1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,340 Speaker: Um, and Mr. 2 00:00:02,340 --> 00:00:10,410 Taco in the celebrity All-Star game had 20 points, 21 rebounds, five blocks. 3 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:13,740 This dude is an NFL player that his first quarter, and that's how 4 00:00:13,740 --> 00:00:17,880 tall he is compared to NFL wide receiver Kenan Allen right there. 5 00:00:18,330 --> 00:00:22,800 Um, so he did not get the MVP award for this game. 6 00:00:22,830 --> 00:00:25,980 The dude who got the MVP award had 17 points and four assists. 7 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,500 I don't know how that happened, but, um. 8 00:00:29,625 --> 00:00:31,095 People were very upset about this, right? 9 00:00:31,095 --> 00:00:36,585 The internet was, was not happy that, uh, taco got snubbed from getting the MVP. 10 00:00:37,005 --> 00:00:41,775 Um, but as a society, right, we hate when people don't get 11 00:00:41,775 --> 00:00:43,005 the credit they deserve, right? 12 00:00:43,005 --> 00:00:45,015 We hate when the wrong people get the credit, right? 13 00:00:45,015 --> 00:00:47,850 There's all these reaction things to, you know, whether it's the 14 00:00:48,110 --> 00:00:49,930 Oscars or whether it's the. 15 00:00:50,625 --> 00:00:53,145 Awards at the end of the season or whatever, right? 16 00:00:53,145 --> 00:00:56,835 We hate when the wrong people get the credit and you hate when the 17 00:00:56,835 --> 00:00:57,885 wrong people get the credit, right? 18 00:00:57,885 --> 00:01:00,825 Like when your parents, you know, give the credit to your sibling, that 19 00:01:00,825 --> 00:01:04,215 really should have gone to you, or your teacher gets the credit to the 20 00:01:04,215 --> 00:01:06,255 other person instead of you, right? 21 00:01:06,255 --> 00:01:09,285 Or when you really did all the work in the group project, but someone else 22 00:01:09,495 --> 00:01:10,875 gets the same grade as you, right? 23 00:01:10,875 --> 00:01:15,675 We all hate when people get credit that they don't deserve, right? 24 00:01:15,675 --> 00:01:17,605 When people steal credit from other people, we hate it. 25 00:01:18,839 --> 00:01:24,449 Now sometimes when we talk about being saved, we do that same thing. 26 00:01:24,780 --> 00:01:29,039 We, for lack of a better term, we snub God from the credit 27 00:01:29,039 --> 00:01:30,630 that he deserves in salvation. 28 00:01:30,630 --> 00:01:34,919 And, and we kind of turn that spotlight and put it on ourselves. 29 00:01:35,039 --> 00:01:37,830 So when you, when you think about being saved, a lot of times what we think 30 00:01:37,830 --> 00:01:40,259 about is how good it is for us, right? 31 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:42,570 And maybe if you heard last week surrender, you think, man, our 32 00:01:42,570 --> 00:01:44,910 situation was so bad before. 33 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,080 We're stuck in sin. 34 00:01:46,289 --> 00:01:47,490 All we can do is, is. 35 00:01:47,955 --> 00:01:49,815 Do the follow our own sinful desires. 36 00:01:49,815 --> 00:01:53,685 And maybe you're out there and you're thinking, man, salvation's so good for me. 37 00:01:53,865 --> 00:01:55,185 Salvation is great for me. 38 00:01:55,365 --> 00:01:56,445 I don't have to go to hell. 39 00:01:56,715 --> 00:01:57,645 I get to go to heaven. 40 00:01:57,794 --> 00:02:01,485 And all of your thoughts about salvation are oriented about you. 41 00:02:02,054 --> 00:02:06,044 Well, tonight I want us to turn the spotlight around and we talk 42 00:02:06,044 --> 00:02:07,725 about salvation and look at God. 43 00:02:07,815 --> 00:02:10,544 And I want us to see what salvation shows us about God, 44 00:02:10,905 --> 00:02:13,035 not just what it means for us. 45 00:02:13,575 --> 00:02:16,695 Now you'll find that what we learn about God is actually really good news for us. 46 00:02:16,785 --> 00:02:19,275 But I don't want us to only, when we think about salvation, 47 00:02:19,275 --> 00:02:20,625 only think about ourselves. 48 00:02:20,655 --> 00:02:22,515 I want us to think about God too. 49 00:02:22,545 --> 00:02:26,204 So don't take salvation and make it all about you. 50 00:02:26,204 --> 00:02:28,155 We wanna take it and make it about God, right? 51 00:02:28,155 --> 00:02:31,155 So Romans five, we're gonna start actually towards the end of our passage. 52 00:02:31,155 --> 00:02:33,825 We're gonna start in verses 20 and 21. 53 00:02:33,825 --> 00:02:36,795 So in case you, you're new here, just to catch you up on where we've been 54 00:02:37,185 --> 00:02:40,755 last week, we talked about a really bad situation that we're all in. 55 00:02:41,055 --> 00:02:41,770 We're all stuck. 56 00:02:42,465 --> 00:02:49,005 In this slavery almost we're stuck, um, under the reign of sin. 57 00:02:49,095 --> 00:02:50,025 So rain, right? 58 00:02:50,025 --> 00:02:52,185 That's not like the rain that's outside, right? 59 00:02:52,185 --> 00:02:53,144 This is like a king. 60 00:02:53,295 --> 00:02:54,855 He's reigning, he's ruling. 61 00:02:55,095 --> 00:02:59,565 So we're all stuck under the, the ruling power of sin. 62 00:02:59,864 --> 00:03:01,605 And we see that because everyone dies. 63 00:03:02,114 --> 00:03:03,465 We're you can't escape it. 64 00:03:03,584 --> 00:03:06,345 Every single person is going to die. 65 00:03:06,405 --> 00:03:08,204 We are, we're stuck in this big problem. 66 00:03:08,234 --> 00:03:09,584 All we can do is sin. 67 00:03:10,274 --> 00:03:12,434 We're born into it and we can't fix it ourselves. 68 00:03:12,434 --> 00:03:15,825 We can't keep God's law to get ourselves out of it. 69 00:03:15,825 --> 00:03:16,154 Right. 70 00:03:16,304 --> 00:03:18,734 Actually, verse 20 says that God's law actually really 71 00:03:18,734 --> 00:03:20,084 just shows us how bad we are. 72 00:03:20,265 --> 00:03:21,674 It doesn't help us get out of our sin. 73 00:03:21,855 --> 00:03:24,105 It actually just shows, Hey, actually you can't even do this. 74 00:03:24,524 --> 00:03:24,855 Right? 75 00:03:25,274 --> 00:03:30,975 Um, it's almost like I was at, um, we went to Ninja Nation last 76 00:03:30,975 --> 00:03:33,704 year in March, you know, the Ninja Warrior, the salmon bar thing. 77 00:03:33,704 --> 00:03:36,975 So it's like a ladder, but there's just that one bar and you gotta like 78 00:03:37,005 --> 00:03:38,774 pull the bar up to get up the ladder. 79 00:03:39,135 --> 00:03:39,525 Right. 80 00:03:39,915 --> 00:03:41,565 The law is kind of like that. 81 00:03:41,895 --> 00:03:44,505 It's because you, you try it and you're like, oh yeah, I'm supposed to use this 82 00:03:44,505 --> 00:03:46,125 to climb, and you realize I can't do it. 83 00:03:46,665 --> 00:03:46,845 Right. 84 00:03:46,845 --> 00:03:47,415 I can't do it. 85 00:03:47,505 --> 00:03:48,285 I was too short. 86 00:03:48,405 --> 00:03:49,395 I could barely get up one. 87 00:03:49,875 --> 00:03:52,755 But, um, then the guy, the worker, he like showed me how to do it. 88 00:03:52,785 --> 00:03:55,275 He's like literally like six four. 89 00:03:55,454 --> 00:03:57,975 And I was like, dude, this is not helpful. 90 00:03:58,035 --> 00:03:58,245 Right? 91 00:03:58,245 --> 00:03:59,295 You showed me how to do this. 92 00:03:59,685 --> 00:04:00,645 Your arms are way longer than me. 93 00:04:00,645 --> 00:04:01,155 It's not helpful. 94 00:04:01,335 --> 00:04:05,265 So anyway, all to say is the law actually shows us how far short 95 00:04:05,325 --> 00:04:06,315 we fall from God's standard. 96 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,340 It actually shows us how bad we are. 97 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,880 It doesn't show us that we can make it to God. 98 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:13,980 It shows us that we actually deserve God's wrath. 99 00:04:14,460 --> 00:04:16,320 Um, so that doesn't help us. 100 00:04:16,769 --> 00:04:17,610 So we're stuck. 101 00:04:17,700 --> 00:04:18,930 We're stuck in this situation. 102 00:04:18,930 --> 00:04:21,870 Sin is in control of us, right? 103 00:04:21,870 --> 00:04:25,020 We can do nothing but sin. 104 00:04:25,530 --> 00:04:30,930 And now what we're gonna see is that Jesus overthrows that ruling power. 