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Robert Jeffress - Good Grace Spirituality (Part 1)

April 10, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - Good Grace Spirituality (Part 1)
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Good Grace Spirituality (Part 1) | April 10, 2026
  • ♪ music ♪
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  • From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i'm robert jeffress,
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory".
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  • We hear a lot about grace these days, and rightly so.
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  • After all, grace is the very foundation
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  • Of the christian faith.
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  • But have you ever stopped to consider
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  • How grace should impact your everyday life?
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  • Today i'm going to show you how genuine grace
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  • Should transform your relationship with god
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  • And change how you view sin and repentance.
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  • My message is titled "good-grace spirituality"
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory".
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  • Some christians use grace
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  • As a spiritual get-out-of-jail-free card.
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  • Others pile on so many rules,
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  • They have no grace for themselves or others.
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  • In "grace gone wild",
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  • Dr. robert jeffress shows you
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  • What biblical grace actually looks like
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  • And how practicing it leads to true freedom and lasting joy.
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  • Discover how grace can transform your marriage,
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  • Your relationships, and your walk with god.
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  • Request "grace gone wild"
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  • When you give a generous ministry gift
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  • To "pathway to victory".
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • Soren kierkegaard tells this fairytale.
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  • Once upon a time,
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  • There was a king who fell in love with a humble maiden.
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  • The king was unsurpassed in his power.
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  • Other rulers trembled at the mere mention of his name.
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  • No one dared to speak against him,
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  • For he had the ability to crush all of his opponents
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  • With a single command.
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  • And yet, for some inexplicable reason,
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  • This towering monarch chose to love a peasant girl.
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  • But how could he ever communicate his love to her?
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  • Ironically, his greatest asset
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  • Was also his greatest liability.
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  • His power could be a formidable obstacle
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  • In winning her affection.
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  • If he ordered her brought to the palace,
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  • Crowned her as his queen
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  • And adorned her with robes and jewels,
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  • She would submit to his request.
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  • But would she do so out of fear or out of love?
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  • Would she feign joy over her new life
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  • While secretly longing for her old life
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  • That she left behind?
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  • How would the king ever know if the maiden truly loved him?
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  • Then the king had an idea.
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  • If he could not elevate the maiden without overpowering her,
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  • And if he could not travel to her home
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  • With all the pomp and circumstance
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  • That attended royal visits
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  • Without scaring her,
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  • Then he would meet her on her own level.
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  • The king assumed the appearance of a beggar,
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  • Dressed in a frayed cloak,
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  • And approached her cottage.
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  • In kierkegaard's version of this tale,
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  • The king was not simply wearing the disguise.
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  • Instead, he actually changed identities.
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  • He renounced his throne in order to win the maiden's hand.
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  • That's a great story,
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  • But i've got an even better story for you,
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  • And it happens to be a true one.
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  • Paul explained the true story this way in philippians 2.
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  • "have this attitude in you which was in christ jesus,
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  • Who, although he existed in the form of god,
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  • He did not regard his equality with god
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  • A thing to be grasped.
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  • But he emptied himself, taking the form of a bond-servant,
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  • And being made in the likeness of men.
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  • Being found in appearance as a man,
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  • He humbled himself
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  • By becoming obedient to the point of death,
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  • Even death on a cross."
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  • Think about it.
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  • The king of the universe loved you so much
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  • He wanted to establish a relationship with you,
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  • And so he renounced his rights as king of the universe.
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  • He came to earth taking the form of a human being
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  • And he became obedient to the point of death,
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  • Even death on a cross.
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  • And why did he do that?
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  • Out of obligation?
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  • Monarchs don't have any obligations.
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  • Did he do it because he was lonely?
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  • Haven't you heard that god was so lonely in heaven,
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  • He needed to have a relationship with you?
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  • God wasn't lonely, he had all the angels in heaven
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  • To worship him.
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  • No, there's only one reason god renounced the throne
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  • To come and establish a relationship with you,
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  • And the one word that explains it is grace.
