are a lot of people who they've been Christians 258 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:35.320 for a little while, they perhaps maybe even a ten 259 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:39.759 heritage church, and maybe they've never read Romans six all 260 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:42.480 the way through. And sometimes you know, when you hear 261 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:44.840 a very famous verse, and you hear it in its context, 262 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:47.000 it's sort of like John three sixteen, Right, You're like, 263 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:49.600 what John three sixteen was given to one guy in 264 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:52.559 a private conversation at night. You'd think that verse would 265 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:55.159 be from the rooftops, right, But when you hear something 266 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:58.399 like this, the context is actually like, oh wow, that 267 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:03.440 actually gives even more insight to that truth. Right, And 268 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:07.120 I love how. You know, just the other day I 269 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:10.279 was that small group and our good friend Bill Stewart said, 270 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:12.759 he goes, you know, he was talking about law versus 271 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:15.320 grace and uh, you know Romans sixty seven, and he 272 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:17.720 said six seven, and all the college students like he 273 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:20.679 Roman and Bill goes, what did I say? That was funny? 274 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:22.600 And then it was the old guy who goes and 275 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:25.200 me who said it's because you said six seven then 276 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:29.200 and all the collegents. But anyway, but in six seven, 277 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:32.559 six and seven, he actually talks about this. He talks 278 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:35.440 about grace versus law, and he talks about our current 279 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:39.480 state now that we're saved. Uh, you know, we're in heaven, 280 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:43.440 but but but but grace still abounds, right, so so 281 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.200 yet you know, all the sins that we commit now 282 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:50.919 we know that Christ died for all of them, right, 283 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:53.559 That's what Paul was saying. Paula is saying Christ died 284 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:56.759 for all of your sins. And then and then uh, 285 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:59.960 and so some people were saying, well, then, hey, if 286 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:02.200 if Christ died for all my sins and I know 287 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:03.879 that all of my sins are going to be forgiven 288 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:07.080 and I'm going to go to heaven, does my behavior 289 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:11.200 even matter? Because after all, I used to believe that 290 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:13.000 I had to do my best to obey the law, 291 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:17.120 right laws and sacrifices. But now what you're saying is 292 00:13:17.559 --> 00:13:20.960 you're saying that Christ died for all sins. So therefore, 293 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:24.759 why can't I just live my life sinning and do 294 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:26.840 it and what I want? Because I know that no 295 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:30.120 matter what, I'm going to go to heaven because Christ. 296 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.200 You're telling me that Christ died for all of my sins. 297 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:35.399 And so this is the issue I think that Paul 298 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:35.960 is addressing. 299 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:38.919 Yeah, there was a belief system, and Paul writes about it. 300 00:13:38.919 --> 00:13:41.360 He pushes back against it. In Galatians. He pushes back 301 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:44.559 against it a couple of different times. John, I think, 302 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:48.159 pushes back against a little bit in his writings. There 303 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:50.679 was this belief, and it's partly it's kind of a 304 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:57.039 leftover hedonism from the Greek mentality. So Paul's writing out 305 00:13:57.039 --> 00:13:59.039 to Romans who adopted a lot of the Greek culture, 306 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:02.399 Greek ideas anyways, with regard to lifestyle. And so there 307 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:05.759 were these two ideas. One, your body is so evil 308 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:09.679 and wicked you have to oppress it and beat it down, 309 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:13.639 and everything about you, every even the appetite to eat 310 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:15.559 is a sin. All these say, right, is horrible. So 311 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:18.440 they had one side. The other side was so hedonistic 312 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:21.399 in the way that they viewed it that they were like, well, hey, 313 00:14:22.440 --> 00:14:26.240 this body's just gonna die someday, so just go buck 314 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:29.679 wild because this body's gonna stop. And then when you 315 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:32.039 get to have it, everything will be better. Right. And 316 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:34.799 so he's kind of pushing back against both of those ideas, 317 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:38.240 and he does it almost all of his writings. Most 318 00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:40.360 of the books he writes, he has a hint of 319 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:42.679 one or the other a lot of the books, these writings. 320 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:45.360 So he's also talking here that on the one side, 321 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:49.000 what hey, then if grace is here, we can just give. 322 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:51.240 If God delights in forgiving, let's just give him a 323 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:56.000 lot to forgive, right, and because I just do whatever 324 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:58.320 I want to do. Then most people don't think, you 325 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:00.320 know what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna go with a 326 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:02.759 bunch of sin in that's what they're doing most of 327 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:04.559 the time. What people think is I want to do it, 328 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:05.879 so I'm going to do it. And they don't even 329 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:08.440 care about anything else. And they're not even thinking what 330 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:10.000 does God say about it? They're not They're not thinking 331 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:12.639 about anything else. They're just thinking, I'm gonna do it 332 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:14.320 because I want to do it. And he says, when 333 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:17.039 that is your mentality, you're a slave to your own flesh. 