WEBVTT 05:58.400 --> 06:05.020 Hey sure foundation Baptist Church, we will begin with page 195 in your hymnal. I will sing of the mercies 06:13.200 --> 06:19.040 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. 06:19.040 --> 06:21.680 I will sing. 06:21.680 --> 06:24.600 I will sing. 06:24.600 --> 06:30.400 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. 06:30.400 --> 06:35.760 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord. 06:35.760 --> 06:39.680 With my mouth will I make known. 06:41.100 --> 06:52.540 Thy faithfulness, thy faithfulness, with my mouth will I make known. 06:52.540 --> 07:07.500 Thy faithfulness to all generations, I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever I will sing. 07:08.200 --> 07:16.760 I will sing, I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. 07:16.760 --> 07:22.120 I will sing of the mercies of the Lord. 07:22.120 --> 07:27.160 With my mouth will I make known. 07:27.600 --> 07:38.600 Thy faithfulness, thy faithfulness, with my mouth will I make known, 07:38.600 --> 07:46.600 thy faithfulness to all generations. 07:46.600 --> 07:47.600 Okay. 07:48.100 --> 07:52.820 Heavenly Father, we thank you very much for this morning, Lord. We just pray over our church. 07:52.820 --> 07:58.260 We ask for a great day here at Shur Foundation, Lord. Please bless our service and soul winning 07:58.260 --> 08:05.060 today. In Jesus name we pray, amen. Amen. Page 207, only a sinner. 08:13.000 --> 08:18.020 Have I gotten but what I received? 08:18.020 --> 08:23.640 Grace hath bestowed it since I have believed. 08:23.900 --> 08:29.260 Boe's stein excluded, pride I abase. 08:29.260 --> 08:35.340 I'm only a sinner saved by grace. 08:35.340 --> 08:41.100 Only a sinner saved by grace. 08:41.100 --> 08:46.940 Only a sinner saved by grace. 08:46.940 --> 08:51.820 This is my story to God be the glory. 08:51.900 --> 08:57.380 I'm only a sinner saved by grace 08:58.500 --> 09:03.240 Once I was foolish and sin ruled my heart 09:05.100 --> 09:09.340 Causing my footsteps from God to depart 09:10.300 --> 09:15.800 Jesus have found me, happy my case. 09:15.800 --> 09:21.600 I now am a sinner, saved by grace. 09:21.700 --> 09:27.300 Only a sinner saved by grace. 09:27.300 --> 09:33.100 Only a sinner saved by grace. 09:33.100 --> 09:38.700 This is my story to God be the glory. 09:38.700 --> 09:44.700 I'm only a sinner saved by grace. 09:45.100 --> 09:49.980 Tears on a veiling no merit had I 09:51.620 --> 09:55.880 Mercy had saved me or else I must die 09:56.740 --> 09:59.060 sin had alarmed me 10:00.300 --> 10:04.600 Fearing God's face. I'm only a sinner 10:05.420 --> 10:07.420 Said by grace 10:08.500 --> 10:14.140 Only a sinner saved by grace. 10:14.140 --> 10:19.940 Only a sinner saved by grace. 10:19.940 --> 10:25.540 This is my story to God be the glory. 10:25.540 --> 10:31.340 I'm only a sinner saved by grace. 10:31.500 --> 10:37.240 Suffer a sinner whose heart overflows 10:37.240 --> 10:43.040 Loving his savior to tell what he knows 10:43.040 --> 10:48.540 Wants more to tell it, would I embrace 10:48.540 --> 10:54.340 I'm only a sinner saved by grace 10:54.500 --> 11:00.140 Only a sinner, saved by grace. 11:00.140 --> 11:05.940 Only a sinner, saved by grace. 11:05.940 --> 11:11.460 This is my story, to God be the glory. 11:11.460 --> 11:17.700 I'm only a sinner, saved by grace. 11:17.700 --> 11:19.700 And now time for some announcements. 11:22.100 --> 11:25.460 Alright, welcome to Yeshua Foundation Baptist Church Sunday morning service. 11:25.460 --> 11:29.300 If you need a bulletin, please raise your hand and I shall bring one to you. 11:29.300 --> 11:33.220 And the verse of the week is 1 John chapter 3 verse 23. 11:33.220 --> 11:38.580 The Bible says, and this is His commandment that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ 11:38.580 --> 11:41.780 and love one another as He gave us commandment. 11:41.780 --> 11:45.620 Of course, a very practical verse after we are saved, we are brothers and sisters in Christ 11:45.620 --> 11:47.460 that we should be loving one another. 11:47.460 --> 11:49.380 And let's look at the inside page. 11:49.380 --> 11:50.100 We have 11:50.100 --> 11:55.080 Sunday morning service at 11, Sunday afternoon service at 4, and Wednesday night Bible study 11:55.080 --> 12:01.020 at 7 p.m. We'll finish up Acts chapter 18 this coming Wednesday. We have soul winning 12:01.020 --> 12:07.020 this afternoon at 1.30 p.m. And the weather should be around 60 degrees, so don't worry 12:07.020 --> 12:14.720 too much about that. And then we have Saturday morning soul winning at 10.30 a.m. The main 12:14.720 --> 12:18.080 upcoming events is we'll have our party and parade service. 12:18.100 --> 12:21.840 during the Sunday afternoon service on November 22nd. 12:21.840 --> 12:25.000 It will be a special service with a modified schedule, 12:25.000 --> 12:27.120 and please bring a pie to share. 12:27.120 --> 12:28.840 Also, we'll have our Christmas service 12:28.840 --> 12:31.040 on Sunday, December 20th. 12:31.040 --> 12:33.800 So there will be a potluck right after the morning service, 12:33.800 --> 12:36.680 and please invite your family and friends to join us. 12:37.000 --> 12:41.320 Also Christmas Eve service will take place on Thursday December 24th 12:41.320 --> 12:45.260 There'll be no Wednesday night service that week and that week only okay 12:45.280 --> 12:51.540 So if you don't normally come on the midweek service this will be a great time for you to join us on Christmas Eve again 12:51.800 --> 12:56.800 Thursday December 24th, and then we have someone in at the end of this month October 31st 12:57.160 --> 12:58.640 in 12:58.640 --> 13:05.000 Evansville and the detail is on God resource comm also post the link on the zoning group by the way if you 13:05.000 --> 13:08.040 If you want to come to the dinner, you have the RSVP, 13:08.040 --> 13:10.760 because if you don't, you only get water. 13:10.760 --> 13:13.960 So, make sure you RSVP for the dinner, 13:13.960 --> 13:16.540 and read the schedule carefully about the time zone, 13:16.540 --> 13:17.840 because if you don't know how to read, 13:17.840 --> 13:19.960 you might be missing an hour or something, 13:19.960 --> 13:23.840 especially that the daylight saving time is coming soon. 13:23.840 --> 13:26.300 And then we have Gary's swimming on November 28th, 13:26.300 --> 13:29.540 and Winter Wonderland on December 26th. 13:31.000 --> 13:36.000 Yeah, let's stay faithful in your titan offerings on the back. 13:36.000 --> 13:39.400 You can see the birthdays for the month of October. 13:39.400 --> 13:42.160 And today is Brother Landon's birthday. 13:42.160 --> 13:43.440 How old are you? 13:43.440 --> 13:45.360 Or is that a secret? 13:45.360 --> 13:46.920 32 years old. 13:46.920 --> 13:49.240 Let's sing happy birthday to Brother Landon. 13:49.240 --> 13:50.160 Ready? 13:50.160 --> 13:54.280 Happy birthday to you. 13:54.800 --> 13:59.700 Happy birthday to you. 13:59.700 --> 14:06.040 Happy birthday, God bless you. 14:06.040 --> 14:10.900 Happy birthday to you. 14:10.900 --> 14:12.700 Congratulations. 14:14.000 --> 14:15.680 Also, I believe 14:15.680 --> 14:17.440 Landon brought some 14:17.440 --> 14:23.720 You know healthy cupcakes for us to partake after the service and I believe that these are free, right? 14:24.840 --> 14:26.840 Yes free. All right 14:27.040 --> 14:32.280 So we'll wait after the service and with that being said let's sing our third song and then we'll take out the offering 14:36.300 --> 14:43.660 I know it's a little cool out today, but let's get try get a little bit more singing on this one page 14:43.980 --> 14:46.240 208 grace greater than our sin 14:47.700 --> 14:49.400 page 208 14:55.500 --> 15:03.500 Marvelous grace of our loving Lord, 15:03.500 --> 15:11.500 Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt, 15:11.500 --> 15:19.500 Yonder on Calvary's mount outpoured. 15:20.300 --> 15:27.300 There where the blood of the lamb was spilled 15:28.640 --> 15:32.640 Grace, grace 15:32.640 --> 15:36.640 God's grace 15:36.640 --> 15:44.640 Grace that will pardon and cleanse within 15:47.500 --> 15:49.500 Grace 15:49.500 --> 15:51.000 God 15:55.700 --> 16:14.100 greater than all our sin. Sin and despair like the sea waves cold, threading the soul 16:14.100 --> 16:18.020 with infinite loss. 16:18.800 --> 16:35.800 Grace that is greater, yes grace unfolds, points to the refuge, the mighty cross. 16:35.800 --> 16:43.800 Grace, grace, God's grace. 16:44.280 --> 16:45.300 instal reinforced 17:02.520 --> 16:45.300 verein 16:45.400 --> 17:02.380 that will pardon and cleanse within grace grace God's grace grace that is 17:02.380 --> 17:08.100 greater than all our sin 17:08.800 --> 17:16.600 Dark is the stain that we cannot hide 17:16.600 --> 17:24.800 Wanting a veil to wash it away 17:24.800 --> 17:33.100 Look there is flowing a crimson tide 17:33.700 --> 17:41.700 Wider than snow you may be today. 17:41.700 --> 17:49.700 Grace, grace, God's grace, 17:49.700 --> 17:57.700 Grace that will pardon and cleanse within. 17:57.700 --> 18:00.100 ей 18:00.200 --> 18:21.460 grace, God's grace, grace that is greater than all our sin, marvelous, infinite, matchless 18:21.460 --> 18:22.820 grace. 18:23.500 --> 18:31.500 freely bestowed on all who believe. 18:31.500 --> 18:39.740 You that are longing to see His face, 18:39.740 --> 18:47.900 will you this moment His grace receive? 18:47.900 --> 18:49.900 GRACE 18:49.900 --> 18:51.400 GRACE 18:51.800 --> 19:03.800 God's grace, grace that will pardon and cleanse within. 19:03.800 --> 19:19.600 Grace, grace, God's grace, grace that is greater than all our sins. 19:20.000 --> 19:22.400 Okay, at this time we'll take the tides and offerings. 19:25.800 --> 19:27.800 Okay, Brother Steven, would you pray for us? 20:20.900 --> 20:24.140 Howdy church open up your Bibles to Romans chapter 3 20:25.100 --> 20:27.100 Romans chapter 3 20:27.200 --> 20:29.820 If you need a Bible just raise your hand and I'll show I'll bring you one 20:30.800 --> 20:32.300 Romans chapter 3 20:34.900 --> 20:36.740 Romans chapter 3 the Bible reads, 20:36.740 --> 20:38.820 What advantage then hath the Jew, 20:38.820 --> 20:41.380 or what profit is there of circumcision? 20:41.380 --> 20:44.260 Much every way chiefly because that unto them 20:44.260 --> 20:46.340 were committed the oracles of God. 20:46.340 --> 20:48.500 For what if some did not believe? 20:48.500 --> 20:51.620 Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 20:51.620 --> 20:54.500 God forbid, yea, let God be true, 20:55.380 --> 20:56.900 but every man a liar. 20:57.300 --> 21:03.920 As it is written, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when 21:03.920 --> 21:05.500 thou art judged. 21:05.500 --> 21:10.060 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? 21:10.060 --> 21:13.000 Is God unrighteous, who taketh vengeance? 21:13.000 --> 21:15.480 I speak as a man, God forbid. 21:15.480 --> 21:17.700 For then how shall God judge the world? 21:18.000 --> 21:26.000 For if the truth of God hath more bounded through my lie unto his glory, why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 21:26.000 --> 21:34.000 And not rather, as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say, 21:34.000 --> 21:40.800 Let us do evil that good may come, whose damnation is just. What then? Are we better than they? 21:41.000 --> 21:46.880 No, and no wise, for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles that they are all under 21:46.880 --> 21:47.880 sin. 21:47.880 --> 21:50.440 As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one. 21:50.440 --> 21:54.200 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 21:54.200 --> 21:59.000 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable. 21:59.000 --> 22:01.420 There is none that doeth good, no not one. 22:01.420 --> 22:03.780 Their throat is an open sepulcher. 