Series B – Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost – Sunday, August 30, 2015 | 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 Mark |
| 0:30 | chapter 7 verses 14 through 23. |
| 0:34 | again Jesus called the crowd to him and |
| 0:36 | said listen to me everyone and |
| 0:38 | understand this nothing outside a man |
| 0:41 | can make him unclean by going into him |
| 0:44 | rather it is what comes out of a man |
| 0:46 | that makes him unclean after he had left |
| 0:49 | the crowd and entered the house his |
| 0:51 | disciples asked him about this parable |
| 0:53 | are you so dull |
| 0:55 | do you not do you see that nothing that |
| 0:58 | enters a man from the outside can make |
| 1:00 | him unclean for it doesn’t go into his |
| 1:03 | heart but into his stomach and then out |
| 1:06 | of his body |
| 1:07 | in saying this Jesus declared all foods |
| 1:10 | to be clean |
| 1:11 | he went on what comes out of man is what |
| 1:15 | makes him unclean |
| 1:16 | for from within |
| 1:18 | out of men’s hearts come evil thoughts |
| 1:20 | sexual immorality theft murder adultery |
| 1:25 | slander arrogance and Folly all of these |
| 1:30 | evils come from inside and what makes |
| 1:33 | and makes a man unclean |
| 1:36 | in the name of Jesus |
| 1:38 | all right you’ll notice that our hymn |
| 1:40 | the sermon hymn today is just chock full |
| 1:43 | of gospel Grace |
| 1:46 | and Our Gospel text is not |
| 1:49 | yep if you were paying attention and |
| 1:51 | you’re paying attention to the proper |
| 1:53 | distinction between law and gospel the |
| 1:56 | law telling us the bad news if you would |
| 1:59 | diagnosing our sinful condition well |
| 2:01 | that’s the law the gospel is the good |
| 2:04 | news of Christ and him crucified for our |
| 2:06 | sins you’ll notice in Our Gospel texts |
| 2:08 | there is no gospel |
| 2:10 | none whatsoever and it so with that |
| 2:14 | expect it to be a bumpy ride today |
| 2:18 | now our text is part two of last week’s |
| 2:23 | um gospel text and I mean that because |
| 2:25 | Jesus is building off of what happened |
| 2:27 | last week and last week we learned that |
| 2:31 | the Pharisees they had a secondary |
| 2:33 | Authority you know system if you would |
| 2:35 | the so-called tradition of the elders |
| 2:38 | and this is where the Commandment |
| 2:40 | supposedly resided to wash your hands |
| 2:43 | when you’re out among the masses and |
| 2:46 | this ceremonial hand washing ceremony |
| 2:49 | was to make it so that your hands went |
| 2:51 | from being unclean or common to being |
| 2:55 | holy and set apart those are the |
| 2:58 | categories you have to work with so when |
| 3:00 | we read in Our Gospel texts today about |
| 3:02 | unclean all right another word for it is |
| 3:05 | defiled and it’s the Greek word |
| 3:09 | and it means common and so the idea in |
| 3:13 | the mind of people you have things that |
| 3:15 | are set apart and Are Holy unto God and |
| 3:17 | then you have things that are common or |
| 3:19 | defiled and the way the Pharisees taught |
| 3:22 | you go out into the marketplace and |
| 3:24 | you’re among the unwashed masses and the |
| 3:28 | Gentiles well apparently sin is like an |
| 3:32 | airborne disease you know if you’re |
| 3:35 | exposed to sin well then you’ve got to |
| 3:38 | come in and do this ceremonial hand |
| 3:40 | washing ceremony again not found in |
| 3:41 | scripture and last week Jesus basically |
| 3:44 | takes the tradition of the elders puts |
| 3:46 | C3 on it goes back a few feet presses |
| 3:49 | the button and just blows the whole |
| 3:51 | thing up |
