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Series B – Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost – Sunday, August 16, 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:

Time Stamp	Transcript
0:24	The holy Gospel According to Saint John
0:31	chapter 6 verses 51 through 69.
0:36	I am the living bread that came down from heaven if anyone eats of this bread he will live forever this bread is my
0:43	flesh flesh which I will give for the life of the world well then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves
0:49	how can this man give us his flesh to eat Jesus said to them I tell you the truth unless you eat the Flesh of the
0:56	son of man and drink his blood you have no life in you whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and I
1:03	will raise him up on the last day for my flesh is real food my blood is real
1:09	drink whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him just
1:14	as the living father sent me and I live because of the father so the one who feeds on me will live because of me this
1:22	is the bread that came down from heaven your forefathers ate Manna and died but he who feeds on this bread will live
1:28	forever he said this while teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum on hearing it many of his disciples said this is a
1:36	hard teaching and who can accept it aware that his disciples were grumbling about this Jesus said to them does this
1:42	offend you what if you see the son of man Ascend to where he was before the spirit gives
1:48	life the flesh counts for nothing the words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life yet there are some of
1:55	you who do not believe for Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him
2:00	he went on to say this is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the father has enabled him and from this
2:08	time many of his disciples turned back and they no longer followed him do you want to leave too Jesus asked the
2:16	twelve Simon Peter answered him Lord to whom shall we go you have the words of
2:22	eternal life we believe and know that you are the Holy One of God in the name of Jesus
2:32	all right so our text starts at an awkward spot we’re going to be looking at our epistle text today two weeks ago
2:37	we preached on the Lord’s Supper last week we preached on our Old Testament text filled it in with a little bit of
2:42	the back story and noted the fact that the journey is too difficult for Elijah and the difficult the journey is way too
2:49	difficult for us as well and Christ cares for us and feeds us today we’re going to be talking about something that
2:55	in some Lutheran circles oddly enough is not discussed it’s a weird thing and I I
3:01	wish I could say I understand why it is not discussed but it’s the issue of what
3:07	is a good work how do we as Christians live now that we are in Christ and it might be due to the fact that there’s a
3:14	lot of really bad preaching on good works and bad preaching mixes God’s law
3:19	with the gospel and you don’t want to mix the two you can’t mix them because you get something different just like if
3:25	you were a painter you know you got the color blue you got the color yellow they’re wonderful colors but instead as
3:32	you mix them you have neither blue no or yellow you have green we have God’s law we have the gospel and when you mix them
3:39	together you no longer have the gospel or the law you have gospel and this is a bad toxic poisonous substance and
3:46	glossful sounds something like this if you are a Christian if you don’t
3:51	think that you should be doing good works I’ve got news for you you’re not even going to heaven unless you good
3:57	works go do good works because they’re necessary for salvation and you sit there in you
4:03	do this with that kind of preaching you sit there and you take an inventory of your life and you sit there and go well
4:08	I I don’t know if I’ve done enough I don’t know if I’m good enough I don’t know if I’ve how many good works
4:15	do I need to do 10 a day 15 20. what’s going to make God happy I don’t
4:21	want to have to stand before God and go ah I don’t have enough good works because then he’s going to say well to
4:28	hell with you don’t want to hear God say that and see what happens is if you make it so that
4:33	the you’re right standing before God is dependent upon your good works your
4:40	confusing law and gospel the law can’t save you
4:46	now it could if and there’s a big gift there huge if may I take the letter if
4:51	like Sesame Street size big foam if right over here you could be saved by
4:57	the law if you from the moment you were conceived until the moment you drew your last
5:04	breath never sinned once
5:09	anyone here done that yeah yeah okay for the rest of us
5:16	there’s Plan B Plan B is this Christ is conceived and born of the Virgin Mary
5:23	and he lives a sinless life under the law
5:29	in your place and your sin is placed on him on the
5:35	cross and when you’re brought to penitent faith in Christ for the Forgiveness of your sins his perfect sinless righteous
5:43	life is imputed to you as if you lived it do you like Plan B
5:49	yeah Plan B sounds pretty good now here’s the thing about Plan B it’s 100 gift
5:57	how many of you at Christmas time after opening up your presents go and
6:02	find the receipts and say Mom how much do I owe you for all of this it looks like that came to 300 whoa 300 this year
6:09	mom here’s a check you know any of you pay your parents back for the Christmas gifts you get
6:14	from them of course not it’s a gift so here’s the thing if
6:20	you’re going to rightly understand good works you first and foremost must get this the law doesn’t save you
6:29	the law shows you your sin but the law also shows you what a good work is
6:36	if you are in Christ then you are a new creation
6:41	you truly have a new nature and it is God’s will for you to do good works not
6:48	so that you can be saved you do good works because you are saved
6:55	does that make sense if we’re going to talk about Good Works we’re going to put them in the right categories we’re not
7:00	going to mix law and gospel and gospel like I said that’s a toxic substance and it kills Souls so let’s take a look at
7:08	the beginning portion of our epistle text which starts in an odd place
7:16	here’s what it says Ephesians chapter 5 verse 6.