22:03.780 --> 22:07.000 With their tongues they have used deceit. 22:07.000 --> 22:09.000 The poison of ass is under the 22:09.000 --> 22:10.500 their lips. 22:10.500 --> 22:15.840 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness, their feet are swift to shed blood. 22:15.840 --> 22:18.120 Destruction and misery are in their ways. 22:18.120 --> 22:20.360 And the way of peace have they not known. 22:20.360 --> 22:23.100 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 22:23.100 --> 22:27.900 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the 22:27.900 --> 22:34.100 law that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God. 22:34.500 --> 22:41.340 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight for by the law is the knowledge of sin 22:41.460 --> 22:44.940 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifest 22:45.580 --> 22:46.400 manifested 22:46.600 --> 22:52.520 being witnessed by the law and the prophets, even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of 22:52.520 --> 22:58.360 Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe. For there is no difference for all have 22:58.360 --> 23:03.960 sinned and come short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption 23:03.960 --> 23:11.000 that is in Christ Jesus, whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, 23:11.000 --> 23:14.440 to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past. 23:14.600 --> 23:16.600 through the forbearance of God. 23:17.300 --> 23:23.460 To declare, I say at this time His righteousness, that He might be justified and the justifier 23:23.460 --> 23:26.260 of Him which believeth in Jesus. 23:26.260 --> 23:27.540 Where is the boasting then? 23:27.540 --> 23:28.840 It is excluded. 23:28.840 --> 23:29.840 By what law? 23:29.840 --> 23:30.840 Of works? 23:30.840 --> 23:33.140 Nay, but by the law of faith. 23:33.140 --> 23:38.100 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 23:38.100 --> 23:39.940 Is he the God of the Jews only? 23:39.940 --> 23:41.860 Is he not also of the Gentiles? 23:41.860 --> 23:44.420 Yes, of the Gentiles also. 23:44.420 --> 23:45.300 it is one 23:45.300 --> 23:51.460 God which shall justify the circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith. 23:51.460 --> 23:54.780 Do we then make void the law through faith? 23:54.780 --> 23:57.340 God forbid, yea, we establish the law. 23:57.340 --> 23:58.980 Brother Stephen, will you pray us in the service? 24:09.200 --> 24:12.840 In Romans chapter 3, let's look at verse number 23. 24:12.840 --> 24:16.840 It's a very famous verse, and the Bible says in verse 23, 24:16.840 --> 24:20.800 for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 24:20.800 --> 24:24.160 Now we use this verse a lot while soul-warning, 24:24.160 --> 24:27.240 and the goal is to let people know that we all have sinned, 24:27.240 --> 24:31.080 and because of that, we are all lost and deserve in hell. 24:31.080 --> 24:32.400 That's why people need to be saved, 24:32.400 --> 24:34.800 because we are lost. 24:34.800 --> 24:37.200 So people cannot even acknowledge. 24:37.200 --> 24:42.200 that they have sinned and they deserve hell, 24:42.200 --> 24:43.880 why do they need to be saved? 24:43.880 --> 24:47.680 So we've all sinned, and we talk a lot about sins 24:47.680 --> 24:51.200 at this church because we want people to live a holy life, 24:51.200 --> 24:53.520 and we don't believe in the hyper-grace garbage 24:53.520 --> 24:56.320 that God won't come down on his children. 24:56.320 --> 24:58.760 The Bible is very clear that God will chastise, 24:58.760 --> 25:00.920 God will punish his own children, 25:00.920 --> 25:02.760 but this morning I want you to preach 25:02.760 --> 25:05.000 a seemingly basic sermon. 25:05.000 --> 25:05.200 I want to- 25:05.200 --> 25:07.800 I want you to ask this question, what is sin? 25:07.800 --> 25:09.440 Okay, what is sin? 25:09.440 --> 25:11.960 And it may seem basic, but I submit to you 25:11.960 --> 25:15.540 that this subject is broader than you might think. 25:15.540 --> 25:18.120 Turn to 1 John chapter three. 25:18.120 --> 25:20.020 1 John chapter number three. 25:20.020 --> 25:21.460 So what is sin? 25:22.400 --> 25:25.560 Point number one, sin is transgressing 25:25.560 --> 25:27.120 what God has commanded. 25:27.120 --> 25:29.320 Sin is transgressing what God has commanded. 25:29.320 --> 25:31.280 1 John chapter three, verse four. 25:31.400 --> 25:34.200 gives us a good definition of what a sin is. 25:34.200 --> 25:35.800 1 John 3, 4 says this. 25:37.000 --> 25:45.720 Whosoever committed sin transgresseth also the law, for sin is the transgression of the law." 25:45.720 --> 25:52.200 So this verse plainly defines what a sin is. Sin is breaking God's law, right? Very, very simple. 25:52.200 --> 25:58.600 And that's the clearest and the most basic form of sin, right? Murder is sin. Why? Because God 25:58.600 --> 26:03.880 forbids murder. Because God says, thou shalt not kill, right? That means if you murder someone, 26:03.880 --> 26:04.880 you have crossed the line. 26:05.000 --> 26:07.460 you have transgressed against the law. 26:07.460 --> 26:10.320 Adultery is sin because God forbids adultery. 26:10.320 --> 26:13.960 There was nothing ambiguous about it. 26:13.960 --> 26:17.320 Stealing is sin because God forbids stealing. 26:17.320 --> 26:19.960 Lying is a sin because God condemns lying. 26:19.960 --> 26:22.280 God forbids bearing false witness. 26:22.280 --> 26:24.280 Idolatry is a sin because God says 26:24.280 --> 26:26.680 to have no other gods before me. 26:26.680 --> 26:26.800 Amen. 26:27.000 --> 26:34.120 disobedience to parents is the same because God commanded us to honor thy father and thy mother. 26:34.120 --> 26:40.520 Right? Adam eating the forbidden fruit is the same because he transgressed what God has commanded. 26:40.800 --> 26:44.520 Let me read to you Genesis 2, verse 16. 26:44.520 --> 26:47.240 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, 26:47.240 --> 26:50.120 of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat, 26:50.120 --> 26:52.760 but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, 26:52.760 --> 26:53.880 thou shalt not eat of it. 26:53.880 --> 26:57.240 For in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. 26:57.240 --> 27:00.080 So even if that's not really in the part of the Mosaic 27:00.080 --> 27:04.600 Commandment, the commandments in the Book of Leviticus, Exodus, 27:04.600 --> 27:08.640 but God clearly commanded Adam to not eat a fruit. 27:08.800 --> 27:09.760 Right? 27:09.760 --> 27:13.960 So when Adam ate that, he has transgressed against the law. 27:13.960 --> 27:15.720 Go to Romans chapter 5. 27:15.720 --> 27:19.400 Romans chapter number 5. 27:19.400 --> 27:23.240 And in Romans chapter 5, Paul specifically 27:23.240 --> 27:26.440 called Adam's sin a transgression. 27:26.440 --> 27:29.120 Romans chapter 5, look at verse 14. 27:29.120 --> 27:30.040 The Bible says this. 27:30.500 --> 27:33.700 nev telus death reigneth from Adam to Moses, 27:33.700 --> 27:36.900 even over them that had not seen after the similitude 27:36.900 --> 27:40.020 of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him 27:40.020 --> 27:40.860 who was to come. 27:40.860 --> 27:43.940 So what Adam did was a transgression 27:43.940 --> 27:46.260 against what God has commanded. 27:46.260 --> 27:46.980 OK? 27:46.980 --> 27:48.900 Go to Romans chapter 7. 27:48.900 --> 27:51.820 Romans chapter number 7. 27:51.820 --> 27:52.940 Look at verse number 12. 27:54.100 --> 27:58.240 Romans 7, 12 says this, wherefore the law is holy, 27:58.240 --> 28:02.440 and the commandment holy and just and good. 28:02.440 --> 28:04.240 So it's not. 28:04.700 --> 28:10.700 You know, it's saying when you, you know, not only it's a sin when you transgress against the law of God, 28:10.700 --> 28:15.740 but if you break anything that God has commanded you, you have transgressed the law as well, right? 28:15.740 --> 28:22.060 Because the law and commandment are both what God has said, you know, therefore when God has clearly forbidden something, 28:22.060 --> 28:25.580 there's no need to wonder whether it is sinful, okay? 28:25.580 --> 28:31.660 And here's something that we have to realize about sin, is that sin is ultimately against God. 28:32.300 --> 28:39.740 And when Joseph was tempted by Potiphar's wife to commit adultery, Joseph said this, 28:39.740 --> 28:44.540 How can I do this great wickedness and sin against God? 28:44.540 --> 28:50.060 Now Potiphar would have been wronged if Joseph committed adultery with his wife, 28:50.060 --> 28:54.940 but Joseph understood that ultimately that offense was against God. 28:55.500 --> 29:01.400 And when King David acknowledged his transgression, he said this in Psalm 51 verse 4 that, 29:01.400 --> 29:04.400 against thee, the only have I sinned. 29:04.400 --> 29:08.700 Because every sin is fundamentally rebellion against the authority of God. 29:08.700 --> 29:09.700 Okay? 29:09.700 --> 29:12.600 So some sins are not very complicated. 29:13.000 --> 29:16.800 We don't need to pray about whether a adultery is right. 29:16.800 --> 29:19.200 We don't need to seek counsel about whether stealing is 29:19.200 --> 29:19.920 right. 29:19.920 --> 29:22.880 We don't need to ask whether lying is acceptable, 29:22.880 --> 29:26.240 simply because lying might make our situation easier. 29:26.240 --> 29:30.340 If God has clearly spoken, any breach to what he has commanded 29:30.340 --> 29:35.000 will be a sin, for sin is a transgression of the law. 29:35.000 --> 29:35.960 Go to James chapter 4. 29:35.960 --> 29:37.000 James, chapter 4. 29:38.300 --> 29:41.340 But this is not the whole spectrum of what sins are, 29:41.340 --> 29:41.980 though. 29:41.980 --> 29:45.740 So I said point number one, sin is transgressing 29:45.740 --> 29:48.420 what God has commanded, whether it be a law 29:48.420 --> 29:52.060 or what God has commanded us to do certain things. 29:52.060 --> 29:57.500 But point number two, sin is failing to do what God requires. 29:57.500 --> 30:00.780 Sin is failing to do what God requires. 30:00.780 --> 30:03.540 James 4, look at verse 17. 30:03.540 --> 30:05.180 James417 says this. 30:05.800 --> 30:10.020 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good and doeth not, 30:10.020 --> 30:12.000 to him it is sin." 30:12.000 --> 30:14.760 So this really goes beyond the law and commandment of God, 30:14.760 --> 30:15.440 right? 30:15.440 --> 30:19.880 Although it's still closely related, 30:19.880 --> 30:23.080 because now we move beyond the sins of commission 30:23.080 --> 30:24.600 to the sins of omission. 30:24.700 --> 30:32.000 Notice, you know, the man in James 4 did not necessarily commit some wicked acts. 30:32.000 --> 30:35.760 His sin was, he knew what was right and he failed to do it. 30:35.760 --> 30:36.760 Okay? 30:36.760 --> 30:38.320 So you can sin by doing what's wrong. 30:38.320 --> 30:41.360 You can also sin by refusing to do what's right. 30:42.300 --> 30:45.780 Now this completely destroys the idea that 30:45.780 --> 30:48.880 righteousness simply means I don't offend anybody 30:48.880 --> 30:51.060 or I don't do any wickedness, you know, 30:51.060 --> 30:53.800 because a man might say, I don't steal. 30:53.800 --> 30:56.400 Good, but are you being honest? 30:56.400 --> 30:57.240 Right? 30:57.240 --> 30:58.960 You know, a man may say, you know, 30:58.960 --> 31:01.960 I don't curse people, good, 31:01.960 --> 31:04.460 but are you blessing them, right? 31:04.900 --> 31:07.220 A man may say, I don't hate my children, 31:07.220 --> 31:08.420 but do you love them? 31:08.420 --> 31:12.140 Do you do good unto them? 31:12.140 --> 31:15.460 A wife might say, I don't rebel against my husband. 