| 3:52 | sorry it’s scripture and scripture alone |
| 3:55 | and now Jesus is going to get to the |
| 3:57 | heart of the matter regarding this |
| 3:59 | defiled or unclean and so we return to |
| 4:03 | Our Gospel text verse 14 Jesus called |
| 4:05 | the crowd to him and he said listen to |
| 4:06 | me everyone and understand this nothing |
| 4:09 | outside a man can make him |
| 4:13 | unclean or defiled or common |
| 4:17 | yeah think of it this way sin is not an |
| 4:21 | airborne disease |
| 4:22 | again |
| 4:23 | so he says nothing outside of man can |
| 4:26 | make him unclean by going into him |
| 4:27 | rather it is what comes out of a man |
| 4:31 | that makes him un clean |
| 4:35 | in other words the source of sin is not |
| 4:39 | out there |
| 4:41 | the source of sin is right here |
| 4:44 | it’s inside of me |
| 4:46 | it’s inside of you now we oftentimes as |
| 4:49 | Christians get in a bad habit and the |
| 4:51 | bad habit is talking about all of the |
| 4:54 | sin out there |
| 4:57 | those darn Democrats those darn |
| 5:00 | Republicans it’s the people in Hollywood |
| 5:02 | can’t believe all the lobbyists in |
| 5:05 | Washington oh it’s the Illuminati right |
| 5:09 | they’re the ones that are the source of |
| 5:11 | the evil of the whole world and the |
| 5:12 | world would just be great if it wasn’t |
| 5:15 | for them |
| 5:19 | hog wash |
| 5:22 | the world would be great if it wasn’t |
| 5:25 | for you |
| 5:26 | the world would be great if it wasn’t |
| 5:28 | for me |
| 5:30 | because the problem is not out there |
| 5:33 | Jesus says the problem again is in here |
| 5:37 | sin has its Wellspring not in them but |
| 5:42 | in you and in me |
| 5:44 | and so the disciples hearing Jesus say |
| 5:46 | this it’s not what you know you’re |
| 5:49 | exposed to out there in the environment |
| 5:51 | that makes you unclean but rather it’s |
| 5:53 | the things that come out of you that |
| 5:54 | make you unclean you could see the |
| 5:56 | disciples going uh |
| 5:57 | um Jesus we need to have a talk with you |
| 5:59 | Jesus and that’s what they do so he left |
| 6:01 | the crowd and they entered the house and |
| 6:02 | disciples asked him about the parable |
| 6:04 | what did you mean by that Jesus |
| 6:07 | Jesus’s response |
| 6:09 | are you so dull |
| 6:14 | don’t you see that nothing that enters a |
| 6:17 | man from the outside can make him |
| 6:20 | unclean |
| 6:22 | nothing for it doesn’t go into his heart |
| 6:25 | it goes into his stomach and then is |
| 6:29 | expelled from his body the Greek is a |
| 6:31 | little graphic here I will spare you |
| 6:33 | those details and in saying this Jesus |
| 6:36 | declared all foods |
| 6:37 | clean |
| 6:40 | in other words all of the ceremonial |
| 6:43 | laws regarding the Mosaic dietary things |
| 6:45 | those were all type and Shadow |
| 6:48 | clean unclean animals |
| 6:51 | those were all well type and Shadow |
| 6:53 | pointing to something different but |
| 6:54 | that’s for another sermon so Jesus here |
| 6:57 | is basically saying number one yeah |
| 7:00 | eating bacon doesn’t make you unclean |
| 7:04 | thank God |
| 7:09 | man I’d be the most unclean man on the |
| 7:13 | planet anyway I’m very thankful that |
| 7:15 | bacon does not make me unclean but |
| 7:17 | there’s a lot of people who think that |
| 7:19 | you’ve got to follow these old Mosaic |
| 7:21 | you know dietary laws and properly |
| 7:24 | distinguish between clean and unclean by |
| 7:26 | the way there’s nothing better than |
| 7:27 | Lobster wrapped with bacon just saying |
| 7:30 | okay talk about double unclean okay but |