7:21	let no one deceive you with empty words for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience
7:30	and all of you should be saying what things what things is he talking about well I’m
7:37	glad you asked and so if you with your permission I’d like to go backwards into the text a little bit grab some context
7:44	and move forward so we can see what these things are and you’ll see how Paul here in Ephesians he’s speaking to
7:52	Christians he’s not speaking to people who hope to someday become a Christian by their good works he’s speaking to
8:00	people who are already in Christ and as a result of it they now are learning
8:05	that it is God’s will for them to do good works and this we’re in chapter four starting at verse 17. here’s what
8:12	it says Paul writes now this I say and testify in the Lord that you must no
8:18	longer walk as the Gentiles do in the futility of their minds they are darkened in their understanding
8:25	alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to their Hardness of Heart so when you see
8:32	that word Gentiles think unbelievers here Pagan unbelievers and we all know
8:38	that Pagan unbelievers well they are darkened in their understanding alienated from the life of God and they
8:46	have a hard heart towards God I mean we see this with the pagans today in our own country who think it’s a great idea
8:52	wonderful idea to create a new law making it possible for you know
8:59	homosexuals to get married that is not God’s Will and yet they
9:04	think this is a great idea why well you know pagans do what pagans do cows move
9:10	dogs woof Pagan’s sin that’s what they do they’re darkened in their Hardness of
9:15	Heart they’re darkened in their minds we don’t expect unbelievers to Bear the fruit of the spirit do we
9:21	how can they verse 19 they have become callous they
9:27	have given themselves up to sensuality and they are greedy to practice every kind of impurity
9:33	and you sit there and go hmm there’s been times in my life when this
9:38	has described me we’ll get to that keep that thought that’s not the way you learn Christ
9:44	assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him as as the truth is in Jesus and here’s what it says
9:51	watch put off your old self which belongs to your former manner of life
9:57	and is corrupt through deceitful desires
10:03	sitting there going okay what’s going on here now this leads us to one of the
10:09	important doctrines of Christianity and that is as a Christian let me ask you
10:14	the question are you a saint say yes yes I’m a saint you are
10:22	are you also a sinner yes you are sinner too so notice here
10:27	Paul writing to Christians says to Christians put off your old self which
10:32	assumes that you have an old self that needs to be put off as a Christian
10:38	that means you are both Sinner and Saint now the high flute and fancy Latin
10:43	phrase for this by the way if you want to write this down is simul Eustis at picature
10:50	simultaneously Justified that means you’re declared righteous and sinner all at the same time in other words being a
10:57	Christian feels a lot like being at war with yourself it really does because on the one hand
11:03	you have your old sinful nature and your sinful nature does what sinful Natures want to do and that is they want to sin
11:10	and at the same time you also have a new nature the new self created in perfect
11:16	righteousness and this new self wants to do good works and guess what happens the
11:22	new you and the old you they do this daily
11:28	hourly minute by minute they’re tossaling if you would not a good thing
11:35	so here Paul recognizes this and he says to you Christians put off your old self
11:40	which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires and be renewed in the spirit of
11:47	your minds put on the new self created after the likeness of of God in true
11:52	righteousness and Holiness so there you have it you Christians you have an old self and a new self all in one happy
11:58	package right which explains why we as Christians must and should and are
12:06	exhorted by scripture to do good works because well our old
12:11	nature is the thing that we have to do our good works through and our old nature is like a stubborn
12:18	mule all right and if you ever had to like use a stubborn mule to carry a load or
12:24	do something how do you get a stubborn mule to do something got little one of those crops and yeah
12:29	you know let it have it yeah mule get going and so the law in
12:36	this sense is acting like a writing crop getting our stubborn mule to do what it
12:41	doesn’t want to do and here’s what it says now because of this what does it look like to put off your old self and
12:47	to put on the new self well the new self there’s certain things that are not appropriate for it to be doing therefore
