Series A – Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost – Sunday, September 14, 2014 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough
| Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough: |
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| 0:28 | the holy Gospel According to Saint |
| 0:31 | Matthew chapter 18 verses 21-35 |
| 0:35 | Glory To You O Lord |
| 0:39 | then Peter came to Jesus and asked Lord |
| 0:42 | how many times shall I forgive my |
| 0:44 | brother when he sins against me |
| 0:46 | up to seven times |
| 0:49 | Jesus answered I tell you not seven |
| 0:52 | times but 77 times |
| 0:56 | therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like |
| 0:59 | a king who wanted to settle accounts |
| 1:01 | with his servants as he began the |
| 1:03 | settlement a man who owed him ten |
| 1:05 | thousand talents was brought to him |
| 1:07 | since he was not able to pay the master |
| 1:09 | ordered that he that he and his wife and |
| 1:12 | his children and all that he had be sold |
| 1:14 | to repay the debt the servant fell on |
| 1:17 | his knees before him be patient with me |
| 1:19 | he begged and I will pay back everything |
| 1:22 | the servant’s master took pity on him |
| 1:25 | canceled the debt and let him go |
| 1:29 | but when that servant went out he found |
| 1:31 | one of his fellow servants who owed him |
| 1:33 | a hundred denarii |
| 1:35 | he grabbed him and began to choke him |
| 1:37 | pay back what you owe me he demanded |
| 1:41 | his fellow servant fell on his knees and |
| 1:44 | begged him be patient with me and I will |
| 1:47 | pay you back |
| 1:48 | but he refused |
| 1:50 | instead |
| 1:51 | he went off had the man thrown into |
| 1:53 | prison until he could pay the debt when |
| 1:56 | the other servants saw what had happened |
| 1:58 | they were greatly distressed and went |
| 2:01 | and told their Master everything that |
| 2:02 | had happened then the master called the |
| 2:04 | servant in you Wicked servant he said I |
| 2:08 | canceled all that dead of yours because |
| 2:10 | you begged me to shouldn’t you have had |
| 2:13 | mercy on your fellow servant just as I |
| 2:16 | had on you and anger |
| 2:18 | his master turned him over to the |
| 2:20 | jailers to be tortured until he should |
| 2:22 | pay back all that he owed this is how my |
| 2:25 | heavenly father will treat each of you |
| 2:27 | unless you forgive your brother from |
| 2:30 | your heart |
| 2:31 | this is the gospel of the Lord |
| 2:36 | in the name of Jesus |
| 2:40 | forgiveness huh |
| 2:42 | so Peter after hearing from Jesus that |
| 2:45 | he has the keys |
| 2:47 | the keys to bind into loose |
| 2:51 | to loose sins for the penitent to bind |
| 2:54 | sins for the impenitent |
| 2:56 | now comes up with this question all |
| 2:58 | right Lord this forgiveness thing you |
| 3:00 | want me to forgive people’s sins so |
| 3:03 | let’s get some of the details straight |
| 3:05 | how many times shall I forgive my |
| 3:08 | brother when he sins against me I’ve |
| 3:10 | come up with a real generous number here |
| 3:12 | and I think this is like over the top |
| 3:15 | up up to seven times |
| 3:20 | Jesus tells you |
| 3:22 | not seven times but 77 times or seven |
| 3:27 | times seventy |
| 3:30 | are you kidding me |
| 3:32 | come on |
| 3:33 | how many times do you want me to be |
| 3:35 | taken advantage or of Lords do you want |
| 3:38 | me to be a doormat really |
| 3:41 | forgive dirty rotten people who are |
| 3:45 | sinning against me not just seven times |
| 3:49 | but up to 70 times seven |
| 3:52 | in other words as often as they sin |
| 3:54 | against me you want me to forgive them |
| 3:55 | really really |
| 3:59 | yeah |
| 4:00 | that’s what Jesus is saying |
| 4:02 | and then Jesus tells this parable |
| 4:05 | now before we get into the parable I |
| 4:07 | want to point something out to you |
| 4:08 | before we dive into it notice that |