| 7:33 | that won’t make you unclean in the eyes |
| 7:35 | of God this is not what makes you |
| 7:37 | unclean instead he says what comes out |
| 7:42 | of a man is what makes him unclean |
| 7:48 | I’m going to use a metaphor it’s not a |
| 7:50 | pretty one |
| 7:51 | have any of you ever had your toilet |
| 7:54 | decide to run the opposite direction |
| 7:58 | have it back up |
| 8:01 | oh what a mess |
| 8:03 | and how foul that is there’s nothing |
| 8:06 | worse than having to clean up a basement |
| 8:09 | or clean up a bottom floor where the |
| 8:12 | toilet has backed up because when the |
| 8:14 | toilet backs up oh it brings everything |
| 8:16 | back with it |
| 8:18 | and so when think of it that way when |
| 8:21 | the toilet backs up the source there is |
| 8:24 | literally a cesspool |
| 8:25 | and I want you to think of your sin like |
| 8:27 | that |
| 8:29 | think of your sin when you have sin come |
| 8:32 | out of your heart |
| 8:34 | that is the Cesspool of your sinful |
| 8:36 | heart running backwards if you would |
| 8:39 | rather than keeping it to yourself it |
| 8:42 | just comes spilling out and oh what a |
| 8:45 | mess it is and then Jesus gives this |
| 8:48 | lovely list and it’s ugly |
| 8:51 | he says |
| 8:53 | what comes out of a man is what makes |
| 8:55 | him unclean |
| 8:56 | for from within |
| 9:00 | not Hollywood |
| 9:02 | not the politicians |
| 9:04 | not New York City not San Francisco |
| 9:08 | but from within your heart comes evil |
| 9:12 | thoughts sexual immorality |
| 9:15 | theft murder |
| 9:17 | adultery oh and by the way just because |
| 9:20 | you haven’t actually pulled the trigger |
| 9:22 | and shot somebody in the back and put |
| 9:24 | them in the graveyard doesn’t mean |
| 9:25 | you’re not a murderer |
| 9:27 | Jesus blows that one up in The Sermon on |
| 9:30 | the Mount oh and just because you |
| 9:31 | haven’t physically committed adultery |
| 9:34 | doesn’t mean you’re not an adulterer |
| 9:36 | Jesus blows that up when he talks about |
| 9:38 | the fact that if you look at another |
| 9:39 | person who isn’t your spouse with |
| 9:41 | lustful intent you’ve already committed |
| 9:43 | adultery with that person notice I’m |
| 9:45 | using vague pronouns here because this |
| 9:47 | works Not Just For Men it also works for |
| 9:49 | women |
| 9:52 | theft murder adultery greed malice |
| 9:56 | deceit lewdness Envy slander arrogance |
| 10:04 | ouch |
| 10:05 | and folly |
| 10:07 | that’s quite the list |
| 10:10 | anyone here not described by Jesus |
| 10:14 | in this list |
| 10:18 | how many people had less than three |
| 10:21 | things describe you no hands right |
| 10:24 | we won’t get into this |
| 10:27 | again the purpose of God’s law primary |
| 10:30 | purpose is to show you that you are a |
| 10:32 | sinner we must take this idea out of |
| 10:36 | your mind and blow it up |
| 10:38 | that you are a good person you are not I |
| 10:41 | am not a good person |
| 10:43 | we live in a country where people think |
| 10:45 | well you’re a good person if well you |
| 10:48 | pay your taxes and you’re not in prison |
| 10:52 | now those people who well they’ve done |
| 10:54 | some evil in their life and they go to |
| 10:56 | prison and they’ve got a rap sheet well |
| 10:58 | those are not the good people |
| 11:00 | we think of Good and Evil by way of a |
| 11:03 | bell curve and we compare ourselves to |
| 11:07 | other people well at least I didn’t do |
| 11:09 | that like that person did at least I |
| 11:12 | didn’t do this thing like that person |
| 11:14 | did and so we do the comparison game and |
