1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: through our Lord Jesus Christ Romans five. One, Father, how 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: can I express how much I love you? Words are 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,959 Speaker 1: inadequate and fail to express all that's in my heart. 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: For what You've done for me, You've made me just 6 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: as if I never sinned. That's the beauty of justification. 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: When I accepted your son Jesus into my heart, I 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: was covered in the blood he shed on the cross 9 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: for my sins. His blood washed my sins into the 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: sea of forgetfulness. The price he paid for me with 11 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: his very life is more than I can fathom. But 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: his sacrificial love made me justified in your eyes. By 13 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 1: my faith in Jesus, I became clean and knew just 14 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: as if I never sinned. What a powerful revelation. I've 15 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: been legally transferred from Satan's kingdom into God's kingdom of 16 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,839 Speaker 1: love through the blood of Jesus. I am now under 17 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: his protection from the enemy's assaults against me. Father God, 18 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: you are the sovereign lord of the universe, and the 19 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: enemy can only go so far and no further. You 20 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: have given me authority in the name of Jesus, to 21 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: pull down Satan's strongholds against me. Knowing I am forgiven 22 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: brings me peace to stand in the midst of any battle. 23 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: Then declare your victory over my life. Praise you Lord 24 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: for how much you love me in Jesus' name. Amen. 25 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to today's daily prayer for more 26 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: inspiration and an incredible message from our feature pastor. Stay 27 00:01:51,400 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: tuned to pray dot COM's Sunday service, Chellom. 28 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 2: And welcome to via hafta Ysrael, a Hebrew phrase which 29 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 2: means you shall love Israel. We hope you'll stay with 30 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 2: us for the next thirty minutes as our teacher, Doctor 31 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 2: Baruk shares his expository teaching from the Bible. Doctor Baruk 32 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 2: is the senior lecturer at the Zira Avraham Institute based 33 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 2: in Israel. Although all courses are taught in Hebrew at 34 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 2: the institute, Doctor Baruk is pleased to share this weekly 35 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 2: address in English. To find out more about our work 36 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 2: in Israel, please visit us on the web at Loveisrael 37 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 2: dot org. That's one word, Love Israel dot org. Now 38 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 2: here's Baruke with today's lesson. 39 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 3: Have you been reconciled to God? And if so, how 40 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 3: would you know that. Well, that's exactly what the apostle 41 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 3: Paul is going to teach us into seve new study. 42 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 3: So with that said, take out your Bible and look 43 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 3: with me to the Book of Romans and chapter five 44 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 3: the Book of Romans and chapter five. Now, in these 45 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,359 Speaker 3: first eleven verses that we're going to study, we're going 46 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 3: to see foundational truth. That is truth that every believer, 47 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 3: if he has a hope of being brought into the 48 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 3: Kingdom of God and experiencing God's presence for eternity and 49 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 3: knowing the promises and the blessings of God, such a 50 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 3: person must affirm and agree with what Paul is sharing 51 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 3: in this passage. So we're going to be looking at 52 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:43,119 Speaker 3: basic truth in regard to justification, reconciliation, salvation, and experiencing 53 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 3: God's glory. So look with me to verse one Romans, 54 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 3: Chapter five and verse one he says, therefore, having been justified, 55 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 3: and the term is from faith or out of faith, 56 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 3: when we walk in faith, and that means when we 57 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 3: receive the Gospel. The consequence of that is that God 58 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 3: justifies us. What does that mean that God deals with 59 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 3: the problem of sin from a kingdom standpoint, God deals 60 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 3: with sin perfectly, that our sin is forgiven. We'll talk 61 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 3: a moment about what is the element that brings it 62 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 3: about from God. But he deals with our sinfulness, so 63 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 3: that God does not see sin in our life, but 64 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 3: he sees the very righteousness of his son, and that 65 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 3: gives us assurance. So once more, therefore, having been justified 66 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 3: by faith, peace, and this is emphatic here peace, that 67 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 3: is that intimacy, that relationship, an eternal covenantal relationship with 68 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 3: God has been established by faith, faith in the work 69 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 3: of Messiah. So he says, having been justified, therefore by faith, 70 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 3: peace we have with God. And we didn't do it ourselves. Now, 71 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 3: at the beginning of this verse where it says therefore 72 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 3: having been justified, it's in the passive meaning we didn't 73 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 3: justify ourselves. But we receive that justification through a different source. 