| 4:11 | everybody except for the king in this |
| 4:14 | parable |
| 4:15 | everyone is referred to as a slave as a |
| 4:18 | servant |
| 4:19 | there’s the king and then there’s |
| 4:22 | servants everybody is a servant in this |
| 4:24 | this actually plays into the exegesis of |
| 4:26 | this text so Jesus tells this Parable |
| 4:28 | therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like |
| 4:30 | a king who wanted to settle accounts |
| 4:32 | with his servants as he began the |
| 4:35 | settlement a man who owed him ten |
| 4:37 | thousand talents was brought to him now |
| 4:39 | let’s put this in perspective okay |
| 4:43 | an ounce of gold |
| 4:45 | it’s going for how much nowadays I mean |
| 4:47 | they’re selling it all the time on Fox |
| 4:49 | news right okay how many ounces are in a |
| 4:51 | pound |
| 4:53 | 16 okay I’m terrible at this stuff by |
| 4:56 | the way okay and how many pounds are in |
| 4:59 | a talent |
| 5:02 | 100 |
| 5:04 | so this is a huge amount of debt this is |
| 5:07 | a ginormous account you can almost say |
| 5:10 | you might as well say this is like one |
| 5:12 | bazillion dollars |
| 5:14 | I don’t know how much of a zillion is |
| 5:16 | but this is close to it I mean imagine |
| 5:19 | this this guy owes to this King |
| 5:22 | 10 100 pounds of gold |
| 5:26 | I mean how does a single human being |
| 5:28 | accomplish such a debt this guy makes |
| 5:30 | Obama and the U.S Congress look like |
| 5:33 | they’re responsible with our money |
| 5:35 | all right let’s put this in perspective |
| 5:37 | here y’all ever been on the internet and |
| 5:39 | found one of those web pages that have |
| 5:41 | one of those counters that show what the |
| 5:43 | national debt is at any given moment and |
| 5:45 | you’ll notice that there’s numbers that |
| 5:46 | are going to go |
| 5:48 | right okay now let’s put this in |
| 5:51 | perspective ten thousand one hundred |
| 5:53 | pounds of gold this is what you owe oh |
| 5:58 | and you’ve got a job at McDonald’s and |
| 6:01 | the interest on this is compounding |
| 6:03 | daily at what percent |
| 6:05 | do you ever have a hope of actually ever |
| 6:09 | paying this kind of debt off |
| 6:12 | no no no no no I mean every single day |
| 6:16 | that goes by you’re in default on this |
| 6:18 | debt so this is kind of an outrageous |
| 6:20 | amount but this shows you the |
| 6:22 | outrageousness of Christ’s mercy and |
| 6:25 | forgiveness towards us so he says |
| 6:28 | as he began the settlement a man who |
| 6:31 | owed him 10 000 towns was brought to him |
| 6:33 | since he was not able to pay the master |
| 6:35 | order that he and his wife and his |
| 6:37 | children and all that he had be sold to |
| 6:38 | repay the debt |
| 6:40 | servant fell on his knees before him be |
| 6:43 | patient with me he begged and I will pay |
| 6:44 | back everything |
| 6:47 | no you won’t |
| 6:50 | no you won’t |
| 6:51 | you haven’t got a chance |
| 6:53 | to pay this back |
| 6:55 | not at all |
| 6:57 | this is this debt’s too big for any one |
| 6:59 | human being to pay |
| 7:01 | now so you understand what’s going on |
| 7:04 | here this is a comforting and a |
| 7:07 | terrifying Parable kind of all in one |
| 7:09 | bundle |
| 7:10 | comforting in this sense what we see |
| 7:13 | here is that obviously who’s the king |
| 7:15 | it’s Jesus right he’s the king king of |
| 7:18 | kings Lord of lords you’re familiar with |
| 7:20 | these terms for Jesus right he’s the |
| 7:22 | king so who’s this servant who owes him |
| 7:25 | this huge amount of money |
| 7:28 | that’s you |
| 7:30 | that’s me |
| 7:32 | and see when God’s law goes out and we |
| 7:36 | hear it |
| 7:37 | and we hear you shall have no other gods |
| 7:40 | before me you shall honor your father |
| 7:42 | and mother you shall not commit adultery |
| 7:44 | you shall not steal you shall not bear |
| 7:46 | false witness you shall not covet right |