12:54	having put away falsehood Let each one of you speak the truth with
12:59	his neighbor for we are members of one another yep lying is no good
13:07	bearing false witness about your neighbor gossiping slandering getting that sizzling piece of juicy gossip on
13:13	the phone and passing it along those are all the sins of your old self
13:19	and these are not to be how we as Christians behave so put off falsehood
13:24	speak the truth with your neighbor for we are members of one another be angry do not sin
13:30	that’s an important thing now sometimes people have this mistaken idea that anger in and of itself is sinful well if
13:37	that’s the case then Jesus sinned because you think about was Jesus a happy camper when he got into the temple
13:43	and the money changers were there and he made that little cord of you know and whip that whip out of cords and drove
13:48	them off and throw over through the table he’s seemed pretty upset you know what I’m saying so anger in and of itself is not a sin
13:55	but there’s a point at which anger crosses the line and becomes a sin when it’s a blind rage and so he says be
14:02	angry and do not sin and do not let the sun go down on your anger I don’t know if you’ve noticed this but if you’ve
14:08	ever been angry at somebody it takes a while to cool off ever notice that okay
14:16	say a sharp word to your wife husbands and it’s going to get frigid in your house for a couple of days doghouse is
14:22	looking pretty good right everyone laughs because we all know what I’m talking about here but here’s the idea
14:28	Paul says don’t let the sun go down on your anger it doesn’t say don’t ever get angry
14:34	don’t let the sun go down on your anger and here’s the reason why he says this because by doing so you give an
14:41	opportunity to the devil the devil Works through anger in that sense when you are unforgiving
14:50	when there is no Absolution to the one who has hurt you the Devil comes in and
14:56	starts creating all kinds of mental chaos of the type where unforgiveness
15:02	turns into resentment resentment turns into constant friction and anger and
15:08	eventually The Parting of the ways but because we are forgiven we forgive and
15:13	everything we do as Christians is in light of the Cross does that make sense so it is not it is not appropriate for
15:21	Christians to hold a grudge it is not appropriate for Christians to let the sun go down on their anger if somebody
15:27	is angry at you you go to them and seek reconciliation
15:32	if somebody if you’re angry at somebody else go and seek them out let them know that
15:39	you’re angry let them know why give that person the opportunity to apologize and when they apologize here’s what you say
15:46	I forgive you and when you forgive somebody
15:52	that means what they’ve done is erased off the ticket
15:59	okay or as Paul says in First Corinthians love keeps no record of
16:04	wrongs now not to rat on my wife because I’ve done this too early in our marriage my
16:10	wife kept a very stringent and accurate record of all the wrongs that I committed about her and she could
16:15	probably still to this day take you back in chronological order all of the rotten
16:21	things that I did to her right okay any of you wives know this as a
16:26	husband you sit there and go I did that 20 years ago right I know but it still
16:31	it upset me okay okay this is the opposite of forgiving
16:36	forgiving is keeping no records of wrongs when somebody sins against you and you’re angry because you are
16:44	forgiven in Christ and your sins have been blotted out and God himself is taking your sins and cast them as far as
16:51	the East is from the West you tell me where that is where is that place where
16:56	as far as the East is from the West he remembers your sins no more and so
17:01	because we are in Christ and we are forgiven we too forgive and they get
17:07	expunged they’re no longer on the record and this by the way is one of the most critical things in a
17:14	marriage in any relationship the ability to absolve and forgive and here we learn here that when you do not forgive when
17:22	your anger persists you give the devil a foothold and all kinds of Mischief then takes place
17:27	let the thief no longer steal that’s right
17:32	I don’t know anybody who says yeah you know I’m a Christian and oh and what do you do for a living oh I rob banks
17:40	it doesn’t make it no one I don’t know anybody bank robber is for Jesus you know I don’t know anybody who has this
17:47	group right and it doesn’t make any sense right but you think about this though you were
17:54	laughing at this but unfortunately there are people out there who say God blesses
17:59	same-sex marriage or God doesn’t have a problem if you’re fornal caboodle eating and things like that that makes about as