| 11:16 | we compare ourselves to each other this |
| 11:19 | is no way for determining Good and Evil |
| 11:22 | you want to know whether or not you are |
| 11:24 | good or evil the comparison is God’s |
| 11:27 | holy and righteous and just law |
| 11:32 | that’s where the comparison point is and |
| 11:35 | if you’re not keeping it perfectly |
| 11:39 | you are not a good person |
| 11:42 | James the brother of Jesus half brother |
| 11:45 | of Jesus makes this very clear if you |
| 11:47 | have transgressed one of God’s |
| 11:50 | Commandments he says you’re guilty of |
| 11:52 | breaking them all |
| 11:55 | yeah |
| 11:57 | all of them |
| 11:59 | so when you get on the phone |
| 12:02 | and pass along a big juicy piece of |
| 12:05 | Gossip right and you slander and defame |
| 12:08 | somebody’s character that makes you |
| 12:10 | guilty of being an idolater makes you |
| 12:14 | guilty of being a blasphemer makes you |
| 12:16 | guilty of being an adulterer makes you |
| 12:18 | guilty of being one who covets makes you |
| 12:20 | guilty of being a liar makes you guilty |
| 12:22 | the list goes on does it not |
| 12:26 | don’t think for a second that |
| 12:28 | Christianity is all about us trying |
| 12:30 | really hard to make ourselves really |
| 12:32 | good it’s not |
| 12:38 | now many of you are thinking |
| 12:39 | whoo |
| 12:41 | there’s no good news here |
| 12:44 | you’re right there isn’t |
| 12:45 | there’s no good news in this it’s time |
| 12:48 | for us and always time for us to be |
| 12:51 | cognizant of the fact that we are not |
| 12:54 | holy we are forgiven |
| 12:57 | we are not holy with our own |
| 12:59 | righteousness we are given a |
| 13:00 | righteousness by grace through faith |
| 13:04 | and by way of comparison |
| 13:07 | I want to remind you of King David |
| 13:11 | you remember King David and King Saul |
| 13:13 | you have read through first Samuel |
| 13:16 | first Samuel the people of Israel they |
| 13:19 | ask for a king |
| 13:20 | of course this was a wicked thing that |
| 13:22 | they asked for God went ahead and gave |
| 13:24 | them their King |
| 13:25 | God gave them their King |
| 13:28 | and it was Saul |
| 13:30 | benjamite |
| 13:31 | guy head taller than everybody else |
| 13:33 | handsome young man right |
| 13:36 | and he sinned |
| 13:38 | do you know what his sin was do you |
| 13:40 | remember the story how it goes he was |
| 13:42 | told to go and you know basically |
| 13:44 | destroy this city put everything to the |
| 13:47 | sword put the animals and every every |
| 13:50 | one of them to death as God’s judgment |
| 13:53 | well he didn’t exactly do that |
| 13:57 | he killed well his and his soldiers they |
| 14:00 | killed mostly everything but the best |
| 14:03 | sheep the best goats the best what they |
| 14:05 | kept for themselves |
| 14:07 | Samuel shows up |
| 14:10 | what is this bleeding of sheep that I |
| 14:12 | hear right oh and by the way they forgot |
| 14:14 | to kill the king of that town right |
| 14:17 | and it’s oh well we we saved this as a |
| 14:19 | sacrifice to the Lord |
| 14:21 | you think okay that’s a pretty Pious lie |
| 14:24 | that he told right |
| 14:26 | and then at another time |
| 14:28 | Saul was told to wait until Samuel |
| 14:31 | showed up and they were going to have a |
| 14:32 | sacrifice and swell saw God impatience |
| 14:36 | Samuel was a few minutes late and so he |
| 14:38 | went ahead and conducted the ceremony |
| 14:40 | himself even though he’s not |
| 14:42 | supposed to be doing that |
| 14:44 | a religious act pious |
| 14:47 | right |
| 14:48 | and it’s because of those sins that God |