31:15.460 --> 31:19.340 That's good, but do you honor and support him? 31:19.340 --> 31:21.580 You might say, I don't cause any trouble at church. 31:21.580 --> 31:26.220 Good, but are you helping to preserve the unity? 31:26.220 --> 31:26.400 Thanks for watching! 31:26.800 --> 31:29.200 You might say, I will never forsake church. 31:29.200 --> 31:30.960 I don't forsake church. 31:30.960 --> 31:31.460 Good. 31:31.460 --> 31:35.960 But are you provoking others onto love and to good works? 31:35.960 --> 31:38.080 You might say, I don't misuse my money. 31:38.080 --> 31:38.580 Good. 31:38.580 --> 31:41.040 But are you being a faithful steward to it? 31:41.040 --> 31:42.560 I don't waste my talents. 31:42.560 --> 31:43.200 Good. 31:43.200 --> 31:46.440 But are you actually using your talents for God? 31:46.440 --> 31:47.080 Right? 31:47.080 --> 31:49.080 You might say, I don't hold a grudge. 31:49.080 --> 31:50.080 Good for you. 31:50.080 --> 31:53.440 But are you actually seeking reconciliation? 31:53.440 --> 31:53.940 Right? 31:54.200 --> 31:56.200 What if you say, I don't live for the world? 31:56.200 --> 31:58.360 That's good, but you're living for God though. 31:58.360 --> 32:00.360 Are you living for Christ? 32:00.360 --> 32:01.960 I'm not doing anything wicked. 32:01.960 --> 32:05.640 Good for you, but are you doing anything useful for God? 32:05.640 --> 32:08.200 See, a sin is not just abstaining from evil, 32:08.200 --> 32:12.140 it's also neglecting to do what is good and right. 32:12.140 --> 32:14.040 Turn to Matthew 25. 32:14.040 --> 32:15.480 Matthew 25. 32:15.480 --> 32:17.680 That's why I can't stand those people 32:17.680 --> 32:19.300 who think that they are sinless. 32:19.400 --> 32:23.400 The truth is all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 32:23.400 --> 32:28.400 A sin is not just don't do something wicked, it's withholding, refusing to do what is right. 32:28.400 --> 32:31.400 Matthew 25, look at verse number 40. 32:31.400 --> 32:35.400 Matthew 25, verse number 40. 32:35.400 --> 32:37.100 The Bible says this. 32:37.600 --> 32:45.280 And the king shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 32:45.280 --> 32:53.000 Then shall he say also unto them, On the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. 32:53.000 --> 32:57.400 For I was unhungered, and ye gave me no meat. I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink. 32:57.800 --> 33:05.320 I was a stranger and you took me not in, naked and you clothed me not, sick and in prison and you visited me not." 33:05.320 --> 33:10.320 So Jesus Christ here clearly condemned the sins of omission, right? 33:10.320 --> 33:15.960 You know, when you are not, you know, helping the people in need, you have sinned, right? 33:15.960 --> 33:22.800 When you just neglect people's need, when you refuse to do what's good and right, you have sinned. 33:23.300 --> 33:24.860 It's that clear and simple. 33:24.860 --> 33:26.540 Look at Luke chapter 10. 33:26.540 --> 33:28.100 Luke chapter 10. 33:28.100 --> 33:30.320 Notice these people were not condemned 33:30.320 --> 33:32.140 because they poisoned Jesus. 33:32.140 --> 33:33.620 They were condemned because they failed 33:33.620 --> 33:36.020 to do what was good to him. 33:36.020 --> 33:38.500 So that's called the sin of omission. 33:38.500 --> 33:41.020 Luke chapter 10, look at verse 30. 33:43.400 --> 33:48.760 This is the famous story about the Good Samaritan, Luke chapter 10, verse 30. 33:48.760 --> 33:51.960 The Bible says this, and Jesus answering said, 33:51.960 --> 33:55.800 A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves. 33:56.000 --> 34:01.280 would strip him of his raiment and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. 34:01.280 --> 34:06.560 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way, and when he saw him, he passed by on 34:06.560 --> 34:12.400 the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed 34:12.400 --> 34:19.760 by on the other side." So here, you know, it, you know, the story introduces a man who, you know, 34:19.760 --> 34:23.760 got robbed by thieves. He was, you know, naked, half dead. 34:24.000 --> 34:29.080 wounded and we see a priest and a Levi just walk right by him. 34:29.080 --> 34:31.040 Okay, look at verse 33. 34:31.040 --> 34:35.160 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was, 34:35.160 --> 34:37.480 and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, 34:37.480 --> 34:41.560 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring oil and wine, 34:41.560 --> 34:45.400 and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, 34:45.400 --> 34:47.960 and took care of him. 34:47.960 --> 34:49.840 Look at verse 36. 34:50.300 --> 34:55.000 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves. 34:55.000 --> 35:03.400 And he said, he that showed mercy on him, then said Jesus unto him, Go and do thou likewise. 35:03.400 --> 35:07.800 So in the story of the Good Samaritan, a very famous story, 35:07.800 --> 35:11.600 notice the priest didn't beat that guy. 35:11.600 --> 35:13.900 And the Levi didn't rob that guy. 35:13.900 --> 35:16.000 They simply passed by, right? 35:16.300 --> 35:20.240 But sometimes, you know, seeing is not what you did. 35:20.240 --> 35:24.600 It is what you should have done and when you refuse to do it. 35:24.600 --> 35:27.160 They simply pass by on the other side. 35:27.160 --> 35:30.800 According to James 4.17, they have seen. 35:30.800 --> 35:34.000 Because they know what is good and they refuse to do it, 35:34.000 --> 35:35.080 they just walk by. 35:35.500 --> 35:44.500 Technically they didn't do anything wicked, but when they are passing by someone in clear need and they are withholding the help, they have sinned. 35:45.800 --> 35:50.300 And think about in James chapter 2, verse 15 to verse 16, 35:50.300 --> 35:54.020 the Bible describes someone seeing a brother or a sister 35:54.020 --> 35:57.440 without food or clothing, and he merely 35:57.440 --> 36:00.660 says, depart in peace without helping them. 36:00.660 --> 36:02.260 That's a sin, right? 36:02.260 --> 36:06.220 That means if someone at this church specifically has needs, 36:06.220 --> 36:08.380 you need to help him out. 36:08.380 --> 36:10.620 Let's pray for that person, OK? 36:10.620 --> 36:13.180 Because if you refuse to do what is right, you have sinned. 36:13.500 --> 36:15.860 Turn to Ezekiel chapter 33. 36:15.860 --> 36:19.340 Ezekiel 33. 36:19.340 --> 36:22.780 A pastor may say, I never taught false doctrine. 36:22.780 --> 36:23.780 That's good. 36:23.780 --> 36:28.940 But did you preach the truth that your people needed? 36:28.940 --> 36:32.420 Pastors can say, I never lied to my congregation. 36:32.420 --> 36:33.420 That's good. 36:33.420 --> 36:36.540 But if you tell them the truth that 36:36.540 --> 36:38.620 may be difficult and popular, that 36:38.620 --> 36:39.900 will make them uncomfortable. 36:39.900 --> 36:40.400 Right? 36:41.400 --> 36:45.400 You might say, I never let anyone into sin. 36:45.400 --> 36:49.320 Good, but did you warn them when you saw danger coming? 36:49.320 --> 36:51.520 You might say, I never compromised the gospel. 36:51.520 --> 36:54.740 That's good for you, but did you actually preach it? 36:54.740 --> 36:56.280 I never denied Christ. 36:56.280 --> 36:59.920 Good for you, but did you actually confess him before man? 36:59.920 --> 37:01.400 Right, what is good, right? 37:01.400 --> 37:03.000 Ezekiel 33, look at verse one. 37:03.300 --> 37:08.340 Ezekiel 33 verse 1. The Bible says, again the word of the Lord came unto me saying, 37:08.340 --> 37:13.060 Son of man speak to the children of thy people and say unto them, when I bring the sword upon 37:13.060 --> 37:18.180 the land, if the people of the land take a man of their coast and set him for their watchman, 37:18.740 --> 37:24.100 if when he see the sword come upon the land he blow the trumpet and warn the people, 37:24.100 --> 37:28.980 then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet and taketh not warning, if the sword come 37:28.980 --> 37:31.300 and take him away, his blood shall be upon his head. 37:31.300 --> 37:34.680 own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet and took now warning his blood 37:34.680 --> 37:39.300 shall be upon him but he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul." 37:39.500 --> 37:42.960 So here we have a famous story about watchmen. 37:42.960 --> 37:44.820 It's commonly applied to soul winning. 37:44.820 --> 37:47.920 Basically, the context is, hey, God has made, 37:47.920 --> 37:49.760 God has set watchmen. 37:49.760 --> 37:52.440 And when the watchmen see the danger, the army, 37:52.440 --> 37:55.400 and the enemy's coming, if he blows the trumpet 37:55.400 --> 37:57.480 and warns the people of the danger, 37:57.480 --> 38:00.080 if people don't listen, that's on them, right? 38:00.080 --> 38:02.440 But your job is to blow the trumpet. 38:02.440 --> 38:04.120 Your job is to sound the warning. 38:04.120 --> 38:04.880 OK, verse number six. 38:05.600 --> 38:10.080 But if the watchman see the sword come and blow another trumpet, and the people be not warned, 38:10.080 --> 38:17.200 if the sword come and take any person from among them, he is taking away in his iniquity, 38:17.200 --> 38:21.040 but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand." 38:21.920 --> 38:27.040 So in contrast, if you see there are certain dangers or enemies coming, if you don't warn, 38:27.900 --> 38:31.340 the people, then you have transgressed, right? 38:31.340 --> 38:33.580 You have sinned, and God will punish you 38:33.580 --> 38:35.900 because the Bible says the watchman's blood 38:35.900 --> 38:38.740 will he require at the watchman's hand. 38:39.100 --> 38:44.860 You know, to me that's a good application for pastors and preachers in general. 38:44.860 --> 38:50.300 If you know something to be true, but if you withhold it out of fear and compromise, even 38:50.300 --> 38:53.540 if they don't preach any heresy, they have sinned. 38:53.540 --> 38:58.340 And for just regular Christians, we know there's a common judgment, we know hell is eternal, 38:58.340 --> 39:03.420 we know hell is real, and we know salvation is available to all that call upon him. 39:03.420 --> 39:06.740 If we don't warn people and preach the gospel, we have sinned. 39:07.100 --> 39:08.760 And God will judge us. 39:08.760 --> 39:11.520 And we are responsible for the blood of people 39:11.520 --> 39:13.760 if we don't warn them. 39:13.760 --> 39:16.720 Now, obviously, the context of Ezekiel 33 39:16.720 --> 39:18.800 is physical deliverance. 39:18.800 --> 39:20.880 God cannot take away our salvation, 39:20.880 --> 39:22.680 even if we don't preach the gospel. 39:22.680 --> 39:25.220 But you will be judged on this earth 39:25.220 --> 39:28.360 and miss out on the rewards. 39:28.360 --> 39:32.040 And the same principle can be really applied 39:32.040 --> 39:34.440 to every area of your life. 39:34.800 --> 39:43.120 Have you fulfilled your duty as parents, husbands, wives, children, church members, 39:43.120 --> 39:50.400 toward other fellow Christians? Because you may not be actively doing anything evil, 39:50.400 --> 39:58.560 but if you have neglected to do what is right, you have sinned. Okay? Go to Proverbs 24. Proverbs 24. 40:00.400 --> 40:02.640 So I said point number one, sin is transgressing 40:02.640 --> 40:03.720 what God has commanded. 40:03.720 --> 40:07.680 Point number two, sin is failing to do what God requires. 40:07.680 --> 40:11.720 Now, if these two points are not enough to humble you, 40:11.720 --> 40:13.960 let me give you the third point. 40:13.960 --> 40:18.640 Point number three, sin can be found in the heart 40:18.640 --> 40:22.000 before it even appears on the outside. 