18:05	much sense as bank robbers for Jesus doesn’t make any sense you are forgiven in Christ you are set free from sin and
18:13	then we bear fruit in keeping with repentance if when you were a pagan you were a bank robber you are now the
18:19	senior vice president of the bank and protecting the money and making a living right this is what you do
18:25	so these are no longer steal but rather let him labor doing honest work with his own
18:30	hands you mean you have to work yes calluses are important so that he may have something to share with anyone in
18:36	need notice the difference you do your good works to provide for yourself and also make
18:43	sure that others are taken care of let no corrupting talk come out of your mouth but only only such is good for
18:49	building up as fits the occasion that it may give Grace to those who hear do not grieve the holy spirit of God oh yes you
18:56	can do that Christians by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption let all bitterness and wrath and anger and
19:03	clamor and slander be put away from you along with all malice be kind to one
19:10	another tenderhearted forgiving one another as God in Christ
19:15	forgave you so you’ll notice all of our good works everything is informed by and
19:21	flows from Christ’s forgiveness to us because you are forgiven because you are
19:27	in Christ because you have a right standing now you take that forgiveness
19:32	that you’ve received and it permeates into everything you do everything is
19:37	through Christ’s mercy and Grace and forgiveness and all of your good works are tempered by that wonderful
19:44	forgiveness of God and then Paul continues and this is the immediate context for our epistle therefore be
19:50	imitators of God this is what God Wills for you to do this by the way is freedom
19:57	sin is slavery and as Christians
20:03	when we get ensnared by sins do we feel good about ourselves I don’t
20:08	I generally feel awful but when you are doing the things that
20:14	Christ has called you to do you generally feel pretty good your conscience is clean
20:21	and you know you’ve helped somebody so therefore be imitators of God as beloved children walk in love as
20:29	Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice
20:34	to god notice you can’t even begin to do good work in the truest sense until you understand what it means to be forgiven
20:42	you can’t because it’s the forgiveness and mercy and Grace and love of God that
20:47	is the engine that drives all of our good works and then we get to verse three but sexual immorality and all
20:55	impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you as is proper among
21:01	the saints and the Greek word there for sexual immorality is pornea it is a
21:07	large word and this word includes a lot of things it includes
21:14	fornication adultery it includes all kinds of perversions it also includes
21:20	homosexuality pornea is a umbrella term on which everything kind of falls under because sexual sins take on shall we say
21:28	different flavors if you would and let me give you a cross reference to this passage that you can see what’s going on
21:34	here you remember verse 6 says let no one deceive you the cross reference Paul speaks exactly this way in First
21:41	Corinthians chapter six starting at verse 9 and here’s what he says you or do you not know that the unrighteous
21:48	they will not inherit the kingdom of God do not be deceived notice those words do
21:54	not be deceived same from our epistle texts in in Ephesians do not be deceived neither the sexual sexually immoral or
22:02	idolaters nor adulterers nor men who practice homosexuality nor thieves nor
22:07	the greeting nor drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God
22:14	it’s a big list includes a lot of people and so you’ll notice that the cross reference here in First Corinthians
22:19	gives us a little bit more of an expansive list so we understand what’s going on with the sexual immorality but
22:24	watch what Paul says here he said notice he says do you not know the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God and
22:31	you sit there and go okay yeah but the problem is some of the things you’ve mentioned in that list kind of hit home
22:38	but see remember you don’t mix long gospel you are declared righteous you
22:43	are covered in the righteousness of Christ You Are by grace through faith righteous and this is why Paul then says
22:51	this and such were some of you were past tense
22:57	but you were washed referring to your baptism you were Sanctified you were Justified that means to be declared
23:04	righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the spirit of our God so you kind of get the idea now what’s
23:10	going on when you take a look at the cross reference it fleshes out the rest of the the context so sexual immorality