74 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 3: And there's only one source of justification, and that is Messiah. 75 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 3: He is the redeemer, the justifier, the Savior. Without him, 76 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 3: there is no hope. There is only one way that 77 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 3: justification came about, and that's through the Cross. So we 78 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 3: read we have peace with God through our Lord Massiah 79 00:05:53,600 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 3: Yeshuah verse two, through whom also the access we have. Now, 80 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 3: this is access to God. And what is this access? 81 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 3: Good for every godly thing, every righteous thing, everything that 82 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 3: is connected to the will of God. Now, what Paul 83 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:21,279 Speaker 3: is revealing is this one who has been justified. He 84 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 3: wants to see sin removed from his life, not just 85 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 3: the eternal consequence of the sin, that punishment, but he 86 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 3: also doesn't want to live in sin, and he wants 87 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 3: to serve God doing the will of God. And therefore 88 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 3: he realizes this in the same way that we were 89 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 3: unable to justify ourselves, we had to be justified in 90 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 3: order to be able to carry out God's will. Likewise, 91 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 3: we need assistance from him, We need access to his provision. 92 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 3: And it's only, and don't miss this, it is only 93 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 3: when we have been justified by faith that we have 94 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 3: access to God's provision in order that we can serve 95 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 3: him faithfully, carrying out his purposes, his desires, his will 96 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 3: in our life. So he says, we have access by 97 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 3: faith into and what is this source of provision, Well, 98 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 3: it's the grace of God. Now again, I've shared many 99 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 3: times that if one only thinks of God's grace in 100 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 3: regard to salvation, that is a too narrow understanding of 101 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 3: the grace of God. God's grace does save us. Through 102 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 3: God's grace, we find that forgiveness. We find what we 103 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 3: talked about earlier, that reconciliation with God. But God's grace 104 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 3: ought not be limited only to salvation, only to establishing 105 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 3: that relationship. God's grace, as it works in our life, 106 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 3: will move us, compel us to do God's will. So 107 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 3: there's a very easy test that you can take. If 108 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 3: a person has been saved, doesn't matter who he is. 109 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 3: If a person has been saved, that person is going 110 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 3: to be interested in God's will, doing God's will, performing 111 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 3: it not for salvation, but because he has been saved, 112 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 3: because he knows the goodness of God. He knows that 113 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:37,959 Speaker 3: God's will is the best plan for one's life. So 114 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 3: he's going to be committed, and that's what the grace 115 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 3: of God is going to bring about and enable him 116 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 3: to do. So. He says, we have access by faith 117 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 3: into disgrace in which we stand now. Again, grammar is important. 118 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:02,199 Speaker 3: This word for standing is in the perfect, which means 119 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 3: the moment one believes now. For me, I came to 120 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 3: faith back in nineteen eighty two. At that moment, the 121 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 3: moment that I believed I stood before God in a 122 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:21,239 Speaker 3: manner that God would receive me. And that's true now, 123 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 3: many many years later, and it will continue to be 124 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 3: true forever and ever. So that grace is sufficient for 125 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:34,959 Speaker 3: all of eternity. By this grace, he says, we stand. 126 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 3: And also because of this confidence, and because we know 127 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 3: the outcome of God's will, it says also we boast 128 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,839 Speaker 3: in the hope. Now there's an important word, in fact, 129 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 3: in this fifth chapter what we're studying. In these first 130 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 3: eleven verses, we see so many rich theological terms justification, grace, 131 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 3: We're going to see reconciliation, and now we see that 132 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 3: wonderful word hope. Again, we need to remember something. Hope 133 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 3: is never based upon desires that originate with a human 134 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 3: being meaning this, I desire this, I want this, and 135 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 3: now I'm going to bring this before God to see 136 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 3: if he will grant it to me. That is futile, 137 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 3: That is not the action the behavior of one of faith. 