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  • Grace, god's undeserved burst of generosity.
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  • Ephesians 2:4 says,
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  • "but god, being rich in mercy,
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  • Because of the great love with which he loved us."
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  • And yet amazingly,
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  • We who have been the recipients of god's grace,
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  • His undeserved generosity,
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  • We have used that grace as a weapon
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  • Against our king.
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  • Let me explain what i mean.
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  • Let's change the ending of kierkegaard's fairytale to this.
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  • Let's say that at the end of the story,
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  • Once the king announces his love for the peasant girl,
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  • Then he decides to reveal his identity to her, and she says,
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  • "you're the king?
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  • The king?
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  • Well, before we enter into this marriage,
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  • I'd like a prenup agreement with you
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  • That guarantees that in case i'm unfaithful,
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  • I get half of the kingdom.
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  • And not only that," she says,
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  • "once the ink is dried on the agreement," she says,
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  • "i'm going to start exchanging these rags i'm wearing
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  • For some neiman marcus dresses
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  • And we're going to tear down this hut i've been living in
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  • And we're going to build a new palace.
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  • And not only that, i think i'll take a lover
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  • So i can occupy myself while you're away
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  • On your king business."
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  • I mean, how could you imagine such a thing?
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  • And yet in a very real way, that's what we've done with god.
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  • Because we've received his grace,
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  • Because we have been assured of our inheritance in heaven,
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  • We use grace as an excuse to sin against the king.
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  • That is the essence of what bad grace is all about.
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  • You see, good grace always leads us toward god,
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  • But bad grace alienates us from god.
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  • In our series "grace gone wild",
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  • We're talking about this amazing gift of grace
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  • And how to use it rather than abuse it.
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  • And over the last few weeks
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  • We've talked about what grace is, what good grace is,
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  • And how it differs from bad grace.
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  • And now we're going to begin looking at the subject of grace
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  • And see how it should impact every part of our life.
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  • Our relationship to our friends,
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  • How it should impact our marriages,
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  • How it should impact our decision-making,
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  • How it should impact our relationship to the church.
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  • But today we're going to begin looking at how real grace
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  • Should impact our most important relationship of all,
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  • Our relationship with god.
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  • And to help us frame this,
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  • I want to look at how a true understanding
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  • Of god's good grace
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  • Impacts four components of our relationship with god.
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  • First of all, grace impacts our understanding of sin.
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  • People who push bad grace,
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  • Or some people call it cheap grace,
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  • Some people who push bad grace
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  • Have been duped by what hebrews 3:13 calls
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  • The deceitfulness of sin.
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  • First of all, they're deceived about the nature of god
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  • When it comes to sin.
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  • Bad grace says that god is really just a cosmic killjoy.
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  • The only reason he establishes
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  • All these rules and regulations
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  • Is he's trying to keep something good from your life.
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  • Really, when the serpent told eve in the garden
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  • In genesis 3:4-5,
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  • He said, "the reason god doesn't want you to eat
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  • Of this forbidden fruit is
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  • God knows that in the day you eat from it,
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  • Your eyes will be opened and you'll be like god."
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  • In other words,
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  • "eve, the reason god didn't want you to have any fun
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  • Is he's afraid if you do, you'll become like god,
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  • And god can't handle the competition."
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  • You know, it was martin luther, i think, who said,
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  • "all sin is ultimately contempt for god."
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  • When you sin, it shows how little you think of god.
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  • All sin is contempt for god.
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  • It's literally a no confidence vote in god.
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  • People who practice bad grace
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  • Are deceived about the nature of god.
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  • They're also deceived about the nature of sin.
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  • Again, they think god
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  • Is keeping something wonderful and beautiful from our lives.
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  • "if you eat of this tree, you will not die,"
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  • The serpent said.
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  • "instead you will be more alive than you've ever been."
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  • And satan continues that same temptation today,
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  • But he doesn't need a serpent to do it.
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  • He doesn't need a serpent to deceive us about sin.