| 7:48 | God’s law goes out what does God’s law |
| 7:51 | say to you |
| 7:52 | guilty guilty |
| 7:55 | you haven’t been doing that |
| 7:59 | right |
| 8:01 | and the reality is this is that every |
| 8:04 | single nanosecond that goes by that you |
| 8:08 | do not love God with your whole heart |
| 8:10 | and love your neighbor perfectly as |
| 8:13 | yourself |
| 8:14 | your debt |
| 8:17 | the numbers are spinning and clocking up |
| 8:20 | and this is what the law does the law |
| 8:23 | goes out to tell you you stand as a |
| 8:27 | debtor before God |
| 8:28 | and the law by the way there’s no gospel |
| 8:30 | in the law you know what the law does |
| 8:32 | says pay up pay up you owe you owe |
| 8:39 | and when you hear God’s law tell you |
| 8:41 | that you owe |
| 8:43 | what do you do |
| 8:45 | try to kind of deal with God |
| 8:48 | just give me a little time God I’ll get |
| 8:50 | it right this time can you give me a |
| 8:51 | mulligan I’ll get it right the second |
| 8:53 | time |
| 8:55 | I I promise that if if you just be |
| 8:58 | patient with me I’ll I’ll start cleaning |
| 9:02 | up my Act |
| 9:04 | good luck on that |
| 9:06 | the law demands perfect obedience |
| 9:09 | perfect |
| 9:11 | so what Jesus said be ye perfect as your |
| 9:13 | heavenly father is perfect |
| 9:16 | can you be perfect for like five minutes |
| 9:19 | I haven’t been able to pull that one off |
| 9:20 | yet I haven’t figured out how to be |
| 9:21 | perfect for a minute yet |
| 9:24 | maybe it’s just me |
| 9:28 | and see this is where the law does its |
| 9:30 | work |
| 9:31 | Romans chapter 3. |
| 9:34 | kind of lays this out for us I’m going |
| 9:36 | to read verses 19 through 28 if you’d |
| 9:38 | like to follow along in your Pew Bible |
| 9:39 | you can Romans chapter 3 19-28. |
| 9:44 | proper distinction of long gospel has to |
| 9:46 | be in play here |
| 9:48 | here’s what Paul writes under the |
| 9:49 | inspiration of the Holy Spirit now we |
| 9:51 | know that whatever the law says it says |
| 9:52 | to those who are under the law so that |
| 9:54 | every mouth may be silenced and the |
| 9:55 | whole world held accountable to God |
| 10:00 | therefore get this no one will be |
| 10:03 | declared righteous in his that’s God’s |
| 10:07 | sight by observing the law |
| 10:10 | not one single human being from the time |
| 10:14 | of Adam |
| 10:15 | to the last person who’s breathing on |
| 10:19 | the last day will be declared righteous |
| 10:22 | before God by observing the law and |
| 10:24 | here’s the idea rather through the law |
| 10:27 | we become conscious of sin that’s its |
| 10:30 | job |
| 10:31 | the Law’s job is to let you know that |
| 10:33 | you have this ginormous debt that you |
| 10:36 | owe to God |
| 10:37 | and it makes you conscious of it and it |
| 10:40 | terrifies you |
| 10:42 | each and every one of us have probably |
| 10:44 | had those moments where we’ve woken up |
| 10:46 | in the middle of the night and went |
| 10:49 | I’m gonna die someday |
| 10:52 | and I’m gonna stand before God |
| 10:56 | and I know I don’t measure up |
| 10:59 | I didn’t measure up yesterday the day |
| 11:00 | before the day before the day before and |
| 11:02 | you start calculating how many days |
| 11:03 | you’ve been on this planet and you |
| 11:04 | realize |
| 11:06 | I’m in deep kimchi |
| 11:08 | Korean term there yeah I learned that |
| 11:11 | from Korean war vet |
| 11:13 | um |
| 11:14 | so the purpose of the law is to let you |
| 11:16 | know of this debt |
| 11:18 | But Here Comes The Gospel in Romans but |
| 11:20 | now a righteousness from God who’s it |
| 11:23 | from |
| 11:24 | it’s from God it’s not from you it’s |
| 11:27 | from him a righteousness from God get |
| 11:30 | this apart from the law has been made |
| 11:33 | known to which the law and the prophets |
| 11:35 | actually testify this righteousness from |
| 11:38 | God comes through faith in Jesus Christ |