105 00:04:30,930 --> 00:04:32,430 It's almost like sin is like a dictator. 106 00:04:32,460 --> 00:04:36,240 Sin took over the world and Jesus is gonna come in and overthrow. 107 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:37,890 The, the rule of sin. 108 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,850 There's a really old book, um, by the guy who, same guy who wrote Pilgrim's 109 00:04:41,850 --> 00:04:42,870 Progress, if you know what that is. 110 00:04:43,140 --> 00:04:44,520 But it's called Holy War. 111 00:04:44,790 --> 00:04:47,159 And basically what the book is about, it's about how this 112 00:04:47,159 --> 00:04:48,450 works, but it's like a story. 113 00:04:48,510 --> 00:04:49,950 So all the characters have names. 114 00:04:50,340 --> 00:04:54,630 Um, and what happens is sin comes in and takes over the city, and 115 00:04:54,630 --> 00:04:55,980 the city represents me and you. 116 00:04:56,280 --> 00:05:00,360 So we're this city and the sin came in and took over the city, and then 117 00:05:00,810 --> 00:05:04,500 God comes, Jesus comes with all of his armies and he takes the city back. 118 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,720 That's what we're gonna learn about today, right? 119 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,120 Sin came and took over the world, right? 120 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:11,250 We're all under the the power of sin. 121 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,160 And now Jesus comes and he takes it back. 122 00:05:14,220 --> 00:05:18,000 He reclaims what sin conquered in the first place. 123 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,770 So that's what we see right here. 124 00:05:19,830 --> 00:05:20,880 Sin reigned in death. 125 00:05:20,910 --> 00:05:24,120 And this is kind of tough to read, but grace might also reign. 126 00:05:24,305 --> 00:05:27,870 So grace takes over and now grace is in control. 127 00:05:27,930 --> 00:05:31,920 That's what happens when Jesus saves people. 128 00:05:32,669 --> 00:05:36,179 He overthrows sin and he takes over. 129 00:05:36,419 --> 00:05:41,070 And so what I want us to see tonight are three things that Jesus conquering, 130 00:05:41,130 --> 00:05:42,840 sin and death Tell us about God. 131 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,229 We're gonna see three things that Jesus conquering, sin 132 00:05:46,229 --> 00:05:47,640 and death tell us about God. 133 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:50,219 All right, so we're gonna start in verse 17. 134 00:05:50,219 --> 00:05:53,219 So look with me, chapter five, verse 17. 135 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,520 For if because of one person's trespass. 136 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:57,239 Who's that person? 137 00:05:57,630 --> 00:05:58,169 Shout it out. 138 00:05:58,395 --> 00:05:58,683 Adam. 139 00:05:58,979 --> 00:05:59,729 Adam, right? 140 00:05:59,789 --> 00:06:01,710 One person, Adam in the garden Sin. 141 00:06:01,890 --> 00:06:04,560 B, because of that, it messed everything up. 142 00:06:04,620 --> 00:06:08,520 Now the consequences of sin happened to everyone because of Adam. 143 00:06:08,580 --> 00:06:12,270 Sin entered the world death reigned through that one man much more will. 144 00:06:12,270 --> 00:06:14,580 Those who receive the abundance. 145 00:06:14,580 --> 00:06:15,930 That means like overflow. 146 00:06:16,050 --> 00:06:18,659 I always think of like a cornucopia, you know, cornucopia. 147 00:06:18,659 --> 00:06:20,820 It's always like overflowing. 148 00:06:20,820 --> 00:06:22,710 You never see like half empty cornucopia. 149 00:06:22,710 --> 00:06:25,320 The Thanksgiving thing with all the fruit in it, you know, you always see 150 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,200 like, it's like spilling out, right? 151 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,669 That's what abundance is. 152 00:06:29,669 --> 00:06:30,599 It's always overflowing. 153 00:06:31,740 --> 00:06:34,200 Much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free 154 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:38,820 gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. 155 00:06:38,820 --> 00:06:42,180 So one man, Adam, he messed up one man, Jesus. 156 00:06:42,180 --> 00:06:43,140 He's the only one who can fix it. 157 00:06:43,380 --> 00:06:46,500 That's what Paul's saying right here in verse 17. 158 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:54,180 So God shows that in saving us, he is powerful. 159 00:06:54,810 --> 00:06:56,040 He's powerful because. 160 00:06:57,180 --> 00:06:59,010 He defeated death, right? 161 00:06:59,010 --> 00:07:05,190 Death is raining, and then Jesus comes and he replaces it with his reign. 162 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:11,940 So our first point tonight is see God's power in overthrowing sin and death. 163 00:07:12,990 --> 00:07:16,770 See God's power in overthrowing sin and death, 164 00:07:20,190 --> 00:07:22,025 and that might be a new way for you to look at. 165 00:07:22,755 --> 00:07:23,354 Salvation. 166 00:07:23,445 --> 00:07:25,484 Maybe you haven't looked at salvation that way before. 167 00:07:25,484 --> 00:07:28,185 A lot of times we think of salvation as being forgiven, right? 168 00:07:28,424 --> 00:07:30,015 Uh, a relational idea. 169 00:07:30,344 --> 00:07:31,784 I'm reconciled to God. 170 00:07:31,995 --> 00:07:34,635 There was hostility and now there's friendship. 171 00:07:34,784 --> 00:07:36,974 Maybe that's the way you think of being saved, or maybe 172 00:07:36,974 --> 00:07:38,385 you think of saved legally. 173 00:07:38,505 --> 00:07:41,085 You think of being saved as I was justified, I was guilty 174 00:07:41,294 --> 00:07:42,615 and now I'm made righteous. 175 00:07:42,765 --> 00:07:45,390 Maybe that's the way you think of salvation, the way that. 176 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:47,220 It's being presented here. 177 00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:48,240 Those things are both true. 178 00:07:48,510 --> 00:07:53,159 The way it is being presented here is that being saved is like being freed. 179 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:56,220 It's like you were a slave and now you're free. 180 00:07:57,030 --> 00:08:03,240 It's like Jesus won a battle and he's now in control of the city, right? 181 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,510 That's the way salvation is being portrayed here. 182 00:08:08,190 --> 00:08:11,040 And again, what Paul's doing in these next two verses is he's 183 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:12,750 showing that contrast, right? 184 00:08:12,930 --> 00:08:14,850 One person, one sin. 185 00:08:16,275 --> 00:08:18,224 Messed everything up led to condemnation. 186 00:08:18,224 --> 00:08:20,055 That means guilt for all people. 187 00:08:20,355 --> 00:08:24,525 So one act of righteousness, Jesus, righteous, perfect life, right? 188 00:08:24,530 --> 00:08:25,365 Jesus lived a perfect life. 189 00:08:25,365 --> 00:08:27,705 That's why he didn't just parachute in on Palm Sunday and 190 00:08:27,705 --> 00:08:29,295 then die the next week, right? 191 00:08:29,295 --> 00:08:30,825 He lived a whole perfect life. 192 00:08:31,305 --> 00:08:34,664 Um, leads to justification, righteousness, right? 193 00:08:34,664 --> 00:08:36,943 Righteous aside, that's what being justified means, made 194 00:08:36,943 --> 00:08:40,005 righteous and life for all people. 195 00:08:41,265 --> 00:08:42,794 So we see that contrast here, right? 196 00:08:42,794 --> 00:08:43,784 Adam messed up. 197 00:08:43,905 --> 00:08:44,925 Jesus did the right thing. 198 00:08:45,615 --> 00:08:51,045 Instead of being guilty, now we can be made righteous. 199 00:08:51,825 --> 00:08:52,365 Same thing. 200 00:08:52,425 --> 00:08:53,445 One man's disobedience. 201 00:08:53,445 --> 00:08:55,845 Many were made sinners by the one man's obedience. 202 00:08:55,845 --> 00:08:57,195 Many will be made righteous. 203 00:08:57,285 --> 00:08:57,555 Right? 204 00:08:57,915 --> 00:09:01,965 So what's happening here is only one person could do this. 205 00:09:02,265 --> 00:09:05,295 And the story of the Bible that you'll see is that the history of 206 00:09:05,295 --> 00:09:08,685 the world is no one can do this. 207 00:09:08,925 --> 00:09:09,825 Especially in the Old Testament. 