138 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 3: We see that hope is connected to the promises of God. 139 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 3: So what can I have hope in? What should I 140 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 3: have a sure expectation that God as I move along 141 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:48,439 Speaker 3: his purposes, his plan as I walk in His will. Therefore, 142 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 3: based upon being in the will of God, I can 143 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 3: have the expectations of God's promises, what God has said 144 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 3: that He is going to do in the life of 145 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 3: a believer. So this hope and notice word brings us 146 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 3: look again at our texts. He says that we have 147 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 3: this access by faith to the grace of God by 148 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 3: which we stand and we boast in the hope. And 149 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 3: here's the hope, the hope of the glory of God. Now, 150 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 3: when we talk about the glory of God, what should 151 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 3: come into your mind? One thing that should come into 152 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 3: your mind is this his kingdom. If you look, for example, 153 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 3: to the Book of Zachariah, chapter fourteen, it speaks about 154 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 3: the kingdom of God and it mentions how there's going 155 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 3: to be a light. Now, many English Bibles don't even 156 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 3: translate the adjective that describes this type of light. It's 157 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:55,079 Speaker 3: a unique light, and that light is the glory of God. 158 00:11:55,920 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 3: So there's an inherent relationship, a strong, strong connection between 159 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 3: the kingdom of God and the manifestation of his glory. 160 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 3: God's glory is seen in his presence, and we know something. 161 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 3: It says in that passage in zachari Are fourteen that 162 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 3: God is going to be one. His name is going 163 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 3: to be one. And here's the key, You and I 164 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 3: those who will be part of his kingdom, we will 165 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 3: recognize God. That means this, We will experience him. We 166 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 3: will be in his presence, and his presence is a 167 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 3: glorious place to inhabit. This is what Paul is referring 168 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 3: to move on now to verse three. He says, but 169 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 3: not only in the implication. Is not only the things 170 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 3: that we've studied, this wonderful reconciliation, having been justified by faith, 171 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 3: in the grace of God, having access to the very 172 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 3: provision of God, his power, knowing the perspective of God, 173 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,559 Speaker 3: all of these things he's promising, he says once more, 174 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 3: and verse three, But not only in the implication, is this, 175 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 3: but also we boast And this is something that promptly 176 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 3: you and I don't boast in And what is that? 177 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 3: He says, Not only this, but also or we could 178 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 3: translate that word rather rather also in the tribulations, and 179 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 3: that phrase in the tribulations is plural. We know something. 180 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 3: One who has been reconciled to God becomes a friend 181 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 3: of God. And when we are in friendship with God. 182 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 3: Here's what John teaches us in First John. We will 183 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 3: become an enemy of the world. And therefore, because the 184 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 3: world does not want the Kingdom of God, the world 185 00:13:56,559 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 3: does not want the changes that God says are good change. 186 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 3: Because of that, there is going to be conflict and 187 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 3: we will experience tribulation. A very important verse, Matthew, excuse me. 188 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 3: The Book of Acts, Acts, chapter fourteen and verse twenty two. 189 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 3: It's talking about believers and it says, you know, we 190 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 3: are going to enter into the Kingdom of God. And 191 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 3: it says, and it is necessary through much tribulation that 192 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 3: we enter into the Kingdom of God. Now that tribulation 193 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 3: going through it does not earn us merit, It is 194 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 3: not part of earning our salvation. That would be absolute heresy. 