WEBVTT - Skip Heitzig - Oct 30 - 7:30 am

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<v Speaker 1>dive into today's teaching from Pastor Skip Heitzig.

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<v Speaker 2>When Christ, verse 4, who is our life. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the things I notice about Colossians, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think I told you last week or the week before,

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<v Speaker 2>I've just been making the habit of reading it every

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<v Speaker 2>day for like 30 days straight. It's all about the

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<v Speaker 2>centrality of Jesus Christ. all about him because of that

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<v Speaker 2>Gnostic heresy saying that Jesus is less than God. He's

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<v Speaker 2>one of the many emanations, and Jesus is a good start,

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<v Speaker 2>but we're going to take you through a superior knowledge

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<v Speaker 2>to the pleroma, the fullness of God. So Paul just

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<v Speaker 2>makes Jesus front and center in all things that he

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<v Speaker 2>might have the preeminence. He's the creator of all things.

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<v Speaker 2>He was before all things. In him, all things consist.

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<v Speaker 2>He's the head of the church. Now he says, when Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>who is our very life, appears, then you also will

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<v Speaker 2>appear with him in glory. Now that's not a positional truth.

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<v Speaker 2>That's an eschatological truth that is literal. One day Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>is going to appear. And he's going to appear for

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<v Speaker 2>the believer in two ways. First, at what we call

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<v Speaker 2>the rapture of the church. 1 Thessalonians chapter 4, the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with

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<v Speaker 2>the voice of the archangel, the trumpet of God, the

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<v Speaker 2>dead in Christ will rise first. We who are alive

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<v Speaker 2>and remain will be caught up together to meet the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord in the air. So shall we ever be with him.

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<v Speaker 2>In the moment, 1 Corinthians 15, in a twinkling of

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<v Speaker 2>an eye, we shall not all sleep, but we shall

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<v Speaker 2>all be transformed, changed, metamorphosed. In a moment, in the

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<v Speaker 2>twinkling of an eye, when Jesus appears for the church

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<v Speaker 2>in the clouds, if you are alive and if I

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<v Speaker 2>am alive, we will be instantaneously meeting saints who have

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<v Speaker 2>died and With the Lord in the air, we will

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<v Speaker 2>all be resurrected, transformed physically. We'll go to be with

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord, but then when he appears the second time,

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<v Speaker 2>he comes to the earth in bodily form, not meeting

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<v Speaker 2>us in the heavens, but he comes all the way

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<v Speaker 2>back to the earth at the end of the tribulation period.

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<v Speaker 2>It says, we, his saints, will be with him. in

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<v Speaker 2>those resurrected glorified bodies. Now look at the verse again.

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<v Speaker 2>When Christ, who is our life, when he appears, you

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<v Speaker 2>will also appear with him in glory. As we age,

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<v Speaker 2>we look at ourselves in the mirror every day, and

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<v Speaker 2>we naturally become disappointed. You know, I always, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I walk around and I do my thing and I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like I'm in my 20s.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at that horrible thing called a mirror and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>reminded of the reality and frailty of human life and

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<v Speaker 2>the certainty that I have an end date. One of

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<v Speaker 2>the glorious things about being a Christian and thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>heaven or citizenship as a heaven, why should we be

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<v Speaker 2>looking above, seeking above, is because you're not just going

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<v Speaker 2>to change locations. You're going to change looks. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>Paul said in Philippians that he will transform our, this

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<v Speaker 2>is his description, lowly bodies. It's pretty accurate. Our lowly bodies.

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<v Speaker 2>that it would be like his own glorious body. And

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<v Speaker 2>do you remember that Paul said in Romans that we groan,

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<v Speaker 2>desiring to be delivered and clothed with our heavenly body?

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<v Speaker 2>The older you get, the more you groan. Am I right?

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<v Speaker 2>And I hear myself all the time groaning. But when Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>who is our life, he didn't just give us life,

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<v Speaker 2>he is our life, When he appears at the rapture

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<v Speaker 2>of the church, that's resurrection day for the believer. That's

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<v Speaker 2>when all the physical transformation takes place. Then you also

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<v Speaker 2>will appear with him in glory. So, I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>Heaven isn't just a destination, it's a motivation. Therefore, therefore. See,

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<v Speaker 2>here's the practical part. He goes from positional to practical. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 2>there's always a therefore in the Christian life. Therefore, because

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<v Speaker 2>of that truth, put to death, the old King James

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<v Speaker 2>says mortify, put to death your members which are on

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<v Speaker 2>the earth, fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness which

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<v Speaker 2>is idolatry. Because of all these positional truths, these positional

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<v Speaker 2>truths should look like practical truths. Our theology should become

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<v Speaker 2>our biology. This is how we actually are. Therefore, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the idea behind the therefore put to death. Now, that's