334 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:20.120 He said, But when you start thinking what would God 335 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:23.799 want me to do, then you realize, actually, because what 336 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:25.720 God did for me, I'm a slave to God. Right. 337 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:28.960 That that's he said. Whatever you're focusing on, that's what 338 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:33.000 you really Whatever your your your will drive your behaviors. 339 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:36.240 But he does say, don't let sin control the way 340 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:39.639 you live. He doesn't say God won't let sin control 341 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:43.080 the way you live. Right, He says you need to 342 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:46.559 choose it. And he said, so on one side, grace 343 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:51.919 is enough. On the other side, quit making really bad choices, dummy, right, 344 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:54.960 He kind of has both sides. Here he says, don't 345 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:59.080 let sinc don't give into sinful desires, don't let any 346 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:01.360 part of your body, any part of your body become 347 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:05.440 an instrument of evil to sin. Instead, give yourselves completely 348 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:09.639 to God. And so he's always offering this alternative that 349 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:13.159 there's God's part. He delights in forgiving, he delights in 350 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:16.720 extending his grace. But dude, if you're grateful for what 351 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:19.159 God did, then God forbid that you would just go 352 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:21.960 keep on sinning. Instead, go ahead and fight that battle. 353 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:22.639 I did. 354 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:25.440 I did like a seven week series called License to Sin, 355 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:28.000 and I did like a spy theme, and I had 356 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:31.120 like like you know, clip arts and and things, you know, 357 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:34.200 for this theme. But it was but basically this one 358 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:36.799 verse was the heart of it. You know, if you know, 359 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:39.679 if if we should if we're saved by grace, then 360 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:42.200 should we continue to sin and let grace abound? God forbid? 361 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:45.639 It was based off of that. And I love how 362 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:49.240 Paul attaches baptism as a symbolism and he says, you 363 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:51.679 were joined with Christ and baptism. And by the way, 364 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:56.600 that that is commonly misunderstood about you know, salvation being 365 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:59.159 joined in baptism or you know, that that's attached to salvation. 366 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:02.080 But that's not what he's said because because baptism, he's 367 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:06.039 actually saying baptism is a symbol of the death, beryl 368 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:09.799 and resurrection of Christ. So he's actually pointing to the death, 369 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:13.119 barrel and resurrection of Christ as our salvation. Right. He says, 370 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:15.559 you were joined with Christ, join with Christ and baptism. 371 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:18.400 And by the way, the operative word with that is 372 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:22.880 joined with Christ. So we're joined with Christ in salvation. 373 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:26.799 But the symbol of symbolism of baptism is he says, 374 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:29.920 just as Christ went under the earth, don't you know 375 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.079 that we too have died to our old selves. And 376 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:36.160 what he's doing is he's connecting a spiritual truth and 377 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:39.799 he's saying, listen, there's something happening spiritually in you that 378 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:43.039 you have to remember, which is this. You're no longer 379 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:47.319 slaves to sin. Your old sinful nature has been buried. 380 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:50.160 Your old self has been buried with Christ on the cross. 381 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:54.839 And just as Christ in his you know humanity, you 382 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:58.440 know he was you know, he subjected himself to become 383 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:01.240 one hundred percent of human right and and the and 384 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:05.160 and he took upon himself sin Jesus literally became sin, 385 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:09.200 and then he died, and then he rose to life, 386 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:12.519 and uh, and he conquered sin, He conquered death, and 387 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:15.079 he walked in a brand new life. You know, what 388 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:16.839 do you tell Mary, don't touch me, for I'm not 389 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:18.920 yet a sent it to my father, you know, don't 390 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:22.559 touch me. Don't don't don't get your sinful germs on me. 391 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:24.960 I have yet, I have yet to have sin. To 392 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:28.440 my father, Jesus conquered death. He left sin in the grave. 393 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:30.880 And what Paul is saying is is he's saying, and 394 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:33.599 he talks about in Corinthians as well, but he's really 395 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:36.839 encouraging people and saying, connect yourself to a spiritual truth. 396 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:39.799 Your old self has died and you no longer have 397 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:41.759 to be a slave to sin because you have the 398 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:44.400 Holy Spirit in you. You have the spirit of God 399 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:49.079 which overcomes sin. It gives us the power to conquer sin. 400 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:52.839 And so yeah, you shouldn't submit to sin. You should 401 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:55.880