195 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 3: But he's simply saying that before the Kingdom of God 196 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 3: is established, there is going to be great persecution for 197 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 3: believers and that we're going to experience tribulation. Realize something 198 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 3: we will never promised not to suffer persecution and tribulation. 199 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 3: What we have been promised is this, and we'll see 200 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 3: it in a moment towards the end of our study. 201 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 3: We have been promised not to experience the wrath of God. 202 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 3: So look at the scripture, he says, but also we 203 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 3: boast in the tribulations. Why knowing and this is an 204 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 3: experiential word, knowing that tribulation endurance produces. Here again, we 205 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 3: would probably say maybe most Bibles do produces endurance, that endurance, 206 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 3: that perseverance to maintain walking in the will of God 207 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 3: despite what we're suffering. But the order is different in 208 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 3: the Greek texts, where it puts endurance before this producing. 209 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 3: So we know that tribulation. He says, endurance produces, and 210 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 3: endurance is good. Why because it's a process that we're 211 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 3: talking about. He writes that not only this, but look 212 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 3: now verse four. But endurance, and the implication is from 213 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:15,280 Speaker 3: the earlier verse, it also produces. It also has an outcome, 214 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 3: a result. And what is that. Well, many Bibles will 215 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 3: say the word character. But here's the problem. Literally, this 216 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 3: is the word where we get the English word document. 217 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 3: It is related to the Greek concept of proof. And 218 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 3: what he's saying is this, as we endure in the 219 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 3: midst of what's the contexts, tribulations, as we endure faithfully 220 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 3: consistently walking in God's will despite of what we're experiencing. 221 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 3: Because of that, that documents are faith to God. No, 222 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 3: it does to others. In other words, he's talking about 223 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 3: how this perseverance gives us a testimony, and then it says, 224 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 3: but this perseverance and this proof, this evidence of our faith. 225 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 3: It also is an implication. It produces what well the 226 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 3: word here is and we mentioned a few minutes ago, 227 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 3: it produces hope. Now hope that is seen and testified too. 228 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 3: What do I mean by that? This is it when 229 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 3: someone sees you and it's all this testimony that's so 230 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 3: foundational in this. When someone sees that you are persevering, 231 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 3: enduring persecution, suffering tribulation, walking faithfully with God, They're going 232 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:49,679 Speaker 3: to think, why is that? And the reason is this. 233 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 3: When someone perseveres on a course, it's because they want 234 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 3: to get to the objective, that destination. They want to arrive. 235 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 3: Why they have a desire. They're willing to endure, suffer, 236 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 3: do whatever is necessary to arrive at that place. And 237 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:14,640 Speaker 3: that testifies to other how wonderful God's plans in the future, 238 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 3: his kingdom plans are for his people. It is a testimony. 239 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 3: And then keep reading. He says here verse five. And 240 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 3: hope is not something that is going to cause us 241 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 3: to be ashamed. Why because we have this hope, we 242 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:39,760 Speaker 3: know the character of God, the promises of God, the 243 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 3: blessings of God. Therefore, we're not going to be ashamed, 244 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 3: because what are we experiencing. We are experiencing the love 245 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 3: of God, this love of God which has been poured 246 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 3: out into our hearts through whom it says, through the 247 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:04,199 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit, whom has been given to us. Now we 248 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 3: see the Holy Spirit. And whenever there's a reference to 249 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit. We learn from from Isaiah chapter fifty nine, 250 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 3: beginning in verse twenty and twenty one, a very well 251 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 3: known and by the way, that passage is read every 252 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 3: day in the Synagogue in the liturgical service, and that 253 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 3: passage is that Messiah is a redeemer, the redeemer. He 254 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 3: is going to redeem us. The outcome of this redemption 255 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 3: is going to be an eternal covenantal relationship with God. 256 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,959 Speaker 3: And the evidence of this eternal covenant is, and this 257 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 3: is found in Isaiah, is the Spirit of God. And 258 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 3: the spirit of God he is going to move in 259 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 