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<v Speaker 2>Paul's language here. In Romans, he uses a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>different language, same idea but different. He says, therefore, or likewise,

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<v Speaker 2>reckon yourselves to be dead to sin and but alive

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<v Speaker 2>to God. That reckoning, that supposing, that making a decision

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<v Speaker 2>to make a break from the past because you have

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<v Speaker 2>the power to do so. And I know you have

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<v Speaker 2>the power because there's three propositional truths. You died, you

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<v Speaker 2>were raised, you're hidden. Therefore, you have the power, I

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<v Speaker 2>have the power to stop doing certain activities. Our theology

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<v Speaker 2>can become our biology. We can reckon ourselves to be

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<v Speaker 2>dead to sin and alive to God. We can overcome

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<v Speaker 2>the grip of the enemy in those habits. Therefore, put

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<v Speaker 2>to death the members which are on the earth, fornication, uncleanness, passion,

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<v Speaker 2>evil desires, covetousness, which is idolatry. See, you and I

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<v Speaker 2>have a problem. We're citizens of heaven, but we're living

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<v Speaker 2>on the earth right now. Our spirit is awakened unto God.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a new nature, but we also carry about

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<v Speaker 2>still our old nature, which is at war with our

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<v Speaker 2>new nature. So we know certain things to be right

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<v Speaker 2>and true, but living them out isn't so easy. We're dead,

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<v Speaker 2>but sometimes we forget that we're dead to the old

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<v Speaker 2>manner of living, the old lifestyles, the old activities. We're dead,

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<v Speaker 2>but the old man keeps wanting to get back up

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<v Speaker 2>out of the casket, push it back down under the casket.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a daily reality. Hey, get back in that coffin, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Put it to death. Reckon it to be dead. This

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<v Speaker 2>is what D.L. Moody meant when he said every Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>how many of you have leather Bibles?

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<v Speaker 1>Anybody?

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<v Speaker 2>Anybody? And when I open my Bible, it usually says

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<v Speaker 2>like either genuine calfskin or imitation leather or plastic or

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<v Speaker 2>whatever it is bound by. But mine's bound by leather.

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<v Speaker 2>But D.L. Moody said every Bible should be bound in

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<v Speaker 2>shoe leather. Of course, what he meant by that is

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<v Speaker 2>the truths that we know positionally should be lived out practically.

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<v Speaker 2>So put to death those things by God's help. In

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<v Speaker 2>his strength, reckon them to be dead. I'm crucified with Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>nevertheless I live. The thing about crucifixion, that's Paul's term

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<v Speaker 2>in Galatians. You know, here he just says, put it

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<v Speaker 2>to death. You died, put it to death. Reckon yourselves

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<v Speaker 2>to be dead, Romans. But in Galatians, he said, I

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<v Speaker 2>am crucified with Christ. And I think it's a very

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<v Speaker 2>descriptive term. People knew what that was back then. A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people had been crucified. But crucifixion was a

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<v Speaker 2>slow death, a slow and very painful death. Jesus was

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<v Speaker 2>on the cross six hours. Most victims of crucifixion were

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<v Speaker 2>on the cross 24 hours, sometimes 48 hours. It was

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<v Speaker 2>a very slow excruciating, the word excruciate means from the cross, very,

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<v Speaker 2>very hard, arduous, slow death. Likewise, sometimes when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to putting to death the old us, it's a painful,

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<v Speaker 2>slow process. It is a process. The process is called sanctification.

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<v Speaker 2>Salvation happens instantaneous. Sanctification takes a lifetime. And part of

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<v Speaker 2>the process of sanctification is putting to death, putting to death,

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<v Speaker 2>putting to death. It's slow. It's difficult. But it must

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<v Speaker 2>be done. And then verse 6, because of these things,

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<v Speaker 2>that list of sensual sins that are mentioned in verse 5,

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<v Speaker 2>that he says, put those things to death, fornication, uncleanness.

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<v Speaker 2>Fornication is the word porneia, pornography, evil desire, covetousness. Because

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<v Speaker 2>of these things, watch this, the wrath of God is

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<v Speaker 2>coming upon the sons of disobedience. Now, let me just

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you for a moment about this subject, the

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<v Speaker 2>wrath of God. In the book of Romans, Paul spends

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<v Speaker 2>like three chapters highlighting the wrath of God. The theme

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<v Speaker 2>of the book of Romans is the righteousness of God,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's divided into four sections. Section number one, the

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<v Speaker 2>wrath of God. Section number two, the grace of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Section number three, the plan of God. Section number four,

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<v Speaker 2>the will of God.