23:16	back in Ephesians 5 3 sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must
23:21	not even be named among you as is proper among the saints let there be no filthiness nor foolish
23:28	talk or even crude joking which are out of place instead let there be Thanksgiving for you may be sure of this
23:34	everyone who is sexually immoral or impure or who is covetousness that is an
23:40	idolater has no inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ in God and now we get to our opening verse for our lesson
23:47	today verse 6 let no one deceive you with empty words
23:52	why is Paul saying here let no one deceive you with empty words because Paul in his day had to contend with
24:00	people who we have to also contend within our day people who call themselves Christians and who turn the
24:08	grace of God into a license for sin and Paul here is saying that they are
24:13	deceivers and they are speaking with empty words the perfect example of that today and I don’t mean to be harping on
24:20	it but it fits with our text are those pastors or pastorixes who are out there
24:26	saying that God blesses same-sex marriage these are empty words
24:33	these are the very empty words that Paul is warning us about and he says don’t let anyone deceive you it’s because of
24:41	these things that the wrath of God is coming on the sons of Disobedience so when somebody says I’m a Christian and I
24:48	affirm homosexuality and believe that same-sex couples should be allowed to get married they are not believing the
24:55	truth they have believed deceptive and empty words and Paul here is warning us Christians
25:01	who people who claim to be Christians who speak in this way who wink at sin and basically say it’s okay just go
25:07	right ahead God doesn’t have a problem with that God is love love is God these are empty and deceptive words
25:15	don’t let anyone deceive you we are not free in Christ to be slaves to sin that
25:20	doesn’t make any sense makes as much sense as bank robbers for Jesus so we continue so let no one deceive you
25:27	with empty words because of these things because of sexual immorality covetousness and all those things the
25:33	wrath of God is coming upon the sons of Disobedience therefore do not become
25:38	partners with them for at one time you were Darkness
25:44	but now you are light in the Lord notice the Assumption here is you are a Christian
25:50	you are not doing these things in order to gain a right standing before God you are doing your good works because you
25:56	have a right standing before God walk as children of light why because
26:04	you are for the fruit of the light is found and all that is good and right and true try to discern what is pleasing to
26:12	the Lord take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness but instead expose
26:18	them for it’s shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret but
26:23	when anything is exposed By the Light it becomes visible for anything that becomes visible is light therefore it
26:29	says awake o sleeper arise from the dead and Christ will shine on you
26:35	so look carefully then how you walk not as wise not as unwise but as wise
26:42	now I’m going to point this out here this verse Ephesians 5 15.
26:47	walk not as unwise but as wise gives you the key to understanding the entire Book
26:54	of Proverbs have any of you read The Book of Proverbs and go wow that is amazing I wish I had lived like that you
27:01	know don’t you guys love the women hear that that Proverbs woman you know at the end of the book yeah a lot of people
27:07	don’t like her but um you’ll notice that the play the interplay is between
27:13	foolishness and wisdom and because you are in Christ you now
27:19	are set free to pursue wisdom and abandon folly because you are in Christ you can do
27:26	this and we learn that from this verse that Proverbs is all about a blueprint
27:31	for what it looks like to walk and to live as God Wills for you to live in
27:36	wisdom and in freedom freedom from sin does that make sense so if you’re
27:42	looking for ideas on how to be even better at your good works and walk in
27:48	wisdom embrace the Proverbs because you are in Christ
27:53	so we make the best use of the time because the days are evil verse 16 therefore do not be foolish but
28:01	understand what the will of the Lord is do not get drunk with wine for that is debauchery be filled with the spirit
28:07	addressing one another in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing and
28:13	making Melody to the Lord in your heart giving thanks always for everything to God the father in the name of our Lord
28:19	Jesus Christ submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ and if you
28:26	look back at our psalm will end there today I want to point out how even long gospel
28:33	is here in our Psalm that we read Psalm 34 Verse 12.