3: our life, and he is going to be the foundation 260 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 3: of everything that is good, everything that is godly, everything 261 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 3: that is righteous, everything that pleases God in our life 262 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 3: is the outcome of the work of the Holy Spirit 263 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 3: in the life of the believer. Verse verse six. For 264 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 3: still Messiah, us being weak. So Massiah, despite the fact 265 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 3: that we were weak, meaning we were were not strong 266 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:25,439 Speaker 3: in the faith, We weren't being examples of individuals that 267 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 3: God was what were well, God was well pleased with. 268 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 3: It says, for yet Messiah, us being weak. But what 269 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 3: happens according to the time, the season, And this was 270 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 3: of course a season that God has determined in behalf 271 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 3: of the ungodly, that's you and me. So us being 272 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 3: weak spiritually being unacceptable is another way to think of this, 273 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 3: us still being in that condition. Nothing praiseworthy in our life, 274 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:04,639 Speaker 3: nothing of righteousness, but rather ungodliness. And it says, yet, 275 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 3: still being in that condition, what happens at God's timing? 276 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 3: He did something, and that timing is seen and revealed 277 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 3: by the prophets. Messiah came at the right time, at 278 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 3: a discernible time, according to prophecy, when he did something, 279 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 3: and it says for the ungodly he died. Verse seven. 280 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 3: He says, for rare. Now that's something, This word beings 281 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 3: something that is very uh rare, infrequent, not common at all. 282 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 3: He says, for rare, in behalf of a righteous one, 283 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 3: someone would die. But then he says, for behalf in 284 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 3: behalf of a good one, perhaps someone also would dare 285 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 3: to die, meaning this, if someone is really good, perhaps 286 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:03,360 Speaker 3: there would be someone who would be be willing to 287 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:08,159 Speaker 3: lay down his life for that person, live sacrificially. But 288 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 3: he says, this is rare. But this is exactly what 289 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 3: we're going to see. Messiah did for you and me. 290 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 3: He says verse verse eight. But God, God demonstrated his 291 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 3: love for us. Now let me just go off on 292 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:36,679 Speaker 3: a tangent and say this, we as believers are called 293 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 3: to follow that example, and that is to demonstrate our 294 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,639 Speaker 3: love for others. This is what many Christians don't know this, 295 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 3: But this is what the Torah teaches. The Torah teaches 296 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 3: us all those commandments six hundred and thirteen commandments in 297 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 3: the first five books of the Bible. Those commandments teach 298 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 3: us how to love, how to demonstrate love. And that's 299 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 3: why we read verse eight. But God demonstrated his love 300 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 3: because us, still being sinners, Messiah in behalf of us died. 301 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 3: Now I translated that most literally. Why because these words 302 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 3: spell out exactly the Gospel. What it is that good 303 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 3: news that God has has placed into this world, and Messiah, 304 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 3: his only begotten son, that he fulfilled for us. So 305 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 3: look again, because God, and it's the God, the only God, 306 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:56,360 Speaker 3: he demonstrated his love for us that while still being sinners, 307 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 3: and that's you and me us, we still being sinners, 308 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:06,120 Speaker 3: Messiah in behalf of us he died verse nine. Therefore 309 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 3: much more. Now this is where it gets just glorious 310 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 3: for us to understand this. He says, therefore much more 311 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 3: rather having justified, and that could be understand making righteous 312 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 3: now how having been justified now in his blood. So 313 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 3: you and I he has made righteous us being justified 314 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 3: how in his blood. And whenever that term blood appears 315 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 3: in the scripture, we should be thinking about what we 316 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 3: mentioned earlier. That term blood has to do with redemption. 