40:22.000 --> 40:24.560 Sin can be found in the heart before it even 40:24.560 --> 40:26.440 appears on the outside. 40:26.440 --> 40:28.080 Proverbs 24, look at verse 9. 40:28.400 --> 40:31.280 Proverbs 24 verse 9, the Bible says, 40:31.280 --> 40:34.680 the thought of foolishness is sin, 40:34.680 --> 40:37.720 and the scornor is an abomination to man. 40:37.720 --> 40:43.000 See, sin does not begin only when the body finally 40:43.000 --> 40:44.640 carries something out. 40:44.640 --> 40:45.720 It's the thought. 40:45.720 --> 40:47.800 It starts with the thought. 40:47.800 --> 40:50.440 Again, I don't really understand how any sane person 40:50.440 --> 40:51.760 thinks they can be sinless. 40:52.600 --> 40:55.720 A sin is transgressing against God's law. 40:55.720 --> 40:57.520 A sin is refusing to do what's right. 40:57.520 --> 41:00.080 And a sin can be even a little thought. 41:00.080 --> 41:03.400 How can anyone be sinless? 41:03.400 --> 41:05.760 But we also need to be careful here. 41:05.760 --> 41:08.440 Foolishness, I don't think it means 41:08.440 --> 41:12.160 that anything I personally think is a bad idea. 41:12.160 --> 41:16.440 Because I don't think every bad judgment is necessarily 41:16.440 --> 41:18.520 a moral transgression. 41:18.520 --> 41:19.500 For example... 41:20.000 --> 41:22.000 You might buy the wrong car. 41:22.000 --> 41:24.000 You might take a slower road. 41:24.000 --> 41:28.000 Make a poor business decision. 41:28.000 --> 41:32.000 You know, that can be foolish without being really sinful. 41:32.900 --> 41:38.020 So I think biblical foolishness does carry some idea of moral transgression. 41:38.020 --> 41:45.140 I think if you, for example, think of transgressing God's commandment, or you think about neglecting 41:45.140 --> 41:48.420 your duties, that can be the thought of foolishness. 41:48.420 --> 41:50.900 Okay, because what's the context of verse number nine? 41:50.900 --> 41:52.100 The scornor, right? 41:52.100 --> 41:55.540 And the scornor is an abomination to men. 41:55.540 --> 41:58.420 Scornor despise people in their heart, right? 41:58.420 --> 42:00.580 Because scornors, they will scoff at people. 42:00.900 --> 42:05.680 with their lips, but even before they open their mouth, 42:05.680 --> 42:09.120 their thought is foolish, and that's a sin. 42:09.120 --> 42:13.320 We'll do Proverbs chapter 1, Proverbs chapter 1. 42:13.320 --> 42:16.120 So just because someone make a foolish choice 42:16.120 --> 42:19.740 to buy a bad car, that's not a moral transgression. 42:19.740 --> 42:22.960 Although that can be a sin, I will talk about it 42:22.960 --> 42:24.480 later in the sermon. 42:24.480 --> 42:26.200 Proverbs chapter 1, look at verse number 7. 42:26.700 --> 42:29.540 Proverbs chapter 1 verse 7 says this, 42:29.540 --> 42:32.780 although if you have seen the Tesla 42:32.780 --> 42:35.100 roaster that literally jumps over the hood. 42:36.300 --> 42:38.340 I don't know if that's the thought of foolishness. 42:38.340 --> 42:41.300 But Proverbs chapter 1, look at verse number 7. 42:41.300 --> 42:43.060 How would you put a car seat in there? 42:43.060 --> 42:43.980 I don't know. 42:43.980 --> 42:45.380 Proverbs 1, 7 says this. 42:45.380 --> 42:47.420 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, 42:47.420 --> 42:51.180 but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 42:51.180 --> 42:53.940 So if you think something that's against, especially 42:53.940 --> 42:56.700 biblical wisdom and biblical instruction, 42:56.700 --> 42:58.540 then that will be a sin, right? 42:58.540 --> 43:02.660 Because the fool despised wisdom and instruction. 43:02.660 --> 43:04.300 Let me give you an example. 43:04.300 --> 43:06.760 of the thought of foolishness. 43:06.760 --> 43:10.600 If someone makes you angry, and you have an intrusive thought, 43:10.600 --> 43:12.560 I'm going to hurt him. 43:12.560 --> 43:15.400 You may never touch him or even speak to him. 43:15.400 --> 43:18.880 You may immediately reject that thought. 43:18.880 --> 43:22.080 But that mere thought was foolish and also sinful, 43:22.080 --> 43:24.320 because that's not biblical justice. 43:24.320 --> 43:24.820 OK? 43:24.820 --> 43:24.900 you 43:27.100 --> 43:33.580 What about you see something another person has and think, 43:33.580 --> 43:37.180 I want that, and I can't believe he has it. 43:37.180 --> 43:38.740 That is coveting. 43:38.740 --> 43:41.780 That is foolishness, and that's sinful. 43:41.780 --> 43:43.180 Go to Proverbs 24. 43:43.180 --> 43:44.500 Proverbs 24. 43:47.400 --> 43:50.840 What about someone you dislikes falls into trouble? 43:50.840 --> 43:54.280 And inwardly you think, good, they deserved it. 43:54.280 --> 43:55.920 Hey, that's the thoughtfulness. 43:55.920 --> 43:58.000 Proverbs 24, look at verse 17. 43:58.000 --> 44:00.960 Proverbs 24, verse 17. 44:00.960 --> 44:02.720 Rejoice not when thy enemy falleth, 44:02.720 --> 44:05.800 and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleeth. 44:05.800 --> 44:07.080 OK? 44:07.080 --> 44:08.080 So to me, 44:08.080 --> 44:08.100 you 44:08.200 --> 44:10.480 A good way to define the thought of foolishness 44:10.480 --> 44:13.120 is anything that's against biblical wisdom, instruction, 44:13.120 --> 44:13.840 right? 44:13.840 --> 44:16.200 Especially think about moral transgression, breaking God's 44:16.200 --> 44:17.360 law. 44:17.360 --> 44:19.880 Or what if you are caught doing something wrong 44:19.880 --> 44:22.520 and you just immediately think, what lie can 44:22.520 --> 44:24.880 I tell to get out of this? 44:24.880 --> 44:28.360 You have already sinned before the lie is even spoken. 44:28.360 --> 44:32.240 And even if you decide not to tell the lie, 44:32.240 --> 44:35.200 you still have sinned because you made a foolish thought. 44:35.200 --> 44:35.700 OK? 44:36.400 --> 44:39.200 What about someone who corrects you and you think, 44:39.200 --> 44:40.920 who does he think he is? 44:40.920 --> 44:42.120 I'm better than him. 44:42.120 --> 44:45.480 You have already committed a sin of pride in your heart. 44:45.480 --> 44:48.640 That's called a thought of foolishness. 44:48.640 --> 44:53.080 Again, I want to be clear that not every imprudent decision 44:53.080 --> 44:54.640 is sinful. 44:54.640 --> 44:57.720 Suppose there is some overwhelming evidence 44:57.720 --> 45:01.400 that a particular car model is unreliable 45:01.400 --> 45:02.600 and you buy it anyway. 45:03.700 --> 45:07.160 That decision might be foolish, but I would not automatically 45:07.160 --> 45:08.400 call it sinful. 45:08.400 --> 45:11.160 However, if you are warned about the car model 45:11.160 --> 45:14.000 and you knowingly ignore the wise counsel thinking 45:14.000 --> 45:16.640 in your heart, nobody can tell me what to do, 45:16.640 --> 45:19.320 then I think that's sinful because that's pride. 45:19.320 --> 45:21.440 OK, it's a spectrum, right? 45:21.440 --> 45:21.940 So. 45:21.940 --> 45:22.100 Thanks for watching! 45:22.800 --> 45:28.800 And the Bible clearly emphasizes on how wicked imaginations can be sinful. 45:28.800 --> 45:31.800 Genesis 6-5 says, 45:31.800 --> 45:34.800 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, 45:34.800 --> 45:41.800 and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 45:41.800 --> 45:45.800 So the Bible emphasizes on the imaginations of the thoughts. 45:45.800 --> 45:50.200 Go to Proverbs chapter 6. Proverbs chapter 6. 45:52.600 --> 45:56.600 Look at verse 16, Proverbs 6, 16. 45:58.840 --> 46:01.960 The Bible says this, these 16's does the Lord hate. 46:01.960 --> 46:05.960 Yea, seven are an abomination unto him, a proud look, a lie in tongue, 46:05.960 --> 46:12.120 and hands that shed innocent blood, and heart that devises wicked imaginations. 46:12.840 --> 46:18.040 So God hates someone who devise wicked imagination, just a evil thought, right? 46:18.040 --> 46:19.320 Just a wicked thought. 46:20.300 --> 46:22.300 Go to Matthew chapter 5. 46:22.300 --> 46:24.300 Matthew chapter 5. 46:28.800 --> 46:32.600 Look at verse 21. 46:32.600 --> 46:37.360 A sin can be found in the heart before it even 46:37.360 --> 46:38.760 appears on the outside. 46:38.760 --> 46:41.040 Matthew chapter 5. 46:41.040 --> 46:42.240 Look at verse 21. 46:42.240 --> 46:43.280 The Bible says, 46:43.600 --> 46:46.120 You have heard that it was said by them of old time, 46:46.120 --> 46:48.680 thou shalt not kill, and whosoever shall kill 46:48.680 --> 46:50.720 shall be in danger of the judgment. 46:50.720 --> 46:54.080 Pretty simple, don't commit murder, right? 46:54.080 --> 46:55.840 Look at verse 22, but I say unto you 46:55.840 --> 46:58.840 that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause 46:58.840 --> 47:01.080 shall be in danger of the judgment. 47:01.080 --> 47:03.480 So here we have a physical murder 47:03.480 --> 47:06.960 versus murder in your heart, okay? 47:06.960 --> 47:10.320 If you are angry with your brother for no, 47:10.320 --> 47:11.600 for no, for no. 47:11.600 --> 47:16.800 reason that mere thought is a sin. Right? That mere thought is not actual 47:16.800 --> 47:20.440 murder but you know a heart murder that's not worthy of death but that 47:20.440 --> 47:22.900 thought is a sin. Look at verse 27. 47:22.900 --> 47:24.060 Yeah, I've heard that. 47:24.060 --> 47:25.820 It was said by them of old time, thou 47:25.820 --> 47:27.220 should not commit adultery. 47:27.220 --> 47:30.420 So don't break your marital covenant. 47:30.420 --> 47:33.140 Don't commit adultery with someone else, wife, husband. 47:33.140 --> 47:33.860 Look at verse 28. 47:33.860 --> 47:36.580 But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman 47:36.580 --> 47:39.460 to lust after her hath committed adultery with her 47:39.460 --> 47:41.620 already in his heart. 47:41.620 --> 47:42.900 So even if you have not committed 47:42.900 --> 47:45.380 the physical act of the adultery, 47:45.380 --> 47:50.260 if you just lust on someone in your heart, you have sinned. 47:51.500 --> 47:53.500 Go to Matthew chapter 6. 47:53.500 --> 47:55.500 Matthew chapter 6. 47:55.500 --> 48:00.500 And we need to understand that God doesn't just see our outward appearances. 48:00.500 --> 48:02.500 God sees our heart. 48:02.500 --> 48:03.500 Matthew 6.5 says this, 48:03.500 --> 48:06.500 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are, 48:06.500 --> 48:10.500 for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, 48:10.500 --> 48:15.500 that they may be seen of man, verily I say unto you, they have their reward. 48:16.500 --> 48:19.700 Verse 5 is amazing because there's nothing wrong with praying. 48:19.700 --> 48:22.180 In fact, we are told to pray always, right? 48:22.180 --> 48:27.300 But if you are praying to be seen of man, you have sinned. 48:27.300 --> 48:30.100 It's the intention of the heart. 48:30.100 --> 48:31.540 It's the motives of the heart. 48:31.540 --> 48:34.380 It's the desires of your heart. 48:34.380 --> 48:38.100 Turn to Hebrews chapter 4. 48:38.100 --> 48:39.940 Hebrews chapter number 4. 48:42.600 --> 48:50.100 So you might appear righteous before everybody else and still be a wicked sinner with a thought life. 48:50.100 --> 48:52.840 Hebrews chapter 4, look at verse 12. 48:52.840 --> 48:54.600 Hebrews 412 says this. 48:54.600 --> 48:59.160 For the word of God is quick, meaning it's alive, and powerful and sharper than any treasure 48:59.160 --> 49:04.360 sword, piercing even to the dividing the sounder of soul and spirit, and of the joint and marrow, 49:04.360 --> 49:10.440 and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is 49:10.440 --> 49:16.680 not manifest in his sight, but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have 49:16.680 --> 49:17.860 have to do. 49:17.860 --> 49:20.400 In God's eye, you are all naked. 