| 11:41 | to all who believe |
| 11:43 | whoa |
| 11:44 | this sounds like a good deal so there’s |
| 11:46 | no difference all have sinned and fall |
| 11:49 | short of the glory of God |
| 11:51 | and are Justified freely by his grace |
| 11:54 | through the Redemption that came by |
| 11:56 | Christ Jesus |
| 11:57 | God presented him Jesus as a sacrifice |
| 12:00 | of atonement through faith in his blood |
| 12:03 | he did this to demonstrate his Justice |
| 12:05 | because in his forbearance he had left |
| 12:07 | the sins committed beforehand unpunished |
| 12:09 | he did it to demonstrate his Justice at |
| 12:11 | the present times so as to be just and |
| 12:14 | the one who justifies that means |
| 12:16 | declares righteous those who have faith |
| 12:18 | in Jesus |
| 12:20 | so where then is boasting |
| 12:22 | if you’re justified by faith if you’re |
| 12:24 | declared righteous by faith is there any |
| 12:25 | room for boasting before God yeah no |
| 12:28 | yeah hey look at me I’m so great I got a |
| 12:30 | gift from God you know right |
| 12:33 | so boasting is excluded on what |
| 12:35 | principle on that of observing the law |
| 12:37 | no |
| 12:38 | but on that of faith for we maintain |
| 12:41 | that a man is justified by faith apart |
| 12:44 | from observing the law |
| 12:46 | is this not what our Parable teaches us |
| 12:49 | today let’s go back to our parable |
| 12:52 | since he was not able to pay the master |
| 12:54 | order that he and his wife and his |
| 12:56 | children and all that he had be sold to |
| 12:58 | repay the debt |
| 12:59 | the servant fell on his knees before him |
| 13:01 | be patient with me he begged and I will |
| 13:04 | pay back everything there’s the law |
| 13:05 | doing its work |
| 13:07 | terrifying you convicting you |
| 13:10 | so the servant’s master took pity on him |
| 13:12 | canceled the debt and let him go |
| 13:16 | notice it does not say |
| 13:18 | that the master required that this |
| 13:21 | servant go and sell everything he have |
| 13:23 | and make a payment towards the debt as |
| 13:27 | best as he could |
| 13:28 | he did his part and then the master does |
| 13:31 | his part it doesn’t say that does it |
| 13:34 | the whole debt was canceled |
| 13:37 | every last single bit of it |
| 13:40 | all by grace |
| 13:44 | wow yeah and this is what Colossians 2 |
| 13:47 | says about us open your Bibles to |
| 13:49 | Colossians chapter two I’ll read verses |
| 13:51 | 8 through 14. |
| 13:57 | a little bit of context |
| 13:59 | see to it that no one takes you captive |
| 14:03 | through Hollow and deceptive philosophy |
| 14:07 | I could probably preach for a month on |
| 14:08 | that text just that verse |
| 14:12 | so see to it known takes you captured |
| 14:14 | through Hollow and deceptive philosophy |
| 14:15 | which depends on human tradition and the |
| 14:17 | basic principles of this world rather |
| 14:19 | than on Christ for in Christ all the |
| 14:22 | fullness of the deity lives in bodily |
| 14:24 | form and you have been given fullness in |
| 14:26 | Christ who is the head over every power |
| 14:28 | and authority in him you were also |
| 14:30 | circumcised in the putting off of the |
| 14:32 | sinful nature not with the circumcision |
| 14:33 | done by the hands of men but the |
| 14:35 | circumcision done by Christ having been |
| 14:38 | buried with him in baptism and raised |
| 14:40 | with him through your faith in the power |
| 14:42 | of God who raised him from the dead now |
| 14:44 | watch this when you were dead in your |
| 14:47 | sins and in the uncircumcision of your |
| 14:50 | sinful nature God Made You Alive with |
| 14:53 | Christ |
| 14:54 | who made you alive |
| 14:56 | God did that’s what the text says and |
| 14:59 | here’s what it says he forgave us all |
| 15:04 | every single one of them |
| 15:05 | all of our sins having canceled the |
| 15:09 | written code with its regulations that |