28:39	what man is there who desires life and love many days that he may see good
28:46	in other words the question is who wants to live long and see many days keep your tongue from evil and your lips from
28:52	speaking deceit notice the same thing of what we read in our epistle Turn Away From Evil and do good seek peace and
28:59	pursue it the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward
29:05	their cry and notice righteous there it is if you are unrighteous you will not
29:12	stand on the day of judgment but because you are washed
29:17	because your sins have been washed away from the Waters of your baptism because as Christ has said his flesh and blood
29:24	are true food and you’ve you’ve had the Lord’s Supper here because you’ve heard the words of the
29:31	Absolution and your faith trusts in these promises of God of the Forgiveness of sins you are in Christ and you are
29:38	declared righteous and this is a promise then the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous that’s you and the Lord hears
29:45	your cries the face of the Lord is against those who do evil
29:50	and cut off the memory of them from the Earth when the righteous Cry for Help that’s
29:56	you the Lord hears and he delivers them out of all of their troubles the Lord is near to the Brokenhearted
30:03	and saves the crushed in spirit this is an important verse the reason for this is simple you sit
30:09	there and go well I know that when I hear God’s law
30:14	preached it crushes me because I don’t keep it right this is the crushing of the law the
30:21	preaching of the law that exposes our sins and makes us realize that we do not keep what God has told us to do and that
30:28	we are worthy of his Wrath and because the law has done its work you were then ready to hear the gospel the good news
30:34	that you are forgiven because of what Christ has done so this is the brokenheartedness that comes from
30:40	knowing that you haven’t kept the law perfectly and that you’re guilty but this then leads to faith and trust that
30:47	clings to the promises of the Forgiveness of sins many are the afflictions of the righteous
30:53	but the Lord delivers him out of them all he keeps all of his bones not one of them is broken that’s talking about
30:58	Jesus Affliction will slay the wicked and those who hate the righteous will be condemned and the Lord redeems the life
31:05	of his servants none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned
31:11	so as I read what it sounds like and what it looks like for us as children of the light to walk
31:18	in the light and not in darkness if you are like me and like every other
31:24	person on this planet then you heard things well that condemned you because anytime
31:30	you preach the law the law is always going to condemn this is what it’s going to do but at the same time you also
31:35	heard things and you went I could I can be doing that and the reason why you’re hearing and
31:40	responding and kind of feeling both things is because you have that old man in you and you also have the new man
31:47	the old man when he hears the law here’s the condemnation
31:53	and knows that it’s guilty but the new man when he hears the law
31:58	says Ah that’s what freedom is that’s what it means to live and because you are in Christ you have
32:05	both of these things tossling inside of you and so know this that because you
32:10	are in Christ the condemnations of God’s law for not doing all of these things are silenced
32:17	you will not be judged by God and sent to hell because our right standing before God is Not based on our works
32:24	it’s based upon Faith so believe the promises of the Forgiveness of sins and
32:29	trust that scripture is telling you the truth that you are now a Child of Light and have been set free from the Dominion
32:35	of darkness and now look to the law and don’t listen to It’s barking anymore
32:41	see it for what it is the will of God for how you’re to live and know this
32:47	then also there is in a sense an eschatological promise in the law
32:52	think ahead to the last day think ahead to that great day when Jesus returns in glory to judge the living and the dead
33:00	and the books are open and there’s a new Heaven and a new Earth and we are all called out of our Graves
33:07	raised up to New Life will there ever be a day in your life where you will sin
33:16	or be angry in sin will there ever be a day when you are drunk
33:21	will there ever be a day when you have a sinful sexual thought or do a sinful
33:26	sexual deed when you covet other people’s stuff and steal from them will there ever be
33:31	anything like that in the new Earth of course not all of that goes away
33:38	and so when we look into God’s law and begin to live as God Wills for us to
33:45	live we are getting a foretaste of the life to come you’re getting a picture a glimpse of
33:52	what is coming and in the days ahead when Christ returns there will never be a day that
33:59	sin will raise its ugly head that we have to deal with it there will never be a day when you will be feeling guilty
34:06	because of a sin that you’ve committed all of that is gone from that day forward every day of your
34:13	eternal life you will always perfectly do the will of God
34:20	so think of it this way in the law we see a glimpse and a
34:25	promise of what is to come and so let us practice now
34:31	and let us put aside the works of darkness because all of these things are futile and it’s because of the works of
34:37	darkness that the wrath of God is coming upon Humanity let us walk as children of the light
34:43	because we are children of the light because God has made us so in the name
34:48	of Jesus amen [Music]

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