49:20.500 --> 49:23.700 In a sense of God knows all your thoughts and intents, okay? 49:25.220 --> 49:28.900 Yeah, I would not go further about being like naked. 49:28.900 --> 49:34.020 But anyway, you know, your thoughts, every intent, every motive, God knows it. 49:35.100 --> 49:37.500 The Bible says in 2 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 4, 49:37.500 --> 49:39.920 for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, 49:39.920 --> 49:43.180 but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds, 49:43.180 --> 49:46.940 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that 49:46.940 --> 49:49.780 exalted itself against knowledge of God, 49:49.780 --> 49:53.540 and bringeth, and bringeth into captivity every thought 49:53.540 --> 49:56.020 to the obedience of Christ. 49:56.020 --> 49:58.580 See, to me, a good Christian life 49:58.580 --> 50:00.780 starts with your thought life, right? 50:00.780 --> 50:01.100 Thank you. 50:01.700 --> 50:05.380 Because as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he, right? 50:05.380 --> 50:07.060 Have a good mental game. 50:07.060 --> 50:08.780 Go to Romans 14. 50:08.780 --> 50:13.700 Romans 14, let me read to you Psalm 139, verse 23. 50:13.700 --> 50:16.460 Search me, O God, and know my heart. 50:17.000 --> 50:23.300 Try me and know my thoughts and see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting 50:23.300 --> 50:29.640 I love this prayer because David is asking God to you know search his heart to search his thought 50:30.340 --> 50:35.220 To see if his thoughts are wicked. Okay to me. That's a great in a prayer 50:35.580 --> 50:41.260 We should ask God to cleanse our thought cleanse our intent. Hey examine why we do what we do 50:43.000 --> 50:45.380 So I said point number one, sin is transgressing 50:45.380 --> 50:47.620 what God has commanded. 50:47.620 --> 50:52.940 Point number two, sin is failing to do what God requires. 50:52.940 --> 50:56.660 Point number three, sin can be found in the heart 50:56.660 --> 51:01.300 before it even appears on the outside. 51:01.300 --> 51:03.140 If you still think you are sinless, 51:03.140 --> 51:05.800 let me give you point number four, OK? 51:05.800 --> 51:09.740 Sin acts against your faith and conscience. 51:10.600 --> 51:14.600 Sin acts against your faith and conscience. 51:14.600 --> 51:16.600 Romans 14, verse 22. 51:16.600 --> 51:18.600 Romans 14, 22 says this, 51:20.600 --> 51:23.600 Has thou faith? Have it to thyself before God. 51:23.600 --> 51:27.600 Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth, 51:27.600 --> 51:33.600 and he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith. 51:33.600 --> 51:37.600 For whatsoever is not of faith is sin. 51:38.900 --> 51:41.260 Pretty clear statement, right? 51:41.260 --> 51:45.540 If you don't do something of faith, you have sinned. 51:45.540 --> 51:49.100 Now, on the surface, this may seem a little strange 51:49.100 --> 51:52.860 because the issues discussed in Romans 14 51:52.860 --> 51:56.000 are not inherently sinful, although they 51:56.000 --> 51:57.300 could be sinful. 51:57.300 --> 52:00.900 Look at verse number one, Romans 14, verse one. 52:00.900 --> 52:02.300 Let's look at the context. 52:02.300 --> 52:03.460 Romans 14, verse one. 52:04.200 --> 52:05.820 Some people take this way too far. 52:05.820 --> 52:07.320 And I'm going to give you the context. 52:07.320 --> 52:08.920 Romans 14.1 says this. 52:08.920 --> 52:11.160 "'Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, 52:11.160 --> 52:13.360 but not you doubtful disputations.' 52:13.360 --> 52:15.320 So there are people who are strong in the faith. 52:15.320 --> 52:18.320 There are people who are weak in the faith. 52:18.320 --> 52:19.240 Verse number two. 52:19.240 --> 52:21.960 "'For one believeth that we may eat all things.' 52:21.960 --> 52:26.160 So people who are strong in faith believe we can eat anything. 52:26.160 --> 52:28.320 Another who is weak eateth herbs. 52:28.700 --> 52:31.880 So vegetarians are weak in the faith. 52:31.880 --> 52:33.960 That's what the Bible says, right? 52:33.960 --> 52:35.160 OK, verse number three. 52:35.160 --> 52:38.320 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not. 52:38.320 --> 52:41.600 And let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth, 52:41.600 --> 52:44.160 for God hath received him. 52:44.160 --> 52:45.600 So even if people, there are people 52:45.600 --> 52:48.720 who are strong in the faith or just weak in the faith, 52:48.720 --> 52:51.920 eating meat versus not eating meat 52:51.920 --> 52:54.960 are not inherently sinful. 52:54.960 --> 52:55.760 But... 52:55.900 --> 53:01.740 It will be wrong if you despise someone who has a different food preference. 53:01.740 --> 53:03.300 Makes sense? 53:03.300 --> 53:06.380 Now look at verse 14. 53:06.380 --> 53:08.180 Romans 14 verse 14. 53:08.180 --> 53:14.140 I know and I'm persuaded by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean of itself, but 53:14.140 --> 53:18.780 to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean to him it is unclean. 53:19.400 --> 53:21.760 So verse 14 really draws it together 53:21.760 --> 53:25.640 that eating meat itself is not a sin. 53:25.640 --> 53:27.920 There are no more dietary laws anymore. 53:27.920 --> 53:29.680 It's been done away with. 53:29.680 --> 53:31.560 There are no unclean animals. 53:31.560 --> 53:34.880 Anything should be on the table, although eating dogs and cat 53:34.880 --> 53:37.600 is illegal here, so I will not do that. 53:37.600 --> 53:39.600 That's the law of the land. 53:39.600 --> 53:42.200 But anything should be on the table, biblical speaking. 53:42.400 --> 53:49.100 But if your conscience disallows you to eat certain food because you think it's still unclean, 53:49.100 --> 53:51.800 to you it is still unclean. 53:52.800 --> 53:53.900 Look at verse 22. 53:55.100 --> 53:56.700 Romans 14.22 53:56.700 --> 53:57.700 Has thou faith? 53:57.700 --> 53:59.200 Have it to thyself before God, 53:59.200 --> 54:02.720 happy as he that can name it not himself in that thing which he alloweth. 54:03.400 --> 54:05.680 So you are not supposed to do something that's 54:05.680 --> 54:07.200 against your conscience. 54:07.200 --> 54:09.720 Even if eating pork is not sinful, 54:09.720 --> 54:12.400 but if you think it's unclean, you should not eat it. 54:12.400 --> 54:15.800 Because if you do, you have sinned. 54:15.800 --> 54:17.960 Verse 23 says this, and he that doubteth 54:17.960 --> 54:21.240 is damned if he eat, meaning you will be judged, 54:21.240 --> 54:22.600 because he eateth not of faith. 54:22.600 --> 54:25.440 For whatsoever is not of faith is sin. 54:25.440 --> 54:25.940 Now, 54:25.940 --> 54:26.100 you 54:26.400 --> 54:29.680 You might be wrong, dastardly, about eating pork. 54:29.680 --> 54:31.360 Because eating pork is totally fine. 54:31.360 --> 54:35.760 But if you think it's not fine, you are wrong, dastardly. 54:35.760 --> 54:40.080 But if you sincerely think that I believe God forbids this, 54:40.080 --> 54:43.440 but I'm going to eat it anyway, then you 54:43.440 --> 54:46.360 don't eat that pork of faith. 54:46.360 --> 54:48.840 You have sinned. 54:48.840 --> 54:50.280 Let me give you another example. 54:51.200 --> 54:56.480 If someone thinks celebrating Christmas is pagan, even if it's not pagan, if you, you know, 54:56.480 --> 55:03.280 prioritize the Lord Jesus Christ, right? But if you truly think it's pagan, and if you do it anyway, 55:03.280 --> 55:09.440 then you have sinned. You know, it's that simple because you are sinning against your conscience, 55:09.440 --> 55:16.320 right? If a person believes wearing a certain style of clothing would be modest, 55:17.000 --> 55:22.000 Even if another Christian believes that clothing is totally permissible, 55:22.000 --> 55:27.000 he should not be wearing it because he believes it violates God's standard. 55:27.000 --> 55:32.000 If someone believes listening to a certain type of music dishonors God, 55:32.000 --> 55:35.000 even if a different person may have a different music standard, 55:35.000 --> 55:39.000 if you listen to it anyway, you violate... 55:39.600 --> 55:43.120 your conscience and you have sinned. 55:43.120 --> 55:45.520 So it might be a sin for you, but not for other people. 55:45.520 --> 55:49.520 Anything that's against your conscience, you have sinned. 55:49.520 --> 55:53.080 However, conscience does not make something objectively 55:53.080 --> 55:54.000 sinful. 55:54.000 --> 55:56.040 But acting against your conscience 55:56.040 --> 55:57.880 can still make your actions sinful 55:57.880 --> 56:00.600 because you are willingly doing what you believe 56:00.600 --> 56:03.360 displeases God. 56:03.360 --> 56:06.120 But I do want to make it clear that Romans 14 does not mean 56:06.120 --> 56:06.300 you 56:06.500 --> 56:11.500 If I think something is wrong, then it becomes wrong for everybody. 56:11.500 --> 56:17.500 Because the whole point of Romans 14 is about individual soul liberty, right? 56:17.500 --> 56:21.500 Because it clearly states that some brethren have weaker consciences. 56:21.500 --> 56:24.500 Some people's conscience need to be improved. 56:24.500 --> 56:28.500 But going against your conscience is not a faith and that's still a sin. 56:28.500 --> 56:29.500 Okay? 56:30.100 --> 56:37.460 And I also want to make it clear that verse 23, 56:37.460 --> 56:39.900 for whatsoever is not a faith, it's sin. 56:39.900 --> 56:42.960 It's not teaching that you have sinned 56:42.960 --> 56:46.640 if you don't consciously think about God 56:46.640 --> 56:51.580 and do it in faith in every area of your life. 56:51.580 --> 56:54.420 Let me clarify this position, OK? 56:54.420 --> 56:56.780 Some people believe if you take a shower, 56:56.780 --> 56:57.000 you 56:57.400 --> 57:01.640 without thinking about God, you have sinned. 57:01.640 --> 57:04.680 I don't think that applies because what's the context? 57:04.680 --> 57:08.280 Paul is talking about acting against your conscience. 57:08.280 --> 57:14.200 So if you shower while thinking nothing more than I want to get clean, 57:14.200 --> 57:17.880 that's not sinful. But if for any reason 57:17.880 --> 57:22.280 you sincerely believe God does not want me to take a shower 57:22.280 --> 57:25.100 and you take it anyway, you have sinned. 57:25.200 --> 57:26.040 Does that make sense? 57:26.040 --> 57:26.800 Yeah. 57:26.800 --> 57:28.500 Because some people will take it too far. 57:28.500 --> 57:31.000 They will say, if you poop without thinking about God, 57:31.000 --> 57:32.880 you have sinned. 57:32.880 --> 57:34.160 You poop without faith. 57:34.160 --> 57:35.480 That's not the context. 57:35.480 --> 57:37.760 The context is sinning against your conscience. 57:37.760 --> 57:39.880 But if you believe God doesn't want you to poop, 57:39.880 --> 57:42.320 if you poop, you have sinned. 57:42.320 --> 57:44.000 That's the point of Romans 14. 57:44.000 --> 57:45.460 Sorry, I have to use these examples, 57:45.460 --> 57:48.200 because people take this too far. 57:48.200 --> 57:50.520 Going to Titus chapter 1. 57:50.520 --> 57:51.680 Titus, chapter 1. 57:54.300 --> 57:56.580 So I said point number one, sin is transgressing 57:56.580 --> 57:57.580 what God has commanded. 57:57.580 --> 58:01.780 Point number two, sin is failing to do what God requires. 58:01.780 --> 58:04.380 Point number three, sin can be found in the heart 58:04.380 --> 58:06.980 before it even appears on the outside. 58:06.980 --> 58:10.540 Point number four, sin acts against your faith 58:10.540 --> 58:12.140 and conscience. 58:12.140 --> 58:16.060 Point number five, that's the most important point. 