| 14:51 | rejected Saul |
| 14:53 | if we were to kind of put them on the |
| 14:55 | sliding scale we all know what the big |
| 14:57 | sins are right adultery murder you know |
| 15:00 | all the big sins those are big big sins |
| 15:02 | religious sins oh they’re down here |
| 15:04 | because I mean at least the person’s |
| 15:06 | heart was in the right place was it not |
| 15:09 | And yet when confronted with his sin by |
| 15:13 | the prophet Samuel |
| 15:15 | do you know what Saul did |
| 15:17 | who he blamed his sin on he pulled the |
| 15:20 | old Adams stunt remember when Adam was |
| 15:22 | confronted with his sin and Adam said oh |
| 15:24 | it’s the woman that you gave me it’s she |
| 15:26 | caused me to do this right the past the |
| 15:28 | buck thing when Saul was confronted with |
| 15:30 | his sin that’s exactly what he did well |
| 15:31 | you know this these people I mean |
| 15:33 | they’re he blamed it on them |
| 15:35 | rather than take |
| 15:37 | responsibility for his own sin and |
| 15:39 | repent |
| 15:40 | David on the other hand |
| 15:42 | he didn’t commit a little religious sin |
| 15:45 | you know with his heart in the right |
| 15:46 | place a slight misstep right |
| 15:49 | David sinned huge ginormous in fact if |
| 15:53 | this were to happen today if Israel |
| 15:55 | still had a king and David was the king |
| 15:56 | this would be the lead story on all the |
| 16:00 | Tabloid shows on television Twitter and |
| 16:03 | Facebook would be a buzz |
| 16:04 | sex scandal in Israel right |
| 16:09 | King David knocks up |
| 16:12 | married woman has his her husband |
| 16:16 | murdered |
| 16:18 | huge sins |
| 16:21 | and you know what David did |
| 16:23 | when he was confronted with his sin |
| 16:27 | he repented |
| 16:32 | and the prophet Nathan said to David the |
| 16:34 | Lord has put away your sin |
| 16:38 | so here’s the question I have for you |
| 16:41 | and then I’ll read to you Psalm 51 kind |
| 16:43 | of bring this up |
| 16:44 | put this all together |
| 16:46 | when you hear God’s law railing against |
| 16:48 | your sin |
| 16:50 | are you sitting there concocting an |
| 16:52 | excuse |
| 16:54 | yeah but |
| 16:55 | there’s a good reason why I it wasn’t |
| 16:58 | that bad |
| 16:59 | it was really her fault or his fault |
| 17:02 | you don’t understand the pressure I’m in |
| 17:04 | in the job that I have |
| 17:06 | you you don’t understand my life has |
| 17:08 | taken a really bad turn and you know and |
| 17:10 | and I I’m just in a weakened State and |
| 17:13 | everybody can understand and you know |
| 17:15 | that you know I’ve fallen into this that |
| 17:17 | or the other thing |
| 17:19 | are you looking for excuses |
| 17:23 | or are you getting gonna get real |
| 17:26 | let me read to you Psalm 51 which David |
| 17:29 | penned |
| 17:30 | as soon as Nathan the prophet left him |
| 17:32 | after confronting him with his sin |
| 17:35 | David writes |
| 17:37 | have mercy on me o God |
| 17:41 | according to your steadfast love |
| 17:44 | according to your abundant Mercy blot |
| 17:46 | out my transgressions |
| 17:49 | Wash Me thoroughly through my iniquity |
| 17:51 | cleanse me from my sin |
| 17:54 | for I know my transgressions and my sin |
| 17:56 | is ever before me |
| 17:58 | against you and you only have I sinned |
| 18:05 | notice |
| 18:06 | he takes responsibility he doesn’t pass |
| 18:09 | the buck he confesses that he’s sinned |
| 18:12 | and that ultimately the one who he’s |
| 18:13 | really sinned against the only one who |
| 18:15 | he is sinned against is God against you |