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<v Speaker 2>But in chapter 1 of Romans, verse 18, all the

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<v Speaker 2>way to chapter 3, verse 20, he's just describing the

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<v Speaker 2>wrath of God. And in chapter 1 of Romans, verse 18,

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<v Speaker 2>this is what he says. For the wrath of God

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<v Speaker 2>is revealed from heaven against all unrighteousness and ungodliness of

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<v Speaker 2>men who hold the truth in unrighteousness. The wrath of

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<v Speaker 2>God is revealed from heaven. It's in the present tense.

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<v Speaker 2>It means it is constantly without stop as an ongoing

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<v Speaker 2>disposition being revealed from heaven. It's not like God's coming

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<v Speaker 2>and he's really mad and he's going to get you

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<v Speaker 2>one day. No, the wrath of God is not an

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<v Speaker 2>outburst of anger. It's a settled position that is ongoing.

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<v Speaker 2>The wrath of God is God's reaction to the hostility

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<v Speaker 2>of sinful man. So it's not like God has ticked

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<v Speaker 2>off and loses his temper and goes, I'm wrathful. It's

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<v Speaker 2>the steady, ongoing disposition of a holy God against rebellious,

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<v Speaker 2>sinful mankind. That's the wrath of God. Now, the wrath

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<v Speaker 2>of God is manifested in a few different ways. Number one,

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<v Speaker 2>there is the eternal wrath of God. The eternal wrath

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<v Speaker 2>of God, there's a shorter word for it. Anybody know

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<v Speaker 2>what that is? Hell. Hell. That's the eternal wrath of God.

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<v Speaker 2>A person will be cut off eternally from God forever.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the eternal wrath of God. But then there is

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<v Speaker 2>the eschatological wrath of God, which is the final day

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<v Speaker 2>of wrath, sometimes called the day of the Lord, sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>called the tribulation. It is a concerted period of time

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<v Speaker 2>in which the God of heaven will display on earth

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<v Speaker 2>All the wrath that is stored up that will be

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<v Speaker 2>unleashed at the end of days. So there's the eternal

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<v Speaker 2>wrath of God. There's the eschatological wrath of God. There's

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<v Speaker 2>also the cataclysmic wrath of God. The cataclysmic wrath of

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<v Speaker 2>God is where God interrupts history in judgment for his

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<v Speaker 2>specific purpose. So, for example, the worldwide flood is a

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<v Speaker 2>cataclysmic judgment upon the earth. That happened once, it'll never

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<v Speaker 2>happen again. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, cataclysmic wrath

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<v Speaker 2>of God upon that community. So there's the eternal, eschatological, cataclysmic.

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<v Speaker 2>There's another area of the wrath of God, the consequential

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<v Speaker 2>wrath of God. The consequential wrath of God is Whatever

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<v Speaker 2>you sow, you will also reap. Be not deceived. God

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<v Speaker 2>is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that will

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<v Speaker 2>he also reap. There's the law, spiritual law, as just

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<v Speaker 2>like the physical law. What you plant, you're going to reap.

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<v Speaker 2>There are consequences that you will experience due to your choices.

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<v Speaker 2>Even though you're forgiven, there may be consequences that can

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<v Speaker 2>be experienced. The fifth and final category is the wrath

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<v Speaker 2>of God's abandonment. Described in the book of Romans, God

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<v Speaker 2>gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those

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<v Speaker 2>things that are unseemly. It's when a society or an

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<v Speaker 2>individual says no to God so long, I don't want God,

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<v Speaker 2>I want this. And when a society begs for it,

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<v Speaker 2>God says, as part of my wrath and judgment against you,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to give you what you say you want.

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<v Speaker 2>And I am pulling back and not intervening. All of

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<v Speaker 2>that is the wrath of God in a nutshell. Back

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<v Speaker 2>to our verse. Because of these things, the wrath of God,

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<v Speaker 2>and think of those five categories, is coming upon the

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<v Speaker 2>sons of disobedience. Probably thinking of that second category, the

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<v Speaker 2>eschatological wrath of God, in which you yourselves once walked

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<v Speaker 2>when you lived in them. You remember when Paul wrote

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<v Speaker 2>to the Corinthians, you know, that weird church in Corinth,

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<v Speaker 2>and he talked about a adulterers and fornicators and swindlers

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<v Speaker 2>and all these bad people out there in the world, homosexuality.

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<v Speaker 2>He listed several sins. He said, and such were some

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<v Speaker 2>of you. That's your background. That's who you and I were.

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<v Speaker 2>And so the idea here is very much the same,

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<v Speaker 2>in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them,

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<v Speaker 2>but now you you yourselves are to put off all these.

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<v Speaker 2>Now he gives us a second list. First list was

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<v Speaker 2>a list of sensual sins back in verse 5. Now

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<v Speaker 2>these are sins of hostility, usually in relationships, but now

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<v Speaker 2>you yourselves are to put off all these, anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,

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<v Speaker 2>filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to

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<v Speaker 2>one another since you have Put off the old man

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<v Speaker 2>with his deeds and put on the new man who

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<v Speaker 2>is renewed in knowledge according to the image of him

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<v Speaker 2>who created him. Any of you were raised in my

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<v Speaker 2>era when you used to call your dad the old man?