58:16.060 --> 58:18.300 We must be careful not to call something sin 58:18.300 --> 58:19.500 that God has not called sin. 58:20.400 --> 58:23.320 We must be careful not to call something sin that God has not 58:23.320 --> 58:24.720 called sin. 58:24.720 --> 58:26.880 Now, we have already established that sin 58:26.880 --> 58:27.960 is breaking God's law. 58:27.960 --> 58:29.120 It's breaking God's command. 58:29.120 --> 58:30.960 Sin is failing to do what's right. 58:30.960 --> 58:32.880 Sin is a foolish thought in your heart. 58:32.880 --> 58:35.360 And sin is doing something against your conscience. 58:35.360 --> 58:39.120 Many things can be sins, but let's not go too far. 58:39.120 --> 58:40.920 OK? 58:40.920 --> 58:43.920 Now, I was approached this question maybe several weeks 58:43.920 --> 58:44.440 ago. 58:44.440 --> 58:45.960 Titus chapter 1, verse 5 says this. 58:45.960 --> 58:46.200 you 58:46.500 --> 58:48.740 Titus chapter 1 verse 5 says this, 58:48.740 --> 58:51.020 for this cause left I thee in creed 58:51.020 --> 58:54.060 that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting 58:54.060 --> 58:57.980 and ordain elders in every city as I had appointed thee. 58:57.980 --> 59:01.860 So here, you know, Apostle Paul left Titus in creed, 59:01.860 --> 59:03.860 and his goal is for him to, you know, 59:03.860 --> 59:08.140 ordain pastors planting churches, right? 59:08.140 --> 59:13.140 Now, the position is that is it a sin? 59:14.000 --> 59:18.560 if a pastor is not planting churches or ordaining other pastors. 59:18.800 --> 59:23.700 Because the argument is he will be going against this verse. 59:23.700 --> 59:27.980 Now, let's actually examine the context of it. 59:27.980 --> 59:31.880 Because let's talk about whether it's a sin if a pastor is not 59:31.880 --> 59:35.620 planting churches or ordaining other pastors. 59:35.620 --> 59:40.000 And is that pastor going against Titus 1, verse 5? 59:40.000 --> 59:41.940 So let's just use that as a case study. 59:43.660 --> 59:45.980 So here, Paul was clearly telling Titus 59:45.980 --> 59:49.660 to ordain elders in every city. 59:49.660 --> 59:52.880 Was Titus obligated to do that? 59:52.880 --> 59:55.660 I think so, because Paul had given him the charge. 59:55.660 --> 59:57.460 And Paul was his spiritual leader. 59:57.460 --> 59:58.580 Paul was an apostle. 59:58.580 --> 01:00:03.060 And Paul wrote this under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. 01:00:03.060 --> 01:00:04.300 So that's clear. 01:00:04.300 --> 01:00:04.500 Thanks for watching! 01:00:05.500 --> 01:00:09.860 But does this mean that every pastor who does not ordain 01:00:09.860 --> 01:00:13.100 elders in every city is living in sin? 01:00:13.100 --> 01:00:14.620 Not necessarily. 01:00:14.620 --> 01:00:16.900 However, it can be, OK? 01:00:16.900 --> 01:00:20.500 Because the context is not even every single city in the world. 01:00:20.500 --> 01:00:25.740 Paul wanted him to ordain elders in every city in Crete. 01:00:25.740 --> 01:00:29.220 Now, should pastors be planting churches? 01:00:29.220 --> 01:00:29.980 Absolutely. 01:00:30.900 --> 01:00:33.460 Is it a sin if they don't do that? 01:00:33.460 --> 01:00:36.060 Not necessarily, although it can be. 01:00:36.060 --> 01:00:38.860 Because to me, if a pastor has the resource 01:00:38.860 --> 01:00:40.940 and has the people, has the manpower, 01:00:40.940 --> 01:00:44.860 but if you waste that resource on some unprofitable stuff, 01:00:44.860 --> 01:00:50.020 then you can argue that he's not being a proper steward. 01:00:50.020 --> 01:00:51.700 Then that will be a sin. 01:00:52.500 --> 01:00:54.620 if he's just wasting his resources, 01:00:54.620 --> 01:00:58.300 while he could have planted churches, right? 01:00:58.300 --> 01:01:01.900 But however, let me just play the what if game. 01:01:01.900 --> 01:01:05.700 I mean, a pastor can pastor a church for, say, 50 years, 01:01:05.700 --> 01:01:09.900 yet not planting one church and still be right with God, 01:01:09.900 --> 01:01:11.580 because maybe it's a small church. 01:01:11.580 --> 01:01:13.380 Maybe he doesn't have the resources, right? 01:01:13.380 --> 01:01:15.860 Maybe he just doesn't have qualified people. 01:01:15.860 --> 01:01:18.180 So again, it can be a sin. 01:01:18.180 --> 01:01:19.180 It may not be a sin. 01:01:19.800 --> 01:01:26.800 And especially in the Bible, you will see people telling other people what to do. 01:01:26.800 --> 01:01:36.800 And you cannot call something a sin of omission simply because the Bible records somebody being commanded to do it. 01:01:36.800 --> 01:01:42.280 You first have to establish that the command actually 01:01:42.280 --> 01:01:44.200 applies to that person. 01:01:44.300 --> 01:01:46.300 Otherwise, it can be a mess. 01:01:46.300 --> 01:01:49.300 For example, God commanded Noah to build an ark. 01:01:49.300 --> 01:01:51.300 Therefore, I sin if I don't build the ark. 01:01:51.300 --> 01:01:55.300 You know, that would be, you know, going outside of the command itself, right? 01:01:55.300 --> 01:01:58.300 And God commanded Abraham to leave his country. 01:01:58.300 --> 01:02:01.300 Therefore, I sin if I stay where I live. 01:02:01.300 --> 01:02:04.300 Jesus told the rich young ruler to sell all he had. 01:02:04.300 --> 01:02:07.300 Therefore, every Christian who owns property is sinning. 01:02:08.300 --> 01:02:11.180 Paul told Timothy to bring his cloak and books. 01:02:11.180 --> 01:02:14.460 Therefore Christians sin by failing to bring their pastor his cloak. 01:02:15.300 --> 01:02:18.980 portal tithes to ordain elders in every city of Crete. 01:02:18.980 --> 01:02:22.380 Therefore, every pastor who does not ordain elders everywhere 01:02:22.380 --> 01:02:23.660 is sinning." 01:02:23.660 --> 01:02:26.020 Obviously, that's not how biblical commands work. 01:02:26.020 --> 01:02:29.420 That we have to ask who was commanded, 01:02:29.420 --> 01:02:32.780 and what was commanded, and why that was commanded, 01:02:32.780 --> 01:02:37.600 and whether the scripture universalizes that command. 01:02:37.600 --> 01:02:39.700 So I do believe if a pastor has the resources, 01:02:39.700 --> 01:02:42.700 why to sit on the resource without doing anything, 01:02:42.700 --> 01:02:43.300 planting trees. 01:02:43.300 --> 01:02:48.300 or the elders, that would be a sin, but a church can be small, 01:02:48.300 --> 01:02:54.300 and a church may not have all the resources. 01:02:54.300 --> 01:02:56.300 Go to 1 Timothy chapter 5. 01:02:56.300 --> 01:02:57.700 1 Timothy chapter 5. 01:03:00.100 --> 01:03:01.620 Look at verse 14. 01:03:04.000 --> 01:03:06.920 1 Timothy 5, 14. 01:03:06.920 --> 01:03:09.000 The Bible says this. 01:03:09.000 --> 01:03:11.480 I will therefore that the younger women marry, 01:03:11.480 --> 01:03:14.160 bear children, guide the house, give none occasion 01:03:14.160 --> 01:03:17.280 to the adversary to speak reproachfully. 01:03:17.280 --> 01:03:19.400 So here, Paul's Paul was speaking, again, 01:03:19.400 --> 01:03:21.560 under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. 01:03:21.560 --> 01:03:24.160 It's God's will for young women to marry, 01:03:24.160 --> 01:03:26.680 bear children, guide the house. 01:03:26.680 --> 01:03:27.180 OK? 01:03:27.400 --> 01:03:34.400 But does that mean women who can have children are sinning and not in God's will? 01:03:34.400 --> 01:03:36.000 I don't think so. 01:03:36.000 --> 01:03:40.400 Because if a woman is not able to have kids, she's not disobeying God's command 01:03:40.400 --> 01:03:44.400 if she's simply, biologically unable to do so. 01:03:44.400 --> 01:03:49.400 So again, the point is, don't call something a sin. 01:03:49.400 --> 01:03:51.400 Don't go too far with that. 01:03:52.800 --> 01:03:58.000 Turn to keep a place in first Timothy go to first Corinthians chapter 14 first Corinthians chapter 14 01:04:01.100 --> 01:04:05.780 James 4 17 says therefore to him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not to him 01:04:06.300 --> 01:04:09.820 It is sin and you know some people take this verse too far as well 01:04:10.460 --> 01:04:16.860 James 4 17 does not mean that every good thing that could possibly be done must be done by every 01:04:17.260 --> 01:04:19.260 person or that person sins 01:04:19.800 --> 01:04:24.520 Otherwise, we will be sinning constantly because there are thousands of good things 01:04:24.520 --> 01:04:28.520 we could theoretically be doing every single moment 01:04:28.520 --> 01:04:31.760 because if you take it too far, it will be like, 01:04:31.760 --> 01:04:34.360 hey, I'm working at my job, right? 01:04:34.360 --> 01:04:38.360 But reading the Bible is good, that's why I quit working and just read my Bible 01:04:38.360 --> 01:04:39.920 because if I don't, I have sinned. 01:04:40.300 --> 01:04:43.860 Or that I'm sleeping, right? 01:04:43.860 --> 01:04:46.260 And then helping the poor is good. 01:04:46.260 --> 01:04:49.300 So if I sleep without helping the poor, I have sinned. 01:04:49.300 --> 01:04:51.820 So that would be ridiculous, right? 01:04:51.820 --> 01:04:55.940 I think here the good is tangbao yoi moral obligation, right? 01:04:55.940 --> 01:04:59.580 Not every good thing is my duty, but every duty 01:04:59.580 --> 01:05:02.820 that God gives me is a good thing I must not neglect. 01:05:03.500 --> 01:05:08.140 Because God told the husband to provide for his family. 01:05:08.140 --> 01:05:10.460 That means even if the husband is lacking sleep, 01:05:10.460 --> 01:05:13.900 he should be providing for his family, because that is good. 01:05:13.900 --> 01:05:15.580 That would be his moral obligation. 01:05:15.580 --> 01:05:17.660 But don't take this too far. 01:05:17.660 --> 01:05:20.700 For example, right now I can think going so many is good. 01:05:20.700 --> 01:05:23.340 That's why I'm just going to skip preaching 01:05:23.340 --> 01:05:24.460 and just go so many. 01:05:24.460 --> 01:05:26.100 That would be ridiculous. 01:05:26.100 --> 01:05:28.420 Again, don't take the command too far. 01:05:28.420 --> 01:05:31.420 Learn to think what... 01:05:31.500 --> 01:05:35.000 what the spirit of the law actually means. 01:05:36.220 --> 01:05:38.660 And we must also learn to distinguish 01:05:38.660 --> 01:05:41.620 command, principle, versus application. 01:05:41.620 --> 01:05:43.420 1 Corinthians 14, look at verse 40. 01:05:44.660 --> 01:05:46.920 1 Corinthians 14, verse 40 says this. 01:05:48.660 --> 01:05:53.300 Let all things be done decently and in order. 01:05:53.800 --> 01:05:57.240 So here, Paul was addressing the church in Corinth. 01:05:57.240 --> 01:06:00.480 And Paul wants them to do things decently and in order. 01:06:00.480 --> 01:06:02.220 That's a good biblical principle. 01:06:02.220 --> 01:06:06.600 And Paul was speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. 01:06:06.600 --> 01:06:11.440 And verse 40 is an imperative statement. 01:06:11.440 --> 01:06:15.560 So I do believe violating this will be a sin. 01:06:15.560 --> 01:06:17.920 Because look at verse 37. 01:06:17.920 --> 01:06:18.200 Thanks for watching! 01:06:18.700 --> 01:06:23.300 Verse 37 says this, if any man thinks himself 01:06:23.300 --> 01:06:25.380 to be a prophet or spiritual, let 01:06:25.380 --> 01:06:27.580 him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you 01:06:27.580 --> 01:06:29.140 are the commandments of the Lord. 01:06:29.140 --> 01:06:30.820 So if God wants the church in Corinth 01:06:30.820 --> 01:06:33.460 to be decently and in order, I think the principle 01:06:33.460 --> 01:06:36.460 is God wants every church to be decently and in order. 01:06:36.460 --> 01:06:40.460 And Paul was clearly giving them the commandments of the Lord. 01:06:40.460 --> 01:06:42.620 So I do believe if you are violating verse 40, 01:06:42.620 --> 01:06:43.580 that will be a sin. 01:06:43.580 --> 01:06:44.080 However, 01:06:45.100 --> 01:06:48.340 Violating 1 Corinthians 14 verse 40 is a sin, 01:06:48.340 --> 01:06:52.300 but violating someone's interpretation of this verse 01:06:52.300 --> 01:06:55.220 is not always a sin. 01:06:55.220 --> 01:06:56.620 Let me explain. 