208 00:09:09,825 --> 00:09:11,205 You see this a lot in the Old Testament. 209 00:09:11,655 --> 00:09:12,530 You think, well, okay. 210 00:09:13,785 --> 00:09:14,834 Adam messed up. 211 00:09:15,045 --> 00:09:18,015 But you know, God said that one day there's gonna be this 212 00:09:18,015 --> 00:09:20,895 descendant from the woman who's gonna crush the serpent's head. 213 00:09:20,925 --> 00:09:21,615 Who's that gonna be? 214 00:09:21,795 --> 00:09:22,755 Who's the person gonna be? 215 00:09:22,755 --> 00:09:25,454 Who's gonna crush the serpent and fix the world? 216 00:09:25,485 --> 00:09:26,235 Who's that gonna be? 217 00:09:26,594 --> 00:09:26,954 You think? 218 00:09:26,954 --> 00:09:27,974 Maybe it's Noah, right? 219 00:09:27,974 --> 00:09:29,834 God started over, he, he did the flood. 220 00:09:30,015 --> 00:09:31,425 Noah's back rainbow. 221 00:09:31,425 --> 00:09:32,235 Everything's great. 222 00:09:32,355 --> 00:09:34,334 And then Noah messes up, right? 223 00:09:34,334 --> 00:09:36,765 And he has that, there's that weird story of him getting drunk, right? 224 00:09:36,765 --> 00:09:38,115 And then you think, well, maybe it's Abraham. 225 00:09:38,655 --> 00:09:40,785 You think maybe Abraham's the guy and then. 226 00:09:41,655 --> 00:09:44,385 You read and you're like, oh, Abraham's not really perfect either, right? 227 00:09:44,385 --> 00:09:46,545 He, he commits even the same sins over and over. 228 00:09:47,084 --> 00:09:51,045 Maybe you were reading that in our DBR and you think, well, what if it's Jacob? 229 00:09:51,104 --> 00:09:52,484 Well, actually, you learn pretty quickly. 230 00:09:52,484 --> 00:09:53,265 It's not Jacob, right? 231 00:09:53,265 --> 00:09:55,515 'cause Jacob is a pretty bad dude for most of Genesis. 232 00:09:56,145 --> 00:09:58,155 And then you're like, well, maybe it's Joseph. 233 00:09:58,214 --> 00:09:59,204 But then you realize, you know what? 234 00:09:59,204 --> 00:10:02,574 It's not Joseph, because Joseph isn't the one who, who's, uh. 235 00:10:03,495 --> 00:10:05,085 He's not the leader in his family. 236 00:10:05,085 --> 00:10:06,944 Judah is the leader, but Judah's a horrible dude. 237 00:10:07,095 --> 00:10:08,115 So it's not Judah. 238 00:10:08,265 --> 00:10:09,045 And then you keep going. 239 00:10:09,045 --> 00:10:10,574 Well, is it Moses? 240 00:10:10,605 --> 00:10:12,824 Well, Moses isn't perfect either, is it David? 241 00:10:12,855 --> 00:10:14,745 Is it, is it David is he's the king. 242 00:10:14,745 --> 00:10:17,415 He's he's the man after God's own heart. 243 00:10:17,415 --> 00:10:19,694 Then you realize, oh, David Bathsheba. 244 00:10:19,725 --> 00:10:20,085 Right? 245 00:10:20,175 --> 00:10:20,985 Not a good thing. 246 00:10:21,405 --> 00:10:22,605 Lots of sin, right? 247 00:10:22,845 --> 00:10:28,064 So the whole history of the world is people failing, right? 248 00:10:28,545 --> 00:10:29,295 Including me and you. 249 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:30,135 We all fail. 250 00:10:30,194 --> 00:10:31,845 None of us can fix this problem. 251 00:10:32,819 --> 00:10:34,680 Only one person can do it. 252 00:10:34,680 --> 00:10:38,220 And I hope that helps you see some of God's power in salvation. 253 00:10:38,699 --> 00:10:41,730 I hope you see, man, I was helpless, right? 254 00:10:41,735 --> 00:10:44,400 And, and if you're not a Christian, you still are right? 255 00:10:44,430 --> 00:10:48,960 There's no amount of church activity you can do. 256 00:10:49,470 --> 00:10:53,340 There's no amount of good things, good thoughts, good intentions that 257 00:10:53,340 --> 00:10:55,470 you can do to fix your problem. 258 00:10:56,220 --> 00:10:58,500 You are helpless if you are a Christian. 259 00:10:58,500 --> 00:10:59,074 You were helpless. 260 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,820 It's not that God did most of the work, and you did a little bit. 261 00:11:04,110 --> 00:11:09,240 He did a hundred percent of it, and you actually, the only thing you did was cause 262 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:10,560 the problem in the first place, right? 263 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:11,040 You sinned. 264 00:11:11,820 --> 00:11:18,000 So God shows his power and that, you know, he's the one person who can fix this. 265 00:11:18,660 --> 00:11:22,500 The one person, the only person, and that, that's just that he's strong, right? 266 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:24,270 You can't overcome your sinful desires. 267 00:11:24,270 --> 00:11:25,500 You need God to do it. 268 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:27,540 You can't defeat death. 269 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:28,830 You need God to do it. 270 00:11:29,535 --> 00:11:33,285 So God shows us his power in salvation. 271 00:11:33,615 --> 00:11:35,805 He's the only person that can do that. 272 00:11:35,805 --> 00:11:39,075 And the best way to acknowledge God's power, God doesn't just want you to 273 00:11:39,075 --> 00:11:40,905 say, yeah, I agree that you're powerful. 274 00:11:41,415 --> 00:11:41,895 'cause guess what? 275 00:11:41,895 --> 00:11:43,785 Satan does that Satan knows that God is powerful. 276 00:11:44,265 --> 00:11:45,615 The demons know that God is powerful. 277 00:11:45,975 --> 00:11:48,975 A lot of atheists would say that, yeah, if there was a God, he would be powerful. 278 00:11:49,275 --> 00:11:50,685 The Muslims think God is powerful. 279 00:11:50,805 --> 00:11:54,105 Every, A lot of people think God is powerful in their, in their head. 280 00:11:54,615 --> 00:11:55,005 Right. 281 00:11:55,305 --> 00:11:58,665 What you need to do, the best way to really acknowledge God's power and 282 00:11:58,755 --> 00:12:03,405 agree it with it, is to trust in his power to say, you know what, God, 283 00:12:03,405 --> 00:12:05,625 you're the only person that can save me. 284 00:12:06,165 --> 00:12:08,895 You're the only person that can, that can fix this. 285 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:11,145 You're the only person that can deal with my guilt. 286 00:12:11,145 --> 00:12:13,910 You're the only person that can take away my sin. 287 00:12:13,995 --> 00:12:15,855 You're the only person that can sanctify me. 288 00:12:15,855 --> 00:12:18,435 You're the only person that can keep me saved. 289 00:12:19,395 --> 00:12:22,305 That's how you trust God's power is you. 290 00:12:22,305 --> 00:12:23,505 You actively. 291 00:12:24,795 --> 00:12:26,625 You actively do that as you live. 292 00:12:27,495 --> 00:12:30,045 When you have doubts, you trust God's power by saying, God, 293 00:12:30,135 --> 00:12:31,275 you're the one who saves me. 294 00:12:31,455 --> 00:12:32,265 I'm gonna pray to you. 295 00:12:32,265 --> 00:12:34,695 I'm gonna search for answers in your word. 296 00:12:34,695 --> 00:12:35,535 I'm gonna trust you. 297 00:12:36,975 --> 00:12:42,345 That's what acknowledging God's power really looks like, or it 298 00:12:42,345 --> 00:12:44,715 doesn't look like trying really hard in your own to kill your sin. 299 00:12:44,715 --> 00:12:49,155 It looks like confessing it, and it looks like trusting God to kill 300 00:12:49,155 --> 00:12:50,540 it by using His word, by using. 301 00:12:51,630 --> 00:12:53,160 The help he provides through other people. 302 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,800 That's what it looks like to acknowledge God's power. 303 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,040 Trying to do things on your own does not acknowledge God's power. 304 00:12:59,040 --> 00:12:59,280 Right? 305 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,170 It actually acknowledges your own power 'cause you think you 306 00:13:01,170 --> 00:13:03,210 can do something about it, right? 307 00:13:03,210 --> 00:13:05,610 When you're anxious, it's a great opportunity for you to acknowledge 308 00:13:05,610 --> 00:13:08,040 God's power and say, you know what, God, you are powerful. 309 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,880 If you were strong enough to save me, surely you're strong enough to keep 310 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:13,620 me safe from this thing I'm scared of. 311 00:13:14,430 --> 00:13:14,580 Right? 