| 15:11 | was against us and stood opposed to us |
| 15:13 | he took away nailing it to the cross |
| 15:18 | so there was this big record of debt |
| 15:21 | that the law said you owe |
| 15:25 | Christ took that debt and he paid it for |
| 15:28 | you on the cross |
| 15:29 | this is good news |
| 15:32 | it’s all by Grace you can’t earn even |
| 15:35 | one penny of it |
| 15:38 | all of the debt every last cent was paid |
| 15:42 | by Christ this is what our gospel text |
| 15:45 | teaches us |
| 15:46 | and having been set free |
| 15:49 | from this debt it changes everything but |
| 15:53 | this poor servant |
| 15:55 | didn’t think that about this the right |
| 15:57 | way |
| 15:59 | so the master took pity on him canceled |
| 16:02 | the debt let him go but when that |
| 16:04 | servant went out he found one of his |
| 16:06 | fellow servants notice everyone in this |
| 16:08 | kingdom is either the king or the |
| 16:10 | servants everyone’s a servant no right |
| 16:13 | okay this tells us something about |
| 16:15 | ourselves we’re all servants okay so |
| 16:18 | that when that servant went out he found |
| 16:20 | one of his fellow servants who owed him |
| 16:22 | a hundred Daenerys now despite a little |
| 16:25 | bit comparison Hunter denarii probably |
| 16:27 | about a thousand bucks you know it’s |
| 16:30 | like a month’s wages if you work at |
| 16:32 | Walmart |
| 16:34 | that’s about what this is right |
| 16:37 | so he grabbed him and began to choke him |
| 16:40 | pay back what you owe me he demanded |
| 16:45 | now by the world standards this guy had |
| 16:47 | every right to exact from this guy the |
| 16:49 | thousand bucks right |
| 16:53 | there’s no one in the world that’s going |
| 16:54 | to say hey he has no right to not to ask |
| 16:56 | for that |
| 16:57 | but see the thing is is that we’re |
| 16:59 | dealing with a different kingdom here |
| 17:01 | we’re dealing with the Kingdom of Heaven |
| 17:02 | the Kingdom of Heaven is not about our |
| 17:04 | rights |
| 17:05 | the Kingdom of Heaven is about |
| 17:07 | forgiveness of sins and this man just |
| 17:10 | had |
| 17:11 | the national debt forgiven |
| 17:13 | him and he goes out and finds some poor |
| 17:16 | fellow servant fellow servant |
| 17:20 | and demands that he pay a month’s wages |
| 17:23 | pay back what you owe me he demanded his |
| 17:26 | fellow servant fell on his knees and |
| 17:27 | begged him be patient with me and I will |
| 17:30 | pay you back sound familiar |
| 17:34 | yeah |
| 17:35 | but he refused |
| 17:37 | instead he went off |
| 17:40 | had the man thrown into prison until he |
| 17:42 | can pay the debt when the other servant |
| 17:44 | saw what had happened they were greatly |
| 17:46 | distressed those other servants this is |
| 17:47 | a kingdom full of servants a bunch of |
| 17:49 | slaves running around here so they were |
| 17:51 | greatly distressed and they went and |
| 17:52 | told their Master everything that had |
| 17:54 | happened |
| 17:56 | then their Master called the servant in |
| 18:00 | you Wicked servant |
| 18:01 | I canceled all that debt of yours |
| 18:04 | because you begged me shouldn’t you have |
| 18:06 | had mercy on your fellow servant just as |
| 18:08 | I had on you |
| 18:10 | you see |
| 18:12 | this tells us what it’s like to be a |
| 18:14 | Christian then does it not kind of in a |
| 18:16 | backhanded way |
| 18:18 | you see when we had all of our debts |
| 18:21 | forgiven by Christ by what he |
| 18:23 | accomplished on the cross |
| 18:26 | we gave up all of our rights |
| 18:29 | and now everything we own belongs to our |
| 18:31 | neighbor |
| 18:33 | everything |
| 18:36 | you exist now as Christians to love and |
| 18:40 | serve your neighbor |
| 18:42 | and when your neighbor sins against you |
| 18:45 | you forgive your neighbor |
| 18:47 | and when your neighbor takes your cloak |
| 18:51 | your coat you know what you say to your |