01:06:56.620 --> 01:06:59.580 Some people can apply this verse as that a church needs 01:06:59.580 --> 01:07:03.060 to have a proper order of service, just to be in order. 01:07:03.060 --> 01:07:04.740 You know, that we're going to have two songs 01:07:04.740 --> 01:07:06.220 before the announcement. 01:07:06.220 --> 01:07:09.700 But does that mean every church must have two songs 01:07:09.700 --> 01:07:11.700 before the announcement? 01:07:12.000 --> 01:07:15.840 Otherwise they have sinned. That would be ridiculous, right? 01:07:15.840 --> 01:07:20.480 And we must not confuse our application of God's principle 01:07:20.480 --> 01:07:25.600 with God's principle itself. And just because you think that the service at a 01:07:25.600 --> 01:07:29.600 different church may be, you know, messy, doesn't mean 01:07:29.600 --> 01:07:34.880 that that pastor has sinned. Maybe he has a different standard of messiness than 01:07:34.880 --> 01:07:37.000 you. Maybe to him... 01:07:37.300 --> 01:07:39.100 What he does is orderly. 01:07:39.100 --> 01:07:41.300 OK, again, don't take it too far, OK? 01:07:41.300 --> 01:07:44.500 Because people can take this and say, hey, 01:07:44.500 --> 01:07:47.500 if your order of service is not the exact same as mine 01:07:47.500 --> 01:07:49.560 you have seen because you are transgressing 01:07:49.560 --> 01:07:53.460 against verse number 40, that would be stupid, right? 01:07:53.460 --> 01:07:55.220 Let's go back to 1 Timothy chapter 2. 01:07:55.220 --> 01:07:56.780 1 Timothy chapter number 2. 01:07:59.900 --> 01:08:06.620 So again, command of God, God's command, principle versus your interpretation of the principle. 01:08:07.500 --> 01:08:10.700 Let me give you another example of this. 1 Timothy chapter 2, 01:08:10.700 --> 01:08:17.300 Look at verse 9, verse 28 to 9, the Bible says this. 01:08:18.700 --> 01:08:21.580 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves 01:08:21.580 --> 01:08:25.660 in modest apparel with shamefaceness and sobriety, 01:08:25.660 --> 01:08:31.700 not with broidered hair or gold or pearls or costly rate. 01:08:31.700 --> 01:08:35.900 So I believe it's objectively wrong to be immodest. 01:08:35.900 --> 01:08:37.100 Right? 01:08:37.100 --> 01:08:39.580 It's very clear that we have to, you know, 01:08:39.580 --> 01:08:42.660 women here in this context should wear modest apparel, 01:08:42.660 --> 01:08:43.460 modest clothing. 01:08:44.000 --> 01:08:51.000 But you have to admit there's some level of subjectivity concerning what is immodest. 01:08:51.000 --> 01:08:56.000 Because being immodest is objectively wrong. You are transgressing against God's law. 01:08:56.000 --> 01:09:00.000 But you have to admit there's some subjectivity associated with that. 01:09:01.200 --> 01:09:05.100 Because the principle does not state one universal dress 01:09:05.100 --> 01:09:09.120 code with the exact sleeve length, exact skirt length, 01:09:09.120 --> 01:09:13.000 exact colors or garment as immodest. 01:09:13.000 --> 01:09:18.200 And a particular outfit may violate modesty in one setting, 01:09:18.200 --> 01:09:21.280 while a different person's standard can be different, 01:09:21.280 --> 01:09:25.520 given it's not against other commands of God. 01:09:25.520 --> 01:09:27.320 So the point is, don't take things too far. 01:09:27.320 --> 01:09:29.200 And sometimes there are subject. 01:09:29.200 --> 01:09:33.520 activity with a clear objective command. 01:09:33.520 --> 01:09:35.560 Go to Matthew chapter 7. 01:09:35.560 --> 01:09:38.640 Matthew chapter 7. 01:09:38.640 --> 01:09:40.360 Let me give you another example, because I 01:09:40.360 --> 01:09:42.120 want to drive this point home. 01:09:42.120 --> 01:09:43.640 Some people think that it's a sin 01:09:43.640 --> 01:09:45.660 to go to a church that believes in Zionism 01:09:45.660 --> 01:09:47.940 or pre-tribalation or rapture, even though they 01:09:47.940 --> 01:09:50.200 have the right gospel. 01:09:50.200 --> 01:09:53.440 Now, is it a sin? 01:09:53.440 --> 01:09:55.880 And my, you know. 01:09:56.500 --> 01:09:58.700 Here's my answer. 01:09:58.700 --> 01:10:01.740 It depends. 01:10:01.740 --> 01:10:05.180 Because what biblical commandment or binding 01:10:05.180 --> 01:10:08.100 principle is he violating by attending 01:10:08.100 --> 01:10:09.700 that particular church? 01:10:09.700 --> 01:10:12.140 What if that's the best church in the area, right? 01:10:12.140 --> 01:10:16.660 However, if you think, I believe this church teaches serious 01:10:16.660 --> 01:10:17.160 error. 01:10:17.500 --> 01:10:21.500 but I'm going to place myself and my family under that teaching, 01:10:21.500 --> 01:10:24.500 even though I have access to a better church 01:10:24.500 --> 01:10:27.500 that will be sinning against your conscience, according to Romans 14. 01:10:28.300 --> 01:10:29.500 But it's not always a sin. 01:10:29.500 --> 01:10:31.020 Again, context is the key. 01:10:31.020 --> 01:10:34.780 But if you sincerely believe the leader of the church is bad, 01:10:34.780 --> 01:10:37.940 and if you go there anyway, you have sinned. 01:10:37.940 --> 01:10:40.260 Again, the point is, don't call someone 01:10:40.260 --> 01:10:42.420 a sin when God doesn't call it a sin, 01:10:42.420 --> 01:10:46.900 but also learn to apply all these biblical principles. 01:10:48.500 --> 01:10:50.660 Now, this one is pretty interesting. 01:10:50.660 --> 01:10:53.780 If you disagree with me, that's totally fine. 01:10:53.780 --> 01:10:57.660 OK, just apply Romans 14. 01:10:57.660 --> 01:11:01.380 Some people think, some people believe, 01:11:01.380 --> 01:11:04.820 it will be a sin to give the gospel to Mormon missionaries 01:11:04.820 --> 01:11:07.300 when they are out evangelizing. 01:11:07.300 --> 01:11:09.780 Let us play this scenario, OK? 01:11:10.700 --> 01:11:16.580 Let's examine both sides, because people think it's a sin to give the Mormon missionary 01:11:16.580 --> 01:11:21.540 a verse in the gospel while others think it's fine or something like that. 01:11:22.700 --> 01:11:26.660 Now, people will use Galatians 1, 8 when it says, 01:11:26.660 --> 01:11:28.620 but though we, or an angel from heaven, 01:11:28.620 --> 01:11:30.100 preach any other gospel unto you, 01:11:30.100 --> 01:11:31.540 then that which we have preached unto you, 01:11:31.540 --> 01:11:32.740 let him be accursed. 01:11:32.740 --> 01:11:35.580 So Paul is condemning the person preaching a false gospel, 01:11:35.580 --> 01:11:39.380 preaching another gospel, but he's not saying that, 01:11:39.380 --> 01:11:41.900 don't preach the true gospel to somebody 01:11:41.900 --> 01:11:43.820 who preaches a false gospel. 01:11:43.820 --> 01:11:46.540 Now, you also see the apostles rebuking the false prophets 01:11:46.540 --> 01:11:47.540 in the book of Acts, right? 01:11:48.400 --> 01:11:53.200 And I do believe that they need to be ashamed and to be called out. 01:11:53.200 --> 01:11:57.480 But I don't think it's always a saying to give them the gospel. 01:11:57.480 --> 01:12:00.720 Matthew 7, look at verse number 6. 01:12:00.720 --> 01:12:02.480 Allow me to finish my full thought. 01:12:02.480 --> 01:12:04.120 OK, Matthew 7, verse number 6, because I'll 01:12:04.120 --> 01:12:06.040 be presenting both views. 01:12:06.040 --> 01:12:07.640 Matthew 7, 6 says this. 01:12:07.640 --> 01:12:08.100 Oops… 01:12:08.200 --> 01:12:14.100 Give now that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cats eat or pearls before swine, lest 01:12:14.100 --> 01:12:19.120 they trample them under their feet and turn again and rend you. 01:12:19.120 --> 01:12:25.360 Now let's be honest, is verse number 6 really saying that never give missionaries from false 01:12:25.360 --> 01:12:27.800 churches any Bible verse? 01:12:28.300 --> 01:12:29.220 Not really. 01:12:29.220 --> 01:12:30.300 What's the context? 01:12:30.300 --> 01:12:32.780 Lest they trample them under their feet. 01:12:32.780 --> 01:12:36.060 That means if someone refuses to listen to you, 01:12:36.060 --> 01:12:38.340 ridicules you, or wants to fight with you, 01:12:38.340 --> 01:12:39.900 just move on, right? 01:12:39.900 --> 01:12:42.260 You know, don't feed some, 01:12:42.260 --> 01:12:44.020 don't feed someone something 01:12:44.020 --> 01:12:46.620 if they will just trash you and just ridicule you. 01:12:47.740 --> 01:12:50.260 However, if you are convincing your heart, 01:12:50.600 --> 01:12:54.540 that it's a sin to give Mormon missionaries just 01:12:54.540 --> 01:12:56.080 like a Bible verse. 01:12:56.080 --> 01:12:58.360 You should not violate your conscience, 01:12:58.360 --> 01:13:03.240 although I think sometimes it might be OK. 01:13:03.240 --> 01:13:05.400 Although most of the time it's a waste of time, 01:13:05.400 --> 01:13:11.720 because they'll just twist your verse out of context. 01:13:11.720 --> 01:13:13.320 Turn to 2 John chapter 1. 01:13:13.320 --> 01:13:14.640 2 John chapter 1. 01:13:17.300 --> 01:13:22.700 So I don't believe Galatians 1, 8 or Matthew 7, 6 really 01:13:22.700 --> 01:13:24.620 establish the idea that we should never 01:13:24.620 --> 01:13:28.940 give false missionary the gospel, 01:13:28.940 --> 01:13:32.420 although some of the principle may still apply. 01:13:32.420 --> 01:13:37.500 Now let's look at 2 John chapter 1, look at verse number 10. 01:13:37.500 --> 01:13:39.060 2nd John 1-10 says this. 01:13:41.600 --> 01:13:44.400 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, 01:13:44.400 --> 01:13:47.400 that's the doctrine of Christ, receive him not into your house, 01:13:47.400 --> 01:13:49.280 neither bid him gospel. 01:13:49.280 --> 01:13:53.040 For he that bideth him gospel is partaker of his evil deeds." 01:13:53.040 --> 01:13:56.960 Now, this verse may bring more ammunition 01:13:56.960 --> 01:14:01.440 to the side of never giving the gospel. 01:14:01.440 --> 01:14:06.440 But here, let's examine 2 John 1, verse 10 to verse number 11. 01:14:07.200 --> 01:14:13.100 What does Gospi mean? Gospi means wishing someone to prosper or to have a safe journey, right? 01:14:13.600 --> 01:14:18.780 So what's the context? You know, don't endorse people preaching a false gospel, right? Don't receive them into a house. 01:14:18.780 --> 01:14:20.780 That will be objectively wrong, right? 01:14:21.120 --> 01:14:27.160 There's a, however, there's a difference between saying God bless your ministry, keep up the good work, 01:14:27.520 --> 01:14:33.160 versus saying you are preaching a false gospel. Let me show you what the Bible really says. 01:14:33.700 --> 01:14:36.260 I believe there's a distinction between that. 01:14:36.260 --> 01:14:39.300 Rebuking him using scripture. 01:14:39.400 --> 01:14:42.800 And helping him and just giving him the truth 01:14:42.800 --> 01:14:45.780 is not really helping spread Mormonism. 01:14:45.780 --> 01:14:47.680 Giving him the gospel is not helping 01:14:47.680 --> 01:14:48.720 him preach a false gospel. 01:14:48.720 --> 01:14:49.980 Because what does God speak? 01:14:49.980 --> 01:14:52.880 Wishing him prospers or to have a good journey. 01:14:52.880 --> 01:14:55.520 Now, let's play the devil's advocate. 01:14:55.520 --> 01:15:00.320 Some people think giving him the gospel is blessing them. 01:15:00.320 --> 01:15:02.460 That you're actually blessing them. 01:15:02.460 --> 01:15:04.960 Giving them a Bible verse that you're actually blessing them. 01:15:04.960 --> 01:15:05.400 Amen. 01:15:05.600 --> 01:15:08.600 However, you know, rebuking is not. 01:15:08.600 --> 01:15:11.600 Now let's play a technical game, okay? 01:15:11.600 --> 01:15:14.400 If you really want to be technical... 01:15:14.600 --> 01:15:18.980 I can say that you rebuking them is also blessing them 01:15:18.980 --> 01:15:20.860 because you're helping them to see the truth. 