312 00:13:14,580 --> 00:13:17,220 That's how we acknowledge God's power, 313 00:13:19,410 --> 00:13:19,770 but also. 314 00:13:20,475 --> 00:13:23,834 We can look at salvation as a, a victory, right? 315 00:13:23,834 --> 00:13:26,025 Not just a transaction, right? 316 00:13:26,025 --> 00:13:26,895 Not just a verdict. 317 00:13:26,895 --> 00:13:27,615 It is right. 318 00:13:27,615 --> 00:13:29,055 Justified made righteous, right? 319 00:13:29,055 --> 00:13:29,685 That's a verdict. 320 00:13:29,715 --> 00:13:32,295 Yes, but it's also a victory, right? 321 00:13:32,295 --> 00:13:34,665 We sing a lot of songs about this around Easter time, right? 322 00:13:34,905 --> 00:13:39,255 About Jesus defeating sin or conquering the grave, right? 323 00:13:40,845 --> 00:13:44,175 That's why God gives us that visual of salvation in the exodus. 324 00:13:45,285 --> 00:13:46,605 Exodus is all about salvation. 325 00:13:46,635 --> 00:13:47,834 God saves his people. 326 00:13:47,895 --> 00:13:48,525 They were enslaved. 327 00:13:49,589 --> 00:13:52,829 They couldn't do anything about it and God came in and saved them. 328 00:13:53,459 --> 00:13:58,380 And what's so cool about Exodus right, is, um, it's very like when you 329 00:13:58,380 --> 00:14:00,030 think of all the Epic movies, right? 330 00:14:00,030 --> 00:14:03,150 We, we love epic movies, we love Lord of the Rings, we love, right? 331 00:14:03,150 --> 00:14:06,510 These movies that are, that are we like, man, that's so cool, right? 332 00:14:06,689 --> 00:14:09,930 We love, you know, Marvel movies where there's this big battle and, and the good 333 00:14:09,930 --> 00:14:11,699 guys win and they destroy people, right? 334 00:14:11,849 --> 00:14:16,680 So we love that because we're, that's supposed to all point us to God. 335 00:14:16,709 --> 00:14:17,400 'cause God did that. 336 00:14:18,824 --> 00:14:20,834 God is epic, right? 337 00:14:20,834 --> 00:14:25,454 He is a conquering king who's powerful and mighty and strong, 338 00:14:27,074 --> 00:14:28,724 and you can be excited about that. 339 00:14:29,145 --> 00:14:33,015 You can be excited that you, God, God crushed death in one. 340 00:14:33,495 --> 00:14:33,645 Right? 341 00:14:33,645 --> 00:14:37,785 We, we love seeing things like that, and that's how we worship God. 342 00:14:39,285 --> 00:14:42,525 We get excited when we watch those movie scenes, you know, like we 343 00:14:42,525 --> 00:14:44,444 watch 'em over and over and we're like, oh, that's so awesome. 344 00:14:44,625 --> 00:14:44,834 Right? 345 00:14:44,834 --> 00:14:46,365 Do you ever feel that way about God? 346 00:14:47,310 --> 00:14:49,140 When you're singing on Sunday morning, do you feel that way? 347 00:14:50,130 --> 00:14:52,335 Like, oh, like when you're watching a sports game or you, you know, 348 00:14:52,340 --> 00:14:55,380 you see someone do this crazy dunk, you're like, oh man, that was so cool. 349 00:14:55,380 --> 00:14:56,130 That was so epic. 350 00:14:56,970 --> 00:14:58,950 When you're singing, right? 351 00:14:59,010 --> 00:15:00,150 Do you feel that way about God? 352 00:15:00,210 --> 00:15:03,780 Man, God is so epic when you're praying, then God is so awesome. 353 00:15:03,810 --> 00:15:08,580 When you, when you read in the Bible, when you hear it in a sermon, are you, 354 00:15:08,580 --> 00:15:13,950 do you feel that that's one way we acknowledge God's power and worship him? 355 00:15:16,125 --> 00:15:16,305 Right. 356 00:15:16,305 --> 00:15:20,925 He's the only person that can do something about it, right? 357 00:15:20,925 --> 00:15:25,485 It's kind of like, um, imagine at winter camp, not winter camp. 358 00:15:25,815 --> 00:15:28,395 Imagine at Spring Camp we're playing dodge ball, right? 359 00:15:28,665 --> 00:15:31,965 And there's that one person left on your team, everyone's 360 00:15:31,965 --> 00:15:34,815 out, one person left, right? 361 00:15:35,205 --> 00:15:36,855 Um, but imagine you're the one on the sidelines. 362 00:15:36,855 --> 00:15:38,655 You got out, you were like the first person out. 363 00:15:39,915 --> 00:15:41,475 Um, you're relying on that person. 364 00:15:41,475 --> 00:15:43,815 Let's say, you know, I got my megaphone and I'm like, Hey, if 365 00:15:43,815 --> 00:15:45,675 they catch this, everyone's back in. 366 00:15:46,815 --> 00:15:47,025 Right? 367 00:15:47,205 --> 00:15:49,755 All of your hope is on that person, or you can't do anything. 368 00:15:49,755 --> 00:15:50,805 You can't go out there and play. 369 00:15:50,955 --> 00:15:52,305 I'd kick you outta the game, right? 370 00:15:52,455 --> 00:15:55,935 You can't, you can't help your team out really at all. 371 00:15:56,385 --> 00:15:59,955 You're totally reliant on that one person, right? 372 00:16:01,650 --> 00:16:05,340 You're that, you know, you're like, man, I need that person to catch the ball. 373 00:16:05,460 --> 00:16:05,700 Right? 374 00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:07,350 And you, you know, you've been there, right? 375 00:16:07,350 --> 00:16:09,060 You're on the sidelines and you're screaming. 376 00:16:09,060 --> 00:16:10,740 Catch it, catch it, catch it. 377 00:16:10,740 --> 00:16:13,440 And usually, you know, it's like some, you know, some lame middle 378 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:14,970 schooler and you're like, catch it. 379 00:16:14,970 --> 00:16:15,450 Catch it. 380 00:16:15,450 --> 00:16:15,600 Right? 381 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:16,260 And they're scared. 382 00:16:16,290 --> 00:16:18,750 'cause you know, there's all these baseball playing high schoolers that 383 00:16:18,750 --> 00:16:20,310 are like throwing nukes at them, right? 384 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:21,540 And you're like, catch it. 385 00:16:21,570 --> 00:16:21,960 Catch it. 386 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,580 And then they're screaming back at you. 387 00:16:23,580 --> 00:16:24,510 I can't, right. 388 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:25,890 This is what happens, right? 389 00:16:27,780 --> 00:16:31,920 There's one person and you're like, all of your hope is on that one person, right? 390 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:34,709 And, and you're like on the edge of your seat, right? 391 00:16:35,699 --> 00:16:38,010 Jesus is that one person, right? 392 00:16:38,010 --> 00:16:39,000 You're on the sidelines. 393 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,020 You can't do anything about it. 394 00:16:40,020 --> 00:16:40,860 You can't get in the game. 395 00:16:40,860 --> 00:16:41,490 You're out of the game. 396 00:16:42,479 --> 00:16:45,089 All your hope is on that, on Jesus to do it for you. 397 00:16:45,810 --> 00:16:48,270 He's gotta catch the ball, right? 398 00:16:48,449 --> 00:16:50,550 That's what we're talking about here. 399 00:16:52,349 --> 00:16:55,319 But something really cool about God's. 400 00:16:56,310 --> 00:17:03,810 Grace in salvation is he doesn't just fix the problem by conquering sin and death, 401 00:17:04,020 --> 00:17:07,530 he actually makes life better than it was. 402 00:17:08,098 --> 00:17:10,829 Look at verse 17 again with me here. 403 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:17,339 So when we talked about that word abundance, right, even the way 404 00:17:17,339 --> 00:17:19,079 it transitions here much more. 405 00:17:19,530 --> 00:17:24,118 The point here is that, okay, bad situation. 406 00:17:25,095 --> 00:17:26,534 Then God fixed it. 407 00:17:26,534 --> 00:17:28,665 Yes, but he didn't just fix it. 408 00:17:29,055 --> 00:17:31,215 He did more than fix it. 409 00:17:31,965 --> 00:17:35,205 That's what abundance of grace means, right? 410 00:17:35,205 --> 00:17:38,085 God didn't just have mercy, he had grace. 411 00:17:38,504 --> 00:17:41,504 He added to what happened. 412 00:17:42,135 --> 00:17:42,945 Speaker 2: If you think about it, 413 00:17:44,774 --> 00:17:48,435 Speaker: Christians are in a better position than Adam was 414 00:17:50,055 --> 00:17:52,185 because Adam, he's in Eden. 415 00:17:53,550 --> 00:17:55,710 God doesn't just take Christians back to Eden 416 00:17:57,780 --> 00:18:02,520 because in Eden, Adam was innocent. 