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  • He uses the flickering images on a television screen,
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  • Or the pixels on a computer screen,
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  • Or the glossy pictures in a magazine
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  • To convince us that sin is not bad.
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  • Sin is good, it's wonderful.
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  • I think of simone weil's comment about the delusion of sin.
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  • He said, "imaginary evil is romantic and varied.
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  • Real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, and boring.
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  • Imaginary good is boring,
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  • But real good is always news,
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  • And marvelous, and intoxicating."
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  • I thought of that observation
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  • When i was counseling with a man
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  • Who was addicted to internet pornography.
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  • After a while, that grew boring to him
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  • And he decided to start frequenting
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  • Upscale gentleman's clubs.
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  • He would go to those
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  • But he felt disconnected from the performers,
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  • And he decided what he really needed
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  • Was a real life relationship,
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  • An extramarital relationship.
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  • And oddly enough, he found a willing partner
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  • In the church that he attended.
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  • When his wife discovered some poorly hidden email,
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  • She ordered him out of the house.
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  • He lived in a condominium, but that was okay.
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  • Even though his marriage of 10 years was dissolving,
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  • He had found the love of his life.
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  • Until his new lover decided to dump him for somebody else.
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  • And he talked to me about the deceitfulness of sin.
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  • It's not all that it's cracked up to be.
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  • I think about the words from proverbs 5:3-4.
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  • Solomon said, "for the lips of an adulteress drip honey.
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  • Smoother than oil is her speech.
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  • But in the end," not immediately,
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  • "but in the end, she is bitter as wormwood,
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  • Sharp as a two-edged sword."
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  • You know that benjamin franklin was not a christian,
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  • He was a deist.
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  • But even benjamin franklin
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  • Was perceptive enough to observe
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  • Vicious actions, sinful actions are not hurtful
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  • Because they are forbidden.
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  • They are forbidden because they are hurtful.
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  • Those who pervade bad grace,
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  • First of all, have a distorted understanding about sin.
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  • A proper understanding of grace
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  • Also impacts our understanding of repentance.
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  • Our understanding of repentance.
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  • Again, here's a big difference
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  • Between good grace and bad grace.
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  • We all occasionally sin, don't we?
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  • We all sin.
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  • So what is to be our response when we sin?
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  • Well, those who practice bad grace say,
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  • "you don't need to do anything once you sin
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  • Because you've been forgiven.
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  • When you trusted in christ as your savior,
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  • Christ forgave you of all of your sins,
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  • Past, present, and future.
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  • And for you to ask forgiveness from god
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  • For sins that have already been forgiven,
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  • Well, that's an insult to god, it's an insult to jesus."
  • 00:13:02.538 --> 00:13:06.675
  • Well, there is a sense in which that's true,
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  • The sense in which when we become a christian,
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  • All of our sins are forgiven.
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  • I mean, think about it.
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  • When christ died on the cross 2,000 years ago,
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  • All your sins and my sins were still future.
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  • Colossians 2:13 says,
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  • "when you were dead in your transgressions
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  • And the uncircumcision of your flesh,
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  • He made you alive together with him,
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  • Having forgiven us of all our transgressions."
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  • When jesus died,
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  • He didn't die for your little sins
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  • Or the sins that occurred before you trusted in christ.
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  • He forgave you of all your transgressions.
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  • But that doesn't mean
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  • We still don't need to confess our sins.
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  • And people who teach that,
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  • People who say repentance is not necessary for a christian,
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  • Fail to understand the difference
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  • Between judicial and parental forgiveness.
  • 00:14:00.062 --> 00:14:04.433
  • You see, judicial forgiveness is what happens to us
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  • When we become a christian.
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  • Paul said in romans 5:1,
  • 00:14:09.204 --> 00:14:10.839
  • "therefore, having been justified by faith,
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  • We have peace with god through our lord jesus christ."