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<v Speaker 2>You ever remember that? So back, back, way back in

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<v Speaker 2>the 60s, 70s, we used to say, you know, my

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<v Speaker 2>old man, and we didn't mean my old me, which

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<v Speaker 2>that's what Paul means, but we meant my dad, the

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<v Speaker 2>old man. When Paul uses the old man, he's not

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<v Speaker 2>speaking about your dad. He's speaking about you, the old you,

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<v Speaker 2>the old sinful you, the old skip, who I used

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<v Speaker 2>to be before Christ. I'm to put that off. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>to put that off. Just like I reckon myself dead

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<v Speaker 2>to sin and alive to Christ, I put off the

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<v Speaker 2>old man and I put on the new man. I

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<v Speaker 2>have a new nature in Christ. I got to put

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<v Speaker 2>one off and put the other on. So take off

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<v Speaker 2>your grave clothes, put on your grace clothes. Your grave

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<v Speaker 2>clothes are all this horrible list or both of these

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<v Speaker 2>lists that we have read. Your grace clothes, that's the

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<v Speaker 2>new you, new appetite. new desires, new activities that you

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<v Speaker 2>have experienced since you've come to Christ. Put off the

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<v Speaker 2>old man with his deeds and put on the new

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<v Speaker 2>man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image

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<v Speaker 2>of him who created him. Here's the thing about putting

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<v Speaker 2>off and putting on. You have to put something away

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<v Speaker 2>or put something off, take something off before you can

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<v Speaker 2>put something new on. So if you have a job

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<v Speaker 2>where you work among, let's say you have a real

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<v Speaker 2>smelly job, if you work out in the community and

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<v Speaker 2>you sweat and you are around certain substances that when

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<v Speaker 2>you come home, everybody in your house goes, oh my goodness,

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<v Speaker 2>dad's home. I can smell it. The door was open

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<v Speaker 2>and I got the.

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<v Speaker 2>You wouldn't go through your door in those clothes and

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<v Speaker 2>just put new clothes over the old clothes. You'd need

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<v Speaker 2>to put something off before you put something on.

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<v Speaker 1>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>But once you put something off, you should always put

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<v Speaker 2>something on. Now, here's what I'm getting at. Some Christians

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<v Speaker 2>have a life of negatives. I don't do this, and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't do that, and I stop doing this, and

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<v Speaker 2>I stop doing that, and it's all what I don't do.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't stop there. There's certain things you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>put on that are part of the new nature. Otherwise,

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<v Speaker 2>you're just doing a spiritual striptease. You're a spiritual nudist.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't do this, I don't do that. What do

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<v Speaker 2>you do? What do you have on? You put on

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<v Speaker 2>the new man. And that new man is like Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>And it is, notice in verse 10, renewed in knowledge.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, the thing about your new life in Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to keep renewing it. You got to feed

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<v Speaker 2>the new man. You're doing that right now. People who

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<v Speaker 2>don't just come on a weekend but come on a Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 2>they're serious about, you know, it's been a few days,

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<v Speaker 2>I need to get back together and fellowship with other

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<v Speaker 2>believers and sing those songs out loud and make that confession,

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<v Speaker 2>get prayed for, hear the word of God, participate in that.

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<v Speaker 2>You get renewed in knowledge. Hosea chapter 4, my people

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<v Speaker 2>perish for lack of knowledge. Um, 2 Peter chapter 3,

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<v Speaker 2>grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our

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<v Speaker 2>Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. So that is how you

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<v Speaker 2>get renewed. You get renewed in knowledge according to the

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<v Speaker 2>image of him who created him. Let me give to

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<v Speaker 2>you your life in a nutshell. First of all, you

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<v Speaker 2>were formed. Mankind was formed. That's creation. God created us

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<v Speaker 2>in whose image? His own image. He formed you. We

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<v Speaker 2>were formed in God's image. But then, Adam and Eve sinned.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the fall. So after creation, the fall. So we

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<v Speaker 2>were formed, but now humanity is deformed. The image of

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<v Speaker 2>God is deformed. It's marred. We were formed. We were deformed.

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<v Speaker 2>Third phase, transformed. You came to Christ, transformation, change. New nature.

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<v Speaker 2>Fourth phase, conformed. We are to be conformed to his image.

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<v Speaker 2>And that is an ongoing process, just like putting away,

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<v Speaker 2>putting on, being renewed is a constant process. So we

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<v Speaker 2>put away stuff, we put on other things. Formed, deformed, transformed. conformed.

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