417 00:18:03,210 --> 00:18:04,290 He wasn't righteous. 418 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:05,850 See the difference there? 419 00:18:06,060 --> 00:18:06,930 Adam was innocent. 420 00:18:06,930 --> 00:18:09,390 He was blank slate, right? 421 00:18:09,540 --> 00:18:12,210 When someone becomes a Christian, they don't just get a second chance. 422 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,610 They don't just get a do-over, Hey, now you're innocent. 423 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:17,040 Let's do your life over and see if you can live God's way. 424 00:18:17,250 --> 00:18:18,600 See if you can make it to heaven on your own. 425 00:18:19,020 --> 00:18:21,420 That's not what, that's not what God does for Christians. 426 00:18:22,050 --> 00:18:23,610 He doesn't give him a second chance. 427 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:26,640 He doesn't say, Hey, I'm gonna make you innocent and you're 428 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,830 gonna try again and see if you can make it to heaven this time. 429 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,350 That's not how salvation works. 430 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:38,130 Salvation is God making your situation better than Adam's was 431 00:18:38,490 --> 00:18:39,870 because now you're not just innocent. 432 00:18:39,870 --> 00:18:41,220 You're 100% righteous. 433 00:18:41,430 --> 00:18:42,630 You've already earned it. 434 00:18:42,990 --> 00:18:45,120 You all of the obedience you could ever do. 435 00:18:45,270 --> 00:18:46,260 She's already did it for you. 436 00:18:46,530 --> 00:18:47,065 You can't add to it. 437 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,290 You can't take away from it, right? 438 00:18:49,409 --> 00:18:50,340 You're not starting over. 439 00:18:50,340 --> 00:18:51,239 You're already done. 440 00:18:52,439 --> 00:18:56,610 So it's actually better than it was before. 441 00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:58,409 See, God's grace 442 00:19:00,479 --> 00:19:02,100 doesn't just make your situation better either. 443 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:04,620 It also leads to true life. 444 00:19:04,620 --> 00:19:05,850 And you're talking about this in your small groups, a little 445 00:19:05,850 --> 00:19:06,870 about what that even means. 446 00:19:06,899 --> 00:19:07,110 What? 447 00:19:07,110 --> 00:19:07,469 What is? 448 00:19:07,649 --> 00:19:10,919 When God says, you know, you can have eternal life, what does that even mean? 449 00:19:10,919 --> 00:19:12,030 Does that just mean you're gonna live forever? 450 00:19:12,540 --> 00:19:13,740 You're gonna talk about what that means. 451 00:19:14,010 --> 00:19:17,820 But the whole point here is that God's grace gives you real life 452 00:19:17,850 --> 00:19:19,260 the way it's supposed to be. 453 00:19:19,350 --> 00:19:20,250 So 0.2 454 00:19:20,250 --> 00:19:23,940 tonight, see God's goodness in his life giving grace. 455 00:19:31,980 --> 00:19:34,290 When I, I used to work as a server, I worked at Applebee's. 456 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:39,270 I, 'cause we're fancy like that and, um, we, when I was a server 457 00:19:39,270 --> 00:19:41,220 and you messed something up, um. 458 00:19:41,775 --> 00:19:44,115 You don't just want to like fix it, right? 459 00:19:44,115 --> 00:19:46,935 Imagine you're at a restaurant and uh, your server brings you 460 00:19:46,935 --> 00:19:48,645 the totally wrong order, right? 461 00:19:48,645 --> 00:19:51,945 You're out with your family to eat and your server brings you the meal and 462 00:19:51,945 --> 00:19:53,475 you're like, this is not what I ordered. 463 00:19:54,915 --> 00:19:55,275 Right? 464 00:19:55,785 --> 00:19:56,385 It'd be great. 465 00:19:56,385 --> 00:19:56,925 It's great. 466 00:19:56,925 --> 00:19:57,105 Yeah. 467 00:19:57,105 --> 00:19:58,485 Your server gives you the right order. 468 00:19:58,545 --> 00:19:59,205 They fix it. 469 00:19:59,325 --> 00:20:00,645 Cool, right? 470 00:20:01,005 --> 00:20:04,155 But what your server really should do is they should, they 471 00:20:04,155 --> 00:20:05,325 shouldn't just like fix it. 472 00:20:05,985 --> 00:20:08,295 They should go over the top to make it better. 473 00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:09,480 Right. 474 00:20:09,690 --> 00:20:11,820 They don't just wanna give you the same thing you ordered. 475 00:20:11,970 --> 00:20:13,020 They wanna make it better. 476 00:20:13,020 --> 00:20:13,170 Right. 477 00:20:13,170 --> 00:20:14,730 They, maybe they'll give you a free dessert. 478 00:20:14,820 --> 00:20:15,120 Right. 479 00:20:15,270 --> 00:20:16,920 Or maybe like, this happens at Chick-fil-A, right? 480 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:18,780 If they mess up your order, they don't just give you the right order. 481 00:20:18,900 --> 00:20:21,300 They'll give you like one of those free, you know, those cards, like 482 00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:24,270 you can scan or they'll email you like a, a free sandwich or something. 483 00:20:24,630 --> 00:20:24,960 Right? 484 00:20:25,530 --> 00:20:26,610 Um, that's when I worked at Chick-fil-A. 485 00:20:26,610 --> 00:20:27,270 We did the same thing. 486 00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:29,850 We also, we do, we give him a free sandwich or something like that. 487 00:20:29,850 --> 00:20:33,360 We, we would try to make it better than it was before. 488 00:20:34,650 --> 00:20:35,700 That's what God does, right? 489 00:20:35,790 --> 00:20:37,140 He gives eternal life. 490 00:20:37,665 --> 00:20:38,985 Not just a second chance. 491 00:20:39,945 --> 00:20:47,264 He gives himself really, and I, I hope that helps you see how good he is. 492 00:20:49,514 --> 00:20:52,155 We see that word abundance again here, right? 493 00:20:52,215 --> 00:20:56,625 Overflow in verse 20, or sin increased. 494 00:20:56,955 --> 00:21:03,315 Grace abounded all the more, God has more than enough grace to cover all of our sin. 495 00:21:04,575 --> 00:21:05,504 And the point here. 496 00:21:06,060 --> 00:21:11,430 Is that the grace gives us eternal life through Jesus. 497 00:21:12,210 --> 00:21:15,210 It gives us eternal life. 498 00:21:15,210 --> 00:21:19,050 And so there's this connection here between God's grace and eternal 499 00:21:19,050 --> 00:21:21,750 life, and maybe in your head you're like, okay, grace, that's 500 00:21:21,750 --> 00:21:23,070 just like being nice to someone. 501 00:21:23,220 --> 00:21:27,540 It's like, well, no, grace is yes. 502 00:21:27,540 --> 00:21:29,909 It's what's called unmerited favor, right? 503 00:21:29,909 --> 00:21:31,169 Giving someone what you don't deserve. 504 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,230 If you ever heard someone explain it like this, mercy is 505 00:21:34,230 --> 00:21:35,190 not getting what you do deserve. 506 00:21:35,804 --> 00:21:36,135 Right. 507 00:21:36,405 --> 00:21:37,034 We're guilty. 508 00:21:37,034 --> 00:21:37,995 We deserve God's wrath. 509 00:21:38,145 --> 00:21:41,205 God is merciful and doesn't send you to hell after your first sin, right? 510 00:21:41,205 --> 00:21:41,774 That's mercy. 511 00:21:42,314 --> 00:21:48,254 Grace is God says, I'm gonna save you and I'm gonna adopt you as my 512 00:21:48,254 --> 00:21:51,584 child, even though you sinned against me, and I'm gonna treat you as if 513 00:21:51,584 --> 00:21:52,725 you never sinned in the first place. 514 00:21:52,725 --> 00:21:55,544 And actually, I'm gonna treat you as if you lived a perfect life just like Jesus. 515 00:21:55,754 --> 00:21:56,715 That's grace, right? 516 00:21:56,715 --> 00:22:01,395 God gives you what you don't deserve, but grace is also power. 517 00:22:02,190 --> 00:22:04,290 I dunno if you've ever thought about it like this, but the way the Bible talks 518 00:22:04,290 --> 00:22:07,110 about grace, grace isn't just an attitude. 519 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:12,480 Grace is power that God gives to live the way he wants you to live. 520 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:18,450 Grace is God's power for living eternal life, for living a truly 521 00:22:18,630 --> 00:22:21,660 happy, satisfied, full abundant life. 522 00:22:24,420 --> 00:22:27,660 So when you're thinking about God saving people, right? 