| 18:18 | and you only have I sin and done what is |
| 18:20 | evil in your sight so that you God may |
| 18:22 | be justified in your words and blameless |
| 18:25 | in your judgment |
| 18:26 | behold I was brought forth in iniquity |
| 18:30 | and in sinned did my mother conceive me |
| 18:33 | he’s confessing there what we confess in |
| 18:35 | our confession of sins |
| 18:38 | that we are by Nature sinful and unclean |
| 18:41 | he’s not saying that his mom conceived |
| 18:44 | him in some kind of lewd sexual act with |
| 18:46 | the neighbor |
| 18:48 | that’s not what he’s saying |
| 18:50 | he’s saying that he was conceived and |
| 18:54 | born in sin that he is by nature sinful |
| 18:58 | and this is exactly what scripture |
| 19:00 | teaches us in Ephesians chapter 2. |
| 19:04 | starting in verse 1. and you you |
| 19:06 | Christians you were dead in the |
| 19:09 | trespasses and sins in which you once |
| 19:11 | walked by the way the word there for |
| 19:13 | dead |
| 19:15 | Greek you know what it means means dead |
| 19:19 | yeah dead is dead you were dead in |
| 19:21 | trespasses and sins in which you once |
| 19:23 | walked following the course of this |
| 19:25 | world following the prince of the power |
| 19:26 | of the air the spirit that is now at |
| 19:28 | work and the sons of Disobedience among |
| 19:30 | whom we all once lived in the passions |
| 19:32 | of our flesh carrying out the desires of |
| 19:35 | the body and the mind and we were by |
| 19:38 | Nature |
| 19:39 | children of Wrath like the rest of |
| 19:41 | mankind |
| 19:43 | so when King David |
| 19:45 | in this Psalm praise to the God praise |
| 19:48 | to God and says in sin did my mother |
| 19:50 | conceive me |
| 19:53 | he’s confessing what Ephesians 2 says |
| 19:57 | even though Paul had not written |
| 19:58 | Ephesians 2. |
| 20:00 | that he is sinful by nature and that’s |
| 20:03 | the reason why sin originates in your |
| 20:05 | heart it’s not an environmental thing |
| 20:07 | it’s an internal thing that we’ve |
| 20:09 | inherited from our first parents Adam |
| 20:11 | and Eve |
| 20:14 | behold you Delight in truth |
| 20:17 | in the inward being and you teach me |
| 20:19 | wisdom in the secret heart |
| 20:21 | me with hyssop and I shall be clean wash |
| 20:25 | me and I shall be wider than snow |
| 20:29 | let me hear joy and gladness and let the |
| 20:32 | bones that you have broken rejoice |
| 20:34 | hide your face from my sins and blot out |
| 20:36 | all of my iniquities |
| 20:38 | created me a clean heart o God and renew |
| 20:41 | a right Spirit Within Me |
| 20:44 | and that’s the prayer of all Christians |
| 20:46 | Lord created me a clean heart |
| 20:49 | and I have news for you Christians and |
| 20:51 | it’s good news |
| 20:52 | in the waters of your baptism God did |
| 20:54 | wash you and he made you wider than snow |
| 20:57 | that’s exactly what he did |
| 20:59 | and when you were regenerated and |
| 21:01 | brought to penitent faith in Christ God |
| 21:03 | replaced Your Heart of Stone with a |
| 21:05 | heart of Flesh |
| 21:10 | God has taken all of your iniquities |
| 21:13 | and has placed them on Jesus Christ |
| 21:17 | because remember what Isaiah says God |
| 21:21 | has laid on him the iniquity of us all |
| 21:25 | when Jesus |
| 21:26 | was up all night after he had been |
| 21:28 | betrayed by one of his own with a kiss |
| 21:31 | and is that not always how Jesus is |
| 21:34 | betrayed even to this day he’s betrayed |
| 21:37 | with those who appear friendly to him |
| 21:39 | give him a kiss |
| 21:41 | and then have him carted away |
| 21:44 | he was put on trial |