  • 00:14:13.909 --> 00:14:17.313
  • If you're watching this program today,
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  • You're here in our worship center,
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  • The moment you put your faith and trust in jesus
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  • To save you,
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  • God declares you in the courtroom of heaven
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  • To be not guilty.
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  • You never have to suffer
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  • The eternal consequences of your sin.
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  • That's judicial forgiveness.
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  • You are never more forgiven
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  • Than the day you trust christ as your savior.
  • 00:14:38.901 --> 00:14:41.937
  • But there is also a parental forgiveness
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  • That we need every day from our heavenly father.
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  • Let me explain it this way.
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  • Let's say that your teenage son or daughter
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  • Asks to borrow your car for a special date.
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  • You agree.
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  • But in the middle of the night
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  • You get one of those disturbing telephone calls,
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  • It's the police station
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  • Announcing that your child has been arrested
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  • For drunk driving,
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  • And by the way, they decimated your car.
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  • You go down to the police station,
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  • You bail out your child, maybe,
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  • But you go out and bail out your child,
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  • You bring them home, they go to sleep.
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  • Once the hangover is over,
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  • You give them a piece of your mind.
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  • You read them the riot act.
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  • But just suppose your child,
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  • Instead of confessing that he was wrong, says,
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  • "i'm tired of living under your rules.
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  • You're too hard on me.
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  • I can't believe you're doing this.
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  • You're not going to tell me what to do."
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  • He storms out of the room into his bedroom,
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  • Locks the door and turns up the music.
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  • What do you do at that point?
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  • You're probably not going to throw your child out of the house.
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  • You're probably not going to disinherit them.
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  • You're not going to change their name.
  • 00:15:54.610 --> 00:15:57.246
  • But there is going to be a wall of separation
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  • Between you and your child,
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  • And until they're willing to admit what they did was wrong.
  • 00:16:01.984 --> 00:16:06.221
  • It's the same way in our relationship with god.
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  • No, we don't get thrown out of god's family,
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  • We don't lose our salvation when we sin,
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  • But there will always be a barrier between god and us
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  • If we refuse to acknowledge our sin.
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  • Remember what isaiah the prophet said?
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  • He said in isaiah 59,
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  • "your sin, israel,
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  • Has become a barrier between you and god."
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  • He wasn't talking to pagans,
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  • He was talking to members of god's household, the jews.
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  • But he said, "because of your rebellion,
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  • There is a separation between god and you."
  • 00:16:36.285 --> 00:16:40.989
  • John said the same thing in 1 john 1:8-10.
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  • "if we say that we have no sin,
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  • We are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
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  • But if we confess our sins,
  • 00:16:52.968 --> 00:16:55.704
  • He is faithful and righteous to forgive us of our sins
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  • And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
  • 00:16:59.341 --> 00:17:03.278
  • Now, we use that verse with non-christians,
  • 00:17:03.278 --> 00:17:05.380
  • But this verse was written to christians,
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  • 1 john is written to christians.
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  • He's talking about a christian's need for confession.
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  • "if we confess our sins,
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  • He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins
  • 00:17:14.223 --> 00:17:16.859
  • And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  • 00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:19.027
  • If we say that we have not sinned,
  • 00:17:19.027 --> 00:17:21.697
  • We make god a liar and his word is not in us."
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  • Good grace will lead us to repentance.
  • 00:17:26.702 --> 00:17:30.439
  • Remember in the 95 theses that martin luther nailed
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  • To the church door at wittenberg?
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  • You know what the first thesis said?
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  • "repentance is the habit of every believer."
  • 00:17:38.814 --> 00:17:44.153
  • Every believer's life is one of repentance.
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  • Repentance is not just for non-christians,
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  • It's for christians.
  • 00:17:51.426 --> 00:17:53.162
  • Well, pastor, what does it mean to repent?
  • 00:17:53.162 --> 00:17:55.797
  • That word repent in greek, metanoeo, comes from two words.
  • 00:17:55.797 --> 00:18:00.702
  • It means to change one's mind.
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  • And in the bible, repentance is simply a change of mind
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  • That leads to a change of direction.