523 00:22:27,900 --> 00:22:32,700 He shows his power, but he also shows his goodness because he gives you so much. 524 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:37,170 When he saves you, he doesn't just say, okay, you're justified. 525 00:22:37,590 --> 00:22:38,160 See you later. 526 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:41,100 He doesn't just say, okay, yeah, I'll see you in heaven. 527 00:22:42,420 --> 00:22:42,870 Peace out. 528 00:22:43,470 --> 00:22:44,280 See you when you get there. 529 00:22:44,970 --> 00:22:45,330 Right? 530 00:22:45,900 --> 00:22:47,970 He gives you so much. 531 00:22:48,060 --> 00:22:49,725 And first of all, the, what we talked about. 532 00:22:50,385 --> 00:22:51,015 A couple weeks back. 533 00:22:51,015 --> 00:22:53,685 The best part about being saved is that you get God, right? 534 00:22:53,685 --> 00:22:55,935 The best part about being saved is you get to enjoy God. 535 00:22:56,325 --> 00:22:59,655 You finally get to enjoy God the way you're meant to enjoy him, 536 00:22:59,655 --> 00:23:00,975 and that's part of God's grace. 537 00:23:01,185 --> 00:23:05,685 God's grace gives you the ability to enjoy him the way you're supposed to. 538 00:23:07,515 --> 00:23:11,145 God's grace gives you the desire to want to be with him. 539 00:23:12,075 --> 00:23:13,785 That's why for some of you, you're not Christians, and 540 00:23:13,785 --> 00:23:15,495 you think being a Christian is the lamest thing in the world. 541 00:23:16,785 --> 00:23:17,655 You think it's so boring. 542 00:23:18,075 --> 00:23:18,290 You think it's. 543 00:23:19,950 --> 00:23:21,150 You're like, why would I ever wanna do that? 544 00:23:21,150 --> 00:23:21,870 Why would I want God? 545 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:23,550 Why would I ever want to read the Bible? 546 00:23:23,550 --> 00:23:24,540 Why would I ever want to pray? 547 00:23:24,540 --> 00:23:25,500 Why would I ever want to sing? 548 00:23:27,210 --> 00:23:31,860 Because God hasn't shown you the grace to give you the desire to 549 00:23:31,860 --> 00:23:33,690 actually want him the way you should. 550 00:23:37,470 --> 00:23:40,440 God made us to live for him and enjoy him. 551 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,650 For Christians have been saying that for hundreds of years, 552 00:23:43,770 --> 00:23:44,850 thousands of years, right? 553 00:23:45,915 --> 00:23:49,155 God made us to glorify him and enjoy him forever. 554 00:23:49,455 --> 00:23:53,835 And grace is what God does to, gives us to help us do that, to give us the 555 00:23:53,835 --> 00:23:56,235 ability and the desire to do that. 556 00:24:00,615 --> 00:24:08,865 God's grace, um, is the what God does to help us enjoy him. 557 00:24:09,405 --> 00:24:10,695 All right, and then, so there's this. 558 00:24:11,804 --> 00:24:15,614 There's this thing, this phrase in Christianity that people might talk about. 559 00:24:15,614 --> 00:24:20,324 It's called means of grace, and it's called, what that means is like how 560 00:24:20,324 --> 00:24:24,794 we experience God's grace, right? 561 00:24:24,794 --> 00:24:27,584 That how do I get connected with God's grace? 562 00:24:27,645 --> 00:24:28,514 I'll explain it. 563 00:24:28,544 --> 00:24:30,465 I'll illustrate it for you 'cause I know it's kind of confusing. 564 00:24:31,125 --> 00:24:35,745 I asked Chad GPT to make me a picture of the most delicious 565 00:24:35,745 --> 00:24:36,885 milkshake you've ever seen. 566 00:24:37,334 --> 00:24:38,205 This is what it came up with. 567 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:41,610 This? 568 00:24:41,610 --> 00:24:43,439 Yeah, this looks like diabetes in a cup. 569 00:24:43,679 --> 00:24:48,419 Um, so allegedly this is the most delicious milkshake you've ever seen. 570 00:24:48,659 --> 00:24:49,500 Speaker 2: What's wrong with the donut? 571 00:24:49,949 --> 00:24:50,909 Why is there two straws? 572 00:24:51,750 --> 00:24:55,260 Speaker: Because you need two straws to, um, 573 00:24:57,870 --> 00:25:05,070 I want you to pretend, I want you to pretend that this milkshake is, is God. 574 00:25:06,150 --> 00:25:09,090 That's, that's kind of heretical, but I want you to pretend 575 00:25:09,300 --> 00:25:10,620 this milkshake is God, right? 576 00:25:12,690 --> 00:25:17,340 How do you, how do you enjoy this milkshake 577 00:25:17,820 --> 00:25:18,450 Speaker 2: with others? 578 00:25:18,990 --> 00:25:20,070 Speaker: You drink it, right? 579 00:25:20,070 --> 00:25:20,700 You drink it. 580 00:25:20,730 --> 00:25:21,660 That's how you enjoy it. 581 00:25:21,660 --> 00:25:22,170 You drink it. 582 00:25:23,670 --> 00:25:26,310 You can look at it, you can take pictures of it. 583 00:25:26,550 --> 00:25:27,600 You can take a selfie with it. 584 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:28,800 You can post it on Instagram, right? 585 00:25:28,980 --> 00:25:33,780 But you're supposed to enjoy the milkshake by drinking it, right? 586 00:25:34,260 --> 00:25:34,620 Cool. 587 00:25:35,655 --> 00:25:36,795 How do you drink the milkshake? 588 00:25:38,020 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 2: The straw. 589 00:25:38,540 --> 00:25:38,780 The straw suck. 590 00:25:39,855 --> 00:25:40,935 Speaker: You take the straw, right? 591 00:25:40,935 --> 00:25:43,755 You use the straw that taste too. 592 00:25:44,580 --> 00:25:51,465 So the, the straw is the means that you use to enjoy the milkshake, right? 593 00:25:51,465 --> 00:25:54,285 The straw is what you use to enjoy the milkshake. 594 00:25:54,945 --> 00:25:55,335 Okay. 595 00:25:56,505 --> 00:25:57,015 Are we tracking? 596 00:25:57,015 --> 00:25:57,105 Yes. 597 00:25:57,945 --> 00:25:59,205 If you're not, you can shake your head. 598 00:25:59,205 --> 00:25:59,685 That's okay. 599 00:26:01,335 --> 00:26:01,995 Alright, cool. 600 00:26:02,025 --> 00:26:02,355 So. 601 00:26:03,689 --> 00:26:05,639 The straw is what you use to enjoy the milkshake. 602 00:26:06,179 --> 00:26:06,990 It's the means. 603 00:26:07,139 --> 00:26:11,399 So what God does is he gives us, means straws to enjoy him. 604 00:26:12,449 --> 00:26:15,060 And that's why as Christians, we care so much about you reading your Bible. 605 00:26:15,689 --> 00:26:16,980 That's why we care so much about you praying. 606 00:26:17,010 --> 00:26:18,480 That's why we want you to be at church. 607 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:19,949 That's why we want you to have Christians, friends. 608 00:26:19,949 --> 00:26:22,469 That's why we want you to have good conversations with, with other believers. 609 00:26:22,919 --> 00:26:25,260 That's why we want you to sing to God. 610 00:26:25,260 --> 00:26:27,899 That's why we want you to confess your sin. 611 00:26:27,959 --> 00:26:29,550 That's why we want you to do these type of things. 612 00:26:29,730 --> 00:26:32,310 'cause those are the ways you experience God. 613 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:37,860 Because that's where God makes himself available to you in his word, right? 614 00:26:37,860 --> 00:26:39,840 That's where you, that's where you meet God in his word, 615 00:26:42,210 --> 00:26:42,390 right? 616 00:26:42,630 --> 00:26:47,910 The Bible is the straw you enjoy God with. 617 00:26:50,430 --> 00:26:52,320 That's how you take in God, right? 618 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,390 It's not about the Bible, it's about God. 619 00:26:54,990 --> 00:26:55,320 Right? 620 00:26:55,860 --> 00:26:57,300 We're not just telling you, oh, read the Bible because he 621 00:26:57,300 --> 00:26:58,230 want you to read the Bible. 622 00:26:58,380 --> 00:27:00,750 We want you to read the Bible 'cause we want you to meet God. 623 00:27:01,260 --> 00:27:02,639 And where you meet God, you meet God. 624 00:27:02,639 --> 00:27:05,370 Where he reveals himself in the Bible, right? 625 00:27:05,370 --> 00:27:07,860 He says all this stuff about himself. 626 00:27:07,889 --> 00:27:08,250 Right. 627 00:27:08,550 --> 00:27:10,560 That's the point, right? 628 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:11,850 The Bible is the straw. 