| 18:53 | neighbor |
| 18:54 | oh you need a coat here I have another |
| 18:56 | one take this one too |
| 18:59 | your neighbor says to you walk with me a |
| 19:02 | while you say I’ll be happy to |
| 19:04 | would you like me to go with you too |
| 19:09 | why |
| 19:11 | because you’ve been forgiven |
| 19:15 | we are ambassadors of the kingdom of God |
| 19:17 | the kingdom of God is not a kingdom of |
| 19:20 | Rights |
| 19:21 | it’s a kingdom of forgiveness |
| 19:23 | and we are its citizens and Christ has |
| 19:26 | made us ambassadors of this Kingdom |
| 19:29 | the gospel changes everything everything |
| 19:33 | and this love that Christ has given to |
| 19:36 | us this is the one Commandment that he |
| 19:37 | gives us in the New Testament he says |
| 19:39 | as I have loved you so love one another |
| 19:43 | how has Christ loved us |
| 19:46 | he’s loved us by dying for us by |
| 19:49 | canceling our debt forgiving us of our |
| 19:51 | sins suffering hell in our place |
| 19:54 | members cry a dare election from the |
| 19:56 | cross my God my God why have you |
| 19:58 | forsaken me |
| 20:00 | he was forsaken so that we would never |
| 20:03 | be forsaken by God |
| 20:06 | and we forgive not because by forgiving |
| 20:09 | we earn God’s forgiveness no we forgive |
| 20:13 | because we are forgiven |
| 20:16 | the gospel is that radical it’s so |
| 20:19 | radical |
| 20:21 | and such good news that the kingdom of |
| 20:23 | heaven will be filled with tax |
| 20:25 | collectors prostitutes |
| 20:28 | an attorney or two |
| 20:30 | that might be stretching it |
| 20:35 | and even pastors right |
| 20:38 | and some Farmers why |
| 20:41 | because God loves you |
| 20:43 | he bled and died for you and he canceled |
| 20:46 | that debt |
| 20:47 | and Jesus says the one who is forgiven |
| 20:49 | much loves much you are now set free in |
| 20:53 | Christ set free from slavery to sin to |
| 20:56 | death the devil and now you are free to |
| 20:59 | love and serve your neighbor even if |
| 21:01 | your neighbor despises you and insists |
| 21:04 | that he’s your enemy |
| 21:05 | no he’s not you keep praying for your |
| 21:08 | neighbor who thinks he’s your enemy |
| 21:09 | because you’re not his enemy because you |
| 21:12 | forgive because you’ve been forgiven |
| 21:15 | right |
| 21:17 | and the reality is this |
| 21:19 | Jesus makes this clear |
| 21:22 | this is how my heavenly father will |
| 21:24 | treat each one of you unless you forgive |
| 21:26 | your brother from your heart |
| 21:28 | how can we who have been forgiven so |
| 21:29 | much not forgive what tiny little |
| 21:31 | nuisances and offenses are committed |
| 21:33 | against us |
| 21:35 | somebody’s called you a bad name |
| 21:36 | forgiven |
| 21:38 | somebody’s gossiped about you behind |
| 21:39 | your back forgive them don’t get back |
| 21:42 | don’t punch back don’t do your rights |
| 21:44 | love them forgive them tell them of the |
| 21:46 | mercy of Christ |
| 21:49 | this is what God tells us to do |
| 21:53 | Philippians chapter 2. in light of the |
| 21:56 | Gospel here’s what it says your attitude |
| 21:59 | should be the same as that of Christ |
| 22:00 | Jesus |
| 22:01 | who being in the very nature of God |
| 22:04 | he did not consider equality with God |
| 22:06 | something to be grasped but he made |
| 22:07 | himself nothing taking the very nature |
| 22:10 | of a servant and being made in human |
| 22:11 | likeness and being found in appearance |
| 22:13 | as a man he humbled himself and became |
| 22:15 | obedient to death even death on a cross |
| 22:19 | Jesus was found in the form of a servant |
| 22:21 | a Slave |
| 22:23 | the king becomes a slave for us |
| 22:27 | so that we can be forgiven so therefore |
| 22:30 | God exalted him to the highest place and |
| 22:31 | gave him the name that is above every |
| 22:33 | name that the name of Jesus every knee |