  • 00:18:10.979 --> 00:18:12.881
  • A change of mind or attitude
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  • That leads to a change of direction.
  • 00:18:15.150 --> 00:18:19.354
  • One morning i was on the way to church
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  • And i dropped off some laundry at the dry cleaner
  • 00:18:22.958 --> 00:18:27.496
  • And picked up some shirts.
  • 00:18:27.496 --> 00:18:30.098
  • And while i was checking out,
  • 00:18:30.098 --> 00:18:33.869
  • A woman standing next to me recognized me and said,
  • 00:18:33.869 --> 00:18:37.372
  • "oh, i so appreciate the ministry of 'pathway to victory'.
  • 00:18:37.372 --> 00:18:41.143
  • I've learned so much from the bible through your program."
  • 00:18:41.143 --> 00:18:44.680
  • And i thanked her
  • 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:46.048
  • And finished paying my bill and walked outside,
  • 00:18:46.048 --> 00:18:49.318
  • Still kind of thinking about that woman
  • 00:18:49.318 --> 00:18:51.420
  • And how perceptive she was in her comments.
  • 00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:54.723
  • And i get in my car and drive away,
  • 00:18:54.723 --> 00:18:57.693
  • And about a block away
  • 00:18:57.693 --> 00:18:59.628
  • A car on my left starts honking at me and waving at me.
  • 00:18:59.628 --> 00:19:03.632
  • And i thought, "oh, another fan of 'pathway to victory'."
  • 00:19:03.632 --> 00:19:07.269
  • I went a little bit further
  • 00:19:07.269 --> 00:19:08.670
  • And somebody on my right started honking and waving.
  • 00:19:08.670 --> 00:19:10.305
  • I said, "this is just a great day."
  • 00:19:10.305 --> 00:19:13.275
  • Until i looked in the rear view mirror
  • 00:19:13.275 --> 00:19:16.044
  • And i saw my trunk lid was flapping up and down.
  • 00:19:16.044 --> 00:19:20.449
  • I'd gotten so enamored
  • 00:19:20.449 --> 00:19:21.783
  • With what that woman said in the dry cleaner,
  • 00:19:21.783 --> 00:19:23.819
  • I'd forgotten to retrieve the laundry basket,
  • 00:19:23.819 --> 00:19:26.355
  • Put it back in my trunk and shut the trunk door,
  • 00:19:26.355 --> 00:19:29.191
  • So a lid, so here i was driving.
  • 00:19:29.191 --> 00:19:32.794
  • I had to first of all admit i'd made a foolish mistake.
  • 00:19:32.794 --> 00:19:38.133
  • But it wasn't enough just to admit i had made a mistake.
  • 00:19:39.268 --> 00:19:41.270
  • I had to turn around, do a u-turn,
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  • And go back to the dry cleaner, walk in.
  • 00:19:43.939 --> 00:19:48.010
  • The clerks were laughing
  • 00:19:48.010 --> 00:19:49.344
  • Because they had seen the whole thing happen
  • 00:19:49.344 --> 00:19:51.513
  • As i walked away.
  • 00:19:51.513 --> 00:19:52.814
  • I had to humble myself but i had to be willing
  • 00:19:52.814 --> 00:19:54.950
  • To make a change of direction.
  • 00:19:54.950 --> 00:19:57.352
  • That's exactly what repentance is.
  • 00:19:57.352 --> 00:20:00.389
  • It's first of all acknowledging that you're wrong,
  • 00:20:00.389 --> 00:20:04.092
  • That you've made a mistake.
  • 00:20:04.092 --> 00:20:06.128
  • That's hard to do.
  • 00:20:06.561 --> 00:20:08.497
  • But the fact is repentance begins with an admission to god
  • 00:20:08.497 --> 00:20:11.900
  • That we have made a mistake.