| 21:46 | and found guilty |
| 21:48 | even though he committed no sin and the |
| 21:51 | reason he was found guilty ultimately is |
| 21:54 | because when he was on trial he was on |
| 21:56 | trial for your sins and mine |
| 21:58 | that’s why he was found guilty |
| 22:00 | God laid on him the iniquity of us all |
| 22:04 | and so then taken into the praetorium |
| 22:07 | he was strapped to a pole |
| 22:10 | and they took the cat of nine tails and |
| 22:12 | they let him have it |
| 22:14 | and boy he bled |
| 22:17 | the Flesh on his back was ripped off of |
| 22:19 | him |
| 22:21 | every beating every blow was because of |
| 22:24 | every sin that came out of your heart |
| 22:26 | and mind |
| 22:29 | and then they made him carry his cross |
| 22:32 | to Gog with them |
| 22:35 | and his legs and knees buckled under the |
| 22:37 | load |
| 22:38 | because he was already so weakened |
| 22:42 | so another man had to carry his cross |
| 22:46 | and when he got to Golgotha they took |
| 22:48 | the nails |
| 22:49 | pierced his hands and pierced his feet |
| 22:52 | and then suspended him between Heaven |
| 22:54 | and Earth |
| 22:55 | all because of your sin and mine |
| 23:00 | the crown of thorns that was pressed in |
| 23:02 | his head caused his the blood to run |
| 23:05 | down his face and the blood from his |
| 23:07 | back ran down the cross and the blood |
| 23:09 | from his hands and his feet ran down the |
| 23:11 | cross |
| 23:12 | and yet he committed no sin |
| 23:16 | but see God laid on him the iniquity of |
| 23:18 | us all |
| 23:20 | and when he cried out my God my God why |
| 23:22 | have you forsaken me |
| 23:26 | it was because the father had turned |
| 23:28 | away |
| 23:30 | could not look on the sin that had been |
| 23:33 | laid on him you see he was found guilty |
| 23:36 | for you so that you can be declared |
| 23:38 | innocent before God |
| 23:41 | he suffered in your place so that you |
| 23:44 | would never have to suffer |
| 23:46 | he died so that you might live |
| 23:52 | sin is not some small matter |
| 23:56 | not some trifling thing |
| 24:01 | because it cost the Son of God his very |
| 24:03 | life and he laid it down willingly |
| 24:06 | and he did so for you |
| 24:11 | Purge me with hyssop I shall be clean |
| 24:14 | wash me I shall be whiter than snow let |
| 24:18 | me hear joy and gladness and let the |
| 24:21 | bones that you have broken Rejoice hide |
| 24:24 | your face from my sins and blot out all |
| 24:26 | of my iniquities created me a clean |
| 24:28 | heart oh God and renew a right Spirit |
| 24:30 | Within Me cast me not away from your |
| 24:33 | presence and take not your Holy Spirit |
| 24:35 | from me |
| 24:37 | restore to me the joy of your salvation |
| 24:40 | and uphold me |
| 24:42 | with the Willing spirit |
| 24:44 | Romans 8 verse 1 says this |
| 24:47 | there is therefore now no condemnation |
| 24:50 | for those who are in Christ Jesus |
| 24:52 | and that’s you and that’s me |
| 24:56 | we all know what we deserve |
| 24:58 | we all know that we deserve an eternity |
| 25:00 | in hell |
| 25:01 | we all know that is exactly if God gave |
| 25:04 | us what we deserved and we wanted to |
| 25:07 | stand before God in our own |
| 25:09 | righteousness that’s exactly what we |
| 25:11 | would experience |
| 25:12 | but the Scandal is this |
| 25:14 | the Scandal is is that Christ forgives |
| 25:17 | Sinners as rotten to the Core |
| 25:19 | as you and me |
| 25:22 | I’m absolutely convinced you know you |
| 25:24 | think of the hierarchy of sin we think |
| 25:26 | the lowest of the low you know kind of |