| 22:35 | should bow in heaven on Earth and every |
| 22:37 | tongue confessed that Jesus Christ is |
| 22:39 | Lord to the glory of God the Father |
| 22:41 | where II Corinthians says for Christ’s |
| 22:44 | love compels us |
| 22:47 | his love compels us because we are |
| 22:50 | convinced that one died for all and |
| 22:52 | therefore all have died and he died for |
| 22:54 | all that those who live should no longer |
| 22:57 | live for themselves |
| 22:58 | but live for him who died for them and |
| 23:01 | was raised again |
| 23:02 | so from now on |
| 23:04 | from now on |
| 23:05 | Paul writes we regard no one from a |
| 23:09 | worldly point of view |
| 23:11 | the worldly point of view says pay me |
| 23:13 | what you owe me I have my rights |
| 23:17 | no from now on |
| 23:20 | we regard no one in a worldly way |
| 23:23 | though we once regarded Christ in this |
| 23:25 | way we do so no longer therefore if |
| 23:28 | anyone is in Christ he is a new creation |
| 23:31 | that’s right blessed Saints you are in |
| 23:34 | Christ |
| 23:35 | you are a new creation Christ has washed |
| 23:38 | away your sins |
| 23:41 | you are a new creation this new man that |
| 23:44 | God has put into you or woman I don’t |
| 23:46 | need I don’t want to discriminate |
| 23:49 | this new man this new woman that Christ |
| 23:51 | has put into you |
| 23:53 | it only wants to do good works you still |
| 23:55 | have your sinful flesh which you have to |
| 23:57 | drag around and make do work you know |
| 23:59 | make it do good works it doesn’t like to |
| 24:01 | him just kick it you know or take it to |
| 24:04 | the Waters of your baptism again and |
| 24:05 | hold it under until the bubble stop and |
| 24:07 | then make it do the good works right |
| 24:08 | this is how this works |
| 24:11 | so if anyone is in Christ he’s a new |
| 24:13 | creation the old is gone the new has |
| 24:14 | come all of this is from God who’s it |
| 24:17 | from God right |
| 24:19 | God who reconciled us to himself through |
| 24:23 | Christ and he gave us the ministry of |
| 24:26 | reconciliation |
| 24:28 | that’s what we have as Christians the |
| 24:29 | ministry of reconciliation we get to go |
| 24:32 | out into the world and tell everybody |
| 24:34 | that God was reconciling the world to |
| 24:37 | himself in Christ not counting men’s |
| 24:40 | sins against them not doing the |
| 24:42 | accounting of the law |
| 24:44 | and he is committed to us the message of |
| 24:46 | reconciliation |
| 24:48 | that’s right |
| 24:49 | so to not forgive somebody their petty |
| 24:53 | little sins against you |
| 24:55 | is to undermine the very message that |
| 24:58 | we’ve been given the message of |
| 24:59 | reconciliation with God so we are |
| 25:02 | therefore Christ’s ambassadors Paul |
| 25:04 | writes as though God we’re making his |
| 25:06 | appeal through us so we implore you on |
| 25:09 | Christ’s behalf be reconciled to God God |
| 25:13 | made him Jesus who had no sin to be sin |
| 25:16 | for us so that in him we might become |
| 25:20 | the righteousness of God |
| 25:22 | in other words |
| 25:24 | because we’ve been forgiven we forgive |
| 25:27 | and because we forgive we now have |
| 25:31 | credibility when we preach the good news |
| 25:34 | that God was in Christ reconciling the |
| 25:36 | world to himself to act contrary to the |
| 25:39 | gospel and demand your rights and refuse |
| 25:42 | to forgive is contrary to the gospel |
| 25:44 | itself |
| 25:45 | you’re not your own you were bought with |
| 25:48 | the blood of God you me were servants |
| 25:51 | and there’s freedom in being servants |
| 25:54 | we’re not God instead you were bought |
| 25:58 | with the blood of God Christ has |
| 26:00 | reconciled you to the father |
| 26:03 | therefore |
| 26:04 | forgive because you are forgiven in the |
| 26:09 | name of Jesus |
| 26:10 | amen |
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