629 00:27:12,810 --> 00:27:13,980 God is the milkshake. 630 00:27:14,970 --> 00:27:15,330 Right? 631 00:27:16,620 --> 00:27:18,295 But if you don't use the straw, 632 00:27:20,790 --> 00:27:24,300 it gets tricky right To, to enjoy the milkshake. 633 00:27:24,330 --> 00:27:24,840 That's the point. 634 00:27:25,590 --> 00:27:25,770 Right. 635 00:27:25,770 --> 00:27:27,510 Or like, you know, you ever had one of those paper straws that 636 00:27:27,510 --> 00:27:30,000 like you end up drinking the straw with the milkshake, right? 637 00:27:30,030 --> 00:27:30,810 That's like the worst thing ever. 638 00:27:30,959 --> 00:27:32,489 That was a total California thing, probably. 639 00:27:32,820 --> 00:27:35,010 But, um, right. 640 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,040 The, the, even the type of straw you use, right, matters how 641 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,659 much you enjoy the drink, right? 642 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:40,860 That's why there's two straws in here. 643 00:27:40,860 --> 00:27:42,810 You can have twice as much of the milkshake at once. 644 00:27:43,110 --> 00:27:44,340 That's the point, right? 645 00:27:44,610 --> 00:27:51,149 Um, all that to say right, is how do you experience god's goodness. 646 00:27:51,675 --> 00:27:56,205 You pursue God through the the straws that he's given you, right? 647 00:27:56,205 --> 00:27:58,725 God has given you ways to enjoy him. 648 00:27:58,965 --> 00:28:00,105 He's given you his word. 649 00:28:00,135 --> 00:28:01,335 He's given you his people. 650 00:28:01,485 --> 00:28:03,915 He's given you prayer to talk to him. 651 00:28:04,125 --> 00:28:07,395 He's given you songs to sing about him, right? 652 00:28:07,395 --> 00:28:10,545 He's given you these things that Christians do to enjoy God. 653 00:28:11,955 --> 00:28:15,495 And so those are what's called right means of grace. 654 00:28:15,945 --> 00:28:18,645 That's how God conveys his grace to you. 655 00:28:19,380 --> 00:28:20,940 Through these straws of things. 656 00:28:21,930 --> 00:28:24,540 But the point is, I get God, right? 657 00:28:24,540 --> 00:28:26,370 The point of reading the Bible is I get to see God. 658 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:28,290 The point of praying is I get to talk to God. 659 00:28:28,620 --> 00:28:33,150 The point of singing is I get to express my happiness in God or 660 00:28:33,150 --> 00:28:34,800 my excitement about God, right? 661 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:35,760 That's the point of all these things. 662 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:36,990 That's why we care about these things. 663 00:28:37,260 --> 00:28:39,000 We don't care about 'em 'cause we want you to do all these things. 664 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:39,810 So you look like a Christian. 665 00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:43,110 We want you to do these things because we want to connect you to God. 666 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:46,230 We want you to get as much of God as possible. 667 00:28:47,895 --> 00:28:49,725 That's why these things matter. 668 00:28:52,725 --> 00:28:59,865 The last thing I want you to see about God is that salvation is God's idea. 669 00:29:00,074 --> 00:29:02,415 And that's here in verses 20 and 21. 670 00:29:02,475 --> 00:29:07,155 So, or actually that's later. 671 00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:09,254 Hang on, let's just start with the third point. 672 00:29:09,254 --> 00:29:09,824 I'll give you the third point. 673 00:29:09,945 --> 00:29:10,995 Third thing I want you to see about God. 674 00:29:11,115 --> 00:29:13,665 God, see God's love in initiating salvation. 675 00:29:13,665 --> 00:29:15,585 So we've got God's power, God's goodness. 676 00:29:16,365 --> 00:29:17,565 God's love. 677 00:29:18,885 --> 00:29:21,735 I want you to see that salvation. 678 00:29:22,005 --> 00:29:26,265 When I say initiating right, you, you know, like those like initiation, 679 00:29:26,295 --> 00:29:29,175 like when someone's first time in a club, they initiate them. 680 00:29:29,745 --> 00:29:33,915 Like if our small group had an initiation, you know, maybe we'd make you like, I 681 00:29:33,915 --> 00:29:36,255 don't know, eat a goldfish or something. 682 00:29:36,945 --> 00:29:39,375 Um, live, no, I'm just kidding. 683 00:29:39,525 --> 00:29:41,415 Um, initiation, right? 684 00:29:44,460 --> 00:29:45,149 Salvation. 685 00:29:45,149 --> 00:29:45,870 God started it. 686 00:29:45,929 --> 00:29:46,710 That's all I'm trying to say. 687 00:29:46,919 --> 00:29:47,699 God started it. 688 00:29:48,659 --> 00:29:51,600 Um, something that I noticed when I was reading, we're 689 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:52,860 gonna go back up to verse 15. 690 00:29:53,850 --> 00:29:56,610 I noticed something came up over and over and over again in this passage, 691 00:29:56,610 --> 00:29:59,429 and if something's repeated in the Bible, it means it's a big deal. 692 00:30:00,270 --> 00:30:01,649 So we've got three verses here. 693 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:06,689 We've got free gift five times in three verses, right? 694 00:30:06,810 --> 00:30:10,475 If something shows up five times in three verses, you know, it's important. 695 00:30:11,325 --> 00:30:12,225 You know, it's a big deal. 696 00:30:13,455 --> 00:30:18,825 I think what's happening here is that what God is trying to show us is that 697 00:30:19,005 --> 00:30:26,145 salvation is his idea and he did it all, and he offers it to you and you. 698 00:30:26,205 --> 00:30:28,485 You just receive it, right? 699 00:30:28,485 --> 00:30:33,885 It's not something that you do really well, and then you get it right. 700 00:30:33,885 --> 00:30:34,335 It's free. 701 00:30:34,695 --> 00:30:36,765 You can't earn it, and it's a gift. 702 00:30:36,855 --> 00:30:39,045 It's God's gift to you, right? 703 00:30:39,285 --> 00:30:40,275 You don't buy a gift. 704 00:30:41,325 --> 00:30:43,275 Nowadays people do this, but you don't buy a gift for yourself. 705 00:30:43,275 --> 00:30:43,785 It's not a gift. 706 00:30:43,785 --> 00:30:44,685 That's just you buying something. 707 00:30:45,975 --> 00:30:47,775 People say, oh, I bought a Christmas present for myself. 708 00:30:47,775 --> 00:30:49,665 It's like, well, no, you just bought something. 709 00:30:50,355 --> 00:30:50,925 It's not a gift. 710 00:30:51,405 --> 00:30:51,795 Um, 711 00:30:53,985 --> 00:30:59,895 but the point is that this helps us see God's love because when it's someone 712 00:30:59,895 --> 00:31:04,665 else's idea, it shows that they care. 713 00:31:05,985 --> 00:31:06,165 Right. 714 00:31:06,165 --> 00:31:07,665 So around Christmas time. 715 00:31:08,264 --> 00:31:12,165 Um, the way that my family operates is we're the, we're the, 716 00:31:12,195 --> 00:31:13,125 Hey, just tell me what you want. 717 00:31:13,125 --> 00:31:13,485 Family. 718 00:31:13,905 --> 00:31:14,175 Right. 719 00:31:14,175 --> 00:31:14,745 We're that family. 720 00:31:15,254 --> 00:31:17,685 Um, the way that, that's, that's how it's been since I was little. 721 00:31:17,685 --> 00:31:20,145 My, my parents, my brother were just like, Hey, what do you want for Christmas? 722 00:31:20,715 --> 00:31:21,315 Okay, cool. 723 00:31:21,315 --> 00:31:24,044 They send me like the Amazon link and I'm like, all right, I'll buy that for you. 724 00:31:24,465 --> 00:31:25,095 Merry Christmas. 725 00:31:25,095 --> 00:31:25,245 Right. 726 00:31:25,245 --> 00:31:25,905 It's super lame. 727 00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:27,165 Um, that's what we do. 728 00:31:27,315 --> 00:31:29,475 'cause maybe 'cause we don't love each other, I don't know. 729 00:31:29,475 --> 00:31:33,075 Maybe that'll be your takeaway from the point, but, um, bless you. 730 00:31:33,465 --> 00:31:35,955 We don't, we, we just say, Hey, what do you want? 731 00:31:35,985 --> 00:31:36,524 Okay, great. 732 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:46,320 Now something that I think is really cool, um, with, with Shea and I is we don't do 733 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:51,690 that, which I love because it lets me show her, oh man, I know this stuff about you. 734 00:31:52,020 --> 00:31:54,990 I know that you like this, so I'm gonna get this for you. 735 00:31:55,830 --> 00:31:56,190 Right? 