317 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 3: So it is through death that one experiences redemption, and 318 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 3: that death was the holy son of God who died 319 00:24:55,359 --> 00:25:00,199 Speaker 3: for a most holy people. And who's that you and me, 320 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 3: all those of humanity that are humble enough and wise 321 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 3: enough to confess we have sin, that we have fallen 322 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,959 Speaker 3: short of the glory of God, that we are in 323 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 3: need and absolute dependence upon God's mercy, that we need 324 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 3: to receive God's grace. And as we learned in chapter 325 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 3: four based upon to our truth found in the Book 326 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 3: of Genesis, the only way that you can receive and 327 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 3: have access to the grace of God, which justifies, which reconciles, 328 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 3: which saves, which redeems, the only way is through faith. 329 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 3: That's what we learned in chapter four from the life 330 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:47,360 Speaker 3: of Abraham. So look again, he says, now having been 331 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:54,199 Speaker 3: justified by his blood, and it says also being saved, 332 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:58,399 Speaker 3: meaning all these things we're not doing, we are receiving. 333 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 3: It's in the past, we simply by faith. Faith is 334 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 3: the cause. And when we have faith in what Messiah 335 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 3: has done, that work by which he shed his blood, 336 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 3: that shedding the blood redeems and it brings about justification, 337 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 3: that same word can be understood in an inaccurate sense 338 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 3: of being made righteous in God's sight. And it says 339 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 3: having been saved through him through his work. From what 340 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 3: here it is from the wrath, and the implication is 341 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,920 Speaker 3: the wrath of God. So this scripture makes it very 342 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 3: clear we are not saved from tribulation we are not 343 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 3: saved from earthly suffering from persecution from the enemies. Quite 344 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 3: the contrary. Based upon what we've learned, we're supposed to 345 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 3: be people that boast, that praise God, that exult in 346 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 3: our suffering, in being persecuted for our faith, as the 347 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 3: scripture says, counted all for joy. When when you suffer 348 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:14,479 Speaker 3: for righteousness, so we are called it says earlier in 349 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 3: another portion of scripture that Paul wrote to Timothy, he says, 350 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 3: you know, this suffering is why God gave us grace, 351 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 3: not just the grace that says, but the grace that 352 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,199 Speaker 3: propels us in the will of God that causes us, 353 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 3: as we talked about, to endure. So we are only 354 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 3: the promises we have is that we have been saved 355 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 3: through Him his work on that cross, that we have 356 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:44,199 Speaker 3: been saved from the wrath. Verse ten, he says, for 357 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 3: if being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through 358 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 3: his death the death of his son, much more, now 359 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 3: he's going to tell us a wonderful truth, he says, 360 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 3: since being enemies of God, we were reconciled to him 361 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 3: through his death, the death of his son. Much more. 362 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 3: Being reconciled, he says, Yes, we've been reconciled. That is 363 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 3: that relationship. He'll but he says, also being saved in 364 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 3: his life. Now, what's it'speakinning about. Well, you look at 365 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,120 Speaker 3: most of the commentators, they will tell you this being 366 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 3: saved by his life refers to his resurrection. So his 367 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 3: death brought about reconciliation, but his life, his resurrection, that 368 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 3: evidence brings about salvation. In this sense, the salvation he's 369 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 3: talking about is the victory, the victory to live in obedience. 370 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,959 Speaker 3: That's why we're still here to demonstrate our salvation. And 371 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 3: that word salvation we can understand it in certain contexts 372 00:28:55,840 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 3: as victory. So we have been saved by by God 373 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 3: through his grace. It was the death of his son 374 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 3: that reconciled us to God the Father. But it's that 375 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 3: resurrection that testifies to victory. The resurrection always points to victory. 376 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 3: And now look at our last verse, verse eleven. But 377 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 3: not only meaning not only these wonderful things, but also 378 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 3: we boast in God through our Lord Messiah is Yushua 379 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 3: that through him now we have received and this is 380 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 3: something that he wants us to be left with, that 381 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 3: we have received reconciliation over and over and this is 382 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:44,680 Speaker 3: that foundational truth that we have been reconciled to God. 383 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 3: We are His people. He has promised never to leave 384 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 3: us nor forsake us. That is the good news of 385 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 3: the Gospel. 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