| 25:29 | like you know crack dealers and |
| 25:31 | prostitutes |
| 25:32 | there’s going to be crack dealers and |
| 25:34 | prostitutes |
| 25:36 | in the New Kingdom |
| 25:38 | because they’ve been brought to penance |
| 25:39 | and faith in Christ I’m pretty convinced |
| 25:41 | that when I show up they’re going to say |
| 25:43 | oh there goes the neighborhood I can’t |
| 25:45 | believe they let him in |
| 25:49 | but the reality is this |
| 25:51 | when we come to the Lord’s table we’re |
| 25:53 | all on our knees are we not |
| 25:56 | if you’re not comfortable |
| 25:59 | being on your knees next to a forgiven |
| 26:03 | prostitute |
| 26:04 | drug dealer |
| 26:08 | politician lawyer |
| 26:11 | those are the evilest of the evil right |
| 26:15 | and see yourself as equally forgiven as |
| 26:17 | them |
| 26:19 | then you still don’t understand the |
| 26:21 | depth and the magnitude of your sin |
| 26:24 | let us remember Jesus’s words |
| 26:27 | and I’ll read them again |
| 26:34 | what comes out of a man is what makes |
| 26:37 | him unclean |
| 26:40 | for from within |
| 26:41 | out of men’s hearts come evil thoughts |
| 26:45 | sexual immorality theft murder |
| 26:48 | adultery greed malice deceit lewdness |
| 26:52 | Envy slander |
| 26:55 | arrogance and folly |
| 26:57 | all of these evil come these evils come |
| 27:00 | from inside |
| 27:01 | and they make a man unclean |
| 27:05 | but for us Christians who are guilty and |
| 27:07 | know that this is truly from within us |
| 27:09 | this is exactly what comes out of us |
| 27:11 | there is now no condemnation for us who |
| 27:14 | are in Christ Jesus for the law of the |
| 27:15 | spirit of life has set us free in Christ |
| 27:18 | Jesus from the law of sin and death for |
| 27:20 | God is done with the law weakened by the |
| 27:22 | flesh could not do by sending his own |
| 27:25 | son in the likeness of sinful flesh and |
| 27:28 | for sin he condemns sin in the flesh in |
| 27:30 | order that the righteous requirement of |
| 27:32 | the law might be fulfilled in us who |
| 27:34 | walk not according to the flesh the walk |
| 27:37 | according to the spirit and folks you |
| 27:39 | truly do walk according with the spirit |
| 27:41 | when you believe and trust that Jesus |
| 27:44 | has died for you John 3 16 we all know |
| 27:47 | this says for God so loved the world |
| 27:49 | that he gave his only son that whoever |
| 27:51 | believes in him should not perish |
| 27:54 | but have eternal life for God did not |
| 27:56 | send his son into the world to condemn |
| 27:58 | the world |
| 27:59 | but in order that the world might be |
| 28:01 | saved through him |
| 28:04 | so each and every one of us who have |
| 28:06 | this vile ugly putrid filth of sin |
| 28:11 | welling up from within the side of our |
| 28:13 | hearts and spewing out into our lives |
| 28:16 | God does not condemn us because we are |
| 28:18 | in Christ and we have been given faith |
| 28:21 | for whoever believes in him is not |
| 28:23 | condemned |
| 28:24 | whoever does not believe is condemned |
| 28:26 | already because he is not believed in |
| 28:29 | the name of the son of God |
| 28:31 | so do you believe this morning |
| 28:33 | do you believe that Christ’s death can |
| 28:36 | forgive even you |
| 28:41 | that’s the question |
| 28:43 | because the verdict has come in you’re |
| 28:45 | guilty as Sin |
| 28:48 | but Christ has bled and died for you |
| 28:50 | and he did not come to condemn you but |
| 28:52 | that you might be saved through him |
| 28:54 | in the name of Jesus Amen |
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