01:15:20.860 --> 01:15:24.580 So again, we can play this game all we want. 01:15:24.580 --> 01:15:26.060 But what's the context? 01:15:26.060 --> 01:15:29.180 Endorsing or promoting false gospel, 01:15:29.180 --> 01:15:32.500 not a blanket prohibition to share a verse or gospel 01:15:32.500 --> 01:15:34.580 with Mormon missionaries. 01:15:34.580 --> 01:15:36.340 Again, don't waste your time. 01:15:36.340 --> 01:15:37.860 That's a clear biblical principle. 01:15:37.860 --> 01:15:40.740 But to me, giving the gospel, rebuking them, 01:15:40.740 --> 01:15:42.540 is not really blessing them. 01:15:42.540 --> 01:15:42.600 But 01:15:42.600 --> 01:15:45.480 without wasting your time, just move on. 01:15:45.480 --> 01:15:47.160 However, if you sincerely believe, 01:15:47.160 --> 01:15:50.160 giving the gospel violates 2 John 1, verse 10, 01:15:50.160 --> 01:15:52.600 then that's a Romans 14 issue. 01:15:52.600 --> 01:15:55.760 However, a good principle to save your time 01:15:55.760 --> 01:15:57.680 is when they're out evangelizing, 01:15:57.680 --> 01:15:59.080 they are set on a 01:15:59.080 --> 01:15:59.100 you 01:15:59.200 --> 01:16:02.600 on a mission, and they are likely will just waste your time, 01:16:02.600 --> 01:16:03.920 just move on. 01:16:03.920 --> 01:16:06.320 Again, there are so many principles 01:16:06.320 --> 01:16:09.360 that can go on with that. 01:16:09.360 --> 01:16:11.560 If they knock on your door, don't receive them 01:16:11.560 --> 01:16:13.000 into your house. 01:16:13.000 --> 01:16:16.600 You could rebuke them. 01:16:16.600 --> 01:16:19.760 You could tell them, hey, you are preaching the false gospel. 01:16:19.760 --> 01:16:23.320 Do you mind me sharing with you the real one? 01:16:23.320 --> 01:16:27.000 And if they don't want to listen to you, just 01:16:27.200 --> 01:16:29.200 No, just move on, okay? 01:16:32.200 --> 01:16:34.200 Turn to 1 John chapter 5. 01:16:35.200 --> 01:16:36.800 1 John 10 number 5. 01:16:42.300 --> 01:16:46.300 And the other example I can give is, we are told to be good stewards. 01:16:46.300 --> 01:16:49.020 If you're not being a good steward, you have sinned. 01:16:49.020 --> 01:16:53.180 But you cannot look at someone's expensive car and say, 01:16:53.180 --> 01:16:55.620 he is not being a good steward. 01:16:55.620 --> 01:16:57.940 Because you don't know his financial situation. 01:16:57.940 --> 01:17:01.860 You don't know his income and his motives. 01:17:01.860 --> 01:17:05.660 Maybe to that person, it's a very cheap car well within his budget. 01:17:06.200 --> 01:17:08.920 OK, so again, don't take these things too far. 01:17:08.920 --> 01:17:11.480 Don't call something a sin when the Bible doesn't call it sin, 01:17:11.480 --> 01:17:12.560 OK? 01:17:12.560 --> 01:17:16.820 Because we must distinguish between command, principle, 01:17:16.820 --> 01:17:19.200 and your personal application. 01:17:19.200 --> 01:17:21.480 There may be wisdom involved. 01:17:21.480 --> 01:17:24.440 There may be strong biblical principle involved. 01:17:24.440 --> 01:17:28.240 There may even be situations where a particular application 01:17:28.240 --> 01:17:29.800 would become sinful. 01:17:29.800 --> 01:17:32.620 But we need to be careful before telling someone 01:17:32.620 --> 01:17:33.900 you have sinned against God. 01:17:36.200 --> 01:17:38.740 So I said point number one, sin is transgressing what God 01:17:38.740 --> 01:17:39.340 has commanded. 01:17:39.340 --> 01:17:42.860 Point number two, sin is failing to do what God requires. 01:17:42.860 --> 01:17:45.180 Point number three, sin can be found in the heart 01:17:45.180 --> 01:17:47.740 before it even appears on the outside. 01:17:47.740 --> 01:17:50.060 Point number four, sin acts against your faith 01:17:50.060 --> 01:17:52.860 and conscience. 01:17:52.860 --> 01:17:54.940 Point number five, we must be careful not 01:17:54.940 --> 01:17:58.580 to call something sin that God has now called sin. 01:17:58.580 --> 01:18:00.820 So in conclusion, the Bible says, 01:18:00.820 --> 01:18:03.340 for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 01:18:04.200 --> 01:18:05.740 It's a really practical verse, right? 01:18:05.740 --> 01:18:07.640 You know, the thing is, there are more sins 01:18:07.640 --> 01:18:09.440 than we can think of. 01:18:09.440 --> 01:18:14.440 And sin is ultimately saying, sin is ultimately anything 01:18:14.560 --> 01:18:17.200 that's short of God's righteousness, right? 01:18:17.200 --> 01:18:19.700 The Bible standard is much higher than, 01:18:19.700 --> 01:18:22.140 I've never killed people. 01:18:22.900 --> 01:18:28.300 Because you can sin by doing what God forbids, 01:18:28.300 --> 01:18:30.900 failing to do what God requires of you, 01:18:30.900 --> 01:18:35.220 entertaining sinful thought and sinful desires, 01:18:35.220 --> 01:18:37.740 acting against your faith, acting against your conscience, 01:18:37.740 --> 01:18:39.980 and going against biblical principle 01:18:39.980 --> 01:18:42.260 in its proper context. 01:18:42.260 --> 01:18:44.540 So we sin way more than we think, 01:18:44.540 --> 01:18:48.180 because all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 01:18:48.180 --> 01:18:50.180 1 John chapter 5, look at verse 17. 01:18:50.800 --> 01:18:57.000 1 John 5, 17 says this, all unrighteousness is sin, 01:18:57.000 --> 01:18:59.760 and there's a sin not unto death. 01:18:59.760 --> 01:19:01.200 So what's the standard? 01:19:01.200 --> 01:19:03.120 That's God's righteousness. 01:19:03.120 --> 01:19:07.680 Anything that's short of His righteousness is a sin. 01:19:07.680 --> 01:19:10.800 And when being measured by that standard, 01:19:10.800 --> 01:19:13.280 there is non-righteous, no not one. 01:19:13.600 --> 01:19:17.640 To me, this shows you how righteous God is. 01:19:17.640 --> 01:19:19.640 God is that holy. 01:19:19.640 --> 01:19:20.960 Turn to Hebrews chapter 4. 01:19:20.960 --> 01:19:22.180 That will be the last passage. 01:19:22.180 --> 01:19:25.520 Hebrews chapter 4. 01:19:25.520 --> 01:19:28.400 So what's the point of showing you this is that, hey, 01:19:28.400 --> 01:19:32.800 sin is more than going against the clear command of God. 01:19:32.800 --> 01:19:35.320 There are more things that can be sinned. 01:19:35.320 --> 01:19:38.300 But automatically to, you know. 01:19:38.300 --> 01:19:43.400 Because we realize we've all sinned, this also shows you how great Jesus is. 01:19:44.400 --> 01:19:46.400 Hebrews 4, look at verse 15. 01:19:46.660 --> 01:19:48.660 Hebrews 4, 15 says this, 01:20:01.900 --> 01:20:08.500 But this goes beyond what normal people, what normally people think about what a sin is. 01:20:09.060 --> 01:20:11.980 Jesus never committed what God forbade. 01:20:12.780 --> 01:20:16.000 Jesus never failed to do what the Father required. 01:20:16.820 --> 01:20:21.540 Jesus never entertained one sinful thought or one sinful desire. 01:20:22.140 --> 01:20:25.300 Jesus never violated his own conscience. 01:20:25.800 --> 01:20:31.300 And Jesus never came short of a single righteous principle. 01:20:31.300 --> 01:20:35.600 Jesus Christ, he lived a righteous life we could never live. 01:20:35.600 --> 01:20:39.640 And then he died for our sins that we could never erase. 01:20:39.640 --> 01:20:43.800 And because sin shows everyone the need for a Savior, right? 01:20:43.800 --> 01:20:46.840 That's why in 1 John 1, 8, the Bible says, 01:20:46.840 --> 01:20:50.800 if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. 01:20:50.800 --> 01:20:52.300 And the truth is not in us. 01:20:52.900 --> 01:20:59.100 And because Jesus Christ is so great and He died for our sins, we can do this. 01:20:59.100 --> 01:21:02.300 Look at verse 16. Hebrews 416. 01:21:02.300 --> 01:21:07.400 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy 01:21:07.400 --> 01:21:11.100 and find grace to help in time of need. 01:21:11.100 --> 01:21:19.300 So if you struggle with sin, ask God for help in Jesus' name because He truly lived a sinless life. Amen? 01:21:19.600 --> 01:21:21.060 As closing, a word of prayer. 01:21:21.060 --> 01:21:24.440 Thank you, Lord, for just the sacrifice of your son, 01:21:24.440 --> 01:21:25.420 the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:21:25.420 --> 01:21:27.760 And thank you for saving us. 01:21:27.760 --> 01:21:29.920 But I pray that you'll examine ourselves 01:21:29.920 --> 01:21:31.860 and just purify our thought. 01:21:31.860 --> 01:21:33.720 And I pray that we'll just try to be holy 01:21:33.720 --> 01:21:35.440 and try to live a righteous life. 01:21:35.440 --> 01:21:36.840 And I pray this in Jesus' name. 01:21:36.840 --> 01:21:37.400 Amen. 01:21:41.900 --> 01:21:45.840 It will finish with page twenty two your him all 01:21:45.840 --> 01:21:47.000 are you watched 01:21:47.000 --> 01:21:48.800 in the blood age twenty two 01:21:55.600 --> 01:22:01.520 Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power? 01:22:01.520 --> 01:22:06.880 Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? 01:22:06.880 --> 01:22:12.560 Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour? 01:22:12.560 --> 01:22:18.160 Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? 01:22:18.160 --> 01:22:23.360 Are you washed in the blood? 01:22:23.500 --> 01:22:28.500 In the soul cleansing blood of the lamb 01:22:28.500 --> 01:22:34.500 Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow? 01:22:34.500 --> 01:22:39.500 Are you washed in the blood of the lamb? 01:22:39.500 --> 01:22:45.500 Are you walking daily by the Savior's side? 01:22:45.500 --> 01:22:50.300 Are you washed in the blood of the lamb? 01:22:50.700 --> 01:22:56.220 Do you rest each moment in the Crucified? 01:22:56.220 --> 01:23:00.940 Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? 01:23:01.700 --> 01:23:06.820 Are you washed in the blood 01:23:07.140 --> 01:23:12.100 In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb? 01:23:12.400 --> 01:23:17.840 Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow? 01:23:17.840 --> 01:23:22.400 Are you washed in the blood of the lamb? 01:23:23.200 --> 01:23:28.720 When the bridegroom cometh, will your robes be white? 01:23:28.720 --> 01:23:33.440 Are you washed in the blood of the lamb? 01:23:34.000 --> 01:23:39.640 Will your soul be ready for the mansion's bright 01:23:39.640 --> 01:23:45.140 And be washed in the blood of the lamb? 01:23:45.140 --> 01:23:50.600 Are you washed in the blood 01:23:50.600 --> 01:23:55.640 In the soul-cleansing blood of the lamb? 01:23:56.000 --> 01:24:01.440 Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow? 01:24:01.440 --> 01:24:06.240 Are you washed in the blood of the lamb? 01:24:06.920 --> 01:24:12.440 Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin 01:24:12.440 --> 01:24:17.160 And be washed in the blood of the lamb 01:24:17.700 --> 01:24:23.180 There's a fountain flowing for the soul unclean 01:24:23.180 --> 01:24:27.980 Oh be washed in the blood of the lamb 01:24:27.980 --> 01:24:33.620 Are you washed in the blood 01:24:33.620 --> 01:24:39.020 In the soul cleansing blood of the lamb 01:24:39.500 --> 01:24:42.260 Are your garments spotless? 01:24:42.260 --> 01:24:44.940 Are they white as snow? 01:24:44.940 --> 01:24:50.140 Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? 01:24:50.140 --> 01:24:50.820 Amen. 01:24:50.820 --> 01:24:52.740 Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day. 01:24:52.740 --> 01:24:55.380 We thank you for the preaching and lesson. 01:24:55.380 --> 01:24:57.420 We heard preach today, Lord. 01:24:57.420 --> 01:25:00.500 Please bless us going forward, Lord. 01:25:00.500 --> 01:25:02.860 And we look forward to soul winning and afternoon 01:25:02.860 --> 01:25:03.580 preaching. 01:25:03.580 --> 01:25:05.600 In Jesus' name we pray, amen.