  • 00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:13.302
  • Do you remember in the old testament, nehemiah 9,
  • 00:20:13.302 --> 00:20:17.172
  • Ezra was repenting for the people of israel
  • 00:20:17.172 --> 00:20:20.742
  • And he said to god,
  • 00:20:20.742 --> 00:20:21.677
  • "god, you have acted faithfully,
  • 00:20:21.677 --> 00:20:23.745
  • But we have acted wickedly."
  • 00:20:23.745 --> 00:20:27.015
  • To repent, you have to admit that you have acted wickedly.
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  • Just imagine
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  • Jesus were to invite you to sit down with him
  • 00:20:35.424 --> 00:20:37.993
  • For a cup of coffee.
  • 00:20:37.993 --> 00:20:39.795
  • Just imagine.
  • 00:20:39.795 --> 00:20:41.129
  • And you were talking with jesus and he said,
  • 00:20:41.129 --> 00:20:43.098
  • "you know, i'm so proud of you.
  • 00:20:43.098 --> 00:20:45.267
  • You're doing so many things well.
  • 00:20:45.267 --> 00:20:47.669
  • But there's one area in your life we need to talk about.
  • 00:20:48.804 --> 00:20:52.741
  • One thing you're doing that really is displeasing to me."
  • 00:20:53.909 --> 00:20:58.313
  • Do you know right now what that one area would be?
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  • What is it jesus would like to talk to you about?
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  • You know, when you repent,
  • 00:21:07.689 --> 00:21:08.824
  • It begins with a change of attitude.
  • 00:21:08.824 --> 00:21:11.259
  • It begins by saying,
  • 00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:12.661
  • "god, i'm not going to argue with you any longer.
  • 00:21:12.661 --> 00:21:15.130
  • You're right and i'm wrong."
  • 00:21:15.130 --> 00:21:17.733
  • But it's not enough just to have a change of attitude.
  • 00:21:18.834 --> 00:21:20.969
  • There has to be an actual change of direction in your life.
  • 00:21:20.969 --> 00:21:25.407
  • In nehemiah 10,
  • 00:21:25.407 --> 00:21:26.942
  • After ezra had confessed the sins of the people,
  • 00:21:26.942 --> 00:21:29.778
  • He didn't say,
  • 00:21:29.778 --> 00:21:31.246
  • "lord, we have acted wickedly, help us to do better.
  • 00:21:31.246 --> 00:21:33.415
  • In jesus' name, amen."
  • 00:21:33.415 --> 00:21:35.183
  • No.
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  • He actually listed
  • 00:21:36.151 --> 00:21:38.120
  • And the israelites made a new contract with god
  • 00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:41.923
  • Of things they were going to do differently
  • 00:21:41.923 --> 00:21:44.693
  • Because of their change of attitude.
  • 00:21:45.494 --> 00:21:47.396
  • They said, "from this point on,
  • 00:21:47.396 --> 00:21:48.864
  • We're going to stop marrying unbelievers.
  • 00:21:48.864 --> 00:21:53.168
  • We're going to start observing the sabbath.
  • 00:21:53.168 --> 00:21:57.739
  • We're going to continue
  • 00:21:57.739 --> 00:21:59.474
  • Giving the gifts we have been giving to you."
  • 00:21:59.474 --> 00:22:02.744
  • They actually had a contract with god.
  • 00:22:02.744 --> 00:22:05.414
  • Now, you're probably thinking, contracts with god?
  • 00:22:05.414 --> 00:22:08.216
  • Well, that may work for the old testament,
  • 00:22:08.216 --> 00:22:10.018
  • But i'm under grace, not under the law.
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  • I don't have any obligations to god.
  • 00:22:12.454 --> 00:22:15.857
  • Wrong.
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  • Remember every lord's supper
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  • When i'm down here and i hold up the silver chalice
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  • And i quote the words of jesus from that upper room,
  • 00:22:23.765 --> 00:22:27.369
  • The first lord's supper,
  • 00:22:27.369 --> 00:22:28.637
  • He said, "this cup is the," what?
  • 00:22:28.637 --> 00:22:31.807
  • "new covenant in my blood."