736 00:31:56,340 --> 00:31:58,500 Like, you ever know those people that they plan their own birthday 737 00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:04,530 party and it's like, okay, this was mostly just an excuse for like you 738 00:32:04,530 --> 00:32:05,780 to just do things you wanted to do. 739 00:32:06,765 --> 00:32:08,205 None of this is really a gift. 740 00:32:08,385 --> 00:32:10,455 This is just kind of you saying, I wanna do this and I want 741 00:32:10,455 --> 00:32:11,145 other people to pay for it. 742 00:32:11,235 --> 00:32:11,535 Right. 743 00:32:12,615 --> 00:32:15,555 But when other people plan it for you, it means a lot more. 744 00:32:15,855 --> 00:32:19,185 Like if you planned your own birthday party, it'd be fun, but 745 00:32:19,185 --> 00:32:20,355 it wouldn't be as meaningful. 746 00:32:20,655 --> 00:32:20,895 Right. 747 00:32:20,895 --> 00:32:23,355 Because you were just like, well, everyone's just here because they're 748 00:32:23,355 --> 00:32:25,365 supposed to be here 'cause it's my birthday and I force them to be here. 749 00:32:26,205 --> 00:32:31,275 But if other people, right, like she's birthday is in like a month, so Right. 750 00:32:31,455 --> 00:32:32,910 When we plan something for her. 751 00:32:34,110 --> 00:32:36,300 It shows her like, Hey, we love her. 752 00:32:36,750 --> 00:32:38,040 We wanna do this for her. 753 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,000 This is our idea. 754 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:40,290 She didn't ask us to do this. 755 00:32:40,710 --> 00:32:41,910 She didn't say, it's my birthday. 756 00:32:41,910 --> 00:32:42,750 You better do something for me. 757 00:32:43,050 --> 00:32:43,380 Right? 758 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:44,580 We wanna do this. 759 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:46,530 We decided to do this, and we're like, Hey, let's do this. 760 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:47,250 This is gonna be great. 761 00:32:48,990 --> 00:32:50,010 She didn't ask for it. 762 00:32:50,070 --> 00:32:51,570 She didn't threaten us. 763 00:32:51,570 --> 00:32:52,710 She didn't, you know, do anything. 764 00:32:52,710 --> 00:32:52,950 Right? 765 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:54,690 That's how salvation works. 766 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,930 You didn't ask to be saved when you think about this, right? 767 00:32:58,170 --> 00:32:59,970 Jesus died way before you existed. 768 00:33:01,620 --> 00:33:05,760 You didn't ask God, Hey, um, I'm gonna be a sinner and I need 769 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,260 you to send Jesus to die for me. 770 00:33:07,770 --> 00:33:09,060 God already knew that was gonna happen. 771 00:33:09,450 --> 00:33:10,680 God already decided to do that. 772 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,220 Salvation is God's idea. 773 00:33:14,220 --> 00:33:15,600 That's how much he loves people. 774 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:21,930 So he said, I'm gonna save them before I, I'm gonna decide to save 775 00:33:21,930 --> 00:33:23,610 them before I make them right. 776 00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:27,840 In some sense, if you're a Christian, God made you so he could save you. 777 00:33:29,055 --> 00:33:30,645 God made you so he could love you. 778 00:33:31,245 --> 00:33:35,025 God made you so he could show you how loving he's, how much he cares about you. 779 00:33:35,865 --> 00:33:39,135 He made you so that he could show this about himself. 780 00:33:39,345 --> 00:33:42,765 'cause he wants you to know that he loves you, right? 781 00:33:42,795 --> 00:33:45,405 He wants to show how, how awesome he is. 782 00:33:45,435 --> 00:33:46,695 He wants you to be able to enjoy that 783 00:33:49,995 --> 00:33:50,835 the salvation. 784 00:33:53,430 --> 00:33:54,870 A great way to see God's love. 785 00:33:54,870 --> 00:33:58,350 And what that does for us is it helps us see, man, if, if we can see God's 786 00:33:58,350 --> 00:34:03,420 love in salvation, surely we can see God's love in other things, right? 787 00:34:03,420 --> 00:34:09,840 If God did the big thing, he can do the the other things right, the easier things. 788 00:34:10,755 --> 00:34:13,245 If you're not sure about God's love for you, and if thinking if you're going 789 00:34:13,245 --> 00:34:14,925 through a really hard time, you're like, I don't know if God loves me. 790 00:34:15,165 --> 00:34:16,755 If God loves me, why would he let this happen to me? 791 00:34:16,905 --> 00:34:19,364 If God loves me, why would this happen to my parents? 792 00:34:19,364 --> 00:34:21,375 If God loves me, why would I not make that team? 793 00:34:21,525 --> 00:34:23,235 If God loves me, why do I look the way I do? 794 00:34:23,235 --> 00:34:25,245 If God loves me, why am I not smarter? 795 00:34:25,245 --> 00:34:25,485 Right? 796 00:34:25,605 --> 00:34:26,565 Maybe you think about that. 797 00:34:27,764 --> 00:34:31,364 If God saved you, you can look at that and say, man, he loved me enough 798 00:34:31,364 --> 00:34:32,685 to save me when I was a sinner. 799 00:34:33,614 --> 00:34:36,614 Surely he will also love me now. 800 00:34:36,855 --> 00:34:39,165 Or maybe you sin, you mess up really badly. 801 00:34:39,554 --> 00:34:41,864 You're a Christian and you say, man, I don't know if God will forgive me. 802 00:34:43,155 --> 00:34:44,324 Well, you can look back at the cross. 803 00:34:44,324 --> 00:34:47,925 You can say, man, God loved me so much that he killed Jesus. 804 00:34:49,215 --> 00:34:51,795 Put all of his anger towards my sin on Jesus. 805 00:34:52,425 --> 00:34:53,385 That's how much he loves me. 806 00:34:53,745 --> 00:34:56,505 So surely he will still love me now. 807 00:34:58,695 --> 00:35:05,835 And so you can look back at salvation to give you fuel, to trust God in 808 00:35:05,835 --> 00:35:08,865 the future that he still loves you, that he still will forgive you. 809 00:35:09,194 --> 00:35:11,955 He still cares for you, that he still wants you. 810 00:35:14,984 --> 00:35:17,955 So let's pray and we'll go to small groups. 811 00:35:21,975 --> 00:35:27,524 God, we are grateful that salvation is something that you've done. 812 00:35:27,524 --> 00:35:28,185 It's already over. 813 00:35:28,694 --> 00:35:29,450 Um, nothing can. 814 00:35:31,425 --> 00:35:32,475 Be taken away from it. 815 00:35:32,565 --> 00:35:33,945 Nothing can be added to it. 816 00:35:34,815 --> 00:35:38,265 And that's such a comforting thing, God, because if we could sin our 817 00:35:38,265 --> 00:35:39,885 way out of being saved, we would. 818 00:35:40,425 --> 00:35:43,275 And so I pray right now that we would be honest about how sinful we are, 819 00:35:43,455 --> 00:35:47,415 that we'd be honest about how hopeless we are apart from you, and that we 820 00:35:47,415 --> 00:35:52,305 would be able to truly see you and enjoy you the way we are meant to. 821 00:35:52,455 --> 00:35:55,455 I pray that you give us the grace to do that, even right now as we 822 00:35:55,455 --> 00:35:56,625 talk about you in our small groups. 823 00:35:56,625 --> 00:35:57,535 I pray that you help us to. 824 00:35:58,350 --> 00:36:01,560 Be amazed at your power and not be embarrassed to be excited about you. 825 00:36:01,770 --> 00:36:07,890 I pray that we would be, um, excited about your goodness and um, that 826 00:36:07,890 --> 00:36:11,070 we would be secure in your love. 827 00:36:11,250 --> 00:36:14,790 And I pray for people in the room who aren't safe that they would see 828 00:36:14,790 --> 00:36:20,580 that that's no in between here, but they're either experiencing your 829 00:36:20,580 --> 00:36:22,320 love or they're under your wrath. 830 00:36:22,410 --> 00:36:24,134 And I pray that they would be honest about where they are. 831 00:36:24,884 --> 00:36:28,904 And they would see that you want them to turn from their sin and trust in Jesus. 832 00:36:29,174 --> 00:36:30,315 We pray this all in Jesus name. 833 00:36:30,555 --> 00:36:30,855 Amen.