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • Grace is not a license to sin,
  • 00:22:41.850 --> 00:22:43.952
  • It's an invitation to draw closer to god.
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  • And i hope today's message has helped you understand
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  • How good grace should impact
  • 00:22:50.325 --> 00:22:52.360
  • Every area of your spiritual life.
  • 00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:55.764
  • Well, at "pathway to victory"
  • 00:22:55.764 --> 00:22:57.199
  • We're committed to teaching the uncompromised truth
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  • Of god's word.
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  • We don't shy away from difficult topics
  • 00:23:01.670 --> 00:23:04.005
  • And we never water down the message of scripture.
  • 00:23:04.005 --> 00:23:07.476
  • Instead, we simply tell you what the bible says.
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  • And gratefully, our "pathway to victory" family
  • 00:23:10.846 --> 00:23:13.114
  • Wants nothing less,
  • 00:23:13.114 --> 00:23:14.950
  • So thank you for all of you who give generously
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  • To support this ministry,
  • 00:23:18.186 --> 00:23:19.921
  • And especially to our pathway partners.
  • 00:23:19.921 --> 00:23:22.591
  • Because of your faithful partnership,
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  • We're able to reach men and women across america
  • 00:23:24.893 --> 00:23:27.662
  • And around the world
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  • With the hope and truth of jesus christ.
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  • Together we are piercing the darkness
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  • With the light of god's word.
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  • Now, please stay right there,
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  • I'll be back with more in just a moment.
  • 00:23:38.807 --> 00:23:42.777
  • The bible tells we're saved by grace,
  • 00:23:43.578 --> 00:23:46.815
  • But do you allow yourself to receive grace?
  • 00:23:46.815 --> 00:23:49.818
  • Do you practice grace?
  • 00:23:49.818 --> 00:23:51.386
  • Do you abuse god's grace?
  • 00:23:51.386 --> 00:23:53.622
  • In "grace gone wild",
  • 00:23:53.622 --> 00:23:55.156
  • Dr. robert jeffress clears up the confusion
  • 00:23:55.156 --> 00:23:57.859
  • And shows you how grace leads to joy, not guilt.
  • 00:23:57.859 --> 00:24:01.229
  • Christians fall into one of two traps
  • 00:24:01.229 --> 00:24:03.431
  • When it comes to grace.
  • 00:24:03.431 --> 00:24:05.066
  • Some believe grace means there are no boundaries in living.
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  • Others pile on so many rules
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  • That christianity feels like a burden instead of a blessing.
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  • In my book "grace gone wild"
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  • I'll show you that true grace
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  • Leads to a deeper, more joy-filled relationship with god.
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  • Discover how understanding grace
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  • Can transform your marriage, your relationships,
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  • And every decision you make.
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  • Request your copy of "grace gone wild"
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  • When you give a generous gift to "pathway to victory".
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  • There are too many christians today
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  • Who have taken this marvelous gift of grace
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  • And perverted it.
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  • They are robbing themselves
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  • Of the joy that comes from obedience to god.
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  • Of "pathway to victory".
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  • Together we are piercing the darkness
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  • With the light of god's word.
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  • Today we've seen how a proper understanding of grace
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  • Impacts our view of sin and repentance.
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  • God doesn't forbid certain behavior
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  • To keep good things out of our life,
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  • But to keep harmful things from us.
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  • And when we stumble,
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  • Good grace leads us to confess our sins
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  • And restore fellowship with our heavenly father.
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  • Next time we'll discover how grace should impact
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  • Our understanding of obedience and rewards.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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  • In our series "grace gone wild".
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  • The motivation for wanting to please god
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  • Is not just a sense of gratitude
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  • For what he's done for us in the past
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  • Or what he did for us at calvary.
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  • A primary, legitimate motivation for wanting to please god
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  • Is the belief that one day he will reward you
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  • For doing that.
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  • He will recompense us according to what we have done,
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  • Whether it be good or worthless.
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